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SCOTLAND NEGK N. C FRIDAY NOVEMBER 26, 1886. NO 4.
urnal.
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to the
Irly all
fcueh in-
;r, out
i
careful
iLim mm itikv jjviuuui news
paper: recur to first principles anl
teacb the youths the principle of
Democracy that guided JetTeron
and Jackson. Tierce and Buchanan
in their administration of pub.ic af
fairs. TI e Chronicle is not an ei'
cep'ion. Some of our newspapers
hae been so engrossed with the
ci-res of to-day. so anxious for s:e
cess in the present contents, so wilU
iii to use any argument to pron ote
this s-ueeess, justifying the means bv
the end to be accomplished--in
shoit, S3 p-one to forget, in our de
sire to gain what we coisid r best,
th-'t there is a past to learn fiOiii 01
a future to set in, that the funda
mental principles o" Democracy are
clten overlooked. Ex-rnple is t'u
rco.U effective p-eacbin.;, and it
were foilv in any pap t thus incon
sistent to advise the rising gener
ation to act on other piincij ls than
those that govern iti own pol:cy
''If yon wish to train up a child in
t ie way he should go," said a vet
eran in the bu incss. 'go that way
occasion ally yourself.''
When newspapers, celling them-'
selves Democratic, toady to nicney.
church, or clique; when they bestow
their compliments as reward', end
their reproaches as retaliation ;when
they suppress what the nublic
has a right to know for fear of in
curring the displeasure of some pol
itical or pecuniary boss, what card
inal principle of Democracy or hon
e'sty will tLey be able to inculcate
into the yonth of our land;? The in
discriminate and fulsome praise or
ollieials , regardless of what ma be
their public or private character,
sa3's to our young men in convincing
tones ".hat honesty and decency are
rot necessary for success in politics.
But there are other papers whose
examples are not suuh as to counter
balance the influences of their Dem
ocratic preaching. They are honest
and fearless, but they do not always
say as much as they ougbt to in
struct the masses in mud-sill prin-
ciples. They Co not show how the
Democratic doctrine?, if practised,
wd! result iu the greatest good to
the groatet n una her. They do not
te:icii, ;.n every ins'ai.co, that the
centralization of tower is dangerous
to individual liberty, i.o ma ter how
true may betha one who wields that
power, that while thi intelligent
few may know more in a particular
case, et, in the long run. the opinion
of the masses is safer, and though it
gets far off the track at ties. Yet it
is in the end as true to truth as is
the needle to the pole.
Let the peo le he consulted as to
their government and thc:y will fee
their responsibility and will met it
honest!;,. When tl is is done good
government is generally the result.
If every citizen felt the good old
Democratic, principle that this gov
ernment is his, and the ballot is no!
nurcly a right but a duty, then we
would net Lear of one thousand vt
ers. in one county not going to the
polls. There is nothing I,ke going
back to foundation principles and it
is the dutv of the press to teach our
yo;ii!g m n the doctrines of our
party, rot only by stating its princi
jl s. but 'y keeping fresh in their
muds the words and actions of its
founders and friends in the past.
Let us not be tempted from tLe
strict line of duty and principle by
the hopes of present or future ad
vantages. Let us r.o4" sell our birth
right for a mess of pottage.
Let u? not in our desire to lnse
omit u. givfc-yieocpt upon precept,"'
jtr: a little and there a little,' ol
Democratic principles. "In ffa on
a .d out of reason'' the seeds of truth
must be sown. If it is nlore palat
able to read of the pleasures of the
faliif,nal p worm, or the Dassinor
erjnls til the political wheel of for
tun. it onsrht Lot to be forgotten
that wften the most needed truths
are the most unpalata'de. Man' of
our people have goi e awav from
Jeirerson. They mutt be brought
back. The press must show them
reasjns for uevotion to the -'faith
once dei'verd." if th.y won't
take it without objection, their
hraU must be thrown back and ii
must be administerel by force.
