Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-30

We make brief extract watch gives
q picture Of q well-known Richmond
educator-a picture which will be recos-
mixed with pleasure. We think. by scores
OF "old institute girls all over tho coun-
try.
They reach Richmond late the next
night. but remain In the sleeper Till morn
ing. arriving at Hammer College for
breakfast viva takes her books
and goes TO the laboratory. There she
finds Professor Wilson. instructor OF
chemistry and mathematics.
How do you do, my dear7 heard
you had returned" says the old man.
leaving one OF his pet experiments ana
going towards her.
There. child, don't shake hands with
me; my hands are all stained. Wen. now
did you enjoy your holidaysY'
II fear some day I'll regret went.
'Fessor." using the class name for him.
They say that they all go to him with
their trials and woes. and that confessor
is as justly his title as professor; hence
they abbrcviate H.
She seats herself on his desk and leans
her head against one of the astronomer
globes, shielding heh face with her arm.
II hope not, hope not" as he strokes
her bowed head, troubled look coming
into his calm, thoughtful face.
He does not ask her what Is the matter
That is why the girls are so fond or him.
He does not seek to know what ails Them
and why, but recognizes that they are IN
trouble, and. with gentleness and kindly
sympathy, comforts them. He soon draws
her attention from herself. and. with her,
is going over the points In the mathtmau-
cal examination for tomorrow.
BRIEF SKETCHES OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA STATE TROOPS IN TIE
WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. Col
lected and compiled by James c. Bird
song, ex-State Librarian. Printed under
resolutions ratified March 9, 1888. Rai-
eigh N c.: Josephus Daniels, State
Printer and Binder. Presses OF Edwards
& Broughton. 1884.
These sketches include the First. Be-
conf, Third. Fourth, Sixth. Seventh.
Eleventh. Twelfth. Thirteenth, Four
teenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth. Twenty
eighth, Twenty-nnth. Thirtieth. Thirty
first, and Thirty-seventh Regiments. to-
gether with the First Battalion OF Heavy
Artillery, Second Battalion OF Light In
fantry, return of flag to Company L.
Sixth Regiment North Carolina Troops
General Lanes Brigade. sketch OF Henry
l.. Wyatt, first Confederate Martyr.
Lanes Brigade Corps OF Sharpshooters'
&c.
This work OF 900 pages is another proof
OF the wisdom which has guided North
Carolina in gathering data with refer
ence to the part which her troops bore
in the late war.
North Carolina Is twenty years ahead
of Virginia in this matter. She has not
only collected and printed the complete
muster-roils OF her commands, but has
published, In extenso. sketches OF many
OF her regiments.
What has Virginia done In this line?
Next to nothing. The public did not even
know until the Dispatch Informed IL
few months ago that we could go 10
Washington and for the asking get copies
Of the original muster-rolls or our COM
mands,
our indifference In this matter has been
truly astounding But while we lament
the opportunities that we have lost let
us not fail to seize upon those when
remain Let every Confederate camp re-
solve TO urge the General Assembly TO
secure comics of our rolls and have them
annotated before the last OF our Vete-
rams have passed away. Already many
men are gone whose help we snail miss.
Already the peoples minds are becoming
belonged as to what was the real rank
OF many persons who held commissions
In our army.
| TENURE AND TOLL; OR, LAND,
LABOR, AND CAPITAL. BY John Glib
bons, LII. ID. Chicago: Law-Journal
Print. 3l6 pages.
In this Ohe second edition Of his work.
the author says: "The deplorable scenes
witnessed In the course of the recent
conflicts between capital and labor realize
in a degree the apprehensions expressed
In the first edition Of this work" This
he uses to enforce the following PROPOSE
tons laid down in the original edition:
1.-THE tyranny of capital must be ex-
tirpated, and the thraldom of trades
unions abolished. This cannot be eff
fected through strikes and lockouts, nor
by increasing the army and navy. III
cannot be accomplished by mandates and
injunctions Of courts, the issuance or
which perhaps are beyond the scope of
their authority. The only solution under
existing circumstances Is through legls-
lation. This can be effected when our
lawmakers comprehend and appreciate
the gravity of the situation. and enact
Just and salutary laws to regulate the
actions of men in every legitimate pur-
suit of life and create tribunals with
powers adequate to the enforcement OF
such laws" The authors ideas are then
elaborated under the following general
heads: 1.-THE Right OF Property and the
History Of Tenures"; THE Origin,
| Growth, and Decadence Of Feudal Ten
ures": "The Right of Property and the
Stability Of Tenures"; Labor; Its
Wrongs and Their Remedies; "Limita-
ton of Ownership and Prohibition Of
Trusts; distribution of Population and
Division Of Property; Appendix" en-
! bracing Convict Labor" Legislation
Proposed" "a Bill for an Act Relating
to Convict Labor" 1.-The Encroachment
of Convict Labor upon Free Labor"
Whether the reader agrees or not with
the theories and arguments advanced in
the volume, he will be interested in the
historical Information ii contains.
THE PEOPLE OF THE MIST. BY II.
Rider Haggard. author OF ALLAN Quar-
termain," She" king Solomon's
Mines" etc. New York: Longmans,
Green & Co. 357 pages.
The author gives a very comprehen-
sve criticism of his work, when in the
dedication he says: Il dedicate this effort
of 'primeval and trolodyte imagination,
this record Of barefaced and fragrant adj
venture, to my godsons, in the hope that
therein they may find some store OF
healthy amusement" Leonard and Tom
Outram lose their inheritance through the
misconduct of their father. They take
an oath to make fortune and purchase
back their home. which is magnificent
seat In England. and go TO East Africa
In search OF gold. Tom dies. but on his
death-bed makes Leonard renew the oath.
and tells him that woman will help
him to carry out his purpose. Leonard Is
induced by the story of Zoa, woman OF
the People of the Mist" who escaped
from her people. TO attempt the rescue OF
n white girl from slave camp. his re-
ward to be the treasures Of her people.
to whose mysterious country he is to be
led He rescues the girl. and, in company
with otter, a black dwarf. Zoa, a priest
and some of the girls former slaves. he
starts for the Mist country. Then fol-
lows a series of adventures, such as
could only be conceived in the brain of
n Haggard There Is hardly a natural
situation In the book. yet II fascinates
from beginning TO end. Otter, the dwarf
Is a philosopher. and performs prodigies
of valor. The story closes with Leonard
and the heroine living in the Outram
home.
ARCADE ECHOES Selected Poems
from the Virginia University Magazine
lSJS-lS90 Collected and arranged by
Thomas L. Wood. Revised and enlarged
by John w. Fishburne. 1S56-1s9i Char
lottesviIle: A. c. Brecher. l43 pages.
The volume is dedicated to the memory