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Tho Progressive Farmer, April 3, 1900. Children's Column. HOW MY BOY WENT DOWN. rt wa3 no oa tna ot battlet It was not with a ship at sea, nit a f 4te far worse than either T&at stole him away from me. ifwss t&e ieata in the tempting dram That the reason and senses drown; Ha drank the alluriog poison, And thus my boy went down, njro from the heights cf manhood Tjtbe depths of disgrace a and ein; t)iirD to a worthless being, yrom the hope of what.might have been. Tor the brand of a beast besotted Ha bartered his manhood's crown; Tarough the gate of a sinful pleasure Uf p30f eafc boy went down. 'lis only the same old story That mothers eo oken tell, With accent? of icfiaite sadnrss, L-ie tne tones of funeral bell; giS I never tiougtt, once, when I heard it I ehou d learn its meaning myself ; I thought he'd be true co hia mother, I thougit he'd be true to himaelf. .ut, alas! for my hopes, all delusion I Alas! for his youthful priJel Alaal who are safe when danger la open on every side! Oh can nothing destroy this great evil! No bar in its pathway be thrown, X j save from the terrible maelstrom Toe thousands of boys going down! National Temperance Almanac GUNPOWDER J CK'S CABItl BOY. Qjnpowder Jick what a name! Tes s belonged to Sir J Jha Narborough. one of the bravest of Eagliaa seamen He lived in the time of the llerry Minaret," and won more than one naval victory for England; and the aama waa given him on account of his daricg and dauntless courage. But the story tt at I am going to tell you is not about Gunpowder Jack himself, bus about his cabin biy, who became a much more famous character than even liian tne old aamiral S;3r$ ! I wonder if you have ever noush: mat "scory" ia only tne word 1 history" with its head cue eff ! And jhia 6:ory is really a bit of hissory, all abou; an interesting event and an in teresting caaracer, 130. The evet wa a great naval battle i)2twe:n E glial and Dutch fleets, Joagat on tne North 8sa one gray au taam day, m:re than two centuries &ni a qiarter ago Pluckv littla Hol land dated contend with England fcr the maatery of the seas, and with a well-ordered navy and several naval 3omnaDder8 of more than usual abil ity, she put England to some trouble to hold her own. Oa this particular oc casion the battle raged long and furi ously; all day long the thunder of the great guns boomed over the troubled 33a, and as the gloomy October night came down, it looked as it victory might Derch on the banner of the plucky Dutch Republic But Gunpowder Jack had not yet given up the battle. Taough several of his guns were disabled and his main and mizzac maaw shot away, and Thole wtadrawa cf wounded and dying iiala7U?oa his decks, he saw that ihe Dutch fire was really lessening. If he could hold his own an hour longer, cr uiul help should come, victory might yet be vresied from his brave, la ezaausted, enemy. But how cjuld help be summoned! No aigaal could be seen amid the thick ziouU cf 8 moke, and no boat could fiai U3 way eaf sly through that fire of shot and ehtll. There was but one way, and now the hero of the day soass forward a little cabin-ooy no& imre than twelve or thirteen years of age. hia face allgnmy wuh smoke and povder and his clothes bespattered with the blocd of bis first battle. The admiral bad called fcr volun t?era to carry a message to the captain cf a d etant ship, promising fifty guineas to the one who should success fully perform the undertaking. "I ill go, your honor." said the lad, tcuhiDf? his forelock. ' Yu!' exclaimed Narborough; "why, do you know it is all that your hie ia worth to venture through such a sea, with the shot flying round you?" "I am email, your honor, and can Jodge the shot, and 1 have swum in worse seas than this. I will carry your dispatches safely if you will give them to me." Toe ola warrior gar :d at the fl shing eyes and the lithe little body, aod his own eyes glis:ened with admiration as be m?ped the boyish hand. ' G j, my brave lad, and God keep jou: You are worth your weight in god." Placing the dispatches in his mouth, the lad plunged into the boiling wave? irniist the cheers of those who stood on deck Would he perform his errand t Vainly they watched for a glimpse ot the boy Ku figure through the smoke and aethiDfi' waters; but after a time they 3wat E gliah snip bearing down to be rutii. and shortly after another bare down at tha left, while their can ooaaae of guna swept a l bafore it. -uhnd had won the day, thanks to &a neroi3m of a little cabin boy. Who was he! In Westminister Abbey there is a noble monument to Jliral 8ir Cloudesloy Shovel, one of gland's proudest n tval heroes, who beg&n hiscarf eras "Gunpowder Jack's cabin hov." 8bbath Snool Vi'itor. Labor Saving Conveniences . ' -son 'he farm today 1 largely pro or L" ' " th savi irof time and labor whica Ali- "-"nnmy of production and nt cigber '-r farm redacts. Pro' ably no fciugie r np Ian e have In the aggregate eo 'f :- '.ead har-1 labor as the m'xiernl'iw " y wagon. Take for Instance tha Electric - M hauling of manura. ensi'age corn. -f)e ctraw, corn fdder hay &c. all "',the ate an 1 advantages of a low Krn are almost Inestimable The Elec- w i wn Handy v aeon excels for these lias the famous Kiectrio steel wheels. s'rong and durable Write Electrlo Box 93. Qalncy. IU