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v Onward ant LpwarQirivp iN A C .ir TPNl TTTm TTy iT .M: rM .rrr "V Trrts HTT TT w v ' j ' x rum v n j if. ' - 1 11 ' i h :v VOL. VI. , A -DAY IN THE WOODS. 3L feller feels like drowsin' for the air is full o' dreams; Far eff the cow-bells tinkle by the cool an' .shaded streams; 'An' the wctom' winds invite you where the bees are on the wing, An' the birds are makin' merry where the 'honey-suckle awing. Sing a song o' summer- "Ting-a-ling-a-ling ! " Cattle boys a-sleepm Where the honeysuckles swing. 'A feHer feels like loafin'; for the weath er's fair and fine An' the fishin' rod's a-bobbin' to the throbbin' e the line; 'An' the river-banks invite you where a breezy chorus swells, An' scenes o' joy delight you where the cattle shake their bells. Sing a song o' summer "TiBg-a-ling-a-ling ! " Fishermen a-noddin' . Where the honeysuckles swing. It's goad to, be lirin' in this weather night an morn; When you hear a song o' plenty in the rustle o the corn! When a picture ' the harvest shines in every drop o' dew. An the old world's rollin' happy 'neath a livin' bend o' blue I Sing a song o' summer "Ting-a-hng-a-ling! " All the country smilin' Where the honeysuckles swing. -J. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. Fjer Love Crowded, B was tall and strongly built. H 1 s fektures were cast in the regular mold, yet no one thought of saying he was handsome. "Not bad looking," accomnanied bv ft shrug of the shoulders, wa9 gener ally the acme of praise awarded Jus tin Seymour. He had fine, dark eyes eyes which looked at you half searchingly, half suspiciously eyes which told you in a glance that he had little faith In his fellow men. But no v cynical light gleamed In those eyes now, for they rested on the earnest face of Myra Blaine. Myra'g earnestness was too much for him his cynicism vanished before it. She talked to him as no one had talked to him before? she cast some In fluence over him an influence he tried to resist at first, but seemingly .he yielded to it now, for every morning found him sitting here in this pleasant room, where Myra cauie with her handiwork. "Justin Seymour has considerable of his Satanic Majesty in his composi tion, but I believe, my dear Myrn, that is always nn attraction for your sex. He has been deceived and disappointed until he hasn't any faith left, but he's a very good sort of fellow, foT all that." This was what Philip Ayiner, My ra's intended husband, said to her the day he brought Justin Seymour with him on a visit to her father's house. And Instantly her pure heart went out in pity to this strong man, who was, 6he thought, so much in need of a help ing hand. Ah, dangerous pity! Myra's embroid ery lay in her lap. She had not set a a stitch in it for the last fifteen min utes. Her great, earnest violet eyes wore raised to Justin Seymour's dark ones, as she sat talking to him. A footstep sounded in the hallway without, and Justin Seymour rose and abruptly quitted the room as Philip Ajnier sauntered in. What meant Justin Seymour's sud den departure when Philip entered? This same thing had happened before, but Philip noticed It how for the first time. He looked over at Myra. With cheeks aglow her head was bent over her embroidery nor did she raise her eyes to see who entered. He crossed over to the window and looked out for several moments, and still Myra did not raise her eyes to look at him. "Myra," he said, suddenly turning from the window, "you are getting in terested 'n Mr. Seymour, or he Is get ting interested in you which is It?" ' Perhaps we are getting interested In each ther," said Myra, smiling. "Myra, you should not get interested in Justin Seymour. He Is not a good wan he had led a bard life " "Philip Aymer, for shame! to speak of your friend in 6uch a manner! Do you forget, sir, that you have left this man, who is so very bad who has led such an awful life and me to enter tain each other every day since you came here?" cried Myra, indignantly. Philip Aymer's face turned scarlet. He crossed over to Myra'B side. "Myra," he said, putting his arm about her. - "Don't touch me, don't! I cannot bear it!" said Myra, drawing from him, and, frightened at her own words, she covered her face with her hands. "So it has come to this!" thought Philip, every vestige of color leaving his faee. They were engaged to be married. Their parents had managed the en gagement for them while they were ,0o young to do It themselves. But Wiilip was very well satisfied with he pn rental arrangement, not that he was desperately in love with Myra, lut he liked her, and