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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-26
THE PLATT WING A MINORITY.

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The Platt wins OF the Republican, party IN New
York ia a very small minority but II includes
what are called the workers" Its leaders. Lau-
terbsch. Van Colt. Patterson. Gibbs and others
know where TO reach and bring the primaries
certain mon who are usually numerous enough TO
give the machine the control OF the county organ-
2ation Two years ago the dec'ntcr portion OF me
narty became Disguised with the Tammany deals:
reused up enrolled themselves 70 the number or
az e.0 instead OF the usual 1000, and took the
ORGANIZATION out OF the Plattites hands. Next year
they lct things 20 again and Lauterbach became
agent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-26
A Small sum

Montreal train via the Adirondack Mountains
leaves Grand Central Station daily, at 600 p. IN.
Get dinner the Ginng-car. -.
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PRYTBrr.-OTTMANN-On Monday. November y; 1881
AZ ST. Peters Church. by the Rev. =. I. Moldenke
Louise youngest daughter Of the late PhhiD
Ormann ~ Albert Irybil
Notices OF marriages and deaths must be
lndorsed with full name and address.
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SOUTH cARoLlNA Plan.

From the Lewiston (Me) Evening journal.
The New-York Tribune characterizcs. Piatts
scheme being carried ont by Lauterbach. Platts
lieutenant. FOR getting rid Of The election district
mittees as prepared by HE Committee OF Thirty
as @Lauierbach's soutH Carolina Plan" This IS
literally true In South Carolina the Interpretation
OF the political right of the cOlored race under the
new constitution is given to men who beforehand
have decided that the colored shall be dis
franchsed. The Plat scheme In New-York city
is to rule out Of the local Republican organizi-
ton such Republicans have repeatedly kickel al
his machinc-the determination OF Republican or
,hodoyy being given to Platts committees who be
forehand have decided that Piaiiisn and RepiD-
licanism cOinc.dcnt.
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Young Married PcOI

has marvellous purchasing power az CowperthWats lOf
W. 1ith Street 9Th Avenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-26
MARRIED.

viii Ind az FLINTS. u West I'D Street, ch1ce. an
furniture at lowest prices.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-12-05
Springfield uro umgfgfnb.
@enaro Bros. electric Belt So. bdIt
ii@ bieie Mo9e i'm Opernbaus auf.

@enaro Bros. electric Belt So. bdlt
ii@ bieie Mo@e i'm Opernbous auf.
acknowledgements unb Spielpaaren
in re,&er auswabI unb febr biuis bei
$. 8. S1leuber.
SRI. Mnna S9uerbtieser pon Siberia
uerweilte Iette @o@e in Der Tamilie por
8olfsans S@mio auf 8eiu@.
Moberts 9aue bat einen neuen IN.
itri@ unb batur@ EN- re9t blbi9es
Wusieben erbolten.
Der dumt ni@t am 80. DECEMBER ben,
@eoes@ ontef Der 9obiduIs&laHe in,
Spernbauie beijumobnen.
SRI. gmilie 8aari@ uon Nem ulas
befiueet ii@ in Der Jamilie pom Sobn 9.
S9mib auf Weiu9.
Der gprinsfielb spmnaitii@e Club
nabm in ie,ner letten Tre,tas ab8ebaltes
aen reselmdBisen 0eriammluns IL neue
Mitslieoer auf.
zine sroBe Mn;abl Sprinsfieloer
mobnter am Dienitas in Sleepp gpe
Der iilbernen 9o@5eit . Carl Berg
unb @emablin bel.
Das Tbeateritud rpait Neoemption",
wel@es am Dantiasunestas i'm Operns
baus our NufTlbruns selanste, mar bic
bette yeiituns, mel@e nod bon bRiisen
Dilettanten seliefert wnroe unb Der Yes
iud Der 0oriteQuns MAJ elm auberors
bentlid 5ablreider.
DIE Sprinsielb @ortmen Qose fat
bic folsenben neuen Weamten erwdblt:
s. M%ttermatt, Rafter Wortman; Geo.
@ilion. 6oreman; eugene Qeatbers
man. Suerieer; S. $. eau. @uioe; Z.
@illon, &ecoroer; 8. o. Rrabmer,
Tinancier; @bas. Gamble, &eceiuer.
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Sprinsfielb. 8. DECEMBER.

