The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Ed. 1, Sunday, April 10, 1898 Page: 1 of 8

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cklgWG pepepe ce decljijuithw
jonament lo Be erected to the pernor of tfo Signers of that Famous
Document
Interesting Unwritten History Prepared for The Post by Jilrs
Stonewall JacHson VM of the Great Confederate General
arlottc N C April D ° D thc 0lh
xl nmnth In Charlotte tticro will bo
atcd a beautiful granlto shaft creeled
unmemorate tbo signing of thc Meek
1g declaration of Independence lu this
en the 20th of May 15
0 monument itseir Is n shaft of gran
he principal block of which Is 23 feet
and weighs U tons The height Is It
This shaft is mounted on a handsome
stal thc base being nine feet square
r information concerning the Mccklcn
dcclaratlon of Independence has been
ly obtained from an address by the
Vm A Graham at tho celebration
it Mecklenburg centennial In 1S75
Graham was my uncle and himself
scendant of revolutionary ancestors
as twice Rovcrnor of North Carolina
mber of President Fillmores cabinet
ilted States senator for a number of
s and a candidate for tbo vlco prcsl
y on tho ticket with General Scott
was alto a member of tho senate of
Coafcdcrato Suites and of tho peace
nisElon called by President Lincoln
the close of thc civil war Ilo was a
of General Joseph Graham who ni
gh but a youth at tho time fought
ty through tho revolutionary war and
rore the marks of drspcrnte wounds to
grave from bh soldierfather who
no a major general In tho war of 1S12
mor Graham learned much of tho hls
of our first struggle for Independence
b a lad of 1G Joseph Graham was a
eron at tho meeting of tho committee
declared independcuco against the
Ish crown on tho 20th of Mny 1775 Id
lotto Town X C Ho left a valuable
monlal of his personal knowledge ol
historic event describing the great
uslasm of thc people who rent ths
nlth chcer3 and thicw up their hats
ral of them lighting on top of tho court
a which at that tlmo was a small log
i la thc center of tho town or hamlet
cr for Charlotte then contained only
t Iwentytlvo houses
dor John Davidson one of tho signers
h declaration was my great grand
er and 1 havo often heard ray own
cr ltcv n II Morrison relato tho
rof tho transaction as ho heard It from
lips of this vencrablo patriot who lived
Into thc Nineteenth century and who
at tho age of 97 with unimpaired facul
ecklcabuxg county wac formed In 1762
named lu lienor of the natlvo place of
new queen Prlnccts Charlolto of Mccu
urg ono of tho snaller Gcruun States
Charlolto Town wrs of course uara d
tho rojal lady hoivsclf The C3rly set
i of this county wqro a hardy Presbytc
stock tho Scotcblrlfh as they wero
d having emigrated fiom Scotland to
Td anl thence to America and worn
to pojscfh tho Impulsiveness of tho
itaan with the dogged resolution or
Covenanter The early history of tha
ay abounds with instances of this spirit
Us people Their ancestors had e <
enced political nr rcllglcus persecution
brought with them a quick sotihlhlllty
vtodr a stern spprcciallon of th ir
Hand an indomitable spiilt of freedom
independence Tho act of parliament
ring nil marriages In thc colonics illc
tctptlag thoso solemnUcd by ministers
ie cstibilsbed church and Its pobltlvo
il to grant a charter to Queens niu
a colloge foundsd by Presbyterians
hailotte forced the conclusion that
was no rcdrcsh except In unccndl
1separation from tho mother country
argument was probably In this wlae
Bible ccrtalnlj commands us to
It to the powcis that be but tho
den Is what anl who ore tho powers
c If we arc stronger than our op
sors are not wo ourselves the povvcra
° And is R not nliiful weakness
fclect to exerels the powers that God
1 uj vc can at lerst make the effort
ourselves which will be an appeal
od and Ho himself shall decide tho
tlon
7 could not obey God unless they
Political and religious liberty and
cre wilting 0 die In defense of
i Biblo truth The ltcv Alexander
h < 4 > ho is said to have been thc
w of tho Mecklenburg declaration
e klah Jwncs Daleh and other
oyttrian divines proslalmed thcBC
ents at public meetings until In tho
of 177j the leading minds In Meck
tS ccuntv w r r0 ticcply convicted
18 vnags to whuh tho colonics were
d and so wild with the love of
a thit thty rose abavo nil cotisld
° M of pers nal and selfish interests
ffqutttfd Colonel Thomas Polk to or
ch military company to elect two
w and dcksito to them nniplo pow
devise means tD nid and assist their
flag brethren In Boston aud also to
measures to ixtrkato themsilvw
ae Ira cndlnij 3trm and to aacuro
IrKl thcir tnallrmblo rights wlv
cd libi riles dominant
from tua
Orlttsli imposition aud tyrAuny
Icsites cleird ucro ta ineit at 12
m Mv th court liouso of Cli r
Vx tOlh May lu scsloa
op i
tVJi itotJ 3ls msctlus snveraJ
Ersl t < ve and pnmilaeat injn of
3t td Q p lnnry wcctlnss In
TO < nsm to dgot articles for n
cnvr iiwon ttlljcpltl0I lnal uc
wouM pro td to do nu Tbo
4 4 f v
J > 1V HC > JTJ
StlvVd c r Cninil TUamaj i lnr Mn frrni < nr v rxn rcrnrl uth ntif rsi ml the ainroah
ion collcse
In thU biwlnesft wero Dr
Ak JJib of May ths riElcMUs it at
0 ed tin and plae At tho
r
W ths resolutions tad
whiah
pproved in ths pel
nury meetings wero read bv Kphrnlm
Drcvard Almost all the members swke
In turn in favor of their adoption and as
Mr Batch was ubout closing the final ad-
dress a messenger arrived with tho news
that tho battle of Lexington had been
fought Just one month before Upon th3
announcement of this event tho Interest
of the meeting reached its highest puiut
nud from that moment the duty of imme
diately proclaiming a declaration of In
dependence 3 decidedtho assembly as
wUh one voice crjlng out
Let us bo Independent Let uk declare
pur Independence and defend It with our
llvcj and fortunes