for caUlo. ISMS Jhristian Idle Column. DBCAY OF FAMILY RELIGION. ' Thoughtful, observant people are im pressed with the fact that family re ligion ia on the decline. F rty or fifty years ago there was more family relig ion, in proportion to the number of pVofessed Christian parents, than there ia now. Fjimily worship and religious conversation and instruction was more common than now. Not only preach ers, but a larger proportion of laymen than now, kept up family worship and religious instruction in their families. My father used to read a chapter from the Bible every morning. Ha often gave s lort explanations of vari ous things in the chapter; after which he lead in prayer. At night he always eung a hymn and prayed. He repeated the words of the hymn from memory, two lines at a time, and all the family joined in singing the hymn. There were two reasons for singing a hymn at night instead of. reading the Scrip tures; one was, that he wanted to train hia children to sing; another was, it was not always convenient to have a light sufficient to read by. Limp oil was not in us o then. Tallow candles were not sufficiently plentiful to use all the time. To a large extent lightwood knots had the place of bjth lamps and candles. In this way family worship waa always kept up in my father's family. It made a deep impression on me when I was a small child and a large, reckless boy. My sainted mother gave her children excellent religious training. She re quired us on each Sabbath to commit to memory a good hymn and from five to ten vers3s of Scripture, and stand baforo her and recite them from memory. So. a often gave us earnest religious instruction. She never al lowed us to leave home on the Sabbath, except to go to church or to visit and help the sick or needy. Tnere was no Sabbath Sohool in reach of us, but in the home of my youth family religion waa a blessed power for good. Many other families in the community kept up family worship. My mother, though having only a limited education, possessed a large store of religious knowledge. She was a constant reader of the Bible, Hen ry's Commentaries, and the Biblical R corder. But now comparatively few heads cf families hold family worship. At a re cent association a report was offered on Family Prayer. During the dis cussion of the report, a speaker asked all present who held family prayer to hold up their hands. Oaly six or eight went up, and moat of these were preachers. It was a sad sight to see so few. Why is family religion so much neg lected! I think of three probable rea sons. F.ret, in this age of steam and electricity, and machinery, everything goes with a rusa, and men do not take time to attend to religious duties as they should. Secondly, the way of getting religion devised by our modern evangelists has fi is filled our churches with a membership who love little be rause they have been forgiven little. Tnird, but perhaps the mo3t potent reason, is this parents and guardians think they can shift the responsibility of training their children eff on the Sunday School teachers. God makes parents responsible for the training of their own children. This duty cannot be delegated to others. The Sabbath School is an excellent help to parents in teaching their children, but it can not take the place of home training. But some parent eays, 'I am not qualified to teach my children." If ytu are not, wheso fault ia it! Have you not had opportunities to leart? You have, and in neglecting them you have sinned against yourself and chil dren. 0 1 for a revival of family vorship. Bible reading and religious teaching in every home Rev. J. A Stradley, in Biblical Recorder. SHADOWS OF LIFE, What Ho does we know not now, but we shall know hereafter. I re member on a glorious day of all but cloudless eunshioe pacslng in view of a well-known line of bare and mejfs'ic downs, then basking in the full beams of noon. But on one face of the hill rested a mass of deep and gloomy shadow. Oj searching for its cause, I at length discovered one little epeck of cloud, bright as light, floating in the clear blue above. This ic was which cia; on the hillside that ample track of gloom. And what I saw was an image of Ciristion sorrow. Drk and cheer less often as it is, and unacc.untably as it passes over our earthly path, in heaven its tokens shall be found ; and it shall be known to have been but shadow of th s brightness whose name is Love D in Alford. ' TO CURB A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists re fun a the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's sig nature ia on each box. 25j. ' TDE PIIOPOSBD CONSTITU TIONAL AUENDLIBNT. 