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$ 1 . 5 O A YEAR CASH IN ADVANCE. LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY S, THY GOD S, AND TRUTH S. THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM WILSON, WILSON COUNTY, N. C, APRIL 27, 1893. VOLUME XXLII. NUMBER 17. We are not Conceited . Nor do le suffer with "A Swelled Head!" But it makes us laugh, for it is like trying to change the course of the Atlantic as to try and stop the Crowds that flock to : f The Cash Racket Stores. And why do they come ? BECAUSE our way of doing business is the " RIGHT WAY." We have been tried and NOT found wanting. BECAUSE Ave have only one price to all. BECAUSE we underbuy and undersell. BECAUSE we never disappoint by exageration Point ers to what y 611 want to find and where to find it. is, it has been and it will always be, that tile Cash Racket Stores The' place to Shop. Remember, that no matter what you see advertised by others, that by a look at "The Rack et" you will find our prices to be lower.; We are never undersold. It's 20 pieces Oriental Cords in all the shades at .7 y2c., worth 10c. To be found in the "Corner Store." 36 Pairs Dongola Button ee Shoes at $1.25, Sold elsewhere at $150. In "The Back Store." , . , A few Pairs of Lace Curtains at 65c, worth $1.00. In "The "Original Store." , - "',t.- SPECIAL : One Piece Butcher Linen- POETRY. THE AXE THAT ONCE ffAgADLAI'S, IS IN ENERGETIC HANDS." There's a rascal holding office, - And he ain't a Democrat; He has burnished up his morals, And is asking where he s at He says he was neglectful Of the G. O. P.'s demands: But: The axe that once was Adlai's Is in energetic hands. There's a man in Minnesota, i And he humbly says : "I am A worker with the patriots Who are helping Uncle Sam." He never was offensive, And he joined no campaign bands; ; But: --i" The axe that once was Adlai's Is in energetic hands. There's a man in Mississippi, Where the corn and cotton grow, Who says he's done his duty And he ought to have a snow. He wasn't stuck on Benjy, Everybody understands ; But: The axe that once was Adial's Is in energetic hands. I They're thick from Maine to Texas, They're in and want to stay : Nobody else is worthy. According: to their say ; They rise above all parties, They make but just demands ; But: The axe that once was Adlai's Is in energetic hands. All glory to old Adlai ! 1 Likewise to "bmiling Bob, His loyal young .vicegerent Well fitted for the job ! Turn on the light of Jackson, Look at him as he stands, With The axe that once was Adlai's In his energetic hands. man I ever knew, and I believe could fill any place respectably He has filled many from the chaplain of a regiment down to, the editor. pf a country newspaper, , and did it well. He is the loving husband of one wife the father of eleven children most girls the best Baptist preacher l ever heard, the best tanner and gardener, and .with all a most genial companion and yet he wants to go to Havana for what I don't know unless he needs the money that is in it or wants to convert its sunburnt people to Chris tianity and immerse the whole island to make sure of their salvation. I don't know whether he was a Hill man or a Cleveland man, nor do I care. I do know that he is fit for the office. Neither of these men are pro fessional politicians. They never de- graded themselves Dy cavorting Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report n o lev I - HKK BACKWOODS BKAIT. HU ItntloHa Were Excellent, Rat Lb KMC" Failed Him. , "When I was a voun? woman." said the wife of a well known New I York lawyer to a reporter 01 the New mirn - -f 111 in 1 RACKET, J. M. LEATH, Nash and Goldsboro Streets, WllSQN, N. C. DR. W. S. ANDERSON, Physician and Surgeon, i WILSON.N. C. Office in D.rusr Store on Tarbor St. DR. ALBERT ANDERSON, Physician and Surgeon, 1 WILSON, n. c. , Office next door to the First Natipna Bank. ' " dr. e; k. Surgeon WRIGHT Dentis.t, i he more Chamberlain's Coueh Remedy is used the better it is liked. We know of no other remedy that -uwciys gives sansiacuon. it is good when you first catch cold. It is erood when your cough is seated and your lungs are sore. It is good in any kind of a cough. We have sold twenty-five dozen of it and every bot tie has given satisfaction. Stedman rnedman, druggists, Minnesota Lake, Minn. 50 cent bottles for sale by A. J. Hines. around and laying plans and schem-1 York Sun, "I hved in a country town mg for their own personal advantage. I m Pennsylvania. Like that of many What a pitiful spectacle it is to see I other country girls, the height of my some of our Georgians wrangling in I ambition was to teach a district the filth of crimination and recnmi-1 school. I passed my examination nation in order to get office at Wash ington. The Atlanta papers are full of the strife that goes on from day to day, and if I were Mr. Cleveland I would say "Gentlemen, you are not the men I am looking for," and I would select some good men who have made no noise and kicked up no I dust about his business. There are i plenty of eood men in Atlanta who would fill those offices but whose modesty and conservatism forbid