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VOi . XV| NO. 51. BILL AUP ON II KATHEN MYTHOLOGIES He Draws Morals From Ancient .Stories His <. (inclusion in Lat ter Day Style Atlanta Constitution. I o all ng( h mankind I.a- felt the need of a God. Thero is a feeling of helplessness in our nature and if man can't liml a (Si d lie will make one. it i> curious liow strangely sinnl.tr uro all tin- lieathen hitihnlogios lo the llihlo religion. St. John .-a>?, uAhd there w;i- war in heaven and Micha? 1 and Iiis an.'? Is t???i-_;111 a^.iiind Ilm dragon ami Ins angels mi l hurled thein down. Thai "id dragon, which is the doyil, was cast down unto the earth." .lust so in (Jul ian ami Itomtui and Scandi navian mythology ; lucre wan war in their heavi a ami the u<>?>d deities pre Vailed and the evil WOIO Clisl OUl, hilt not destroyed. Jupiter hud war with ih< Tilun and dethroned thetn. Odon, or Woih n. as he was called, had win witli |,oki und i elUroned him nud gnve htm lieht, or Hell, for his kingdom. The Seui.dinavi ms had a serpent to ligurc in the d i\vn of their creation, ami that serpent wua ? vor gnawing at the roots of the ireoof life?a tree that grew by n spring and was kept in pei putual bloom by the water of the spring. This ?pruig was nl one end of tin- rainbow ami the homo of SVodcn and tin- gods was at the other end, ami a- oft is tin1 rainbow appeared Wodi n and his relilltie mad-- use of it as beautiful bridge over which they passed lo the spring i" drink und rc? new their youth nud hold their high cuiitt and sit in judgment upon offen ders, .lust so our religion tolls us of the tue of life and li e water of life and the leaves of U)" tree which are for tin- In tiling el' the nations. This Scandinavian mythology was a beautiful ami fascinating ieligiou and the Norsemen, including the Danes and Swedes, believed in ii as piously as we bclii ve in nut lliblc and Chris tianity. Indeed it i-ok centuries to overthrow it und plant Christianity there. Kor ? enluries it held sway ovoi nil Cicrniuny and even to this day nil Chiislcndoiu uses the names of the i nys < i the week thai came down from the Norsemen, f"i- Wednesday was Wodensday and Thursday was Thors day. Thor was Woden's son nud was the god <d' tin- clouds, When he wish ed in make it thunder and shake the rain out o! the heavens he took two greu! niointuins, one in each had, and el ipped them iog< thcr. Friday was t'rygn day. I'Yygu was Woden's wife, .lust SO WO -jot the names of the months from the Roman mythology ami we got the constellations in the heavens rrom the Kgyplinu mythology and it remains uttch mged to this day. lint 1 wish the young people to know and romcmbi r that in all mythologies their religion was rounded upon a faith that truth and justice and virtue must prevail over evil. The good were rc warded and the evil wen- punished, not i uly in tliis world, hut in the world to come. Tin- difference is that out religion is founded upon love and mer cy rath: r than justice and we have hut one (Jod instead of a hundred. Now it si i ms that llipitcr and his brothers, I'luto and Neptuno, after they bad whipped the t'itati-, proceed ed al once to divide their groal domain. Jupiter was the eldest and smartest and s-.i he gave the seas to Neptune and bade-, to I'luto and kept heaven ,ror himself. Smart, win n't bo I (Indes WtlS UOl In II a' that lime. The .spirits of the dead, h.>t!) good and had, min gled together in hades until Pluto con cluded to separate the unrepentnntaud incurable ones for ie.tr Ihcy would usurp hi- kingdom, ami so he estab lished a hell and called it TurlatUS ami shut up all Ihe hardest ensos therein. Now i'luto married a daughter of ('if. - and -he had a son named I'Lulus. He was ihe god of wealth and that is when- tin: word plutocracy CUI11C from. Our millionaires belong to it. So it seems that Ihe god of money is brother in-law io the god id' lu.il. 1'iotly close kin and dangerous, but it is according lo Script ore. I'm it eaya that ulll0 love of money is the root of all evil," und "it is easier tor a camel to go through the eye of a needle than lor a rich man to gOtO heaven." N-W this I'llltlis bcgail to -_;ive his rich, s to the gOO(l only, but Jupiter didn't like that and Struck him blind 80 thill he couldn't tell one man from anoiliei an I-so ho oiopis his wav about slowly till he finds a man. Then be giV08 him a pile ot im.ia v ami suddenly opens his Wings and Ihcs away. Thai, too, is symbolic of what S rip litre 811}S, ' Kiche -. take Wil1g8 and ll\ away." The love of money socms to have been ICCtirSCd ill all ngC9. The. WCdgO of gold not only cursed Achnn, bin nfllieted all Israel. Milton sns that Mammoll was one of heaven's godfi "one of the apuits that fell. His looks and thoughts were always downward bent, while he admired the goldon pavements in heaven's streets and never looked up lo aught divine. Then let no one. wonder that riches grow in bell. It i^ Ihe -oil that best deserves the precious banc.'" N'> wonder, then, thai Mr. Carnegie became iilaiimd and hurried to <li gorgo. Wlinl a world of enre ho is now going through n distributing Iiis Wealth. II?' fCCOivOS thousands: of? pleading letters, I know, for many have ? a nt to me lo be forwarded to him iiuioy piteous appeals for a little; chaiity. 