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PAGES. 9 TO 12. ;
EECOXSTBICTIOM DATS KECAIXED,
cum of Ua Trials t the WblU People of
the Stat Bscoostoif ;fotr h Benefit 0
th Twtc Geaeisttoa. y
To the Editor of Thi Observer:
I haw read General Can't interesting
letter, in th supplement to The Obser
ver of 'May Slat, and consider it a timely
. review ot the days whe it was harder
to lire in Norfb Carolina than it was
to tight a toe' battlefield of Virginia.
General Carrs-letter- is descriptive of
' those days. bat lacking In detail from
the simple fact that no one could give
the detail with- the other facta in the
pace Wfled in I he letter referred to. .,
It was very natural for the soldier to
think that be had made all possible ac-
: rifle, on,' the Held ;o battle, but when
be returned to hi borne, and In many
instance found U reduced to ashes, U
was crushing, but to- find alto that he
. had been disfranchised and the foreign
er.' as veil as the slave, enfranchised,
and in control of the State government,
headed by carpe,t-basr leaders whose
; purpose was to plunder, it was Just, awi
ful,.Jndeed. There was no principle
save 1b the bosom of tire soldier, bis de.
; pendents and friends, end that princi
ple was represented by patience never
before excelled under similar conditions.
' The fsona ot Veterans and other youri
people have not In all probability read
' with keen interest, the history that was
made In the first three yeans after the
close of hostilities. It was during these
., years that the carpet-bag rule and ruin
Held sway In the Southern Stales, and
especially notable were the outrages In
North Carolina. Think of It! A sol
dier or any one In sympathy with him
had no voice or vote., A white man un-
f less Ja-ar4MoaLieai;uer.-- which
meant a follower of a carpet-bagger,
i had no rights .that s were respected by
the white man wltih the black heart,
followed by the black man with the
white heart, compared with bis leader.
, The 'K.u dClux were the disfranchised
, soldier and bis friends. The Union
Leaguers - were the carpal-baggers and
t ihelr followers. All that was mean, low,
ancr devilish that could be done by the
carpet-bag rule was charged t the Ku
(Klux (Democrats). The climax was
. reached , when the time arrlytd for the
soldier and white man at home to vote.
It was at this time that the moat das
tardly acts of the carpet-bag govern-
ment "were perpetrated to prolong the
- carpet-bag rule. A man called Colonel
Kirk, and one called Lieutenant Her
gen, wltli a battalion of ragged tramps,
called soldiers, started out With ihe
sanction -of Governor W. W. Holden
and associates to arrest some of the
best citisena of Alnmance, Caswell and
Orange counties. These good men were
taken from the office, the desk and field,
.some from sick ones in the home, some
In their shirt, sleeved .leaving their
horses -and plows standing in the field.
The object was to hold those citizens
"under arrest on the pretence of insur
rection, thus preventing them from vot
ing, and - intimidating others. These
men were taken to Hillsboro and there
.held prisoners guarded by th'emost con
temptible mob ever collected.
Josiato Turner, editor of The Raleigh
Sentinel, wag one of the prisoners, not
withstanding he thundered away at
j.uch an outrage with, a, determination
to gain our rights or; dte in his tracks.
1 Hon. A, S. Merrimoo plead, as for his
life, for Judicial interference, but Gov-
; ernor Hdlden would not act, and the
; powe oftthe Judiciary was declared ex
hausted. Tt was worse than war, but at
. this time Judge 'Brooks came to the res-
cue of ills State, the prisoners were or
dered to (Salisbury -and there trted by
tms eminent Judge and citizen. They
were liberated and their captors re
turned to Raleigh under arrest. This
" act of Judge Brooks gaive us a ohanoc
of having our wrongs righted 'for the
nrst time after the war. fTheretore,
beilevfr that 6n of tbe noblest deeds
lhat our State could do would be to
erect a 'shaft lo the memory of Judge
Brooks. I would like to see Charlotte
take the lead In that direction.
I went with these prisoners to Hills
" boro'and thence to Salisbury and en
, Joyed their freedom from the thraldom
of the galling chains that had bound
. Ihem. In -obedience, to the Oovemor'a
actions.- l tried ttt get Bargm to arrml
me. l told him that it would behumili
aung to De arrested bv such a man,
but it "would be honorable to suffer for
1 such a cause ii was euns, that I was
Democrat and that was all the evl
dent he wanted -to ca-H me a Ku Klux.
.' ilswery jsldleTf wlllt.rememlMsr , the
times referred lo, and rary S(n of a
soldier or hs friends should think why
v suon mingsicouia oe; ana nis conclu
sions would bo., that Ignorance was led
by plunderers, and, would most n'atu-
..rally reason u such a thlrrg iwas nojsl
ble Ihetj, It, would. ba again If eternal
' Wgllanc was -lost sight (. ,Th reat
cst legacy one veneration can beaneath
" he other is a better government each
succeeding', generatlop. nd this can
' only bo done when the people capable
or governing are governing.
' The amendment to the constitution
(tlvhig the black nian with the foreignai
v' the right of franchise should never
, hav hoRik ; added .and. ought to . ba
. amended by the general government
now. The black man was the mud sill
.' of loyally to lh wives, children and
frlehda of tho (Confederate soldier for
which lio is entitled to the fairest con-
. - FKierauon. nis nomo is m ine sauinr
0 land and his oocmpatlon with, ? thoBa
' against whom he votes. Such never
, would 1iave been the case had he not
' beeiflold by the miserable carpet-bag-
' gers (hat his freedom was on account
of lhe love of Uncle Abraham Uncr)ln
, for Uifaj.Tand that it he was sUll faith
i --'Jul to nls former owners. Ills enslav
i' ment twas,' sure nd punishment unbear
. able. - The truth of the matter Is that
, ..his freodpm was the result of -dlncoln
wisdom to starve the Confederates sol
. dJerai-t as h could not whip thettfi
the black man Wing considered as the
cccnmissary tor The confederate army,
: Charlotte, Juik t. , , . .. .v .
; , - 11DBBI5D THE QB AVE. .
