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ROLLINS INSTITUTE

B SREvlLlE COLLEGE
For Young Women. Elegant equipments.
Beat sanitary appointments. beautiful grounds
seven acres Offers College courses with degrees,
Seminary COURSES with diploma, and Preparatory
school Of best type. which admits TO wellesley aud
smith on certificate. No school 10 the country
offers better advantages in Music and Art. Gymna-
E1u veil equipped. Students have use Of Van
defYt Arboretnm. Climste delightful all the year
ARCHIBALD A. JONES, Priest. Asheville, n Q.
jy l0-Su, W&F2m
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RELLENuE HIGH SCHOOL.

BEDFOHD COUNTY, VA.
4 horoughly-equlpped school, complete
IN us appointments. of high grade, for
b0ys and young men.
For catalogue or information, address,
W. II. ABBOT, Principal.
Ga. Gf-lu1O Bellevue r. o. Va
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INV AkAi NA@3SStAk k<A2A ~
c.! OHIO HALLWAY tsi
Effective June 70, 1896.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND, BROAD
STREET STATION.
Tor Norfolk. portsmouth.
-. Old Point, Newport News
--ssx6. and principal stations Con
a4kassa. meets at Norfolk with New
York steamers. except sun
a:4S p. NJ. Daily, with Pullman. Tor
l Sca. o ssstip Point. N Nor2gois.
and Portsmouth. Connects
at Old Point with Washins-
ton steamers daily. and with
Baltimore steamers except
1929 A NJ. MouStsin Express. with
Parlor car. except sun
day, for Ronceverte. Con-
meets ut Gordonsville Tor
Orange, Culpeper, Caiver
ton, Manassas, Alexandrias
and Washington; AZ Union
Station. Charlottesyiiie. ior
Lynchburg; st Basic tor
2:1S P. NJ. Daily. with Pullmans. e
Cincinnati. Louisville: and
Covington, Va. for Hot
Springs. Stops only a. i'm
portant stations. Meals
served on dining cars.
No 7. Local Train. except
Sunday. follows above train
from Gordonsville TO Goshen.
$50 p. NJ, Accommodation, except sun
day, for Charlottesville.
1880 p. NJ, Daily, for Cincinnati. with
T. +. v. Pullmans 10 Hinton. w.
Va. and Gordonsvtile to
Cin& matt and Louisville.
Meals served on dining
cars. Connects az Staun-
ton, except Sunday. Tor
Winchester. Va, and at
Covington. Va, daily. for
Hot Springs.
TRAINS LEAVE EEGHTH-SFHEET
STATION.
1880 A. NJ. Daily. for Lynchburs and
Clifton Forge Connects, ex-
oept Sunday. with Bucking-
ham. Alberene, Lexington.
and Craig Valley branches.
and at Clifton Forge with
No. 1 for Cincinnati.
Quo z. NJ, Except Sunday. with chair
car, for Lynchburg. and
leaves Lynchburg 100 A. NJ.
for Lexington. except Sun
day.
TRAIys anprvr Ar nvrux,oxp
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Assistant General Passenger Agent.
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sPost-office Department,
"Office Of Foreign Mails.
washington. d. c.. July 30. l4s.
Attention Is invited TO the following or
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THE OLD VETERANS AND THE NEW.

mon victory some of the Richmond vet
Grams invited the Grand Army boys to
accept the hospitalities of their old cap
ital. Taking the cue from the Yankees.
the Richmond fsoldiery organized Lee
Camp OF Confederate Veterans. Other
camps sprung up. and a few years ago
strong national society was effected
under the personal leadership OF Cen
eral John Il. Gordon of Georgia. Aux
iliary institutions of sons and daughters
or veterans similar TO those i'm the north
have taken root in the south. and but
for the contrast OF colors worn and the
arrangement OF the hues of heaven i'm
the battlefiags borne i'm their process
sions II would be difficult to tell on
which side the veterans fought who
throng the cities on each annual re-
union. And at this date IL makes no
difference. for the sons OF the blue and
the sons OF the gray are now ranged
side by side under one flag.
The object OF the Confederate Veteran
association Is the same as that OF the
Grand Army OF the Republic-namely.
TO perpetuate the ties OF comradeshlp
formed I'm the neld TO found an en-
during memorial OF American yalor as
displayed In the great struggle and TO
look after the welfare Of the needy vet
Grams and their helpless dependents. A
nobler object never called a limited class
TO unity OF action. In the south the
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Naval Veterans. About ten years ago
the National Association OF Naval Vet
Grams was formed.
