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THE MORNING POST: SUNDAY. 18 W$ ? TEA TABLE TATTLE ? $ -- . - ...... s Dy TEEBEE. A meraebr of the Legislature. -with .sense of. humor or a sore toe (I am unable to learn which) has Introduced a bill to make It a felony, without lene(lt of clergy, for the keeper ot a lxKtrdinsr house (hotels lnferentlally Included) to turn a stranger from hi" doors in the daytime or night, as the case may be, upon the plea that he has vo room to spare or that all the beds re occupied. If all the rtfms are full nnd guests hanging out the windows when a stranger applies for lodging It will be the duty of the landlord to sjpply another room Immediately. Should there be as many as six men in a bed at the same time, the boarding house keeper must not expect a sev enth man to crowd In with them, but rnuTt obtain another bed forthwith by wirrtess telegraph. Another feature rf the bill Is that the landlord must enter into bond, with approved secu rity, to be responsible for the " safe keeping of the goods, wares and mer chandise of the sojourner to the amount of S1.0C4, which sum may be recovered by an action at law In case of loss. I feel bound to admit that this bill. If It becomes a law and I see no rea son why It should not will solve the hotel problem In Raleigh. "When the Icfytuso !i'.'' Masonic grand lodge. thZtae fair or a political conven. tfon Is with us. it Is always a ques tion as to where we will let our visi tors sleep: but the ever recurring floors, making beds, dressing the chil is n. washlnr their faces and bands and send:ng them to school,, besides ness oft sour of Lee. and he happy-i of the times. "And his. language In re- tact of my friend, who was the flag lieutenant of the Commodore. Opening the letter and perceiving gard to the college was, "I shall be disappointed I shall fail in the lead ing object that brought me here, un- the name of the writer the General less these young men all become con invited me courteously to a seat at sistent Christians. his table iii the private room" of the His faith -in his Saviour and rever Commander in tChlef. His gaze of . ence toward God was lif?long, and clear scrutiny 4broke Into a pleasant j deepening to the last. To speak- of smile, as he wrote for me, a request rather than an ordan for the consid eration by a general in another state, of the subject placed before him. Having 7To do The cwilnrdW the j What would I glvejo have ese let ters the one penned -' in my presence in the cabin of the Virginia, which men call the Mcrrlmac, the other from the hand of Lee!' And whjle he was .writing, I studied the grand Nnersoriality before me. 'A figure, large ajd soldierly, well, set up. His coat was'oisgray. with the three stars on the turned down collar, pan- chimner act. all because wnue ioiks vote under, the grandfather clause and the negroes do not vote at all. at least to such an extent as to figure In the re turns. Did you ever hear such, a tale of woe? Well, hardly ever," as I heard at the opera when a boy. But it .is jiot to be 4 A..Y..wl V. n . I. la . cn1mn truth. I , ,, rMjfri taloons-of blue, and as I afterwards of the masculine persuasion, can jo!n ew. -usually worn out of doors, tuck wtts , n VvfTAHn- .rmnathv on the i ed In the Wellington boots. score of common experience: ' but I hope that they are few who have had to be all those things, of which my friends writes, for three months In succession. "A day. or two at' a time is sufficient to try the patience of the average heAd -of n ta:..w. r.a mo5t of us would prefer to have none. of It at all except the Santa Claus part of the business: and I know some men who ore perfectly willing to let St. Nicholas take that responsibility off their shoulders. But suppose my friend, in addition to being papa, mama, housekeeper ard Santa Claus. had been thro::" the No portrait .that I . have ever seen represented him as . he looked then. The dark ha!r had but few lines of silver, except the coming of the snow at the temples. : His face was