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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22

and able men like the venerable Hour
Simpsons Addickses, Quays and their
retainers,-all odious and repulslve
vermin that develop with the carbon
beef and other rotten matter they
thrive in; yet, even knaves and fools
must be struck with the ridlcule and
monstrosity Of the situation in which
the special champions of the inferior
races must employ the colored troops
OF American emancipation and self
crush their Republic.
The buccaneer and the swash-buck-
Ter each glories in a condition OF things
in which he can bully others, and in
dulge his cupidty and cruelty at will.
and without danger to himself, behind
Drawer men, strong party and a great
government. He is in his proper ele-
ment. and he is loud, raving and ram
part for the flag under which he can
bulldoze and rob to his souls con-
tent. But no respectable American
citizen, OF any party. desires to see his
party or his country playing the part
of buccaneer or swash buckler, or ap
pearing before the world as the body
guard OF swash-bucklers and bucca-
neers and their foul schemes.
Not only does imperial expansion with
its criminal aggression on the inferior
races. present n policy from which Re-
publicans. above all other men, as they
are now in power, should turn with
loathing and horror; there are other
features in the course of this Hanna
regime, quite as repugnant to the Re-
publicanism which Lincoln declared
was for government Of the people. by
the people and for the people, but which
this Hanna abomination seeks to re-
verse at homo and abroad, and by the
same means, fraud and force-a stand
ing army here. an army of militia for
purposes OF inyasion. occupation and
subjugntion elsewhere.
William ]. Bryan and the Democratic
party are in the field against these
atrocious apostaces. All patriots
must rally to and with them for a COM
mon deliverance from Hanna and his
thrice accursed political heresies and
merciless iniQuities: which are equally
inconsistent with both Lincoln Repub-
lcanism and Jefferson Democracy. Our
business is here. until all America is
free, Independent and prosperous; and
here only, if we desire expansion, is
adjoining territory and people who Of
fer the best materials to extend our
power and the blessings of liberty. un-
der flag OF equality. of opportunity
for all.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22
TWELVE PAGES
SATURDAY. APRIL %. 1899.
INCREASED SALARIES AND THE
LAW.

Aside from the question of good judg
ment as to raising salaries of city Off
Gals, such an act by the Councils is
absolutely illegal. and of no effect. See
city ordinances. chapter 90, section 81,
in which it is provided that: "the COM
pensation of no officer, whether paid in
whole or in part, by the city of Nor
folk. shall be increased or diminished
by the said city during his term OF Of
flee; and this shall also apply TO all
officers whose compensation is made up
of fees, in whole or in part"
The salaries OF AN these Offices were
we'll known before the incumbents
sought them. There is n law upon the
statute books which absolutely forbids
the change of any salary during the
administration OF the then incumbent.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,
(By Murilo. in the Louvrc)

where he does not yet show his vapor-
$50 atmospheric effects. or his scnti-
mental manner, but rather q Dutch-liSe
realism c'IIoly Family" at St. Peters
burg; Virgin and Child" Madrd).
y modern critic will often wish that
Murillo had devoted himself more OK
clusively to the genre side Of his art
for 1t was the most genuinely artistic
In 1868 Murllo painted for the cathedral
one of his most exquisite works-thc
Birth OF the Virgin'-(now in the
Louvre) which shows him to have made
a distinct advance over his style in the
Franciscan convent. Here we find soft
ness and brilliancy, atmospheric effects
and skillful composition, without the
eXaggeration of his later or the at times
incongruous realism of his earlier re-
l!Sious works. lie painted at the same
time for the cathedral his largest can
vas-5.50 by $50 meters--rcprescnt
the infant Christ appearing to ST. An
thony of Padua. one OF his most cele-
brated works. Almost Immediately after
this 1850 he commenced his series of
four semi-circular pictures for the
Church Of Santa Maria lie blanca, in
which he showed n closer agreement
with the effects of composition. mass
and color Of the great VcnetianS. In
1865 Murllo became member of the
Brotherhood of the Hospital of La Carl
tad and was called unon to execute
Q670-7D eight large pictures for the
walls of its church. They are among
his noblcst and most monumental
works. the most admired being. per-
haps, the scene OF st. Ilisabe of Hun
gary ministerinG to the inilrm Those
scenes which are taken from the old
and new testaments are the Spanish
counterparts of the great Series of wall
paintings by Perugino. Botticclli and
the rest in the Sistine chapel in Rome.
Murillo then began his last great group
of pictures, that in the Capuchin
church. which were completed in 1916.
Over the high altar was the "Immacu-
late Conception" between the altar and
the nave was the great screen. 30 by %
feet, formed of ten paintings. and at
the ends of the side aisles and Mt the
chapel affairs were ten other paintings.
OF them all. the most characteristic and
the one which Murilo called his very
own picture, was that of "St. Thomas OF
Nillanucva and the Beggars' in an
architectural background. That the ar
lists powers did not decline is shown
by the equality of the painting of 1.-THE
Espousal of st. Catherine" which he
was completing at the time OF his death.
1t ID customary to divide Murillos ar
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22
THE WORLDS GREAT ARTISTS.

