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CAUGHT OX TO TILE auxs. What a Texas Editor has to sfay About the Southern TeoiAei (From The Volunteer One of the -cardinal i tatflts of the 'American character," writes khe edit-; tor of the Texas Iconoclast, "is a pro pensity to brag. Brother .Jonathan's 'egotism long since jxassed "in o a pro jverb. In no Bection Df this land of fthe free and home of the ".'is ns" does Xhe Jriowhard blow longer ar d louder and with less excuse j thai in the South. We are the people, the. non pareil; there are none like us beneath Hhe sun! Prom the empyrean - we look down upon common lumanity, jalk turgid, and sweir up with the rvain glory of a young turkey ,cock (with liis first tail feathers! "Perhaps it were well f t r us to 'drop the King Cambyses ein long enongh to inquire what; we a e chant icleering about. What have we ever lone that entitles "us to assime airs of superiority? Nothing in God's great world; absolutely nothing. We are so far in the rear of civilization that we foolishly imagine ourselves to be in the van, with the whole 'world behind us, struggling desper ately to catch up! We speak sneer ingly of the 'Yankees,' and yet the same despised Yankees are our guardians and tutors, even our pro tectors. Without them were but a lost calf foolishly running about in circles until some political prowler lassoed us and led us to the hambles. "Take the South proper, south of the 35th parallel Virginia and Ken tucky Tennessee and North Carolina are, Southern only in name and how wilr It compare with New Snglahd? Here we have a veritable Ed 3n, broad and fertile savannahs, a land of per ennial summer, the richest i:i natural resources In the western wo: Id. New England is a cold and sterile land, where nature is ever j at war with I I man. Yet New England was develop ed a century ago. Her Tocky hill sides were made to bloom like the vale of Temple; her mountains were ransacked for one; her, forests trans formed into stately ships more imposing buildings; of the factory rose In the or still the hum city and hamlev and the rich commerce of a world rose in mighty waves oyer her wharves. Now we are stretching out our hands imploringly to th it storm cursed, forest-girt land, pra ping that she will send brain and brawn to de velope our rich mines, utilize our vast forests, build our railroads, and teach our children the magic art of industry; that she will do for us what we have been too indolent or too Inapt to do for ourselves. We look to the Yankees for everything; for our machinery, our very household utensils, for brains to plan, and skill to direct our great enterprises. "While New England 1 as been making reapers and sewing nachines, f .1 spinning jennies and telegraphs, we have been making stump- speeches and moonshine whiskey. While New England has been breedin ' states men, scientists and poets, we have been breeding 'yaller nig ers and Cheap John politicians. We cannot boast half a dozen men born south of the 35th parallel, i in tie South proper, whom historians, s.j century hence, will consider worthy of a dozen lines. We have not produce 1 a dozen books worth burning; in the field of invention we have done li tie more than the red Indian j who so long lurked in our forests, j "But if we cannot neither work nor think, we are At least incomparable fighters! Behold the recent civil war and how we did amaze the world! Amaze it -we cert linly did, but not In the way we would have our children to believe. Whenever the civil war is mentioned t le South mounts to the top rail of he fence, flaps its wings and crows li stily f or what reason it were difficult for an unprejudiced critic to discover. It is now nearly half a century s nee Lee's surrender; high time surelj that the foolish falsehood that for fmr years the South contended agains five-fold odds was relegated to desv etude in stead of being ostentatiously paraded by able editors and aspiring Ciceros on all occasions. iaucu xaoies - but maker us the laughing stock of the world; cause our Northern brethern to feel like of help It is a thrashing us again "ins tend Ing to develope our country fact patent to all the wor d, a fact that no honest man possessing any knowledge of the subject. will dispute, xnat tne backbone of the Southern Confederacy was broken", and that the 'cause' was hopelessly and ir- retrievably lost in .1863, wben the Confederate Armies aggregated be tween l,00b,000ana bjOGCOOO fighting men almost, if not altogether equal In point -of numbers of the federal forces. It wb in 1863 that Vicks burg fell, that Grant tore the Confed eracy in twain, that Lee's magnificent army- was rolled lack wreck from Gettysburg, With these reverses the Southern people became discouraged, and thenceforth -gave to the "new government but a half hearted supr port.. Naturally the- -Confederate armies began to dwindle, while the federal government continued to push men to the front to hold the con quered territory and overawe the people, as well as to speedily crush the decimated legions of Lee una Johnston and end the war. Practic ally it was man to man