full, eminently handsome, with . finely cut brows, and a forehead, of perfect se frenlty. i.The feeling was irresistible that here was transcendent greatness itself.' : :-. They say that within a few weeks thereafter. when the . . Seven Days strursrle had passed - Into ""history, al ready-the white was thickly seen upon his locks, and" deep channels depressed the full and massive face, its look of wonderful youth jiri ' ago gone before rr.ni am nrmlr and washerwoman.' "Wei!, i human endurance has Its limits of Uie weight of the responsibility of a possibilities; so I forbear to picture ! country s aeauny: the consciences. i - - - A bright Idea struck a London cler- A- distinguished officer of the Eng lish : arrnr who : visited him 'in camp, says "He v.-p.s of courtl: manners and rruery has never Is not such a serious matter in the summer when wearied human frames can take a nap on the benches or th jrrass under the starlit sky at the cap ital square: but It Is an entirely dif ferent proposition when Jack Frost plays hide and seek with the ther mometer half way between the freex- becn answered. It gyman who has more than his share , great dipUty.; and the Handsomest 'e niHilnrri that h?ve nOtniOST TO mail oi.ms age mui-A utc cici D... wear but clothes, and not the best of He never carried armsC except pistol raiment at that. He has announred ! in the holster, on the left of "his saddle, that night services will be held in the for' convenience : of ." use when dls dark. so women whose hats are not In . mounted): was alwars neat In dress the latest fashion may attend without i and person, even on the most arduous fear of criticism by their-more fortu- I marches, and tfhat is very pleasing to nate neighbors who can nford to ;an Englishman, he rides a handsome horse, which is extremely wen groom ed." I ' ' ing rint nnd the zero mark, as he did j stand off the milliner. Iernp u last vtk when th- Lesislnture and would not be a bad idea to try it In jfasons were with us at the same i the Ttaleirh churches. What s.y oron. tin. I brethren . Vf'I To I rrr.crl er how. on slml- I 1,-r n'!:r3 ! ivs lonar niro, the . . . XI. M c!Miik nr.-' blan". nnJ a r that th"r-: r.s ;..-t a r'-"1'" It t'-t- i n:e v. r. a cot could be r--:-x! fcr try nc ".-rn n-.odatlon. even tr,-:75 1.2 had th cat. whioh he hiln't. ITc-tt vivi Co I recall on? j r.'.ht :.'?'! I r ' plunk for tht J r rlviSTc oC slcri",, on a bare mat- j t?:-s trs .1 rr-:n fiito-rn f-et riuare, j v-;-r t..nT? wpr" ii""Trr"n men oy ac- i t ii! :r.t. ffrt? trying to serp r.n. :r.'? dirr Ih'.r b-:t to keep the oth- r- a.-r.x. i?T:r;;-"?' ir.e BCTiiicir.p.n f pitsned his feat, ana wnn wuu aui . ltr.-c'.-.-M the bill to -regJlat' jmals of the forest flee'r.g before him. One who knew him Intimately all hi3 life said that he never knew him to utter an impure or profane word. He never' used tobacco in any form, or drank any spirituous liquor. He was gentle In manner, of perfect self-control: never-;" violent . at. any time: nnd most graceful in bearing. j He had the refinement of a woman. sufferinar. ' ; But he knew when to put forth the massive strength of will of which his enduring physique was the' outward symbol.: When Gen. Fope. directed the execution of citizens as spies, if found In the rear of the .United States Army, even if ' they verq' quite old men, till ing their own farms that- they had hf-r?f. 1 r a!l I kroT he may be ! of jiookr's arm v. and rolled up his ! reprisal and retal'iUon, and sent a : :: r r'":T-i! rpi" on the snft ? ,, rrmhlin? scroll. ! copy to the Secretary of War at , . , , I " . . CAPTAIN -C. B, PENSOH'S liST PUBLIC SPEECH r (Continued from 13th page.) the fires of hell, until Jackson accom- this, ; is to walk on holy ground. Hl3 dally course was such, that in the ab sence of a chaplain, the men begged that Lieut." Lee would consign their dead to the grave with the prayers of the church in Texas and on thf plains. For many years he was one of the vstry of Cfciist Church In AiejxanOV'a. hardby his early home. Last