Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 November 1897 — Page 3

BE. SHIELDS' COURSE

THE REASON HE WITHDREW FROM -THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

B« Signed an Application For Henevral

of the XJeens« of the Princeton Inn Taproom—Aa Injunction of the Frenbyterian Church Wu Thus Violated.

Adjacent to the grounds of Prinoeton universitythere is a hostelry known the Princetofi Jnni'' It is a handsome and commodious rt^tcidra, and was built sev eral years, ago by Princeton alumni of wealth for the accommodation, more spe cifically, of graduates and friends of the students visiting the university town. The establishment has BO direct connection with the university, but is uecagnized in the ^Princeton catalogues and guidebooks as associated with it indirectly.

In this very inviting inn there is a tap room remarkably tasteful in its appoint ments as such and its artistic deoorafciona It is one of the prettiest and most com fortable drinking places anywhere to be seen, and students of the university are admitted to it and served with its bever ages, but only after they have reached their junior year. Under the law of New Jersey and the ordinance of the borough, in order to obtaifi a license for such a saloon it is necessary that a stipulated nura ber of adjacent residents, property holders, shall sign an application for it. In past years the requisite signatures have been secured, and the sale of liquors has gone on without provoking serious publio discussion. Nor has any instance of any abuse of the inn's drinking privileges on the part of the Princeton students been oomplained of, so far as we have heard. Friends of the university seem rather to have regarded its tasteful and refined sur roundings as conducive to the welfare of the students in diverting them from un seemly drinking {daces of the town into which they might be tempted.

When this year it beoame necessary to secure the signatures of the stipulated number of adjacent property holders to an application for a renewal of the license, the existence of the taprooia was brougfit into publio discussion by the circumstance that among the signers was ex-President Cleveland, but move especially that another was the Bev. Charles W. Shields, D. I)., the venerable professor of revealed religion in the Princetqn Theological seminary. It seems that the names of these two gentle men were requisite to make up the number legally necessary. Thereupon the Pro hibltionists of New Jersey and of the Union generally started a great hue and cry against Dr. Shields more particularly, on the ground of his direct complicity in the maintenance of a drinking saloon in a university community.

Unquestionably Dr. Shields was chargeable with suoh complicity, for under the oirouinstanoes th# renewal of the license of the Princeton inn's tapreom seems to have been impossible without his signature. Accordingly, after long and bitter discussion among the Prohibitionists, the course of Dr. Shields in the matter was brought before the New Brunswiok presbytery, but recently he forestalled its decision by sending to it a letter withdrawing from the Presbyterian church and consequently from its ecclesiastical jurisdiction and announcing his intention to "enter some other portion of the visible catholic church, to which the good hand of God may guide ne in due time." Accordingly a resolution was adopted to erase Dr. Shield's nape from the roll of ministers in the presbytery and recite in the minutes the circumstances of his case.

The course of D®. Shields in withdrawing was the alternative he had to accept, provided that he was not willing to reconsider his proceeding in signing the petition for the liquor license. The general assembly of the Presbyterian church made deliverance in 1877, declaring that "we regard the signing of petitions for license as reprehensible complicity in the sale of intoxicating liquor*" and this injunction he had violated squarely if not knowingly. But Dr. Shields would not withdraw his "complicity," preferring rather to withdraw from the church against whose discipline he had offended.

That is, a venerable professor in the foremost American divinity school of Presbyterianism leaves his church rather than submit to its interference with his personal freedom of opinion and conduot touching a matter outside of the realm of religious faith and theology. Dr. Shields leaves the church to whioh he had given allegiance through a long life, and in which he has been a foremost teacher of theological doctrines, because it undertakes to dictate to him when he feels entitled to exercise his private judgment freely.

The New Brunswick presbytery is not censurable in the premises, since it merely regarded a deliver&noe of tho supreme authority of the Presbyterian church, but none the loss is Dr. Shields praiseworthy because of his course in insisting on the exercise of his personal freedom. The incident is remarkable, however, as showing how light have become the bonds of church allegiance.—New York

WOMAN'S GREAT CHAMPION.

Row General Spinner Opened Public Of* Sees to the Employment of the Fair Sex.

