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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-25
The Flags on Public Schools.
To the Editor ofhe DsDatca.

40 Nle EdltOf OF me D7SDdtc0:
am obliged to you for your editorial
and the quoting the opinion of Mr.. Kell,
Acknowledgement of Georgia, " that only
the State flag should float over the Capt.
toll" l had controversy lately with q
Sidie correspondent IN regard to the
United States flag on our public schools.
There is no reason in it. MIR. Ran.
Tucker. l know. agrees with me. II would
be q good thing 70 have the boys at our
public schools taught the Constitution.
Ii is very evident. as | saw then. that O
great many men have never read it, The
flag of the United States upon our Senate
chamber may be designed to express the
dual form OF our government. and in this
light it is not inappropriate. | hear little
said nowadays about the composition of
the United States Senate as a proof of the
coequality Of the States. There Delaware,
as you know-and every body ought to
KNOWS as big as New York or Texas.
There she has as much power in making
treaties. &C., that might endanger her in-
dependence or safety as the largest State
IN the Union. 1t Is not wealth or popula-
ton that makes State great. but her in
herent rights aud lofty spirit of independ-
ence, VIRGINIA.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-25
THE RTCHMoND DrsPATcH--sUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1892

ness is only another name for charac-
ter" corrugated in the future tense. we
need 10 rid religion of the odor OF the
sepulchral and the suggestion OF the fune-
raj. The church edifice used regularly 70
he planted IN tho middle OF q graveyard.
That was because religion was conceived OF
IA revelant first OF ell to the life 20 come.
Tho tendency to-day. "a one whioh the
coming Christian will DO to a still greater
degree controlled by. ia to appreciate the
significance OF man while in his mundane
stage. and 10 help him actualize his per-
sonal possibilities, so far as may be. while
vet tenant of this world. lndiyiduals
must be sanctifed. but tho relations
which subsist between them must be sane
tiled also. All the great questions which
aritate us therefore. socially. municipality,
and nationally. will come TO DO more dis-
tinctly conceived OF rs properly, passln;g;
under religious puryiew. This Will
be return 10 original ground. In
the old Hebrew centuries the pro-
phet was also the statesman. he
mad no consciousness OF a dividing
line between the area of the religious and
the civic. With him piety and patriotism
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worthy TO receive from Him." But He
kisses the hand that gives an aims and
sheds HIS sunny smile on all people who
remember His poor relations on earth at
Christmas time. john X. PAXTON.
THE Greatest of All Is the Truth"
Christmas teaches us to divide the word
OF truth from human errors and miscon-
ceptions so far as we can by the sincere
use of reason, because, Bishop Butler saws,
this is the only faculty we have to judge
without concerning anything, even revela-
ton itself. and the holy spirit OF truth
then will be more than the Bible even,
and it will be our teacher.
IL teaches US to welcome the truth
science reveals TO us as the truth OF God,
which is also liable to make us wise unto
salvation" not speaking of her as the
handmade of religion, but giving her
warm and true welcome as the winsome
younger sister of religion.
1t teaches us to hold tor the first article
in our creed the humanity of God and the
divinity of man, and hold also and teach
the truth that the week days are as sacred
In their essence and purpose as the SUM-
days and the workmans bench and anvil
as the pulpits and affairs, because there
also If we be true men We are co-workers
together with God.
It teaches US TO say to no man. "Stand
on, lot am nOner than thOu," but TO
blend our life with the life OF the rank
and life in sympathy and good will and
not merely of one sect OF another, and
win by loving; yet while we hold with
the good apostle that love Is greater than
faith or hope remember that the greatest
OF all is the truth. ROBERT CoLLYER.
The LESBOS of Christmas Manifold.
The duty of caring for ones health of
body and spirit and transmitting il 10
ones descendants; the duty of saving
every drop of life; the duty of transmitting
ones dollar into something better than
gold; the duty of making this life. ones
own life. and ones neighbours life. as
sweet, as strong. and as joyous as possible.
as the best preparation for the lite which
is to come. j think that all Of these are
among the vital lessons taught by Christ
mas. CHARLES Il. DEEMS.
Christmas Brings Us Closer to God.
Christmas brings as closer TO God. and
teaches us to concern ourselves less about
biessedness by and by than about cha
rRcser here and now, and that blessed
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-25
The Old Christmas and the New
[Scene-An Old Virginia Plantation.l
MARGARET ]. PRESTON.