Democratic principles are saving
the people must know them. Too
long have e given the truth to them
in capsules sn 1 sugar coated. In
its fresh strength it must be admin
istered. No more Sam Randallism
or Blair fanaticism must be toler
ated. We thank Mr. Watson for his
words of counsel. He must aot.
however, overlook the great, work
the press has done and is doing in
teaching the people. It is, in the
main, a wsc teacher. Qertamly it
is, as he says, the only instructor of
ihi masses. It has in a large sense
usurped the place of the political
sneaker, the lecturer and the secular
teaching of the pulpi. How caiv
ful ought those who direct the policy
of these e luost ,-rs to be ! What re
sponsilii ities rest upon thm ! To
'eep the papers free from personal
bias; to make firm teachers of the
saving truths of Democracy- to
ma! e them clean and pure in toue
tiiis is the work of the true editor.
If he possess the cipacity to do this
work well, neither Mr. Watson r
any ether Democrat nce'd tienible
for the supremacy of the Democrat c
pa'.t.- -State Chronicle.
A DANGEROUS DEMAND-
The negroes of North Carolina are de
manding: a btate University for people of
color. It strikes u-; that this is rather
bold ami unreasonable, and they would
appear to better advantage by improving
the advantages the have instead of
reaching out for a Colhge of their own.
In default of Uiis they threaten to "knock
at the doors" of Chapel 11:11. The real
meaning of this we fancy is that some
artful politicians are at the bottom of the
business, and that the negroes, ss usual,
have been taken as the cats' paw to use
in tins busines?. Norfolk Landmark:
This is the first notice we have
seen of a threatening, disturbing
element. Soop after the war t) e
Radicals got hdd of the University,
threw open its doors to the negroes,
put in a lot of 6apheads and no
bodies as Professors, anl succeeded
in closing its doors. It
was a most inexcusable and shame
ful ai t of vandalism and unadulter
ated devi'try. It was meanness in
esreucc and the men engaged in it
have never been foi given by the ed
ccated men of ti e State. The Un
iversity will not be again opened to
the negroes for the same resuh
wou'd inevitably follow. Whenever
the negroes retch that, standard of
preparatory scholarship to justify
the erection of a State College for
their special benefit then it may be
do.ie. But we would sooner expect
to see the last negro common school
closed than to see a State University
far negroes built and equipped and
endowed by the white tax-payejs of
the St t ; . There is a growing sen
timent of hostilit now to sustain
ing negro scl ools by white sacrifice
and toil, and it will only require the
agitation 'alluded to in tbe above
paragraph from the Landmark to
give a powerful impetus to the hos
tile sentiment and doom the negro
free schools f-jr all time.
The white people of North Caro
lina have made sacrifices for the ac
gr.es that are sublime when their
own condition of poverty is consid
ered. Peeled, stripped, robbed as
they were by the Yankee armies, the
unfriendly legislation that followed
the close of the war, and t he devour
ing carpet-baggers., the whites went
to work to try to get bread, an 1 to
build up their wasted fortunes.
Tiieir sole basis ot credit, the ne
groes, had been swe'.t away and ye?
they struggled on, toiling, moiling,
sweating, struggling, until at last
the desert began to blossom again.
In all these years of labor and sus-
p.nse and oppression the whit j men
!,re with surpassing fortitude and
. quanimity all reverses of fortune,
and began to reestablish the commo i
schools and the colleges sud the
U liversity.
All through'the. 3cars they I ave
deliberately taxed themselves l liar
their recent slaves and their children
-hall ieoti.e a primary education.
The school fun -I in No'tb Ciio'ina
lias at last reached 703 000, with
at upward tendency, aud this fund
is equally divided betweea whiles
and blacks.
Now, if in the face of this grand
effort to educate the negroes they
should lend themselves tc the vin
dictive work of trying to force them
selves into the University, knowing
it would destroy it, they may as
well make up their minds to get all
education through their own race,
for" the whites wM soon abolish the
common school system amd let each
race educate its own children rather
than permit the University to ir
agaiu c'osed by tbe machinations of
bad men and the inrr- titude of the
negroes. White tax-pavers hav
done grandly, but tiny are qn;t
capable of maintaining their rights
and rebuking inole.ice and ingrat
itude. Wilmington Star,
THE COLOR LI'iE.