springfield, 8. DECEMBER.
Gbas. S9neiber BON Neru llm Be-
finoet ii@ bel George Grimm auf Be.
iud.
81 @ambles Sale fanb am Mitt.
nod Mbenb Elm seidIo0enss Tanstrdn3s
den fat.
George Gretbar unb ,5rant Dreit>
treut pcn Qamberton feierten ben Dont.
fasunsstas in Springfield.
Nnbre,p Mrnbt unb SRI. Marp Riuion
perben ant nd@iten Dienitaa ben 10.
De5ember in Der bieiisen lutberi4em
Rir4e 9etraut.
Robert midaels, Der lebte ISOLDE pom
benz neuen Stabl> Glepator Der RoQer
Ntible berunter fiel, 1T mieber 10 3iem>
lid berseiteQt.
ISM. Bfafiratb bat feline S9miebe>
mertitdtte nit elmer Dompf engine unb
Wtai4tnerie uerieben laien unb beabii@:
tist, UNI nit Der i3eit S4ritt gu balten,
oas 0ei9dft nad aQen &idtunaen auss
5ubebnen.
Wm. Bod anb SRI. Carrie Matter
murben bur@ Paitor Mppel in Der Luz
tberii9en Rir@e uno ni@t in Der tatbo>
ll9en, ME in Lester drummer irrtbam>
LID beri@tet, 9etraut.
Die Sprinsfelo 2ose s. .. .. i.
ermablte in ibrer am Monta9 absebal=
tenen 8eriammluns bic folsenben Be=
amten: Wm. 9. grant, g. g.; 8.
clearinghouse, 9. g.; M. s.. Mnlteo,
st. g.; q. S. Reenan, g. g.; %.
@@mib, @@atmeiiter; y. g. Dotioh,
Trui tee auf Is Monaten.
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Oas paHenb @eihenf.

Das paenbe @ei@ent.
Dame I'm einem Mobelsei@dft): sd
m0@te 9erne fir meinen Mann als Sc
burtstasssei@ent einen bibi@en Office
itubl f%aufen. @as fir einen tSnnen
Sic mir e%mpfeblen?"
0ertaufer: rDarf i'd frasen. mas
Der SER @emabl fir elm @eiddft BATE"
Dame: vgr lit Mbpotat."
Dertdufer: Dam wdre mobl Elm
Drebi II Der pa6enbits."
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1reie Yiuen.

Man i9ide feline Nbreiie at s. q. Budlen
& Co., Chicago, Inn eiue BrobeFdi9e Don
Or. Sings Neuen Qebenspilen gu erbalten.
giu Geriu3 mir6 lire Site bemeiien. Die
Pile1 1pirlen mild, iinb aber fir Dertopfnng
unb &opfmeb CUTE Mittel. 8ei Malaria ln6
2eberleiben baben iie fi9 als unibertreiili1
ermieien. Gle iinb 9arantirt, BON alen siiz
tiSem Subitanjen frei uub rein pesetabilii3
5u ]ein. sic i9mdden ni9t, ionber,t sebeil
bnr9 8elebung Der Verbauun9sor9ane ben,
&orper feline &rait pieber. @em0bnli1e
S9a9teln % Gents bel Npotbeter 5. 81.
Olien 4
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u u eine quite Seite.

u d cine CUTE Seite.
r9eun ia9e mir einmal, gilbert, mie
tonnteit Du Dir cine Trau' nebmen, bic
10 itottert?" IT.
rSa, meiBt Du, lieber Greunb, bic
Sa@e bat bod au@ ibre Yi@tieite. 8is
meme Trau bes Mbenbs gu mir iaat:
Did i9on wieber a. a-aussebn?"
bin i'd i@on LANCE CUR Tbir binaus!"
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Gin nettes q T 4 u.

