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VOL. Xll.
Our Motto: PRINCIPLES AND MEASUJ.tES FIRST; PARTIES AND MEN SECOND.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. % THURSDAY, AUG. 9, 1894,
^,45.
^Professional Cards
^ R. tsilCKS, M. D.,
PIIYSICInN and surgeon
Henrietta, N. C
Dks. M. a. & C. A. BLAND,
-^Dentist,—
No. 21 NprlliyTryon Street,
OHAfeLOTTK, N. C.
E. F. GLENN,
—Dentist,-
Gastonia, N.
‘ Office in the rear
Oonfectioiicry Store.
G!cnd>
WILLI AM' y. LE\yIS, ,,
—ATTOEi^KT AT IjAA*';—
Gaatoilia, N. G.
Pr.aettccB in tiie State and Fed
eral CourtB.
J. A. ANTKOy.Y-
- “Attoeney at Law,—
Shelby,,N. C.
OSee in the Block. Ln~
trance upstairs, opposite Court
House.
A. G. MANGUM,
—Attukney at Law,—
Gastonia, N. p.
' AVill practice , in Gitstonia, the
a'djoiiting coiintieii, and tlie led-
o.ral Courts,
Dr. J. C; McCUBBINS,
—Resident Dentist,—-
Blaeksliurg,, S. C.
' Office liver W^lr-Sitait Bros.
•Po.’s store. • Call and see me-.,,
TEMPERANCE SPEECH.
Aa AtWress Delivepetl Before
tiiB Kinir’s Mouiitata Temper-
3ince Society on luteitiperance,
.April lO, 1894, \>yi Rev. W.
G. Neville, of Aorkville, S. C„
and Published hy Vete of the
Society.
My friends, I desire to-express
to you my hearty appreciation of
the invitation you .have so kindly
extended to me to address you oh
this occasion. I announce as my
subject: ,
The lireiifc Slaughter of Intern-
porauco. I. Tlie Slain.”
I. The fmanoial and material
slaughter.
One of our daily papers says;
'■ The 10,000,000 barrels of beer
sold last year would have filled-.',a
canal 21 iert wide and -fivo feet
deep exteuding from Noiv York to
Philadelphia, a distance of 90
miles, and it would take a piimp
throwing 30 gallons a minute, run
ning night and day, over 21 years
to pump it out. It was swalloivcd, ‘■
however.”- . i. |
Mr. EdwArd Atkinsori, the cele-1
her domesitic affairs arid takes a
delight in such work! The ichil
dren arei attending ,. ithe village
school, ar::d are progressing rapidly
in their studies,'the pride of their
parents amL'the' favorites of the
whole community.' Go with ihp
some evening and let us visit th-f.t
home. Tire 'father has cOme in
from his bcsiness to enjoy' the
society of his family. The mother
ha.s gotten through with ' her
hoii.sowork and has laid aside all
of its cares. The children have
prepared their lessons for the 'Hic-
ceedirig day, eager for the time to
come when they can bo with their
father and 'mother. They all
gather aroifpR the( hearth-stone
where they'have s^ent so many
pleasant cv.onings together. Dur
ing the evening the subjeot of con
versation turns on the two ®Mest
of the children, a son and a
daughter,. y!hom their father ■ ex
pects to st^jdioff to college' iext
year. The mother Says she -is so
auxfous about her son, for there
are so many temptations thrown
ill the ways of bqys off at 80^100!
.away from home, intluefiees and re-
bratodstafeticiaipputsUie amountDiroa,tly the subject cf
conversation changes. One of the
decision 'of cha
lost resplict fi
consequently f
Then look a'
fects of strong,
loot. It detl:
it destroys th^;
erates the meni'
prostrates the
Notice'next tl|
eiV Whiskey
nounced to be
chemists
drink pj
hetioe it'^oos
body. It in'teo
tion, for it exj
flueace over
function'
the heart, the’
and .their
mother of dis'
pepsia, jaiindij
ulciice, dropsy
gout, tremor:
toria, epilep'
apoplexy, meli
delirium tremd
age, and linull f
Dk. j. R. OSBORNS,
—De.ntist.
