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13 SE THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, -MAY 10, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. - = THE FIRST SESSION (Continued from First Page.) Harris, Virginia; I. T. Tichenor, Georgia; B. B. Willingham, Virginia; T. B. Bell, Tennessee; and W. H. Whitsitt, Kentucky, and the committee withdrew to consult The Other Officers. Nominations were then made fox the vice presidents, four in numbey, as follows: J. Taylor Ellison of Virginia, W. J. North- en, Georgia; Rev. J. H. Kilpatrick, Georgia; L. B. Ely, Missouri; James P. Eagle, Arkansas; Joshua Levering, Mary- land; B. H. Carroll, Texas; J. T. S. Parks, Texas. Ex-Gov. Northen insisted upon withdrawing his name. While these proceedings were going on District Commissioner [toss arrived and was escorted to the platform. During the progress of the nominations Dr. Eaton of Louisville moved that the Rev. W. P. Harvey. secretary be directed to cust the ballot of conference for Dr. Parks of Texas for Parke is one of rs of the confer- ence of hewever, and it appeared that th ted the effort. The chair ruled -laws were ly in contrad of the motion, but he ested that a way might be found out of the difficulty, So Dr. Eaton made his motion in such a f that the chair could wink et the law, w voce vote ously elect- st vice president. to take the le they Tellers were then appointed c Bure rows and O. F. Gregory as secr: Commissioner Ross’ Welcome. dent Haraison then introduced Com- » who made a brief address “The coming together of the delegates of ce of the greatest and most influential religious denominations in the whole world,” said Mr. Ross, “is an occasion of the most profound interest to the entire eople of the District of Columbt. ya of sect or creed, and their name, and in the name of the municipality, I bid you welcome to your capital. I have seen a statement scmewhere in regard to the strength of the whole regular Baptist Church in the United States, and see that its members number about 3,500,0¢ and that they own property to the value of about $76,060,000. The power wielded and the Influence exerted by such an associa- tion of Christian men and women in the Interest of religious training, for the cause of law aad order, and cn the si of good government, can hardly be overestimated. “You represent that great moral force that Is the safeguard of the republic, which permeates every city, town, village and school district in every state in the Union, silently molding pie opinion, and by teaching every individual man to rule him- self is creating and strengthening that ele- ment which is producing here one of the &reatest netions on the earth. “You could not have visited Washington at a more beautiful time. The trees and parks are in full leaf and blossom, and seem to vie with the public buildings in the adornment of the capital. I hope that du ing your stay you will have the privilege of ascending some of the heights around the city and there Icok down upon the cap- regard- You will observe not only the beauty and grandeur of the city’s plan, as dev and carried out by Washington and L’ fant, but you will also note that the very elty itself seems as though planted in a forest. This vast exparse cf foliage is modifying the climate and Washington is becoming a regular and most delighiful summer resort. I hope that the weather bureau will so conduct its operations during the present week as not tc cast any re- flections on my littie boom of Washington as a place for summer guests. We want you to look about the city and see your capital, and to note how Uncle Sam owns more real estate than any other indivi 1 proprietor. Yao@ will find here an intelli- gent, educate hid Ia-rabiding people. We have here over one ndred school build- ings, well built, well kept, well attended. “The Sabbath day, too, is observed here a day of worship. Besides the fact that @ special point is made here of public edu- cation, the city is also becoming the seat of advanced learning, and the magnificent university fostered by your denomination is becoming one of the most powerful in the land. “I hope that your deliberations will be attended with every success, and that when you go away you will be so happy and so Gelighted with your visit here that you will want to come here again.”” The great throng murmured with pleas- ure at the close of Mr. Ross’ address, and would doubtless have applauded heartily, but the president raised his hand warning- ly, and the hundreds upon hundreds by this time packing the church floor, the pales and the aisles were respectfully lent. Dr. Meador’s Remarks. Dr. C. C. Meador, moderator of the Dis- trict conference, spoke in welcome on be- half of the Washington churches. He con- gratulated the delegates on their choice of &@ place of meeting, and upon the prospect pf holding here the most profitable conven- tion ever known in the history of the Bap- tist Church. He spoke giowingly of the work already done and yet to be done, and declared his firm faith in the future of the ehurch. Dr. Sampey’s Response. He was followed by Rev. Dr. J. R. Sam- pey of Kentucky, of the Southern Seminary, who made a ringing address In response to the hearty welcome extended to the dele- gates. He made a happy reference to the Jate war, and dclared that the southern people have the very warmest feelings for those of the north. In answer to the refer- ences to the city’s beauty he said that the delegates had been admiring the capital ever since their arrival. “The honorable Commissioner,” he added, “has not painted the city as we would have it painted. In none of the speeches of welcome have the beauties of Washington been exhausted.” Washingtonians, he.went on, are not un- familiar with southerners, and'so the south- erners are not strangers here. He spoke wittily of the betraying elements in the Southern man’s speech, and said he was lad that they made him so readily known. “We are at home here,” he sald, “and we will always be at home. Our imaginations expand, to be sure, when we come and hear the adjectives of the Washingtonians. They are well deserved.” In conclusion, he paid a glowing tribute to Judge Haralson, who had been presiding officer so long. There was great enthusiasm when he slosed, The Ordesx of Business. ‘The committee on the order of business Made its report at this point, through Chairman Harris. He said it had been de- cided, so far as the committee was con- cerned, to hold two sessions a day for the resent. Tomorrow morning the conven- jon will meet at 10s0’clock, and this even- Ing and t morrow evening it will meet at ommendations were made as to If good speed is made today and sible to omit the also. For to- the order was as fol Morning session—Receipt of reports from boards and their reference to committees. These reports are from the boards on Sun- @ay schools, home missions and foreign ions. is evening's on—Report of the com- tee on conference: deration of the ort of the comm! n home mission convention sermon at about 8 o'clock, fo lowed by the devotion of a few minutes to the consideration of matters relating to She Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Friday morning—Report of committee on | Maryland caused some confuston by de-_ tithing; report®of committee on Sunday schools; report of committ2e on the basis of. representation, with the historical ser- ™mon as a special order for 12:15. Friday evening—Report of the committee on foreign missfons, which may be resum- ed on Monday. Memorial Exercises. Dr. Harris said that he had been request- ed by his colleagues on the committee to ask that a committee be appointed to pre- Pare suitable resolutions relating to the deaths that have occurred during the year, and to make ‘arrangements for a memorial gervice, to be held on Sunday next, in memory of the late Dr. Broadus. The cr- der of business and the recommendatfons of the committee ,havirg been adopted without dissent, the president appointed the memorial committee as follows: Henry McDonald of Georgia, C. 8. Gardner of South Carolina, F. H. Kerfoot of Kentucky, Franklin Wilson of North Carolina and George Cooper of Virginia. Work Among the Colored People. Rev. Dr.