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': ' . - ' 7 -.f,,, . - . ...... .... -. I ' - s... . - -."-. . " .- . .' .V - . : -. ... . '- f :...... . .' . - ' ... . ' '.; '' -i.":- V'-'--"' ' "" ' ; : " '-- : ' " ' - ' ' y.;--'-r. -::-Vr V ' ; " --"-'.-. ,. . .. . - - - .. . - - -.: . - - - SUlSTI I1BAK SAW JOUKS. .. . t . -:-.:...- A strong Appeal For Jntt Trewmeut of women. ' -- Baltimore Sun. " 1- of oeonle that filled the Uree auditorium of Music -Hall turned nut yesterday afternoon to : hear -Rev. " J Tnnfts. the ; Georgia evangelist. Fverv seat in the place was taken, the aep was crowded to its utmost capacity Tnd hundreds stood up in the aisles and in the gaiienea. ociuwu ; laree audience assembled at Music Hall, not excepting those at political meet ings in the warmest part of a hot cam- palir?' Ton was introduced by Rev. Hftrrv D. Mitchell, of Bethany Metho- Hist Episcopal Church, and made an earnest appeal for funds for the Critten M.oaion eavine that he was , quite familiar with the work "which it was do ing and that at least $5, UOU should - De given to it by the large audience before hlwxrn man." said he, "occupies the -:v.ft relation to his fellbwmenr until be realizes that every woman in the world is either a mother, a daughter, a wife or agister, and treats her as if she was one of his own relatives. The elevation man will come when he will not do v,?r,cr trt anv woman :he would not do to his own. . You needn't be afraid that you can get hurt by helping the poor, fallen ones who live" among us. You can't get hurt by helping them, I "foil von: but vou can get hurt monkey ing with the damnable, scoundrels ? who Heffinflfiless women. You under- etand that, don't you ? - There's many a man who has list ened to me, let me tell you, who has gone away saying that ne man i agree with me: but none has ever gone away oonty that he didn't understand what 1 meant Let every lady and genteman in the audience give to. this great cause. t rion't Rare whether the rest give or not it don't make any matter. You t here earlv and got into "the good front seats, I want you to get into your pockets and plank down lively. Those who don't want to wait while the collection is being taken up can go home. We don't want them, nohow. Hear me ! Some people don't mean to giye. They are deadbeats. If there is a woman here who only has a penny,' let her give that That is the widow's mite. But I am after you rich old hogs who dig up a measly 25 cents. ; How long have you been a widow, anyhow. Mr. Jones text was taken from the tenth and eleventh verses of the third chapter of the Epistle to the Philip pians. As in- most of his sermons, he did not cling very closely to the text, but talked upon matters which struck him as most timely and most fitting to the surroundings. , L 'There are three great questions be fore us just now," said he, among other things "Who is ChriBt? Where is Christ ? and What is Christ ? The sal vation of our souis depends upon the answer to these questions. Never have greater minds been working upon these questions, greater tongues speaking up on them and greater pens writing upon them than right now. . Through all ages men have been groping in the darknees for their God. . - "If you see a Methodist, a Baptist or a Presbyterian who has not got the sense of the indwelling of the divine Christ, you see a Unitarian who has got into the wrong church. There are lots of them around today, too, who have Only got a historical Christ. You hear me I The preacher who knows only the Christ of history is nothing but the president of a literary society. -"f y "The free fellow in this country is the fellow who preaches the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth mind, J tell you. Some people have said that they have run me out of places because they didn't like what I said or the way I said it, but its no such thing. No, sir; I have never run in my life; I reckon I've got as cowardly head, arms and legs as anybody," but legs won't run. X like the straight kind of talking. If the fur is going to fly, every, fellow is going to be there to see it fly, even if he has to furnish some of the fur himselLLnfl.st reanrrection. for everybody knows "Tn thin nrnrlr) fVio frocot onfl h a rvr? oaf. t and contentedest man is the one who loves the truth and practices ifcevery day. Gentlemen, hear