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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-10
ATTACHMENT.

State Of Tennessee. Gibson County-W illiams.
Smith 4 Co. vs.. T. p. Walker.
TN this cause it appearing by affidavit that
to the plaintiffs, Williams, Smith 4 Co., and
that safd defendant is q non-resident Of the
State of Tennessee. SO that the ordinary pro-
cess of Law cannot be served upon him, and
an original attachment having been issued and
the sum levied upon the property Of the defend
ant: Ii is therefore ordered that publieation be
made for four consecutive weeks in the Milan
Exehsnre. \ paper Published in the town Of
Milah, Gab on county. tennessee. commanding
the said T.. z. Walker TO appear before me
at my once in the town Of Milan. on Friday, the
llth day of December 1874. and make defence to
said- snit against him. or the same will be
proee-3s. Ith exps-;e.
soyl2 A. J0RD N. III Go.
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Jerusalem and Nazarath have each
an evangelical church The congre.
cation at Jerusalem has seven ser.
vices each Sunday and uses four diff
frrent languages.
DIR Holland, in discussing the rela.
tons of clergymen to women, says
that ''as Glass the Christian minis
tiers Of the country are the purest We
have. We believe they average bet
ter than the apostles did at first.
Proceedings have been instituted
against Rev. DIR Talmadge, of Brook
Ign, by ID. {. Mitchell, ON the charge
Of SANDER. Mr. Mitchell was for many
years prominent member of DIR Tai
madge's church, and WAS expelled on
testimony of the pastor, who charged
him with conduct unbecoming a
a christian. Damages were laid at
$4,000
The leading secular .dnilies of the
city of Tome announce another re-
markable conversion Ia Protestlntism
in that city. Don Alcestis Lama,
Professor in the Ac,damy of Peace,
Doctor in Sacred Theology and in
Philosophy, and Late Professor of
Theology in the Vatican, has followed
the example of ex-canon Grlssi, and
on recent Sunday evening, in the
congregation in Via Cremona, passed
from the Catholic priesthood iuto the
NJ. f. Church. lie maize public
confession f faith.
A Blptist clergyman in Michigan,
the Rev. Joseph b. Cieaver, was
brought up all standing, Il few weeks
ago, with sixty-ne charges scored
against him. They included pretty
much all The crimes known to the dec
alogue, and the investigators went {
him.-One by one the charges fell
away, until nothing was left but dit
ference on doctrinal point between
him and his deacOTs, and that the
congregation wiped away with the
res. Having ,eillcd TO tier s. iisiac-
ton th.t he was Ill right they COLI
graduated etch other that they h d
81 20 d man to reign over them;
and while they were congratul1ting,
the Rev. Mr. Cleaver handed iii his
resignation and went to another
church, which had called him not in
vain.
A new religious teacher is said to
have arisen in India, whose disciples
already number many thousands and
are composed of every caste. He is
called the Dhulee Babejee, or Father
of Dust. He never sleeps two nights
in one place, and is constantly on the
move. He is abstemious, has but one
meal day, drinks only water or
milk, and does not indulge in Marco
tics. He dcnomces idolatry, caste,
the Br.hmins, and the use of spiritu-
Gus liquors; inculcates the worship Of
the Creator and Preserver of the
world, and the practice of devotion
and prayer to God, truth, charity and
chastity. His disciples have a num-
Der, of hymns composed by themselves,
which they sing with much earnest
ness. They are in praise of the indie
scribahle God, and contain ideas
which seem to have been derived
from Christian books.
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GENERAL NEWS.