So Intense was thc earnestness and so
painful the procure of feeling thnt no
note of time was taken Nearly all night
long tneso patriots sat In the court house
reeking not of sleep hunger nor fatlg ic
and after discussing
every paragraph o
tlio resolutions declared independene
ugalnst Great Hrltnln about oclock
In thc morning Tho convention then took
a recess until 12 oclock of the tamo day
vvnen an immonfo concourse of prole
consisting of grnyluilied sires and vir o
oils souths assembled all anxious to know
tho result of that memorable ocasion
when the resolutions were read torn tho
iiont steps of tho court house by Colonel
iriomns Polk and they wero adopted bv
tho people amid shouts of applauso and
tremendous enthusiasm The names of tho
signers were Abraham Alexander Uph
rulm Hrevard Thomas Polk Adam Alex
ander David ftccjc John McKnitt Alex
ander Hccklah Alexander John Phlfor
jtobcrt Irwin Richard Harry William
Konnon Benjamin Pulton John loard
John Davidson William Graham John
Ilcnnlken Wnlghtstlll Avery Chirlcs
Alexander Henry Downs Hlchard Harris
Hzrn Alexander Nelll Morrison Jamc3
Jinrris
Tho vencrablo Abraham
Alexander
was
Joh ° Vt U Alcxander Dr 1r04d n
secretaries Sov
cr1 nf m
I > V VlKnerVVPro sraduates of
Jilnccton college
and were m n or emi
nent ability In thclrjllfforent profcsCs
It Is a well known fact that our Meck
lenburg declaration was repudiated by
Thomas Jeflerfcon who pronounced it
spurious and a very unjustifiable
quli becnuse it camo out over a year
In iidvaneo of thc National dolurattmi
and both documents ara worded In lan
guasn so similar that It has caused much
controversy among historians as to Iho
authenticity of tho Mecklenburg
It h true that our original document
caii not be brought to light and thu3 for-
ever silence all doubt but unfortunately
It was turned > vhrn thc residence of John
Melvnlght Alcxandrr who was its custo-
dian was destroyed by lire lu ISOJ Mr
Alexander artoiwnrdB prepaicd a copy
from memory and In the elfort of doing
so it is claimed by tbo opposers of Mr
Jeffersons charge that he innv have
confused it with tno National dKlaratlou
and Inserted nevernl phrases peculiar to
that paper However wo hope to be able
to produce testimony fiom such unim-
peachable authority that ought to be
fcufnclent to ratify Incredulity Itself
as to the genuineness of our Mecklenburg
declaration end of Us promulgation to
the world on thc ZOtli of May 177b
Let us hear some of Americas distin-
guished historians and writers upon this
mooted question Lcfslng In his Lives
of tho Signers of the National Declara-
tion records that as early as tho 20th
of May 1773 at a meeting lu Charlotte
N C tho committee made a declaration
of Independence or the British crown to
the support of which they pledged their
lives their rortuneb and thcir tacied hon-
or
Bancroft says The people of tno
county of Mecklenburg had carefully un
served tho progress of the controversy
with Britain aud during tho winter of
177175 political meetings had tepeatcdl
been h ld In Charlotte That town had
been chosen for tho sent of tho Presby-
terian college which tho legislature of
North Carolina had chaitcrcd but which
thc king had disallowed and It was thc
center of thu culturo of that part of the
province Somo time lu May news was lc
retved that botn house1 of parliament
by an address to thc king had dccliicd
tho American colonics to bs In a s > tatc of
actual rebellion Thus was to them evi-
dence that thc crisis In American affairs
was ccme and tho people proposed among
themselves to abrogate all dependence ou
the royal authority
Hlldreth a very palnMaklng accurate
and instructive writer asserts That the
rltUcns of Mecklenbirg county North
Carolina carried their zeal tofar as to
rcsolvo at a public meeting to throw oil
the British connection and they framed a
declaration of independence But this feel-
ing was by no means general
Washington Irving thc first of Ameri-
cans who gave to his country a character
for lltcMturc in Europe and appropriately
clctcd his long and hright career by a 151
cgaphy of Washington published In 1SS
tayb In the fourth volume of this work
speaking of tho Invasion of Lord Corn
wnllls It was an entcrprlso In which
much dlffkulty was to b apprehended
both from thc character of thcpeople and
ccuntry The rarlj history cf the
iclony abounds with Instances of a spirit
of re istanrc and rebellion among II peo-
ple They always beravfd Insolently to
their governors complain Governor Har-
rington In 1711 Some they have driven
cut of the country at other times they
fct up a government of their pwn choice
supprrted by men under arm It was In
fact tho cplrlt of popular liberty and self
government which stirred within them and
gave birth to the glorious axiom tho
rights of the many nrttn3t tho exnrtlnns
of n few It was tblH tplrlt that
pave rise to the confederacy called the
regulation fornid to withstand the abuioj
of pov pr rrd Crc first Mood fhed In cur
country In rcslstpnce to arbltnry taxatlcu
wns at AlJmanep In thh provluco fMay 1R
177 in n conllrt between th rpgiilntors
i rd Governor Trycn Abovf all I should
riv i forgcttPii that t Merklenbun
In theheart nf North Cirollnt iru ful-
minated tlr first iV > clar < ittnn of livlcprrd
fftc rt the Brllh ro n enaarrin of
vro hutnrr a like declaration by ron
Aaln Inen Cornvalll sdvsncs Ino
the province rf North OirollnH ho t < of
post nt Cbfrlottf wber givei yn
lrrvnis tn rergntori MerklnbUt of
nhli l v n th ropltsl was th hadv
hlstirpindnt rnuntv vher th fv t
auSiitUl Av < i7 a i tarctt t In < ondn rf do and
Tr Mi Arlr ir Mtn nVn ri r hll
tes lnnl i frm > A V
rd fln r rf th n r lo Hf
mlt < b siM Vr kinr va
Ii jpcVl nhurg lh v rith end T hav
always talea a special Interest n > Bt
nrl n U tS tarI > hlS0r l > aVO 111 tlM
