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DIRECTORY-
STATE GOVERNMENT.
r Janies M. Smith, Governor.
N. C. Barnet, Secretary of State.
J. W. Goldsmith. Comptroller General.
JnhD Jones, Treasurer.
Joel Branham, Librarian.
John T. Brown, Principal Keeper of the
Penitentiary.
Gustavus J. Orr, Stalo School Cotnmis-
• aidsmr. ■ '
J. N. Janes, Commissioner of Agricul
• tune.
Thomas D. Little, State Geologist.
W'n.- n i '
JUDICIAL.
BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT.
Noel B. Knight, Judge.
U. D. Phillips, Solicitor General.
# lime of Holding Court.
Uhrrokke —Fourth Monday in Fcbru*
wry, and first Monday in August.
Cobb— Second Monday in March and
November.
Dawson— Third Monday in April and
second .Monday In September.
Fannin— Third Monday in May and Oc-
♦Ober
Forsyth —First Monday in April and
f-*«rth Monday in August.
Gilmer-— Second Monday in May and
Oelolwi'.
Lumpkin —Second Monday in April and
first Monday in September.
Milton— Fourth Monday in March and
in Apr
Rvpteinlxr.i
Towns— Monday after fourth Monday in
Mar and October.
Union— Fourth Monday in May and Oc-
T*PhV-
COUNTY OFFICERS.
C. M. McClure, Ordinary. Regular co.ir
is each mouth.
J. W. Hudson, Cl. rk Superior Cotirt.
M. P. Morris, Sheriff.
15 G. Grinding. Deputy Sheriff.
John G. Evans, Treasurer.
Wm. N. Wilson, Tax Receiver.
»• Joseph G Dtipree, Tax Collector.
Wm W. Hawkins, Surveyor.
Win. Rampley, Coroner.
JUSTICE COURT-CANTON DIS.
Joseph E. llutaon, J. P.
R. F. Daniel, N. P.
JL G. Daniel, L. U
TWW GOVERNMENT.
W. A. Tsasricy, Mayor.
J. W. Hudson, Recorder.
Jsaara H Kilby, Jabez Galt. J. M. Han
4ta,J.tM. McAfee, Theodore Turk, Alder*
.«u. ’Ou
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
JatRM O. Dowds, President.
James. W. UncUon, County School Com*
missioner. ♦
Prof. James U. Vincent, Examiner.
Joaenh M. McAfee, Allen Keith, Joseph
J. Maudox, John R. Moore.
Meetings quarterly, in the court house.
CKIMOKXS Tt ACKERS’ ASSOCIA-
TION.
James O. Dowda, President.
M. B. Tuggle, Vioe-Prcsident.
C. M. McClure, Secretary.
J. W. Attaway, Treasurer.
John D Attaway. Censor Morum.
,Prot Jamra V- Vincent, Association Cor*
rwpondvnt
t Regular meetings every second Saturday
la each mouth, at 10 a. m.
RELIGIOUS.
Baptist Church, Canton Ga», time of
••rviee fourth Sunday in each month.
Rev. M. B. Tuggle, Pastor.
M. E. Church, time of service, preachers
la charge.
«Ifipv. W. G. Hanson, first Sunday.
* U Rev B. E Ledbetter, second.
Ret. J. M. Hardin, third.
MASONIC.
Canton Lodge, No. 77. meets first and
third Monday nights in each month.
James A. Stephens. W. M.
Joseph M. McAtee, Secretary.
Htxxs Lodge, No. 282, meets first and
third Saturdays. 3 p m.
£J. M. McClure, W. M
O. W. Putman, Secretary.
GOOD TEMPLARS.
Caniuk Lodge. No. 119, meets every
ItewrJaw. 8 pm. .
( . B- jLLcdbvtter, W. C. T.
James W. Hixlion, Sccretaiy.
GRANGE
Cankua Grange No. 235, Canton Ga.
Jsues Galt, M«»ter.
Joseph M. McAft*. Secretary.
®jjc Cljewnee (Dcmipan.
_ 2_J .?i / i A/'.! OT - ‘ * ' ' ■
( , LLTTLE, WOMAN.
In a precious little stone what splendor
meets the eyes!
In a little lump of sugar how much of
sweetness lies!
So in a little woman love grows and multi
plies!
You recollect the proverb says —a word
unto the wise.
