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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-07

one they got married and we sent oil
and got another. Our well-to-do widow
ers took q liking to them, for our girls
wouldn't marry a Widower and our young
men wouldn't marry a yankee school
mistress But since the war our town
girls have gone to teaching and are
found in every school room in the land
If they are more fit to teach our chill
dren than are the men, then why are
they not better paid and why are they
not members of our school boards? l
have known men to be elected on school
boards who couldn't do sum in the
rule Of three and didn't know whether
algebra was Latin or astronomy some
of these same men are put on the com
mittee to choose school books. Schooi
boards are not always elected for schol-
arship, but for sectarian influence ana
because they have an AK to grind. But
this is enough for one letter. ! hope the
young people will cut it out and paste IT
in their scrap book and keep 1T for ref
erence so that when they are married
and have inquisitive children they can
answer these questions. Every young
person should have a scrap book. One
of our teachers was not long ago asking
her scholars about Washington. Who
can tell me something about George
Washington" and one of the boys said;
"He was born on Mount Vermont" A
little girl said: mo, it was Mount Yer
non." Another boy said, HE was named
for the city of Washington" and another
said, "He was the father Of all the coun-
try children" and another said, "He cut
a cherry tree down to git the cherries,
and didn't tell lie about it and his
father never licked him for it, but that
night he had the collie mighty bad
And here is a good kind letter of SYM
pathy from a full-blooded Cherokee In
dian, who writes from the Indian Ter
ritory and says he was born in Murray
county and loves Georgia and her people
He asks about the Howells, and says his
father knew the old man on the Chatta-
hoochee and always said there was some
good Indian blood in his veins. Well
they do look like it. l expect our Evan
came sideways down from old Powhat-
tan, just as my wife came from Poca
hontas. Hello, Cousin Evan we are kim
BILL ARP.
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bull Arlp's Letter

Quincy. No mother is named. His wife
was Louisa Johnson.
Andrew Jacksons mother, Elizabeth
Hutchinson; his wife, Rachel Donelson.
Martin Van Buren's mother, Mary
Hoes; his wife, Hannah Hoes.
William II. Harrison's mother not
named wife, Anna Symmes.
John Tyler's mother, Mary Armistead;
Wife, Letita Christian.
James *. Polks mother. Jane Knox;
wife, Sarah Childress.
Zachary Taylors mother not named;
wife, Margaret Smith.
Willard Filmore's mother was Phoebe
Willard; he never married.
Franklin Pierce's mother not named
wife, Jane Appleton.
James Buchanan's mother not named.
He was bachelor.
Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy
Hanks; wife, Mary Todd.
Andrew Johnsons mother too poor and
ignorant to name. His wife, Eliza Nc
Cardle, educated him.
L. s. Grants mother, Hannah Simp
son; his wife, Julia Dent.
r. 3. Hayes mother pot named; his
wife, Lucy Ware Webb.
James A. Garfcld's mother was Eliza
Ballou: his wife, Lucretia Rudolph.
Chester a. Arthurs mother, Malvina
Stone; his wife, Ellen L. Herndon.
Grover Clevelands mother, Anne Neal;
his wife, Frances Folsom.
Ben Harrisons mother not named his
wife was Miss Scott.
William McKinleys mother, Nancy c.
Allison; his wife, Ida Saxton.
Now, of course if man can afford to
buy the separate biographies of these
men. though some have not been writ
ten, no doubt he could learn more about
their mothers and wives, but not very
much. We knew but little concerning
tho mothers of Milton, Shakespeare,
Cowper, Pope, Gray, Johnson, HOOD,
Burns, Moore, Byron, Coleridge or any
of the noted writer's of England Or Scot
land. The. idea seems to have been that
women as a general rule were of no
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to bear children, and
stay ct home and nurse them. But that
is not the idea now Women are coming
to the front and claim more notable
position in history and biography MRS
Do. Burt, of Brunswick, has in press
book devoted exclusively to the mothers
Of the notable men of Georgia, the moth
ers of our governors and statesmen and
ministers and military heroes, and L
know they will do justice to them.
Some time ago a friend of mine died and
as he was man of some note, his son,
who is growing old. wanted to answer
Mrs. Burt's letter about his grandmother,
and he told me he didn't know anything
about her-didn't even know her maiden
name. He said that he never saw her,
for she died when he was child and he
never heard his father say much about
her.
That has been the way, but it will not
be much longer, for the elevation of wo-
man to her proper position by the side
of man and not beneath him, is rapidly
coming on, This federation of woman's
clubs will assert woman's rights. This
recognition of woman has gained ground
rapidly since the war. Before that our
school teachers were generally men and
where he had women as assistants they
We're imported from the north. We had
five in succession in our town. One by
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Modern Foot Ball.
Boston Post.)