summer it was. my fortune to visit this mem orable struft.ire, and look upion the pews of Washington and of Tjee across Its north :aip?, from each other, bear ing the name in silver cf these illus trious vestry iTien, and on elthsr s-ide of the pu'pit, t:ion':iimpi3 ma:bis f f lets, the ha-n inscribed witnout' rank or title, but outshining the grandnu of a Westminster Abbey or any other Walhalla -f mankind. No great 6tep of his life was unac companied by profound conviction and humble prayer. Called to the supreme command in the field, he repaired to the bedside of the venerated Bishop Meade, by whom he had been baptized in childhood. There, upon his knees j by- the dying saint, his mission was consecrated by this farewell: "Robert, Robert, stand ur for our country, and God will bless you!" That conviction of the justice and right of the Southern cause never left of the Daughters of the Confederacy: "Occupy yourself In aiding those more helpless than yourself! and thing al ways of your father!" , i Sometimes he turned from his grim duties to brighten these fair exiles with cheering words ,as when he wrote: "And are you now really sweet sixteen? That is charming. and I want to see you more than ever. The time looks dark, but it will brighten again." The blow at Appomattox was morr tal. The strong frame, resisung vu storms of years, bowed to tne sirore rf lrovidence. Rheumatism of tne sore of the heart, it was called, which increasing always, began to shorten ,i nninful steps. The college beggea -nocf nnd 'offered a home for Ufa. onH an annuity for his family Time to his part, he refused to accept a; dollar from Its funds, needed, as he brief rest was taken and a journey to th'Snft South. Of his visit to the so-ave of the early dead, his daughter Annie, in '.North Carolina, he wrote. "I have always promised myself to gp, and I think if I am to accomplish it, I have no time to; lose. I wish to witness her quiet sleep, with her dear hands crossed over her .breast, as it were, . in mute prayer, undisturbed L . by her distance from us; and to feel that her pure-spirit is roaming' in bliss In the land of the blessed." , " . i In this the last spring of his life, only five years that "month from the surrender, he -made, his final, visit to the tomb of his father, General Harrj Piimhwland Island. He whose JUCW Vi Se jEtria Life Insurance C0 , . - t IS MAKING A SPECIALTY OP ; iiTNA 5, PER CENT GOLD BONp,., . ' : " ill'. t . . . ; ne or t, ATJfiKR AND THEIR RATES LOWEri tt,.. The 20 Year Endowment 5 per Cent. Gold Bonds of the Etna Life 1 bones were resting there; wrote this remarkable description of human hap piness to his son Charles Carter then in Harvard University, in the last let ter from the. father. How verily was it verified in the career of the young est of his sons : " --I "My Pear. Carter:. What is happi ness ? . Hoc opus, hie labor est. Peace nt mind based in piety, to Almighty God, unconscious innocence of conduct with good-will to man: heaitn or douj, health of mind, with prosperity in our Uu.o. nun nc 'vocation' .a- sweet anectionaie vi.c, ors or prejuaice ana interest oeyona ; , , our borders, murmurs of the ignorant of the,, pres ent day within our own limits. The sword that 'hangs in its sheath above bur martrrd deadr was drawn him. A hundred . tiiries Appomattox cap not change eternal truth., Ther mopylae did not make ' Sparta Prison. Warsaw has never made one true Pole a Russian. - It was after the conflict, in 18SG, that In a letter to Sir John" Dal berg-Acton. Lee replied to an Inquiry: "The South has contended only for the supremacy of the Constitution, and the just ad ministration of it." In the majesty of that utterance", the voice of history speaks. We need not concern ourselves with the wild clam ' .u!u. jt.A n with, honor, right, . . . t 11- I CU11UIC11 ucvuvtv w v.-.