their asking for them. As a general thing it is the loud-mouthed, noisy j politicians who seek the offices and get them. . I was glad to read that Mr. Cleveland was going to break up before the rural school board and was assigned to a backwoods district, where I had to' follow the time-hon ored custom of 'boarding round.' I was rather a sentimental girl, I think, and after I had been teaching a few weeks in the . district I ; was by no means displeased to discover that dne of the well-to-do rustic swains of that neighborhood, a good looking, whole-some young fellow, was in clined to pay attention to me. He was looked upon by all the red cheeked backwoods girls as a great catch, and my natural feminine van ity wai in no manner made less by the knowledge that all the girls were -ms, l Backleu's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for C TJ : O T Tl 1 uruiaca, oorcs, uicers, aau Kneiim ever bores, Tetter, Chapped Hands. 1 hilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eriip iocs, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to'give perfect sat&aetion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by A. j. nines, uruggist. Positions Under Civil Service Rules l'eo- pie Who W ant to Pay for Offices. . . 1 1 1 ; a! 1 . the slates and uuce a nana in me ap-1 jearouf ot me, aitnougn the young pomtments. : Oi course he can t do 1 man had as yet given no positive ra it all, but he can find our where the dicatioq of his preference for meJ rings are and break them, Ihese I One e?emng he called at the farm political rings that parcel out tne 01- house where I was then quartered. Put ma in my bed. I am dizzy, dizzy, dizzy ; And I want to go to bed, I've no appetite to eat, And headache racks my head. In other words I am suffering from a billious attack, but Dr. tierce's Pleasant Pellets will bring me around all right by tomorrow. They often cure headache in an hour. I have found them the best cathartic pill in fices in secret conclave are the curse of our Georgia politics. It is said that the ring is already formed, that is to fill all our offices from governor down, and it includes the successor to Senator Colquitt. It was these rings I that became so odious to the people that? they rose up and established m- dependentism in north Georgia for eight years. It was these rings that alienated Alexander Stephens from the Democratic party and that party had to offer, him the, gubernatorial chair to keep him from running as an independent. It was these rings that made possible the success of the peo ple's party on the basis of the Ocafa platform. It was one of these existence. 1 hey produce no nausea Ul K11UK -'" " - I - . . r T. r . . . . . . "h TW nrP ronvfnient to pianorm. was one oi inebe rings chair and twined his , thumbs i ner- carrv in the vest pocket, and pleasant that made machine politics so odious vously. 2 1 was naturally a self pps- to take. In vials ; 25 cents. and it was not until the family had one by one retired, leaving me alone with him in the big : fireplace-lighted sitting room, that it broke upon me that I was actually keeping company with a beau. I can feel now the blush that rushed to my face when I real ized thesituation, which, I , must ad mit, wasra pleasing one. But how embarrassing it was ! - And the em- barrassritenf was - made all the more painful 'when ' I . discovered that my 'company was most annoyingly bash ful. He sat on ' one side ot the fire place, I on the other. His eyes were fixed on the hearthstone, and he kept thenf there, ; -while he fidgeted on his his .thumbs an di- BILL ARP'S LETTER. WILSON, N. C. Having permanently located in Wil on, I offer my professional services to he public. SrOnice in Central Hotel Building' IF YOU WISH TO PURCHASE THE BEST T3 JL r A Home Thrust. "And now, parson," said the editor, you ask a blessing before we "will dine?" "Good Lord," said the parson, "have mercy upon this man and open his eyes that he may see and under stand ; that greens iare not greens without bacon, and that grace without grits is dead !" . - at the most reasonable prices, write to us for prices and catalogues. Our In struments are carefully selected and our guarantee is absolute. Cabinet Organs. ' We carry an immense Stock and offer them at lowest prices. For ..par ticulars address, E. VAN LAF.R, 402 and 404 W. 4th St., Wilmington, N. C. gVe refer to some of the most p: ominent families in Wilson.' 