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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06
A LESSON IN CURRENCY.
Secretary Morton the Tencher-feh
Pounds Of salary.

Pounds OF salary.
WASHINGTON, y. c.. August Sec
rotary Morton is a "sound-money man
Several OF his principal assistants at the
Agricultural Department are strong ad-
vocates Of the free coinage of silver.
one Of these gentlemen has been SPEND
ing a months vacation in the West.
when he returns to Washington to-mor-
row and calls al the Office Of the disburs-
ing clerk for his salary, it viii be handed
10 him literally in a lump Of silver Iha {
g., 10 say. he will receive one hundred ana
e1ventv-nve dollars. IL rs contained IN
a canvas bag. eight inches long by -FOUR
inches wide. and IL weighed when placed
On the scales to-day exactly ten pouhus
Secretary Morton is now anXiousiy await
Irg the result
He believes that the official In question:
viii make an awful row about the pay
nent in silver. But the government VIII
irs.st that he cannot consistently object
- a coin payment. in view of his repeat
% utt-rances in favor Of the white metal
THE Secretary saws that arguments nav
iug faIol 10 convince his assistant That
silver ae q circulating medium rs not
equal 90 gold he has had recourse 70
The method Of treatment used by physi-
clans " The homeopathic school, when
IS eNpr In the Latin phrase, 81
nllla eW.ltIs curantur"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

IMMATURE ALMANAC. AUGUST sTH.
Sun rises ......52D HIGH TIDE
Sun sets ........7:lt Morning. ........5:ls
Moon sets ......7:5S Evening. ...........5 :t5
PORT OF RICHMOND. AUGUST s. 1895.
ARRIVED.
New York; merchandise and passengers;
George w. Allen II Co. agents.
SAILED.
Steamer Pocahontas. Graves. Norfolk.
ger. superintendent.
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS. AUG 9Th.
QBy teegraph)
ARRIVED.
British steamship Cydouia, Savannah.
Schooner David p. Davis. Washington
u. q.
Schooner Maid OF the Mist. Cambridge
Mass.
Barge Corsica. New York.
SAILED.
Schooner Bayard Barnes. New Haven.
Schooner A. Brabrook, Salem.
PORT OF WEST POINT. AUG. 9TH.
ARRIVED.
By telegraph)
Steamship Baltimore. Bennett. Balti-
more; passengers and general cargo.
Steamship Dorchester. Parker, Balti-
more passengers and general cargo.
Steamship City Of Columbia, Janney.
New York; passengers and general
cargo.
SAILED.
Steamship Baltimore, Bennett, Baltl-
more. passengers and general cargo.
Steamship Dorchester Parker, Boston
via NprtOk; passengers and general
cargo.
Steamship City Of Columbia, Janney.
New York via Newport News ana Nor
folk; passengers and general cargo.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06
Lithuanian settlers for virginia.

ciai)--Ten Of the Lithuanian colonists
who will settle on the Mayo estate on
Maratco creek, Virginia. will leave here
Wednesday for that place. They will be
the advance guard Of about 5000 Of these
people who are now making arrange
ments TO settle on that estate In the
Old Dominion. where several thousand
acres Of land have been purchased for
them. Their farms will be cultivated for
trucking. Two OF the ten were married
here this morning and their friends are
celebrating tonight.
The colony is in charge Of number
of persons from out of town.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