A pepper-corn is very small, but seasons
every dinner
More than all the condiments, although ’tis
sprinkled thinner,
Just so a little woman is, if love will let
you win her
There’s not a joy jn all the world you will
"not Arid within her.
And as within the little rose you find the
richest dyes,
And in a little grain of gold much price
As r±Ti much odor doth
arise,
So in a little woman there is a taste of par
adise.
Even as a little ruby its secret worth be
trays
Color and price arid virturi in the clearness
of its rays— ,
Just so a little woman much excellence
displays,
Beauty and grace and love, and fidelity al
ways.
The skylark and the nightingale, though
small and light of wing,
Yet warble sweeter in the grove than all
the;birds.that sing;
And so a little woman, though a very little
thing,
Is sweeter far than sugar, and flowers that
bloom in spring.
The magpie nnd the golden thrush have
many a thrilling note —
Each ns a gay musician doth strain his
little throat—
zk merry little songster, in his green and
yellow coat; ■ , 4
And such a little woman is, when love doth
make her dote.
There’s nau.dit can be compared to her
throughout the wide creation ;
She is a paradise on earth —our greatest
consolation—
So cheerful, gay and happy, so free from
all vexntinn.
Tn fine, she’s better 'in the proof than in
anticipatipn.
If, as her size increases, her woman’s charms
deer ased,
Then surely it is good to be from all the
great released.
Now, of two evils choose the less—said a
wise man of the East.;
By consequence, of woman kind be sure to
choose the least.
—4A* *1
Courtship After Marriage.
“Now, this is what I call comfort,” Said
Madge Harley, as she sat down at her
neighbor’s fire one evening; “here you are
at your sewing, and your kettle steaming
on the hob, nnd the tea-things on the table,
exncc.ing every minute to hear your hus
band’s step, and see bis kind face look in
nt the door. Ah ! if my husband was but
like yours, Janet.”
“He is like mine in many of bis ways,”
said Janet, smiling, “and, if you will allow
me to speak plainly, he would be still more
like him if vou would' take more pains to
make Jiim comfortable.
“WJiat do,y<Ui mean?” cried Madge
“Our house is as chan as yours; I mend
his clothes and cook his dinners as care
fully as any woman in the parish, nnd yet
he never stays at home of an evening, while
you sit here by your fire, night after night,
ns happy as can be.”
“As happy a* can be on earth,’’ said her
friend, gravely ; “yes, and shall I tell you
the secret of it, Madge ?”
“I wish you would,” said Madge, with a
deep sigh ; “it is misery to live as I do now.”
“Well, then,” said Janet, shaking dis
tinctly and slowly, “I let my husband know
tbwt I love him still, and that I learn every
day to love him more. Love is the chain
that binds him to his home. The world
may call it folly, but the world is not my
law-giver.”
“And do you really think," exclaimed
Madge, in surprise, “that husbands care for
that sort of thing?"
“For love, do you mean?” asked Janet.
“Yes ; they don’t feci at all as we do, and
it don’t take many years of married life to
make them think of a wife as a sort of
miid-of-all-work."
“A slander, Madge," said Mrs. Matson,
laughing; ‘‘l won’t allow you to sit in
WtllkHu’a Abair and talk so.”
“No, because your husband is different,
and values his wife’s love, while John only
cares foi me as his housekeeper.”
“I don’t think that,” said Janet, “although
I know lie said to my husband, the other
day, llmt courting time was the happiest I
time of a man’s life. William reminded
him that there was a greater happiness than |
that, even on earth, if men but give their i
hearts to Christ. I know John did not al
ter his opinion, but went away thinking of
his courting lime as a joy too great to be
exceeikxl.”
“Dear fellow!” cried Madge, smiling
through Iler lean; “1 do believe he was
happy then. 1 reme.nlier 1 used to listen j
’ for his step isl sat with my dear mollier by
1 the fire, longing for the happiness of seeing ,
■ him."
“Just so,” said Janet, “do you ever feel
Hke Hist now?*
“Well, no, not exactly.”
i “And why not f’
“Ob, I don’t know.' said Madge; “mar
ried people give up that sort of thing." 1
CANTON, CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1875.
Virtue and Intelligence—The Safeguards of Liberty.
“Love, do you mean ?” said Janet.
“No, but what people call being senti
mental,” said Mrs. Harley.