A Montgomery (Ala. dispatch re
ports a meeting of colored men repre-
senting 20 cotton counties in Alabama
TO consort measures for wholesale emf.
grafton to the States where culored
people are in the majority. The emf
grafton feeling is represented very
strong.
A Galveston man who died the
other day left "the sum of five thou
sand dollars as a fund to defend per
sons who XIII Southern railroad bag
gage smashers." We won't say that
the man is in heaven, but we believe
he is near enough to hear the Lest OF
the music.
A Mt. Sterling, KY, special to the
Courier-Journal mentions q report
that John d. White, Republican Con
gresham elect in the Ninth District,
had shot and killed Cockerell. his late
Democratic opponent, in Estell coun-
ty, Tuesday. Their canvass was very
litter, and few days ago, Cockerell
in a card denounced White. No par
ticulars.
1t is understood by the friends Of
Justice Swayne that he contcmplates
retiring from the bench Of the Supreme
Court in few months, when under
the law of Congress, he can retire on
full pay. If Justice Swayne concludes
TO retire, this will give to Gen. Grant
another appointment on the Supreme
bench, making five in III since he has
occupied the Executive office.
Tom Paine's bones were removed
from their burial place by Mr. Cab
bett, and what became of them is un-
known. 1t has been said that Cob
bett neglected getting the box through
the English custom-hOuse, and that it
MS laid away in some warehouse and
fore often. Logs may bury bone
ano then forget the spOt, but q case
wh,re human relics were thus consign-
cd to oblivion, is something out of the
common run Of things.
A Virginia letter says: eta plan
tation negro has grudge against
person, he viii cut off the head Of a
white chicken cock and place it on
fence or tree in the immediate neigh
borhood of his enemy's dwelling, with
the bill pointed toward the door. This
in their opinion puts a spell or
charm on the house, and brings ruin,
sickness and death on the inmates
thereof. So firmly do they believe in
charms, and SO strongly does this be-
lief act on their imaginatiOns, that,
when they think themselves charmed,
they sicken and die in spite of all that
Can be said or done. On one planta-
ton in the eastern part Of this State,
tEentyseven negroes Eickened and
died before the var, out of a stock Of
one hundred, simply because they
deemed themselves tricled or charm
Cd"
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The Cond ton Of the cotton Crop.

The Cond ton Of the Cotton Crop.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 2.-The Cotton Ex-
change crop report for November, is
sued this morning, gives the following
summary derived from I07 responses
from West Tennessee, North Missi<-
sippi, and Arkansas, north of Arkan-
sas river: "a report damage by frost;
43 no damage. The average damage
81 per cent. The average decrease
in acreage is II. Due exertions have
bsen and are being made TO save the
crop. The average closing picking
season last year was Jan. IA. This
year it will close about Dec. Z. The
crop Is being marketed unprecedently
fast.
The corn crop Of this district is
about thirty-two per cent. short of the
average of the past two seasons. The
aggregate Of responses does not indi
cate any change IN the morale Of Ia
oorers. The prospect r that the en-
tire crop viii be saved IN better condi
non than ever known. The committee
are of opinion that the decrease Of the
cotton cIOp IA TINS district from last
year, will be about thirty-iye per
egrk
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Congress met last Monday and the
President submitted his annual mes
sage. He favors hard money, high
tariff, V. V. Smith for Governor #
Arkansas, etc. In Congress a bill
was introduced to issue greenbacks for
national bank notes. Butler charges
the present financial distress upon the
Republican party, and made a speech
to that effect. A bill was also intro
duced 10 reduce the Presidents salary
to twenty-fve thousand dollars, to take
effect after the present term.
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THURSDAY. DEC. 10, 1874.

We notice from an exchange that
Gov. Garland, of Arkansas, is a native
of Upton county, this State His
mother removed 20 Arkansas while he
was quite young. He is nephew Of
the late Col. Chas. II. Hill, and DIR
Lafayette Hill, Covington.
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FORCED SALE!

A. Ii PERSONS HAVING GUNS AND
~ PISTOLS in nay shop over thirty days
sold for cha ses on SATURDAY, JAN. 2, 1875.
ds5-it T. j. RIDGE.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-10
ADVERTISING RATES.

Double column advertisements. 10 per cent. ad-
vance on the above rates.
Triple-column Advertisements, % per cent. ad-
vance on the above rates.
Advertisements 10 occupy special position. 10
per cent. advance on the above rates.
Local Notices." On the same type local
reading matter.l 3 per cent. advance on the
above rates.
Obituaries. Tributes Of Respect (eIeept such rs
come officially from charitable so~ieties), and
remarks on marriages, one-half OF regular
Local Notice rates. Sifnple announce
ments Of marriages and desths Inserted gratis.
All transient advertisements must be paid for In
advance. Yearly advertisements, quarterly
in advance.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-10
SHERIFFS SALE.
SHERIEFS SALE.

