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Mr.. James Coleman and Miss Maud
Winston were joined together into
holy matrimoney, by the Rev. Peter
Lucas ID. ID. at his residence 10Y 2Ist,
street ID. W. After which the bridal
couple held reception at the resi-
dence of the brides sister. Mr.. Cole
man is in the bycicle buisnes in this
city.
The Washington bee., 1898-02-19
THE RECORDERS OFFICE.

Recorder OF Deeds Cheatham was
compelled TO reduce the force in the
oDoe 10 iwenty-eight clerks in all and
N lev weeks the office is TO be
paced under the civil service if the
resident can find law that will per-
,4 ,4'' nm. Tie BEE is of the opinion
al"' there is too much civil service in
me me Fepubllcan party, enough TO cause
~ y oe'eat in 1900 if something is not
The Washington bee., 1898-02-19
THE LITERARY EXERCISES.

The Second Baptist church WAS well
attended last Sabbath afternoon.
The Bethel Literary Society was
WtI attended on last Tuesday.
NJ. Calvin Chase, will address the
Ebenelcr literary Society tomorrow
ats p. m.-SubjeCt: MAN is reSpon-
s5e Tor The wrongs Of woman"
Mr. I. c. NeWsome spoke last Sun
day at the Lovely Zion Literary
Socety.
The exercises Of the National Con-
ges>Ional Lyceum, odd Fellows Hall,
700 NJ street, northwest, Sunday last
were oI much interest. The address
Of PROT y. ). Richardson on the birth.
life and death of President Lincoln,
WdS listened to with the greatest at
tention by the large audience present,
much OF the speakers address was
made from personal knowledge and
observation of the facts touched upon.
Alter Prof. Richardson address
the Davis Resolutions on District suf
iraSc were discussed by Prof. Rich
aTdSon, Rev. DIR. Cypress and Messrs.
iyer Ballor, Pollard, Brinkley and
foNfi Lawyer +. Y. Davis closed
the discussion after which the resoluf-
tons were unanimously adoped.
The Mount Zion NJ. f. church, West
Washington, Prof. Parrot, director.
were present with forty members and
sang three selections viz. Great Is
the Lord, Palmer,) "Credo," Mil
Ter. and ] will eNtol Thee, paint, }
Each selection was sang SO beautifully
iad the audience could not help given
Napproval by applause.-Interesting
program Sunday next.
The Washington bee., 1898-02-19
PERSONAL.

NINE. DREAMER, THE GIFTED ENG
-LIsH and German astrologist. can
be consulted at her Office, 1929 I4th st.
n. w, on all matters; tells the future
and past; can give advice in all buSi.
ness matters; call ON this lady viii.
convince the most Skeptical; all busi-
ness confidential; office hours, a. mi
to 9 p. m. Sundays, 10 a. to 9 D. m
The Washington bee., 1898-02-19
Hi. HENRY'S GRAND PARA

HI. and his merry makers, with the
finest Bands Minstrelsy has ever on
erd, will make a grand parde through
our principal streets on Monday FEB:
18th, and HI. will carry the Old
The Washington bee., 1898-02-19

While in South Washington don't
fail to call In and see Edward Fl ynn o
Harmony lodge, K. P. He is a great
boy and will entertain you well.
The Washington bee., 1898-02-19

The Famous Hyers Sisters have
been engaged as a special added attra
ction with "Isham's Octoroons"
which will soon be seen in this city in
all its Oriental beauty.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-12

versa, Lna5 the former was especially
created to be disposed of by the latter,
and the gifted Herrdon adds il poetic
VEN, 'Ihls superstitious view of life
ran through his being like the thin
blue vein through the whitest marble,
giving the eye rest from the WEAKNESS
of continued unvarying color -
This avant courier of destiny haunted
him all his life. II can't help being in
this way he said. My father was SO
before me- He dreamed that he rode
through an unfrequented path to a
strange house, the surroundings and
furnishing of which We're vivid1y i'm
pressed on his mind. At the Iireside
there was sitting woman whose fea-
lures he distinctly saw. she was en-
gagged in pairing an apple That woman
was to be his wife. lie could not shake
off the vision. It haunted him inces-
sanity until it compelled him 70 go down
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-12
THE PROGRESS.

