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1 JSSSSIfr'1' 4 iga I I I 0 twi ! f ,:- - V iv.c i to 12 i r..n:::so;-i outiij-ilni::; - .: v.o::i:i 10 i::.s j:;;oti:m; 1 1 1 r "11 At"- ; . . .,, r" I I... fiiis )' I to mpl'V ot a tMuIh- ...... , ... I OW II KIlU Soillhi, OlKl'It-Hl'll liTowiK'xs of ortli -Is die J -hi- I. r .y , ,",,! y J. motion In Place " .''i'- Icflcrwin Iavin and Hie 1 i;ut;liu.rH Cf ie ('onredcruc yle l( n t.'1-..,.,)1( -VoiUi Compared 10 lon I guUoUs. . - August J.' 1901. D-Hr Mc!j,oias: I hnvrj,St read the second Install ;,' -nt off the autobiography in The. Atll'D.''0 'Monthly for August I had b'-cn hrlng that you might Keep on the ri ii t track end give lis-some thing itKit wouia cro gooa Dom in me North arid In the South, but the hope ' U entirely dlenlpated by. theaa last chapters (froa four to eight In clusive.) It Is very Improbable from prenent Indication that It can have anv effect except to anger the South ana gratify the haters of the Bouth; tr.ourh I am not so iunjust aa to at 1 rlliu r any such snothes to you. On tkevom thought, too, I will detract tho etatement that it win anger n t outti. It will not da anything of tho kind. Notwithstanding your inslnu a Horn In the third r hunter that mO- 'tlon takes the place of mind with us, . . . k 1 1. 1 1 we nave long ago paancu mo uwiuhi Ity of getting mad because things are tnrewn at us irom tne omer siua 01 the line. - t. " '.''',' In thftu Klimtnri Vmi jlAaerlba Tour experiences at - Harvard, and s your various -aiiempis tauouaiui wor la the Bute which ended with the mntstlnn tf UllVI VOUf M At I VA land Iter - yeu had -. been, outrageously treated by some oemagngues wnoso Influence wi Allowed to predomi nate over all tho others who were In heart fair and square. 4. can't help but get the Impression that' In alt this there Is on adroit design, to pave the xvay for- your departure, and I fear that the- picture ot Intolerance la too ' pronounced in its shadows to be the production of a painter with a proper ', perspective. :' ; '. : .-s , ' Tour description of Harvard la any- thing but complimentary to that In stitution from my standpoint Your ' first experienco there was a conflict ...with a strong "reserve" on tho part . of the other students because . of a .'Southerner who had preceded' you v and, had not behaved himself. So, thia waa "reserve,': was ItT", At Ora- kiarna vn mm I A thv atond aloof fmm ,' fou becauae you were not of so prom- . ineni a iamnr as aone ox mem. wm that reaorvet Not a bit of it! . That was deep-dyed ' hide-bound ' narrow N minded provincial prejudice! -The , Harvard artlclo waa broad-minded . reserve! . Alas and alas! - Thus do ! , wo gild renned .gold and paint 'the : llty! ',.:;'.- -..'. . Ton closed your . college career !' with a temptation "to. enter" the c Unitarian' ministry in the West iThli :' aeems to tend toward tho un-South-f rn practice of following iho Una of . least resistance, but 1 will not yet , . . discuss the question of "the young '. "man's religion and his father's faith." i i '' X am saving that , until - soma day v ' when 1 am sufficiently solemn. At i -. this point it Is well merely to. note j the contact ot college life Jn the land of prejudice and in the land of re ' ' serve. Ton left our college with the ; "heroic 'mood,? sworn to your coun try's service and eager for tho "fray. " Tou left Harvard turning your back on Jesus Christ and without any de I ; , '' ', termination for anything.,. Verily "by I helr frulU yo shall know them:" Here, It Is to.be Inferred, wo nota J (he dlffewmca ".between tho . -work-Ings of the emotions" and - "tho workings , of tho mind." . Emotions ' bear the same relation to tho soul ." that tho will does to tho mindV and I believe that " all phychologUts agree ? that tho soul is the highest element of mind. A. person without emotion Is asleep In nla highest natnro be cause hU soul Is dull and sluggish 1 - and gives way entirely to the lower ! - processes Ot mind; and soma ono (not a Southerner either) said "Tho soul ' . .. . . .. . . . .. w - . i is aeaa mat siumsera. ' can give as strong reasons for wrong ' aa for good, and the only thing about : us that Is unerring Is-tho part that . Is . Immortal. I am again trespass : Ing.on that letter on religion but It Is well to bo reminded as wo pro : r gress that this poor sin-cursed earth -' would he all dry-aa-dnst . desert If ' 'i there wora no such thing as emotion, though It needs to bo held down, by ; , mind as also iw work to hold. up ' mind. . i '' ' . Thpro Is no text I have heard ox pounded mora- often than "Out of their own mouths shall they bo con 4 demneL" but the best exposition yet : Is this paragraph, from - the sixth - chapter ot the , autobiography , ; .'. "Mr brother was married that au tumn to a young woman who made Xor him a very happy home. - Bhe " had much In common , with - my . ' cousin -and my sister, a superficial cultivation, but a great depth of ohar 'C acter4 i Bh accepted the prejudices she was born to, regarding them as r great principles; 1 but she bore the burdens of a devoted Ufa . with a I graceful cheerfulness that puts phll. onophy and learning to sham," Do you know what our old pastor would -, hava dona If ho should . have heard "'.'you say thlsT Ha would have rolled .' his great startled eye as he glanced ' from one to another of us, and then ha would have saldv "Well, let us all kneel with tho young brother in ' prayer." A. superficial cultivation . V but a great depth of character 1 That phrase rings In mr ears, It seems that you consider tho character a ' partial atonement for tho lack of eul .' Uvatlon, hut you aught to hava told tis what you mean by cultivation and by character. To put it clearly, Is It , ' not better to have a superficial cul tivation and deep character than to have a auperflciaJ character and deep cultivation? . 