The Rejusb'i ans of North Care
lina tska it very hard of the Demo
crats whenever the latter ''draw the
color line." It is unfortunate th
situation is ever such as to warrant
this, but consider . Ever sinna the
war the colored eople of this S-,ate
have voted solidly with the Repub
lican party. It mattered not who
were the candidates or ' what the is
sues, the colored vote was a'ways to
be counted as in tl e dox aid against
us. SujIi i3 the proscrij tive spirit
of the colored people that one of
their race dare not vote with the
Democrats. If lie docs he lo;es
landing with his race. He is ostra
cised and persecuted.' Everybody
knows this is true, and as a conse
quence there are e:y few Demo
orati who, feeling any friendly in
t rest in a black man, - will take the
responsibility of advising him to
vote the Democratic ticket. Ne
groes who have split off from the
U;publicans and voted the Demo
cratic ticket have been refused de
cent burial when they died. It van
thought that when a Democratic al
ii inistrat.O;i was installed at Wash-s
inglon and the negroes found that!
their fears of the result of Demo
cratic supremac were groundles.
they might divide. Many felt sure
they would after President Cleve
land made such liberal advances to
them. But what did we see in- the
last election? The colored vote was
a unit for the Republican ticket. It
ha n ver at any time within the
eighteen years since theyhave been
voters been more solid. White men
scratched ; Democrats in many cases
bolted the party ticket , not so the
negroes. They voted straight. Jfe
are nt-t oljectinp; we are not saying
they ought to be Democrats. We
are only stating a fact jy-d drawing
a conclusion from it. That couchi
sion is this: As long as the negroes
choose to keep themselves arrayed
solidly against ti e white men, the
white men may lie expected to keep
themselves arrayed with soma ilegree
of solidity against the negroes. The
whites did not originally adopt the
color line aod they are not responsi
ble for its maintenance; but they
are not going to break it aud go
over to the ne gn-es in sufficient
numbers to turn the scales in tbe
State, if tbey know it, until th nt-
groes break and some of them come
over fo the whites, thus themselves
obliterating the line which they
themselves have drawa.That may be
a bail state of affairs where a man's
politics can be guessed with reason
able accuracy by the color of his
skin, but we are only dealing with
things as thev are and placing re
sponsibility where it belongs.
S t a t" s v i 1 1 e La r d n a r l
THE NEWSPAPERS AND THE PRESIDENT
Cons'ant criticism of the ne ws-
psp-.irs comes with especially bad.
grace from Mr. Cleveland ; for he is
theii creature and tr ey made h'ra.
There never was a public man whose
reputation is so purely a matter of
newspaper notoriet ,md there never
was a public man who was advanc
ed so far in popular e;onfi3enc e'and
political bono upon so small a cap
ital. He is a colossal example of
what can be elone by judicious ad
vertising, lie never hit upon a greit
idea; he never said a grer.t thing ,
he never accomplished a great deed.
He was a commonplace, honest, well
meaning, available man, unknown
outside cf a narrow circle; and the
newfpaper8 lifted him out of obscur
ity, and put the Governorship eik!
the Pre sideney within bis reach;
And now that he has attained, simp
ly throgii newspupc-r influence, to an
honor that was denied to men 1
ir.b;ter. Clay, Calhoun, 'Tia.ie-,
S--ward, Scott. Tilden, lUnco k
S- yir.our, McCh llan. he keeps iiu
ing from tue height thut m .kes hi u
conspicuous abuse upon tie newe
pnpers ! From the Rochester Post
Express. CARLISLE A' D HILL-
We raise the Democratic banner
aloft tiiis w ek with the names of
Jwkn G. Call sle, of Kentucky, for
Presukn , and David B. Hill, of
New York for Vice President in
l8S4.Dilliii(js (N. Y) Advertiser.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT STILL
KEPUBLICANS.
Washington, Nv. 14. After
nearly two years of Democratic ad
ministration a large part of te-mos"
important t-ffiees in the depart menu
are stiil lull by Republicans. 71ii
a the siinpb f-ct. Do the people
.know how man) of these important
places are occupied by Republicans?
No reference is intended toa'ny mere
copyist plnce or to any office that
fall-j under the Civil Sen ice law.