01 course i forward them and that is ihe last of it. Thoy are perhaps read :<\ proxy and then destroyed. Dr. Samuel Johnson w rote, truly when he said, "Riches fortify a man against but one of the ills of lift;, and that is poverty," UruMUS had no mOUtimont. I know of one that was ereeted to a very I'ich had man an old bachelor- ?and ins oxocul >r, n man of unflinching Iningrlty, had .chiseled in the mnrblu those words: "He bogan the world a poor bO> and died a citizen of large estate. This is his bosl eu logy."' He might an well have never lived and doubtless would he heiter off1 now. How many of the rieh dcHervo a aiini lar eulogy on their lomh?tonc8. Old Amur's prayer was a safe one?"(Jive roe neither poverty nor rohes." These ;/r? at accumulations impoverisli some body. Thoy gonorully come from the sweat and tod of lllO poor. Carnegie, tlnj .\< w Vork Herald soya, was worth not less than $500,000,000, mid no doubt Is the richest man living or that ever lived. According to human laws and liUUinu morals his wealth was lu.ii estly earned, more houestly than that of most millionaires, but in the sight of hoavci) he wrouged bis fellow men. No good Christian man can ever he .coine a millionaire except by inhcrit llllcc. II?' can t eain it ami comply with the Scripture which saj8 "Do justly, love morcy und obey the Lord thy (Jod." Hut the poets and preachers and philosophers have from time iiumotno< rial written and spoken enough on this s ihjecl to 0UCOllrage the liberal and alarm the greedy, and vet most all of <>ur rich men are struggling tor more. L'he I'eabodys and 1' tor Coopers are rar? exceptions in philauthopy. Veslcrday 1 received rrotu a friend a late copy of the New Volk Sun, in which a whole page was devoted to a review ol "Maclay's History of the United States Navy," which has just I i en published in three volumes bv the Applvioiis. 1 read with deep interest ail ai> ut the destruction of the Maine and the light at Santiago, when Bad doii.j I enmo upon a mercilnss, scath ing criticism <?r Coiumodoro Schley, whirh made nie hot and fatigued my indignation. I had thought that whole controversy was Bellied and partially hurmoni/.cd, hut this will cause it to break oul afresh, for The Sun lavishly endorses all thai Maclay writes. [Io til's wind Admiral Philip told him about Sehley's disgraceful conduct (Philip is dead n> w), and that he actu ally turned laii ami ran awa from the light, aud that Iiis contribution to na val strategy throughout the campaign was "Avoid your enemy a-* long as possible, and it he makes for you, run!" Ilobson is ml mentioned in I hi - review. Who is this Maehiy, any how ? Km to-day I aai comforted, for I have been eagerly perusing Dr. Cur ry's last and liest book, "The Civil History of the Confederate states," published by 1!. P. Johnson A: Co., Richmond. It is a small hook ; a calm, cousidi rate revlow of the past ami full ? ?I his pci sonnl reminiscences his con tact ami communion with our noble men?Davis, Toombs, Stephens, Men Hill, Howell Col.h. r.ongstreot, Judah lion jamin and o'hers. li is almost an autobiography. It docs not stein to he a school hook, but I wish that every young man in the land would lead it. It would take but a lew bouts and would establish him in the faith?the true faith?the faith of our fathers. Dr. Curry is now almost ahme. All his couicmpornric8 who figured in the ? i. ties he has tun rated are dead. All but one -Judgo Cnbell still lives. How fortunate wo uro that the good doctor lived to write this h<?,k, for what he. w rites is respected at home and abroad, lie has long moved in an atmosphere far above envy til malice or distraction. Long may he yet liv e. UlLI. Alii', Not So Vkky Uahd ?An old army surgeon who was fond of a joke, if not perpetrated at his own expense, was one day at a mess when a wai; remark ed to the doctor, who had been some what ever? in Ins remarks on the lite rary delinquencies of some of the ofll ccrs appointed from civil lifo: "Doctor, arc \ ou acquainted with Captain G??" ' Yes, 1 know him well," replied the (loci i >r. " I hit what of him !" "Nothing in particular," replied the Olllci r. "J have just received a letter Iroiu him, and I Wttgor you that you can no) tell in live guesses how h? spells cat." ? Done," said the docior; -'it's a wagt r." ?Well, commence guessingsaid the ofllcer. "K-a-doublc-t." "No." "C-nt e " "No, try again." "K-a-t-O." '?No, you've; missed it again." "Well, then," returned the doctor, "c*a-doublc?t." "No, that's not the way ; try once more, it's, your last guess." "C-a-g-t." "No," said the wag, "that's not Ihe way ; you've lost the bet." "Well," said the doctor, willi some petulance of manner, "bow does he spoil it ?" "Why, he spells it C a-l," replied the wag with the utmost gravity, amid the roars of the mess ? and, almost choking with tage, the doctor Bprang to his feel, ex.'ainiing : "Gontlemon, I am too old to he tri lled with in this manner." u Farmers' meetings arc always pro* litablc, and it any individual fall* to secure his portion of the total accretion, i* is Ins own fault. This applies to in dividual discussions among neighbors at oucll other's homes on Sunday afler noons ; lo gatherings of half n do/en at the market town ; the. smallest organi Kation foi mutual hencllt ; to well pat ronized county or district societies ; to regulativ organized Farmers' Insti tutes, ami to State and National repre sentative hodics of farmers. Farmers cannot ruh against each other without deriving some benefit from the, attri ti ii." -Texas Farm and Uaneh, You will iiolico ttint tho heaviest charges of electricity nro on the edges of thunder clouds. Tho approach of a cloud as well u? its passing away arc the dangerous periods. Sometimes when the air is full of clectricly the ex plosions continue when the rain is pouring down Some believe that the descending rain drops tho electricity to the earth so gradually that there is do explosion. It 111113' DO Ihnt the clouds are magnets with the polos on, at the edges where the current is broken. It is the end ol the charged wiro that j gives off the sparks. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars tho Signature ftf FRAGMENTS OF OUR HISTORY. Some CuriOUS Facts of Confederate Days That Are Almost Forgot ten. The following article was printed in l the reunion 18SU0 ol l'll? Stale oil the I Kill of May, 11)01, und it deserves to : lie road by every mail, woman and I child in South Carolina, as it duals with facta 11 at arc not generally known: Tho history of South Carolina dur I l?g the "war between the Stales'" should be written and the sacrifices <>l our people should be made known. The glorious c mim t ol our own sol diers in the great battles has been re corded in a meagre way, but other I rials and sufferings have UOl been heard of. Ilriif mention of a few facts that should be included ill the history of our State is proper and tiinelv. On December 14, 1803, Ibo Semite concurred In Ibo following resolution: "Resolved, That the Geneinl Asaem bly do lender to Maj tlon. Wade Hampton tlie rovolviug cunnou n >\\ in iis po.-.scssion, satislied that ii cannot bo placed in more worthy hands, and '..hoy protest against his proposition to ieplaee it by another." "Resolved, Thal Iho other revolv ing camion, us ihcy arc completed, In; disposed of l?y tho Governor in the way he may deem best.'' How many in South Carolina over heard ol' this revolving cannon? An article from Clou. Hampton, about it tvou'd certainly bo read with interest and might lend to au improvement in artillery just as the Stevens Floating battery suggested ironclad vessels of war. The Stevens battery was used ill Charleston harbor and was the design of ono of South Carolina's sons. Hi idea was adopted and the Mciriinac was built and clad with iron. The battle between the Mcriiuiac and the Monitor revolutionized tin methods of naval warfare When lbe war begat) the 10 was a student in Ivskine College named ?I. I', (t. Lnniodo. lie was a Frenchman and when he camo about Due West be lirst worked at the luiruess-makiug trade with Col. D. o. Hawthorn, lb was ambitious and determined to se cure an education, paying lor it by bis own work. He went into Co. C, Sev enth S. C. V., when the war broke out. He invented a double barrelled cannon. He had a brass model. Roth barrels wore to be loaded at once, the halls to he held together h\ a strong chain. W hen lired the double load Would do fearful work, lor the balls would stretch the chain at full length and it would cut down ovorything in front of its full length. This inven tion did not meet with favor and that such a cannon was ever thought of has long ago passed out of the memory of mosi poisons. (>n Deccmbor 'J, 18011, the Senate concurred in the following resolution of Hie House: "Resolved, That the Stale aSSUIUOS, with piido and gratification, the cus tody of the banner committed to her care by the gallant Thirteenth; and will keep it carefully as another valued emblem of the devotion and patriotism of her cherished sons.'' "K08OlVCd, That the Mag he com mitted to the custody of his excellency the Governor." The Thirteenth s. C. V. belonged to Gregg's, afterwards Met Jow tin's, bri gade, and was not id for its gallant ser vices. How many know that its Hag was given to the State for safe-keeping as early as December, 1803? The gal lan', Thirteenth carried the batllcllag after ihm until Appomatlox, The names of many of the noblest sons of South Carolina w ho fell ill that groat struggle have almost boon for gotten or people have no knowledge ol llOW or where they fell. Who knows of Col. .1. Foster Marshall except, that he died ;it Second Manassas? lie was a captain of the Palmetto regiment in the Mexican war, and one of the most public spirited citizens of Abbeville. He was Senator, and when Col. Thomas Thomson announced his death he. paid the following tribute to the memory of Ins predecessor on Novem ber 24th, 1802: "Lending Iiis rill einen Into the bnp? (ism and blood ol a buttle on tin Chickahominy, with n patriot's lire glowing in liia heart, he addressed to bis soldiers, ut the moment of the charge, these memorable words: ?lie* member the Stato you are from, I'ul your trust in God. Acquit yourselves like men and follow me.' Well was this appeal answered by that rcgimoili of heroes. In the harvest of death ibat ensued, one-half tell killed and wounded, their noble leader himsolt passing through the battle unhurt l>ul on the blood-stained and glorious Held of Mauassas, so fatal to many of South Carolina's loading sons, he gave his life an offering to ins country's cause. He died as a brave man would wish to die, at the head of the regi ment be had led ho long and loved so well, their steady and onward irillUp around '..in, and their earthquake sh nits of vietoiy ringing in bis ears. He fell a soldier of his country; he rose, I hope, a soldier of the cross." Wo might not lo let die such an ex ample of heroism and patriotism. It is impossible for the present gon? oration to appreciate what difficulties | our people met in conducting the war , It was a task to supply powder, hi I I the authorities hit upon a SChi me that was now and unxpic. In the cites ovcry morning wagons were st ut around to all the resldonccs to colli el chambor lye, which was hauled a v ty in barrels. From this liquid was c. - traded nit *ato of potash, an important ingredient in the manufacture of pow der. In lliis way men, women and children contributed to