JEZX3.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good:"
Vol. 6.
OUIMIM, IM, U U LY 21, 1897.
No. 28.
-it-4 bL 2
fcV T
:Wlr Popular' Education Has
. Failed in North Carolina-
rl . I .! JAN D- HOWELL, Ra'l
! ; i , 1 1 , NO ft T H -A HO L I KA .
j;,.f, ,!, rhiversitv Summer
.in"'! . I .
) considering the results of
V"i'
avj must compare this
'with all others in the
tVion.' 0.h(' f tne results of
,.Miic;ith"n is wealth. Judged
!,r this standard, education in
ylirth Carolina has lamentably
faUl- For with the excep
t;,,nl of South Carolina and
Mi-i-si ppi there is less wealth
prr capita in North Carolina
1 1, ;, ii anywhere- else in this
rnioir. But " South Carolina
mill Mississippi have over half
their population black. North
Carolina one-third only.
Iut t li(.r first object of educa
tion is to roniovf -illiteracy.
i ' , i -1 i i
.1 U'i.U'eU
popular
v tins sianaara our
education has been an
i'Mimi.nious'
failure. In fact
; t i !:
!ar
pi'ojii
than
than.
i no such tliiti as popu
;iication here. For the
( ;in'nl educated. .More
a third of- those over ten
of. . ago cannot read or
. Our condition is worse
; that of a.ny other State or
'norv. except six, namely :
t(
imiiana, South Carolina, New
Mexico, Alabama, Mississippi
and Georgia. But all these
states except New Mexico have
a -larger; per cent of negro popu-
lation than iNortn Carolina
Virginia and Florida also have
a" larger per. cent-of negro ' popii -
lation than North Carolina, yet
their illiteracy is less than ours.
o Til Kit STATES ; ARE EDUCATING
FASTER THAN AVE.
These facts are unpleasant to
auuiu, i)ui rue inqsi iiuiiuiiiiung
i- this, that our State was near-
ri' Demg me musi .niiieiiiie in
lSDU than it had been in 1870.
It ;: it-no tlie wlihlft ' jimnu'nt or
...... a x ...
i in eracv was somewjwii re-
dticed,
I ! i 11 l'l'll
Hut we have been more
iii; ill i 1 1 1 1 1 ' i luu ri ii
' ' - - - -
Mates,
Florida which has
i.. 1...U- .,lBU'l,1lr
nmiyiiau itpju.. u,.,
L,; ..... ..a f .ot ,r lovona
in 1X70 wo viinlced 8th in '' illiter-
- -
. w i - - 1 1 ra-l- A i- I
acv, m irnt we rariKeu tin. ai
tins rate it rate it is onlya ques-
I'mn of. time when North Caroli-hast year was less by 4,454 'than
' :-. 1.1. . . 1. T.,
iki. tlie other States 'having ed-
ucation their children, will be
the home of the most illiterate
people 'in the American Union.
Shall -e let this come to pass?
I .1. ITERATE WHITE PEOPLE.
Already it is the home of the
m.Vt. illiterate white people in
theivUnited States except in the
ti iiitorv of New Mexico. Our
State ranks worse in illiteracy
when' we compare the white
1 icon te "of - the .different States
man wnen we culiiil mu n-
This does not mean
tiiai
,1.-1.
:roe
the white people of North Caro
lina are more illiterate than
the negroes. It does mean that
the white people of North Caro
linn are the most ignorant of all
a are the most ignorant ol all
wliite people in the United
ia,,s except in New Mexico,
tin
. u o mqu m But their attendance is irregu
and that the -negroes of North " 1 iui ,.;0u li-v
i ..... .
, i
t ni ifi'i 1 1 i nil hm e1! i in a liuii i
than the negroes of
iseeiin
uUThtate V. f
About one white person out
:,. '.:.....::.. xt urno
everv luiir in nuim wihuuuu,
ran not re
ad
to be exact, tne
niiteriicy is twentT-tnree pui
-'iit. The enormity f this ap
pears when 1 we consider other
States. -Massachusetts and Ne
aska have less than one per
t iit ot. illiteracy among ineir
....
