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( , V tl V v 4 I , ' 'V ,' " 'III I ' , 4' V , , ' . r ! "i 4. r . . .. . Part Three. Part Tin Pases 17 to 20. j v .. . ;.f i . , . -i :- f -i. n -n rp f : fh n ttt yy n j v hp il vl n . 9 9 y.rm 9 1 1 - . u n ivwiir 11 i nil --- 11 n inn if u i miJiiin." 11 ji r r iivivji n 11 Kirni im' w n." ' - n n i n .', 'W ii " 1 "few rv ' 1 rusnmg cx wve we have in the last 18 months been enabled to buy several cars of the R, J. Rey nolds Tobacco Gos goods m addition to a number of Jarge filling in orders, TENNYSON'S DEATH BED POEM A GREAT LYRIC WRITTKJt AT K4. "Cronlnr The Bar," the Vort'n l.nnt Work, Wortli) of HU I'rime The Line Sanir at III" Funeral to Mo- ! rrlea Written Near HI. Knd Lord A.hler'M Rxn.i.nre. f .!!. a. K. Morri tlona In Knuli.h t'onl Mine. i'tions thut the hii he sailed In from lKS(-Hlntorr a Phlloaoih- Teaeli Ing hy Eample. Written for The Observer. I know of nothing better for Ita length that Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar." His, "Eagle" Is another very nearly perfect poem. His lines on the poet beglnnlg, "The rain had 'fallen," are Indeed beautiful and radiant with"" genius. The first poem mentioned was written very near the end of his life, in October, 1892, when he had passed his 53rd year. Is there In any literature, ancient or modern, so good, so original, so perfect a poem by one so old? I do not believe it. That fine English critic, Edmond Oosse, in his "Short History of Modern English Literature," says that Tennyson on his deathbed, in bis 84th year, composed a lyric as perfect in Ha technical delicacy of form as any -Which he had written in his prime." the poem referred to was written but a tew days before the great poet passed away. It was sung ,at his funeral In Westminster Abbey on October 12, 1892, and to music composed by his faithful and loving wife, who survived him but a few years, dying in Decem ber, 1896. The New York Saturday Review, referring to this, says: "The present Lord Tennyson says that "Love Blew in at the Window in 'The Foresters,' was the last song' written by his father, "but The Silent Voices' Is not a song, but, as Oosse wrote, is 'an organic metrical structure, with in terwoven rhymes correctly distributed, and an excellent example of the poet's lyrical art.'" t If is a Pity that the son who wrote his great father's biography In two oc tavos, that cost about 110, should never hare caused a cheap edition to appear by this time, some nine or ten years after publication, that the poorer, and perhaps dearer, lovers of the poet, might read that two-volume edition. To sell it for 14, would be a blessing' to many. I would rather read Tennyson than any other poet save only Shakespeare, and possibly Milton. I have been read ing him since about 1853, and have read all he -wrote many times. r do not al low more than., three years to tas by without giving htm a close, full reading. He grows, better and dearer with tue and familiarity. The best books on Ten-' nyson, are both : Northernrrthose hy Rev. ' Dr ' Van? ' Dyke, -professor ; in Princeton University, and Mr. E. j, C. Stedmaa' article- upon hint : in li own ?; delightful volume, The Victorian ; Poets" i t I , think 'that nor man of;. tru poetlo .taste, sympathy and culture will Question his supremacy as poet since Shelly was drowned on that very sad,' fateful day, "and that he was genius of splendid end varied qualities.- I agree with Dr: Van Dvke. an 'Americftw Ot 'rare oualltles. and a writer of superior taste and sifts ot expresrfontthat garter-, Milton,; Xen - Hyson ranCS prsl..- T'- Hf '5;'. I were uiovnTu :ti-wni... 4uo, uy v tyjafy.