\H. L. Morehouse, corresponding ; Secretary Of the American Baptist Home Missionary Socicty, was invited to the plat- form, “nd made an extended address on the subject of work to be done among the col- ored people in the south. There is little more original pioneer missionary work to be done among th-m now, he said, as that has been practically ail Gone. The colored people in the south are most enthusiastic and mest intensely Baptist. They have or- ganized, and are in good standing, but their conventions have fallen into such conditicns that they need a great deal of aid in rehabilitating their conferences They are addicted to debate, and they ac- complish little or nothing when they as- semble. The board of home missions, therefore, wants to take hold of the col- ored conventions and help them out. The speaker went on to speak of the work to be done in antagonizing the proselyting ef- forts of the Catholic Church among the colored people, and gave an eloquent sketch of the history of the religious move- ment in the south. a When he had concluded a delegate start- ed the song, “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus,” and as the song swelled every one arose. A Warm Discussion. Dr. T. T. Eaton caused another sensa- ticn in the conference by making a mo- tion which, as he briskly expressed it, eculd be voted up or voted down in a imin- ute. But it was not so, for the matter Bave rise to debate of a rather warm na- ture, and at last the president went in, {and taking the motion within his preroga- tives, 1 D: laid it gently on the table. Eatoa’s proposition was that a new aw be added to provide for the ap- peintment of a committee on resolutions at the epening of each convention, to which shou be referred all resolutions offered. gate moved an amendment to make the author of each resolution a member of the com: ee for the time being. several cbjections to this plan raised. but the most pronounced ob- jection came from Dr. W. Pickard of Louisville, who took the platform to tell how he regarded the motion 2s a danger- cus one. It tended, he said, to too much ; concentration of power in a few hands. All the Richelieus, he protested, are not dead, and if such a committee should be formed it might wield tremendous power behind the throne, and so control the en- tire business of the conference. A few men might shape matters to their own ends. and he pleaded with the convention ject the motion. Just then the chair the proposition and the regular business of the morning was reached. The tellers reported that a canvass of the votes cast for the vice presidents show- el that Messrs. Kilpatrick, Carroll and Ellyson had been elected. These delegates, with Dr. Parks, previously elected by 2c- clamation, now constitute the board of vice presidents. The Sunday School Board. The president called for the annual re- ports from the boards, and Rev. T. P. Bell of Tennessee, corresponding secretary of the Sunday school beard, presented the re- stated: “Our business shows an last increase over ts have been $53,¢ last year, | an increase of $4,495.36. This does not in- clude $4,975.07 received by us from the ‘Missionary day’ collections in the Sunday school Of these we have kept a separate account, and have forwarded the money to the home and foreign boards.” Foreign Missions. Dr. R. J. Willingham, corresponding sec- retary of the foreign mission board, pre- sented the fiftieth annual report of that body, setting forth an encouraging condi- } Hon of affairs. The report said: ‘We note with special pleasure the movement on the part of several of our missions and the new churches toward self-support. While these new churches in heathen lands cannot be expected to attain in a few years to what many churches here at home have not reached in decades, yet we believe that the idea should constantly be kept before them that they ought to sustain themselves just as socn as possible We are glad to see our missionaries pressing these truths upon their minds and hearts. “The contributions for the year have been over $130,000. This is by far the larg- est amount ever given for the regular work, While stil! hampered with nearly $20,000 debt, yet this is considerably less than last year, $9,200 of it being on the chapel fund. We’ have no interest to pay on this last amount. “Of all the funds received at this office ninety-two cents on the dollar went to the missionaries. Only eight cents on the dol- lar was used for all expenses here; and this includes interest and also the cost of the Woman's Missionary Union in Baltimore.” Home Missions. The last report of the day was that of the hcme mission beard, preserted by Dr. I. T. Tichenor, ccrresponding secretary, of Atlanta. It contained the following gen- eral statement: Number of missionaries this year, 425, an increase of forty-four over last year, and mere than in any year of the board’s history; baptized, 5,921, an increase of 1,451 over last year, and 572 more than have been baptized in any year since the organization of the convention; eash receipts, $88,640.20, being $15,319.29 larger than last year, and greater than any previous year, except the centennial. The board began the year with a debt of $6,763.54, has paid on house of worship in New Orleans, $9,476.50, and for church buildirgs at other points, $2,386.62, a total of $11,562.12. After paying missionaries, April 1, its indebtedness was $23,000, which May 1 had _ been redaced to $1,100, with a balence of $109.06 in the treasurf. Increase of missionaries has been nearly 12 per cent; of receipts, 20 per cent, and of baptisms, 82 per cent. After the reports had been presented, all those in the church arose and sang a hymn and then prayer was offered by Dr. Ellis of New York. The doxology closed the regular session, and then Dr. Stakely made a few announcements. Coming Events. The President of the Untted States, he sald, had kindly agreed to receive the dele- gates to the convention and their ladies and visiting friends at 4 o'clock at the Executive Mansion. The delegates were instructed to meet before the White House at 5:30. After the reception the delegates will be photographed on the steps of the State, War and Navy building, and will then proceed to the reception to be given by the Washington ladies to the ladies of the Missionary Union and their friends at the Ebbitt House from 4 to 6 o'clock. It was also announced that there would be a meeting of the trustees of the Southern Baptist Seminary at § p.m. at Grace Chap- el, corner of 15th and O streets. The bene- diction was then pronounced and the con- vention adjourned