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Life on the .J. c. s. Wooton Narrates -So me countered on a C S. Wooten, in Greensboro Industrial News. Dr, Charles F. Deems was one of the most eminent divines and eloquent orators of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South. He was -cultured, easy, natural in hi manner, graceful in ev ery movement, stately and dignified in hia bearing, with jk vivid imagination, with the finest literary taste, with a copious elocution, with a chaste and elegant diction, with a glowing rhet oric that might have rivaled that greatest of ' ail , the mas ters of the art of eloquence and composition. Cicero ,hfcm- self. I saw htm in 1870, at Saratoga, sip a glass of water at the springs. He would raise a glass of water to his lips, and then, with a graceful move ment of his arms, he would take it away, and he did It with the same elo quence and grace that he would make a gesture in one of his sermons be fore a cultured audience. I watched him closely and this little incident sat isfied me that even in the private .walks of life he practiced the same grace and culture that he would use in the pulpit. I heard hlm'speak and .preach frequently, and he was so soothing, so tender, so pathetic, that he would draw yuu to him as easily as if ha had a silken cord around your heart. In 1859 he took a trip to Eu rope. When he returned he wrote a sketch of his trip, and I remember he said that "No man ought to wish to go t heaven, but that he ought to wish to be prepared to go to that place. .. (For heaven would be hell to man who was not prepared to enter there. The same rule," said he, "ap plies to those who visit Europe." They should be prepared to make the trip. You had as well carry an ox through Europe as to carry some men, for the grandeur, the wonders of the ocean, the beauties of the hillsides, the loveliness of the landscapes, the charm of the smiling fields, the elegance (of ' the villas, the unrivaled splendors of the boulevards, and the public build ings of the cities would have no charm for Mm, or would awaken in his soul no thrilling or stirring emotions. To visit Europe, a man should have the wisdom of a philosopher to observe the romantic sentiment of the poet, the refined taste of the artist to enjoy, and to appreciate the wonderful things that he should see. On Monday. July 22d, The Naws psrty met at the Monti cello Hotel. In Norfolk. The next day they visited the Exposi tion at Jamestown. The mem bers Of the party were the following young ladles: Misses I'l.i Adams, Alice Galium, of Greensboro; Florins Rob ertson, of Burlington; Sallle S. EIIIh, of Advance; Eva McDonald, of High Point; Nannie Rogers, of Raleigh; Leah Oettinger and Flora Oettlnger, of Klnston; Wooten Oliver, of Mt. Olive, and Dr. C. A. Prldgen, of Klnston, Joined the party at Norfolk. On Tuesday evening. July 23, at 7 o'clock, we took a steamer, the Juni ata, of the Merchants' and Miners' line, for Boston, where we arrived Thursday evening, July 25. On Friday, at 11 o'clock, Jiily 2Bth, we embarked on the steamer Laurention, of the Al len line, for Glasgow. It was my first experience on leaving the shores of my native country for a foreign land. On the shore, as we steamed out of tlx; harbor, were frlendH of those who had departed, waving handkerchiefs and and shedding tears for those who had gone, perhaps never to be soen again. On such an occasion there are mingled feelings of sorrow and Joy, sorrow of the friends left behind, and joy . and hope and pleasant anticipations on the part of those who are departing In quest of pleasure In exploring foreign lands. We sailed under the auspices of Thomas Cook and Rons, who conduct tourist parties to every part of the world. They have offices In all the principal cities of every country. I visited their offices In Edinburgh. London and Pvris, and they looked like some department of the govern ment at Washington. I venture to as sort that in either of their Ixmdon and Parts offices they have more men than North Carolina employes within her whole borders, Including every sheriff, clerk and all other State officers. Their business is conducted with as much ac curacy, system and dispatch as some great sections of government. Their officers are accommodating, polite, patlent, courteous, agreeable, and take pleasure in answering all questions, and Impart uny information you may seek- A guide meets his parties when- - ever they land In Europe and accom panies them on the.lr Journey and ex plains everything of hisl.irlral interest to you. They are familiar with the local traditions and hist..rv of every country and city you may isit. Thoy take pleasure in giving vou Informa tion. At BoMon other joined the f'nnk party. There were Misses Hickman and Wallace, of Pittsburg; Miss Kffa Kills, of Omaha. She Is a tnusi:: tea. ti er and conducts the torment corres pondence music school in the world. She teaches by mall. She originate ! this method of leaching, Il'-r income is about $5,000 and is nni.oiUh ;n creaslng. She pave an exhibition f her method of teaching on the boat. She is only twenty-six years o;d and i very pretty and accomplished Two ladles from Georgia were to have Join ed us but they did not rtwli uh in time, but Joined w in London There, were several gnUemen who were with the party. There were in nil about twenty-five In the Cook party We , !1 soon became acquainted and woe like one big family. In this, the Urst article of Mm ... rles I shall write, I will d'-'Tibe the voyage across th ochu.ii. Die pplendoi-H, the wonders and the glories of the great deep. Thera are mar,; curious . phenomena and beautiful scenes to be een at sea, it a man win out wutcii and observe them. The earth i dlvr " lfled by mountains and valley, by hills and "fair vales by nature formed to please," by lovely landM-apss and i' emillng field, by majestic rivers and ; shady rippling rivulets, by silvery cas- cades and roaring cataract. and by thousands of sublime and beautiful Views to delight the eye and to please v the fancy. There are many thb.gf to be seen on the sea that are more mag nificent and gorgeous than any scenes I aver witnessed on the earth. I shall describe them later. The trembling , motion Of the boats for the first few . days produces a little nausea and a drowsy feeling, but m you get accus tomed to the motion of the steamers, those feelings past away and you soon regain your normal condition. The sa was so tranquil that but few were sick. 1 went over the ocean both ways and never experienced any sickness, 1 tout on my return Yrom Paris across the English channel I had a terrible spell of sea sickness. We encountered a severe storm on the channel, which prevailed along the British coast that tfay.: The next day the papers were full of accounts of the loss of small Ashing crafts that were driven out to sea by the storm and in many cases "'their crews" were 'rescuecTty"paBlng steamers. W had such calm voyage Ocean Wave of Trip the Experiences Abroad. ; He En- across the Atlantic that I was really glad to have this experience of a storm at sea. I would not have been satisfied if I had not witnessed this storm. The. water splashed all over the deck of the steamer and the pas sengers had to seek refuge in the cab In below. The trunks werethorough ly soaked and in many cases the clothes were wet, Some of the passen gers were so stek they had to remain on deck and were completely drench ed. The .boat would ride the waves and then she would plunge downward and you felt like the bottom of the sea had dropped out and you were go ing headlong toperdition. I felt Just like I would never reach the bottom again. Old Neptune, the God of the sea. Is a cruel and relentless tyrant, wielding his trident, the symbol of his power, with a despotic hand, exacting from those who trespass upon his dominions a tribute that inexorable fate demands that they shall pay. I paid tribute four times to him and they were heavy tributes, too, but they were willingly paid 'and without any ceremony or foolishness . I could see the old tyrant chuckling as I was making my offering to enrich his cof fers. But I exclaimed In the language of Seneca's pilot, when tossed upon the waves of an angry sea. "Oh! Neptune, You trifcy save me If you will You- imiy destroy me if you will, Out whatever happens I shall keep my rudder true." : In a few hours I recovered from my sickness, and I was relieved of a heavy burden and I never felt better In my life. That sickness was worth one hundred dollars to me. On Monday, July 29th, we came In sight of the Southern coast of New foundland, about one thousand miles from Boston, It was grateful to get thin first view of land after having been at sea for three days. The coast is rocky and presents a dark, gloomy and sornbre appearance. The captain told me It produced two crops a year, snow and rocks, yet it Is one of the richest of England's colonies In miner als. Iron abounds In quanttes and crude ore Is sent to the Iron works of Pennsylvania, about six shiploads be ing exported dally. Newfoundland and New Brunswick are three times the size of Groat Britain proper. The people amused themselves in various ways on the boat. Every morning at 10 o'clock religious ser vices were held In the dining oom by the different ministers on board. There was on the vtriner a Jollir, merry, band of Scotchmen, who had been to America and were returning home. The Scotch ar happy rtople. Thoy Hie patriotic and Ur: s their dear' bonnle Scotland wlt'i all tiiC filial ardo- of a iue son to wra. his motner. Every riiKlt they wuibl assemble ir. the smoking sa'o.ii nn.i sing sons n-n. "fll i.i'rs and i.-''il"lcs I wouli sit and enjey their n and Jokes. T'ute were several S-wich isssles t. the ship and they ivjuli 'ng their Be A h s rgs. Th.sv rt'Oe very beautlfn with clear eomplcxlor a-id ; sy ch, k. tvi'h gentle, easy, natural manners, with soft, swpia voices, with a giaco f movement ant' d cnlty of bar .( that the most fai'ibni'r u belle r.-rgh envy. They cung a so'.g that was especially fiflt and DawV. i'c. It brought tears to every eye, flie ,-ng was: "Rolling home, rolling home, rolling homo arnws the sea. Rolling home, rolling home, rolling home to bonnio Scotland, Rolling home dear land to thee." T hought several ccples and brought the music hom ti'th me. 1 gave all 'tic girls -i copv. Then.' wf't s.jvnr: old Ifxotehmen ivho had been living In America for more than forty years and were returning to tholr native laud for t'c first time, arid tiny were mi:ed lo Uars and -Jobbed like chlldien in tli"lr n. ther's irrTc;. indeed evoryoo-.ly wept. To h;i- the Scotch gH pr. rieunce the word,1, ir the song, bonnle Scotland, In their sv eet, melodloua an-! silvery tone, wd w rth a :r!.i across the Atlantic tj rt'i" I love tho Scotch piople. Tlvy itru a brave., ebtvalric an patriotic iace. One nlKtit -.