1 this -' "broad-minded ' culture you speak of to take the place of depth of character? If so, wo need to pause. - It Is too much like selling the birthright Tho culture V Is very essential but It so 'only aa It . helps the character, or so we think "V down here. ' : '.'.'. u ; ' "Bhe acefcpted the prejudices aha was born to, regarding them aa great principles.". Well, who said thy "were not great principles? , It W pos- eible that alio was right and you -' were wrong. Bhe was "born to" the prejudice that Jefferson Davis was a hero, that tho "Daughters of the v Oonfederacy" were worthy of renpect, . and that In erecting a monument to Davis they would honor themselves, their hero and - their country. You on the other hand,1 laughed at her C "mock hero" and her "prayers for Via dead" until ahe shed bitter tears ""Cver. your waywardness. ; It was a time for tears.- "Would you sneer at Lincoln as a "mock hero" or at the (Jrand Army of tho Itepublic" or at the monuments to the dead Jn Mew York? I should say not. Then nhv hnvo we tint an eaual richt to our heroos and our mrtnumenU?. These Southern heroes gave their lives in flghtinsr for what they believ ed were the rights of their homes, and every monument to their mem ory Is a porpetunl reminder to the Iirople to-dy of the word of th Old t'llen preHUlcnt! "One generation of idulhfrn men lies slain In war. ,V.'a who murt train the next genera tion would be cowardly to deeert them, our Iord has need of you, every one, to make lis future 'glnrloii nt our father mnde Its pant.". It j- oulil pa .well jvers svery. tuutUcrncr ' riilw'J In s'r,!it of nu. h a i imnncnt! . In th" tlfth !,, t.-r, you "Tho ti.i' k t rtl in' Homiii'rn ie.' If) In to a j-ii'.jt dcKreo tho result ot in 14 .forced t'HiiKiatloii of many of Its young men v ho -ou!J otherwiKU have keen lend ers of the people and hulljfrs of a broader eentlmcnt." This Is your perspective on exhibition nnaln. You are looking at the South- through a dollar bUl and It 1 no wonder that you get so far astray We don't think, we are backward.' We' are o from your standpoint and " you nr from our standpoint. ' If wealth and Induntrlal life were crlterlona of -a people's worth, then New York city would be a veritable garden of Edcri re-incarnated. ,lf population , wro the test,' China would be tho mecca of all w ho desire tle best, nd asldo from thee thlnjrH, wherein aro wo 1 backward? As to forcing aom to emigrate, X might mention In connec tion one of tho . Darwin's . great theories, but I will not do so. You fthlnk If the conditions had been otherwise,- these emigrants "woull have been leaders of the peoplo and builders of a broader sentiment," This Is one of -the. weak points In your armour and la not worthy of the un questionable merit of the autobiogra phy. Do the - leaders who build broader sentiment give way and turn aside when they encounter ob stacles? No, Indeed: . much , better leaders and ' builders wero Ihosj Southern women who (In your words) "bore the burdens of a devoted life with a graceful cheerfulness that puts philosophy s and learning to thitme." Such living Is not so backward that we need to bo ashamed of k.'.,".- , I never had a very flatterlng'epla Ion of tho prodigal son, but so fat as; we know he did .not go to the ex treme of beginning at once to tell the old peoplo at heme how to lead tho higher Ufa. If he ' had attempted that,' It is very likely that tho . old father's ' wrath could not hava pro vented that . other , ; brother froci smiting' the. Prodigal hlo ' and -thlirh. .In ' your case the prodigal like i Jeshuron)- waxed fat and kicked, but I doubt- If you hava much Improved the old version-- Running away from homo (tho Rotolnaon Crusoe.-act) is an event in every lite as Is tha meals or the mumps, and It seems to. hava settled on Jou so that, you have never recovered from It. Free dom Is not the sommon boaum of Ufa and there can bevno absolute freedonr under "any condltlona v .Tho nature and quantity of the restraint are all we can determine, - You found the burden heavy hero-and gave it up because you-, could-not uphold It all.' 1 held oa to my own little corner and 1 am glad that I did, be cause the restraint waa ' never Irk some to me. It depends . largely oa your own mental conditions anyway. Don - Quixote reveled In chlvalrou literature until he honestly came to believe that every wayfarer, he mat was -soma evildoer' whom ' ho must overthrow In bis work -.as a chival rous knight,' even going so far. In his wild escapades as to charge upon a wind mill In the belief that It was an army of giants. Some day you may realise that In "much' the nve wayyou were "enamoured, of free dom's all until you 'mistook? the old windmills and Ivy-grown houses and quiet lanes of the old South