in 1863, when the Confederacy received its death blow. .Furthermore, wb were acting chiefly on the defensive. We were in our own mountain passes, behind our own magnificent fortifications. It was the business of the Yankee to dislodge us. How in the devil's name they managed to accomplish it mat ters not; but they did it. Really the wonder, if wonder there be, is not that we held out so long, .but that those dispised "Yankees 'boosted us so quickly, and the magnanimously turned us loose to give the world our own explanation of how it happened. "These may be unsavory to some of the chanticleering swashbucklers and fuming Falstaffs, but truths just the same, obvious to all the world. Southern chivalry rolled up against Northern valor and got the worst of it. That is the whole Btory. It was not that the former lacked courage. No braver men than those who fol lowed the stars and bars ever won the moral crown. But they were op posed to men equally fearless, of superior physical strength, insured to toil and hardship, and who "knew how to use tools, to bridge rivers, to make roads over the mountains, and crum ble bulwark and bastion into dust. It was a contest ofa lower with a higher civilization, and the former had to down. The haughty but indo lent slaveholder and the 'possum hunting white struggled desperately but vainly against men whose heads and hands were educated in the ex acting school of Northern industry. The men who had outstripped us in the field of labor fairly outfought us on the field of war. "It were all for us now to cease our foolish boasting and con well the stern lessons taught at the cannon's mouth. The first j and greatest of these is that only by honest labor and earnest endeavor can a people become truly great. The war swept away the curse that was our weak ness negro slavery. It broke in up on our old exclusivnes3, shattered the foolish caste that held us in" iron thrall; made labor respectable and progress possible. It brought ener getic Northern people among us to teach us that the way to greatness lies through .the workshop; to incite us to shake off our indolence and en ter the race for preferment. Grant's red throated batteries did more than to break the shackles from the wrists of the blacks. They tore the cursed fetters of caste and custom from the minds of the whites a noble emanci pation! They set the heart of South ern chivalry to beating with a truer, a stronger life. In the mad tempest of battle the new South was born. The clash of arms was the groans of maternity; the deluge of blood her baptismal rite. From the ashes of desolate home3 and ruinedcities she sprang Fhoenix-like, and is now mounting the empyrian with the strong and steady wing. The eman cipation proclamation was a blow of promises, that never again, while the world stands and the heavens endure, will North and South meet in battle shock; that the greatness of the one shall become the proud heritage of the other; that the grandest section of the American Union shall yet with God's blessing, produce the greatest people that ever adorned the earth. "The war Is long past; we fought and lost. Our triumphant foe extend ed to us a brother's hand, accorded us the honor due a brave and spirited people. That we should suffer recon struction pains was to have been ex pected. That they wee unneces sarily severe was due chiefly to the greed of a clique of politicians; partly also to the fact that the North mis understood us and bur black wards, even as we persist in misunderstand ing the Yankee, But no gibbet rose in that storm swept waste; our -very leaders now.occupy positions of honor trader Hie .flag they defied. JLet vet not requite the .generosity 4f cut erstwhile foes Ijy a, fcase irttempt to; tarnish their yrell eax&e& Jurels. Bather Jet us praise and emulate them; strive with them in a nobler field than ithat of war. When the North and Sooth hi end in ne fcomo geneous people, as blend they -must; when the blood of the stern. Puritan mingles with that of . the dashing cavalier, then, indeed, will we be a nation and a people at . which the world will stand agaze; for .Northern vigor wedded to Southern blood wfll "Strike within the pulses like a God's To push us forward thro' a .life of shocks, Dangers and bleeds, until endurance grew Sinewed with s action, and the full grown will, Circled thro' all experiences, pure law, Commensure perfect freedom." THE AMERICAN JEXAG. Interesting and Instructive Catechism for Children as Well as Grown People. 1. What is the primary object of a flag? Ans. The primary object of a flag is to denote nationality. 2. Do all the nations have the same form of flag? Ans. Each nation has its own pe culiar form and colors. 3. Is the use of flags of .early, or of recent, date? Ans. Probably of very early date. 4. What leads you to think so? Ans. During the wanderings of the Israelites in the Wilderness they were ordered to pitch every man "by his own standard, with the ensign of his father's house." 5. What is the meaning of the word flag? Ans. That which flags or hangs down loosely. 6. When was the first U. S. flag having the stars and stripes adopted by Congress? Ans. January 14, 1777. 