ARP QUOTES PETER
Bartow Philosopher helves Into the
Scriptires.
SEEMS TO BE PERFECTLY AT HOME
Was Too Early in the Morning to Gel
Drunk Said the ProphetofO d-Arj
Horalizes.
I
. "Anil In that day the young men
\ shall see visions anil the old men shall
dream dreams; and the handmaiden?
shall prophesy." This is what Pe.er
told the people on the day of Pentecost.
And Peter believed that the days foretold
by the Prophet Joel had already
come, for the devout mea from every;
nation under heaven were there propheeying
and speaking in every language.
The people said they were drunk, but
Peter said. "No. for it is only 9 o'clock
in the morning." I reckon the top?*s;
drank mere in tie evening, just .J
they do now. and went to bed drvnk.
But it has always perplexed me to find
-out when the age or period of working
miracles and seeing visions ceased and
why the power was taken away from
the men of God. Paul could work miracles
to save or to heal others, but had
to die by the executioner. The blood
of the martyrs was the seed of the
church, but has the time passed when |
dreams and visions are of no force c:
meaning? 1 was ruminating abcuc
dreams, because last night I dreamed
noteless th*n theree hours in about linli
a nilnute. ihe clock was striking 12
and I dreamed it was the fire bell and
1 saw the rising smoke and then the
flames of the fire where the hotel was
burning. 1 saw firemen climbing ladders
and descending with women and j
children in their arras. 1 saw strmeas
of water flooding the roof and pouring
in at the windows. I heard the excited
voices of firemen and people and wit- |
nessed the frantic efforts to keep the
fire from crossing to the next block. I 1
saw enough and heard enough to take '
hours to recite and yet I awakened
with the last stroke of the hammer on
the little bell and knew that it was the
clock and not the fire bell that had 1
caused that long, exciting dream. This
same experience I had many years ago '
?when the report of a gun provoked ,
a dream that hegun in a quarrel be- ;
tween two of my friends and continued
in a correspondence in which an apol- j
ogy was demanded and I was called 1
upon to assist in the writing and sev-' '
eral letters were passed, but to no pur- i
pose and it ended in a challenge. Sec-1
onds were chosen?the code duello
was carefully consulted?the ground
chosen?the time fixed and the duel
took place; and when the first shot
was fired I awoke. The report of the
* gun had precipitated and conctntia;ed
all of that long and anxious dream into
( a second of time. Doubtless very many
people have had a similar experience.
The medical books record many such
instances and Lord Brougham declared
that all dreams were instantaneous.
Drowning men have the same experience.
Those who are resuscitated declare
that every event of their lives
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<ame before them m me liisiaiit, \/l
losing consciousness. Time is nothing.
It seems to be annihilated. There is no
motion of surprise. If your father or
brother or friend appears to you in a
dream you are not surprised, though he
has been dead many years. But Lord
Brougham is wrong. The smile of an
infant sleeping in its mother's arms
comes from a dream and is not instantaneous.
Sometimes it continues quite
a while and comes and goes. The mother
believes the child sees angels and
heavenly things. Maybe it does, for of
such is the kingdom of heaven. Lord
Brougham is wrong, for men and
women who have had part of the skull
removed and 'eft the brain exposed
have dreamed while the doctors looked
on and saw the brain dilate and pulsate
and become excited and disturbed and
the patient would tell of a bad dream.
When the sleep was sweet the brain
was in perfect repose.
What a wonderful piece of mechanism
Is this body of ours. It can all sleep
save the heart and lungs and arteries.
They never sleep nor get a day off for
rest. Just think of it. For 75 years thl3
heart of mine has not failed to beat
time for every moment of my existence
and sends its warm blood to every part
of my body. Whether I am awake or
asleep, it is ever at its post of duty
Poor thing?I know it is tired. And so
with my lungs that cease not day or
night to bring the heart its food, its
strength and power. The will, the
brain. the eyes and ears?the sense of
smell and taste and feeling all get sleep
6 and rest awake renewed, but the heart
and lungs can never rest. Their rest is
death. But the mystery is how is the
brain connected with the will. When
the will is asleep the brain seems to
run riot and to reveal in curious and
fantastic fancies. It is a boy out of
- - !!!,? offppt of ODi
SChOOl. It IS veo nuc .
cm on the senses and described by DeQuincy
in his confessions. The will
seems to be the strongest and most responsible
faculty of man. The heart is
commonly called the seat of the affections
and emotions?in fact, the
very soul of man. and David says the
heart is sinful above all things and
desperately wicked, but that, of course,
is figurative. The heart is but a !unp
of flesh?a machine?an engine, as it
were, for a mechanical purros*. It has
nothing to do with affections or emotions
or sins or crime. It may be bid'y
diseased and the man not know u. If
*
his stomach is out of order, he Knows
it quickly and feels sick all ever. ; he
will, and the brain, which i3 the sear
of thought and reason, make up the
spiritual part of man. but how they are
connected is known on'y to the Creator.
generally they work in hj r^y.
