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1t has Just been decided by the Su-
preme Court Of Illinois that "a man can
not be excluded from the witness stand
in that State By reason of his religious
belief.
The witness in the case under review
had declared that he believed in the
existence of a God and hereafter: he
felt that if he swore falsely be would
be punished under the law Of the State.
but had never thought seriously whe-
ther he would be punished either in
this world or the next 10y Supreme
Being. In other words. he did not
seem to recognize his accountability to
Providence IN this matter.
Objection was urged to his testify ing
on the ground that a witness must not
only believe in the existence of a
Deity. but also that lie viii punish any
one who gives false testimony.
The Supreme Court overrules the 0b
lection and holds the witness cOmpe-
tent. He would not have been com
petent, II remarks, prior to the adoption
of the Constitution Of 1870. That de-
clares that mo person shall be denied
any civil or political right privilege or
capacity on account Of his religious
opinions
The effect Of this, the court says, j,
ito abrogate the rule which obtained il
this State prior 10 the Constitution OF
1870. There is no longer any test on
qualification in respect u religious
opinion or belief, or want of the same.
which affects the competency Of citi-
zens to testify as witnesses III courts of
Justice. New York Herald.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-10

rr,r..o yvsln..la called DAME "ox-
,rsc3rant ahsnrl. disgusting: in short,
a Methodist rarson In Btdlam .' sam.
Del Pepys. Esd. thought Othelo 81
mean hing f:au8 Midsummer Nigh, IS
Dream ..fhe most m.iud. ridIcui8u.
,.i.,. I .,.~ esv bon my lille. Bacon F..
I9.fanratio .ltpna was described by an
.n,tnant c8ntcnuerafy as "lhe sillie-t
of printed books" Hacket. IN his Life
a., Lord Kocpor Williams. calls Milton
o., pettv .rhoolbov .,libblsr:N and ~
oth.r c,rtonr.-..rv smoke Of him IL,
.,ti.o .,,.hor of "a rrri.ta and iasclvious
noon, called Parslise L9s+. The critics
have shown themselves very poor
intge. of st,ip. either iu literature
ar art. As ii general rule am author
a. ann, ,,s.i. o- sar.ou-re.s could not
,,.s.,l.l,.Io o. moro foolish thing than
lake theiralvice. Turner was incompar.
ablv lhe greatest painter Of his age, yet
his SIS lc during The greater part oi his
life furnished q common Joke to every
scribbler. aud nelgcd the caliOw plu-
mare If every w0uii.be Wit. Carlyle :
effect mon his aye was produced in
great measure bv his stylc: vet his
STYLE was for some time denounced as
travesly ol English which was PER
iectly intOlerable. Mr. RI-kin is Row
almost universally regarded as the
greatest living master ol E0glish prose.
set many critics at first received ms
style with ulmeasured riticule. When
Sir. Browning published his first poem
Pauiinc-s0me critic or other called bim
verbose. UnIortunately-as he hes
told us-he paid too much attention 20
toe remark. aud i'm his desire 10 use no
supeIluoGs word, studied an elliptic
concentration OF style hich tod fatally
against ,ne ieNoy inleiIigioility Oh 9Jr
deilO dHd oiuef ialeI noelns' surrey
The record OF me pat 5DerlallOns even
OF iliusirious critics should teach every
earnest man 1h"l be need not be AIRED
10 hoid MS o" d. ~ J'nns'on was
looked up TO rs lne Iilei",y DICTATOR u
MS day' YET ne sara Oh VIe autiior Oh
An Elegegy in country ChuIchyaId'
Sir lie was Gull lI new
way and inal mace many people can
nm great. Anu 7uic"" "'' ne " -
Horac. wa ,lr' hau uo'n'ps oe'te' 10
say OF Df' 3Hhson 'nan va. ne was .
haDOling GA woman tfeJud'cs ana
bigOtrY, ana pride ana presumption
and arrogance are the nags that brew
his life. " or Horace Walpoie' II his
turn, and Of ms play. The Mysterious
Mother, waish Byron so e ,i ',a
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story of Berosus was neither drawn
from the Hebrew record, nor is the
foundation of il, can hardly be
questioned. IL is highly probable. II
not certain. that Berosus relied upon one
of the versions for there seems to have
been several) of the old Babylonan epos
extant in his time. and. II that ia n rea-
sonable conclusion. why is il unreason-
able TO believe that the two stories.
which the Hebrew compiler has put to-
gether in such an inartistic fashion.
were ultimately derived from the same
source? / Say ultimately. because 1T
does not at all follow that the two YER
sions. possibly trimmed by the JehO-
vistic writer on the one hand, and by
tina Elohistic on the other. 10 suit He
brew requirements, may not have been
current among the Israeltos for ages.
And they may have acquired great au-
thority before they were combined in
the Pentateuch.
Looking NJ the cOnvergence OF all
these lines Of evidence to the one con-
clusion-that the story Of the tlOod in
Genesis is merely a Bowdlerised YER
sion of one of the oldest pieces Of purely
fictitious literature eXtant: that wheth-
er this is. or is not, ITS origin, the events
asserted i'm il TO have taken place as
suredly never did take place; further,
that. in point OF fact. the story. IN the
plain aud logical necessary sense of Its
words, has long since been gwen up by
orthodox and conservative cOmmenta-
tors OF the Established Church. can
but admire the courage and clear fore
sight of the Anglican divine who tells
us that we must be prepared TO choose
between the trustwOrthlnCss OF scientific
method and the trustwOrthlness Of that
which the Church declares to be d.
vine authority For. 10 my mind. this
declaration of war 20 the knife
against secular science. even in its
most elementary forms; this rejection
without a moment s hesitation OF any
and all evidence which conflicts with
theological dogma. Is the only position
which is logically r,cOncilable with the
axioms Of orthodoxy. Ii the Gospels
truly report that which an incarnation
Of the God Of Truth communicated 10
the world, then il surely is absurd to
attend TO any other evidence touching
matters about which he made any clear
statement, or the truth of which is dis
tinctly implied By his words. II the
exact historical truth Of the Gospels is
an axiom of Christianity, it Is as just
and right for Christian 10 say, let as
close our ears against suggestions Of
scientific critics as it is for the man Of
science TO refuse 10 &c his time upon
circle.equarers and fat earth fanatics.
Professor Huxley in tine Nineteenth
Century.
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AsTo MEMBERS


