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RALEIGH. N. C. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1901-TWELVB PAGES:
No. 98
V
Pes
The Junior Reserves;
Or the Boy Soldiers in the WarBe
5 tween the $tates
Written for Tna
By T. C.
1 ii Is') V the Confederate Congress
p..-, I a j.nv requiring bo.rs between the
L-. ..: li and 18 years of age to enitist
! rt army in defence oftheiir States.
;1 : ! when they became 18 years old
transferred to the army in the
.;;:".' '.-rate -States service. Very little
:-. n said of these "baby soldiers."
I":-- wt'if several of them in my regi
m. :i; ;i:nl I can say that the most daring
;,niv -,v that I saw during the Avar was
i, y r!i.' iwy soldier I saw C. C. Bland
: :r i, the flag pole at the 'battle, of Fort
IV.. r after the flag had leen shot
:! 1 tie it to the flag staff under a
ii. -ny ii:v. and in the same battle D.
C. t 'iu-n -y. who was one of the detac h
in' ;:: -lpporting Capt. Adams light bat
, :... in the sallyport.w alk out in front of
i' . and deliberately shoot some
Viiiku- soldiers who were secreted in a
:iff pine shooting the men at the guns.
He killed several of them but lest his
. , ii y..t:n? lite in the attempt.
T'n iirt soldier killed, at the battle
1" ! : Fisher Tvas Private Davis, of
. ! : !r Reserves, and at the battle
H im y Hill, S. C, and Savannah.
:::.. they did efficient service. At the
:w., 1 .-r named places the breastworks
v !.". high for the shortest of thrni
r . - how to shoot over it, so a boy
vv. iM set oq his hands and knees and
fli--v hoy would stand on his back
fU i
I:
i-'iot, then exchange.
not practicable for me to recall '
many or the ncabe instances of J
sacrifice and courage illustrated .
liV
".V.
ov sumicr uuruij; mat sreai war.
rhailenge the history of all ages to j
'hks'i a sublimer example of patriotic
f-u-iifice and of unswerving fidelity
- ?! obligation of honor than that of
: youthful Sam Davis. While only a
y. yt-t more than man.
A:i the circumstances considered, he
, the noblest martyr and grandest
; of that war. As he looked from
hi scaffold into the lark gulf beyond the
: ar.. life is offered him it the ex
. -e if honor, and his reply was prompt
!!!! r..!t(ui vocal: "If I had a thousand
w I would give them all before I will
I -!y a friend." I eath then dosed the
i .iv.r.iful scene. All honor and glory to
if !u.-.w of the boy soldier and hero.
S Mm Tavjs. The State of Tennessee
-e! a monument to his memor)V!Mmo ht anA frp ronHno tiia nww
i f'J -and erect marble crum- cess a few times they raised a yell and
,fj ,!.' ! gi'jinite decays. I pro-ceeled to cross. Several men and
V'.n e will iiot admit, of giving all the U-agons with " supplies were swept down
r.-uri.-i-i.-irs of Sam Dariscase. - iht- stream and were lost. The boy sol
) ! ihn Mb of March, lSGo, the Junior di-s could onlv cross iiv the aid f some
J.i nvs held the works at South west . v- ;.i m
J. -.nvs held the works at South we-t
."?:k .mx miles below Kinston, N. C,
.van! -Me regular troops could make a
; a laimre
i:i;.ie of fresh troops from New Bern. !
ici.i? of fresli troops irom New Bern.
!!!! :ir den. Sehoneld. well dressoil. welt
well fed and well liffiiored as was '
ed by the condition of the pris-
.rti.imc-j. xue i"Jt wuurrs ium
a brave soldier m that engage
it nijrht we undertook a flank move-
I!
Ti.-nr. the boy soldiers being a part of
iir (umiand. The night was dark and
iiny. After marching - six miles
'"ii-h jnud and water they counter
n:ir. Ik -, hack to camp and the next day
tVv recrossed the Neuse river, burning
"up h-iilgp behind them, and marched to
M ,-h Hall, now LaGrange. The op
'".tiuiK in this engagement was a Cou
f? W.i;e success, and when the disparity
si li'iiii'scrs between the contending
j ;r (-e-i wa considered, it. was very cred
ir.ii.io t- thf Confederates. 1
itn. Iii'agg. in general orders, thanked
if fronjis for their achievements. The'
'"Ural of f;en. Sherman's army at
1 iy trevit'n, and the approach of their
from Wilmington to' form a
ji!wti..n.w-:th (Jeneral Schofield at Golds
r'i' caused the Confederate army
V nove in the direction- of
rhfie:n. X. C. Col. John H. Nether-
'; ff the Sixty-sixth North Carolina i
-iimnt. was put in command of the
,."n',v'' Reserves, which was a part of
' k' diri.v'ion. They arrived at
ifi.l.l .March 16th. There the boy
i..;,m witnessed, one of the. saddest
si-r;i( io of their experience in war.