until this evening. NO YOUNG PEOPLE’S UNION. The Proposal to Form Such an Or- ganization Finally Defeated. The efforts of the young people of- the Southern Baptist Church, to establish a Young People’s Union, which were inaugu- rated at the morning meeting at the Si teenth Street Church yesterday, as re- | ported fully in The Star of last evening, | have come to naught. At the afternoon | meeting, which began at 3 o'clock, the whole proposition was negatived by a large majority, and the scheme was abandoned’ for the present. When the meeting was called to order by Prof. Mell, Rev. Dr. Ker- foot of Kentucky, rising te a question of personal privilege, declared that he had no intention, in suggesting to the chairman the names of the committee to consider the matter of anization, which had been an- os nounced just previous to the recess at 1 o'clock, to pack the committee with friends of the proposition. Dr. H. N. Wharten of port of that board. In this report it is} claring that the morning proceedings were more worthy of a political meeting.than an assemblage of churchmen, and he asserted that if the Young People's Union-should ly be formed under such auspices it would bear a stigma upon its birth. There were several rather sharp speeches made, but harmony was finally restored, and. Dr. Pitt of Virginia presented the report of the committee from the states, which prac- tically embodied the resolutions that he had offered during the morning meeting. The report declared that it was the sense of the conference that an auxiliary organi- zation of young people was desirable; that the conference be requested to provide for such an organization; that a committee be appointed to present the resolutions to the conference; that such organizaiions as might be effected should fully recognize the autonomy of the churches, leaving to each church the question whether it should have such a_union, whether there should be out- side affiliation, and the character of such affiliation. After a favorable speech had been made by Dr. Hawthorne of Atlanta, Rev. A. E. Owen of Virginia vigorously attacked the resolutions. The addresses for and against the proposition were at times quite sharp, and after considerable time had been spent in the debate the question was put to a vote, and, after some difficulty, the secreta- ries announced the tallies as follows: In favor of adoption, 164; against, 215. The meeting adjourned amid some confuston. THE COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY. Earnest Speakers Urge Making It a Great National Institation. The American Baptist Educational So- clety met last night and continued the work of Wednesday evening. The subject of discussion was tie-future of Columbian University and the advantage of Wash- ington as the site for a great national uni- versity. Dr. S. H. Green, acting president of the university, briefly reviewed the his- tory of the institution, showing that though at all times there had been men of almost every denomination both among the trus- tees and the faculty, the Baptist element had always been in the ascendancy, and the question was whether the denomination should let the great institution drag on in a half-hearted way or let go its control al- together. But there was another alterna- tive, that the Baptists should stand up to the work that was plainly theirs and push the university forward to its proper place, both as the great monument to Baptist educational work and as the greatest institution of learning at the br. Green heartily indorsed all that Prof. Mason had said the evening be- fore, and he ciosed his remarks w: earnest appeal to the educational soc to use every effort to put the university upon its proper footing. Work of Other Denominations, Dr. F. M. Ellis of Brooklyn said that other denominations that had originaily not one-tenth the opportunity afforded by an old-established college like Columbian had pushed into the field and are making s&ch headway that the older institution is in danger of being crowded to the wall. He spoke of the work being done by the Methcdists and the Catholics to show the advantage of their conceniraied energy, and he reinforced Dr. Green's characteriza- lion of the treatment of the university by the Baptist Church. The university had already a plant worth fully a million dol- lars and deserves a permanent endowment ef not less than a million more. It re- mains with the Baptists of the country, he added, to determine whether the play now on the boards should terminate as a tragedy or a farce. Dr. Eilis alluded to the vacancy now existing in the office of president and brought forth the name of Dr. Whitman of Colby Universityg who has been seriously mentioned for tue po- sition. This served as a pleasant introduc- tion to Dr. Whitman, who spoke later. Postmaster General Wilson's Views. Postmaster General Wilson was intro- duced, and spoke with considerable feeling in advocacy of the proposed extension of the university. He referred, to the story told last night about the Wifliamsburg Col- lege, in the rountains of Kentucky, and said, with a few changes in the picture, it could be made to represent the frontier in- stitutions of learning of the preceding gen- erations. That little mountain college and the trials it is experiencing are but the trials encountered by the great schools of the east in their early days. But Colum- bian University 1s not a mountain college, but a great metropolitan university. The growth of the university is necessarily slow, he said, but he cited Johns Hopkins Uni- versity as an instance of a great institution develope? within a few years. The men who had tald the foundations of Columbian University had been wise. They had seen the possibilities of future development and realized that they could establish a school which would build up and diffuse a great spirit of patriotism throughout the land. He spoke of the great libraries of the city and the aid they would be to the university. Unless they were going to make Columbian @ great university, in his opinion they had better stop where they were. Dr. Whitman’s Address. Dr. Whitman spoke on the aims of edu- cation, the qualifications of teachers, and the ethics of university training, taking high ground as to the moral responsibility involved, and urging a greater appreciation of the high calling of the men whose com- panionship and training had so much to do with molding the lives of coming genera- tices. University teachers, he said, more than any other class of men, effected their aim by reason of their own personality. Their influence upon their classes was not so much by what they taught as by what they were, and too much attention could rot be given to choosing men for university york, and in affording them every facility for maturing their powers and keeping themselves in the closest touch with the progress of the age. The following were then elected officers and the society adjourned: President, An- drew McLeish, Illinois; vice presidents, J. P. Greene, D. D., Missouri, and Hon. J. N. Dolph, Oregon; recording secretary, Rev. E. M. Poteat, Connecticut; corresponding sec- retary, H. L. Morehouse, D. D., New York; trecsurer, Joshua Levering, Maryland; au- ditor, W. M. Isaacs, New York. New President for the Seminary. The board of trustees of tle Southern Baptist Theological Seminary held a long meeting last night in the parlors of the Ebbitt