The Gastonia Deroted to the Protection of Home the T^yrret - __ .m ... gal ■ i ■ — Vol. XXI. UuJ._ GASTONIA. N. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 10, 1000. wgrawa* no. i6. ARP AS EDUCATOR. BILL TILL? ABOUT TUB DATS AHD MOUTHS. Haw TVr KM mar laaM-ttsThM BlMMMt Mar Haussa ar l»nrn> OmOM With HU IM. Dtn Aro. la Allwu OoaatltatloD. We know very well bow Ummw ohm to be ewiea days III a wrote. These day* did not bare any names for many osnUrias uoept bar their uumOer* as (be Bret day aod second day. nte.. but in eouras ofUmettMtiuandtaevWnt I‘" ,U>M> na'oaa in liuiair nf ibslr gods tbe enn and moon and datura and wodeo aod Tux sto. W»l«i wai their greatest gud ami Thor was tbs god of tba oioods. Wednesday used to be Wodaosday aod Tbura'ay was Tboredsy. They believed that Thor made tbnoder by picking up two great m< notaloe id the iky aoil clipping them together anti that be wae Uo mile* high and bla arma twenty miles loog. But tbs dsvlsioa of tbs year in to months and how nod when the moo tbs got ihelr nanus la g« os rally known to tbe young p .-opt* aod perhaps will not be antil somebody tells them I was thinking about this tnoolli of April and bow It got it* name from a Latin word that means “to opeu." bw esuae during this month lha earth Im fios to open for tba aned to corns up aod the grass to grow aud tbs buds oo the trees open into I**?** and flower*. Young people should know .that k •»■*» erer worshiped • god who did not' lows and owe tor the children of ran. Than were goda ot aril too but the people did no* lore They (eared there Jwhwi frer tbo power of HtUa bow. 11m orlfta ot many things ot erery day uao la the business ot Ilia la m cartons aad iatarereiaw etady. for loauaoa wbo established Its exaat length ot ao luab a foot, a yard. Who Biad the weight ot a poaod ot sorer or a ten dollar ooin of gold or a barbel at reeal. There things bares 'i bran to eery long. The nations bare been working oa there tor oeatarise and they were not BoaUy reread on on til about ISO rears mp. Daring tba r**ga ot it lag Orerge IV Iba house ot perHaoeat lo London was horned ap and the standards ot welrbta s»d SHaaurea waa barnsd op with It aud it took years to rapredew there ter thousand* ot people had yard stir*) and weigh u and aiwearw they were wot eseotly alike. Meay yardetlok* were a Ulfle ebon **d there were eaalaa to bay by sad seals* sell by aad re with peek rereeuias aad halt bwbol awe ares for there ware dtabooret reerehant* than and 1 rreken there are sows bow. Tba Bn* foot so re nr* le a* Id in base bare tbo ***** laawtb ot an aaciaat Bureau enptror’a foot. The Brel luab WM Iba laagth ot tbrre grains ot Eng lish barter wbtwh It le mid le tbo more oolterre la ewe aad laagth at any grata la tbo world. They took 108 gratae oat ot e pile aad Md there tu a Mndhoaobiag seek otbw red oaltad U p yard Uao was aa laeb and re wa bare tba aM laMa at this* barlwy aorre ■ah* oao look twetrs leaks* ooa toot aad woo. Wbaa rey wtfo wlebre to oat sp sbirtlag or os I Ire Into eorUla lengths kba reareona K by holding K sot at eras'* laagth frare tba Up* nf liagir to bar mam aad dreture tba data aat arias M a ««trier at an lash •ad mym U la more ooerect then three barley enrol o< an eiaperor'i foot. WMI a Uat tba people of tha world have had lo gening thing* settled down to a uelform oondlUon. And they are out all avttiad yat. VVe have oat yet agreed «n oar war with the Philip pine# or Xjiglteh war wlUi Ibe Ho-re or tba tariff on Porto Ulc-> or whether McKinley la a tippler or la Uawsy | >k log about tbe anaideney or who la go earn or of Kentucky. There are orer 900 different ktndr of rallgtooe In tbia country. Tbero are seventeen kind* of MetbodiMe, thirteen of Btp tlete, twelve of Preebyuwlant ae jeer* with It. Tbe imrui come end go j jit ai they have for age*. Them le do varlatloo In the work* uf Oud ^•metimes I wiafa that like lllai I coolJ be potted away up In the be tvroa end look down upon lh» world and em it turning over and roHlug onward In lu orbit. I would want eye* that would aero Unit* everything upon It. Battle* and blood aod otrnegs aod tbe deed end dying and tbe mourner* and the opinr* of the oburobae aod hear Him HabheUi IHIa and the preachers’ **r moai and aan bappy children golag to acbool aod the farmer* plowing In the bald* aod the c-title upon a thousand bills aad tbe oarer ceaelug rush of people lu the Mrseu of the greef eltlre and the g.tkl piled op in tbe backets’ vanlt aad tha poor and wreiobed In the alum and tbe thouaaods of coo* victe In tbe prison* and the Area aod luuerals aa1 am glad lo speak of my work. I am of eoarse gratified at lie aooorm and I appreciate all that Is said; but 1 bare made It a rule nut to talk fur publica tion. “With Mies Jobuaten’a lctUutana uas anoeatt as no author Mia Id paying tba penalty of being famine. Tba natural deans on tba part of tbspublM to know someth lag of Its Mol Is how ever a phase of popularity that I tea agiue Ulas Johnston would rltmloate. The public may dlaenas her ability a* a writer shout a nuke brillaut period tba door of which ah* badopataad ssddenly aa If an old forgotten spring had been touched thereby disclosing a secret patwtge. Sba oaonot rxp*cl In stem tba tide of public emolsca of bar rom above that made bar one of the women of the hour. But nay petsuual gossip that may find Its way late tba newspapert dons oot omaostn from her On the ooDWnry whdu It ooutat to any discussion of barestf or her work she is exirrmaiy ret leant. "MM Johustoirs relluaoaa lu this ■•liar baa probably readied lu ibe eotatta fact ttiat although Die Ameri can aad English reviewer* turn tx k»u»u*j anluroas In prater of bar buoka comparatively Hills Uaa bare written of tba personality of lUe woman of liar ehnrmlng borne In Birmingham of bar Ideal life lo- auuoy Alabioaa. The world knows uf bar as a Virginia girl aad tba photograph* that liaVu beer widely copied reveal a wonderfully awveUaoad young wo mao the graoaful cooUMir of brr features recalling some famous miniature* oo Ivory by tbe old master*. "8 m l* not very tall aud bar Ogure I* aleDdcr aad fragile, She earrlre her aair wall and baa that high bred air 1 that give* bes a distinctive chars lu i any assembly. Har rye* are large and [ brown wllli lit* Is Seek* of gold Her llght-browo hair la soft and wavy sod ana wear* It atsply. HUa dresses quiet ly and fasbonably. Has I a* ire are ! those uf it charming woman who *! tbough unoonvauU'inal reaped* ovary 1 pi oprlety. Sba baa Uavalrd extensively I In this country and abroad, "Mias Jobuatoa Ufa I* that uf any high-bred arlatocralle girt of Uw South Ae tbe oldest daughter of a family of ■lx she has bad siuoe tba daelb of bar mother 10 year* ago tbe care* and re npunslbililles Of be* father's house hold. liar father, Major John IV. Johnston was fonudy pcaaalant of the Ueorgts reside Bill road now a part of the northern eysiea. He le a elrll engiun-r by profaeeloo and has bean prorulaeut In Blimlngbam ainoa be er rived from Virginia. In 107A Thry an lartalu during tba aeaaon and tbrlr house lu Seventh