f PI u room C ° W ° ho Mccslcnbur
h r atl ° of leri Ddcnce franiui auj
ifi RUa l lhUK wc wurb t toe
position He then led the way inu u
f aIf d poiutcd 0it eoy ot lI > tlecJaw
iton with tho signatures attached printed
nmwn and l a SlU frame He said tho
nmw
authorshipi was al ayd attttbutcd vo Dt
hphralm Brevurd and no allusion wtj
made to any doubt
ever having btcn ex
pressed as to thc authentUlty of th > docu
i 2r i fneral Jackson unquestionably
ir 1tlu 1 B nclueat as a wcltkonvvn Uct
hlstor > of that region of tho coun
trv the memory of < v hlch he desired to ucr
pctuate
tTvmo rlncatts nro In existence
front a number of tho signers and sptc
tatuia
thcmrrlvcs among them Isaac Al
cxHlidcr
j0hn Davidson Joseph Graham
and others Major John Davidson tcrtl
nes am confident that tho declsruiou
of Independenco by thi
people of Mecklen
burg was made public at least twelve
cfcro thut of u ° congress ol ti
t
vi L i Stat5i I3ul lhaps the moit ton
vinclng certificate Is that of Captain James
Jncrf
who was the bearer of the proceed
l conSrrs o ravs l
out
V nonth JicLfrom Charlotto to
1 hliadclphia and delivered ths doilara
tlon of independence of May 1773 to ltlch
nd
Caswell and William Hooper the dele
f J rom Nortl1 Carolina I am now In
tno bSth year of my ago and raiding In
the county of iibrrt in tho State of Geor
gia I was In the revolutionary war from
the commencement to the dose This
certlflcito Is dated 7th December 1810 In
presence of Job Weston C O < and
James Oliver atto at lew Captain Jack
was n brave energetic patriot and icidy
o engage In any duty having for Its ob
jctt tnc wclfaro and Independence of his
country He rode all the way to Phlladrl
Phla on horseback that bring tho only
modo of
express in thoso primitive djys
The first documentatj rfprenee to thu
Mecklenburg declaration after Its adoption
was an rmusiiig pom written bv Adam
Brevard a brother of Dr Kphriim Bre
vard in lens than two yeir after tho
meeting of tho g > nctnl committer lu
Charlotte The genuineness of this pro
duction Ib vouched for by Hon Lyman
Draper on page ViO of his manuscript work
on tho Mecklenburg declaration and also
by Wheeler nnd by Governor Swnln tn
whoso possession tho ponn wrfi at tho tlmn
nf his death The date of the poem Is 18th
March 1777 extends thrcusth 260 lines nnd
Is of unquestionable authenticity so wroic
Governor Swain to Hon George Bancroft
nn March IS 1S S It opens as followa
TUB MKCKLnNBimO CBNPOK
When Mecklenburgs fantastic rabble
Itrnowncd for centure cold ond gabble
In Charlolto met in giddy council
To Jny tho constitutions groundsill
By choosing men both learned and wlso
Who clcaily could wllh half shut eyes
Sec millstones through or spy a plot
Whether existed such or rut
Who always could at noon dcflno
Whether tho sun or moon did shine
And by philosophy tell whether
It was dark or Minny weather
And sometimes when their wIIr were nice
Could well distinguish men from mlco
Virst to withdraw from British trust
In congress they the very first
Their Independence lid declare
To iclmn to the coicldcntr In the lnn
cuaEe of the two declarations Mecklen
burg and national Governor GraliPin najs
It is rot very drang that men who think
alilco should spoik alike upon tho sanii
subject more esperlallj vvnrn hightoned
rtnlilotic feeling seeks for utluanre No
tuition of people ever went te war without
In fait staking up thlr lives fortunes and
honor and the sentiments embodied by Ml
Jefferson wero not peculiar to himself but
adapted by him as explcaUvo of tho com-
mon language of that eventful period Mr
Jeffersons lovo of country was not bound-
ed by the confines of Virginia nnd II r no
dlsciedlt to his memor > thai her lnituu
tlons her heroes and her statesmen ocu
nlcd tho first plnrr In hH affections She
was emphatically the mother of great men
his own hits ratlva land and It 13 no
matter of Biivprlse that he rhould be un-
willing without thr moat ampin proof to
trarhfer the brightest pago In her history
to emblazon the rerords of a sifter Statn
So with tho utmost deference for thc
Engo of Montlccllo nnd all other doubling
Thomases n believe and nro prepared to
claim before all the world that our Meck
lenburg declaration of Independence Is
neither spurious nor a quiz but a cor-
roborated faet verified by a phaltnx of
tradition Iu addition to the distinguished
names already quoted such men of into
as Judge Francis Xanicr Maitln Jo ph
Scavvcll Jones John II Wheeler Itov Dr
Cnruther Iootc of Virginia A T Smytho
of South Carolina Francis L Hawks LL
D of the Upiscopnl church etc havo
champloiicd tho cauuc of tho Mecklenfu g
declination
Tho annual celebrations or tho day that
have for stores of years bton observed
also attest Us truth and many havo bfcn
thc orators from our own and olstcr Stateo
wbo havo with glowing eloquence pro-
claimed the glorious history of the proud-
est day In tho annals of tho Old North
State It has Ions been enshrined in tho
hearts of tho people not only In Mecklen
burg but In tho whole State
Lord Cornwall having dubbed our val-
iant llttlo town the hornets nest cf
North Carolina wo still cling to the ap-
pellation and have ndoptel the hornets
nefct as our roatofnrms In evcrj cele-
bration thc hornets nest is lonsphtois
and one of our finest nillltiry companies
bears thc name of thc Hornets Nrtt
nifiemen while thoy aro familiarly
known as Tho Hornets
Some years ago In order to preserve
them from oblivion thc historic spots In
Charlotte were marked y Iron tab cU
Tboyr places wero Cooks Inn vviicic
Washington was entertained tho hou o
octuricd by Cornwallis Hie pa o oi
vvhkh the Mecklenburg dclxratlon wa3
signed and tbo pot upon which Jefferson
Davis stood making a tp b when a tee
graui was handed lila announcing tbc
ficsasslnatlon of Abraham Llnroln
