The Gastonia
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Vol. XV III. U*u~J'.l« } Gaatonla, N. Cm July 8, 1897. '
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NORTH CAROLINA SKETCHES
PBEPABATIOBS FOB ICAIOTO A
atop.
llnualM IMmo HI* PUu to Mia
ratolly t*r a«Wa( rrcr W Mia
Wlto'a Harpy nwwkl aave* Him
flfMi the Mtully »r kmktai
•rmwl mi * PHhy-A PlulUiw
Myk
John W. IlifM, la Charlou* INaennr.
It waa one of “tboee early" day* of
»prlag, "ban nature feet* lb# Orel life
pul*o *Ur lo her dull, cold vein*. Tbe
■torn bad iltirtad la tbe nigbt. Tbo
rain* bad oaaaed. And now the eoath
wind Mowing »ofUy (welled tbe bud*
and wblepered to tbe Bleeping grate
■nd dandelion* tint spring bad eon*.
Overhead (bluing fragment* of cloud,
belated *tragglera, echudod away Into
the deep expanse of bio*. A hawk
•ailing there screamed a shrill chal
lenge caogbt up and flung back by tbe
crow in tbe plnetop before he *ped
away to bl* fellow* with elarooroua
alarm. Io tbe apple tree a mocking
Mrd preened ble wing*, then tried bl*
Pipe* and scolded to find tbe love-notee
had not eome. Tbe moiat mile of tbe
barnyard fence steamed In tlw early
eun. Among the log* of the empty
crib there a little brown wren played
hide and eeek with a hungry rat, twit
tering excitedly to Sweet, tbe Maofc
noee dog curled in tbe warm eunehlne
below, nnd to BllL tbe ox, (tending
with bead over tbe half lowered bars.
The winter bad been bard on Bill.
His hide, which should hsvo been
whits end red, war dingy and be
grimed. K*cb separate rib showed
plainly, sud tbe eean of trace-chain*
were there, and collar mark*, relic* of
bygone tolL Sloes Now Year the barn
bad been bare. The lari load of hi*
winter feed Bill bad hauled to town
and seen bartered for ble master's
Christmas revel. And tbe oooklabam
m mi t In* Him HMU kewi.t. k.ll ___
Void bow bii March bad alooe btm
through low-ground* for aoch poor
remnants of shuck and fodder as the
winds might bays left ou the battered
ooro. Bill was of that breed most
oommonly known as “scrub,” and
the toll aod hardship which bad come
to bla early year* had oot improved the
■train. It had brought blm s sullen
cuuotonanoe aod flanks sinewy and
lean. Its rely bad bla pannob been folL
And the troubled notes of appeal be
was utterlug now ium a protest that
the bare denied blm booms to bis aeant
pasture, and tbs sun already rising
two boars blgb. Presently the master
Hannibal appeared In the cabin door
way and Bill broke Impatiently Into
short, sharp calls that needs mast have
reached the negro’s ear, for without
removing his pipe from hie teeth ha
turned and called within:
“Mom. yon feed Hill die aawnlog
like I tola yer?”
"Lika to know whs then I been do
ing all mawnlng If I ain't feed Bill!”
'‘Bill grumble Ilka be ain’t bad nervy
bit*!”
“B1U always agjmmblin’l Bill grum
ble If he’s bumln’l Dey ain’t do mIis
fyln’ dat alearl” And saying this
Moses slouched out of the oabln and
dragged bln soiled footstep* toward*
the barn-yard. Tbs pip* was out of
Hannibal's mouth now aod lie stood
gazing after his young hopeful unable
to And words to express himself.
“Great mine to take a brick an’ bos’
yerl” be exclaimed at Length. “Dak
make me say what I do ’boot niggerst
Ter triflin’ lazy dogl If you don”
feed Bill and fotch dot plow up I swar
to God I take dla ax an’ brain yer!”
Bat Mom bad sauntered out to the
harm and with beck to bts sire stood
confronting the UtUe beast, which
with head uplifted, was appealing per
■latently for hi* breakfast.
“Great mine to piok up a rail so’
bus’ youl” ho exclaimed. “Aiui never
gwlen to gt’ yer nuttent” And be
leaned aoroas the bars sunning himself
In the comfortable warmth of the
morning. “Dla da fus’ call!” It* mat
tered, ,ren’ from bow oo till d* oot
ton’o pick all 1 gwlen to bear I* ‘feed
Bill,’ an’ ’plow Bill,’ like followin’
attar Bill wan da ’joyment in die life!”
