Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1889 — Page 9

INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

<GEN. HARRISON’S FIRST FORMAT, ADDRESS TO THE COUNTRY. Be Thinks that the Naturalization Lairs Are Not Stringent Enough—Civil-Service Reform Will Eo Enforces! Yiews on Other Important Subjects. Washington*, March 4.— Following is the inaugural address delivered by Gen. -Harrison: “There is ro constitutional or legal requirement that the Presi 'ent shell take his oath of office in the presence of ihe people, bat there ia so much ai p opmateness in the induction to office of the Chief Executive officer of the -nation that from the beginning of the Government the people, to whose service the official ■ oath consecrates the officer, have been called to witness the solemn ceremonial. “An oath taken in the presence of the people ■becomes a mutual covonant. The officer covenants to serve the whole boay of the pocp e by a faithful execution of the laws, so that they may be the unfailing defense and security oi those who respect aud observe them, and that neither ■wealth, station, nor power of combinations shall bo oble to evade their penalties or to wrest them from a beneficent public purpose to serve •the ends of cruelty or selfishness. “My promise is spoken; yours unspoken, but not less real and solemn. The people of every State have here their representatives. Surely I ■do not misinterpret tbe spirit of the occasion when I assume that the whole body of the people covenant with me and with each other to-day to support and defend the Constitution and the ■»tmiou of States, to yield willing obedience to all laws, and each to every other citizen his equal civil and political rights. Entering thus solemnly into covenant with each other, we may rever--ently invoke and confidently expect the favor ■and help of Almighty God, that he will give to me wisuom, strength and fidelity, ana to our peqple a sp rit of fraternity and a love of right•eousness and peace. “This occasion derives peculiar interest from the fact that the I’residt ntial term,which begins this day, is the twenty-sixth under our Constitution. “The first inauguration of President Washington took place in New York, where Congress ■was then sitting, on the 3 th d iy oi April, 17m!), having been defe-red by reason of delay attending the organization of Congress aud the canvass of the electoral vote. Our people have already worthily observed th » centennials of the Declaration of Indepenlence, of the battle of Yorktown, and of the adoption of the Constitution, and will shortly celebrate in New York the ilnstitution of the second great department of •our constitutional scheme of government. When vthe centennial of the institution of the judicial ■department, by the organization of the Supreme ’Court, shall have been suitably observer!, as I -■trust it will be, our nation will have fully entered its second century. The Nation's Glory. “I will not attempt to note the marvelous and, rin great part, happy contrasts between our .■country as it steps over the tnreahold into its <second century of organized existence under the ■Constitution, and that weak but wisely ordored young nation that loosed undauntedly down the first century, when all its years stretched out be. oro it. “Our people will not fail at this time to recall the incidents which accompanied the institution -■of government under the Constitution, or to find inspiration and guidance in the teachings and example of Washington and his great associates and hope and courage in tho contrast which thirty e cht populous and prospjrouc States .offer to the thirteen S ates, weak in everything —courage and love of Ifi.sny, ihct then and gTsarar-- seaboard The Terrsmaller States in 171)0. 'm ■•*”■’graator •ffiion, when our national capital was locate®,-"wu.. east of Baltimore, and it was argued by weiJinformed persons that it would move eastward . rather than westward Yet in 1880 it was found ;to Ite near Cincinnati, and tho new census . about to be takeu will show another stride to the we award. That which was the body has .come to be only the rich fringe of tho nat,ion’s urob?. But our growth has not been limited to territory, population, and aggregate wealth, amarveieus as it has been in each of those directions. The masses of our people -are better fed, clo hed, and housed tbau their fathers were. The facilities for popular education have been vastly enlarged ana more generally diffused. The virtues -of courage and patriotism have given recent .proof of tnoir continued presence aud