Queens tollcge the first cdu atlonal In
ctltuticn or the kind In iru Cnlted States
vras built here of brick Imported from
Hngland A new JfiOOOP county couit ho ie
now occupies the site n th dd eol gc
Thc old landmarks havo pitsed uviy ami
a fillmiuc at the Charlotte of todav will
shew that she has not stood still In tho
century aud c quarter thi his passed
over her head From a primitive hamlet
of twentyfive hnusrs sh ha cramUM Into
a papulation of over I O0 and a more
Irnutlful and pif < srcs lvi little city is
scarcely to bo found in thc South Her
lovrly and stfractlvphonics rmbiwercd In
stately trccr her groen lawns nnd flowers
her cultivated soclt handsome hurehrs
kchrolit pitdlc lmldlngn and her v ldo
well pivcd streets are a tcit r > the spirit
chsrarier and cntTpriae of her ponr
In f t there is nothing now waiting that
is nceewirv to n well rmipv madra
city CliajJoUo hat also become a sue
eetiiful manufreturlng ernter aid Is m
IntFOrtp and prosperouo a place that
she U called our Queen
City
A 1c r cherished desire on thr irtrt of
our people to erect an enduring and jip
prcprlate monument to ihe signers of tho
Mrrkleiihurg declaration hai at lait ben
Ing 31th of Mav will wltnra th tuvril
Ins of ths moDUnat Tb crlebr Oon
Is to t of much magnitude the grind st
the Que n Citr bas ever J nown In
drrd It Is promted to mtkt a sa < < lc
of It as It will he Imposslblp to crowd tho
festivities all Into one day KxVIce Prcs
Idcnt Adlnl Stcvcnron Is to bu the chief
orator of tub occasion aud tho Confeucr
ato veterans ora to have their day their
reunion and jubilee Charlotto will men
throw open her hospitable gates and give
all her frichds and neighbors a vvanvl wel-
come The unveiling of a momimcni to tho Il
lustrious signers of tho Movklcuburg
declaration will not bo a city attatr nor
yet a county or State affair hut an event
of National Interest for here on Mecklen
burg soil Iho Seotchrrlsh penuod tho line
that gave this broad land liberty This
Mecklenburg and her pruttil daughter
Charlotte will celebrate with pomn and
pageant wltn music nnd mirth wllh her-
aldry that should mark fcuuh an Important
era In her history
Above all our hearts should lie filled
with devout and heatly gratlltido to Al
mghty God the author aud ghor of this
pjrlcelcss boon of llbuly to our land
MARY ANN JACKSON
Tlli DltAtiDN OPrun SKVS
They tny the Stmnlth ships are out
To etl e the Spanish main
Iteaeh dovii the volume boy and read
The ttoty ctr nriln
How wluu the Spaniard had tbo might
11b ilicmbcd the earth llks iiln
With liumnn blood nud made 11 death
Tn sail tho Spunl b niatn
With toich and atcel with ttnke and rack
He trampled out nl truce
Until jucon Hess her leashes tllpt
And let her scadogs loose
God how they sprang And how they torol
Tho Orcnvlllc Hawkins Umkc
Ilemcuibcr boy they wero > our slrcst
They mndo tho Spaniard quake
They sprang like ltonr for their proy
Straight for the throat amain
By two by scores whereer thoy caught
They fought the ships of Spain
When Spain In dark Illoas bay
Irolor > doublypllKlitcd faith
Bold llnnlsiiis fought his way through lie
Tor great Lllzahcth
A bitter matt Spnln brewed that day
She drained it to tho lees
Her fnltldchs guns thnt mom awoka
Tho Dragon of tho Sens
lrom oca to sea ho ravaged far
A Scourge with naming breath
Whereer iho Spaniard pulled bis ships
Sailed Francis Drake and Death
No purl wns rnfo against his Ire
Souim no fuilliest shorn
Thr fairest iln > ott sank In tiro
Itofoio tho Dragons roar
Ho made lh Atlantic eurges red
Bound every ttpmilRli Ucilj
Piled Spanish decks with Spanish dead
Tho noblest of Castile
From Del Flic gos beetling coast
To plccty llclirtdn
Ho hounded down tho Spanish host
And bwept tlio fluniing seas
lie fought till on Spains Inmost lakes
A Mid nrnngi bowers set
La Mum bas iliugtiters fenred to ball
fLest they tho Dragon met
King Philip nf his itiveii icft
3J As forfeit rlalmcd Jits head
Tho gr > l quern lituglinl tils wraih to scoru
t And knighted Drnko limtcad
And gave him ships nnd sent him forth
To clear thr Spanish malu
Tor Biiglnnd nnd for lhiglund brood
And sink tho Herts of Kimlu
And well ho wrought Ids mighty work
Till on that fntid day
Ho mi t his only conqueror
In Nombio Dlos bay
There In bis shotted hammock swung
Atnld thr surges sweep
Ho wiiliii tho lookouts signal
Across thc quiet deep
And drrams of dork Ultnna lay
And Spanish trrmhery 5
And how ho track d Mogcllan far
Atioss tho uuhnovvu sea
But It Srnln fires n single fhot
IIon the Spanish mnln
Shell innio to deem tbo Dragon dead
Has waked to life ogiln
Thomas Nrlion Pago
m
wnrnn until ronns iiiiiii
IriiTK f < in n mn Wl >
but VV IiInUv In hciiii
New York Prctt
Many Is tho man who vvlion hunsry has
withed be could cat hsy like a herao that
ho might fill himself cheaply but hay was
25 tents a loiind lu Skaguay last fall and
even hay caters were not woll off
Prlcib have been running up and down in
nn extraordinary way nt Dyea and over the
lulls and down In tho mining camp At
ono tlmo there every ono was talking
hoiae and dogs couldnt bo given away
then As food for horses rore hors > cs fell
In price
When oats reached C0 a sack nnd hay
wan 25 cents a pound and horacshoo nulls
25 cents apiece horses were not In do
mand Then It was dogs And It ntlll ia
logs except for a few people who aro tak-
Ing up with tho reindeer
Coed dogs now brim t250 to SS00 it is
claimed tin arc the only animals for tho
illmato They rat anything they can swal-
low Thty do not hunt a flro to sleep by
out llo down In th > snow They caut bo
roaxrd Into a heated icom
Net long ago clgara were 52 to 3 nploce
along tho Yukiu and mighty rare Now
tho camo richly flavored nrllclo Is to bo
bed for less than it rort to take It thcro
The market 1 overstocked
Flour heo been selling nt H a pound ind