' . A startling Incident 6t klch Mr. John
. , Oliver of Philadelphia, was the ? vib
: Ject,. la narrated by him 'follows: "1
, was In most dreadful .condition. My
, ikiq was almost yeuow, eyes sunken,
, ' , tongu coated. aln : contlnUsllv In
back and sides, no appetltewgraduallir
rpwins:. weaker flay ; by 4. nay .Three
. . physicians bad riven me ud. Fortu-
. ; t-iiltters;' ana to my great Joy and sur
priso, th first bottle made a decided
- Improvement I continued their tns
for three weeks,, and. am now a well
man. . I know they saved my life, and
' robbed the grave of another rlptlm."
(4 No on should fail to try them. "Only
; , W cents, .fuarsnteed !t illurweil
Dunn Co.' drug store. 'I-1. . !
USTrHGROv(X)XGRESSHA
oi rauox or ceobgk b. white.
CoagroMSMUi Ciiwlags Glvos aa Bator
taiatag KvrlowfftlMCaMorotta8tf
la Cnogiois Sunn of tksHotsbto Ilgmtw
of Koeoastractloa Days BscaUoa oatJi
CshdlM's lUpraeataUvos f tas rsst
Dry Stoaos IS tas Bod it tko Brook.
(Copyright, WOO. Amos J. Cummlngs.)
Washington. June 7. He is toe last
of bh race. , An epoch is Mused. Seat
ed la a remote cornr of the chamber
of the Hoase of lie present atives. sear
Prumldl's painting of toe opening of
the negotiations at the siege of York-
town, ne listens to an uproar oa tat
nor. apparently lost In reflection. A
light mulatto Of' steady physique, he
has close-cropped, kinky hair and two
Inches of whiskers mtlitalfe. Thll
statesman Is the Hon. George Henry
ft hlte; ot Tsrboro, N, CW he last of
the negro Congressmen. ;
The reconstruction tide hM at last
passed the flood and Is beginning to
ejib. The palmy days of th new -era
are ever and the relapse is here. Mere
ephemera were the carpet-bagger and
scaHawagger. They wers political 1-"
sect9 with . lives measured by days.
But the negro survived by nearly a
third of a eehtury. He was a part of
the soil of the South, cultivated by
questionable methods, toot never fertil
ised. Lake the old Virginia tobacco
fields, the soil seems to have run out,
and the land no longer productive, la
about to ibo abandoned.
The situation has changed. Tha
wlods have been! cut ' away and the
stream Tias run dry. The denuding of
the forest began four years ugo when
Mississippi adopted a Btatei constitu
tion that practically disXranchl the
negro. Louisiana followed suit, and
North Carolina and Virginia are al
ready trcodinur In tihe same path. The
fifteenth amendment is virtually being
wined out -Dry ar the stones m tne
bed of th Brook. There may be water
underllhenru but whether It will ver
again ooxe lo find surface time one
can determine.
lyvhat a regime It was in Its heyday!
The 'Uhmastied whites seem 10 have re
garded tt as a oirt of jnili Ileal night-
mar. -No more Incongruous political
elements were upheaved iro the Fremiti
icvolutlon. It was a stratum of stas
maoihtp unfareeSmdowied and utterly
unknown. It was like fungi, the pro
duct of a n!g.ht, and only a few experts
could Bepaiuta the nrushtU'im from th
titadsti.K'1. . I; Hnst knocked at the door
of the tlouaa of ltepresentative In the
Fortieth Congress In the person of a
West Indian negro thirty years old. Ills
name Was J. Willis (Menard, and he had
received a certificate of election fam
Governor H. C Wanmoth, of Loulaiana.
His seat was cantestedi by Caleb 8,
Hunk The committer on elections re
ported against iMenard, and Hunt, was
seated by the 'House. Menard argued
his ciase.ably and vigorously, and waa
the first negro wlho waa ever heard in
Congress.
Ihe next negro whu appeared wtw
Hiram It. Revels. He was elected to
the United States St'nate fpom iMlssis
sippi, and took his seat In February,
1S70, his term expiring March 4. 1871
Revcis was ball and cotnimanding and
of very agreeable and engaging man
ncri. It was said that he had a white
wife. He was a graduate of a Quaker
seminary In Indiana. At Uhe expira
tlon of his term he became a Methodist
minister, and made bis theological ca
reer remunerative by lecturing In Bos
Ion .and otfher cultured preulnctis.
While Itevela wa a Unlt'ed States
Senator several negroes were admitted
to tne iuse or mwearenta-Livoi.' ints
was in the Forty-first Congress.. The
most prominent was Josei(yh H. Uainey,
ourn a siave in Gcargetown, . C, in
1832.N Itainey was a barber in Charles
ton when 'the war 'broke out. 'He fled
to the West Indies in 1862, whtre he re
mained until the close of the war. On
returning to Oharteaton he was eleated
to the coastltutlkwial convenUon, after
ward became a member of the State
Senate, and 'finally landed In Congrass,
Ralney was hand In glove with Jo'hn J.
Pfctterfon, Franklin IMoses, Tim Hur
ley, and other IUtaJdo lUnaldinis of
S'jutlh '(U'oJina reconstructiom IUiney
was Hint elected to nil the vacancy
causl by the rvlffnatIon of B. F.
Whittemore, w"hk was threatened with
expulsion for selling; a. cade-tishlp. He
reimained in the House longer than any
other negro ever sent to Congress, serv-
In'g eight coiuecu.tlvel yearn. Nemesis
eiught him in the fall of 1878.. In the
election of 1876 he !hald beaten J. 8, Rich
aruson by 1,50 votes, but In 1878 lost
his political feet and was swept into
the w hii lptW of the past.
