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IDA IKGOLD
Life's RoKes.
Not long ago as my eyes roamed
the columns of a newspaper they
caught sight of a headline which
read thus: "The Enemies of the
Rose." The article began "Be on
the lookout for the'enemies of the rose.
You will have to fight for every fine
flower."
The Kose of Summer.
I began to consider how few loses
reach the full-blown stage in a per
fect condition. We watch aud 'tend
them faithfully, but the sly insect
will slip in and gnaw out the heart of
the fairest and healthiest bud iu
the night while we are asleep. Then,
with the frost and the sun and the
probable accidents, it takes an al
most Heiculean effort to raise per
fect roses. Also, barring out the
insects aud the accidents there is
the judicious pruning which counts
for a g eat deal. Last summer
while visiting my brother who takes
an interest in rose culture 1 loarm-d
that the !imst roses grow fruin tlh'
stock that h;is been prtn:eu must
heavily. T!u- object of jinn it'ir is
to necessitate you;::,' growth w iiieh
sends foith the he;-! thy, perf...-t
blo.mi.
'.i miariseiu
This warniti;; not 1 alone the en
emies to the summer's rs.-s i.s '.veil
chosen and to tiic point, fujipjie
we use it in a deep..-:- sense. Let us
apply it to life's roses: It was in-,
tended by our Creator who planted
us iu the vineyard of time that we
should each one bear some roses as
we live and encumber the ground.
Fruit we must yield indeed, but in
every life there should also be flower
ing times; times when beauty and fra
grance envelop ns and make us
happy. And as with the summer's
roses so with the roses in life; ' we
must watch for the enemies, and
mast fight for every fine flower."
Fight for Home Jewels.
The roses of the home: the fair
budding daughters and p-omising
sons must be guarded by the same
Herculean effort with which we
guard the summer's rose. Mother
lies awake far into the night and
Fart er's head aches with the plann
ing of the progressive and ever
changing line of action which is to
save their dear oues from the blight.
Motherland Father must watch
for the enemies, and with breast
plate and armor fight for theii "fine
flowers," the beautiful daughters
and handsome sons or else lose them.
The fight of the parents against di
sease and physical death in behalf
of their children is in itself a tisk.
But, how much greater and how
much harder to maintain is the fight
for character! When I speak of
character I do not mean the estimate
placed upon a person by his ac
quaintances, which is sometimes er
roneously taken to mean character.
I mean that particular brand of soul
which distinguishes one person fro a
another, and which alone counts
when the final estimate comes. If
we might all remember this while
we are building, that it is what we
are that counts and not what we
seem to be or what our friends think
us.
The Blight.
Father and Mother's roses in the
home are worth guarding and fight
ing for. If you cannot realize how
much, go ask those sorrowing par
ents where the blight has fallen in
the heme. Ah, the blight that
touches the roses of the home, how
deadly it? far-reaching aud long
abiding influence! It is more cruel
than death, .nore hopeless than the
grave. The parents who have lost
their furest bud by physical death
are broken and rent with grief, but
the light of promise beams along
side of their grief and they may be
consoled by the b:ightest of hopes.
Not so with the parents who mourn
the loss cf their fair flowers by the
evil hand of blight upon the soul.
Theii grief is lunely, deep and hope
less, la death every one with a
spark of love or respect for us will
express his sympathy in some way
so that we are sustained in a measure
b it. But, in living trouble the
shadow of death in life, we keep a
loof from the sufferer, fearing that we
may probe deeper the wound or that
we may seem what we are not. tnat
the sufferer may suffer more at
knowledge of our observation of the
cause of his affliction. This condi
tion adds loneliness to hopelessness
ind. darkness to the depth uf woe.
f there may be hope of restoration
of the erring souls, there is srill the
scar, the memory, the lot position .
The? '"'t'e.iM-n thirds m c1 will
If
dili.
and Fancies
MASTEN.
gene and chcerf ulnt tat) blossom pro
fusely in our hearts we must fight
their enemies. The, best way to
fight for the heart's rosas is to be
gin "before the various enemies put
in an appearance, and keep it up un
til their season of activity is over."