ciinncd beam for 7 i nnts to l Ilairs
1Svr been put up to SH and eggs two ftr
an otmco of dvat wbilt would nnkr a-
New England breakfast cost about f2
two eggs 317 a then of Lam i1 bread and
butter and coffee
WhlDliv Is cheap It iKiUall Is the chca
est thing to b had In mining camps Tts
nunntlty however exceeds tbr quality All
torts of fancy prices hnvo bivn offrcrd for
mnnrd fritlin and for len on and lime Juice
w blrh arc excellent to i rcvenl acurvj But
tlefc ran hrrdly bv quoted at murkt
values Tomatoes have fetched 20 a can
iranges 10 aplcec lemon tyrup 15 B pint
irait beef jr n can roast mutton 10 a
rrn fitnwbriries JS and 512 a ran aud
salmon Is 10 teats a CM
111m Ms ii hpiifin
Youths Companion
I henrd a capltil story Of Charles Math-
ews writes Mr Joseph Hatton from an old
actor at tho Lotus club In New York Ho
r ast Invited with his manager and two oth-
ers to dine with a citizen who carried on
the business of pawnbroklng and though
well off kept but one asistant
Mathews was well known among bis
friends and admirers for hi remarkable
powers of rapid Imitation and chajucur
Izatlnn off tho stage as well as on but
rrobably he never gave a more ranarkable
llHstratiou of thoo powers than oa this
occrslon
The host being cslled out of the dining
loem nt thc bark of tils shop MuUmwa al-
tered his hair turned up his collar and put
on another mans hat
Then making a sulfablo change of counte-
nance ho look a large silver grasy ipsoit
from the table ran Into the stwr and en-
tering our of the llttlr boxes which uni-
versally shield one customer from another
nt pawnbrokers crtinttrs pledged t < i his
unsuspecting host bis own pleco of plate
and rrtuirrd to Ms plirr nt tslle as the
pawnbroker rcrntcrrd thc room
Iiirii < llrgii
riiburnc Hevicvv
The Dallas News refused to pubHrh Para
scjg rxrccfl of Dsrnsy Jlbj But that f >
ac > surprise to there who know the ffcsvs
ard its friendliness to the bjue racer of
ttopullsni
> n v j V
ADVICE TO PARENTS
1 have been a closo observer of children
all my life This study has had special
rcfciruco to tho probable futures of them
Individually My profession has brought
uio into all torts of relationships with
them and has therefore given mo po
cullar advmitnncs along this Hue Agnlu
I havo n vivid recollection of my own
childhood which was not uneventful For
theso hmjciis 1 feci more or less compe-
tent to advise parents with rcteteuco to
tho childs training Tho fact tht I urn
not a parent niytclf gives mo tho advan-
tage cf Impattlut Judgment 1 havo no
Individual hobbles ulong this line to cod-
dle no set prejudices derived from my
method of uiaiiaglng a child to bias my
renderings My remarks will necessarily
be brief for l hnvo but little space nt com-
mand
Firsi make it companion of your child
Ilo Is blood of > our blood aud bono of
jour bone and bmuiso of his littleness
and helplessness hclds a very sttnng and
sacred claim upon jour time nnd atten-
tion At first vvhilu ho Is yet au lucar
nntcd little vegetable sou must rniiocdo
everything to htm As he cige concess
ions will mmunlUc It > ou mother and
fatherwnnt him to b a second and lm
proved edition of jourselves you must
astoclatu with him if jou put him In
enro of a nurso cr governess and only see
htm nt staled Intervals and thwi on dress
parade ho will bo jour child only in th
legiil hcnst of tho word Ilo will absorb
all bis Impressions of tho right In human
character from his constnnt controlling
tompanlon 1 do not mean to say that
tiuiEcs nnd governesses nro not good
things to havo but I do mean to say Hint
their services should bo limited to mere
diudgot of childraising i Nuu our
child all you can Draw closo to him nnd
thus dinw him closo to you Make n con
fbnnt cf him nnd so increaio his lovo for
you and foster his Belfresput aud sense
of honor
The dignified coldness and unappront li-
ability ot tmno parents to their offspring
constitute a 4icndful calamity 1 know
a score of children from tho ngoa of 8 to
IU with whom 1 nm vastly belter ac-
quainted than nro their parents la not
that n terrible state or ntr lrs Hover
over jour llttlo ones with jour overshad-
owing love even as tho mother bird
hovers her birdies with her waim protect
ing bodj Let them peep out from their
nests In jour hearts upon tho grtat
throbbing world ns tho blrdllngs peep
from under their mothers wings So shall
they honor nnd protect jou when jou
slnll have liccomo their chlldtcu
It must not be Infencd fiom tho foie
gotng that a childs tether must be Its
mothers npron siting Tho iden Is this
If thcro Is a complcti domestic and m > > lnl
reciprocity between parent and child tho
largest dKrcllnit mjy bo ullowrd tho
child Anchnrrd by mutual lovo aud
made wise by parental counsels the child
can lm given pnfect freedom of action
H will not abuse Its privileges ami ques-
tions nf doubt It will submit to Its pur
cuts
Let > our child pMy Do not fonco It
In with bristling Uimys of donts Lxprcl
II to soil Its clothes and como In with a
dirty face if it rails tn do this bo
alarmed nnd tnvcsllgnlo the matter A
charming vrltcr on this subject Kate
DniigliiH Wlgifin says As In keeping
children too dean for mnttal use I sup-
pose nothing Is nioro disastrous Tin dl
vino light to bo gloriously dirty n larg
poitlon of the time when dirt Is n neces-
sary consrqurnce of direct useful friend-
ly tonlnct with nil sorts ot Interesting
lirlptul things Ik too clear to be denied
Tlv > children who havo to think of llimr
clothci before playing with the dogs dig
glng In tbo eand helping thr Htublemnn
working in tho thrd building n brldgii
or weeding in the giidcti ncviV get hnlf
their I ultimate enjoymrnl out of lift
Thr character of your childs plays
should bo looked after ri llltle Gencrnllv
tbiy nro Innocent nnd harmless but or