10-27-3111 in New York. Now it is no comfort to know that in a city like Atlanta there are several rings and one ring ! can fight another and that the longest pole knocks down the persimmon. The trouble is that the best men the most deserving men are in no nnc at all. They have got no pole and therefore will not reach the per simmon. A common citizen like myself has no more idea of the small machinations that are going on to fix the Rome postoffice or the Carter- ville postoffice or any other little office than if I had no choice or voice in the matter. The rings will fix it upon the principle of "I have tickled you, now you tickle me. We out siders are as helpless as a painted ship upon a painted ocean. And yet, I know, or think that I know, who My wife was confined . to her, bed for over two months with a very se vere attack of , rheumatism. -We could get nothing that would afford her any relief and as a last resort gave Chamberlain's Pain Balm a; trial. To our great surprise she began to im prove after the first application, and by using it regularly she was soon I partisan, and if every Hill able to get up and attend to her house work. E. H. Johnson, of C. J. Knutson &Coi, Kensington, Minn, j 50 cent bottles lor sale by A. J Hines. That man is to be pitied who is constrained to seek an office for a living. And yet there are some good men who do it. I know some whom office fits and adorns. General Young for instance for he is a courtly gentleman and will represent our government in a courtly and gracious manner. He will keep the peace without humbling our national pride. He would have kept it with Chile if he had been there, instead ol Egan. I have great admiration for such men, and am glad to see them get office. Office that exercises their erace and eentility offi-e that does not require much work, but is a kind j would be appointed if the quiet, con of eenteel sinecure with abundant I servative citizens had ther choice. perauisites. We reeret to lose him I Politics is a hard road to travel. It from Cartersville, to miss the genial I is a mighty big thing to be president welcome with which he greets his 1 of this great nation, and to be chosen friends, but if he wants the office we by honorable methods, but it must want him to have it. He deserves certainly belittlea noble mind to have anything that he will ask for, and Mr. to descend into the very slums and Cleveland has made no mistake in schemes pf the small politicians to get this case. Now, if he will keep up into office. The wrangle, the hypoc- his reoutation for saeacitv and ao- racy, the broken , promises, the small point Bascom Myrickand John Tem- revenges that are necessary will cer ple Graves and Camilla Underwood tainly lower, his. self-respect and leave to the places they seek, the good him doudJtt his old age with un people of Georgia will approve it, I happy memories.1 4 4 If his conscience am no politician, but 1 know our does not get seared, how must a sen laa . . . m- . m sitive nature writhe-under the cards "-. . i' 11 ses3ea gin ana a uveiy tauter, Dut as I sat there opposite that bashful youth I was unable to find a word to say, and sat as awkwardly silent and. ner vous as he . was himself. The old clock ticked loudly and, I thought impatiently, in the. corner, and its hands went around the dial for one long hour without another sound breaking the awful silence of that room. The suspense was simply frightful. " L "fOh !' I kept thinking to myself, 'why doesn't he say something or go home?' "But still he sat there in the flick ering light, fidgety and nervous, his eyes never moving from that one spot on the hearth. Another half hour dragged its way around the clock. men suddenly tne oasmui swain raised ; his eyes and looked at me. There was an animated but flustrated look on his face, 'Thank heaven !' I thought ' He's going to say something at last.' "He looked at me a moment, still twirling his thumbs, and then stam mered out : ; " 'Miss Paley did you ever 6ee a owl?' i : "This was an unexpected and sur prising query, and although it almost destroyed what little composure I had left, it was a relief. I welcomed it as a probable breaker of the ice. 1 " 'Oh, yes, Mr. Crane !" I replied enthusiastically. 'Many and many a Seeing that government - position are so much in demand, the question arises, why do so few North Carolin ians stand the civil service examina tion ? If they would do so and get on the list of eligibles they would stand an excellent chance for posi tions, as North Carolina has far less than its quota in the departmental service, and the civil service law re quires that appointments under it be tween theS tates. There are 20,000 persons in the employment of 'the government in Washington, and there is room there on a fair divide, for a great many more of our people than are now in. ij The Washington Star tells of applicant for an office who wrot rect to the President on the subject and enclosed a ten dollar bill, telling him that he (the applicant) knew that; the President Sj time was valuable and. that the remittance was to compen sate him lor his ' labor in connection with the case. The story mayf or may not be true, but one of the North Carolina Congressmen has received two or more letters from constituents proposing that if he will get them he places for which they apply they will pay him certain money one. of them promising him his first m6nth s salary. The Congressman becomes indignant in talking about, these propositions, though it is clear,' from the artless manner in which they are put, that the letter writers did not know they were offering bribes. Of course the prospect s of office' for a man - who writes such a letter as one of these described, vanishes with the opening of the letter. ' 1 The Spring, Of all seaaons in the year, is i the in Thursday, April 2 7th. ELLING is