-, . or tne nan apa-oRcus,. Lj Tnt for ana uuui;(. ww c." - their parents; and faithful and warm hearted friends, in a country politically ahd religiously free. This is my defl- not only by the good right arms of the ; nition of happiness. f brave, but for the cause of the goo l i ; (The'.General wrote, "Agens decorated and the true. They lie down vith my father's grave witn oeautnui iresu Leonidas and Oato they rest with ! flowers. I presume it is the last time nvnvTt fJTt RATER ADVANTAGES THAN ANY INVESTMENT, ?SG AT fflAML-TIME ABSOLUTE PUOTECTION, j FOU INFORMATION ADDRESS J. D. BGU5HALL, f flanager, Tucker Builcljng, R A L E I G H, J: Eo Gartlae M eineteiitTaiMr Greensboro, N. C. . We pen our fall season with a very large stock of staple and' dp-to-dati woolens for suits, overcoats and trousers. A trial order solicited. '. Htfactioi a. : ' ; 1 guaranteed. Quality m . ' A V t . .IUMtK Mt a 'I is rne exuer eonsiuerauon wna as in uuyiug our rujs. aub dobi momi an buy. is used in compounding prescriptions at this Btpre. Yooj'tiiay u uref always getting what the doctor prescribe if you bay of ua, Think ' 1 'mi - - u v. 1 . 1. . ; ; BOBBITT-WYNNE DRUG CO., S ?3 rrttevtllStr; j .: t IIAIClGIf, Xi. Rienze and Waaace, with Tell and Sidney. Gen. Lee was humble in spirit, never elated by success, always looking to a Ij shall be able to pay it my tribute of respect." . j He returning to begin another colle giate year of toil but on the 23th Sep- b--r-! nnd wishing for 11 Rhodes with his North Carolina, divis- Washington, in his language, "recog- As I .oJ at ho:".-?. nizing Genl. Pope and his eommis- " l.ott-l ruction in RaIoigh. i ' l.r r of commerce and other r-.v!;c Fp;rtt-- I citizen j may as well tlrop the suJict. for the hotel keep t r- will have to -wrestle with It an! overcome the difllculty themselves, unless they want to go to the penlten tlnry. ' Happy thought! Why not buy the penitentiary and eo,u!p It for a hotel? There Is said to be plenty of vacant space there wltlv an abundance of beds and facilities for cooking any quantity cf plain fend substantial fare. I sug gest an amendment to the bill, com pelling . the hotel proprietors and lard!nr house keepers to pool their Issues and buy the penitentiary. That would put an end to worry . i I ..v ?.ma thA An.nr Into . chaos, and won the commendation , .. . ou-rht to f frftn, .v, 1M of thc s they have chosen for themselves-that It will Interest members of the Ana nias Club to learn that Dr. John Wll ber Jenkins "the father, tirst president and patron saint of our noble order, is perfecting his plans to give a North Carolina banquet In Baltimore. -The date has not been set. but a committee of one, of which Dr. Jenkins Is chair man and secretary, is laboring with the question with some prospect of an early decision. It is understood that the committee is hesitating between St. Valentine's day and the first of April, with the chances evenly balanced at last accounts.'. The committee will hold a meeting on the 24th of the pres ent month. In one of the regimental nrmnH In Tin 1 1 1 mnr -hr thM n-IM be plenty of room for Its deliberation's. I Dr. Olds, who so gracefully wears the honors of president of the club at this writing, has received assurances that each member will be favored with an invitation to the banquet and that D Jenklns will provide passes to Balti more for the crowd. As a special cour tesy to the gentlemen In the Idiot an nex" a little table will be set for them In one corner of the room, and Dr. Jen kins himself will see to It that their wants are provided for." At the risk of putting a club In the hands of the enemies If there be any of the new order of things in North Carolina since the adoption f the con stitutional amendment. I will quote from a letter written since the holi days by a friend of the Tattle Man down In the east. "I have been mama, papa. Santa Claus and "house keeper for three monthsVhe writes "The white supremacy boomerang has. settled here so far as servants "go; nnd. for one not used to dressing the children. I am a sufferer. Now Isn't that a tale of woe? And wh". in the earjy summer days of 1HK, would have supposed that within hree years we should hear of patri otic citizens