the defense ot our homes and the cause of constitu tional liberty. A chronicle of such factH would be invaluable. It is due to tin; memory of those who endured Buffering hi those d.i v of trial and heroism that a last ing record should be made, Rodert h. ii rmpitill. Abbeville, s. <;. OABTOXIIA. Be*? the j0 M>e Kind You Have Always Bought TlIIv NJv?UO NOT DYING OUT The Facts Shown by the Census Statistics About to be Made Public TllO New York livening tho labulntiou of population by sex, nativity and color, uudor tho eotisua <I 1000, has uuw proceeded far uuougli to show thai tlio negro is numerically holding his own. Those who predicted that bceatiae of essential inferiority the negro would the out as a race bud no support in the returns of 1000. The liogro is running along so closely with the white, whom r tho liirurcs have been tubulated, to indicate that, for bettor 01 for worse, ho has gained a linn foothold on Him continent, and one from which he is not likely to be soon dislodged. From the ligurus at hand it scums probable thai the negro population ol the Uuilcd Suites in 1000 was between '.?,0(1(1,11(10 and 0,000,000. The ratio that tho negro bears to the total ill tho Slates already counted, il applied lo llio winde country, would give i?.<?_'.i, nun, excluding Indian Territory, whore perhaps i lie to uro l?,U00 more, li iltal estimate be admilled as valid it will make the llOglO COUslilUtC U..S per cent, of the tola I population of the country, as against I l.U a decade ago, 'the. lo?s being dm lo the greulor growth of lite Northern State? und no! to any hss proportion of negroes in the South. The only Weakness Ol such an esti mate comes rrom the fact that no wholly typical border State has yet been analyzed, and il is in the bonier Stales lhat the pceuliai developments of colored population are most in evi dence. Ten years ago thu negro ap peared to be leaving thu burd r Slates io go in both directions towards the cotton llelds of the far South audio the large cities ol the North. Ken lucky, for example, actually lost in ne o-o population between I St 10 and H)0U. There were only four other Stales ol ?Vilich this was true -Maine, New Hampshire, Vurmoiil and Wisconsin ami in euch of these the colored popu lation was so small as to make any de ductions from the llgures concerning it oi little meaning. Ilm mall thu bor? der Man- region the negro seemed to ho losing his hold ; the cltlUUtU dorn iini suit tho Ihoroiigb-going Airman so woll as that furlhor South. Thou iIn social ostracism which exist- where I ho negroes nunihui fewer than a fourth of ihr population, as in the border Stales, is rather more galling than whore they exist in such overwhelming numbers as to be Bllllicicul unto themselves. Tho antagonism *>? labor unions i* more felt in the border Stales, since I rail cs unionism has, as yet, no real foothold in the far South. At all events, while the Until conclusions as to the exact numerical status til the n< - gro will have to await the analysis of border returns, it is safe to say thai in the main be is fully holding Ins own. Mow completely the neuro is count ed is alway- an interesting statistical question. Ten years ago Congress or dered a record made ol the degree of negro blood, whether mulatto, quad roon or octoroon, but the information furnished on this point, or rather the enumerators' um-si s, were essentially worthless. There is a constant uslufi? iug off" from the black race going on among its lightest colored meint? rs, usually accomplished by means of a change of residence. A colored man in this city, ol unquestioned voracity, relates an interesting incident which is doubtless typical ol much that is going on all over tin country. This man is so nearly while himself that unless seen with eoloted people he would hardly In: taken lor a negro. lie had a cousin several lints lighter, who, re lying on that fact, decided to branch out for himself and become a white man. lie accordingly went to Canada, married an unsuspecting Angl i-Saxon and lived unchallenged among his neighbors as a while man. At the lime of the World's Fair the Washing ton man, moved by curiosity, made a return trip through the part of Canada when-, his cousin lived, and, not lo em barrass him, went lo Ins house lo see hmi by night. He did not know wheth er lie would he received or ruthlessly ignored. lint the Canadian threw his arms around his cousin's neck and Web coined him. Hi reported that not the slightest inconvenience had ever at tended his translation to the white race. One in ed not travel long in the South without learning of cases of this sort, ami seeing man} families whoso appearance is so on iho boidcr-hiie I that it is Impossible i?? loll lo which race they belong. It is among such people, that the task of contvus enumer ation Is very (HlhvUll. UlllcSS the Ollll moralor, from his neighborhood ac quaintance, knows a family and its his lory, and records them in accordance with lhat knowledge, he might have to ask the question of race, and it per chance ho pul H to a while family hit hasty rot real Irom the room might ho oood nccossary. It is thought that lid*1 perhaps intorforcd with iho full negro count ton years ago, ?I > n all these de grees wi re required, It was so much casim lor an i numerator in doubt lo enter "whi't . which re |ttlrc<l no qualilientioii li.ni lo outer "negro," and thee .