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VOL. XXII_ GASTONIA, N; C^FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER IQ.
ON LOSING THE ZEST OF LIFE.
U la People Nat Their Pleaacrei
that Grow Stale—Kladllaeaa
ul Sympathy Enhance While
SelHahaeaa Destroy* Our Hap.
plaaae.
Richmond Nt.1
The boy anywhere from six to
fifteen years old knows that a
circus i s coming. Nobody
knows how be knows it. ft is
in the air and gets to him long
before it appears in the news
papers or on the fences. Thrills
of excitement and anticipation
begin to agitate him. The
poorer he is and the less prospect
lie has of seeing the show the
mote excited and interested he be
comes. Doubt u to whether he
will be able to get in adds zest
to the occasion. He will con
sent to be entirely proper for
unlimited periods ou promise
that the process will land him in
a aeat. He wilt work and even
consent to be economical. The
boy in good circumstances, who
carries the calm assurance that
when the time comes bis way
will be paid, is secretly envied,
but, as a matter of fact, he does
not find the full flavor of the
circus spirit. It u tne boy wno
laboriously collects two hundred
pounds of bones aud sells them
at A quarter of a cent a pound
who knows the supreme ecstacy
of exchanging the hoarded and
haTd earned pennies for a cheap
seat. He dreams about it before
it comes. If it be possible, he
is at the depot to see the train
come in and he follows every
step in the process of pitching
the temporary camp with the
discriminating eye of one already
expert. He secures, frequently
with much labor and at risk of
life and limb, the most eligible
position from which to see the
procession, which is one long
succession of delights.
When the momentous hour
comes, when the excited doubts
lest his money be refused or lost
or stolen or an effort made to
repudiate his ticket have passed
and he is safely inside and an
chored to his scat, he is as
happy as any human being may
be in this world of tribulations.
It is all so real aud so beautiful.
The very smell of mingled saw
dust, monkey and other miscel
laneous animals is delicious in
his nostrils, the glitter of the
spangles dazzles his eyes and
penetrates to his soul. To his
young eyes the marks of wear
and tear on the tights and skirts
are invisible. It is all actual
silk and gold and diamonds and
beauty and dash and danger and
wonderful strength and grace
and agility. The Mademoi
selle with the French name or
the Signora with the Italian
name fires his heart. In his
fevered brain he weaves fantastic
imaginations wherein he is the
hero and she the heroine, and
by some wondrous deed of dar
ing or feat of strength he at
tracts her notice ana wins her
love and hand and perpetual
happiness. The fact that the
lady is thirty years old, weighs
a hundred and fifty pounds,
could lick the average black
smith and would be willing to
do it for small compensation or
provocation does not occur to
bis innocent soul. To the eyes
of ardent youth she is eighteen,
tender, graceful, angelic and al
together lovely.
rue men or lorty-nve hears
vaguely that a circus is coming.
Perliape he could buy a circus
for himself if he wished. The
matter of tickets and reserved
seats for unlimited numbers of
people may be trivial to him.
His pulse is not stirred and be
does not give the matter a
thought. Perhaps a faint flavor
of circus in the air reaches his
dull and jaded mind and, re
calling the spirit of his youth,
he decides to go. There are no
doubts and no thrills. The en
tire transection is coldly busi
nesslike and trivial.' The
horse* going around the ring
are not dashing at all—merely
old, worn, tired and trained cir
cus horses, laboriously earning
their living by ambling meekly
about the sawdust. The circus
regalia is threadbare and soiled
and the spangles are dim. The
muscles and bones and years of
the women are painfully ap
parent. He cannot be excited
by the leaps from the trapexe or
horsemanship because be has
seen it all before, done better,
and the safety net is too appar
ent . He has read or heard all
the jokes and songs of the clown
and encounters no surprise be
cause experience hss taught him
exactly what will happen. It is
all stale and dull and the man is
bored and wants to get away,
while tho boy alongside of him
watches everything with shining
eyes and beating heart and
carries away each detail a* a
new and delicious impression.
The truth is the circus is a
better circus than the man ever
saw as a boy. It has improved
like everything else. The feats
arc more startling and more
difficult, the riding is better, the
appliances are more scientific.
The man himself is tired and
worn. He is paying one of the
many penalties of possession and
experience. His neighbor from
the connlry who has seen few
circnsses in his life and who has
not the opportunity to attend
theatres and whose life is calm
and uneventful and filled with
minor things enjoys the per
formance nearly as much ns the
boy, finds in it material for con
versation for months to come
and cherishes the doings and
sayings and antics of the clowns
to chuckle over the balance of
his life.