House, for the purpose of electing the president of the seminary to succeed Dr. John A. Broadus, recently deceased. Prof. William Heth Whitsitt was finally chosen, shortly before midnight. He is a native of Tennessee, being now nearly fifty- four years of age. He graduated at Union University at the age of twenty, and after serving in the confederate service through the war went to the University of Virginia, and then took a theological course at the Greenville Seminary. He spent two years at Berlin and Leipsic, and in 1872 was elecf- ed professor of ecclesiastical history at the theological seminary. He is the author of several works. The seminary is the largest in_America, having at the present session 267 preachers in attendance from all parts of the world. THE DELEGATES PRESENT. List of Those Who Were Reported Attending This Morning. Among the delegates reported as present when the convention assembled this morn- ing were the following: Alabama—Jonathan Haralson, J. J. Tay- lor, W. B. Crumpton, A. M. Harris, George B. Eager, G. W. Townsend, J. L. Lawless, L. O. Dawson, B. D. Gray, O. T. Hale, F. W. Smith, A. W. McGaha, J. H. Foster, jr., J. A. French, J. W. Little, J. R. Little, T. G. Bush, W. A. Davis, J. W. Stewart, L. M. Bradley, A. J. Dickinson, A. S. Smith, P. H. Mell, W. D. Gay, W. M. Wood, S. J. Cotts, J. G. Bow, H. R. Schraam, J. L. Thompson, Willis Chandler, D. W. Ramsey, W. C. Cleveland, W. &. Whittle, A. R. Hardy. W. A. Hobson, J. G. Dickinson, C. W. Collins, W. N. Reeves, W. J. Milton, W. D. Hubbard, H. C. Hurley, E. F. Baber, B. F. Giles, J. F, Savill, Geo. E. Brewer. Arkansas—Jas. P, Eagle, W. E. AtRinson, J. W. Conger, A. G. Manoway, D. M. Gal- loway, T. B. Kitchens, A. H. Autrey, H. C. Rosamond, W. H. Hicks. District of Columbia—C. C. Meador, S. M. Yeatman, C. A. Stakely, Green Clay Smith, J. J. Muir. Georgia—B. F. Abbott, A. D. Adair, J. M. Brittain, Walker Dunson, D. W. Gwinn, H. Hatcher, J}. B. Hawthorne, S. Y. Jameson, A. A. Marshall, H. McDonald, J. C. Mec- Michael, F. J. Paxon, W. L. Stanton, A. C. Ward, E. L. Connally, I. T. Ticherior, G. L. Almand, D. M. Almand, T. J. Beck, W. L. L. Bowen, J. W. Binns, C. B. Willing- ham, T. H, Burrus, Lansing Burrows, A. B. Campbell, A. J. Cheeves, Culpepper, J. T. B. Anderson, E. B. Barrett, H. L. Crumley, W. M. Coile, T. N. Coleman, R. F. Cartin, W. L. Cutts, Jas. E. Chiles, H. H. } W. W. Hamilto: —— Cogburn, N.-B. ‘Drewry. W.- W.* Fitts, L. B. Collier, J. B. Eberhart, W. M. Eber- hart, M. P. Dedwiler, J. H. Gambrell, G. W. Garner, E. Z. F.,Golden, B. J. W. Gra- ham, J. L. Gross, H. A. Hall, R. BE. L. Harris, R. B. Headjien, E. D. Huguenin, A. J. Kilpatrick, W. 8. McCarty, J. C. C. McMahan, J. L.’ White, 8. C. Hood, T. J. Holmes, P, _ Jessup, Jno. C. Lee, J. D. . Ko Ries, Wm. H. Young, A. J. J. C. Newman, O'FKelley, Stark, B. B. Williams, H. Williams, A. C.’ Wellons, A. B. Vaughan, jr. J. M. Waller, W. H. Sturman, G. H. Carter, J. W. Arnold, Thornton Wheatley, E. D. Miller, I. N. Ean, R. H. Smith, T. M. Callaway, W. H. Young. . Touisiana—W. 8. Penick, E. O. Ware, R. F. Treadway, D. O., Purser, T. J. Buller, John ¥. Purser, D. I! Purser, jr., J. R. Ed- wards, D. G. Whittinghill, R. M. Boone. Florida—E. H. Rennolds, sr., Rev. T. J. Porter, T. J. Davenport, W. S. Rogers, M. MacGregor, G. J. Johnson, J. C. Porter, W. T. Hundley, A. P. Pugh, J. F. Forbes, Jos. Thomas. Kentucky—E. 8. Alderman, J. H. Ander- son, C. L. Anderson, E. V. Baldy, B, B. Bailey, R. N. Barrett, P. V. Bomar, P. S. Bruner, J. W. B S. H. Bland, E. H. Brookshier, E. B. Beard, J. A. Bennett, J. H. Blair, W. H. Brengle, G. W. Bristow, G. E. Burlingame, T. C, Campbell, J. T. Christian, Geo. H.’Cox, T. D. Chenault, B. O. Copass, T. N. Compton, J. B. Crouch, G. T. Clark, W. E. Dale, B. J. Davis, C. T. Devring, T. 'T. Eaton, J. T. Edmonds, C. V. Edwards, D. S. Edwards, D. D. Forward, F. Gill, W._R. Gibbs, J. D. Gregory, F. D. Hale, W. P. Harvey, J. 8. Henry, S. C. Humphreys, T. J. Humphreys, Otis Hugh- son, G. W. Hill, C. H. Jones, C. G. Jones, M. A. Jones, H.'L. Jones, J. B. Jones, J. BE. Jackson, J. R. Kitchen, W. H. Kuykendall, F. H. Kerfoot, J. A. Kirtley, J. A. Lee, J. W. Loving, T.'S. MeCall, R. W. Mahan, T C. Mahan, W. MeMillan, J. B. Marvin, J. A, Middleton, W. E. Mitchell, 8. C. Mitch- ell, J. S. Milliken, S. G. Mullins, G. W. Nor- ton, C. H. Nash, C. E. Nash, T. D. Osborne, W. L. Pickard, R. G. Patrick, Arthur Peter, J. N. Prestridge, J. W. Porter, W. C. Pearce, D. G. Parr, W. B. Rutledge, Jno. E. Ray, W. S. Ryland, D. C. Stackhouse, T. P. Samuels, W. H. Simmons, J. R. Sampey, B. F. Swindler, J. 8. Sowers, Theo. Spelden, M. M. Stallings, W. C. Taylor, J. W. Warder, J. T. Wilson, W. H. Whitsitt, W. J. Williams, D. Whittinghill, A. N° Whitt'rgbill, R.'D. Wilson, J. D.’ Barhill, M. M. Arnold. Western Arkansas and Indian Territory— A, G. Washburn, L. W. Wright. Tennessee—J. D. Anderson, A. J. Barton, T. P. Pell, L. F. Biggs, A. U. Boon, J. S. Corpening, J. W. Carmichael, W. F. Dorris, E. E. Folk, J. W. Gillon, J. P. Gilliam, R. D. Goodwyn, R. B. Garritt, J. T. Hender- son, R. D. Haymour, T. J. Heron, A. J. Holt, L. Huddleston, “M.D. Jeffries, G. A. Lofton, E. B, McNeil, G. A. Minellee, C. L. Owen, Jno. T. Oakley, T. K. Powell, J. H. Snow, G. M. Savage, C. G. Savi Tribble, I. P. Trotter, I. J. Van Ness Frost, R. C. Fields,’ U. W. Neal, Woodruff, J. T. Allen, W. T. Hudson, R. Craig. Maryland—Chas. E. Anderson, E. E. Ayres, Chas. T. Bagley, F. S. Biggs, R. J. Biggs, B. F. Bond, Jno. H. Brown, W. son Brown, Leonard Burbank, R. E. Cham- bers, R. B. Collier, J, Henry’ Cross, L. M. Cross, J. C. Davidson, W. B. Davidson, J. R. Edmonds, R. H. Edmonds, W. H. Ed- monds, Alan R. Ferguson; J. 'S. Fields, J. R. Fizer, C. A. Fulton, O. F. Gregory, L. H. Groaltney, M. Hammond, F. H. Har- baugh, Alfred Harris, J. E. Healy, L. L. Henson, A. J. Hires, 'J. R. Hunter, W. L. Kellar, H. W. Kemp, F. B. La Barrer, L. Curtis. Laws, Eugerl¢ “Levering, Joshua Levering, J. L. Lodge, J. H. Mason, Ar- thur McClellan, P."H, Merrill, George Mill- er, H. L. Moltz, E. ¥\, Mullins, T. E. Omo- hundro, A. C. Pole, ‘jimes Pollard, J. F. Pullen, E. E. Reid,T. ‘A. Reid, J. E. Riley, Wm. Pitzman, W. E. Robertson, A. J. Row- and, J. A. Sims, E.R. Singleton, Howard W. Smith, Walter Swartzman, Jno. G. Lu- man, J. R. Thomas, G. M. Tolson, W. F. Tucker, H. A. Tupper, jr, Geo. G. Tyler, James E. Tyler, J. Harry Tyler, H. Wharton, Geo. B. White, S. R. White, J. M. Wilbur, J. Appleton Wilson, Franklin Wilson, Hiram Wodds, ‘ Sout! Carolina—f, D,\Bailey G. oh os BY Mt Foreman, E. J. Forrester, C. 8. dner, G. T. Gresnax H. R. McGee, J. W._Kekny, Key, R. Y. Leavell, Chasy Manly, J. E. MeMan- away, M. E. Parrish, J. W. Perry,,R. N. Pratt, J. B. Marsh, B. P} Robertson, W. T. Tate, A. J. S. Thomas, M. J. Willoughby, A. B. Woodruff, B. J. Woodward, G. Wright, H. K. Ezell, C. T. Scaife, C. Judson, J. L. Vass, W. C. Lindsay, L. C. Hinton, H. R. Moseley, T. B. Rickenbocker, C. E. Horton, J. D. Pitts, D. A. Swindler, J. E. Covington, J. D. Huggins, J. A: Brown, W. L. Durst, J. J. Farmer, M. L. Donaldson, R. A. Turner, W. E. Johnson, J. H. Yarborough, T. S$. Wilbur, D. P. Montgomery, R. J. Williams. Virginia—G. W. Argabute, R. E. L. Aylor, F. P. Berkley, F. W. Boatwright, J. A! Bristow, F. R. Boston, Alfred Bagby, Jno. A. Barker, Geo. F. Bagby, Julian Broaddus, N. C. Burnett, J. H. Butler, Jno. R. Bagby, Jno. N. Bunting, F. B. Beale, H. A. Bagby, L. G. Broughton, H. W. Battle, J. R. Brown, H. C. Burrows, J. T. Barber, Wm. Campbell, C. H. Corey, Geo. Cooper, R. W. Collier, F. R. Corr, F. W. Claybrook, C. Z. Calke, 'T. C. Crowder, H. G. Crews, J. G. Connell, T. S. Dunaway, Jno. R. Dickey, A. B. Dunaway, W. G. Dorset, W. F. Dun- away, J. F. Dean, J. 8. Dill, 'T. H. Filett, G. F. Eubank, J. 