Sorre?tin:es they do not. for. as Paul
fiays. ' that I v.ould do I do not?a id
that I would not do that I do."
A friend aeked ir? th: c'hv day if I
believed in drear/.s; that is t> s?y, in
drcrics as a yarning, or s'rn. o prophecy.
So, I do not. The d o'ju 1? ov .
tumbrr. But I do believe that somNilr.es
there are spiritual visions that
come in sleep. L :t these ^r? very rare.
Son.e are too well ir.theuticifc-v 'c
leave any doubt. Swedenborg had a.ally J
cf them. Tartinian. a great composer
r.ays that the devil appear,">u to mm ui..
night and challenged him to play him
some music, and ho composed the
"Devil's Sonata" in a dream, and the
devil sang it and danced K, and lartiu*
ian put. it on paper when he awaked
Sc'.eridgc says he composed his poem
cf "Kubla Khan" in a dream, but could
only recall 300 lines of it next 11 orn!ne!
Abstruse problems in mathematci#
lave been solved in dreams, but ths
most reasonable explanation of all
these Is that the tired mind had rest
from sleep and became more sensitive
and acute. Whether v.e have good
dreams or bad dreams depends almost
altogteher upon what we had for supper
and how much we ate of it. The
stamach is the great regulator of our
repose, whether it be peaceful and refreshing
or disturbed by unwelcome
dreams. Children dreara a good deal
and have nightmare, but old mea
dream seldom, for they are more ca. eful
what they eat for supper. Blackberry
pie washed down with buttermilk
don't harmonize. But when the brain
gets old it is tired and takes more rest.
It can't jump around and frolic in
dreams like it did when we were young.
This is enough of dreams. In fact, it '
is about all I know.
I have been greatly comforted of
late with some more good reading.
Col. A. K. McClure, the notable editor
and writer, has written a letter to The
Times-Democrat, of New Orleans?his
recollections and opinions of Lincoln
and Davis. It is a long letter, carefully
and admirably written. It is fair and
just to both the presidents. It places
Mr. Davis on a higher plane than any
northern writer has ever done, and I
wish that every leading paper north
and south would copy it. It settles that
vhrvjo onntmvprsv ahout the Hamnien
Roads conference and leaves no room
for doubt. Colonel McClure is a just
man and deserves the thanks of the
south for his beautiful tribute to our
president?Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
y. NEWSY CLEANINGS. ^
Signs of a car famine are now.
tnanifest in the West.
German tariffs are to l>e raised by
the new* law to satisfy the agrarians.
The new directory shows that Chicago
has more tLan 2,000,000 inhabitants.
Virginia Prohibitionists have nominated
O. C. ltucker, of Bedford, for
Governor.
An order to cut municipal expenses
has been given in every department
- if PhlM?ft.
The Spanish Chamber of Deputies
has adopted without debate an appropriation
for the purchase o? quickfiring
guns.
A stamp duty of 520.000 lias been
paid to the British Treasury on Carnegie's
$10,000,000 gift to the Scottish
universities.
Disorder ana lawlessness have greatly
increased in lVkin since the policing
of the city was restored to the
Chinese authorities.
The British Admiralty have Just
ordered fifty-fo .1* sets of wireless telegraphy
gear, to be made according to
their own specifications and system.
The University of Virginia is to receive
an income of $11,000 a year
through the generosity of Mrs. .Mary
Austin Carroll, of Boston, as lung as
she lives.
Governor IIill. of Maine, has named
Mary Treble Anderson, of Tortiand.
to christen the new battleship Maine,
which is being buiit by the Cramps at
Philadelphia.
The Prize Committee of the recent
automobile road nuo from Paris to
Berlin announces that lh?> winner. M
Fournicr. made the trip i:i 17 hours i!
minutes and seconds.
Professor 11. C. Barnard, of Yct'cev
Observatory, win lias returned to Ssi
Francisco, Cal., from Sumatra, report>
that the ohservalicns taken there o,
the solar eclipse were mostly failures
Cleveland has had a trial of a streetsweeper.
running on an electric rail
roau. ana gcmng us puwvr num an auxiliary
motor. It was pronounced a success.
