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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-04
Pickett Camp Meeting.

There was not a large attendance al
the meeting 81 Pickett Camp last night.
7, was more slimly attended than any
meeting in a long time. Only routine
business was transacted.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-04
Licensed 10 Wed.

a marriage license was issued yesterday
bv the Heuric0 County Clerk TO Alr Wi.
liam r. Ferguson and Miss Marion L.
Bagent daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Henry
IL. BagenL
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-04
WELCOMED THEIR PASTOR.
Fulton Baptist Church Well Filled in
Honor OF Rev. r. Cabell Henning.

Welcome services were held at the Full
ton BAPTIST church Sunday afternoon In
honor ~ the new pastor. Rev. r. cabsll
Henning. and was an occasion OF a sreat
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-04
REV. DIR. HOCE
TO HIS PEOPLE.
He Refers TenderIy to Recently De-
parted Friends.
IN MEMORY OF DR.. VANDERSLICE
Tablet Unveiled Sunday in Union Sta
ton Church-Rev. DIR. Sweeney
breaches to Large Congrega-
tions-Other Services.

A large and interested audience gather
ed at the Second Presbyterian church
Sunday morning to hear Rev. DR.. Hoge
first sermon since his long and critical
illness. The distinguished divine preach
ed a finished and powerful sermon. ana
was given the closest attention through
out.
The church was crowded, and the num-
her of gentlemen and persons who are
communicates of other churches was
very noticeable The hymns and special
musical selections were happily adapted
10 the equally Joyous and solmen oc-
casion, the onertory being an exquisite
paraphrase OK tae tWeAty-tnlrd Psalm,
with refrain.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-04
In Memory Of
Geo. C.. Vanderslice. ID. D.
Born July 80. 1886.
Died March II. 1898.

They that turn many 10 Righteousness
shall shine as the stars forever and ever.
Daniel 1884.
This was borne by great block OF
granite i've feet square but set diamond
wise In the wall The edges are roughed
but the center contains a polished shield
with the inscription while in the right
and left corners are finely wrought olive
branches. and in the upper and lower
corners. cross and crown and a star
respectively.
The tablet was designed by the COM
mittee In charge and executed by Sculp-
tor J. G. Williams
Following the unwilling the Doxology
was sung by the congregation and Rev.
Mr.. Reynolds offered the benediction.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-04
IN DIR. VANDERSLICE'S MEMORY.
Tablet Unveiled Sunday in Union Sta
ton Church

One ~ the most impressive services that
has taken place in the Union station
Methodist church, was held Sunday az
ternoon, when a beautiful granite tablet
was unveiled in memory OF the late pas
tor, Rev. George &. Nanders.ice.
The large auditorium Was nned TO the
doors when the exercises opened with a
voluntary by the choir
The pulpit platform was occupied by
prominent pastors of other churches in
the city and the decorations OF the church
for the occasion were appropriate and
tasteful
At the conclusion OF the choral rendi-
ton Rev. j. G.. Mastin offered a feryent
prayer. iu which DE t0uchinsly referred
10 the beloved late pastor
The present pastor OF the church. Rev.
j. G.. Balm. followed this eloquent sup
plicati0n with a short address in which
be spoke of the life and work Of Dr. Van
derslice and pointed 10 his ministry in
Union Station as the most successful Of
his career In concluding he pleasantly
introduced Rev. Or. Tudor. who had been
asked 10 make the address OF the occa-
sion.
DR. Tudor spoke as usual extempo-
raneOusly and 10 Is the testimony or all
who heard. that IL was one OF the most
glowing efforts Of his life. lie spoke OF
DR.. Vanderslice as a brother and paid an
exalted tribute 10 the dead preacher.
lie covered his life from his birth 10
its close and as he concluded with final
touch OF pathos there were but few dry
eyes in the assemblage.
At the moment Of the ceasing Of DR..
Tudors address the choir sang softly and
as the eloquent preacher turned 10 the
yelled tablet. a pretty white gowned girl,
Miss Edith Brauer. drew back the con-
cealing curtain and disclosed the follow
inc ingrrfuffQn.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-04

with God the Lord 10 guide me
No want can turn me back
My Shepherd is beside me.
And nothing can 1 lack.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-17

uncertain field Of politics. The Harrigan
engagement in Salt Lake was pitiful in
its returns. Salt Lake Tribune.
Thomas @. seabrooke hencefo,+b
said, II shall plan to appear every wear
in London in March and April for Tent
does not seem to effect The theatrical
business there as il does here and that
means that / shall try to have NV com.
pany with which am associated in this
country. end it's tour here in time 10 Oman
at that time in the EnoIish can;taI ),
Seabrooke and Katherine .;arma!ne are
to appear this season in .cTha Isle NJ
Champapne.' "
"rother I,o,;oo,, - 49, An, - 4.
,,.u Nv nuaI nv; 10 t''e Iltig =, =
,nat;st e so;d ~ ha 70 Spanish IT.
lnaC,e'' ~ 10 sa'u W pe tne most notaDle
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-17
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE.
OLD TESTAMENT.