-e bad assembled f ir ou--nightly conert ui'.l they ,il,.pt.'d a n.tlfr that vi , v rphn shotd sing a t tig. I i i a J 1 ilhtito been a spectator, bit!. It seemed ror trat 1 haj reached a point whe i I must becorno an it Ho, , cite contr 'nt'e my n.lle to t'n fentlvi Vil of the occatlo l They c mm anitr.l on the opjj<c tide of the room from where I was. Each fellow sang a song ng. he was reached. I sat there think ing whst shall I do when my time comes to sing, for I enn't sing. I felt like retreating, but I could not get out for the dour was guarded so nobody could pass, ftoon they were on my side of tho room, and time was getting short when I had to do something, for I hud been sitting there saying noth ing. I think the crowd realised my embarrassment, for us they called me out, I could see everybody smiling, i I urose trnii said I erntid not sing and they ntild well reclto something. I re ; peated Judge Gaston's song, the Old ! North St ii tc. I told them that was our j Ktate hymn. It was now to them, and t hey cheered me vociferously. I told 1 them" T had eight girls with me who ( could nlng It and they bade me to j bring them up and they sang It, and . they went wild over It. Just, before the end of the voyage It Is customary ! to i;ive, a concert to raise a fund for the orphans of Scotch sailors, so they ! had the girl to King the song as a part 1 of the programme. T was after that a , sort of a hero with them. Dr, West I wood, of fjlnsgow, the surgeon of the steamer, ffiing a wong, "The Light Llt : tie I Stand." It was new to me, so I Hsked him to give me a copy its I i wanted to have it published In our pa- i pern 1 append it to this article so your reader can see It. When we were returning home there were .tome Scotch emigrants going to Canada on board the steamer. There w.-re two brothers, who were musi cians, and furnished music. One play ed the fiddle and the other the dulci mer. The latter Instrument has about fifty brass wire stretched across a board four or five feet wide, which are played upon with little sticks. This Instrument is mentioned In David. third chapter, fifth verse. Every ev ening after dinner thoy would gather on the neck and dance. There were several pretty young bonnle lasses, who were graceful dancer. They were true types of 'what the poet said of bonnle Annie Laurie: "Her hrow wits like n snow flake, her neck was Wo a swan, IIr face it wus the fairest thut e'er the sun shone on." I would go every evening to see thfru da pee. The music was so In spiring, the cold, crlsp'sea air so ex hlllaratlng that I felt as young and active as I did at sixteen, Bt 1 said to a lady standing beside me, let's take set with the Bootoh boys and glrlsri She consented, so we marched In and tm't b afraid glvs Chamberlain's Cough Remedy K your children. It eon taltts ..no-Apium-A,. othss-itsrmfttl - drus. It always cores. For sals by W. L. Hand Co, m n...t.,. ja ..,t l needed i iiruunj i ! some exercise I would tae a nauu. w , 'one who has never Deen 10 e ! cM m . i A., sf i-. Vi net It Vi -trKMnir ftnrl f. AMt III ttJJJf IUC Wl mo n e i j invigorating air of the all-cleansing I had to wear two pair of drawers and my overcoat whenever I went on deck. I could stand and shiver In that j cold air, but the effect upon the sys-, tern was electrical; put every nerve, to tingling and produced the most de lightful and thrilling sensations. It j was like a tonic and you did not take any cold. When In London and Paris moving around, I got hot and took a little cold. But when I started home and embarked on the steamer, In twenty-four hours my cold was gone. The air acts upon you like magic. Ponce de Deon searched for the foun tain of perpetual youth In the land of flowers, but it seems to me he might hevo found the' true elixir of life in the grateful breezes of the Atlantlo In mid-ocean. I remarked to somebody that if I could breath that pure, vital, exhillaratlng air all the time, that I believed I would live forever. When I first reached home for the first few days It seemed I would melt, for the air h;re folt like I had reacnea xn torrid zone. Such a climate Is calcu lated to malfe a man very religious, for he thinks that If this Is but a fore taste of what Hell Is, he desires to shun that place. , New let me tell you something of the splendors and glories of the sea. I had imagined before I had felt the throb and heaving of its mighty bos om, that after a few days It would be monotonous, as there was nothing to be seen but sky, and & vast expanse of water, but there Is as much diversity of scene as there Is upon the land. If you will keep your eyes open and ob serve them. I saw scenes of splendor and magnificence, at sea, that are far superior to anything I ever witnessed on earth. Like refined gold separated from all dross or earthly substances. the glories of the sea partook more of the nature of the celestial or me su pernatural, than any thing to be seen on land. Everything was so pure, so fresh, so neat. The trembling, restless motion of the sea, the deep blue of the water, the white crested waves, the brilliant flashes of the sun, presented a happy combination and blending of colors, that are too gorgeous and grand for mortal vision. It staggers, the imagination to behold It. As 1 looked, and looked spellbound, by the glories, the beauties, and the splen dors of the scene, I said: "I thank The, oh God, that my eyes have be held this vision." I was over-awed by the sublimity and grandeur of the scene and I said how can a man be an Infidel and say there Is no God? I am a sinner as all men are, but I hever allow myself to doubt the ex istence of God. I shall now attempt In my feeble way to describe some of the things I saw at sea, but how can a finite being describe the work of the Infinite? Poor mortal men, in his vocabulary, hos mVt words sufficient to describe them. To attempt to do so would be as vain as the boast of Archimedes, who said "Give me where I may stand and I will move the world." I spent my me on deck and I watched every change of scene, and every phenomena that presented themselves to the eye. Sometimes the girls would be playing cards or read ing a novel. I would go to them and say, throw your cards and books Into the sea. You are reading some fool ish book of some fool man. Come and learn in the school