Moles tommt aus Der Stabt. y0ier
giter@e," ia9t er, babe i@ Dir mas
Teines mitsebra&t, unb lest elm pads
den Dor ieine Trau bin r@u, mas 1T
Bonn bas?" frast bieie. = v@botoIabe,
mie iie bic feinen @taotleut' ~trinten.
Sod iic nur 9lei@!"- Nber i'd meiB
ia gar net, ME i@ ie to@en ioQ, ~
tommt { 3mimel bran ooer ionit was?"
- Ma@ nur INNER e'3mimel9e bran,
e 3miwel9e perbirbt nir!"
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Man iast, bag elm Mann, Der ii@ III
bieiem 2anbe tbatis nit Der politit ab>
Siebt unb Elm Nmt erwirbt. sepSbnli@
aufb0rt, elm ebrli@er Meni@ 3u iein.
fir ben 0erluit zines ebrli@en Nauens
erbdlt er aber bann ben Titel r9onor;
able"
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). & }, Qappe,
Sailor,

Ne@ utnt, XtMm.
Der ullter,ei4nete madt betannt, bab iih ie,r
S9neiberSei1dit num,nebr inn sueiteu Stoo
lelnes 9ebalbes OIL Winneiota Strabe befin=
bet. rpoielbit ct itets bereit 1T Muitraoe entoe=
gen 81 nebmen. Cute Nrbeit unb sutes 9ai=
Ten 9arantirt. g. q. V.oTanne.
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s m { r 9eidaftlid d.

5 N m er e@0 d.
SER: sd tomme, sic nm bic 9anb
elmer Sbrer Trdulein E0@ter gu bitten"
GiSarrenfabrttant: vSebr mobl!
Wani&en sic bic Mbselaserte, bic mits
~tel1tarte ODER bic aus Der 9eniion Sm>
portirte?" ~
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Euppenba,ar in Der gurnpaue.
De 9 ruiame {.

Oe " q me.
u: vWie in ulle @elt t6n ie oenn
io'ne bobe Belobnuns for ion 9unb
utietten?"
g: %, it bd ct Blot mine Tru to
2eeu.L
u: rOenn uarn ie ben Roter ieter
meboer triesen."
9: r&een @ebante! st met ia, bat
be bobt isl"
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ge8eb' ME cine S@le@ttsteit,
Sont fraft Did bic @ere4t,steit.
Guar .peidt Du man@mal lang ibr aus,
Do4 i@lieBli@ trifft lie Did iu Saus.
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Duppembajar In Der 1wrns
hale!
GrnKeS uno NeitereS.

Die S4ule bes yebens Tam man
ni4t i@mdnjen.
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Family Likenesses.