BY MARGARET J. PRESTON.
(The Grandmother Speaks.)
You tell me tomorrow Is Christmas-Day,
But why should / care to know
Therell be nothing about IL 70 call 70 mino
The Christmas OF long ago.
"And how did We keep tho Christmas then7"
Well, listen, and you shall hear;
And maybe you'll cease 10 wonder why
pine for its hearty cheer.
They'll never come back-those good old times
never shall live 10 geo
Such beautiful holidays as We had
Before we were all so free.
Yes-yes-I know what you're going TO say
OF Progress, and what you will;
And though am none OF your Jasper sort,
Who thinks that the sun stands stu,
I'd rather you'd give me downright facts,
Instead Of your rant and noise;
What good has your Progress done for me,
Or Dinah, or Cesar's boys7
Now, mind You | would not put rock
In the way Of the headlong train;
But tell you, children, | wish to-day
Old Christmas was back again
What rollicking. frolcking times we had
As soon as December came;
What fattening OF turkeys, ducks, and geese
What lardeIs were filled with camel
What storage Of all delicious things
Mince pies by the dozen score;
Plum-puddings, plum-cakes from tho same re-
ceipt
Brought over By Lord Dunmore.
What cartridges hesped the pantry shelves,
What barrels Of eggs stood by,
What launches the gay young hunters brough,
For the richest OF yenison pie!
We garlanded all the walls with green,
And under the chandelier
with none OF your Pickering gas ablaze,
But with wax-lights burning clean
The mistletoe bough we duly hung
With branches OF holly bright;
And under its berries OF purest pearl
There was kissing on Christmas night
Such barrows of hickory piled the sheds,
Such kndling pine-knols storedl
For bright In the chImneys OF twenty rooms
The noblest OF fires roared.
When all was ready, then came the guests,
With plenty OF merry din,
And kindred and cousi MS by the score,
To welcome the Christmas in.
From Christmas morn til New Years eve,
Was ever o scene so gay?
With rides and driving, and dance and song
We nirted the hours away.
We sent to "The Quarters all things good,
With beer OF the best home-brew
Why, bless you, their frolics outriy vailed ours
They danced TO the banjo, too.
See yonder. "The Quarters all are down,
The banjo and bones are dlmb;
No plans for the noisy negro games,
There's nobody now to come.
How chilly the rooms arei Scarce Gre:
No henping OF hickory on;
For Jim Is abroad with his dog and gun,
And they tell me the housemaids gone.
An, well may own the change Is good
For Pomp, and for such as he
You darlings may like the New Christmas beat.
But the Old was the one for mo.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-25
The Old Subscriber.
fAtt.,..

Been taking OF tho paper
For nifty years or more;
Tue very first subscriber
That loomed up Ia the door.
Knew ell the ancient editors
Who made the sheet "a gen."
And stu kept on subscribing
When tho country buried them.
Was there before the railroads,
, The Indian aud the bear;
When they had measles once q month
And preaching once q year.
Hes seen three generations
OF editors 80 down,
And now hes waiting 10 attend
The funeral Of the town.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-25
A Heather View of Christmas

n He1tnfU wow oA
If the Lord Jesus knew how his follow
ers would eXterminate each other, and how
thew would baptize the earth in the pre-:
cious blood of the innocent children or
God. He would have not taken all the trou-
bic to come down and preach that famous
sermon of Confuciauism on the Mount,
and then to die so cruelty on a cross Ma:
tions who had never known the woes OF
war, communities which had never seen
calamities until the Christians inserted
their caunon-balls. will have strong case
of damage against them at the Bar some
time.
How much worse could we be If Christ
had never preached! How much more
rruel could one nation be toward the clti-
Gems of a friendly nation if there were no
churches? Preaching does not change:
Churches do not purify the nature Of Of
save us from death. Publication and
grandeur of men and natlons begin, with
the individual man. WoNG CHIN Foo.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-25
A GOMEZ DEBATE CHRISTMAS.
Ingenious Devices to FuI the Children's
Stockings.

ingenious DEVICES 10 EHI TUG tHiIUFehs
Stockings.
Written for ths Dispatch.l
How different are the contents OF the
Christmas stockings of the southern boys
and girls of to-day from what they were
during the war;
Mas ample white stockings hung from
the nails beneath the mantelpiece or from
the gas-brackets, and the distorted hosiery
lmost burst with the fairness Of home pro-
duction, although war waged largely by
famine (the one method by which the
South could be and was conquered)
was going on. But Of course the
presents contained in the Confederate
Christmas stocking we're truly simple and
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-25
There's a Warning An This.