me -now. I know that I am going to live fprever. I know it just as sure as I know -I am standing hereon this stager;; I know that God never made a fish . with : fins without making an ocean -for him to swim in, and that He never, made a bird with wings without making the air for him to fly in. And I know that God never implanted the hope of ever? lasting life in the human heart without first making a Heaven for that soul to live in forever. - '-' - ; T: y---'.' . "We have got lots of subtle theories m the latter days of this century, such as 'higher criticismandseosophy, and lots of our preachers ' have r got mixed up with them; There are many other little fellows dabbling in -Hheoso-phy' who remind me of a tadpole in the ocean. The tadpole knows he is there, but the ocean don't. Oh, neigh-1 dot, id rather go to bell than go . no where. I don't want to go 'Out like a candle when, my time comes to leave this earth. " ''What we need is to fall on our knees in penitence and prayer and take t-hrist into our inmost soul. We have got to have more religion brethren, and that's' all there is to it. - I -'never was madder with the devil in my life than I am today, and I'll never stop hghting him. He's done us all some eighty dirty work. Your preachers say they are running him put but they are doing it like I saw a dog running a S5nce' The dg was in front., v , ' ear me, we'vegot to wakeup:. Let tne Divine power come upon the church f.8 of thi8 country It's no use wasting tnne talking about it. ; We've got to the place where we are obliged to do eome Jhmg. I notice every whereIbf that conKregaUons ; in the churches are made UP of four women to one maUi w nat'8 me matter wiin -von men Have you quit going to church, you old hound, you ? If the fathers 43 tay away the sonk will surely- follow, them. -I'll bet thai not one in fifty of the voun? men in this city will be -in church next Bundayj. To be a drunkard is an awful thing; to be a debauchee is a horrible thing, and it is-terrible to be dishonest, but thej very worst thing of all is to - de ride and scoff at the divine Christ. r riI want to impress this upon you all, my yoijng friends. Lote of y oil like to bum around s talking : about -what you believe! and what vou don't beli You Vplg-headed little devil,-you ain't got no sense. Somebody ought to spit on you and drown you ! l got rehgiou 2$ years ago, , and I've ot it yet. , I know I got it because-1 was there- when it h annfin fvi A TYre rh ot eofrl rtT-ina tViat : JTJri x vm.m wunv if heiiid ever been converted he didn't know ir and; his congregations said the same tbing about him. -S iff, 0 y:y. vuhristian Baltimore won t put. out the saloons because they ; help to pay the taxes and 'bring prosperity !' Chris tian Baltimore reminds me of Judas Iscarioti . I love a man who's got a con sciehcei? and lots of you have, but you won i.ngni. snoot, juuko, or give up your gun ! ' We need a religion that will make men go right On doing their duty without counting the cost. Your Baltimore is called a city of churches Youv'd got many Methodists, Baptists' and Presbyterians here, and the devil has got Lots of you, but thank God he hasn't tgot much I lii i ' . jmj. uones oioseu nis sermon witn a reference to the late Dwight L. Moody, saying jin part :. ; "The greatest preacher ot - this , century Moody was not a preacher at all. He wouldn't have any reverend or any 'doctor -in" front of his name, but wanted to be plain ; Mr. Moodyj. He was an illiterate, Unedu cated man, judged from some - people's standards, but he was the divinest power for good that the world has seen during the last 25. years. God bless the name and . memory of -Moody h -America is poorer for his death. ' ' '. ' --. f y t When Mr. Jones asked that everyone who would like to see a great religious revival in Baltimore this year rise to their f jet practically the entire audience arose. ZJi v;" , " : "' ...J: X. ' : "If a place be provided for such a meeting," said he, "some time before May 1, and if you want to command my services, I promise that I will come and help you.' , - ' .. j Bachelors and Flirts. I Some old bachelors git after a flirt, and don't travel as fast as she doz, and then concludes awl the female group are hard to ketch, and good for nothing when they are ketched. i A flirt is a rough thing to overhaul, unless the right