“Longing to see your husband is a proper
sentiment,” said Janet.
“But some people are ridiculously foolish
before others,” reasoned Madge.
“That proves they lack sense. lam not
likely to approve of that, as William would
soon tell you; all I want is, that wives
should let their husbands know they are
still loved.”
Her friend looked up.
“Oh, Madge, what are you saying? Have
you, then, married with the notion that it
is not good for John to believe you love
him?”
“No, but it is not wise to show that you
care too much for them.”
“Say I and him; do not talk of husbands
in general, but yours in particular.”
“He thinks quite enough of himself al
ready, I assure you.”
“My dear Madge,” said Janet, smiling,
“would it do you any harm to receive a
little more attention from your husband ?”
“Os course not. I wish he’d try,” and
Mrs. Harley laughed at the idea.
“Then you don’t think enough of your
self already ? and nothing would make you
vain, I suppose?”
Madge colored, and all the more when
she found that William Matson had come
in quietly, and was now standing behind
Janet’s chair. This, of course, put an end
to the conversation. Madge retired to her
own home to think of Janet’s words, and
to confess secretly that they were wise.
Hours passed before John Harley returned
home. He was a man of good abilities,
and well to do in the world ; and, having
married Madge because he truly loved her,
lie had expected to have a happy home.
But, partly because he was reserved and
sensitive, and partly because Madge feared
to make him vain, they had grown cold
toward each other, so cold that John began
to think the ale-house a more comfortable
place than his own fireside.
That night the rain fell in torrents and
the winds howled, and it was not until the
midnight hour had arrived that Harley left
the public house and hastened toward his
cottage. lie was wet through when he at
length crossed the threshold. He was, as
he gnifllj’ muttured, “used to that,” but be
was not “used” to the tone of look with
which his wife drew near to welcome him,
nor to find dry clothes by the crackling
fire, ami slippers on the hearth ; nor to hear
no reproach for late hours and dirty foot
marks, as he sat in his arm-chair. Some
change had come to Madge, he was very
sure. She wore a dress he had bought her
years ago, with a neat linen collar around
the neck, and had a cap, trimmed with
white ribbons, on her head.
“You are smart, Madge,” he exclaimed
at last, when he had stared at her some
t'mc in silence. “Who has been here worth
dressing for, to-night ?”
“No one, until you came,” said Madge,
half laughing.
“I ? Nonsense; you didn’t dress for me !”
cried John.
“You won’t believe it, perhaps, but I did.
I have been talking with Mrs. Matson this
evening, and she gave me some very goori
advice. So now, John, what will you have
for your supper?”
John, who was wont to steal to the shelf
at night and content himself with what he
could tind.jhought Madge’s offer too excel
lent to be refused, and very soon a large
Ixiwl of chocolate was steaming on the
table. And then she sat down, for a won
der, by his side, and listened, and looked
pleased, when at last as if he could not
help it, he said:
“Dear old Madge f’
That was enough; her elbow somehow
found its way to the arm of the great chair,
and she sat looking quietly at the fire. Al
ter awhile John spoke again :
“Madge, dear, do you remember the old
days when we used to sit side by side in
your mother’s kitchen ?”
“Yes.”
‘ I was a younger man, then, Madge, and,
as they told me, handsome; now I am
growing older, plainer, duller. Then you—
you loved me; do you love me still ?”
She looked up into his face, and her eyes
answered him. It was like going back to
the old days to feel his arm around her as
her head lay on bis shoulder, and to hear
once again the kind words meant for her
ears alone. She never once asked if this
would make him vain. She knc,v al once
that it was making him a wiser, more
thoughtful, more earnest-hearted man. And
when, after a happy silence, he took down
the big Bible and read a chapter, as he had
been wont to read to her mother in former
times, she bowed her bead and prayed for
strength to fulfill every duty in the future, I
and for blessings on her husband evermore. .
Set the morning watch with care if you
would be safe through the day; begin well
if you would end well. Take care that the j
helm of the day is put right; look well to i
the point you want to sail to; then, wheth-1
er you make much progress or little, it will;
be so far in the right direction. The morn-;
in ’ hour is generally the index of the day. *
Railroads.
On Monday, September 27,1875, a cele
bration took place in England, the mere
announcement of which described the
mostT remarkable achievement in the prog
ress of the human race. It was the cele
bration of the fiftieth anniversary of the
establishment of the railroad.