she possessed a fortune and money was Philip Ay "r's god. And Myra was willing to please her Parents. Philip was handsome, she hked him, but love she knew nothing about it untll-untll just now, when a li.'lip put his arm about her, and she sat- jU8t as surey a8 Biie dld lu tne s tnnt followed tliat she loved Jns 11 u Seymour. I "Myra. I think vnnr nnrtnf nonfff a explanation." Yes. It does," said Myra, quickly, her hands dropping from her face. "I never understood mr own hirt tm n. day. Philip, I do not love you; I can uever ua your wife." "You do not love me, but you love Justin Seymour a man who never cares for anybody but himself a rover on the face of the earth; he is here to day, and away to-morrow, having faith In no one, caring for no one but himself." "Philip!" came reproachfully from Myra's lips, but he turned away with a frown, left the room and went in search of Justin Seymour. It was evening of the same day. "Miss Blame, I am going away to morrow morning, too early to see you, so I will gay good-bye now." Th book Myra bad "been reading; fell from her hands, her heart seemed to rise to her throat and suffocate hei; as Justin Seymour hurriedly entered the room and, making his way over to her side, uttered the above words. It was true, then, what Philip had, said. This man would never care "any4 thing for her; he was here to-day an4 away to-morrow. Myra struggled for composure. "This is quite unexpected, Mr. Sey mour. I hope we haven't failed ti make your visit here a pleasant one?'' said Myra, looking straight before her, "Miss Blaine, if it will give you anj pleasure to know it, I am leaving youn happy home a far better man than 1; was when I entered it." Myra locked up quickly and met thp dark eyes of Justin Seymour fixed ten derly upon her. 'Oh, I am so glad, Mr. Seymour!" 4 she cried in her old, impulsive, ear nest manner, and, laying her hand upon his arm, she continued: "I may never again see you in this world, Mr. Seymour, but I hope you will live so that I shall meet you there ," she was going to add, "where we will know no more partlUo." "Good-bye, Myra," was all the an swer he made her. - His voice was husky. For a moment he held her hand In his, and the next Myra was alone. Myra eat In a dazed state where he left her. Again she heard him call her Myra, again she felt his hand treni ling like a leaf. And this man cared nothing for her. . A year passed away. Myra Blaine was visiting an aunt in a distant vil lage.. It was Sunday, and she sat in the village church by her aunt's side, sat' electrified, listening to that rich, pow erful, voice that led the village choir. Surely, there was but one owner for that voice. "Who is it that leads the singing,, aunt?" said Myra. carelessly, after ser vices, as she walked across the church yard with her aunt. "It is Mr. Seymour. Do you like his singing?" "I think I know Mr. Seymour," said Myra, instead of answering her aunt's question. "Has he,Hved here long?" "This is his native place. He was away from here quite a while, though. He must have sowed his wild oats while he was away, for since he came back he is a changed man. There is his mother's grave." Myra paused before the handsome monument which her aunt pointed out, on which was inscribed that simple, but most beautiful of all names, "My Mother." "I will remain here a little while, aunt," said Myra, and her aunt left her. - How long she stood there leaning against the railing she didn't know. She was roused by the sonnd of a foot step on the'gravel walk near her. She was not in the least surprised, but he drew back as If doubting his eyesight. Myra held out her hand. "Mr. Seymour, this is, indeed, a strange meeting." "Mrs. Aymer," was all he said, as he took her proffered hand. "My name is not Mrs. Aymer; I am still Myra Blaine," said Myra, smiling. "You are not Mrs. Aymer!" cried Justin, his eyes beaming with delight. "Before I bade you good-bye that even ing a year ago Philip told me that you wete to be his wife In a few weeks." "Philip Aymer told an untruth. I" wast nothing to him that night. The engagement between him and me was broken that morning," said Myra, with downcast eyes and blushing cheeks. He took courage from the expression of her face. Her hand was still in his, and he put his arm about her now. "Myra, here at my mother's grave, let me tell you that it was because I loved you that I left you so abruptly that evening. I could not stay to see you his wife." "And it was because I loved you a year ago that I refused to marry him," said Myra, softly. And at last her pure love was crowned with happiness. New York