&f$$L& -J:;,,!i.fs'uncov,ered,'-that Is to say, except 'for the, Ttnvi flamuei J. Varner Is an America rim wd fllttti- that collected; and dot. missionary In Central Africa, ,: He te, a Fresl sbyterliin, and, fata recent volume. MfiSioiii p " t W'LLi il SDR J-MORRISOM Su SOWS CO. . , jt; ' ' AH of qvlt Heavy Goods come inn load lots and we cam serve youa entitled, "Plotipering: In Central Afrli i- is published in Richmond. Va., bv th"!ot thun been me, for their thesis were Preswyteflun CJomnrittee of rublteat.on. It In a volume of 500 pages, and eonte.ins maps. He is a South Carolinian, was "the son of slave owners, and was e.lu-jthe eated in the eradle of seeeselon." It was sjo.iary. He sap that Christianity and ClvlltzHtiuti hand In hand. He men- England contained a large quantity of rum, "principally from lioston." He found railroads and stoumboats largely In use in the Congo Free State, and says they are "tremendous forces for clvili xatloii, and add greatly to the efficiency of moral, religious and educational ef forts. One ruilway Is so flourish- thl,t tm of 8Uxk is wortn $M,K) on!:""1 'll,v the Hoarse In Brussels. Say what you will, the modern na- .1..-- I. r ..A A I,. I ... . in humanisms: man. In relieving the dls- tresed, in providing for the destitute. In think otherwise you are serious-ly mis- taken. I recently read how advanced were the Chinese in works of mercy beyond our own people or the Europe-it unci. rtimiu, git-ut. in nu mail luoisa, has murte but slow advance in amelior- ating bad conditions among her peo- pie. Her laws in many particulars are j without a f e. has less sense of human-! Charlotte, by Hev. Harris Malllnckrodt, shameful and barbaric until within a ity than a poor ruflinn, who kills a rich; on Sunday night. 4th inst. I wish to few years. In social legislation her de- ; man to nipply his own necessities.'' .Jclte a p.irt of it. that appeared In The fects were great and disgraceful. Iti it is tine that, Observer of Monday, 5th Inst., as it is was only after 1840 that she began to i pvu If wruught by want of thought 1 refreshing, pointed, truly rellgioUH be a rouse herself to duty and sympathy inA well is ay want of heart:" 'cause Scriptural. Such direct prvac li the matter of the employment of vo-; Let i( never Jt, truthfully affirmed of i ing niuK.t do good among rellecting, mcnt and girls In mines and collieries.; tjjis griJi u( state North Carolina, earnest people. The extract Is us fol The exposures made during Sir Kobert!,ha, , a ,, fter hnmroui. un-llows: Peel's administration were Indeed most Dnotmnj, iui uwgraraui. it. cuuumo- ; ion wus ajrpowiiea lo muao a mo! ou8u investiftation, and the results were ter-, riflo, dlsgustlag. Lord Ashley better khown now es Bttrl of Shaftesbury a most humane, benignant and useful statesman, moved for this1 commission, atiu . mwa ivv mill tw cwrvw -. ww lighten their burdensand brighten the, lives of the obscure and heavily bur- .1 tun. 1 1 lr klm .... .1 r. ,,.. r. n dened. The commission did its work : mrell and renru-ted rn.'t nv hldenua evils : '. oil h Mar, t wUlntr.IiSh huge IllSt women and girls under ground. It Is stated by -McCarthy that "Lord Ashley ..j,- . i. - i.i ji '.Lrl lZ.Z "erv little opposition when . he came to pro pose1 restrictive legislation. The story is strange, shocking, almost incredible. I must edify my readers In 1904, by copying from McCarthy's very enter taining history, what was actually prac ticed In England afteV" more 1 than a thousand years of boasted civilisation. Read what follows: "In some -of the' ooal mines were women- literally em ployed as hearts of burden. Where the seam of coal was too narrow to allow them to stand upright, they had, to crawl back aad forward 6n all fours for II or IS hoars a day, j dragging the trucks laden with coal. .The ,, trucks were - generaly fastened ! to a. chain r..TT " ."7..-" 'J which passed between the legs of the unfortunate women, and was then con nected with a belt whtchW8-s strapped around their naked Waist. , Their -only clothina- often conslted of )an "bid pair of trousers Jiad; -'tl sacking,, I and ? they tedround them. AU, manner of hideous: dUeuses ..wetf generatedjla. these unsex-itory .