'T. Ellyson, Richard Ed- wards, W. F. Fisher, George T. Finch, W. A. Fentress, H. G. Ferguson, H. H. Fones, J. F. Farrar, M. R. Grimsley, H. K. Haw- thorne, J. P. Harrison, J. J. Hall, J. W. Harris, W. E. Hatcher, J. B. Hutson, J. T. Haley, E. A. Hartley, A. T. Howell, L. J. Haley, 8. P. Huff, S.’C. Hurt, T. A’ Hall, H, H. Harris, J. C, Hiden, C.’T. Herndon, B. Hatcher, J. Wm. Jones, T. G. Jones, . Jones, F. D. John- son, Wm. B. James, F. H. James, C. F. James, J. O. Kirk, J. W. Hendrick, George 8. Kennard, W. S. Leake, J. M. Luck, H. T. Louthan, W. B. Loving, W. W. Landrum, J. B. Lake, C. W. Matthews, W. R. D. Mincure, J.C. Moss, F. R. Monroe, F. C. McConnell, J. G. McCutcheon, I. Morton Mercer, James Nelson, F. J. Nettles, T. W. T. Noland, A. E. Owens, D. C. O'Flaherty, R. C. Phillips, R. H. Pitt, E. B. Pollard, J. M. Pitcher, W. A. Pearson, H. N. Quisen- berry, John T. Randolph, 8. J. Robinson, C. H! Ryland, H. C. Smith, G. B. Steel, F. B. Shepherd, M. F. Sanford, J. O. Ses- soms, W. J. Shipman, S. Seward, C. W. Trainham, Joel T. Tucker, S. H. ‘Thomp- scn, F. B. Thames, Jl. J. Taylor, G. B. Taylor, J. B. Taylor, § B. Winston, W. W. Wood, J. A. Ware, M. B. Wharton, P. T. Warren, Geo. S. Williams, W. E. 'Wiatt, M. L. Wood, E. W. Winfrey, R. J. Willing ham, 8. B. Woodfin, G. F. Williams, A. B. Woodfin, A. L. Holladay. Mississippi—George Anderson, J. E. Bar- nett, W. E. Broaddus, L. R. Burress, A. G. Cooper, H. M. Crain, W. J. Derrick, L. 8. Foster, J. R. Johnston, B. T. Kimbrough, 0, A. Lomax, Z. T. Leavell, J. W. Lucas, J. N. McMillin, J. O'Bannon, A. G. Plerce, J.B. Perkins, W. P. Prince, ‘T. W. Wright, Wm. Strumbey and E. L. Purvis. Western North Carolina—J. H. Tucker, J.T. Betts, 8. C. Owens. North Carolina—T. E. Skinner, O. J. Car- roll, C. Durham, J. W. Bailey, C. B. Taylor, W. L. Poteat, Welter Durham, John Mitchell, Jasper Howell, jr., J. C. Caddell, W. R. Gwaltney, John F. Lannean, W. B. Wolff, R. Van Déventer, J. W. Cotes, J. Q. Adams, E. F. Jones, M. P. Matheney, T. J. Taylor, H. A, Brown, C. J. F. Ander- son, L. R. Pruitt, W. F. Fry, J. M. White, J. W. Fleetwood,’ J. H. Edwards, C. W. Scarboro, Samuel Saunders, T. T. Speight, J. D. Hufham, Joh} A.,Wray, L. M. Curtis, C. W. Mitchell, R. W,' Early, J. H. Lam- berth, John E. White, J. A. Smith, E. K. Proctor, jr., J. A. Stradley and N. L. Shaw. ‘Texas—B. H. Carroll,,J. B. Cranfill, M. D. Early, J. M. Carroll, A. B. Ingram, L. R. Millican, R. €. Buckner, J. D. Robnett, A. J. Fawcett, H. B. Pender, R. C. Pender, R. F. Jenkins, Geo. W. Truett, J. C. Gentry, L. D. Lamkin, Jeff.D, Ray, T. W. White, G. B. Davis, J. T. S..Park, W. C. Lut 3 J. Bass Shelton, F. W. Preeman, J. H. Tay- ler, D. T. Smythe, 'B. H. Carroll, jr., J. W. Newburgh, L. L. Foster, G. W. Smith, W. C. Friley, J. N. Luther, J. H. Stephen, W. L. Skinner, J. C. Burkett, R. J. Grant, T. V. Murray, Harry Hudson, Wm. Reeves, A. A. Carroil,; W. W. Brown, O. W. Dean, J. W. B. Gresham, M. J. Dean, H. R. Moran, John Robinett, jr., G. W. ‘Treter, H. W. Dodge, J. C. Jenkins, W. H. Younger, G. W. Given, L. C. Kelly, M. H. Turner, John Broughton, J. M. Mills. Missouri—L. E. Kline, S. H. Ford, T. P. Stafford, 8. M. Brown, J. R. Pentuff, A. 8. Gwinn, 'G. C. Kell, R. K. Maiden, J. C. Armstrong, A. F. Baker, W. T. Hearne, T. C. Carleton, J. A. Newport, R. P. Johnston, T. J. Puckett, J. W. Neff, D. B. Ray, J. S. Kirtley, E. E. Dunaway, J. W. Southworth, T. J. Ayers, W. B. McPike, W. M. Waters, M. 7. Mitchell, L. W. Marks, . Lewis, G. W. Hyde, Julian Bagby, 0, Turn- baugh. —_—_—_ Congressman Wellington has declined an invitation to deliver an address at the Ar- lington National cemetery Decoration day. Mr. Wellington will deliver an address at the unveiling’ of the soldiers’ monument in Cumberland on that day. FCURRIES. IN. OIL How Prices Have Advanced in Years Gone By. Quick Jumps in the Fluid—Just Be- fore the War There Were Lively Times. Written for The Evening Star. The recent steady rise in the price of petroleum oil is creating almost as much excitement in oil circles as in the early days of oil exchanges. For years past the rise and fall in prices was counted by 1-8 and 1-4 cents, but in times spoken of the fluctuations in the greasy fluid was 1-4, 1-2 and whole dollars at each bid. When Col. Drake first discovered petroleum by drilling down into the bowels of the earth, on Oil creek, Pa., by the use of the spring pole, or as it was then known, as kicking down a-well. It was only used as a medicine,and sold as Seneca oil, and for some time was used up in experimenting, so that it could be utilized, but people had caught the craze, and it seemed every person who pos- sessed a few dollars landed on Oil creek to go into the business. Wells. were kicked down by dozens, and over 200,000 barrels was produced during 1861. In 1859 it was worth even $20 per barrel,.but in the end. of 1861 it had dropped down to $3.50. The world at large had not yet got to using it, and the market was overstocked. Up to June, 1861, the wells were ail pumped, but in that month the first flowing well was struck on the Funk farm, and spouted 300 barrels daily, and scared the owners of the pumps aimost to death. The price went down to 50 cents and stayed there until September. Then the Great Phillips well, on the Tar farm, came to the front as a 2,000 barrel spouter per day. All the oil wanted could be purchased then for 20 cents per barrel. Spouters at Work. Then followed another spouter on the Funk farm, which threw the Phillips in the shade. This well vomited forth 3,000 barrels every twenty-four hours, and down went the price of the fluid to 10 cents per barrel. Up to this time for want of a mar- ket, and also want of tankage, plenty of oil was going to waste, and with these two big spouters about six thousand barrels was running into Oil creek and down the Allegheny river daily. Empty barrels of all kin inegar, molasses, or in fact,any- thing that could be made to hold oil, was bought up ai extravagant prices. The gen- eral price being paid per barrel was from $1.50 to $2. each. From October, 1861, until ary, 1862, the market remained 500,000 barrels of oil was pro- duced during 1862, of which over one half went to waste. In March, 1862, prices be- gan to improve, 25 cents, 59 cents, and still up she went, and the close of the year found $2.50 the market price. Peopie were beginning to find out its use, and it was now being demanded. Pittsburg was the center of the oil market, and ‘it was all floated down the Allegheny river in flat boats known as guipers, holding from 500 to 1,000 barrels each. The distance is only 132 miles, but in early days as high es $% per barrel was paid to transport {t. About 300 boats were then in the trade, and their owners reaped a harvest, but in December the river was frozen solid, and at Pitts- burg dealers were offering $6 per barrel for oil, but there was no way to reach them. The guipers, when unloaded in Pittsburg, would reload either with coal or with empty barrels. Coal was the most profit- able, as none was to be found in the upper country, and $1.25 per bushel was paid for it at Oll City. Steam tow boats,when there was a good stage of water, would tow from 6 ‘to 10 of these loaded guipers up the paver but In low water horses did the tow- ing. Better Transportation. Bulk boats or compartment barges in high water came into use about 1865, and the oll was run into the different compart- ments loose. One bulk boat would carry three times the quantity of a Gulper. In 1866 the A. V. R. R. was extended to Ot City, and all oil was shipped in tank cars, but soon after the pipe lines did away with all other means of transportation. During 1863 oil kept advancing in price. Over 8,000,000 barrels were produced that year, and the price at its close was $4 per barrel. The greater number of operators and pro- ducers by this time had enlisted in the army. But for the war it is hard to sur- mise what 1862 or the next three years that followed might have been in the oil trade. The rebellion, without doubt, changed the entire history of the petroleum industry. In 1864 the greatest fluctuations ever known took place, and then it was that hundreds of fortunes were made. March 1 the price of oil had reached $5, and May 1 had jumped to $7. New wells decreased the price 50 cents, but-at the end of that month $7.50 was the price. Sharp and shrewd men had now taken hold, and greenhorns no longer held sway in the ofl market. June, ‘64, was the most remarkable month in the petroleum history. June 1 oil was $7.50, on the 15th it was held at $9, and on the 30th of the same month had gone up to $11.50 per barrel, an advance of $4 within thirty days. The owners of the big wells were piling up fortunes, as stated before, during 1864, and in June and July $1 per minute was nothing for them to think of, and many of them made from $5 to $8 per min- ute. Several of those same operators, whose check was good for $500,000 to $1,000,000 at that time, have not enough at present to pay a week's board. It all was lost in the oil exchanges afterward. Rapid Fluctuations. July opened at $11, but the well owners sent it up before the end of the month to $13.75, and then was the time they made their money. The wells spouted the ofl and they pocketed the dollars. But the specu- lators that pald them $13.75 were the broken merchants, for oil in August dropped down to $9, and many lost all they owned. The price never got up to $13.75 again; but on September 1 it had reached $11. In Sep- tember it dropped to $6.50, owing to many big gushers coming in, but inside of the month it had again got back to $11. Octo- ber, '64, another tumble, and oil went down to $6, and at the end of the month had again reached $9.50, and through November gradually crept up to $11, and the year closed with the market at $11.50. This year a decline in production of 500,000 barrels made the output 2,500,000 barrels during 1864. Several 2,000-barrel wells flowed steadily at the same rate, and every barrel of it was sold at an average of $7.62. So that each one of these wells gave to their owners $5,500,000 during the year, or some- thing over $15,000 per day. The year 1865 opened in January at $6.50, put at the end of the month was selling at $10. In February it declined to $7; then in March to $5; in April it again advanced to $7; in May it reached $8.25; tumbled to $5 in June; held there until August, and fell to $4, but that month closed with $5.25 the ruling price. September closed with of] at $9.25; October it again tumbled to $6.50, but at the end of the month had cHmbed back to $9.50; fell to $6.50, and advanced to $8, and held there during November, but in December fell back to $5, but closed the year at $8 and a strong market. Operators thought this ruinous, But now if it should ever reach one-half that price many of them would be driven insane. 1865 saw the end of the Venango’s big gushers, and again the pump ruled. Steady Declines. Pithole made a great deal of excitemefft, but it only lasted a few months, and was scon a thing of the past. In 1866 oil fell as low as $1.65 and was as high as $4. 1807 held about the same. The average price for 1868 was $3.25 per barrel. During 1869 it got as high as $7, the highest since 1865. Tidroute, Parker, Karns.City, Petrolia, Mil- lerstown, Edenburg, Foxburg and Bullion were developed in succesion. Voleano, W. Va.; Macksburg, Ohio; Bolivar and Rich- burg, N. Y.; the Washington, Taylorstown and Claysville, Pa., fields foMlowed, and at the present writing Mannimgton end Sis- tersville, W. Va,, are the best producing fields in existen@, but the production dees hardly more than supply home con- sumption; but if it should happen that a few wells like the Phillips, the Big Injun or Greenlee & Foist, Washington county, Pa., gusher were discovered the Standard Company would soon bring oll below the dollar line. The lowest ofl ever got since 1862 was when the Garfield & Farnsworth field, known as Cherry Grove, developed in 1882; it then dropped down to 45 cents. Many producers pulled out five to ten-barrel wells in the Bradford district and moved their stuff to develop the new territory, but it proved an illusion, and many of them took ._« =a, 2 SL — a their styff back and tried to again get the deserted Bradford wells in pumping order, but few were successful,’ as the water had drowned them out after being pulled. In 1871, when Butler and Armstrong com- panies in Pennsylvania were doing their best, oil reached $5 per barrel, but did not long hold jt, but gradually declined, and not since 1878 has it reached $2 until the pres- ent flurry. HJ. M. ——— THE HISTORY OF HORSESHOES. The English Used Them More Than a Thousand Years Ago. From the Horseman. A horse was ridden long before he was shod, and until it was learned how to put shoes upon him his greatest usefulness was not achieved. It is cause for comment that the ancients did not really learn to shoe him long before they did. They did put coverfngs upon the feet of anfmals used for draught or burden. These coverings were made of leather, and even plaited shoes of hemp were put upon mules, which, by the way, were oftener ridden in olden times than horses were. By and by these were made of metal, not as the animal's foot is faced with iron today, but a metal shoe Was made, into which the horse's foot was placed. The mules that drew Nero's char- jot were shod with silver shoes, while those for his wife's “turnout” were of gold. The shape thereof “‘deponent saith not.”” An old historian tells us that a people living in Asia used to draw socks over the feet of the horses when the snow lay deep upon the ground, and way off in Kamchatka they cover the feet of the dogs in the same way. It seems as if all ancient shoes were put upon the horse and held there by some sort of lacing or strapping. War horses were not shod in any way, for Alexander once is said to have marched until the feet of his horses were broken, while in another expedition of ancient days the “cavalry was left behind because the hoofs of the horses were in bad condition.” The nearest thing we find to the horse- shoe of today was found in the grave of an old king of France who died in 481. There were four nail holes in the shoe, and this is the first mention of nailing on a shoe. It might be well to notice just here the fact that the horseshoe “kept evil spirits away” even as long ago as in the days of this old king, 1,500 years ago, and was doubtiess placed on his grave