for. nar rowness and prejudice and - provin cialism. - - . v ,"'' , '..." In my next "letter I . will pay my respect" to the "three elemental forces" that drove you. aWay to - a freer land religious' bigotry, race prejudice and tho ''hands of dead, BRYAX ANSWERS CHLXESE. Defends Amorloaa Civilisation Against That of tar East and Bays It Prtx doors Rtroagor Mcxv Moral Forces Most PotcaU w New York Herald. ' ' T 7 William J. Bryan has written a lit tle book which has been published by. MeClure, PhllUps s Co., entitled "Let ters to a Chinese OftWlaL" It Is a re sly to - "Letters' from a Chinese Offi cial," which was widely commented upon In America, and Great Britain when published three years ago.. .. "Letters from a Chinese Official" waa a severe contrast ot Chinese cMllxa tlan with that of. England, and In an introduction the author applied . to America everything that ha said about England. It was surmised 1 at tha tlma thst the letters were not those of an Oriental and Mr.-Bryan In a postscript ,4o his introduction says ha fcaa lunu tha were written hr an Englishman from, material . furnished! ay vhiuim. Mr. Bryan has divided his book Into eight letters.. The first deals with tho assertion mads in tha earlier book; tkat China's civilisation Is superior to that at tha United States. "Tha picture that you draw is not true to Ufa: you hold up tha bes the you csji find In your country (or even, better than you can find) and, com paring it with tha worst that you can find in Christian countries, you boast. In a holler than thou spirit of su perlorlty. ' It would not bo fair, to Judge China by her coolie class, al though that class constitutes a large element ot her population; neither la It fair to Judge her by her refined and polished diplomats who, while sneer ing at Western civilisation, have, lib erally borrowed from It; we must Judge by tha average man 'which Chinese environment has, produced, and this average mah doea not ap proach in mental . strength,-' moral stamina or high conception of Ufa tho product Of Christian civilisation." '"You have ' condemned,' I' think Justly," Mr. Bryan says In another place, "the opium war waged against yoa by England, but your protest would have mors welgtit If you did not. devote so much of the soli ot China to tha cultivation of the poppy and K your countrymen did not carry tho vice Into every country into , which they go." ' . . Answering arf argument against .labor saving machinery, which, it was asserted, was an Incentive to a sordid straggle for money, Mr. Bryan ssyst -''You complain that the spirit has been lost In an unseemly scramble for wealth. In this I am constrained to believe you grievously err. I would deny It If asserted of any ot the Eu ropean nations, but I most earnestly (i Inputs It In regard to my own coun try. At no time during a century have moral forces been more potent than they are In America to-day; at no time has the conscience been mora sensitive; at no time has a larger per centage of, the people been engaged la altrustlc work." - " e " Again Mr. Brysn observes! ''No more - accurate distinction can t drawn between China and the West cm Werld than when you suRgnHt that our nations conceive that they haVe. a mlsnloii -tn redeem snd ' clvlllxe tha world,' whilo ytmr nation has no mis sion and is oHilBilfd to solve Its own problems' without v burdening ltelf with the problems of other people. u.,n A at lletlcr," ho holds, "is the na goes forward In clvlllxlng work than a . nation which, "wrapped In tho contemplation of Us own lnrnctilt nei, slrps the precious ye.-irs away. iinlirf'Tf nt to tho world's wlfnre sni unmindful cf Iuiycry Hit might fco relieved." YrORLD WATCHES SPAIN cnvi.cri orrosiiij to static Tho 1 T.'ort to Tlirow Olt t!ie rintitl of tho hi kit ii Iiitcnlit ail I.urpo liow KiiKsl.i IUoms itH No 'lite lil.l .- r Ixhh ,ot l.lUe (lie CcmiHii Journ alist How ttie SulLau 1'rays aiut liow lilx I'alluro to 1'ruy l'u.sej a lluiier vt Excitement. BY 6TODDK11T CAMPBELL, ; London, Aug, 18.--Ail the world Is watching Bpaln. These tremendous struggles between tho Vatican and the btalee of Europe are of Intense Interest everywhere, and enpeclally In Kngland. Tho Church of Rome no longer sends its. armies Into the Held to wage real war In behalf of tho Church, but the Vatican has" a surer and a Inns bloody method of forcing a rebellious Htate to Its knees. Some times the Vatican falls to bring the refractory one Into aumblfwlon, and, as In the rase of England, tails of Its purpose aa In the case of France continues the struggle until the head line of "Church and State" Is a stand ing nightmare (from one generation to another. And now we are watch Ing Spain. ' It Is announced that the government will, if possible, avoid a breach "with the Vatican, but It has determined to defend tbs 'supremacy Of the State. Let ua see. '-. Of. all tho lands In all the world, none has., been more . under . tbo 'UY Bosxta Church of Rome than, has Spain or her one-time colonies. Not only has she worked with tho Church as one man with another for a common pur pose, but aha oven gave, as in tha Philippines for so manygeneratlons, the actual government of the people over to religious erdera " This pro ceeding has nowhere- been acceptable to tho people governed. Tha Filipi nos went to war three times to pat