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PEEEY? GEdEGIA, TIITJESDAY, AUGtJST 22, 1889,
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Choosing a Profession.
Youth’s Companion.
Twenty years ago Thomas Scott,
of Penns'yIvama,'oneof the shrewd
est of railway men, spent a few
days in a country village. An ac
tive, bright faced boy in the house
where-he boarded attracted his no
tice. He asked the school-master
what was the .capacity of the lad.
“He is dall,” wks the reply.
“Thick-headed and incapable, but
willing enough to learn. His father
wishes to ; make;a ehemist of him,
but he cannot master the first prin.
ciples of the science.”
Mr. Scott, watching the lad, ob
served that In the affairs of daily
life his judgment was clear and
just, and his observation keen. He
showed* too, a singular faculty for
managing his school-fellows. The
boy’s parents were induced to take
him from school, and Mr. Scott
gave him work in the yard of a
railway.
“Now,” he said, “you have no
longer tp deal, with books, but with
things and men. Make your own
way. I believe you can do it.”
It was the first time that the-
boy had been told that he was not
wholly a dolt. He proved to, be.
energetic, intelligent- and enthusi
astic in his work. There was a
certain firmness and cordiality in
his manner which gave him con
trol over his associate!. He was
soon sent out upon the road .in
charge of a gang of men. A few
years later,, when Mr. Scott came
that way again, the young man was
superintendent of a division. He
afterward rose steadily to the
front rank in his profession,
A boy is too apt. to be influ
enced in the choice of his life
work by some accident or petty
motive. His father and grand
father have been successful yhysi-
cians or manufacturers, or butch
ers, and it seems natural and'- right
for him to follow in . their foot
steps, Or his ihtirhatb friend at
college is going to study law, and.
he must do the same.
Sometimes a pious . father and
mother cherish a fond hope that
their boy will devote his life to
preaching the gospel, and rather
than disappoint them, he does it,
with no fitness or zeal for the
work., •
In each ease the lad’s life is a
failure for the want of a little de
liberation and a careful examina
tion of his natural abilities.
Among the readers of the com
panion there are tens of thousands
of boys who must soon make
choice of their profession or trader
one of the rdost momentous earth
ly questions which will be set be
fore them. Don’t be in a hurry,
boys. Do not let an accident de
cide for you. Do not chpose, an
occupation because it is more
“genteel” than others.. It is the
man who gives character and dig
nity to his occupation, as to his
clothes! - _
Don’t think because you were
rated dull at school, that there is
ho honorable place for you in the
world- There are talents and
powers which do. not deal with
books. God sends no man into
the world without providing an
occupation for him in which he
may earn respect. You have
yours. v J
But take care that the work is
that for which the tool is fitted.
The mere fact that the . work
seems pleasant and attractive to
yon, does hot prove that it is fitted
to your faculties; you may be am
bitious, but you cannot climb a
ladder without feet ahd. hands.
Learn the strength of your
feet and hands, find the fight lad
der, and then trust only ih God
and to yourself to make your way
up it. ~ ■
The Negro Population.
Washington Eepublican.
Leave of Absenc'e.
The Greensboro Herald-Jonanal
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Noiseless powder is said to be
finding favor with military author
ities. It will tend to make, war
much more popular,- observes the
Washington Star, for raw - soldiers
report that next to being killed,by
a gunj it is most disagreeable to be
the noise.
Dr. Billings, an eminent physi-1 The big bugs in the legislature,and
cian of this city, who is to have] their boon companions,- the lobby-
charge of. the mortality statistics ists, are very highly amused these
of the next census, said to a Re
public eorrespondednt to-day:
“The next census will dissipate
many errors that have grown: out
of comparisons made between the
census of 1880 and that of • 1870.
The most prominent misrepresen
tation that will be corrected will be
the one that asserts the phenome
nal growth of the negro popula
tion of .the country when com
pared with the whites. The com
parisons .of the next census will be
made with those of 1885, , the only
approachably Correct census as to
.population or anything else made
in the history of the government.