- : rrp " ' - son i i f bodies. I'liscxcd almost literally somn liard and Mat, as those ol men. and notJIiiH pit I i ju few i.f tlieiri lost all reproduetive i power; a happy eondition truly under ii c uinslanees, where wnmen who bore i liildrei only went up to higher; ' and Av again. re then back at their work This condition brought forth prostltu; ion. immorality sad vast suffer, ing. Lord Ashley succeeded Irf his be nevolent and pathetic task of relief. After a sliui t while the abounding In iquity and persecution ended. He tried ! then or I'wiii alter to secure a ten hours' law for the daily labor of women and youth in factories, but he failed. Eng land was lint To then u; to such mercy 1 complete the sad picture, ' 1 must mention that Lord Ashley is- jfiayed to limit t':e !'ibtr In factories to ! ten houia, with a plai for compulsory j i J . .....!. - ,. 1.. ....1.. v... I.. II.. n .... .. .1 .1 las to limitation of time, and failed a. togetht r ! the educational feature, j i ' i not yet i iyady for such progress and hu- some things of the negro, and now see nune ler-jslat Ion. Some writer said that ; bow reckless and unfoi i unate ;i the j - t is o i!y when blinded by self-love, imurse 01 the North, hut we think proudly of our nature."! IMCK CM.'Cie, ill tine in inrr ii.i.ieii in; niiblislie I. s..ld that a "wealthy doctor!:, who can help a poor man and will not , maiyt Un-Chrl8tlan treatment 1b visited J UIion ,ne tolling women the young girls and ,hc sma, fuclorv children ... , , . , ... . ...in Paldr'3mw,'terf lted. There will 1.500 illustrations. , The Harper rs have undertaken to pub- , v u'' ,, u,..,. istory of the l.nlteJ Stales. , " " l"'UM": , , . .L, Vh .. P1,1" Vltl yl',& f , h" t 1 fthe editor is Albert Bushfiell Hart, pro- teesor of history of Harvard Cniver- v. anil the senarate volumes are as- 7 ... , , . ., signed to separate hlstorlca Pi lt". chiefly professors in American univer- chiefly professors in American univer- utiles Or. HarL as editor. Is to be as- sisted by advisory committees appoint- ed by the historical societies of Vlr- Dr-ln ataaanehuaetts. TeXaH. Blld WIS- ' .. . - const n. A knowledge of the great historic na tions helps to Interpret tho movements of present-day nations. Some one wrote that "history Is philosophy teaching by examples." It was. the Greek historian Thucydides, who fliUt wrote It. It was not in. the precise form as given, for DionysiUB.of Hallcalrnassus, gave it, citing- It from the . Grecian, as "history is philosophy learned from examples." Viscount BoltngbrokW gave It as first stated. It occurs In) his second tetter. "On the Study and Use of History." He it was,? in another letter, who referred to the dignity of history." This sey irnr hu been used bv Fielding. Horace I Wulpole - and fiord fowcauluy In his most lncctmarauiy : enu-riainiiiM tumr of ; England,"; bo iUuftrioua Slr i . i. ,.r tk.,,.i 1, i ioa was necessary, wi not your ugnt wind and wave, the norts ....... r" ." ... v.. ..t.i.v..j . shine dimly, said he. Let the light snine ., hi, i, ,,e t.itea ..- mat trwinof.ini I az volumes is lu ue puuiiBiieu in uinv, ....t.... ,..t.nB .,..a ............ 1 . rnnn. nmirea 10 i.ew seis. cueciai 111110-, .... .... . . 1 - - . ........ w...v ... ... . ...... a i..l Ill llltr UJlllVJiro, vrri inui iili viivw i i r, . i-unlr&u uti tho, ,.mu r, i I" . I.-..- u i ,... ftSS.,11. . SO many UnriStlanS nave SUCn .,.,i,.u ,.,,ltt-.-iva aervlne- a nrr in Coop SttstesvMHe j Waller li:tlrixh. n !ww m nu' nd lift- Is precious lo North CaroltnlaiiH, wrote Hi eleb:-.! ted " 1 1 ly; t.rie of i hi- V.'oiM " ' History bath iriii'nph- ed over time. hl.