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and fully inculcated by precept and
example as in the departments OF
grammar and manners. Nor. indeed.
are homes lacking in which the entire
scheme is happily carried out. rather
by Il fortunate conjunction of fit per-
sons than by any deliberate system Of
culture. The value of such a course or
system is so great and abtious that it
is n wonder that it has not been for
mulated and pursued zealously in our
best homes. But. we shall be told. the
system or plan is followed in all our
better ana more intelligent families.
1t has been agreed that in some homes
the system is pursued already, and in
some has always been more or less
pursued ever since homes existed; yet.
fortuitousy, as it We're; and, in fact.
1t has been by observing such in
stances, and those where there were
partial Indications of such general
training. that this suggestion of such
n systematic and general plan of home
culture has originated.
1t is from such homes that our best
balanced men and women come; and If
it were introduced into every home.
especially upon Il ell-digested scheme,
or plan, as many very good and sensi-
bic people may not be able to form n
plan. or understand its virtue it would
eXtirpate much of our lingering bar
barism and cruelty. engender kindlier
association among all. and hasten that
millennium which we, as intelligent
beings. should create, for ourselves,
without waiting for it. 1t is for
Christian and moral rcformers to give
the suggestion a full test.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26
CRUELTY AND HOME CULTURE

Cruelty, unmitigatcd. undiscuiscd,
voluntary, and with no other end than
It's own indulgence. it is difficult to
conceive as quality of rational hui
man beings. That an angry person
may be temporarily cruel. is true. but
for the reason that anger is itself a
temporary insanity. But cruelty is of
many kinds and degrees, and many
OF us, in cold blood. are consciously or
unconsciously cruel. in some way or
degree. 10 some person or animal. Who
has not been cruel 10 bird. or fish.
or snake. or mouse, or fly. or flea? BUT
we justified ourselves in these cases by
n more or )csss satisfactory process OF
casuistry.
Even toward our own kind. however,
few have not been cruel: carelessly.
thoughtlessly. or indincrently. per-
perhaps: perhaps. without knowing
il. Is it not Il fact that
most of us act and speak
wrongly because we have not been
trained to a proper discipline OF mind
and feeling? 1t is not meant by this
that we have not been thoroughly
taught 10 know and feel the difference
and distinction between right and
wrong; but that we have not been
trained. drilled and accustomed to
think. feel. speak and act with n moral
prOprety at least equal to the gram
NAUTICAL propricty which marks our
language. consciously or unConsciously.
as the result of habit. or frequent prac-
tice. Good breeding. or manners, to a
limited extent, covers what is MEANT
though one may be wrong in thought.
feeling. speech and act, withou; the
slightest violation of manners or good
breeding. What seems to be wanting
Is the drill of speech and manners
carried 10 the same degree of success
in our thoughts, feelings and actions
so that in any and every given case
we shall not only speak with gram
matical propriety and act with per-
feet politeness and courtesy, but shall
so think and feel as 10 speak and act
morally and mentally with the same
propriety.
This is not impossible, nor difficult.
If the whole scheme be as sedulously
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26
THE V|RGM|ANPlOTS HONE STUDY CIRCLE
Copyright, 1899, by Seymour Eaton.)
DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON

hardly less numerous than the sheiks
Their many religions varied from the
abJect fetichiSm all through the scale
up to monstrous forms of Judaism ard
Christianity. Polytheism in its multi
form variety of degradation was the
prevalent superstition.
Nor did the feeble tie OF n common
ancestry exist. Some Arabs of El He'd
JAZZ indeed, boasted descent from Ish-
maci. the son of Abraham. At Mecca
their most important city-certain
families preserved fabulous genealogic
lists which traced succession back
through thousands OF years to the pa
tri0rch of Ur. Close to the city was The
well of Zemzem. where, according to
tradition. HaSar had quenched the
thirst of her exhausted child. Tradition
furthermore pointed out the spot where
Abraham. driven by contrition. or. as
the Arabs asserted, weary of the sharp
tongue of Sarah, had visited his repu-
dated wife in hope of quiet and peace
On the neiShboring hill of Hira, moved
BY divine command. he WAS supposed
to have made ready to sacrifice. not
Isaac, but lshmael. to the Lord. In tn.
common belief their chief temple, tho
Eaabd. was erected by the combined
labor OF the patriarch and his SOIL But
the memory of the God of Abraham had
been blotted out. The Eaaba was SIR
rounded by 35i idols, one for each day
Of the Arabian year. To them the wor-
ship was addressed, but specially to the
mysterious. shapeless black stone, the
rea; divinity of the sanctuary. lshmaei.
however, was the reputcd progenitor
only of n naughty few. Each tribe
claimed some other ancestor or was
content to make no pretcnse to
knowledge of it's origin.
The Indians of North America In tn,
Sixteenth century were less diverse in
religion. language, government and
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26
POPULAR STUDIES
IN EUROPEAN HISTORY.
1--M0H AM MED.
Ely EDWIN A. GROSVENOR, NJ. A.
amherst College.)