The observation. of mortality ta
bles, made more complete during
the last ten years than Cver before,
show that the . negro popula
tion has a far higher death- rate
than that of the whites. In Wash
ington it is nearly double that of
The whites, and yet this district
has been fitly termed the paradise
of the negro. Nowhere else in the
civilized or uncivilized world is he
as well paid for his labor, as well
clothed, as well fed, aS well housed.
There are more of the race in re
ceipt of annual salaries, removed
from the condition of day laborers,
then in any city of the world at
any period of the World's bistort.
Even the poorest are cared for
better than the average negro in
any other city, in the country, and
yet the death rate of . the negro,
month after month, and year after
year, is nearly double that of the
whiteman. It is so in every city
in the country, and in nearly all
southern eities where statistics are
kept, the ratio of death is larger
for the negro than in Washington..
Id Charleston, Mobile, Savannah,
New Orleans* Galveston, St. Louis
and Memphis, the death rate of
the negro sometimes rises to more
than double that of the whites.
The birth rate of the negro popu
lation is difficult to obtain, be
cause they rarely retain a physi
cian, but from such statistics as we
have, the birth rate does not great
ly exceed in cities that of ; whites.
In Washington there is an excess
of negro births as compared with
whites, but it is not nearly double.
•From all that can be learned from
the health and mortality statistics
kept ih cities, it is the best opin
ion that the negro population floes
not increase proportionately with
the whites, and that the next cen
sus will show that in the whole
country the importance of the ne
gro as a factor in our population is
on the decrease. 1
days at a resolution which Mr.
Snelson, of Meriwether, takes oc
casion to present every; .Monday
morning. The resolution is to the
effect that no member shall be
granted leave of absence except
for providential causes or most
pressing business, and that when
absence is granted, for the latter
cause, the per diem of the legisla
tor shall be stopped until he re
turns to his seat.
The big bugs may laugh at Mr.
Snelson and sneer at his resolu
tion, but the people .of Georgia can
but agree, and dp.agree with, him.
The fifct of the business is a legis
lator is an employe of the people.
This may grate on gentlemen of
high-toned ideas, but it is never
theless a fact. He is as much an
employe of the people of the state
as the clerks of Georgia ate the
employes of . the merchants, or the
manufacturers; or the farm- labor
ers of the planters are hired men.
They are delegated to perform
certain duties for the people and
are paid a per diem for their, ser
vices. Now we see no reason why
they should neglect that duty even
for a day and still be paid. There
may be "no objection to excusing
them, but if outside business is :iso
pressing they should certainly be
willing to pay back to the people
of the state, the salary allowed
them for absent time.
The business of granting leaves
of absence is positively hurtful.
It is a notorious fact that Satur
day and Monday of each week are
positively lost days by the legisla
ture on account of the number of
absentees. It costs -fully a thou
sand dollars;! day for the legisla
ture of Georgia to sit. .The two
days a week lost is 82,000. During
a session of forty days, and they
seldom come under this, the state
has lost $20,000. . There is the
trouble. There is no objection to
a member getting away on busi
ness, if it is pressing, bat let him
pay for it. They may laugh at
Mr. Snelson’s resolution, but he is
Tight, and if he continues, to ham
mer away he .may accomplish what
he is working for, and that he is
right there can be no doubt.
The legislature should attend to
its business promptly and rap
idly, ahd stick to business all the
time. r
The distinction between legiti
mate trade and gambling is that in
the former an equivalent is given
in return for value. There is an
exchange in which the condition of
both parties may be bettered.' In
the latter, the one profits entirely
at tile expense of and by the loss
of the other, giving nothing in re
turn for value received. / This Toe
ing the case, what right has specu
lation in stocks, grain and f utures
to be classed as commercial busi
ness?—National Economist.
