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( I, , I jr 1 ' CHARLOTTE, DAILY OBSERVER, ? THT7ESDA Y, MAY 6, 1909. ,13, oo I MUST"' sevelt Professor Berlin for I91QI11 Smith, Profeisor of the English Language and literature, and Dean at the ITl,..'rrlfii llrtrrh r!arnllTivv. profound rth ,-arolinlans o!;,rs to learn h of the UL Koosevslt ' History and I J. the Nobel that ran tnterna- be African scholar: J?" !f Dr Smith to .ienal tribute i r a 1 nnt only. rT.-i it mav a .r'tlv regis- r" '. m:thern schol- t!fRTJoin of interna- !!' ' , ,,relden- h'"tV- iwre and con- ra1" . .... anrl imnera and lostitutions. 'Although there was j Dr. C. Alphonso .Smith, of the Unl ome desultory exchange of lecturer! jverslty of Norm Carolina, will lec between the two countries thereafter, t ture on "American Literature." His "nothing of a permanent utun to j purpose will be to trace the devel meet the definite thought of the Em- opment of the Amerrcaa eplrit in our peror vu accornplished until ; the literature; he will doubtless choose nummer of 105. Then- President the "Work of Edgar Allan Poe" Butler, of Columbia University, met tfae ubject of the seminar, and treat the Emperor At Wtthelmahohe In Au- , detail the "Uteratur of the Trani gnat and the whole plan- wu dlacuae-." cehdental Mvmeiit,", , .-' ,,. ? s " ed Id rU iU-'TUttoa and twariffg. j pr,-CLt Arphonao Smllv 'prfeaaor Subeequpntly tb Emperor Wvlted ef the , Knglteh laaguage an4 . Utera Profeeaor Burgeaa,, of ColamtJla, and tr and tfaan of the graduate depart Dr. Butler. jo meet Dr. Althoff, th di mcnt at the UalversUyvpf Korth Caro reeter of, the -Prusnsian Ministry of Ed- Una is the moat- eminent. scholar in u cation, at dinner; and at this aeeand , hls choien ftel W the South. . and mtervteW" U final arrangements wer ,ataid in the very front rank of Eng- "paJlahed. effective, eloquent. He has made. . - iliah scholars in the United States. It ; bean heard throughout the entire At that conference,' It was deter- I la interesting to note that on tha ; South, before oluba, schools, colleges, mined that a professorship of Ameri- father's aide he Is of German ex-, universities, State Legislatures, eda can history and institutions, to be,tructln, one of his ancestors being J cattonal bodies end representative English literature. Tha course of jflngiisn uteraturw la tha f re ah man year at tha University of North Cara llna. deaignad by Dr. Smith, is a gen uine oontrlSution to tha atody of Eng llsh; and thla course entitled "The Types of Literature" very wan serve aa a model fat anlversltiea through oat tha country, it was ,' at -Dr. Smith's Instance and under his direc tion thst there was established here the Hirst vourae lB the etudy of tha contemporary drama ever given in the South; and he Inaugurated tha publication of "Studies in English Philology," a publication that ap pears from time to time fr'ora the Uni versity of North Carolina press, Since his occupancy of the chair here, the English language has been studied as never before: and a number of men of ability have written their theses for the doctor or philosophy degree under his direction. SDr, Smith, is eminent not onl as acholar . and teacher, ortamser and director, but also as. a lecturer and speakers Far more than a lecturer. n is a mawer in the art of domiui. stratiye -oratory charming, simple. PEN WANDERINGS BY H VafPHJUTY XEXX CHATWEf. In 1(06, tort trtu"''-; hit c"" i,nnw. th Theodore Roosevelt I Henry. Louts Smith, a German, who . gatherings of all kinds. Professorship, should be established ! wa kftlfd by Indians In Virginia in J when he delivered his address. -Life In in the University of Berlin by and'17'. From We father, Dr. Jacob the Centre," at the commencement Of under the general direction of Colum- ' H-nry Smith, an accomplished claa-i the University of Mississippi, that in bia University. Incumbents sre ap- ,kal and Belle-Lettres scholar and stltution conferred upon him the pointed by the Prussian Ministry of i powerful preacher, and from his j honorary degree of LL.D. For the Education, with the sanction of the ! mother. Mary Kelly Watson, daufh- ' past two years, he has delivered the w.mnamr imon nomination of the i le' i Juage jsgDeri . watson. or aunusi soaresa Detore tne Southern ,i nnlv ! trustees of Columbia University. The i ireinia, he inherits noteworthy In tuit Indi- plan of this work Include definite 1 tellectual traits and powers. After nia preparaiary eaucaiion at the graded schools of Greensboro, X, C., where he was born May 28, he went to Davidson College .....,tr! the Soutn lectures in courses, covering American history, especially political history; that time, eau- American I'onsuiuuunai nu aumui- Irit'Hely fort- IStrauve lw, wiin pmutumr itici momentous j ence to the history of the devclop onnilary ment of such law; the more funda jtrjdually j mental and prominent problems and P(.ii of the j movements in this country in eco- j m t ii r nn m i ru unit nim iiiiiih v riiiiinnniAiiiL' F9:.. '.. ,.H.n the last I naturally the Industrial policy and .v,0 hnraen i vrowin oi iti tuuwi, .nj .m Society, or New York He has deliv ered many lectures throughout the Northern States, notably before Cor nell University, and at the University, of Cincinnati, where he is just now concluding hln lectures in the endow fir.N n.-1. ,. ind Its ei o- a been pn iir- t !i..y ' r..f rn rftiKi' gr-h"ia rsnip, un- needs or ,,,.MrM- op 1 ne rf.