for this purpose: A writer in the Philadelphia Times says: “The superstition that associates the horse- shoe with luck is very old, and prevails all through Europe and in southern Asia. No- body can seem to settle whether it is the iron of which it is made or its shape that brings good luck. The ancients believed that iron had wonderful powers, and when Arabs are overtaken by great storms they “Iron! Iron!’ which they do to pro- e the evil spirits in charge of the storm. * * * As to its shape a crescent was a form much favored by all nations. ‘The Chinese build tombs in this shape, and so do the Moors.” It was lucky to have a herse around in olden times, and so the writer sums up the luck of a horseshoe as found in three qualities which it possesses: “It is made of fron, it is the shape of a crescent and it has been worn by a horse.” So we find them gilded and beribboned in “my lady's parlor” and rusty and red above the stable door, and all for the sake of the phantom “luck,” or to drive away the “spirits” of our own invention. A shoe for “luck” should never be hung up with the open end town, because then the “luck will run out.” ., In the ninth century they began to shoe horses, but, strange to say, only in time of frost. King William I introduced horse- shoeing into England, and six horseshoes are on the coat of arms of the descendants of the man to whom he gave vast estates for caring for his horses in this way. No improvement has been made in horseshoes for years. Better iron has been used and better nails, but no change has come in shape or manner of putting them on. The “smithy” is a dingy-looking place, with its rows of shoes along the rafters, its big bellows, and its fire and anvil; but the “smith—he's a fine, sturdy fellow,” fuil of anecdote and news. “Horseshoes made of? Made of horse- shoe iron. A better class of iron than is used for other things, and is often made of old horseshoes melted down. Good nails? Yes, the Standard and the Ausable are what we like. Size? There's a quarter of an inch in difference. That? That’s a mule’s shoe. Mr. Mule has a narrower and smaller foot than a horse. Everybody knows that. Cut their toe nails? Yes, every time we shoe em. A man that owns a good horse don’t trust much to a roadside blacksmith. He ought to have his own shoer, just as he has his own barber. And that’s the way ‘big guns” do with boss horses. I like to shoe the same horse rather than shoe after some one else. We fellows never shoe just exactly alike, and when I get a horse trimmed I like to keep him.” ——_+-e+_____ THE CROP OF NOVELS. Works of Fiction Form the Majority of Mauuscripts Sent to Publishers. From the Philadelphia Timea. Novels form the largest part of the book manuscripts received by publishinghouses. Out of one hundred manuscripts received during a recent fortnight by a prominent publishing firm sixty-two were novels. In another case fifty-one out of one hundred manuscripts submitted during three: weeks were novels. This same publisher told me that sometimes the percentage of novels would reach 75 per cent. This tendency for novel writing is undoubtedly due to the fact that the greatest “hits” in the literary world are made with novels, and this stim- arg the average writer to work in this eld. Of all these novels it is plain to be seen from the figures given in the preceding Paragraph that scores must be written be- fore one is accepted. And even if a writer has a novel accepted, the percentage of success is decidedly against him. During this investigation process I selected fifteen recently published novels, issued by six different houses, and I learned that the entire number printed of these fifteen novels was 41,000 copies, or about 2,700 copies of each. And in this fifteen 9,000 copies were printed of »ne novel—really the cnly successful novel of the lot. It is safe to say that of these fifteen novels the average sale of each will not reach 1,000 copies. But giving that number to each, the novel selling at $1, the author would recelve less than $100 for his manuscript, deducting for mutilated copies and those “ert to the newspapers, etc. I know case after case where authors did not receive $50, all told, as a return for a novel, and sometimes very much less than that. ———+-e+____ JOHNNY BANKS’ FATHER. A Small Boy Got an Apple for a Unique Reason. . From the New York World. A Kentucky ~school committee whose members had Invitations to a hanging at the county jail struck town just before the district school was dismissed for the day. With a view,of combining business with their pleasure trip the committee dropped in on the schoolma’am and put a few questions to the scholars. The answers were so brilliantly incorrect that the teach- er was prompted by her pupils’ apparent ignorance to tell the committeemen that all the little ones were worked up over the coming event at the jail. Then she dis- missed the scholars. But the scholars, instead of trooping off as usual, hung about the yard watching with jealous eyes the proud and arrogant bearing of a small boy who strutted among them like a king in the midst of his cour- tiers. His every action was observed, and it was apparent that the greater part of the girls hung upon his words and glances. Eventually one of them offered a red, ripe apple to the boy, who took it without thanks and with cool superiority. His ac- tion and the queer behavior of the other children aroused the curiosity of one of the wisitors, and he turned to the schoolma’am, asking: “Who is that arrogant small boy?” The teacher looked, and then with a little air of wonder answered: “Why, don’t you know him? That’s John- ay Banks. It’s his father who is going to be hange: Well Of, but Busted. From the Whatcom Revellle. A traveling man was stranded at Custer a few days since by the non-arrival of a train, and asked a rancher if he could drive him to Whatcom. The rancher jumped at the opportunity and delivered him at the hotel in Whatcom. When he received $1.50 for the job he was hysterical with delight, and said he had not seen a cent of cash be- fore for six weeks, and for the previous six weeks had only 35 cents. This might serve for a horrible case of destitution were it not for the fact that the rancher had cows, chickens, wood and comfortable buildings, and the family were in a state of elegant health. MONEY NO OBJECT i ‘When It Stood in the Way of Speake : - ing Out fo Hénry Clay. From the Chicago Times-Heral& : “One of my boyhood recollections,” said General Wade Hampton, “refers to Henry Clay. He was a frequent visitor at my father’s house in South Cavojina. Both" Clay and my father were ardent whist Players, and nothing was more to their minds than the coNection of a brace of gentlemen equally addicted {6 whist, and’ then the quartet would play for hours. wee the name of whist might serve to” imply a game where silence reigned, father and Clay didn't play whist that way. They exulted audibly over a success, and did not hesitate when they were play~ ing as partners to violently point out mii takes the other had made, and attributed defeat to the other's ignorance and utter lack of natural intelligence. Indeed, on occasions particularly trying they were even known to apply hard names to one ancther. This they did in no slanderous spirit, but to brighten up and sharpen the wits of the other to the improvement of his play. As they were sitting down to a game as