Suppose we commence with the
State department. Do the people
know that when th office passed in
to Mr. Bayard's hands no greater
changes were nude than ever had
been made when o-ie RepuVicati
succeeded another? Do tbey know
th-it this stst : of aff iirs has contin
ued up to this time , so f.tr as the ad
ministrative branch of the depart
ment is concerned?
There are three Assistant S ereta
lirs of State, who tre entrusted with
the preparation of the correspon
dence upon all questions arising in
.he course of public business. Tw
of these three As-istant Secretaries
were in office under the prior Admin
Utration. Secretary liyard retain
ed them and appointed o.ly a First
Assistant. It had h-n-n the invaria
ble practice of euch new Republican
Secretary to appoint a new Firtt
sltant. and th.s would have occur
ed had the fortunes of the election
enaol.-d Mr. Blaine to name the. Scc
retar3 of State.
The Chief of the depai.ment has
the g-neral supervision of the
clerks ami employes anrl of the
business of the department Tne
Chief Clerk is a Republican.
The Bureau of Indexes and Ar
chives is charged with the -'duty of
opening the mails preparing, regis
tering and indexing all correspon
dence to and from the department,
both bv sublet And perions : the
preservation of the archives, answer
iog cull? of the Secretary, Assistant
Secretaries, Chief Clerk, and Chiefs
of the Bureaus for Correspondence,
&c." The Chief of this Bureau is a
Rc-pub'ican.
Hie (litlemat.c lnreau is in
c'-are ot "diplomatic correspon
dence relating thereto. Division A.
Correspondence with France. Ger
many and Great Britain , ai-.el rois-
eellHiieu correspondence relating
to tho-e countries. Division B.
Correspondence with Argetine Re
public, Austria, Belgiuna, Brazil
Chili, Denmark, Greece, 1 1 sly, Neth
erlanels, Paragua, Peru , Portugal,
Hnsia and Uruguay, and miscella
neous correspondence relating te
those countries. Division C- -Correspondence
with Barbery Spates,
Bolivia. Cer tral America, Colombia,
China, Ecuador, Kgvi t, Fiji Island ,
Friendly and Navigator'-i Islands,
Hawaiian Islands, II i ti, Japan, L
Veria, Madagascar, Mexico, Muscat,
Sar. Domingo , Mara, Swe ety Is
lands, Tuikey. Venezuela , and other
countries not assigned , and miscel
laneous correspondence relating to
those countries." The chief of this
bureau and the ch'iefs -of the three
divisions are all Republicans
The consular Bureau is in
charge
of ' correspondence with consuls' es
and miscellaneous correspondence
relating thereto. There are thre-e di
visions, A, Ii and C, with c tin tries
! allotted) ech, as in the Diplomat
j ic Bureau.'' The chief of this Bu
! ieau and the chiefs of the three di
vi-ions are all Republicans.
The Buieiiu of Accounts has the
custody and disbursement of ap
propriations under direction of the
department , cliirg-d with enstodr
of indemnity funis and bond; care
of the building and properly of the
di partment ." The chief o ' ti e JJu
; n.li tif Account is a Republ cp.
The Bureau of Rolls aud LU rn
has. the "custody of the rolls, trea
ties , &c. ; promulgation of the laws
&c. ; care and superintendence of
the library and publ c documents
care of the Revoiu ionary archives
and papers reiatin ' to inf.rnatioa
coniini8in." The chief of this bu
reau is a Republican.
Tiie liurea i o DCaishos prepares
: hu rcpo-t- upon comn crcitd rela
tionf, compiling tl em from repot i
ofCo isub. A Cultivat-id. w in
formed J. i-h man.who was sufficient
ly -ill. i-lepurlioi.n to talk, write and
vote for Greil-jy. through the influ
epce ot a large numoer ui lciau
Americans obtained a place ia the
Sate Department that h -night or
yanizj the bttireau. and he did his
werk well and fithfull. His Re
pubiicani -in wa9 not altogether or
ihodux. and he, alone, of all the
l.iefs of bureau i. had to step don
ferade to give place to a Democrats.
But the Irishman does tbe work yet.
and doe it well.