Tlior
Ji.UlM- M1UU JUUlU.luuii.
a iv seventeen
than two per
States with less
Counting
1-1,,-m ..... I '- I n m i"ki o nun
xchuling the Indian Territory
and Alaska there are forty-nine
.
v-nine
There
States and territories.
:re thirty-seven of these
IJlCn
have only half as much illitera-
white
y among their native
North Carolina.
r., . .i k uriiUo i.ionlp
..f,v i- w ns
i iS Tthe white people al-
the
rnost
anvwhere else in
IT.i;.., :..i.ii: StntP of
Mnrvlnnd DolawarP. Missouri,
Arizona. Texas. Florida, Mis
' -.r.
sissinni niil Wpst, Virginia. e
J'J-- - o
have more illiterate white per
sons than South Carolina and
Georgia combined, more than
Alabama and Mississippi, more
than Louisiana and Texas,
whose combined white popula
tion is twice as great as North
Carolina's. Delaware, Mary
land, District of Columbia, Vir
ginia and Florida,' Together fall
short of North Carolina's num
ber of white illiterates, but
their aggregate native white
pormlation is over twice as
great.
SHORTEST TERM OF ALL.
The
cause of tins lanre per
cent ot illiteracy is seen when
we compare the school terms of
other States with North Caroli-
na's. The report of the United
States Commissioner of Educa-
tion for 1894 and 1895 gives
the average length of terms of
the public schools of the United
States, one hundred and forty-
one days, or over seven months
North Carolina's is the shortest
term of all, sixty-three days.
For twenty years .we have been
struggling in vain to teach four
months in the year. All the
other States except South Caro- percent of illiteracy of the whole
lina, Alabama and Oklahama, population, seventh; in per
have more than a four months' cent of illiteracy of. the . native
term. The school terms in white people, second ; in length
New Jersey, Rhode Island, of school term, forty-ninth; in
Massachusetts, Maryland, Dis- amount expended for each pu
trict of Columbia and Connecti- pil, forty-eighth ; in amount of
cut are tliree times as long as tax in proportion to wealth,
ours. There are thirteen States forty-third ; in salaries paid
that have an eight months' term teachers, forty-ninth j
ojr longer, twenty-four States ARE WK TAXEd too heavily?
that have a seven months' term , ;
or longer r thirty -one States that There can be only one excuse
have a six months' term or Ion- for such a conditionenormous
ger, this inciuues v n jnuia, ai-
kansas and Kentucky ; there
o Oii... K J- 1
iLiur iim ii y "iuv uiiiivo v i
pi crliti that have five months'
erm Gr longer, this includes
Georgia, Louisiana,, Mississippi,
West Virginia, Texas and Flor
ida. v '"'
ATTENDANCE AT OUR SCHOOLS.
With a school
term of only
tnree monms in ine m
cannot hope to educate the body
ot tlie people ver niiiniy , even
hf we had the best of, teachers
onrl axr&vxr nprsnn ot school a?e
, .: j-i. inJ
x - - "
nttenoeo everv uav uie m;iiuuis
are 0pen. As a matter of fact
Vl 11 t nvvtv "
this.
m v m w i , ; . iiiiiii ui tJitui uv i
rm. nf ;a -t int.
1Jie uisuug uTUrtmnK nv -nhlie. sehools a
i:u1 nJ,,nnf nn ne nnv Sf inn S
hhsve befin fiviii?. it is becom-
O
. . 11 1 1 . . -,-rr n
ing less ana less vein uy tccu.
The attendance at the schools
it had been eight years ago
In
' ka
1895 sixt3-one per
crlinn1 nonnlation was en-
.v.i
rolled. The next year
4 ,n 11
11
rollment fell to fifty-six
per
npnt The fallinsr ott in
The fnllinc? off in the
colored schools was even great
.' v . v
. : O
or from fiftv-nine "per cent in
v-.--
iQr; rt fiftv-t.wo ner cent the
J wVKt . .1 11
next year, rne totai eiuun-
meiit fell in one year from 3,-
5G3 in 1895 to 348,610 in lyt,
a loss ot nearly 25,000.