reaching its greatest inten- sny a preiime to tne green of spring months not a" week distant.' The 151G STORE is rich in interest, a nr. feet bower of beauty. We shaped our course for a phenomenal trade by doing Napoleon ic buying, and we've so clearly established our supremacy as DISTRIBUTORS that scores of overstocked holders gladly unload to us the most tempting of goods at under prices- The results are for our public bar gain pickings are immense and constant. Our Stock of Dress Goods is by far ahead of anything in the town. Come 'this week and look. We are now open and will take pleasure in showing .our stock and giving you prices that will astonish you. ' year, is: one for making radical changes regard to health, puring the winter, the system becomes to a certain ex tent clogged with jvaste, and 'the blood loaded wlth; impurities, owing to lack of exercise1, close confinement in poorly ventilated shops and homes, and other causes. This is the icause of the dull, Sluggish, tired feeling so treneral at 'this season, and which must be overcome, or the health may be entirely broken down. '. Hood's Sarsaparilla has attained the greatest popularity all over the country as the favorite Spring Medicine. It. expels the accumulation .of impurities through the bowels, Kidneys, liver, lungs and skin, gives to the blood the' purity and quality ' necessary to good ! health and overcomes that tired feeling. To-morrow we will show more than half a hundred daintily trimmed Hals, and will sell you one for one-half the money yon would have to pay elsewhere. We Lead, Others Follow! We have by far the handsomest line'of Men's, Youths' and Children's Clothing we have ever shown. Our $7.50 Suits will equal any $10 suit in the towir. Remember, we only ask jou to give 11s a look. We can give you a suit from $2 to $30 any price, any style to suit rhe buyer. We have a very large and attractive line of odd Pants rang ing in price from 25c, to $7.50. It will pay yon to see. -.. .J .... v Our' Hats are open. It might be worth while to give them a peep if you .want the latest style and the lowest price. ' We have something that will please you in Neglige Shirts and Neckwear also. Respectfully, YOUNG BROTHERS HHiiiiiiii 1R Make Your Spring Purchases, A People's Party Paper. Concord, April 20 After a ses sion of the Alliance here this morning Mr. Butler delivered a two rfours speech to a crowded house. There were a jiumber from Rowan and Mecklenburg present. The resignation of Rev. T. G. Anderson as county lecturer was ac- cepted; Resolutions were passed condemn ing the last Legislature for amending the charter of the State Alliance. It will conclude its session to morrow at the court house. A newspaper deal was practically prominent citizens and what thev are worth. Suppose Mr. Myrick was that the. disappointed publish cards time. for Hill. He was not an offensive that accuse him of falsehood or a be- My rustic beau erinned in a satis man is 10 uy" u usi ui - mSiuituut ouu . nea way lor a moment ana 1 was be boycotted, then Mr. Cleveland broken pledges. , . bhendan said that hopeful, but suddenly the solemn will have to build up a party of his "conscience has no more to do with look came back to his face, and he own, and a good many of us will be seduction than it has with politics," j dropped his eyes to the hearth again and Shakespeare said "a politician is , and resumed his inspection of the one who would circumvent God if he j stone, twirling his thumbs and fidget could." : So, I reckon it is now just . -,ng as before. Paralysis seized my like it Was a Century Or tWO aero no , rnncmp strain ton 1 anri as fhf rWt SARGE PLUNKETT. TAIK4 WITH OLD-TIMEKS ABOUT - t SCHOOLSANDTtACHEHS. A Peep Into a Country School-Room The Methods of Discipline in Old Time Schools Other Matters. left out. Mr. Cleveland said that a oublic office is a public trust, which means that the president should have no revenge no friends to reward or enemies to punish. If Mr. Cleveland refuses to nominate Mr. Myrick simply because he was a Hill man it will mortify his friends in Georgia, of whom I was one not the first one, perhaps, but one from the beginning. It already mortifies me that Mr. Cleveland has required Mr. Myrick to worse no Detter. - And yet there tirkpH awav mmnto aftr minntP T are many good men in politics men felt that I must either soon scream or wnose very virtues nave exalted mem die. Another hour passed. I was .uw uuuu aiiu oux Cn me point 01 . springing trom , my Blount and Turner, who have never chair and rushintr from the room been constrained to stoop that they t when the bashful swain showed signs ot another gleam of intelligence. He raised his eyes and r looked at me as might win.. I here are such men in, every State and thev are the leaven bring the files of his paper for inspec- that give character to the whole body ; -,f he had been seized with a brilliant tion. It is said." too, that John Tem ple Graves's application hangs fire because General Gordon is mad with Graves for supporting Pat Calhoun for the Senate. I do not believe it. General Gordon is not that kind of a man unless he has