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ARP LOVES ORPHANS His Metier Fatherless and Mother less at Age of Seven Years. TJIE SAD STORY OF AN EPIDEMIC. in Ataking an Appeal for Orphans' Home, BUI Relates His Mother's Sad Story. - Ninenty-nine years ago today Robert Emmet was executed for high treason. I wonder how many of the old school boys have spoken his speech h.'s beautiful speech in denfense of him self and his companions for the Irish rebellion, and their attempt to seize the arsenal and the arms in Dublin and , set Ireland free. I wonder how many of the modern school boys ever h eared . of Emmet, one the noblest, purest and most eloquent patriots in all history. It took a smart boy, a gifted bey, a good, kind-hearted boy, to speak that ..speech with feeling and pathos. Chan Holt could do it, and he was the only one of our set' who could make the turkey bumps rise on our spines and our hearts go pity-pat as he stretched himself a little higher and exclaimed: "Let no man write my epitaph. Untel Ireland is free, let not my epitaph bo written." He had been already tried and convicted, and when the stern old chief justice asked him If he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced, he made this Wgech. The judge could not conceal his Amotion, and all the court was in tears. Robert Emmet was a very great man. Although but 22 year3 old at his death, he was the peer and companion of Curran, Grattan and Phillips, and the friend and college mate of Thomas Moore, the poet. When executed he waa engaged to Curran's daughter, the beautiful Sarah, and Tom Moore has written a charming poem about their sad and broken-hearted destiny. Had it not been for Sarah and his love, Em met would not have been tried, for he and his fellow patriots, who were lead ers of the rebellion of 179S, had al ready escaped, most of them to Amer ica, but Emmet lingered for Sarah's sake and was arrested and tried for V treason. Among those rebels who escaped to i America was a young man named Ma--Vguire, who landed at Charleston and settled there. He had some means, and began'business as a linen merchant, and prospered. Not long after this he married an orphan girl, the daughter of a sea captain, and they lived hap pily together. Two children were born to them, James and Caroline. No Chil dren ever had more loving parents, no parents ever had more loving and lovely children,, and for years there was no foreboding of any calamity or affliction that could or would befall them. But now, as next Saturday, the 28th, Is Orphans' day, my ruminations that began with Robert Emmet have, with out design, brought my thoughts along down to this Maguire, who was one of his friends and compatriots. I wish to tell the young people a little story about what heppened to James and Caroline. It may read like a romance, but it is all fact. The story will fit the . day that is to some, the 28th, and will fit the orphans at the home, near De catur, and those at Clinton, in South Carolina, and those anywhere and ev erywhere, for it is a fact that 10 per cent of all the children under 12 years Jfk H.gc arc CUUCi latuuicoo kjj m"i"-i less. Orphans are the wards of the na- tlon, and are as much entitled to our care and maintenance as ore the blind and the deaf. Charity to helpless, f friendless children is one thing we can all agree upon. We may differ in poll tics or religion, but charity is a uni h. ;i-.NM v f r nr etc a r-r rn ni nr versal sentiment. The man who loves his fellow men and sympathizes with them in their distress is forgiven for tude of sins. A man may gamble or cheat or drink or lie, but if he is good to the poor and friendless it balances the scales. It is a-Dutch story that Jacob Snyder kept a mill. When he died and knocked at St. Peter's gate for admission, the good saint said, "Jacob, you did keep a mill down in de lower world, and vou did sometimes take too much toll thee cannot come In." "Ah! goot saint, dot is true," said Jacob, "sometimes ven de vater vas . j ,T r.nT! nr- iric lull T c 'i fT 1 10W aHU UC Siuaco t aa Itake a little too much toll, but I al vravs gave it to de poor." The good saint pondered and ruminated long, but finally said. "Jacob, Jacob, I vill -let you in; but it do strain the gate." In the summer of 1815 tne yeiiow fever, that awful scourpe. v'sitM Charlesfon, and in a week's time had swept the people away by thousands. It was several days before the panic ! 