of the Great Mas ter. God. You had rather when you get back home tell that you bought a hat In London or a dress In Paris, than to tell what you had seen of the glories of the sea. Sometimes a dark cloud would arise near the horizon, that had the appearance . of a vast mountain range with Its different peaks. I thought it tnust be a mir age, the reflection of some mountain range In the distance. Lakes of wat er and large cities are sometimes seen reflected on deserts, I heard parties ay when I was in Texas some years ogo, that they had ween over the plains of that State such optical illusions. When the sun would shine upon the water the sea presented the appear ance of vast fields of snow skimmering In tho light of a winter's sun. I felt like I wanted to step off tho boat and walk on It. and ride over it In a sleigh. When I was on my return trip horn on the Gulf of fit. Lawrence, I wit nessed a moon rise about 9 o'clock. J took a position on the upper deck so could have an unobstructed view. The moon, as If by on bound, sprang full orbed from the sea. Immediately un der the queen of night the sea pre sented the appearance of acres of dia monds and sapphlses flashing and sparkling In tbe" water. Extending from the horizon to where I was standing,, a distance of ten miles, theTe was a silver stream of living light up on the water. The stream grew small er as It came nparer to me until It was about six feet wide where it reached the steamer. The rippling motion of the waves divided the stream and you could see reflected In the sea thou sands of full orbed moons, of a golden color. These goJden moons were about a foot apart, and they looked like great golden wheels in a chair of sil ver. Shakespeare In his play of Ro meo and Juliet Is disposed to deride the splendors of the moon, for he says: "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks. It Is the east and .lullet Is the sun, Arise, art urv anil kill the envious moon. Who Is alreadv sick and pale with grief That thou her maid -art far mora fair than nhe Be not her maid slnce'she is envious. Her vestal livery is but sick and green, And nonn but fools do wear It; eust it off." While the rays of the moon are not ns -brilliant as those of the sun, and do not dazzle the eyes by their resplen dent glory as those of the sun, yet they are softer, milder, more soothing and pleuslng to the vision. Dryden says: ' ' , "I dare not trust those eyes They dnnee in mists and dazzle with mirprin?." What Is more beautiful than a full orbed moon hanging In the sky and the whole face of the Heavens be spangled with stars. In describing such a scene Byron says: The sky Spread like an ocean hung on high Bespangled with those Isles of light Ho wildly, spiritually bright Who ever gnxed, upon thtm shining, And turned to earth without repining Nor wished for wings to Hee sway And mix with their eternal ray." Byron again says: "V utarii that ar tho poetry of heaven. The mieVn of night asseito her rilent reign." To many the early dawn is the love liest part of the day for then the air Is cool and delightful, and -all nature looks as fresh as "morning roses new ly washed In dew." Byron says: "The morn Is no strain, the dowry mom With breath all incense- and wll check TMR TOUCH THAT. HEALS fs ths touch of Burklen's Arnica Salve, It's the h'tpptent combination of Arnica nnwfrs ana nssimg Ditiiini evr com pounded. No matter how old the sore or ucler Is. this tialvc will cure It, For burns, . oU4r-w wwt4t- fUrt has no saual, Quaranteed by au drug' gists. 2tc. Lainrum - f tne clouds away, with pla ful Uvirj? aj f earth conUlnctl no tomb, An(j glowing . into da;'. . i a Again he says! The quiet night now dappling bt;an to wane. . Dividing darkness from the - dawning ma:it. 1 Night wisnes the vapors, round the mountains curled. -.-.-; Melt Into morn and light awakes the; world. ' r i . : j To my mind, next to Shakespeare,? Byron is the greatest ' of all poets. There Is such refinement, such taste, such beauty, in his exquisite . and matchless lines. I beheld a sunrise on the sea that Impressed roe as wonderfully beauti ful. The whole sky toward the west and the sou-eh was overcast with dark lowering clouds. To the north" as a dense fog. To the east was a lumi nous streak of living fire, extending as far as the eye could reach, and it seemed to be a vast mountain range of whitest snow. The contrast between the eastern Heavens with ;the white mountain streak, with the dark clouds In the northern, eastern and western ikles,..was grand beyond description. At even-tide I would steal away from the crowd and go to the stern of the boat and watch the sun set I wnt alone, for on such an occasion I de sired no companion, as I wished to commune with God and nature. I stood there for more than an hour ftnd as I beheld 'the gorgeous splendors, the rich drapery, and the brilliant magnificent canopy of sapphire and of gold that overspread the western sky, I was la a reverie, and was lost to all earthly things, and I wished that such a feeling might last forever, ' that I might enjoy the beauty, the magnifi cence, tho glory of the shifting, chang ing scenes. The sun was about an hour high. A dark cloud was between the sun and the sea. As the sun touched the tops of those clouds they put on a crown of mblten gold, and there was such a blending of the most brilliant and gorgeous colors, and they were so ce lestial that no human artist, not even Appelles and Raphael, the greatest master of the art qf coloring, could ever rival. The sun dipped behind the cloud and then, suddenly, as If by magic, the clouds lined from the sea, and the sun, shining upon the wthite crested waves, resembled a river of living light on the ocean, and It was as white as