1 hings do not become stale
but we do. Blessed are the few
who can hold their youth. It is
better than money or power or
distinction. It is the ability to
thrill—to fiud keen, fresh inter
est in small things—that keeps
people young.
Many people die when the
doctors do not know what is the
mutter with them, simply be
cause they have lost their in
terest in liviug. There is no
disease so bad as being tired.
No work so hard as that of try
ing to be amused. We live bard
and fast. We strive for things
and get them and find
them empty. We spend
money and time and labor to see
thinnand weary of them quickly.
The noy who has all be wants
usually makes the man who is
tired of life at thirty, because he
has known and seen and felt
everything and there is nothing
for him to look forward to. In
banger there is the comfort, the
alleviation and the excitement
of looking forward and hoping
presently to be filled. In satia
tion there ia nothing but weari
ness and oppression and the
deadly malady of being bored.
It is for many of us to choose.
The very poor who know few
pleasures enjoy them most
keenly. Those who arc not
poor lose the zest of life’s
pleasures through selfishness.
The worn man to whom the
circus is stale and empty, may
find pleasure in it by paying the
way of somebody who is yet
capable of accepting illusions.
It ji so all through life. Things
become stale to ns because of
our own selfishness and concen
tration on ourselves. The heart
which expands, which develops
broad sympathies with all hu
manity ana is warmed with kind
liness and love does not become
old and holds to the time of its
last beat the pleasant freshness
and gladness of youth. The
man who can interest himself in
other people, who can respond
to their happiness and feel with
their sorrows does not lose his!
interest in life or in the things of
it. The good old village gossip
—present more or less in every
community-olives long and, on
the whole, is a pleasanter and
happier person than the cold,
reserved man of affairs who
concentrates his mind on his
own matters or the voluptuary
whose purpose in life is to pro
mote his own pleasures regard
less of others. The traditional
maxim about minding our own
business, closely followed, is the
sorest way to make life and all
the things of it stale, tiresome
and unprofitable.
Living, Yet Dead.
An interesting story is being
told of “Jim" Younger, accord
ing to the Kansas City Journal.
It ts said that when the bandit
was sick in the Minnesota peni
tentiary a daughter of one of the
deputy wardens prepared delica
cies for him. "Jim'' fell in love
with her, and when he was pa
roled secured her consent to
marry him. Her parents at first
objected, but finally yielded.
When “Jim" went to get a li
cense, however, the official to
whom be applied told him that
in the eyes of the law he was a
dead roan, and that he couldn't
issue a license toa corpse. "Jim"
can be legally restored to life
on (v by a pardon, and past ex
perience teaches him that this is
a very difficult thing to get. It
°°M\ therefore, as though be
and his sweetheart will have to
forego tbe felicities wf matri
mony. A southern Missouri pa
per inquires what would be done
with a man who should kill
Younger. "In the eyes of the
law he is dead," it reasons. “It
would be absurd to try a man for
killing another man who is al
ready dead." Perhsp* the mur
derer would be technically a
K* on) and would be prosecuted
grave robbery. The Sue
logic of tbe law leads to strange
conclusions sometimes.
TCIPEIfTINE FOBESTS.
Th«lr DtilrutlM Threatens tbs
Knio ol ■ Great Industry.
York Coamcrclati
The first organization of tur
pentine men, known as the Tur
pentine Operators and Factors’
Association, which recently held
its first annual convention in
Jacksonville, Fla., was con
fronted by the question of com
plete annihilation of their busi
ness, due to the ruthless tapping
of yonug trees and the rapid de
pletion of the pine forests. Ten
years ago Norfolk, Va., was the
great uaval stores port of the
United States, five years ago
Charleston was the center of the
industry, two years ago Savan
nah, and now Jacksonville, and
next Tampa and then—what?
Prof. Herty, of the United States
Department of Forestry, has been
called upon and was present at
, the convention.
newspapers in me souen uave
presented able articles on this
same subject for years, but the
writer has seen young trees no
thicker In diameter than eight
inches boxed; once, twice, yes,
three times, so that a step lad
der was used for the top boxing
and the strip of bark left was
insufficient to gather the sap to
feed the tree. 'The life of a
turpentine tree after the first
boxing is abont two years. That
means that after the sap has
been taken the third time the
tree most either be cut for
timber or it dies. A trip through
the pine forests of Georgia and
Florida will demonstrate the
reckless manner in which the
boxing has been done, and,
worse still, where clearings have
been made, no effort has been
made to check the growth of
scrub oak and saw palmetto
which effectually choke the
young pine rearing its head
where its parent stood. Gradu
ally the operators have been
driven south, and today it is
estimated that at least one hun
dred camps are located iu
Florida alone, and about fifty
camps in Georgia.