avaaua la frequently Ullad with gorate from other State* Mlm Johnston baa a state* who It g gradual8 of tbe Training debool for Narm* of tbe Old Dominion Hospital in Biehmood -MMi joouaoa it waeoieaiy Mod of Virginia, Buy llloatrlont namr* of that Stale being tbOM of bar location Hat great-gran t-WModfatber, lM*r Jobnatoo cam* to Virginia from Hoi laud In 17#T. Ha area a mao of wealth and mflueuue la tba colony and waa the doour of the Muds on wbtnb Hand* the College of Hamptoo-Mldnay. IJW bbree nan* P«Ur Andrew and Unrlw, beoama raapoatlrtly Ilia aaeaalura of many prominent bun HI** now widely acalterad. Tba eldoet. Pater a ber.. of Lift* Horae Uarry Lee’* Legion wet tba father of Uaaml Joirph R Jolne. ton that making tba Utter Mtm JoHne ton’p third oooeto. The reennd am Andrew van her gmat grandr^thm. Ha married Anna hath and through ber Mian Johnson ta lineally .laaoriuted from Oolooel John Nath an oOaer In the Prvwoli aed IxdUn troablee of 17M and daring lb* nrroluUoo axmibar for Prlnea Rdward aounty of Uia Virgin* Houa* of Letegand from John Nuh of Temytaton Manor Jaeuo* of Htnrtaaaouatylo 17». Hi* la alto the grant grant gmaiataaa of Abegr Neab, Uorrmor of Vortb Oerallna mad mam bar of tba. Qmtlnaatel Co greaa: and of Gooaral Prnoeia Hash who fad at Germantown. On th* toother’* aid* eh* la daotah-Irlah a liana! deamolaet of oan of Urn fft appraetlom wba alaatd lb*|ptU of Londonderry In lb* thg* "In Urn librarian of thorn old Virgin* homo* Mb* Job niton wandnmd nl bar own awant will. »Ub tbla matron aaont and bar nateMly retanUy* mind tl la not taprlaieg that aba ban ooca* to b* rewarded a* an awhartty on i\> km lei Watery. Mb* aaema to bar* lit erally nbaorhed that period af Virgin I *•■* bletery tb.t aba asm *• * hank grannd fee bar etorl**. Tbs stitlm bar* boon unable to dobnet any tanlt U bar mlaata dmortyUna* of tba tarty IMawiol onatnma and law*. «b* baa don* tba work of batb tba the ■•*) wrlght. "lala* JaOnetmi hbei Me* itiknia boa at lakareafe I to expressing Mr mood* ta nm Im» tba atnuaertf* of "Prtsonqrs af Hops” was Um dm that «M ever aabodUsd to a pabt'ebtng eoapeuy. Tbatr taUar of aaseptoaoe waa tba drat Intlauilan that bar family had ibat Um alary was In the hands of imoilahera. "Ulsa Jobnatmi typewrites her own «."rW. She spent laat aiiaimar «t a faahtmalala lusort la Iba A Itpg baa Im and i ha tli«t of iter 17 pa writer wm frequently beard for Into lbe HDawV ■light aa ah* was at week no I be saw oluding nbnpuro af "T« Hava and to flild.” tb*o ranoiug aerially la CW AiUmlo Monthly. "Mim Johnson's boar ia IMrmlag h»m la ta sum* reepeote. lyyleal of homes lu tba &mtb without ha we ear, eaggsailtig the ootoalat. It die will beck from the wrest Um bal males aad tbaettarbw am daaMrdiy aitraotiva, arid Uie Olay draperies at Um Iom r reueh windows aaggnat t|w ghuMlng epunarauof a wwlrawulatadbnmS -Tba library wlwtw Mim Johnston duaa bar work ia lined wit)) boobs It Ua Mow auraatlf* apartment tbrviqpb tba windows of whloboao gala a brined view of Um sky. Her deA lay open end tba Morning’s Ball was ■atiosad •i?