The applicant for place on the col
lege football team was put through a
long and rigid examination. Following
are Inc questions asked by the captain
ana the answers of the applicant:
Q. Age.
A. Nineteen
9. Weight?
A. Hundred and sixty-four.
Q. Kn1ckles hard?
A | can crack boiler plate with 'em.
.. Good bitter?
a. Bit an iron. spike in two.
y. Good kicker?
A. Kick a mans lung out.
Q. What would you do if you were
running toward the ehemy's goal with
the ball and their crack player tackled
you?
A. / would throw the ball to my sup
port, after which I would tackle the
tackle.
=. Please explain?
A. / would place my right arm under
his chin and my left over his knees, then
l would bend his back over my right
knee until his spine cracked, after which
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.1Atlanta Constitutions


A chanter Of the Daughters of the Con-
federacv writes to me for list of the
Georgia Senators and Representatives
who seeded in January, 1861, and also
for a list of their successors in the Con-
federate Congress. But few men can an
swer these questions, and indeed the an
swer is hard to find in any book. But
these women are after information that
is worthy of preservation in their
archives and they will soon know more
about the Civil War than the men.
Well, our State Senators before the
war were Robert Toombs and Ben Hill.
Toombs made a withdrawal speech which
was grand and defiant.
Our Representatives were Martin j.
Crawford, Peter f. Love, Thomas j.
Hardeman, Lucius J. Gartrell, John w.
II. Underwood, James Jackson, John
Jones and Joshua Hill. All of these
withdrew except Joshua Hill, who re-
signed. They are all dead.
The members of the first Confederate
Congress were Senators Ben Hill and
Herchsel Y. Johnson. Toombs was elect
ed, but had serious opposition and it
irritated him so that he refused to serve
and later on Johnson was elected.
Toombs said, THE manner in which this
trust has been conferred on me relieves
me from any obligation to accept it," So
he unsheathed his sword and went to
fighting. The representatives elected
were Julian Hartridge, j. c. Munnerlyn,
Hines Holt, A. H. Kenan. David w.
Lewis, w. w. Clark, Robert P. Trips,
L J.. Gartrell, Hardy Strickland and
Augustus r. Wright. These are all dead.
Time cuts down all, both great and
small"
A letter from another chapter wishes to
know the maiden names of the wives of
the Presidents and the names of the moth
ers of the Presidents. l tell you these Wo-
men are in earnest. For centuries their
sex has been under the ban. You can't
find a history or cyclopedia that tells
anything about the wives or the mothers
of great men, and yet it is the mother
who makes the man. George Washing
tons father died when he was IL years
old and his mother trained him and
taught him and planted within him all
those virtues that made him great-and
yet there are but few of our American
people who know who his mother was.
l have three sets of standard cyclope-
dias, but only meager mention is made
in them of the mothers or wives of the
Presidents Who knows anything about
the mother of Webster, Clay or Cal
houn? l have found the maiden names
of all their mothers except those of
Zachariah Taylor, William II. Harrison,
Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, r. B..
Hayes and Ben Harrison. Maybe they
had no mothers. Well, to begin:
George Washington's mother was Mary
Ball His wife was widow Park Curtis,
nee Martha cambridge.
John Adams mother was Susannah
Boylston His wife was Abigail Smith.
Thomas Jeffersons mother was Jane
Randolph His wife, Martha Wales
James Madison's mother, Fanny Tay-
lor. His wife, Dolly Payne. That Fan
ny Taylor's brother was grandfather to
Zachary Taylor.
James Monroe's mother. Eliza Jones.
His wife, Elizabeth Kortright.
John @. Adams had a grandmother
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A woman is never too old not to play
with fire and never too young not to
know better.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-07

favorable consideration enterprise in which
which believe destined become the
THE NORTH CAR
Raleigh Co. which offers
lection against loss by fire.
readily appreciate the advantage keeping the State large
annually other sections for fire insurance
this back in the form
but certainly that there always
BALANCE in the home State and for this
Carolina will patronze THE NORTH
CAROLINA largely tbs State It
BUSINESS FOR MORE
THAN THIRTY-FOUR YEARS.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03
WILL URGE FREE TEXTBOOKS
W~Orkinamen, However. VIII Not Pro-
test AGAINST Reduction of
Teachers Salaries.