- liii'it.iry execution, which attended
fn sIiMotinc to death of Private G. W.
fp. Company B. Twenty-seventh
." r,'-!'1 . regiment, who liad been tried
"i" miitniy by a court martial and con
'.ninp.i. The pa-isoner was made to
:,"'! ifL,l to a stake and twelve men
i ;,(.) ;,n l drawn up ten ' paces to
t u rn to death. Oh! how cruel it
!." ,to ,! at His late stage of the
". : "iifn tlie stniggle was perfectly
;;ir..'p This seemed to the boy soi
"r t . he little less than murder.
Bl ., ;i,v 'h .ISth we marched south to
l. (fin TU . , .
;..! Sherman's right flank at Benton
C' S0W1 as Jpn- Hardee, our
. r ' mmaiKler. renr-hoA RWAnrilU
s'k rt'"'lPs he moved by the left
T,; V 1.,,',kp's (our) division Jeading.
; -innior Rerves formed the riht of
ves formed the right of
vision. The onflv defence
-'. nmt large army was a rail fence,
Vimfcl e s.1lffpri many casualties. , The
aVr u rgea Moke s division, but
r a sharp contest at short range
n-pnlsed. On the 20th Shermnn's
y 0V0IT,!; reinforced the left; which
fa. , "rnf' nar'k. and was advanc
I'm i me it-irr
IIIKIV llT.r..
TTolre'a itivia-
. " ' nan
0ll fronts. fmH fvtrmoU (i 1!r
walJe!
tlie road. Here licrht defences
mi ' i , 1 tre('s and suea material
Fr0Jn ' nioved with our bayonets.
thn r" Sl,nspt Sherman's army,
"ir d v' ni:i,e repeated attacks upon
let? ., 1 S1X inousand men and
W'V'T ""iformly- driven back.
Jfl Timv ' ! skirnihing was heavy.
T. - 1 .
'tie eht ;1M. i checked the advance of
s'!m-i Al noon the march wax re-
Hii. JV"'
limped near Smithfield.
to tnr," -' "an. proceeded to Goldshoro
left n V "KUt extaiHiea Deyona
'"lr -i r' an1 lnafIe Posiition ex
Wk zsl r,lfs- Tha t night we fell
nil" ' r"spd the ereek near Benton-
. i ;i ri i." i .n .... l. i . i -w t
. a J'ltir-t i.iu with (Jen. Schofinld.
Homing Pen
DAVIS
Our losses in the battle of Bentonville
were 2,'Mti. while that of the Yankees is
unknown, but supposed to be double
that number. No bolder movement was
conceived during the war than this of
Gen. Johnson, when he threw his handful
of men nad boys on the overwhelming
forceo pnosing him, and holding a weak
line for three days.against more than live
times his number. The conduct of the
boy soldiers iu camp, on the march and
on the battlefield was everything that
could be expected of them.
On the retreat through Raleigh, where
many passed their homes, scarcely one
of them left their ranks to bM farewell
to their mother, sister or. friends.
Wihie the troops were in camip at
Smurhfield they were reviewed by Gen.
Tihnson, Hardei and Governor Vance.
There Avas not in the rrand parade of
that day the last grind review of the
Confederate army-i-a. more soldierly lody
of troops than the1 Junior Reserves.
Governor Vance made a Stirling speech
to the North Carolina troops, which by
its eloquence aroused enthusiasm and
eauseif the fire of patriotism to burn
inore brightly . in our hearts. We left
Smithfield April loth and reached RaJ
eigh the 12th. where we heard the heart
rending rumor that Gen. Lee had sua--'
rendered.
Our line of march was through Chapel
anj L,rd Coiiiwallis had led their troous
in the vain endeavor to subdue the men
-whosQ. sous now trod, footsore and
n-onrr ono-., oA ; i?a . ot-ikt.
for locai self-government. On reach-
mg Alamance creek, we had a. novel ex-
the current was stronsr. (Jen. Cheat
ham's -command was mo Ting !n front of
perience. On account of the heavy
rains the stream wa.s much swollen and
oik- division, and on attempting to fosnl
the stream several of his men were
swept away by the current and drowned,
whereupon the others refused to go for
ward. This stopped the entire column,
and the enemy's cavalry were closing
j.rfcssing our rear. The situation was
becoming critical. Gem Cheatham rode
to the fi'ont and learning the cause of
the. hallt he stized the nearest man to
him and into the stream they went. Af-
Urrong men. We continued the march 1
j Bush Hill, one mile from oil Trintt
j College, and then Gen. Johnson, c
tty
on
j,;tn- surrendered to tie
nian an1 we were paroled and ti
en. Sher-
man anj we were paroled and turned our
-.. i tu:,. -.,.
