teh moQnnmiwm $&B$m : jdne 13 1899
4
Little Folks' Column,
WHAT DID THEY TEACB?
Before they had arithmetic,
Or telescopes, cr chalk,
Or blackboards, maps, at d copybooks,
When they could only tals:
Before Columbug came to show
The world, geography,
Why did they teach the little bojs
Who wens to school like me?
There wasn't any grammar thea,
They couldn'c read or spell,
For books were not invented yet
I think 'twas jaafc as well.
There were not any rows of dates,
Or lawa, or wars, or kings,
Or eenerala, or victories.
Or any of these things.
Thero couldn't have been much to learn ;
There waen't much to know.
Iwaa nice to ba a little boy
Ten thcu3and years ago!
For history had not begun,
The world was very new.
And in tne school?, I don't S33 what
The children had to do.
Now, always there is mere to learn
How history docs grow 1
And every day they find new things
They think we ought to know.
And if it mu3t go on like this,
I'm glad I live to day,
For boys ten thousand years from now
Wih not have time to play !
Selected.
TRUTH ABOVE ALL- THINGS.
The person who goes agaicst hi3 own
ntcrest3 by tie rigiioe93 of his devo
tion to truth eometioi's finds that he
has served his icteret in that very
way. An English paper tells this
story:
A boy once applied at a store for
work.
"We don't like lazy boya here," said
the manager. "Are you fond of work?''
"No, eir," responded the boy, look
ing the other straight in the f ac?.
"Oh, you're not, are you? Well, we
want a bay that i$."
"There ain'c any," said the bey, do
cidedly.
"Oh yes, there are. We have had
over half adcz:n cf that kind here
this morning to take the placo we
have."
"How do ycu know they art?" asked
the boy.
"They told me so "
"So cru'd I, bUi I'm not a liar."
And the lad sail i: with such an air
of convicciag easrgy that he was en
gaged at once.
SELFISHNESS.
There is a CBrtiin lcS33n which I
long to impress upon ycu all, cne that
is more valuable than those which are
learned from the books over which
you pore day a!ter day. Ic is an im
portant lesasa, and cno not easily
learned; ic is called "Unselfizhn s ;."
Few of you know when ycu yield to
the temptations which eelfiabn s
places in your way, for I fear that mauy
of you are growing thoughtle33 and
"Evil is wrought by want of thought
As well as want cf hears "
Yet many of you, perhaps all, arf
dreaming o! a future, wherein you
may live for some purpes?, ycu are
longing to make a mark in the
world, achieve eomethig grea; let
me eay to each and all, to be noble
one must ncc-ressrily be unselfish That
is the secret of th6 "golden deeds" cf
all ag?s, thceo which history records
and those which are and thill be un
written for. The true metal of a gol
den deed is eelf devotion. Seifisbncss
is the dress and alloy that gives the
us .iind tiag to many an act t.ia; has
b?en called "glorious.''
Before a child can read, it i3 com
pelted to ep 11 out the letter?, and thus
you must leara this great lesson cf uu
eelSshneea. B.gia in th? i:t:Ie things.
In the days cf ycur ycuth, you are
laying the foundation cf ycur charac
ter, and af cer years will make manifest
how well the corner slore was laid.
Do not despise the little things; do net
call them mere tr.tl.:; they make cr
mar cur live. The insignifi iant acts,
seemingly unworthy of cur notice,
leave their mars upon our character,
and that mark is indelible. Remem
ber, we sll must begin with the al
phabet; therefore, in the common
dutie3 of your s?hool life, s;e!l cut the
first psges cf the le3-on which ycu
must study a!l thrcu; h your life in
order to learn it well
You will insulted if any one
ehould oil you "mean," or eccuso ycu
of cheating, and yet my heart id heavy
with the thought that some of ycu
have been guilty of that very otTeiF.
All chcatir.g is prompted by eeifirh
nes?; if cne of ycu should look upen
her neighbor's slate and copy the an
swer from it would b3 etetlirg. If
one girl ia ambitious and is work-!
:ng faithfully to win the pr:z ro-v
moan and aiiGsh it is for another to
rob her cf the reward which she has
80 nines'. ly gained Girls, I shall fay
no more, but let each one question
her own heart ; "Hve I been guilty f '
Let conscience decide. I leave this
Ex. I
I Christian Lifs Column,
"THE TOUCH OF A VANISHED
HAND."
We sigh for the touch of a vanished
hand
The hand of a friend most dear.
Who has pass?d from our side to the
shadowy land,
But, what of the hand that is near?
To the living's touch is the eoul inert
Tnat weeps o'er tne silent urn?
For the love that lives is cur bind
alert
To make some sweet return?
Do we answer back in a fretful tone,
When life's duties press us sore?
Is our praise as full as if they were
gone,
And could hear cur praise no more?