It is simply inconceivable, looking at the
world now, that fifty years ago no such
thing as a railroad existed—that we tiav
'eled by leg power alone, either of manor
horse. Blot out the road to-day, and what
would be our condition ? But there are
men still alive who have traveled from Mis
sissippi to Philadelphia and Baltimore on
horseback, to buy the dry goods and broad
cloths our mothers and fathers wore, and
which were often purchased a year before
they were placed on sale in the far western
store. That was the condition fifty years
ago. Men in independent and comfortable
circumstances lived and died without go
ing fifty miles from home.
To-day the of Kansas City
goes to New York in fifty hours, and in a
fortnight thereafter Lis purchases are on
.sale in the home market. How did the
world ever get along without the railway ?
These reminiscences of the time before
our railways were akin to those of En
gland. The place of the celebration was
in Durham, between the rivers Lees and
Weir, at South Durham and Darlington.
the center of a coal and load re
gion, and the rivers being navigable only
for short distances above their mouths, the
coal and lead were carried on the backs of
horses to thejown of Stockton-on-Lees, to
be shipped to the larger towns to market.
Two Quakers, Jonathan Backhouse, a
banker and manufacturer, and one Pease,
as part of a committee, employed Geoige
Leather, an engineer, to make a survey for
a canal or horse tramway between Darling
ton and Stockton. The engineer’s esti
mate lor a horse railway wire : for feed,
£52 per horse, per year; £3O for driver’s
wages, and the receipts from traffic, £32.
And this is the first estimate ever made
for railway business. But the sturdy Quak
ers did not give up. They finally obtained
a charter for a canal or railway, or a part
of both. And now George Stephenson ap
peared on the scene, and proposed to make
all rail and take the power to haul from
engines, a few of which, called “puffin’
were working in the pits at the
collieries. This was in 1812. In 1822 the
first rail was laid, and in September, 1825,
the work was finished, and the opening took
place on the 27th of that month. The
first engine was called “Locomotion,” and
the first train was what would now lie
called a mixed one—a score of “wagons”
loaded with coal, flour, and passengers, and
one long “coach” in which the directors
and their friends rode. The engine-driver
was George Stephenson, the first and great
est occupant of the “foot-board” the world
has seen.
Twelve years ago the annual income of
this same line was three times greater than
the capital on the day it was opened fifty
years ago. The world to-day has almost
forgotten the two Quakers to whom they
owe the gift of the railway, and George
Stephenson, who made it practicable nnd
profitable. Instead of supplying two little
towns with coal, the globe is belted with
iron, and the locomotive draws more mer
chandise and more people than the horses
of the world did fifty years ago or since.
The first attempt to build a railroad in
the United Slates was made in 1827, when
a tramway was constructed from the quar
ries of Quincy, Massachusetts, to Boston, a
distance of about thirty miles, the trucks
being propelled by horse-power. In 1829
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was pro
jected, and in 1831 a portion of the road
was completed, the first locomotive used in
the new world was put upon it, and the
trains have been running daily from that
time to the present The South Carolina
road, running from Charleston to Hamburg,
opposite Augusta, a distance of one hun
dred and thirty-eight miles, was built in
1833, and has the honor of being the first
completed and thoroughly equipped rail
road m this country. And now, a net
work of rails has interlaced our vast terri-!
tory in every direction, and connected to- ■
gether the most remote points, precipitating
civilization and carrying blessings every
where. The names of Backhouse, Pease
and Stephenson should be ever treasured
in the memory, and occupy a conspiciotts I
place in history, among the greatest of the
world’s benefactors
A Theory Concerning Sleep.
