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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-08-06

part Of the field, there came to me
a maxim Of an old French work
on war that / had not thought of
since "a student at West Point.
That was to the effect that con-.
sternation in one part Of battle
field could easily be spread to an
other.
"Standing on either side of me
were two brothers, who were the
finest rifle shots in Augusta county.
Tuning to our right / said:
Shoot down the file leaders Of
those two advancing armies.
They took deliberate aim with
their long mountain rifles and the
file leaders fell. thought the oc-
casion justified the act. With
that, confusion began in that
direction and spread over the
entire field" The names of those
brothers a. the writer remembers
was Beale.
Thus ended the struggles Of an
ilIustrious day. The world knows
the results, and to the First
Brigade has gone the credit Of
having borne the heaviest of the
burden Of the battle, and having
saved the day.
Afterwards Jackson wrote to
friend, saying: "When my reports
are written it will be seen that the
First Brigade was to our army
what the Imperial Guard was to
the armies Of Napoleon. They,
through the blessings Of Almighty
God. had met the thus far victorious
enemy and turned the fortunes Of
the day.
From mal 50 modest and so
opposed to all vain gl)rying, such
statement would never have been
made had it not ben Just Still.
how strongly he felt the hand Of II
Higher Power.
This account the writer received
from the lips Of tn late DR. Jno
F. Scott. just before his death at
Fincastlc, Va. He was the youngest
Of the three who heard Jackson :
I remarks. His language has been
} reproduced as closely AS memory
= will allow. The writer regrets
very mach that two minor points
I have grown confused. These he
will not try to relate.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-08-06
Small Farm for Sale.

Forty acres of land, 23 in timber 3 in
orchard. House OF 6 rooms, stable, good
spring, splanoid garden. Convenient to
churches, schools, mills and postolIlce
Price $15 Per Acre. Address s.
GIBSON, Rockbridge Baths, Va.
July % 2m
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-08-06
G. III. BUCHANAN.
Buena Vista, August =.

THE writer of the above is pastor
of st. Johns Methodist church,
Buena Vista, and is Il native OF Rock
bridge county. He was born near
Flumen Cedar Grove Mills. the son
of Mr.. John Rice Buchanan, who was
long a prominent resident of that
community, and now living at
Ronceverte, w. Va. He is nephew
of DR.. j. II. Bocock, who was his
mothers brother. EDS. GAZETTE.
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WILL USE TELEPHONES
ILLINOIS CENTRAL A IN TIME DIS
CARD THE TELEGRAPH.
Stations Along It's Lines to Be
Equipped with Phones for Trans
mission of Orders.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1S.-The Record-Herald
tomorrow will say: 1.-The Illinois Central
Railroad will within the course of a short
while have all of the principal stations
along its line completely equipped with
telephone wires for the use of officials and
employees in transmitting orders and mes
sages of the company. Those who have ex-
perimented with the system claim for 1t
many great advantages over the old tele-
graph system. They assert that by means
Of the telephone system the service will be
practically revolutionized They say that
with slight improvements, which are in
evitable, the telephone will furnish greater
safety for train orders; that the cost of
train operation will be decreased and the
results obtained made vastly better, and
that no less important is the constant per-
sonal contact between officials and en-
ployes, which the promoters say is certain
to result in a higher grade of service. The
change on the Illinois Central will be grad
ual. The installation OF the new system
will cost about 800 per mile, or approx
mately $40, 000 10 equip the entire road,
including its main branch and the Yazoo
& Mississippi Valley road. Chicago will
probably be the starting place. Almost
simultaneously however, work will be COM
menced at New Orleans and st. Louis.
From these three centers a two-wire line
will be extended to the principal points
until every station in the entire system is
included"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-19

Detroit Free Press.