NEW YORK, August Sony 1S71os
shares Of stock were traded in at the
Stock Exchange to-day. The trading was
narrow and professional throughout Chi
cago Gas wGs the only stock on the list
that showed any life. but the advance
from 81 Is TO So was attributed TO cover
ing Of shorts put out AFTER the defeat OF
the frontage bill by the Illinois Legisla-
ture.
Sugar, the next most active stock, figured
for % 100 shares. Transactions were mode
rate at 114d1l5 1-4dli3 3-ialli Is. The
Changers, Trunk Lines and Anthracite
COalers were without special change. Erie
sold down on the announcement mat the
forthcoming reorganization plan VIII
provide for a heavy assessment on the
stock. 1t is also said that the common
Will be scaled.
The talk about gold shipments checked
operations. The withdrawal OF SlJoVO
from the Sub-Treasury. it was SAID, was
the forerunner of heavy shipments later
in the week.
Speculation closed quiet and steady in
tone. Net changes in the railroad list
showed gains Of Is TO SIS per cent. chi
cago Gas gained ] SIS and Consolidated
IL per cent.
Bonds were lower. The sales were
1857. 600.
The sales of listed stocks aggregated
10000 and Of unlisted stocks 5000 shares.
Treasury balances: Coin, STI5l,Co0; cur
rency &c. $4,000.
Money on call easy al 10l IL per cent;
last loan at /. and closing offered at l
per cent; prime mercantile paper, 4Gi IL
per cent.
Bar silver &C 3-S; silver at the board
dull
Sterling exchange active and strong.
with actual business i'm bankers bills at
$3.50 I-4GsiG9 "a for sixty days. and
$3.50 1-4nsl9O - for demand; posted rates,
si9OGS491: commercial bills, A.sS l-4HA.s9.
Government bonds firm. State bonds
dult Railroad bonds duh and easier.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06

WASHINGTON. August 5.-The secret
service 90 tAe Treasury has discovered
IN circulation "a new counterfeit $40 ma
Nonal-hauk note Of the FIRST National
Bank. ~ Detroit. Mich. The notes are
Photographic productions Of the brown
back ser NJ l>'2. and are printed on
Two pieces oi paper pasted together with
silk thrcads placed between. The mum
bering ans seals have been ooiored by
brush. The officials say. "rhe character
~ the notes should be determined by
their tinta rather than by the lines In
the cngravine as they are photographs
of genuine WORK"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06
Wreck on the Norfolk. and Western.

PETERSBURG. VA, August 5.-(Spe-
cial)-Information was received here to-
night of a wreck this morning on the
Norfolk and Western railroad, two miles
east Of Fords Depot The wreck was
caused 10y the pulling out of the front OF
n freight car Six cars were derailed.
Mr.. Ike Herring, the fiagman on the
train. had his left leg broken. He was
sent 70 the hospital at Crewe for treat
rnept
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06
COLONEL RyRD's TREE.
Seen by Surveying Party Only n
Few Ncars Ago.


CHASE CITY. VA, August 5.-(Special)
Several visitors here were discussing the
question few days ago as 20 the length
~ time letters cut IN the bark Of tree
would remain leglble. Some gentlemen
c.liCuied that in twenty-five years they
would DE- CELEBRATED 1 have found this
authority upon the subject: Colonel WI
liam Byrd IN the Westover manuscripis
in his visit to the Land Of Eden In l7SS,
..ye. Near the banks OF Hatcher's creek
J found large beech tree, with the foi-
io".nr inscription cut upon the Dark OF
.. = H.. n. H., y. B.. lay here the zth
h-y 1913 4, was not difficult to hi
Jp these Initials with the following names:
Joseph Hatcher. Henry Hatcher, ana
benjamin Burlington. three indian traders,
Who had lodged near that place sixty
years before on their way 70 the sauro
town. But the strangests part of the story
Was this that these letters cut In the
bark should remain perfectly legible 50
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.

RICHMOND, VA, August 5, 1895.
No auction sales to-day. Private sales:
Dark leaf, %: wrappers. ); filters, 4. Total,
81 hogsheads.
cites, S22o7o; tobacco, $2.63379 Total. So
$40
Business was very duh around to-day,
with nothing of interest transporting.
Among visitors we note Messrs. r. H.
Herndon. Danville, Va: Sterling Ed
munds. Louisville, KY. and II. O. Jeffress,
Chase City. Va.
Sales tomorrow will be about as usual
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06

long l doubt net but this piece OF an
uquity may be read many years hence"
BYRD'S TREE SEEN IN 1881.
Colonel Byrd also says. ION the eastern
bank OF the Sable creek, six PAGES from
the mouth. and just at the brink OF the
Dan river, stands sugar tree, which
Is the beginning OF my fine tract OF land
In Caroline. called the Land OF Eden
caused the initial letters OF my name
TO be cut on large poplar and beech
near my corner. for the more easy finding
II another time"
Mr.. II. ID. Paschall, surveyor Of this
county, and who accompanied the United
States Engineer Corps in surveying the
Dan from It's headwaters 10 Clarksv!ls
IN 1871, and who WAS n very observant
man, told me that he saw Colonel Byrds
tree with his initials plainly visible In
the bark while the party were on this
surveying expedition.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06