News. Chlinpaif.ee With a History. The zoological garden at Cincinnati, Ohio, has purchased a big chimpanzee from Hagenbeck, of Hamburg. It is larger than the famous Pat Rooney II., who died last April, and has an interesting history. It was purchased by one of Oom Paul's secretaries from a trader, and he taught it many tricks. The animal was so affection ate that he took it with him on his travels with the army, and about a month ago he was captured by some British soldiers. One of Hagenbeck's agents saw the animal, and, as it was so intelligent, and chimpanzees being almost extinct, he purchased it, pay ing a good price. Ever since Pat Rooney H.'a death the Cincinnati zoo has had a standing order with Hagen beck for a chimpanzee, and as soon as the concern heard that its agent had secured such a line specimen the management of the aoo was notified. EDENTON. EVILS OF M'KINLEYISI THREATENS EVERY IMPORTANT ELE MENT OF OUR INSTITUTIONS. The Present Administration Ha Attaefcei), If It lias Not Ovartnraed, the Fouv Cardinal Principles ot the American RapnbllcStrlklna- Texts Por Bryaa. The following remarkable article is taken from the Trenton True Ameri can: If Mr. Bryan comes into New Jer sey to speak during the present cam paign he will appear under totally dif- j ferent auspices from those of 1896. Then 'his election was a menace; now It is a promise of deliverance from greater ails than were then ; dreamed possible of even contempla- j tlon. Then the currency question was a novelty full of menace. Now the cur rency question has settled itself, just as. all financial questions settle them selves under the insuperable rule of necessarj supply and demand. , But under the Administration of President McKinley new evils have arisen . which are full of destruction to every important element of our in stitutions. There are just four great principles of government which distinguish the United States from other national in stitutions, and it is to their control ling influence that our phenomenal progress and development have been attributed. First The dependence of an honest Administration seeking the good of all the people upon the good will of an unselfish, patriotic people; Second The maintenance in integ rity of our republican Institutions; Third The absolute subordination of the military to the civil power; Fourth The refusal to imperil' our own liberties by interference in for eign complications. It is to the debit of the McKinley Administration that it has seriously attacked, if it has not overturned, each and every one of these four car dinal principles of the American Re public. (l. The McKinley tariff bill was but the forerunner of the McKinley Administration in that it set up classes of a few to be benefited at the expense of the many, and that principle has been carried into every ramification of the Administration, Every public question has been approached from the standpoint of productiveness in political power, and every attribute of government has been used, not for tb benefit of all the people, but as a means of placating particular inter ests or producing monr.y with which to corrupt the franchise. ThU politi cal corruption has progressed more under the three years of the Tlanna McKinley Administration thaa iu till the 120 years of our existence as a republic; t has risen to such condition that it may be said with eutlre fair ness that every governmental favor has its price. The evident and inevit able result of this is that the Admin istration seeks its re-election by the same means' the self-Interest and corruptablllty of the people. To this end everything is being turned And flagrantly turned. How different from the methods and means by and through which the election of every 'American President, from Washington to Garfield, was sought! (2.) The -foundation of republican institutions in this country is that all government shall be for all our peo ple and that wherever our dominion exists there does our- republic main tain itself. But, how different under the McKinley Administration, which sets up an empire in the Philippines; a territory in the Sandwich Islands; a province in Porto Rico, and a military protectorate in Cuba and all managed by the same clique at Washington ac cording, not to law, but to the personal ambition or desire of the Administra tion, or of those who have a pull on It (3.) In every preceding Administra tion it has been the aim of President and Congress to depend wholly upon the militia of the States for any emer gency, and to maintain as small a standing army as was necessary to curb the Indians, watch our frontiers