7. Out of what was it made? Ans. Out of a soldier's white shirt, an old blue, overcoat, and a red flannel petticoat. 8; When was it first hoisted? Ans. It was first hoisted by our army at Fort Stanwix, N. J., 1777. (During Burgoyne's campaign) . 9. Who first raised this flag at sea? Ans Captain John Paul Jones. 10. What important act was pas sed by Congress April 4th, 1817? Ans. An Act to establish the flag of the United States. 11. What was enacted? Ans! 1. That from and after the 4th of July, 1818, the flag of the Unit ed States be 13 horizontal stripes, al ternate red and white;' that the union be 20- stars, white in a blue field. 2. On the admission of every new State into the Union, one star be added to the union of the flag; and that such additions shall take effect on the 4th day of July next succeeding such ad mission. 12. Where in our flag is the blue field located? Ans. It is located in the upper cor ner next the flag-staff. 13. HoW many stars are now in this field? Ans. There should' be forty-six. 14. How many red stripes are there ?- Ans. There are seven red stripes. 15. How many white stripes? Ans. There are six white stripes. 16. What do the stars represent? Ans. The stars represent union. 17. What do they teach? Ans. They teach that in union there is strength. "United, we stand: divided, we fall." 18. What do the thirteen stripes represent? Ans. They represent the thirteen original States. 19. Tell about the colors: What does the white represent? Ans. The white is an emblem of purity and modesty. 20. What does the red represent? Ans. The red represents the blood of our forefathers shed in the strug gle for liberty, as well as that poured out by our fathers and brothers in defense of union and liberty. 21. What can you say of the blue? Ans. The blue is the emblem of a tender and delicate sentiment nour ished by hope. "Her love is pure and glad and true As yonder Heaven of stainless blue." 22. What was the name iven to the Confederate flag? Ana. The. -Confederate . jflas was called tho "Stars and Bars," jto dis- tinguish It "from v the "Stars and Btripes." 23. How many -stripes m tots" . the" Confederate flag ? -.Ans. It diatt tnr-ee very .broad j stripes, the middle -one white, the two others red. .24. , Mow sntuzy stars did it iliasreS . Ans. At first it contained seven stars and later, eleven, white stars representing the number of CJonfeder-rf ate -States Arranged in a jcrrclfi. 25. When . flag is noisted naif- mast nigh, wliat does it signify? Ans. It is a mark o mourning.. , 26. When it is noisted upside down, what does it mean? j Ans. It .forms a signal of distress. 27. What-does a white iflag betoken? -Ans. .It is a flag: of truce, and: shows & .desire to surrender, or to communicate with the enemy 28. What does n -jseUow flag indi - cate? Ans. Jt indicates that there is; sickness -of a dangerous -character on board the vessel which bears it. ' 29- What does .a red flag signify? Ans. A red flag is a sign of de fiance and an invitation to battle. SO. A black nag? Ans. A black .flag indicates that no mercy will be shown to the-vanquish-ed. 31. What other flags were used in the early history of our country? Ans. When Washington took com mand of the army at Cambridge he raised the English flag with 13 red and white stripes added. There was also a flag called the Pine Tree Flag of the navy. The tall tree pointing upward indicated an "Appeal to Heaven." There is still another flag called the Rattlesnake Jlag, bearing the warning, "Don't Tread on Me." CHELIREJT LEABN HOW TO PRE TEST CONSUMPTION. Over 2,500,000 of the 17,000,000 school children enrolled in the United States have during the school year just closed, been systematically in structed concerning the dangers of consumption and the methods for its cure and prevention, according to a statement issued to-day by the Na tional Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Besides the 2,500,000 children thus regularly instructed in their schools, the National Association estimates that fully 1,000,000 more have re ceived instruction at the various tuberculosis, exhibits held in all parts of the country or in separate classes and organizations. A number of investigations con ducted in various parts of the world show that a large percentage of the children in the public schools have 3Q RHEU ft, SCALD HEAD, ffr-"e- - a a iJiri" i? ra i SKIN PJllLK.CRUSr, PiMfc'-6CTOJR RITUS these are different treats nothing names, out all th ing ECZ ErJiA. i K I prove every word that I have said I giro M " FUSEE TF OS Just to showyon that you need my treatment. It Is yours for the asking, if you have been to other Doctors, 11 you have disgusted, write to me I will send you ABSOLUTELY FREE Mr, uueni nmucuie. una mAfl irvrtrm nnn y.ciV1' iH JLKiSATMMT. There are no strings w7cnEM:ArtmtKorst(Au.. to this statement. There is not one cent to pay not a penny p1' accepted. I know trhat my trial treatment will do; I know that It will convince you more than anything else on earth that ' - - you need my treatment. , February Utb, Han't Miss This Gharzco