an -end to the control ot the. priests and the-friars,, and 'the ..only two countries where tha friars still have a hand In he affaire of 8 Cat a Bolivia and Colombia are the most back ward In all Latin-America. , . ' To-day even Spain, where was the' stronghold of. the Inquisition, is com ing to do that for which ahe fought the Filipinos for years on end throw olt the control of the Church In civil affairs, . It all cornea about from the simple but vital question; Shall a Catholic man or -woman, married according to the civil rite and not by . the Church, be burled - In . consecrated ground, or lowered to his last rest Jn ground where the Church Is not, out side tha walla of tha "holy field?1! The Church says no, and the State says yes. The Vatican Is bringing remonstrances to bear.and the Htate continues to stand firm. The, latest exchanges were pretty nearly In the form of an ultimatum from, the Pope, but tha Spanish-ministers have' not rnmAi an 1noh. Wanes liaa in at gone through it, with the result we all know, and there is reason to Be lieve Spain la on the threshold . of France's experience.' ' " v ' This very point, that of eternal rct In the "holy field" or on the rot side, was one of the bitterest ot iho questions between the Filipino and Spaniard, and If any one thing could have been said to have lost the Island to Spain, this waa the thing. Spain has killed many a brown Filipino because he Insisted . upon this same privilege which Spain now declares shall be tha right of all Spaniards. HOW RCSSIA' BLOWS' ITS NOSE. , I was speaking to-day with 4 young American who-has -Just come from Russia on his father's yacht. . He saw the beginning of tho Cronstadt trou ble, and persisted In staying there until bullets began whistling over the deck. - "I have a good bump of curiosity " he said, "and I wanted to see all I could.. I think I would make a good newspsper, man. .-The governor Is in France, you know, and I took some friends up there to buy- sable. I would have stayed - had not some timid guest wanted to get away; otherwise I might have brought you a 'good story.' " -1 asked hint how he found the Rueslan people. ' ; . "It's unfair to Judge the many by the few," ha answered, "hut , a cer tain thing I noticed Id St, Petersburg made Its 1m predion on me, and I'll give It to you for what It's worth; and 1 had an Interesting talk with a bnron banker, to whom I had glvrn a tetter on finances, I'll toll you about thnt, too. - i "One evening onr party went to famous reels urn nt on the Nevsky. Tho big room on the first floor was almost empty, the dinner hour belns; over. We ant dowp and ordered, ami then amused ourselves looking about ua .... .. "Soon there came In a genrrnl.yhn old man, In full uniform. The dour porter rnxhed to meet him, relieved lilm ,.t liltf ,l,,:ill h!a iwnril tiU I. n t , h) ri,br, and the head wnlt-r I ushered him to a tblo covered with a while cloth. "A Hit"r CHtne. to tiike. Mi order, hut Inntciid of mHtnir for something even to drlni, tho P' ticrnl !-. for the city dlri'itory. Th-n for half nil hour In mit tt-.ere, tin i.l.. r the y iru; ,l;;rj at.4 tV..-i i.-t.a, C'.tvu he had flnlrlied ' he reached down, took up an t-nd of the table cloth, and bluw-hlH none on It. Then he got up to lcnv'0. At the door he found the pmuo porter, who,, Just as respectfully and assiduous as before, handed him his cloak,, his hat, , his saber, and his rubbers.-' Then the genera! left, having neither oaten nor drunk anything, without even giving a tip to the waiter or the porter. . ."This little scene shocked, no one except ourselves. . You must remem ber that In Russia three-quartorji of the population, peasants,' workmen, soldiers, officers, nobles who. never havo loft the country, 1 never, carry hondkerchlefs.y ; ' ', '. "This fact, to my mind, snows that we are wrong to try and Judge Rus sia or Runslans according to pur lights, and to deduct and asaume that the history 'of the continent 'will re peat Itself In Russia, f There , are many reasons why a people that uses handkerchiefs cannot understand and cannot correctly Judge a people that does not. -' : :'V . v " . - - ."As to tho outcome ' of. the trouble In Russia, It seems to me that our people - have little ; actual ' concerm Of course, we are Interested In. the making of history, 'and stories of dis orders . and ' sensational - assassina tldna make good reading, but we are safe and secure In our position of outside observeraV France Is really the country concerned. - I" bolleva It was Prince Napoleon who said In the French'. Senate, ' under the ,., empire: "One can do anythlng-jy-lth bayonets .','WATCH CHARLOTTE v v- V 1 . Si ot tho. Lata Arrivals) al St. Voter's VL except alt on-them!": ThW. however. is Just what the autocrat - power is trying to do. -We will watch and see bow It succeeds, and how long this power will keep its seat lf. lt is suc cessful - ', '''--f -: ..v ,v ,'tt , j, k.-- i ii,' ''' r'; ... - KAISER AND GERMAN JOURNAL- . IST8. : .