Writing of "Women In the Government Departments" in The Woman's Home Companion, Mary Ninimo Balentine says: "It is a curious fact that this glorious rountry grew and prospered from the days of 1776 to the period of the civil war and founded and perfected the greatest government upon earth before women were invited to bear a hand in the public duties, •ven in the most casual manner. During all these years there was a total exclusion /of women from the work of the executive departments. Now they^re seen wherever government work is being conducted, in places of high trust, superior skill and high emolument "It was in 1868 that General Francis E. Spinner, treasurer of the United States, succeeded in opening the government departments to the employment of women. The civil war was at its height and every ablebodied man was needed in the front of battle for the protection of the country. 'If ever I strike a successful blow for women, now is my time,' said General Spinner. The first legal tender notes had .been issued they were printed in •heets of four notes each, and men were employed to cut them apart with shears. General Spinner maintained that women could handle the shears more deftly than men, and Secretary Cha6e finally consented to let him experiment with women employees. The first one engaged was Jennie bouglas, and her first day's work settled the matter in her favor and that of womankind. Other women were employed. The men left, and tho women took their places. Soon, however, a machine to cut the money was invented, and the women were discharged. General Spinner now •onvinoed the officials that the nimble fingers of women were peculiarly adapted to the counting of notes. He had employed his daugkters in his own bank and knew they could work more rapidly than men. He was permitted to engage seven women, who were regularly appointed as aounters of United States money. The seven pioneers did their work so well that it was not long before congress was making appropriations for the employment of women In all of the executive departments. It is true the women received but fcalf the salary paid to men for the game work at the beginning, but the salaries were gradually increased until now a woman receives the same salary 6 a man In the publio service when she does the work. la was a grswdachievem^i.l

for women. All honor to the hero who fought it to completion! Small wonder that women are at work raising a fond to erect a statue to his memory."

FIRST POSTAGE STAMP.

Order

Which It Was Adopted! by Different Countries.

The first postage stamp seems to have been used in Paris in 1053, but the service in which the stamp was used was only local and 6oon failed. On May 6, 1840, the first regular postage stamps were is sued in England. Various local forward ers of letters and postmasters in this coun try issued stamps as early as 1841. The first to do so was A. M. Grieg's City Dis patch Post, which was sold to the govern ment in August, 1842. Blood & Co. of Philadelphia sold stamps in 1841, and the postmasters of Baltimore, New Haven and New York of 1845 also sold stamps.

In 1847 the government took up the business, but Brazil in 1843 was ahead of the United States in taking up the stamp end of the postal business. The other prin clpal countries followed in this order France, Belgium and Bavaria in 1849 Hanover, British Guiana, Prussia, Spain and Switzerland in 1850 Italy, Denmark Baden, Wurttemberg, Saxony and the prov inces of Canada in 1851 Chile, the Princes of Turin and Taxis (who had the postal monopoly in, Germany) in 1852 Portugal in 1853 India and Norway in 1854 Uruguay and fiexico in 1856. Russia and Newfoundland in 1867 Sweden in 1858 the Australian colonies early in the fifties Greece in 1801 Turkey in 1868 Ecuador in 1865 Egpyt In 1866 Bolivia in 1867 Paraguay in 1870. The interna tional postal union was formed in October, 1874, and went into operation on July 1, 1875.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

Wetit on Whistling.

Any one who makes a careful study of city noises will be astonshed at the very large number which are wholly unneces sary and the abolition of which would in no way interfere "with the rights or business interests of those who make them. The noise makers may be divided into two classes. Tho first and by far the larger class make unnecessary fltbise thoughtlessly. They have never had their attention called to the fact that they cause annoyance to others by making

rnoise6

which are

unnecessary, and #.lucation. and the creation of a sentiment is all.that is required to make them as careful to respect the rights and comfort of others in the matter of noise as they are in other respects.