“Ton Mack ulggar darel Don’t you
bear smI”
wuw uuwn ioq rsunng u>>
Briber an armful of windblown aedgo
from tbe fence corcar, tossed It oyer
into the mire. Then still maturing,
turned arrow the desolate row* of
cotton aUllcs, taaing tha plow, when
It had stood la the furrow since lari
year’s erop was d»ns. But the roles
of Haantbe) Jawing yet In tbe doorway
cams after la I in.
"I gwien to hire oat! No use tryln’
to make a crop wld deee nlggerst Day
trintdar dan po’ white trash I I gwleo
to out a cow hide! Data whatl You
can’t work niggers 'bout da oberaaer I
Bat nigger Moss be oaghter be baa’!
What de reason now nigger oao’t to aka
crop as same as white mao f"
The steer bad wlwd tbe wlap of
riraw leased him and ww grinding It
famtabadly, hi* big eyra fixed on tha
muster who controlled, without let or
hindrance, bis poor body and for the
time an eh wul ae la to brute things
who do thelc toll dumbly and patiently.
Yesterday i)Ut hud left the swamp
thicket to Bod shelter from tbe wind
and driving rain. Oooa a steed had
kaned against tbe log hollt crib, but
this had tumbled down, and all day he
hud pressed from the wind where his
house load been, while tha eaves dripp
ed upoo his shivering aids*. Hannibal
draw tha blue amoks deep and strong
aa he watched Bill now and itfloctrd
upon his foresight In having raised the
bars lari nlgbt whan be might have
lied to hoot for him this morning
through acre* of briery bottom land.
Ha would begin tha break log of ground I
for kta crop today. It wan almoat
April now, and rinse tha lari bag of
ootlon was picked !■ November ha a on
hie had dona no toll. New year Imd
round the larder barn, tha Drib empty,
eod not a penny te show that Ilia ywr
bad bean. Than Ummlbnl had tramp
ad op Ui Hgolro Tom Wllaon’O, at his
crossroads store, leased Urn eaMn and
fort/ ecrm for another yeur. supplies
U bo advauoed, given notes tlgosd
*.<**«• mart, payaM* la Ibo orop
eetyU ptaolnd, and further secured
by a mortgage on "om ateer, naao
Hill, ooe wooden hedetead and straw
maltreea, one pine table, one bench,
S'1** a pot, and on# griddle."
Thl* being the earn total of the prop
erty wLloh Hannibal and bio wife,
Ann, possessed. These UUle prellmt
n*y«a ao°a be bad trudged boats again
with a bag of meal and ilnd of bacon,
the Bret trolta of a crop not yet plant
w.
Attar Impounding Bill last night
Hannibal bad Joload hie family. Bill•*
oo-laborer*, spread about the wlda
bearth by Die pine-knot (Ire. There
*u Angy with the lest baby In arras,
mosb whom we this morning saw at
aody.sklllfulBt weeding sottoa, be
sides Llge, Belllndy, Hlas and Babe,
none too small to ptok the white
fleeoe from the bursting holla, tbsee
{set nodding or asleep all unmindful of
Impudlng toll. Angy was bushing
her baby sod dipping tbe oocsfortlcg
snufl, while the young ones tamed
yarns roast log <* ibe hearthstone.
Wow you niggers beer what X tails
y«rl" began Hannibal M be kicked the
dog uway from the 3reside end lit his
pipe. “Yoo niggers boar cae now I Ps
gwleo to aaeke a crap dls year. I ain’t
one o’ dcae po’ trifle' Digger* an’ when
1 sot lbs pace yoo’i got to follow!
Wei gerlea to atari. de cup In de
mswnlng. Hose, him so’ Bill do
plow, Angy an’ Pete work de hoes, de
me* o' yer burn stalks an' I gwleo to
help all roond!"
“You gwten to stand' round an* be
de obomeer J" explained Angy.
“IVbo dal talkin’’bout do oliemeer.
J ain't beard nobody say nettla''boot
no oberseer I But you bear wbat I
tella yer, i's gwleo to make a emp wtd
you niggen! All o’jrer eeu victuals,
isn' we owes Squire Tom half de fust
bale dls minute for rnnnin' os till
cowl Six bnshsls o' msal an’ fifty
pounds o' meet you niggers done est
since new year, ao’ de lntrna arunoln’
afo’ de ootton's planted 1”
“De house on Are, Derldyl" celled
ooe from the bearth.