the angels cooking, and est. Diego Dis
tributing Soup" In the poetic yet real
rendering of the angels Kitchen" we
have the first instance of the way Muir
lilo could bring such mystic imaginary
scenes into the sphere of earthly life
and make them seem real; while in the
last picture, with the children and beg
gars gathered about the large pot of
soup, we see the power of the artist to
wildly reproduce all tho varieties Of
types in the common humanity about
him. In the years Immediately follow
ing. during which he did not receive any
one order of Importance. belong many
separate works in his more realistic
style; his beggars and his street ur-
chins. eating. lounging, playing Mum
ich. London, Louvre. ctc.), as we'll as
4 number of his religious pictures.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22
AMERICAN LIBERTY AND EXPArN-
SION.

The dominant party I'm our politics.
trade. finance. society. and in all orr
policies. foreign and domestic. public
md private Is ona and tho same. md
the dominant principle of this domi-
nant party in all things. is one and the
same. so well expressed in the old
couplet:
Get wealth and place if posslble with
grace:
IF NOT nv onv means pot wealth and
ploce."
There is no mistake about .his. fo-
domination win wealth ana noe;,iop
gives This marty IFS nrees and Jndi-
viduaIs an insolent ose,rorco mat
ayows its rrccJ ana unscrun,,,oueross
In scorn Of rich. ius,icc ,r,tb NH
lie oninior ord tt, naon,e tbo, i. al.
vovs tha concon,itant of , brutal src-
cess ana noal,et rn,I of st,Ia, ,nonev
The sh-brc,.,or o,l Tho hrc.a,aar
have united bv lara ,r1 soa and tboy
bullv Inc vo,,d. ,,a no,.hsro :. mi.
morn .a,c-avta.rt h,nt,i,tir, ana In
toIerablc ,ban in ,ho 7ni,ad st,,as
where orr fathers honed - os,ohlieh
liberty. justice. peace honesty ana
prosperity on the surest foundations in
all affairs. public and private. national
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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22
SWEET CHALYBEATE SPRINGS,
ALLEGHANY COUNTY, VA.

by Mr.. CARTER REANTON HUNTER.
Of West Virginia. who proposes making
many improvements ana rcfurnishhing
the hotel and cottages throughout The
management of the hotel win be coni.n-
ucd under Mr.. Il. +. EAKLE. who has
for tho past three years operated it SO
successfully.
These charming springs are situated in
a lovely valley. cnsconccd in the back
bone of the Allcghanios. at an elevation
Region" of Virginia. and only nine miles
from Allegheny Station-the highest point
on tho Chesapeake and Ohio railway BY
water in THIS country: mono better in tho
world: elegant bath pools. Beef and NUT
ton supplied from the Snest bluegrass
sod. Vegetables in abundance, grown in
the garden OF this noted property. Rates
moderate. For further particulars write
Is. f.. EAkLG. JR.,
aDi-im Manager.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22