-. gin questioning as to Iho do^'.vos, lll i Hie in in fit of the doubt ?lay liavo Inn i ? u in more cases than was (lesoi v< d, Dookor VVnshingiou lias said that the llCgro is hi/tying on the farms ami has always advised him lo continue lo do so. As a mailer of fact, from this ren alis, il appears that the n gro i-i going to the eilies just as fnst as the whib rare. (^mi? as lar.:e a percentage >? the negro population of any Stale as I? r the white is found in towns of m ire tili n -,?">(?(? people. Tin introduction in iho Mont.ma House -I' a rcsolulh n t"i the appoint* niont 01 two mure womon an clerks gave Ilse to nn interesting discussion the other day( it was pointed out thai I there were i Iready twonty*flvo womon olorks, who, iccordlng lo one member, <lid liulo hut ill around the committee rooms iii liny, reading novols or doing fan \ WOlk, and drawing ?.*> a day. Another member lold of the struggle he had 10 persuade one out of a bevy of ill i e i ol theso clei k.i lo do a little woik tor him on a tvnewritas*. .. RHEUMATISM and CATARRH CURED -BY Johnston's Sarsaparilla QUART BOTTLES. IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH. A. Whole Faintly Oared. Mrs. C. H. Kingsbury, who keeps a millinery und fancy ^oods storo at St. Louis, liratiot Co., Mich., and who is well known throughout the country, Bays: *? 1 was badly troubled with rhouma tism, catarrh and neuralgia. 1 had liver complaint and was very bilious. I was in a bad conditions every day I be gun to fear that 1 should uevor bo a Well woman! that I should have to settle down iuto a chronic invalid, and live in the shadow of death. I had JOHNSTON'S SAUSAPARILLA rec ommended to nie. I TOOK FOUR BOTTLES AND IT OURED ME, and cured my family both. 1 am very glad that I heard of it. 1 would cheerfully recommend It to evory one. I have taken many other kinds of mcdlolne. 1 prefer JOHNSTON'S to all of them." MICHIGAN IIUl U CO., Detroit, Mtoh. For Sula bj th Liurcna Drug Com pany, Lauren-. S. C. THE PAST AND TIIF, FUTURE. A Graphic Description of Robert IS. Leo's Appearance Before the Vir ginia Secession Convention. The- Richmond Chamber of Com merce gave iui excursion ou the lames liver a few days aim t?> members of die Virginia Constitutional Conven tion, of which Hon. John (Joodo is the president, Mr. Goodc was culled upon for ;i speech, and ho paid a glowing tribute lo tin- Richmond of to-day, tin; result of untiring industry, pluck and energy, und then bo continued : "Hut, uctillcmcii, my mind reverts to the liichmoud of other days. Grand, old historic Richmond I How kind and hospitable her people have always been io mo ! Well do | remember my first coming in 1852, when but a boy, and the friendships formed here even then that lasted to the graves of so many heron- souls. Well do 1 remember when as a member of the convention of l -i')l I not only enjoyed Richmond's hospitality, bul enjoyed the fellowship anil -han d the labor- of Virginia's his toric band, only live ol whom now w.ilk above the so. . Weil do I lctncin l)( i it was the liisi lime I beheld thu groat, the grand, Iho immortal Robert K Lee. (Great applause). After se ceding from Iho Union and before join lug the. Confederacy. Virginia was an Independent nation, und 1! H. Leo was made commander-in-chief of Iho forces of the (lonnnonwealth. ??Weil do 1 remember Iiis giand physique us bo came into the (Jon von - lion Hall, where wc here have lefl to day, leaning upon lite arm of Judge Munsoti, and Blood before iho presi dent of thai convention, who sat where I have the honor lo sit each day now. Well do I remember the salute he gave when the president addressed him, saying that 'in the days when the re public was created all eyes turned to old Westmoreland, in Virginia, for in spiration ami guidnucc, and called her son to first preside over the destinies of that republic, so now, when wc have lo again adopt heroic measures to pre serve the blessings of independence, all eyes again turn to old Westmore land, made ever glorious by a Wash ingti n and Light-IIorso Harry Leo, and yon, her >on, our dear beloved, wo greet to-day and invest you with our power.' Mr. Lee modestly replied Hint he was profoundly impressed by the. solemnity of the occasion and the grave duties ho assumed with the honor ac cepted. 'I accept it' he said,'with a prayer to Almighty God that 1 shall be given grace to please Him and strength 10 ei vc you, in whose behalf alone I shall overdraw my sword again/ And, oh ! w hat a poci'lcss captain he was ! 'Peace hath her victories m> less re* nowneil (linn war,' ami when that glo rious chieftain accepted the atbitra incut of the sword, and as president of Washington and Lee University de voted the rest of his lifo h< the educa tion of the sou - of Virginia, ho crown ed an already illustrious name with a sweet and imperishable glory. H is good lo think of old historic Richmond ami Loo together. "Old Richmond! My frionds, I re cur lo the tlays when Mr. Liiicoin told the peace commissioners to 'go back ?Hid tell your pooph to take off the gray, lay down their arms and I will s( c what can be done for you.' When Stephens came hack with his message to old Richmond a teat mooting was called in the old AlnctUl Church, and a monster gntheiiug took place that lllled the .slice's a block away. ??Ii seems if yosi onlay when I saw ilic proai .I'.ulali I', lienjamiu ami Jof? forson Davis (grunt anplau-o) walk down Iho aisle of I lie old church, and lioard Iho thuii'ic log applause Ihnl shook iho vi rv i afters, Ii is imp s-i |)le lo descrilio llio speech Ihn! Jiffor? sun Davis made Demosthenes' most celebrated phihipic never equaled it, and no! a citizen of glorious <'lil Rich mond wen; lo sleep Hint night without a vow lo pr?'sorvo with life's Ideal, if neeti in-, (do honor ol iho Common wealth. \ ;il I remember old Rich it mill a I. w yoars lap r in the grandi in of bor ruins. Heroic, unstained, ox< .?opt with patriots' blood, to (be last. Uolu Id her Iben, cast down bill not dismayed. See her to-day, a represent ative of die twentieth century prog ress, I) nr old Virginia I God bless her I T? in ;. of us hero have you placed In r ? i ?lini?