AZ the meeting Of the Board Of Educa-
tion this evening the committee from the.
Central Labor union appointed at its lest
meeting to protest against the elimination
Of free textbooks from the High school and
the reduction in the salaries Of the teacher
viii appear. John ]. Kerrigan, a member Of
the committee. said,
"The committee should have been at the
meeting last week. but we understood that
nothing but the levy and the division "
the funds would be considered. We have
prepared a protest TO be made on the sub
ject OF free textbooks and we sincerely
hope that we can change the rule. We do
not care about the matter so much from
specific cases where il would work a hard
ship ae we do on account OF the general
expense to be- entailed by the system which
has been adopted. IL is a conservative esti-
mate to say that a book will last long
enough to be used by four different classes
in the High school. In a family there may
be only one pupil in the High school and
as he advances tho books used the previous
year must be discarded and others pur-
chased These books are then wasted. I'm
der the system previously In vogue they
would be used by succeeding children un-
til they are worn out. There are several
~ nv AhAbn cthoOi tuTOuku
which a child must pass in order to gradu-
ate and at the end OF the course there will
be piled up in the homes a large number
OF useless books, while other children who
could have used those books have been kept
from school because their parents could not
AFFORD to buy them.
w do not exDect to make much OF a
protest against the reduction in teachers
salaries. We have been looking the matter
up and find that many men who have spent
as long a time learning a trade or business
as the teachers have spent in their train
ing are working today in Omaha for less
money than the teachers are getting. 1t
does not seem to me that the teachers
much cause for complaint as long ae
this is so, and they should not be singled
out as people who should receive more
for their labors than those in other
lines of work requiring fully as much prep
aration and an equal amount Of skill and
experience"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03

With our present knowledge we can say
just how far away the sun. moon and equs.
togial stars would have to be to make the
circuit Of the earth once in twenty-four
hours. me calculation puts them all within
1900 miles OF us-less than one circumfer-
ence OF the earth. dwindling the whole uni
verse into a sphere whose diameter Is little
more than two circumference of the earth.
The sun and moon would each be about
the size OF the island OF Jamaica and the
stars not bigger than the rocks that here
and there lift themselves out OF the sea.
That is the sort Of a universe to comport
with the old theology, which makes the
world the great field OF divine operations,
and this the medieval church knew right
well. The irony OF the situation was that
the assault upon this theory Of things
should have been made by an ecciesiastic
and the original publication of the book
paid for by a cardinal"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03
Presbyterinn Ministers Formally Open
RECONSTRUCTED Edihce of Bo-
hemIan

The Bohemlan Brethren Presbyterian
church at the corner OF Fifteenth and
Hickory streets was formally dedicated
yesterday Afternoon. A few months ago the
church was moved to It's present location
and the work Of renovating 1t was begun.
It was provided with a new roofs q base
ment was constructed beneath 1t and the
interior was decorated and improved. For
some time services rave been held in the
basement, but the main auditorium was not
opened tot tbs public until yesterday.
Rev. r. L. Wheeler OF the South Omaha
Presbyterian church preached the dedica-
tion sermon and short addresses were de-
livered by DIR. ID. =. Jenkins and DIR. NJ. B.
Lowrie Of the omaha Theological seminary,
DR.. Edwin Hart jerks Of the First Presbys
terrain church, DIT. T. ". Moore Of the
Westminster Presbyterian church. Dr. NJ.
Dewitt Long Of the Knox Presbyterian
church. Rev, Winthrop Allison of CASTELAR,
Street Presbyterian church and DR.. David
Kerr Of Bellevue college. Rev. John PipaI
Of Wahoo. former pastor OF tho church,
also delivered an address.
A brief history OF the Bohemian Brethren
congregation was given by Rev. ]. w. Do
bias, the present pastor. In 1889 DIR. VIII
son. pastor OF CASTELAR, Street Presbyterian
church, encouraged three Bohemian families
belonging to his church to organize a Bo-
hemian society for the purpose Of erecting
a church in which services might be held
IN the Bohemian language. In q short time
tne society became quite q power among the
Bohemians and was strong enough to buy
che present church building. which was Their
located several blocks north Of its present
location. From a society Of three families
the organization has grown into a church
with more than sixty members and has be-
come the parent Of q Bohemian Brethren
church In South Omaha with q membernhir
Df forty.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03