Preceding the sweeper in the trial
\vas a trolley water-tank by which the
.street was sprinkled front the center
of the tracks to the curb. Then came the
sweeper, with a revolving brush sixteen
feet long, which piled the dirt in a furrow
close to the curb. The work was
thoroughly done, according to the report;
in the Cleveland papers, .and was
done quickly, the trolley sweeper moving
at the rate of seven miles an hour,
j' his invention, while a good thing for
the city is its economy. m:.v be a bad
thing for prospective street railroad
companies. Among the returns now demanded
in some places for franchises
are* the paving and sprinkling of streets
rnd the removal of snow. A logical addition
to these requirements would be
he cleaning of the streets by a power
_ weeper.
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INQUIKV IS UKDclteU
Final Outcome of the Sampson-Schley
Controversy. '
4
AN INVESTIGATION IS lO FOLLOW
Admiral Dewey Will Lik.'ly Preside
uver in; couri j n-i \> in pass upo:;
the Merits of the Controv:rsy.
Washington. D. C , Special.?Secretary
Long Wednesday morning received
a letter frcm Ktu? A<hi4ral Schley
calling attention to the
against him which are contained in
Maelay's History of the Navy and the
innuendoes which have appeared in
the press for several days, and stating
that, in his opinion, the time had now
come to take such action as would
bring the entire matter under the clear
and calm review of his brothers in
arms. He asked that the Department
take such action as was deemed best
to accomplish this purpose. He alsq
requested that whatever a?.Ion be ta<
? V *- * # S |
ken should occur in Washington,
where his papers and data are storetL
The Secretary immediately decided t<j
comply with Admiral Schley's reques.
and dictated a letter to the rear admiral,
saying that under the circumstances
he heartily approved of his actio^
and that the Department would proceed
at once in accordance with his reT
quest. Admiral Schley's letter is as
follows:
"Great Neck, Long Island, N. Y., July
22. 1901.
"Sir: Within the past few days a serins
of nrr-ss comments have been sent
to me from various parts of the country
of a book entitled "The History of
the Navv,' written by one Edgar Stanton
Maclay.
"From these reviews it appears that
this edition is a third volume of the
said history extended to include the
late war with Spain, which the two
first volumes did not contain, and were
in use as text-books at the Naval
Academy.
"2. From excerpts quoted in some reviews,
in which the pase and paragraph
are given, there is such perversion
of facts, misconstruction of intention,
such intemperate abuse and defamation
of myself as subjects Mr.
Maclay to action in civil law. While I
admit the right of fair criticism cf
every public officer, I must protest
against the low flings and abusive lan
guage oX this violent, partisan opponent,
who has infused into the pages
of his book so much of the malice of
unfairness as to make it unworthy the
name of history, or of use in any reputable
institution of the country.
"3. I have refrained heretofore from
all comment upon the Innuendoes of
enemies muttered or murmured in secret
and therefore with safety to thenv
selves. I think the time has now coma
to take such action as may bring this
entire matter under discussion under
the clearer and calmer review of my
brothers in aims.and to this end I ask
such action at the hands of the Department
as it may depm best to accomplish
this purpose.
"4. But I would express the request
in this connection that whatever the
action may be that it occur in Washington
where most of tny papers an J
data are stored.
"Very respectfully,
~ "W. S. SCHLEY.
"Rear Admiral U. 8. N.
"To the Secretary of the Nary,
Washington. D. C." *
Secretary Long replied to Admiral
Schley as follows:
"Navy Department, Washington. July
24.
"Sir: I am in receipt of yours of the
22nd inst., with reference to the crltlslcsm
upon you in connection with the
Spanish-American war, and heartily
approve of your action, under the circumstances,
in asking at the hands of
this Department such action as may
bring this entire matter under discussion
under the clearer and calmer review
of my brothers in arms.' The Department
will at once proceed In accordance
with your request.
"Very respectfully,
"JOHN D. LONG.
"Rear Admiral W. S. Schley, IT. S. N."
Secretary Long acted without con
sultation with any one and without
communicating the request of Admiral
Schley to the. Pros r?-: at. He then ca.Ted
into his office R?ar Admiral
Crowninshield and Captain Cowles,
chief and assistant, respectively, of the
Bureau of Navigation, also Judge Advocate
General Lemly, who has charge
of formalities of naval courts. He
also sent lor Admiral libwcj.