dog gets after her, and then tpey make the very best of wives. When a hirt really is.in.love, sne is as powerless as a mown- daisy. Heri imprudence then ; chan ges to modesty," ner cunning intQ fear,-r her spurs into a halter, and ner pruning hook into a cradle. The best way to ketch a flirt is tew trav el ther way from which they are going, or sit pown on the ground and whistle some ihvelv tune till the liirt comes round; Old bachelors make the flirts, and then the flits get more than eyeri by making the old bachelors "r A majority of firts-get married finally, for they hev a great quantity of the most a'aintv titbits of of - woman's na- ture, knd alwushave shrewdness to back up th eir sweetness. " f 'r 'i- t Flirts don't deal in po'try and water grewel; they hev got to :hey brains, or else somebody would trade them out of their capital at the first sweep. : DiskDPOinted luv must uv course je all onjone side; this ain't any. more exr- cuse fur beins an old bachelor than it iz fur a man to quit all kinds of manual labor list-out uv spite, and jine a poor- housef because he kan't lift a tun at one pop An old TJachelor will brag about nis freedom to you, hisrelief from anxiety, his independence. This iz a dead beat, j i n r wrwr anTinna lnnb than thp.relain't a more anxious dupe than he iz All his " dreams are charcoal sketches of boarding school misses; he dresses, gxeasea bis 5 hair; . paints his grizzlV mustache, cultivates -bunyohs and corns to. please his captains, tne wimmen. and only gets laffed at fur his paihsl f-lT-H y-i ::- - - j . 1. . ' -. J !'. l till T -i 1 tried Deing an 01a Dacneior uui wuz. about twenty years old, and came very vinff a dozen times. . X had more. pain in one year than ;I hev had put it all in a heap. 1 was in a fever all the time.-7Josh Billings, e nave -oeen men - raiaeu- w. Presidency : who. from the day of their election and inauguration, have seemed to have but one thought and one object in -yiew, ana laat mw -wwu w ecvuio theirlown renomination and re-election. Such tconspicuously, is the incumbent of that hieh office whohas not scrupled, apparently, to subordinate, to the grti- ficatiOn of his own personal amDiuon, every) consideration of tne public good,, even to the sacrifice of thousands ofhu- man lives and the expenditure pf untoli millions of money in the prosecution' of an unjust and unholy war.iiaiiimore Sun, WM&mS:m-MyWm CahvasserI have here a work - Moater of the HOuse I can't read. CaHvjiserButour children f Master of the EHoiiseI have no children - (triumphanUy) ; nothing : but acaU -' - -r ' -' ' " - - - Can vasser-Well, y ou want something to throw at the catS5l?;: P'Bridtfyou ve Sbrokehl as ? much bhini. this month as your wages amount to.T !No w; how can WeTrevent oc- currmg:amgjgl - il don' t know, mum, unless yez raise LUC rages. TTll . Aw t il a ' . I - 1 . i w.. . " - - ... . - . ' near a shaml : since, lively xner V i IVin M fWAMtmnai; --: lnr-i- ''v-;:'.. vr.. . : TTT" i-" . . BUI, Arp Tells ot tlu Perplexltr - ; i Caused. , 2-? 2 3 , r-" . ' " : '- - .. .. . f rieasare, surprise and bewilderment combine give a curiouflexpression to a man's features." One of our boys ial a doctor in Jacksonville, Fla. The. other day while visiting a patient he received a telephone a message from- his wif e; "Come home at once; a telegram: from your sister Hattie says your father ;is dying and to cpme at bhce. ' ' : Imagine his feelings of distress. Hurrying home he found his wife ; in tears, his .valise packed and he had only half : an ;hour to make the train. - All the Ioujf night he grieyed and: sighed, as he. tried, to sleep but could hot; Next morning., at 1Q o'clock he reached i Cartersville.;;and hurrying up to 1 the : paternal mansion met me and Hattie's husband . driyihg merrily to the postbffice. ' He couldent speak. - He -; couldent ;: understand; Pleasure, surprise and. bewilderment filed his eyes and every feature of his face. He. had travelled 400; miles in. haste ? expeetihg to' find me dead : or dying, and here I was capering around as Uvely . as a .young colt in - a barley patch. He couldent stand nor under stand, but sat dowu and said 1 ''There haa been a mistake but thank the Lord you are jwelUrXI never i;noticedwhere the telegram .came fromv nor ; to wjiat Pr. Smith it was addressed, but sup posed that Sarah-knew and I canie at