-ntlv rc!lver- rHtv ot open- Mil rrav N. C, where he obtained the de- ed course In Comparative Literature sroe of A. B. in 18S4, and three years .on the Ropes Foundation. The South later, the degree of A. M. He sub- I could be represented before the unl freqtiently took a post graduate course jversltles of the old world by no more at the Johns Hopkins University in j delightful, forceful or impressive English and also in history and Oer- . speaker. man. extending from 188 to 189S, re- Erwln Avery once said In orlnt that he sdmlrod Dr. Smith "becuuse he slaved the hantn anH wam mat likA and the of the Atlantic; and later, a discus- PTrs OI nls connection wltn jonns folks." His charming personality. . ... , ii ruin , nlt dlacuaaion of the rise and oror- Icelvlng from that institution the de 01 1 I . . .. . , . , . , I irrOA . . f DU rv. n l ...... , w i-r haveiress or puoiic eoucaiion on tnia sioe . 4 vuimi iu uitm Inn of American contributions xo art Hopkins, he was employed by that university as an instructor in Eng lish, while himself pursuing advanc ed studies In the same course. in his If Hf If . . totjmb's 1 n!vern. " ,,ni-e rn!'H' hi j-nttel ?ta'fl.- had led a Valise war an politlrsl and cmnnmlc pr,ihprlie It hs had th ncer" q'lestmn. i n- 't n 'he rll'l iar Hie ay tn a nw mniistrlal im t bo p'llitlral re- I MIpsp ln : t ' a rl' dlsap tth ri i,-n '' a n co'ir- . a i i . s i . 1 1 h is n " w K.n itpit Thf- South ' Mn and its hcial j a , ha"7' and h t'rai-e i .. rr.vi. The time will I f- ?n:rh. ton hear !n th" 'in'mlldin; of the j iff In America In view ri1"iif .Trts now KoInK -i;i' 'o pivp ;i llher- r,:: rhIM-en. to mo'itury schools. S v .'EIVe tllP Vrtpt j c-i!r un'vorsltie which ms' l"-r-3fn ppnrnslty , ff'-rp nn the nart of the j 3'u'v th gnpral Intel- I tiing Pvprvuhcrp tn the J thr nunibf-r of I rfne.trrh'- :-md inTestlKa- ar.1 nion.,K ra phs. and i fi tvirli. 'n hitnrv and ,ir !h "T-st tinip tunyin Itrt f.ia-'o.i hi- the South 1'ftus' erowtb and dp- th nstinTi ttie nntnber in Po'ithrrn lntltiitinns Thn rtov natlnnal renu- ir pri'liii-inur s, hob.r- 'mnt t v.lii. and last- njf rr,;i'pnal. tinanrial "tv-.r.-e in !'.,jtlieiii nil t)ies thlnxs. xtiwroration to jav ka airf.i-lv cw when to "bpnr Its ding- of th a." nd the of l,,m- r I1 "1 rati on by ' 1 1." appotnt- t ot foogp 'he most c re,; of the '! to i,lv )n and literature and to the sciences, devote especially the field of applied science. Whilst tha lectures are given nrst at the University of Berlin, during residence at which a seminar la also conducted, they are usually repeated In part st other German universities during the academic year. It has ty, N. c, and afterwards taught at been the custom for the American , felma. Johnston county. From 1S93 university from which the Roosevelt to 1 902 he was professor of English Professor is chosen to grant him a at the Louisiana State University at year's leave of absence on full pay. i Baton Rouge; and In 102 he accept The absence of the blnational medal j ed the chHtr of the English language his lack of affectation of any sort, his gift of hearty enthusiasm, his gen erosity in praise of others endear him to all Who klMn him nmtnltn bin "i fiumea ai me universities or deen nrenecnnat on wltb the vital raris and Merlin. Dr. Smith began his career as a teacher at Sanford. In Moore colin- '.pKlnn-rr " upii'i! r; A rn p r v ' r s' pi ind thp - T,. Ry .0 ... pto (o-, ' rruw ilfe of it penera '''rrv:ne nil md all rul d th" era of ' t entirely 1 Tal spread ;-' tii ootin-i'i'-irc cban brtween r I to-day to Pi h;Tlejf a eniPrRpnoe I 'cr since "ar has '-p Anieri- "f tin; tn ' ai.i nf the ' : r rum P'ptietislon "den Arnerl "' Is anxious !"T'ra.P( in (""Pl-s.. and 1 ne sens- i"r ap- flints, ... """''ous- AhH " """" !Wen ,v'' '" Pr,"han9 rJaV".J:":"ry nd fte w to Ina. "' H"!1 i : i tr 'y eo mi. . a fore mpathef. el! be a which a.1 nat It tv. ''fanFo P On-:.-,.--.' V"' '"i'-'er- her ,v 'S sh.,:; !hi". -not . r(,r bv ... . Th 'oclety 'i' rn.. fiti er It'Ur, a ' aaiPT - Is,, ''ttirp K h"a -'i-- f A v' n,i American Proof ;' p''t ,ln- -'lety of vstem Pfofeg. A n erica i! dl,,io. r'R bay- In in Is that the German gocernment main tains at Columbia University a pro fessorship of German history and In stitutions, conducted precisely as the American professorship is con ducted at Berlin. The lectures at Berlin are delivered in German, those at Columbia In English. To President Butler, acting st the Instance of Emperor William, Is due the foundation of the Theodore Roone ylt Thalr of American History and Institutions at Berlin; and to Mr. James Bpeyer, the philanthropic fi nancier of New York, the American and German puhlics should be grate ful for his donation of fifty thousand dollars In founding the chair. In due course of time, other chairs of similar character, Interchanging professors between America and oth er countries will doubtless be found ed In 1904. Professor Barrett Wen dell, of Harvard, , Inaugurated, he course of lectures at the Sorbonn; and he was followed by Professors George Santayana. Archibald Cary Coolldge, and M. Ci. P. Baker, all of Hsrvard University. This year Dr. Henry van Dyke has been crowding the Amphitheatre Richelieu at the Sorbonne with a hoRt of auditors eager to hear his Intepretation of the American spirit. His general suh 1ect was "The Spirit of America: and Some of Its Expressions in Litera ture. Education and Social Effort." Among the titles of the Individual lectures are "The Soul of a People," "Self-Reliance and the Republic." i "Fair Play and Democracy." "Will 'Power, Work and Wealth," "Common Order and Social Co-Operation, " and to these are added a large number of I lectures on Individual authors, be ginning with Irving and ending with ,the American poets of the day. In i the announcement of the lectures which was sent out by the Sorbonne It was said: "Orateur. litterateur, poete, le con ferences est qualifie pour traiter d'un sujet aussi oomplexe, Remontane aux sources memes de" la nation Americatne en Anglcterre. en France et en Hollande, II etudier les influ ences qui out aide le developpement du genie Amerlcaln, et survlors la trace de ce ganie dans la literature , en starretant a lolsir sur hes grandis I ederniers du XIX Steele, en tndi- ! quant des tendaces des ecoles de ces i dernlers temps. Sans trop sortir de sou cadre, le conferencler etudlera le niouvrement d'educatlon socials qui, selor lul, aemble placer le peuple AmericSIn au face dea problemes par ttculiers qu' II a en a resondre q'ull est appele s soliitloener." The lectures and resume of the course of Dr. Van Dyke has been giv en to indicate the character of such a lectureship, which is very similar to the one at Berlin. The lectureship at Berlin has been so arranged that American history, constituional and sdmlnlstratlve law. economic and so ciological ( problems. education, science, technology, the arts and lit erature, will be presented successive ly by the American lecturers who will be appointed from year to year. The first mcambant was Professor John William Burgess,; Buggies professor of political science and constitutional law and dean of tha faculty at Colum bia University. His lectures. In 1808 07. were upon political Economy, and American history, constitutional and Law. Everyone' remembers his in ternational faux: par in speaking, in his very first Vlcture, of the two doctrines In the ixdicy of the United states which- ar regarded "almost a holy doctrine.' ' . . . "These are the high prbtactivs tar iff theory .and the Monroe Doctrine. Our politicians do not appear tb nave the least notion that both of these doctrines are almost obsolete, and that the raqonstfiKUbn European states and. their constitutions and tha acceptance by tha United, States Itself wsj piain of Its position a a. world-power hv made them appear nearly senseless." Berlin was thrown nt an uproar by this, apparently "official revela tian of Professor Burgees; oat a prempt disavowal from President Roosevelt stamped the utterance . as a Purely ; personal dictum, and get the temporary furore . ln Berlin at rest. ; For the year im-08. tha chair was filled by President Arthur T- adte.n ff Tale University, who lacturtd on The Economic .Problems and Status or the American iPaople,"' in 1908-01 V1 Incumbent waa Professor FeHx "uier. ot Columbia University, who lectured on "The Ethical Implications at the University of North Carolina, where In 1 904 he was chosen dean of the graduate department. He has frequently been tempted to give up the held of the English language and literature, being offered the presiden cy of the University of South Caro lina In the summer of 1008, and In June, 1904. upon the resignation of President Dabney, being unanimous ly elected president of the University of Tennessee, a position which, af ter mature consideration, he grateful ly declined. Ha recently declined the offer of the headship of the depart ment of English at the University of Cincinnati. Widespread regret is felt In North Carolina that this State Is now to lose him to Virginia, for he has accepted the newly created Edgar Allan Poe professorship of English literature at the University of Virginia, beginning in the fall of 1909. concerns of his immediate profession he is thoroughly broad In his sym pathies and gives a word of encour agement to all who are struggling to hulld up and develop the scholar ship and the manhood of the South. The University of North Carolina, the State of North Carolina, and the en tire South should rejoice in the se lection of Dr. C. Alphonso Smith as the next Roosevelt Professor of American History and Institutions at the University of Berlin. ARCHIBALD HENDERSON. Chapel Hill, May 4, 1909. , Tha luah -aytnfeal of trash and dainty girlhood, of lovrery Innocence, of purity unspotted as tha anow, haw often ts it maligned, accused, made to appear tha xrery toadga of guilt Tha roar flag of maiden defanaa hung from tha high white tower of her seul with tha signal ot warning, how aftan is it laughed at 'toy tha' ruda and coaxsa and ascribed a different mean ing, i told Iter r believed aha waa in lova with him and her fao flamed." "When I spoke of It did you notice how red aha turned t" "I said f waa aura- it was true that same girls allowed young ansa to kiss them, and the colored deaobrV How frequently on hears such words as these, v And thla whether; the charge be in jest or earnest, wnetrer ee ugi ana or gay aignldcanc, or ,graa and 'dark of import. I m certarn-that, what wa neara or, Mrs, Blank la true," aaia a young matron who was not (wicked but thoughtless, "because the other day some of us happened to mention Something of that nature, and f never saw anyone look so conscious as aha' dtd. I chanced to be