snow. It seemed to me that there was something beyond: that thej-e was a golden strand beyond that river; that it was but the gateway to a fairyland, and a better land, where the sun, fringed with diamond lustre, will never set, but will shine forever, to Illumine the gilcjed courtwaya of the Celestial City, where the redeemed children of God will "abide and shine amid the splendors of eternity when the universe is reduced to ashes." Readers, I have attempted to describe these beautiful-scenes, but a finite be ing, with limited capacities, can't de scribe the works of the infinite. I have done the best I could. Ar I be held those scenes I thought Of the words of Tennyson: "On golden ev'nine. when the sun In splendor Rinks to rest, How we repent, when they are gone, Thone niorles of the west. But when the whitini; orb again Breaks t;ors:!eus on the view. And tints the earth and fires the main With rich and ruddv hue We soon forjtet the evo of sorrow For joy at the more brilliant morrow." On August 17th we sailed from Glasgow to Montreal. It was the northern route. The first land that we saw was Labrador, on the north, Van, EV..,.,rl!i.,. Iks Tk and New FoundUuui on the south. The Straits of Bello Isle dlvirla these coun tries. Before entering the Straits we saw several Icebergs. Two were very large. One of them was about seventy feet. Only one-eighth of the moun tain of lco Is above the water, so sev en-eighths is under water. According to this they were respectively five hundred and sixty feet and seven hun dred and twenty-live feet thick. They looked like great white palaces float ing in the sea, and they were about seven miles off. I look a glass and ex amined It at close range. It seemed under the jclass to be not more than a half mile away, it presented a beautiful and nnignrflCent view, as there were reflected upon it all the colors of the rainbow, and it seemed ploturesque enough to be a pala-e for the fairies. They drlff slowly towards the southern seas at the rate of nbout ten miles per day. As I beheld these floating palaces of the deep nml the wonderful glories and gorgeous splen dors of the sun and the moon, as pic tured on the nwi, I nld I could realize the feeling of Paul when caught up In the third heavens, he sa sights that It was unlawful for man to reveal or what John saw when a ne bv-aven and new earth were opened u to him. Oh, that I could experience tfie sensa tion I felt in beholding these celestial visions forever. After leaving the Straits of Belle Isle, we entered the O-ulf of St. Law rence, which Is four hundred and fif ty miles to the mouth of the river at Quebec. We are now on the shores of Canada. We kept close to the south ern shore, and the banks were- dotted with fishermen's huts, As we ap proached the mouth of the river the country was more densely Inhabited, and on either lido wore well cultivat ed farms, giving evidence of thrift and prosperity. All ulong the coast ore mountain ranges in tihe distance, while the hills gently slope to the waters edge, furnishing a habitation for man. These waters are great fishing grounds, cod, snlmun and other varie- ties abounding in great numbers. The inhabitants are Frenoh Canadians and; "u wn ,7 i p01' tne5''of Raleigh; was .preentto address the are thrifty and Industrious. About j betterment association on this occa- w nii u.i.,,r w , viuru j Montmorency Falls. They are 220 feet high, and about one hundred feet wide. They rush down from the mountain side and look like a stream of frozen Ice. We reached Quebec on Tuesday morning, August 27th. , We spent a half day there, and went ashore and saw the sights. We landed In front of the great fort that commands the riv er. It Is located on a precipitous cliff two or three hundred feet high on the river. Immediately in front of the boat where we landed Is a bronze tablestone, the rock- bearing this In scription r "Montgomery fell here De cember 81st, 1 75." He was an Irish man by lrth, and was a general in the revolutionary army. Armrid had ibeen sent on an expedition to capture Que bee. Montgomery was at Momreal with a small force. He united his forces with Arnold and attempted to take the fort by; assault. Montgom ery was killed and ' Arnold severely wounded, so the expedition was a fall, tire, I examined the spot where Mont gomery fell, anil it seemed impossible for anybody to attempt to sfcale those heights by an assault. The officer of the boat told me, when I suggested that ho troops could ascend, those heights, that the assault was mads from the other sin, and that the Am ericans were defeated, and that Mont gomery .would not eurrerider and at tempted to ride down and escape, and that he fell off his horse and was kill ed. The guide in the post told 'a dif ferent story. 1 He said that while the fight was raging on the other side, ncxttothetown,Montgomerytook fifteen men and went to the rear, next to fhe river and thought he would ur- pn.e the enemy Vy nn iittai k i'.i t'.i rear, nod in calling the a.--auithe was killed. I again ex.uijincd the ground to see if it were po.