mere Is a very life In our despair, etc..
to and including the forty fifth verse:
He who ascends to mountain tops shall find
Those Hottest peaks most wrapped in clouds
and snow.
He who surpasses subdues mankind
Must look down on the hate of those below.
Though high above the sun Of glory glow,
And far beneath the earth and ocean spread,
Round him are icy rocks and loudly blow
Contendtng tempests on his naked head,
And thus reward the tolls which to those
SUBMITS lead.
This grand poetry, SO apropos to his
later career, was evidently very fami1-
lar to him He looked specifically for
and found it with no difficulty or hest
tation and read it with fiuency that
indicated that he had read it ofttimes
before. He also read it sadly if not in
deed reverently.
In view of his later career, is not the
following moroccan, taken from IL fervid
and extravagant Lvceum speech made
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-12

up, and the thing melted away. and in
the excitement Of the hour forgot all
about it-nearly, but not quite FOR, tba
thing would once in awhile co,ne nm
and give me a little pang, as if some.
thing uncomfortable had happened
When got home, I told my wife abont
it, and a few days after / tried the av-
pertinent again. when sure enough, tbs,
| thing came back again, bat never sue.
| ceeded in bringing the ghost back after |
| that. though I once tried very iudussr;
| ously to show it TO my wife who was
| somewhat worried about it. She thoueht
| 1t was sign that [ WAS to be elected 10
| a second term Of Office. and that the
| paleness of one Of the faces was an ONE.
that | should not live through NV sec.
ond term -
How often have 1 heard him re,3e,,t
this coup1et. always il an earnest,
prophetic style, as if it made deep i.a-
preston on him, as if he recognized =
law from which there was no escape
that bound him, like & spell:
There's divinity that shapes our ends
Rough hew them how will.
Especial emphasis as well as accentu-
ated sadness is impaired to that sorrow
full incident. which WIS bi,t the Drellda
The deep damnation of lis, t:.,,i,,;, o!T
when he said in his cabinet .uees.,ie, o.,
the last day: Good news is ii,,-,,-,,:
ing, for ] have had my usn;l dream,
which has foreshadowed every nlo1l1,.
tous event Of the war 1 seemed t. tie II
singular and indescribable vessel. but
always the same, and that it was 1aov.
ing with great rapidity toward dark
and indefinite shore. -
This melancholy refrain this dark
cloud OF preternatural grief, with its
deluslve silver lining-this more than
ascetlc sorrow, with its stimulated rail
lery, like the harlequin fantastic gear
all tended to make up the seed pIot
from whence sprung the sonber spirit
who was decided to pilot the sorelv dis
tressed nation through the engulfng
waves, which momentarily Threatened
destruction
There are objects in nature and IN
politics the forms of which can only ke
accurately ascertained when conte,p-
plated affair Off. Too near as we'll as too
Tar or prevents q correct view. Thus it
is with great events. The hand of God
is visible in human affairs, but this
hand Itself has shadow which conceals
what 1t accomplishes. All that could
then be seen in the great national trans
formation announced the advent of q
new idea in human kind, the democrat
lc Idea IN essence as we'll as in delusive
boast, and thereafter the democratic
government in fact as we'll as thereto
tore In empty name.
There are epochs in the history of the
human race when the decayed branches
lail from the tree of humanity and
when institutions grown effete and in
amous sink and leave space for fresh
Institutions full of sap, which renew
he youth and recast the ideas of peo
DE Antiquity is replete with this
of which we only catch
glimpse in the relics of history Zach
lecadence of effete ideas carries with it
N old world and gives its name 60 Il
levy order of civilization.
such was the prelude to the great ma
1onal awakening whose chords were
truck by this master of tho political
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-12