-h l)eslcbt it niitliliiK i.uui eit'i.my a. no wianipneii o ei . no by studying hist my -part leularly otthc. Greeks and Itotnans. and of the natlotiH ! the narrow ocean and the higbwuy' Mow many ships of which we have tf that flourished from about the sixth , traveled by vessels. In such waste eel ved no tidings, nnd of whleh not o century up to the middle of the nine- ,,; (s ,,( the sea. a dlmibled shin, driven I much as a drifting aaur has ever hHn tcenth century, we are able to compre hend I); tier the move-ments in the wot Id. illstory interprets for us the. examplei and inovements of the lead- Ing tuitions now domm.it.iiig the w orld. Hy a knowledge of the Africans In their original In. men In Afrlia, and by an ex perience and knowledge of their de- scendaniu In great wcr, tl tlnt South prior to the Southern while have been ab;.- to thoroughly comprehend their characters, necessities and prom- tses for the future. The North assumed . 1. 1 . . . . ...... ,11., I.. I I .. .1 I ., I ami did inilnlte harm. Ale,, of states- munshlp and enlightenntent In the j muh lllura eoioeti uiui ,iii-jm-ii muu brief ;..ni.aaiv of a sermon Drenched In St. Pet. i s Episcopal church, at "Mr. Malllnckrodt plead against mere rorniansm. tnc rnereiy external iwiri -tf worship, ana said that wisaom in shaping systemttticaliy the soul for; Can detect it.' said he, 'and m many burn spasmodically. Some are so feeble that !he "Khtest puff of temptation will i hlow it out. Some Christian have re- j for the HO., not enough to . ' arry them to heaven.'" I The Hible is full of warning as of . . , .... " " , ' - - " " Z i ' " J" ''"" " " speaK iig once more: nepeni ana lurn , yourselves from.all your transgressions: ' ti, hon r..t i. "ir, ,.-! ..., hnM ,,, hft r r,rl .... . n. uilll I. urn uui iliriK Limt lit t.riv X-k vkvt tnacrmed I- and 1 lne Antilles. In the South, be-i" rustle. The degenerates about Dou- n " heart and-a Zi'ii the routes from South America ! ,h(? "pirn to K,ve fl what .1 J1.'. " ' U " ... I r lh weslf-rn American enasf unr! Ihpithe Weather' Is going tO do. nOr.dO Hii.ru Alain r nr nv irrai-p Hie vc spirit" Again: "For by grace are ye saved through faith,; and that not of yourselves; It is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man 'should bonst." Paul to the Epheslans, 2:8-9. THEODORE BRYANT KINGSBURY. Wilmington, SepL 23. LOKKLY SKA SPOTS. Solltodea of tho .Oeenn That re Seldom Traverse. Chicago Chronicle. . . . There are deserts on the ocean as well as n tha dry land vast wastes upon which the eye of man has never rested and which have seldom, If ever, been crossed by the ships of commerce. The waves on these wastes have never been partes by the prow of a sailing vessel or lashed ; by, the propeller of a steamer; linjntMM Co : h.HI i m ver hcnr.l nir the xtrldpnt cry'tween Tahiti anil the United States ln.nl siren; veritable Ueseris, whoHe Hi- : letiee is broken only by the howlltiK of 1 1 e uint and the roar of the waves, j w hieli have been dally pursniiiK one 'u not ier Bine (be dav f creation. These deserts lie unforgotten betwixt out nf us t nurse by a hurricane, may 'irin for nionths, tossed by the cease- less ground swell, without being able t. had assistance. Her only chance of escape is the possibility that some ocean current may drag her Into a more fre quelili'd region. Ii Is generally supposed that by reu Sitie of the universal Increase of mari time traffic tin- sea Is everywhere fur- l.lle.' Iiv Vessels Tills tn :i inlutilltp Ocean commerce has grown enormously drrlng the last half century, but that' t ;v,'lo',,u'"1 lM ,1ue to ,h -ubstltutloM 'of steam navigation for the old-fashion ed employment of sailing vessels. When the lirst steamer began to churn the water with lis paddle wheels the Hailing tlcelH ceased to Increase. With the ad- ,nl of the screw propeller they begun to decrease. Tin- gradual but constant - - disappearance of sailing ships made the. more or a desert than before. salllng M-ssels had their established rented in :i ei i ii(t:i In r n.fth i a-fnits 'ctim-nts and seasons. The aaus be- 1 .VI a i lie mutes takefi by the outward ! ii.l and home ward-bound ships were cllen