had already acquired in 1905 may be
gained by the statement Of the chapter
OF the cathedral that he was the best
painter in Seville. He appears TO have
been lacking in the ambition TO shine
personally: preferred his family and
home life to public cclat; loved his ma
tive city and its middle classes, refus-
ing TO leave il for the attractions of the
capital Even when in 1860 he succeeded.
after repeated efforts, in founding the
academy of painting in Seville. he evil
IDENTIFY did it rather for the benefit of
the younger artists and the advance
ment OF his art than for his own profit,
as he resigned its presidency after the
first year. His life, therefore. was un-
eventful. 1t was passed quietly and la
boriously in a limited world in which
nothing unusual ever happened. Its
phases are marked merely by the chro-
nology of his principal dated works. II
was about 1910 that Murillo. on the
score of age, declined the invitation OF
King Carlos 1. to become court painter
in Madrid.
He is said to have left Seville but
once, In 1852, to go to Cadiz, and 1t was
here that the accident happened which
ended his life. He was then painting for
the convent OF the Capuchins a large
picture of the "Espousal OF st. Cathe-
rine." After his accident he passed sew
eral hours in prayer under the famous
plCiuTe OIL lft I)eSteIl from the
Cross" by Campana, in the Church of
Santa Cruz. There he was buried.
He left 4 numerous body of scholars
who had attached themselves to him
not only from his skill as an artist. but
because OF his unusual kindness and
hclpfulncss to all beginners No man
made himself more beloved than Muir
lilo to younger artists. He often re-
touched the works of his students and
allowed them to make copies of his
works. thus multiplying the most popu-
lar subjects of his canvases throughout
Spain.
Nearly five hundred paintings are at
tributed with more or less probability to
Murillo. and are proofs of the amazing
industry OF his thirty-seven years at
Seville. or only n small part of these
is there anything to show at what time
during his career they were painted.
Fortunately these are among his most
important works. His first masterpieces
were the eleven pictures for the cloister
of the convent of San Francisco, eX-
ccuted in 1851. which were to repre-
sent in lifesiZe figures historic episodes
in lives of prominent Franciscan monks.
Among them the best are the Death of
Sta. Clara" "St. Diego OF Alcala," or
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22

When we see the usual argument to
prove that prosperity Is here, and scan
the statistics cited in proof we wonder
IL its writer would not cheerfully I'M
dertake to prove. by the number OF
eases and deaths.and the receipts of the
doctors and undertakers. that a cholera
and yellow-tever year was one of I'M
exampled prosperity, especially when
backed by the immense transfers of
property during the year and the enor-
nous increase of the collateral inheri-
lance tax
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22
IW.-MURILLO,
SPAIN'S KING OF RELIGIOUS PAINTERS.
(ConcludedD
BY ARTHUR LINCOLN FROTIIING-
HAM, JR.. PHI. d.

Perhaps in consequence of the social
standing given him by his marriage and
his own success his house became a CEN
ter for the artistic and most intelligent
society of Seville. Murillo's Underwriting
kindness. tact and sweetness of manner
made him n general favorite; his piety
advanced him with the clergy and mo-
nastic orders. and his close friendship
with influential men among them led
to his receiving numerous orders for
the decoration of churches and con-
vents. Some idea OF the reputation he
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22

At the end OF the term of seventeen
weeks, n series OF questions on each
course. prepared by Professor Seymour
Eaton. will be published in the Vlr-
glnlan- Pilot. ana blanks containing the
questions will be furnished every SUBJ
scrlber making application for same
Two weeks Will be allowed after the
courses close. for tho receipt of examI.
nation papers containing answers.
These papers Will be referred to n
Board Of Examiners. who will assist
Professor Eaton, and as soon as the
work Of examination is complete. the
result Will be reported. and certificates
issued TO the students entitled 10 them.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22

If Hanna's "vote-factories" in No
vember, 1900. be closed. in behalf of
honest elections. the laws, the people
and free self-government, we will
heartily applaud the courts for the just
and righteous use of their authority;
for what is there after the votes are
manufactured. cast and counted?
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22

Peace between Spain and the United
States is formally proclaimed at last.
the exchange of ratifications of the
treaty of Paris having been completed
But the Maine Massacre still awaits n
satisfactory settlement. One day it will
come. In the meantime-we are massa-
creing the Philippines.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22

Servility and fawning are neither
good manners nor good breeding; and il
should surprise nobody that an Ameri-
can sovereign should have a royal
temper and q manner OF his own.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22
SENATORIAL REFORM.