WASHINGTON. August 5-The New
port Royal dy-lock. The largest in the
United States IS now ready for use. and
VII Dol tested on the 18th instant with the
monitor Amfhr,ritc A board consisting
o 'aptaiu Willis navajo Constructor
hanscHm. ana CFl-Engineer Addertor
VIII conduct the test The vessel will
enter Toe 0oc,. three times, the gates viii
Doe reversed. ara the condition OF the
.'raciuIe carefully noted after each en-
tIlnre.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06
Not entity.

NORFOLK, VA. August 5.-(Special.)-
In the Corporation Court to-day. Judge
watts. Of Portsmouth. presiding. the case
OF J. Fritzinger and $. Lash, two youths
arrested sometime since on the charge
of robbing Mr.. John c. Thomas. OF Ma
tbevs county of $3.50 on the streets Of
Norfolk. was called, and they were found
moi guilty.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06
cRA1N AND COTTON EyCHANGF

RICHMOND VA, August ), 1895.
Offsrings.-Wheat, $50 bushels. Corn
White so bushels. Oats. 1.l62 bushels.
Sales-Wheat. $50 bushels.
Quotations. -Wheat-Longberry, 614
Y lie; mixed, Glql2 l-2c. shortberry, t6n
~ i-2c.; No. ? red, 72n72 1-2c. COrn-White,
Virginia. 50c; No. 2 white. SOC; No. =
mixed, i9c. Oats-No. 2 mixed. 2s 1-2d29c.
No. mixed, q l-2q2Sc.; winter seed, 30a
35c Rye, 5on53c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06
promincut Physician Ill.

DEATONSV1LLE. VA. August 5.-(Spe-
ciaI1-Dr. William b. Daily, enc of the
most prominent physicians in this
IAmeliaC county, and one Of our most
esteemed citizens. is critically i'll at his
residence. at Jetersville. He was para
lvzed on yesterday. His condition creates
Great anxiety
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06
BONDS
RALTUMORE STOCK MARKET.

BALTIMORE, August 5.-Virginia SIS.
new. 70 l-2G74 do. Century, 6SD6S IA; Bal
timore and Chic. 65: Baltimore and Ohio
southwestern. rs. Ill bid; do. income -,
25 asked; Consolidated Gas. stock, ga
e3 is: do, bonds. 6's, III bid do. 5's,
tdS 1-A01Og
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RICHMOND LIVESTOCK MARKET

RICHMOND, VA, August 3, 1888.
sbeep and ilsmbs-Recelpts. 80; sales 800
Hogs Receipts, $50; sales, 80.
Prices-Cattie best MA 1-2c., gross:
medium to good, Sa3 $-4c., gross; com
mon TO fair. 2a2 3-4c.. gross; bulls, 1-ip
Sic. gross sheep. 2 l-4n3c.. gross;
lambs, 4d4 3-ic., gross; hogs, 6 S-iGIc.
net
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vrs .mcIie Rivcs-CbanIcr III.

COBHAM. VA. August 5.-(special)-
Mrs Amelie Rives-Chanler is Ill at her
fathers home. Castle Hill" DR.. X. H.
Sbackelford Is In attendance upon her
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06
THE PARIS BOURSE.

LONDON, August $50 +. M.-Paris
adyices quote per cent rentes at l02f.,
o. IL centimes for the account.
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MARKET QUOTATIONS
REPORTS FROM ALL GREAT BUSH
NESS CENTRES OF THE WORLD.
Prices of Money, Bonds, Stocks,
Grain, Tobacco, Cotton, &C., and
Indications.