••wit do bucket, come o’ yet, an’ put
It oqtl” Hannibal ordered “It** dat
■am* ole straw 1 Bade Moee atutf In de
ohlmuey corner again yialtddy when do
wlo’ an’ rain waa blowin* aa”
“W.o’a gwien to git to work by light
In de aewntat.’ De rain don* atop, BUI
up In de pen. an* da moon shinin' on
de right quarter. 1 *spen to make (o’
lade die year. Dare’s one bale for de
rent, dat*a one I Dnio*s nodder bale
For de runnln’, dat’a twol Dan’s
□odder bale 'poo top o’ dat to buy a
mol*. Squire Tom say be aell dat ole
Ky Jim mule for one bale. Dat’a
at Den one mo’ ’poo too o’ dat for
riaaniball Dat make fo’f l’s gwien
to fotoh up my fambly ’spectable, I
lain
"Dat’a right nowl’’ put In Angy.
•T’i ’apse la trio aa’ yoa'B >*pecUble,’
an’ day’s got to be *wct*b)e">
I’a a 'apectable Bigger, an’ yon'a got
to work an’ be >apeotable or I’ll b**’
yer open I Reason why nlggen don't
git ’long no bettor )** case day don’t
work I Moee, yon git up at crack o’
day an’ feed Bill, an’ dene Inters I’a
roaa'in’ will do for break’ua*!’’
Tbe nlgbt had paaaed, day oome, and
now the tun rlaing two lioura high
ahoue comfortably upon Hannibal
smoking In hts open doorway. Within
tbe oabtn the children swarmed like
die* about the oooklog breakfast, for
Hannibal and they bad not alept the
nlgbt before until tbe last roasted yam
waa eaten.
Hose, with plow on shoulder, still
muttering et fate generally and at Dill
tbe material embodiment of hla partic
ular fate, waa returning pialnfolly
through tbe tangled ootton row*
Overhead the blue was swarming with
clamorous birds. Growl Crawl Hawkl
Hawkl tliey called, and them came,
too, the long drawn squeal of the ene
my climbing up and np and up. Crow!
Crow! Hawtl Hawkl And from every
Klnt of the oompnae hurrying wluga
it fiercely In the fray. Baaed
feathers came whirling down, and
fainter and more faint from the depths
above fall tbe eereem ae the great bird
rose from the onuntleae break* high
Into clear thin air. Under the eaves
of the barn tho grey rat waa nibbling
tbe bones of the little brown wren,
nod Sweet routed from hi* sleep by the
falling fragments waa nosing hungrily
about
'Mil UOOQ hunmol now, shook col
Ur and wooden ha me*, and trace
ehaina bound with many raga. Tl>e
bare were down and he was out, but
aUll he stood there patiently, hi* hun
gry eyea upon the field wondering dim
ly. perhaps, as ether tollers do at
Umea, why he could not wander there,
why lie stood so hentoaeed, and why
he needs must spend hi* life pulling
that plow aimlessly op on* row sad
down the other, neeer getting any
where. Patiently he yielded to the
fate be oonld not oomprebtnd and
ttood apart waiting for hla aeenstomed
toll. Uot someth fox waa amlas with
bit old-time comrade tbe plow. He,
too, had epent the winter In tba low
g round*, and now tba awIngte-Ua* had
fallen In maoy ptooea, aad a bolt waa
gone. Hannibal bad ooma out. follow
ed by all Um young ones, and they
stood about aa lliougb tbe wbolo crop
prospect bad suddenly oollapaod with
Ilia swingle-tree.
"Sloes," ventured Hannibal at
length, "you bust de ax an1 go out la
do wood* an’ out a hickory awtugla
tree. an’ de res’ o* yer go down da
araeb an* hant a grapevine for to ita
dat awlngle-traa on wld."
Bat at this moment Aogy appeared
In tbe on bln door and battel, "Hanoi
bell Yon know whet day die tot"
"Wbatten yon ax re* dat!” he grum
bled.