glancing at her at the time, and she at me, and she simply gave herself away."' Now tht place of gossip about Mrs. Blank was absolutely falsa, and a little later tha young matron came to know how very untrue It was and regretted that Bhe had spoken. But think of the danger, think of the dark peril a woman Is exposed to when such a pronouncement, such a verdict as that may be made on thj strength of a mere look or an inno cent blush. A young girl or even an older woman of true delicacy and In ner whiteness, might well be made to color under the scrutinising and ac tuslng glance of one bent on her con viction. For if another believe her guilty of any shade of wrong-doing or frivolous indiscretion, or that she Is treasuring i secret, however beau tiful and pure, and she knows thu other believes it, et can say nothing In defense or explanation, how can she help looking "conscious?" The exquisite cruelty of It. Dr. Smith ha devoted a great deal of energy and study to the subject of English syntax, and many of his most valuable contributions have lain ln that field. But in more recent years his attention has been more specifically devoted to pure literature; and the extreme versatilty of his talent and the wide range of his tastes are prov en by a glance at tltlea of his contri butions to letters: Some Literary Aspects of the Book of Judges; The Order of Words In Anglo-Saxon Prose; English Litera ture In the Public Schools; Note on the Dramatic Import of the Falling. Sickness In Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar;" Note on Skeat's Omission of Swete In Legend of Good Women; i Slier City Votes Sohnol Bonds. ISpennl to The Observer. Slier City. May 5. The municipal election was held here yesterday, the citizens' ticket being elected without opposition. There being no contest, the vote was very light. The ticket elected la as follows: Mayor, C. N. Bray; aldermen, A. A. Lanibe, J. M. Stout, J. C. Gregfon, Dr. J. D. Ed wards and J. M. Marlcy; Marshal, J. C. Cheek. Bonds to the amount of $4,000 for the purchase ot the school property in Slier City were carried with little opposition, i .. , Old Tfcketi Ke-FJwled at KtatettvUle, Special to- The Observer. -Statssville, May 5. StatesviUe's municipal election yeaterday was quiet, as usual, and the voting was light, there being no opposition to the Democratic ticket, which was headed by Harry P. Grier. It was a re-election, Mr. J. L. Sloan being the only man on the ticket who Is j not at present In orBce. He takes the place of Alderman C. V. Henkell. who has moved out of the ward from which he was elected two years ago. Only One Ticket at Santos-d. Special to The Observer. Sanford, May t. The town elec tion hsie passed off quietly yesterday, Knowing and Teaching; A Note on the Punctuation of Lycldaa; Shakes peare's Present Indicative S-Endlngs , With Plural Subjects! Than Whom '"SZIZ t. r-nar. Th- t..iKini. . Jwt completed the ur and Its Congeners; The Possibilities of the South in Literature; Review of i Van Noppen's Translation of Vandel's i Lucifer; The Work of the Modern t Language Association of America; English In the Secondary Schools; Jottings From London; Interpreta tive Syntax: Review of Sweet's" New English Grammar; Review of Sidney . there being only one ticket in the' held which was nominated at a citi zens' primary. Mayor T. K Chls- self, he having nexplred term of the late G. H. Makepeace, who died soon after his election two years ago. ! was re-elected. Black Mountain's Klectlon. Special to The Observer. Black Mountain, May 5. Interest in the town election yesterday waa Lees Shakespeare s Life and Work; keen and a full vote was polled Paris After the Exposition; Meeting George W. Stepp was re-elected may of the German Shakespeare Society; j or. winning over his oppenent. J. W. An Edition of Macaulay's Essays on McKoy, by a majority of ten. Z. V. Milton and Addison; A Note on the Crawford, W. B. Dickson and W. H. Concord of Collections and Inde- Smith were the successful candidates finltes; The Chief e Differenc t for aldermen. Morganton Elexstjon Quiet. Special to The Observer. 1 "x hanee l . ine implications r-n.. ""k and AsoectS of smctrtoan at.t ok.k. aw1d ile " In 196-10. the lecture- wero i'n "' h irrbr .Preaident Benjamin Ida 'Wli' a wmIJJ''1"' ot the University, of Cali- cuv hlsl ' i' lectured on "The Ameri Sl"7 ca0 Ednrttaawsj patent.- Ia 1110-11. ond Folios of Shakespeare; Review of Weber's Seleqtions From the South ern Poets; Does Industrialism Kill Literature?; Literature and Indus trialism; Why Young Men Should Study Shakespeare; An English-German Conversation Book (in collabo ration with Dr. Gustave Kruger. of Berlin); Bible Study; The Novel In America; An English Grammar Por Common Schools; Memory Work In Literature; The Publication Depart ment of the Southern Presbyterian Church; The Short Circuit In English Syntax, and Life In the Centre. Dr. Smith's book entitled "Repeti tion and Parallelism in English Verse" Is regarded by distinguished scholars as a noteworthy contribu tion to the study of technique of poe try; and Dr. Edwin A. Alderman said of Dr. Smith's "English Grammar For the Common Schools": "1 have Keen nothing better in the twenty years that I have given thought to school and college books." "Smith's Old English Grammar," which is an - introduction to Anglo Saxon, or the language of King Alfred, is In use in nearly all of the larger universities of the United States. Dr. Smith is a member of K. A., A. O. P. and O. B. K. fraternities; of the Modern Language Association of America, German Shakespeare So ciety, and American Dialect Society. Ha was president o the Central Di vision of the Modern L&hguage As sociation of America fcom. 1897 to 1891, and !a also a member of the executive 'council; he has also ' been president of ther State trlterary and Historical Association of North Caro lina. It was the pleasure of the writer to form the -acquaintance the liter ary' acquaintance of Dr.