(Amherst College.)
I have before me an old and quaint
engraving. In the foreground is the
figure of Il solitary man. His uplifted
face in rapt earnestness gaZes toward
heaven. Low in his right hand is the
curved Arabian scimiter and held high
IN the left are disconnected sheets, COW
cred with strangely traced and unfami-
liar words. Behind on one side is Il group
OF four warriors, and. on the other, four
men of StudiOuS appearance. each pro-
vidcd with a book. All wear ample tur-
bans. broad girdles and flowing robes
Stili farther TO the rear are seen desc
late mountains and 4 curjained building
like temple, surrounded by dismantlcd
pedcstalS and overturned and broken
statues. But the form in front reduces
all other features of the picture to in
significance. They are left i'll partial
darkness, while light from heaven
streams iiercely upon him. Every artis-
tic detail is but accessory. that the at
tention of the bcholder may be centered
upon the one figure OF lonely and abb
sorbing prominence.
The man In the foreground is the pro-
phet Mohammed. The persons behind
are the chief Mussulman caliphs and
teachers, who. by their arms and learn
ing. extended and established the do
minion of his faith. The broken statues
are the idols of pOlytheism which he
overthrow. The temple is the Kaaba
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26
A PSALM OF EVENING.


Whom fading twiliGht's silkrn shades
Ger lowering skies are breaking.
To spectral bournes the spirit scars,
Each broodng care farsaklng.
Where light-winsed seraphs OF tho
night.
Their happy muses. voicing.
Transport the cherries songs Of day
To psalms of peace rejoicing.
The phantom sorrows morning bore,
In twilight tombs are lying.
Where night winds moan their lonely
dirgc
In mournful cadence signing.
\ hallowcd silence Gains the hour.
And guards the spirits dreaming;
While trembling hosts their vigils keep,
In starry splendor cleaning.
May faith discern LIES eventide,
Deaths shadow'd vale adjoining.
And peace transcend each slumbering
soul
When dawns eternal morning.
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(Communicated)
LII Fs WlTIIOI-'I' 1 OWE,

BY Arthur G. Lewis.
Lille without love is like day without
sunshine,
Roses bereft of sweet natures per-
Love is the guide mark to those who
are weary
or whiting ana watching in darkness
and gloom.
Love, TO the heart, Is like dew drops TO
violcts.
Left on the dust-ridden roadside to
die,
Love leads the way to our highest en-
dcaVors,
Lish,cns and lessons the pain of each
sigh.
Life without love Is like spring with
out flowers,
Brook-streams that move not. or star
bercft sky.
Love creates efforts most worthy and
noble,
Prompts us TO live and resigns us to
die.
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THE PRINCESS ANNE, AND NOR
FOLK COUNTY TOLL ROADS.
Norfolk. V