They will skulk away after awhile
browbeaten and defeated when they
find we are in earnest and that our
earnestness is upheld by our strength
The ea8e with which we can believe
ugly things about our neighbors and
friends is perhaps the greatest enemy
to the love in our hearts. If we
might determine to be beliberatelv
tender to all persons however repul
sive; as tender as we would be to the
person of Christ should we meet
Ilim today on the street in need of
our kindness. For"iu as much as
ve did it unto one ot the least of
these ve did it unto me." Ij it not
enough to make, us kind even against
our inclinations when we have assur
ance that t'biist considers a favor to
cue of the lowest and vilest of human
beinsis a favor unto Himself penon
nl!?' I iiiKik r.ec t'.iu'iiiy T. l!o-ci.
M..ill:fa!::e?s is ti-lf ish:n.ss ii: its
most vicious i.r:n, the line of pliysi
e :1 ea-e ;:hd luxury. When any
I delights ti: the coaiinua! re
laxation of'uis muscle, dreading the
nec'S-'ify tsf w.i t rue'. i tig them, he is
oi. the road to weakness and down
fall. Alexander Howie, the once
noted Zion City leader, lived a glut
tonous life being always adveise to
exercise ami fresh air, never lifting
anything so heavy as i book nor
suffering a window or door open for
fear of a draft. Today he is a phys
ical aud meual wreck. His power
gone, his glory faded. In tha Pio
verbs of Solomon there are these
words, "The way of the slothful man
is as an hedge of thorns." All the
roses hive beeu bligh:ed, only the
thorns remain, and the slothful man's
way is through them. Whether
physical, menral or spiritual, the
conditions are the same. The indo
lent body generally contains a slug
gish mind and a paltry if not a
wicked soul. Laziness and grime
go together. They are offsprins of
the same parent.
That which destroys the heart's
roses also lays waste to the roses of
the intellect and the soul. And
when we trace these enemies down
we find that the most giievousare
laziness and ignorance. The intellect
that is up and . doing will blossom
into wonderful beauty without ex.
ception. The soul that gets under
standing has.the pure roses of infi
nite sweetness, aud they will bloom
here and now, we are not compelled
to wait foi the last great da to en
joy them.
Physical Beauty.
Many seem to bn le33 anxious a
bout the roses of the mind and soul
than they are about those of cheek
and lip. The latter is quit a prob
lem to most of us. But I believe,
and have reason for my belief, that
the roses of cheek and lip after the
first flush of girlhood depend wholly
upon the roses of mind and heart
and soul. They are the reflection
of that within us. When we are
happy and filled with the zest of
life's activity we cannot keep the
roses away from our cheeks even if
we so will. They are the happy
physical token of beautiful flower
gardens within where hloom the
purest and sweetest of life's roses.
Summary.
If we "watch for the enemies" of
life's roses and fight them ere they
begin their work we may enjoy the
beauty and fragrance of many a
"fine flower." I do not believe in
long faces or sickly bodies as an in
dication of worthiness. 1 believe it
is the Divine will for us to hive rosy
cheeks and to be vigorous just as
long as we can. Cheerfulness, peace
of mind and newness of spirit must
be our constant companions all a
long the wav. But the admonition
is, "Watch!"
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Written By Bright Young Pupil of
Fayettevllle.
The following is another of the
essays written for "The American
Boy by North Carolina Public
School pupils, and acorded special
mention in the contest. The essay
was written by Master Leslie G.
Bui lard, of Fayetteville.
1 am proud of North Carolina
first of all because it is situated in
a country where freedom reigns
supreme.
Next, I am proud of North Caro
lina because of her glorious history.