-vihie tor a man to ascend the rocky walls and I found a narrow gorge where a man, in single file, might go .up. After seeing this passageway 1 was disposed to accept the guide's story as the plausible ver sion. For it is a historical fact that Aaron Burr, then a mere youth, who was on his staff, bore his body off the field. After returning home I examined Partbn's lif of Burr, who gives a full history of the assault, and he says it was made from the river side, which corresponds with the place that, marks the SDOt where he fell near the river. Aa I looked at that spot where the gal lant hero fell and thought of the oar ing deed t)f Burr, a ttrere boy In tbear ing away the body of tola general from the field of carnage, I thought of the contemptible conduct of. Jefferson, who tried to hang, Burr, the most bril liant man in American. history, and who had risked his life n defense of the independence ot.hto country. If t had not been for Burr's management in New York the Federal party would not have been defeated, and it would never have been possible for Jefferson to have been President. As his bio grapher well says, "it was Burr who taught the Democratic party how to conquer." -. -' The Parliament building in Quebec is magnificent. The building is on four sides and forms a hollow square. The offices of. the Province of Quebec are In the building, and also ' the two houses of Parliament, consisting of a Senate and lower house. The Senate is composed of twenty-four Senators, who are elected by the Governor and his Cabinet for life. The members of the House are . elected for five years. The different provinces in Canada have fheir separate governments, similar to our States, and a general government at Ottowa, which is the capital of Canada. While Edward, Is King, yet Canada contributes no taxes to the support of the English government, In the event of , war England makes no call upon Canada for .troops, tout in the Boer war the Canadians volunteer ed and offered their services to Eng land, for they said, the mother coun try is In distress and w(w111 help her. Quebec is an old city.' The old wall that (surrounded the cttjf in the early days, is still standing, thus dividing the old from the new city. The streets in the old city are crooked and nar row, while the new city nas iwiae streets with all modern Improvements. We left Quebec about three o'clock for Montreal, about 175 miles up the river. Two miles above Quebec we saw the treat railroad bridge that was be ing constructed, and which if ell the next day after, we had passed it. It was about two-thirds across on the south side. It was a huge affair and it Is a pity it collapsed, resulting in the loss of so much money and so many lives. I stood and watched the men and I waved iny handkerchief at them aa .we passed, I little thought that ere twenty-four hours passed that struc ture should be a wreck and those smil Ins face should ibe rrim, in death How Inscrutable are the ways of God. The St. Lawrence is beautiful riv er. I had more than thirty years ago come throua-h Lake Ontario and the Thousand Islands and down the rapids of the river to Montreal so I have traveled the whole length of the river We reached Montreal on August 28tn, and from there I came Wnrme. I have written this letter under great difficulties. Leaving the region of Ice and the cold breezes of the ocean, and coming In a climate that was hot, It nn ,Hke comin out of a refrigerator, and enterln a hot furnace. ,1 have been suffering from a cold I contracted nce reaching home. You can't take a .. .. - - , i 1 K eoid on the ocean .The contrast be tween the climate of Ihe sea and our Southern heat was so great that I felt like I would suffocate, I never suffered as much as I did in Washington the day I spent there. Oh for a whiff of tho cool, grateful breezes of the all cleansing Bea. La Grange, N. Cl, Sept. 14th, 1907. p. S. In my next I will describe scenes on the Irish coast and Scotland, the river Clyde, Edinburg and English Bccnery. Then London. I may have to make two articles out of It, for there la so much In London to see that It will take a mng article on that phvee, Then T will discuss France and Paris, the palaces at Versailles, etc. GUILFORD TEACHERS MEET. Quarterly Session HcV. At Oroensboro With More Than n Hinnlntl Pres ent woman's Betterment Awotia tion Doing a Fine Work Mrs. T. ST. Sella r Wins Prize Professor 1'oust 8p'aks. Special' to The Ohserver. Greensboro, Sept. 12. The first quarterly meeting of the Guilford County Teachers' Association was held yesterday from 10 to 1 o'clock In the county court room. Tncre was a very large number of the teachers of the county present, the. attenaance being estimated at something over one hun dred, and the atteauance of rural teacuers Waa eeclaUy gratifying. The. meeting was ptestued over by Prof. Thomas K. 1'oust, county super intendent of education. There were two distinct features of the meeting. The first and probably th one of more general Interest was the meeting of the Woman's Better mont Association, urganlzud iliere some time ao for the Improvement of schools and school property In the j county. In the absence cf tho presl- derlt Mrs, Dr. E; it. Mlchaux, the j meeting was presided over by the vlco president, Mrs. T N. Sellars. In i response to an invitation sent out a lnont3 or s0 ag0 M4ss Edith Royster. Mi89 Royter told In a clear ',""' ti,Ano,h ,hx ,. M II lU-'l "T u0 o- 'j ' the Woman's Betterment Association, the rural schools and the property of the rural schools In Wake county, in a number of Instances, had been transferred from very unsightly places to localities of beauty and of pride to those connected with the various schools. Miss Royster congratulated the Guilford organization on the won derful progress it had made along this line within the past year or so. Some time ago a prize of 626 was offered by the Guilford association for. the best work done during the year by a local association. This prize, was awarded to Mrs. T. N. Sellars, president of the association' at Brightwood. ' The second feature of '-the meeting was then taken up, and was in the na ture of a teachers convention or m- stltute. Prof. Thomas, R. Foust led the discussion, "and In a. short address outlined in detail some f the meth ods in reference to the courses of study In the rural schools of the county. There will be other quarterly meet ings t the Guilford