Nearlv half the school popu
i.;n i-i irl not, cro inside ot a
, , , t... f
sn. inn i:ist ve u. uui'.hiuh.im.o
. : ., J .i i.-.if0
done by the otner nan r
Little
more than learn the A, 1, O s
Not lialf the children
studied
mntlimptip... The average white
teacher in North ; Carolina en-
"V
rolls during the
rf.e teachtortj-
the tliree months
one children.
lar. ana ii
we snouia visit iici
1 I SPMIHII Oil Jill iHCi atv 'J t "
1 1 : ni'nunno fl!lV fi
. . , , . , . 1,
should tina twent -eignt, pun
present, only thirteen of these
piV!ll Ul . : .
far enough advanced to stua
arithmetic, only seven geogra-
riii' f-nr in frranimar. and two
in United States history.
Mill . - '
- COST OF EDUCATION
Let us see .what it costs to ed
sl 11 11 1011 in
the different
uc.nu uumiw.
Stntns. Tlie
axerajre ior rne
-
- ' " l
uniteu ouues is
I-"- . I 11J., -m W I TAtb. X. lar. 1 MM Til
for each child. We spena upon
p i c niu uinv tv-1" - j
l,, . i nm. -lioil
Tins is ie iu-u
Stafe, except ,South Carolina
State except ooimi ucuunun
which spends $3 .28. The wealth
nf Massachusetts is five times as
I .. . .
great as iNorui uuiuaua
I "V T i 1 1 I . . ' . hlU
Massachusetts spends for each
i child at school about ten
times
Sev-
as much as we oo.yo) .
Ln Southern States spend for
the education of their children
en
twice as much as we do: New
Mexico, norma, uuui8i.iu,i,
Ufclahama, Virginia, xaa auu
i i
' " o
abb wb too poor to educate?
Wfi hear it said that North
Carolina is too poor to do more
that we are in fact spending as
much upon our schools in pro
portion to our means as the
wealthy States v "up j north."
This statement can be made on
ly by men who are guessing at
what they have never examined
into, and when onlv the wish is
father to 'the belief that our
commonwealth is acting as no
bly in her poverty as others
with more abundance. The
truth is we are taxing ourselves
for schools less in proportion to
our means uiaa an me uuier
ouues uui six v joining, n-
zona, Aiaoama, lexas, jiNevaaa,
New Mexico. But all these
States, except New j Mexico,
have income from investments,
.which goes to their schopl funds,
and amounts in some cases to as
much as the tax collected.
Twenty - three States, including
Kentucky, Arkansas and Mis-
1'' ' . 1
sissippi, nave over twice as
heavy a school tax as North
Carolina. i
Our position among the sister
hood of States is then this : In
iacs iui umci """g".
taxes in in or in aroima are nut
y,-, rPlrT ni lace tlinn
- j
any where else in the? Union,
except in Nevada and: Idaho.
The tax rate for all purposes m
North Carolina is only some
thing over half the average for
the United States.
There is no pleasure in mak-
inn- miDlic sucn iiumiiiniinu
11 i. i .'in i.'
facts about our btate -except
O A .... ! -
for the hope that they may
arouse to action. For these
conditions exist, and North Car
olina must face them. Shut-
tiner our eves to
them will not
" y
remove tnem ; aeii37ing
.1 1 Z '
them
will not change them.
But
II II. ..-..s. 4- Ann
.
"VlnJ ..TLT.TZC '
HHlUre, WBUUftut iu lv" 1,w"
lu mual'
success.
Very nearlv all the school tax
in North Carolina is imposed by
the Legislature, less than twen
ty communities supplementing
this by a self-imposed -local tax:
1 TT.. rrim -ww t rtfa hflhl 111 111 Orl -
neic c . .. ,
no nno ni'nm-Pa ' WO-t lirflS
UV-UllUUCll w.vwiv""
, , m t ' .1 ' TT. 1
of the scnool tunas in tne uniieu
States are raised by local taxes.
Thirteen States, including Mas
sachusetts, have no State taxes.
All their school taxes are local
As -i rule the States that have
tho host schools sunport them
mainly by local taxes.