once, r Let me go ; down to " the : office and wire her. Joor girl! she will be so anxious." In due time he received an answer, 'Message hot for you nor from Cartersyille." . Well, well! How much mental : distress and tiresome travel would have been saved had he carefully read the telegram.. He was . dreadf ully moroned at nis own blunder, but we were all ' gratified at his unexpected visit, and as we happened to . have tur key for dinner, 'all went happily and the day was a glad one. .The trouble is in the hame. Dotors should be named Galen or Hipprocrates or Abernathy or v aienune mow or w esrmoreiand ijut smithes so common and besides there is a colqred son of Aesculapius in Jack sonville and no t long ago our ; boy re ceived a telegram that was intended for the colored brother, and it said: "It's a boyv and Mirandy is doing well." There is a good deal in a name. There was nearly forty dollars' to my son in this, instance, for if his name had been Vanderbiltv or Bopkafeller or even Squeezelfanter, the telegram would not have been miscarried. ; The. Smiths; Jones, Browns and Johnsons ought to stop multiplying the name and ' take a new start, like they do in Mexico. When a couple mate in Mexico the first thing they do before they msrry is to agree upon a family name. If the girl is humble and submissive, she takes his name; if she is wealthy . or aristocratic and he is not, he takes her name. " If they are of equal rank, they - make- up A:neW- name kind of mixture of both .family uames. Por instance, Mr. Brown :ahd;Iiss Jones would be wedded as Mr. and. Mrs. Brojon. ' My wife-and, I ' Wotild; have been- Mr. and Mrs.. Hutchafp, for she was a Hutchins, and then our. Aesculapeon son: would ''have been Dr. Hutcharp or maybe Dr. Keely after his wife and have sayed that fong ride -and forty dollars. But all's well that ends well, and : we .are . still , calm and serene. One of our little grand children, rthree-yeaf-old, thinks it mighty smalrt and great fun to call :me asLpass and say, "Hello, major! Hello, Bill Arp! Hello, grandpa!"- " 'There is a'good deal in a name. I like strong names like Webster, ; Cal houn, Washington, Macon,. Lanfajr, Mcintosh, Bayard , Biichahan, Gould ing, etc.; but it must be a serious con sideration for a pretty girl with a pretty euphonious name to swap it. off for . a disagreeable or peculiar one. I " knew a miss Goulding to marry. a Mr. Turn seen, and I always thought she must have loved him mighty hard. Charles Charles Lamb . tells a r.story about an English girl' who was' good'. and hand some and 'had every virtue, . but his name was Hogsflesh. She loved him, but she couldent bearto think of .being called Mrs., Hogsflesh and she refused him for three years and .would t have k'ept on refusing, but ; he went : before parliament and had his name changed to Bacon. That is hovf the name . Bacon oirginated, and I reckon our senator came from : that ; stock andV it is good stockTr- J ' ' - ?So I have cbmer'pretty; near reading myrepitaph again for there was a news paper lnn around when our doctor left Jackson,yille and they are given to anticipating bad newsr and if he heard T; was dying, of course he could - put it in that I was dead next morning.. Be- porters are ueatn on oaa news vy.nen the original Bill Arp died -in Texas it went all over the 'country that it; was me and 1 nad to retire . rrom tne neia field for a time 5 and; wait until the people learned better- for wherever I went I was a suspect and pronounced a fraud; but I-read my epitaphs and .was j satisfied. Mr. Ward, of ' Birmingham, j introduced me to n audience not long ago and said a lecturer ;or a -writer ; of s humorous sketches was of no conse quence until he- toOk another name- that Uharles it. : isrown was unknown until, he: took: the name of Artemus Ward; that Henry; Shaw was - nobody until he wroter over : the signature of Josh Billings ; that Samuel Clemens was never heard, of until he became Mark Twain ; and so Francis B. Harte became Bret Harte and Dickens ; became : Jtfoz; and Melville Landan became Eli Per kins; ' and;; Alfred Townsend became Gath ; and Goodrich was peter Parley ;i and Iibe was 'Petroleum and li John "Proctor-; was i Puck; and Maurice Thompson was DoestickB ; : and George Harris, waa But Jbovengood; and Ben Franklin was ; Poor 1 Bichard ; and so fourth and so on, and last of all here is our.fririd, Bill Arp, who. had to- dis card a good oll: . hjpnest ; name , and assume one that was never heard of-in the heavens above nor T the - earth - be neath, nor in the waters under the earth; caajcespeare says. that,. a roseby i-ahyH ubuerjpame .would smeu - as i sweet,- hut these- authorsr whether - wise oV wittv. are afraid to risk tbeir thoughts without uew . cnnstemngw; y.