II don't know what TO make Of that boy
of mine" sighed a ~well-known minister OF
the gospel. Il have tried to bring him up
in the way he should go, but he is always
coming back at me in a way that destroys
the value of the lessons that 1 try to teach
him. The other day his mother Informed
me that he had been throwing stones at
one of the neighbours little boys, and /
called him into my study to question him
about ii.
" My son. said I. sadly. what is this /
hear about your misconduct
" Why, papa said he. Il haven't been
doinS anything that L ought not to-
Your mother reports that YOU have
been throwing stones at the little Jones
boy.
And so / did he shouted, deiantly.
Do you think that is the proper thina
for a little Christian boy to do?'
Why, papa he answered, you said
yourself that a little boy could preach ser
mons more powerful than those delivered
from the pulpit; sermons that would sink
deep into the heart and remain there for
ever, and that l should be constantly on the
outlook for a chance to teach such lessons
to my little friends
/ remember saying something like that
l answered gravely, but throwing stones
can hardly be classed as a sermon
Why, papa he flashed, I've heard vo,
say time and time again that there vere
sermons in stones, and If there were ever q
kid that needed a sermon that Jones bow
doesi'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-19
THE BEAUTIFYING OF CITIES.
Appearance of Paris Is Worth Mil
lions Yearly to Her People.