OUR LARGE
GENERAL
TAX.
SCHOOL
This is our need now in North
Carolina. Our State tax is, al
ready one of the -largest, only
six other States having a heavi-
er one. mu wnen.we
count the local taxes
T " , 1
come to
and the
general tax North
Carolina
drops to lowest of all but six.
!
i
LOCAL TAXATION IN AUKIUIIIUK-
AL STATES
Thorn ntfi nbipctions that ' lo-
y i. iiv V .p.v ' - j
cal taxation may suit) Maine,
but it will not suit our condition
as an agricultural people. We
hear men. saying tliat good
schools cannot be maintained
among a population so scattered
as ours. Local taxation is not
peculiar to the North or to ci-
ties. Kansas and Nebraska are
ore at 1 arming oraies anu set
1 r r
ll-v s h VV 17 II1III. I I . I I :i k 1 llll . IV.
, , , l.i v.u ,J 4.k:ui.-
ucu um; - - j
as
North Carolina, i Kansas
has no State tax and Nebraska
"'"f --":-
by local taxes Kansas keeps its
1 fViwioonHio. fit n Pnt lint
ny iwai iacs lvauBtw tjja
schools open six months andNe-
braska seven. Arkansas is not
.1 . , ?1 y-.
asueiij
,lnn n oAtllnH OO fV tfT ll I O
oliua. Its tax rate for schools
is two-and-a-nalt times as great
lis ours, and two-thirds of it
comes from local taxes.! Arkan
W school term is nearly twice
as long as ours
ui.mc nmumuu
States
are so iiiiuki uucu as
if 'i fs li ii or nun rnpr rnisp.' :i 1 1 iir
nearly all, their school funds by
jes, - and all have an
average school term omromnve
; to eight months: North Dakota
.
ming, Wisconsin, iumnesota,
Florida, Louisiana. ;
Comnared ivith other States
south and west Nortff Carolina
is well populated. Scarcity of
population cannot excuse our
illiterate condition,
Nor can we plead the negro
- n o i i.
as an excuse, oeveu oiincs
o.-.ii. r i: tz .v.;
I OOUlll tllUllllii., luiasiawppi,
T,rkiiiiinri IrPorma Florida
ljOlllbltllltl, VJCUl ifltt, X JUUUtl)
Virginia, Alabama) have a lar-
geF share Of liegrO population
tliail North Carolina, and- tliey
all have a longer school term
than ours and all but Alabama
have a heavier school tax.
Georgia has! 300,000 more ne-
rrrTf tlin.n "Wnrth Cn.rnlin;i .and a
scliool term ten weeks longer.
- "
Virginia has 75,Q00 more ne
groes than North Carolina and
a scliool term twice as long and
a school tax nearly twice as
great as ours.
Mississippi is a poorer State
than North Carolina. Its per
capita wealth is $9.00 less. Over
half the population of that State
is black : in North Carolina
nbnnt one-third
Mississippi al-
so lias fewer towns than North
Carolina and less persons to the
f.iipp
facts Mississippi offers its chil-
dren a five-months school term,
Mississippi does this by paying
mnnpv fnr it, Its school tax is
in ai-,1 t inn -iitii o u nonvv n c I
ilt
tliPrfi i not half as much illiter-
acy among its white population
as we have. .-
Let us stop trying to excuse
South Dakota, Montana, AVyo-
our ignorance ana seinsimesspt-c xxiu, i
. i ii I
nnd narrow-mi ndness. We are
bphinrt all other States in the
AHntion of the neonlf The
sooner we recognize this fact the
sooner we may hope to change
O. ,1
t
Train Blown IVom the Tratlt.
Concord, N.H,. July l-'
The terrific cloudburst and tor-
nado which devastated the
northern, portion of the State
on weanesuay iurnisneu a
TT T I" 1 - 1
furnished
startling addition to the history
of Mount Washington and
lts
railway.