-z -Now, I -was ruminating about' what Christian Sciene would dowiUi such - a case as onr sonv coming :up t here 400 miles with a belief that I ' was Mead" or dymg-uld thesciehce have told him better." I am rot -disposed td , make sport of the science as MarkiTwain.did, but I cannot, understand - hoV ?we can manufacture faith to order, land some times itrhas to be manufactured eo quickly that it ' must strain - the ma chinery powerfully. -I was mending a little table yesteday for our grandchild and the- nail slipped- and the hammer -came down ou. my thumb and made a Wood-bhster before I had timerto think it diderjrt hurtmeacding to Christian Sciehcer:but was only., imaginary. V I fell yon it did 'hurt bad and ,L don't believe, the science ' would have pre vented hV; J "a; r Maybe" bjbod . blisters are excepted, they ought to.he. and sO ou&rht stumned toes and burns and- ;all other : verv sudden .things that don't .give faith time to work. . ? ; Bijll Abe. :'S,:--,i.- pnmloo? Coin ClUtoii.'jr':'1-?' Chicago Inter Ocean. . jJ ' When Jumbo was. struck by; a .rail road engine and killed at London, Ontario,; in 1885; P. T. Barnum at once ; telegraphed to Prof. : Waid, a taxidermist, of . Bxche8ter, ' N.-' Y., -' to superintend the saying of the skin and bones cf the big elephant; . Mr Smith was one of the butchers employed" to assist in the work. - ;- ' :: : -. y ' ! fcDok us five hours to remove the skin," said MrvSmith, "and then we worked hard fifteen hours more cutting the flesh from the bones. -It was the hardest day's work that I ever did, but we were well paid, getting a dollar an hour. ; - -'- :- y: "In Jumbo's stomach we ; found an assortment of odds, and ends that would have gladdened the heart of a junk' dealer, -v Therer Was about a peck of stones af large as hen's eggs and a col lection of coins, in which a maj ority of the civilized nations of the earth ... were represented: There were French francs, German marks, Austrian thalers, English shillings, pence, $nd farthings, andP American 'half-dollars, quarters, dimes and nickels. Besides these there were a large number of lead car seals that the" big traveller ; haddoubtless acquired as souvenirs oi railway trips. There was even an English policeman's whistle in the capacious paunch.' - Pop alls tftatioiial Contention. Washington, Tan. 24- Senator But ler, of North Carolina, the chairman of the Peoples party, lo-mprrow Will issue a -call for -a meeting of the national committee of that party, at Lincoln, Neb, The date - has not yet been defi nitely settled, but will be about the 15th or" 20 th of .next month. Thecommittee wjli decide upon the time and place of the next PopuIiBt national convention. Senator Butler declares r that there is no significance in the selection. . ' tI asked the members of the national committee, " said he to-day, "where they , would like to meet, and! felt bound, of Course, to abide by their de cision. There was no majority vOte for any once placeybut the plurality vote was in favor of Lincoln. I think this is due to the. fact that the PppuUst State committee sent out word that it would be . glad to - entertain : the committee there.'! " .;-,'' v ' i'lut ' The action of the Populists, it is learned, is " without the - knowledge of MrcBryan. It is said that the .first in timation of the propose "aictionv; will come : to him when he reads the call whichis to be issued today. ; T : i majority of. the national commit tee, it is learned, now favor holding the Populist convention some time in May, Or early.Ju'ne, in order, that Bryan may be nominated before the Democratic convention is held. . No consideration has yet been given as to his running mate fupop- the tickets v" "1 . , -5 . - jrtLOT Hvk Wo Us for Dentlat. NoBEivitLLE, Ind.,": Jan . -25.