,i f aHi min. hoiM nnd asnimdons
an, dreams. Might had prevailed over
r ?ht nn. our vimns' I'ntifft wacv was l
no more.
North Carolina has much to be proud
of. She was first at Bethel, went fur
thest at Gettysburg and last at Appa
ma'ttox. Her dead and wounded in
battle exceeds in numlvers those of any
other two States of the Coifedefaey.
Bit her last and most precious offering
in the cause of liberty were her boy sol
diers, who at her bidding left thc'jr homes
and everything'that was dear to them,
and marched and fought, bled and died
that she might live and be free. (Jod
bless the Junior .lleserves. Their mem
ory will ever be cherished by the State
and people they loved so well. The
! Southern army was composed of the
flower of youth, of Southern manhood.
They were the "descendants of English
speaking people who had along the
stream of history fought many notable
bathles for human liberty. Many of
their ancestors had suffered and bled at
Valley Forge with Gen. Washington,
the first great rebel in American history,
and with him won independence and
the right of seif-govfc-nment at lork
town. They had followed John Sevier
at King's Mountain, and with Houston
to the far south vest, and achieved the
independence of Texas. Blot, from our
h'lstory tlie pages written by Southern
hands'and erase the record of deeds per
fo'rmed by her sons and the brightest
chapter aiid the grnaflest events in our
national life would be eradicated. No
war jn history ever produced greater or
more accomplished generals than those
in the Confederate army. But tlie great
hero of that wffr was not the man that
won the stars and the epaulets, but the
private soldier who marched in the maks.
The record of no country shows better
soldiers. Alexander : the Great never
led such soldiers at the great battle of
Jessus. Caesar nevet cr,f ed the Alps
with men of sternerS-.r Bonaparte's
ok! guards never ftfZfa foe wiith calmer
mien, nor stokith ,more undaunted
corjrage amt the- storm of battle.
I,eonidas, when he defended the Pass
against the invading -j hosts of Persia;
Sevier and his riflemen from the banks
of the Watauga, as they climbed the
steeps of King's Mountain and turned
back the tide of war in our own revolu
tionthese and all these displayed a
splendid valor, but it was left for Am
erican soldiers of- the civil war. when
he cnarged with Gen., Longst reefs corps
up the death laden heights of Gettys
burg, and the struggile around Snod
grass Hill, on the bloody fields of
Chickamauga. to -; reach the sublimest
heights of moral and physical courage to
which mankind has yet ascended.
All hail to the uolble women of the
South. When the true history of the
South shall be written its sublimest
chapters and brightest pages will be
those which tell of the faith, the loy
alty and the heroic devotion of the wo
men of the South. The ranks M the
old Confederates are growing thin, their
faces are furrowed -by-the scars of "time,
their "-locks are whitening with the
snows of many winters, their eyes are
growing dim and footsteps unsteady.
One bv one they are crossing over the
river. May their declining years be
brightened by the sunshine of peace and
contentment, and be sweetened by the
hope of a blighter day beyond the
skyes.
I ay again. God 'bless the boy soldiers.
Morehead City, N..C. . .
EARLY CLOSING-
Bat Cove, N. C, Nov. 29.
To tlc Editor of The Post.'
I was surprised to see id The Post
of yesterday, that those having charge
of the Pearson meetings in jour city,
had resolved to respectfully request the
merchants of Raleigh to close their
stores at 7 p. m. if possible.
Well, well, can it be that,. there are
merchants in Raleigh in, this the 20th
century who keep their stores, open af
ter 7 p. m.? Asheville. Charlotte. Wil
mington and even Old Rip Van Winkle
Iliilsboro can beat that and not half
try, the hierchants in all uj-to-date
towns have been closing the,ir stores for
years at 0.30 and 7 p. m., and all. agree
they find it an improvement on the old
way (with the exception of Saturday
night when they keep open , until 10
p. m.)
While on this subject, . I remember
an incident that happened in my own
experience. Some time ago I was serv
ing a lady customer, when she ve-
Relation of
Roads
Abstract of Address Before the Good
Roads Association at Winston
Br Prldent GEORGE T. WINSTON, of tb A, and M. Collrxe
The subject of good roads is not
merely industrial; k has its educational
soc-ial, moral and even religious side, as
well. In fact it underlies the greater
subject of the relation of country to
town and the improvement of country
life.