10y VIRTUE OF A VENDITI0NI EXPO
ID mas issued to me from the Law Court at
Humboldt, Gibson county, at its October term,
1874. will offer for sails to the highest bidder
for cash, at the court house door in the town of
Humboldt. on the
SECOND MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1875.
1t being the llth day of said month all the right.
title. claim and interest that W Merick, b. q.
Palmer. A. VI. Hutchinson and NJ. l.. Baird
hsye-in and to the following described tract Of
land IN Gibson county, civil district No. Is, aud
east by W. II. Adair. K. A Yickers and J. A.
W. Mathis. north by A. r. Love and west by
H. Z. Burnett DIR Robert Hunt. l.. Burnett and
DR. &. s. Parker, all lying in the town of Pick
Le,isd on the property efM Merck and T.
n. Hutchinson in favor of Wilson Baird, for
$3i9. 80. with interest from Nov. /, 1873. Sale
within lawful hours. VI. l.. BAIRD,
d-3-+t Deputy Sheriff Gibson county.
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SHERIEEoS SALE.
SHERIFFS SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF A VENDITIONI EXPO
ID mas issued to ME from the Law Court at
humboldt, Gibson county, at Its October term,
lS74. will offer for sale to the highest bidder
for cash, ut the court house door in the town of
Hum boidt. on the
SECOND MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1875,
it being the l1th day of said month. all the right
title. claim and interest that " III. Reeves has
ia and To the following described town lot in
Milan. Gibson county, civil district No. Is. and
bounded - follows, viz: on the north by John
y heeler, south by ". L. Horner. east by Joseph
Lcwter and west by Mrs Wheeler. containing
about ~ acres more or lcss. Levied on to sat
i,fy 4 Judgment in favor Of W. l.. Horncr for
s24l.6o, with interest from the 10th day of Sep
TENDER. 1874. Sale within lawful hours.
VI. l.. BAIRD.
des-4t Deputy Sheriff Gibson county.
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IN CHANCERY AT HUMBOLDT

George W. Sims vs.. Newman Haynes.-0. Bill.
TTAPPEARING FROMTHE BILL FILED
in this cause which is sworn to. that the
defendant. Newman Haynes. is . nonresident
of the state of Tennessee, IL is therefore
ordered by tbs Clerk and Master of this
Court that publication be made in the Milan
Exchange, a newspaper published in the town
OF Milan. Gibson county. Tenn, for four con-
appear at the Master Office in the tow n Of Hum
boldt; Tenn. on or before the Second Monday
in Jannary next, (the same being Rule day of
this Hon. Court and plead. answer or demur
TO eomplainant's bill. or the same will be taken
for confessed and set for hesfingex parte.
III. VILLA Ms, {. x NJ.
- By NJ. ii. JOHN son, Deputy.
j. L. Williamson. Sol'r for Compile dec3-It
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A. Duffy vs.. T. p. Waller.

n Duny VI Il 4. WtIker.
TN THIS CAUSE IT APPEARING TO
Il the Court that 7. p. Walker il . nom
resident Of the state Of Tsnnssrss, 20 that the
ordinary process of the law cannot Be served
npon him. and the plaintiff having caused An
original attachment to issue xxsinst the estate
Of said defendant, Il IL therefore ordered By the
Court that publication Be made in the Iilsn
Ezehaugs. Newspaper Published in thetow
Of Miians6ioson county. Tenn, for four con
sscutiys weeks. notifying the defendant to
Milan, on the I'd day Of December. 1874. 20
make defense. or the sszns win be proceeded
VIZ e 5frss. A:JoRDAs,
, 1874-06-12
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON.
Tho following paper WAS presented:

INTRODUCTORY LETTER.
Mr. z. Eastn.an:
Mr. DEAR Sir; livery much rogret my lnahsl-
Ity to attend the reunion OF AbolitIonsta, to DO
hold ii, Chicago, Oh tho 9TH, 10th, and 11th OF
June. / was identified with the Auti-Slavery
movcmcpt from tho beginning, and 'SaH one OF
tho twelve men who formed tho first Ahti-Blav-
cry Society ever organized in tho country on the
prls.ciplo Of Immudiato Emancipation. I al-
lldo, OF course, to the New England (aftar-
wards tho Masaacl,usotts) Anti.slaycry
Hooiety, organizod iu BOSTON on tho
, 1874-06-12

