Peninsular news and advertiser. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1872-1904, 1877-06-29
An Hour With Scribner.

UlOn anu entertainments. u pOrllOn Vi WHlch VIC
transfer to our own columns that our readers
may at least have taste of its excellence. 1t
has an elaborate illustrated article on archery
and archery clubs in which the whole art Is
discussed and the formation of archery clubs
recommended for ladies and gentlemen of leis-
ure:
archery clubs of from seven TO fifteen men,
bers, both ladies' and gentlemen, could be
formed all over the country more easiIy,at less
expense, and with far better results than crick-
ct, croquet or baseball clubs. The rules gov
erning such organizations should be few and
simple, not unlike those of rifle clubs Prizes
could be offered, and medals of championship
adopted. Once brought into public notice and
fairly established. no sport or game would be
half so popular or permanent. 1t has in it all
the elements of desirable pastime and recrea-
tion. The physical exercise is better than
fencing, boxing or lifting; it has every feature
of an exciting competitive game, is attended
with no danger, and ''shows OFF, the human
form to the very best advantage-all its poses
being those of grace, ease, and power combined.
A lady who has made herself "handy" with
the bow never looks so well as when in the act
of shooting. In England, archery has long been
cultivated by ladies and gentlemen and es-
teemed fit sport for the gentlest und most
cultured clnsses."
FROM hn eNUenQeu urllcle on "htcuIuOHu
since the war;" we clip the following article:
The "Powhatan estate' was for two hundred
years the property of the Mayo family, and here
as the story goes, John Howard Payne fell
madly in love, when in Richmond, with Miss
Maria Mayo, (afterward Mrs. General Winfield
Scott) a famous richmond belle in her day,and
remarkable for her wit and intelligence,as well
as for her extraordinary beauty. Poor Payne
laid his heart at her feet but she is said to have
| toyed and coquetted with it, and then to have
| fung it aside When all hope of winning the
| fair prize was abandoned, Payne wentto Europe
| where he remained for nearly twenty years,
| and where he wrote his "Home, Sweet Home,"
which was first sung in his opera of "Clare," at
London. This traditional incident in the life
of Payne revives another (and one still cur
rent in Richmond) connected with General
Scott. 1t is said that when he first addressed
Miss Mayohe was only captain in the regular
army, and his suit was summarily dismissed
| Afterward, when a major, he renewed the prof
| fer of his hand, but with no better success The
| third time he wore the epaulets of a general,
and these promptly secured his acceptance
| When asked by one of her friends why she had
thus suddenly changed her mind, Miss Mayo is
| said to have replied: SIN my estimation, there
is very decided difference between captain,
or even a major, and general in the American
| army"
From the editorial department we select the
following on
| THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN POLITICS.
"On behalf of the people OF the Union, who do
the voting and have no political ambitions, we
would like to speak single word of warning
to the marplots and the irreconcilables who
oppose President Hayes We are simply anx-
| ious that justice shall be done in this country,
and that peace and prosperity may follow as
| consequences. Gen. Grant and his friends have
| had eight years i'll which to accomplish the
work of pacifying the South, and haze failed.
President Hayes has announced and inaugu-
rated another policy, which promises success;
and aOe propose TO stand By him until he has had
fair chance. He is only to have half the time
that was given to Gen. Grant,and he needs the
| popular support which we propose to give him.
Meantime, we propose to fight and politically
kill every man of you who tries to throw diff
culties in his way. We have no faith in your
motives, we have lost all confidence in your
wisdom, we do not believe in your candor and
disinterestedness we regard you as void of
patriotism.
The people are tired of discord. They intend
that the policy of the new administration shall
have fair chance They want peace. They
want reform in the civil service, for they feel
that mercenary politics have been a curse and
disgrace to them. They are, at least, not
| ready TO join in any crusade against the policy
| of the President, until it has had fair chance
TO work out its results. Any politician, there
| fore, in any position, who undertakes factious
opposition to this policy in its nitiatory stage,
they will regard as public enemy, on whom
they will not hesitate to wreak their revenge.
1t will be q good plan for all the demagogues
to take low seat for the present, and keep
their mouths shut,if they have any hope of
| fa f., ell. f,o
From the some department we have
| THE PAuPER POISON.
| ''The spoils doctrine, as it has been held and
practiced in party politics for the last thirty
| years, is a pauper doctrine. 1t has grown out
| of the almost universal wish to get living, or
to get rich, at the public expense. To get a
chance at the public money, men have been
willing to sell their independence to do the
dirty work of ambitious politicians and to be-
come morally debased to an utterly hopeless
extent Men hav chung to corporations in the
same way, and they cannot yet be shaken off
from them. To get something for nothing-to
get something for less than it is worth-to get
something without paying for it its equivalent
in good, honest work, especially if it could be
taken from the government OF q corporation
| this has been the shameful greed of the age and
| it is only pauperism. 1t comes from the genu-
| ine poison. 1t is a direct and legitimate devei-
| opment of the moral scrofula which taints the
| blood of the country.
The signs of the poison are everywhere.
They are notably wherever there is a spirit of
speculation. Wall street is the very paradise
of pauperism-its paradise or its hell 1t matters
little which. Wherever there is man who is
getting something for nothing-receiving it,
not as a dire necessity, but gladly and as mat
| ter of policy-there is a pauper There are
multitudes of churches that insist that their
ministers shall be paupers. They never estab-
lish thorough business relation between them
selves and their teachers, but 1t is q gift by
whatsoever the latter may be benefited. I'm
happily, there are too many ministers who ac-
cept the position gladly. OF course there is a
vital distinction between the gifts that flow
toward a public teacher as manifestations of
the popular affection, and gifts that arc doled
out to him because it is thought that he needs
them. The first can be received with honor
but the second cannot be received. in any case
where the money has been honestly earned,
without the disgrace of the recipient and the
moral damage of the donor But it happens
that multitudes of ministers are actually
| trained for pauperism. In certain notable
| theological school, which now contains one
| hundred and ten students, there are ninety
young men who are receiving aid. What meth
cd is it possible to pursue with these men so
sure to destroy their independence and manli-
ness as this 2's-a..-.--s.
''Hobson's Choice; This or Nothing.''