- Smith through a series of most delightful travel notes from Europe published In Th Charlotte Observer, in 1901; and his personal acquaintances in the autumn of 190 J at the University of North Carolina. Daring his term of service at the University of. North Carolina, Dr. Smith has on lit up the strongest department . of English language .and literature In 'any uni versity In the Southern States south of the Johns Hopkins University. Through his enthusiasm, his passion for scholarship, his unremitting labor. In the . cause 'of his department and Ma, power -of stimulating others., he has given -tremendous impetus to the study of the English language and ta Morganton, May 5. The municipal election here passed off very quietly and very little interest was shown. Out of a registration of 500 voters only 27 votes were cast. R. B. Boger was elected mayor over John C. Hallyburton and W. A. Ross. Juice From South Carolina. Charleston News and Courier. Regardless of expense,' the people of Charlotte sre preparing a great re ception for the President on his visit to that town this month. Among other stlractlons will be three arches across the principal streets, which will cost 11.000, and will be Illuminated at night with electric lights. We would like to ssy for Mr. Taft's Information, that the power which will furnish the lights Will come from dear old South Carolina. Tha OIJ North State only sfilrieS by raflecled light. Results at Taykrllle. Special to Ths Observer. Taylorsville, May 5. In the munic. ipal election held here yesterday the fallowing were elected: Mayor, W. C. Paupin; aldermen, J. C. Connolley. W. B. Matheson and H. T. Kelly. There were two tickets out, but only a friendly contest was on. ' Castro Wants Qujet. ; San Sebastian. Spain. May 5. Ex- Presldent Castro, of Venexuela. said Honging to-day that, his physicians advised him te go to the Canary Islands. ..He expressed1 the hope that the Spanish government would raise no objection ;t. his, residence there, as he was de sirous of living henceforth away from political agitation. . Joltnny Kvers 1m Hnspfndcd. Chicago, May 5. John J. Evers. star second baseman of the) Chicago National League baseball team, was suspended to-day by the national baseball commission for his failure to report to his team at the opening of the season. Breaks Two Mile Record. Philadelphia. May 6. Paull, the sophomore diatance runner .of the University of Pennsylvania, broke the two mile record to-day on Franklin' Field. He covered the' distance in nine minutes and 28 seconds. It Is strange and interesting how the alembic of time often resolves things into their true and proper ele ments and proportions. For example, the characters of people long years after we have known them, may stand revealed to us in forms and colors we never saw or discerned vshlle we kne them. As it is a fact that Just and accurate history Is diffi cult of writing until time has pro vided a certain background or per tpective, so It seems to be that the rsal and exact truth In regard to things and events, peoples' charac ters and motives, various situations we have been placed ln, la frequently not plain to us until time, perhapa months ajid years have come between us and them. Persons w knew In days agone, it may be In childhood, appear before our minds In new lights stripped of attributes and traits we thought a par(t of them, and In possession of others thst surprise u. Motives, the existence of which it would have been Impoelsble for us to know, are now as clear and apparent as noonday. It may bo that we are rebuked in seeing nobleness and true beauty In some person we found no- loveliness in. Or we may discover through this strange, magical lens, selfishness, In sincerity, deceit or other grave faults in one for whom we felt extravagant admiration ami regard. Of course ve are not thus In' thu dark, or even partly so, with all ac quaintances and friends until time Illumines us. But sometimes we are lacking In Insight; sometimes our Judgment Is confused, and intuition Is not always present to guide. But something Is at work. Is It that strange, subconscious mind that take cognisance all the time, and keeps a record unknown to us? Some hidden faculty we but dimly recognise that upon its own initiative makes values, snalyses motivea and actions, discov ers truth, and sets ln order theao things for our future knowledge and guidance a mental camera that takes impressions of things Just be yond our ken, as astronomers photo graph objects In the heavens which the telescope can not perceive? a ajater. l perfectly fceauftrt ahlld, who died at the age of twelve years. She was afflicted In body, and bad no mind, and was a heavy and constant care, from the day af her tofcrth. But b, Haw I raise her and grieve far bar reTy day and hear." - , Dreading te