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i? a onnn COURIER 6 ; ; , JUL. V". Onward and bpwarjl vol. y. EDENTON, N. C, THURSDAY, FEEUARY 22, 1900. NO. 37. i o Be U l Conversation Between a Business Man and a Farmer No Property Qualification- Farmer: "I thought I would drop in nd have a talk with you about the mendment. I lenow you always keep osted udou public Questions, and thi bout all we know about eighborhood is what we ha tie papers and heard from Pncinoc: Iqh- ' 1 om vftrv trlfld vntl ailed. It is true I generally study ublic questions, especially those whit'.i consider important to the public wel- j are. sted tudied it closely. I have a few copies f it, also some literature concerning t, which I will gladly divide with ycu. see from the papers that Mr. Sim acJis, the chairman of our party, is eginning to send out some campaign Lterature, and I suggest that you and our neighbors who wish information ipon the amendment write to him." Fnrmpr- "I thank vnu for the c-C-DV If ill m f the amendment, f will study it i rake from and the' are deii- arpfullv ,,i fhPvP are some aues- Pirate. These fellows are opposed to ions I would like to ask you about it. n the first place, I want to know if it s true that it will disfranchise the no rm'" Business Man: "One of the chief objects of the amendment is to elimin ate the ignorant and irresponsible ne ;ro vote of theState. It will not disfran hise the entire negro vote, but it will iisfranchise every negro who cannot ead and write nnv section of the con- titution in the English language. If mighty pompously 7n will roaH coMinn & nf thp rnnpTid- lately telling it nent you will see this is true. There ire in North Carolina certainly be ween 80.000 and 30,000 negroes who vill be disfranchised." Farmer: ''You say those negroe , vho cannot read and write will be dis- lave come into this State from States ! to try and get the poor and unedu wher6 nesrroes could vote before 1867. i cated white people so prejudiced and ;an vote under this section. I think possibly there are in the State between 00 and 1,000 negroes who may qualify themselves under the provision of the 5th section." Farmer: "So much so good. Now. t let me ask you another question. Will I the amendment disfranchise the un educated white man?" Business Man: "Why. certainly not. The object of the 5th section, com monly called the Grandfather clause, is to forever protect the entire body of ; the uneducated white vote of the State in their right to vote. If you will study that section you will see it accomplished this purpose fully and and admirably. You will see that it gives every whits mn who registers any time before December 1st, 1908, the right to vote for all time there after, though he may never know a letter in the book, or become able to write a word. Now let me read this section to yc-u. You can study it fur ther when you go home." Farmers: "As the law now stands. no one is allowed to vote unless he is doing cut our way any how registered. I understand that will be so also under the amendment. Now will yon please explain to me the pro cess of registration under the amend fent?" Business Man: "I will do so with pleasure. A white man who can read and write can register, either under the 4th or 5th section. A white man who cannot read or write, can register un der the 5th section, because either he or his ancestors were entitled to vote sometime prior to January. 1867. But as negroes were not allowed to vote, except a few negroes, as before ex- whites register under section 4 and all by crime. the uneducated whites register under section 5, if the amendment is adopted?" Business Man: "No, not necessarily. Indeed, it is expected that . as many "educated whites will register under Ithe 5 th eect.ion as under the 4th sec- tion. In Louisiana where they have right, an amendment almost identical with ours, I am told most of the educated whites registered under the 5th sec tion. Whenever a white man registers under the 5th section his name is placed upon the permanent registra tion roll, and he is forever thereafter permitted to register from that roll. Let me read you the provisions of the amendment with refernce to registra tion." Farmer: "I see. It is very simple, and it is perfectly plain to me now that the effect of the amendment will be to disfranchise the ignorant negro yote without disfranchising the uned- D Made So By the Adoption of The Constitutional Amendment. ueated white men of the State." Business Man: "You have1 hit the nail on the head. That will be the exact effect of the amendment. It is a carefully prepared constitutional plan for getting rid of the ignorant and irresponsible negro vote without depriving any white man of his vote." Farmer: "Why, that's