Charles II. Coffin, in Worlds Work.
A large number of people, the majority,
in fact, have no consciousness of the de-
STABILITY of beauty in a city. With them
the highest consideration is the conven-
fence or comforts of the city life; and in
these respects such enormous improve
ments have been made within recent years
thing that could be desired. what is this
beauty, anyway they exclaim. Perhaps
they were in Paris during the exposition,
when the omnibus system proved itself en-
tirely inadequate to the
crowds who wished to be carried. They
come home and rail against the miseries
of it and extol the superiority of their own
system of rapid transit, though the latter
is not without its drawbacks. Then they
did not have a decent steak all the time
they were in Paris, and the oysters-but
the foreigners don't know what oysters
are! Every time it is the conyenienceS
and comforts or the lack of them upon
of Paris, while it cannot have escaped
their notice at the time, has not been
brought home in their hearts as a thing
that it would be desirable to emulate in
New York. Yet, If they had learned from
the foreigner any wrinkle that would i'm
prove their own business they would be
quick to adopt it.
Yet may not this name beauty be Just
such a wrinkle? / think it is worth TO the
Parisians about $500, 600, 900 a year. Paris
caters for the world, and its main store
In trade is it's beauty, which it keeps on
increasing, and the treasures of its works
of art. Poor, impoverished Italy, where
beauty of her cities, much of il created
four and five hundred years ago, on which
she is now gathering a dividend of $780,
100000 annually?
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that as a rule cities increase In population
much more rapidly than country districts
The statement shows that In the North
the proportion Of the population living In
large cities Is more than three times as
great as II is IN the South. The population
living In cities Of over $500 inhabitants IN
creased 4-0 per cent. between 1890 and 800.
partly by the growth OF the IA cities OF
that size in 1890 and partly by the addl-
tons during the following ten years or
thirty-six other cities 10 the list. The pop
ulation OF the country outside these cities
increased between 1880 and 1900 IA per cent.
The $50 cities of the United States, each OF
which had over 10000 inhabitants In 1900,
increased in %poulation 325 per cent. be
tween 1880 and 1900; the rest OF the United
States, excluding Alaska and the recent
insular accessions, increased III per cent.
OF the total poulation Of 7~5.994.575 IN con-
tnental United States 10, IS,3l2, or &-9 per
cent. live in cities Of $500 inhabitants or
more. The proportion Of inhabitants OF
three sections, the North, South and West,
into which the census divides the United
States. follows: North-Total population,
47,37O.699; population of cities Of $500 or
Total. 24.523.527; cities OF $500 or more.
Ass. 553. or 10 per cent. West-Total. 4.091.-
349; cities of 5000 or more, 1.O33,17s. or p
per cent.
The per cent. Of population living in
places OF sizes indicated from 1880 70 1900.
by sections. follows: Twenty-Five thou
sand and over. North 42.2, South 81, West
47-3. In the United States Il; 5000 to 5000.
North H.7, South 269. West 17.9, In the
United States 2.1; 1900 TO 5000. North ZIG,
South s7.3. West SOL. in the United States
36-7; incorporated places Of less than 1000,
North Z7.9, South 444, West 46.5, in the
United States 80; rural. North IL, South 17.9,
West p, in the United States ga.
The figures, concludes the statement,
show that the present growth Of population
is a resultant In the North Of a very rapid
growth Of large cities. a slower growth of
small cities and a very slight growth in
the country, and a resultant in the South
of a rate Of growth of large cities below the
average for the country. balanced by a
striking growth of small cities and an in
crease of rural population twice as fast as
the average for the United States.
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National CAPITAL Notes.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-The President
to-day received Mr.. Ludwig Max Gold
berger, of Berlin. the Prussian royal privy
councillor of who was presented
by DR.. Won Holleben, the German am
~bassador.
Representative Kahn, of California, in
troduced the Chinese exclusion bill agreed
upon by all Pacific coast interests as rep
resenting their views. 1t was referred to
the foreign affairs committee and Mr.. Kahn
says hearings will begin next week and the
bill urged to speedy consideration in the
House.
"a large delegation from Philadelphia was
before the river and harbor committee in
behalf of the project for a thirty-foot chan
mel in the Delaware river at Philadelphia
to the sea. 1t involves a present appro-
priatiOn of 100000 and continuing contracts
OF 81, 10000.
The Senate committee on postofices au-
thOriZed Senator Mason TO report the bill
granting the ranking privilege to Mrs.
Mckinley.
The Republican members Of the House
who have been urging a caucus to consider
a reduction Of war taxes nave decided not
to press the matter until the ways and
means committee complete a consideration
Of the Cuban reciprocity question now be-
The Senate committee on postofices to-
day authorized the introduction and re-
port of a bill relieving Postmaster Coyne.
of Chicago, from responsibility for the S74,-
coo worth of postage stamps stolen from
the Chicago postOffice some time since.
This action is in accordance with the rec
o-mmendation of the postmaster general.
y decision was to-day reached by the SEN
ate committee on poStOfices to begin the
proposed investigation of the Postoflce De-
partment's acts in relation to second-class
mail matter on Tuesday, the 18th inst. Sem
atOr Mason, chairman of the committee,
says it is the intention to examine a num-
Der of witnesses.
The officers and men of the Nineteenth
company of coast artillery, stationed at
Fort McHenry, Nd. have contributed $3.50
to the William Mckinley memorial arch
fund.
The President to-day received in the
east room Of the White House the mem
berS of the American Association OF Mas
tiers and Pilots of Steam Vessels, who are
in session in this city. The i~ntroductions
were made by Representative Alexander,
OF Buffalo.
The industrial committee has agreed upon
its recommendation. The committee will
not make public these Communications
pending their transmission TO Congress.
which Will be in a final report made in
about a fortnight.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt were guests
at a dinner given by the attorney general
and Mrs. Knox tonight. The other guests
were the members and ladies of the Cab
met, Representative Dalzell and Wayne
McVeagh.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-19
WORK OF THE HOUSE.
Urgent Deficiency Bill Presented
Several Measures Passed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.-When the
House convened to-day. Mr.. Joy. Of Mis-
souri,. chairman Of the committee on ac-
counts. precipitated a discussion involving
some Of the patronage of the House. by
presenting a resolution providing for the
appointment OF two additional messengers.
The resolution, after explanation, was
adopted.
Mr.. Cannon. chairman Of the committee
on appropriations. reported an urgency de-
hciency bin. and gave notice that next
Monday he would call it up for considera-
ton. lie explained the bill carried apprO-
priations aggregating more than $4,000 900.
In answer TO an inquiry, he expressed the
opinion that near the close Of the present
session OF Congress Il would be necessary
10 pass another urgency deficiency bill.
He could not say how much the next bill
might carry.
Among the more important items in
Guided in the bill are the following: Re
hates 20 tobacco manufacturers, as pro-
N1ded in the war revenue reduction act,
S3,lJ0,0O0; completion of public building at
st. Paul. Mimi, 100000; completion of
statue of ROchambeau. $4,000; establish
ment Of PEI -nanent military post at Ma
Mia, $5O0,co0; military ordnance, $4,000;
naval ordnance, $4,000; expenses of con-
sressional party TO funeral of President
Mckinley, $500; rural free delivery, $5lS.O00.
Probably the item OF most current inter-
est just now. In view OF the coming of
Prince Henry, Is one appropriating $4,000
for the contingent expenses of the State
Department. 1t has long been the custom
OF the State Department to hold a small
fund OF this character for the entertain
ment OF visitors and TO meet other diplO-
matte emergencies which may arise. The
amount carried in the bill for this fund
does not necessarily mean that il will
all be used for the entertainment OF
the royal guest. but as much will be
available as is needed The language is
as follows. ITO enable the President TO
meet Unforeseen emergencies arising in the
diplomatic and consular service and to be
expended pursuant to the requirement OF
Section POI OF the Revised Statutes. 800 900.
or so much thereof as may be necessary"
The following bills were passed: For the
protection Of towns In the Indian Terri
tory and providing that they may issue
bonds TO an amount not exceeding five
mills on each dollar of taxable property
OF the municipality for the construction Of
sewers, waterwOrks and school houses;
providing that the amount of the official
bond of the United States marshal OF
Alaska may be increased to $4,000 in GER
tain circumstances.
The Senate amendments to the House bill
apprOpriating $4,000 for a government ex-
hibit and floor space at the Charleston Elk
position were agreed to and the bill passed.
The House then, at 12:43. on motion of Mr..
Payne, adjourned until Monday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-19
SAVED FROM THE FLAMES
THRILLING RESCUE OF TWO LIMO
TYPE OPERATORS AT BOSTON.
Fire Was Below and Behind Them,
and a Sheet of Flames Shot Up as
They stepped on a Ladder