'It is something of a surprise to
find in the columns of the careful
Commercial Bulletin; of Boston*
that the northern cotton mills pay
for the heavy jute bagging and
metal ties with. which cottqh is
encased. The planter pays for the
bagging and ties, and does hot get
His money back The price of cot
ton is fixed in market where the
tare is deducted from every; bale,
and the northern cotton mill men
buy and pay accordingly—Phila
delphia Record
The death'of Mrs. Polk leaves
but four women living whose hus
bands were at any time Presidents
of the United States. These are.
Mrs. Tyler; All's. Grant,- Mrs.
Garfield and Airs. Cleveland.
During the Arthur and Cleve
land administrations the room in
the White House where Garfield
spent long days of agony before
he was carried to Elberon, was
kept closed and unoccupied- The
demands of, the present. and en
larged presidential household have,
however, brought the apartment
into use again.
The best telephone' story on
record,..and one that is vouched
for by many comes from Charles
ton, S. C. Last Sunday a/young
man employed in. the Western
Union telegraph office ih that city
conversed without difficUltJrwitii’
his brother, who was in Omaha,
1,500 miles away. They talked for
an hour with hardly any panse be
tween questions.
The Spanish Minister of the
Colonies has announced that Cuba
is not for sale.
When Marriage is a Failure.
Springfield Republican.
When there is too much latch
key.
When dinner is not ready at
dinnertime. I' ;i '
. When the watchword is “Each
for himself.”
When either of the pair marries
for incney.
When neither husband nor wife
takes-a vacation.
When children are. obliged to
clamor for their rights.
When “he” snores the loudest
while “she” kindles the fire.
When the vacations are taken
by one side of the house only.
When the children are given the
neck and the back of the chicken.
When the man attempt^ to tell
the wife what style of bonnet she
must wear. . ......
When one of the parties engage!
in a business that is not approved
by the other.
When a man’s. Christmas pres
ents tq Ms wife consists of fedote
jacks, shirts and gloves for him
self. • ■ ; ■ ... , ..
Wheh politeness, fine manners
and kindly attentions are reserved
for the company or for visits
abroad.
When the money that should go
for a/book goes for what only
one side of the House knows any
thing about.
When both parties persist in ari-
-guing over a subject upon which
they never have and never can
think alike. Ji}
When the lord of creation pays
more for cigars than his better
half does for hosiery, boots and
bonnets.
When “father” takes half of the
pie and leaves the other half Tor
the one that made it and her eight
children.
A Woman's Discovery.
“Another; wonderful discovery
ha! been made, and-that, too, by a
lady in this country; Disease fas
tened its clutches upon her, and
for. seven years she withstood its
seYereet tests, but her vital dfgans
were undermined, and death seem
ed imminent. For three months
she coughed incessantly, and could
not sleep. She- bought of as a
bottle of Dr, King’s New Discov
ery for Consumption, and was so
much relieved upon taking the
first dose that she slept all night,
and with one bottle has been mi
lk me is
:
still J rac
stresses i Airs. LutL
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“Tipping” a Waiter.
‘I had the greatest . time at the
hotel I stopped at while I was
down to the city,” remarked. Uncle
Josh to the admiring crowd wild'
collected at the store to hear of his
journey. “They had a great, big
dining-room there, and more than
a hundred waiters; but;' none of
’em came around where I was. I
giot there as much as. an hoar, an*
none of ’em paid the least bit of
attention to me, Finally, a man
at the table with me, who was just
finishing his dinner, says; ‘You’ll
have to tip one of the waiters, if
you want to get any attention
here.’ .. .. . ( ;,
“Wall, I''lowed,i end do that
fast ernuff, fer I felt erbout mad
jest then, so the very next waiter
that came skipping by with a hull
raft o’ dishes up over his head, I
put oUtiny foot an, tipped him. tip
quicker’n a wink. That \fras . the
quickest way tb get attention I ever
seed. Why, I had the whole hotel 3
boss an’ all, there in about ten
seconds.”—'Peck’s Sun, • , . j
Diamonds have blazed
English society the present sea
son as they never have before.