Societies of veterans Of former wars
have been in existence for two or three
generations, but their activities have
been confined to occasional reunions.
The Society OF the War OF 1872 was
formed In 1926. At the anniversary
meeting In 1896 only one OF the original
members was present. Societies OF Mex
lean veterans have sprung up In several
states, the more important being those
OF Illinois and California. Reunion gath
erings are held annually In those states
also In Missouri and In several large
cities. In the military associations thus
far mentioned there has been no at
tempt TO discriminate I'm the matter OF
service. An honorable discharge from
the army or navy showing service
during the war period has been held as
proof of ncritorious service. Some
years ago an association called the I'm
ion Veteran Legion was organized with
the avowed purpose OF establishing a
service merit The membership II re-
stricted TO veterans who served contin-
uously for two years or were discharg-
ed on account Of wounds received IA
battle. This order has Established q na-
tionai organisation, but the member
chip is comparatively small owing "a
the fact that the Grand Army has the
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dangers and new problems. In the vet
eran stage they may also create anew.
There has been much talk recently OF
loyalty to the flag, meaning the emblem
In an objective sense. regardless of what
IL represents. Should crisis come again
like that OF 1861 and devotion TO the flag
count for more than adherence to prin-
ciple IL will not be the first time i'm the
history of the world when the symbol
has possessed more power than the
thing symbolized. my country right or
wrong" may sound cynical to some ears,
but the words were dictated by a senti-
ment OF the kind that makes and saves
nations. Hosting for motto the words,
Our countrys flag, first. last and al
ways" these end OF the century de-
tenders OF the blood bought symbol may
carve out new ideals OF national great
ness and found an order OF veterans
that shall be peerless In it's day and un-
rivaled I'm it's destiny.
Not more than one-third OF the sur
vivors OF the Federal armies belong to
the Grand Army OF the Republic. Prob
ably the lapsed memberships would
bring the roster up to one-half. There
are now about $4,000 on the roll. Such
. career could not have been prophesied
by the dreamers in sherman's camps
who conceived the idea OF another Ma
sonic order. with army comradeship as
its mystic tie. Within . year after the
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civil war not alone checked but actu-
ally obliterated general prosperity, and
In the north the long struggle seriously
checked the fortunes OF the masses who
gave their best years to the service.
Beneficent military societies were need
ed. but the want may never come again,
hence the Grand Army and the Confed-
crate Veteran union will have no exact
parallels i'm our country's future. Not
to mention the regimental and battery
associations of veterans. which are al
most limitless. small bodies OF members
OF various commands have been or
ganized, and many have been in exist
ence for 20 years. There are societies
of cavalrymen, of the members of the
signal corps. numerous societies COM
posed smembers of army corps and
several formed of naval veterans.
The survivors OF the navy have been
very active and tenacious in founding
societies. At present there is :. Farra-
gut association In Philadelphia, one in
New York and one in the west. with
headquarters at Chicago Connecticut
has a strong society OF navy survivors
California maintains one under the title
OF Naval Veteran Legion, New Orleans
is the headquarters of the Naval Vet
eran Association of the Gulf and Bos-
ton OF the Kearsarge Association of
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\ NOTABLE GATHERING %. Isgs:
J ff5ssz: : i ., OF The WAR VETERANS.

sons. display great vitality. they have
never been very popular with American
veterans. Grand Army men point with
pride to the fact that in their encamp-
ments the private soldier and the gem
eral meet on equal terms as comrades.
In view OF the fact that the interest
drawing comrades together is almost
wholly a sentimental one the member
ship I'm this order has been phenomenal
ly large and the spirit a very creditable
one. When the order had the reputa-
tion OF being political. the membership
was SO low that IL often seemed on the
point OF dissolution, and In those states
where politics had the upper hand there
was practical disbandment OF posts
Steps have been taken TO form a So
ciety among the officers present with
the army at Santiago. 1t will be exclu-
sive. There are about 500 officers eligi-
BILE TO this society. W.