and occupy the forts erected as a pro vision against attack. But now the President must have an army of a hundred thousand men, and must have power to use them at his will. And we find that to-day Cuba is be ing held and controlled by military rule and by an armed force without any authority in Congress and without any right in the President except such as followed a warlike occupation of the island. Our own territory of Porto Rico is held under a military regime rendered necessary by the unpopular ity of the civil, government set up there. In .the Philippines the civil government is a mockery and a pre tence, and the military government makes the law, construes the law and executes the law. And yet we turn up our noses at the Central American republics. (4.) The position of affairs in China demonstrates the wisdom which im pelled Washington to demand, in the Interests of public safety, that the United States should not interfere with the internal affairs of any for eign Government, nor entangle itself by alliances with any of them, What the outcome of the Chinese imbroglio may be none can tell, save that we are likely to pay dearly for that conceit which made us project ourselves into Asiatic affairs. Any one of these four texts would furnish Mr. Bryan with a subject for effective amplification. Enough Said. ' The Republicans declare th$t they are not for the trusts. The trusts are, however, undeniably "for"' the Republican party. l Can anybody doubt why? N. C, THUlSDAY3 OCTOBER 4, 1900. WELLINGTON ANOUff N APOLE FEDERL IMPERIALISM; Tho ICarjrlaad Betfcl4an "Senator hvs4 His Sf9 V Btyan. 4 . ' The impei1atobtefr will sav'4tlWHY IT IS NECESSARY TO ADMIN one of the rhlrf vits lor th ISTER A REBUKE TO M'KINLEY.- dential VamDaima l&v: was' ihte'! mass meeting at" Ctftetland, M4- Which Mr. Bry&!) W3ived a pledg cf support , from Geori 8;f: WellingtonV A lltelonsr RennhMVi flirt! tmw tor from Maryland. g 'i It must have stioid the ten thbuMcKinley's surrender to a caste influ- sand at the masi ifbeejng to lfeireuee which demands a strong central very American marW rben SenaW sized Government and a policy of em Wellington said: X'' I - Plre in place of a Democratic Govern "I cannot see-, my r-eip to inVegh ment animated by Republican policies against imperialism, SVaih'st the une)n-as made it necessary for the people stltutionality of theQ Blcan lr- (ft this country to administer to him iff bilL the unrighteon of .attempt 5-and-to 1118 party a rebuke so severe lng to enslave the fSftaFjltttnts of fhethat the world cannot fail to under Philippine Islands -'dt.4he dishonor 0tand and appreciate its significance." of breaking our plejej Cubajfihd 5 Uce before ir American history at men, necause oe tfM aadate or a pme very ueginnmg or tuis uovern sinlster influence wbh dominates fhe 'ijne'nt, the alignment now necessitated. President, forsweaPmyconvictfoiis, set at naught my detralons. and So as did Senator HoinJK : others4-p- peal to the past n -;fhe:tfuture. f if "The past is dead, cannot change it. No appeal will fachpts deaf ekr. The future is nok itfaoy Steeping, kad it is not in my fioli ft- tofashlon l." Behind this mora" ..hero comes ftae usual and expected gpy t "Traltbfr But that Is not argneht! The l- grined Republican Jessl has no an swer to the fearles.i MaJ-ylander ejc except. this: v i M f. He hates McKinW?. Jtliis is Wil- llngtpn's revenge." : & Senator Wellingtoiirfanivers: tf "McKinley deceivelStneKl He gotnsy vote for the Paris atnion a fhk pledge. He is walK'n!vacillat(Dj He is not fit to beifresldent." Fair-minded, men -aSasts iustif v f i5- sentment that is cau? lbjjeceit. Wl- personal aversion. AJe ?elieres 'hat Mciuniey s duplicity was avrongedithe people of his State a. I jeoparded free dom in this Republli if f r Mr. Bryan's eloqufie on this occa sion was at its highe . when, speaking of Senator Wellingtci b said: ; i What is his insplttioii? Does he come to us for mone: N-) ;man would come to the Deraoc.ticV party fffr money. Does he con fo'honor? own party has satUd his ambition ror Honor. What W-nlrsShim to the Democratic party at 'l&lssrjme? wjbitt makes- bim act wltlCtaopejrWho sup port the Democratic VtXtT ; Senator Welllngto&JbellAVea that sen Administration that ks for an arniy four times as large athej army w!bea it went into power tjdabwardsj' im perialism. Let anyvf fou. deny it. Why. it was the boar of -Republicans in years past that w did not need a large standing armyO vtfels couatyy- If you can in one administration juai. tlply your standing &Jajpy four land make it 100,000 Instefl og 23.000 will it not be easier