The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-06
Monument 10 Mlss Lee.

About a mile and a quarter from
'Jones" Springs and three-quarters of
mile from the Baptist church is the grave
of Miss Annie q. Lee, daughter Of Cen
eral Robert T.. Lee. Miss Lee was one
Of the guests at the Springs during the
war and died there in 1856 The patriotic
iadies Of Warren county. headed by Mrs.
Joseph +. Jones, raised contributions and
erected a monument to her memory.
The monument is of Warren county
granite, the same as that Of which the
monument Of General Jethro Sumner
IS constructed and bears the following in
scriptions, viz
On the west side:
ANNIE G. LEE.
laughter Of General r. f. Lee and Mary
Gusts Lee"
On the south side:
Born at Arlington, June IS, 1882
and
Died at the White Sulphur Springs, War
rem county, n. c., October 20, 1862"
and on the north side, an inscription sent
by General Lee himself,
Perfect and true in all his ways
Whom heaven adores and earth obeys."
General Lee himself and a large number
of North Carolinians were present at the
unwilling Of the monument.
AS North Carolinians are not given TO
building monuments over their own distin-
guished dead this action of the Warren
county ladies and their friends ought to
be very highly appreciated by the sons
and daughters of Virginia, as it was at
the time by the distinguished chief of
the Southern armies.
Chinese Converts in San Francisco.
The American Home Missionary So
ciety (CongregationaD has the largest
number of missionaries and converts
among the Chinese on our Pacific coast.
Then come the Methodsts, who have ad-
mitted 1874 adult Chinese TO Church MEM
bership. The Rev. DR.. Masters, the SUI
perintendent of the missions, writes that
30 per cent of the converts remain faith
full, Notwithstanding the bad treatment
they receive from the street hoodlums.
and the ostracism and curses Of some
OF their fellow-clansmen. They average
five dollars per member annually for mis-
sions, besides contributing to other bene-
violent objects. Besides the regular ser
vices in the chapels, open-air services
are held in Chinatown every Sunday af-
sernoon.
Concerning these DR.. Masters writes:
About thirty or forty Christian China
men sing Gospel hymns, and the crowd
gathers. We have kept up these services
with undated interest for over five years,
and last Sunday l preached in Chinese
10 a congregation on the street number
ing upward of 500. 1t is astonishing to see
the interest and the respect that is shown
AIS, notwithstanding the brutal treatment
they receive from street hoodlums"
One OF the converts recently handed
Or. Masters 800 in gold coin in aid Of
missions in China. which sum included
nearly all his earthly possessions, and
another member. Mr.. Lum Foon, lately
gave up splendid business in San Fran
cisco, and has gone TO China at his own
expense as self-supporting missionary.
where his labors are being much blessed.
TIL" Grasshopp-r and tho Be.
A middle aged grasshopper. trembling
with cold and half starved with hunger
came one day, at the approach of winter
20 well-stored bee hive and humbly
begged the bees to relieve his wants with
a few drops Of honey. II am as hungry
as a wolf" he said. "and crippled with
rheumatism. Take pity on a fellow"
One of the bees asked how he had spent |
his time all the summer, and why he had |
not laid up a store Of food for them.
''To be frank with YOU" answered the |
grasshopper II led gay life-eating and
drinking and dancing and singing, and
never once thought about the winter"
"Our plan is very different" said the
bee. 1--WE work hard In summer TO lay
by store OF food against the season
when we foresee that we shall want IL:
but those who do nothing but drink and
dance and sing in the summer must ex-
pect TO starve in the winter. We have no
honey to give you, so be off with your
self. Remember that "Wilful waste
brings wceful want"
The poor grasshopper limped away.
resolving 10 be industrious the next year:
but he persisted miseraby in the first
frost ana never had time to put his
good resolutions into practice. An aged
cricket that heard OF his sad fate re-
marked: After all, / would rather die
thus. repenting OF my folly than 10 live
on the fat OF the land and feel that 7
had been cruel-hearted."
The Town shuroN.
IN recent address Bishop Brooks aaid.
the question OF location is altogether
the most important outward question
winch arises In connection with the estab-
nsnment OF new parish. II is far more
Important than the question OF arcbi,ecs
Suds' important a. that IL. Better an