taislonally they are di basing or even dan-
gerous Plays based Upon superstitions
or evil passions aro both lowering and
morally dnngitoui Bows nnd arrows
mid especially devil slings nip dangerous
Pliythlngs to put Into thr hands of your
iniolrss thoughtless llttlo boy Never let
jcur llttlo clillilicn havo sharp or pointed
Instriimcntr such na rclhsors lend pen-
cils etc Thoy Invariably put them in
their mouths and run Ths cIiriirmi nro
ten tn ono that they will rail down with
great risk of being Injured or killed I
bavA known of a number ot deaths rroni
this cause
Let your children bo noisy lr little
Iclinny ilosnt saturate tho welkin with
tho sonorous cutiomc or a stick nnd ttr
pan If lie ilorsnl stamp through tlie hull
and nil over tha bouiio with his new shoes
If he eant miiko his plujmato hear him
two tquaics away when he culls to him
bo assured that tbo child I not perfectly
nortnnl If your little girl dors not en-
joy euch plays nn Green Gravel and If
her volro docs not Join In tho vocal din
accompanjlng thin nud similar plnjs then
know that something Is wrong sho Is not
natural Nolao Is nscessary to tho growth
ami Integrity of the nervous sy em
What children should resd It Is much
ctulcr to tell what they should not lead
than what they should rend Happily the
old stylo Kundayschool bcok has settled
bark Into a wellearned oblivion so thnt
a caution with reference to them Is nn
necrssaij The hard didactic writings of
lh medern ancients who built childrens
libraries aro also eternally pigeonholed
to that your children will bo In no dan-
ger of them Thr stalls of unscrupulous
bookeellets bowevpr aro crowded with
serlbblclraFh which represents to much
deadly poison Keep frcm ymlr children
this morbid and blooflandtbundcr coin
poRture as jou would keep them from
exposure to tamr mallgnsnt contagion
Tbo brat adv that can br given you as
to their reading Is this Hnvo plenty of
pirn good books In your houec Including
tho Arabian Nights tloblnson Cm
see Tho ScotiUh Chiefs rctnr of
I ulti M Alcotts writings etc and turn
ycur children loosr among them Dont
dictate Ico authoritatively to ycur ihlld
In this matter live his la trs and pre-
dilections fomo ploy In this cme
A properly tonduclcd kindergarten inty
be a good tnlng Tho Lotiom purpono of
this institution l to utilize the chlldi
loy aplrit In Its cddiutlonsl bslialf A
rYetrm of plajs Is nloplcd which conlalmi
a system of rducutlon Instructive nmusr
trrnt Is tbo idea Tho same prlnelplo Ij
Illustrated lu thr game of authors for boys
ind clrls in tbclr teens Aftct all though
making a brslncrn or play can not hslp
detracting iosjb from thc full benefits of
unudullriatcd play Do not therefore se
itrclv fcrcd your child to attend a kinder
cartel
Government of Children Wo ppproich
the meet srrlous subject of all To prop-
erly gVivcrn nnd rear a < hlia H tho most
of life The duty Is not inly tarred but It
is difficult one If you were jrropcrly
ualntd through childhood then thu task of
correctly rearing your own child becomes
comparatively easy You tvivo been sought
to ccntrol joirflf and selfcontrol is tho
ixndltlcii precedent to Iho government of
others If you wero not rroptrly bred
have jou thc ftrong common nso to real-
ize the fart end to avdd the crrora your
mrmts fell Ino Almost cvory ono of
i he b it of us can lcok back and sro Bnme
om of rrror of whlfh our pircnls wore
rmlty In falnlng ui Vfcall wc avoid it tn
drallnt without rsn llttlo ones It Is thp
urgent suggfotfen of wjsdora that we not
only do tbls hut tfcat Inform oureelYM
as well as possible on the subject and give
our children tho benefit of this knowledge
Nfr WJWj
HOUSTON DAILY POST SUNDAY MORNING APRIL 10 1898
Tbo thing not to Co Do not erea la
tfvj
It sSftJ
thc smallest was Ilo to your children Du
not thrcatti to punish them under per
Uln comliigcnelta Unit the time ovvilm
tc tho llttlo ones carelcrancss or forget
fulness tho execution ot tbo threat will
ran due and beeauso your mood will hav
flntiKta by this time you will fall to enrrj
Vl 0U wl hav lmia llcd to yo
child Cnn you do this nnd then csk him
lo bo truthful to you Never make threats
anyhow to your children or any on else
It Is base and vulval
Do not scold It makes > ou yourself
repellant and unlovable and has a rulnoua
Iv bad eftcct upon jour child
Do not whin Tho application ot tbo
birch Is tyrannical aud cowardly on youi
t m and highly degrading to your child
r o child was ever made better by corporal
nutitshmetil and millions have been ruined
uy It Let 8U2h cruelty and harslnuss be
n shocking meinorj along with that of the
Ucors of past theology with which It wn
naturn ly coupled Tho Infliction ot physi
cal pair un a mtlonnt being can do no
l vl ° lt > s hrc nnd outrages tho
i
nntcnltlcs o lite u la brutal ami It brutal
wl I 1 Mbv ou vronK i01 I > J
every tliuo you bit u to io u
I blim lis sense of honor put a premium
upon obstinacy nnd teach It hat right m a
nuTChandloablo article It is tar bett
for lustanco to let tho menlcliia Ro Hum
o cither hire jour child to take It or
ho d hla nose and force It down except
It be dono under tho advice of a physician
rtu moral degradation on tho ono hind
end tho netvous sho k on the oilier will
do jour rhlld moio Iitrrn than any medi
cine on cat th can do It good 1 am a phy
tlclaii and fully know when of 1 sneak In
this Mopcrt If your child loves you and
respects jour nuthotlty wm genetnlly
ribry you If you enforce obrdlcnco bv
l tsh and cruel methods jou are nctuallj
Increasing hla illMibedlenei uml besides
von arr driving jour child away from
Mm Having named tho principal things not
to do I will finish with a biief but com
uroheiidvc glRnco at what you should do
Ho consistent In all your houiehold ic
latlons If jou prcirb tidiness for in