The marvellous recovery OF the re-
cords of an antiquity far superior 70
any that can be ascribed to the Penla-
teuch which has been effected by the
dccipherers of cuneiform characters bas
put us in possession OF a series, once
more, not of speculations. but of facts.
which have a most remarkable bcal IN Z
upon the question OF the trustW orthi-
ness of the narrative Of the food.
1t Is established that, for centuries before
the asserted migration of Terah from
u of the Chaldees, (which. according
10 the orthodox interpreters of the Pen
tateuch, took place after the year 1000
b. c., Lower Mesopotamia was the seat
of "a civilization in which art and
science and literature had attained a
development formerly unsupported, or ,
if there were faint reports OF it, treated
as fabulous. Aud il is also no matter
Of speculation, but fact, that the
Libraries of these people contain YER
sions OF long epic poem. one of the
twelve books of which tells story OF a
deluge which. in number of its lead.
ing features, corresponds with the story
attributed to Berosus. no less than with
the story given IN Genesis, with curious
exaciness. Thus, the correctness Of
Canon Rawlinson's conclusion that the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-10

The iron ore5 of the South are not
only extremely abundant, but occur ia
several widely separated fields. Toe
Shenandoah dislrc. OF Virginia and the
neighboring valley Of the Roanoke.
Western North Carolina, Eastern Ken
lucky and Tennessee. Northwestern
Georgia and Northern Alabama. all dis
tricts belonging TO the system OF the
Appalachians, abound in workable de-
posIts Of this mineral. Texas, Arkan.
sas, Missouri, also contain valuable irOa
ores. but theylie remote from deposits
of good coal. The peculiar advan-
tage of the Appalachian district
is found in the fact that the ores
lie IN the neighborhood OF escell,n.
coal beds, which in certain cases
can be used as it comes fgom the nine.
or may be made 10 serve the needs et
the smelter altar it Is converted into
coke. The average distance of the iron
ores from the coal needed to reduce it
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-10