At the afternoon hour, when
the wind had attained its high-
S j
est velocity, diie of the moun
tain trains, consisting of a pas-
seiierer car, basrsraire trailer and
enginey was standing on the heart, which has its use as an
platform at -the summit of the antidote for "oddity," she:: re
mountain. The wind picked it trod with her caorices toailup-
up as if it had been a toy and
blew it completely over, on
from the track and down the
. m -m A 1
nrecinitous side ot the moun
tain. It Avas 'completely de
molished. r
Luckily, there was absolutel)
no one either on the engine or
in the car, else there would J
have been a terrible loss of life
to record. There was no in
terruption in the train service
'That A Horse CaD Do
An ordinary horse will walk a
mile in twenty minutes ; he will
trot a mile in six minutes; and
he will gallop a mile
in
from
tliree to four mjinutes.
lie weighs as much as seven
men. and is as strong as five
men.
He can pull a weight of 900
pounds without wheels on a
dead level.
He can lift 500 tons ten feet
high in a working day of eight
hours.
He attains his greatest size
when five years ; usually lives
a. . v
oivfoon ronrs hut m n v rpnh
the ripe old age of twenty-five.
A , ;,T ' J "
He can exist five daysa with
solid food and without water,
seventeen days without water or
food and twenty-four days with
watef without solid food- Ex.
"Oar castoniera say you manufac
ture three of the bept . remedies rn
earth," said the mrchantile firm of
Haas, Harri?, Brim & McLaio. of
DawsvD, Oa . in a recent letter to the
Chamberlain MeJicine C Thi' i
the onivoreal Terdict. Cbamberlain'o
Paiu Balm is the finest preparation in
the world for rheumatism, uearalgia,
lame back, quincey, pore throat, eutp.
bruipes, barn?, scalds, pains and
swellings A 25 cent bottle of tbip
liniment in the house, will , save a
treat deal of Buffering. Bay it at
For pale by N. B. Hood, Druggist,
Dunn. N. C.
Scheele discovered glycerine
in 1789
Items of Interest to the La
dies, FURNISHED BY OUR,
.Correspondent.
A LOST ( HIM),
rittlt Miss Prim in her furteIows,
Like a Dresden china piece is she;
And see how fast the little one arrows,
a wrt.n inot nnt nf hor infanev
With the eyes of a duchesis and languid air
What scoru on the Hp! What a haughty
And she bat a baby a day ago.
A thinsr for dolls and the skipping rope.
For blindman u buff, and the tree high
swin&r.
Tnmed into a creature to strut or mope.
With her pride of feather and peaeocK
winsr: -
with the mincing step that we see at a play.
And the uroner llao and the courtesy prim-
God gave to the pareurs a cmia, ana iney
Joseph Dana Miller, in
Munsty's Magazine.
HOW NOT TO BE ODD.
BY KATE UPSON CLARK
It would be interesting to know
how many people experience
within themselves a struggle
not to be what is called "odd."
One brilliant young woman de-
clared that she hoped the num-
ber was not large.
"I often feel a prompting to
ao some queer auu uncoiiven
tional thing, just tor the snsa-
tion of doing it, and to surprise
others," she said. "It is a real
w l ciilii lv; ll kj uu jiii r : t.ij.
hrive up the notion, but I will
not yield to such an impulse,
though I am not sorry to have
had it. It makes me, for one
thing, more patient witli my
rir.-iM Union nrlin la filO mnf.
eccentric person on earth.
Helen was indeed eccentric.
She reveled in gowns and hats
Ot bizarre patterns, never uy
-a " .. il
any chance getting anyening
lite anyooay eise s. one guu
up 111 the middle, of the night,
saddled her pony and took long
lonelv rides. She dissected
mine ano all sorts of available
Lanimals. reioicing in the shrieks
0f ;tiie "other girls." for the
Lake of shockino- wliom the
doubtless indulged her whims.
1 - - -
a io carried little snakes around
in jier pocket. Finally she be-
came engaged to a man whom
she had known only two days,
and was married to him within
Tf ic! ii -f ctronrro tlmf.
Hi H CCA.. A-V uvju oiiiiii,v
after living with 'her husband
less than a year they were di
vorced. Then, with a broken
per 2.00m in hpr father's house,
and the outside world heard lit
tie more from her. ?