considerable. Moreover the ca pi I. ions elements not Infrequently played the mischief with nautical In sti uments. and, as a result, the field ; of operation for ocea-n shipping was . i i-aijuiiucu. Tills is no longer true to-dav. The ner Kes straight ahead, In defiance of between or nn- itonga tioiiu of the lintiH nf ntt vlirii Hi"tn 1Tiaiirlit (,ar8 (..,r,.y 'lhelr lolldg of merchandise to the lesser ports and cities-of the Inter , ' T, villiwny nas k ,. ,.,,, '"'V" u killed coajHwlse , ' h " "":' a n 'K! "?.ro""' 4 ii-ented of oceans is the ire, therefore, anytldng but numerous. The most fre-, ented of oceans is the Atlantic. Apart' from the polar seas, we see that in its: northerif nart there is onlv one desert , - i ;e- dretfry waste of waters be wee n , the routes from Europe to the United the routes from Europe States or Canada, and those from Eu -- ...... ... ouIps from South Africa, extends a desert occasionally traversed by the steamers of the lines from Cape Town and Moambique, which, when the coffee season is at its height in Brazil, cross the Atlantic for cargoes at Rio Janeiro And Santos. The Indian ocean is frequented only in the north by lines out of India and Indio-Chlna, and a little In the west by liners front Oceanica, which call at Co lonibla. and then make straight for Australia. Two linqa, each with a steamship a month, follow a slender lane from Australia to Cape Town, The Pacific is the Sahara of the great seas. Saving 'only the great steamships from the far East to California and British Columbia, a line from Sidney to flan Francisco, and a " one-horse line with be- caiP" well. Have for tl lere rllilion-llke KtrenkR the I'nelftr Is a deseil. Onlv a few lin- live eanoeH ply darliiKly from Inland to Island in an hipelugoe girt round with ' com leefsv erllntile iweim irm vviirrt the terror of seafarlnit men. pu ked up. have been draaaed bv lrre- slstlble winds Into those solitudes of the .South i'nclllc not one will ever .know, for the ocean guards It prey full (well. TirtM III. KM OF XHt F.llCli. On of Them Thinks 4 ha Have to J to the I I" rem-her. rlotle May la. for n ashlngton Post The geceders of the South, unlver al ly esteemed by their neighbors, are distinctly as a class by a high degree f educational and moral culture, but a good deal of pleasant raillery Is pointed at them because they cling lo the primitive ami austere ways of their ; Progenitors more tenaciously than the i ,''bers of any other branch of the ehni-ehoa w . th , c"u',-m"- ,"" "r ,nm ov.er lw year old, are In country districts, and It was about 1 went y-flve years ago that they began to build houses of worship, 8'nP ot ,h(,m K"m" "f of church archl- tecture, lu the larger towns and cities, The First A. It. P. church (seceder) of Charlotte. N. c.-a town, by the way, which plumes Itself on being the banner city of the Old North State called to lis pastorate a year or two ago, the Hev Knox Montgomery, of Chicago. Mr. Montgomery has Just been elected to the presidency of a college In Ohio, und a good seceder in one of the Southern States, writing to a friend lii this city, says: "The Charlotte people are without S pastor again. They were anxious to got , but he hag declined. It seems they have difficulty In getting a man. They made three or four at teinpts before, and finally got Mont gomery, of the '1'. P.' Church. I sus pect our fellows are afraid of the city. Wc have some pretty good preachers scattered about through the bushes down here, bin they are a little hard to grn up and be made to feel easy w here mere are au tos, theatres, mar- hl ,, ,,j ,,,, hie tloo. s an J ,h urbanlte m.i not s like vanities. The mpfithlze with him fully, but these things are very awful r ... ... . . they seem to know that therels such a thing as crops.' Cut the ordinary seceder off from those fruItfuV topics of approach to conversation,'' and be stands gasping. Charlotte jfnay have to go