Some curious Investigations have re-
Gently been undertaken by photo
graphic society inGeneva. The purpose
was to show that the longer a married
couple lived together-we apprehend
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS more and more
marked became the resemblance
which the two persons bore to each
other. Photographs of seventy-eight
couples were taken, as we'll as an equal
number of adult brothers and sisters.
On careful inspection it was found
that the married couples were more
like each other than the brothers and
sisters of the same blood. Apparently,
therefore, there seems to be stronger
force available for the production OF
"family likenesses" even than that OF
hereditary transmission. In accept
ing the statement of the society IN
question as true as to fact, IT is not
difficult, in certain measure, to
account for the phenomenon referred
to. Human beings, for example, have
quite faculty for copying each other
in their ways, movements and tempera'
ments. Photographic Times.
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ly sums were appropriated to erect the
handsome buildings that Jefferson
planned. Three hundred thousand
dollars in all were given for the build:
ings-a large sum of money in the
early days of this centuiy-and SIS,
900 a year was devoted to the support
of the institution. ~
Jefferson was the Chairman of the
First Board of Trustees, and it was the
work of the last years of his life to
superintend the buildings as they were
erected. He engaged workmep, Sc.
lected timber, bought bricks, and even
hired workmen to come from Italy to
make the carvings IN stone. In the
buildings LIE endeavored to give ex.
amples of every style of architecture.
Then came the time for selecting
professors. There was to be no Pres.
ident, all Of the faculty being OF equal
rank, except that one should be chosen
as Chairman. At that time DR.. Thomas
Cooper, refugee thirty years before
from England. was the foremost chem
list of the time and noted for his scien-
tific attainments. Four States were
competing for his services in their
schools of learning, but when Jeffer-
son invited him to Charlottesville he
accepted. The orthodox Vlrginians.
however, would not stand it, for DR..
Cooper was Unitarian, and storm
was evoked that threatened the we'll.
being of the university. Jefferson was
obliged to yield and relinquished DR..
Cooper to one of the other institutions
competing for his services.
The main body of the professors were
engaged in England, only the chairs
of law, ethics and chemistry being
filled from the United States. and in
March, 1926, the university was
opened with forty students. Before
the beginning OF the second year there
were over 40 students in attendance.
From the date of its opening down to
the beginning of the Civil War the
average attendance was larger, there
being representatives from nearly all
the States, though, OF course, mainly
from the Southern States.
Jefferson, of course, selected the
library, excluding therefrom all works
of fiction, not because such books
should not be read, but because they
had no place in the library OF an edu-
cational institution.
Jefferson's ilea of college or univer-
sity discipline was to place the stu
dents on honor, trusting them rs gen.
tlemen to conform to the rules OF the
institution. 1t has worked with ad-
mirable success as rule. 4 spirit of
freedom has been developed, and
while there have been individuals who
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work of his life, the crowning grace OF
career spent in the public service
and for good of his country.
A large sum of money hsd been
raised by public subscription, Jefter-
son himself contributing $1,000, but it
was not Jefferson's idea that it should
be private institution. BE intended
that it should be State Institution,
to be supported largely by the State.
and this was where the tug OF war
came. The Virginia Legislature was
not accustomed to appropriate money
for such objects. The people were
poor, money came hard, and party
passion was not extinct.
A very respectable and influential
minority in the State were op-
posed to Jefferson on many grounds,
but more particularly on the ground
of religion. Orthodoxy was still
powerful, and it was feared that
an educational institution fathered
by Thomas Jefferson would teach free
thinking in religion. if not atheism.
Hs finally conquered, however. Good
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stands in one of the picturesque
streets OF Greenbush, just across the
Hudson River from Albany. It was
near this house that ''Yankee Doodle"
was written. For years the old block
house has been. fast decaying under
the ruthless ravages of time and the
elements. The Society OF Colonial
Danes, recognizing the value of this,
the oldest house in the United States,
has leased it for term of fifteen years.
When the improvements now in prog
ress shall have been completed Gus
todian will be placed in charge. By
the payment of small entrance fee it
will be accessible to all visitors.
The building was erected in l642 as
manor house and place Of defense,
and was known as Fort Crailo. It was
General Abercrombie's headquarters
while that doughty warrior was march
ing to attack Fort Ticonderoga, in
175S. twas at the cantonment east
Of this house, near the old well, that
the Army Surgeon, r. Shuckburgh,
composed the immortal song, "Yankee
Doodle" The house is the original
homestead of the younger and larger
branch of the Van Rensselaer, family,
after whom the county was named.
According to the best histories, the
building was erected by Killian Van
Rensselaer, for his son Johannes be-
tween the years 1880 and 1872.
The building is a two-story and
attic brick structure of most substan-
tial construction. The walls are of
great thickness, and are still pierced
with two OF the nine stone loopholes
which once commanded the ap-
proaches. The beams of hewn pine
are of unusual size, some OF them be-
ing sixteen inches square. About the
middle of the eighteenth century the
rude fortress.like dwelling was trans
formed into a handsome residence,
and an addition was made in the rear
in 1740. The main entrance is in the
middle of the river front and gives
access to small hall, from which
open doors leading to the main rooms
on either side. At the end of the hall
springs nm arch, the imposts and sof-
fits of which are ornamented with
delicate garlands in low relief. A
second and much larger paneled hall,
opening upon the porch at the left,
intersects this hall at the centre OF the
house. The old Crsilo manor house
is most curiously planned. All the
rooms connect with each other, usually
by means of closets, but as there are
several levels on the same story the
doors in some cases open several feet
above the level of the floor of
the lower room. There is no ap-
parent reason for this difference of
level, unless it was purposely designed
to increase the difficulty Of capture in
the event of the house being taken by
an enemy.
The building some years ago passed
out of the hands of the Van Rensse-
laers, and the property WAS in litiga-
ton for nearly two years. During
that time it was the retreat of band
of young rufians who broke the win
dows, defaced the woodwork, and de-
molished the msntels and balusters.
Prior to that time the old manor was
visited by people from all parts of the
United States. tits famous in history
and song. =
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Ancient Hearts.