A religious phonetic reporter in London
thought to try his hand on a hymn as sung
by the choir. He got this
Waw kaw swaw daw aw raw.
Tbaw saw thaw law aW raw:
Waw kaw taw thaw raw yaw yaw Draw,
Aw thaw raw Jaw saw awl
On referring to the hymn-book be dis
covered that the words supposed to be
sung were;
Welcome, sweet day OF rest,
That saw the Lord arise
Welc0me 10 this revivtng hreas1
Aud these rejoicing eyesl
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ran together in such way that 1t was i'm;
possible for him 20 tell where one lett on
md the other began. All reciprocal duties
and relations were grasped by him IN the
clutch of religious conception. ms VIII
bring The Church and the times INTO Ear
more intelligent relations With each other'
and NAV God speed the day!
c. II. PARKHURsT.
HYMN nf the Nativity
stiIl are the wales ana white,
Still all the snowy height. -.
Where, through the parting night,
The shepherds keep ward:
Bright over Bethlehem
Finishes tho farCst gem
In heavens bright dlhdem-
The star Of our Lori.
Still on the mothers breast
Lieth the babe at rest,
By angel hands caressed,
By angels adored.
From the white throne above
Bringing the light thereof
Bringing His Greed OF love,
Our lover and Lord.
Hail thou most blessed day,
shining our night away,
bringing Gods tender sway,
To earth His glad wo'd.
Blessing above tho ban,
"Peace and good will 10 man,
"Peaco aud good will 10 man.
Hail Jesus, our LORD.
rrLo foraooing beautiful verses, By Miss
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-25
A SPOILED CHILD.

"Stage coach" 1 can recall, when on
one occasion | was nearly eXterminated
by two stalwart youths struggling for my
place, / emerging from the melee in the
condition of Hoods picture OF " Spoiled
Child "--the baby IN an easy chair, upon
which an unconscious stout lady has Just
taken her seat 1t was all very well for
them to apologize and offer to tram q dog
for me, throwing IN the promise of paper
of Mrs. Appich's sugar-plums. the next
time they went into town. My dignity
was gone and was ill-appeased.
Magical music" pleased me, especially
when 1t flowed from the fnger-tlps of
dear NJ. F., an angel in our midst and
elsewhere until she was taken home. But
think play for iollity's sake is apt TO be
perfunctory, and we were relieved when
tionary bearing silver trays OF egg-nogg
and fruit-cake.
Better fun was TO be mad in the Long
room its deep .mouthed fireplace filed
with q cracking wood fire, Its furniture
scarred with tokens of generations of
romping boys and girls, its walls hung
with guns and fishing rods-the school
desks pushed back and apples waiting to
be roasted upon strings above the hearth.
There we gathered and talked and played;
there read "Evelina in q window-seat
apart; thence passed maidens 20 mar
riage stripplings TO college, to the navy,
TO business, and-to war.
For lurking behind the merriment of our
easy-golng life was grim presence whose
hand outstretched was soon to silence it
forever. The last Christmas l remember
at Yancluse-that of 1s60-was, like the
first, q time Of pleasure uualloyed to young
people; but in another year the old home
was blottsd out of sight, and its ruins lay
in desert over which the Christmas blast
swept drearily. Mrs. BURTON HARRISON.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-25

would never roll. and was always forcibly,
hands and doubtful tempers, were per-
formed in high day and holiday fashion,
too decorous TO be really to our taste:
They took place under the supervision of
maiden aunts, amid the red damask chairs
and sofas, glrapdoles and ostrich-eggs OF
the drawing-room, and enshrlned O sort OF
faa rf1l iOv
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-25
REy. On. ABBOTT

The glad season of the Yule log and the
Christmss.tre stands BY itself distinct
and alone. Itisthe one human institution
which gives promise OF the time when the
nations OF the earth shall from one family
lodged tie Of common brotherhood, with
one hope and one destiny. and whose
coming is hailed with rejoicing in which
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-25

This is my wife. old man" and firm,
afectionate hand was laid upon my shout
der. looked up, but how answered the
greeting shall never know. No wonder
the next thing | heard was the question.
g. Are you ili2n for beside ma stood my
poet friend, Just returned from bis we'd
ding tour. and with him and wearing q
violet brooch at her breast was my slip Of
girl who had danced beneath the tree TO
the thrumming of Old Sy's banjo. and had
afterwards been the Queen of the BALL.
How long have l been heref" / asked
at random.
"0ver an hour said abe Of the cameo
face, rising from one of the stin-bacKed
old chairs Immediately under my picture.
II have been in the room for an hour,
but you were so absorbed you did not
notice my entrance"
When told my experience TO my friends
they laughed at me and declared II was all
an Authorization. knew better. BY what
occult influence was made TO live in .
past that was long before was born do
Tot know. but believe that che Of the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-25
HOME-MADE cANDY.