increasing power in the hearts and over tho lives of our people. The influences of religion have been mul iplled and strengthened. The sweet offieos •of charity have greatly increased. The virtue -of temperance is held in higher estimation. We have not attained an idral condition. Not all of our people are happy and prosperous ; vnot all of them are virtuous and law-abiding. But, on the whole, tbe opportunities offered to rthe individual to secure the comforts of life are abetter than are found elsewhere, and largely bet- . ter 1 han they were 100 years ago. “The surrender of a largo measure of sover--oignty to the General Government, effected by ■the adoption of the Constitution, was not ac--complished until suggestions of reason were strongly re-enforced by the more imperative voice of experience. The divergent interests of Cpeace speedily demanded a ‘more perfect union. The merchant, shipmaster, and manufacturer -discovered and disclosed to our statesmen and to the people that commercial emancipation rxnust be added to the political freedom which ill ad been so bravely won. The commercial policy of the mother country had not relaxed any of its hard and oppressive features. To hold in check . the development of our commercial marine, to .prevent or retard the establisument and growth 'of manufactures in States, and so to secure an .American market for their shops and a carrying trade for their ships, was the policy of European statesmen, and was pursued with most selfish vigor. Petitions poured in upon Congess urging the imposition of discriminating duties that should encourage the production of needed .tilings at home. The patriotism of the people, -which no longer found a field of existence In war, was energetically directed to the duty of equipping the young republic for the defense of its in--depeudenco by making the people solf-depend--ent. Societies for the promo don ofhome manufactures and for encouraging the use of domestics in the dress of the people were organized in many or the States. Revival at the end of the - century of some patriotic interest in the preservation and development of domestic industries aud the defense of our working people ■against injurious foreign competition is an in- - cident worthy of attention. “it is not a departure but a return that we .Rave witnessed. A protective policy Lad then its opponents. Argument was made as now that i,s benefits inured to particular classes or '-flections, if the question became in any sense .or at any time sectional, it was only because slavery existed in some of the States. But for this thero was no reason why the cotton-pro- • ducing States Should not have led or walked -■abreast with the New England Stages in the proxductiun of cotton fabrics. “There was this reason only why the States that divide with Pennsylvania the mineral treasures of the great southeastern aud central mountain ranges should have been so tardv in bringing to the smelting furnace and to the mill -coal and iron from their near opposing hillsides. - The mill fires were lighted a. the funeral pile of slavery. The emancipation proclamation was heard in the depths of the earth as well as in the sky. Men were made free and material things -became our better servants. The sectional element has, happily, been eliminated from the tariff discussion. We have no longer States that Are necessarily only planting States ; none are excluded from achieving that diversification oi pursuit among the people which brings wealth ..and contentment. The cotton plantation will not be less valuable wh n the product is spun in a country town by operatives whose necessi,ties call for diversified crops and create a home demand for garden and agricultural products. Every new mine, furnace and factory is an extension of the productive capacity of the State more real and valuable than added territory. Shall the prejudices and paralysis of slavery continue to hang upon the skirts of progress? How long will those who rejoice that slavery no longer exists cherish or tolerate the incapacities it put upon their communities? Look hopefully to a continuance of our protective system and tp the consequent development of manufacturing and mining enterprises in States hitherto wholly given to agriculture as a potent influence in the E effects unification of our people. Men who ave felt the benefit of their neighborhood, and men who work in Bhop or field will not fail to find and to defend a community of interest Is it not quite possible that farmers and the promoters ol great mining and manufacturing ear-