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 to keep standing until the election in August of thia year. It is not neo essary for oa to say that it should be carefully considered and that the voter should not allow prejudice to influence him in deciding whether or not he will support it. The amendment reads as follows: That article VI of the Constitution of North Carolina be, and the same is hereby abrogated and in lieu thereof shall bo substituted the following ar ticle of said Constitution: ARTICLE VL ' SUFFRAGE AND ELIGIBILITY OT OFFICE QUALIFICATIONS OF AN ELECTOR. (Section 1 ) Every male person born in the United States and every male person who has been naturalized, 21 years of age and possessing the qualifl cations set out in thia article, shall be entitled to vote at any election by the people in the State, except as herein otherwise provided. (Section 2) He shall have resided in the State of North Carolina for 2 years, in the county six months, and in the precinct, ward or other election district in which he offers to vote, four months next preceding the election: Provided, That removal from one precinct, ward or other election district, to another in the same county, shall not operate to deprive any person of the right to vote in the precinct, ward or other election district, from which he has removed until four months after such removal. No person who has been convict 3d or who has confessed his guilt in open court upon indictment, of any crime, the punishment of which now ia or may hereafter be, imprisonment in the State prison, shall be permitted to vote unless the said person shall be first re stored; to citizenship in the manner prescribed by law. (Section 3.) Every person offering to vote shall be at the time a legally regis tered voter aa herein prescribed and in the manner hereafter provided by law, and the General Assembly of North Carolina shall enact general registra tion laws to carry into effect the pro visions of thia article. (Section 4 ) Every person presenting himself for registration shall be able to read and write any section of the Constitution in the English language, and before he shall be entitled to vote he shall have paid on or before the flrat day of March of the year in which he proposes to vote his poll tax as pre scribed by law for the previous year. Poll taxes shall be a lien only on as eeesed property, and no process shall issue to enforce the collection of the same except against assessed property. (Section 5 ) No male person, who was on January 1, 1867, or at any time prior thereto, entitled to vote under the laws of any State in the United States wherein he then resided, and no lineal descendant of any such person, shall be denied the right to register and vote at any election in this State by reason of his failure to possess the educational qualifl cat ion prescribed in section 4 of this Article: Provided, Ha shall have registered in accordance with the terms of thia Section prior to December 1, 1908. The General Assembly shall provide for a permanent record of all persons who register under this sec tion on or before November 1, 1908, and all such persons shall be entitled to register and vote in all elections by the people in thia State unless disqualified under section 2 of this article: Pro vided such persona shall have paid their poll tax aa required by law." (Section 6 ) All elections by the people shall be by ballot, and all elections by the General Assembly shall be viva voce. Section 7. Every voter in North Caro Una, except as in thia Article disquali fied, shall be elgible to office, but be fore entering upon the duties of the office he shall take and subscribe the following oath; "I, , do sol emnly swear (or affirm) that I will sup port and maintain the Constitution and laws of the United States and tho Con 8titu:ion and laws of North Carolina, not inconsistent therewith, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of my office as . So help ma God." (Section 8). The following classes of persons shall be disqualified for office: First all persons wno deny the being of Almighty God. Second, all per sons who shall have been convicted, or confessed their sui t or indictment f pending, and whether sentenced or not, or under judgment suspend? d, or any treason or felony, or any other crime for which the punishment may be im -prisonment in the penitentiary, since becoming citizor s of the United States, or of corruption and malpractice in c flic a, unless such person shall be re stored to tha right of citizenship in a manner prescribed by law. J) rv . Cl 1 wu v) mil I mar yu8tasoodasfv1-CoRrirciCbutijouNDRhear a M-Cormick salesman sag 'Just as Good!" Our Reputation and Sales are the 3. -":v 1 Sim u . . co"gi ...,5r A TAMKBE JINGO." The English language is capable of many queer twists and turns. An Amer ican and an Englishman were once dis cussing the history of their respective countries. The American bsasted that his people had repeatedly beaten the Eoglish in war. Wfcatl The English beaten! I would have have you understand, sir, that the English are the cream of all the fighters in the world 1" answered the Englishman. Whipped cream, then, I guess!' said the Yankee. Sel. CONFESSION AROUSES SUSPI CION. 'I dunno," remarked Piute Pete. "I'm beginnin' to feel kind o' doubtful about that cas3." 'Yd mean about that hesa thief we jaa' 'tended tor 'Yes." 'But he confessed." "I know it. An' it wasn't tell he confessed that I had doubts. Tnere ain't no circumstances wha somever under which I'd take his word for any thing." Washington Star. A Texas judge was robbed of a horse not long ago, and the thief, being ap prehended, was brought before him for trial. The judge eyed the prisoner with deep satisfaction for a minute or so, and then delivered himsalf of the following: 4 O ?ing to a personal preju dice, the court will not hear thia case It will be tried by the bailiff, who will find a verdict in accordance wich the facta. 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