The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-09

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Now and thcn we hear from Christian
people something very like wholesale and
indiscrminate dcunciaticn of the Jews.
yet the Jews among us. ~ Whatever
nationality, are "a particularly quiet. or
DERBY, and law-abiding people l have
never known "A drunken jew. meyer saw Il
Hebrew tramp l0afer or vaeab0nd. and
have never known a jew % Doe indicted
Ter an infamous offence our Hebrew
fellOw-ciuzcns often send tIoir children
10 our best schools and colleges. give
their money freely 10 benevolent objects.
and not few OF them aIe among our
best and most substantial business mon.
When the Baptist General Association of
Virginia met in Charlottesville. some
years ago. the Jews threw open their
fine houses and entertained the delegates
I'm princly style. Indeed. some of The
finest houses in the city are owned by
Jews.
Some years ago. Guthrie published ir
the Sunday Magazine (EdinbCreJ very
striking article on the Jews In that
article the statement was made that an
expert CraniOlogist. who bad before him
On table a variety OF skulls represent
ing the various races Of the earth. could
pick out the skull of a Hebrew from the
mass. because Of its superiority. The
statement may have been somewhat oy-
travagant: but the Hebrews as race
certainly deserve TO rank very high in-
tellectually. From "a purely Intellectual
point Of view. Moses and Paul must be
place in the very first rank Of the
worlds thinkers. and Isaiah and John
belong IN the same rank. / cannot rec
cali the names OF any of the four writer's
who have so greatly and $50 permanently
innuenccd the thinking ana the conduct
OF the most progressive races of the world
"Noe 10 the world II the growth or
wisdom should depend upon the death
of fools and upon the survival cf the
fttcst"-Maj0r j. W. Powell.
There is reason 10 fear that. for once,
the Maicr is right. for the fools do seem
20 die hard. and the survival OF the un-
fttest is too often % Solid stolid. and
portentous fact in actual everyday lfe
whatever 10 may Doe in what is nowadays
called Science"
II may not be very c0ngoniai q the
feelings OF masculine humanity % con-
TESS it, but the simple truth is that in
our modern world of literature not
little OF the best writing is done by WOO
men, Adam Bcie' U.s. perhaps. the
finest novel that was ever written. and
1.-THE Mil on the flnrH lr HralcDly lH-
ferior TO II. "The Decollcte in Modern
Life" by Mrs. Phelps. was enc of the
finest essays that have ever seen in an
American periodical. Miss Frances
power cobb. am Irish lady. gave us one
Of the finest article ever published in the
Torun The title was. "Pitv-Gcnulne
and c,,,rions Here is one Of her capi-
tsl stories which. I confess. was new %
mo.
cbn1 Va. .,oU-n picture OF the
Po-oan arena where Christian MARTYRS
-. 49,, 5.,.o,ro1 l,v wild beasts.
~. M, -,.,fr,.-..~od as no cazod m the
,,r,,eio ,''. 80. hnt .his fathers delight
-, .hfs en- ~ nrs.oc,ors grace was
6ssne6 ,rhon ,hc infant pointed 10 n dis
eroars5 cuh in a corner ~ the picture and
re-,,-,eJ. tibet moor little lion hasn't
CO.. sry C,hristian 10 oat,"
And hero is an admirable specimen N
her analvsis Of mat strange. fanaucaL
and Vet highly fashionable phase Of hu-