Itrude upen er grief, yet feeling that I must ear eomethtng I asked very gantry, "Haw long has it been. Miss Jennie, alnee . yea lest her?" "Twenty-a erren ysara." aha re plied. I Then ana day, dwelling- upen the narrowness, the poverty and hardship ef their Uvea, especially far the rest af her family, whom aha always seemed to yearn over with exeeeding tenderness, she electrified as by ex claiming. "And yet, just think of iti We are worth three million aoliars!" f confess. I waa startled, which fact I doirbtlesa betrayed "ea It la, true," ah"'coritJnad.v"Wa hare three mil lion dollars in the Bank of England, alt aur own. thea. proceeded to clv the' Proofs which 'were erftly satis factory to tier "mind, but added sadly. ,? .don't knaw when we shall get pos session or it thouga; tor it win uko a lot of money to do It and we haven't fceen able to raise it yet." Sometimes she will talk about' her desire to "complete her classical edu cation" evidently still thinking of herself aa but a slip of a artrl and lament eorrcwfully that hef health la not strong enough for the strain. But her hobby le family and fclood. I wish I could recall, all her saylngr sbout her own. She has vague hut thoroughly satisfied tdeae and opin ions on the subject. About one grand father she knows daftnltety; beyond that the family tree appears to he rather lost In the wilderness of the early days. But ahe never tlrea of telling about him. He was a very rich man, and though he owned man slaves, he required his daughter to do all the housework, cooking and everything. He believed in having a good time though, and made them to all the balls and .dances whether they wanted to or not Oh. ha waa a man for you! One day ahe eame in breathlesa, her face shining with Joy, and fcurat forth with a piece of news, "Oh, what do you think! I have fceen to Mrs. Dswson's and she says you know Mrs. Dawson, she Is rich a.nd grand and belongs to these-er-Daugh-ters of something. Her folks came from the same place that mine did sway back yonder, and she's Just found out that my grandfather's name Is on her grandfather's will as a witness. She sent for ma to make sure that It wit my sranaramera name, and 1 saw It there with my own eyes. She didn't think before that I was In the snme with her, hut she's got the proof now. We are as" good as anybody If we are poor, and my grandfather was Just as much of an aristocrat as hers, and could put his nsme on anybody's will." TEE SOUTiTS OPPORTUNITY SavaaaaJi. JAPAN'S GREAT SILK TRADE. Miss Jennie Is a new acqualntanca of ours, and is the Interesting lady who brings in things from the coun try to sell. In winter her wares may be eggs, butter, milk, potatoes, soap or what not. In summer they are usually fruit and vegetables, tomatoes chiefly. She has beautiful roses but I do not suppose It ever occurred to her to seel one jiny more than it would occur to her to sell the heart's affections. The roses are Just lagnl appe. Sometimes I think she must bring the selfsame tomatoes and things back clay after day, for she ap pears to be rather indifferent about selling, and the articles often have a distinctly shopworn look. She usual ly drives In in her buggy, but If the rnads are very bad, or there is 'other necessity, she may ride horseback with an ancfent bag made of a piece of flowered carpet hung on the horn of her saddle. If you Sik her to come In as you are moved to do in salve to, your con science for not buying her merchan dise, she will eagerly accept the Invi tation, apparently forgetting her bags and baskets. She then Immediately becomes a visitor instead of a vendor, and Is ready to talk of many things. There is something about Miss Jen nie that curiously appeals to me. Tn your house she seems to feel quit of her other self and environment, and iti dMlfe to Impress upon yon that shs is now ln her proper element and where she rightly belongs an air that sits strangely upon her pathetic figure. She must have been very pretty once, before her cheeks became thin and sallow, her brow careworn, and the lines of her form lootie. One Is Ted to wonder whether she Is old with a yoting face or young with an old one. Her eokume is a study. It Is evidently the careful salvage of many years' stress and Bad wreckage hat. jacket, dress, cloak, each be- to a different period, and yielding allegiance to a different dy nasty of fashion. You And- her deep ly interested in matters which' one would suppose quite outside her lit tle world. She will discuss with In telligence subjects that surprise ron religion, education, the philosophy of life, duty, the ministry of adversi ty anvthing. But eh lives In a mental world that Is a little btt queer Just a little awry, wnhere things do net have quit--the same meaning or relative proportions aa they do with upaa rf It might really be on the other side of the looking-glass. On' one of Those Irnpromp'tri visits mention was made of a sorrow which had befallen one she knew. "I know whst such trouble ss that means." she said, with a far-away look. "I know all about the terri ble gTief and sorrow that eat vnur heart out. turn vour Hfe to hitternes and make you care not to live. I had Immense Growth f tho Industry In the Past Fifty Years. New York Sun. Of all the articles which Japan ex ports to other countries there Is per haps none on which the future pros perity of the nation is so dependent as that of raw