-" !->r Hit! future. I think I can promise \ n thai Ihoy are safe in nur hand", v ? * iM?hin?o) "The pil?l ii Im In I us, ami ils glo riefl vi I endure so long an our blue mountains If', ihcii su limits to the oVorlnfliiuu -i-v. "Your UoiiBtituilonnl Convention in j I llichmond, let me assure you, lias its eye set on the. morning of a new exist ence ; n morning bright with sunbeams and sweet with dew upon the (lowers. A morning also that betokens, a day of strenuous, life, industrial achievement, political rout, commercial gientncss, peace and prosperity now and for Vw*v w. . .., ,, Tillv county s u riv kin tf. n d i; n rs. They Iliive Organized for the Pur pose of" lieing Instructed in Su pervision. At the suggestion ol Mr. K. I). Wnl Inco, superintendent of education for Itichlaud County, the county t-upui in louden Is uttending tin- Stale summer Bcliool forleiiehers, held n uieutins?und organized themselves iu'.o .1 hody to bo known us The < lounty Supcriuh i .dents' Department ol the Stute summer school. Subsequently another meeting was bold, u Constitution was adopted, and olllccrs elected. (>n Monday, iho Sth lust. U third nutting was In id On this occasion Supt. McMahau, I'rof. It. Menus l>;i\ is, Mr. Hand ami I'rot. I'at tcrson Wnrdlaw delivered addresses, commendatory of the purpose ol tin department, and laudatory of those county superintendents who had made it then business lo attend the State summer school, and exert themselves to become III suporx Isors. The met t ing was a great success, and all patties felt that the presence of so progn t uve ti spirit among the count) biipetintend cuts foretells heller thing-- I'oi our ru nd schools. The addresses, however, were not the feature of this uncling. The real put pose of the organization i- lo obtain more oxpcil supervision in Ihe coun ties by having the prc-cnt superintend ents lo perfect their work of supervis ion. '1'? this end, regular attendance at t he sumnn r school under instructors leaching supi rvision is deemed advis able. When Iho other superintendents catch stop with the onward stride of these, here alttiulillg, there Will SUfCl) he hotter times in ihe schools ol South Carolina, ami then there may In- round within the limits of the respective counties, supervisors oxperl enough to heconio Iho educational leaders ol their communities. The following resolutions, the plat form of the more progressive county supemilcudcnts, will show clearly iln spirit : Whereas, we, the members of the County Superintendents' department ol thu State slimmer school, desire t<> submit our vn-ws to a candid public in order to create a sentiment sustaining! our logical position, believing, ns we do. that the solution of the rural school problem is our peculiar pron native, and desiring lo measure up lo the de mands of the crisis ; Ami. whereas,though not detracting one whit from the able leadership of state Superintendent McMohan, in the matter of his broad and uiasleily or ganizations, wo believe ihuioui sphere must be occupied ami accentuated lo secure results in hanumy with the genius of our peculiar form ol Stale education, which is inn a reih x of our unique form of g ?veriuuenl ; And, whorons, the count} being the unit of government, and the essence of roprc8enlaliou,government la. ingcliisc nossof tom b between ruler-ami ruled, il follows as a logical deductii n that the county suporillleudoul is a vital head of '.he county school, he being in the closest touch with the cdueulh mil conditions of his own county ; And, whereas, thero is a conslaiilly increasing demand for specialization, a demand which calls for profession ally trained coniiI) superintendent? bupcrinteudouts, who, placed by tin ir OlllfO above CVOI'y toaclll i in their bOV era! counties, shall bein reality what they me in position, mi n capable of moulding a good school system and creating the atmosphere that organizes and sustains good si hools ; And, WhOI'Cas, we believe (hat, as is the suporiulcmh nt so are tho sehoi Is ; that separati in ss of cffoit is a calam ity ; that school- can get inspiration from the county supcrinli i d< nts ..lone; ami that only by becoming educational exper'.s, ami by exorcising the func tions of the export supervision cm Iho county sunorintondciil solve the gieal problem of tho rural schools, There fore, be it resolved, first. That WO U?'gc every county Superintendent of education, ami every oilier member of the count} boariU ol education to exert himself to present lo the public the chataclcr ol work I bill should be. demanded from the. eoti ity superintendent of education. Sec uid, Th i - ? recommend that e i :< only tij 11 undent adopt a.id ci.to im .1 sei oi mies along the linos Worked mil by the following, which arc in < t iii ?ti in Itichlniid County : 1st. v r. ft d I.k Indicating the nd Valici i... in i Oacll pllpil, to be kept by the turn 1 i r 2d. r .\ i.e. .-, - ! .hip by each leach CI* of lOM-b i ks i| ud III Ills school. :;d. Id quin muni thai every teacher attend -.Mi ner schools and teachers' associati il-. ?Ith, r u:,iv Rtipoiiiilcndonls shall kiM |> a p'ivjiir record of the oHIciciicy of endi s< If" I .:i Iii ir several Counties. ,*>th. Ih quucmrni ,tint each school shall Ii.ire up In il.ii? i cpiipni nls. Ulli. Requirement (I) that lenchcra shall ftdopl in.'