doing all kinds of house work and charging it up to th faf that North Carolina went white on the great question I of whether on race nhouM rule or divide Its author ity with another? We verily thought that w had made the Inferior re h--rr of -trrwi .nd drawers rt wster In r-rtulty: b;it !re w rie n croo- r'-c ln hfv-4.tr of, car.cy, nwArg fir-. dying Jackson the greatest decoration of valor that human annals contain. At Gettysburg Lee .was. greater than ever, but Jackson, his right arm. was In the grave, and Stewart his left, did not return in time for the battle, ret tlgrew and Pickett carried the heights and their support would have found seventy-lx pieces of artillery in Con federate hands, and the route of retreat to Baltimore and Washington cut off. and the independence of the South vir tually In the hands of Lee. The great commander, In the magnanimity of his character said: "I am to blame, f but the world knows now, as the army knew then. Fitzhugh Lee says "the troops ordered to support lay on their arms' wanting oruers from a corps commander, charged with the assault, which were never given." He points out that as the battle of Ligny upon which Napoleon's fate hung, vras not made decisive victory, because Ncy disobeyed orders at Quatre Bras, so "like behavior of a corps commander at Gettysburg defeated the well de vised designs of Lee." Of the Spottsylvanla campaign of 1S61. it'is sufficient to say that such was the wonderful forethought in di vining the exact spot ofthe spring of the enemy. Grant In the Immense cir cuit from Spottsylvania Court House to Cold Harbor, and such sleepless vig ilance, that the sixty thousand under Lee,' not only killed, wounded and captured as many as their whole num ber down to the battle of Cold Harbor, but fully sixty thousand more again from Cold Harbor to Appomattox. I-draw the curtain over the almost Divine fortitude which hid the broken heart at Aopamattox. Darkness fell , upon the Southern flag, upon earth, i and the battle-cross was transplanted to the celestial fields of history, to sparkle forever among the constella tions of human patriotism and Im mortal fame. Only once a grlever, as he requested Gen. Grant to send rations to the Con federate Army: "My men are starv ing!" were the words of its epitaph. I wish that -by some mental photog raphy it were possible to ?lace before you the Ifhage of Lee In physical shape, and In the perfect roundness ot his mental and moral character. It was .my fortune first to meet him. at headquarters, in Richmond, in the month of May. 1S62. You will remember- that after the campaign In West Virginia, he had taken command of the forces on the coast of South Car olina and Georgia, whence he was transferred to Army Headquarters, and upon the disabling of Gen. Jos. E. Johnston at Seven Pines, was call ed to the leadership of the Army of Northern Virginia. I was the bearer of a letter of In troduction to the cGneral from a per sonal rriend. an officer .in the navy. When in Georgia a question of eti quette between Gen. Lee in charge of the land forces, and the fiery Com modore Talnall. commanding the Confederate naval station, had unfor t'lrstr'y .nri?en. and a serious comnli- swct" th" cation was prevented by the great- of robbers and I murderers and not that cf public enemies, entitled. If cap tured, to be treated as prisoners of war." I need not say .rope was soon beaten, and his army broken up at the Second ' Manassas. He controlled his own troops as if held in the hollow of his ahnd. The ha'nd as delicate as a woman's, oenned these proud words, in his 'proclama tion, after crossing the Potomas to the North: ! "Marylanders shall once more enjoy their ancient freedom of thought and speech. We know no enemies among you, and will protect all of you in every opinion. . . This army will re spect your choice, whatever it may be." ; And when his army had marched into Pennsylvania, Col. Freemantle, an Knglish officer " accompanying. wrote: I saw no straggling into the houses, nor were- any of the