One OF the societies OF civil war vet
Grams commentaries the saddest OF the
tragic events OF that era. the death of
Lincoln. On the 18th of April. 1865. a
party OF officers in Philadelphia ar
ranged for meeting OF army and navy
officers to take action relative to the
fall OF their commander in chief. The
response was so hearty that IL was de-
cided to effect a permanent organiza-
ton, and the result was the founding of
the Military Order OF the Loyal Legion
OF the United States. Membership In
this body is divided into three classes.
the first being officers and ex-officers OF
the United States forces engaged I'm the
civil war; The order has developed ma
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Army OF Northern Virginia on the bat
tieheld OF Gettysburg In 1888, the
twenty fifth anniversary OF that bat
tie. This reunion was originated and
carried TO a successful end by the Po-
tomac society and was hailed in all
sections as the first formal hand shake
OF old antagonists across the bloody
chasm OF the war--a reupion OF hearts
as we'll as of political fortunes. That
thrilling and inspiring occasion gave
an impetus to the formation OF vet
eran societies In the south.
Veteran reunions have been popular
In the south since the close OF the war.
but not until within a decade has there
been movement for strong permanent
organizations. The Confederate Army
or the Tennessee society Is among the
oldest associations on the southern side.
On the authority of Confederates in a
position to know the, facts credit Is
given to the Grand. Army of the Re-
public for teaching their old foes the
blessings OF veteran organizations. AT
the Yorktown centennial of 1881 the
Confederates were represented by many
associations OF the survivors OF regi-
ments and batteries, the Federals,
among other semimilitary bodies. by
posts OF the Grand Army. After a cor
dial hand shake on the field OF our COM
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first hold upon the affections of the vet
Grams.
In the ranks OF the Grand Army may
be found members OF other military So
cieties. especially OF the Loyal Legion
and the army associations. Eligibility
TO any one OF the others entities the
holder TO admission TO the G.. A. II. un-
der its special rules. The ritual of this
order is most elaborate and impressive.
especially I'm all that relates to memo
rial and funeral ceremonies. Many OF
the aged members who are unable to
attend encampment and reunion meet
ings say that they wish to keep their
names upon the roll OF honor until
summoned to join the rank of the grand
army above. Whether founded in pride
or in sentiment or in tender devotion to
symbols and ceremonies fraught with
the holiest meaning the passion OF 10y
atty to the order and to comrades is
like the patriotism which
was the basis OF II all.
Therefore In holding that the Grand
Army of the Republic is an institution
which. while il may be and has been
initiated. yet cannot be paralleled, the
veterans do not necessarily place IL
upon a pedestal as something forever
Incompatible. "Other times, other Gus
TOMS" The soldiers OF 1898 faced new
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close OF the war the northern and west
ern states We're honeycombed with
brotherhoods, legions and unions. estab-
iished by the disbanded volunteers. All
or them gave way before the order OF
secret faith, which came unheralded ex-
cept by word OF mouth among new con-
verts. AT the end OF five years the or
sanization was national. but struggled
on for ten years with a membership
reckoned I'm tens OF thousands Then
the waves burst forth and in the decade
between 1880 and 1890 the roster swelled
from 10000 10 nearly quarter OF a mill
lion. Losses by death In sparsely set
tied districts account for the decrease
I'm the last decade. but the number is
still phenomenal when il is remember
ed that II costs something to belong to
the Grand Army. especially to maintain
active comradeship with all that that
relation involves.
GEORGE l.. KILMER.
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tionsl proportions and has maintained
for a number OF years about 20 state
communicates. Through its hereditary
and honorary classes the Loyal Legion
Is to be perpetuated, but in one sense 1t
Is not SO exclusive as the Grand Army,
for In this body only those who can
show an honorable war record between
April. 1851, and April, 1865, are eligible.
Three years after the close OF the war
the survivors of the Army of the Cum
berland formed society with General
George III. Thomas at its head. The
Cumberland was Thomas army. and he
was a great favorite with the men.
Every man who ever served with him
either as an officer or In the ranks was
eligible to membership. General Phil
Sheridan at one time had commanded n
division In that army and served as
president Of the society from 1872 until
his death. lftttt
The last OF the great army societies
to be formed was that OF the Army of
the Potomac. Soldiers of all ranks are
eligible. and the association has been
the stpnsest OF all in membership
partly n the reason that the old army
was Il largest aggregation of troops
In one command.