ter prises which have recently been established in the South may yet find that a free ballot of the workingmen, without distinction of race. Is needed for tlreir defense as well as their own ? “I do not doubt that if those men m the touth who now accept the tariff views of Chav and the constitutional expositions of Webster would courageously avow and defeud their real convictions they would not find it difficult, by friendk,’ instruction and co-operation, to make tbe black man their afficien: and safe ally, not only in establishing correct ] r.neiples in our national administration, but iu preserving for their local communities the benefits of social order and economical and bonest government. At least, until the good offices of kindness aud education have been fairly tried, a contrary conclusion cannot be plausibly urged "Thave altogether reacted auy suggestions of a special exteutiv - policy for any seetiou of our coumry. It is the duty of the executive to administ *r and enforce, in methods and by instrumentalities pointed out aud provide! by toe Constitution, all laws enacte 1 oy Congress. These-lawd are general, and their administration should be uniform and equal. A citizen may not elect which ho will enforce. The duty to obey and to o>.ecuto embraces the Constitution in its entirety and the whole code of laws enacted under it.

Down on Monopolies. “The evil example of permitting individuals, corporations, or communities to nullify the laws because they cross some selfish or local interests or prejudices is full of danger, not only to the nation at large, but much more to those who use this pernicious expedient to escape their just obligations or to obtain an unjust advantage over others. They wiil presently themselves be compelled to appeal to tne law for protection, aud those who would use tho law as a defense must nos deny that use of it to others. If our great corpora ions would more scrupulously observe their legal limitation and duress they would have less cause to complain of their rights or of violent interference with their operations. The community that by concert, open or secret, among its citizens denies to any portion of its members their plain rights under the law has severed the only safe bond of social order and prosperity. The evil works, from a bad center, both ways. It demoralizes those who practice it and destroys tho faith of

PRESIDENT HARRISON.

those who suffer in it in the efficiency of law as a safe protector. The man in whose breast that faith has been darkened is naturally a sub set of dangerous and uncanny suggestions. Those who use unlawful methods, if moved by no hieher motive thou the selfishness that pr.iupted them, may the educate*'vui imiunn v, hat is to be the inunity either Mill 111 inllmil ijiin i letemaiic violation of the laws that Besmi ffTnoiAto cross their conveuleuoe, what con they expect when the lesßon that the convenience or supposed class interest is a suffnd nt *auso for lawlessness has been well learned by the ignorant classes? The community where thelawistho rule of conduct, and where courts, not mobs, execute its penalties, is the only attractive field for business investments and honest labor.

Tho Naturalization Laws. “Our naturalization laws should be so amended as to make inquiry inio the choracier and good disposition oi persons applying for citizeusoip more carelul and bearenmg. Our existing laws have been made in their administration in un unimpressive and oiten unintelligible form. We accept any man a 3 a citizen without any knowledge of his fitness, and he assumes the duties of citizenship without any knowledge as to what they are. We should not ceaso to be hospitable to immigration, but we should cease to be cureless as lo the character of it. There are men of all races, even the best, whose coming is necessarily a burdin upon our public revalues or a threat to social order, these should he identified and excluded. Foreign Relations. “We have happily maintained the policy of avoiding all imorie.ence with European affairs. V/e ha.e been only interested spectators of their contentions in diplomacy and in war, ready to use our friendly offices to promote peace, but never obtruding our advice and never attempting unfairly to coin the distresses of otuer powers imo commercial advantage to ourselves. We have a just right to expect that our European policy will be the American policy of European courts. It is so manifestly incompatible with those precautions lor our peace and safety which all the g:eat powers habitually observe and enforce in matters affecting them that a shorter waterway between our Eastern and Western seaboards should be dominated by uny European government, that we may confidently expect that such purpose will not be entertained by any friendly power. “We shall in the future, as in the past, use every endeavor to maintain and enlarge our friendly relations with all the great powers, but they will not expect us to look kindly upon any project that would leave us subject to the dangers of hostile observation or environment. We nave not sou ht to dominate or to absorb any of our weaker neigubors, but rather to aid and encourage them to establisa free und stable governments, resting upon the cons.nc of tneirown people. “We have clear right to expect, therefore, that no European government will seek to establish colonial dependencies upon the territory of these independent American mates. That which a tense of justice restrains us from seeking ttiey may be reasonably expected to be wilting to forego. It must not be assumed, however, that oar interests are so exclusively American that our entire inattention to any events that may transpire elsewhere can lie taken for granted. Our citizens, domiciled fer the purpose of trade in all countries and on many of the islands of the aea, demand and wi.l have our adequate cat o in the.r personal and commercial rights. The necessities of our navy require convenient coaling stations and dock and harbor privileges. These aud other trading privileges we )vill feel free to obtain only by means that do not in any de,qree partake of coercion, however feeble the goiommout irom which we ask BUc'n concession; but, haviug lainy obtained them by methods and for purposes entirely consistent with the most iriendly disposition toward all other powers our consent will be necessary to any modification or impairment of concession. We shall neither fail to respect the flag of any friendly nation or. the just rights of its citizen.:, nor to ex.vct a like treatment for our own. Calmness, justice, and consideration should characterize our diplomacy. Tho offices of au intelligent or of a friendly arbitration iu proper cases should be adequate to a peaceful adjustment of all international difficulties. By such methods wo will make our contribution to tbs world’s peace, which no nation values more highly, aud avoid the opprobrium which must full upon a nation that ruthlessly breaks it.

