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The National tribune., 1893-06-08

Probably never in the history Of the little
convent was more seepless night passed than
the night of Aug. /, 1892. On that night a
tall, gaunt, and solemn man was the guest of
the monks of La Rabida He was a man who
would now be heralded to the world as a crank
with some crazy notions. The guest passed
restless night Several times before the first
golden streaks Of dawn shone through the lit
tie window cut through the thick wall, the
stranger arose and climbed to the roof of the
convent to see if there was favorable breeze
10 wait him westward.
At last the visit was successful. As the first
mists Of the morning began to be lifted, fra
grant breeze began to blow from the blue hills
just outlined on the morning sky. Just below
the convent quietly foated three small boats,
which constituted the entire feet that was to
venture out upon unknown seas. The place
is still shown where Columbus climbed to the
roof TO look at his little feet. As pious trib-
ute to his memory / made the ascent. Instead
Of seeing those small crafts scarcely larger
than goOd-sized fshingsmacks, could see in
the distance large ocean steamers, and in an
other direction was the smoke of trains sour
rying across the country to the red sand-hills
rich in minerals.
With Columbus the feeling was different.
This Was the opportunity for which he had
waited many years. A religious emotion
stirred within his breast. He made confession,
and went into the little chapel of the monastery
for a last communion with his God within those
walls. Farewells were then said, and the little
caravels turned their prows toward the western
seas.
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tribute to the memory of this illustrious sailor.
Beginning at Genoa with grand naval review
last Summer and continuing through every i'm
portant city in Spain, series of celebrations
have been held in honor of the great discover
which has reached its climax in the Worlds
Exposition now being held in Chicago.
Yet all this honor is to a man whose birth
place, and even the year of his birth, is un-
known. Very few facts are known about his
early life. 1t is known that he was nurtured
beneath the bright Italian skies, and that his
father followed the humble occupation of
wool eomber. he is described as a Genoese
sailor; yet several cities claim the honor of
his birth
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1t is natural in visiting place so intimately
connected with the memory of Columbus to
recall some of the scenes One might picture
a toi-worn man approaching here from Palos
and leading a little boy by the hand. Yet this
poor wanderer, though reduced so low, must
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The troubles which befel Columbus through
out his varied career are good illustration of
the uncertainties of royal favor, or even public
appreciation. A man who had once been ap-
plauded as the greatest man of the age it
would seem would always claim the greatest
respect Of the people. Yet here is an example
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that out somewhere in the trackless sea
mighty hand would reach out and draw the
over-venturous mariner into it's bosom. No
ship had ventured many hundreds of miles
from shore. Columbus even resorted to the
expedient OF deceivng his sailors in regard to
the distance travelled, and made the distance
sailed appear much less than it really waA
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One day in January
! waded about on the
sire cts of Gen Ga
through snow an d
slush searching one of
those alleged birth
places. / at last found
it on one of the many
narrow aud squaiid
streets of that busy
seaport town. 1t is
a very narrow, six
stored, fashioned
building in a long row
of equally ninviting
struct lures. Dirty,
wretchedl ~ clad, shiv-
ering (for it was cold)
men and women jostled
against me as | stood Oil
the extremely narrow
sidewalk aud gazed at
this Columbus relic. 1t
bears an inscription
saying that Columbus
lived here once and
no house is N ore
worthy the honor"
There is at Quinto q
two-story house, with
garden. situated in Via
del Colombo Street of
the Columbus), No. 8.
called villa Colombo"
Tradition says Colum-
bus was born here, and
the residents there
about have had that
statement b an d C q
down 10 them by their
ancestors. 1t is now
owned by Mr.. Gu
seppe Piaggio, and is
inhabited by a poor
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As boy Columbus followed the sea and for
many years after he became man. At last
the grand conception Of new world absorbed
his whole attention and energy. What to do
was the question. poor sailor could not
change the belief Of the Italian philosophers.
In fact, Columbus was entirely without honor
in his own country. WHO is this Column
bus?" the great would ask. "a Genoese
sailor" would be the only answer. 1t was
then that Columbus made up his mind to try
his fortunes elsevhere
The National tribune., 1893-06-08

BICYCLE.