In the House he had been 'a Lanjunal?
among the reconstructlonists. ttulck
wiWed and versatile in action, he .had
been of service to mat party. He be
came a candidate for clerk of the House
In the Forty-seventh Congress,., it was
univwisally conceded that ihe was more
than competent and was entitled to the
honor. Liko toChera of his race, bowev
or, he was seb aside when rewards were
distributed to those, .who had , distln
guisnca tnemsetves in political con
llicta, Rdiney was a-ivery light col
croa gentleman, with wiavy out no
kinky hair. Suave In conversation, h
nud soft, engaging manners, and was
supposed to be a 'West Indian negro,
He spoke French fluently, had the Cre
ole patois, and affected literature, H
was a fair orator, and was regarded as
a llterateur. He admired Dumas, lec
tured on Toujraant, ncgardedDessalines
as a pure patriot, detested Soulouxrue,
ar,4 claimed that Hannibal was
greater, military genius, than Naptfcon,
Kainey (k tan lactiVe part in- the colli
nidation of Liberia, and believed t'hat
the future of tihe emancipated slaves
lay In that dlrectloor
Oneuf Italncys associates in the For
ty-fiist Congress was Israel 0. Lash,
representine a district rn North Caro
lipi, Lh was a member trf the lionise
when IUiney was a worm in to. fill the
Whittemore vacancy. Ht had been; a
stave, and was bora tn mo. Lash
lacked- education and "refinement.' made
no effort io asoend t ladder ox fame.
asd. wsavof morose disposition, s Me
diupped from his perch as the end of
the term. v ' - , '
'Meantime a imw negro appeared at
the door of the Senate with oradentlal
from Mississippi. He was iBlancHe K.
Bnice, born a slave la Virginia tn 11841
In. his boyhood he went to Mississippi
and afterward settled in (Missouri, but
returned, lo Mvslsslppl after ; tihe war,
He -acquired, Jand ana became a. plan
ter. He entered political life as ser
gesmt-at-armi of the State Senate, was
final I v elected United KtaieM Hanslnr
for th Wrm beginning In 1K75. Being
a close rrtPP9 "f P01? conkiing sind
gentlrsiaA of eaucaUon "end refinement
be wielded considerable Influence In the
Renate. His friendship for. Mr. Conk
irng was so great that he named , his
onBy. child after- hhn. He fntiuently
presided "ov.er Ihe, Senate, filling) the
chair .with grace, and dignity and win
ning enoonlums frotnl his collcaguai
wlthoutcgard' to parly, On. retiring
from Congress, in lSil. lie was succeed
ed by Lucius Qulntus Clnclnnatus la-
MM
mar, and was wade emrer o ia
Treasunr by Presldeat-Garneld. : Ills
wife wis an octoruon, reuse ana sreo
teel and. wii educated. Their dorocoa
te each other waa often remarked. -,
Another negro who at tract U almost
onlvensil attention was the Hon. Rob
ert . iXiott, of outh Carolina. He
waa bora tn Bvtston. edocated at liiga
Holborn, England, and graduated from
Eton Coiice in Ht sludka law
and wea to cXmiU Canollna after the
(Cose or th war. After serving a a
member of the cons tit at Ion a) conven
tlm 4e become a member of the Forty-
second Congress, and was re-elected to
the Forty-third. There were four ne
groes from the Palmetto Stats in this
Congress, and only one whits mam lu
ll jit was a black miA with a dash of
white blood. He was Bine-tenths nrgr
and extremely proud of his aooestry.
He IractU It back to the Congo, a
very dressy negro, ISUlott alwuys wore
4 Scalskta cap in winter. He kept close
watch on the reconstruction la w in tne
different States. In, those days . trav
elers going South Usually took th boat
to Quantlco, where they connected with
train on what ts now knuwn as the
Atlantic Coist Line. BilkAC insisted
upon eatmg at Che table wiin the
whites while traveling' to Quantlco.
There he entered the JUn Crow car, and
remained there until the train entered
8uth Carolina; then be would pick up
his overuiat and transfer hlmaeir to
the ladles' oar, where be settled, hlnv
self .oamforiaJtxly In a, seat and slept
couriJJy unUl the train reached. Colum
bia, He was at one time adiutant rcav-
era! f the State. Gersral 'Elliott, as
he was temiad. resigned before Che ex
piration of hfcs term to become sherlrl
of Columbia. 'He Had ascertainea tnat
the perquisities of the oDV-e were far su
perior to thuse of a Congressman,
And there is another South canxms
negro who attained a national reputa
tion, A lonio J. RonBler. He was bom
in Charleston in 1894. He was self-edu
cated, and was employed as a shipping
clerk In 1830 'by a leading meruhant.
His etmployeriwas tried for violating the
law In hiring a colored clerk, anu was
lined I cent, with ctost RanBir was
number of the constitut tonal onven
lion, and afterward became chairman
f the Republican Btate eentral com
mittee. tie was also presidential elec
tor on the Grant and Colfax tk-kwts and
was elected: to the) Forty-third Oin-
gress. He was an opt representative
of the changied conditions In' Charles
ton, and cin hardlv ba said to have
ttomnartU favorxbiy with; the chlvalrlc
Rcipresentet.vta from that city before
the war.
A Representative Who will never be
forgotten was the) well-knuwre Jere
Haralson, of Alabama. He was as black
as coil, a genuine) plantation negro,
the forerunner ot rag-time and the M j-
bfle buck. . Jere was born In Muscogee
county, Georgia. After tbe dealli of his
master he was sofld on the auction
biook In Columbus. The negro 'Imuanie
the property of J. Haralson, of Weil ma,
and remained there until President l'n
coiro's emancipation proclamation. He
acquired wme education af ten-ward, be
came a member of the State L.eKWi
lure in 1870, and was elected to the 'For
ty-fourth Comgress.- He claimed a re
election U the Forty-fifth, which was
Democratic. In. this Congress Charles
W. Field, of Gtorgia, was door-keeper.
He saw a cdaliblack man on the lioor
of the House one day watching the pro
ceedings, and took blm flor one of the
colored barbers. He toldoneif his as
sistants "to drive the nigger back into
the barber shop where he belonged."
The assistant tried to carry out the
order, but Jere proudly prodalmed his
Idem ty, end Uewera! Field made a gen
tlenvanly apology.