fos a Gnna0 . COTcsm: If you are SUFFERING FROM ECZEMA von -cured one-way KEMOFK THE CAUSE, "What 1b the cause? ACID IN" THE BLOOD. How do you remove It? By cleansing' the blood of the ACID, My treatment is soothing relieves the dreadful itching at once imd cures the disease quickly. You tlon't have to take treatment ior months and months. ONLY ONE CASE IN TEN needs the second treatment ONE IN FIFTY needs the third thiok of that J What Eozemn Is Eczema Is a disease of the blood and affects all parts of the body theface. lrps, ears, haadB.eet, genital organ, etc SYMPTOMS. Vollowish red eruption; tho pimples or pstchea.jaay aell and th itching is o great the -porn rill scratch the top off, then they bleed and dark scales form; there is an oozing of matter. In some the skin cracks and Weeds. Stchtne; is terrible; a person suffering will scratch till they bleed. Scales form on parte of the body, where the sloth- las comes in contact. TQZ2 Yg2KS aUSH2feQ I positively Guaran tee that every case cnredJiv tor wfll hvr 'Cured lO YEARS! It mast be good Strong as R&cT: I am a OTadnate from two leading i MEDAL taken In Competitive Examii qualified ? . I will send you my book, showing: -or ail classes. Also testimonials and pictures wnere. gome ox them may be YOUR : Ts tho most complete book ever sei form of -the disease plainly and fully, many severe cases, which are extremely & sena yom names or moug&nas cured and are grateful. OQa JL E. CAmJADAY 02 ParfcSqaara VGedalia, T.lo. tuberculosis before they aw That -a larger number of fhem do nn idie; 3s toe to the $act that health cniiaren are able to resist the attack of the eonsnmption germ. On ac ;ount of the prevalence of the disease among i chHfrren, he National Asso ciation'ansidera their education to im 3f prime Importance. 3n Boston, -a special commission wnien recently Investigated the sub- A ject, Sound that -over 5,000 school xanldren in that city alone had posi tive cases of tuberculosis, in New York, a recent study showed over 250 tuberculosis children in the schools. 'On the basis of these and other investigations, it is estimated by certain authorities that there are nearly i;T30p,000 school children in the United States to-day, who win probably die of tuberculosis before J they nave reached the age of eighteen. This 'would mean that the public schools xf the country axe paying an nually about f 7,500,000 for the educa tion of children who will die before they reach the age of eighteen. At least one-half of this sickness, and possibly three-fourths of it, could be prevented, if the municipal and state governments wrould adopt better and more hygienic methods of controlling and teaching 'the children, and if the public in general were alive to the need for tuberculosis prevention. The National Association declares that the best way to wipe out con sumption among the children is to educate Doth them and their parents so that they will know that tubercu losis is a communicable disease, that it can he cured and that it must be prevented. ' Announcement is made that thoss officers of the navy who have senti mental affection for the old cruisers Olympia and Cincinnati, are greatly pleased with the decision of the Navy Department to except those vessels from the order directing the removal of figure-heads from all battleships, and the figureheads so removed are to be loaned to the states or cities whose names they bear. The order for the removal was issued in pursu ance of the policy of eliminate every thing from ships which does not con tribute to fighting efficiency. The figureheads of the Olympia and the Cincinnati which are to remain, are probably the most artistic designs of any in the navy. The Olympia, it will be remembered, was the flagship of Admiral Dewey at the battle of Manila Bay, and her figurehead is made of bronze from the torpedo boats of the vessel carried at that time. It is a representation of a winged Xiberty wearing the helmet of Minerva, the figure standing on ths head of a dolphin. mean one but eczema, to very sufferer Reliable Beyond Qussfien This is a statement from the bank of my Mome town, where I have done business Jbrjrears. snimM m mm -am . - era onlv h TJU ci61fla tht Dr. Cannaday's ptienta, rroa over tfce Dnlted Stttoa, h J?n Tlaoing their money In this wo they tried ills treatment on eczema. In all till a tise.we Ha been called upoa but .five tlx? to return the patients awney. One died before tie treatment vae ehlpped; two di no. ,at tae treatment aa 1 w lort ln transit; one paid cash t cr tae Areatoant three daya later r Betting her money; and one.vas not atlafled. or .it could not be sold this way. of GsbmSt&i endorsements from OAIL, mAAirait nlt(vi1a T am Bo tinltar n a fiflT.Tl I lation. Does this not show that I am fully of business men I I NEIQHBOHS. n..T.& S I s jtXr Cannadar, r&jZ 522 Park 8nare out. I explain every g? Seffli Si! IshOWniCturesof "Please send wthetrt cost lo interesting. rfl5 me prepaid Free trialtreMmeu., , wno -nave neen 'pr also copy-et jour w Name..,. " -r. rflcdfcss.....k, mr r .............. -
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