Presidential Appointments. The duty devolved by law upon the President to nominate, and by and wish the advice and consent of the Senate to appoint all public officers whose appointment ii not otherwise provided for in the Constitution or by act of Congress has become very burdensome and its wise 1 and efficient discharge full of difficulty, dhe civil list is so large that a personal lsnowJege of any large number of applicants Is impossible. The President must rely upon the representations of others, and these are often made inconsidf rately aud without any just sense of responsibility. 1 have a right, 1 think, to insist that those who

volunteer or are invited to give advfoe as to appointments shall exercise consideration and fidelity. A high sense of duty and an ambition to improve tbe service should characterize all public officers. "There are many ways in wbicn the convenience and comfort of those who have business with our public officers may be promoted by thoughtful and obliging officers, and I shall expect those wnom 1 may appoiut to justify their selection by < ousjiicuous efficiency in the discharge of their duties. Honorable partv service will certainly not be esteemed by me a disqualification for public office, but it will in no caso be a lowed to serve as a shield for official negligence, incompetenj cy, or delinquency, it is en.irelv creditable to seek public office by proper methods and with proper motives, an i all applicants will be treated with consideration, but I shall need, and heads of d-parements will need, time for j inquiry and deliberation. Persistent imp.rtuu- , icg will not, thcrefort, oe the best support of an i aj plicant for office. “The heads of departments, bureaus, and all other public officers having any duty conuecte 1 therewith will be expectel to enforce the civil- { service law fully and wi hout evasion. Beyond this obvious duty 1 hope to do something more jto advance ths reform of civil service. The ideal, or oven mv own ideal, I shall probably not attain A retrospect I will be a safer basis of judgment ■ than promises. We shall not, however, I am sure, be able to put our civil service upon a non-partisan basis until we have secured an incumbency that fair-minded men of the opv> sition will approve lor impartiality and integrity. As the number of such in the ci <‘ list is increased removals from office will diminish. DUcusses the Revenues. “While a treasury surplus is not the greatest evil it is a serious evil. Our revenue should be ample to meet the ordinary annual demands upon our Treasury with sufficient margin for those extraordinary but scaroely less imperative demands which arise now and then, and expenditures should always be male with economy and only upon public necessity. Wastefulness, profligacy, or favoritism hi public expenditures is criminal. But thore'is nothing in the condi- . tion of our country or of our people to Buggest that anything presently necessary to the public prosperity, security, or honor should be unduly postponed. It will be the duty of Congress wisely to forecast and estimate these extraordinary demands, and, having added them to our ordinary expenditures, to so adjust our revenue laws that no considerable annual surplus wiil remain. We will fortunately be abie to apply to the redemption of tho publio debt any small aud unforeseen excess of revenue. This is better than to reduce our income below our necessavy expenditures, with the resulting choice between another change of our revenue laws and an iuerease of public dobt. It is quite possible, I am sure, to effect a neoessary reduction in our revenues without breaking dowu our ixrotective tariff or seriously injuring any domestic industry. “The construction of a sufficient number of modern war ships and of their necessary armament should progress at rapidly as is consistent with core and perfection in plans and workmanship. The spirit, oourgo, and skill of our naval officers and seamen have many limes in our history given to weak ships and ineffleieut guns a rating greatly beyond that of the naval list. That they will again do so upon occasion I do not doubt. But they ought not, by promeditation or neglect, be left to the risks and exigencies of un unequal combat. Wo should encourage the establishment of American steamship linos. Exchanges of commerce demand stared, reliable, and rapid means of communication, and until those are provided the deve'opment of our trade with states lying sou.hof us is impossible. “Our pension laws should give more adequate and discriminating relief to Union soldiers and sailors, and to their widows and orphans. Such occasions as this should remind us that we owe everyth ng to tueir valor and sacrifice.