just what we white people want, isn't it?" Business Man: "That is certainly what all white nion who respect their race and families, and love and honor their State, ought to want. It will be a good thing for the negro also be- cause ne nas always useu tne Dauot , eople in my neighborhood are be-1 "i.iv.icsaij. anu dgainsi vue ue&i , oming very much interested in the j of his race as well as the best interest j mendment. I haven't been able f) of the State. I have considered this i et a copy of the amendment, and 4"csliuu laurougniy, anu i am sausutu , it in nnr' tins amendment is the only per- , e:an or that rortv in the State every ve read in ! liueui remeuy ana tnaz u is a uuui- tning in it is inspired by the Kepubli- others, i """-". 'emeu; cLsamax. uc jjuoaiu.c can leaders out it sun preienas xo ue currence of negro rule in North Caro- j ' l tJ . ' J O - i . . , ,1- una sucn as we itao nero in isoo anu . 10O , . Farmer: "Well, well, well; just to - - . - . i m i n u urnnr iaq rrci Konnnn.anc an'i . l am like you. very mucn inter- i -" i....,., - . , i t.'.f rpvomip nffiiors h-ve hmin tollinir m tae amendment, ana 1 nave , ; . .-v., .v, the people. 'And you heard before that they were telling that the amendment would disfranchise the uneducated whites?" Business Man: "Oh. ves, they have been trying to deceive the people by t teuing mat as well as many c-tner ; falsehoods. The mean white leaders of j the negroes see the offices that the ne- ; groes have given them about to be I the amendment, because they know it , nobody who can't read and write can will disfranchise the ignorant negro vote j want to ask you if tnere was without disfranchising uneducated ; anv danger of this being done." whites. Their anxiety is on account of ! Business Man: "Before I answer the negro vote, not the white vote." i this question let me ask you a ques Farmer: ."By the way, I want to ask j tion: Upon what ground do they you right here, is there any property ' claim that the 5th section is unconstitu qualiflcation in the amendment? One ! tional?" of those Revenue fellows I believe he iparmer: '-why, they say it is uncon said he was a deputy marshal any stitutional because, they say. it vio- now ne talked and moved arounu , was down my way ; around that the j amendment provided that no one could vote unless lie was worm ou, anu cne man present said he had se r. t that sUtement in a Republican paper. , How about this?" Business Man: "Yes. I understand j 'ranchised under section 4 of the. i opponents ot tne amenamenx nave i imendment. Will any uneducated ne- , been circulating that falsehood broad- jro be able to qualify himself to vot- oast. Of cour.se they know if the peo- ! mder section 5?" Ple should read the literature the Dem- ' Business man: "Yes. a few hun- ocrats will send out, or go to hear , ired perhaps. Those negroes who are , Democratic speakers, they will learn lescended from the eld free negroes. '. that all such rumors are false. The ; who were allowed to vote prior to the idea of the unscrupulous fellows who j Constitution of 1835. and thos9 who i are circulating these bold falsehoods is j biased against the amendment that ; tney win not reaa mis uemociat m- , erature or go to hear Democrat speak- ; Now-let. me read the whole amendment to you. i nere ib noi, as you see. one woru in il iuai ieyuiie ; a property qualification, and a penni- : les white man has the same right to j vote under it that the richest man in ' the State has." Farmer: "Well, that nails another ; one of their lies. It was a whopper, too, wasn't it?" Business Man: "Yes. that was a pretty reckless attempt to deceive the people. But i am very mucu miBit- ( ed in what you have told me about the : misrepresentations these Revenue of ficers are making to the people. Do you remember anything else they are lelline vour neoDle. for they all say about the same thing?" Farmer: You are right: they do all say about the same thing, and it ; looks like they were talking under or- j aers. Mince i tuuie n uuub ui n,, i wonder what that deputy marshaJ was He didn't arrest anybody or serve any papers Wonder if he wasn't sent out to talk down the amendment? Well, yes, he did say something else besides what j with great directness and varmth ad i have told you. and I have heard other i vocates the driving out of the State of Republicans sav the same thing. He ' Democrats active in their work n favor said' that what he -called the Grand father section of the amendment wasn't any account any how, and that the State Republican Supreme Court would knock it out of the amendment, and even if the Supreme Court of the United States put it back and sustain ed the whoie thing, the uneducated whites could only vote under the plained, before January 