Probably the most striking event In
the history Of wars was the Joint re-
union OF the veterans Of the Army OF
the Potomac and the survivors OF the
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0ROBABLY 100000 veterans will ral-
ly to the annual encampment OF
1885, Cincinnati has been favored
before by the veterans. but there is one
distinction to remain with the Queen
City on account of the pageantry OF the
coming week. This is the first national
gathering OF the G. A. r. In a time OF
warike doings. Veterans bearing scars
as mementos of battles fought nearly 40
years ago will line up on the streets by
the side of young fellows who stopped
Mausers at Santiago. From the ranks
OF Clusters old squadrons gray and
grizzled "Wolverines' will point to
empty sleeves brought from La Quasi
ma and Eel Caney by beardless Rough
Riders and exclaim. Boys. you'll dol"
No shadow OF a chance exists for
jealousy or diatribe at the meeting OF
these heroes. old and new. The lads are
worthy OF their forbears. Again and
again the lips of veteraIb who sailed
under Farragut or followed Sherman to
the sea or rode beside Sheridan at Ce-
dar Creek and Five Forks will give
voice to the proud boasts, MY SON is on
the Yankee. the Dixie. the Texas, the
Oregon" and Mine is with Wheeler,
with Brooke. with Merritt. with Lee"
Nothing would please the fathers of
these heroic boys better than to be
able to pass over, along with the rifles
and carbines and cutlasses that have
found younger hands to WELD them, the
time honored badges of the @. A. X. 1t Is
. natural and a noble emotion but time
must show that the heroes OF 1898 have
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-03

1t was reported recently i'm the dis
patches that the mad King Otto OF Ba-
varia was nearing his end at Fuer-
stenried, a royal castle OF the south Ger
man monarchy. The taint OF insanity
has been running through the house of
Wittelshach for many years and has
been blight on the fair name OF Ba-
varia.
King Otto has been hopelessly insane
since the summer of 1884, and his aged
uncle. Prince Luitpold. is the regent OF
the kingdom. Yet the royal title is vest
ed in the useless piece of clay, who II
approached by his numerous Iackeys
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I and servants with all outward signs of
homage. for he is king.
IL will be surprising to most Amerl-
can readers to learn that the present
king was a demented person when he
| succeeded his brother, King Ludwig III,
who also had been declared insane two
years before his death This Ludwig
was formally deposed three days before
his end which he sought himself, drag
ging with him to the depths Of the
Starnberg lake his physician and true
| friend. DIR. Gudden.
In passing Il may be stated that a
cousin OF these two kings, Empress
| Elizabeth of Austria, has been for years
| the talk of Europe on account Of her
eccentricities. Charity has 1t that she
became deranged on account of the
tragic death of her son. Archduke Ru-
dolf, in 1889. and charity may prevail in
this case.
The royal house OF Wittelsbach Is one
Of the oldest OF the noble families of
Europe. the first OF the name on record
being Margrave Luitpold, who died in
August, 907, more than 1000 years ago.
The Hapsburgs of Austria antedate
this redoubtable Margrave by only
eight years.
Polite history always has some excuse
for the erratic conduct of the great of
the earth. Thus. in the case OF King
Otto's predecessor on the Bavarian
throne, it is said that he was man OF
romantic nature, an artist, with very
fantastic ideas OF his personal dignity
as king and rather capricious opin-
ions concerning political questions.
Courtiers say that his insanity was
caused by the rupture OF his engage
ment to Princess Sophie OF Bavaria,
who afterward became the Duchess of
Alencon and perished i'm the holocaust
in charity bazaar in Paris last year.
Plain truth is that the father of both
brothers, Macmillan H. was insane
and that the taint, probably long ex-
tant in latent form in the house of
Wittelsbach on account OF intermar-
riages. descended TO Otto and Ludwig
from him. This Macmillan. a son OF
Ludwig /, was treated by his father I'm
a manner so severe that the young
prince at one time escaped from Munich,
bought residence In the vicinity OF
Hamburg and there led life OF abso-
lutte abandon. When Macmillan as
sumed the reins In 1S4s, upon the abdi-
cation OF his stern parent, he still con-
carly be called his "sprees' periodical
ly. He finally developed the idea that
both his sons, Ludwig III. born in 1s45.
and the present Otto. born In is4s. amid
the thunder Of the great revolution, had
inherited from him that taint which
would ultimately call down upon them
the curse Of mental death.
The court physicians as well as emf
nent medical celebrities called In by the
court clique sought In vain TO dissuade
Macmillan from this horrible idea The
course OF events has shown that Maxi
milan III. In the inner consciousness OF
his guilt and shame. was correct.