Shelby. N* C.
We make a speeiaMy of
'.y:vinir
your teetli. Give us call. 'Office
over J.-S. Miu tiu A Ison’s stor^.
J. E. WllISNANT,
..\J^ENT1.ST;
HENJIIETTA, N - C.
ne'Xt door to Bb. Hicks.
I am prepared to do all kinds of dental
work in fir«t-cla.ss style at moderate
p'ticefi, and solicit a jiart of the deidal
nractice of the surrcuudiiig.,community.
J. W.-GIDNEY, ,
ATTORNEY AND eorNSET.LCP.|.T LAW,
SHELBY, N. C.
Give careful attention to the col-
lecion of debts, partition of lauds,
advising exeentors and aduiinistra-
tore, settlenicnt ot estates, exami
nation of titles, drawing instru
ments' and giineal legal buBiness.
' Office vvesti of the court house,
Over 11. D. T'.-be & Co.’s .jbank, the
old office of Gidhey & Vfebb.
A. Telling History
- -yj
. .. ^-oy A—
, GREAT MEDICINE,
PEP - 0 TASl
—Foil—
V ■
DIARRHOEA, FLIJ;!
AND KINDRED
DISEASES.
It is as good as it is
wonderful. No Cnromos!
No Premiums! It recom
mends itself! It is the '
mother’s safeguard for'
teething children: It is
worth its weight -in gold.
Read this strong ; endorse
ment. It is backed: by over
2,fX)0 more of equally positive-
ness: ■- :
I have used Pep-o-ta^h in over
500 cases. It has never failed
in a. single case.
H. M. Eppj.eman, M. D.
Mount Holly, N- C.
For sale by : y,.
SOUTHERN CHEMICA,^k;' CO.,
Chaklottl., N. C., ,
And sold by all leading drug
gists and general merchants.
barer SHOP.
fT'he Tonsorial Art in all its
fancies and touche; for modern
'times will he conducted by
D. AV. DAWKINS.
of beer consamod in 1892 in the
United States at 974,24t,863 gal
lons. At 50 cents per gallon Jit
would cost 48"';123,96L He puts
the amount of ivhiskey used'as a
beverage (after deducting 10,000,-
000 gallons used in the arts and
scieiicos); at 78,808,330 gallons,/at
a cost to the consumers of .$354',-
687,485. • He puts the amountyof
domestio. wines used at 25,000,000
gallons, costing .$50,000,000. The
imported wines and beer he esti
mates to.ybe worth .$43,0ol,808.
These figures are for 1.8,91. In
1892 there was a eonsiderable in
crease over 1891. Mr. .'Itkinsou
puls the whole amount spent-on
intoxicating liquors in 1892 at
$1,000,884,277.
From the Interior Deiiartment
f the Uni-t'xl .States wC Ham that
there are ti;i, this countryuio less
than 5;652 distilleries, 2,830 brew
eries, tand--176,260 places where
strong drink is sold. At a very
low oStima.te-iliere raust be 500,000
hands engaged iiy vthe .manufac
ture and sale'-'of- in^xicatmg
iiquor.s in this country'.' At 75
ce-ots per. day tkeir labor is worth
.$375,000.’ .
Then we must take .dtito cdii-
Sideratioii the worth of 4-he pf--
d.pct8 out. of which t!i6 strong
d'fiuk is'.made.
Now,-, if we will add all those
togeohotand take into account the
indirect cost to the country^ in the
way of crime and pauperism, we
will have., in the neighborhood af
$l,500,00t),000. lihese figures are,
indeed, startling; .n-ud it would be
hsrd to believe them had they not
b©«i gathered witli so much care
by competent hands.
Give, me the money s.pent on
-sU'hng drink, and I will build a
go'od church and school Ivoiise in
every community; I will pay the
salaries of the minist-;rs and teach
ers. I will build a splendid col-,
lege at every court house, and put
in it & good faculty and a!
good library. It will put -a.
copy .-of the Scriptures in the
hands.of every human being 011-
tho earth. AVhat a financial 4iid
material slaughter 1
Now what does intemperance
give us in return for this vast and
onorpyons expenditure of money?