In Genesis the world was made by Gods creative
hand,
In Exodus the Hebrews marched to gain the
promised land
| LeviticuS contains the Law, holy, and Just, and
good;
Abrams blood
Moses in Deuteronomy recounts Gods mighty
deeds,
Brave Joshua into Canaans land the host OF
Israel leads.
In Judges their rebellion oft provoked the Lord to
| smite;
But Ruth records the truth of one well pleasing Ii,
his sight
In First and Second Samuel OF Jesse's son we
read,
Ten tribes f1m h. First issa and Second Kings rev0ted
In First and sec,nd Chronicles see Judah captive
made;
But Ezra leads remnant back by princely
The city walls of Zion Nehemiah builds again.
While Esther saves her people from plots of
In Job we read how faith will live beneath Attic
And Dsyids P s are precious songs to every
The Proverbs like goodly string Of choicest
s iasSa. man how win all thing.
The mystic song of Solomon exalts sweet sharons
While Christ, the Saviour and the King, the rspt
Isaiah shows.
The warning jeremiah apostate Israel scorns
His plaintive Lamentations their awful downfall
mOurIs.
Ezekiel tells in wondrous words of dazzling mys
teries,
While kings and empires yet to come Daniel in
vision sees
OF judgment and of mercy Hosea loves to tell.
JOeldescribes the blessed days when God with
man shall dwell
Among Tekoa's herdmen Amos received his call, |
While obadiah prophesies Of Edoms final fall.
Jonah enshrines wondrous type of Christ our
risen Lord,
Micah pronsounces Judah lost lost but again re-
Nahum declares OH Nineveh just judgment shall
be poured.
view Of Chaldeas coming doom Habakkuk
visions gives
Next Zephaniah warns the Jews to turn, repent, |
and live.
Haggai wrote to those who saw the Temple built
again,
And zachsriah prophesies Of Christ's triumphant
reign.
Malachi, the last who touched the HIGH pro-
phetic cord.
Its final notes sublimely..show the coming Of the
Lord"
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-17
Yellow Snow,

Yellow snow has fallen in the Enga-
dine; it came in the early part OF March.
As an occasional sungeam turned it into
gold it seemed that in this expiring CEN
fury, = bona fde miracle had taken
place. The Greeks, who ascribed the
weather department to Jupiter would
probably have revived the scandal of
Danae. But the Swiss, who are nothing
if not practical, collected their snow in
bucket and sent it to the public analyst
at st. MOritz. Here the golden snow de-
posted a sediment of light brown
color, while fine film hoated on the
water surface. The microscope re-
vealed that the latter was rich in mineral
substance, structureless, and VARYING in
color from white to yellow, and the sedi-
ment proved to be the finest sand or
dust. Traces of vegetable organism were
also found in the floating scum. But the
gold in the snowfakes was due to the
presence of sand. The winds were north
and northeast about that time, so the
dust is assumed to have come from North
Germany, Russia, or Hungary; at any
rate, from soil highly ferrugineous, dry,
and generally cultivated. No room for
Zeus and the daughter of Acrisius here.
"Faites pleuyoir de For, ct la tour e'ou-
yrira," but the modern tower is the
laboratory.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-17