- J ohn Leonard and his entire family-have the distinction Of being toothless. Mr. Leonard is over 50 years of age and has passed this much of his life sound and healthy without the.assistancepf a mo lar or a baby tooth, one ever grew Twenty years ago he married a lady, with a fine set of teeth. They had four children, all of whom re healthy, but who, like their father, . never had --a single tooth. ;. Their gums, "howeyer, come down much further than is ; Ordi-; narily the case, and are as hard : And firm as bone. Mr. - Leonard can crack nuts between. his, jaws without pain and seems to get along as.well as(tnougn ne possessed a full set of teeth. -The fami ly has no use for: dentists and is never troubled with aches -or pains. tPS ; vA certain'doctor ; had occasion,- ;when only a beginner in the medical profes sion, to attend trial as a witness. ; The opposing counsel as the story is related by the New York1 Tribune, in cross . ex amining": the young Lphysician, made several sarcastic remarks, doubting' the ability; ofLso ;;young a -man' to- uhder- stand his business. Fmallyr he asked :7 " , "Do'yOu know the symptoms of con? cussion of the? brain VI - tr: f ? r " . i t"I do," replied the doctor. fU'Wella continued .the attorney, suppose myilearhed?friendMrvaBag ing, rand; myfielf ;re5 to! bang : our heads together, should fwe get jconcus sion of the brain ?" - --"-v ''- . 5 Your i leamecT fnendif MrSBaging might' ' said the, doctor. v- v - - noticed after you left the house this morning youl went, back: again. Don't you know that's unlucky ?'' :: :, - " Wellit" wouldr havei z been 5 atgood deal unluckier tor me H it X hadh? 1 1 gone My wif e cafle:me5:: " :- - . . . 3 -- ------- - ' - Providence, K. , Journal. t ' Th&'address ofProfeesor Gordon Mc Cabe, of Kichmond, Ya., delivered last Friday, evening at the New England dinner in New York, caused the great est enthusiasm- of the evening. : It was an eloquent tribute to the South and to the : possession by - the people or that section of the country of. tha same spirit of unbending conviction that character ized the New England pilgrims. Prof. McCabe declared that .when .the civil war "rwaB-over the - South accepted : he "stern arbitraments of the sword, the pitiless logic ot: the heavier - battalions, as settling at once and forever the prac tical interpretation ot the constitution," but refused to. declare that it had con sciously done . wrong . in' Opposing the Nprtii; -Silt had its own ideals, its : own notion of the; significance of the Union between the States. It supported these on the battlefield and gave mstiberal ly of its blood and'money to enforce its position. Wheh it was' cbmpelled ; to desist its farms, and towns were in ruind and 4ts industrial system was 'destroyed. The North forced it to remain .within the Union and to acquesce in the opin ion of the-majority as -to the vbinding power iofthe republic, 'one ahd insepar able. But we could not make it "admit that its attempted secession was wrong. v 'A.wiser ger jeration . has agreed to let the past be past. : If the - South .' wishes to justify its action to itself; it is at; lib erty to do o. : ;We at the North may sayat this distance from " the heated discussions Jbf ;the sixties, that one sec tion of the country was moved as much bf patriotic impulses as. the other. The difference was that the North" took a wider view, and made the whole- coun try the"patriotic unit, while the South' was loyal : to 'a segiment of the whole, lying oh One side of Mason and Dixon's line. : - 1 - - - - Considerate Northerpers are careful, at least in the presence of Southerners, not to speak, of the "rebellion." . It is as easy to say the Vciyil war," and there is no reason why we should not grant so much to the defeated section. It would be unreasonable to expect men' like Prof. McCabe, who fought : in a gray uniform, .to look upon themselves as traitors, "or to do otherwise than cherish the memory of the heroes of that 'lost cause. Prof.