Various Subjects Alluded To, “It is a subject of congratulation that there is a near jjrospect of the admission into the Union ofUaeDakotas and Montana and Washington -inn i 'phl't n - t of j ugt j oe jj ag been unthe accession flf lbgome of them, st rength to lhe nation. It is due to tne in the Territories who have availed themselves of the invitations of our land laws to make their homes upon the public domain that their titles should be speedily adjnsted and their honest entries confirmed by patent. “It is very gratifying to observe the general interest now being manifested in the reform of our el< otion laws. Those who have been for years calling attention to the pressing necessity of thvowiug about the ballot-box and ctbout elections further safeguards in order that our elections might not only be ireo abd puro, but might clearly up pear to bo so, will welcome the accession of any who did not so soon discover the need of reform, 'lhe Nation'll Congress has not as yet taken coni rol of elections in that case over which the Constitution gives it jurisdiction, but has accepted and adopted the election laws of several States, provided penalties for their violation and a method for their supervision. Only the ineffloienc v of the State laws or an unfair or partisan administration of them could suggest a departure from this policy. It was clearly, however, in the contemplation of the framers of the Constitution that such an exigency might arise and provision was wisely made for it. f reedom of the ballot is a condition of our national life, and no powef vested in Congress or in the Executive to secure or perpetuate it should remain unnsed upon occasion. The people of all Congressional districts have an equal interest that elections in each shall truly express the views and wishes of the majority of the qualified electors residing in it. The results of such elections are not local, and the insistence of electors residing 'n other districts that they fiiall be pure and free does not savor at all of impertinence. If in any of the States pnblio security is thought to be threatened by ignorance among electors the obvious remedy is education. The sympathy and help of our people will not be withheld from any community struggling with special embarrassments or difficulties connected with suffrage if the remodios proposed proceed upon lawful lines and are promoted by just and honorable methods. How shall those who practice election frauds recover that respect for the sanctity of the ballot which is the first condition and obligation of good citizenship - / The man who has come to regard the ballot-box as a juggler's hat has renounced his allegiance. “Let us exalt patriotism and moderate our party contentions. Let those who would die for the flag of battle give better proof of their patriotism and higher glory to their country by promoting fraternity and justice. Party success that is achieved by unfair methods or by practices that partake of revolution is hurtful und evanescent even from a party standpoinf. We should lold our,differing opinions in mutual respect, and, having submitted them to tho arbitrament of the ballot, should accept an adverse judgment with the same respect that we would have demanded of our opponents if the decision had been in our favor. “No other people have a government more wot thy of their respect end Jove, or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor. God has placed upon our head a diadem ana has laid at our feet power and wealth be- ? r ond definition or calculation. But we must not orget that we take these gifts upon condition that Justice and Mercy shall hold tho reins of power, and that tho upper avenues of hopeshall be free to all people. Ido not mistrust the future. Dangers have been in frequent ambush along our path, but we have uncovered and vanquished them all. Pas6ion has swept some of our communities, but only to give us new demonstration that the great body of onr people ore stable, patriotic, and law-abiding. No political party can long pursue advantage at the expense of public honor or by rnde and indecent methods without protest and fatal disaffection in its own body. The peaceful agencies of commerce are more fully revealing the necessary unity of all onr communities, and increasing tbe intercourse of onr people in promoting mutual respect. We shall find unalloyed pleasure in the revelation which our next census will make of the swift develoiment of the groat resources of some of the States. Each State will bring its generous contribution to the great aggregate of tho notion's increase. “And when the harvests from the fields, the cattle from the hills, and the ores of the earth shall have been weighed, counted, and valued, we will turn from them all to crown with the highest honor the State that has most promoted education, virtue, justicj and patriotism among its people." St. Louis has no less than seventyeight Chinese laundries, and pays out over SIOO,OOO annually to Mongolians to have its washing done.