Chickamauga will be composed, as far as
determined, of the following regiments:
Fourth, from Fort Sheridan, ILL.,; 9Th.
from Fort Mcpherson, Ga; 9th, from
Fort Thomas, KY; 9TH, from Fort Logan,
Col; Sth, from Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo.;
9th, from Madison Barracks, N. Y; 18th,
from Department Of Colorado; 18th, from
Fort Porter, N. Y; 18th, from Fort Sher-
man, Idaho; 18th, from Columbus Bar
ricks, Ohio; 18th, from Texas; 18th,
from Michigan; 10Th, from Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan. 2lst, from Plattsburg Bar
racks, N. Y; 22d, from Fort Crook, Neb.;
23d, from Texas; oath, from Fort Doug
lass, Utah, and the 18th, already ordered
from Montana. "
1t is designed to retain some troops in
Arizona, Indian Territory, New Mexico
and Dakota and other regions where
Indian uprisings might be feared, but
even there the reserve force will be
small, and State militias will be- de-
pended upon for emergency duty.
The Sd Cavalry, at Fort Ethan Allen,
VT; the 9th, at Fort Myer Va the 10th,
at Fort Assiniboine, Mont; the LIST, at
Fort Riley, Kan, and the 9Th, at Fort
Sam Houston, Tex, would in all proba-
bility be called to the rendezvous as soon
as it was established.
To this large force of regulars, we'll
drilled and experienced, General Miles
would attach 10000 volunteers of the
Presidents first call, with confidence
that the inauguration would be speedier
and more effective than if all the forces
arrived on the spot simultaneously. he
experts fear the disorder that might re-
suit in tie sudden arrival of 10000
troops, two-thirtls unframed and inexpe-
rienced, upon the field of Chicamauga
within the space Of three days. but de-
c!ared that with the regulars stationed
there few DAYS earlier to establish an
the subsequent arrival of
the volunteers would be accomplished
without difficulty, and the process of
forming the great army would be ex-
trcmely simple and effective.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-17
PERCENTAGE
OF Fat alities in Battle Grows Less as
Imple mcnts of War Improve.


Every war of consequence during thu
nineteenth century, especially during
the latter part OF it, has developed new
methods OF destroying life, some of then
of such a high order of destructiyeness
that one naturally wonders how 50 many
men come out of a battle with theil
lives.
Reasoning from the list of fatalities in
the great battles of ancient times, when
the weapons in use were the crossbow,
the bow and arrow, the bill hook, the
battle ak, the sword and the bludgeon,
one would naturally conclude that when
two modern armies came into collision,
provided with improved rifles, Gatling
guns, dynamite cannon and all the i'm
proved field artillery capable of rapidly
delivering explosive projectiles tcnfold
more.effective than grape and canister,
the destruction of human life would only
be limited by the muster rolls of one or
both armies.
Singularly enough, however, with each
improvement in the enginery OF war, bat
ties are fought, with here and there an
exception, with less expenditure of
human life than when individual PROV
'ess and crude weapons decided the Issue
between armies and nations.
The destruction of human life in battle
may be sharply contrasted by citing the
actions of Creci, in l346,and Gettysburg,
in 1863, a little more than five centuries
apart. Both were fought by the fore
most people of their respective ages,
and the same number of men-l5O, COO
participated.
But with this difference: At Gettysburg
the Federal and Confederate forces were
almost equally matched, while at Creci,
King Edward III. of England, COM
manded but 5000 men, while Philip of
France and his allies mustered over
100000.
The hattie of Gettysburg covered four
days of fighting. At Creci the carnage
lasted from o'clock till sunset, followed
the next morning with the surprise of
the allied re-enforcements which
marched ignorantly into the jaws of
death, not even aware that the French
King had been driven in dislnay back
to his capital.
The mortality at Creci was twice as
great as the number of killed and
wounded in both armies at Gettysburg.
lrue, the English and 1000 Welshmen,
under the Black Prince, who actually
commanded, while his father, Edward
ILL.,, looked on with pride and exulta-
ton, did not kill all the sixty odd
thousand enemies who were left to choke
the field of carnage, but their courage
and address were mainly responsible for
h
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-17
SEARCHING N WAR TINE
NEUTRAL MERCHANT
MEN MAY BE HALTED.
Belligercnt Has Right to Detain
Every Vessel Not . National
Ship on the Seas.