Crinie,.disease, pauperism, dogra-
datio'i^..poor houses, asylums, jails
and prisons.
2. No-ti.$a next to social slaught
er. If yGr^-oould go through the
thousands of homes w-hioh have
been bereft of. their peace and
happiness by this' great destroyer,
you could appreciate the meaning
of social slaughter. Could you
see what this ihonster is -doing to
sap the very-foundations and de
signs of society, then-y-sh could
realize the. extent of this social
slaughter.
Let me draw you a picture. The
sceneis a real home in a cpiiet,
prosperous country town. The.
inmates of that home are a happy
father, a loving mother and four-
obedient children, two sons and
two daughters. The father is eiv
gaged in a prosperous business in
[acter. They have
themselves and
Veveiybody else.
disaBtfCus ef-
ou tha intel-
; the' reason ;
dgment;’lt oblit:
iry; it completely
t!,l.
physical slanght-
a poisoi-i, pro-
:h by competent
iiysicians. Strong
lie bloodand
.H parts of the
3 wdth the iiiges-
ery bad iii-
fioli and its
(ibles the liver,
gs, the'- brains,
'is. It is the
producing dfs-
emaoiation, co‘-fp-
icers, rheumatism,
palpitation, bys-
palsy, lethargy,
ncholy, madness,
is, 'preniativre old
death. It-' may
take them sam 1 time to mature;
'town. The .mother is ’ousy about
daughters says she has learned
new piece of music to-day. All the
I rest are anxious to, hoar her plaf-
' it. She goes to the Jjiano, does he;:
best, and receives, as she deserves,
the.'cqmplimeuts of all. After talk
ing a while the time comes for
family worship. The mother g»ts
the Bible and hymn book and
places- th4m on the table. ,. The
father lakes the hymn book' and
says; Leb-its sing the 244th .byniii,
“Jesus, IcJVer of AlydSoul.” .'They
all sing 'fith tiie heart and '-'with
the undetfstaiKling. A' Then the
father ta’nes the B.^ble which he
lias taken so oftenbefore, find
says; -Ywill read ths.HOod Psalm,
“Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and
all that is within me bless His holy
name.” After the reading, they
all kneel around thejfamily altar,
and the father leads that happy
circle in prayer; and, 01 what a
fervent prayer it was coming right
straight from the'heart! The de
votions being finished, they spend a
short time in conversing on re
ligious topics, and then kiss each
other good night. That, my friends,
is the picture of areal homes.
Who would be,-60 moan as to mar
t!|e pleasure of--, that home? Is
there anagent ou earth low enough
to destroy this home? AYs, tliere;
is an enemy on-.-,earth that would-
march right into that delightful
homo and tare'down that sacred al-:
tar and break, asunder all thoesi,'
hallowed associations and destroy'
all that blcEfied happinese. His
name is strong; drink. He would
enter every horao in this commu
nity and put .put every light in
them. II# would pull down the
pictures froniithe walls and take
up the, carpets from the floors.
He Would starve the cbildisii and
clothe .them in rags. He;.; would
break the mother’s heart aitd drag
the father down to disgrace and
degradation. He would have the
sheriff to sell the house and lot to
pay the .whiskey bill. This is no
dream, nd fancied pictnss drawn
from my., own imagiuaticki. It is
truth and'.not fiction. Turn this
.enemy loose and what would he do
in this community? ,In his march
cf destruction, he wotild pull down
to the ground every church and
every institution of learning r.ud
every home.
3. Look at the moral, intellectu
al and physical slaughter, AVhat
does stronk drink care for morali
ty and religion? 'Absolutely noth
ing, except to ..destroy them.