NH of 1o,,uarv 1aaa ,v,,o, III, ,;,,r,,,.
a,rsn.,or tannaa ,s, W. - @.svs' 49,
hewS'npor, ,ou',aoa ny oarflson' was ono yoar
OLD. FROM that timo until lilo cloao OF tho con"
flict aorved tho cause, somotimcs aB lecturer,
but still moro aB m otlitor. On several ooca-
n,ona. in thn obacucn NJ Ar rnrr,aon fro,n III.
son. 1a s.o %uacso u mr. n usea 'e,'i u'a, n.0
"anv T s,so @nr ul sno o %,
4uou.'s' was ior 1onr yoars INC ahaooih'e OF
yoars editor Of tho Anii-Slopcyv Dugle at Salem,
o. for two voora od,tn. t,,o 1,ru a,ipotin B,ee
~, Aoi wv yoats oo''ot tno 1e"nsy'oahAa % ptee-
man. as Ihtladephin; and, flnally, Tor twolve
years. o1lco-oditor Of tho National Amtt-Slaoery
Standard, in Now York. HayIng thuBspontnearly
the whoio of nv mntrro lfc n, Intimate md ro.
snon.,l,,o ro,a,,ans st,, tha An,t.siovorv
spuuo'o'p 4o''Iions "'sn .no 80, ,w.' s,..,',ouo
cause, am US YOU Moy VOL s"pl'obos
very strongly drawn to your Chicago moot
Ing, 1t would eiyo MO grcat pleasu1e
tn mect with .hose Who viii nrsenblo On tint oc-
couIon ~ rar;,o ill., 1,,utor, of t,,o,r to;1a ont,
cah.oi' to Fe7.Vo 'no hl7toiy " 'Ao4. us az.
tnelr tfumphb, anu 20 uhitG ~ y st,puso 'ti "
, 1874-06-12

promising Justice. ou this subject do not wish to
Tell mai whoss hoss IL On ro 10 give znoGarata
alarm te1 him to moderately rescue Ills wife from tho
fallsn-bnt urge ne not to use moderation tn causa
like the prssent: am III earnest. will not squtvo-
inch, and viii be heard Tle apathy oi tho rons Is
enough to mike every staau leap iron. it's pedestal,
and to haHtcn the resurrection ct the dead.
emancipation by tho conrseneas Of my inyeetiyc, nnl
tbs preclpitancy Of my measures Tts charge Il not
tr.tt. On this question my Influence humble an 1t s
is fult ut thta moment 10 coaierable nxtsu, aud
sull bo felt tn coming yeara-not perntclouBly but
poslcgity Will bear wltnoaE That war right desire
10 thank God that le ennbles me to disregard the fuar
f n.a tlat brlngsth snare aud to speak Ills truth
Aud then he closes hts eloquent aldroas by q
fresh dedication to lllA work, adoptluy for the
purpose the words OF Thomas PrinEls:
Oppression | haye seen thee face to face,
nat tls .ou-Wisheri"e I sIsnes S's tsar tot now
For dread to proudcr feelings doth glss placo
81 q der hsss En-; ssS,s S
Do hull thee and thy herd Of hirolIng. Dsso:-
atlil to oppose anu twurt, With hs.ri anI hsnd,
Thy ,bruialszIne amay,-sill Atrio'a chalna:
Arc burst, aud Freedom rules the roAcusu 1and,-
Tranpiny Oppression knd hs ir0n rod
Such IL tho row takc,-so Aelpms 0odi'
NEW ENGLAND ANrI-sLAyEny aoo1Egy.
The Li6era'or Ind been published one year
Do.ton tho Now England Anti Slavery
Society, on tho principles which Mr.
Garrison laad 80 earnestly advocated. OF
these twelve mon not one, save n1r. Garrison
himself was widely known, and not one could
bin. to the causo either woaIth or largo nooials
INFLUENCE. Our Quaker President, Arnold
Duirua, was contonptuouHly spoken Of in tho
public journals as - nothing but Aatter," ind
wo wero all regarded al ''lsnnt.cs," who had
undertaken mighty task with iuatrumentalitiea
forbll.ling all homo Of succoss. ln tllDss daya
almost every null from tho South brought to
MIR, Garrison anonymous lsttorH threateniug
him with assassination il lls did not desiBt from
hiB work. But the agitation went on, gaining
strength, continually, Until. At leugth. aoine meu
aud women Of high standing woro won to TUG
cause. I4ydia Maria Child wrote and pnblal,ed
q book. onti.led IAN Appeal III Favor Of that
Cnss Of Americans Oailed Afrlcalu." III which
shs exposed tho trne olarauter ol slavery and
answered tho popular objections to- onancipa-
llon, buon afterwards WIS organized tue Annr-
lean Ants-Sayury Society, and this WAS lapldly
followed by hundreds of auxiliary associations.
Tho Emancipator wns btnrtotl in Ne" Yor'. Hnti-
slavery traots wore printed und circulated IN I'M
nlenBs numbers, and leosutlng agents vent forth
, 1874-06-12