to the 'U. P.'s again IT NEVE RFAILS.' :4:. Harris & Buouo. Erin; Tenn.. manu facturers of the celebrated Erin Lime. have In their .employ, Various de partments of their 'business, several hundred men. -' The firm write to -the Prummond 'Medicine Co., New Tork, in great praise of Dr. Drummond'S Light ning Remedy for rheumatism, ana say that they have cured four case with It, and that it haa not failed in a single instatice.' Bend 35 to tho Drammond Medicine Co., and'; they will ship to your address two large bottles a six Ltnonth's treatmeht---by return express. i Agents vwanted.' . Vv, -v-- We watch t!: j markets and c: c tect our custom ersf interest on every line Fry , v. rt f vor us with you: -.-f?.. "V'' orders and Vybu will find bur prices right ' i 'ii, i r ' 4 1. ,:f -,.,,, J AMERICAN TASTB"FOKTl:T. MISSION OF THH WORUfl FAIIt. .. m ,f;, Vj.iy , it,. ..... Masiy Barbariaaa Assoasj Ike Crswda la the lalaee ( . Arta-rhe Lady Who Wasted tm Kaew AVh I'alaled the Bcaabraadl mm Others Like Her Pleaaarw ! the Pletiire That Tells a Story k' ?rt kirn Toward Apareelatlaa ( 'Art for Its Oir Sk.", .. ' " ' Correspondence of The Observer. - St. Louis, Sept. 23.-"We, where you takln' us to now, MarthyT"' the old man asked as the trio passed throuah the hrlri of Missouri at the east side of Festival Hall. Before them stretch. ' ed three spacious buildings. , , "That is the palace of Fine Arts, father." ' " , , " "Fine arts. Well,' I reckon that" la the place we want to steer clear of. What a parcel of fools them directors was, to spend so much of the people's good money to put up a butldin', that nobody -cares about. . -;..' ! : , "But they da care about It: father. You may not: but even you and mother could leurn to love, pictures tf you would try. I didn't know anything about art before I went away to school. either. Now It is the greatest pleasure I find In life. Look st, the crowds fry ing in. There must be a few people who love art. You must at least see the building." , Witt) a daughter's loving tact, tho girl . led her father down the sculpture hall of the American section, to, where he could obtain a 'commanding vew '.' ot Borgl urn's splendid, equestrian statue. For a moment, the old mao, stood, still with amusement. Then he ejaculated: . "Well, if here ain't old LV8. Grant say, Msrthy, there is something tit art altsr alUL wfS'iUt This Incident, trlvUl as It seems, af--fords a clue tn the solution ot the great problem of cultare, especially artistk! culture. The vital purpos ot the true' artist is to awaken ao emo tion In the soul of him who contem plates the finished work of art, wrhother It be statue or painting. The farmer knew nothing about sculpture! tines; but he did, know and love his old gen eral. The -soul, once ' awakened, -enn . easily be led from the cruder to j the finer emotions, from the mere pleasure ' lit recognising in paint or stone- soma, thing familiar, to the deep and almost Indescribable Joy of coatemplatifefeT a perfect harmony, a masterpiece of eti tlment, a symphony in color.' J'-f -i - 'It ts more than evident that the enor mous crowds lit the galleries are tco,n posed of a few art Istlo "sheep " a nd a great many artistic "f oata" Yet t . . very fact that people' visit the galler! that they go again end again. Is t most hopeful sign. This influence f ' real art is subtle? and almost ltv r -ceptlblo in: Its effect. The man ! first finds pleasure only In the ,l.-t that1 "tells a story" In' unmNtn language, - discovers after a Wv i the too matter-of-fact paint., r lost its charm, and that the1 ' evening landscape arouses In r emotions as he thought could duced only by love, patrioti-m . He may not know why the i n peals to him, for he has not l analyse Ms feelings; but lie l man. for It. . The Palace of F ne Arf ' nificent tnisslonnry tia. t ! b-'ist'i.': ;-;V-f ' .'.'.i . '- i ' t
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