AVould YOU see profanity? Then
go. among the drunkards. AVould
you see dishonesty? Then go
among those who frequent places
where intoxicating liquors are-
sold. There yo'i will see the gam
bler with his deck of cards. There
you will hear the profane person
caricaturing the - Bible, making
light of religion,-.sneering at the
ch urch of God, and ever defying
God himself. Their consciences
are so seared as with a hot iron,
that their moral sensibilities are
■blunted ,nnd sometimes destroyed
They care nothing for virtue and
6 to come'.. A^ou
oes' of tliorPk, nor
It has been au-
tliat while the
Out they are sii
can’t gather gra
figs of thistles
thoritively show
probabilities of, future life
temperate man ut the age of fifty
may be reckoned at twenty years,
those of the druiiKard at the safne
age, are only four 'years. It lias
been also shown that the deaths
among druukarfjs between the ages
of 21 and 30 have been more than
five times
and ijctween the ages of
31 and 50 more than four times, the
number among! the temperate at
the sanie ago. j
It is c.'3timato|. th'it not loss than
60,000 drunkards die annually 5‘ii
tlio United States. From the-?6
drunkards -who lire, murdered by
strong drink 'ii’it''i a procession,
marching in sin.fleifile and allow
ing one yard Ij^y.-een them, the
proeession would bo more than 33
nii'les long; and it would take
tliun more than eight hours to
pa?!S a given point traveling at the
raCe of 'four miles per hour 1 tramp!
tramp! tramp! aiarching down
ttj* degradation, destruction and
death!
' It would be moris appropriate to
to suppose all these drunkards bur-
'led in one grave-yard, drunkards’
cemeler)'. Sixty -fiiousand gi’aves
filled every year.-' and on every
tomb-stone would Be written, mur
dered by strong di'ifag! Making al
lowances for walknetc., this annual
'cemetery of the drunkards would
include about 500 ieres. 0 what
a physical slaughter 1 AVars and
famines and pestilence have ^ain
their thousands, but intemper-ance
has slam its millions.
4. The spiritual slaughteriof in
temperance.', This demon destroys
not only the, body, but also the
soul. Its b.'ieot^ do not stop in
time, but they ran clear through
eternity. Thze it the most .Start
ling and alahpiipg aspeotiDf .the
whole questi'iff., The wise Iman
says: “At the last it bitetli like a
serpent, and stin.jeth like - an. ad
der.” God says,jin 1 Coi-.v-fi:- 10,
Nor thieves,' nj'U' cove.tobe:, ner
drunkards, ■t)'or't:evilers, nor ex
tortioners, -ahall jtihorit th-B King
dom of God}.'” Alfhat a fearful des
tiny awaits the drunkard 1 AA’hat
more can he exp-
disfigured'" the irjiage
which hd -was cro;
lil5erat-jly rejecte.
lias excluded hj
Kingdom of God.'
ual elaughter!
ct since ho has
of God in
ted? He has de-
God ami his of
fers of ffiercy, am, in this 'way he
'Snself from the
0 what a spirit-
destruction of
souls; a destruijtion that shall
never end. Sixtythousand immor
tal '6-tmls
pouring into the pit of
etc'inal destruction everv'year from
this country and carried there by
strong driiik. Tiat is c-hough to
stir--iii to action. A'elio'W'■ f4vor,
chol'erA-, and small pox are ia be
dreaded ; but the_V cannot bo com
pared to intom'perance. For theji-
can is-nly destroy the body.; strong
drink destroys not only the bedy,
but also the soul. And did you
ever stop to think what is involved
in the loss of a soul? It will take
air eternity in which to make the
calculation.
Now the question toroo:; itself
upon us with power and energy,
AA’hb sleiv all these?” Thousa'nds
of widows, mothers;: and tens ’ of
thousands of poor orphan chi 1.Iren
are asking this question. AVhore
ikthe agent that is so mean ’ as to
slay'all these? Do you say, “strong
drink, did it.” In one sense this is
so; hut this does not.'solVej the
qiiestioii; for there is no datiger in
strong'drink, if you will’ jus't keep
enougli distance between you and
it. TlHip are many whom it never
troubleo, because ^hey never troub
le it. It has no feet with 34111011
to walk about in the raid-night
hours to Bunt up its victimb,' It
lias no hands with which totfilust
the assaiisin’s dagger into the iieii't
of man. It . has no mind with
which to plap'against the welfare'
of society."Biit, my friends, strong
drink has an ah arniy of well equip
ped Boldiereivhb are responsible for
this great' ■slaffghter. ’■
III now’c'all your attentioii to Uie
slayers, of'the responsible parties.