The evil % bt corrected by the new
rules Is admitted by the eX.M. G.. H.
therefore proposes much better re-
medv. as Dee thinks. At the outset &c
should bee borne i'm mlud that the
remedy in u.s. has done les work. The
House II Hepr cseutaliFes hy lis clpi-
bic and sensible transactions of business.
has attracted the approval of the whole
country. The unknown writer SAYS
That ihis should all be 500 aside and his
remedy adopted. aud the shades "
many eminent persons. dead and living,
thereby be pIacalel. Did 10 ever occur
To the reader VIA. singular dispensN
ton oil Providence 10 is whereby those
who 30 not have tine things of this
world o. do could have alway S
done them SO much better than
the poor creatures who did de-
them: Did you ever see sidewalk
committee w no. could not build a fines
house than the architect aud the master
workman: |. really looks as ii Pfovi-
dence bad waited It's most cl0ying
sweetners on tue desert air. The new
rule which the critic suggests is that
the Speaker should Tue cach member
who refuses 60 vote mot exceeding
fifty doilars. and thereby compel the
horse TO drink. This seems very strange.
coming as it does from a wri,er who
has 50 deep respect for the letter OF
the law that. " hen the Constitution
says the votes OF both houses shall be
determined 0y the yeas and nays" he
will be satisfied With no construction
which shall not determine the quorum
the same way.-N5rlh American r.
view.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-10

The land of Washington oWD. .. .-
estimaile debt t0 hie mother N.l..H
did ,he mould a character clu.
conaollIug the les.nies 0i tle r.. H.
but By her wise decision ,ho an..
the Application OF THAI character. s
the questioned George future .....
bad CD Dee settled. The navy
offer the most desirable path u
and fortune. His family favored
friends whose opinions were v.'. ..a.
valuable advised h, tho youth .u
inclined TO &C.. A midshipla NN
rant was obtained: hi, ba-gs.a.
said. was ON board uau oi n...
ch0Iei lnst below MOunt Atrl...
mothers Judgment uiumphDi l
luggage was brought ashore. a.-
land, in war. and I'D the nole,. ..r
victories OF peace. ua rose lo far.
Il would be- hard 60 iud clN...
which owes It's force more decl.o.'
the mother. Gentleman IN. F.
was by birth. patriot though r. .0
m times that crniy tried mer
there VAS by n1luTe bu. hti..
hero, sull less of tho genius. al,.. M
lnspired by his mothers mII
guided by Der ~. dom. bee l.rt
into man whose country has "m
her father. and who's Same OiHr
cannot reach Charlotte IaNU . .l.
Home-Maker.
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SOME AUGUST MAGAZINES.
FIVE MINUTES WITH SOME
WRITER'S OF THE HOUR.