Speak Kindly. Why not? Why should not husbands and wives, bound together as they are in the most intimate of all earthly relations, and necessarily in constant intercourse with each other, consecrate and hallow the sacred relation, and bless themselves, by always using kind words when they speak to each other? Where is the place for hard words, angry words and words of reproach and bitterness ? Such words always leave a sharp sting behind them. They are not the words of affection, aud become neither husband nor wife. They contribute nothing to the happiness of either, and are the prolific source of a large amount of misery. The husband who abuses his wife by his words, aud the wife who snaps and snarls at her husband, are alike untrue to their marital pledge, and really in a very bad way. Such husbands and wives ought at once to repent of their sins against each other, and acquire better affections and better manners. Speak kindly. Why. should not parents always speak in this way to their children, and why should not children always so speak to their parents? If parents thus speak children will naturally learn do the same thing. The example of the parents will reproduce itself in the practice and habits of the children; and the latter will grow up into manhood or womanhood with a gentleness and softness of manners, and a carefulness in the use of words, that is characteristic of refined and cultivated beings. Authority, when exercised through kind words, is scarcely felt simply as authority. The element of severity is withdrawn from it; and obedience to it is secured by love. Parents who allow themselves to get into fits of passion with their children, and then thunder and storm at them in the language of vehemence and anger, are making a grave mistake in the matter of family government. Such parents need first of all to govern themselves and put their own passions under a healthful restraint. Speak kindly. Why not? Why should not brothers and sisters living iu tho same house, eating at the same table, and fed and clothed by the same bounty, always speak to each other in this way ? By so doing they will minister to each other’s happiness, avoid petty quarrels, make home pleasant, cultivate good affections, gratify their affections and ple&e God. As they become men and women they will be scattered hither and thither; and when thus scattered, it will be pleasant for them to look back to their childhood days, and remember that tlieir intercourse with one another was kindly and afifeotionate. The friendship then formed will follow them through life. other? Why should not The mUainr speak kindly to his servants? Why should not one speak kindly to a stranger who may ask him a question ? Why should not those who differ in opinion address each other in the use of respectful and kindly words? Wiry should not those who oppose moral evil temper their language with the law of kindness in the form of utterance? Why should not the minister of the gospel, the doctor and the nurse in the sick-room, the buyer and seller, the banker and the merchant, the governor and the governed, the judge on his bench, the warden of a prissn, and, indeed, every man and every woman, on all occasions, in all circumstances, and under all provocations, both study and practice the law of kind words in "the total intercourse of life from the cradle to the grave? —The Independent.

Cruelty to a Poet.

The suit for divorce instituted by Mr. Earl Marble, of San Franci*o, against bis wife, of Boston, on the ground of mental cruelty, will be watched with thrillful interest by all who hol'd literature dear. In his complaint Mr. Marble lets forth that # he is a poet. His lyrics have adorned the Century Magazine and made the pages of the Atlantic Monthly musical and romantic. While pursuing his rhythmic avocation, he avers, it was Mrs. Marble’s iconoclastic habit to stride up and down his study, interrupt his flow of thoughts with expostulations pitched in a shrill and earpiercing key, and on bitter cold nights she would invade his shivering dreams, drag the blankets from the bed and compel him both to listen to what she had to say and to dance away tne sad, dark hours in a blue and loathsome chill. All this, he delares, has perturbed his fancy, made his imagination bilious, and impaired his sense of euphony to a degree little short of absolute ruin, and he therefore prays fo!r relief. This is doubtless a most just cause. The producers of magazine songs should be entitled to protection while incubating, and the truly loving and appreciative wife of a poet would comb his hair with a piano-stool while he is soulfully trying to make “Bismarck rhyme with “concatenation” or make hideous his night of sleepless toil when he is endeavoring to compress nineteen great and globular thoughts of spring into a triolet for which he only expects to receive $3. The public must have poetry, and marriage must not be allowed to hamper its flow. New laws should at once be passed exempting poets from the family tie, and no fears that the change could possibly make magazine verse worse than it has been and is could for a moment be honestly entertained. —New York World.

They Have Their Fears About It.

Uncle Sam (calling tip the stairway) —Good night, children. By the way, could you make room under the Union

blanket for another bed-fellow if I should adopt Miss Canada into the family ? Miss Florida, Miss Georgia, Miss Alabama, and Miss Louisiana (sliiveringly) —Uncle, don’t you think she must be troubled a good deal with cold feet?— Chicago Tribune.

The Story of a Knife.