A personal experience illustrates what I mean. As I was riding in a etroet car recently a respectable looking young man sat beside me, and for 20 blocks he whis tied a sharp, idle, inane whistle, which was manifestly annoying to half a dozen of his fellow passengers. The car suddenly lurched round a curve, and his foot oame lightly in contact with my own. He immediately turned, lifted his hat, bowed to me and said, "I beg your pardon, sir," and went on whistling. This young man had learned from custom and habit that it is very bad manners not to apologize for even unintentionally jostling another person, but he had not learned that it is very unjust and unkind Jo others, and therefore bad manners, to torture them with unnecessary noise.—-Dr. J. H. Girdner in North American Review.

Figurehead' of the Constitution.

In 1884 Captain Elliot, who had been second in comifrand at Lake Erie under Oliver Perry, excited a violent political and partisan demonstration by decorating, at tho Boston navy yard, the bow of the Constitution with a figurehead at President Jaokson. One stormy night his excellency was decapitated as neatly and deftly as if the best tools had with patient labor enlisted the brightest sunshine in the desecration. Marines and bluejackets were held under dark suspicion, and the country seethed in a ferment of keen contention. Rewards were offered, but in vain, and for years the secret was well kept. It is now said that a seaman named Dewey was the culprit not for any political motive, but because of a cherished antipathy to the full length image of a landlubber at the bow while three fine old sailors were compelled, with inadequate busts, to smile grimly at the etera. However, another head was secured to the trunk with copper bolts so tremendous that for many years age oould not wither it nor custom stale the unshaken fortitude with which Old Hickory defied the breezes and the brine.—Harper's Weekly.

Floggius In the English Schools.

In former times much of the discipline was administered by the head master. A certain Dr. Keate, who was head master toward the middlo of this century, is celebrated for his floggings. A characteristic instance occurred when a very popular boy, named Munro was dismissed from school for refusing to be fiogged. At the next "absence," when his name was omitted from the roll call, his friends set up a shout of '1 Munro, Munro! Boo, boo!" In punishment for this they were told to come daily to ah extra absence. This tliey decided not to do, and also determined not to be flogged for it. Keate very craftily waited until after "lock up, "when the boys were scattered in tho various boarding houses, and then 6ent the assistant masters to fetch them for punishment in relays.

Some of the b6ys tried to organize resistance by shouting from the windows: Don't be flogged! Wo haven't been flogged!" but the relays kept coming in to Keate until after midnight, and all but two of the boys were flogged—over 80 in all. According to tradition, Keate was positively fond of using the birch. On one occasion, it is said, the names of a batch of candidates fiir confirmation were by mistake sent to him on a "bill" like that used for reporting boys for punishment. The boys tried to explain the njatter, but Keate only flogged them the harder for what he considered an irreverent trick to escape punishments All this happened in the time when the boys lived under "dames" in tho boarding houses.—Harper's Round Table.

Secondhand Anchors.

In the wide variety of things that can be bought secondhand are anchors. It might bo supposed that anchors would never wear out and that once aboard a ship they would stay there. But while anchors are not fragile things, they do rust out and wear out and sometimes they are broken. Ships are wrecked or broken up, and their tackle sold., Sometimes a ship parts a cable and foses an anchor, which may be picked up by wreckers.

to the scrap heap.—-New York Sun.

freeporfs Newspaper Census,

Sold by two newsboys at the depot to commuters, eta, on early traSs: Snn, 58 copies: Press. 46 copies Herald, 32 copies World, 27 copios, Journal, 18 copies Tribune, 7 oopies: Times, 8 copies total, 184. Pretty good for Freeport, N. Y. At an average price of 3 ctilts each, this moans $5.25 per day, or $1,650 a year of 300 days Without oountiq& holidays and Sundays. The same number of papers sold on Sundays at 7 cents eaoh would cost $(70, making Freeport's contribution to tho New York dailies nearly ?2,300 a year. What village can beat this? This does not include oopies sold at stores or dslivered ac fromea.—South Side Observer.

TERltE HAUTE EXPRESS. FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 26.1897

GHETTO OF VENICE.

ON THE SIDE CANALS OF THE QUEEN OF THE ADRIATIC.

Quarter Given Up to the Race That Was Recalled to Lend Money to the Vene

tians When They Were "Dead Broke." Palaces Amid Squalor.