Columbia catalogue. IS comprehensive engray;ngs.
The exhaustive cycling catalogue published Free
at Columbia agencies. By mail for wo-oent stamps
Pope Mfg Co., Boston, New York. Chicago, Hartford.
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pCdodub AHStC
are no means of proceeding from one floor to the
other except from the outside by stone stairs.
The ground floor of it is used as sort of store
house. The structure indicates the style Of
buildings erected several hundred years ago.
with kitchen in front on the first floor. The
rooms two on the ground floor and two on sec.
oud, are quite large-much larger than can be
found in modern buildings.
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SPAIN AND ITALY.
Tie Great DISCOVERIES Position in
the Old World.
N. o. WINTER

HE Cristoforo Colombo whom
the Italians claim as a coun-
tryman, the Cristobal Colon
whom the Spsniards honor,
and the Christopher Columbus
whom we celebrate this year
are che same individual. The
past IL months has been es-
sentially a Columbian year.
Each nation has considered it
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Yet no doubt the reception of his sovereigns
atoned in part for their previous neglect. They
received Columbus as they would person of
the highest rank and accorded him equal
honors. He was feted and lionized by ALL and
an ordinary man would have had his head
completely turned by half the amount OF atten-
ton he received.
In few months second expedition was
ready, and it was great contrast to the frst
one. Instead Of three lonely caravels, there
were IL, which lifted anchors ut Seville aud
quietly sailed down the Guadalquiver to the
sea- Fifteen hundred souls and many of high
birth, were on board, each expecting to make
a rich fortune. AS the boats sailed out of the
much regret, for there is no feeling stronger
than that of love for fortune. The great gold
excitements of the West in past years are good
examples of this power. The harbor of Cadiz
is beautiful. A boat, in order to reach the open
sea, appears to sail almost entirely around the
white city sitting on the shores of the bay. 1t
was a royal port, too, which was An advance in
dignity over the little port of Palos
at Seville, along the banks of the river
Granddaughter, is strong, high tower called the
Tower of Gold. After the discovery of the
New World this was used as a storage place for
the immense sums of the bright metal brought
back by these adventures. AT times fabulous
sums were deposited within the stone walls of
this old tower.
Columbus and his followers did not succeed
in discovering gold in such vast quantities, aad
yet the sums they brought back must have been
almost incredible. Yet this was what the
majority were in search Of 1t was not for
better homes but for more gold in metal form
that they risked their lives. Real work was
scorned by those proud Spaniards. and Column
bus soon found that out TO his own sorrow.
Think of this great discoverer brought home
in chains, and compelled to submit to indigni-
ties as a common criminal. This was what
Columbus was obliged to endure after his third
voyage. Because enough gold was not found to
satisfy the avarice of the settlers, the COM
mander had to bear the blame for tho whole,
and he did it nobly.
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THE PENSDMfOFFICE.
Full Report for the.sSvsel Ending May 81,
129J.Qi
The latest report frsuattba Office of the Com
missioner of Pensions shows:
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jeff Dayis'S Remains ReinterreJ.

Number of pensioners on the roll April 30,
1893 965 S85.
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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-04-26