1, 1867, a negro j amendment until 1908," and if they do can only register under the 4th sec-; not learn ito read and write by that tion, by showing to the satisfaction of : time they would have to stop voting." the registar that he can read and j Business Man: "Stop right there a write." i minute, if you please, for it will only Farmer: 'That is all right, and suits; take a minute to dispose of that little me to a dot. But let me ask you, will j Republican yarn. I have heard of this an uneducated white man, if the bold and bald-faced misrepresentation amendment passes.have to produce wit-1 before. Now let me read you the sec nesses before the registrar to show his j tion of the amendment on this subject right to register under section 5?" again. That is all that is necessary to Business Man: "Oh, no, certainly j clinch it. You &ee from the reading not. As all white people could vote that every voter who shall register un before 1867 his white skin will prove ! der this section any time before De nis right to register under that sec- cember, 1908, shall for ever thereafter tion, unless he is a foreigner." ; be entitled to vote at all elections,' un- Farmer: "Will all the educated j less he becomes thereafter disqualified Farmer: "Why, that s as plain as the nose on your face. Some of us told him we had heard that what he was saying applied only to boys who became of age atter 1908. And we were right, too, weren't we?" Business Man: "You certainly were as the mere reading of th? amendment shows. The amendment protects the suffrage of every white man who registers in any election be fore December, 1908. If he don't regis ter it is his own fault. It gives the boy who will become of age after then nine years in which to learn to read; and to enable these twelve year old boys to learn to read the Democratic party pledges itself to give them from now on better school advantages than ever before. With these increasing ad vantages and this great incentive to the boys to learn, illiteracy c-ught to disappear among our boys of the next generation. If the fathers of our poor 1 boys will think about this matter they will see in this provision greater ad j vantage than disadvantages to their boys. Their girls, too, will get the I benefit of the increased educational 1 facilities it is proposed to give from ! now on." j Farmer: "There is another thing i the Republicans, especially the Federal officeholders; are doing, that, I want to inquire of you about. They moat al ways have on hand, a paper printed at Asheville I believe they call it the Gazette which they pretend is a strong Democratic paper, but against the amendment; and they read from it j and give cut a few copies here and there. Now, I want to ask you wheth er this is a Democratic paper?" Business Man: "Well, I am very glad you have called any attention to this matter, for this scheme of palming off the Asheville Gazette as a Demo cratic paper is one of the lowest and dirtiest frauds ever attempted .to be i practiced on the people. They are do ing the same thing, all over the State, and the miserable editor ct this sheet is lending himself to the trick. This paper is published by a man who has recently moved into this State. When ne flrst boueht this paper he published u as a Democratic paper, and strongly advocated the amendment. A few months ago he sold out the paper to tne Republicans, and it is now the or Democratic, in order to better deceive j tYm nnnio t- owi Kq y,ii iinni k . i 7 - - vus, Ft,ul,iC. x. io ocv tvt wuo v.,v. , ple. It is said that this duplici- ! a part of the contract of sale, j n see that the whole scheme is j iy was j vou can uisrepuiauie anu euiiieuipiiuie, auu n, ; u ..i j i v. I ,i: i . , ? 1. 1 .1 ; i uie uiuer uevei-us we utive uu i vtllvliig auuui, lilUMl uica t ilt; ucbciu tion of these Republican white leaders in tiheir eagerness to uphold negro suf frage." kn. :ii..n.t.. v. inoTn..i. i Farmer: "There is one other thing te Republicans are telling the unedu- cated white men which I wish to ask you about. They argue that the court win uoid tne educational qualification ,.ause of the afendment ' leeal. and that it will hold the Grandfather claus" iiletral. and strike it out. and that then ate:, the 15th amendment to the Con- stitution of the United States which, thpv rjaim nrohihits anv State from denying the negro the right to vote on account of race or color or previous condition of slavery." Business Man: "Exactly; but how absurd. Now there is nothing in the (YmSHti.tinn of the TTnitert States which takes away from the state the right lo sjy who sha1 and WQO 3nau not vote; neitner is ,there any provision in that ctmstjtution which says a State shall allow all wnjte men or all negroes to vote The Supreme