The transfer of Kosciusko's heart to
the cs,stle at Rapperswill, Switzerland,
recalls many stories of the Crusaders,
who, dying on the Holy Land, sent
their hearts to friends at home. So.
af1erward, Sir Robert Peckham died
out o: England in 1869, but his heart
was not buried until 1886. The heart
of John Baliol was embalmed by his
widows desire, and inclosed in an
ivory casket enameled with silver.
And she, the loving Devorgilla,
placed this casket on her table every
day at meal time and ordered it put
on her own heart when she was borne
to the tomb. Then there is the heart
of the Bruce, dear to elocutionists and
stump speakers. For strange tales
about hearts see the ''Lives OF the
Trouoadours" and that dreadful story
by Barley D'Aurevilly, sat Dinner
of Atheists. Boston Journal.
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property uninjured. Since the war
the university has regained its ancient
prestige, the attendance being larger
than ever before. .,-(
The present disaster will be great
blow, for it cannot be restored as it
was, and many of the historical as
sociations will be destroyed forever.
The hopeful side of this melancholy
picture is seen in the promptness and
zeal with which the faculty have
started a movement to restore the
burned buildings, and at the same
time TO provide the university with
other buildings that have long been
sadly needed. 1t is proposed to re.
erect the rotunda on the old lines, and
thus perpetuate the outward evidence
of Jef1erson's work as the founder of
the institution. The estimated cost
of this restoration is $4,000, and a
new building is desired to replace the
annex which shall cost 100000 while
other structures that are needed at
the earliest possible moment will call
for S76, 900, and the purchase OF new
books and the proper endowment OF
the library $5O,OO0 apiece-a grand
total of $Sk6. 900, towards which in
surance and endowments in hand will
provide $5s, 1000. There is thus re-
quired, the faculty estimate, s2sS, 600
''to rehabilitate our alma mater IN q
manner not unworthy Of her illus
trious father and her devoted sons. !"
A confident appeal for help will be
made to the Virginia Legislature, but
pending it's action, the faculty invite
the alumni Of the institution to share
in the work. "Nor should the call
reach only graduates of the univer.
sity," says the New York Post. cts
fullest equipment is matter OF Ma.
tional Importance, and no friend OF
education in any part of the country
could do better service for the up
building of the South, and thereby of
the w.aole country, than by contri-
button to this fund"
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Times, it is seen how easily the feat
may be accomplished. The first thing
is to insert u needle in cork 30 that
the point barely comes through. II
the large end of the needle projects at
the upper end of the cork, snap it of
with pair of heavy shears, so that it
may be flush with the surface of the
cork. Place nickel upon two blocks
of wood, and put the cork on it with
the sharp end of the needle down, OF
course. Give the cork quick, sharp
blow with hammer, and the needle,
being unable to bend, owing to the
support given it by the cork, will easily
go through the nickel. A silver quar-"
ter may be used in place of the nickel.
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ment of our colleges. The rotunda
was destroyed by the fire, and so was
the annex, the next building in i'm
portance, and with them was lost the
greater part of the library. The dam
age, so far as it can be expressed in
money, probably reaches $3.50, 900.
The university was the favorite
project of Thomas Jefferson for forty
years. As early as 1779 he conceived
the idea, but the public demands upon
his time for many years we're so great
that it was not until after the peace
with England in 1915 that he could
give his undivided attention to 1t. He
proposed to found "a university on a
plan so broad, liberal and modern as
to he worth patronizing with the pub
lie support and be temptation to the
youth of other States to come and
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The Man at the Lever.