- McCabe said at New York r 'It may well be, that when this gen eration shall have passed away, and the. motives and convictions of men shall be apprehepded without passion, that the young American treading some one of those stately avenues that lead to our national . capitol, shalli pause opposite the presentment in bronze Of Grant and Sherman, to gaze upon the heroic fig ures of Lee and Jackson. - ; This may seem an impossible dream to' those Northerners who participated in tne civil war, bnt in tne early years of the" twentieth century such a thing may come to pass. It is the old ques tion over again. .. Shall we . teach com ing generations that rebellion against the flag is right and honorable 7 On the others hand, shall we withhold. from conscientious 'American soldiers, - who earnestly defended a great principle, recognition of their yalor and sincerity? It is perhaps too soon to solve a problem like that. But of one thing we can be assured. : The South is loyal now, and would support the government valiantly in time of need. . Prof. McCabe told his audience at New York that "ere the first call of arms of our cOmmou country shall have died upon the breeze, you Shall hear the tramp of our legions as they Awheel into line -to touch elbows with the stalwart sons of New England, eager to keep time with the cadenced step to the music of the Union -aye, to hedge round with stubborn steel that Starry - Banner that symbolizes once more to us as to you the majesty of American -citizenship and the inde structibility of republican institutions. " When. we remember the deeds of men like Hobson, Blue, Wheeler, Lee," Bag lep and other loyal Southerners since the declaration of - war against . Spain, we feel that Prof. -McCabe was speak ing truly, and not for mere rhetorical effect. . ', 'vIK'fr-'V-ltrj . Brotner DlelseyPnilosopny-. J . . ; De worl' fu'ns roun' once in a day; but de bes' way fer folks ter do ij is ter keep righton en never tu'n roun'. l " De rich man can't get to heaven thoo de needle eye; 3 but he never . has no trouble in gettin' a lift oyer de fence., - Ef heaven wuz any closer dan what it is sofn6 people would complain dat - de singin' er : de angels was a nuisance. . - 5 You can't go ter glory in a chariot er fire dese days; but mos-' foks'll strike de fire atter 4ey gits der all right enough. mJdGtt" want ter be 7 po', eriT ; don't want ter.be rich. I des ; wants ter - keep ten miles ahead er de vigilance.; com mittee '-."A big fainhly,'' said the old colored inhabitant, "is sometimes, a great blessr. in . ter a po' man. : x ; goi nine . boub ol' en young.t : One got run over by a railroad, en I got f damages outer him; n'ef one had a leg shot off endunn' de las war, en de guv'mint come Up han' some fer him; en all de res' er dem has had de good luck ter git hutted in some way. en . ever time dat come l got de damages; so in my ol' age Fse feelin' mighty cbmf ortable,l en -I rises up en caUs'demchillan blessed V'.- f-j ' ; -5"- 'y Parted in tne Center. " :::t Walter a; bright t little three-year-old,' had just made his first visit to the bar ber's. He looked yery dissatisfied upon his return,-and his mamma asked him the reason. :'";' ;" '"':; y fyL don't: hkej;my haur: combeJithia way, all in little, curls," he replied,: ; ;v fHow jdoKyou .wish 2 it ?'' inquired 1:t? 'Pwant itlike Tpncle3;Johnsi4 two 8lices'SS& A ZlObl Trlbnte to. in ConjGMtoracy By. CC0503IT OUT OF STfllc Btlmor Bun. .'f i C; ''yr:y.:-- ' -; v'L""" Our -Bpirited - contemporary, the Nebraska ConiervaUve, calli 'attention to the habit of prodigality that is estab lishing itself at Washington." Pru dence and frugality," it says, have become contemptible virtues, and the thrifty ant is jeered at by every happy grasshopper getting his piece' of Mc Kmley's -prosperity."- The Conserva tive adds : "The old' American virtue of econ omy in public expenditures no longer wins from our rulers even the tribute of a hypocritical admiration. For the second time the President . has sent in an annual message without one word of warning against extravagance. He is, in fact, the chief advocate and abetter of extravagance. -And all the depart ments are pushing' ub their estimates. The Attorney-General ursrea that ihn " salaries of Federal - i ud tres be raised. and Secretary : Hay wants' United States Ministers and Consuls better paid. IWe calmly talk now of a. na tionarexpenditure of $600,000,000. al though $300,000,00 was thought a frightful sum 200 years ago," : - ? y This ira, . natural result of the con tempt of the Constitution, which be came the characteristic of the Bepubli can, party .from- its formation. It. was bent on effecting certain objects that were unconstitutional,' and all through the Civil - War and ; during the recon struction era that followed camped contentedly;-outside the Constitution. It has ended at length in substituting manifest ? destiny," as