The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-07

rated hinged land turtle. The latter is
curiosity TO the inlander % he prairies,
its exclusive feature being its hinge APP
paratus The forward half OF the under
case can be raised or lowered, having a
hinge When he chooses to be exclusive
and to shut out the sight ana sounds of
the world, the turtle raises this part and
shuts head and legs in completely. He
can sleep or mediate without fear of dis
turbance. Besides aquatic game, the
sportsman may knock over guam, grouse,
wild pigeons. and sometime geese and
turkeys, though on many of the estates
all shooting is prohibited.
There cannot be two opinions about the
delights of a spring in chat part of Vir-
9lnia which borders the Potomac, Besides
the game the natural scenery is as near
ly ideal as it is possible to find il in this
country. A country roadside in the Old
Dominion in The spring is Incompatible.
But summer in the same region must
be another thing. When it seemed to be
my fate TO spend the heated term near
the national capital. / was promised a
cooling breeze on the river hank for every
day. But after contracting for a fur
nished house near Mount Vernon, l dis
covered there We're prohibitions. One must
not go into the dark, enticing woods be
cause of the wood ticks, or on grassy
spots on the sands of the river shore, be-
cause of chisres, or near The shrubbery
because Of snakes, or sit out of doors in
the evening because of malaria, or have
edibles in the house because of ants, or
light a lamp because Of mosquitoes, or
keep frail ornaments on the nantes be
cause OF the laundering, jarriug guns at
the Indian Head testing grounds, and the
women must not wander out Of sight or
hearing. When vegetation begins 10 de-
cay late in summer, no amount Of quinine
can save the stranger from malaria, which
FIRST takes the form Of old-fas hioned aguo
of the Wabash type.
There are mountain regions of Virginia
that are rarely visited by the stranger
which is in no way surprising, as there
is q lack not only of railroads, but also
of tolerable wagon roads, but Il may sur
prise many to learn that withiu a few
miles of the nations capital there is $50
iation as complete as in the Dako as There
are people almost in sight Of The Washing
ton monument who have neither the dis
position nor the means to venture across
the boundaries of their native counties.
The Thousands of acres of poorly worked
or IDLE land near the home of Washing
ton would support large population N
comfort if put under modern methods of
cultivation. In the larger towns of the
state however. there is moi less Of enter
prise, though less of prosperity than in
Northern communities of the same size.
There is very striking difference between
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ed farm region and of such towns as Rich
rlond Lynchburs and Danville ANON,
the blacks of both town and country are
a lew survivors Of slavery days who pre-
serve the type Of the courteous. amiab,,.
negroes offending none, ana having no
disposition to assert themselves In the
third OF a century since the war they
have accumulated money and some ARE
rich. Negroes Of the new generation have
few of the qualities OF the Old. Many
are wen educated, measured by the South
ern standard, having passed through the
High School These are not always ami
able or respectful in their bearing toward
any class of whites
Those who earn good wages spend
them largely in dress. Stdng on a Lynch
burg Veranda one Sunday morning / saw
among the passing thrones refined women
sweet-faced children and old gentlemen
with the grace and dignity of colonial
days, all Wen dressed n clothes carefully
preserved and not Of the latest fashion.
More numerous were the coiored peoD}e
some Of them overdressed, particularly
the children, and other dressed in good
taste and the latest styles j followed
crowd of negroes into what proved TO he
the arts tocratic Baptist coored church. 1t
was certainly as fashionable a congrega-
ton as could be found in the town. The
services were decorous with a studied Sc
ed worship of the white aristocracy. The
choir had coed voices ard attacked ambi-
tious music. Or course, the towns all
have their ragged. loud. and INDECENT class
of colored laborers some of whom are
vicious and dangerous The lines are as
distinctly drawn between these and the
educated negroes as between any two
classes of white paoDle
I'm the interior of one of the Blue Ridge
counties where the railroad does not pen
citrate and the STRANGER is An object of
curiosity, the coiored poople who were
slaves are a thrifty class ov;ning tbe,r
small farms and sSmet@,nes nrettv hina
They spend Iitdei for clothes ana noth,ne
for drink and have, money in bank rrsre
as in town, the neprbes Of the new gener'
alton are unlike those of the old rbere is
however. no educated class Manv aro 70,
puted to be ;ndolenf iror,rovidsrr "a 49,,
Trustworthy as lahorera corire, 49, g.
a picnic than for ernujovment II oona,t
he said though. that nv ba,,a = stGn1tra.
example of Industry in he whites 70 , W