ate course and a postgraduate term in
Johns Hopkins university he came to
New York to determine upon a profes-
sion.
After a winter in the metropolis he re,
turned to North Carolina, where he
threw himself into politics, was elected
to the Legislature and began syste-
matte study of the law. What convic-
tions of heart urged him and what proc.
esses of mind led him suddenly to
abandon his law practice and take to the
pulpit we can readily surmise, but may
not dwell upon. All at once he il
preaching the gospel in Goldsboro and
Raleigh, and preaching it with such
unction that some rumor of it reaches
Boston. Then comes call, and in De.
cember, 1887, the crowds of American
Athens are gathering to hear the new
voice. In 1889 New York wanted him,
and at the solicitation of the Twenty
third Street Baptist church he took
charge of that society. Very soon after
his arrival it outgrew its church ac-
commodations and had to avail itself OF
Association hall.
These barren outlines of rapid success
can only be filed in by living color when
we come to know the man.
The first thing that won me, and
think will win anybody who makes his
acquaintance, is his ingrained, uncon-
scious and simple manliness.
I - .,.11 tl,o4 la a cobo1o1. n,,1
what is better, a student; that he keeps
abreast Of the best thought in every
intellectual field and watches the pano-
rama of events with untiring eye. You
cannot imagine what ''nowness" this
gives to his sermons. When he tells the
'.old old story of divine love, it wears a
contemporaneous interest. 1t is no long
er historic statement, but living
force, energizing the speaker and win
ming the listener. When he illustrates
the point of discussion, it is from the
live issues of the hour, and you feel that
religion is not under bushel, but is in
wrought with the destinies Of the race
and the fate of nations.
That a young spirit like his attracts
about him large concourses of intelli-
gent young people is not surprising.
They understand each other. They want
vital religion. Either religion is a
dramatic fact of the moment and means
character in action, or it is a dead
tradition. I felt that this energizing
young apostle marked the renaissance OF
new Christian endeavor and new Chris
tian socialism.
l should not be surprised to see Mr..
Dixon in another year IN a great city
temple, the center of a vast community
of practical working evangelists, him
self another Spnrgeon or Parker, but
still the frank, manly and humble young
missionary Of the people.
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A Kings Daughter.

A princess. You would not have thought it,
Her gown was so faded and plain;
Bound OUT for her food and a shelter.
And toiling In sun and in rain;
Running her errands 80 quickly.
Milking tie cows in the zane.
Yet happy aad sweet as the morning.
With no Thought that she might complain.
How is it, asked this sweet maiden,
That you can ., cheerily sing.
That service 80 faithful and loving
You are ever - ready 10 bringz'
She looked IN ny face for moment.
And ligh. from her eyes seemed TO spring;
why should not joyf" she made answer.
For am the child Of King"
Christian at Work.
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oh. Morse exhibited a twelve-days-
old colt BY Solicitor, Dam by Aristos, that
was the best colt we have ever seen in
our streets. Its mother, Kitty Sessions, is
seven years old, and this is her third 4oal
and, in the breeders judgment, the finest
and best Of the lot. Her first, a Oily by
Leicester, race record, 2;17 Ia, two years
old, and her second, by Solicitor, are
large IN size. fine in finish, well broken,
and promise so well that both will be put
in training this season, the yearling being
entered in the New England Stallion
Produce stakes to be trotted for in 20.
Kitty has been exhibited in the brood
mare class nine times at different horse
shows-including once atVermont Breed
ers' meeting-aDd has been awarded nine
blue ribbons.
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REV. THOS. DIXON, JR.
THE YOUNG PREACHER WHO IS AT
PRESENT THRILLING NEW YORK.