Our existing knowledge about the physi
ology of sleep does not go much beyond ;
the fact that the phenomenon in question *
is invariably associated with a compara
tively bloodless condition of the brain, i
Pfluger attempts to take us a step farther,
by constructing an elaborate hypothesis of i
physico-chemical order. Starting from the |
view that the functional activity of any j
organ, and more especially of a nerve
center, depends upon a disassociation of i
living matter, which is itself only a modi
fied form of albumen, the author goes on
to speculate that the chemical potential
energy which is used'up in the formation
of every molecule of carbonic acid is trans
lormed into heat. In other words, the
atoms of which this molecule consists are
thrown into a state of very active vibra
tion. These intra-molecular explosions are
propagated in all directions along the nerves
to the muscular and glandular systems,
which are in structural continuity with the
nerve-centers. Frogs, deprived of oxygen,
are thrown into a state of apparent death,
precisely similar to sleep; from this they
in ay be roused by a fresh supply of oxy
genated blood. A certain proportion of
intra-molecular oxygen in the nerve-centers
is thus essential to the waking state, since
it enables a given number of explosions to
occur in a unit of time at a given tempera
ture. But, during the waking state, the
energy of chemical affinity is used up much
faster than the intra-molecular oxygen of
the gray matter of the brain can be re
placed ; consequently the formation of car
bonic acid steadily diminishes; and, wlien
the number of explosions per unit of time
sinks below a certain minimum, sleep en
sues. The entire energy of the brain is
never really used up; but it sinks to a
point at which, in the absence of all exter
nal stimuli, it is incapable of maintaining
functional activity. This theory may be so
developed as to explain most of the phe
nomena of ordinary sleep, such as its peri
odicity, etc. The author likewise attempts
to bring the winter sleep of hybernating
mammals and the summer sleep of trop
ical amphibia into harmony with it.
Female Jurors a Failure in Wyoming.
Wyoming contains a large proportion of
the intelligent and eminently religious and
good women. It was hoped, therefore, that
great good would result from placing them
injuries. After a few trials, however, the
system was quietly abandoned, and has
never been revived. The reasons for this
are many. First is the fact that so few
women are eligible* The following classes,
from the necessity of the case, are exempt:
All nursing mothers; all approaching a
condition of maternity; all the delicate,
nervous, or hysterical; all who from tem
porary physical condition are not fit for
sitting on a long trial; all of notoriously
bad character, and all who are exempt
from the same causes as men would be.
These classes include nine-tenths of the
whole sex. When to these arc added those
who Lave sick or very young children who
need frequent care, it seems that all Wy
oming has no more than a hundred women
at any one time fit lor jury duty. The
system, therefore, was given up, not as a
failure exactly, but as wholly impracticable.
Another difficulty presented itself. When
a jury consisting of men and women (five
of the latter) was long detained and locked
up for several hours, the resulting incon
venience was so great, and the expense so
much increased, that both sexes were
heartily sick of the experiment. The gen
eral result is said to lie that both the friends
and foes of woman suffrage are disappoint
ed, as there are almost as many opinions as
people in Wyoming. The majority, how
ever, declare themselves unable to see any
change. As far as can be known, the ladies
divide their vote between parlies as much
as men do, rather more, perhaps, voting for
personal friends. To sum up, the opinion
of the best informed is that woman suffrage
in Wyoming has resulted in making every
thing just as it was before, only a little
more so.—[Rocky Mountain News.
Analysis of the Human Breath.
zVn account, published in Nature, of
some experiments made with a view to de
termine the organic matter of the human
breath in health and disease, presents some
facts of a peculiarly interesting nature.
The breath, of eleven healthy persons and
of seventeen affected by different disorders
were examined, the persons being of differ
ent sexes and ages, and the time of day at
which the breath was condensed varying-
The vapor of the breath was condensed in
a large glass flask surrounded by ice and
salt, at a temperature of several degrees be
low zero, the fluid thus collected being
then analyzed for free ammonia, urea, and
kindred substances, also for organic ammo
nia. Among the various results of this ex
amination may be mentioned the fact that,
in both health and disease, the free ammo
nia varied considerably; the variation. I
however, could not be connected with the ‘
time of the day, the fasting, or full condi- j
tion. Urea was sought for in fifteen in- j
stances —three healthy persons and twelve j
cases of disease ; but it was only found in '
two cases of kidney disease, in one case of,
diphtheria, and a faint indication of its j
presence occurred in a female suffering
from catarrh. The quantity of ammonia
arising from the destruction of organic
matter also varied, possibly from the oxi
dation of albuminous particles by the pro
cess of respiration ; but in healthy persons ,
there was a remarkable uniformity in the !
total q-viulity of ammonia obtained by the ,
process.
Life is a short day, but it is a working
day. Activity may lead to evil, but inac- 1
tivity can not lead to good. 1,
VOLUME 1.-NUMBER 12?