Copyright 1898, by the Author.l
The opponents of historical crises are
endowed with supernatural 1nonitions Of
their missions and, not infrequently,
are invested with presentiments of their
destinies and possibly nartyrdom.
Napoleon III said that Caesar had
faith in his destiny and confidence in
his genius; Mohammed drew inspiration
Tor his task from the angel who visited
him in the cave at Mount Hara; Joan
of Arc was melted to her phantasy by
the voices which appealed to her while
she was yet simple peasant girl in the
little hamlet of Doremey; Napoleon's
belief i'll his ''star'' is proverbial, and the
inspiration of Charlemagne is well at
tested, while Constantine triumphed by
the flaming cross and the Christian slo-
gan which he clearly saw emblazoned
ON the shining heavens.
Descending to the commonplace we
all remember the familiar distich, con-
celved to inspire constancy to the era of
childhood:
Turn again, Wilmington,
Thrice lord mayor of London!
Mr.. Lincoln was a fatalist He be-
heyed from an early period in his career
that he was destined to attain to an ex-
allied pinnacle of eminence and also
that he should encounter bloody end,
and this belief remained with him to
the end. Mrs. Crawford never wearied
of narrating that when he was q boy,
with little apparent promise, and was
acting out the clown in her kitchen,
demonstrated with ana ASKED
what he could hope to achieve if he
continued in that course confidently re-
piled that he was going to be president
Of the United States
When he was at New Orleans, in
1881, he visited voodoo fortune teller
and listened to her absurd prophecies
Gas they then appeared) with eager at
tention. When his son Robert was bit |
ten by dog, he took him to Terre
Hauta, at much Inconvenience, to have
che virtues OF q maidstone, as it was |
called. tested as an antidote When in |
congress, he refused to be one,of party |
OF ID at table. and Robert Toombs, who !
really liked him, told him with some |
that he would rather die than |
to be SO superstitious
Like Joan Of Arc, he heard phantom |
voices; but, unlike that bewitched fe- |
male. he kept their revelations and the !
fact itself to himself. One day, how
ever, in the big Grove" at Urbana he
said. partly In soliloquy and partly to
me-: when was boy, fused to wan
der out in the woods all by myself. 1t
had fascination for ne which had an
element of fear ia Interpretations fear
knew that / was not alone just as
we'll as know that you are here now.
Still could see nothing and no one, but
heard voices. Once heard a voice
light at my elbow-heard it distinctly
md plainly. I turned around, expect
ng to see some one, Of course. No one
here, but the voice was there. {" "What
lid it say9' asked. He made no reply.
Deep gloom--a look of pain-settIed on
MS countenance and lasted some min
ties. We trudged slowly on. He was
blivious of all external surroundings.
Another instance, somewhat obscure |
people in general. but conclusive to |
ne, who knew him SO well, and illus
rativo of this tendency, happened on
let "a, 1854. when he visited my law
ice with others of the travelling bar.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-12

vac uniteq ueIlL.-,! way. ne quietly Opeu-
ed the door of what he recognized Il, he
the house and saw at glance that it
was where he had been in his dream.
Ihere was a woman at the fireside en-
gagged III pairing an apple And the
rest of this singular dream also came to
pass.
The we'll known and oft cited inni.
dent OF the double image, as told by Mr..
Lincoln, is in exact point. He said: .tIt
was just after my election in 1860.
when the news had been coming in
thick and fast all day and there had
been great 'Hurrah, boysl' SO that 7
was we'll tired out and went home to
rest, throwing myself upon lounge in
my chamber Opposite to where I Law
was bureau. with a swinging glass
upon it, and, loollng in that glass
saw myself reflected nearly at full
length but my face, l noticed, had two
separate and distinct images, the tin of
me nose OF one being about three inches
rom the ti9 Ct the other. l was a little
startled aEi. SGT up and looked in the
glass, but the illusion vanished. ON
ylng down again | saw it a second
line. p'@i-,or Il pc illa. than rsf
md then Il;..lccyi that one of the faces
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-12

winch ne was ~ years or age, Oh great
interest and Significance? Said he:
Many great and good men, suffi.
GENTLY qualified for any task they
should undertake, may ever be found.
whose ambition would aspire to nothing
beyond seat in congress, gubernato-
rial or presidential chair, but such be-
long not to the family of the lion or the
tribe OF the eagle. WHAT Think you
those places would satisfy an Alexander,
Caesar or Napoleon? Never! Tower
ing genius disdains a beaten path; It
seeks regions hitherto unexplored, it
sees no distinction in adding story to
story upon the monuments of fame erect
ed to the memory of others, it denies
that it is glory enough to serve under
any chief, it scorns to tread in the foot
steps OF any predecessor, however illus
tr1ous; it thirsts and burns for distino-
ton, and If possible will have it whether
at the expense of emancipating slaves
or enslaving freemen.''
In attestation of his strong leaning
toward fatalism he once cited to Hern-
don the case of Caesar and Brutus, ar
gu1ng that the latter was forced by laws
and conditions over which he had no
control TO kill the former and Woo .
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-12
LINCOLN A FATALIST.
!!E..So PHANTOM VOICES AND BE-
LlEveD IN DESTINY.

Incidents In His Life Which Suggest That
He Was superstitious-Isis Dreams and
Favorite Citations From the Poets-Rern-
iniscences of Close Personal Friend
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-12

Note.-Mrs. Nettie Maynard has 1y,itf,,,, 81
DOCK devoted TO an enforcement of the 5 a 9.
nent that Mr.. Lincoln was addicted 10 attend
ing spir1tualistic seances while he was in The
presidency, l have reflected considerably on
the matter, and as a result do not creGit the
siatenents-at least not to the fun extent a.
stated While fully believe TINT Mr. Li1icol5,
"oud DC nkely TO have desire to make such
liVes1igat1ons, a due sense of propriety would
act as check upon his attemptine 81 9aS.:~el
a departure from the staid ways az l-ra; /
experience, from doing that which ,rs5si2 s,...s
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-09
RALEIGHs BUDGET.
MiIitary-The Never-Ending Cues
ton of Fusion.