Rttinee nnd aro untidy yomsclf bo itttrt
vour ihlld will sec II This will necta
nriiy Hubtrnct Bomethlng from his resp ct
for you no habitually cheerful
Du Uolhlng that will end to blast tho
nrumlBlng llttlr bud which God has on
truated to your care Scatter smiles nud
Mtnslilno over your hoiuchold You
mother and father will thus sweeten tho
nnturiM nnd Inciciitso tho happiness of your
children nnd at tho samo tlmo add Jewels
to jour future crowns
Tho whole socrct of BUcecNUtul govern
went of chlldiim coiiMhIs lu w living Hml
they can not help looking up to you with
lovo nnd tovciencc Prccefd in a snarn and
n curm unless backed up by example Llvo
Ihcm Into rooJiutTS and obedlcnro Thu
iMirmnl child Is notbliii If not Imitative
Tho question Is whom Khali ho topy Ho
will Imlule llioso who commend them-
selves lo nis little Judgment ns models
nnd thcMj will tm thry whom ho msst Iovch
and with whom he Is moat ussoclatcd
Wo hhould not be too morally exacting
with our Utile unis Thtlr llttlo sonslblll
llcn oto crude nnd undeveloped and thy
do mnny Improper things with a clrnu
IonscliMicr Nora Pnitth writing on tho
trovrrnmrnt of chlldiin mys Tlieio
ere many comparatively small faulls In
children which It Is wise not to nro at
nil Thry me meiv tvinrorarv fnlllngM
liny drops which will cvnporaTc f quietly
left In Iho sunshine but vvhloh la apimsett
will gather strength for a formidable cur-
rent Tolslnis doctriro of mm rcsistntiRQ
to children Is tint wlully a vngary by any
nifftis If your child tikes passion ita
tnntrums tluowlng ItsIf on tho lloor
Bcrrninlng nnd rolling etc dont seek to
rimiuer It by bciitlnun douching nnd
Iho like but let It tBtitmm It oU Ifi
lanirum l simply nn nnllniil nttempt n
imiquer > nu It rmplnjis tho only weapon
It hsc It vill iiitinuioly diwn upon lb
llttlr mind that Ms w tpoii Is no gold and
It will quit rmploying It Never under
iiuy circumstances psrmlt j ur child to
cnln a rolnt bv dcrcptlnn
To sum up nvognlrr tuturnl iclrlhli
Hon Discord and abjure punishment mid
vcngeai r Lenve theso tr Inhabit thu
nnrrnvv tud vlPlnun minds of tho hmthuii
nnd InnthrnMli
Tench your child thr Infallibility nnd
tiglitrousmis of rrtlliutlon rnd tho Itgra
ilntlmi and wlckrdnt s of vciigrnniu anI
iiviilshinrnl Tench good mo nls You will
nnttirally Itnetttro these with your own
rrerdlr predllortlnrn which Is nil light
since every form of religion Is mmnl
svatcm tbo purpoao of whlrli Is to milio
nroplo grol
In cnntluslon I ahjuro you lis your
friend and tbo friend of your darling in
cct ynur children n good oxainplr Ho
not rigid and misterv nnd rxnctlng llko
loo msny irtrsschors hid whoso children
arr often bail but bo gentle relenting
nvinpallintlr and n eclionnto
Tnko jour llttlo ones tn your bosoms
warming thorn with your lovo anl
Mrcngthnlrg thorn with your nympathy
nd confidence Do this and thty will not
dlMprolnt > ou
C Mailln Mull M D
A Story svllli n Ilo nil
To the Kdltnr nf Thc Post
Houfcton Texas April 8 At Galveston
In thc event of war with Spain or any other
nower tho best that n land battery could
do no nutter what rallbcr nnd power of
Its guns would he to hold besieging ves
cl nt a distance A vtssel carrying guns
with nn extreme range of sixteen call It
twelve miles could stand out at thla dis-
tance uud not fall to hit the clly of Gal-
veston In some vital pail and thus Inflict
Irrrpmable damage while it would br ex-
tremely difficult for our guns to strike a
uscck as It were a vessel standing tvvclvo
mllis out Therefore tho only real pro-
tection to nn exposed plsco llko Galveston
would bo a naval auxiliary at least equal
to that of tho enemy at tint point
Fcr theso reasons In the event of war
nn aforesaid It would be difficult to find
In Houston liouso room enough for flcelni
GnlveMnulDJin necking tafcty nt the nearest
Inland irfugc
All old cltlzons remember how this was
tints during tho recent Imbroglio between
Hit HtatCH only It will ba far wonso ct
this time since tho old Ilrooktyn had no
terrors like the Vlzcayii of tl > dnJ
Tho first acquaintance of tbo writer wllh
Colonel Hclo of ths News was when Ins
and the venerable Richardson were publish
Inc the Galveston News In Houston In 6J
nn tho cast fide of msrkel equnrc bolvvceu
Ilrston and Congress street All of tho
blc Galveston houses were doing limitless
not at tho old stand but In Houelou
about that time
When Iho moke of battle had lifted It-
self up and melted away In the balmy air of
neaeo tho News an I th aforesaid bl
houses not nccicato to name them
eicain rushed Into danger by returning to
Oslvcston only lo mat our hoiplullty
with derision and so say that Houston was
onlj a switch that Galveston was thc
coming great
Mr Kdltor thc moral ot this ought lo-
bo seen through ever without upccs that
derp water to Hotmton U ot Inestimable
value since with a channel only 100 feet
wide with a smalt battery of guns that
will penetrate steel eighteen Inches thick
at close quarters at ono or two cllglbla
nolnto between Bolivar wd tho basin
It would bf Impracticable for an enemv
vessels to reach tho millions of wealthand
hundred of thousands ot Uvea at Houston
So let tho government and everybody
rise take heed tuid loam a valu hie liai
son
r
oroctsd
NT
A TEXAS WVS WWlittV
A book of poems by Dr KdwaraA fcl ti i
>
Jr of Nacogdoches Tt tas hasjuil Veei H
sued by a Cincinnati publihtnc co mpaayjSft J
Hlount has frequently contributed poeiMi Ti
Tho Posts columns having found lelsurVta0 >
his wqrk ns a medical student to psy ardentr iif
court to tho Muses Ho Is n young man lW
ton ot a wcl known and cultured East Tcxai
family hnd has been a close student for sot
cral years His poems nro classified by him
as merely the random thoughts of many Idle
hours written In rarlous moods nnd In Va-
rious clinics Ills verse however is nearly