single production. which the prisoner inscribed
With ponu Gil the walls Of Ills cell, aud which
has been pronounced Oh very high authority ono
Of thu finest sonllots III the English luuguags:
FREEDOM OF THE MIND.
High walls and huge tho huly may conhne
AMI iron grates obstrnct thu prisoncrs gaze,
And massive bo!ta may batlie Ils design,
And yigilaut lteelers watch his devious waya;.
Tut kc0rns tho Immortal MUD thls base cuntrolt
swifter than fight Il files from pole to pols,
Aud, In flash, from earth to heaven 1t sors:
II luaI's from ,naunt 10 mount from walls to vale
II waulerd, llueklng honvyel fruits aud ilowsrA;
1t yiailA home, 10 Lear tho hreSlo taa,
Or III sweet converse lasa tho joyous hours:
vT4 np before tho sun, roaming afar,
And III iss watches wearies every Star!
Mr.. Garrison had boen IN Eribon seyon veols,
gnisol n,erohant, paid tic iino and tie eosts Of
court, and thus oponea bis prison doors. II Mr..
Tappan had delayed hs benevolent intorposition
q few days, it is moro than probable tint the
honor OF lihoratlng the prisoner would layo fallen
10 no less parsonage than Henry Clay, whoso
MD for that purpose had bcon invoked by john
&. Whittier. Mr.. Clay, in taking such stop,
would hayo heon true to hts bottor Helt and to
thoao iuHtincts Of froodom Winch Ind not at TINT
tino beou wholly smotlcrea Ivy political ambi-
tion.
IN THE LECTURE field.
b1r. Garrison, on leaving prison, did not re-
suuls tho oditorship Of tho Geai"s Of U'siuorsas
Emancipation, which was 1atlucsd by
pecnniaty necessity from weekly to a
monthly, nnd soon afterwards removed by
Mr. Lundy to Washington. Mr.. Garrison had,
while IN prison, written three lectures on slavery
and colonization, to bo delivered In placos
where lie might Homo time gain hearing. IIo
delivered these sqeceAsisey iu 1Phlsaelpl,isa.
audiences being composed largely Of oa!orod
people. AZ eyery stop lo vas made senaible Of
the public indifference to tho subject; but thorc
were o fow who heard lin with deop intorast
aud thorough Hynlpathy. 10 nrryo.l, at ongth,
IN Doston, where lo was welcomod by q few
friends, who remembered hia labor4 In tue Gauge
OF temperance, and had boen not little exoitoa
by lis imprisonment. It was at thls TINA. that
first saw lin, though for two years, at lesst,
ho had boon my hero. lIayng drank OF hEs
spirit through Ills writings, was prepared to
entor at olIte with full sy,npatliy, into Ills
plans aud purposos; and the friendship NO thon
fornad has bosn conseurated By tho lators, OK
porienceHs aud hopes Of more t4an two Boore
yuArB.
Not long aftor his arrival in Boston he isHued
ptaoas ipraa fot weekly Eser to be- talo the
Washington, hut hua!ly. aud very fortunately,
, 1874-06-12