Another distinguished colored Con
gressman is bpjugnt. to minij, WKe
Haralson, he was a slave emancipated
by LJncoln. He was found In .Natchez
wht,Jn captured by the union truops,
AftiT attending evening schools anil
acouiring a fair education he was elect
ed to the Forty-third Congress and re
elected to the Fortyfourth, This gen
tile man was John It. 'Lynch, Df-Misss-
slppl, temporary chairman of th Re
publican national convention that no:m
Inaled James G. ijtlaine In 1884. aera
tor Babln, of 'Minnesota, chairman of
the national committee, had nominated
PoweH Cl'iytun. Henry Cabot ILodg
nut Lynch in the 'field against Inlm, and
Theodore Roosevelt and Ceorge William
Curtis seconded his rumination. ' The
avowed object of the nomination was
lo break up the unit rule Lynch was
tlectcU with forty votes to spare. 'Ma
Jor William iMcKlnlay was a de!?gate
to t'hh convention. He voted for Clay
ton, while Foraker, iM'ark Hanna, and
John D. Long vtj fior Lymh. iMr,
Lynch was afterward tlhird Auditor of
the Treasury under President Harrtron
Another slave who appearod In the
Houre waa General Robert flmalls, of
Beaufnit, South Carolina. He was the
engineer who ran the Bianter, lo'ad-td
with artillery and supplies, out of
Charleston hartw fn Way, 1802, and de
livered iher to the ommanding officer
of the Union squadron. Smalls was af
terward appointed a pi.vt lr the navy
and was made captain for gallant and
meritorious conduct. He served three
terms In Congress, being isnated in the
Flftv-flrst Congress as the contestant
for Colonel Wllliaim KlUott's seat.- The
oustinigr process was completed in nine
ty secondis under tihe Reed rulets, the
quickest time on record. For years
General Smalls has had a claim before
the House for salvage on the Planter.
Several times It 'h'is been reported fa
vorably. but at no time has the been
a'ble to secure Its consideration
Probably the most brilliant negro tt
the regime was Prof, Ukhn !M. Lang-
ston, seated under th9 Heed rules In
the Flfly-flrst Con'greas. He wa
professor of law In Howard University
and at one time Its actirmr president
Born a slave, tie was a graduate of
Oberlln, and practiced law In Ohio for
twelve yours. Lnngston's equal In tat
ent was Henry Plummer Cheatham, of
Norih Carolina, aiw register of deeds
In the District of CMumbla, Cheatham
made a epeexh on the proved negro
exhibition at Chicago world's fair onat
attracted universal attention' He cui
loose from all Dolltioil affinities .' and
spoke for his race alone. His remarks
were cheered to the echo, and Confed
erate veterans vied with lone another
in tendering their congratulations. The
appropriation for the negro exnimtion
was voted without a dissenlin voice.
And there are others-Geonre Wash
In'eton Murray. (Richard H. Dal ft. Rob
ert C. De Large and Thomas IS, Miller,
of South Carolina: Benjamin fi. Turner
and James T. Rapier, of -Alabama, and
Joslah T. Walls, r Florida, Murray,
Turner, and Walls were slaves. Itapler
was the son of a runaway slave, and
was educated in Canada, Ha was a taJl
swarthy negro, looking like an Indian.
Ht was coo, calm, und ' reservtji-
good talkervand a fine speaker. Ht
'dnoke Vrench. German . and . BpanUh,
and was a commissioner to the Vienna
Exposition, Gain was : a Utile, short
squatty negro, a air talker and very
aggressive. He wanted all the riffbts
of a white jhan.and Wanted them quick
1 1 a nrn A vx rx am. anil anlt MSa'
f v ns na ytrvifuu -sini'iiaii t
smart tallser, and an adroit manipula
tor of bw race. Turaer, was , a stout
lalwart acgro, 'who mader only one
i i v" ,';,'-'' ,T'"J ''':'
.ii,''' ,-,'"';' ' '.''';.' I
""'' mhiiiii. ii .inn i in inWiiipii mi fawww.
tpeeca la the House. 'As It attracted
soma attentloiv it was said to have
beta wrllten by rrof. peetye, of Am'
herst CoUega ., - . ;
a tnucs tire tn4ast W enow tn
present. What about the future! For
this Is i. great world, and Ood moves
In aaysterlMU way.
AMOS J. CUiIMLya.
.V TUB rEAKT EXPEDITION. ,
Tks Wtadward Ikortlys IMn for tl
ts rropars foe Bet Voyags Is tkoJCorta
tksWIU WIUisBMaa Asnerfaaa hlp-
TnsKkpodlUaaaadltsriaaa, -
St. Johns. C. F June ,-ThaTPary
Arctic steamer -Windward is ready
to come oat ot dry dot to-day. having
fully completed the extensive repairs
whlrfe have btvn in nrosres for ev-
eral months, and will shortly leavs for
Sydney, C It., In command ul Captain
Samuel W. itartlett, to taks on, ci
and supplies for her voyags JK las
North. While ths new engines oeaitvu
have not been obtained. 'in oonscqtMnee
of Ihe utter InolbUlty of nanufscurrs
OiMh in uieat 'uruain ana, in emeries
td take un the contract, a. . new-, ahaxt
and prpeller have been supplied, the
eld engines thoroughly overhauled and
put In ths best possible order, so (hat
at least a knot and one-halt an- nmir
la speed has been gained, bringing th.
"Wlndwaid" up to the 'Katef ,of the
1891-1893 and 1KS expeditions. In addi
tion, the hull has been tnoToiigtviy re
built, strengthened both within: and
without, and the Windward,) as a
whole, Is In far bolter condition than
shhas been for years, new. boiler
havlnsr been Installed by (Mb Harms
worth shortly linfore he turned Br over
tOiMr. l'eury In ISttt.