| RALEIGH, n. c., August &-(Special)-
There are now fifteen soldiers of the Sc
cond Regiment in the camp hospital here
Most are convalescents. There is only
one serious case, that Of Private James
Mace, OF the company from Nantabola.
who has typhoid-fever, and who is likely
to die.
1t is now known that Il will be imposs-
BILE TO open the Baptist Female University
here this year. Trustees say IL cannot be
completed I'm time. but that II will be
ready year from now. For IT $1,000 was
subscribed by the Baptist State Conven-
ton. and this amount becomes due Sep
TENDER LIST.
1t is ascertalned that II the President
had appointed a Democrat brigader-
general in North Carolina ex-Adjutant-
General James ID. Glenn would have been
the lucky man.
State-Iabor-C commissioner Hamrick is at
work getting information about whiskey
distileries for this years report. The
latter is TO have 800 pages. Any en-
cravings of industries will be inserted
free.
Next Saturday the Republicans OF the
Fifth District will renominate Judge
Adams and Solicitor Byrun. Adams will
then be nominated FOR Congress. and will
give UP the judicial nomination. This is
the agreement among the Republicans
The Republican and POpulist conven-
tons of Cleveland county met to-day 10
arrange for fusion from bottom to top"
The Republican Sheriff Of Wake says
similar fusion is agreed on here.
IL is stated by Republicans that Popu-
st-State-Chairman Fountain, whom they
hate. is arranging for fusion Of his party
and Republicans in BERTHE county Repub-
leans say that Fountain sees which way
the wind is blowing.
Adjutant Cowles Is still confined TO his
bed. He has a slight malarial attack
only one seizure OF an Illicit dstlllery
has been reported in this revenue district
for about two months past.
As yet there Is no understanding be-
tween the Republican and Populist State
as TO fusion. 1t is being large
~ left to the counties. committeeman say.
State-Chairman Cyrus Thompson says he
will call the Populist State Committee 10
meet by September 1st.
The odds are that the Railway Commits |
sion will August 9th reduce the passen-
ger fare rate on the Raleigh and CASTOR
railway 10 2 IL and cents per mile.
Next Wednesday Professor b. w. Kill |
gore. State Chemist Of Mississippi. and /
for some years at the station here. will |
marry Miss Bette Dinwiddie, daughter !
Of Mr.. James Dinwiddie.
The First Regiment % Volunteers will. |
by the end Of this week have full ranks. |
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-09
WAR NOTES,

The surface indications are that in the
Sampson-Schley controversy the Secre-
tary of the Navy sides with the former
officer. But then he can hardly be called
a non-partisan, since he it was who
Jumped" Sampson TO his present COM
mand over the heads of many senior Off
GERS.
1t does not appear that General Wheeler
signed Roosevelt's round robin Why, we
have never seen explained; but we may
be sure old Joe had good reasons for his
non-action. The round robin business was
a species of characterization, which may
have been justified by the exigencies of
the case, but the giving of the paper to
the press before the War ONCE had seen
il was quite another matter.
Lieutenant Hobson says he rather likes
the homage that is being paid him. OF
course. he does. Who If in his place,
wouldn't? Yet it would be well for him
to put a check upon the exuberance OF
some Of his new found friends.
BY the way. the name of the st. Louis
bNic WIN itiuSStSu VI ilpDSoD, at Long
Beach. the pleasure of a kiss. is Miss
Arnold. The members of her family are
by no means proud of her achievement;
on the contrary. they are much mortified
at that proceeding of hers, and her
brother has reprimanded her by tele-
graph
There is some friction between General
Coppinger and several of the members of
his stan. What 1t is, is kept secret for
the present but it is known that all of
them viii not leave with him when he
sails from Tampa to Porto Rico in a few
days.
Soldiers have had the innings on the
politicians for the past four months. but
the indications now are that the latter
will soon come TO the front again. Wars
may come, and wars may go. but politi-
clans may be found ready for business
always.
II the condition Of our army at santi- |
lgo is as desperate as the round-robin
generals declare ii TO be, It would be well |
o give more room on the transports 70
he men, and less to the officers horses.
certainty space that could be occupied
~ man ought not to be taken for a
lorse, II the peril from yeilow-feysr IA
Is great as 1t is said to b
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-09
BARN BURNED.
A Serious Loss-AssauIted With 9
blackjack.