The two Afsitant Secretaries each
& $3 500 rcir, and the six c.defs
f bureaus $2,109 each. These
tflcrs are not under civil service
rules, and are filled bv Repablicane
solely because the Admitr ition does
.ot !-e:id to the Senate tie names of
DYmocrntP.
A hundred ct' er important office
under the Stele Department, and not
Subject to civil service rule4 are to-
lay held by appointees f ihe former
Administration. Dj Democrats want
to Know the .lams of the incum
bents, where bom, from wh-it State
ppoinled. what effices they ho' 1
hi tl i he sal-irv tttRC'eltei ca h?
rhe inform:-tb n can be a-dly fur-
nitdied. It is a cause of nei little
regret to those who have la! or: d long
ano z jalously to build n; the D-.-m-
u'latir party an 1 place it in control
of the Got erntnCiit, that other de
partments of the Government are
in the same condi ion. 2T. Y. Sun.
THE OLD MOTHER
DESERTED BY HER OWN CHILDREN.
Going oft because there was not room
for her.
G in nort'i, madam?"
-Nr, ma'am,
' Giing South, then?''
"I don't know, ma'am.,,
'Why, tliere are only two
ways
to gft.
I did't know. I Wiis n-Jver on
the cars. I'm waiting for the train
to go t.e John.'
John? There is no
town called
He's out ;n
John. Where is it?'
Oil ! John's ray son
Kansas on a claim.'
I am going right to KaiiHss my
self. .Yo ii.fcnd to visit?'
No ma'am.'
She said h with a sigh so lu arts
burdened the sranger was touched.
John sick?'
'No.'
The cvasire tone, the look of pain
in the furrowed face, were noticed
by a stylish lady as the gray head
bowed upon the toil-marke bend.
She wanled to hear her story; to
help her.
Excuse m John in trouble?'
"No no I'm in trouble. Trouble
mv e ld heart never though to see.'
The train does not come fcr some
time. Here, rest your head upon
my cloak.'
-You are kind. If my own were
so I shouldn't be in trouble tonight.
'What is your trouble? Mabe I
can help you.'
'It's hard to le i it to strangers
but my old heart is t full to keep
it back. When I was left a widow
with the three children, I thought it
was more than I could bear; but it
wasn't b id as this '
I had wnly the cottage and my
willing hands. I toilcel early and
late all the years till John could
help me;. Then we kept the girls at
school, Jehn and me. They were
married not lwng ago. Married rich
as the worhl goes. John sold the
cottage, sn. me to the city to live
with them and he went Yest to be
win for hiraftdt. He said he had
provided for the girls and they would
provide for me now '
Her veiice choked with emotion
The- ?trsnger wailed in silence.
I went to them in the city. I
wrrd to Mar3's flr-t. She lived in
a great house with servant to wait
on her; a hous e mmy times larger
than the little cottage but I soon
fund there wath't room enough for
me '
The tears stood in the lines on
ner cheeks. The ticket afcrent came
out softly, sum; 1 the Ere, and weu
hack. Alter n Miistf the continued:
' lrrt to Maitha's wert with a
pjtin :n my h at 1 n-ver f It bffwr.
I wa willing to do sin thing so a
not to be n harden. B it that wa li'i
it. I found th- .V were : shamed of
tV beat old body ami iy withered
face
ashamed 'f my ruugh, wrink
led hands ma U- so tailing for them
'The t ars came thick and fast
ioti. T..e hud rested
oaresvitijjy , on tf t r;k head.
At lat tie t-1 ' tii- I must Ii vt
at a bardit:ahu.-e, iid tney'd ep
tne there.. I cuhlit any auythin-.-b-ck.
My heart was too full of pain.
I wrote to John wb-it they wre go
ing to do. He wrote right back,
lone, kind letter lor me to com right
to him. I always had a home while
he had a roof, he ssid. To come
right there and stay as long as 1 liv
ed. That his mother should - sever
go out to stranger. S i'm going
to Joha. He's goi only his r.ugh
hands and his great warm hearts
but there's rooru for his ol i mother
God Mess him ' TlrKtranger
lush-id a t'ar from hr fair cheek
and awsited the conclusion.