A>OiLO va, fcD. 1879.
AS Norfolk has set our counties a
good example by the purchase of the
Atlantic City and Brambleton bridges.
let us follow her good example ana
purchase all OF the toll roads and
bridges leading from the city. We are
aDle TO do it and it should be dono
for many reasons.
l. because we pay almost as much
Toll in year as the taxes on our farms
amount to-
Z. We pay road tax to our counties
ana why should we pay u large toll
besides?
.. because we renters pay almost as
lnuch toll as we pay rcnt-in some in
stances more. One farmer said ycs-
tterday he paid $3.50 per year rent and
he paid $3.50 toll last year.
4. we pay about as much toll now
as when the road was much longer
me toll road company having cut Off
some at both ends. namely, from Park
avenue to Chapel street. and from
ground; also from Crooks store on 10
Mates bridge, all of which are i'm -
terrible state. ga "
D. because the roads are poorly kent
except Ill summer, when they need liz
ne OF no attention. one pair of horses
""6o't 'hu uriNer nave almost entirely
alone, done all of the repairs to tho old
Irincess Anne road and the Hrond
Sreck road Tor several years. Several
liners nave been put on during this
p,.u weather because the roads yyere
almost impassabie with ~ loaded
wagon. And. Notwithstanding the bad
roads. there is 40 deduction in tho Toll
D. Because toll roads VIII keen tas If
ms LOT years pasD away all purchasers
VI idrln lands, and the values N-ill con
.ihue 10 appreciate and the counties he
more thnly populated
&. because our road tax is enough for
any iarmer to pay, ana that should
De PAD to our county and not TO cor
j. because toll roads have been abol-
ished in other sections ana h,yn 49,.
percd. Why not we?
.. hecilusc we do not dislike the toll
ROAD company's, but we like oursc,,,ns,
more ana we know that We can s,,v"
more than half Of our present tou nr1
our counties will not be any the losn,s
~ bccausc We should think this mai.
s sr ,,, over carefully. put our heads to-
s svu'',.' ana with the aid OF our County-
"upeFNIsors we can accomplish it. :"
PAYS TOLL.
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fepublics are ungratcful." is a very
ancient saying; out shouldn't it b. so
modified now as TO read: "Republl-
cans are ungrateful.' Look at Miles. in
the Army, and Schley. in the Navy.
subordinate examples abound; al
though the chief aim In view of the adj
ministration is to snub. discredit ami
suppress those officers whose merits. or
Achievements, may make them so pop
ular as TO render them dangerous as
Presidential candidates.
But the Hanna Mckinley Algcr cabal
may cause what they seek to prevent.
Persecution may arouse popular SYM
patty; public opinion may demand re
dress or compensation: and presto, the
man who was to be put down. is on the
crest Of Il wave of vndication and fav-
or that carries him to the Presidential
chair llama, beware.
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which he Cleansod ana consccratod to
the worship of the only God. The noun
tains recall the Arabian hills of Hira
and Safa, where he spent nights in
meditation and prayer
Vet the engraving is not an alleSory.
Il is rather the pictorial narration OF
fact. Nor does the artist ascribc to Mo-
BANNED too great pre-cmlnencc in
the scene. During more than n dozen
centuries he has dominated the history
of the east In our reverent hearts we
allow 10 sacriligious comparison of
Christ with other men. but since that
divine birth at Bethlehem, no other
man has affected the worlds destiny
equally with Mohammed. In tcnacity
OF definite influence he surpasses Con-
tuCius, Xoroaster. Gautama and every
other founder OF religious school. Mo-
SEES alone may be placed beside him. But
the Mosaic dispensat!on was fulfilled
and its individuality lost when in the
fullncss of time it expanded into Chris
tianity.
Mohammed lives and regns as a law
giVer no less than as a prophet. The
Koran is in the esteem of Islam not
only a sacred book. n divine revelation.
but the source of the legal code and the
ultimate authority in all legal appeal.
1T is To the Mussuman what the law of
Moses was to the Hebrew. The iegisla-
ton of Moses has. indeed. survived in
the marvellous loyalty of that immortal
race. the Jews. But his scattered fol-
lovers are few in number and political
Is COMPOUNDED in the system other
nations. The code. as we'll as the faith
Of Mohammcd. is stlll maintained by
one broad belt of humanity. stretching
from the eastern shores Of the Atlantic
across Africa. southeastern Europe and
continental and insular Asia rs far as
TIE Philippines. More than 100000, 900
human beings to-day with unwavering
fidelity. repeat the creed: There is no
Cod hut God and Mohammcd is the pro-
rhct of God
arabia is an immense peninsula over
l.ooO0OO square miles in extent. In
shape rude recianglc. il stretches
southwark 1900 miles in length and
forms tho entire eastern boundary of
that narrow inland ocean, the Red Sea.
Th= vast deserts on The north. which
unite it with Asia, afford an effectual
barrier against invasion. Alexander ANA
julius Caesar wisely made no effort 10
suhJUGate the peoples who were irwin
clb!, and inaccessible III their Arabian
sands. Common report divided the pc
rlusular into three unequal parts. The
Tiny northwestern portion. less than
c-thirticth OF the whole, WAS Arabia
retrGea. the Rocky. with its rugged
Mount Sinai and lis tedious wilderness
Gl Shur. paran and Tin. The long. con-
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES FOR
STUDENTS.