Before us are an old pocket knife and a neat business circular. The first was bought iu the summer of 1881 in a little shanty-like shop next to the Broad Street Bridge in Atlanta, Ga. It did excellent service for years until its owner carelessly broke it while uaing it for a purpose for which it was not intended. Its handlo is of bjnekhorn; its blade was of i the finest - tempered steel. Constant use never harmed it. Every rivet is. in tact; the spring joint of the blade has the same elasticity as at first. I That knife was 1 made in honor by an honest man. It came out of his stock. Every other knife thero was warranted by the maker. That man knew his trade well. That knowledge and perfect integrity were his capital. His shop was too small to attract notice. At the start he was only a cutter and grinder. He despised not the day of small things, but was ready to do any work in liis Kne. He would grind knives, hone and concave ..razors, anything, in fact, to earn an Honest penny. Schoolboys stood in his door to see th® sparks fly from his emory wheels. They looked longingly at the tempting though small display of sliining-bladed jack-knives. The grimmy hands and oil-smeared aprons of the cutter and hi# few assistants in that shanty fascinated them because of the beautiful results that were shown in tho one showcase on the plain counter. Some of those boys got ideas of the dignity of work that they will never forget. They learned lessons of honefsty, frugality, and diligence. They saw that from tliese wera obtained excellent results. They were adults who also appreciated *lio object lessons daily taught in that little shop. In several years tho owner of that little shop has become an extensive manufacturer. His cutlery is sold in the best hardware stores of the country. His name on the blade is a guarantee of excellence. His knives have a reputation equal to any and surpassed by none. It is his circular that lies before us. He sells by the gross or dozen now, and oommands his own prices. His variety extends from the daintiest pearl-handled knife a lady can procure to the heaviest blades used by huntsmen and baekwoodi&hon. But he is not ashamed of the humbler sources of earning of his former little shanty. In his large factory is a department for sharpening and concaving razors. Barbers and men who shave themselves are his regular customers. They send fiGwrtppla to him from all parts of the tentiofffcrcm* attention. His VV hat it amounts to m a year we nave u u means of knowing, but of this we\re sure, that when a man from small beginnings builds up a large and prosperous industry by honesty, skill, and frugality, his future is sure to be continually prosperous if he adheres to all those various humbler lines of ■'work that helped him to rise from the shanty to the large, oompletely-equipped factory. We have told this simple but true story for those of jour many young friends who wish to climb to the top ot the business ladder without going step by step over the intermediate rounds. The South has as many bright, aspiring boys in proportion to its population as any other part of the country. —Manur facturers ’ Record.

When the Queen’s Head Was Cut Off.

Apropos of the recent articles-on the amount of feeling experienced by a victim of decapitation the following ex* tract describing the execution of the Queen of Scots. from the bulky catalogue will interest scientists: At last, while one of the executioners held hir streightly with one of his hands, the other gave two strokes with an ax before he did cutt (off) hir head, and yet lefte a little grissle bohinde. She made a very small noyse, no part stirred from the place where she laye. The' executioners lifted upp the bead, and bade God save the Queen. Then hir dressinge of laune fell from hir head, which appeared as graye as if shee had been three-score and ten yeares olde, powled very short. Hir face much altred, hir lipps stired upp and downe almost a quarter of an hower after hir head was

Astonished the Old Man.

An old gentleman of Glens Falls who is popular among the boys, and by virtue of his intimate relations with them often proffers advice, one day ran across a couple of lads who were smoking clay pipes. “Well, well, boys,” said he, with an impressive sigh and solemn manner intended to make the boys feel the seriousness of the occasion, “I am 70 years old and hara never smoked a pipe in my life.” “You old fool, you, it’s your own fault,” replied one of the pair. The old man was so dreadfully taken aback that he couldn’t say another word and left the pair to enjoy their smoke without hearing his intended homily. He tells the joke himself with evident enjoyment. —Albany Journal. Competent nurses are too few. They are as needful as good physicians. The authorities of the Bellevue Hospital of New York have started a two years* course of instruction for nurses. It is open to young men. Troubles are said to come in pairs. But we’vo found more in watermelons. —Yonkers Statesman.