Some day when I im goae where
i'll neve rtrouble them again. Mary
and Martha will think of it all. Se me
day when the hands that toiiel for
them are foiled and sfcd'j when the
eyes that watched over them through
many a weary ntght are close! for
ever; whea the little o'.d body, heDt
with the burdens it bore for them, is
put away where it can never shame
them
The agent drew his linn 1 quickly
before his eyes, r n i went out, as if
to lock for tbe train. The stranger's
jeweled fingers stroked the g'ay
looke, while the t ars ef sorrow and
the tears of svmpithy fell together.
The weary heart was unburdened.
Soothed by a rouch of sympathy
he troubled soul yielded to the
longing for rest, and sin Ml asleep.
Th; aten vet n-hc h-self about
his duties, that he mlht not wake
her. As tbe fair stranger watched
she saw a smile on the careworn
fae. The lips moved. fS le bent
down to hear:
'i'm eUi-ig it for Mary and Mar
tha. They'll take csre of mc tome
time:' S i3 wis dreaming of the days in
the little cottage of the f.n I hopes
which inspired her, long I e fore s-hi
earned, with a broken heart, that
some day she would urn- homeless
in the wod 1. to go to join Lv V
CMU5, in t ie Current.
caph mIi rir-M.-saiMKvr iiy
IvMH'TicK I I V.
There w now bdng exhibited st
Leipsic ai apparatis for putting
erircfnals to deatli by electricitv. So
long as it is fi-nnd necessar to r -tain
capital punishment on our p'at
us bo-.-ks it may well be that th
electric method is the most merci
ful and least repiltive process that
couhl be deviled for earn ing the
sentence into effect . lint if such
means s,re ever adopted in t'rs coun
try the detuls will certainlr not be
carried out in the theatrical manner
w'lich commends itself to tin Xeip
sic amateur. Ia tnis apparatus, be
hind the chair in which the condemn
ed man is to take bis seat and by
means of which, as we need not ex
plain in detail, his body is placed
in' circuit wilh a powerful coil there
stands a conventional figure of jus
tice with bandaged eyes, holding the
balance in ber left hand and ti e
sword in her riht. The criminal
haying taken his seat, the proper
function nry is supposed to read over
the recortl of his crimes and the ser.-
tencj o"the law. .J uis ceremonv
comfit-ted, be folds up the document
and ulacos it ir. the scsle pan , t he
arm of the balance descends, close
the circait, and all is oyer. The
Electrician.
HE HOLDS THE FENCE.
Several weeks ago a Detroiter
purchased a piece of 1 in 1 in the
west end of the county. After the
purchase had been completed he en
gaged a surveyor's s;rvtoes to see
if he had been cheated. T.ie dis
coverj whs made that a feuce line
was over on his line eight inches.
When he went over to the owner of
the adjoining properly with the
statement the man repliel:
"Stranger, he row about that
fence began twenty-eiht years ago.
It was then five, feet over the line
and the ro men tit and fit until one
was killed and the other was crip,
pled. After a whita it was moved a
foot, and then two other owners 11
and fit until two law vers pot the "no
farm. The fence was then moved
another foot, and tin- I wo now own
rrs spent half a year in jawing eich
ti er ami the other halt in law:ng.
One died and the other got sol-l out
j -n a mortgage, and when I jiot this
farm the fence was moved over ano
ther foot. Then I tit and fit, and two
years a"o was kicked in the ribs and
laid up fr three months. During
Mint, time the fence was mevt-d t the
ir. sut. line. So its still on .ur
land I"
VeF.
Well s'nose t e rropr f.hinvj
is a row Jfou'il gUt by the
liar ii wiili 3 our revlvr I'll ccmiO
i:t wtt.t my ht ijuri. If y ii lt
i he dl on m d - let go, because
f shall oof :o kiI:,''
It tok 'be 1 ttoiti-r sie tie
to eo.iViuoo the larruer tbit be did
not e:re for cght inches of land,
an-i that he wouldn't haw t.he feio
u ovi u l r $50. and when ho hod
8u('c-ecd (he old mn drew a long
breath of relief one replied;
That's kind o'you,- and it leare
my boys cha ice to fit aad (It af
ter I'm gone. I hope y n ain't com
ing out hert to live alongsid o' mV.