for tUfei next Adminis tration to multiply It hrffoar and niofce. York Journal. ' -j-V-' H'u i-'t -3- K . Olney's Beasoas Por SkHporttne; Brytjn. In my judgment ncngMs uow so important as that the v meilcan pebble should take this, theU'-firs opportuni ty to emphatically-proist jkgalnst that excrescence upon original irepublicab ism, which may be 'Ued? MeKinJejy ism. : . f If the American peC-f4e liow soIeWn ly record themselves ui approving; the McKinley Administrated and all' s works , fy' I It will mean that tfcAnjerl can giK ple sanction a syndic&ed i Presidency a President got forhe Republican J party by the money ajra ombinatin of capitalists intent ujfyn, securing na tional legislation in W of their par ticular interests. It will mean that tnVAmericanf peo ple approve the tactleStandT brutal pol icy pursued since the Ilbillpine acqui sition was made, w&'&.bvvf what, was pressed upon the cOtfh'y is a treaty of peace was in fac bat tbe slgtaal for another more cojltiy, bloody i Itad prolonged war. jr; : ; ' It will mean that tJje AnieVican! peo ple either do not sc v. of eelngi Ap prove the -great and g rowing, if notfal ready overwhelminj vj inuencej .1 of nioney in our politic i'Oar.. Govern ment was not con fted -jcxc framed as a money making t&hlD,-eveifr for the profit of all the;3Kverned mtch less for the profit of ii?tictilar clashes or portions of the governed-; ' . Should McKinley ism; -aWin previl, for example, it will Sot oe became it is not cordially distrusted by, the great body of Amerhfan electors', lit will be because of the4nflunce of the purse and of the soUclious Application of an enormous candtlgn fund fee cause of an "investmera scave," whlfh, in some measure genue jvlll belin much larger measure Hirtf ady wo(tted up for election ends. S' ' ' j In the defeat of the Republican pafty in the coming electicia Jie !tbe pbly hope of the roversal -Jf thoje, policies and the beginning' of 4 retuSh to mjre wholesome policies-. Selections " frm Richard Olney's lette C r 1 Hanna JtatMS a W tsBe. ? It has remained fo Senator Hamta to suggest an issue wlch touches the stomach. This issue thei ttljU dinner pail, and , it is charTcterhic of; fie gross and sordid pol!rv of fye pacty in its dealings with 1 wi'irigmn. The American workiriman iias stiffly the right to expect vtete than a bare living. The privilegef;toiaing week in "and week out for bafe. necessi ties of life is not a vynlliifaig pipn pect, and yet the BepV IcanJ party bas seen fit to elevate tb .sortilege ioto a campaign issue.TtfeoTi4pHerJd Transcript. -c - 'j - Commerce's rio of tiic;-i M Commerce Is. a stijt f)wer.4 3of peace, jiot a produetrrf ait cannot be made to g ow inline Phil ippines by the device etfHbatigg the tBhabttMttf f h' PunUh Him For Surrender to aCaaU Infineece Which Demands a Strong ''Centralized Government and a Policy t Empire In Place of a Democracy.. It is unhappily true that - President lthat of the friends of the people and believers in popular government pagainst men who doubted the ljeople's Rapacity to wisely govern themselves. vas drawn. Thomas Jefferson then 'Mood where Mr. Bryan now stands, he firm and fearless advocate of pop-' ilar government, urging that the full- Egfet measure of control and responsi-: .mllty;be placed in the people's hands.' ylexander Hamilton the friend ot. England, stoou wuere now stands Mr. cJlcKinley. denying the people's cauac- 0y for self-rule, fearful of liberty.J pteosiue to a .government or tne people the people for the people, .claim- 4&g tuat the British Government was .1 he world's model Government. The. - American issue of 1787 is now the 4 -American issue of 1900. ' mThe issue of 1787 between ThomasLord-" "And n0. if 'yon like the Jefferson' and Alexander HamiltonIs!?uIlty aown Wltb tne flust. aa tho ias fathers 1Q favor of Jefferson and pop ular government. The .mglomaniac Hamilton's plea for the establishment gor a uovernment on tne tsntisu moaei aid not prevail. An American free Government was established instead. In little more than a century this. Gov ernment has risen to first place in power and honor in the world. The American people have governed them selves wisely and well. In doiug this hey have by example held out to all the peoples, of the earth the promise of an ultimate freedom akin to their own. They have supplied the one ar gument for popular government that i unanswerable. They have proved! hat it is the safest and most benefi cent of all Governments. Liberty lovers and liberty seekers the world rover have been enabled to point to the United States in proof that they were hot mere