Venice is not the oity of the guidebooks or photographers' shops. Neither is its life that of the Grand canal nor of the place of St. Mark. It is the Venice of the narrow canals and tortuous streets—in short, the Venice of the poorer classes with which we shonld make ourselves familiar. And this many tourists fail to do.

Prompted by the above reflections, we selected a bright morning for an early excursion to the ghetto, the home of the immortal Shy lock and the bewitching Jessica. Our gondolier, Giovanni, a fine looking man of gratfSful bearing and frank manners, had already upon more than one Dccasion shown himself well versed in the topography of Venice, and we could therefore let him "paddle his own canoe" without the slightest misgiving of not reaching our destination.

Upon this morning wo followed for a short distanoe tho windings of the Grand rsanal and then dived suddenly into one of those narrow canals that form an almost inextricable network through the city. It is like stepping from the bright sun Into the shade.

As we glided on we observed that we were entering a region of yet narrower canals and darker streets, and when, a little farther, we again crossed one of the serpentine windings of the Grand canal to turn into the Cannareggio indications of poverty and want met our eye everywhere. The streets on either hand were swarming with a motley, ill nourished and scantily clad population, who, unlike the usually civil Venetian, followed our gondola with an inquisitive stare. Impure odors and unhealthy surroundings were evidently no strangers here, and the beneficent effects of fresh air and bright sunshine seemed almost unattainable in the tortuous passages and ill ventilated courts.

In a moment more our gondolier stopped at a stone landing and pointed to a sign over a low doorway. We were in the ghetto. A voluble little Hebrew met us as we debarked and offered his services as cicerone, at the same time assuring us st the variety of interest in 6tore and of the ease with which he could lead the way. Accompanied, therefore, by him and our gondolier, we began our pilgrimage afoot into the very heart of the abodes of the chosen people. Guidebooks and personal inquiry had warned us not to expect to find much of interest in the ghetto as it is today, and, in fact, it has lost many of the picturesque and characteristic features that made it famous 50 years ago.

The Venetian Jews of today are anything but a suppressed and persecuted people, and the fact that Christian and Israelite live contentedly side by side proves conclusively how little the differences of race and religion affect their daily intercourse. At present more than one of the handsomer palaces are owned by Hebrews, who can peacefully enjoy the privileges of their wealth and citizenship. It is therefore surprising that the majority of tho Jew? of Venice should still choose to dwell amid their squalid eurrouirfiings, and the only reason for their choice can be traced to their love for the old home and associations of their forefathers. And what a home! The farther we penetrated the more we were struck by the poverty stricken appearance of the place. The atmosphere seemed heavy and close betweda the high, dingy houses, and the pavements were anything but cleanly, while tho air was filled with the shrill voices of men and women calling to each other, many of whom lounged before their doorways or' leaned lazily out of the windows. Everywhere one met Syrian eyes and hooked noses, which, coupled with the cheap, careless aspect of tho dwellings and shops, reminded one unpleasantly of pawnbrokers' establishments.

It was evident from appearanoes that the Jews of the ghetto had not forgotten the purpose for which they were Coiled back to Venice from their exile in the fifteenth century. At that time—a period of great luxury and expenditure—the men and women of fashion found it an imperative nocessitsyto have some means of racing money for paying off their debts. With this end in view the banished Israelites were recalled to beoome the pawnbrok^fa and money lenders of the oity. The uphappy people did not light upon a bed of roses. Their return was the signal tor fresh persecution and tyranny.

They wore not only forced to live in the most unhealthy part of Venice, an exit being prohibited by law and rendered impossible by five iron gates, but *hey wefre otherwise distinguished from the Christians by the wearing of a yellow badge upon their breasts, not to speak of different shades and styles of headgear. Besides these arbitrary restrictions they were allowed no profession but medicine. And, although all this has changed, it is nQt strange that, from mere force of habit through many centuries, the Jews of the ghetto should still bear the stamp of those occupations that were forced upon them in the middle ages.

As we advanced our guide kept up a steady flow of conversation, intermingled with countless extravagant gestures, so that it was at times difficult to interpret his meaning. At all events, there was plenty to observe. More than one possible Shylock and dark eyed Jessica crossed our path and for the moment distracted our attention from their u^isy brethren. It was in vain, however, that we glanced into tho air and upon tho pavements for the feathery remains of geese, the fat of which was formerly substituted by the Jews for lard. Tho devoted birds were evidently extinct in these quarters.