A hundred years ago three-fourths of
the people of the United States lived in
the -ountry aud were engaged in agri
culture. They owned four-fifths of the
country's wealth Today, three-fourths
of the population live in town a-nd own
four-fifths of the wealth. The, condi
tions have been exactly reversed. I am
not one of those who lament, a moderate
movement from the country to the town,
for this movement is essential to the
strong and healthy growth of the towns. ; could retura fourth, visit our great
As the' country furnishes all the material, seaports, and e our "-ocean vteamships
f(- the food, clothing and manufacturing plowing through the sea thirty miles an
industries of the world, so it furnishes hour, see electric cars whizzing by,
als.- the material for its manhood. It overhead and under foot, see whole
sends to the towns and cities annually cities in one whirl and whirr of trans"
their strongest and greatest men. Should portation, how amazed they would be!
this supply of manhood be entirely cut But. if 'Washington could ride again
off. -ities and towns would decay and tc-Uay . in coach and four from Mount
ierish as snrelv as if the sunnlv of food. Yernorto Fredericksbutrg, he would
,elothing ami manufacturing material were
suM'Peii.
Every great president that our
nation has had was a country boy, coun
try bora and country bred: Washington,
Jefforson, Ja ckson and Lincoln all coun
try boys. The great scholars, too, are
country lwys. I saw a lyttle cabin two
or three years ago in New Hampshire,
where was born and raised the greatevst
L.afiin scholar today in the United States,
who as a little Ixyy had milked the cows,
curried the horses, and hauled wood to
town. I saw within four miles of that
place another farm house where was
born, and where lives today Sn a more
elegant mansion, the greatest civil en-
gineer in the United States, born and '
bred also on the farm. The town needs '
the country : it needs to draw new life !
and strength from the country. The
nervous town, the restless town, the
sleepless town I am sorry to say. the
vicious totwn needs the strong healthy :
body and the clear brain and the big, '
beatinsr. pulsing heart of the country
bov to eomemnd carry on its exhaustive ;
work
But the present movement of popula
tion from country to town is too rapid
and too universal: it should be checked. I
Too manT people are going from the
countrv to the town. We know in a
general way why they go but let ns
look at ,it a little in detail and under
stand precisely the reason for it. They
go because the town furnishes better
opportunities for the acquisition of
wealth, for education and .for social
pleasure. Why does the town furnish
better opportunities for the acquisition
of wealth? First, because of the con
solidation and co-operation of human
,-M.- c0,mi wn:a o,f 7m pnminr-1
ment of machinery. These are the great
.-v...... , -
forces that create wealth in our twentieth
century civilization. Look at a large
city: Here is a factory, run by machin
ery with steam or electric power, thou
sands of operatives working together on
the principle of the division of labor,
each skulled in his line; the whole busi
ness controlled by some master mind.
In this way wealth production is carried
to ; the greatest possible extent,
But cities do not stop with a maximum
of wealth production; they seek mar
kets and provide also a ( maximum of
wealth transportation. N. B. Forrest,
the greatest Cavalry general of the
Civil War, when asked how he managed
to win all the "battles he fought, replied.
"I have no rule of war; all I do is to get
there first with the most men." In the
commercial war which the world is
fighting the maxim of Forrest, prevails:
"Get there cheapest with tihe most
goods." Cities contending for trade sri
premacy cannot be content with cheap
production: they must, have also cheap
transportation. To this end are payed
streets, bridges, tunnels, steamships,
locomotives and iron tracks enough to
girdle the globe with a quadruple belt.
Cheap and quick transportation is no
less necessary than cheap and quick
production. '
These miglity agencies have not been
utilized In the" country to the "same de
gree as in cities; and wealth has not
been produced in the country as it has
been in cities during the. last century.
And vet there has been great improve-
marked that she had been into another
store to look at some goods, but the
clerk .was so very drunk he could not
tace the goods from the shelf. I told
her I was not surprised. That I had
passed the store the night before at
11 o'clock' and saw the clerk there at
work, -and seeing my lady customer
wore a white ribbon, I also told her, if
the W. C. T. U. would only work as
hard to close the stores at night, as
they dm the bar rooms in daytime, they
would make more sober men by so do
ing. I know this to be a fact, for I
have watched it for years. At store
closing time (10. p. m.) the prayer meet
ings, sociables and operas are all losed.
It is too late then to call on a lady
friena, but the bar rooms and the pool
rooms are then at their best to enter
tain tired humanity. Why man! would
you believe it? in scmc places they have
societies to prevent cruelty to animals,
tnen in the name of high heaven why
not form societies to prevent cruelty to
clerks.
For my part, I have no axe to grind.
I am not a cierk, nor have I been for
years, it is only a fellow feeling for
my fellow man, that prompts this let
ter, and if I suceed in closing one store
at 7 p. m. and by so doing give needed
rest to even , one overworked, poorly
paid, toiling brother or sister, I will
feel amply paid for writing as I have.