partners one evening Clay re- marked: “It’s a great outrage the way we talk to each other, and my idea now, at the outset, is for each of us to put up $20 to belong to the one who is first called hard names by the other. If you assail me the money is mine; if I forget myself you take. it.” “ ‘My father readily agreed. He felt ina mild, agreeable mood. He was confident he would never again be a prey to the slightest impulse to speak harshly to his dear friend Clay. And, besides, ite was his recollection that Clay was the man who raged and did the loud talking. So my father cheerfully placed the $20 on top of Clay’s. He thought it would be a good lesson to the blue grass orator to lose it. As they proceeded with the game Clay Made some excessively thick-headed and ill-advised plays. He led the wrong cards; he trumped the wrong tricks; he did every~ thing idiotic in whist that he well could. My father’s blood began to boil. As he and Clay lost game after game his wrath ran higher and higher. Still he bit his lips and suffered in silence. It went on for hours, until Clay made some play of crowning imbecility which lost him and my father the eleventh game. Flesh and blood could stand no more. My father sternly pushed the $40 over to Clay. “ ‘Why,’ said Clay, opening his gray eyes With a look of innocence and amazement, i do you do that? You haven't said a ‘0,’ retorted my father, ‘but I'm going to tell you, sir, that you are the most ab- ject idiot, the most boundless imbecile that ever dealt a hand at whist. Yes, sir, I repeat it, you are the —— fool I ever met in my life.’”” ———-ce+. SPOONING PARTIES. The Origin of a Term Used in Certain Regions in a Romantic Relation, From the St. Louls Republic. Apropos of the recent disturbance in re- ligious circles over the definition of “spoon- ing” the Tennessee version of it is given: “Spooning” parties are popular in som quarters. They take their name from a good old English word, which was intend- ed to ridicuie the alleged fantastic actions of a young man or a young woman who is in love. For some reason, which no one ever could explain, everrbody pokes fun at the lover. In fact, that unhappy char- acter is never heroic in real life, no mat- ter what great gobs of heroism are piled about him on the stage, and in all the ro- mantic story books. The girl in love, and the boy in love, are said to be “‘spooney.” When a “spooning” party is given the committee in charge of the event receives & spoon from each person who attends, or else presents each guest with a spoon. These spoons are fancifully dressed in male and femalg attire, and are mated either by the similasity of costume or by a distin- guishing ribbon. The girls and boys whose spoons are mates are expected to take care of each otker during the continuance of the social gathering. Of course, the distributfon of the spoons is made with the greatest possible careful- ness, the aim being to so place them as to properly fit the case of the young people to whom they are presented. The parties are usually given by the young people 6f some neighborhood, where the personal pret ence of each spooney is well known, they are the source of no end of fun. I possible, also, that they serve at aids matrimony ag well, and are therefore com- mendable, since an avowal is made more easy to a diflident swain after he feels that his passion is not a secret, but that his weakness for a spooney maiden is known to his friends and enemies on the committee whjch dispenses the spoons. It may be mentioned that after the spoons have been distributed among the guests, each couple retires for consulta-- tion regarding the reasons which caused the award of mated spoons in their case. This consultation is known by the name of “spooning. ——____+ee______ BOOKS AND THE PUBLIC. Manuscripts Often Rejected Some- times Score the Best of Successes. ‘Washington Correspondence Chicago Record. It is a well-known fact that the shrewd- est and most experienced publishers are often mistaken about the commercial value of manuscript submitted to them. Every- bedy knows that “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was rejected again and aguin before any one recognized its merit, and yet it has had larger sale and has been translated into more languages any other story ex- cept Bunyan’: 's 3.” “Alice in Wonderland” was also kicked about for four years before it could find a publisher, although its sales have been larger than any other book for children except the melodies of “Mother Goose,"’and I’ve heard a story of a more recent publication which affords equal consolation to authors who have rejected manuscripts. While the copyright law was under con- sideration by Congress, and its fate was doubtful, an aspiring young author called upon the committee of publishers who came to Washington to promote its pas- sage and informed them that he could con- trol the votes of four or five friends in the House of Representatives, which he would bring to the support of that measure ry vided they would publish a book he written and had offered to several of their trade without success. Votes were scarce and very necessary, but when the manu- script was examined by one after another of the publishers they promptly declined to take the risk, but as the bill approached the final stage, and was soon to be voted upon, they agreed to cast lots to determine who should buy the votes and stand the Icss. One of the largest publishing houses in the world was the victim of fate, and received the condolences of its competitors, The votes were delivered according to agreement, and a few monthe later the de- spised book was placed upon the market, when, to the astonishment of everybody familiar with the circumstances, it made an instantaneous “hit.” The first edition, which was small, sold in a few weeks. The second was disposed of befcre it left the press, and now the fifteenth edition in on the tables of the booksellers, the total having passed 60,000. It has brought the publishers a profit of between $20,000 and ,000, and over $9,000 has been paid the author as royalties. —_——_\_-+o+—___—_ A Plate Glass Wall. From St. Paul's. The most original room in the palace the queen occupies during her stay at Nice will be used as a dining room. At the north end he apartment,’ which is very finely pro- DE eaehe ‘a large piece has been cut out of the wall and filled in with one immense sheet of plate glass. Through this a most delightful view of Mont Chauve is obtained, the pictorial effect being enhanced by the fact that the window is surrounded by a handsome gold frame. Beneath this wip- dow a sideboard is set. Fsom the large drawing room are fine views down the hill toward Nice. A quiet room on the ground floor has been transformed into a prayer room, and the queen will attend service there on Sunday. ik] ——__+ e+ -__—_ ‘Tribute of the “Katharines.” From the London Telegraph. ‘A monumental stone has been placed in Petersborough Cathedral over the spot where the remains of Queen Katharine of Aragon were buried, on the north side of the chancel. The cost has been defray- ed by “Katharines” of England, Scotland, Ireland and America, Mrs. Clayton, wife of the canon, being one of the originators of the movement. The memorial is a beau- tiful Specimen of Irish gray fossil marble, and consists of a solid slab, measuring six feet nine inches by two feet three inches and weighing nearly a ton.