County Teachers' Association to he held here. The meetln g yesterday met with quite a great deal of success, and the Indica tions are that the meetings In the fu ture will be a source of much help and Information to the teachers of the county. For Sprained Ankle. . , A sprained anklo may be cured tn sbout one-third the time usually required, by applying .hambwlain's Pain -fislm freely, and giving it absolute rest For sale pt vy. i nana vo. A c; A Veneris! vi f -v- ;. r J"t:n.l f 1 WUlLe Kept l r i:S.;" .on at . City Crntctuiliil Aca.! -siy of Medi cine Mtyts -GrcenM;. it A1?k in Jtace For Southern. v Terminal tirand Jury Completes Its Work ladles of Civic liraguo Make Much Money by Carnival. , Special to The Observer. . . Greensboro,- Sept. '.21. Mr. (F. A. Tate, a farmer residing 4'few miles from the city,' la the possessor of a venerable terrapin found on his farm Thursday., The farm on which the tet rapln was found originally belonged to Mr. , J. F. 1 1 Harvey, and on the back of the terrapin nearly fifty years ago he cut the followingr- "J. F. H., 1861." The letters are distinct and the terrapin i is as. lively as a cricket. From the fact that the let ters still Hook fresh Mr.'Tate reason-J ably concludes that the terrapin, which is a very' large one. was full grown in lseitand must be a centen arian. He will be preserved- for Greensboro's centennial .. celebration next year. K:. :- t;- . . ; A well -attended ..and enthusiastic meeting of the Greensboro Academy of Medicine was held In the directors' room of the Citv National Bank Fri day night Dr.- R. O. Dees, who recently located here, was added to the mem bership roll.. The .president of the academy reported that the ambulance association has recently placed an or der for an expensive, ambulance ror the city, and It is expected to be here and ready for use in about four weeks. This ambulance will flu a want of long duration , and the physicians are especially anxious for its arrival, as it will aid them coonslderabjy 1n convey ing their patients, ' ; ' : i :' ' A matter that is- absorbing a great deal of the-attention oflhe business men of the city and those who 'have the welfare of Greensboro at heart is the matter of securing Greensboro as the terminal point for the trainmen between Washington and Atlanta In stead of Spencer, ' as la now the case. It Is undersobd that the , terminal point fs to be changed, and so a- large number of letters addressed to H. B. Spencer, sixth vice president - of the Southern Railway . Company, having been mailed out of Greensbore, all ad vancing conclusive arguments why the Gate City should ha selected as the terminal point. . 'v'iV-jf-'.v. At a meeting of the chamber of commerce yesterday a motion rwas made that a commltee be appointed to take charge of the matter at Issue and do what -can be done to make Greensboro the place .of selection of lk vallynovl nmnanv ' ' tuv mitt uws vviiiyctiij The police year in Greensboro dates from May 1st, and Chief ef Police C. F. Neelley says that since the last of April there has been an average of ninety-five arrests a month. . The grand Jury , in the Septern.be term of Guiford Superior Court, which has been in session a tart of this week, commpleted the wonk assigned to It Friday afternoon and was according ly discharged. Out of the 72 cases examined it found 68 true bills of in dictment, i Eight were turned down for lack of proper witnesses and two presentments were' made. The jury visited the jail court house, con vlct camps, county home and county work house and reported all as in good condition and well kepit. The ladles of the civic league have just closed a very successful cam! val of a duration of two days and two- nights, and as a consequence the league now has. in its coffers severaH hundred dollars more than was the case a few days ago. For the last two nights Immense throngs have vis ited Llhley Park, the 'scene of the carnival, and the street fears have been taxed to their utmost to convey the crowds to and from the jjark. On the grounds the league erected a num ber of booths and. filled them with young ladles to sell drinks and edi bles, and both nights these places did a thriving business. In the casino there was a delightful entertainment given for two nights under the direc tion of Mr. R. B. Owen, one of the city's most talented musicians, and both presentations made aulte a hit. Friday nigh t the Gate City Guards rwere present and added to the attractions by giving a number of drills. The occasion was brought to a termination by an aid -fashioned square dance, Virginia reel, led 'by Mayor L. J. Brandt and Mrs. R. C. Hood. Music was furnished for the occasion by Elam's and Breckham's orchestra, and In every sense of the word the occasion was a howling success The money realized from the carnival will be expended by the civic league In furthering the, civic Improvement In Greensboro. COURT IN FORSYTH ENDS. Damages Given For Street Car Acci dentAppeal Taken to Higher Court Receiver's Report Heard Other Cases Disposed Of. Special to The Observer. Winston-Salem, Sept. 22. The regular two weeks' term of court of Forsyth Superior Court for the trial of civil causes adjourned at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Judge, Fred Moore, who presided over the oourt, will hold court at Danfoury, Stokes county, this week. Judge Moore will be here again In two weeks to preside over the regular October term of Su tperior Court. He has made many strong friends In Winston-Salem and they are glad to have him In the city, In the case o.f W. G. Wright and wife, M. C. Wright, against the Price Manufacturing & Power Ch. for $2,000 damages for alleged injuries sustained bv Mrs. Wright by a street car run nlng 8nto a wagon in which she tvas riding, the Jury returned a verdict in favor of the nlantlff for 1200. The accident occurred 4n 1903 and the ac tion against .the etreet car company was not brought until two and a half years afterwards. For this reason the aerendant s attorneys say mai u was wit difficulty that they found out who NOTICE The Observer is glad to hftve church notices of any sort, but the city editor and his force can not take them over the telephone at night, for they are too busy. Therefore, those having sucn notices are asked to prepare and send them to the office. This will assura their publication. TRAVELING At HOTEL ClyEGG, , Greensboro, N C- 4 4 That's because of modern furnishings of fare.' 4 Opposite Depot ; v. : ', : l c' . 