The father and mother of this
willful yoiing person were ex
cellent people . They did not
realize that their daughter s
performances and her unbridled
indulgence in the whims which
usually amused more than star
tled them were leading her on a
dangerous road. It is possible
that they might have diverted
her restless activity into useful
channels if they Had only oegun
soon enough, but tney iearea,
iiue most Darents of 4 'odd" chil-
Ljren that they might besmoth-
ering genius in thwarting or re
straining -her ; so they gave her
her way,' and it led to her life
long unhappiness.
Tt is mute- worth while tor
parents. to copsider, when they
find "oddity" cropping out in a
child, whether his little foibles
am not cherished by him as
mdeh through a desire to make
himself conspicious, to "show
off," as from a Spontaneous
nd irressistible impulse. Od-
itv is' a thousand times of tener
I .... . . i
I 1 1 : nnnUn flmn
mere ijiumcss u vamy tm.u
genius, ana aii me com mun
sense in the family may w
-nil t r
brought to bear upon its destruc
tion.
One of the chief accomplish
ments to be taught the young is
what the clever author of the
"Petrie Estate" calls "The art
of ilivinir with others." The
odd person is apt to miss this al
together, and thus be shut out
j from those sweet, common bless-
ings which should bloom daily
in every peaceful and well or
dered house hold, it mav
complained that conventionality port has caused activity in Un
if j too strictly insisted upon, cle Sara's Navy ; all her war
warp,s and degrades our civili- ships have been notified to be in
zation. This is undoubtedly readiness and prepared to sail
true, but, on the other hand, a
certain amount of conformity to
routine, and to what is known
as 'good manners," must be
exacted from each individual
Tetter. Salt-Kheuni and Eczemc
The intense itching and smarting; inci
dent to these diseases, is instantly allayed
by .applying Chamberlain's Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently enred by it. It
is equally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 25 cts. per box.
Dr. CadrN Condition Powder, are
just what a horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in "Use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price 23
cents per package,
cl. 1.., XT T TT T.TTf
1U1 u- XV rug'j
gist, Dunn, N. C. ,
or uie nappiness oi large num
bers will be impaired. Confor
mity to higher precepts requires
a considerable degree of uniform
ity as well.
There are none so good to live
with as the comfortable ones
whom we can count upon : or.
as the saying is, can "put our
finger on" when we want to
knowly they stand. For all
that most of us care, the ecen-
tric ones may go their brilliant
ways and glory in their freedom
from the usual shackles. The
great majority of good people
recognize an obligation to pare
off their eccentricities, and live
humbly and modestly according
to a rather close and binding
law a law of love. Home
Companion.
The Canadian authorities
fined the man, who tore down
an American flag in Toronto
during the celebration of the
Queen's jubilee, one dollar and
costs.
At Laibach, Austria, last
Thursday a severe earthquake
shock was felt, and much dam
age was done to walls of build
ings in the 'city. The inhabi
tants were greatly frightened.
In 1895 this same city experi
enced several shocks of great
violence.
France has joined the
United States in the interest of
an international bimetallic con
ference and the two together
have made a proposal to Eng
land to join in the movement.
It is reported that the confer
ence will be called to meet in
the United States.
The McKinley wave of
prosperity seems to have been
caught and locked up. Suppose
the ring at Washington is on
guard and will keep it confined
to its own interest. The Re
publicans have it by the horns
and the Populist by the tail.
Poor thing, its life blood is eb
bing away. -
. .
The "dog days" are upon
.1 . .1 1 A- 1 ..t
us, tliat is tne neateu term 01
July and August in which dogs
are said to tie suoject to go man.
?some notea scientists shy - mui
thig isaU ft mistake . ti,at ft dog
ijable to go mad from rab-
ies in December as in July.
A young minister of the
Christian church in Kentucky
obtained a divorce from his
wife last Monday and immedi
ately left for Cincinnati where
he married a wealthy young
widow: He undoubtedly was
P'S "T
WHO SaiU : uu.-o nimcm
wife findeth a good thing, and
obtaineth favour of the Lord."
.. Vnptlt f!apnlina has
not as
Presi-
. . recot?nized by
l J c -
aeni iciviui m nuj W"l
ments of much
importance,
His supporters in this State are
not getting their, share of the
pie, they think. The prosperi
ty wave has not struck them yet.