CoUrt of the T;njted States has decided over and ovej. agaln( that the States have a Hght to regulate the question of suf frage as they see fit. The only thing in the United States constitution which in anv way restricts the right of at.,tu tn ,.oirl,i-to th. s.ihiprt nf snffrair is th isth amMdment. That does not allow a State to deny the right of a negro tQ yote on account o race or color or previous condition of servitude. Now, let us again examine ! the 5th section. Read it over care- ; fully, please, for yourself. Now tell . me is there one single provision in ; that section which denies to the negro or any body else the right to vote? On ! the contrary, is it not clear that it is ! not a denying clause but an enabling clause, that is, it denies nobody the! rlgM tc yote who otherwise is entitled rt vto h pnaKifi, -m- tn vote who otherwise might not be en titled to vote." (To be Concluded Dext week.) HAS STIRRED UP A HORNETS' NEST Butler's Speech Has Proved a Politi- cal Boomerang. (Regular Raleigh Correspondence.) Senator Butler has stirred up a hor net's nest by his pseech before the Populist State committee, which he of the constitutional amendment and of white supremacy. The reporter who took down the synopsis of . the speech vouches for the accuracy, which at this late day the Senator attempts to gain say. The meeting of the committee refer red to was attended by only nine of its members. This handful undertook .o do a great deal by adopting resolutions denouncing the amendment and the election law. This action was inspired by Republicans that very day. The Progressive Farmer does "some plain talking in its rebuke of the nine ma chine Populists who voted for these resolutions, saying, "We do not think a party which originated as a protest against ring rule should allow a com mittee of nine or one hundred to de cide its policy on qrrstions regarding which there has been no official expres sion of opinion." Ttere were two rings in that committee: The small Butler ring, the large Republican ring. The influences were and are plain. From what the Progressive Farmer says one may easily guess that the session of the Populist State committee will be interesting. The "ring" Populists are making boasts that they will carry their whole party solidly against the amendment and white supremacy. Senator John W. Daniel, of Virginia, a name dear to North Carolina Demo crats, will probably make several speeches in this State during the cam paign. He has tendered his services to Chairman Simmons. It is probable that three of the State conventions will this year be held in the Academy of Music. The Republi cans have already secured it. As yet the Republicans have not rented headquarters here. It was said they would occupy the quarters in which the Democratic chairman and committee did such great work in 1898, but the announcement was pre mature. The Demorcats may reoccupy the same quarters. Populist Committeeman Ayer, wlio acted as secretarysof the late session of the committee, atad who drew up sTiejj resolutions declaring against. t'nd amendment, says It is the Popujt plan to eliminate 'the negro entirely ! from the vote on t he. amendment. Tjis; utterance was inspired by the Repub licans, for the latter are offering tb; bet that not a dozen negroes will be- in frVi. T5rfc..i,l irMin pATiTDntifin ha V .-i . will be powerfully urged not to.res-i ter or vote. Butithe Republicans 3,re?l having trouble, tssy say. George A White, the only Tegro Congressman Bill Differs with Lyman Abbottdn . fis is a candidate foiJe-electlon( and stjys! d.,. . . . ' , ? he intends tc brinjout the negro vftl . . Remarks About th AutnentUity. in the Second, (,.f "black" district.- of Bible. ' I .. White is a thorn : the side of hers - -v.. white Republican! who are tryingT'to - , " j get the negro to heep in the bak; A great lawyer whose chief b'us'U jess ground this yearj All will Temeinefe was to defend criminals was asked -he "SuJll 1,13 M M moonshiner, who t9 a little toaprrim-l 1S to deny everything and call for Ihe inent, to "move little further bcki Prc-of." New England agnosticism nd from theu-oad." ttfris is 'what thee-r h-Igher criticism of the scriptures s&ra. publicans want to "da with the nefro;: to have a like maxim. The deep a not to really el.mi.ate him but to br.e- maa goes -ln.to cience .th mQre tend to do so. Its a very shallow., ed is -he "to call for the proof ; espeefr Hv pretense. r v is if he h mnrp iMiM k 1.: Sonntnr Rutlor's naobl u nanai- ViSi.. j 4u XT ' "s.- ianu aias to strain his mind to solve ihl the Caucassian, is to be made a mn- mysteries of life and nature ing da ly and tly J'anti-amendnng I was ruminating about this, m I organ. Of course Republican captal had just read the press dUnatches At will back it. as it back9 the Ashevlfle J Rev. Lyman Abbot J - who succl red Gazette. The fusion machine waiftei? t Henrv t-' v,j . to have the Gazette moved to Ralefei.."