"L E
Branch NO. 5 OF the National Letter Car
fters' association has subscribed $50 to the
Mckinley Memorial fund.
The vouchers for the nrst payment Of the
rural free delivery carriers at the Omaha
p~ostoface have been received.
Phii Pyles. the carpenter who was over
come b, gas In 2 room at the Metropolltan
Scott Jackson. the colored ex-hreman
who was injured In the Union Pacific wards
Thursday morning. Is better and win re-
cover.
81. Johns parish school will give an
entertainment Wednesday evening al
Creighton university hall for the purpose
OF raising funds to pay the debt upon the
The hre department was called out at
ass o'clock Sunday afternoon 70 extin.
zzSsisssar M s%Sn s'A1a i2is g. sas tsf'os avenue e.
caused by the explosion OF a gasoline stove.
No damage was done. 4
a. Mo so.s SiFSii Rc.p kins sa EhS ya sis ssssR ~it &
N the cold sine: Friday AFTERNOON, wal
reported resting well this morning. Nc
operation had then been performed.
the Omaha branch of the American
TnansvaAl league held its weekly meeting
noon. A resolution was adopted express
sS action Of the government i
the coronsdon OF King EDWARD va. III,
resolution will be forwarded 60 Washing
ton as a reQ1est mat SonstSss pIeNent tn'
Iesentatlves-
The new drop curtain at Creighton uni
Versity hall has been completed The sub
/ 5act presented on the curtain lsf"rhe Coll
scum by Night" after the celebrated paint
ing by Dore. The deserted coliseum 1
shown with the bodies OF martyrs In IN
center OF the arena with beasts OF pre-
feeding upon them. From the midnigh
SKY descends a troup OF angels. as thougl
iYing dead. The copy from which the seen
vas painted Is In the possession OF Judg
/ XooIworth
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03

ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE FAMOUS
ONE HOUR SILK SALES TAKES PLACE
MONDAY MORNING from s until 8 o'clock.
The silk bargains for Monday are so great
that we want you to com early. and that
Is the purpose Of this sale-it only lasts
from s until 8 o'clock, but those that are
fortunate enough to attend will never for
get it. Black silks and colored silks Of all
s~orts-plain and fancy, real heavy and ex-
ira wholesome worth s1.OO. s1.25, $500,
S2.5O. You can buy all you want and plenty
to wait upon you. at only ACC.
THE GREATEST VARIETY OF FOUL
ARD SILKS EVER SHOWN IN OMAHA.
When we say Cheney Bros, we mean ex-
actly what we say and you can depend
upon 1t. Don't be deluded into buying the
inferior brands shown to you under their
name. Cheney Bros. are the best-can you
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03

BLACK DRESS GOODS.
Priestley leads them all.
Examines, 800, $3.50. $1.75 up.
Eo%liennee, s1.OO. $3.50, s1.9s, s2.9S up.
Minstrals, csc, $3.50. $1.9S up.
Eolienne crepes, $1.25 up.
Prunellas. soc, $1,00, $3.50 up.
LUPIN is NEXT TO PRIESTLEY.
Lupin's cheviots. $3.50 up to $3.50.
Lupin's fancies from $1.00 to $500.
Grand line of black broadcloths, cheviots,
venetians, fiom 75c to $500 per yard.
COLORED DRESS GOODS.
Every shade and grade of lightweight
spring fabrics from soc to $500 yard.
All the new fabrics in the new vigereaux,
new malanges, new eheviots, at all prices
from SOC to $3.50 yard.
All the latest skirtings and tailor suit
ings from 75c to $3.50 yard.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03
HOW JESUS BECAME THE SAVIOR
Subject Of Sermon of Rev. H. G. Hill
of Cincinnati.