Owing to the extreme simplicity of the ghetto's topography it is easy to obtain an exact idea of its limits during the time that the Jews were kept under lock and key, the cavities in the stone walls for the bolts and hinges of the five iron doors being still plainly visible.

At that time there were no bridges communicating with the outside world, so that the ghetto enjoyed complete isolation. And both the ereotion of bridges and the final abolishment of the gates date from the Italian independence after the battle of Solferino.

How greatly since then has the lot of the Venetian Jews improved when, as our guide assured us, the chosen people were given two hours every day in whichto cross the limits of the ghetto in order to find something to eat, there being nothing to eat at home!

Anchors are sold by the pound, and a ship's anchor, secondhand, that was in perfect., condition would bring within 1 cent or 13i cents a pound of as much as a new anchor and would be sold for the regular usee of an anchor. Worn or broken anchors, of course, sell for less, and they arc sold to be used as alichors for moorings fcT yachts and other vessels. When the purer air and ^brighter sunshine of tho_ an o' a anchor is beyond this use, it goes M'orld beyond.—New York Sun.

But in spite of the many improvements of today it was with a feeling of relief that we turned our backs upon the crowded ways and noisy people to breathe again

FORCt OF TOADSTOOLS.

They Are Fragile Things Herein Mighty Power Resides.

Not long ago a portion of the pavement in a street in Paris was heaved out of its' place in some mysterious manner. Before it could be replaced numerous toadstools made their appearance in the gaping Bpaoes between the stones. When the stones were removed, it was found that they rested over an immense spongy mass of toadstool growth, whidb had gone on Inoreasing until it made away through whieh it oould push its l&ad into the air.

One of the stones raised by it measured 4 feet 2 inches by S feet and weighed 209 pounds.

A saore cxtamdYQ injury w* done in

the same way years ago ai Basingstoke. Not many months after the town had been paved the pavement was noticed to exhibit an unovenness which oould not be accounted for.

As soon, however, as the unevenness was sufficient to make openings between the stones the hidden enemy made Its ap pea ranee in the shape of innumerable toad stools. So completely had the spores or spawn got "possession of the material on which the pavements was laid that it had to be completely taken up and the whole town had to be repaved.

The toadstool and its kind seem to flourish in places where the light is excluded, as in dark cellars, under flagstones and in hollow trees. They require, however, tho air, and ascertain, though it may be small, amount of light, that they may roach their perfect condition.

Every one has heard of the enormous growths of fungi in some wine cellars. A case is on record in which a cask of wine, having been left without attention for three years in a dark cellar, was at the end of that period found to have been borne on the surface of a mushroom growth until it was foroed against the roof. The fungus, moreover, had got ac cess to the wibe and had drunk it all, liv ing upon its sugar. and so the more easily raising the gradually emptying cask from the ground.

Fungi have sometimes taken possession of worked out mines Mid occupied enormous spaces.—Chicago Inter Ocean.

THANKSGIVING IN 1621.^%"^*, Sid Pilgrims' Banquet to Indian Chiefs Was

Fit to Set Before a Kins.

The state dinner of the oocasion—the real Thanksgiving dinner—took place on Saturday, the last day of the celebration,' writes Clifford Howard of "The First Thanksgiving Dinner" in America in The Ladies' Home Journal. "Notwith standing that the kitchens of these wilder ness homes were sadly wanting in many of the most common essentials of cookery, there was no lack of good things nor of appetizing dishes at this great feast. The earth, the air and the water had yielded of their bountiful supplies, and the goipd dames had done honor to their skill 'and ingenuity by setting before their hungry guests and companions a repast as sumptu ous and tempting as it was varied and de lightfuL Foremost of all there was roast turkey, dressed with beechnuts then oame rare venison pasties, savory meat stews with dumplings of barley flour, delicious oysters—the gift of the Indians, and the first ever tasted by the white men—great bowls of clam chowder with sea biscuit floating on the steaming broth, roasts of all kinds, broiled fish, salads, cakes and plum porridge, while the center of each of the long tables was adorned with a large basket overflowing with wild grapes and plums and nuts of every variety. "It was the time of the Indian summer. The soft, mellow sunlight shone, warmly through the drowsy hace, illumining the somber woodland with a rich golden light, while the gentle winds of the south, laden with the sweet perfumes of the forest came as a lingering dream of summer to add to the joy and brightness of this Thanksgiving feast. Upon the balmy air arose the hum of many voices and the mterry music of laughter as the pilgrims With their Indian guests partook of the feast that the Provider of all things had given them."

