The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-28


names of the persons buried, and at
the top of the stone the words United
Benevolent Hall.
There are other establishments
more or less temporary. He mentions
that in the summer there are free
disnensaries of tea for the thirsty, at
the roadside, and of medicines for
tho suddenly attacked by cholera or
other acute diseases. In the winter
there are free dispensaries OF rice
oruol and of Wadded clothing. Even
the lower animals are PROVIDED LOT
and protected. He mentions the pro
vision made for animals, norses' COWS
hogs. geese etc.-that nave peel SCI
| free and are provided Ior. Ihe W. i'eI
of the letter says: well, now
have mentioned these institutions OF
charity and benevolence. They are
| not the product of Christianity puI
have existed in China from tlne I'M
memorial. Caring for the ola anu
destitute is a natural product OF hu-
man kindness, and the Chlnese ue
serve credit for what they do IN thal
| line. But caring for animals is pased
almost entirely on the idea Oh iayliis
up merit, by doing good deeds
posed Heather Chinee" is ahead OF
so-called Christian countries, the
United States, Great Britain, etc.
fellow feeling makes one WondrouS
kind" wrote David Garrick, the great
actor and writer OF short poems.
Shakespeare hundred and forty
years before Garrick, declared THAT
one touch of nature makes the whole
world kim" The Bible says, BLESSED
are the merciful, for they shall obtain
mercy" The Chinese are setting a
most humane and beautiful example
to the younger nations, who are send
ing to them missionaries. In the way
of human goodness and acts of mercy
and benevolence much can be learned
by the United States from the Oldest
of nations. In this connection L will
copy two impressive StanZaS from q
writer in the British Dominion Pres
byterian"
"If you're down in pain and weakness,
or the victim of disease,
And the mighty seem to push you
to the wall,
Try to hear the muffled rumole of the
wheels upon the breeze;
God has chariots for His poor ones
when they fall.
IF you're down about the valley
where the shadow is so black,
And you feel the sun of life is set
ting fast
Don't forget the wheels of mufled
flame that gid the golden
track;
God is sure to send his chariots at
the last"
There are all sorts of drinks being
introduced now. Coffee itself has
enemies, and attempted rivals, but the
great civilzer" is found 10 hold its
own among all beverages and frauds.
saw lately in a great religion Lon
don weekly an advertisement that
struck me. / had never heard of it,
but give it publicity here:
DIR. ALLISON saws:
"Brunak is as easily made as tea.
coffee, or cocoa 1t is as refreshing
as tea, as tasty as coffee as comfort
ing as cocoa and as harmless as water.
1t can be drunk at any meal or at
supper time. There is not a head
ness in ton of it. 1t may be drunk
by the young, the old the weak, the
strong, the brainy man or the athlete,
also by invaIids even in diabetes.
ct r. Allison, EX-L. r. C.P., &c,
Author of Thirteen Books on Health
90, Spanish-pl. Manchester-sq., W."
I regret much to see the announce
ment of the death of the Hon. William
O'Connor Morris, a distinguished Irish
jurist and author. He was the au-
thor of a capital one-volume life of
Napoleon, a book / have several times
praised. When / first read it Ct have
read it a second time) / thought he
was English born, and marvelled at
his candor and fairness and SO wrote, !
for no Englshman had ever before |
dealt justly and appreciatively of the
greatest genius of modern times
great in war and great in statesman |
ship-a positive and unequalled mar |
vel. But Morris was Irish born, and |
in that lies the fact of his admirable |
sincerity and sense of right and |
thorough understanding of the ire |
mendous Italian. / am gratified to see |
it mentioned that he had finished his
last book-"Wellington Soldier and |
Power of England" AS the |
Iron Duke" was Irish born, too |
Judge Morris may be tempted to eX |
aggerate his real qualities. The New |
York Saturday Review of the 18th |!
inst says:
Judge Norris was a close student |
Of military history, having written |
Gf6dI com llaltluG1S Ol AOutlH |
Times Napoleon and "Moltlle. His |
Wellington will be issued i'm Septem- |
Der in c.. p. Putnams Sons Heroes of |
the Nations Series"
Stanley Weyman is a novelist of |
much distinction in England. l have |
read nothing from him. He has writ |
ten books that commanded the con- |
of men of education and |
writer's of ability in his own land. The |
publication of an historical novel by |
him, and [ think he writes no other |
kind, is an event of interest in Lon
don and in other parts of England.
Mr.. w. l.. Alden, London CORE
spOndent of the New York Saturday |
Review" on August 3rd, wrote of him
in this wise:
'Mr. Weyman long ago secured his
public, and that public is faithful to
him, because he never disappoints it. |
Among writer's of historical novels |
IL