Subject OF Sermon OF REV. III. u Hill
of Cincinnati.
Rev. Harry Granison Hill of the Fergus
Street Christian church Of Cincinnati, o.,
preached Sunday morning at the First
Christian church in this city, which pas
torate he will assume about March l. How
Jesus is the Savior Of the World was the
subject OF Rev. Hills sermon, and his text
was Romans v, g.: "For when we were yet
without strength, in due time Christ died
for the ungodly."
There is something in all men," said
the pastor, chat leads them to the worship
of som being outside OF themselves.
whether this element is an instinct, a de-
duction of reason. or some other force, the
fact OF its existence remains the same al
ways and everywhere.
MAN has also a natural tendency to be-
come like the object Of his worship. The
expression, Like God. like devote" is well
proven by the religious experiences OF the
different nations. The old Greeks and Ro-
mans worshiped NEUROLOGICAL personihca-
tions Of nature, In human guises and with
human appetites, passions and lusts. And
such traits as these grew in those people
so that While they were In the height OF
their intellectual glory they were sunk
at the same time in the depths OF moral
night.
MAN, imperfect. cannot make a perfect
God; neither is there any power in man to
lift himself above the worship OF the gods
he has made. So. in order that man may
be exalted, an ideal character as an object
Of worship is a necessity.
This need God supplied. What mar
could not do for himself God did. and gave
to him Jesus. a pure object Of worship, ar
ideal. whose worship is capable Of lifting
man higher. THU Jesus is q Savior"
After the morning service the board o
trustees OF the church unanimously voted Il
call DR.. Hill to its passionate. DR.. Hi
accepted the call and will begin his worl
In Omaha on March l..
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03
SENATOR MARTIN VERY LOW
Patient II Taken from st. JOseph's
OspitaI to HIS Falls
City Home.

State Senator Francis Martin, who has
been a patient at st. Joseph's hospital for
several weeks. was taken back to his home
at Falls City Sunday evening. His physi-
clan. DR.. C.. T. Burchard Of Falls City, re-
ports the senator as very low, though no
worse than he has been at any time during
the last week. December 10 he underwent
an operation for appendicitis. and since then
he has undergone three other operations.
His weakened condition is due to his in
ability to retain and assimilate food.
Senator Martin is IS years old. His
family comprises a wife and 1--WE children.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03

tell the difference? II not, come let us
show you. Cheney Bros best foulards, 81
inches wide, 69c. zoe, S1.O0 and Sf.25.
THE BIG SILK DEPARTMENT is Al
WAYS ACTIVE, THESE SPECIALS TILL
YOU WHY.
Fine china silk. in colors, at 15c.
Colored surah silk. only Csc.
Colored peau de sole. only SOC.
27-inch colored %taffeta. only 49c.
24-inch pure SILK crepe de chine. soc.
Black corded silks. $500 grade. soc.
Black silks, all kinds. worth up to s.
at soc.
Black pure dye ta1eta. worth $3.50. for
$3.50.
A POOR TAFFETA is no good at any
price, 1t causes worry. trouble and the
expense OF replacing. Buy the winslow
taffeta and avoid all this.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03
SCIENCE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Rev. N. N. Mann Lectures on Its ReIa-
ton to Religion.

tiOn 10
At Unity church Sunday morning Rev.
NJ. NJ. Mann lectured on the subject of the
relation Of science to religion In the mid
die ages. He said. In part;
ut was strongly felt by the church that
the earth must not lose its Importance as
the center and main part of creation to
which everything else Is subsidiary. for are
we not told in the bible on the authority OF
God Himself that the sun was made to give
light by day and the moon and stars to
give light by night? And how shall men
be brought to believe that the Maker Of all
things personally came into this world.
lived and died here. to a
scheme OF redemption, unless this earth
retains great relative signihcanceI 1t must
not be reduced to a planet comparable to
Venus. Mars or Jupiter. These stars must
be taught their places and kept from loom
ing up too big.
For this purpose the old astronomy wa
admirably adapted. II kept all the heav-
emily bodies in nice subordination to ouI
world and confined the whole creation
within a very limited space. so hat oul
earth might duly feel its dignity and i'm
portanee. Just how far the armament wal
supposed 10 be above our heads We canno
tell nobody had any means Of measuring
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03
selected by the Government

to carry the United States Overland Mail
across the continent on account OF it's being
the most direct lines.
The Fast Trains are via the Union Pa
cihc. and arrive from Omaha at
Utah points ~ hours ahead OF all COM
oetitors.
California points 1S hours ahead of all
competitors.
Oregon points ls hours ahead Of all com
petitors.
u information cheerfully furnished on
application.
City Ticket once. 1924 FaTnam. Phone,
sl6. Union Station, Tenth and Marcy,
Phone. 62S.
~shampooing and hair dressing. Csc. at ThI
Battery, 216-220 Bee building. Tel. l7is.