Some Johnson Sayings.

Cock Boats.—I have sailed a long and painful voyage round the world of the English language, and does he now send out two cock boats to tow me into the har borP

Literature.—A mere literary man is dull man a man who is solely a man of business 1b a selfish man, but when litera turf and commerce can be united they make a respectable man.

Mirth.—The size of a man's understanding may always be justly measured by his mirth.

Musio.—Musio excites in my mind no ideas and hinders me from contemplating my own. Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice. Difficult you call it, sir? I wish it were impossible.

Scotland.—I give you leave to say, and you may quote me for it, that there are more gentlemen in Scotland than there are shoes.

Story.—A stofry is a specimen of hu man manners and derives its sole value from truth.

To Write.—Every man who writes thinks he can amuse or inform mankind, and they must be the best judges of his pretensions. What is written without effort is generally read without pleasure.

Woman.—In matters of business no woman stops at integrity.—A Concordance of Johnson's Sayings, From "Johnsonian Miscellanies," by G. B. Hill.

Storing Vegetables.

For cabbages and potatoes there is no necessity of diggiug a trench. A place ^n be cleared off in the surface of the ground 3 or 4 feet wide and as long as ipay be needed. Set a good stout forked Stake at teach end and lay in there a good stout pole. Pile the cabbage or potatoes under this, putting a layer of straw in the bottom and then cover with straw. Take boards and set one end in the ground and the other against the long pole. Take pains to make all tight so that the dirt will not be drifting through. Then put on a good layer of earth, leaving a hole for ventilation in the top and providing good drainage on the outside.

Later on, after there is a good freeze, put In anothfer layer of earth or straw—either one will answer—and at tho same time stop up the hole left for ventilation. This will make a more even temperature than If all the covering is put on at once. There are two advantages with this plan. One is that it is easier to provide good drainage, and the other is that the v-3jetables will be more convenient to get at.

Apples, beets, carrots, turnips—in fact, vegetables of any kind—can be stored in the same way and will readily keep in a good condition.—St. Louis Republic.

Shattered Hopes.

"Ah," sighed Mr. Bloodgood, "I had hoped that John would grow up to be a credit to us and that some day I could transfer my business cares to his shoulders. But that dream is past. I shall have to look around for some one else who can become the active member of the firm. I can never trust my business in John's hands now." "'Why," exclaimed Mrs. Bloodgood, "what on earth is the matter?" "He writes me that he has just been elected class poet. Maria, sometimes this seems to be almost more than 1 can bear." —Chicago News.

Possibilities.

Mr. Grumper—You may call me cynical and all that, Maria, but I don't believe you would marry If you had your life to live over again.

Mrs. Grumper—Well, I don't know. Perhaps it might not be you, John, but some other man that asked me to have him.—Boston Transcript.

/,« Respect For the Pal pit.

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"Reepeot for the pulpit," said the pessimistic boarder, "is rapidly dftninishing." "BeggiM your pardon," said Asbury Peppers, "out I think it is increasing. The pulpit doesn't gat pounded half as much as it did in the good eld days. Cincinnati Enquirer.

"Poal" and Oatl

The stout gobbler who seems to be king of the foul tribe will be offered up on tbi tabla of Thanksgiving same of these days a»t a great while off. —JE&ocksaart Scaob.

HISITRST MGHT.£

VAN VTfcM WAS ATTACKED CBSEAINQ FOR LINCOLN.

FOR

Sixty Sooft Carolinian* Whipped Him Almost Into InsenafbUKy In INI—Twas

a Redhot Battle—An Apology

Was

erward Beat to Him.