Utopian theorists lu contend j lug for popular government against caste rule- i It is pitiful that iu the flower of the" nation's development as a free and self-governing nation, at the momentiyxhe window cord is broken," she when we had crushed the pride of im perial Spain In order that little Cuba might have freedom, au American President ha's seen fit to repudiate the Yery principles upon which our great ness and our glory are based, and him self to urge the system urged by Alex--inder Hamiltou in the earlier days. The American people cannot forgive Mr. McKInley's apostasy from Ameri can faith. They will In November re buke and punish him for his grievous Sin. They must do this in order to proclaim to the world that they- are "Still true to the principle of popular, goyemment that government of the people by the people for the people is ot perishing from the earth. St ouis Republic. Mr. Kryan Hat Grown. ? Every day it becomes more and more evident that Mr. Bryan has grown with the last four years. .1 The Pittsburg Post declares that be has not lost his hold upon the people, in the four years since the struggle of 1896 he has traversed the country from end to end, addressing thousands upon thousands of listeners of every shade of political belief and the result, is an overwhelming confi dence In his downright and upright sincerity of purpose. And his many frank utterances as appearing in print have only tended to strengthen that confidence. ! Honesty and sincerity, then, are generally recognized as mak- ng up a large part of Mr. Bryan's character. , Bryan is the great American of to-day. W What History Show. -According to an organ of imperial ism Mr. McKinley is too easy going and too amiable & man to undertake overthrow the republican instltu- lions of this country. Experience has! ahown that the change from democ-h8, m weIf a,m VJ racy to Imperialism is often a sradual " f aiid slow process. Napoleon would never have made himself First Consul tnd finally Emperor of France had not conditions been ready for him. Rome still preserved the empty forms of re publican government when the Em ygrov consulted the Senate about' a 1.0" more important matter than a new source for turbot. At the rate at which imperialism is progressing in tills country Congress will hardly be consulted even on such a matter as tht. - ; i A legradlnir Spectacle. it is a depressing, a degrading, spec table, not merely for the members of a . once great party of idjeas, which used to be led by thinking men, but fcr all Americans. Hanna enthroned means the dethronement of all that is best in American institutions Albany Argus. Protection. Of what benefit is it to seventy mill iojas of people to pay more, than an ar ticle Is worth merely for the purpose of allowing c few thousands of Ameri can" manufacturers to sell their wares foreigners cheaper than the foreign manufacturer can sell them? Op'aa W$rl6-Heald.. HELP THE ORPHANS. (rp Says a Day Should Be Set Apart for Them. EMBODY OUGHT TO GIVE Mrs. Arp Says She Is Willing To Olve a Dollar Iff Bill Will Work It Out. - Come now, let's divide out. There are l-t 0 good working days in the year. Suppose we call one of them orphans' lay. We have a Labor Day and Wash ington's birthday and independence lay and other days set apart for ob servance, why not have a day for the orphans of Georgia? The orphanage it Decatur is in great need ,a.nd the pood men in charge have asked the people to give, the 29th day of this month to their service, the labor and jarnlngs of one day. What better can we do with it? Madam DeStael said that our bank account in heaven would be made up of the money we gave away in charity while we lived upon the jarth. Huntington died worth $50, .900,000, but he could not take it with Aim, and it is feared that he will hav a very small bank account up yonder. He could have endowed a hundred or. pranages and had plenty left for. his kindred. Surely we can all eivj something on that day. I am eoine to give $2. Mr. Crumley shan't shake his Methodist locks at me. "He that givth to the poor lendeth to the ; Bia ocoicn preacner saia wnen he sent around the hat for chairty. The word fatherless means an orphan a child Ihereft of a protecting parent, either I father or mother, or both. The word motherless is not in the Bible, but the word fatherless includes it, and it is found in the scriptures thirty-eight times, and is always coupled with a reward to those who befriend the 'or phan, or some calamity upon those who oppress them. Job says, "If I have lifted my hand against the fath erless, may mine arm from my shoul der blade," and