- inis could not De-arranged and heace Senator1 Butler's "paper is taken upg to g me organ at me eapitai ana ror ne east, the Gazette tjeing the same in Jhel west. The there are to be three aifti- , , ... ... -- . : - oe tne ortran at ine canirq ann rnr thwj ; x , . r" gmani monr nrontr ac mi chaH in . ..r --, v... .lv.v, u-iucu iaoiWi . tho voor Tho tra f inn a 1 T3vr.iiVl,dfc.n-3" - ' " iKinitruuj crTnTnirTfo will irnvif. n i-aiiv ?trvH committee will provide liberally ftoH ZtLtriuX'f tnene 1 know n does not become 1898 it set apart 50,000 for use in cf- f to .teach theology or the infallibilib, of rying North Caroflna. , the scriptures, but it occurs to me Mat' fc " if Mr. Abbott can undermins the E. fck' A WNK TAIL SbCRtl. Demaadsf Fashion, y, "I'm in the minlSgti.il business," saft.. a man to a Hide tWd Leather n'lwrtit- -ami it's wonderful how the lusineji6B-f.Deiieve ' . .. , S- Jfe is srowinc. - ' One good tail deserves another, a I Vsti-iiHl osnrfi-lvflw :is t tret a stotv for Hide and I.eauef readers. ...... it.-, ' , t r "Yessir. Big d"Su:nil this year fr tails of inin!': anil" umrtru. W'onitgi just crazv for tlxfin. M.-ikcs kind ' trnnnuns that tm. fu-hioiiMbU', iit that s what we wit. -.g- 1 pondered. Mwlk and marten ta0s .for fur trinunis: Heavens! j2i thought of the mn iber of tails for oe garment. And it meant 1 little b(:gt for each tail. Terrible slaughter t the innocents. -My friend note, my surprise. Isr dil I fouceal my s'jjitiiueiits .' IIe laughed phtdigtousiy. "Didil say that every tail Represented anJn.; Not much. Nor iuaiarteii. either. fOr fcir. Not enough o these little aniniulis lo begin to supf y . the demand fSr tails. b';sh. A - A the business s booming." . Mystified and sWchless, I sttbrnJt- ted to being take into the uiiuk tail factory. On the floors were dressed dogskins. Plent;' of them. "lit where were the mnkV'-l askod. There!" was tl reply, aud it hjMg, SKinny nnger was point.ng at tne u1 skins. ' . "You see," esfplained my guiQe, ' "there are not enough mink tails Uot supply the people tat moderate prijfe. so we take droBsM dogsiiius nndcStit thrE1 into strips. We fold these In aU(1 ont and whet the mauiiului;c-:is completed we oolcr tm, i0we.partif . . MI( , - n mink or marten tils as you ever sa. They sell at 10 cents npkv-e, Jn par ages of a dozen eiwrh."" i "Of course," stfid -thl fountain truth and candor'we don't, tell olr customers that wf iiml ht. dogs ss&fr valuable after deiVth, than before, Ii.'-. cause the tails lotti very nice, and Ss long as they areiroperly i.hiistcnPt and'bougnt and old as mink taijs, why should we taring grief to hayy hearts by destroy Kgfoiid hopes?" : Why, indeed. th(ght 1. rl His Object. . "England persisjsin the coutejUwou that its motives ir$ entirely philan thropic." "Well," answered om Paul, sevYs- ly, "so are mine. f want to see 1 can't get up a good-' Rhodes moviMajjt In South Africa. "-Washington Star' L - v. Hay Seal to Africa. Baled hay is. going from Brooklyna the Philippines and-' South Africa Hn wholesale quantities.' Cavalry horse! must be fed, and it is natural for Eng land, as well as the United States ariBy., to look to Americans for the fodder;;' A consignment olE 3.000 tons was sent frilm this, port to , Souths Africa Thursday, this port to South Africa to-morre', and one Brooklyn. coticenflias 150 rajfcn at work baling hay, lo catch up with or der;. The old-fashioned bales has bn found inadequate fpt tise on the mareh. and an inventive genius in Brooklyn hit upon a plan "Qf compressing t4ie amount of hay in an ordinary bale ittq a cylindrical mass one-third the sizelol a regulation bale. The new bales are about as large as hail kegs, and areo compact that they Jfan be transported in. mule-back withoui difficulty. The reg ulation aily feed itf hay for a horsen the United States atyny is 14 pounds. sb that an animal caivarry enoughfoder on his back to lastim two weeks, rfjty is considered by common carriers toe most undesirable freight, because it go easily spoils, but the new process? it is found possible to squeeze all gie moisture out of thbale. and there is f&o danger of the ha deteriorating, een when kept for a logg time. An experi ment was made latljy with a bale of liay squeezed in the grf;at press, and it with stood a fire test i'Ci 72 hours befor ft was consumed, 'fhe. British War 'Of fice requires that t e emergency stongof hay at Woolwich i hall be baled so tfiat it will last for founyears without lostpg any of its original (futility. This the if?w process insures, and the consequenctfeis that the British Government is sendlig orders for all that t He Brooklyn firm em supply, and more, Cbo. . - 3' ARP ON ABBOTT. f Georgia Philosopher on the Criticism. VVfcKt PLENTY (F RESOURCES j - . .... a w- ivxiutufe tiiaii uia uo. address in Bos-ton. declared that he Book of Opt.; ,- , . written before the flood by sometn- known prophet and that it wa- im possible for Moses to have known of he things that transpired 2 000 vearsV- " 1 c 11UUU U V r-?au piuyabc ana mat it was i,,r,.... . . . .. , ., .:. - , . 