/. The standard biography OF Moham-
mod is that by Sir w. Muir Qondon:
Smith, Elder * Co. II shillings). Muirs
Annals Of the Early Caliphate" (samc
publishers is also the standard author
ity as To the history OF the great sue
ccssors of Mohammed.
. "Mohammed and Mohammedaism."
by Il. Bosworth Smith. is another work
of especial Importance on the great pro-
rhct and his achievements.
8. For popular reading no account OF
Mohammcd and the carly caliphs has
ever exceeded in interest that by Wash
iugton Irving-"Mohammcd and His
Successors " Many editions Of this work
are to be had. The Putnams have one
in two volumes at So; the Macmilans
publish ono with an introduction by c.
w. +. Cotter at 30 cents.
4. In John Cottcr Morrison's Life OF
GihbOn" t:nglish Men OF Letters Sc
rics), In speaking of Gibbons Decline
and Fall" the author says: lin three
chapters. glowing with oriental color
and rapid as a charge Of Arab horse, he
Saracen empire" These three chapters
are the famous 50.h. the Dist and the
sd. The 50th is taken up wholly with
an account Of MOhamm DIS personal ca
reer. The DIST gives the history of the
caliphatc in it's period of glory. The
ga ucScflDcS tnc cdHpnalc III us uc-
cay. ending with him who was the last
that deserved the title of commander Of
the faithful" TO have read Gibbon is
an education in itself. and TO those VINO
have no time for longer and more thor
ough studies of Mohammed and Mo-
hammedanism we can cordially com
mend these three chapters OF Gibbons
great work. If our students read them
out of llarpers Library edition they
Will have the advantage of notes by
Dean Milman. Guizot and DR.. Smith,
with extracts from the writings OF
Sprcnger and Of Well two other great
authorities on Mohammed. The part We
would specially recommend would be
vol. ", chapter 30. pages 203 to go.
3. Those who have not access to
good edition of the Decline and FALL
will find Gibbons biographical account
OF Mohammed reprinted in the very
tasteful Biographical Series OF
Houghton. Minin &c Co. (No. .. Ma
hornet; lSmo. so cents)
6. Ocklcy's History of the Saracens"
is n work we'll thought of by critics. 1t
gives lives of Mohammed and his sue
ccssors up to the death of the eleventh
caliph. and accounts of their conqucsts
in Syria. Persia and Egypt. The
matter is sound. the style fascinating.
Ocklcy was professor of Arabic in the
University Of Cambridge. (Eohn. SD
I. OF Il snort out very ScnoidIiS ac-
count of Mohammed our students who
have access to the Encyclopedia Brit
tanica will find the article in that work
under "Mohammed," by Wellhausen, ex-
collent in every way Appended are
scholarly articles on the "Caliphate"
and the Koran" by other distinguished
scholars.
s. Arthur Glman's story of the Sar-
accns-F'rom the Earliest Times to the
Fall OF Bagdad' is recent, brief. read
able and trustworthy. Putnams--Sto-
rics OF the Nations series--illustrated
$i.50)
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original stock than were the inhah:-
tantS Of Arabia at the middle of that
century after Christ.
one hundred years later the peninsula
presented a transformation the most
complete and n rapidly of accomplish
mcn; the most marvellous which tic
world has ever seen. The divided war
ring tribes had been welded into one or
glnic whole. A centralized empire un-
dc: an absolute chief had taken the
pace of universal anarchy from nc Sy-
rian desert 10 the straits of Bah cl Man
den, from the Red Sea 10 The G4!f of
Oman y single language had beco:le
the recognized medium of nat orri
ST ccch Fetichsm. polytho ism and de-
81 AIDED forms OF Judaism and CHRIS ian
ity had vanished before Il faith whose
only doctrine was the unity of God.
In this reconstructed society, over
individual life and public order. over
administration in war and peace over
every department of Arabian activity
and thought. Al Koran, the Koran, the
Book, ruled supreme. This book en-
Joined acceptance and impclled 10 ac-
ton. Claiming to be 4 revelation from
God to man. it made the paradise it Of
fered seem more aliurng and more real
than any pleasures on earth. Demand
ing no second birth, like that of which
Christ discourSed to Nicodemus. its
glowing imagery innamcd the fiery sons
of the desert. 1t declared the first duty
of its followers was To spread the faith.
Death, received in fight against unbc-
levers. gave instant entrance upon the
joys of paradise. Years of faithful ser
vice could not insure such delrum OF
felicity rs might be purchased by 4
death pang in battle.
Military ardor was Intensified by re-
lg!ous zeal. Fanaticism welded the
sword with ferocity ana success. Tho
united tribes swept across their desert
boundaries on the north. In a resistlcss
deluge they submerged Jerusalem and
syria. Ctesiphon and Persia. Alexandria
ana Egypt. Proselytism went hand in
hand with conquest. Before the year
600 religion and an empire. unhcrald
ed and undreamcd Of only Il century be-
fore. exercised undisputcd sway from
the African Sahara TO the frontiers of
India and the shores OF the Caspian sea.
All th!S-thc uniiicat.on of Arabia in
creed, government and language and
the subjuSaiion Of the powerful nations
beyond-was due 10 Il single man-Mo-
manned
No human being has been more Bit
terly denounced or more ardently cx
tolled The whole Vocabulary of hate
and of reverence approaching alteration
has been exhausted i'll description of his
life. his character and his work. The
world is not yet unanimous in its ver-
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26
a CoMPLAlNT ANSWERED.