The 'Windward will this yeaf sail as
en American ship, so far as her na
tionality is oonoerned. The . necessary
legislation by Congress havlrur been tip-
pssved by 1'rcsldont MvKlnley, Utough
not Jiaving enured an Amentjan pon
the 'formal register has not yel been is
sued. Captain Bartlett, han .however,
a copy or the act, certltlca y uw hoc
itory f 14k TmisuryT wiwta-w bkb
tne United States consuls1 and, foreign
aiithorilles of any port wlU iwrmit the
Windward to iiy the wurs ana etrijK's,
The nlmilt Windward will' b& theie-
tore, the first Arctic expedition steamer
la carry the Blars and "strlpea t tli
peak since the Ill-fated Polarla left th
Hrooklyn navy yard In July lS7a under
ciinimand of Oantaln Charles F. Hall,
and who died on board a lew trrwnUia
aler. . '
Th expedition will sail from Sydney
about- July lst.and proceed directly,
with a ciii at Disco, to W.ah, Norih
Greenland, Mr. Peary's winter quar
ters, where instructions from him Mill
djubtlesuj be found, or If not, will be j
awaited. The Windward will take with
her the maximum quantity of n-oul
which she can tarry; additional lum
ber, oil, sugar, arms, urn monitions, pro
visions, scientific InaVruments,' ami
everything "which Is necessary for Mr,
Peary's work. The , Windward also
takes two new whaleboa-ta, toulit at
New Bedford, for fhe ilVary service,
thoroughly equipped In every detail.
at Is. however, qiulte possible, lfli.it
Mr. Peary may have attained the Pole
this spring, in which case he will, h
couree, return with the ship; if not, the
additional equipment, with what re
mains ' the 40 tons of supplies left tit
Etah by the Diana last year, will be
simple for the remainder of the. time
hlcn he will devote to his work.' tipin
the arrival of the Windward at; Etah,
Mr. Peary will assume cmrap.n0, and
her further movements ,wiil be subject
ti the .conditions or his work, an a to
his Instructions. iXo iwissungers W
be taken on the windward, the Danish
government hiving qualified their per
mission to land at the Greenland ports,
with the conditions that tourists should
not be carried. IMra. Ftaiy and Miss
Peary, however, will go 'north on the
steamer as far as "Etah, iud it Is prob
able that the windward, if she re
turns, will bring hpme the Robert Stein
narty. landed near Catpe Sabine Iby the
Diana in August Jasb.
A ppolntsd Bishop of Oolnmbu.
Rome, June 9,The Rev. Henry Moel
ler, secretary 'and chancellor of the
arch-diocese of Cincinnati, O., has beea
appointed blshou of Columbus, t).
The Rev. Henry (Mueller was born In
Cincinnati In IM, and was one of the
first students In the American College,
9t Ttome. He was formerly pastor of
Heilefontaine, O,, -and professor at St.
Mary's Seminary. ln 1879 he was sec
retary to mishap Chatard.
Salting the Action.
Chicago Tribune.
"Which one of the popular books of
ihe day do you like the best?' asked' 'the
maiden.
To Have and to Hold.' " he answer
ed In an ecstatic whisper.
"Don't Harry!" sheiirotested, but her
voice hud a . smothered sound.
t'For The Observer,
CERTAINTY.
"Yet ah. that Spring bliould viinlsli with The,
Ko.hc! , ' .
That Youth's sweet-scented run nunc riot
Flt.geraKI' Translation of the Itulilsyatof
uniar ivnsyysm.
Ah, the .Spring does not vani.s'h with the
itose.
But Into Summer's fairer beauty grows!
And, to the heart of him who waits and
hopes
In God, the season with full promise
glows.
And If the manuscript of Youlh should
close
For death's brief period, the believer
knows
That he the finished story yet shall
read
In the clear light that Cod in heaven
bestows.
Aye, read th mystery only hinted here,
And in between the lines, the meaning
clear '
Of many things that human wisdom
; Tailed
To see, all ended and completed There
And so, although the Moon may
and wane
wax
And look for him hereafter, all In valh',
He knows -beyond the Darkness there
That sines Christ lives, iie foo shall
l-1ive'agalnr,f.' 1
Unless food is digested quickly - H
will ferment and Irritate the stomach.
After each meal take & teaspoonfuL of
Kodol -i Dyspepsia ; Cure. It digests
what you eat and will allow you to eat
all you need of what you like. It never
rails to cure the worst case ot dyspep
sia. ' It Is pleasant to take. R. IX Jor
THEDECAD35XCE OF SCULPTURE
REUroXlDJILlTT YAIXJ OX CAXOTA,
la Us Parts Kxalftltlea, Its lsipsoosoat
is Ikown oa that Works of rtrty Tsars
Ago-Ths OssMSal Baa of th Exhibit to
eaieere, sat There an Imm NotaMs Kx
eiUoas-aekw BorgtassM EIm Works.
Correspondence ; The Observer. . . '
Paris, May A forest of sculDturea.
nuny-ilraoed, ttwugb of. one branch ef
art, occupies the ground floor of th
urand , Palalr. dea Beaux-Arts.
Ground hi ippropriata sine tks
marbles, brunsas, aad plasters In ques
tion sprout out ot the another earth.
With sail benosjlh root and arched ceil
ings of glass overhead, ths palaoo bears"
more resemblance to a mammoth con
servatory! than any other specimen
known to architecture. t But here again
there is fault; tne.paJms, flowers, and
arbors that were to have relieved ths
cold monotony of statues, were omit
ted from lade ot space. 8o the only
growth observable Is the development
of art during the nineteenth century,
A brief survey, na still more, a care
ful examination, raises- ths question
whether this is a parasitic growth or
vegetation pur and simple. Certain
it Is that, with a few exceptions, thi
Kxpositlon Docennato shows no Im
provement on the works of fifty yuari
ago.
According to Rodin, It Is on Canova
that falls the responsibility tor the de
cadence of sculpture. He it was who,
In the beginning of the century, Intro,
duved moulding from, nature, now al
most universally In, use, and as unpar
donable a crime In sculpture as Is pho
tography In painting, beautiful as Is
nature Jn every form. In early bloom as
In decay, and artistic as Is every line
or entirety that faithfully follows na
ture, Inbarmony results from mould
ings, though cast on the same body,
that are merely assemblages of fraij.
nients. "Study nature," say Rodin,
"love It, worship It, endeavor lo be true
to It, shd.-thotigh; trwill tak a, Vtfc
time, art will coufe to you. Moanw'hlle,
rejoice in your grossest, mistake, for
they show an honest effort and. a lesson
learned." Upon, accepted art, Rodin is
merciless; the most noted sculptors aro
by him termed 'amateurs After a
lifelong struggle for recognition, he has
won for himself a place whore he need
no longer fear criticism. Even his cno
mles must acknowledge his strength,
but his admirers cannot blind them
selves to his weakness. Ilo has fol
lower) naturei to the point of losing
idvafallty. And since the art of ITax-
leles and Paeon. f HottlcelH and Ra-
ihacl. was the mingling In perfect pro-
iKirtlons of the form seen and the sp'r
It felt, Rodin still has a number of con
verts to make, before his school Is uni
verroll'y accented.