I. Firtiilordbrare themanufaot-
lirers of intoxicating liquors. I
arraign the distillers of the land
before the’fa,af of justice -And I
maintain that they are responsible
for this gteat slaughter. The
fountains o'f this great stream of
iniquity arc to be found ,,in the
breweries and distilleries 3pf the
land. The distillers are ihanufac-
tumig by the ivholesale cyimo and
shame and poverty an4i,;tl-isgrace
and death. If I. manufacture a
drug which I know will desttp.y ,t(ie
lives of the people and I spatter
this drug broadcast over thi^^lapd,
encouraging the people to U9,e. ,it,
am I not guilty }bf the blood, of’.Jill
the people destr-^yed by this,, dnig?
The licensers'are responsible for
this great slaughter. The; Scrip
tures utter no uncertain so^nd bn
this subject. They clearly teach,
beyond the shaiow of a doubt, that
we are resjionsible for the -welfare
of others, as far as ciir ability
goes. '
Suppose I see the midr.nigho ak-
sas.sin enter my neighbor’s house
with tlie purpose of murdering all
of its inmates., and tbe'’'power is
within my hftiids to stop him ; in-^
stead of arresting him, I icnoourage
him to go on, giving hiffi, in this
way, the Jreensb to commit the atro
cious deed, yea, opening the door
for him to eutei'. Am I not a par
ty to this great crime?, I would
be held just as'strictly a murderer
I'a the sight of yiod as the man who
plunges the knife into tlie heart of
the inmates of that house.
Take another example; Suppose
thkre ia some fearful dfScaBO pre
vailing around'■your towribwluch is
.yeky oontagioua, say the 2Hia':l-pox,
and there ia a bad case of, this dis
ease wanting {o come into your
very.-inidst. The qiiestioaV wheth
er he shall comb in or note', is left
to a vote of the .people. The vote
is taken, and the people ,^ay by
their votes, let him come in'. The
disease pomes iii.and destroys many
lives. Noiv where does the rospou-
sibility’of all this lie? Certainly
with thsse who'v'otod to let the des
troying' malady come into your
midst. '-.(Jhrist says: ‘-‘V/pe .unto
the wori'ri because ot oWhees:
for it must needs be that b-ffences
come; but woe tothat 'maii by
whom the offence oometb. I
3. Once more, the dealers in' in
toxicatin'*'.liquors are responsible
for this greiit slaughter. God says :
“Woe unto” him that giveth his
neighbor drink, that putteth tliy
bottle to iiim, and makeSt him
drunken also.” AVoe to the man
who stands beliind the counter and
deals out fleath to the people.
These men-are the most culpable
of all; l-cAsuse tiiey stand fi-oe to
face with the people, taking their
money., and'itiv'iig them —-^liat?
CrimS'p maiincse, poverty, drttiik-
eiiiiecs and death. They are guil
ty’, and can lie excused -o.u no
ground wjiatcver. Wlio slfew the
thousands of drunkards?' AVho
blastcd'So many bright proSpocts
and so many bright intellects?
AA’ho made so many homes deso
late and so many hearts broken?
Wlio'>destroyed so mnclf-'peace tnd
hapjiiiicss? Let the mathers and-
the'widows and the pqbr orplian
cliiidren of these drunkards an
swer. Aon dealers in intoxicating
liquors did it. Yon destroyed our
pldasant home. Yea murdei-ed
m^Bon, or my husbafld, or my fa-’
thS-L T’ou have taken the bread
and meat out of on;' mouths and
clothed us in rags.
AVhat then shall' we call the
place ■ivhere strong drink is sold as
a beverage? it is the deii of Iniqui
ty and the home of the g'unbler.
It is the nest' of hatred, erime,
wrath, strife, seditions, riots, tiiur-
dei's, dnmkennesB, rcvelings,' wile-
beatings, and such like. Yc8,’it is
•‘the vestibule of hell and the syn-
ago.gue of the Devil.”
slai;’.
ill. Why have these ]
all 'tiiese?. ,
The answer is to make money.