silk and silk fabrics. The cultivation ot silk In the far East had its qrlgin In China and spread from thereto Japan, Its Intro duction Into the latter country taking Place a bout'-193 A. !,. when a Chin ese, prince came to Japan, bringing with him several of the Chinese spe cies of the silkworm. It was not, how ever, tihtll the sixth century that silk culture became fairly established. About that time silk fabrics came In to general use for wenrlng purposes, and consequently sericulture and wesvlng became general on a small scale throughout the country. From about 1700 the enforcement of rigid sumptuary legislation whereby the wearing of silk by the rnmmon peo ple was prohibited had the effect of throwing the Industry Into a sudden decline. The real development of the Indus try, says the JOhiiihI of ihe Ameri can Asiatic Association, commenced with the opening of the trade ports In 1859, when the'market for silk add silk stuffs' was extended all at once and the foundations were laid for the permanent prosperity of the Indus try. When the disease pehrin'e Was mak ing frightful ravages all over Europe and extending even as far east as In dia and China. Japan remained al most Immune, and consequently a new Industry, the export of silkworm eggs, was developed In the country. Before long it hud nssiimed significant site and had a powerful effect upon ths siik culture o; tne country, J he ex port of these egga began In ISfiO, but must have been conducted somewhat secretly up to 1 865. as up to that tlma an old law existed forbidding the same under penalty of death. The number of boxes exported- chiefly to France and Italy amount ed to 30,000 In 1S3, to 300.000 ln 1864 and 2.600.000 in 1 863. This Im mense sale, and the enormous profits therefrom, which mostly enriched Japanese merchants, led to the prac tice of sending out egg cards of In ferior quality. Complaints as to the nature of the eggs became numerous, while on the other hand the discovery was made 1n Europe of the process of produc ing Inoculated eggs, and these circum stances hsd the effect of gradually di minishing the exportation ef Japan ese eggs until they entirely ceased to be sent abroad. Japan Is second ln ths world as a raw silk producing country, China holding first place. Fron Shanghai and Canton combined and- they ex port the hulk of Chinese raw siik the export for 1e was B.830 tons. The quantity Mitaumai! Jntetrnally In China is of course vast compared with that consumed ln Japan. Italy, which Is the third raw silk producing country, Is credited with 4.7 45 tons. France, the fourth coun try, produced only some tii tons, so that the raw silk industry la conduct ed on a large scale in the countries of Chins. Japan and Italy only, but neither China nor Italy can show such phenomenal progress as Japan. Endless varieties of silk are woven in Japan, but most of these are only for domestic consumption, and tha kinds exported to any extent are lim ited to liabutae. handkerchiefs made of habtttse. kalkl. usuglnu (thin silk), taffeta and crepe, monshlke satins and silk muslin. Habutae and handker chiefs together form about 80 per cent, of the total value of silk piece goods exported from Yokohama. Most of the habutae shipped abroad Is sent in its gray state and is then printed or dyed In foreign conn fiies. It Is pnt,tO all sorts of ueS snd finds Us way to nearlyeverv coun try in "the world. The very' finest qualities are taken by America, where habutae la used for women's dreses and blouses. What Is He After? Jurhan Herald. Wren we hear that Mr. Duncan Is going to put his money into a Repub lican dailv psrer we naturally won der what he la after.' JMcharal B. Xdaneaaa ia Oa Presa, ' - , The eouth aeema ta tie the most guileless aeuntry in the werld. It ac- oepts without question the fads, -of i. others eeeUonev even after they have fceen tested aAd abandoned elsewhere,: It lata other people write its blstory '; . and awards them prises, even when ln 1 essays they, say that before the war "tha South waa Intellectually dead4 v In politics it Is equally blind. 'and i& qoletly , grabs at tha bait . carefnlly prepared for it ay other sections, who'. ' hope to maintain their .commercial " and industrial supremacy so long aa tha South eagerly swallows the bait ? and hook, and thanks tha flshermea . for giving n the privilege of -being . canght , . -i - For year many Interests bt other ' sections built u-s by a pretecUve tariff have desired te Increase their, profits , by securing lower prices en what they use as raw material, and ' they have " steadily worked to develop a sent!- ' ment tn favor oi tariff reduction. To -moat ef them tariff revision means a , lower tariff or free trade on what they .. buy and continued protection on what . i they salt, and on that narrow around they are striving to make the South help te bring about a revision alone;-, such lines. Mr. Charles M. Schwab . a reported as belag satisfied with tha - proposed reduction la steel and iron. While I think Mr. Schwab has been ' misunderstood, yet , tills company owns a vast Iron -ore Supply, estimated af 500,000.000 tons 1n Cuba. Ha has lately spent I17-,000.000 ln enlarging nis Betnienem plant, ana this foreign ere Is essential, to him. If he can save 40 cents a ton; it would prob ably mean a million dollars or mors a year saved, or possibly t per ent a year, or 120,080,000.. Mr. John W. Gates lately cams out In favor of free ore, but Mr. Gates and his asso ciates ere developing enormous de posits In Canada for shipment by tha lakes to this country, and free ore would save that company probable several hundred thousands dollars year. . .