The Century Dictionary defines the
right Of search as "the right claimed by
one nation to authorize the commanders
of their lawfully commissioned cruisers
to enter private merchant vessels of other
! nations met with on high seas, to exam.
inc their papers and cargo and to search
for enemies' property, articles contra
band of war, &C."
War vessels, of course, are not
searched, one reason being that they are
not engaged in conveying merchandise,
and another that they are considered as
the direct representatives of the Govern
ments of neutral States, and as such
their integrity is respected.
The right OF search, Wharton's Digest
Of International Law says, cannot be
questioned as a belligerent right, "but
search must be conducted with as much
regard to the rights and safety of the
vessel detained as is consistent with a
thorough examination of the character
and voyage. Any detention of the vessel
beyond what is necessary is unlawful, as
is also any transgression of the bounds
within which the examination should be
confn, d."
1t is not, according to the same author
ity, a right "Wantonl to vex and harass
neutral commerce or to indulge the idle
and mischievous curiosity OF ooking into
neutral trade or the assumption Of right
to control it. 1t is right growing out of
and ancillary to the right OF capture and
can never exist except as a means to that
end"
A belligerent may exercise his right to
detain for examination over every vessel
not national vessel which he may come
upon on the seas, that is, outside the
three-mile limit of the territory of neutral
countries. The right may of course be
exercised in the territorial water of both
belligerents. He is within the law if he
resorts to stratagem and assumes the
guise of a friend in order to make it
easier for him to exercise his right of
search; or he may appear, if he pleases,
as an enemy.
Having Government contract for the
transportation of mails, or having mail
on board, does not relieve the commander
of merchant steamer from the
necessity of sending his papers on1
board The cruiser if he is required to do
SO. "On the contrary, he is bound by
that circumstance to strict performance
of neutral duties and to special re-
spect for belligerent rights. A cruiser of
one nation has a right to know the
national character of any strange ship he
may meet at sea; but this right is not
perfect one, and violation cannot be
punished by capture, or even by deten-
ton"
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-17
TO BE MADE READY,
Plan of General Miles to Mobilize All
Troops At Chickamauga Park.

General Miles has renewed his recon-
mendations for the immediate mobiliza
tion of practically the entire available
military force Of the Government al
Chickamauga National Park.
Aside from the great moral effect Of
such concentration of troops upon the
army itself, the commanding general is
understood to look upon the suggestion
as prudential measure fully as neces.
sary to the National welfare as the as.
semblage of naval forces at Key West.
1t is pointed out that the naval squad.
ron has had the advantage of organiza.
ton the last few months which could
not have been accomplished with a
hastily gathered fleet. and that for the
same reason a large part of the army
should be allowed to come together in
war formation.
1t is also essential that the army should
be prepared to act simultaneously with
the fleet, if actual armed intervention in
Cuba is to be undertaken, and it is de-
clared to be apparent to the merest lay
man that any delay of the army in sup
porting the naval demonstration before
Havana or other Cuban ports now held
by large fleets is being wasted, with the
regiments scattered.
Army officers generally agree with
General Miles that precious time is being
wasted, with the regiments scattered
around the country, at widely scattered
posts, when they should be acquiring
familiarity with modern brigade evolu-
tons and becoming accustomed to field
work.
AS far as can be learned, General
Miles's proposal is to gather at least sew
enteen of the twenty-five regiments of
infantry and five of the ten cavalry regi-
meLcs at Chicamauga by the end of the
present week, if they can be assembled
SO speedily.
1re 25th Infantry, which has been I'M
der orders to come East from NJ ,ntana
or the last two weeks, is only now on
. he way, and, although it has not been
po.cnptorily fastened, its slowness of
move nent is believed fairly to indicate
u ex asperating delay which might re-
SILT IN the cases OF several other regi-
ments, and in that event any other in
contemplated by the Presi-
lent would have to be delayed few
weeks until the army could be made
'eady to take the field.
Such delay would necessarily be &C.
with grave consequences to
he Navy, as it would give Spain time to
end a large feet to the West Indies,
endering the transportation of troops to
yuba more hazardous, and compelling
he Navy unsupported to inaugurate and
A..
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-17
THE DOOR OF PINE
1t Gives Magic Touch to the City's
Squalfd Neighborhood and Lifts
the G1OOm


The sense of smell is a sorcerer EN-.
powered to charm and conjure quite ir-
respective of place and circumstances.
You think this when in passing a
board sellers doorway, in an ill-starred,
unsavory neighborhood, a Whit of re.
sinous pine wood air comes from the
new-split boards The boards are all
gummy and coarse-grained, with great
! flame-colored Knots and diverging veins
showing out plainly on the light surface
They will never make good building
material.
The knowing carpenter will discount
knots and the warped, uneven grain.
that hints of an unlimited capacity to
shrink and disappoint, making misfit
jointings. They are thick in spots, UNI
evenly planned, and will only be bought
by the makeshift people who live in that
changeling neighborhood, to be used for
partitions and make-do bureaus, cup
boards and flimsy yard properties With
all their shortcomings, Notwithstanding,
these fresh. hearted boards yet raw from
the saws gnawing, have brought price
less something to the stnffy street.-the
strengthful tonic of the woods, pure, un-
defiled, primeval, stealing out on the
muck and faint OF the overburdened
air
Lcok in any direction you will from
the swaylng lines OF shabby garments
put out to dry, besmudged easements,
and cluttered-up fire escapes and window
stills meet the eye. Everywhere are
signs OF cramped, unlovely conditions,
and exigencless that must needs make life
far from peaceful and holy. Then the
sweet, lnslstent resin OF the new split
boards steals on the senses, and reminds
OF restfu! forest spaces, and absence of
greed and crowding, or of the heaped-up
sawdust piles and waiting, rough barked
logs at country sawmill.
The mind answers to the faintest in
tlmatlon from the nostrils with Won
drous marshalling of associations, each
one crowding to get ahead Of the other,
Just as though an instant before the
whole pack Of them had not been at ut
most distance. You get to thinking of
the country sawmill in the very midst OF
aStOnlShed concern at the Smirchiness
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-17
HISTORY.