Although Rear Admiral Schley did not
ask specifically for a court of inquiry,
but left the action to bo taken to the
judgment of the Department, the Secretary
decided that such a court would
be the best means of making the investigation
which the rear admiral had
requested the three bureau officers
were called in for the purpose of discussing
the mode of procedure in such
cases. After his conference with Admiral
Dewey, who had responded Immediately
to the Secretary's request
for an interview, the Secretary said
?
L
tnat He had not had time to decide
upon the composition of the court but
in response to a question as to whether
Admiial Dewey would serve upon a
court, if requested to do so, the Secretary
said: "Admiral Dewey will do his
dut?_" ^To "positive declaratioi^ha^
be Thriven 63 this point, it i3
assumed about the Navy Department
that Admiral Dewey will be president
of the ccu.'T which will inquire into
the whole controversy concerning Admiral
Schley's actions during th%
Spanish war,
Nebra*?fca Co n I1e!p;-d.
Lincoln, NT*b-, Roberts
from over the state sliov; that tit
rains which visited Nebraska Salttr
day night and Sunday have left the
corn in many localities in better ccn
dltion than at first thought. The fail
of rain ranged from halt' an inch to
tliree inches. This, while not oi
much hell? to the hay crop, will mak>
good fodder in corn tieU'3 and i:
many places will iiiu^o from one-thir.
to a full crop of corn. some local!
ties, however, there will be uc cc.n
Belgian Minister to Retire.
Brussels, By Cable.?Count de Lichtervelde,
Belgian Minister to the United
States, will retire from the pest at
his own request. He will be succeeded
by Baron Moncheur, Belgian Minister
to Mexico, who in turn will be succeeded
by Viscount de Beughem de Houthem.
Councillor to the Belgian L?ga?
fion in London.
The American Bar Association meets
at Denver, Col., August 21 to 23, Richard
C. Dale, of Philadelphia, being one
of the speakers.
Kansas Drought Broken.
Topeka, Kan.. Special?General rains
throughout Kansas have caused an efI
fwtnni break in the drought. Th?
rains came too late to be of material
benefit to the corn, but will result in
plenty of stock water and giving new
life to the pastures. The rain in Topeka
lasted an hour. Other localities
report precipitation from light showers
to heavy rains of 2^ inches fall. In
many places rain is still falling and
indications are for heavy dnwnfal!.
Inte-nal Revenue Receipts.
Washington. D. C.. Special.?The annual
preliminary repoit of Commissioner
of Internal Revenue Yorkers, for
the fiacal year ended June 30, 1901,
shows that receipts from all sources of
internal revenue for the year aggregated
$306,871,609. an Increase of $11,553,561
over the receipts for the fiscal y^ar
ended June 30, 1J00.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
refused to reappoint "Farmer" Dunn
as head of the New York Weather
Bureau.
Telegraphic Briefs.
Mr. Russell, the United GLatct
charge of legation at Caracas, litis
cabled the State Department that tiit
status of the asphalt cases is practi
cally unchanged. He says a st:ouu
move was made by a local jr.age u
put the Warner-Quitman claimants i:
possession of the asphalt lake. L::l
this judge was superseded and t.ie
Bermudez Company remains in pesst *
sion.
For taking money from the mail, F
M. Smallwood, a railway mail cut!:
was arrested at Indinnn->""s. Ind.
Brief Mention.
An order to cut municipal expensss
has been given in every department at
Chicago, 111.
All saloons In Fort Scott. Kan., have
been ordered closed, and the mandate
has been obeyed.
Two oil plants at Albermarle, N. C.,
have been sold to the Cotton Seed Oil
Trust for 162,000.
Secretary of War Root returned to
Washington, D. C., to meet Governor
Allen.
Vice President Roosevelt starts West
for a pleasure trip.
Wind blew down the Second Baptist
Church at Columbus, Miss., injuring
several persons.
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Bolt and nut manuiacrurers at run.
Cheater, N. Y. and Pemberwick, Conn.,
will enter a $2,000,000 combine.
Chairman Jones, of the Democratic
National Committee, says headquarters
will not be moved from Chicago,
111.
The United States torpedo boat Adler
will be lauched from the Crescent
shipyards at Elizabeth. N. J.
The Centreville (Miss.) Delinting
Co. has in view the ultimate erection
of a cotton factory in connection with
other industries.
The Business Men's Club of San Antonio,
Texas, will endeavor to secure
the organization of a company to
build a cotton factory.
The Sutro Cotton Mill at Yorkville,
S. G\, will be put in operation soon.
The recent purchasers of the plant
were the bondholders, and they will
organize a new company, capitalized
at $20,000, to operate the 5,000 spind1
? ** *" n'a^? c \f MpVppI ren
ICS UU? 111
resented the bondholders at the sale.