"1 my you know wW day die lat”
"What do rwaeon I don’t know! Aon
day we wool to moating’. Monday
Mrer Josh got married. Cbeweday I
waat up to Mguira Tom’s. Next day
llrer Mg*'* fuolal eras areaeli. lint
waa Wednesday. YlaOddy wax Times
day. sod to-day-Mom, put dat
etaar apl If here alat we* aaeUln'lu
on to crop on a Friday! ,
Tlmrt was a hurrah at this ntmmoV
«t holiday. The children stood on
Uielr bends, such as had asqeirad the
aoopmplishmsat. Pomp kicked Hweet
sod knocked Pete down Is meres*.
abcnaM and tbo nwt of them crowded
to help nnharneea BUL Asp stood
V!? ?* U**® fro® tto doorway,
delighted that It should ham been her
fomtought which hud warded off an
impending calamity from tto howse
b.old-.. J*”"11*1 dr«* * good breath
of mlM that for the present, at least,
lie need not toes the problem of mak
ing a crop with a rotten plow, lit hie
pipe afresh and settled comfortably
Sgaluet the rail feooe la tto sun.
“Tnra Bill la to del T” called one.
••Put him In to lot t” ordered Han-1
Dlbel.
•xwjrwlw to work tcHDonsr!”
“Jxh* here aim I Too UUak y©»
4nM» n ooovlc'f \Vhao I flto to bo n
MQTlef I ’■pec’s to work on teddy I
I*» cwion Co town to-Bonor in dnrt
eym Ilk* m ’spectsWs gant'maa !"
Presently the bteek swarm of dnrktoa
bad Ttomd m mjtUriooaij H tbi
crow* overheed wfaarotbabawk sailed
T* serenely a tollUry speck In the
depths of ulus. Bill nibrad of bia
per stood spin Id tbs bare yard Bud.
Tbo plow sod collar had brought no
toll to-day. The bars wars up again.
It wan toeossprsbeoaibis. fit bad
beard bio masters say “Tiiday" and
lock." These doings won be
good bis bn, tod he otaaed poodarlog,
dosed bis eyes and chewed srbnt cod
In bad. Hannibal emobed, noted bio
pas opoo tbo otabUsAaM, sod pic
tured again the big crop bt was going
to make. It was so quiet now it waa
••*7 to think. The yooeg ones bad
gone Ashing. Bill stood osar with
syea closed ehewlnghlsood. A gray
eat was curled asleep where Sweat had
bean. Tbo hawk hong mol loo tea In
tlimit blue. A tltgle feather, white
and luminous, came drifting down
from that far height, and aot a sound
broke the stillness bat the soft clock
ing tMf a ben to her brood. Hannibal
could see tbo cotton growing. the
biggest crop be bed oyer pleated; the
rows laid by, toll and gnoa; the burst
In* bolls, the fleecy boefceU, the tour
bales piled at the gin house door, tt
eras just as good as basing them.
And the aun felt so comfortable.
He leaned book slowly until be found
a®™ msttog Place Id the bead of the
fence. Hit Mad lay over sgnlost n
mil. The pipe fell from bis Bugera,
and with month open sad foot up
turned be slept under the noon-day
son.
u« imk
Hen. ». J. Patterson retiring Ooo’BMoecr
of AgriouRurel. la Jast Boiletls.
Lrt It be told over end over again
Hint the fanner wbo hinds himself
with prop lieu and dpUtel mortgages,
or debt In order to beoure supptle*
whtob be e*o raise hi motif, or to buy
fertiliser for making a crop, tbs yield
and tbe price of which no man can
foretell, la enslaving himself; he la
gambling on mere change: be ia build
ing bit house on Ute sand, and sooner
or latter tbe waves of disaster will
bring blot to grief. Tbe farmer who
raises bis own supplies—wbo avoid*
debt like tbe plague, and keeps bla
expanses inside bit receipts, who raises
mousy orope only as a surplus—he la
building oo a sure foundation, against
which tbe storm* may best sod billows
roll in vain; be U independent of
panloe and business depression—be la
Maater. Tbe time la coming wbeo
these plain troths will be more and
more apparent.
Looking to the futon la all ths
wide rang* of the varied Industries of
tbs present age, t oao see no pursuit
that offers to the average man with
limited capital, particularly U be has
not received training m a specialist, so
oertaln a competence, with a fair
■bore of this world, ae farming. Oer
Wfnlv there is no other pursuit In
which he con to the seme extent enjoy
his freedom and manhood; none more
healthful, none with fewer tempta
tions to draw him away from tbe paths
of uprightness sod virtue, none In
wbloh bo may have so eh eloso com
munion with natare. and “nature's
own great God adore.” And farmers
era better then anybody el so, os a dam
except preachers.
044*4* l4C%i*Mh.
iKrtuiMh Newt.