After passing undurt tho triumphal
rnirtleo In the Avenue Nicholas II., th
first feeling is a shiver from th cold
tamir air blowing as out of a vault,
Then comes bewilderment before the
mases of sculpture; bewilderment that
increases at every step. Statues nra
thrown together as In a marble yard;
even toys in a Christmas shop are dls
played to better advantage. Tho lack
of space ts simply shocking. With out
stretched bronse arms Miking ones
ribs on lKth sides, and a plaster toe
punching one In the hack. It is possl
ble lo look at something or other in
marble rubbing against one's nnsi. The
task Is not pleasant; nor, in most
fases, is It profitable.
The new works are, In great part, nn
the same haokneqrod themes seen yer
after year, with litllo variety In the
interpretation. Even the old1 blunders
are there. The mistake most ire'
qucntly encountered Is, an emotion ex
pressed in a face, and belled by every
muscle and even In the attitude of the
accompanying form. Then there Is thi
misfortune of selecting trivial subjects,
Mjiny things Interesting In life, become
liiHlnld l;i stone. The uninteresting be
comes Intolerable For Instance, who
would stop to watch a nakd boy pick
Ing his way across a brook? Ills mama
might, for fear lest he scratch his pre
clous toes. Discreet aliens would flee
such a spectacle. Hut bemuse, forsooth,
the lad Is chiseled In marble, all who
nass are exne-i'ted b .admire. Bxan-
gerated physical expression Is another
nit-fa II for sculptors. When moire
depth of meaning, the distortion is for
gotten, after th nrsf shock, me
writhing limbs of Rodin's "First Man-'
become a revelation, when the subject
has been profoundly studied. Hut the
sculptor of a marble called "In the
Woods" has selected one of those vapid
moments Interesting for the iartii
nants. certainly, and for their respec
live families, perhaps. A boy who ha.
rough! a fox In a noose, is lying on his
back, and trying to hold the struggling
animal with his toes. To express re
flection, presumably, or doubt, ihe
boy's lips protrude several Inch p'j
vond tho normal level. The curling
ilns of the fox seem to bo saying, With
Alice, "As i pig. he would reanv nor m-
so bad-looking," Which is undername,
although this would be more appropn
ate in a variety show transrormiuion
scene than In an exhibit at the Gran!
Palais den Ileaux;Arts.
Rut -enouch of carping criticism. Al
though mediocre works ore the first to
impress, there are sorno fine pirws, for
those who care to seek.
Tho eentral figure of the exhibit, lm
mediately under the dome, Is the n-w
Victor Hugo, by Harrlas. The poet
la Mualetl on the ton . of 811 obelisk,
haunted by forms supposed to symbol
Ivrlc. dramatic, satyric and epic
noetrv. This .monument Is so colossal
that, at close quarters, It cannot l
seen, Perhaps this Is why H does, no
reflect hatefully on the. statues dl
posed In a circle round It. From a dls
taiKv. It may be seen, bul this l not
necessary,' when one is on one's guaid
After the preclro location has iM'en
learned, It Is -possible Bt'f' ye
turned elsewhere, thlfs avoiding many
unpleasant sensations.
'Immediately Xuoing the entrance, Is
Falgulere's Cardinal Lavigerle, Intend
ed, for the city at Itayonne, the? lirth
place of the giat evangelist an 1 colo
nizer. The Cardinal stands. In his ml
tre and robes, holding aloft the crozier
Diagonally opposite, at the rear of the
circle. Is the statue which many con
slder the greatest of FaJguleres works,
the figure of La Rocheiaquelelh, from
the town of Saint Aubln. These two
statues, and' "Cain Carrying tho Body
of Abel," the last though of Falgulere's
that found expression, have their basas
draped with crape, In tribute' to the
memory of the master sculptor.
The other works In this circle do not
merit pari iPUjitf nollce; Just without
however, Is the section of the tJniteJ
Ctaites, honored above all foreign na
tions by being awarded th place next
to Franco in prominence. Two life
slsed groups of horses by MauMonnles,
stand out In full vigor or life and mus
eular - action. Between ' them J tht
equestrian ilgure of Ceneral Sherman
preceded by Victory bearing a crown of
laurels. This forms, with the1 .Shaw
monument at the head of tho stairs to
ths left, the" principal ftalura of Bt-
Gaudeni extilblt.
tAmong lh iminr men wh haT at-
trartd much aitentlon Is Bolon Ctor-
glum, ot L'lah, abuse life on the plains
Inspired him, with the thought of de
picting those peculiar and interesting
types of whb-h to Utile is known est ol
theWesit, What Owen Wlstrt has done
In literature for the cowboy - and his
mates, Wolon Horgtum has don In art.
Th first of his wks, Ths Lam
HortO Is a pathetic sketch of animal
suffering. The horseV with- a brute s
aioia resigns! Ion to -that Which It feels
but cannot analyse. Is trying to mak
the best of th accident; but the nose
lowered as If to ask the bandage hoof
pleas to let well, shows that V, like
Paul, he Is contented in his lot, he is
not contented with tt. "Th Wind" is
so i vol Is Uo that it would mak one
shiver even if It were not In the eold
house of the Grand I'aJals de IVaux-
Arts. The Icy blast or the open plain
Is whipping against th back of th
mar that is trying to shelter her Solt,
As la th other, the depth ot tVeilng Is
vary great, as well as the sympathy
shown, for annuals, and a thorough
knowledge of their sensations and
anatomy.
Ths most remarkable of iMr. sn,tr.