greatly changed. setded here to night. A number of; He used to be large-hearted and lib delegates, trom several counties were eral in his charity to all of - his fellow present and a new paper will at an 1 citizens. He had no petty animosi- cany uay oe starcea. u wui oe an ties and never nursed his and make our national and State as-. idea and snlutterpH nut semblies respectable. " 'Say ! What cussed big eyes But the average politician's bed is thay got hain't they ? a hard one. He makes it himself, "Well that was more than human and must lie on it. But Still, he has nature could stand. I screamed with our sympathy. ; BlU, AHP. r laughter at the ludicrous situation, and - .,: j I think I cried to think that I had The Populace Quieted strike Knded. been sitting all that blessed evening ' with such a stupid bumpkin. Any- Brussels, Apnl 19. Yesterday's how, when I recovered somewhat of, vote m the Chamber ot deputies, re- my composure my beau was eonef reventre to advocate of the People's party, .ts t keep it warm. "Newspaper reporters versing the ; former action of tha? and I went to bed and cried myself vi nunt up sensations and write many uiuvua asmogc, lo sieep. ine youth never honored Mitchell county, who ud to a few years ago ran the .'State Grange," an agricultural paper, in St Louis, Mo. The following counties have al ready promised to support the paper: Rowan, Iredell, McDowell, Cabarrus, vjaison. icrK. iviecKicnDurg, mitcneil, miinenora ana L.enou. ine paper GO TO -; The Fphionable Millinery Store ; OF . '. Misses Erskine ft Hines. starts out promised. CharlotteObserver. things irom rumor that are not true and their victims' are kept busy de nying their false accusations. May the good Lord deliver us from their gimlets and augers and insinuations, and hence I do not believe that Gen eral Gordon is fighting Graves be cause Graves preferred Calhoun. We (---'' mm I Wltn 3,250 SUDSCnoerS ' would rmo r to w Tohn Tmnr,1 It win be published in sent to Switzerland and I wish that I could go, too, and with him climb the Materhora and hear him apostrophize that historic and beautiful country in one of his sublimest fliehts of elo- Iquence. Then there is my friend Underwood, who is the best all round WO , OTHER SanafKrilla has the v merit to secure the confideoce of entire communities and hold it year after year, like HOOD'O SarsapwOla. ... , . as demanded by the workmemen, me with another rail . hut T lm4 has completely allayed the agitation soon afterward that one of theback among the industial population. The 1 woods girls .was boastings that she strikers here, at Antwerp and other had 'cut me out.' and that, in sneak- places generally Tesumed work this wg 6f me, the rustic gallant had said morning, i-and no further trouble is with much emphasis j apprehended.! . r I 'Why, gosh ! she don't know nawthin'!" For three week I was suffering m : ,:' from a severe cold in my bead, ac-j 1 For cure ofa sprained back a com companied by a pain in the temples. ' plete success also.Mr.Jerome M.Kaley Ely's Cream Balm was recommended : Massillon,. O., says : "I have been to me. After only six applications using Salvation Oil for my sprained of the Balm every trace ofmy': cold back, have found it a complete suc was removed. Henry C Clark, New. cess; and am perfectly satisfied with York Appraiser's Office. . : ' ' " its results." f r A tender chord in every heart is touched by early recollections. I venture . there by many a grand man and many a fine lady who re members with feelings of pleasure the little tin bucket, that they use to carry to school-r-the old 1 country school that was two and three, some times as far as four, miles from their homes. ' It is the associations of that little bucket which make it remember ed. How. nicely was the dinner pack ed away in it. Mothers thought of the very best they had, (and jit was saved to go into these little buckets. A nice piece of chicken a "drum stick" a piece of Lam with1 biscuits dipped in red gravy was put at the bottom : on top of this was placed a tart and some cake, then on top of mm t . . it all would te a Discuit spin open with a fried ' egg between to eat 'at "recess." This was a part of going to school in old times, and a" happy i part to ' all who could resist the temptation of eating it up before din ner, it was preuy nara ior me 10 do, and Brown never could get to school with his ; he never was known to get more than a quarter from home before he would have the lid off of the bucket examining what he had. The sight and the smell was too much for such a mortal as Brown, and down he would sit on a grassy place and eat it up. He had to ; I believe it would have run him crazy to have kept it and thought about it H-ancl I was somewhat like him ; it like to have got me, and some folks think it did, but anyhow J remember such things with pleasure and wish that it was sol again, and I believe there are thousands of others who think the same way, but-won't say so. Seriously, I believe that all think ing people would like to go back to the old school system, but it can't be done. Too much money is invested in public schools now to turn