*"4' A lOa* and Mid aiosk liatod e*.T aa Uw ggaaUe abatr. Above UM library oeaao ware a number af Martin buau. ft m a room with tba —i~r ■diera of boobs sod idetaraa. A ekla Uy t» fiorii of iba lUed MaiUi. in aa •Airtmeut boyowdlMkeyoofau open Plena nonne Ivoty-wMU. Ootatda Um i*o» was feett-nring tba bora braoabe# at Ika tr*oe ihi I bo laws. "dba arena moat vivM plot ore, aad f«t wiib bar strung aeosataatsd pm son «llty, bar wood rone atrangtb aad aweM -WHS, twera to a aubtlo obartu of (he LeJy Antrim Leigh a* she sat *m >oga raw of ••iilbmald beenlMe and sensed » "**•» Unwind pvptoa and p km ton. ''tYlien ( eroaa to go 1 spots rf ttto JravdiUiUoa aa »ia*u. «*■*■ MM LMn Par ttT Oauo Coulrldge I. a young aw WUn ' ba» rateblUbed a prod table banana la a nr* IliM of work whtoti U prubebly H»a noat daagnroua of all klada. Bn ta a oollrotur of live aoimali or 1 tounaoM, a Mr Ouulldga ll a «an of outturn and education. He mm graduated ff.HU Stnsfuid aud Uteri rpeul a year at a “paat-siad'* at Harvard, lie |. now augtgad lu oolbwtrng live aud rroum vua reptltaa, b-rdt aud -»—■t-T- fur a eumbrr uf l be large K Wall Jo liuMItu tfoaa uf tba oouulry, aud la aaklug Ihu aolerraliy hit headquarter!. »« It d-dng week uf umwelal toU-rral beoeuaeof ibadtfljnUy that aawnav aod parti litre la getUR* camp-leut moo to make oothoMmie of lire an| Pali. OlidIdge hat bad a long aud rumkia fnl raparirtiee lu o ilieetlag aud trap ping b-Ah before end after Im ewlerad duur rubber mon During tha paat ——titt Oaotstae has been attbta tmrk la Soothara UaT I font la, aad aa a rata It of hta eC wta ha bea a*me very Bno apealaMwa. At oaHaaa Ua aturtea ray that Coot Mgr QMovomtblagofaaharaaUr. For threw of hta tnar yoar at ttiaafai t ha waa the praaddiag genloaat tba eaara— an aggregation at few, woodaw bolU logo aitoated hahlad tba aattega power hi man, where puur ModawM tugnga tad taalaad of living la tba far oon piaaaiog aod ouramodtem qowrtofa at !• eloa Hail, ur tba other ptaoaa a boat tba earapru. ■b UK Warn Km. . Mr. J. B. LIMt. a yrcaalaaat «**«. o» Uultal Ha., kutr hag • *n!hM galtraraaaa froaa a tngbtfal 4mU>. la I tolUog «ntka aja: “I waa takaa wltb TygboM Tatar U»*t r>» lata Paaaaonta. My luaga baaatM bard* •aad. I waa a> traak I ooolga't araa alt ay la bag. Xatbtag bMyaZ aa. 1 oararr. (Jam boUta (ata fraot rattaC. I aaotlaaag ta aaa It, aag aow act wall Mg rwour, I MlaatatBatkla Ba pralaa,” TbU aarrMhaa Mdlataa to iba aaiaat aag qatobaot oara ta tba whcM far all Tbtaat tag Um troubtoa baggtor ihm 80 aaata aog iToOi Trial batttoa Ina at J. B. Carry to Ooto. Drug Mara; arary bottla guaraalaad. ■aMaiaaa Tteeralatton of Um MKrotrara • »Ur* into • baslMM an m loUiaat Zt-XZSSXZSSKJi “■- -frrr-1 nt lyattilaa ilw teTT ral law loot i• butsr sad tba rMorts rutmaatK itydala n -» Zmti-1 cm> atunuM. aa other Irr raili n'*' ,,».«* uoraySiawa litas wall known foot that ilia artateeraoy of tte iriabtatlna •lavra ef|» tbr hoaar t»iv«i.U— ibnw tk> l,a ~n-taw. alriUty awl im-lliar** w. t- arVacad rruta the laria .4 Ibr 4it^ in vvrftni laruMbidddtttrsat tuelr bi> au r* hoaav Oft*-*' «oah anraate Mm -■»—ni h4 teiWMiaomi liana Ibf stra Ur nata ral ahildran i*f iMr aatHt sad at *-l| *-“**^7.»*arhtab wbw>. atapa <«w-rd "itteadiat 1 total tend! TJa mstrt-s ratal art ay Ms baiter la tew* dad sum bad a UwraUra Crate, tha so.* bnuaa Kovrtater of a waall ratine stsadsr iraturant, or. If ba was rothTUouailr rdtahrat aad md. « f»f earuiu diabrs, ha liinwn aou'etta. U waa la tbta way that tte *-rn £t£u bnTrtiiS!ir Mowly.a I tula ssvta* oTraiiUta uHa*. furaral tea drtrar bite lbs inim ■ft tba iwaahMte late tte Mrary ataMt ftaapsr. tba laaadrsss late tte jwbprtaterafa imbita laaadrr. Tte hit bat to bara ten tbeas of ibabwteT 17,480 angro barters rvuartad. HM of tbaaa wars Junrnayaiau awfclae far ^••s »«d tte rate wars abtaiy tewert etonaC assail Jbupa, sitter nUrtay sSh&^JSELsE 'z^nzrzjrjg's iwelly baateaaa aaaa. They awa Ian* teays wHb doHy faroltara, Mrs ten '*ml*J*** ■■taMivti atJtea teaw