Aft

Mayor Elect Robert A. Vaa Wyck of New York has been a fighter since the days of 1861. His first fight may have been the keynote of his after life. Here Is a story, with a South Carolina end, of how he stood before threescore fiery yocng Confederates in South Carolina at the time when the war fever was at its highest pitch and of how he boldly flaunted the name of Abraham Lincoln in the teeth of the followers of Jefferson Davis.

Hardly had the words, "Three cheers for Lincoln!" left his month when he was attacked by 60 southerners and whipped almost into insensibility.

He was only 13 years old. While the fight was raging and Van Wyck was being scraped over the rough floor of the country schoolhouse where the soldiers were congregated he continued to cheer for Lincoln until his voice, weak and shrill, was drowned araid the corses of the men who were chastising him.

Finally the bullies were driven off, and as the young Union patriot was picked up he let his enemies know that, though beaten, he was still for the president. Afterward Van Wyck declared that he yelled in fun at first, but when he was crowded by those once his friends he refused to take back his words.

Mayor Elect Van Wyck's grandfather, Samuel Maverick, was a resident of Sonth Carolina for many years. He was wealthy and previous to the war was considered the largest single landowner in the United States. Van Wyck's father made frequent visits to South Carolina and had his sons Robert and Judge Augustus Van Wyck of Brooklyn at school in Pendleton In 1859, 1860 and 1861. When war waa declared, the father returned to New York to look after his property, leaving the sons with Mr. Maveriok.

The now mayor's adventure occurred in January, 1861. Mr. Maverick's home was five miles from Pendleton, and at Pendleton the children were sent to sohool. It was a bitter winter morning when Robert

ROBERT A. VAN WYCK.

Van Wyck rode the five miles over the frozen roads to the little schoolhouse in the valley.

When he walked into the building, the young Confederates were chafing under the restraints that were keeping them from the front. They were talking wildly over the latest fragments of news from the battlefield, which was put together piece by piece.

Loud and deep were the curses they were sending to high heaven against the north and Lincoln. Van Wyck listened, but he had nothing to say. With his ear6 tingling from the cold he jumped on the highest desk in the room and waved his hand above his head. The boys watched him. Before they had time to ask his meaning he opened wide his throat and sent up yells for President Lincoln.

Not a soul moved. Tho five dozen soldiers were struck to the floor. The declaration for Lincoln was too bold and daring. Again tho boy cricd, Thred cheeps for Lincoln!" From all sides of the room the boys in a concerted movement dashed forward and pulled Van Wyck from bis perch. "Down with the traitor!" they cried.

Van Wyok expected the storm that followed his speech. As he hit the floor he swung his right arm and saw a stream of blood flow from a boy's nose. With a shriek of rage the ohap fell back. Another took his plaoe. Another swing left another broken nose. Then the crowd surged and fought the child from all sides.

Finally they were pulled off, and Van Wyck was led away limp and sore. An investigation was had, and the matter was brought to the attention of the school board, but nothing came of it. An apology was afterward sont to Van Wyck by his enemies, who had to admit his fight was the pluckiest in the history of the vlllaga

A month or two later Robert Van Wyck went to New York and has never since returned to South Carolina. Many of his kin reside there, and within the bordors of the state no name is mOre honored than that of Van Wyck.—New York Journal

MILITARY DISCIPLINE.

Some Novel Propositions From One Who Is Not a Soldier.

If a soldier or a sailor is a blaokguard, the proper remedy is not for bis officers to outblaokguard him by torturing him, but simply to turn him out of the service. If he desires nothing better, then his dismissal is a benefit both to himself and the service. If he does not desire it, then he will do his best to mend his ways so as to be allowed to stay in it. If an officer is a blaokguard, a tyrant or an incompetent nuisanoe, the proper remedy is for the soldier to refuse to serve under him. This means that the soldier should be as free to leave the army as I am to leave the staff this journal. To retain a well conducted soldier in the army against his will is make a slave of a man who has done nothing to deserve it.