Il WASHINGTON. ID. c., August g.
IN Forecast for Virginia: Fair wea-
y" ther ia the morning; showers in
the afternoon; southwesterly
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06

& 5-Sass 5-sc.; No. red, 81 5-sgeS Use
No corn, IL lie. No. oats, Il I.sc.
Pork. Sl0l5. Lard 500 l-2. Short-rib sldes,
S5.o0ds5.SO Dry alted shoulders. s5@ l-2g
S5.75. Short clear sides, 1871 l-2gSovD.
Whiskey. ;l.22.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.
UNION sTOCK-YARDS, ILL, August
5-Cnttle-Dull: receipts, l5,OOO. Market
active: common and medium, l0c. lower;
common TO extra steers, s3.5edS; stockers
and feeders, s27jqAl0; cows and bulls,
s5oaS75; calves. go ss5eeS o., TeSanS '-'Zo@
Hogs-Receipts. 1900 Market firm, and
l0Ql5c. higher; heavy packing and snip
ping. ss0usl; common 20 choice mixed,
-. i5q,5.l0; choice assorted, SiVaso.SS;
{Sbeen--Receipts. $500. Market weak and
lOGi5c. lower Inferior 60 choice. $2aS.0;
lambs. s3Q$5.5O.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI. O., August 5-Flour-Ac-
tive: winter wheat. S70G80; do, fancy,
50. iOaIs555; do family, SgD.2o; spring
patents. S37GgS3.S5.
Wheat-Quiet and steady; No. red.
Corn-Recelpts light: market quiet and
steady; white ear, track 42c.
Oats-Cuiet: receipts moderate; market
quiet; No. 3 mixed, new, track. &c; No. J..
white. new track. &c;
Pork-less active and easier; mess, vi;
clear mess. N2g5: family. $l225
Lard-Easy but in fair DEMAND; steam
leaf 3-ic. kettle lard, SIC: prime
steam. quiet and easy. at s5.9jfts6.
Bacon-Easy; loose shoulders. S-ic. (;
loose short-rib sides. 9 lie; loose short
clear sidcs. 9 l-sc.; boxed meats. Lie.
Dry saned n,eats--Easy and quiet; loose
shoulders. 5 3-sc.; loose short-ribs, 6 l-Sc.;
loose short-cear sides, 3-Sc.: boxed
meats, half a cent more.
Whiskey--Quiet and firm. 1T $l22
st. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS. NO. August 5.-Flour-Firm
and unchanged.
Corn-Lower; september. &C.; Decern-
Der, % 3-ie.; year. Is SIC, asked; May.
oats,IOwer; September. % Bic; May.
a lie
Pork-standarG mess $l022 l-?.
Iard-Prime steam. S5.SJ; choice, s5.95.
Bacon-Shoulters. s Lie; longs. &c:
clear rims. 7-sc.; short clear. &C.
Dry salt nneats--Shoulders, Csc longs,
6 s IS clear RIOS re- snort clear
High wines--steady. at si.2e
THE COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK. Angus, 5.-Cotton-Qulet:
middling Gulf. 1-ltc.: midiling, Size:
net receipts. none; gross. sos bales: ex-
norts 10 Great Britain. 100 bales: to CONT
pent i76 bales: forwarded, ls2 bales:
sales, $3.50 bales; spInhers. II bales; stock,
Totals to-day--Net receipts. 4ls bales;
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exports 10 Great Britain, io4 ksses; 70 ths
Continent Go bales ssock 34olS bales.
Totals so far this ~sek-Set recs.pts.
aSs heics. exports TO Great brtsses -
bales: to the Continent, CO bales.
Totsis since September ist--Net receipts.
1898, bales: Exports 70 Great Brifaln.
s.sfszt: bales: TO rra u,S nz'Ss oa'es'
Futures closed ddet and steady: sales,
$3.50 bales: September. SCI; October.
S.os: November. 500; December, $40:
January, S.is: February, VIA; March.
s71s
NEW oRLEANs, La. August Scot
ton--Futures closed steady; ssaies, 25Sco
bales; August. $3.50: September. 1874, Oc-
tober, $50: November, %E; December.
s5G; January. $3.50: Febyun'y. &T;
March, sos: April, sos.
NAvAL-sToRE MARKETS.
WILMINGTON, n. c., August -
Rosin-F1rm: strained. $40; good strained.
81
Spirits OF turpentlne-Firm: machine.
DC. Irregular, &c.
Tsr-Ftrm. AZ siSj.
Crude turpentine-s Steady; hard. s.~;
SOFT. S.6o virgin. 81
CHARLESTON. 8. c.. August 5.-Tur.
/ casks
Rosin-Good strained. firm, at s1.o0sl.l5
receipts. q barrels.
SAVANNAH. GA, August 5.-Spirlts Of
suipentine opened trm at &c. bid, sales.
Oh casks, closing firm at % i-sc., bid,
Win no sales: receipts, tgs casks.
h9sin-tirm; sales, $500 barrels: quote
$40; g. AS: H. no; / Sis: X 's siI
NJ, S.5; n. s3S5; wlndow-slass. t2.N
1 water-whte. s.75
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winds.
For North Carolina Fair weather IN the
morning, followed by showers; southerly
winds.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-06