EX "MERCHANT.
Good
to Education
ment in the country, especially in the
use of tools and machinery. Plows, cul
tivators, harrows, rakes, harvesters,
gins and other necessary machinery
have greatly multiplied the power of the
farmer. Indeed, I think I may say that
agriculture would be impossible iu North
Carolina today but for Improved ma
chinery and improved methods of cul
ture adopted during the last fifty years.
eW have made and still are making
much progress in the employment of ag
ricultural machinery and in. improved
methods of production, but when we
oiJie to the other necessary element of
weltb-its transportation to- market
we have made no progres: at all. If
1 - n a T A. ! T T -.
affliington, or Jefferson,- or t ranklin
uouotiess asK. as ne used to asK, wneu
are they going to work that road?"
People in cities recognize the fact. that
the road along .which "vehicles travel is
itself no less a machine than the vehicle
that travels along it. What railroad
corporation would tthink of purchasing
engines and cars' and not provide . a
thorough road bed for them to travel
on? What city would provide ocean
steamers to carry freight across the
ocean without moving the obstructions
iii the city harbor?
The country must learn from the city.
What railroads and tunnels aud bridges
aul steamships and electric lines are to
cities and their property, country roads
are to every farm and every jiound of
produce that comes from tfhe sotfl.. While
city transportation has improved to an
extent that almost dazzles the mind,
the country road, as was said yesterday,
is : in many places poorer than it was
fifty years -ago. Tf our people really
understood the cost to them' of poor
roads if the government should under
take to force an object lesson upon the
people by collecting from them in taxes
an amount which is consumed annually
by roads, there -would be a reyolu
tion in North Carolina In twenty-four
."hours. No government on earth could
collect the tax; and yet it is paid! You
saw, a picture last night where a two
horse team Mas hauling twelve bales of
'cotton over the improved roads in
Mecklenburg county; hauling b000
pounds, at a speed twice asgreat as is
possible on the average country road
with one-fourth the load. I saw a pic
ture recently in the World's Work of
one horse hauling eleven tons. We may
judge from these facts what a tax is
. , , , , , ., nrkr.
pounds with two horses over a bad
road.
I have dwelt upon these details of the
commercial problem in ofder the more
clearly and emyhatically to explain the
educational preblem, because it is not es
sentially different. How does the town
surpass the country in education? Ex
actly as it surpasses it commercinliy.
Look at the town of Winston. Here
. t. - r . T7. a T l I , . 1
in the West End graded school there
are ten grades, ten teachers, a superin
tendent and a principal; here is utilized
the great principle of division of labor
classification of pupils according to
knowledge and ability, classification of
pupils according to age and advance
ment. The same nrin oiple of division
of labor is -carried out in the Winston
graded school that is carried out in its
factories. But this is not. so in the
country.' There is a lonely school house,
one room and one teacher, twenty ! to
fifty pupils unclassified and ungraded;
old and young .advanced and non-advanced,
fast and slow altogether; the
term is short; the teacher is ill paid;
how can there be any progress! "
4 Consolidation, co-operation and divis
ion of labor have made good schools in
the cities. We must carry these meth
ods into the country. We cannot bring
the country children to city schools; but
we can bring city schools into the conn
try by using ciry methods and by the
help of good roads. Forsythe county has
seventy-twi white peh'ool districts; Meck
lenburg has ninety-three. With improved
roads the number of school houses can
be cut down one-third. This result must
be secured.. With two-third?; or half, as
many schools as at present, we can
double the number of teCSh'ers and mul
tiply the grakies of jmpfls. There
should be 3t least four grades' in every
cotintry school. They can. be secured
by consolidating -school dtetricts and
school houses. Good roads, will e-naibUe
us to do this. On good roads the pu
pils may be carried quickly and cheaply
by publ'ic corfveyance to and from
school even eight or ten miles . day.