Nine hundred operators were
at the convention. Each man
has either bought or covered
with optious more or less pine
forest, and in spite of his knowl
edge of what the future will
bang is rapidly killing the
goose with the goldeu eg^. The
end is near in the turpentine and
Tosin industry. A few more
years will see a tremendous rise
iu these commodities, and no ef
fort has yet been made to restore
the depleted forests of Virginia,
Georgia, Alabama, North Caro
lina. or North-western Florida.
The "fat pine” is indigenous to
these 5Utea, it grows rapidly,
but is easily exterminated by the
more sturdy plants which spring
up iu the forest clearings.
THE If CORO IN EUROPE.
Prejudice la ee.Prououuced There j
M Anywhere In America.
JUlrUh Pm*
Philadelphia, Sept. 16. r— Dr.
D. Jonathan Philip*, the first aud
only American negro to receive
honorary degrees m England is
a Philadelphian. Dr. Philips re
turned to nis home in this city
yesterday from London, where
he recently passed the final ex
aminations of the Royal College
of Surgeons of England and the
Royal College of Physicians of
London, and la, therefore, now
the possessor of the degrees of
that historic faculty.
In discussing the impressions
made upon him abroad, Dr. Phil
ips said; r
"America, after all, is the best
place for the negro, all things
considered, not excepting his
social standing. While public
accommodations abroad my be
obtained, it is generally made
plain that the negro is not a
welcome guest; in some places
he it refused on the same plea
oa in sections of America, name
ly, 'that they are filled up.’ The
same conditions prevail ou the
continent as in England. Color
caste prejudice is in as pro
nounced a fonp there as is to be
found anywhere in America.
" A lynching la as likeley to
occur in the streets of London
whenever a negro is in question
as it is likely to take piece in
Georgia. Sentiment in Europe
toward the negro to-day la far
different from tnat of a genera
tion ago. I verily believe if
there were at many negroes in
England to-day as there are in
America sentiment would be
worse against the negro iu
Europe than It it toward him in
tha meanest state in America.
The negro is better understood
and is as well treated iu this
country es anywhere else. I have
travelled over the lamer pert .of
Europe. America G the beat
place for the negro.”
JUD0EIEA0AN 01V THE TtUSTS
Ths Last Kmktr al tbs Canlad
erali Cabiaat Afvtolii Law*
tor tbair Sapptaaita.
Nor Ortuaa tHcamac.
The Hon. John H. Reagan,
surviving member of the Confed
erate Cabinet, was too feeble to
make bis Labor Day speech at
Palestine, Texas, as projected,
but it was resd by Mr. Charles
Young. It contained some mat
ters that were sensational, inas
much as it was delivered to sn
audience composed principally
of labor unions in a town where
a stubbornly contested strike has
been on for two months. He be
gan his address by asserting that
before the days of labor anions
in the (fountry there were no
trusts.
"The country and the people
grew sod prospered and enjoyed
a degree of security and hap
piness unequalled by any
other people or country." be
said. He contended that the
future peace and welfare of the
country are menaced by the con
flicts between capital and tabor,
which arc growing in intensity
from year to year, and neither
will yield to the other.
"The only remedy, as far aa I
can see,” he said, "i» for the
State* and the Federal Govern
ment to enact and enforce such
laws as will 'make tbe trusts,
monopolies designed to control
production and the prices of la
bor and property, and all labor or
gfcnizations, criminal and punish
able by penalties so severe as to
drive them out of existence, and
thus get the people back to their
reliance in the Constitution and
laws and Courts for the security
of their property and their rights.
My belief is that if this conflict
betweu capital and labor shall
not be adjusted and settled by
the ballot, it will continue to
grow in intensity, and will before
mauy years be discussed by guns
and swords, aud that its settle
ment will be made as the settle
ment of the conflict of the peo
ple of France was made with the
nobility and the priesthood in
1792. As matters now stand it
is a contest between capital and
labor as to which shall moat suc
cessfully levy unjust tribute on
the great body of tbe people.
One u relying on its money and
the other on its organization
for supremacy.’*
Valns af Scktili to • Community.
Cbaiit. ud Children.
The excellent results which
have followed the work of the
Thomssville graded school are
noticeable on every hand. Tbe
children- instead of loafing and
loitering about town, are seen
harrying through the streets to
get to their homes where they
apply themselves to their lessons
for the next day. They are
quiet, orderly and busy, where
six months ago they were noisy,
idle and "smart.” But the
school has also changed senti
ment in favor of education and
awakened an interne desire on the
part of parents to give their
children a chance. Thomas
ville is another town now, and
it is only beginning to feel the
stirring iof tne new life which
we :hope will make it what it
ought to be—one of tbe most
charming Httle towns in North
Carolina. If any of our sister
towns have delayed in this
matter of public education, let
us urge them by what oar eyes
have seen and our hearts have
felt, to hasten to establish a
school in which not a few, bat
all the children may have a
chance to go to school.