1 n wl Olll TI'Vl I"! Became univeisn, auu could go fled in terror; but in hundreds of families one or more were taken and could not leave. Maguire and his wife were taken the same day. They lived but twenty-four hours and were buried by night in the same grave. The little boy of 9 years was hurried kind-hearted man. and the little girl of 7 by another. Just then the order came from the board of phy sicians to remove all the children im mediately, and James was nurnea on a schooner bound for Boston, and Caro d for Savannah. line un ""wi"1" , They did not meet nor kiss a sad fare well nor knew of each other's fate cor where they were going, mat - .. -j i nrn n tears' erief was ineirs: , v .1 ercft! Bereft! that is the word, for it means snatched away. Yes, I knew something about those orphans,' for this same Caroline was my mother, and many a time have I sat at her knee and listened and wept over the sad story of her orphanage. How in a day she lost her parents and her bro ther, and was left alone without a re lative this side of the sea. She was placed in the orphan a.sy lum in Savannah and was cared for by good people until she was 10 years old, when one day a good lady came in a fine carriage to choose and adopt chUfl. The omhans were all clad in their best garments and gathered In the great, big company room and after theyvwere seated the grand lady went round and round talking kindly to one and another and after long inspection stopped at Caroline and suld, "I will take this one." The poor girl was alarmed and cried with grief at being separated from those she had learned to love. The great lady was the moth er of Rev. Dr. Goulding and the grand mother of Frank Goulding, who wrote the pretty story of "Young Maroon ers." In the meantime Caroline's bro ther had been placed in an orphans' asylum in Boston, and after two years he was taken home by a wealthy gent leman of Randolph, who had an only daughter and no son. This daughter James, married when he was 21 and they received the old man's blessing and a good estate. In vain, and in vain, had James visited Charleston to find some clew to his lost sister and sadly he returned and mourned her aa dead. Caroline was sent to school at old Midway, in Liberty county, where she made good progress in her studies. Her teacher took great interest in her and kindly visited Charleston and ad vertised in the city papers for her brother, but learned nothing. When Caroline was 15 her teacher became bo deeply grieved over her sad and I 1 J J. AT J 1 1 1 .-.-.,1 lonely fate that he married her and here I am. Again he advertised in several papers and at last in a Bos ton paper, and said in good, large type, "If James Maguire, whose par ents died of yellow fever in Charles ton, S. C, in 1815, is living he can find his sister, Caroline, by addressing the unedersigned." He saw that. A friend handed it to him in church one Sun day and there was a scene. He came to Georgia by the first vessel that was bound for Savannah. From there he came to Lawrenceville, where my father was then living. I was then but 7 years old, but I remember the meet ing and no pen can describe it. The young people must imagine the rest. When last in Savannah I visited the very ground and reverently looked upon the place that gave to my mothep a welcome and a home. If I am any thing that is worthy, I owe it chiefly to my mother and she owed all that she was to an orphanage. Friends, do not forget the day nor the deed that should be done. It will pay in the long run. Maybe it will open St. Peter's gate to some who have taken a leetlo too much toll. Forty times are the fatherless mentioned in the Bible. The word motherless is not there, but the word fatherless incites all orphans in the translation, et us not forget the day nor the deed. A dime or a dollar or more given will be like lend ing it to the Lord. Send to Rev. H. S. Crumley, No. 200 Oak street, At lanta, Ga. I know him well and love him. His life work is for the or phansBill Arp in Atlanta Constitu tion. Venezuela Declares War. Willemstadt, Island of Curacoa, Spe cial. It is again asserted in well-informed circles at Caracas that Presi dent Castro will declare war on Co lombia at the end of the month. The Venezzuelan government is without financial resources and will shortly use the method of South American dictatorships and proceed to raise funds by force. Lack of confidence in the government is manifested every where in Venezuela. Ships Use Wireless Telegraphy. Queenstown, Special The Cunard Line Steamer Luncania, which sailed from New York September 21, for Liv erpobl, and arrived here today, re ports having communicated for two hours with the steamer Campania of the same line, which left Liverpool September 21, by way of Queenstown, September 22, for New ork, in mid ocean, by means of the wireless tele graphy. The shortest distance in which communication was effected was 33 iriles and the longest 65 miles. Many messages were exchanged. Seth Low Will Accept. New York, Special. Seth Low ha3 announced that he would accept tho nomination for the mayor of the greater city by the Republicans and citizens' conventions. He will proba bly resign the presidency of Columbia College when he 13 formally notified of his nomination. The county convention of the Citi zens' Union to-night accepted the can didates of the general anti-Tammany conference. No Receptions Till New Year. Washington, D. C, Special. Secre tary Cortelyou announced that Presi dent Roosevelt would not hold any of ficial functions at the White House un til the public reception on New