They have even appeared in tlier
gre ; ate3t,-profusion at morning en
tertainments. ;
It is well known that practice
in looking at distant objects im
proves the eyesight.. In the test
fo-r color Blindness among the en
gineers of the New Jersey Central
road, it was found that the oldest
xiiah in the service had the - bfesfc
sight for lohg distance. purposes,
and was able to distinguish the va
rious shades and; colors; 1
The.Brovince of Ontario, Cana
da, is possessed of the most exten
sive deposit qf TqCk ^alt whibh has
yet been found on " the’, American
continent. The salt was first dis
covered at Goderich, about twenty
years- ago, at about a depth of
1,010 feet, by a Boring which was
itade for petroleum. . The salt
measures extend over an area of
1,200 square miles.' - ;
A Cbripodist Has His ;
f
“Year before last I had
women patrons to one mau,”
a Chiropodist. “But last yea
so far this year, the falling <
the former patronage has beeii
more than one half. But there
ha! 'been ho decrease iixthe num
ber of my male customers;' How
do I account for all this? Easily.
Fashion iu shoes is responsible for
it. A year and a half ago the high!
narrow / 'French heels were- tlte
fashion in woman’s shoes, and'they
are one of the best friends; a chirp*,
podist can have. They are’regu
lar and rapid breeders of corn!.
No woman can wear a pair'of such
shoes long without looking up a
corn doctor. A • i.. ~
But the low flat heel, is] noty! tbs
fashion. If the rest of the shoe
ffits- the foot, the, heels are the nat
ural enemy of corns and- the chiro
podist has to suffer. It is generi
ally believed that women are mote
vain of their feet than men are' of
theirs, but my experience. ; ba
shown me that quite the contrary
is the fact. Men will insist ifi
making their foot look sniall, find
any shoe that; will do that is the
fashion for them. The narrow
toed or “toothpick” style of men’s
shoes, worn now 6& much as evef;
will always insure the corn doctor
a living, especially if the/shoes are
patent leather. A patent leather
shoe, for some reason j will ’ call a
corn into being much quicker than
an ordinary shoe. J... ;.^ ’
The fellows who don't have corn!
are those who wear roomy-toed
shoes. But they musn’t be too
large. A shoe too large is as ba’d
as one tco small, An oversized shoe
makes corns bn the bottom of the
feet, and they are the worst kind.
The late war was the greatest
corn-curer ever known. I -never-
knew of a single ease bf aeoldier
in that war_ who suffered from
corns, and 1 was all through it;
If a law should be passed tbafc.no
shoe should be worn iff this'coun
try but the pattern army shoe of
the rebellion, the corn doctor's oc
cupation would be gone.”; .- I |
Before, the war the high-water
mark in cotton ttei 5,300,000 bales.
The crop of last year is.poG yet
entirely out of .‘the 'hands bf the'
planters, bufc those whose business
attention is absorbed by the staple
place it-at 7,400,000 bales, an in
crease ; of 300,000 over the. year
preceding. This season, with aver
age weather, it will be 8,000,000
bales, worth nearly four hundred'
million, dollars, or five times the
value of all the gold and silver
produced in the United States ill
one-year. =
Observes the New - York Com
mercial Advertiser: ‘‘When Car
dinal Gibbons,, the other day, in
Baltimore,' ordained as priest'
Charles Randolph Uncles, a col r
ored man, a step was taken which
Is likely to mark an ' epoch in the
religious history of that, rabe,
Uncles is 1 the first colored man'
ever elevated to the Roman Cafch-
olic priesthood in this coai
: A clotrd-bursfc in
other day dropped' eooc
on a "region two mile
form a lake of tea
and ten feet deep.
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