-. , Emperor'" William does", not like newspaper men. is made this plain to a French Journalist who -Interviewed him recently, and - he ; has Often said so before. In tho Imperial entourage members of the fourth es tate are never referred to except In terms of- disdain, "washers of dirty linen" being a favorite term,- This aversion) furthermore, Is no new thing. - Several months after WMllam came to the throne, October tl, 1888, he expressed himself with regard to newspaper men as follows:. , . - "While I hava saenflced my health and devoted ail my strength to peace and the well-being of tho fatherland, the newspapers of my capital discuss my affairs In a manner which, never would be tolerated by a private In dividual. -Thle haa only- created - a painful Impression, but has aroused my Just Indignation. I have -been particularly annoyed by the comment of tha press upon tho relations be tween my, father and myself." , ' . It is a carious thing thst r while Emperor William has always denied himself to German newspaper men, he haa ' on ' several occasions talked with ' representatives - of the foreign press. .lie has said, ; furthermore, that jn his opinion foreign Journal Ists, as opposed to'- Germans, show more comprehension and good will in dealing with affair, of State, Up on tho occasion of the visit of Prince Henry of Prussia to - the . United States, Emperor William, In caution ing the prince of the pitfalls In his path, .told him that every American newspaper man was a "general of the pen," and only a short time ago Am bassabor Tower entertained Emperor William . at dinner and had among his guests at prominent- American newspaper rrisn stationed In Berlin. Therefore, Aerman Journalists are feeling slighted, and there are liable to be approaches to lese majesterln tho German press In . efforts to "get even." . ; '.---.. -' Emperor William's speeches . have always an Interest for the public above those' of any other monarch In Europe, and It Is consequently of In terest td know how ho prepares them. For political speeches, William him self furnishes the plan and principal Ideas,, rpnferrlng for the details with the minister wllhla "Whoso province the subject In question falls. This method, however, doos not sppty to speeches from the throne. For these addresses ono, of the councilors pre pares a draft on Ideas submitted by the chancellor of the empire, who adds and edits and submits the re sult of the Emperor. Then the Em peror edits and adds. . 4'he shades of meaning, the cartful and friendly phrases, are Inserted by William him self after cuteful consideration and thought, and Xhe address In Its en tirety Is msde ty him to conform to tho demands ;-of ,:tho' occasions and the Interior and exterior policy ot the country. ,;.-. "- '' These are tha weighed words of .the Emperor; the rareful ' utterances given fftr publication and outside consumption. They, are sehtom . ns Interesting, however, aa the speech" mad tn the officers of some regiment t a luncheon which the Emperor docs not Intend (hull reach tho press, but which soma newspaper Is alwnys r"nty to print, If It dure, potHi.ly to "pet ,evin" for the Emperor's slurs on J rmsn editors and reporters. IIOW THE Sl'LTAN' PnAYft. A flutter of excitement punned tin out ii tho chancelleries of Europe li. 't v.ciX, It waa y.;.; ptrod; Sultan does not go to-pray to-doy." Far reasons good and suillclent, the report, following on the heela of the reptirted Inill.ipowlUon of the "sick man. of. Europe," was roceivod with a sense of, grim hut very real .satis faction here In London, where, for some time, the Bultan has been giv ing a great deal ot worry. The death of the Sultan probably means the dismemberment of the Turkish empire, bat thtsi may not come with out war and a great-deal of snarl ing . Over the remains. But for. the present the excitement ' has died out tor It la said: "The Bultan goes to pray." -, ,v -t ; ' The Sultan goes to pray, and official Constantinople goes to watch him. Tho diplomats and tho reputable -vis itors to the Turkish capital, wna aro vouched for by their respective-em-banctas. and are therefore permitted to watch the "sick man t, Europe going to his prayers, crowd to a ter race outside the .white-walls ot the, Ylldls - Kiosk ,i every Friday at noon and watcn an man, oewnisgerea and petulant, clad In a long, hot, black coat and a fes, drive down a hill and disappear In a whlta house. Then a muexxln appears at tho top of a slender, needlelike minaret, das' sling white ,agalnst the hot blue sky, and calls In a loud voice to Allah . Tho soldiers, who have been brought from every part of the empire to llne,nd re line every foot of the way from the palace to the church they are the. pick of the , Turkish army- rest on their arms In the hot sun ana GROW" St oapluL light cigarettos; . the dogs, the -everlasting, Interminable,: mangy dogs of Constantinople, begin fighting and scavenging again In tho road lately traveled and made holy by the head of Islam, and the people .wait. The san beats down and tha foreign ladles on the terrace1 try to raise' their par asols, but tha guards tell them this Is not allowed..