Mo'f.ey ii:at the bdttoin of it all.
That is tlio true philosoplij' of this
business. , Men will, take the com
forts out .of thousands of homes to
make mioney! They' will destroy,
the peaco'and happiness of a eom-
munfty, to,; :mako money! They
will snatch the bread and rneat out
of the mouths of wives aiid 'children
to make money! They Will send
immortal souls to,hell to me.lte mon
ey! 1 thick we can now appreci
ate tlio words of the A post,!e ' bet
ter than ever before: ‘-Th.b love ot
money is a root of all evil!’’
IV. AVhat is the proper course
for us to pursue in reg;ird to this
subject. -
1. AVp ought to abstain from all
drinking ; ourselves. There is a
great deal mpre power in example
than in pfc'ceptC;, If yon would in
fluence (ithers dll this subject, yon
must first intlueneo y.qarsolf. The
moderate drinker is.tl'.e man who
does the harm. A drunkard is e-
iiough to disgust a young man and
he does do this in many eases; but
when the young man sees this one
and that one drink and never get
drunk then bethinks lie can do the
very'same tiling. This is a-,trap
which eatcljps thousands of ’y.ouhg
. ''',4
2. AVe ciight to do all we can'to
keep d’thers from drinking. AVe
should Warn them against the dan
ger thei'l; is in strofig drink. ' As
far as wa can, wo ought to keep in
toxicating liquors but of their reach.
3. AA’e ought to enforce all pro-
hibitefy laws,' It is our dutjl, as
Christian citizcnaj’. to see that the
law 18 obeyed and the offender' pnu
ished. This eohrse ot proceedure
would show to ;the world that
when we have a la-iv it means some
thing. AVe need public sentiment
to back tlie'’law; and, without this,
it will be hard to enforce the law.
Law ■was ordained of God; and, as
his servant, you, are to s4e thai
this law is respected and pb yed.
These latt’S in many plaebs have
lieen violated to a very great ex
tent; and there has been a shout
of rejoicing in. the -camp.-oi -the.
whiskey ffien every time, this has
been donb. They have not only
encouraged lawlessness; but they
have boasted and gloried in it.
The whiskey power has done every
thing it conid to defeat every law
which has,been acted to regulate
and stipprCfe's the sale ot strong
drink. Tlie whiskey power would
prefer to lisive anarcli}' than to be
defeated ■’A their nefarious hfisiness.
The power, lias siieli a hol-i' upon
the represenatives of our govern
ment ainif upon tl:e public press,
that it will require,a nriited}. effort
on the ol" ‘^'1 good citizens to
entorca' the law. ;
May' the rich&t blessings of
heaven descend t:pon tlie efforts
put forth liy the gpt>d people ot
this ooinnimfity to cbtiqucr and de
stroy this great onsmy of man
kind.
A Mctiici’W SeventeeJi.
Montreal Dispatch.
A remarkable case of fecund
ity reported from St. Genevieve.
The of Palmer TheoreL a
farmefiof that place, has just
given burtF to triplets for 'the
second time in fiye'years, besides
having l^ins on three other oc
casions.' ' Airs. Theoret, who"; is
30 years Sf oi^e, is the mother of
seventeen'bhildron.
A device to enabrebicycle rid
ers to observe vehicles approaeh-
ing-from the rear -wilhout being
obliged to turn 4nd look back
heis been patented.
, .Italy produce.^ 33.4 per cent.
4f the wine of tho world, Spain
f3.8 per cent,‘ahd France 21.9
per cent., the^iffree nations pro
ducing 69.1 pfeNcent of the ag
gregate outp;i4, amounting to3,-
370.000,000 g-allons.
The largest farm in this'coffh-
try is in Louisiana,, it being
100 miles one way and 35 the
other. The fencing alone cost
$50,000.
A woman may doubt a mail’s
sincerity when he pays her a
compliment,' but ‘she doesn’t
doubt the compliment.