It is stated that Japan and
Spain are forming an alliance
to fight the United Mates
- Shoulu they attempt io annex
oe nawaii or iree vuii u mc -
at a moment s notiOe.
Aconite grows in Siberia and
Central Asia, and was first used
as medicine by Storck in 1762.
NOT A.XINF1F.D.
The eye I not satisfied;
It may rest oil a form of perfect r:ire.
Or watch each change ot the fairest faiv;'
It may fathom the the tenderness of lies
In the loving depth of the dearest eye;
.' Yet the ej els not satisfied!
The lip U not satisfied ;
Y! may feed it every day and hour,
Vlth the- honey-dew ot love's sweet
flower;
With kisses that fall like the summer
(rain.
And yet It Is hungry and thirsts h1u;
The Up U not satisfied !
-The heart Is not satisfied;
For more than the world can give It
pleads;
And its every heat is an awful cry
or 16 ve that never can change or die;
The heart Is no. satisfied f
r-Fnm the Editor's Scrap Book.
Rev- Sam Jone's Plain Talk.
One may not approve every
thing Rey. Sam" Jones says or
does ; but ho has the knack of
compelling the people to hear
him, and causing them to un
derstand his. meaning. He has
been speaking in Iowa, which
was a Prohibition State till1 the
late deal of the Republican psir
ty with the liquor party of that"
State. The laws have boon so
amended as to permit both the
manufacture and sale of alcoh
lic liquors in the State, and the
credit of this infamy belongs to
the Republican party, which
has the support of many. profes
sing Christians, including many
Methodists, both Jay and cleri
cal. Sam Jones lias been hold
ing meetings in Pes Moines
Iowa, and this is the way he
talked to his audience :
"I am not much given to lam
pooning the saloon-keeper. My,
principal objection to him is the
same objection I have to a louse
he gets his living off the-. ..head
of families. It is true he is en
gaged in a damnable business
manufacturing drunkards of
your, boys and sending them to
hell, but I want to tell you that
he is simply manufacturing to
order. You have licensed him
to do that kind of work. So
help me God, I would never
give my influence while I live
to foster an institution that will
ruin my boys after I' am gone,
as you have bean doing. I will
never have anything to do with
liquor'. I will never use it, I
will never go where it is sold, I
will never vote for it, and I
won't train with, the gang that
does. ' !
I am not responsible for the.
election of any man, but I am
responsible before uod for my
ballot, and if there is only one
Prohibition vote cast next elec-
tion day, you can put it down
that that fool preacher Sam
Joiles, down in Georgia, cast
it.-
"The Republican party says
it is a party of moral ideas. It
is a lie. Talk about a party of
moral ideas. planting saloonsall
over this State ! I say it is a lie.
The Democratic' party is just as
bad, but it doesn't pretend to
be virtuous ; it doesn't play the
hypocrite.
May be some of you old Re
publican sinners are saying to
yourself : I tfon't like that fel
low's preaching ; he's too coarse.
Lot me tell you that isn t the
question undr consideration.
It's whether or not you are de
centyoursclf. His pniaching's
too coarse !' Say, do you know
that a curry-comb is about the
coarsest thing a sore-backed
horse ever fcaw? He don't like it
a bit. He begins to kicjc when
ever he sees it coming. Rut a
horse that is sound all over just
lays up against a curry-comb
andenjoys it. The trouble isn't
that tlie currv-eomb i. coarcc.
- i)Ut that the .horse
ha a sore
ble isn't with
Sj the trou
my preaching, for if you are
sound in your religion it won't
hurt you, hut if the devil have'
been riding you old rascals
around untilyour backs are sore
it will probably seem a little
coarse to you. I have always
noticed that those who say my
preaching is coarse are the sore
backed ones that the devil has
leen riding.
tlf you are clear over on the
right side, you and I will be as
thick as seven in a bed ; hut if
you are not, I don't want to ho
thick with you, you dirty dog."
The Templar.
Potassium was discovered in
1807 by Sir Humphry Dary.