This method is already employed sug
eessfirlly in many. States. But good
schools are not the only educational in
strumentation dependent upon good
roads. 1 ;
We have begun to develop in North
Carolina, a system of raral libraries, to
the proper utilization -of which good
roads are absolutely aieeesaary. You are
doubtless familiar with the law author-
;izing the State Treasurer to pay to. each
rural public school the sum of ten dol
lars provided the trustees, appropriate
ten dollars of tha school fund and pri
vate individuals add ten dollars, with
which t purchase a library for the dis
trict school. A good beginniag has al
ready been made "in establishing these
rural school libraries. Tf we had good
roads, the power, the usefulness and
the helpfulness of the rural school li
brary would be greatly Increased. There
is now a movement in New England to
secure from Congress a law authorizing
the practically free delivery of books
from puWic libraries by the rural postal
route agent. When -the-' Taw becomes
operative, the great public, library !in
Boston a library coTitaining'ovev half
a million volumes, will b at the door of
every farmer in Massachusetts. Such
results will be impossible in North
Carolina without good reads. Besides
good ischools and rural school libraries,
which depend upon good roads for their
maintenance and development. I will
mention finally, the (rural postal deliv
ery system, whereby letters, papers,
magazines and packages are carried
through the mail and delivered daily at
the farmer's door. .No one can foresee
I the beneficial results of this system: for
it is destined to increase rapidly and
spread over the entire continent. But
communities without good roads can
neither secure nor nvaijrfin the free ru
ral delivery system. Good roads, there
fore, educationally, mean good rural
schools, good rural 1'Lbraries and an ex
pensive system of free rural postal de
livery.
1HEKTING ABTEVTtS WARD
As tbe Hnmtrlit Worked Beferf He
Became Famous
(Century for November.)
On going into the Cleveland Plain
liealer editorial rooms, one morning, I
saw a new man,, who was introduced to
me as Mr. Browne. '
He was young, cheerful in manner,
tall and slender, not quite up-to-date
in style of dress, yet by no means shab
by. His hair was flaxen and very,
straight: his nose, the prominent feature
of his face, w-as Romanesque quite
violently so and with a leaning to th
left. His eyes were blue-grny with a
twinkle in them; his mouth seemed so
given to a merry laugh, so much in mo
tion, that, it was difficult o describe.
It seemed as though bubbling in him
was a lot of happiness which he made
no effort to conceal or hold back. When
we were introduced he was sitting at his
ta.ble writing. He gave his leg a smart
slap, arose, shook hands with me. anc
said he was glad to meet me. I be
lieved him, for he looked glad all the
time. You could not look at him but he
would laugh. He laughed as he sat at
his table. When lie had written a
thing which pleased , him he would slap
Tiis leg and "laugh.
I noticed, that George Hoyt and
.Tames Brokenshire at their tables were
pleased with his merriment and indulged
ir broad smiles." As I bade him and
the others good morning, he said. '"Come
again, me liege." I thanked him. said
I would, and went my wak thinking
what a funny fellow he was.
Within a month thereafter appeared
in the columns of the Plain Dealer .
funny letter signed "Artemus Ward."
The writer said he was in the show busi
ness. -had a trained eangaroo, "a most
amoosin' little' cuss," some "snaix."
and a collection, of wax figures, which
he called a "groat moral show." As he
was coming to Cleveland to exhibit, h?
made a proposition to the proprietor that
they "scratch' each cither's backs" the
publisher to write up the show vigor
ously, and .the showman to have the
hand bills printed at his office and gave
him free tickets for all his family. So I
found my j-oung friend of the gurgle
and hay-colored hair to be an embryo
humorist just bursnting into bloom. Ar
temus, as from that time he was besl
known, soon had a city full of friends,
myself and. family among them.
SOJI E TV HE HE
Somewhere the thing we long for
Exists on earth's wide bound,
Somewhere the sun is shining
When winter nips the ground.
Somewhere he flowers are springing,
Somewhere the corn is brown,
And ready unto the harvest ,
To feed the hungry town. - 1
Somewhere the twilight' gathers;
And wea-y men lay by
The burden of the daytime,
And wrapped in slumber lie,
Somewhere the day is breaking,
And gloom and darkness flee;
Though storm our bark are tossing,
There's somewhere a plaid sea.
And thus. I thought, 'tis always,
In this mysterious life,
There's always gladness somewhere
In spite of, its pain and strife;
And somewhere the sin and sorrow
Of earth are known no more,
Somewhere onr weaTy spirits '.
Shall find a peaceful shore. .
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Somewhere the things that try us
Shall all have passed away.
And doubt and fear no longer
Impede the p'erfect. day.
Oh! brother, though the darkness "
Around -thy soul be cast.
The earth is. rolling nnward
"And light shall come at last.
Alfred Capel Shrtw in Elmiia Facta.
? Tea Table Tattle
A ministerial association in Accomac
county, Virginia, a dozen or so in num
ber, says a press dispatch, has just taken
a most unique action which has caused
no little excitement in the religious
world. At a secret session they con
ferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity
upon one of their number and have
come out stTongly for the doctrine that
they have as much rlgbt to do so as the
institutions Of learning. They hold fur
thermore that every minister of good
standing should have a degree con
ferred upon him by his fellows.
An old school lawyer in one of the
western counties used to say to me that
a lawyer had as much right as a physi
cian to be called Doctor; but he only
made the claim in an argumentative way
and never attempted to put his theory
into practice either by claiming the title
for himself or by bestowing it upon his
associates. .