apprehension anu ureAu. housuelH QOVcrn-
ors demanded the suppression OF the Ll0cr-
ator by law. and the Legislature OF Georgia
oifered by statute reward Of 5000 to any ono
who would k1nap MIR. Garrison aud bring him
within the jurisdiction Of tho State, Influential
men at tho North assured their southor nfriouds
that there wau NO ground for alarm, that tho
agitatorH woro handful Of "fanRtics," without
influence or power Of any sort. Harrison Gray
Otis, Mayor Of Boston, in answer to an appeal,
I believe from the Mayor Of Savannah, comfort
oil him with t4eHe words:
1t was reported to mo by tho city .oiIcern, TINT
they had ferrrtel out tho paper Nln laboratory
ani is editor: His oalce WI. - ensSlrs hole MI
only visible auxiliary negro boy and h supporters
. few very Insignificant pOrzo,,s, Of MI colcrs.
James 1,uuacll Lowell nude theso worda the
toxt Of . poom, with which will close this
impet feet sketch:
THE DAY or ss1A11 7u1xus.
In a1,1ll chamber, frlcnllcsa and unseen,
Toisd OR his typc. cue loor, ,unearnel Young naan
Yet tie, 0 tue fresdon Ut u race began.
Help came hutslowly; surely, no man yet
Mha. ,ltcd Of help3 Ha know how types worc sot,
Io had 1nuntcss allrlt and rreys.
Such enrrcss natareA ara the tsry rith, .
This Mlrack hticlena round which systems grow
Mass aflo1, mass beconeE inspired Herewith,
And wl}ra imnreAnato With tho ceulral glow.
truth Freedom, how aro 20 still born
In tho ride stable, III the nanger nursedI
What 4un tile hnnls unbhr tAuee yates Of morn,
What sl,a Ii one monk scarce tnnun rsyoua Ills coll,
Front 1l',ns's iar-roacAtng bolts, snd acorn hsr
Brave Lui.er answered, "yes -that tunt1er'a swell
Rocked Europe, and discharmcd the trtplo crowu."
"whatsver e.,l lie known of earth, we xnow,"
sneereI Elopo's wise men, III their snail-slslls
No sa = s9ss's n assqS ri, nd s ,'
WHO IL It will not dare hmsclf to trust7
Who In 1t hath nut strength to atA,I none7
WHO IL 1t thyiarta aud bkB tho Inward 1uust7
l1e aud hta Wurls like saAd from sartA arc blown.
Man of tlt,usNnd shfts and wies, look horsl
See Vt tal!tht-forwarl conscience put In pawn
10 win u world! eeo thu 0batlitut Rpllerp,
by br4vcrys Hlmplo gsarttation drUwhi
Hhall we not hea the cason taught Of old,
And by thb lrt Melts l,a repeated still,
In our own uIu3 IL manhood 10 bs bolt,
Fortreshed in ans0lence and impreguab1e will
We stEide thu rive daily ut tts spring,
Nor III chila ish tlollKAtesslle8x forssco
What ulyriAl yAsA ii streAIus shall tribute brlng,
Ilow liks III elusli II shall grost tho ses.
osnaa bsHnulngi, 70 are are great and strong,
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-08-07
Strike the Knot.

"Strike the knot !" said a gentleman
one day to his son, who, tired and
weary, was leaning on his ak over a log
which he had been trying to cleave.
Then looking at the log, the gentleman
saw how the boy had hacked and
chipped around the knot without hitting
it. Taking the ak, he struck a few
sharp blows on the knot and split the
log without difficulty. Smiling, he re-
turned the AK to his son, saying:
"Always strike the knot !"
That was good advice. 1t is good for
you, my children, as it was for the boy
to whom it was first given. 1t is a cap
ital maxim to follow when in trouble.
Have you a hard sum to do at school?
Have you to face a difficulty? Are you
leaving home to live for the first time
among strangers? Strike the knot !
Look your trouble in the eye, as the
bold lion. hunter looks in the face of the
lion. Never shrink from Il painful
duty, but step right up to it and do it.
Yes, strike the knot! boys and girls,
and you will always conquer your diff
entities.