As the days go by, are our hands more
swift
For a trifle beyond thir shnre.
Than to grasp for a kindly he;pfai
lift
The burden seme one must bear?
We sigh for the touch of a vanished
hand,
And we think oureelves sincere;
But, what of the friends that about U3
stand,
And the touch cf the hand that's
here?
John Troland, ia Youth's Ccmpan
ion.
WITHOUT RELIGION.
The following well chosen and weigh
ty words from an after dinner speech
by James Resell Lowell have been
given us by a friend. Tney should be
read and pondered, not only by Chris
tians but by those who withold their
aid and is 11 lence from religious insti
tution??: "I fear that when we indulge cur
selves in the amusement of going with
out a religion, wa are net, perhaps,
aware how much we are eusrained at
present by an enormous mass all about
us of religious feeling and religious
convictions, eo that, whatever ic may
be safe fo;r ua to think, for us who
have had great advantage3, and have
been brought up in such a way that a
certain moral direction ha3 b?ca given
to our character, I do not kne w what
would beccme of the les-j favored
classes of mankind if they undertook
to p!ay the eame game.
"vVhatever defeats end imper'cc
tiocs may attach to a few points cf the
dectrinal system of Calvin, ibe bulk
of which was eiaiply what ail Chris
tian3 believe. it will be fmod that
Calvinism, cr any oLher ism which
claims an cpen Biolo and prociaiaia a
crucified ad risen Carist, ti indefiattly
preferable to any form of polite and
polished skepticism, which gathers es
its votaries the degenerate sons cf
heroic ancestors who having been
trained in eociety and educated in
school?, the found itiocs of Thih were
laid by men of faith and p'ety, cow
turnand kick down tic ladder by which
they have cltm-jod, and persuade men
to livo ti:h?ut Q .'i &nd leave them to
die wihc u nop-.
"The o:st tin i of rtligion is no re
lig'onatu'l; and m-n, living in
ease ana luxury, tudulgit g then-eives
m the amu-jj-rnent of goiug withc-us re
ligion, may b thai-k ul uey live in
lauda where the :o pi 1 they n-vJec has
tamed the bsastiiae s and m ..city of!
the men who, but forCnri-ti ii i.yniat j
long ego have eaten tfccir er.reaaees
like the 3iuth S?a Is 'an tiers, or en off
their heands and tunned thc-i-- mdes
like the moustsra of tne Frei.cn Revo
lution. "When the microscopic search of
ek?pticis:n, which has hunted the
heavens and sounded th? eeas to dis
prove th3 existensa cf a Creator, has
turned its attention to human society,
and has found a place on thii planet
ten milea tqiaro where a decent man
cin ii?e in decency, omforr, and ee
curity, supporting and educating hia
children unep;ilcd and uvipcl;uted; a
place where age is reverencoi, infancy
protected, manhood reepeced, woman
hood honored, and human li'c held in
due regard; v. hen ekiptics csn ficd
such a place ten miles square on this
glob?5, where the gospel or Christ has
no: gom and cleared the "ay, and laid
the fcundatlor s ar:d mad decency
and security pota:rlet ic will then be
in order for the skeptical literati to
move thither an J there ventilate their
vie?s. Biz so long as these very
men are dependent upon the religion
they discard fcr every privilege rhey
e jay, they may well hesitate a little
before they eetk to rob tho Cnristian
o his hope, and humanity cf its Sa
vicur, who alone has givn to man
that hope of life eternal which makes
life toltrablr nd society poaaible, and
robs death of r.s terrors and the grave
of iis glooru."
Prayer ia eo mighty an irstrument
tea: no cne has thoiugbly mastered
ail its keys They sweep alc-ng the
infinite scale of man's wants and God's
goodnefes. Hugh Miiler.
Any man can s ng by day; but only
he whose heart bes been tuned by the
gracious hand cf Jehovah can eing in
the darkness William M. Taylor.
THE PROPOSED CONSTITU
TIONAL AMENDMENT.
Believing that no more important
measure has been before the people of
North Carolina for a score of years, we
give in full herewith the proposed Con
stitutional amendment, which we ex
pect t") keep standing until the election
in August of next year. It ia not nec
eesary for us to say that it should be
carefully considered and that the voter
should not allow prejudice to ir fljence
him in deciding whether or not he will
support it. The amendment reads as
follows:
That article VI cf the Constitution
of North C irolica be, and the same m
hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof
shall be substituted the following ar
ticle of said Constitution:
ARTICLE VI.
Section 1 Eery mala person born
in the United States and every male
person who ha3 been naturalized, 21
years of age and possessing the qualifi
cations set cut in this article, shall be
entitled to vote at any election by the
people in the Scat8, except as herein
otherwise provided.