Two Sooth Caroline cotton mills,
one et Piedmont and the other et Fal
ser, oo tbe Southern Railway, have
just shipped twaaty carloads of cotton
drills to Shanghai, China. There wens
9.800 bales of clotli. worth HO a hole.
Tbe train aarrylog the shipment will
go west over ths Xorthero PneiOo
rood, and tbs goods will Uka steamer
at Tacoma. The goods wars sold to
China In competition with ths mills
of lie world. That so large an order
should have been secured by Booth
Carolina mills la ooaolnslve proof that
the South oan ooapeto with the world
with a fair Oeld, And while meeting
end matching all competition, the
So a there mills are making money.
A Wmaf Viiawlll.
Witnaboro CnranM*.
Blackberries are rip*. There I* the
largeet crop la mgntr year*. Blackber
ry ptoe and •I*****5’ are coutrlballag
to the happlweae of oar people
, Ur. Jam** Jane*, of the drag Bra of
Joote A Boa, Uowdoe, IN., la (peaking
of Dr. King** Maw PWoovary, mj*
that la at winter HI* wife waa attaeked
with La Grippe, and her one* grew oo
aerloae that pkyiiclans at Cowdan aod
Pane could do nothing for her. D
treated to develop Into Haaty Coa
■ompUoo. Having Dr. Klog** Mew
Dlaoavary in at ore, aod telling tote of
It, be took a bottle bo***, ei.d to tbe
aorpria* of an alia began to got better
fro at lire Bret deer, ned half doeen
dollar botliee oared bar eoead gad
well. Dr. Xtef *• Kaw Dlaeovery for
Oonaumptloo, Hough* and Colda la
goaraateed to do Ula work. Try
It. fre* trial bottlr* at J. R Hurry
A Co'a Dt ug Star*.
UP US 1 BIRTHDAY.
ATS HZ PHUiOIOPHIZES a little
OH THE OOQAiZOl.
Mr
*•
Ml AfO ta All
Aaotbar pataroal blrttday la my
Stony. Ttoy aaam to oaao about
twlcaa y» t to n» aaw. How a?ary
Jbtag abrluka aa wa naar tha goal.
Tha Im ara not ao tall nor tha b 11 to
aoblghan tbay aaad to ba. Taatto
natural, and to nothing aaw—bat
bow to It that «rraa tlma abould ahrtok
■ lima, that ia ao mrfc an bmAmm.
am, and that la mresarsd by Um mm
ticking of tbe clock, ana um u
measured by toe (Wag ud setttagof
tharaa, and that by Um rcrelriug
aartb, aod that by Ua annual ooaree
around Ik mt 1 out am why
time Aoald seem to *riuk at ad, or,
M any change, It should expand, for
woou domora. think wSnTLrm
mom, la a day than wtao wa war#
children. Seventy-two year* ago to
day I oum Into Ala aaWrary world
tod have had aty ttaare of toy and tor
row aad aa ooatoat wttt my lot la
Uto. Am David said: “Tbs lines lave
tollea to me to ylareert ptoaaa. Tea,
I have a good heritage.” Bat poor old
Job took It hard WbU Satu despoiled
bla. aad ha eaxaad kit day aad said,
ip Um ugulA of bla aoal: “Let too
day'parish whereto I war bora. Why
diod I not from Um womb, tor Uwo I
AoaU tare lain oUU aad bau at rest,
Ita then Um wletad oeaaa f root tumb
ling aad tha weary an A raat r”
Poor old mu (biased atory always ex
kites my sympathy. Thao then was
Jeremiah, who exclaimed.- “Oh, that
■y bead ware sratara aad mine eyas a
river Of tears. C arsed be the day
wherein I was tan; earned be to# mso
who brought tidings to my father my
tex e mu chad Inborn ante tore."
T don't like three aad people nor aad
•toriee nor total of reirery. I aarer
mad a raareaea that ends sadly. I
don’t Ilka the company of people who
wear sad toore aad are aarer happy
unless they are mlaanbla. I wish tost
Hebert Boras tad aarer writtes “Man
was made to reoara,” for I don’t be
Hare It Of ad God’s creatures, aua
*■ Um only oae that eu smile, aad be
■hocId smile as often re he can. Cow
par was a red poet, but to dose say:
-Baftlnd • trovatae sswMsneo
Ho muj s saltire t»oo."