Year'3 day. After that date they will take place as formerly. The flag on the Ex ecutive Mansion will fly at half-mast and mourning paper will be used by the heads of the Departments for a pe riod of 30 days. NORM CAROLINA CRCP& Season Fast Drawing to a Close The Present Conditions, The past week was ge-neally unfavor able for agricultural interests, for, although rain was needed, the amounts received was altogether beyond the requirements of crops. Rain began lightly on Monday, September 16th, and became very heavy on Tuesday and Wednesday, during, the passage of the tropical storm along the Atlantic coast.' The average for the State was over 3.00 inches, or 1.90 inches abovo the normal. A sudden fall in tempera ture occurred Wednesday night, anl the remainder of the week was very cool; the temperature for the week av eraging 7 degrees below the normal daily. Light frost was reported in the extrmee west without doing any dam age. The heavy rainfall interrupted farm work, damaged much cotton by beat ing it out of the bolls to the ground and soiling it, and injured some hay that was not housed. On the other hand it was beneficial to turnips, lata peas and potatoes and to crimson clov er; it will benefit immature cotton bolls provided the temperature does not remain too low. The land ha.3 been placed in excellent condition for plow ing, and preparations for seeding win ter wheat and oats may be expected to make rapid progress during the next few weeks. Pkking cotton was inter rupted for four days, and the crop will undoubtedly come in very late; the damage to open cotton by the recent rains must be estimated as very con siderable. Cutting corn and pullig rodder are approaching completion. There is still some tobacco to be cur, ; a.nd the damp weather during the week ' . ,1 n 1 m ... tauseu uniavoraoie results in curing, Digging peanuts has commenced wiih fair prospects. Turnips look well since the rains. There is considerable hay still to be cut. Winter apples are very poor, and the grape crop is apparent ly shorter than expected. The season was favorable for setting out strawber ry plants. Rains reported: Auburn, 5.52 inches; Charlotte, 5.10; Foster, 3.25; Greens boro, 2.76; Goldsbcro, 4.80; Henrietta, 4.53; Hatteras, 2.40; Lumberton, 3.48; Mocksville, 2.30; Nswbera. 2.66; Ral eigh, 4.82; Saxon, 3.10, Wilmington, 2.20 and Weldon, 4.96. NOTE: As most crops have now a:. tained maturity and the influence of the weather Is no longer a factor con- troling,the yield the Weekly Crop Bui letin will be discontinued with the is sue of September 30th 1901. State News. Commissioner S. L. Patterson, Dr. B. W. Kilgo, Professor W. F. Massev and others want to Tarboro, where they will conduct a farmers' institute. Mr. Patterson and Dr. Tait Butler, the State veterinarian, have just returned from Hyde and other eastern counties, where they have been to do what they could to check the epidemic that has caused the death of so many horses. Mr. Patterson estimates that at least three hundred horses have died from the disease in Hyde county, and a pro portionate number in the sections of Pamlico, Beaufort and other counties where the disease prevailed. Dr. Butler says the disease was toxic poisoning, due to eating mouldy and rotten food and drinking impure water. In some cases where the horses were given good food they were allowed to drink surface water, which came from pla ces where there was a large amount of decayed vegetable matter, and this caused them to contract the disease. He says the disease is abating and will soon be over. Charles Rippey, a deaf mute, waa sent by the telegraph operator at Shel by to deliver a message. He went to the home of J. M. Black. Mrs. Black was at home aione. The negro could not make her understand the mission on which he was sent, and she be came frightened and shot him with a pistol. The bullet cut the negro's sleeve and the side of his coat, but did not wound him. Mrs. Black raised th alarm, and the negro was in danger of being roughly treated , by the neigh bors, when he explained his troubles to the Chief of Police and was allowed to return home in safety. But he in timates that it will be some time be fore ho carries another telegram at night. j Judge KIrby, colored, has sued the Atlantic Coast Line for $10,000 dam- j ages for the loss of an arm. His arm i vas caught between the bumpers of two freight cars and so badly crush ed that it had to be amputated. A quantity of new machinery is to be installed at the Cooleenee mills, on the Yadkin river, in Davie county. This is now the largest single mill In the State. The company is building a department store. A young man named Morris was re cently murdered in Ashe county. He was found near White Top, his body partly covered with dirt, lying in an Improvised grave. His clothing was still on him. He was known to have had a sum of money on his person, and robbery was evidently the motive for the crime. The robbers did not get the money, however, as 150 in bills were found in