Some day, when we get the bettor of our national cowardice, we shall give up the system of having our fighting done by slaves and boldly make the soldier and sailor as free as the policeman. The lads who want to leave the fleet so badly that they will strike their officers and face flogging and imprisonment for the sake of tho dismissal will be provided with an honorable means of retreat. I look forward to the time when the army will be reformed by a powerful trades union of the rank and file, which shall drive incompetent officers out of the army as effectually as the cotton operatives of Lancashire drive inoompetent employees out of the trade.

I would have soldiers perfectly free to strike for higher pay or better oonditions in time of war if they chose. For example, I would trust them unhesitatingly with an undisputed legal right to rebeive an order to charge on the field

battle itself

by striking then and there for another twopence a day if that struck them as a favorable qaoment. I am perfectly aware that with every demand made and enforced on behalf af the men, the standard of ability auang efBoers wauld go up and whole batches of stiff necked dolts who now blund« *beir vjay along, making infinite treubto"|fvr'the -•Bcbartsea and costing the dtafilgjKwr" -vrould

be retired as useless. I am aiao aware $hai the army and navy m»&8» such oticumstaneos wcrald withdrew woaa

utvA molivitij

a maoh higher olass of ftaeifthan thajr da at present, and that Obese would oost more money par man per day tfcfHa men "cannon fodder." But if a conflict avess between such an army and caisson fod$es I know whose side I should feel com* fortable on.—G. Bernard Shaw'In London Saturday Review.

An Old Roman Battels London.

How many thousand daily traverse tht Strand! How few probably aire a wars that within a few yards of them stands one of the most intaresttog of the relics of Roman London—a bad) that is 2,©CO yean old and that is still used for the purpose for which it was built! It is reached by Strand lane, a small passage opposite the east end of St. Mary's church and a few yards east of Somerset Bouse. Some SO yards down this alley on the Mft hand bill be seen a small, unpretentious lopfeing building, behind a row of iron xga(|ings. Descending a few steps and gassing through an inner wooden doorway^'fysently erected, we shall find eanelvas i»a a arrow vaulted passage. Through

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our left we enter. (The entnune originally was by an arch

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left upon entering. This was recently bricked up, leaving, however, a square opening through which the bath ean bs surveyed.) Here, in a vaulted chamber some 16 feet in length, 16 feet in height and 9 feet in width, lit by a single window at its western end, & tire hfetorio bath which was probably bujjt either inti the reign of the Emperor Titus or of^es-f

pasian, nearly 2,000 years is sunk In the ground feet. Its length is abeai 1 width 6 feet. At the in the bath, is a sm^U around which tho water rushes'in—bcj&u-fc&r tifully clear, cool and pleasant to'the Some 36,000 gallons pass through thATbath^ daily, the supply being derisqd foam a-'' perpetual spring, the source ef whrfh.ii^.f J. believed to be th£ old holy wall whfcbr gives its name, though not its quality, to Holywell street, hard hf• A| waste pipe inserted in the bath .oSHfys off the overflow of water. On the wes^efcdr of the bath the old Rompn bricks sipi ro-v main to attest the antiquity of the &tr«o-| ture. The either three sides aw nojw #hed? with the marble thait was takei^#rcfo whafrj was known as the Essex bath oa|iU its de-j struction in 1898 to make way far the buildings of the Norfolk hoteB,—English» Illustrated Magazine.

New Jersey fitsoad Hog Bagr»»* The annual ground hog day in Si»l^ag huysen township, N. J., waff rea^tiy observed, and everybody near

a vacation and presented htmastf to the township ooHimitftee, which met at fhe Warren wood hotel in Marhatteys. 5Pfae country folks oame by vipgen, on ftat and on bikes, and it was a most amu^g jgn ft to witness tye bundles they brought'with them, all sizes and shapes, anil one eld lady brought a litKle train truxfk wfeich she said was a century eld and wltikph contained S00 ground hog scalps, all eairefully packed and well cured. The township committee offered 60 cents bounty oa all groundhogs and 11 oents for all ftac scalps. This was a big incentive to the country folk, and for a whole year they have set' traps and hunted the pestiferous hog and the poultry destroying fox with great suecess.—Philadelphia Press.

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