- The Pennsylvania Steel Company, owned (by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Is now developing one of tha world's most remarkable Iron ore deposits In Cuba, containing probably 600,000.00 tone of era. Free or would mean the saving of 89 cents a ton an all that is Imported, adding enormously to the value of that property. And free ore would be at the expense Of the South. It would still further con centrate the Iron ahd steel Interest In the North and West; and thus de lay the development of the vast Iron and steel potentialities ef this section. A reduction In the duties an pig-iron would likewise Injure the South for the benefit of the foundries and shops of the North Atlantio coast. Free coal would atrenrthen tha position. of New England's cotton mills and other Industries, against tha growing cotton manufacturing of ths Rbuth, and lessen the Mew England market for Southern cofcL Free lumber, or even a reduction In duty, Is one of the rankest sugges tions of the tariff bill. The South would be the only section to suffer much and gain nothing. It' would mean the opposite, for It would result ln destruction of values, in lowsr wages, and ln much demoralization. But in asking us to swallow the halt, we'are offered nothing in return, The things that tho South buys -rt" e largely than any other section, such as tertllo machinery and -woodworking machinery, would not he reduced. Merely for sentiment, merely be cause the politicians have talked tree trade and tariff for revenue, whlln other seotlons have vigorously fought for whatever would develop their business interests, this sac! ion la still used In every political game to pull the chestnuts out of the fire thst other may, like the monkey, feast on the chestnuts, while we,' like ths caf, have only our burnt paws to console na The story of the cat and ths rnonkey presupposes that. ths cat never tried thst game sgaln, but whenever the monkey comes around the South, learning little by exper i ic nee. Is again cajoled Into pulling the chestnuts out of ths fire. The monkey waxes fat and we keep sore from our burns. Nobody can blam the monkey for his skill ln using lis. The South shou,ld unite and say that there shsll be no reduction in ore, ooal or lumber, or pig-iron, with out there being an equal reduction on even thing Into the manufacture of which these enter. If this is to be a protective tariff, then let tha SouUi demand exact justice for its Interests and a protection on what it produces In exact proportion to the protection given to the. things it buys. . If It Is to be fought on' the basis of tariff for revenue, of an the -free- i, trade basis, both of which for many years must be a dream of vlalontata, ' even on these grounds the South can Justly fight favoritism to other sec- . tions which helps them; at our sx pense. 1 j The South boasts of having mere -coal by 50 per cent., than all Europe; more Iron ore than the balance ef the -United states; more sulphur than ia known of in the rest, of the world, ond other things In proportion, nsak- -Ing this the moat richly-endowed sec tion of all earth. But -our boasting is in vain unless, these; resources be -utilized. Our vast resource way fill ' our hearts with pride,. but tll de- ' veioped they will never, fin nuRpaok , . ete with money. , - ' ; , We boast of our material 'progress, t and it Is great, but Pennsylvania has 8800,000,900 more .capital-"' invested within the State limits in rhanbfac turing thatti the'U Southern States. Massachusetts, only $,000 sonars miles . hi ares', so smalt that ft could be cut e-ff from one end. of Georgia. and scarcely be missed, tikes JuFr. iron and coal, and cotton and lumber, and with Its 2,000,000- population '-turns out manufactured products equal -to about CO- -per cent., of - th whbla South, with our 26,000,000 people. And ao the- story runs. They hive made business their politics; the South has made politics its business, , and they have beat us at the gams. in the -present tariff situation,, if our Southern Congressmen would ' make the development of the-business ' interests of this section their polities. Instead of sacrificing business mere-j.O ly because of theories whjeh cannot -' possibly win in the'-game ''now on at -Washington, the South could hold the dominating position In making thla tariff. Economic policies are not like I he laws of the Medes and Persisns. They ran change as conditions v change, and In fighting for equal pro- . tectlon to southern interests. South ern Representatives .would not be sa- - ' crtrtclng -anyr moral , principle whatso- -ever. General Hancock said; .''Tho(; tariff Is a local issue." That state- Y . i . . . - , . . . . ment neipea to aeieat nyn, one its;,.; truth Is ever growing cleraer'to'everv man who studies the business prob--ltms of the day. x .; The time hag come when - the South needs protection . even 'more, , than other sections,, for- our Indus-', tries are small and need help, and the tariff is becoming to ua a living "local s1 Issue." V i - ::-Y'1'
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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