Some directors to the alteration of
the mode of clecting u. S. Senators,
seem to think that the Federal consti-
tuition intended these Senators to rep
resent something more than do the
Representatives in Congress. or some
thing different 1t may be the fact.
that the u. S. Senate does represent
both something more than and different
from the House of Representatives; yet
there is nothing in the constitution to
warrant this; and 1t Is for this reason
that the people demand that. as the
legislature has degeneratcd too much
to be trusted with the choice OF U. S.
Senator, the choice of them be given
to the people.
The functions of the Senate are some
what different from those OF the House.
but both derive their power from the
same source-the people. The Senate
rial powers are not only different but
in some respects greater; yet they both
represent, or should represent. the pop
by the direct vote of the people. the
Senate is chosen by legislators chosen
by the people In legislation. both
branches are almost Identical, except
that all appropriations must originate
in the lower House. But. besides the
legislative functions of the House. the
Senate advises with the President as
to the appointment of all Federal Off
GERS. such as are reserved for executive
selection, and it confirms or rejects the
selection made by the President; and ii
is with the advice and consent of the
Senate that the President makes
treaties. The term of the Senator is
six (G) years; that of the Representa-
tive is two (2) years. A Senator must
be thirty 600 years of age; a Repre-
sentative only twenty-five (25); and
while both must be inhabitants of the
State in which they are respectively
chosen, the Senator must have been
citizen of the United States for nine
90 years. and the Representative seven
@ year,.
In 60 far as each branch of Congress
is n check, spur, or balance on the
other, ii is not because either is Less
the representative or agent of the pop
ular will; for II, in n sense, the Senate
consists of the ENJOYS Of the several
States or General Assemblies to the
Federal Union, the States and General
Assemblies themselves are the crea-
lures and agents of the people. subject
to their votes and sovereign control
IN fact and theory, the Senate Is a
body of elder men. the House, a body
of younger men; the House Is tenn
porary body, renewed every two years:
the Senate is n perpetual body, grad
ually changed during the period OF
every six years.
The House. fresh from the common
constituency, represents the latest and
newest public opinion and sentiment
the first thought, sentiment and views
of the ruling majority OF citizens; the
Senate, with membership OF few new
recruits, is chiefly composed of men,
bers chosen two or four years ago, with
more experience than the House. and
so to say. representing the second So
Der thought and more matured views
OF the public, without the rash impulse
that attends novel convictions and
wishes just conceived. AS 4 rule, then,
Congress is the PROGRESSIVE popu-
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22
E7P>Eeff2a ,,E,&
EXAMINATIONS AND CECTIFI-
fATL-G

Princeton University.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22

Ne employee of tho vlrg:nian-Piiot Pub
fishing Company Is authorized &c contract
any obligation In the name OF the COM
Pany. or TO make purchlscs III the name
or the same. except upon orders signed by
che PRES1 DENT OF THE COMPANY.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-22

In order t. nvoid delays. on account or
personal absence letters end all commu-
MICA tIens for This V1KGINIAN-PILOT
connected with the office. but simply to
Tho V1RGINIhN AND PILOT PUB
LISTING COMPANY.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-09
Paid Police in Freeland.

In establishing a paid police force in
Freeland the borough council has taken
a step which time alone will prove to
have been wise or unwise. That the
expense in this department will thereby
be largely increased is a natural sup
position. The benefits that may be
derived from the change from the
former method of policing the town are
many, yet it is question whether they
are sufficient to warrant the additional
estimated outlay. However, since the
paid system has been adopted and $
now in force, it is but just to give it a
fair chance to prove its advantages.
Should it fail to come up to the expecta-
tions of the officials who have made the
change, it is presumed that no time will
be lost in returning to the system pre-
viously in vogue.
In this connection it may not be out
Of place to repeat that the police, ac-
cordlng to the recent laws Of our coun-
Gil, are not under control of the burgess.
The latter official is no longer RESPONSE
BILE for the order and conduct OF the
town, this responsibility having been
delegated to the chief of the police force,
Whether or not it is good policy to take
this authority from the executive officer
OF town OF this size is also a question
to which the future only can reply.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-09
Minimum School Term.