1OTe ,ae was torn and he ak-i- "W , . ' ,T - legenas and" myths?" wre nis resources if thev were -."io u j j . ol Genesis he will overthrow the wV?le structure of Biblical authority Cjat BTole is the standard of the ageshe; headlight of the nations, and ;t a js. stand a3 a whole or fall as a wh,le The reverend gentleman professef to in the new testament and i irf 1 vf tha v.? K..f . .u : 11 - ' I - . W11J. uut n ut; i3 really a UQJS- tif.n he must believe as much of iie iau,eu " lue savior anu fdis - $P09tles did. It was Chriit who 4li1 f in the parable of Dives and Laza us. "If they wl not believe Moses' fnd the prophets, neither will they belve moug.ti one rcse from the dead." This- itjs that Mtop whn t;,. fi,. 'ing of the Savior when he was giv ,ng: -ths laws to the children of Israel f at i Mcseo to whom God intrusted" Aie tables of stone that contained the'ct p-- aimiaen-cs. ana wtio wrote the n jst- eau't'iful song in the Psalms of Da id .v that Moses who appeared in glcry on; the mount while the Savior was tra Vs- flgured 'that Mcics of whom Paul vviti yfjewa's faithful as a testimony of t.:M-S(r jthfngs which were to coma after. je. ;ere-Eices w tco numerous to quo . vill showing that Mcses was -the vW- arerent of tine Almighty, and was a' j-ophet inspired by Him. 4 i: ivo, vir. A'OOOtt can no.- Vir.irlrl -y, ' jjew testament and null down the ;i i-f1 must sustain or demolish aJl. ! sttuie oia atrac or science u kn jeles because they cannot be''x-.' joined upon any hypothesis of. hur.iat eason; wnen tbe truth is that at Ahbott himself is a stupendous ' hiSr ale, and cannot tell how he thinkfioi where the power of thought or :he. Ifeculty'of memory is located, nor v fee can at will -aise his hand or cjtis: fis eye; nor how he took form ; ti5 Sjhape in his mother's womb. AU -fa-re is a mir-ifcle; the leaves of ' : jhe, tfee?. the color of the flowets, :;he lygflit of birds, the infinite smallnss a? matter and germs, the infinite msg---itucra and boundless extent of he. heavens and of space, and in all erAa tioh there is nothing that has prljle, 1Kajaity and elf-ccnceit save man-, an -gnostic or skeptic or an infidel "ThC; feyol (only) has .said in his heart, th f& no God." - v ,;il have recently visited the good )l;l ty of Columbus and received' its-bs-tjotality and 'benedictions. It . is j ijst;. Uiy age, and' through all these ya r3 hjas moved steadily and surely forward, manufacturing with serenity and ?ig- -I- 1 .. - : iiuy me cnaraccer its cultured n en : j and women gave it in the , beginn'tag,. ,: j How .broadly beautiful it was laid Qft;. j how bountiful is its shade; how gn en l43ie grass cn its public grounds; ,yw , j -beau-tiftil the river that girdles it. j.'ot ia.-a smgie year nas mere oeen s-py retrograde in the manners or .morals. Of its people. -Considering its climate, s&ciety and prosperity I do not kn W.. i ?city that I had rather live in. litis, already large enough for moral safy, f sr .lefferson spoke a truth when .)ie sgaiid that great cities were pestilen. tai to good health and good morals. .Of juTs'e, we favor the increase of an n-, dostrial population that keep -he' wheels and spindles turning and t-he. wolf, from the doorand the beggar ffm the streets and if every city cared or Its operatives in the mills as Oolum.;'W. dotes, there would be no object lesat -ps-bf misery to be carried before 'ie legislature. I visited the yung m$Vs. cju'b room of the Eagle and Pheix mills.' Ye-v club rooms for factfry'. boys where they can spend their e re ' nin'gs gnid read and write and bavhe aiad exercise instead of going to jie Kiloone. The beautiful library f& 2,1)00 volumesj of standard books end the reading tables are furnished wth the . best newspaper and magaz ne literature. I can-not enumerate he pteasant and attractive features .';oi these rooms. They a.re all free ot if&arly so to 'the factory boys who 'be come members. Colonel Gunby Jor a.Ti ie the bignhearted promoter of this it- ! t'aehment to the mills and the rU , owners pay all the expenses. ; '4Shakespeare says: "The evil fcjal njen do lives after them; the gooey is . oft interred with their bones." I wo di. reverse that expression-, for-- go! 4eds.and their -influence last lonsjeir tSian evil ones and nowhere has-.:.;W" succession of good citizenship pro eo it- mare palpably than in Columttis, TJhere is' still weait without ostentat;jttJ awf hospitality without a strain. f-3$. aa shyster among her lawyers noir- , qiack among heir doctors. Not ftfoiC3; preacher among her clergy, no , s vnal partisan among her editors Fry tumate city; happy people! 