A Newspaper Mans First and Subsequent
The Simple Story of His Iife-Promise ol
a Brilliant Future.
The following entertaining sketch ol
the personality of Rev. Thomas Dixon,
Jr., the popular New York preacher
whose sermons are now regularly re
ported for these columns each week, il
furnished by well known newspaper
writer:
The first time heard the Rev Thomas
Dixon, Jr., preach he was stranger tc
me. | had hardly heard Of him, 81
though he had already stirred the sur
4 face Of metropolitan orthodoxy.
1t was Sunday evening. found the
large hall, with its old fashioned gallery,
choked with the congregation that had
outgrown its church edifice proper and
taken refuge here. After the prelimi.
nary musical services a young man came
! down to the front of the platform and
made AN extemporaneous prayer and
read a portion of the Scriptures from a
! small Bible which he held in his hand.
In the view which / had Of him he
appeared to be 6 feet in stature and
almost weirdly gaunt. He did not stand
erect in the parade sense, and his long
limbs betokened an enormous sinewy
power rather than grace or symmetry.
His dark, spare. close shaven face, his
plentiful coal black hair carelessly
pushed backward from his temples, his
strong, almost cadaverous jaw and his
black, deep set and scintillant eyes made
up a personality that arrested my inter
est at once. It was type of man espe
cially forged for hard, earnest, fearless
work in some direction.
He spoke with authority, as if he had
been commissioned, modestly withal and
tenderly. The great congregation hung
upon his words intently. With marvel.
Gus clearness he developed his subject,
never resorting to involved phrases OF
abstract reasoning, but making clear
cut, concrete picture. Now and then he
famed up as thought took possession
of him or an illustration seized him. AT
such moments his strong face lit up, his
voice rang out clear and resonant, and
he seemed to sway his congregation by
the magnetism of sheer oratory. AT other
times he dropped to the colloquial man
ner and carried ON conversation with
his people.
There was no clerical isolation OF min.
isterial cloudiness here. His listeners
kept step with him. He not only spoke
with intellectual authority, but with an
ineffable fellowship. He had both
thought and felt out his subject matter,
but he meekly relied on something other
than himself.
1t was the broad. compelling recogni-
ton of the fatherhood Of God and the
brotherhood Of man, the ever present
coercive sympathy Of a great heart for
suffering and dying humanity, and the
ever urgent duty TO preach the love as
well as the law OF the benignant and in
finite parent.
Such was my first impression of the
young preacher. Subsequently became
acquainted with the man. and then my
admiration widened with my mowl-
edge. / learned his history. II is brief
and uneventful. but bursting with prom
ise. He came Of preaching stock down
in North Carolina, and his father is still,
l believe. hard at work in the Baptist
pulpit there. At the end of his collezi-
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We call the attention of farmers to
the article on fertilizers, in another
column, which we publish by request.
1t is not an advertisement, though the
name of one of the leading companies
is used. The paper from which it is
taken never uses its reading columns
for this purpose, but solely to benefit
its readers.
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If you wish to keep informed about
the Worlds Fair, take good Chicago
daily, like the Inter Ocean, Tribune
or Journal zoe. month.
Those who do not care for a daily
will find the Weekly Inter Ocean the
best paper by far. 1t costs Sl.00 a
year. We can furnish it to our sub
scribers for so cents for six months or
Soc. a year.
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The way in which correspondents of
the New York papers have treated the
Worlds Fair is shameful. They have
misrepresented it in every possible way,
and the many stories about the Fair
not being able to open May 1st, ETC.,
are due to the malice of these papers.
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There are still five or six places left
in the HERALD excursion going May
18th. Sixty dollars pays all necessary
expenses.
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There is no more talented or gifted
pulpit orator than Rev, Thomas Dix
on of New York, whose likeness APP
pears on this page. We are fortunate
in being able to secure the right to
publish his series of sermons on the
Evils of the Great Cities" the first
Of which appears this week.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-04-26

Dear Christian Endeavor friend, when
Fou present your bodies living sacri-
ice unto God" don't forget to take your
purse along.-Rev. A ". Spooner.
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Every subscriber to this paper will
receive the Young American for May
the last of this week or the first of
next, free.
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The Worlds Fair will open May i st,
and the buildings win be finished and
nearly all the exhibits in place.
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Editorial Notes. ,

CONSTANCE GERRY BLoDGETT, I rz;,oms
FRED ARNOLD,
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So far, we find very little attempt at
extortion in Chicago. The city hotels
have not raised their rates, and many
of them have posted notices that no
raise will be made. The same is true
Of the restaurants. In the Immediate
vicinity of the grounds, the hotels are
full already for May, June and July,
and prices are little high. There is
already a great crowd OF people in Chi
cago, and the trains to and from the
Fair are crowded but it is proposed TO
run trains every two minutes on the
Illinois Central from the city to the
grounds, and the street cars, electric
cars and boats run very often, so that
all may reach the grounds. which
will be opened at 8 a. m. and closed at
Top. m. Those who intend to 60 in
June or July should look out for quar-
tiers ahead, as it win save them much
trouble.
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PINE sH1SoLEs FOR sALE.-Small lot
nice shingles. c. l. ABBOTT.
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Gov. Fuller has accepted an invita-
ton, rendered by the secretary of the
navy to the governors Of the States, to
attend the great naval parade in New
York harbor on the 2Sth. He will go
to New York for this purpose on the
27th, accompanied by Mrs. Fuller, Col.
T. S. Peck and Col. Goulding. From
New York, Col. Fuller will go directly
to Chicago to attend, by invitation of
Director General Davis, the formal
opening of the Exposition, May /.
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