St James says, "Pure religion is to visit the fatherless and 4he widow in their affliction." Good friends, it will not do to say you have never wronged the orphans. Neglect of them is a wrong. If nobody gave what would become of them? Every body ought to give give according to your purse give as the Lord hath blessed you. It is a peril not to give. St. Peter keeps the books, and I want him to find my name- on them with a 7 good bank account attached. I had a funny conference with my E wife about this. She says she will give a dollar if I will work it out. "What do you want me to do?" said 1. said, "and the sideboard lock is out ot order, and the longhandled broom that I brush down the spider webs with is worn out and needs another broom on it." "Is that all?" said I. "Oh! no. The hall papering is pealing off and needs repasting, and there is a leak in the roof over the dining room." "Is that all?" said I. "Well, you can finish the day sifting the ashes and putting some around the rose bushes. Mr. Berchmans's book says that ashee are a good fertilizer for the roses." I pondered awhile and then ventured to ask where she was going to get the dollar to pay me. "Why, from you of course," she said. "Where did you ex pett me to get it? Didn't I give you everything I had, and didn't you prom ise to give me everything you had? Didn't you say, 'With all my worldly goods i thee endow?' What's mine is mine and what's yours is mine, too, according to that." "But my dear," said I. "haven't I supported you and maintained you for all these years and responded to every want and wish 1 could?" "Why, yes, of course you. have; but if a wife was to keep ac counts with Ijer husband she would bring him in debt eevery time. Board And clothing don't pay lot nursing and night watching and sewing and darn ing and housekeeping, and raising up fcten children through infancy and childhood, and doctoring measles and whooping cough and boils and colic, etc. I made a thousand little ear- f.ments for them with my iieedle befora these was ever a sewing machine in vented." "Yes," said I. "I remember: Hand you made your own clothes and; imy shirts my plaited bosom shirts, twith pearl buttons yes, I remember; L can't find any as good now." Then she remarked: "You couldn't get a good housekeeper for lesa than $100, oer.year, could you? And that would! make over $5,000, and the interest com- nonnded would make five times as five times W....V. mnra that vmi ow me. and VOtl educate your ten children yoa always call them yours and that old Abe' r Lincoln set all your 'niggers' free, and that the war broke me all up and I've had to souffle for a living ever since, and I give you money1 whenever you ask for it and keep you in cologne and camphor and liver medicine and inis- -sionary money and little presents for the children and grandchildren cn their birthdays. Didn't I give you two dollars last week to buy amber bead 3 ior Mary Lou. When the conk quite or gets sick, don't I get up and inak p. fire and cook the breakfast and move .around on tiptoe to keep from weak tng you and and and haven t I made you a marble chin walk to the street for your numoer . 2 shoes to walk on?" "If that all," said my wife, and she laughed at-me and said? )X)h, you know I was just joking. I jtnow that you have done the beat you tpould. I wouldn't swap you off for fcnybdy. Now go and see if you can't jllmb that new ladder you made yes lerday and get some squabs for supper jo-night. There must be a dosen or 'ore up there, and ths girls have In vited company to tea," Ladder and quabs! Well, I trie the new ladder. ;t J fourteen feet long: and reaches up ko the fftUe end of the smokehouse, NO. 17. where the-pigeons live, and by the time I got nearly trtthin reach I didn't know whether my head7 was swimming or the ladder careening, and I just shut my eyes and slid down with alacrity, like a fireman, and liked to have had a fit ofnervoua prostration, and my wife just laughed at me when I told her I am the boy, and she hasn't yet re alized ithat I am growing old. I go to the butcher's and the baker's and the poetofffce and dig the potatoes and hunt up chickens and eggs and bring her fresh roses every morning and look after the little grandchildren while ate takes her evening nap. I have a lot of letters to answer every day, and be; fore I can finish one somebody wants something done, and when night comet am as tired as an old dray hone. We used to fc rich, fcut now we are as poor as Lazarus. But still we put on irs and keep open house Juet like we iid before the war, and our dally visi tors have, to be entertained