his shoes, where be had hid his treasure. There is as yet no clue to the murderers. A. Savery, a Winston merchant, who was arrested for refusing to be vaccinated, lost his suit for false ar rest, the jury deciding in a few minutes that the authorities had a right to arrest him for violating the law. He was kept in the station kuse for some days. Talking and Making Good Koads. ""fT Kentuci 8 Convention I Louisville re ( Elation of a T T HE Kentucky Good Roads resulted in the for- permanent State Good Roatte Association, which -will hold annual conventions hereafter. Most conventions are devoted chiefly to speechmaking, and the Kentucky Cood Roads Convention was no ex ception to this rule. How could 400 Kentuckians in convention assembled restrain themselves from Indulging liberally in oratory? Tha Kentucky roadmakers did not confine themselves to speechmakinjr, however. A "Good Roads" train load ed with samples of roadmaking ma chinery was sent to the meeting place of the convention by the National Good Roads Association. Those in charge of this train graded a mile of dirt road with the most effective ma chinery now in use for that purpose and invited the convention to be pres ent and see It done. - The delegates to the convention have since scattered themselves to the four corners of Ken tucky to teach their neighbors how to make, the best possible dirt road3 with the smallest outlay of the taxpayers' money. The "Good Roads" train, with its machinery, is traveling from con vention to convention, furnishing prac tical object lessons In good road build ing. This practical feature of the Ken tucky Good Roads Convention' marks a' distinct and notable advance In the evolution of country highways. For more than half a century the Ameri can people have concerned themselves chiefly with the construction and ex tension of railways.- While doing so they have neglected the local high ways, evidently satisfied that any old road would do to drive over to the nearest railway station. They are getting rid of this idea, however, and are recognizing the necessity for bet ter country highways. Good roads conventions serve an excellent educa tional purpose in this direction, and when those who participate, in the pub lie agitation of the subject are per rnitted to secure practical Instruction in modern road building a double pur pose Is served. The Kentucky Good Roads Convention, with its mile of practical roadmaking, should become an example for all future Good Roads conventions to follow. When the ad vocates and makers of good roads ehall travel hand in hand a marked improvement of the road system of the country will be speedily visible. New York Herald. Good and Bad Roads. The recent automobile raca from Paris to Berlin attracted international attention because of the keen interest which is just now taken In the me chanical vehicle. While Europeans were chiefly concerned in the perform ance of the distinctive types of ma chines, Americans could not avoid the thought that such a race is virtually impossible in this country under con ditions promising any fair test of qual ity. There are no such roads here as those which in Europe permit inter city automobiling and wheeling. Our highways, save for short distances outside of the larger cities, are dis gracefully rough and unkept. Much has been done in the past few years to awaken the people to a sense of this condition, and the movement has been greatly accelerated by the wide popu larity which the bicycle and the auto mobile have gained. It is to be hoped that the race of last week will so stim ulate the pride of the American steam and electric machine owners that a flozen years hence it will be possible to organize a thousand-mile race out vt any one of a score of scattered cities inder ideal road conditions. It is a noteworthy . fact that until very recently nothing has been dons in this country to collect and study road statistics. The good roads civi slon of the Dcparimeut of Agriculture, which has been doing excellent work for several seasons, has lately under taken to remedy this defect and is now engaged in gathering, data as to tho character and number of vehicles which use certain roads. It is hoped that in this manner it may be possible to demonstrate by figures the extent to which the highways are used by various classes. This will permit the Utudy of an accurate basis of the wear ing qualities of different road ma terials under varying conditions. The institution of 'this inquiry leads to the hope that by thus systematically ap proaching the subject the Govern ment's bureau may eventually arouse the interest of State legislatures to the point of the enactment of uniform highway laws. , It is only by concerted action in this manner and by the adop- tion of even standards of excellence In all the States that roads will be pro- j duced which will compare favorably with those of Europe. Washington Star. Wide Tires and Well-Pared Streets. A very important element of diffi culty which Chicago con