! iflU lOXI books ami ad liel?1 to I) i n III , . Ul < S Of bllUly. ('-) l'l .i i \ yIi ill s. - ii c ami picsci'\o m 11 < ?! nirioiin iga ami regular* i,\ h.i In ,ni:i - et npi liitlg ami closing ?ehoul. {.',) Thal each Ii acln i shall in!??1 .ii least one cilucalioiial pnpor. Unsolved, furl her, Thai wo respeel In ly roqu - ?;ipt, ?lohn I. MeMuhtin to eo opi nn i wiih us by recognizing (his orc\iiiiz li 11 i pelinaiieiii lia in , n| ihe i.i n mer school am! pf.iviiliiu iis wiih i .pcii prolcs8urs ? h ? ? hall ho. I is.i s, round tables, Ott-., ioi Olli Iii i.i 111 . Resolved, further, Thai Iho news papers ho supplied with copies of these resolutions nnd asked to publish them. The monuments of the famous Ma son and Dixon ltno hclwcen I'ciinsyl vania and Maryland have 8ufferc(i scv orely from the attacks of vandals, and thoy wdl soon ho replaced with casl iron markors, Rapid progress is now being made on tlto relocation of the line. The eastern part of the line was originally marked by stone monuments at equal dlStatlCOS of one mile. OA8TOniA. Royal ? v Absolutely pure Makes the food more delicious and wholesome _HO-Al BAKINQ POWPfW CO.. VOSK. A TR IP 1,15 ROMANCE IN 1,1 FE A Dressmaker Raised Her Second Husband Who Saved Her Life. N-.w York World. When Mrs. Virginia Rowland, of New VurF. lay (lying six years ago Bho gave her two sons into the hands ol her dressmaker, Mrs, Carrie Armer, of Newai k. Take good care of them," sue s.iid " especially of lit'le Clifford, for ItO is my baby." And I it t lo Clifford, now twotily-lwo, und Mrs. Armer are married and are expected lo arrive lids week in Bloom fluid, N. .1. Mrs. Armer is a bright little woman oi fortylwo, vvilb Hashing black eyes and ;i very youthful appearance. When till llowhllld brothers hist their own mother she was a mother lo them (ill ihey got through school. Their father, a \iw York banker, had died years before. ?? We were all surprised when we heard that Carrie had married a man twenty years youngei than she,''said young Rowland's aunt, Mrs. Man Perry, of Reason street. Rloorulleld. yesterday. Tin y weio married Juno (?tli at Flushing. Hut, bloss you, every one has known that the hoy was wildly in love with her. I think they will ho happy in -pile of the difference in their ages." i here i- a little romance hack of this extraordinary marriage. Mrs. Armer wa- divorced years ago. Afterwards ?he hough) an interest in a Fifth ave nue. Mow Vork, dressmaking estab lishment, and also had an establish no. m in Newark. She only worked for rich people. She Was highly educated in he youth and had expected to inherit a large property. The shipwreck of her lirst matrimonial venture broke up her lifo. V >r years she lived among her friends as a sort of private seamstress. It wa in that capacity that she met the How lauds, the proprietors ol the Howlaml bouse a! Long llrauch. After si.cccssfulry launching the two Mowlam' boys in tin- world she return ed tod OS-making. Two years ago at Ni wa k bay she was one of a party ol ;>iea ore seekers upset hi a sailboat. Vo'.Ug I lowland saw the accident and swam out to save her. He swam hall a mile with heron his back. Two men in tin- boat were drowned. Tin: other women wore saved by fishcrmcu. Vom g llowland began the study ol dentistry, hut a cold that he had con tracted in the water at the time of the rise tic can sid an ear trouble. He re covered partially, and believing his. happiness depended upon his winning the band of Mrs. Armer, proposed {>? her. She refused him and advised him to travel, thinking if he would goto Ftii'opc for a year he might meet some girl bis own ago and win her. !!<? ret used logo. To euro him oil his passion she wen', to Ft)rope her-: self. Though she loved the boy sin did not want him to hurl his prospects, b) marrying him. llowland followed her, but not knowing where she had1 gone, missed her. lie was taken ill again with the trouble in his car. From, Carlstadl, (iermauy, physicians wired' thai he could live hut a few (lays.) Friends here cabled to Mrs. Armer, I who was then in France. She hurried/ !o Carlstadl and found bun at death's1 door. From the moment of her ar rival he began to rally, and in a week was able to recognize her. The illness gave Wily lo her tender nursing and nicy re tinned to America together. llowland w;is doing well at the I'm ' versity of Pennsylvania dental school, but refused lo return there inless he had the promise of Mr. Armer thai -he would marry him. Their natures are much alike. Holl) are retiring and (piii t, fond of books am! art. The dif ferences in their ages was the only bar to tin ir happiness. The young man won the favor of Ins relatives ami friends to ihn marriage before she actually promised to he bis wile. Hussell llowland, his brother, gave his full consent, und Mrs. Itussell ilowlntxl was a witness to the cere mony ai the parsonage at the Flush ing IhlptlSt Church. It Wn8 decided I" keep iho wedding a secret for iwo weeks, Tho happy couple wenl i<> Wesl 1 *<?ir.t for thi'honeymoon. I'hoy will re? lui'ii to IlloomUold in a low days and will occupy tho beautiful house of Dr. Urouj'h on ibis 'tinnier. Next fall they will live ii' Philhdelphia, whore the bridegroom will continue his illldi s. lie has :in independent in. come. The death of l'rof. .lohn Kisko al the early age of llfty-ninc yours takes aw i\ one oi ihe brightest scholars, lie >-l enteil tuning lee in reis, ami charm, ing writers ihal America ever produc ed, A yoltthlul prodiv'V, he boon