Reeds Reply tox. N Glow rasteur
Got His Idea-Iron Ores of the south.
The Mother Of washington-Rcaia and
False Hydrophobia.
1t may be laid down in tie very be-
ginning Of our consideration Of the
subject that the victim OF false hydro
phcbia can only have those symptoms
Of which he has knowledge. Cnfoftu.
nately, the real disease has received so
much notice from newspapers and
other popular publications that toler.
ably correct knowledge Of its phenom-
ena has been acquired by the laity.
Nence. we find that the picture ordi.
narily presented by The unconscious
simulatOr is. at least % cursory Obser-
vatiOn. not unlike the real affection
There are. however, great differences
which the educated physician will no.
fail 10 detect, and which viii enable
him to do what has never teen yet done
with real hydrophobia cure the pa
,ient.
Hydrophobia never originates, in the
human subjectat least, except by inocu
lation from q rabil animal. and death
always occurs ia four or five days after
the development of thedisease. \ case
of sOcalled hydrOphObia came under
my notice in which 10 was stated that
the patient h3d been bitlCn some three
months previously b. "a dog undoubtcd-
ly hydr)phobic. J inquired as 90 " hat
bad become Of the dog. and WIS in
formed that he was Sill living, having
recovered. II was not necessary 10 eX-
anime amy further INFO the particulars
of this case, for If the dog had really
been the subject OF hydr2phooia he
would have been dead very shortly after
biting my pItient
Again. il often happens That person
easily ffectea by suggestion has what
ne couceives 10 Da lhe symptoms a. hy-
droph0ou developed very soon after
having been bitlln by imposed rold
animal whereas tine real disease rli.ly
supenenps until after q month has
elapsed from the time oil ilocuiatiou.
Ii is true. there are cases en- record va
which the period of iucublti0u WAS less
than thar. but they are exceedingly
rare. In nay own cases the time has
varied from twenty-five days To four
months and halt. Case, DID which the
disease is sand lo baye -upervencd many
years ailof ona.lc-el in cuiat.n ought
% be received with doubt. The inter
val probably never exceeds tNo years
,r De- l0.- rn.u tam DAVIS II d. N
Hammond iu North American Review.
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powerful journal OF the period mix'd
up its criticism of one Of ibe nnblest
aud tenC crest poems Of the present day
In Memoriam-w sneers at the
Amaryllis of the Chancery Bar" and
10 recall the violent diatribes which
were expended on the poem OF Maud.
Mrs. Barrett Browniug's Aurora Leigh
lives by its intrinsic worth. though
foul words were used to blacken, and
stupid wickedness to strangle it," Mr..
Browning was over and over again in
suited and brow beaten by hosts Of
critics for fifty years. He himself told
me how any recognition Of him was
probably retarded for twenty years by
the sheer accident of his receiving for
one of bis early poems two words,
pure balderdash, in place Of an elab-
crate and appreciatiye essay on the
poem by John Stuart Mill, which
would have been inserted by the editor
with equal readiness. if the previous re-
view had notappeared. | would rather
have written PrOyerbial Philosophy
though never admired more than two
lines in it-than have shared in the
common basen,ss of necessarily heap
ing insult on a defenseless and amiable
man. who, like the rest of US. may have
had his folbles. but who had done his
little best in life. Truth compels me to
say that have seen bat few reviews
from which | could gain even the least
information or adopt the most trifiug
hint. But, though | think, with Mr..
Ruskin. that bad critic is probably
the most mischievOus person in the
world. not even against the least hon
Orable DO l cherish a particle of rancor.
--Archdeacon Farrar, in Forum for
August.
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to the metallic state does not pr.b,brv
exceed one hundred miles I'm. o,e.
OF the Lake Superior distric, have b..
be transported from seven 10 ton t,,.,.
this distance 10 find an appr0pr.ate f,.r
IL il true that the average richpo.. -
the Lake Superior ores IN metallic iro,
is probably nearly One-third greo.o,
than those found IN The Southern STATE.
and the former yicid Bessemer iran
which, save in rare instances. cannot NJ
produced from the southern deposits Oh
the other hand. the Southern Ores a,.
generally won with considerable o...
Enough ore 10 make a ton 81 ir1n cam
at many points be- mined and put m th.
furnace az cost Of between on...I
two dollars. while 10 bring the .m.
amount Of raw material from tha ..rl
about Lake Superior io the sm.f.n.
point. costs at the pro emit time from.
nine 90 twelve dollars Moreover. th.r,
is method of making steel known ..
the Basic Process, which for general
purposes. Is as good af Che B m.r
system. THIS method is nc'l nrr.rt
and with the expiration Of cortainra.
ents. which no % few years Will ces.. i1
be valid. will doubtless come irtl y.r.
cral use in the southern Siatls.
The peculiar ease with which H.
Southern ores are mined. b., in good r1r.
due % their geological conditions.
They are generally in the form oi tur
beds which once wer lmestouCs. and
have been converted by pelc0aUrr
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Catholic Church statistics.