'Bill .rpj ift Atlamta Constitution. OUR VANISHING PINES. The Greatest Staple in Our Lumber .liar. ; ket Seems Destined to X)i8a;)jear Minuesota is our last great source, of white pine lumber, and its supply will be exhausted within the next tiv years if the present rate of consump tion continues. The greatest staple in our lumber market seems destined to disappear. Maine, once the white pine State, ceased long ago to be a source of supply. The Michitran pineries vere nearly exhausted live years ago, and the lumbermen of Wis consin say they expect to cut the last white pine in that State this winter ou the Chippewa River. , The disappearance of so Jai"ge an industry--will be a national misfor tune. Only a few years ago there were eighty large saw-mills in Fond du Lac, Eau Claire aud Marathon; Wisconsin towns, but now all have disappeared, and the men who worked in connection with -them have had to change their business or seelf employment in other lumber regions; More than 15,000 men are. cutting white pine in Minnesota this winter, and their wages amount to more thai $4:50,000 a month. About 20,000 nien are employed in the saw-mills of Minneapolis, and over 40,000 men ii the State make their living out of the lumber industry. They kuow that in a few years more they must find other work, and many talk already of folr lowing their present employers to tho Pacific coast, where some of them are acquiring large interests in the timber lands of Washington, Oregon aud California. Thus an army of axe men will have crossed the continent, laying low the greatest pineries of the country. Thus far it has not paid Pacifie coast lumbermen to send much of their product East, so their surplus has been sent to foreign markets. But when we begin to draw more largely upon the Southern pines and Northern spruce and hemlock it will certainly be profitable to send Pacifie lumber to the Eastern markets. There is for us no serious prospeefc. of a lumber famine. The United States will continue to beat the world in. the variety, exaellence and abnni dance of its timber available for saw ing. But we shall use a good deal of soft lumber not so desirable as white pine This country shouldbegin in earnest the study of methods of husbanding and cultivating our timber, so that we ' luaj 4 aiways nave au auauiiaice Lumber is wealth and it is comfort. New Tork Sun. WORDS OF WISDOM. Every rightful occupation has its just compensation to the industrious ; worker in the shape of well-earned ' money; it has also its own peculiar service of welfare to the community; but beyond both these it exerts a rer , active influence for good upon the life ; nnd character of every faithful toiler. ! It has the power of developirig every faculty of the mind, every fine moral ; quality. i The basest thought possible con- 1 cerning man is that he has no spiritual nature; and the most foolish under- j standing of him possible is that he Yinn rr nhnnlrl liava nn orkinnal i.oi-nr. i For his nature is nobly animal, nobly u,0n,.iJ-..w; BLiiiikuai uuuoreuny auu liioruuauir r . . J 4 :.i i. . A 1 -, r 1 -, J - f v his peril, expel, despise or uefy the other. No true artist ever yet worked for ambition. He does the thing which is in him to do by a force far stronger f than himself. The first frnits of a man's genius are greed. always pure of Be not diverted from duty by any idle reflections the silly world may make on you; for their censures are not in your power and consequently should be no part of your concern. Talk about "looking for opportuni ties of doing god!" We may as well walk about looking for firewood in a forest or water during a flood. The world is full of such opportunities. ' The mind requires not, like ah earthen vessel, to be kept, full; con- venient food and aliment onlv will in- flame it with a desire of knowledge and an ardent love of truth No human life would be possible if there were not forces in and around man perpetually tending to repair the wounds and breaches that he himself makes. A happy marriage depends niucfy more on a good, loving, patient char acter, than all the circumstances of time, place and money combined. Think of, the ills from which you are exempt, and it will aid you to bear patiently those which yon may now suffer. Be content with doing with calmness the little which depends, upon your self, and let all else be to you as if it j were not. ' Life