The locomotive engineer is remark"
ably placid fellow, with habit of de"
liberate precision in his look and mo-
tions. He occasionally turns q calm
eye to his gauge and then resumes his
quiet watch ahead. The three levers
which he has to manipulate are under
his hand for instant use, and when
they are used it is quietly and in order,
as all organist pulls out his stops. The
noise in the cab makes conversation
difficult, but not as bad as that heard
in the car when passing another train,
with or without the windows open,
and in looking out of the engine cab
the objects are approached gradually,
not rushed past as when one looks
laterally out of parlor car window.
The fact is that the engineer does not
look 1.-THE side-he IS looking ahead
and therefore the speed seems less, as
the objects are approached gradually.
Those who have ridden at ninety
miles IN hour on a locomotive know
that on good road land there are
many such) the engine is not shaken
and swayed in terrific manner, but
is rather comfortable, and the speed is
not so apparant as when one is riding
in a parlor car, where only a lateral
view is had. The engineer can be
very comfortable if he is quite sure OF
the track ahead, and it is only in
rounding curves or in approaching;
crossings that he feels nervous, and it
is doubtful ii 1t is any more strain to
run locomotive at high speed than
10 ride bicycle through crowded
thoroughfares. Judging by the coun"
tenances of the bicycle rider and the
engineer, the engineer has rather the
best of it.-Rairoad Gazette.
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Highest OF all in Layeuing Powell Laes: Goyt Report
R@>!A!!!!! g! RRsk!aes Rskassl
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE


White Poplars 1or Lightning Rods.
There is often great loss of property
and sometimes Of life in the severe
electrical storms that rage at certain
times OF the year in Russia. To pro-
tect the houses of the peasants, which
are frequently struck by lightning,
the Russian Government has reco m
mended that the peasantry be en-
coursged to plant white poplar trees
around their dwellings to act as light
ming rods. This suggestion arose on t
of some Investigations concerning the
liability to lightning-stroke Of certain
species of trees, made by Russian
electrician and the Government Forest
Inspector. They spent 100 days in
the great forests near Moscow, and of
the 597 trees that during that time
were struck by lightning they found
302 were white poplar, notwithstand-
ing the fact that that species is COM
parati7ely rare. Chicago Record.
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have proved false, the great body Of
.he Students have been faithful to
high :lenis Q; A2ia"lor.
When the Civil War came the ma.
jority OF the Southern students cast
their fortunes with the army of the
Confederacy, and the university was
subjected to severe ordeal. When
the war broke out the average attend
ance OF students was $50. 1t tell at
once to a score Or two, but the insti-
tuition was kept open, and only once
did the war come near it. In March,
1865, General Sheridan and his cav.
airy was at Charlottesville for num-
Der of days, but during his stay he
placed guards around the grounds of
the university, and preserved the
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tombstone, which cites the fact that
he was Father of the University of
Virginia" as claim to remembrance
worthy to be joined with 'Author of
the Declaration of American Inde-
pendence, and of the Statute OF Vir-
ginia for Religious Freedom. The
chief building of the university was
the rotunda, which was planned by
Jefferson and erected under his super
vision, and which gave the institution
a distinctive character that elevated it.
above the usual conventional environ