IL was probably this awful vindisa-
tion OF orthodox Mosaic law that caused
Macmillan Harden In his zukunft ar
ticle TO say about the time when King
Otto's father. .ascended the throne: THE |
royalists in the land sniggered into |
their beard. rubbed their hands In gIee |
and whispered 20 each other grinnInsIy: |
Now we have what we want Now can.
as In times OF yore. maniac wear the
CROWN -
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founded martial conditions and gIories
which call for symbols all their own.
The boys of 1861 shouldered arms in a
warfare OF purely local principles: those
OF 1898 carried the emblem of liberty to
shleld the oppressed OF other lands.
whether the fruits of the victory be
great or small new era has dawned
upon America. The world has learned
that human rights are broader than the
boundaries Of any one nation.
The Grand Army of the Republic
was the pioneer OF a peculiar type of
military society. The nearest approach
TO II IL among the Confederate vet
erans. where local associations have
within few years developed a national
society. In both cases the Inspiration
sprang from fraternal and benevolent
motives. The >comradeship born in the
long struggle OF arms proved a tie too
strong to be sundered by time. "These
are the people love best of any on
EARTH" is the veterans way Of referring
10 former comrades.
An army society, perhaps more than
one, Will naturally result from the mus
ter OF 20 many volunteers of the span-
lsh-American war. 1t Is not generally
Enown that the first permanent military
society OF the civil war was formed IN
the Third army corps (FederaD at the
front In 1862. This society. called the
Third Army Corps union, meets annu-
ally on May 5. the anniversary of the
battle OF Williamsburg. The second
society, organized during the war, was
that of the Army Of the Tennessee,
which Is still in existence. The pre-
ilminary meeting Of the Tennessee vet
erans was held In the state capitol at
Raleigh during the Federal occupancy
OF that city in April, 1856. The objects
OF the organization were declared to be
10 keep alive and preserve kindly and
cordial feeling among oficsrs OF the
Army OF the Tennessee, to hold their
fame and glory as sacred trust and to
relieve the families OF ofIicers who fell
IN the war or might thereafter be
stricken By death. A member may des-
ignatc by will any relative TO whom
his membership shall descend. and in
default OF such sction the eldest SON In
herits the fathers title. This society
ls confined exclusively TO efncers.
While army societies confined exclu-
nvsiy to ofhcers may. Cor ebtious rsa-
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At one time no doubt Spain was the
richest country In Europe. Within q
few years after the conquest Of America
more than 81 200, 900 900 was carried to
SPAIN and as long as colonies have been
maintained in this hemisphere there has
been a stream of gold flowing that way
into both private and public Golfers.
Under the original colonial laws the
king got one-fifth and the church one
fifth Of everything that came from
America The three e-flfths that remained,
however, were sufficient to make some
of the largest fortunes I'm the world.
Evidences OF this great wealth are still
found in all parts Of Spain In the enor-
nous and costly palaces and castles
scattered over the country. But the
money has largely been wasted in lux
ury, gambling and bad investments and
in trying to compete with modern prog
ress in agriculture and other industries
by the use OF antiquated methods and
machinery.
Spain resembles Ireland In many re-
spects and Russia in more. The terri-
tory is divided into vast estates. which
are cultivated 20 a certain measure by
the owners and the remainder Leased
to tenants. There are also large ranch>
es and factories OF various kinds whicD
formerly belonged to private individu-
ais. members OF the nobility and arise
tocracy, but the soil has been worn out
by centuries OF cultivation and is no
longer profitable without the use OF ex-
pensive manures and modern ma
chinery. The herds of cattle have BE-
come depleted both In numbers and In
breed, although In some parts Of Spain
are still found the best cattle ana
horses In Europe and the best mules Ia
the world. The factories have general.
iy passed from the hands of individualo
who inherited them into the control Of
corporations. the buildings on the -.
tates are badly out Of repair. the cas-
ties are In ruins and the teneme1ts are
worse than those Of Russia or Ireland.
The wealth Of the people has been
sapped by taxation and their own exv
travagance. and the money OF the many
has been absorbed BY few capitalists
who are enormously wealthy and hold
upon the estates Of their 1ooo
prudent neighbors. Bribery end corr
ruption In public life n the rule rathcf
than the exception, ana when . favorito
OF the prime minister 10 sent 20 MI ~
Official position IN one OF the colonies -
n expected that he win come back rich
-