BOSTON, Mass, Jan. 18.-Cut on from
access to a fire escape a few feet away
Mrs. Helen NJ. York and John Blanch, I'm
otype operators, stood in a n or the
fourth floor of Milton-place building to-
night, with flames below and behind them.
Slowly the fremen raised a long ladder
until the top round reached the window
where Mrs. York was trying TO keep her
dress from taking fire. The man beside
her helped her to step on the ladder. Then
both descended to the street. 1t was the
most thrilling fire incident witnessed in
Boston for many months, the two making
their escape from the building as a great
sheet of flame shot up behind them. Though
the aspect was serious for some time, the
actual loss was not much over $4,000. The
building was occupied by printers and pa
per dealers and for the storage Of electrical
goods.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-19

saturdays Temperature,.

W. T.. BLYTHE.
Section Director.
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POPULATION STATISTICS.
Rapid Growth of Large Cities, Com
pared with Rural Increase.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1s.-The director Of
the census to-day gave out a statement
regarding the growth of urban population
North and South. which shows the fol-
lowing facts; The large cities, taken col
lectively. are growing nearly twice as rap
idly as the rest of the country. The per
cent Of the population of Northern States.
living in large cities, is nearly three times
as great as the corresponding per cent.
in the South. The North has q rate Of
increase no greater than that CT the South.
Ihe large cities in the North are growing
much faster than those of the same size
in the South. but this difference Is bal
anced by an extremely rapid growth Of
small towns and cities in the South, and
especially by the high rate of increase Of
Southern rural population. The statement
says these results seem paradOxical, but
are correct.
Director Merriam's statement is designed
70 explain how the deduction that the
South for the first time Is now growing as
rapidly as the North harmOnized with the
~well-knOwn facts that in the North the
proportion Of inhabitants living In cities Is
much larger than it is in the South. and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-19

Washington Times.

Authorizations make up one OF the most
important elements in the career Of the tel
egraph operators. Abbreviated dispatches
are often sent in five minutes that would
require an hours work II transmitted in
full. But there is an operator in PittsburE
whose originality In inventing substitutes
for good English surprises even his work
mates. When the death of young James
>. Ayres was first sent over the wires and
the name of Mrs. Bonine was first men
toned one OF the local operators received a
query from the Pittsburg man: "Wha sort
of a looking woman is Mrs. Bo92 The
Washington operator thought steadily for
a moment. and then sent back: Whom do
you mean?' Mrs. B-O-9." When the sig
nificance of the phrase burst upon him tie
local operator announced the ab~brevlatlon
to his associates. and the name has been
sent all over the country as Bog ever
since.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-19
LA STRAIN HOTEL BURNED.
Seven-Story Structure Practically De-
acknowledgements Rescued.