Necessity is the mother of invention and
the mothers aud daughters Of the Confed-
eracy made many of the things which were
found in the chlldren's stockings.
They made cOrnucopias and filled them
with homemade candy; and besides
making many useful things, they made
rag babies in entirety or purchased the
heads of dolls-a frequent custom-and
made up the dolls at home, and such dolls,
dressed in tartan skirts, looked quite
pretty. Some of them were like old peo-
pie. They had hickory-nut heads, and
with frilled,caps they were grandmammas.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-25
DEVICES.

A Chinese baby was made with q peanut
for its head, and it was an excellent imita-
ton.
These southern women also lngeniously
manufactured beautiful upholstered baby
house furniture from the bones of fowls.
Did the world ever before produce such
noble and resourceful women
Many of those loving and lovable
matrons and sisters who sat up late at
night making little Confederate flags for
the boys and dressing dolls for the girls
no longer live to rejoice with the children
this morning, but their memories are hal
lowed for what they did and suffered f;
especially as without them the Confederate
Christmas stocking would have been
empty in hundreds of households.
L. II. T..
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-25
ZOOS.

Eggs are always expensive at Christmas,
for they are both scarce and in demand
then, and the Confederate hen. although
poor, yet laid her qudnttIm and no more,
and many Of her eggs were in the "sere
and yellow" and were redolent of saw
dust, and revived recollection of the cir
Gus, which came not during the war,
although the theatre was open often.
The South could not afford the men, the
canvas, and the provender for the circus.
If the prlce of eggs at Christmas during
the war were quoted the writer might not
be believed, and most provokingly never
was Confederate egg discovered with q
don bla walk
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worthy to receive from Him." But He
kisses the hand that gives an aims and
sheds HIS sunny smile on all people who
His poor relations on earth at
Christmas time. JOHN II. PAXTON.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-06-04
TAKE IT IN!
GO to the Railway Meeting and
Help AsheVille and Yourself

To the citizens Of AShcvlle and Bnn-
connie counV:-At a meeting OF the
Elizabcthton railroad committee held
this morning, it was resolved to invite
as many of the citizens of the city and
county as possible, to join usat the great
meeting to I've held at Ellzabcthton on
The 9th inst, at > M.
We are anxious to have as large a rep
rescntaton as possible and you are
cordially urged to unite and cooperate
with us as members of the committee in
forwarding so promising an enterprise
opening up to our county additional
communication.
Some six or ten gentlemen have already
signihcd their intention to leave here
overland. on horseback and by vehicle
by Monday afternoon, 9th inst. at 4
y. M, making the trip across country
Some twenty or more will leave on the
e p. III. MorriStown train "Wednesday
| the Sth.
Gentlemen desiring to 90 and make
one of MS. have the selection of either
route and will please hand their names
in to Mr.. Geo. s. Powell, chairman.
Geo. S. Powell, J. =. Kerr,
Matt Atkinson, /. K. DHHOSc,
Melvin L. Carter, AZ. ]. FaSg.
Vim E. BrccSe,
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-06-04
WILL NOT d. ',.!NN AGAIN
RI.AINI; WILL. NOT WRITE.
ANOTHER I.ETTI.U.
HIS Name, IT Is Now Certainly
KNOWN, VIII he Presented at
Minneapolis Although He Said
II Would Not nc.