HAMPTON. VA, August S--(Special)-
Colonel j. C. Phillips. living about two
miles from town, on Hampton river, met
with quite a serious loss at an early hour
on yesterday morning by the burning OF
his barn and stable, containing large
quantity of feed. farm machines, three
horses, and five mules. His loss Is esti-
mated at 5000, with no insurance. When
the fire was discovered by his son, h. G..
Phillips, it had gained such Roadway that
1t was impossible to save the building,
but by strenuous efforts three horses were
saved. The origin Of the fire is unknown.
Mr. Fitzgerald, a conductor on the
Hampton and Old Point railway, was as
saulted by colored man on the cars on
yesterday with blackjack and painfully
injured. His assailant has not as yet
been apprehended.
The Pythian Lodge here has received
number of requests from sister lodges in
various parts of the country 10 look ar
ter their sick or wounded members at
Fort Monroe, and the Relief Committee
of the local lodge is busly engaged in
looking after them.
Two of the Maryland volunteers spoke
at the Young Mems Christian Association
meeting on Schmelz's lawn on yesterday
afternoon.
A well-known resident of Phoebus. p.
Dedroit, was found dead in his house
there this morning. He lived alone. and
it evident that he had been dead
several days.
The Methodists at Fox Hill commence
an arbor meeting this week, to continue
for some time.
Mr.. George w. Guy Jr.. is quite sick
with fever.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-09
GENERAL POLAND DEAD,
Ills Demise Caused by Fever Com
tracted Mt Clickamauga

ASHEVILLE, S. c., August S-Briga-
dier-General John POLAND died here yes
terday Of fever contracted at Chicka-
manga.
Mrs. POLAND and their son and daugh-
ter were here when the end came. and
they with Lieutenant Wrenne, of Gene
raj Polland's staff to-day accompanied
the remains to Westerly. r. l., where the
interment will take place.
Genera! POLAND was q native of In
diana; was a graduate from the West
Point Military Academy, and saw valiant
service in number Of battles in the late
war, having been several times breyetted
At the outbreak OF the present war he
was in command at Columbus barracks.
Ohio and promptly offered his services
and at the time Of his death was briga
dier-general, commanding the Second Dl-
vision. First Army Corps. at Chlcka-
manga Park. Ga.
General POLAND was a very able ard
Zeclous officer, and conscientious in the
discharge OF every duty.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-09
FIRST DISTRICT DEMOCRATS.
Hon. William A. Jones Speaks in
Mathews.

MATHEWS COURTHOUSE VA. Au-
gust S.-(Special.)-H w. A. Jones. the
gallant standard-bearer of the Democracy
Of the First Congressional District, adj
dressed n large and enthusiastic meeting
during the recess of court to-day. Mr..
Jones endorsed the principles of Demo-
cratic faith. as laid down in the national
Democratic platform promulgated at Chi
cago in 1896, declaring the free and un-
limited coinage Of silver to be a para
mount issue of the day. He said that this
issue was the cause OF the wonderful! and
unprecedented expansion of the export
trade OF the United States. The trade re-
lations Of the recently acquired territory
would, he said, become more prominent in
the campaign of 1900 than in the cam
paign Of 1896 He declared the Dingley
tariff bill 10 be an utter failure, and TO
help out the ordinary routine expenses OF
the government he said. Congress had to
consent to the sale of Sl0O,O00.OOo Of 3 per
cent. bonds to meet the deficiency occa-
stoned by the Republican tariff bungling.
Mr.. Jones expressed the hope that he
would be permitted to meet his adversary
in joint debate after he shall have been
named and placed in the field
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-09
FATAL LIGHTNING.
A Rockbridse Farmer KiIIed-Death
OF n Lady,

LEXINGTON, VA, August s-(spe-
cial)-Thomas Balm, of Upper Kerr's
creek, this county. was struck by light
ming yesterday afternoon and instantly
killed He, with two young men-"Buz"
and Charles Reynolds-went to a wheat
stack in near by field. and on their re-
turn, while crossing a field Balm was
struck by the bolt, which tore the crown
out OF his hat ainged his hair and pass
ed out his feet. tearing his shoes to
pieces. Both Of his companions were
knocked down and rendered senseless.
Upon reviving one of them saw Bain's
shoe smoking. Both eventually recover
ed enough TO go TO the house. Balm was
aged about 60 years.
Miss Martha NJ. Waddell, aged 10 years.
eldest daughter Of the late DR.. Living
ston Waddell, died here yesterday. She
was born in Waynesboro and came here
with her father in 1866. Her funeral took
place this afternoon from the residence
OF her brother-in-law, Colonel Edward
w. Nichols. .s..,. -,