TEE WEATHER ~ RICHMOND YESTERDAY
was bright and clear.
State of tbormomatar.
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RICHMOND MARKETS.
AUGUST s. 1895.
BUTTER, EGGS. FOWLS. LARD, CORN
MEAL.
Butter, new

Butter, new:
Selected, creamery .........-.... 16G17c.
Choice family, packed ........... Halle.
Choice store-packed ............. l2Il3c.
Good to prime ................... 10c.
Eggs:
Fresh Virginia and West Vjr-
gnia. in crates ................. 8dl0c.
lima ......................... Sd9c.
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Opening. Highest Lowest. Closing

Cash quotations.: Flour quiet and STEADY
81 5-Sa6S 5-sc.; No. 2 red, 81 5-sgeS i:Se.
No. 2 corn. IL lie. No. oats, Il I.Sc.
Pork, SlOl5. Lard, 500 IL. Short-rib sides,
S5oods5S0. Dry salted shoulders, S1R l-Zg
1915. Short clear sides, 1881 l-2gS6SO.
Whiskey, ;l.22.
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IMMATURE ALMANAC. AUGUST STU.
Sun rises ......5:90 HIGH TIDE
Sun sets ........7ll Morning. ......... .5:l6
Moon sets ......7:59 Evening. .5:s5
The Afro-American. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1892-1899, 1895-09-07
THE COLORED STORE.


a rousing meeting vas held al
the Vermont Avenue Baptist church
last WednesdaR evening. MissNan-
ME Burroughs presided. The OBJ
ject of the meeting is to arouse the
race to the importance of going in
to business and particularly to en-
courage and support this one now
in contemplation. Speeches were
made by Rev. W, H. Brooks, Hons.
c. HI. Taylor, Perry Carson and
Lawyer Thomas L. Jones. Doctor
Brooks spoke of youngmen launch
ing out in business and establish
ing their own places of business.
BY so doing they would give our
young people employment. He
spoke Of men who hid established
dry good stores down South and
were doing well. Hon. G. H. J.
Taylor was the next speaker. He
called the name 81 the ladies and
gentlemen and9eautioned them a.
bout entering into anything and
giving up So soon They must wade
in and wade on n the business to
become successful business men.
Hold fast to confidence in each
other. 2. II. Carson said he had
been fighting the colored peoples
cause since 1865 and he will con-
tinue to do so. He said that some
fools say to him he must give up
living because he isnot educated; a.
way with such foolishness. He was
willing to start with them to-day
and furnish them with one custom
er. Lawyer Jones spoke of the differ
ence between the North and the
South He said in the South you can
make all the money You want, but
you cannot come in theWhite mans
hotel, you must stay among your
own people. In the North they
will let you spend every cent you
have and then kick you out. In or
der to bea good merchant above all
a man must be polite, not given to
anger. He must stir late and early;
must have good common sense. He
must not be too anxious to get rich;
very few men ever get rich who
have it in their minds to be rich
Washington, 'Colored American
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IN ELLICOTT CITY BOY
Rises TO, be Is Pr raI31scna4 p 4rSzsgIsf
ia Washington,