MlNNEAPOLIs, June 4.-Suprcmc conf
denCc on the one hand; serene assurance
on the other, This expresses the prcsl-
dental situation today and none can
say what faction is doomed to disap
pointmcnt. Certain it is both are taking
very roscate view Of the situation and
it is generally certain that majority OF
the delegates who are to compose the
great convention are as yet positively
unplcdStd.
The Harrison people, acting on the in
structions from state conventions. start
their candidate off with nearly 800 votes
assured; and their opponents arc rclig-
iousv relying on the infection of the
popular Blaine movement to sweep
in nearly all uunstructed delegates and
make serious inroadS in many of the in
structcd delegations,
Thus it is that the figures given out
by the two factions differ so widely and
arc accepted so lightly by experienced
politicians. The announcement of Sccre-
tarv Blaine that lie would write no more
letters aud make no further uttcrance is
accepted asconclusivc by all and, strange
| to say, both factions seem to ind III 1t 4
source of cungratulatiOn. The Blaine
men say it means their idol is in the
hands Cf his friends and will accept the
nomination when rendered him; and the
| Harrison leaders says it means that a
further expression iSunncssdry, and that
| the secretary of state stands by his fam
Gus letter to Chairman Clarkson.
No one, however, but the Harrison en-
thuSiasts haze now any doubt that
Blninc's name will be presented to the
}convcntion. The assurance that lie is
not going to lit, makes that morally
certain, and the calmer heads are now
applying themselves assduously to as
ccrtan,ng the intentions OF delegates.
Both sides seem to have suddenly realized
that it is delegates after all who are to
settle this question and every incoming
delegate is promptly seized Immediately
upon his arrival and his allegiance car
ncstly bcsought by riva, leaders.
1t is believed Blaine will not formally
bc placed i'll nomination at all. The plan
is to allow the Harrison nominatingand
scconding speeches to proceed without
interruption, and then, when the roll
call begins, to have Alabama, Arkansas
Colorado, and other leading states i'll
t he list cast a majority of their votes 10.
; he popoular leader. This, it is hoped
; will create a stampede of the uninstruct
; ed delegates to the Secretary otStatc anc
result IL, his nomiunt ion on the first bal
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-06-04
ROE.D BURGLARY.
A chicago Man Robbed of 5000
This Morning.

The Villa. at the intersection of Hay
wood and West College streets. was the
scene of Il bold burglary carly this morn
ing.
Two or three days ago, Whitfield
Hudson, representing the National por-
trait company, Chicago, as col
lector and agent, came to Ashe'
vile where lie had business, accom-
panied by his wife and baby. They en-.
gagged rooms and board at the Villa,
conducted by DR.. J. Nj. Criley. Last
night when they retired MIR. Hudson
placed his pantaloons, i'll the pockets OF
which was 500 in cash, under his pll-
low. The burglary must have occurred
between $50 and daylight this morning,
for shortly after . O'Clock Mr.. and Mrs.
Hudson were awake, giving medicine to
their sick child.
1t appears now that the burglar must
have sccrctcd himself in the house in the
afternoon or early night, rs all the doors
were locked from the inside before DR..
Crilcy's family retired. MIR. lludson's
room was on the second floor. There is
a room adjoining his room, and closet
or storage room connected with both
rooms. 1t this closet, it is believed, the
burglar sccrctcd himself.
When the bell rang this morning, Mr..
and Mrs. Hudson did not appear for
breakfast and servant was
sent to Call them, As soon as they
arose, ;hc burglary was discovered. Mr.
IIudson's pantaloons were missing, as
were fine gold watch, and several
pieces of jcwclry belonging to Mrs. llud
son. Search was instituted and the
pantaloons were found in the hall dowl
stairs. The doors to the sitting room
and DR.. Crileys Office were found un
locked, indicating the way by which The
burglar had escaped.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hudson believe that
they were chloroformed before the deco
was committed. The peculiar sensations
they have experienced this morning ar
thought to have been the result OF chloro
form.
The value of the stolen money and al
ticles is considerably above 5000. In ad
dition to the things mentioned book
orders to be filled i'll Ashevillc was taken
The money stolen represented collection
made in Savannah, Ca, and Ashevill'
Mr.. Hudson was preparing to send tn
money in a few days to his firm.
The police and detectives have bee
nut to work on the case.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-06-04
REVIVAL. CLOSING.
fhc Meeting at French Broad
Church to Close tomorrow.

Rev. George IL. Simmons, who has
been conducting the revival at French
Broad Baptist church, assisted by Prof.
and Mrs. d. b. Towncr, will close the
meeting tomorrow. These christian peo-
pie have done a great work in Asheville.
The meetings have been largely attended
and sixty or seventy persons have pro-
fcssed conversion. Mr., Simmons and Frof.
and Mrs. Towner will leave Monday for
their homes, and will be followed by the
hearty good wishes of the good people of
Ashcvilc, who appreciate to the fullest the
grand work they are just concluding
here. Services tomorrow morning and
rveuino