seen by such ' political : seers as President McKinley and Governor Boosevelt, for the funda mental law. ; "What is the Constitution among friends?" This is: the reproach-. . ful question that is , put . to - every ; con servative I objector to, new courses at variance " with the ' teachings of the fathers: Not only are - f'State rights" denied and new powers assumed by Congress at every session, but beyond m our . borders" new policies inconsistent " with -American institutions : are put in v practice. Our Nebraska contemporary complains pf the expensiveness of the latest -developments of ; . Bepublican . policy, ' No doubti imperialism is a costly affair. .' The same is: to be said' of the v earlier extra vagan ces, such as . "protection," pension ; bills costing $150,000,000 a year," shipping subsidies, and the like. - The germ, of these things is byer:40 years old. ; . ; " . ; v 4" - Ko TnrnlnK Baclrvrardl Now . ; We have put our hands to : the plow and we will not "turn backward. In -1893 we hnftirled: the Democratic ban ner to the breeze emblazoned with . the rallying cry. of f''White Supremacy." We volunteered under that banner to -the end of the war.' " We have won the outposts of the enemy, we have driven them back . in disorder, and they are making one last desperate stand reform ing their broken lines behind the breast works of prejudice and demagogy. They form in vain. The traditions of North Carolina Democrats are filled .with glori ous achievements; their courage is of the best, their determination is unyield ing, their certainty of victory amounts to inspiration,. For peace, for prosperi ty, for universal education, for that day when, the face issue is forever settled, we can have an absolutely free ballot . and a fair count for "the glorious privi lege of being independent," for general -toleration of honest if mistaken ' opin ions, we. renew the contest. Let the banner of 1898 be again unfurled. Let it stiU be ! inscribed with the motto, White Supremacy," but above that let there also appear as the aim and end of white; supremacy good government for all, absolute justice before the law and unquestioned liberty of opinion. C. B. Aycock , - - ' Vbe People to Determine. The 1 Legislature has 'performed its ; part in preparing and passing the pro posed amemdment to be voted on. It now remains for the people to say whether it shall be ratified or not. ; If a maj or ty of the yotes cast shall be against it that ends it. If a majority shall be for it then it will become a part of our constitution. ' "So; the whole ; question ' and responsibility is nOw with the peo ple.; ; It is for them to say what shall , be done with it. And " in making up their minds and arriving at their con clusions they have" ample fame to con sider this great question in all its bear ings upon the; future policies ; and interests)f their State. Much will prob ably be written and spoken for and . against the amendment before the day of voting comes... It will be well for the conservative, thoughtful people to take these arguments and reasons, consider them and then vote as they be con vinced is. for the best interest of them selves, their homes-and their State. TSXTJarvis. , " - ..'j y j. Bre&lctng it Gently. . Judge Lvnch's court having attended to the case of one Bilious Pete in the ' .usual characteristic : and conclusive . manner, Alkali : Peto was selected to break the news as gently as possible to, the bereaved widow.' "Howdydo. moml" he saluted, when the lady had come to the door in, .response to his knock.' ; I've just dropped around to sorter tell you that er er your hua- ihd ain't agoin; to live very long." "What makesjyou ; think he aint?" returned the lady, in considerable sur prise. "B'cuz he's dead now," was the ingenuous reply. . y The Journal says that Mrs lydia: T. Pusser, of Union county," a; dow who ' has 13 children,- and Mr. tf. H. Gs man,' of Stanly, county, a widower who has 13 children, were married at Mon- y roe rentiy. . : - : y-s Z y : . ;' !: Johnny Why - do they say - that tbe pen is mightier than the sword? .His Fatiier-Because you can't sign checks with a sword, k ': f ; - . BMri W. Adger Pair, ;of Lincolnton is writing a historical noveL f- I 'mi y yyy,wy , ..." s y ' - v,- y y y' y ::
The Chronicle (Wilkesboro, N.C.)
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