The annual report lust issued by the
sacred congregation Of the Propaganda,
Rome. gives the statistics Of the Catho.
lie Church throughout the world. The
report 10 a book OF GIG pages. An ac-
count Of the work being done in each
nation is given. Each account is fol-
lowed by statistical table, which fur
nishes the latest returns prior TO the
time the relort was sent to press, June 81.
Here are the figures OF the Catholic
Church in the United States; Catho.
lies. S,lGS. sos; priests, 1857; churches,
?.O72; chapels, ..G5S; parochial schools,
$500; scholars. 543,l charitable in
stitut.ons, 5l4. Ireland has 3s0S, 696
Catholics, 2,55S churches and chapels,
1907 parish churches. 1920 priests,
5.349 schools. and ~ seminaries. The
returns for England are as follows;
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-10
LITERARY LEAVES.
ONE VIEW OF TOLSTO's KREuT-
ZeR SONATA.

His Indictment of Human Nature -
Mistakes of Great Critics-Tbe Chance
for Authors Notes of Various
Cities.
For three years the great Russian
novelist has been fashion, fad, a
craze. Enthroned by Mr.. Howell s
high above predecessors and competi'
tors. his fame was thought to be estab
lished forever on the rock OF realism.
II some Of US were growing little
tired of the dfeary waste TO which he
reduces life mot to speak Of the endless
nu aud du Of his too faithful traus-
Iatori. We scarcely dared TO hint IT.
But now the master has smitten his
own repute under the fii,h rib, and adj
ministered a cruel rebuff to his thick
and.thin admirers. Iftheir loyalty can
stomach and survive The Kfeu'zar
Sonata, " it must be firm indeed.
As everybody knows. there have been
two phases in 1OlstOis career. FIRST
rs the man OF the world and Of modern
Russia. the self dcceiving vOtary I'm his
own later view of SOU less conventions
and goddess pleasures, who wrote Anna
Karcnina and War and Peace-booka
he would nov tain dlsOwn, therein
reckoning without his readers. Next
as the renourccr of "a world lying III
wicAedness. the apostle of strange and
lofty theories the writer of sociallsuc
Sundav.sch00l tales for MCujiks and
their children. relieving the plain and
sometimes coarse realism Of his style
and matter. with spirit Tia. was
nothing II 10 was not ideaiistiC And
now we have newdcpartufe' which
will enable Mr. Maurice Thompson TO
point with pride Co his indignant CLASH
hcaticu OF Toisiol with Z)la. year or
two ago.
And vet Tol-toi has not changed he
has only dcyelopcd-unluckily IN q
wrong direction he isa relormer whose
great wit aud zeal are 10 madness
near allied. He is "a prophet denoun-
cling SIN with a iervor little tempered
b3 discretion nor can the purity OF the
sfvts Mis-. Hanro,I was rieht i'm re-
...5,;r., ,or n~oo,ise IN translate IL. and
fo. 80, r,;lI a,srL Mr. Tucker for doing
- lbo refn.ed IN IN. The book
"n ,' n1,srto h.vo been prigtei. not
-, o,,Lo~ I'm. for the eminent
, - i, 80 d, ,gouli hardly have
s,'''', - ,,,.i,si'or m Fo0l,ndor Ameri-
,o''' T.. III o,rort viii h. ~ diseustde
oa, ~ ,oa D'', a,-S iri'te "a oraaf reDu-
tst;or
TeIsbal volume as improper is
,f,..,, .'ico,tss, n bnt Inn this case it
,.a,. b.. s,toiv soi5 tha. the book J.. no
u,-ro atfror,i,e tnau improyiug. The
Kroutzer Sonata. snort as il is. is heart
reiding. the story hidcou5 bat slight.
Wanf,9ne. i'm youth. strangely con-
ioinsl ,,ith fantastic and homogeneous
LII. ~ Las-vanJ, ll.adyised marriage.
,,n.o,r.,i4lifv ouarrels. jealousy.
~ L. all there is Of IL. But
~. .orlva neg ON which to hang the
onear AID vioi nt theories of one
1So.Jni-Chegi -o nearly mad that his
,,ia,,- an arv sibiect must be all but
valr.less. The book is doctriuaire Gc
t,,n N tl,a most prououuced type. an
ounce If incident to pound Of lren-
zicd declamati0u 10 dethrOnes God
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-10