Popular belief associates the
R"King's Evir' with blood poi
soning and it is interesting to
here review the history of this
impression. The Kings Evil
first appears in History just prior
to the Twelfth Century when
Edward the conqueror imagined
he possessed the miraculous gift
tof curing certain diseases by the
simple touch and by pronouncing
a few sacred words. After the
example Of Edward, the King Of
France, became celebrated for
the skill with which they cured
scrofula, goitre, ETC., by his pro-
cess. Scrofula then became unil
versally known as the King
Evil and is to-day sometimes as
luded to by that name. Such
methodof cure has been claimed
to be the peculiar attribute of the
sovereigns Of England and
France, but history does not san
ton this, for it appears to have
been not unfrequently employed
in Scandinavia, and to have been
derived from the mystical prac-
tees of the Divide i'll curing dis
case. The exact words used for
the cure of Scrofula by the
French Kings were:-"Le roi te
touche, Dieu te guerisse. /"
In this enlightened age no.
body would be silly enough to
trust a case of Scrofula to King
or his words unless it happened
that the King aforesaid, had a
diploma or two from medical
colleges of good repute. At this
writing none of the Kings in our
circle Of acquaintance have taken
up the study OF medicine and we
therefore suggest that every man,
woman and child suffering from
this dreadful disease send fifty
cents to DR.. Jonathan G. Tru-
man, Lemon City, Fla, for a
bottle of "Marvelo.' There is
but one cure for the Kings Evil
for Scrofula-and that one
cure is Marvelo. This marvel
Gus preparation can only be OBJ
tanned of DR., Jonathan G. Tru-
man, Lemon City, Fla.
NorB-The Historical information con-
tanned in these advertisements will be
fonnd to be absolutely accurate and stu
dents of history will do we'll to preserve
them for future use
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-17
BcneK DInmotDS.

Weary, wretched women wake ur
wonderfully when they take Black
Diamonds. They need them.
Worn out men with throbbing
brains and aching pains need Black
Diamonds.
One of these tiny discs taken after
each meal will work wonders. They
strengthen the heart; nourish the
brain; build up the body and bring
health and happiness to the women
and men who use them.
Black Diamonds brig vim, vigor
and virility to men and women.
If you "feel bad all over" take
Black Diamonds, The price is only rs
cents.
~You can buy them only Of the
sole owners Address
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-17

THE following Is a reproduction of a postal
~ recently received from down east hustler.
Mr.. Lord was formerly located in Philadelphia
and knows the agency business from A to z.
Parties who are interested in agency work will
do we'll to Immediately correspond with Mr..
Lord-EDlTOR.
CUMBERLAND MILLS, Me.
DEAR FRIEND:
Are you open to All agency offer?
| want All agent in your locality to work on
salary or commission will give you a SO ap-
pOintment, and forfeit $50 II you do not clear
$50 month. If you are interested, enclose 20
cents to cover mailing expense, for full articu-
lars contract and two samples, the regular price
of which is so cents. All sent fully PREPAID
Mayor, Postmaster, Express Agent, or any business
house. If we do not hear from you at once, shall
not hold the position open to you.
Yours truly,
EDWIN B. LORD,
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-17

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NO TALKING NECESSARY, ONLY SHOW
SAMPLE. We want you to handle them. There
Is 100 per cent profit In them for you. To..ageAts
A sample pair and terms, DC postpaid.
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The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-17

A GENTS wanted, free outfit. One
~ earned $780, several $1,000 in 1895.
=. q. Box, 1871. New York.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-17

mp R0Y of Water Color Paints
UNI UVA with brushes, catapult
or pocket gun, cameo finger ring,
false moustache and your name in
our Directory one year, all for only
ISc. Address The Hindman Com
pany, Thompsonville, Ind.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-17

WHY NOT WORK five s9s y your III, p We
ticulars for stamp Address.
WOODS & CO., Yonkers, New York.