Robert Francis Plummer, the
fourth son of Adam Francis and
Fanny Saunders Plummer, was
born at Ellicott Mills, Howard Co.
Md. Sept. 7th, 1851. When three
years old he was removed with his
mother brothers and sisters to
Riverdale, Prince George Go. NJ.
To the farm Of Chas: B. Calvert,
where his father was then foreman.
In 1871 his father bought a farm
of B. F. Guy, being the only help
his father had then the hope of
getting to school seemed forever
banished. He embraced religion at
the age of II, The ordinance Of
baptism was administered by his
eldest brother. He continued on
the farm with his fatheruntil 1890,
when he began school at Wayland
Seminary, Washington, d. G. atten-
ded the same TWO years, working at
Saratoga during the summers as a
means of support. Entered the
Normal Department of Howard
University in 1882, graduated
from the Pharmaceutical Depart
ment Of the same university in the
spring 1890. He married Miss
Katie G. Cook October 3, 1888 and
obtained a position in the Govern
ment Printing Office, November
1891. He resigned the same July
1898 for the purpose of pursuing
his profession in Meridian, Miss. He
left the same on account of race
prejudice. Having returned to
Washington he worked as relief
clerk for Drs. hurry and Digger,
and later was employed as clerk for
DR.. /. H. Harris. At present he is
proprietor of neat drug store at
315 f Street, s. w. Washington, d. q.
The Afro-American. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1892-1899, 1895-09-07

mighty hates Grace prejudice" and
every injustice which flows from
it as much as we should hate the
devil. The Blessed Jesus in the
very teeth of the people of his day
showed his contempt for such man
made barriers by ignoring them,
even though his action brought
upon him the curses and the jeers
of the Scribes and Pharisees. And
if he were here today walking up
on this earth we know too we'll how
he would act. He would say that
there is no such thing as a
color line all Of you are brethren.
True, we are the victims Of this
miserable breath Of the Devil
r-phobia, but it is often the
case that we too, to a certain ex-
tent, are guilty of the same sin.
Others may dare to draw such a
line, but dare we do it.
RIGHT WINS IN THE END. Truth,
must win because it is right.
Patient wemust be-but also cour-
ageous and true, and like Moses,
while maintaining our meekness,
if it be the will Of God, place our
selves calmly in his hands and en-
dure heroically and brayely the pc
sition in which we seem to be
placed, the |butt end" of all crea-
ton, to be everywhere spoken
against. God moves in mysterious
EnFys his wonders to perform, and
WHIP he does not visibly interfere
and punish those who would OBJ
scure the fact of His Father-hood
vet in his own way and time will
he vindicate Himself and cast down
the mighty from their seats.
The man above all in Holy
Scriptures held up as a pattern of
and humility Of heart,
despite his labors and self-abnega-
ton for the Jewish people, had his
cross To bear, and it should be a
source IF much encouragement to
Us that the cross of Moses, in one
very important respect is identical
with that we are forced to bear.
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REMARKABLE SLAVE.
Although an EmbeciIe He Could
Solve Wonderful Mathematical
Problems.

Black Lake, La.,-During and
after slavery Mr.. Thomas, of this
place, possessed among his slaves
one who was an idiot. His mistress
took a gret t deal of interest in him
and finally took him to live with
her. He seemed devoted to her,
and 50 much trouble was experien-
ced every night in taking him
away to his bedroom that she had
a small room added to her own,
that he might stay near by. During
tie day he would have laughing
spells and wheu one would come
on he would suddenly jump up
run ont of the house, fall down on
the ground and roll and laugh to
his hearts content. Then he
would come back in the house
looking as solemn as if nothing had
happened.
He had small table upon which
he always kept grains of corn and
he would sit by the house arrang-
ing those grains in different groups.
But the most wonderful thing was
this: He could tell the sum Of any
numbers you chose to give him,
could tell the interest on any sum
for any number Of years, months,
or days, At any given per cent. He
would nevor hesitatein his answers,
but seemed to have them on his
ION gue's tip. Many times the long
and tedious problems given would
be worked and hewas never known
to make mistake.