If I could get the ear of the Accomac
ministers I would commend to them the
example of "our noble, order." the Ana
nias Cflub of Raleigh. The entire
membership of this organization are
doctors, the by-laws providing that
every member of the order shall be en
titled to the honorary degree of A. D.
and shall be addressed and spoken of as
Doctor. This regulation has proved
most satisfactory in its operation, as it
has given the members of the club stand
ing and dignity in the community and
inspired them with mutual respect.
Whrle the Ananias Club originated this
system of honorary degrees, it asserts
ho claims to monopoly, but offers the
privilege freely to any association of
ministers or others who crave the honor
of being called Doctor. If it had pro
tected its plan by copyright it is sur
mised that lale College would not have
turned so many doctors loose on the
occasion of its recent celebration.
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It is but a few weeks since the editor
of a Washington newspaper made pub
lic acknowledgement of an invitation to
hunt the untamed rabbit on his native
heath in the wilds of one of our eastern
counties, but on, account of a press of
other engagements of a similar nature
had to decline.
Some idea of what a real rabbit hunt
ing party is may be obtained from a let
ter, which was received at the tattler s
desk the other day. It described a
Thanksgiving day chase of the festive
cotton tail, but unfortunately the writer
neglected to locate either himself or the
hunting party; and to add to the perplex
ity of the situation the postmark on the
envelope was illegible. The letter states,
however, that the hunting party was
given by Mr. John Clark, who is describ
ed as a "prince of entertainers," owing
to the circumstance -that he served "de
lightful refreshments" after the excite
men was over. .In two hours, it Is
stated, twenty-six rabbits and a 'pos
sum were bagged, but it is not recorded
whether it was a good day for hunting
or not. :
Mr. Clark, who 5s further described as
"a true, bine sport," has promised to
give a society 'possum hunt next. week.
If I had time for. the diversion and
knew where to meet the hunting party,
perhaps I might join them: not that I
am much of a 'possum hunter, but "de
lightful refreshments" have an attrac
tion for me.
A young friend of mine who is just a
little particular about who mixes his
medicine dropped in a down town drug
store the other day and, finding a stran
ger behind the counter, the following
conversation ensued:
"Are you a registered pharmacist?"
"No, but I have had six years ex
perience in the drug business."
"You know all about compounding
prescriptions?"
"I have done a great deal of that
kind of work."
- "You are wefr acquainted with the
uses and "properties of poisons?""
"Perfectly familiar, sir." f ,
"Well, then, you may prepare a glass
of coca cola for me." s
The experienced pharmacist fainted on
the spot, but when he revived my
yonng friend got his pizen and. as sub
sequent events proved, suffered no in
jurious effects from it. .
It is understood that the experienced
pharmacist has been registered since the
occurrence of this event.
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Sanford has opened an opera house
and invited Raleigh and other villages
to attend the shows that will be given
during the season. The proper caper
for every town that builds a hall is. to
make a bid for the Democratic State
convention. That this has not been done
in the present instance is doubtless due
to oversight. It may be confidently ex
pected that the matter will receive the
attention of the management m time to
make the bid effective. .
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In discussing the progress -of the nine
teenth century as indicated by little in
ventions. Bishop Hargrove, in his
Thanksgiving day sermon, described his
impressions when he first saw a man
strike a match by drawing it between
two strips of sandpaper, saying that
when a boy he had often carried a
chuSik of fire to school a distance of a
mile. -
This reminds me that when I lived in
Davidson county it was not uncommon to
hear of some old couple who on their
wedding day, had kindled a- fire on the
hearth and had never suffered it to be
quenched through all the intervening
years. Curiously enongn i a&a always
attributed this to sentiment, but when
I heard the bishop's reminiscence it' oc
curred to me that the practice was a sur
vival of a general custom prevailing
before matches were invented. And
since I have come to think of it, econom
ical consideration may have had some
thing to do with it, for where fuel costs
nothing but the labor, bestowed lipou it
the expense of keeping a hre may be
less than buying matches' at a cent a '.
box.
There is a new'Turk in town; or pos
sibly he is a Syrian, or an Armenian.
But it makes no difference to me, for
they are a31 "birds of a feather," , "all
the same in Dutch." "all coons look
alike;" or any other old -thing that cou-
- veys the idea. This new Turk is ona
among the many thousands of Raleig'i
and altogether different from the rest cC
the population. The smallest child couid
pick him but from the largest crowd that
ever attended a circus in town. Yon
cannot mistake him if you see him, tat
you will know him by his bright rod
cap without a suspicion of, a brim, set
on his head like a little tin bucket turnedJ
upside down, with a black tassel oiW
top; or, perhaps it would be better to
say, on the bottom If we keep the tir
bucket figure in mind. He walks with a
quick, nervous step and looks around'
with an air that seems to say, with the
rhyme in the primer, "See me, see me!