That U batter. Tbe Creator erbo
teeatiflad and adorned tba earth wilt
fruits and Bowen aad gave na bird* to
aing and mnato to charm, and atuddcd
the heavens with star*, did not make
man to mourn.. If Ha had given as
Only bastards for bird! and dog fennel
for doaren aad the howling of the
wlada Cor innate wa might bars
mourned; bat I rather ilka that poet
who in tbs guab of hi* gratitude aaM:
"Tkle world le very lowly. Ok. tajr Ood,
1 thank Ihcr ctmi I Bw.“
Young waa another aad nod solemn
poet, and aayr
“Mm want* (Ml little karo below.
Mar wanta Wat UK la taw.”
Sidney Smith was more genial, and
•aye:
"Men wmntabut Uttte aero below,
Aa be«. perk. lamb, ewl roolaon abow.“
I wlah somebody would tell me
where I sen find a parody oalhat same
teat that era* written by John Qalaer
Adams about half a oaotnry ago. U
waa a ohsrtalog poem, and te|pn:
-Wan wanaa but Uttlo bare below.
Mar wanta that tau* loo*. '
-na net whb me anetly an.
Ibn* ‘tm ao Is Che eokj
Than ha aaU forth a delightful cata
log as of what ba nose want, mod it ao
oorda with our daetiss and oxeuaea as
for indulging them. Lot a man, and
espeeleUy a woman, wlah as mocbai
ba or aha pleaaaa, hat ao good ooeesa of
a dhdremfal longing for things we
can’t gat Woman is peculiar abont
that. She eaa want pretty things
ewer so badly, and do without them
ever ao graciously. During the war
and about its diet ram lag aloes Urn wives
and motharu who bad Head In laxary
cases down to poverty and hard times
with more fortitude than tba man—I
know many asan who gave upend
« away and died, bat their wives
t* They held up tbetr beads and
straggled on. I remember bow crushed
aad helptem 1 tilt whan I got my fam
ily book home and (ocmd Dotting but
a shelter—not a bed to deep oo—sot a
oow in the oouaty, no floor, ao soger
nor eoffae—aota chtoken oar aa egg,
and ao money to boy with, if there
bad bean anything to buy—oo wood to
burs, bo fenae around tbs be use and
jo we had to bora the stable that
tba Yankees built on oar lot for their
horses, u wsadesolation, and with
mo waa almost despair, bat my wife
never surrendered, and aha baao’t yet.
8be wants aa many good things and
oiea things aa anybody, but whan
trouble comas ate eon Butter and ha
strong.
mit gooa time aeon now ror a
man of my yvara to look book and take
a kind of Inventory of wbal 1 bare
done ail Ula time—what baa baoa ae
ooapUebed for the world *e good or
anybody* good, not tor wy own good,
for that don’t oouat up yonder. Be
fore I go Into the reoeTver'e baode It
la well for WO to wake up an Invoioe.
Wboo a aeboolboy wo naad to debate
whether or eat there wee aeeh a thing
aa dtrtatownd boworolonoi. 1 thought
Own that there waa, bet rt mm to
mo bow that alMoet ever* good thing
1 ever did waa very Mooh mUod with
enltalinvee. aod all that Will «
tw tae will ba an the line of tbe poet
who aaym:
TSia5!«SSt2t-.m. in wnm
There w mom ooMTert In that tor 1
betters I havs taken plea* are la divid
ing with ethers the Mere lag* that (Jed
bee given we, The rstrospse* la, bow
ever, net free (tom etesds and blera,
•ad I srouM Uwt I eoald 11 Vs Uvea
Brags a-usaa
date to do •ojwtbln* for U* follow
U>°m wbo weto to
oobm mm Mb. “Oat fsliBBi im
■*», *. ‘/wrote book*
aod finoUd ateful oontrimotf an**
ptaatod inn ud rtatt for a*, ud to
•totodteffiLfflag^ M*tehtpT»
tow pUnted™ °* <kMb iSdi 1
wldt Kmktu »**plloU™,TliSa. *1
tow written na; ttatotot ud *
two. wttboat mllot tooie
thoofto, ud taa Mf.wlto B;rm:
3S KSS/lS&u.