always artistic graceful In thought and dell
ralo In workmanship Ho demonstrates by
his writings nn lnnntn erase of beauty nud
the Ifrvprceslbla temper of genius While
not
ways wholly oilKlnnl In thought many of
his poems nro marked by
fine sensibility and
IhinKliiatlon Ilo has tnsto uud feeling and
nt times rnro a Igor nnd dash of utterance
There is nn nmatory ttnno to much of hla
poetry one of tho prettiest being Mnunua
My lovo alio Is a winsome one
This nuild of Mexico
Oh look beneath tho tropic sun
Tho orniige hlowonus glow
They bloom for you nnd me I mid
And mark the time that wo should wed
Put llln drooped n Inughlng rye
And lulled in charming manner
And so elm passed my wooing bj
Mansiin
Wolf then for fenr tho bargain slip
A kins to pledge the wooing
And sure kiss from such a Up
Were nobly worth pursuing
A turn n gllmnso of danger tire
A gleam of old MMIlllim Ire
And In th < > crimson of her cheek
Unfurled the warning banner
Hut tartly did my onrllng speak
Jlmuiin
Mntinnn oh thou pleasant tlmo
Vhrro lurks nor nnltt pnr surrowi
Mnnnnn world of cloudlets tlliuc
Thou distant glad timioriowf
Let feet nngclle hasten thee
I svnlt thy imniiig ImiRliigiy
rt fate reveals a pleasant sign
Whatever wny I hciu hcii
Since lovo nnd Llla ehull be inlno
Mannun
Annthcr Is To LUlthTusiilUB Herself lo ths
filncs
I nm Jealous plrnsiiieiiitsungi
I or today It cnino to puss
I discovered lldlth klrslng
Her sweet Imngo in tho glass
Surely this Is
Wnsto of klsnes
Merely klselng In tlio glass
Hut tho mirror holds It giuitiy
And ho ttcssures It with inra
Ilo Is jealous evidently
And 11 fiuidly llngets there
Sweet pnstMialon
Fair Impression
How It loudly llngcis there
Never jet was such a gicctlng
Mncn iho love nf woman growt
ct jou can not help ndnilttlnic
It s n crinah thing tn do
Oh Its rhnrmlng
And nlnrmlngi
lint tis liinlidlilng too
It Is not only In tho lighter vein of wrltlnt
thnt Dr Hlount deserves praise however for
lif tins n fcrtllo Imagination and tho paver
of stttlng forth even a tragic beeno or char-
acter Tim llttlo poem cntltlod A Passing
tllanco Is a strong bit ot writing
They wero wild wild ejes ns they gazed Into
mine
In tho null nnd tho whirl of Hroudway
And llm woman wns fair though she stag-
gered with wtnc
And her i > ntures wero louged with Iniquitys
sign
Twos n pitiful stnto for tin Image dlvluo
An ephemeral creature unltny
They wero wild wild cycn l rcinombcr them
ye
Their delirious rnvrinous lays
And my heart prims told with u tl > > op regret
For thrlr ngonlicd plcaitlng twcio bard to
forrit
In Hint ttutniita lumtnuiiloii ot glances that
met
Or llm slory I read in tlm guio
Oh ye wild wild ryes litres it rurso on lbs
lirnd
Of llni man b hn living loilny
That yn gnird on In fondness too easy misled
Have his prunes be palsied Ills onscleuce be
ilmrt
Mny lie sco what 1 tmw mny ho read what I
lend
In the nifli nud the whirl of Hroadvay
A specimen of blank verse that ehows Lire
drterlptlvn power is A Flake f
Down drilling through the opalescent air
A gelitlr snow llako wnvurd towards the
earth >
That mange ni > > trrlinis boiune the vlsls
Rome previous life before tlm linnsmiKriii
kiii I
Was llltid uiij n hoiirnn that drew It still
Willi Natures wititln nnd vxt > Ji ivij force
It marked the llawless InrnaOeseent Mnsli
Of placid fldds nnd longed to sliuilbcr thoi
In perfect puico nnd purity of henit
Hut biuithid n burst ot wind from uut tl
north
And riiiigbt tho tnow llnke up nnd whirled It
towards
Tho gicnl iiiclrniolls and ns It near
And nearer mine Its llttlo rryslnl heart
tiiew bl fk nnd blacker with tho heavy sir
Tho irciwdtd tiirth exhaled nnd sinking
down
Thu ilrrnmy llttlo llnliu was crushed Into
Tlm m I re nnd with u tbousnud kindred souls
Shed vital tints while Iron nhod hoofs beat
down
Thcir In arts and sleigh bells nioikcd them
merrily
And wept thry all their being Into tears
Great grimy tears Hint thuniielcd through tbo
filth
And sniigbt tho mighty rlvru brackish tide
Aud tbcuco the viut Illimitable sea
Tlio Color or sin
To tho Kdltor of Tho Pout
Iu last Sundays excellent Issue ot your
paper jou had an article ihcrpln copied
from n Chicago paper ou ths Color ot
Sin it Mid At a recent meeting of
tho Methodist Ministerial association held
ill tho parlors of tho Meridian Street Mctli
odlst church the ltcv J rt Milan Bald
ho had riccnily tome across a very inter-
esting dlwovcry mndo bv komo opo work-
ing in the Smithsonian Institution
Tho sclontUt who hud madu this Investi-
gation hal discovered that sin had a d
llnct chomlcal process examined thc pers-
piration of persons aroused to sinful pars
slons When this was subjected to a certain
test tho n > Plratlutt became pinkish ia
color ain Is in color a peculiar
sidy plnka pink that rather has a
wicked look of Its own Dr Milan regard-
ed this us nnothcr Instance whero sclenc
agreed with religion etc
What Insane drivel A pink with
wicked look
Had this Mr MUan been a doctor of
medicine ho would have known that any
perspiration of robust fullbodied pcr
Mm is odd lu Its reaction uud will show
this by tho coloring of litmus paper
According to tho modem theolojles
sin is a moral quality lt > to an act ot
responsible moral icrcaturo roan
free
Uut this modern Daniel essays to wake a v
chemlasl analysis or a mental acts WheusS
Ignorant poreona handle rfeanoua that ara
for th9m they cUt thcmselY jli
too sharp
been Kolnavound > th8j > re
This Item has
for many months I haVa ras iHsevoraU j
times in tha papers It ltdlHruWlwi
nauseous v iir f
Sutistliaif ar tswsstrsMr
LoulsvllloCoffrlcrJottrivaP v
vUMb oi
One ot llwvUMb U M sjh
the r may flcsit
eat of war It tUtttt Is
and let the Important work of srlRsi jn fcM Hfy wHl > s ttfpi
deep wtt r to ths foot ot MaJn strAi JSrtii rsTt fM Um MNMM
> i S v > aiffSat4i
> t
t