them looser and so the old schoolhouse and the old schoolmaster must remain a thing of the past. The old-time schoolmaster was as plain as the old blue-back speller and just as solid. Horse sense and muscle and nerve was what were needed to be a success. Standing collars and high-top hats : dident play no part?! The bovs were there to try him, and they would run him out of the settle ment if he dident mind. I uster watch these old teachers. They were a study, and they knew how to size a school up,-for they studied too. The first day or two these old teachers would let things run along pretty smooth, but all this time he was studying his scholars. There was al ways a leader among the boys in "try ing" the old fellow. This leader was the ideal of all the rest, and was more than apt to be pretty hard to handle. The best disciplinarians among these old teachers would make it a point to frail thunder outen this leader the first thing, and then he had the school. . It was no more trouble after he whipped the "bully," and whip-, ped him well, to manage a school, but if he failed in this he had better go to some other settlement. But they seldom failed. They went into it like killing snakes, and many has been the time I have seen them roll and tumble and scramble and fall over the schoolroom with a big fellow who thought he could not be whipped. It would cause a right smart confusion for awhile in the schoolroom but when the old teacher got the young ster by the collar and made him stand and take a frailing with an ox pole, it dident take him long to restore order and he had no more trouble that year. 1 hese old teachers were rough, and their methods wouldent do this day and time. Some ten-year-old boy would shoot thunder outen htm with a big pistol,-and then some "board" or "trustees' or something else would hold a meeting and pass resolutions exonerating the boy and thus encourage others to go and do likewise. There is mighty little differ ence between church and 'state and school and state, is my notion, but it won't do to say so, not yet; but just wait and remember I "told you so." All of these old teachers were pretty much the same, but there was one down in the county of Pike who com bined preaching with teaching. Some of the older folks wanted a church organized, but there were a great many rowdies who did not want a church they were afraid . it would break up their little games ot seven up. This ;old fellow, though, with the same stern resolve of thousands of the , old time preachers, give out that he would preach on a certain Sunday. He was there, as appointed, and so were the rowdies. The old fellow came swinging up to the church with his coat over his shoulder, and he no" sooner got to where the crowd was than he asked an old brother to just hold his coat a few minutes ; he wanted to "fan out the rowdies be fore he got cool," was the way he expressed it, and he did. In ' those days any man was sure of fair play in a rough and tumble fight. . This old teacher knew this and he felt equal to the best man the rowdies had in their crowd. He walked right out among them and "fanned out" the biggest fellow without passing any words. This was enough;, the balance succumbed, and from that day to this a church has stood right upon that ground and I am in hopes that it won't be moved from there to the railroad, as is too often the case in these days. , A crowd of we old timers had a pleasant chat the other night about these old schools and these old teachers. Brown swears they ruined him, that is, the girls did, for all these schools were mixed. He never did study any at school, but depend ed entirely on the two girls he stood between telling him. - These girls were Brown V masters. If they got in the pouts with him any day he had a hard row to travel. They were tyrants, too. They knew they had Brown and they made him do just as they pleased,, andthey were cruel, too, sometimes for they wouldn't tell him just to see him get a whipping. I have seed some mighty sad looks come over Brown's face as he stood between these two girls reciting his lessons. Sometimes it would be because he could not quite hear what the girls said, and sometimes it would be because the girls out of pure devil ment would tell him wrong an the old teacher would bawl out : "Whats that? What's that ?" Brown knew what this meant and he would cut his eye from Mary to Fanny in the most appealing way, but often they let him "catch it" just to see him jump about. But never mind about these schools ; we won't need any much longer, I'm thinking, for it won't be long till there won't be any children, especially boys, and without children we don't need schools. A hoy not over nine years old the other day advised me not to plant corn as I was then doing. He was sure he knew best, and wanted to see it did another, way. I don't mention this to chide t,he boy ; I just want to show that they jump from the cradle to about where I stood at eighteen years of age. A ten-year-old boy now is ibout thirty -five as compared with what it used to be,: and so wags the world. 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