inhabl tants disturbed by the soldiers. I .vlt nessed at Chambersburg, the singular good behavior of the troop toward the citizens. To one who has seen as I have, the ravages of "the Northern troops In Southern towns this for bearance seems j most coiT.m:?ndablo and surprising". His example of 'personal self-denial was a force incalculable in its effects. His home was in a tent, or the blvonae like his men, declaring the hospitality of the roof open everywhere and his fare was often hardly as good as the humblest -In the . army, and always simple. ". ' ' When! the City Council of ..Richmond informed htm that a residence for him anr his family had been purchased in that city, their home at Arlintcton be ing in the hands of the enemy, he promptly sent his thanks for the gift, but declined It for himself nd his family, and begged ' thit the money might be used to lighten the suffer ings of the needy. In the Confederate Capital. ' When the end came,. wealth and po sition were eagerly "presasd upon him. both In Europe and -America. A man: ufacturing company In New York of fered Its presidency at fifty thousand dollars ! a year. - An insurance com pany offered twenty thousand a year merely for his name at its head, with the stipulation that 7 he was not to leave home or to perform any duties. But to his clear perception, these were Power higher than , man. 'When the tember, the summons suddenly came. double stroke of .Gettysburg- and .Despite the cold and the storm, after Vicksburg fell, upon the. South, and his dav's work he-Had eone to a vestry Congress ordered a day of fasting and praying, these were his word3 in his : meeting of St. John's parish, where the I building of a new. church, and the in- M.HAMnl 1 n xw . 1- . . A- 01 I 18S3- ' UBUS".,.j.cfease.-of the salary of. the rector, his ..c" m, - . tt- i a old friend were under: discussion three "Soldiers! We have sinned against , , ,, . v Almighty God! We have forgotten n?urs. His signal mercies, and have cultl- The fatigue of the, day told upon the vated- a ' revengeful, haughty and!frebIe and wavering steps approaching boastful spirit. We have relied .'too : home. Walking to the tea tabel where much upon our own arms for' the ! ail had been awaiting his arrival, he achievement of our independence. God ; stood to invoke a blessing but it was is our . only refuge and strength. Let beyondhis i-power. One glance of sur us confess our many sins, and beseech prise, perhaps of despair, and he sunk .Him to give us a higher courage, a ; over. , purer patriotism, and more determined (The doctor said it was not paraly will; that He will convert the hearts sis, or apoplexy, but, the weary and of our enemies; that he will hasten over-taxed brain and heart lay bur the time when war. with its sorrows ; dened with congestion for two weeks and sufferings shall cease, and that ! fore the hour of release, "Strike my ITa will c-i i-a 11a o nmA irr1 fi Tln o . : f , Tfmq Sand fnr W) 11" tfco,r Vnn.J ..v. . i . . iutj iicai u tiiuotj uderwood Iry of Awards at the Pan-American Expositixi; jpp0l.1t. ed to pass upon the merits of the artidfi : 1.-; t . .4 . 11 &6e Fastest, ScStronrJej!, CaSimplett, Uyo most Complete and the Most Practical Typewrite Madi VK1T I.V lltiltr j'' Vor Catalogue writ to j State Agent, DURHAM. X. a among the nations of the earth," One more revelation of the neart of the great soldier, who abhored war except as the last necessity of the de fence of right. Shortly after the vie tory of Fredericksburg, he wrote to his beloved wife, on Christmas Day "I will commence this holy day by writing to you. My heart is filled with gratitude to Almighty God for the unspeakable mercies vlth which He has blessed us this day, and par ticularly for those of the rast year, What would have become of us with out His crowning help and protection? Oh, if our people would only recognize it, and cease from vain self-boastirfgs and adulation, how strong would be my belief in final success and happi ness to our country! "But what a cruel thing is