It starts from the time when Sir
Walter Kaleigb, desiring to carry
out the plans of the King and
Queen of England to establish
colonies in the Nev World, .sent
out an exploring party who found
"as goodly a land as sun e'er shone
upon," to the present time. From
the early Colonial days, ' North
Carolina's people have been noted
for their bravery, perseverance, and
for love of truth and liberty. Her
first settlers came from the best
people of all Europe.. When the
oppression of the Uoyal Governors
became almost unendurable, then
North Carolina afforded a refuge
for "those who sought to free them
selves from such impositions. In
patriotism and heroism North Ohio
linians rank next to none. When
England tried to euforce her tyr.iu
nieal laws North Carolina was one
among the liisc colonies to oj pus;,
her, and i'i the gre tt htrugg'e t h it
followed its soil was satmatcd with
the blood of the heroes who preferr
ed death rather than be subdu-.'d by
the el!'. my.
T!f- citi,;,jns of North Ca"oli:i.i
w-Te th first to disown allegianee
tj tlvi Iv.'tg having signed a Dec
laration of lndeueuden3e i.Miv 20.!
1773) more than a yeir befote the
other colonies.
Then next, in the beginning of
Civil War, North Carolina volun
tarily took her stand on the side
which she believed was right, and
when the Governor called for 20,
000 volunteers, the call was prompt
ly responded to with great enthusi
asm. In this war a North Carol in
aian was the.first Southern soldier
to lose his life.
Again, in the Spanish-American
War our own Worth Bagley was the
first American officer killed.
Thus it ti8 that North Carolin
ians, when called upon by their
country never shrink fiom their
duty.
I am proud of North Carolina be
cause of the great men she has pro
duced. Among them is the
present Governor of our state, who
has traveled from town to town
over this State and pleaded with
the people to stand by him in his
attempts to rid this grand old State
of one of the greatest evils of the
day the liquor business.
In agriculture North Carolina
ranks high. She stands first in
the production of fiue tobacco.
There is hardly a production that
grows within the limits of the
United States that will not grow in
some part of North Carolina. The
situation of the State is such th. t
the climate is delightful. While
its winters ae comparatively cold
and its summers hot, yet they are
not on the extremes.
The mineral wealth of North
Carolina is great. Gold is largely
mined in the State and many other
metals besides. The corundum
mines are the richest in the world.
North Carolina is a great manu
facturing State. Cotton goods is
the principal production. Some of
the largest cotton mills in the
South are in this State.
In the forest of North Carolina
are found many kinds of useful
timbers. The oak and piue are
shipped in large quantities to the
great dockyards of the world.
For all these reasons I am ex
ceedingly proud that I live within
the bounds of the "Old North
State". I join heartily in the re
frain of the words of the poet,
Carolino! Carolina! heaven's blessings
attend thee.
While we live we will cherish, protect
and defend thw.
An Amethyst Mine.
Prof. J. T. Bennett, of Oak
Ridge, Guilford county, has discov
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mine on his place. Some years ago
an amethyst was picked up there by
a student, out or which SSloU wortn
of stones have been cut by a New
York diamond cutter and sold, and
$40 worth of stones reserved. This
is perhaps the most valuable ame
thyst ever found in the State.
Ear of Corn Hells for (ISO.
A single ear of Reid Yellow Det.t
corn, weighing rineteeTi ounces,
sold to-day at the Iowa State College
for the phenomenal price of $150,
which is at the rate of $8,850, per
bushel. Each kernel ia worth 13
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the work they do is appreciated.
Particularly is this true of young
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under certain conditions, yet ever ap
preciating the courtesy when kindly
bestowed. But children like appre
ciation more than is fully realized,
and their childish efforts should be
encouraged. There are a great
many parents who never tell their
children that anything they do is
pleasing, satisfactory or even properly
done. They say the children should
know it was their duty to a do thing,
do it right, and there the affair it
dropped. A little appreciation
means more than money, sometimes.
It is the sunshine which breaks
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the darkest day. If there is no ap
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the spirit lags and the youthfel
worker is to depressed to ni tke more
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how htffd I work at home, how much
interest I take in cooking or clean
ing house, or what I accomplish in
anything, I always hear, 'Well, it is
what we expect of you. We hear a
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the parents, hut this is something
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