:. rs a resident of Brambotcn do nor
n,o,,, "isposed to see the police Depart
Snouid be corrected by our Local ron,,i
~ in,,provcment Ia Yesterdays issue
cplhI'aint was made that bows arc in
tnc habit of stoning passers-hv IN
iiiishiand avenue. perhaps one Who
h"s o, ~ Is h9t aware that Eramblcton
,I Iaay one DAY officer TO patrol by FAR
, me largest ward in the city. Ist thn
b9ard on Local Improvement give us
adequate police protection. Us
Norro,,- " RESIDENT.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26
THE PUNISHMENT OF BURGLARY.

Illinois. 1t seems, does not punish
burglary with death: but is now pro-
posing 20 do so; and some of the press
are referring to it as extraordinary
severity. Burglary is defined by the
Code of Virginia TO be ito break and
enter the dwelling house of another,
in the nighttime, with intent to COM
NIT larceny" The old English defini-
ton was the same, except. instead of
Intent TO commit larceny" it was
with intent to commit any felony
ana this. we believe, is the North Car
olina definition to this day. Until com
parativcly recent reforms in the crimi-
nal law, burglary in England was Il
capital felony, punishable with death;
now the death penalty is abolished, and
it may be punished with penal servi-
tude for life. or Imprisonment at hard
labor FOR five or more years.
North Carolina makes the penalty
death. or imprisonment for life; and in
Virginia the punishment is death. or
at the discretion Of the jury. conhne-
ment In the penitentiary for not less
than five years nor more than eigh-
teen.
M,
and in some cases too harsh: but IT is =
night-crime; done or attempted in
dwelling house or whore someone MS
uallv sleens. ana II is fairly oesumea
that the burglar understands that h,.
is likely to encounte- someone i'm tho
house (Which he must break" into in
some way. without the consent of The
owner or inmate. and where he Uhe in
matc has not loft door or window
open). and that he is prcpared TO carry
ont his intent" to the las; extremity.
even If it envolvc one or more murders
There can be but few more cold-blood-
ed, terrible ana deliberate crimes. an,
If any penalty can deter from its com
mission. or attempt. none can be TOO
heavy or cruel. AS already observed.
however, there may be cases whore one
should have a lighter scntcnce;-as, if
ii appear he committed by mistake, or
in ignorance, or with intent not to go
to cxircmtics. Nevertheless, as the
crime Is terrible. so should It's punish
mcnt he horrible, so as to prevent it's
commission.
II is urged hownvar r,,, tho
tremc penalty of death may c,uso ,no
criminal tn do murdor ~. avon, ,,...
, , ,
lection and capture yet this argument
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26
PEOPLES FORUM.

NOTE.-The Peoples Forum being
freely open to all parties. classes, per-
sons. views and capacities, the Vir-
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ol the statements nor opinions ex-
pressed therein. nor for the style in
which they are set forth. The ignorant
ana uneducated shall be heard hero
equally with the learned.
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woe. November of next year will de-
eide. If we be men, we shall save our
country and own ourselves and libcr-
ties.
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This is not impossible, nor difficult.
If the whole scheme be as sedulously