Blum's works Is "The out." To ih
edge of a precipice the wily Indian has
tfetit, and, concealed by the body of
his horse, he Is scanning the distant
hoi lion. The horse, trained to the In
dian's wayts, seems then merely for
his own amusement; with an tnuulsl
tlve air hs looks down at the plain, as
If commenting on ths quality of Ihe
grass, Utut with the tall of his eye ha
w&tohe; In an instant, hs will bo tsar
ing away at the first signal, boarlng
his master far out of harm's way. One
point to be noticed Is lhat the Indian's
hand Is Placed not above the eyes, as is
generally done, but below. This Is not
art eccentricity by which the artist nasi
iougnt to anhieve originality, but aj
maraoierlue ot Custer's f&mous scout,
mack Kdgie, who rvd as modiu for
this sculpture, illlack Kagle said that to
plat-e the hand to the furehi-ad was us-
eu.V since th eye-lids and lashes af
forded ali tne protection required;
whereas tho lower part of Ihe far
luft an unlimited tine of vision which
hindered careful observation, r Sb? h
cut off with his hand that which he Aid
not wish to am, and he had roditred bis
theory to such a science of practice,
lhat he could calculate to a nicety the
spsca needed between his half -closed
lids and his upraised hand, to prujecl
nis view to a uemtllte point.
The JKxposltloin CVntennale, Jn th
Avenue d'Antlastdo, has been arrangsd
as a comparative history of French
sculpture. To the right are works prior
to isw; to tne ten, works since that
date, in the centre a few world-fa
mous pieces have been gathered to
gether, among them Har'iholdrs tfiatue
ot Liberty, anij Rodin's JTUvt Man, the
Age offCopfter, and one of thelloUrgeols
do Calais.
Jn the hall on the left, near the State
stairway, are two of th m(l striking
pieces or mo exhibit, and. ndoed. two
of tho strongest works the century b&
seen. They ars ri'om tho hands of
Hene de dalattMaroeaux, whan) many
have already secialmed as the suree.
or of his master, Falgulere, 1 Oeni
Oarda.nl la Secret de la Tombs Is a
plaster riplla of the renowned original
in tne.Aiusej du Luxembourg, L Arlo
quin fa the marble In the nosstslon irf
Madame l'on-neroy. The former with
its Impassive, haughty look revealing
a Knowledge surpass!! all conceiitlon,
the latter with its holknw smile cinccal-
tng the thought that Is (o produce the
next quip, eat a masterpiece In Itself,
two together reflect giorjr. on the
mind whoso versatility could product
uiih contrails'. Nor do t. Marceaux'i
later pieces fall In the rich promise glv
en by those earlier wWks. In tho TSx
position Deeennale, his group, "iNo
uisunees; is marvelous for Idea and
interpretation, 'lie has presented
wirigt-j ngures ol rexr. -linne. and De,
spair, cieavmg, tho ether, as the spirit
uai innutwires mat shape man s Ute
Anoirer work is iho broniw bust of
Dagnan'-Hou'Vere't, Apart from the ar-
tlstic excellence of this nortralt. the
bust Is Intereatlng as the genius of ona
aitist Immorlailalng the fieatutes of an-
ottier. Il ls, moreover, happily placed
in the Grand I'aJals des dleaux-Arts,
which contains woiks that have addud
to tne rame or both.
FRANCIS .WARRINGTON DAWSON
DI BATIOK OK A 80LAK ECLIPBK,
Kesolts of a Calculstlou to Determine Its
Orenteit I'osslble Length,
Philadelphia? Record.
Mr, C T. Whltncll. president- nf h
L.eeqs Astronomical Hocietv. has made
a calculation to determine what I the
longest possible, duration of a solar
eclipse. To pMu-e this effe;t,flvo ton
actions must be fulfilled. First, the
moon must be ui the time at or very
near one of Its nodes; that Is. must be
exactly in the sun s path; second, the
moon must be at Us nearest to .tha
lurth In perigee and the sun must ho
at Its farthest- In ajfogce which hap
pens about the first ot July; third, the
track or the shadow should run along
a parallel f latitude, for then tho ob
servers eostwura movement, due to
the earth's rotation, which prolongs
the time ot totality, will be wholly jn
the direction in which the shadow
travels, and not slantwise across Its
path. Fourth, the sun and the moon
should be directly over tho observer's
head, since he shall-then be nearly 4,000
miles the length of the earth's ha'f
dlametei-neartr to the moon than
when he sees It setting, and the slse of
the shadow will be Increased corres
pondlngly. Fifth, the observer should
be stationed on the equator, where his
eastward movement due to the rotation
will be at Its greatest.
Only four of these five conditions,
however, con be fulfilled with any sin
gle eclipse, since an observer at the
equator can never see the 'sun In his
senlth In the month of July. Mr. Whit
nells problem consisted, therefore, In
making with the four possible simulta
neous favorable conditions the best
combination. He finds that the max!
mum of . totality will occur at noon In
the north latitude, about four degrees,
52 minutes, and will last seven min
utes and 40 seconds six minutes long
ts than the duration of totality at th
most favored stations in the United
States during the eclipse which has
Just taken place.
Un the coming century there will bo
sl&scltpses of nearly the maximum ou
ration. The eclipse of May 18. 1901. will
be total at one point six minutes, and
.41,6 seconds. iThe remaining five wil)
all have a duration of over seven min
utes, ths longsst being that of Juno 21).
1955. which In the vicinity of the Phil
llplne Islands will My a duration, of
seven, minutes, Z4.5 seconds. , ,
All who suffer from plies will be glad
to leant that De Witt's Witch Hasel
Salv wll give them Instsnt and per
manent relief. It will cur ecsema
and all akin diseases. Beware of coun
I terfelts. It U. Jordan Co..,. .t.
i T
TEXBAStJrilitlU
Os Pies of Folly trttk 1. t
is fmoat-Tfcs Au l
tat Osioctatls ITU I.". is 1
th BssbUes-Tseasr's '
rDght-Bsid ow reel Coon '
ratomla4 EseiiwlTt'y fty v
Whoso rroprls Aio a t. v- , .
XWcU4torsyT nt.'
Correspondtnce of Ths Cuscn . r,
New Tors. Jtfn I. At th c '
th Drmocratio Stat co venu s t
ws held hers this k, ex-.
Hill remarked that a rl tiorm t 1 1
adopted "upon which antolur-r t i i
can go btfor the country and c .
That Is try enough. There ts goa,
rasnionea Democrscylrv tns pi-r i.
and k fails to endorse - ths C!.: i '
tneastrosity or to dud axe for the
ami unlimited colmwte of sliver at :i
to 1. liut after adopting this r4atf orm,
tht convention Instructed Its kflVrt?s
to Kansas Cltr ts vote for' tifion. l
Bryan and pledged ths fmocracy of -this
State to support coy platform th
Kansas Ckr convention might chords
to adopt, the Chicago sort , lnctud-1.