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Ill Incilem .
in tie ;life
olUtaii
Froui the Diiiry ot a Ijftcij;
Thegfintieman posi'ti'vely shout
ed he ',wus so much amused.
“ AAYB’,” he continued, wiping his
eyes, “the'sch.'xil 'A'as out, and we
all went our different paths liome,
My brother ■went with me to the old
farmer’s; and wliat dff you tiiink
he ga-ve me? Alind you, I had nm
all thb moftdng till I yu;s almost
sick,.arid had ‘caught I't’ besides,
CharlVe'; a.hd he gave me how
mucli.Fretif’
“A shilling an houi'ir” answered
Fred in Iris business tray.
“Five ddllafs,” said'-'Charlie.
“He give mo one penny, with a
hole in it.”
‘■Oh, the mean old scamp!
Didn’t you" slap it into his face?”
asked Charlie'.
“No indeed ; pehnies 'were not so
very plentiful in,my youthful days
as to allow that. I took it home'
and put it away carefully. Iloiy
long do you stippose I was -getting
pennies together to buy that
book?” ' '
“About a month,” said Charlie.
‘‘I could make two dollars a month
if tlmmadid not count so strictly.;
but she ■will have the -whole hour. ’
“bertainly,” he answered ; “she
is right' td t’bep her bargain. I wa's
just -ton' years savirigjup penny af-^
ter penjfjt .before 1’} could get my
book. But I got it .at lash and you-
dont know how much I -valued it:
much more than if I had exercised
loss self-denial. Many a time I
would count my pennies, and say,
‘I never shall have enough to buy
my book. I might as . well spend
this now;’but my .good angel
iwo-uld-say-iNti-I’-aml-i-would ■'vith- J
stand the tptnptation, and add soon
another penfi^r'- AVhat book do you
suppose it \vas?”
“A Bibh',”«aid Fro4.
“No. ■' T’hoie were 'always plenty
of Biblea in our house,' thank God! ”
“pAbinson Crusoe,’’.'said Charlie.
“No,” he answe'red-; “I never had
a chance of reaffi'ag Rb'b'iuson Cru
soe "'iill my son and,,rr:ead it togeth
er. Books were y’er'/ scarce wh eu I
was young.' It'.ras a Horace, Do
yon know who HorSfe.b was?”
“Yes, Sir,” said Fred; I do. He
was a poet, protected by Augifstus.;
he had for'friends Macce'niis,' Ti
bullus, Virgil, and others. He 'waa
a great man. His satires are the
best of his works.” ' ’
“AAYfl done my little'man!” an- ,
swereef the geiitlemaii':
“FG.haw. 1” said Chari,ie; “he did'
not'-'learn tiiaj.at scKrioL Mama
teaeffes him a|-l such things. That
aint book learning! ’
How the gentleman laughed.
“Mad'ain,” fe said, “I Congratu
late you upoE the great probability
of your prbiemineni sffccosB in
making two good 'iaen. AVhy
shbifld our men/not fee groat and
godfivith such mothers? Rome
could.not boaat of such women as
ours-: a few'aisolated acts-do in
deed show sorffp bright characters.
One thing we know ; when hCr de
cline began, the first exhibition of
it to the wojld was in the loss of
dignity in her women. But we—,
ive must bo a great nation with
such women as we have even now
in this oiTt'youth. My mother was
a great.aiid' a good woman; Con-
tihuo. Madam, and reap your re-
^ward,”
“I accept your ccmphraoiit,”
said I, “for the rest Af my sex;,
but for mj'Belf, 1 feel"that I can
not yet deserve it, for my experi-
ance is young; but as I advance I
shall hope to grow wiser.” '
“AYb” (he seemed'as if ep-oaking
to hirriself) “niy mother was not
highly educated, but she has strong
excellent sense—she was a good
\voma».”
•‘Looking at you,” I answered, “I
■should think she was something of
a Madam Mere!”
“You have hit it. And she loved
pennies as well as tho one you
mention, because she had been ear
ly taught their value by experience.
CONCLUDED ON FOITEJ'H PALE,