war to separate and destroy families" and friends, and man the purest joys God has . granted us in His world; to . fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and .to devastate the fair face of His beautiful world? pray that on this day, when only peace and good-will are preached to mankind, tnat Detter tnougnts may fill the hearts of our enemies, and turn them to peace. . . My heart bleeds at the death of every one of our gal lant men." - No fairer picture of his inner life ex ists than his devoted love for the dau ghters of his household. Sharing their fondness for' flowers he wrote to one. on Christmas Day, when at Savannah in 1861: .. "I have sent you what I thought most useful in your separation from me, and hope it may be of some ser vice. . . . To compensate for such 'trash, I send you, too, some sweet violets that I have gathered for you this morningi while covered with frost, whose crystals glistened in the bright sun like ' diamonds, and formed a brooch of beauty and sweetness which could not be fabricated by the expen diture of a world of money. i See how God provides for our pleas the price of the use of a glory which ure in every way. May He guard and lips command once again, before on the morning of the 12th October, 1870, the angel of death set his seal upon them forever. ' I ' ' ' j (Continued on page 15.) 1 We are now prepared to furnish all kinds ot Pure Wines and Whiskeys at rpek bottom prices. Mail orders will receive prompt attention, Yours to serve, j R. O. BATCHELOR, J - RALEIGH, N. C.; P. S. Old X. C. Corn a specialty. : : : : . Acrents .; i -S-X3 (W22te&m Write ! vvaiiiea 8wAwiKiSs!a top wo-Mr n m n r y u miv i i TOWII. ' Pat- itarch x6 and Nov. 9, 189 TRfriTlG I i . Pat Starch x6 and Nov. 9, i8o Pat ia Canada Nov. a, 1897. N on-poisonous a , .,. TO SELL THE Potato, Squash and Plant-eating Pests Insecticide. HARTWARt) HARDWARE Olher J CO. RALEIGH, Nj C. Th MUTUAL LIFE I NS. COMPANY Of Philadelphia. ASSETS OVER FIFTY MILLIONS. SURPLUS OVER SIX MILLIONS ; Commenced Doing Business in 1847; in North Carolina in 1874. ,1 THE BEST COMPANY FOR THE INSURED, THEREFORE, THE BEST FOR THE AGENT. had been bought by the blood of his men the beloved of the Southland upon the altar of duty. Turning from them all, he cried, as he lifted his hands, My countrymen offer me everything except work!" And labor for his bread .was all that he would accept. Finally it came, in the request to accept the presidency of Washington and Lee yniversity. at the ! small salary I of . twenty-five hundred dollars, which was all Jts lim ited means could afford. -m ; ' ! ' : It was gratefully embred." and the five hundred students gathered abo.'t him brought the most welcome of. task the guidance of the hop-i of the South for the rebuilding of 'broken homes, and the' founding of a new prosperity some dav. ont' of the chaos preserve you 'for me, my dear daugh ter. .... You are homeless now. Tour old home, if not destroyed by our enemies, has been so desecrated that I cannot bear to think of it. I should have preferred It to have been wiped from the earth, its beautiful hill 1 sunk, and its sacred trees buried, T rather than to have been degraded-by the presence of those who revel in the ill they do, for their own selfish pur poses. "You see what a poor sinner. I am, and how unworthy to possess what was given me; for that treason it has been taken away. I ray for a bet ter spirit, and that the hearts or our enemies may be changed." And then he adds that sweet word of counsel that prefigures noble service at Agents Wante everal Soecia MOST LIBERAL CONTRACTS TO DESERVING JrlEN Agents can do more business for THE PENN than for any other company. Ask itS4,000 policyholders in North - Carolina, carrvin nvr sAventmil lions of insurance. ? Gold Bonds, Endowments, Life, Term and all other anH noHriis a 40 w rates witn large guarantees, and annual or deferred dividends; .' General Arents tor North Cro!! RALEIGH, N. C. R. B..RANEY, A
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