Cheating an Innocent Old Ma«r -
One day last month, when trade Yfas
a Vicksburg clerk procured a piece of
leather from a shoemaker, painted it
and Tafd it aside for future use. Wititf&a
few days an old chap from back
country came in and asked for a pli^f J o€
chewing-tobacco. The piece of leathif
was tied up and paid for, and the purchase*
started for home. At the eijd of the sOlth
' day he returned, looking downcast and de
jected, and, walking into the store, he iii--
. quired of the clerk:
“ ’Member that terbacker I got here
• ' BO
other day ?”
“Ycf»” ;
“Well, was that a new '
“No—-same old brand.” 1 ** '
“Regular plug terbacker, was it F*
“Yea.” {
“Well, then, it’a me; it’s right bare hr
my jaws,” sadly replied, the old man.
knowed I was gittin party old, but I was
alius handy on bitin’ plug. I never saw
plug afore this one that I couldn’t: tear ‘to
pieces at one chaw. I sot my teeth *
this one, and bit and pulled and twisted
like a hog at a root, and I’ve kept bitia.’ an*'
pullin’ for six days, and thar she am
the same as the day you sold her to
“Seems to be good plug,” remarked the
clerk, as he smelled of the counterfeit» i(; !j
“She’s all right; it’s me that’s failing !”
exclaimed the old mnn. “Pass me apt
some fine-cut, and I’ll go home and
the farm to the boys, and git ready for Ute
grave 1”
An Affectionate Brotlicr. f
A couple of enterprising men, tiding the
clothing business in Atlanta, are interview’
ed by a customer in search of a coat The
senior member of the firm handles the ne*w
comer, and soon finds a “first fit.” In an
swer to a question as to the price, the mer
chant says ‘Eighteen dollars.” 'nr.
“Well, sir, I like your coat very much,
but I don’t like the price.”
“Well, mine frent, ze price is notin’jko
you like ze coat. We let you take him kt
fifteen dollars.”
The customer still complains of the price,
saying that fifteen dollars is too mneti.
This is too heavy for tlie dealer, so, taking
his customer to the extreme end of tie
store, and drawing him into a dark corner,
whispers in his ear :
“Mine frent, I let you have zat coat for
twelve dollars and a half.”
“Well, sir,” said the customer, “I like
your coat very much, and am satisfied wi(h
the price, yet I would like to know why.
this mysterious performance ?” .
“Well, mine frent, you see dot leelle man
dare at ze door ? He was mine brodcr. He
got ze heart disease, and, so help me gra
cious! if he was to hear me tell you Til
take twelve dollars and a half for zat coat
lie drop ded mit his track.”
Ashamed to Swear Alone. —Why is it
that the most blasphemous oaths are always
in a crowd? The profane swearer would
not dare to go into his private chamber and
utter these horrid imprecations. No, np,
he wants them to be heard and laughed‘at.
It is the greatest of cowardice to swearJn
a crowd; what you would not do secret.
“I will give you ten dollars,” said a man |q
a profane swearer, “if you will go into thn
village graveyard at 12 o’clock to-nighS,
and swear the same oaths you have just lit
tered, when you are alone with God. 1 ”
“Agreed,” said the man, “an easy way to
make ten dollars.” ‘ Well, come to mor
row and say you have done it, and the mon -
ey is yours.” The time passed on; mid
night came. The man went to the grave
yard. It was a night of great darkness.
As he entered the graveyard not a sound
was heard ; all was still as death. Tbsa
came the gentleman’s words in his mhut
with power—“ Alone with God P* rang Ip
his ears. Afraid to take another step he
fell down on his knees and cried, “God he
merciful to me a sinner ”
In our day, both married and single peo
ple live too fast. A bachelor now has need
of an income such as would once have sat
isfied a man with a family, and the father
and husband requites for his single house
hold the means that, twenty years ago,
would have supported two families, if not
three. Daughters are sent to fashionable
schools, at an enormous cost, there to learn
extravsgance, and, in short, to become fit
ted for anything but to become,
working men. Sons are ruined with un
limited amounts of pocket-money, late
hours, and almost total absence of parental
control. Thus we not only waste opr own
estates, but perpetuate the vice in our own
children. In every way we are living too
fast.
Men often try, and persevere in trying to
make a sort of neat show of outer good
qualities, without anything within to cor
respond, just like children who plant blos
soms without any roots in the ground, to
make a pretty show for an hour.
The little stream, when it enters the sea,
proclaims its arrival. The river forms the
junction in silence. z .