seven-stOry apartment hotel at S5l5 Ellis
avenue, was practically destroyed by fire to-
day. Sixty women and children were in the
building when the flames were discovered.
Almost half of them were on the top floor
at luncheon, and they were thrown into a
panic. Otto Bola. the elevator boy. how
ever, succeeded in making several trips
through the smoke and flames and carried
all Of them 10 safety. The last one out OF
the building was a paralytic, whom the
elevator boy carried to his car and later to
the air. The loss is put at $l00. ~. The
fire originated in a shed at the rear of the
building. One fireman was slightly injured
by falling glass. '
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-19
Washinron EEAff1TT "A AFC0I0HFH ~ k0 Washington
ShH Street

called for a lengthy exposition. The
youngster was curious to know about the
proposed Panama canal, so his mother
brought out a map of the western hemi-
sphere and prepared TO give him a short
lesson on the subject.
This is North America" she explained.
land this is South America. You see that
South America is shaped something like a
pear, and Is is fastened to North America
by this stem or isthmus. Now the Panama
canal is TO be cut across there
"But mother" her son interrupted, IF
they cut the stem won't South America
fall off?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-19

Prominent COIombians on a Mission
to the United States.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-Dr. Antonio Jose
Cadivid, private secretary of President
Marroquin. of Colombia, and Gen. Manuel
Maria Mallarino, ex-minister of war, have
arrived here from Panama. Their mission,
it is said. is 10 dispose of the government
emerald mines at Muza, a department of
Boyaca. At present the Colombian gov
eminent is said to receive a monthly rental
OF $4,000 for the use of the mines, but the
financial s~tagnatiOn Of the country and the
expense OF maintaing a large army make 1t
necessary to sell some of them outright.
Regarding the insurrection General Mall
larino said: The rebellion has narrowed
down TO operations by a few scattered
bands of guerrillas, who, l am sure, will
soon be suppressed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-19
Cause of New York Tunnel Df.asfs,
Letter in Philadelphia Press.

Lelter IN Rnlladeipnla Press.
If railway engineers who are accustomed
to pass daily through this tunnel are
ummone to testify before the coroner's
inquest II is safe TO predict that all OF
steam often obscure the lights OF the
tunnel, nevertheless will say that the in
flexible rule for the conduct of an en-
gineer is that where the signals are oh
scured then the train must be hrouybt
under immediate control. That e. nra'
cisely what this engineer, Wiskar. did no,
do. Had ne obeyed the rule there v0oI,Id
have been no collision. 1t is the imnrss-
sion among railway men here thar TVS.
kar, being nervous, perhaps oyerca utious
lost his judgment, or, as the expression is
became ratified, and If there is cens,,rs
properly 10 be melted TO the railway mar.
agement the teeling Is that IT will be based
Ior the guidance of a train through a cor
nhed area some two miles in ength. And
yet the experience of all railway managars
is that there 90 come times when the mos
experienced, the most cautious of neeinesrs
sometimes, happily infreouent. exnsrienes
a mental lapse of this kind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-19
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

NEW YORK. Jan. B-Sailed: Manitou,
for London; Trave. for Genoa and Naples:
Palatfa, for Hamburg Etruria, for Liver
pool.
HAVANA. jan ~18.-Sailed. United States
rattleship Illinois. for the United States, to
1T out for a special cruise 10 England.
LIVERPOOL. Jan. 1s.-Arrived: Belgen-
land. from Philadelphia; Cymric. from New
York: Umbria, from New York.
CHERBOURG. Jan. 1S-Saiied: st. Paul.
from Southampton. for New York.
ANTWERP. Jan. 1S.-Sailed: Kensing-
ton, for New York.
HAVRE. Jan. n-Sais>S; IA Champagne.
Cor New York
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Queer Sight I'm m Zoo
PHILADELPHIA Record

Inc Keepers at the Zoo take turns n,
junction 10 prowl around the differen,
nuldlngs with a bull's-eye lantern ana So
II everything is going on all right. one ot
enein cdme across a peculiar sight in tbs
long remember; AS he entered the Eeennr
noticed a terrible commotion in the gIsss
case wherein are kept the snake-estins
cobras- During the day severaI snan anI
ter snakes had been put into the cage Co.
the delectation of the voracious -
all OF them had been eaten up but one
We're nghtlng. One had seizad IL o
tan. the other by the head, and botS henS
started TO swallow their tidbit IL .So
aarkness neither had noticed the otha, M u1s
middle Of the stu sGuirming garter sn.tne