and I mint help do it. A stranger csroa the other day while I was working the rosebeda and had charge of two little grand children and my wife was napping. He took a seat on a bench and said he same to see me about lying the sin of lying. This alarmed me for a mo ment. Then he said that I was the writer for the prees and had Influence, nd hft wanted mA to hln him rtrfarm the world about lying. And he toli me how the politicians lied and. the newspapers lied and the merchants lied and made their clerks to lie and deceive "their customers and how the lawyers lied in the court house to de ceive the jury, and some of the preach ers had got to lying and making up sensational stories in the pulpit. He was well posted and quoted scripture and talked in a stream until I got tired of his abstractions. Then he asked me if a lie or a decaptipn was justifiable under any circumstances. I replied that there were some white lies fcr de ceptions that I thought were admis sible under certain circumstance?. He looked surprised and asked me to give him an instance or example. Wei', said I, a woman. called on my wife yes terday while she wa3 in the kitchen putting up peach pickles. This o.d woman was a long setting hen and my wife got very tired of her, and at last when she rose to leave, my wife said: "Can't you sit longer? Why are you in su;h a, hurry? Well, do call again soon I'm sorry you can't ait longer.' ,The stranger spoke abruptly and said: "Your wife deceived her and did wrong she ought to have told her that she was busy and must be excused. Don't you think so?" Well, now, eaid I, let me put another case. You came here and found me hard at work with my coat off and I had two little children to watch, for my wife told me not to let them get out of my eight, and now they have gone, I must hunt them up, and I've listened to your abstractions for half an hour and all to no prac tical purpose, suppose I should say to you, my friend, you will have to ex cuse me; I must look after the chil dren and work my garden, and I reck on you had better go. What would you think of me and my rudeness ?He looked surprised and grieved and said. . "Do youimean it?" No, said I, and if I did, it would be very Impolite for me to tell you so. I had rather tell a lit tle white He hadn't you? He was sil ent for a minute, and then said: "Well, I reckon I had better go," and he bade me an affectionate goodby. But let us not forget the orphans nor the day. There Is no lie about that. Sometimes I feel like an orphan "myself and wish my father and moth er were here to comfort me. I recko that is a sign of second childhood. Now I 'have a labor of love before me. I shall compile, that book of poems and I want help. Kind friends have eent me 222 copies of the poem I asked for and it will pleas me and help me to have the lovers of good, pure poetic literature send to me the titles of, say, five or more of their favorites, and also the names of the authors. Addrees Major Charles H. Smith, Cartersvtlle, Ga. Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. f-pTIU!E greatness Is I alwavfi rutirinr , nd yet self -revealing. No man can rob yon cf the true riches except your telf. If a man has the Water Of Life his world can not he a deeert. Loves lftbsr light ens life's load. T.t vrmr bark be nropelled by the winds of heaven and not by the tides from beneath. It makes much difference whether a man has great desires or whether he desires greatness. The strangeness of the weakness of force is only equaled by the wonder of the force of weakness. It wouW be better for America that God's will should be done here than that her will should be done In all the world. The lights o! the world ought to be the leaders of men. Smart sayings usually sting. He who rests In God rises to heaven. The best ministry isr born of medita tion. Principle Is the principal thing in life. The gain of scheming is 'only seem ing. Small Talk is the child of Little Thought. Silent, secret service is often sweet est. The stronger the building the greater the danger when it sags. , He who has no appetite for righte-" ousness has the fever, of sin. The salt water of the world is sorry sattof action for the thirsty soul. The man who can be trusted, out ot . sight will do Just work out ot eight. A great many people go' to' ehurcb prayinrthat they may he?uf preiichinjt, that will hit soBsebody els. 1 mil H'. "ir ' . L - 2 , V fr. 1 I l V -s f 1 r i r -. - i t t"-i
Eastern Courier (Edenton, N.C.)
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Oct. 4, 1900, edition 1
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