- The diplomats let. their Turkish coffee settle and smoke cigar ettes stamped with the birdlike in signia that 1 on every Turkish coin and postage stamp newcomers hide theirs In their clothes to show to friends and weary, hot minutes drag on while the old man prays In the white mosque' and spies pass among tha visitors with oars Intent to catch a word of tha many spoken, lo con tempt of the whole proceeding. ' - A , bugle . call brlnga the soldiers, and the spectators of one ot ; the cheapest military vaudevilles on earth, to attention, and the old man comes back, up the hill, followed by the best In his empire, councilors, ministers,' statesmen, generals, and admirals. In-a disgusting exhibition of cringing servility, each one striv ing to outdo the other in deferential obeisance, clinging,, literally fighting among each other to cling ta the coat tails of the "sick man" as ha rides up the hill back to hla harem. . . . This-we dismissed with an expres sion of disgust; preferring to crane our necks to catch a sight of hfa four favorite women,-who follow him In closed carriages. , We saw nothing but the edge of a Paris gown and a bejeweled hand holdlrfg a. fan ot Spain. ; - v.. , - ,. . .-', The old man la so afraid ot sudden death by a subject that he never lets It be known Just how he will-come back up the hill. He has at the door of the mosque two or three carriages and half, a dosen saddle-horses. He will call for a horse,' only to send It away, then sjgnal i for another, and finally make up his mind to go back In the wicker phaeton. If the peo ple knew what carriage he would use they might set a bomb In It. But last Friday all this did not happen. Everybody was , there but the "sick man;" he was undergoing an operation - for, appendicitis, and when this became' known, the diplo mats and tha visitors, and the faith ful, sweating Turkish aubjocta all went back their several ways,' the foreigners regretting they had missed an Interesting break to the ceremony. such as tho attempt to blow him up a year ago last juiy. ' - As soon as It wras over every diplo mat telegraphed (home that the Sick Man was sick Indeed. Every pre mier In Europe was at once Informed, and' statesmen the continent - over begsn industrious consideration of sn event for which all Europe claims to be prepared, and concerning which no one knows how any part ot Eu rope will act. i ', ; '. i . i .; ' An Interesting Itrllcv Fayettsville Observer, ' ' .. ", Mr. John Not t passing the even ing of his life In the retirement of the "old Nott homestead, five miles west of town, after a long and useful llfo, worthy of hla forebears has In a cellar of Ms dwelling carefully pre served, the body of t,he old-fashloned7 but stately coach In which La Fayette rod into this place on the occasion of hla memorable and hlstorlo visit to Fayot-evtlle In 1825. , Mr. Nott at one time had the sllverplxted harness which flashed In the light on the hacksl of tho prsnc Ing ' horses of the chariot, but tha vandall.Mm of one generation after another, - callous to sentiment and greedy of gsln, filched by piecemeal tliOHO reminders of tho past. " , , -V- And O o green grocer is In a posi tion to I'xqulre a lot of ripe expe rience, ; : ' ''. - r- Y COUBTJKG IN' NEW Y0HK SHOCKS A llESERVED STRAXGlilt Tho Girls Sochi to do Moet of the -. Oiurtins, for Which Curious Fart , Thoro is a Jleanou Norlii Carolina - Coming Into Prominence Marki ;, I'Mcd aa a Foundation for tlm 8ct- ting of "The Mam l'reo,' Tltougli . the Scenes Are houiewhat Mislead . . ng Tho ltoccnt lUots on tlM ', brookiyn llspld TraatUt Company's Line. ' v -.J : ':..';...:.'',.,;' BY CHARLES PtfJUPPg RCBSELL. Scene Any steamer " hound tor Coney Island. w '.'-" V , Tiny Any : warm, clear night ': Hour Any time from till M'P- 01 'Y'-'" ' ': Y" ,,' j- ' '',''- ''' ." -s' , Place-!-North river to Coney Island and return. New York. 4 Characters A young man with slick hair arid passionate sock a A young woman In white muslin and pink ribbon. Other passengers bound for Coney Island, among them two Southern buywe who have "coroe on" to New York and are out to see the sights v-.-'- ' , k' ' ' ..(Young man and 'young " woman -t make . their way . through serrted ran as ot ucsk cnairs, nana jn nana.) ' Young', Wemany "Here, . let's sit down here, where we can get away from all those lights,' They shine in - Young Man "All right, looks good vo me. '.. .V v - ' - tThey sit- down In a dark corner.) v Young Woman "Ool the breese Is real bad here, ain't It? Gee, I'm cold already." . . Young Man "TIs sort e' - chilly here. . You orter. have sumpin round you on these here boats.'- (Blips an arm around her waist.', young- wo man' snuggles up and looks Into his face gratefully. They . smile Into each other's eyea. , Y. W. "Oee. but the breese - Is worse . on this, side than It Is on t'other." . -, . . . 5 - T. M. "Tea you ' oughter have sum pin that goes clean around you." (Slips other arm around .ner.. x, w, settles back complacently.) v , -- . Southern Buyer (Nudges his com panion and grins) "Gosh, J see thaif". . ......... ' Other Southern Buyer (who has been ' to '. New York . before) "on. "that s nothln'. . pt orter see. em eomln'' back. I tell you you1 see some sights In New York." ; First . Southern - Buyer "That's right. Do you know, i believe I d like to live un here for a while. Second ; Southern Buyer "Qh, ' I dort know.; New York'a al) right to visit once In a while, but derned If I'd live uo here. " ' - I First Southern Buyer "i regn you're right. 'Speo I'd get tired of it after a wnne.