The public telephones of the "pennyin-tlic-slot"
type which were placed in
s. me of the Paris post offices a few
ncnth- ago have proved unsatisfactory,
nd have been removed. Many persons
complained that after putting money
i 1 the slot they could obtain no commu;
icaiicn.
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TH? MAINE AFLOAT.
New Battleship Christened Amid Much 4
Enthusiasm,
THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT PRESENT
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The Ill-Fated Maine Superceded By a
Faster and Better Vessel? The Interesting
Ceremonies.
Philadelphia. Special.?The battleship
Maine, designed to be bigger,
stronger and faster than her name
sake whose shapeless mass lies in th?
harbor of Havana, was launched from
the yards ways at Cramp's yards, was
on Building Company, Saturday morning.
The great hull's initial dip into
the waters of the Delaware river was
a success in every way. One of the
largest crowds that has ever seen a
warship leave the ways at Camp's
yards was on hand and patriotism
ran wild as the ship left her cradle.
Launchings of warships at Cramps
have been so frequent that in late
years, such events have lost much of
their attractive power. The presence
of the immense crowd at this christening
was largely due to the fa^'. that
the new ship bears the name of tha
ill-fated Maine. Kenslgnton, the greal
industrial station wherein the shipyard
is located, took a holiday and attended
the launching. Thousands of
persons from other parts of the city
were on nana ana as me yara was
thrown open to the public every vantage
point in the confines of the place
swarmed with humanity. The weather
was beautiful. There was just enough
rool breeze from the river to temper
the warm rays of the sun. Although
the number of invited guests was not
as large as usual there was a good at*
tendence of naval and civilian officials.
President McKinley, Secretary of
the Navy Long, Admiral Dewey, Captain
Sigsbee and other naval dignitaries
who received invitations were
unable to attend. It was the intention
to have some of the survivors ol
the Maine witness the launching but
none was present.
The honor of christening the ship
was given to Miss Mary Preble Anierson,
of Portland, Me., a descendant
Df the Preble family that has added
fame to the naval honors of the country.
Next to the ship itself. Miss Anderson
was the centre of interest and
her every movement was closely followed.
At 10:25 Miss Anderson stepped
upon the stand that had been
erected at the bow of the hull. She
was escorted by Henry S. Cramp, and
was accompanied by Governor Hill,
his stafT, her parents and several oth- S-gJ
ef members of her family. Before
3he arrived the knocking away of the
blocks from under the great mass of
steel had begun and all wa3 ready . i
when the tide slacked. Then the shoe
piece, the last timber that held the
ship, was sawed in twain and the vessel
began to move. Before she had
receded a foot Miss Anderson, true
to custom, struck the bow of the
Maine a blow with the bottle of champagne
and formally christened her. As
the vessel slid off the ways a great
shout went up and every steam craft
in the vicinity began the tooting of
whistles. The Maine, after she reached
midstream,was taken in tow by
several tugs and brought to the shore.
After the launch an informal luncheon . ,
was served in the dould loft of the
shipyard.
New Coal Combine.
Columbus, 0., Special.?It was announced
here that all coal and coke
properties on the Kanawha river, in
West Virginia, covering a territory of
about 20 miles, have been taken over
by the Kanawha and Hocking Coal &
Coke Company. Twelve companies
are included in the combine, which socured
options on the property early in
June. The company will work In harmony
with the Sunday Creek 'and
Buckeye Coal Companies and will
have a common headquarters in this
city. The receipts will not, however,
be poled, Cleveland and Columbus capitalists
are said to control the new
combine.
Troubles in Spain.
Madrid, By Cable.?Anti-clerical
meetings held Sunday in connection
with the promulgation of the law of
1837, suppressing convents and monasteries,
resulted in disorders in Madrid.
Saragossa and Barcelona. Thd
police charged the crowds, who
shouted. "Long live the Republic: ?
and "Death to the Jesuits!" Numerous
arrests were made.
Baptist Young People.
?Proaidpnt Wrn.
V>JIll_a?3V/, U[yvv*w.. - .
McKinley sent a message of congratulation
to the Baptist Young People's
Convention, at the Coliseum, in which
he tendered his best wishes for a
juccessful gathering. Rev. W. H.
3eistweit read the dispatch aud one
of the most enthusiastic scenes of the
week followed. Banner meeting and
roll-call were features of the day. Ta
Minnesota for the fifth consecutive
time was presented the banner for the
best work in literature course. A banner
for the best all round work of an?
union was given to the Duffy Street
church, of Savannah, Ga.