3 cf tl.e c :,r on the day of tho aceiJent. The coun-l for the plaintiff com pany lo,i.jpJ a motion for a new trial on the ground.- that the jury did not decide the case according to the weight of th,e testimony. The motion was overruled by Judge Moore. , No tic of an appeal . to . the Supreme Court was given by the counsel, for the plaintiff company.' CoL,W. A: Blafr. --receiver for the Pioneer Manufacturlnig Company, fll-. ed his report of the sale of f ie prop erty to Mr, 'A. A. Meyers for the Peo ple's National Bajnk. The "property- was sold at auction. and bid off toy Mr. ' . Meyers for 6969. The renort at the receiver was confirmed by the court. ' in tne case of the People's National - Bank against the Pioneer Manufaetur- ing Company an order was signed' by Judge Moore allowing the, plaintiff fz.ooo, as th allegations were admit- ted by the defendant company. di . A. nonsuit was taken in tbe case on ... th People's National-Bank against v , W. I King and John L. Casper as .lt V( appeared that the matters at on- , troverey tad been settled. - Salisbury Get) Wrought Up Over th r7 xerminai Talk - ipiks Entertain ; nd v Are Entertained Colonel ' . Steele Too Full For Utterance-- " Harvest-Moon Picnic Given br'V,i South River People, . . v .j ; ?k Special t The Observer.-; iC'ryy-Ti-.v' ' gaUdbwy, Sept. ? 2;-iMayr .,Boy 4 ' ' dn has Issued a call . for a" ' Mass ' meeting Monday night, , when A the ' proposed terminal for Salisbury ,'wHi t be discussed. There Is rreat rivalry ' i now between Salisbury and Greens-'-. ' ' bord and a l&eail artbcfle yesterday in the Greensboro paper ha made 1 1 Salisbury people mighty mad. In 1 presenting the claims of Greensboro . , this town was knocked hard and there has been very general anger expressed, following a strong article -from Editor Julian, of The Post. " The writer of the story says Sails- bury affords an abundance of tempt-.' - ' tlons for young men and makes a Veryv evangelical appeal for the re- v moval of the stopping point ; to i' GreenBboro.' The- railroad men themselves declare that they wish ' the terminal here. 1 The Slks Friday nlgiht entertalne-d the Barlow boys, who appeared In the , minstrel. -The great quartette with the show also entertained the Elks with their fine voices. After the re freshments and the singing the mln- 1 strel fellows, guided by local Elks, went over the town serenading .th l girls. The novelty was fine and the . ' music delightful. -1 Col. J. C. Steele promised 1 Sails-- . bury people a readable article on the -subject of good cltlsenshlp, but this afternoon authorised this Interview: . "I am too full to write that article to-day,; hut I want to say that the V. curse of heaven Is going to fall on v Salisbury unless It drives out the sa loons. Tou people are Imposed up- : on by people who come here and get drunk. v Calamity Is bound to comev" The colonel appeared to be '; fastened to the north end of a hot- " tie and has graaed thereon con- stantly since coming to Salisbury. Mr. J. B. A. Gates,, of 1 Ashevllle, . !( one of the wealthy men of that place, . is at the Whltehe9d-Stokes Sana- .; torlum,' where he Is being treated. He is in a desperate condition. Mrs. Gates is with him. ' - ' Dr. Fred Mlsenhelmer yesterday ; put to death one of thei fine sorrels of Fisher Bros, that fell on the pavement and broke a leg. The beautiful beast was a fine-driver and Its death Is a big loss to the livery men, who have suffered accidents with their best stock all too fre quently. The South Rlyer people last night )glve their harvest-moon -picnic, the finest 10 o'clock, luncheon and boating party of the season. The country people had a email party of Salisburlans with them, and the select of Mocksville, Cleveland, Winston, Charlotte, Statesville, Mount UMa an4 Cooleemee took a band in the enftertaln-rnent. Mr.r H. B. Wales, one time mana ger o the Salisbury-Spencer Railway and a stockholder in the company, is here on a visit. He will be here several days looking over the busi ness of the company. Mr. Wales , is now Irving In Grank Rfspids, but, he has not forgotten Ballabury, which likes him so well. About Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy i . f. . Mrs. Ed. Redrthardt, of Lincoln ' county, says: For a good many years I suffered' from, Indigestion 6t iwhldh wotlhlnc even relieved tm until twffl years aigo I commenced to use Mrs. Joe Per son's Remedy and I cannot say too. much in its praise, for I can eat about ' everything I rwant, and things I mratf expected to Ibe able to eat. It has -strengthened any system and ibuflt up tny.lgenera! health until I can do a great'wiany things I never expected to ! Ibe able to do. , ." . I find it a fine family medicine to . keep in the house, for complaints the . children are' subject, to. . , MRS. ED. REINKARDT, , Vv.-.-c-i.Xwa Station ;.n, & Sept J8r 1907 - - .... MEN MEET e its central location, and excellent bill v f GREENSBORO, N. CL s
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