Section 2. He shall have resided in
the Scate of North Carolina for two
years, in the county six months, and in
the precinct, ward or other district in
which he effra to vote, four months
next preceding the election: Provided,
Tnat removal from one precinct, ward
or other election d strict, to another in
the same county, shall not operate to
deprive any pereon of the right to vote
in the precinct, ward or other election
district, from which he has removed
until four months after euch removal
No person who has been convict id or
who has conlesaed his guilt in open
court uon indictment, of any crime,
the puaishmoat cf which now is cr
may hereafter be, imprisonment in the
State prison, shall bo permitted to vote
unless the said person shall be firsS re
stored to citizsnship in the manner
prescribed by law.
Section 3. Erery p3reon eff ring to
veto rhall beat the time a legally regi?
cored voter rs herein prescribed and in
toe manner hereafter provided by law,
and the Ganeral Assembly of N )rth
O'irelK'a shall enac: general reriMra
tion laws 10 carry into tfiec: the pro
visions of this article.
Si-ccion i Any person presenting
himself for regietratiou cr voiiag shall
be able to read and write any part cf
the Constitution ia the E igiish lan
gusge, acd shall have piid by the first
uay o: Aiarcn tne pou tax icr tne pre
vioue calendar year, as prescribed by
law, and shall exhibit the receipt there
for when he offers to vote. Poli taxes
fchsll be a lien only on assessed prop
erty, and no process shall issue to en
force tho collecti m of the same except
against a?ees?ed property.
Scctiou 5. No male person, who was
cn January 1, 18t,7, cir at any time
prior thereto, entitled to vote under the
l iws of eny 3 sate in the United S;ates
wherein he then reidsd, and no lineal
deeccnd&rit of any such person, shall
bi denied the right to register and vote
at any election in this 3 -.ate by reason
of hia failure to posses? thecducati.msl
qualification proscribed in section -1 of
mia Article: Provided, H3 shall hive
registered in accordance with the term?
of this Article prior to December 1.
1908. Tne General Assembly shall
provide for a permanet record of all
persons who register under this Eec
tion cn cr before November 1, 1908. and
all such persons shall be entitled to
register and voce at all elections by the
people in thi3 3tate unless disqualified
under s:ction 2 cf this article: Pro
vided such persons shall hare paid
their poll tax as r. quired by law."
Section 6 A.l elections by thepeop?e
shall bo by callot, and all electioca by
the G.nerai Assembly shall be Viva
voce.
S iction 7 E pvry voter ia North Caro
l;'rj, except as in this Article disquali
tied, shall be elgible to office, but be
fore entering upon the duties cf the
office he shall take and subscribe the
fo.lowicg oath; "I, , do sol
emnly scar c r affirm, that I will fiup
p:;rt nd maintain the Constitution and
laws of the U.iited Statea and tho Con
etitu:ion and lasof Njrth Carolina,
not inconsistent therewith, and that I
will faithfully discharge the duties of
rr.y effije as . Sd help rue
G d."
e'ectien 8 The folio ing classes of
persons shall b? disqualified for office:
First, all pfr-ona who deny the b.ing
rf Almighty Gi. S cocd, allptrsoris
who Rha'l have been convicted, or con
fes-3ed their guilt cn indictment pend
ing, and whether eentenctd cr not, cr
under judgment eu peuded, of any
tresscn or fe'ony, or any other crime
for which the punishment may bo im
prisonment in the penitentiary, since
becoming a citizen of the United Spates
of corruption and malpractice in office,
unless such person shall have been re'
stored to citizenship in a manner pre
scribed by law.
Saction9 That all of the nrovisiona
of the Constitution relating to suffrage, )
rugiairuuou ana elections, as contained
in this act, amending the Constitu
tion, shall go into effect on the first day
of July, 1902. if a majority of thequali
fled voters of the State eo declare at
the next general election.
Section 10. Tni9 amendment shall be
submitted at the next general election
to the qualified voters of the State, in
the e&me manner and under the same
rules and regulations as ia provided in
the law regulating general elections
in this State, and in force May 1st,
1899 ; and at said election those persons
desiring to vote for such amendment
shall cast a written or printed ballot
with the words ' For Suffrage Amend
ment" thereon: and those with a con
trary opinion shall cast a written or
printed ballot with the words "Against
Suffrage Amendment" thereon.
Section 11. The said election shall be
held and the votes returned, compared,
counted and canvassed, and the result
announced, under the same rules and
regulations as are in force fcr return
ing, comparing, counting and canvass
ing the votes fcr members of the Gen
eral Assembly, May 1st, 1899, and if a
majority of th9 votes cast are in favor
of the said amendment, it shall be the
duty of the Governor of the 8tate to
certify said amendment under the seal
cf the State to the Secretary of State,
who shall enroll the said amendment
so certified among the permanent re
cords of his office.
Section 12. This act shall be in force
from and after it? ratification.
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