-. : . Socond 1 Southern Buj-er "Yg would that! . Pace is too swift up here for a man that hasn't got a rail tlVII. ' ' . -v (Young people contine . as they were, but In a few moments seem to stow restless. It Is evident that they are .not yet comfortably adjust Y. W "Walt a mlnlt. A pin Is stick In' me. (Young man unlocks his anna from which' young woman emerges, adjusts matters, then starts to sink back again.) - "No, .wait a second. M' hair Is coming down." fBesrins to remove hair Dins. Con tinuing the process till several , hun dred hair ptna are held In her mouth. Cplla her hair round and round while young man looks on admiringly, re- rdacea stock of hair pins, gives a final ntmltablo paL'and glances , around at Y. M. Whose attention is moment artly dutracted) "Well?" .j, '"' Y. M. hastlly conies' to and opens Irms. ' X, W, sinks Into them restful ly and is once more engulfed. Makes a few final movements of adjustment and drops head upon Y. M.'m should er, exhaling a sigh that denotes the very pinnacle ot perfect peace and Infinite content) " Y. M. (After a silence) "Say, yoa smell orful good to-night" Y. W. (Smiles pleasedly, and pate his hair) Do you know I love you when you have your hair parted that way." - ' ' '' " i Y. M. "Oose tweet , thing are you?" - ' -. -.. ' ' -.., cT, W. "My pweclous afn - Y - (Passengers wlthla hearing groan In concert and, arising en masse, re treat to the saloon, where they call loudly for "something strong!" t f- - ' The above acme Is taken from life. The amount of public well, there I really Is no polite word for this, so just let It go as tne vulgar ran u "squeealng" thst goes on In New York and 'vicinity Is calculated to Impress the stranger from a more reserved clime not to say shock him. It obstrudes Itself on your notice wherever yoo go after night fafl on the boats, la the parka on tha trolleys and trains, at the beaches. There are several thonsand seats in Central Park, and svery pair ot them la occupied after, nightfall by , a couple apparently wrapped ap la each other, not to say literally wrap per around each other. ' The, boats and trains returning from Coney Is land and the different beaches are always loaded down with couples with a strangle hold on sach other,- ' . The curious part ot It Is that the girl always has her eseort's head on her shoulder or in her lap. This doesn't seem Just right somehow. The last chapter In the novel always has it the other wsy, Ths young msn is almost invariably asleep, the lady regarding-his open mouth and blank expression with maternal care. Of course, these .couples are nearly all from the East Side, or from the clerk and shopgirl class though not always. - The girl Is almost always, doing tha courting. -Thst I she is supplying' the conversation, 'patting him, soothing htm, - constantly en deavoring to make him comfortable, the young man meanwhile assuming an air ot Indulgent indifference. Perhaps It is to be explained by the fact tnat qjl thr East Side the women greatly outnumber the men there fore in the ramble for husbands the women are forced to do sums of the courting. -,'!.' '.v - ' Y1 : . ' Thus Is the male restored to his ancient posit lor. as lord end master. The masculine observer witnesses It almost with a feeling of triumph. Mere man is having it so Incessantly dinned into his ears these days thst he Is an Inferior being that to see him thus 'restored to his ancient place on the pedestal Is a sight that Is really grateful.., . ; , , ' , ' North Carolina Is coming Ylnlo prominence. The recent ' rsllroad wreck near Rockingham, the Wades boro and Salisbury lynchlngs were a. featured In the New York pa pers and cried on the streets. Now there Is a musical show on liroadwny whose first art Is Isld In Marlon, N. C' "The Ham, Tree" Is tho name of the ploce, featuring Mclntyre and Heath, who are pnpnlsr black-face futimakers with New York audience. Mclntyre la ' "Alexander HambMon lon," a livery stable hand InMarlon. Heath Is "Henry Jones," of the Geor gia Minstrels. Who indurea AU-minder to Join the troupe.' .Then Iho lun be. Bin". , The programme, (pronounced New York premie-mm ) .i i n Act i as "Exterior of "1 he "i . Jteit.' a coutiuy hotel in rir ii In IV i la ptii' yn-: I.... is t lected tn a typlnl "t Perhaps it In, In a , i town" hero la in. not In t.n traveling theatrical Ood-forsaken, , inn-d i teti, i the-world-etopplng-oI place. Will deny there ara not a ynn-i r such in tha Old North mm'-, W'hy Marlon should bo selected v there are so many others, b. which . Marlon Is a hu.-t,; thriving metropolis, it Is hard to f ' The opening scene Is bran' ' Marlon's oldest inhabitant won. t be able to recognize the deur o; I town. On the left la the fair, floer deeked front of a giant summer hot. !. Ten feet away on the other sldo. the ' livery stable which figures 1 i the story. An English lord and in. wife are walking about tha beautiful -gardens In ,,' the foreground. Th background discloses a glimpse of tropical loveliness. , A beautiful river, flowing between banks covered witu rare flowers and luxuriant follHire, meanders along. On the other snie of the stream palms and pulincn- treea toss their waving arm a The real Marlon Isn't exactly what might bs called a vtskm of lovelinc as viewed from the Southern Rail road station almoat anyone who traveled over the Ashevtlle line l.i admit that but here it is depicted In colors so ravishing that It appears to be a veritable Isle of the Lotus Eaters.." v ..