Tht piece ot folly Mr. HUl was unable
to . prevent. , However, v h deorrvfs
credit for what h did accomplish, a
few years ago the Democracy of ths ,
country had greater leader than ll.ii,
but to-day ibis shrewd -Uovernor
and exSenator, who has mads polities
the chief business of hw Ufw, is th very
tnsa for the leadership of th Democ
racy. He, better than any ether, cmll
gather th tcattered-Mtad demorallsvl ,:
bands tosXher Into a Compact body. It
only he could b sulwtltuted for the lloy 1
Orator of nevraskal That would b to, .
tint th hope of th Democracy with
the hues of th rainbow. . - s ' -
AN OBJECT Oi DERISION.,
Naturally, at this timet - ths antU '
trust ptonk In the State Demooratlu '
platform Is prjduollve of ' Republican
derision. In the very stronghold of the
Democracy the chief men in ofilce are '
large stockholders In the hoggish lea
trust, and ths country seems on the
point of being treated to-v ths sp -
tacie or tne removal oy av ttepuoii
can Governor of th Democratic mayor '
of New York city because, contrary to '
law, he holds stock lr a company.
which furnishes supplies t the city.
In the minds of the people Tammany -
and the k-e trust are m closely allied
as to be practically RienUcaJ. It ' is .
safe to predict thai is the coming earn
aign in this city hot inuuh win run
heard from the Tammany; orator, on
the subject of trusts, Last year 'they
were told to say nothing about sliver
and they obeyed. This rear their
speeche will b wholly made tip,' no-
doubt, of nerc invecuvw against Wll-;
Itam . MoKlnUy and 'Tsddy,'iRooBd.
velt, The attitude of Tammany this
year will be the attitude of th raseal-
who has been "found out,'! and who
seeks to distract; attention from th
blackness of hi own character by -
smirching the character of others. In
spite of all, howver, The Pros hews-.
paper, ths junior Republican organ
her, seems to think that, th RepuM!-. -
cans will not have a walk-over in Mew
York. It Is' Vsnr much afraid that; a -
good many Republloans and gold Dem
ocrats ar so disgusted both with: the.
President and ths Governor that they
will either refuse to rot at all or will
vote for BfrjrajnV-fe' i.-'uW '
A WDM PfJOI' ROOM 1CAIDED.-'
A day or two ago tho pbllcs learned
that a woman was conducting a pool
room at a certain piaca on jKigntn av
enue, it having been ascertained, that"'
the woman paid no. tribute, the chief
of police detailed a sergeant and six
men to make a raid upon the room. '
Gambling by women was - something -not
to be tolerated for moment. Just,
think of the barm dons to children by .'
the knowledse that their mothers, their -
aunts and their grown sister placed -
bets on the horse races. Tru. the is -
male members of very rich fmnilb '
drive to race Hracks lit their 'trand
equipages and wager large sums oa th '
races; but they have no children worth
mentioning, or If they have, their chit.
dwsiM Ma&fiAto nfllbisi -sash ma-mmA ntotf. -
Therefor and Inasmuch as there w -
"milh rv onmlnor" ia tho nnllco or. II ,
Tammany Hail from this pool room
for females. It was resolved to raid it
and arrest the proprietress.: They pot
only arrested the proprietress, put 43
female patrons, put, imm -m irairot
wagon, In the presence pf ; a larire, ,
crowd, and hurried them, Indignantly
protesting, to ths station house. There,
the US were charged With being disor
derly persons, and the proprietress; with
keeping a gambling nouse. come weie -
mmedlstely bailed out py -weir bus-.
bands or relatives, but many had tn -pass
the night in the station house. It
is probably true that witnin araaius m
half of a mile of th place fkbka ' '
dozen pool rooms tailed with men were.
running and that the pollc knew It...,
But having paid for protection, they
cot it. The Dolice would not dare raid
a pool room full of men and take them ;,
to the station house, ao p mean io,
excuse these fomlnln gambler,. wnch,-.
I say that the hounding ol wome,tl rwt
ban and U characteristic of. ihejra- ."
ent Tammany government ; ; u v . .
8UMHER IN NPW TQRK. -The
handsome part : of : the towa
where the well-to-do live wears no Its
usual summer aspect that Js to ay, -
srAvevard look. The window 4TB clos
ed and th shades pulled down,; The.
mourners are the- tradesmen of all sorts
who lounge Wly m their shops, '.mop-.
ping their brows and wishing Beptem--.
b-r was here. But other. tarts of the,
town are lively enough, flveilerin fact, j.
than In winter; for verybody Is out l ;
doors, day ami olghU and tha strct.
are swarming with myriads of chil-!
aren, many oi wnoru nave sircuuj . mv- ,
gun the celebration, or the Fourth, of ',
July, beginning a racket, that will In
crease in mtensiry, vniu.it rtmciiew u
heathenish climax on the glorious day
itself. It Is quieter in the , parka and ;
publlo squares where. M soon, as night
falls the menand .maidens of the
masses stroll and,. there, being ho room
at homo, do their courting. Uy o'clock
every bench (.filled, and. there Is n .
arm of a mark around the waist : of
nearly every girl, am If you. wapt to
have your headt knocked,; oft iJiK't ,
nicker as you pass by. 'i'j-jjixij.-'-,
;, DAVID T. DCNC1N.
-. I V. v.
Joseph Cornell, of Watauga county,
was workln at a saw mill, ami in pac
ing pear the running oaw slipped sn I
fell bn it, i His arm Was severed Ii ' i
his body, and his body out . nearly 1 1
tvstiBW.' --v. ;4it.-: r. t.HM '..'
Starvation iaever yet curl
ela. Persons with Indigi-st, n t
ready half starved They -nf 1 '
of wnolesome food. Kodol . J
Cure dlgosts what you it si t
can be nourished while t'ic v
organs are biiog reennBtru. t
the only preparation kn vn t
relieve and . completely en re i
ach troubles. It Is cert :J t ,
good. R..1L. Jordan e Co. -
HILL AS A FOLIIi