Joseph K. Wilson, ID. d., Stated
Clerk Of the Southern Presbyterian
Church publishes a summary of its sta
tistics, from which it appears that that
body now has u presbyteries, and in
crease Of three over last year; l.179
ministers, and increase OF 81; 2,A0O
churches, an increase OF 10; IL 400 addi-
tions on examination, an increase 499:
and lGS, 79i communicates, an Increase
Of 7.040. The contributions for all pur-
poses have increased, except for educa-
ton, which has fallen off nearly SIG 900
below the unusually large sum of S54.-
SOS Of last year. The total Tor congre.
gatioDaI purposes and beneyolence is
a. 727 .263.
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Sir Walter SCOTS journal 8"
appear in the autumn. produce n
lhe original. which is preserved , Ao.
bot ford. Mr.. David n.Ggas N .dt
It and add. besides eisHou.e eN..ari.
tory notes, illustrative eAt,a,a 'i F"
unpublished sources. cn.ct cmou. ODD m
being the rcmiuicenc DOB mama
Of james Skeue, one col Scots 0.l'.
and most Intimate fv.eJs. Iucr. ti'
also letters from Caris e and locaiti.-
The wko.o work vail f.rm $50 D..t'
volumes, ana They arc said 60 cet..'-
nearly double ibs amoat OF matter .'s1
by LockhaFt, while tie SENTENCES i.'
graphs viii appla ~ as they Nei'
written by Scott. Miny passage were
truncated by Looklatr. mauy entries
were omitted, and fol five months 40.
line was reproduced.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-10
STRENGTH OF CHURCHES.
STATISTICS OF INTEREST TO
THOUSANDS.

Some Figures Collated by the New f"rh
Independent. Embracing all penomina
ton. In the United states.
The New York Independent has col
lated the following statistics, which
will be of interest to thousands, they
embracing the many plans of denomina-
lions in the United States, and are as ac'
curate as care and forethought may
make them.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-10

On the very lowest slope of the Mount
of Olives, deep down and unseen be-
yond the enclosing wall OF the Temple
area, lice the garden which Is so asso-
ciated with the sacred story Gethse-
male. the scene Of the agony. Almost
opposite to it, on the other side Of the
road which traverses the narrow val
lev. is what is now called the Golden
Gate. supposed to have been the
beautiful gate Of the Temple. 1t
would be the natural and nearest
way by which TO reach that sacred
retirement BY this gate, no doubt,
the betrayer and his stealthy band
would follow the steps of the Lord to
His favOrite haunt, stealing down un-
der the twilight skies. to where the
shade Of the pale olives sheltered His
prayers and mysterious anguish. aud
the troubled doing of the disciples
sleeping for SORROW, confused by the
strange uncOmprehended tide of events
which was drawing their feet toward
something they knew not what. And
hv this path again, 40 doubt. they led
their prisoner back, avoiding the peo-
Piled ways, hurrying Him into the
stronghold of His enemies.
Ii is said that there exists a Mos
lem tradition that by tins gate the
Messiah Is to ride into the holy
place. taking back His kingdom, and
consequently the precaution has been
taken--a curiously Intellectual one, CON
sidering the greatness Of the event of
building up the gate. There is some
thing even in this superstition which is
grateful TO the imaginative mind. And
the singularly touching juxtaposition
Of the Temple gate and the garden is
still more memorable. Gethsemane
itself, a site about which there is no
manner OF doubt, is now garden OF
flowers, protected by trim pIlings "A
modern garden, orderly and well cared
for. which gives a certain shock to the
mind, but rather Tor the first moment
than permanently Blackwood' Mag
azine.