fronts in the effort to secure adequately pavect streets is the speedy destruction of the good pavements already laid. Only a few streets can be put in presentable condition at a time and the wear ancl tear goes on at such a rate that they are out rf repair before the city has been able to carry out improvements elsewhere. While the life of the aver age pavement is so short the city, with the amount of funds at its disposal, simply cannot catch up with this work. The deterioration of street pavement is too rapid. It is because of this fact and tho well-known effect of the narrow-tire wheel on pavements that it Is to be hoped the city council will make haste to pass the wide-tire ordinance lately introduced. . The narrow tire is an enemy to good pavements and clean streets. With a comparatively tri fling weight upon it, the narrow tire will cut a rut in a pavement where a wide tire, bearing a much heavier load, will leave hardly Ln impression. It has been the experience everywhere that the. introduction of wide tires was followed, by less rapid deterioration of the streets. Chicago News. HOW AGUiNALDO WAS .CAPTU.lED The Filipino Leader Describes Hovr He Was Taken Prisoner. After talking with Tal Placido and Segovia for fifteen or twenty minutes, I gave orders that the newly arrived men be allowed to fall out and go to rest in the c.uarters which had been prepared for them, says Emil Aguin aldo in Everybody's Magazine. Cap tain Segovia immediately left the house and retxirned to the place where his men were drawn up waitiDg for him. As he came up to them Segovia shouted, in a loud voice, an order whiqh we did not hear distinctly and did not understand. Instantly his men began to shoot at the soldiers of my guard, taking them completely by sur prise. When 4he Lring began, not suspect ing any plan against myself, I thought if was a salute with blank cartridges, and having this In mind, I ran to the window and cried out several times, "Cease firing." But seeing that the firing continued, and that the bullets from the rifles of the attacking party, were directed against me as well as against the soldiers of my guard, I for the first time realized that the newcomers were enemies. I hurried ly left the window and ran into an other room in the hope c finding s;;me means of escape, but saw at onc3 that the house was already surround ed. Then I seized a revolver, intend ing to defend myself, but Dr. Barce lona threw both arms around me, cry ing out, "Don't sacrifice yourself. The country needs your life." Thus I was prevented from carrying out my in tention. Colonel Villa, ran from the house in an attempt to break through the lines of the enemy and rally our men, but he was shot three times and finally taken prisoner. When the firing commenced, Tal Placido threw himself down on the floor to avoid the bullets, but now he got up and told us that we were prisoners of the Americans, who, he said, were on the other side of the river with four hundred American sol diers, and would, soon be here. .7u?t at this time several of Tal Placldo's soldiers came into the house shotting. Hurrah for the Macabebes!" and sur rounded Earcelona and myself. A lit tle later five Americans, all ai;i:ed with carbines, eamtv into the room where we were. They came up to us, and one of them asked, "Which of you is Aguinaldo?" As soon as I haci beou identified by the Americans I was placed, with Dr. Barcelona and Col onel Villa, in one of the rooms of the house, and guards were posted at all the windows and doors, under com. mand of one of the Americans. The other four Americans then began to search the house for whatever papers nd documents might be there. We were then informed that our captors were General Funston. Cap tains Newton and Hazzard, and Lieu tenants Hazzard and Mitchell. Most Delicate of Machines. No instrument needs more careful handling than a ship s chronometer. Every chronometer is tested for three years before it is placed on sale. Every extreme of temperature is tried on it. The safety of every great ocean steamship depends upon the accuracy of these time-keepers. An error of four secouds may put a captain four. miles out of Ins course, and a tiny speck of rust on the balance spnnsr may be the cause of the error. On all large ships, there are three chronometers to .guard against acci dents. These are sent ashore for In spection the moment the vessel reaches port and kept 'until its departure. A star! of skilled men are kept by, every chronometer manufacturer, theis work being to carry the delicate in struments back and forth between the. ship and the workship. 1 When on shipboard the chronometec is stowed in a dry place amidships. where there is least motion and varia tion of temperature. The case in which it is kept is lined with soft curled hair, and it is snugly, tucked into the centre of a heavy woolen blanket. ' It is not surprising, therefore, that a first-class chronometer costs aa mueJi as S2T0l
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