The bill before the legislature fixing
the minimum annual school term at
seven months ought to become a law,
The legislature appropriates an amount
of money each year to the schools OF the
state, which, If equitably distributed
according to the districts needs, would
with a small school tax, run the public
schools of the commonwealth nine full
months and probably ten when properly
expended.
A term OF less than eight months is
more the exception than the rule in this
section, but there are districts in the
state where five and even four months
constitute the period allowed for school
ing. 1t is not possible for children to
imbibe sufficient knowledge in a few
winter months to fit them for citizen
ship in this great state. There are
many serious questions to solve in the
near future, and upon the educa-
tion which the school children OF today
are receiving depends whether these
will be solved rightly or not.
Give the little ones Of the state at
least seven months of school every year
ten would be better-but not less than
seven-and let it be the best that money
can buy. Itought not to be necessary to
make law to that effect, but since mig
gardly men insist on filling seats on
school boards the bill should pass and
they should be compelled to do their
duty to the children placed in their care.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-09
SOME NEEDED INVENTIONS.

A bike lamp that will stay lit
A bookshelf that won't fall down.
An ice-pick that will break the ice
where you jab it.
An anglers scales that will do the
lying for the fisherman.
A servants alarm clock that won't
wake up the members Of the family.
A safety catch in a passenger eleva-
tor that will work when there is an
accident.
An automatic peach basket that will
make all the small peaches come to the
top.
A piano that will sound the same to
the girl playing it as it does to the
neighbors.
A palatable health food that your
children will eat without being forced
to do so with a stick.
An adjustable ring that will fit the
usual number of girls you become en-
gagged to during the summer.
An ambulance surgeon who can tell
the difference between drunken man
and one with a fractured skull.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-09

| II see how it was he said. 1.-The
painter was not half fastened, and
them oars were left in the rowlocks.
It's lucky for us that we have two pair.
Get in here. Newby, and row the boat
back"
Newby complied, and the two men
lost no time in returning to the brig.
In the mean time Willie was drifting
down the bay, with only the oars he
had captured to support him.
The night had now fully set in, so
that he was literally lost in the dark
ness.
He made a persistent effort to reach
the nearest shore-such an effort as
only the widest desperation could
have put up-but he readily saw that
he could not stem the current which
was sweeping him rapidly toward the
Narrows!
And now his long exposure in the
water, coupled with his still more
wearying exertions, began to tell upon
him.
He first felt chilly, then i'll, and next
began to shiver.
BY this time, too, his situation had
become so dangerous as to try his cour-
age and hopefulness severely.
1t seemed to him that tugs, ferry
boats and other craft were all around
him, but not one near him.
Would he be carried out to the ocean
unseen and unheard?
Or, if the tide should change, and
bear him the other way, would his
strength hold out till help could reach
him?
These questions, it must be confessed,
were enough to appall even the bravest
of the brave.
At length thrill of despair took
possession of his soul.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-09
A FEW SAYINGS.

The gamblers life is an Ideal one.
Life's harvest is best when the
ground is rocky.
We seldom have any illusions in our
second childhood
The cruelest thing woman can do
to us men is to marry us.
The piano next door must answer for
a good many of our SINS
We always reap more than we sow;
that is. when We SOW tares.
A diplomat is one who can lie and
look right into your face when he does
it.
A single mans ambition Is to get
married; married mans ambition is
to make the most Of a poor job.
Man has his true affinity, but he
never really finds it out until he is
married and can't have it.
If Love would only light the kitchen
fires as we'll as he does those of pas
sions, life would run smoother.
The best tonic in the world for a sick
man is to 60 around to his house and
let him win your money at poker.
Whenever a wife wishes to make her
husband feel cheap she lugs out some
of his old love letters and reads them
to him.