- .. , . Palms, palmettos, gardens of riot ous color, fruits and evergreens In confusion, negroes dressed In minstrel clothes that's tho typical New York er's Idea of the South. Set him down suddenly In the sandhill region around 'Clarkton,' on the' Seaboard between Hamlet and Wilmington, and he probably would' get over It Or If that failed, transplant him In the scrubook section of upper Richmond county where Long John ; Covington used to say "I trlde tew farm thar dern nigh 'leiven year, an' gosh-dlnged If I c'd ever even raise my voice!" - By typical New Yorkers Is mesnt the kind that never stir beyond the confines of the Island called Man hattan. The typical New York view point Is summed up In a sang sung In this , same show, ' entitled "'Good Bye, Sweet Old - Manhattan " Isle." The chorus tuns as follows; , "Oood-byY sweet old Manhattan Isle, ' Oood-bye. dear old Broadway, - My heart belongs to you. old towa. , ' No matter where I stray, . That I'll be true to yeu. to you. " There's. not the slightest doubt. For when you leave old New York towa - You're only camping out.".' This song la very popular In Broad way theatrea and Is always followed by riotous applause from the gallery The principal noise, however, comes from resident New Yorkers who were born In Milledgevllle. Ala.. Waukesha, Wis., and Perkins poatofllce, N, H. - The p rogue-rum further atates that the scenery of the show was "painted by Ernest Oros." ' Mr. - Qroa must have been reading a Lake Toxaway booklet la which someone, had pasted Illustrations from Palm Beach, Fla. ' The recent riots on the lines of the Brooklyn Rapid - Transit Company gave ths station Just this side of Coney Islsnd the appearance of a war camp. The station Is known as Avenue P, and as It was at this point that the second fares were collected, a great deal of the fighting took place here. Squads of policemen stood on guard and prevented the crowds from collecting In too ' large groups. , A small house waa built for them here . as shelter, and on the other side was another shack, ,kk-u occupied by the newspaper reporters known aa, "war correspondents."" sent Out ty the different metropolitan Journals to report the troubles. - Telegraph in struments were Installed, with men sending In hourly bulletins as to the progress of the. riot. The Transit ' company, popularly known ss the B. R. T., charges ten cents for 'the trip to Coney Island, one fare being collected soon after the beginning of the Journey and the other near the end. The people have been sore on this custom for a long time, and so when a prominent Judge recently decided that the B. R. T. had not established Its right to collect more than five cents for the trip to Coney, the trouble began. Passen gers who refused to pay the second fare were thrown, oft whereupon tne belligerent element retaliated by at tacks upon the conductors and - In spectors. -The brutality and vicious bees msnl tested In these affrays made one think of Russia. The police were uncertain aa to what they ought to do. and hence did nothing. - A more execrable service than that provided by the B. R. T. It would be hard to find anywhere In the world. In addition. Ita employes are the most Insolent set to be found anywhere, even In New York. The rottenness and mismanagement . of the - road throughout Ita history haa kept the growth ot Brooklyn back many years, and tbs people who are forced , to ride on It have been longing to get revenge for a long time. They cer tainly mde It warm for the B, R. T. during the week Just past . '. Tlie Amerk-aa Gunner ' lads the World. Washington Btatv Y.t Y "The progress In gunnery made by oar navy la the last lew years has been simply wonderful, and It Is dim cult for ma to conceive how any other nation rould have ' Improved faster. Von cannot speak too high ly of .the Improvement we have made." The above ' Statement was made by R ear-Admiral Bradford to day.' While discussing the compara tive records made by the British and American aavles in target practice. Many 'Other American - naval officers are unanimous In declaring Vh American gunner leads the world In markmanshlp. It. has been snrKct ed by some of these officers that t " American navy designate one t' preferably a battleship, manned i i picked gun crews, and for the Rn Ish navy to daalgnate a similar -'-. and for both to be sent to nim , waters, with a non-partisan Ju - and rwferee, anil hoiti 'a sii.---tournament. officers expre-..- i i plnlotl that such a content is ent '-.'-y possible, and that the reruitu aoore would demonstrate there I n, t a navy which can compete with tht of the United State. Admiral I'.m.u ford stated that It was hi unl. r slandlng that the tests In the to services sre entirely different In ren ditions, ami that It Is also Imp..- to niiiKa a t-omparson between i. tao. An Old fpanUh J-nm! Ci . - t. Ark a nuns Gaxette. ' The Howard County Renl 1 Company, of Noohvllie, In lo.-i. the title of timber binds whlili i have purchase), for tho new 1 road anil lumber pl-mt. i' thst one tract of rl - My . r situated on the K.illite Mv-r, I i ' rd county, vt-l In ! .V tho tl'iinl il gi-'rri' -f ; the time thnt pore. t . " i try wns trii i f-- t 1 I i ;ntes as a r t f t - ' pun I, ik,, and f io .' j ' i !,,.rt i e rt.'ix 1 .- . ion, on v li'i I ' (lie t e-l I t : b. , - - I t , t i
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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