Ho, ho, ho!" And you cannot help see
ing him unless, perchancej you may bg
color blind as to red; and then you are
missing a siht. 1
This brings me to remark that the)
immigrant from southeastern Euroj !
clings to his headgear longer than anyj
other part of his native dress. He. gelV
inside of American clothes as soon asi
he lands on our shores; but he is fai-a
to disport himself in his little red crtpj "
and tassel a while longer. This geni'
ally lasts about six months, but by that!
tie he becomes entirely Americanized1
in his dress and is Teady to settle down:
and become a good citizen. Our newr
Turk is doubtless not different from'
others of his countrymen in that re
spect: so if he remains among us lontf
we may expect to lose him in the thronV
by reason of the disappearance of bja
bright top piece. ..
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V A correspondent, writing from Bat s
L,ave, maKes some pleasant flings at the
supposed antiquated merchants of RaJ-'
eigh who are understood . to sit up lata
at night waiting for people to come in
and "look around" that they may !'
prepared to trade to the best advantage
the next morning. ' -'
While the Bat Cave philosopher is "In
error as to his premises he is not -o
much to blame as some well meaning
persons who published a request
store keepers to close their places of..,,
business at an early hour, for a defirdte
period and for a specific purpose. Upon
making some inquiry I learn that th
only places of 'business m town that
keep open after seven o'clock in the,
evening are the drug stores and some! -other
stores that sell medicine to cur .
snake bites and keep out the cold, fruiti
stands and restaurants. All other
stores shut up shop when the shades
eventng fall, except Saturday nightt,
when, as it is understood, even the m-ar-' .
chants of .Bat Cave lengthen out th'
trading day . by several hours. It is' not!
claimed for Raleigh merchants that they)
keep ahead - of the procession in th;
march. of progress; but they are -not
the, tail end of the universe by aujr
means.
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Easily Explalaod
(London Tit-Bits.)
On a certain hot summer day a ceje
brated naturalist entertained a company
of distinguished savants at dinner, at tha
conclusion of which they all went out'
in the garden.
In -the centre of the grounds her,
stood on a pedestal a large glass globe.,
One of the guests hapned to touch,
this globe,- and found to. his amazement
that it was warmer on the shady side
than on the side turned to the sun.
He communicated this discovery to the
other guests, who at once proceeded to
Aerify the statement.
- What could be the cause?
An animated discussion ensued, in tha
course of which every imaginable law of'
physics was made to account few tha
strange paradox. At length our scien-s
tists agreed that it must be so owing to!
the laws of reflection, repulsion of exi
halation, or some other law of physic;
with a long name.
The host was, however, not quit
convinced, and, calling the gardener, ha.
said to him: . ' ,
"Pray tell usrwhy tbe globe i? warm-'
er on the shady side than on the sid.
turned to the sun?"
The man replied:
"Because just how I turned, it round x
for fear cf its cracking with the great
heat."
Good Pay for a J oka
(Youth's Companion.)
A witty remark does not always result "
so satisfactorily to the perpetrator as)!'
in the case of the young curate who on-,
talned a Taluahlo living" in the west of,.
England by means of a pun. '
The rector who held the living had
died, and there were many, applicants tot,
the place, which was worth $10,000 a
year. The living was in the gift of an
Earl, who was surprised at the' funeral
by the manifestation cf grief by the as
sembled rectors and. curates. So he said
to the young curate who had been acting
as the tutor of his son: "
"Naturally they shoul feel a proper
amount of grief, but I cannot under-J
stand why they should weep bo trea-s
zledly Cor the dead. ;
The young man instantlv Tendied: ,
"You are mistaken, my Lord; it is nofl
for the dead they weep it is for th
living."
Thereupon the Earl was so pleased,
with the keenness of the remark thai '
he presented the living to the curate.
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eta Tblefto Catcb Another
(Indianpaolis News.)
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The Chicgao corporations, eniaTthij?-'
under the decision"of the Supreme Court
that made the capital stock and bonds
of corporations assessable at one-fifth of
their cash value, less the assessments on
tangible property, are preparing to carry
the spirit of the law into the rural 63- :
tricts. They show that there are many-
rich farming lands in various portion;.,
of the State that are not assessed a
they should be. Let the good work got
on. If the man that hsa been aceus-'
tomed to evading His taxes is et to
ctaeh another man of the same stripe,,;
the results may prove beneficent to tha.
whole State. "
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His Experience First Sand wicY Man
''Do they pay you much?" Second, J
Sandwich Man "No. There ain't mucll
money in these literary jobs! 'Puci'-v,-
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