No."
"Glad on't. If you plei.se
some man who'll want them other
eight Incites. The boys and I ia
lonesome for excitement. Detroit
Free Press.
Indolence Idles e m Lamlaest.
These synonyms make up the
character of countless drones in
shape of humanity. If is a lament
able spectacle to look around, ia ev
ery locality, ani di-covtr how many
aie content with a life f done)th-.
ingixm. ilia a was made an actite
b iUjj, but he has leaned well
to love hi ease f'.-it nearly half the
world is i lie.
It tniglit seem at first th mht that
indolence is negative in its nature,
that if it does not no good, it at
lea? t does no harm. But t'uis ia a
false and dangerous assumption.
Nothing is more podtivc tu its na
ture and influence. Indolence is by
no means an' idler. Nothing nnder
m
the sun is more active thai ia'lo.
l.;nce .
Paradoxical as it w ay ste;n, ''an
idl i hr.ii.i i t1 e work-hop of the
devil."
The:e is l Ik- hiht .t hor.o .t'ie swec-te.-t
oleasuro, llie tsu est safety and
ohe lichest reward in baring some
visihl, honorable call ng or occupa
tion, 3ii 1 t ins eurn Hr hr .d by the
sweat of l he brow. Jlan a fvlA
ing ! h ir rm and sayiHii : 'The
woil I owes me a living.'' Ti 1 nsg'-3
iaarCfBt sormon say : Out of
very hard position io life t'ierd are
fifty doo-s, which at t;ie tap of . the
uir I k tick e ,f to 1 wi ig wide
o n. Io not, my hearer, jinth
reat army of bl :'odied beggirs.
When the time o hes that jo feel
like pi:t ing join lszy hand, on your.
Irps an I sayinj, J-T-e no -Id owes
me a liviag.' it otcs you a Imluer."
So t. we. Ad -oodicd beggair is
an intolerable nuisance and a crmj
fast ocffht to have a sevre penalty.
Rocky Mount Talker.
The .Veic $ Observer anniuneed
ths.t Senator Blair, of ew Hamp
shire, was to arrire "ii Raleigh on
the 10ih inet. There is ntt-ing of
uterest in tbvt, but it e8 on at
fllows : "He has been rcqnestcu Dy
a comtm'ittec of citizens to give a
1-cture on education while ker, aad
has telegraphed compliince wi h the
rtquest. A fprcisl coinroittee wm
40 from here t Weldon t j-mojtow
ijiorninr, where they will meet him
:ind oscurl hi:n here. He will lect
ure in Metropolitan Hall Thuralay
.iht." What wr I Raleigh do next?
The idea of gushing over the old
education cranr could n5 have ori
inated eutside of "spontaneous
Rih 'gV Some ol tjie people or
the S ulh deseive till that this old
ft aud has sai l jn denunciation of the
s ctio h zn m re. We areula l that
the act on of the Ra'eighites doss
not represent the seuttraent of the
whole SUte. Salisbury Wutchman.
ANALYSIS-
An artesian well was recently
bored at Columbus, Miss., and the
water thrt from is very cold, and
poei-eshfs rare chemical properlies.
A citv epro, with a enpin l is hand,
vas staudinjr at the we 1 a day or
two ao w'imi a brother from the
count rv jumped off his wagon aad
asked for a driuk of the celebrated
water.
When the col red genti mau
fro.w the country hi:d swallowed
th? water, he smacked his lips and
said,
Hi! that watah s gocd, sho's
vo' bo'n."
' The eitlier, with an air, of great
importance, repl ed:
'In coume, hit's good; hit's
.1 u cocaI. fur b t corneal
r. nr tlmiisan 1 le t fr ra '-he under. I
p nniu' of d-. yeaith ; aiP hit's been
candaliz-d by debts' froml
le Mate Univeraa'ry an' "w at yo'
think he says hit's got in it? '
I du .no. I'm sho "
-Well, he say eb re is ten ( rainj
oxhide eaH.ieu ra u-tcowbon.c a,
ten --ia n fox forii-acid, an seventy
tn-ain- hydrophobia in elat watab
bit a boun' to be good wa ah, ah."
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