III o n man of amazing erudition, ami a think or ot no common force. Kh m appear. iio/ before iho public as an Interpreter oi I lei het i Spencer, he later drew away from I he teachings of that great milhor toward a more spiritual philo fophy. Ii Isasn liislorian thai he will he bust known. Ilia " Beginnings of Now K. land," "Old Virginia and lit i' N< Miors," "Critical Period," and other Miniiiar volumes have had a very wide reading, and no wondor, Thoy arc not merely nccurnto in tho statement ni facts, but also possess over) quality of good style. The managers of oightv-oight mills [Hi (.teoruia have voluntarily signed an agrcoiuenl not Ott any condition to em ploy children under 10 years of age aflor September 1, and not to employ children under 12 at night. These mill men defeated in the Legislature, a hill enacting these among other pro visions, but have vohin'urily surron IN A HUMOROUS \RIN. Mrs. Newly wed?-"Am I the most wasteful thing you ever saw, dear ?" Mr. Newlywed- -"Of course not, pet. 1 have seen the I'auama canal and a billiou-dollar Congress." Judge. "My !" he exclniuiod admiringly, "you look like a poach." "Well, real ly," she replied, noticing a restaurant in the middle distance ; "I do feel liko something to oat." "Did you know that Richard Le Gal lic.) lie, poel and novelist, is also an eminent oculist ?'Well, I knew that some of his po ems were eye-openers." Cleveland I'lain Denier. Crawford - "Come around to the house and have dinner, old hoy ?" Crahshaw "No; on your life. 1 brought von home when you were drunk, the other night, ami your wife got a good look at me." Town Topics. Tom "Mary, did 1 understand you that VOlir attack of rheumatism was cured by Christian Science, so-called?" Mary?"No, sir. The attack of Christian Science was cur d by an at tack of rheumatism." Buffalo News. Poetic Bridegroom?"1 could ail hero forever, gn/.iug into your oyo and listening to the wash of the ocean." Practical Bride?"Oh, that reminds me, darling ; we have not paid our laundry hid yet.'' Brooklyn Life. Toss ???Young Mr. Saphcad tells mo his li:st name is Noah. What do you think of that ?" .less "Sounds runny, doesn't it ?" TcSS ???Funny? It's ridiculous. Noah had sense enough to go in when it raiucd."- -Philadelphia I'ress. "Why do you waii'.lor aimlessly from place to place?" inquired the philan thropist. "Well," answered Moaildoriug Mike, "eight hours' sleep a day is enough for anybody ; an' we've golOl" do some t'illg wit' do other lb hours,ain't we?" Washington Star. "The storm did a groat deal of dam ago in our neighborhood. Blimber's house was struck by lightning and set on lire, and Jim Holt's barn was burn ed, with two valuable horses." "Yes, and wo had two quarts of fresh milk soured by the lliumler."? ("ovcland Plain I lealer. Junior Partner -"J received a note from our book-keeper this morning saying that ho wouldn't bo able 10 come down for several days." Senior Partner "What's the matter with the man ?" Junior Partner "His wife has been cutting his hair." -Town Topics. The Whhsolt, Cht., Courier bus this marriage notice in its social column : '?Uncle Kbono/.or sprawls, aged 02, was married to Susanna Lloight, aged yt), on Tuesday last. The happy couple left oil the noon train for their honey moon. We wish them a long life of wedded bliss. No cards although we olTorcd to print some for them, cheap." l'apa "Where's my umbrella? I'm sure I put it in the hallslnild with the others lasi evening." Willie- "I gUCSS Mabel's beau took it when he went home last night." Mabel "Why, Willie I The idea I" vVillh "Well, when he was sayin' good-night to you I heard him say, ?I'm going to steal just one.'" Phila delphia I'ress. Mr. Suburban "I was called on by a committee to-day, who wanted mo to contribute something toward the build ing of a now fence around the old cem etery." Mrs. Suh'iiban ? "And how much did you ltIVO them, dear ?" \ir. Suburban "I '.rave them noth ing, siiupiy because 1 do not sec tho necessity for building a fence Those who are In the cemetery can't get out, and I dotl'l believe there is anyone, very anxious to gel in." -Baltimore I Sun. "My doar," said the fair girl s fath or, "I li8touod to your graduation essay with n great deal <>f interest." "Did yon V" she rejoined coolly. "Yes ; and I want to say that I have been doing von an injustice and (hat I am sorry foi it. I used 10 think you were Worrying about what Susie Simp* kins was going to wear, or whether ( hat lie. ('bumpkins was going to call, when all tills tune, you were pondering on the 'Ultimate Destiny of the Hu man liacc.'" "Klhcl," lie said, in that soft, coo? iu! tone, which sounds so foolish to the disinterested bystander, "I think that there is no treasure to equal a (rue woman's affection " "And I," she answered. "believe that 110 riches can compare to the love ? f an honest man." With all his sentiment he was a man of business, and without hesitation he rejoined : "Miss Snnlhers, doos il not occur to you I lull WO have enough capital at our disposal lo organize a trust ?" Wash* ington star. Mot roll ?"Ah, there is no denying that the way of tho transgressor is hard." Worrell--"I don't know about that. Nearly every transgrossor 1 ever mot had a way with lion that was deei ledly 'free and easy.' "-- -Philadelphia I'ress. Although on tho gold basis, the cur roncy ol llntish India continues to call for a large coinage of silver, winch the gold bugs in charge of the government do not hesitate to import. In the livo months of 1001 ending May 31 tho driiish ES ist Indies imported 5fl7,<r>lO, . OOOjvorU^ot^ei^v^ v