Oo tto wbote.1 ut gwtetel ttot By
llfo too tato dotted te tto l*tt tbreo
uutea of tbl* cwttn town doc
otvMnUon tto* up per loot ttoae*
“d to. to tto wcrtd’i htoorp. A
then wow bat tow booki u< fowar
iiwipapm la tto United State*-when i
ttow wtw tot two or ttote tbort roll-'
rotdt, ud not * telegraph or telephone
,*-wton ttow wm no light tot cudie
light, and notnfrleWoa match in tto
world, urn tteel pea. Hot pragma
»lwaya telega a twin of evil tbtogi
along wltt IL Xwrp light to* It*
•todow. Tto dertl la a Uraty caaa ud
totpa op with tto pcaoattlon.
Dm warn «n* a*»u km a Mdcum."
.▲ad kla polpK, though lortelWc, k
at Uw other aad. when Uw ainaere
knra to oongrcgata. 1 nwiwlin when
Uww m no hip poekata nor ptatola
to pat la thaw. I ramaialwr whan
toara traa no wbkky la this
ooantry, and tha only spirits drank
JJJw wins, Paach beeody, cognac
that wu made from grapaa,
udjirew England ram that tha
Taokam mad# from naoilman They
■ado tha ram to buy algnca with la
▲Moa, hat aoma of it got down aootb.
Wbiskay earns lotar, aad wm original
ly uekeyhaugh. a gaitic word that,
WfMtt to aw, moans watar of life.
Wa last ayllabU wm happily dropped
in eoaraa of tlma, for It moaoa turn—
aad oakay was prooooooad woasky.
But tt would Ukoaboofc to tall all
Uw ohangM that hays marked Uw last
QO yaaca-tha good of il and Uw had of
it. I would Wot soma things oat If I
Mold, aod oat the elook book, but God
knowath. Especially would 1 Wot out
•jury bad thought and army bed dead
of my own atari aat that gave pain
or anxiety to tboae who Icrad me.
flia worst word in Uw language k
waoeao. I am tmo from that, I know,
twt not from regret. I with that aU
tba young people would atop and think
samstlmsa atop and think and ra
•Wra to do nothing that will follow
to«a Uka lioaqoo7# gboat whan they
|c®» ola.
Tb» Stalk Plwu Him.
NkouLaduron' Rouord.
Ac00MlDg to hi* opinions, expressed
***** • bj**f ***** through a portion of
tbo South to visit the NMbvfile B*, o
oitioo, tbe anticipations of deoretarj
WUooo nbont tbo South have not boau
KotoroDy ble opportu
nity for jodglog of tbo whole region
known so tbo doetb was rather lim
ited, but no oca will question his ladg
nujtUxu tin b. „„«,£TS :
Ma when bo mskoo bio proposed ea
toadod trip tfaroogh tbe South for tbo 1
porpos* of studying its roooaraea tod
becoming bettor acquainted with Its
people.
Ouo practical result of bla visit will
be tbo preparation of a bulletin on tbe
•aWot of reclaiming worn-out mil.
Thjf P*©*»*m *• bo an Important
“* **•*«»“ ■«* moot of
tbafr territory many Son than, eg riant
to flats bar* lo tbo past boon rather
pradigal of tbo soil, but with tbo rapM
migration of bossessskars from laaa
Inviting aaotlons baa oome a realln
Uon of the in portae oe not ooly of
maintaining the producUvlty of tbe
land Mt a Oder cultivation, bat also
•* bx^log to Urn future demand by
taking slam to brlog under culture
Main tbe {audio some seattooi which
baeu alto wed Vo deteriorate. See*
wdary Wilaoo has decidedly practical
this autfeot. and from the
biota whioh he haa already let tall bla
Hody will ha of grant value to those
who would conserve fruitful soil and
rnoialm the waste places.
XmiMMoe «ra*>M« b*h
IMwa
Owwrt Vim.
Tto last Legl datura paaeed a special
law for Coooord, allowing It to tax |a.
Mraooa non and rawing maohloe
rita. Tbta tbla bnutUal rat of poo
want debt nbaad and pot a ctaoaa
la tba machinery • net raying that no
corporation efaouU lary a apectal tax
oa tbaao people. Oaooont’a ootaoeia
aiooara tail Monday lenad then naelal
taxaa, but will be unable to collect
tbeaa. Brary day fraab evidence of
Ibo aaininity of tba laat LagMataro
coaaeo ta light,
Warner* ■ ■ ■ oj ai wr
nikrthtliMih.
swstkbtmsSs
Ilk MIU. UkUkMnaiM MkM
will lafcna weak's lima and will In
mUm om tba Union l>a*Sc
rmm MdaH »im aea - | h m
[ fcwmxiya.
*»w Tort Wall anagxprcw..