without liberty is joyless; but life without joy may be great. The greatness of life is sacrifice. The rage after desires unattainable is increased by the difficulty. Judgment and decision are man's great wheels df fortune. Memorandum For a Proposal. A young lady was acting temporarily as hostess, and her time wasnuch oc cupied. One of her admirers, a ner vous and absent-minded lover, per ceived that this would be the case, and to facilitate matters- he deter mined to bring affairs to- a point. He didn't get a chance. " , 1 "Afterward," said the object of his ill-starred devotion, "I found this Lmeniorandnin on the floor, where he had dropped it in his agitation. It reads thus: " 'Mention rise in salary. Mention'! loneliness. Mention pleasure m her society. Mention prospects from -Bncle Jim. Never loved before. Pro pose.'" Collier's Weekly. LAUCHTER-PROVOKING STORIED FOR LOVERS OF FUN, The Birt in the Lute A Grave Subject-; .Tost Two Girls A Valuable Talent An Unfounded Rumor Ready to Best Revemible Discomfort, Etc., Etc. The vernal breeze Is lisping loving secrets to the flowers, The sun is showering kisses oa the poppy and the rose, The lake is gently murmuring through th4 sylvan glades and bowers. And sighing, sweetly sighing, as It flows. The hills with sunlight glancing, All the silver wavelets dancing. All nature Is perfection, yet its sweets I cannot share. For me the sky is clouded, and with Sty gian gloom enshrouded, For somebody's cooking cabbage, and tho scent is in the air. Bismarck (N. D, Tribune. j A Grave Subject. He "Oh! why don't you marry me? I'm dead in love with yon." She "Well, it's your funeral!"--. Puok. Jnst Two Girls. Dolly "Could any one be worse than a man who will be spooney ia pite of all you can do?" Polly "Yes, one who won'tj''- Life. r A V4leH Talent. "What is a financier, Unci Phineas?" "A financier is a man who can bor row money without giving any secur ity." Indianapolis Journal. An Unfounded Rumor. "I've heard that Greeu is rather slow. Do you believe it?" "I should Bay not. He's ahead of everybody that ever had anything to do with him." Detroit Free Press. Itcatly to Kest. "Your Honor," said the learned council in concluding his address, "we will now rest." "So will the Court," replied the Judge, with a sigh of relief." Chica go Post. Keverslble Discomfort. : "Why do men stay away front j. churchy' j "Well, sometimes I don't go be ; cause I haven't got new shoes, and ; then again I don't go because I havo I new shoes." A (iencioos Invitation. Mickey (with chattering teeth): "Come on in, Jimmy.de water's fine. Life. The Heal Ordeal. ' And you think I'd b'etter ask your i t8t" now- ... . ..... ., , nrun "les. It will be a little mild prac- j fat i tice for you. . . . j : Tl, on vmt honif miri i ask ma' Cleveland Plain Dealer ; u wio-cmu A triirenologlcal Paradox. The Phrenologist "These bumps I indicate intelligence, logical accuracy ' the power of thinking correctly '' Customer "I seel If a man has j those bumps he has a level head." : i Puck. Man's Way and Wojftian's Way. "When a man has a secret he uever tells any one he has it." "That's so; but when a womau baa a secret she lets the people know it so they can coax it out of her." In dianapolis Journal. An Irresistible Opportunity. Papa," came a shrill, small voice i in the silent watches of the night I want a dwink!" ' "Well, there's the bed spring right ! under you," drcwsily. replied ithe i parent. For he was a piofessional humorist, and the habit is strong. Indianapolis Journal. Coold See a Keaemblance. Mr. Eator "Can't you do some thing to hurry up that lunch of mine?" Walter "It's all ready, eir, except dressing the salad." Mr. Eator "H'm! One would think that salad was a woman, from the time its dressing takes!" Harlem Life. Good Preliminary Experience. , 'You are really anxious to go to South Africa to nurse the sick ami wounded? But; my dear young lady,. have you any experience in nursing the siclc and wounded?" "Kather! Four of my brother play international football, and my (ftther took up cycling at seventy-six." Tunch. The Mark of Greatness. The Old Lawyer "The first thing to do is to convince yourself thorough ly that your client is innocent." The Young Lawyer "But suppose you know him to be guilty? Isn't it a hard matter then?" The Old Lawyer "Therein, my son, lies the test of a smart lawyer. Pack. The Discovery of the Heiress. They were speaking of the heiress. "After she had married him," said the romantic girl, "I understand that she discovered she had thrown her self away." "After she had married him," re turned the practical girl, "she found that she had thrown her money away, which is far more important." Chi cago Post.
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