Mam—fit Writ.
Philadelphia Ltdaw.
The experiment by the Amer
ican District Telephone Com
pany :of 'employing in Chicago
400 messenger, girls in place of
the boys who are said to have
caused much trouble by striking
has led to discnsston of the ad
visability of employing girls in
laces. The change ia re
to have had the elect of
g a little more life and
efficiency into the messenger
boys of New York, who regard
askance the new competition,
and the officers of tba company
ara reported to be watching tba
experiment with Interest. We
treat that the messenger girl ex
periment will be dropped. It is
an outrage to employ young
girls in such work.
In Chicago the girla are em
ployed as yet only in the day
time, and in the business ana
residential districts, but a
messenger must go everywhere
the message ia directed, and the
vile dans to which telegrams are
mqewfly sent are unit pieces
for young girla to enter.
,A HHACLE OF STEAK.
Waadarfol night •! i Sailer,
With Cab Attached.
Cturltaaa Xtm u4 Coaftar.
New York, September 14.—
George Lou, engineer; Jo. J.
Dooley, fireman, and Walter
Weber, conductor, were blown
out ui the cab of a locomotive,
which exploded on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, in it west of Jer
sey City to-day. Lutr wo killed
and the others seriously scalded
and bruised. No cause for the
explosion has been discovered.
The boiler had been filled, there
wo plenty of water (n the tender
and the locomotive had been
working smoothly.
The engine was one of the big
gest on the road and of mogul
type. It was drawing a heavy
freight, made up in the West,
into Jersey City. The wreck of
the boiler indicates that the
crown sheet blew out, and the
force of the explosion lifted the
boiler upward and forward oh
the bed plates on the tracks and,
with the cab, the boiler flew into
the air. About 150 feet from the
spot where the explosion oc
curred and when perhaps fifteen
feet in the air, the cab split in
two. dropping two parts to the
track, with Dooley fn one part,
Weber in tke other. The boiler
flew onward and upward perhaps
100 feet more and struck the aide
of a ent. bounded ok the rack
and flew downward, but still for
ward to the tracks, landing a- {
bout 75 feet beyond a point in
line with where the boile* struck
the rocky side of the cat
The bunting of the boiler and
its flight had no effect upon tlic
train except to set tha airbrakes.
A Yeung Man's Bather Eathar»
rasaiug Situation.
Goldsboro Spec Is). j jtb.
A young man from Duplin
county who occasionally visits
the ljome of relatives in this
city, where there is ■ room al
ways prepared and awaiting his
coming, got into a ludicrous
predicament lost night Often
times heretofore the yoong man
would wait until late at night
and go to the home of his rela
tive after the family had retired.
He carried a key to the room
which he occupied and would
enter the house and go to the
room without disturbing the
family. Last night be pursued
his usual course and when he
entered his room and lighted a
match he found to his great
astonishment s man ana his
wile quietly asleep. The lady
•woke and asked the intruder
what he wanted, but the young
man was too much frightened
to reply. The lady began try
ing to awake her husband, which
she succeeded in doing after
pulling off one sleeve of his
night shirt. The husband de
manded an explanation of the
Intruder whose tongue was still
cleaving to the roof of his
mouth. The husband began
looking for bis pistol whicMhe
found under bis pillow. Ala
brought the intruder to bis
senses and he cried out in
despair, "My God, don't shoot;
I've made a mistake!” Ae an
gered husband marched the
young man out of the house and
into the street, where he was
(riven an opportunity to explain
that his relatives formerly occu
pied the bouse and that be bad
been accustomed to occupying
the room which he had entered.
Ae explanation was satisfactory
and the young man was- allowed
to depart and go in search of his
relatives, who have moved to
another part of tba city.
Beanfbrt county Democratic
convention has nominated B. F.
Sugg and F. B. Hooker for the
House. A resolution was adopt
ed instructing the Representa
tive to support a tneaarfre that
would separate the public school
fund, giving that paid by the
whites for the support of tba
schools for white efi itdien and
that paid by the colored people
to the schools for colored chil
dren.
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Horses and Mules I
Oar Mr. Craig haa last returned from Tense*,
•ee where be selected s car lead of extra alee
Horae* sod Males for oar trade hero. They will
be here by Sotarday end among them we have
several pairs ef Matched Males as well as fttid
Slagle Osee esd the Mad to salt oar farm era, sad
some Good Family Horses to *«lt almost aay
customer.
Come asd see os at sacs sad get whet you
want.
Craig & Wilson.
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