One of tbe great tricks of ex-Socatcr
of Teiua, while la otUoe, waa
«*eddfy»f«wSV km* auibcTae
W5i!ir4.v,w,,?n«*r’’ ■od**# «■*»•
eerver tolhanUery 1* would appear u
though tbe Whole weight of liLx Intel
lect wax devoted aofelj to tbe proper
aenlpaletloooC theetrtDgx oo S.X
gen, aart tbo Louisville IMapeUb.
Another peculiarity of Ute Senator
wee eu annoyance to eocee of bU more
eupentltuoue nolleaguxa He bed a
greet way of select lag any aaetouthe
, Democratic aide, provided It waa not '
Me owu. Whenever a Democratic
Senator waa akfc, Mr. Keegan in vnrta
Wy appropriated Ida ctafr, end. aa
derug tbe oourae of hie career in tbe
Senate a neater of UaeoUeagueedied,
S*jjd hasen to be looked oo aa
abondowtoraay sick Senator wboeo
obairbe ooold appropriate. it la welt
remeariNred that on one onaaaiou,
wb« Senator Vance was sink, be
wrote mteSeaatpr I’aaeo, who ar>
ipi;asBi£rj!ss.£ra
log, ualhetioalijr.
* or heaven's taka don’t let «M
Keegan have my obalr.’ Senator
| Vance's chair waa taken oat of tbo
Sonata chamber.
“Wkj lukr
m»Mni Till IteraM.
A yooag German Immigrant who
knd not a dollar in Um world end no
ndnUyaa, trinoda or aequelataaeae In
Aamrlm worked Hi* way waatward
tom New York until hart—had a
■nail town la Ohio, where be aeourod
ipoaUloo aa clerk la n dour nod fowl
dare and want to wort. In almcat
la iooredaUy abort time he learned
At* Engl lilt language and had
■attend u>» few detail* of tha baai
mas In which ha waa engaged.
Ooa day b* oralkrd Into another ted
dote a Sock away, aald that b* had
maidjhal the proprietor of theptaao
talrad toaellout, and Inquired tbo
Nice. Tbo feed dealer wanted *1,300
noaah. After n few ioqnlriw Um
wOer mid: “AU right. 1 Till 0*11
■morrow at 10 and wa’Ugo orer to
A* bank and gat tha money foe yon."
Ko ooc know u/tblit tfas
rating German- The feed .tore man
»hoI"*^dto «dl lamped to the ooa
iitutop that the proepooUrt purobaoer
■oat ham broagbt conntderabio money
trom Germany. Thn naxt day. comp
ly on time, tha German called to take
***<**1011. “Gome on," be aald.
'vatlge right to tha bank now and
rat the money."
Toflathar they entered tba bank,
rba German aapronhad tha amW*r%
window. Intrndnoed blmaolf and aald.
“I»«* I* Mr. Job**, who keep* Um
tod atom on Main *tre*t. I boa
toagbt oat bla plane for $LSUb
tbdTtbalf called Ingot the mo-y!"
“IJek.Tour pardon," replied the
ambler, "bat yon bar* no aoooont
ter*, barn yon r<
“Too don’t uadarataod." aanwatty
remarked tba Garamo- “X don’t nat
aa aceeant at all; I vast only tbo
“Bat yon hav* no mecoy in tbla
bonk,’’ acyMncd tbo oOolaL
“Of oonrae not,'’ aaaeatad the aaliar.
“Hiked BMaarlrouid paya laawu
naeawir Bat I bor’ut any money at
elLwtlaom oomotoyon to get It.”
•MbJ* »ot yoa liar* rooawy
unlee* yen brat girt it to tm."
“Tba* why & a lank r* excitedly
demanded Urn would-be-borrower.
Th* coUoqtiy whh>V aoiucd waned
ao load that tbo praaldeui of the tank
mm* ant at Ua pr Irate otto* to a—
wbnt wa* the matter. lie took Um
vontig German In hand personally,
ttolatter told Um UukoreH about
blmaaif and hi* alma, and la lam than
UAOO and bold a drat mortgage ou a
faad atom owned be tU bappteafyanng
focatgaer la Amorim.
Tbit occurred away year* ago, ft la
true, but that young Carman to-day la
the bead of a corporation eanttollsad
for $4.0 *‘,000. aoilbia name, if I wan
to gl«* it bare, troaid h* icoogMtaad
InatMUy a* one of tbe leading In nteaoo
men of (bla eonutry.
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