The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-04-08

4 that's fair. 1t isn't democratic The
fellows that ground gerund, ia their youth,
can now grind interpretations IL statutes
i their manhood and most Of our house,
ar 10 better built today than the houses
af a generation ago. Democracy yes:
but not IN name only; let> have a little
i i..ore Of 50 good an article n fact. Il is
+ good thing. good all the tay round in
/ every other application as we'll ;,a il poll
I tics. If YOU analyZe the hIuderiug cause
or tendency in any line of activity you'll
! find man lor woman) or set OF en-
/ behind it who thinks they are better than
other folks; and who are rs much mistaken
as any poor trash ever were.
Iat am rambling ,Wtully. If | don't
/ gird up the lions of my etter and drive
i straight ahead, the young Miss who some
/ time ago (nobodl could o!alne her for il
/ it was Ii the fashion jus zen t. abuse
the .'slanderelD showed That cant write
/ good grammar viii show that cant write
/ a straight talc Bless her, II agree with
her if shes pretty The way to silence
| woman is always to agree with her; and
! herein YOU can see the difference between
a woman and a mummy. As long as you
/ agree with mummy, he praises You Gail
our munmieS are masculine though not
viriIe) Say yea to his yea and nay
to his may and he'll call you "A worthy
/ son Of the State, ia young man Of whom
| the State may be proud and many other
/ such pretty names the shy old thing,
| But punch him in the ribs, and he'll groWl;
after growing, he'll become digniticd with
! a dignity that has all the centuries or its
back, and he will no longer recognize you
| by name, but write editorials about you
as a ''persOn. SO the way to shut the
mummy up is to say 'Shut up, and to
| punch him in the r.bs He will swear to
/ his franH. Of that have SnIt-
! ed all the Egyptian dynasties and mean
TO break the images of Iris and Osiris.
| But that's no matter. But in the case Of
the young Miss your critical correspond
ent I act on the contrary principle.
would not for the world punch her in the
ribs or say: Dry up old mummy. But
| ask the distinguished favor Of her cor
rections, in the most gallant spirit, and
agree with her if she says I'm horrid and
can't write Choctaw to say nothing Of
English. And now to my letter, and to
Mr.. Powderly and the Knights Of Labor.
This great organization is making the
same mistake that several other very large
organizations notably the Changers =
| made. They are taking in too many men,
too many kinds of men, and including
within their plans too many different pur-
poses. Mr.. PowdGry, you will remember,
recently issued an address III which he
| threatened to resign unless greater re
strctions were put on the increase Of the
order, and the authority of the Executive
officers were obeyed. He sees and feels the
danger the gigantic organizatlonis is in; and
affairs at St. Louis are likely to hasten its
troubles. But, come what may, Mr.. Pow
derly has shown himself a very broad and
useful man. Though we are free from Ia
bor troubles in North Carolina, because
we are too nearly free from labor-of GER
tain sorts-it does moi follow that We shall
never have these problems to solve, ia some
shape or other. Just what shape they will
take cannot be foreseen. But the struggle
towards the more and more nearly unlyer-
sal democracy which will be fought every
where it feels resistance-that's what all
these strikes mean, and they do not mean
anarchy at all-will take some some sort
of undesirable crude and perhaps cruel
shape some day or other. Against the
coming of that time, all this crude work
doing here and in the West towards the
elevation of the WagewOrker Will make
the problem easier This especial organi-
zation known as the Knights of Labor will
not last but we must all be knights of La
Dor IN fact and not Knights of idleness
after the old fashion of life when we were
ond of that word knight.
That is sad news, of the death Of Mrs.
Mary Bayard Clark. There was an easily
discernibe limitation to her literary power
there is d limit TO such power of all but
the very fewest men and women. But She
ought to live very long Gas she Is sure to
1--we for a reasonable tlme) III the grateful
| memory OF every person who loves North
Carolina and knows the capacity of our
people She was the first woman of our
State in point of time, of enthusiasm, and
of industry iand it was a work of love- to
take such pride in the development OF a
literature as to collect writings of other OF
our women, which We're worthy OF preser
vation, and to make perhaps the most no
table contributions to our literature made
by any woman except Miss Fisher If her
example, her industry, her love OF ltera-
ture found general following III the State,
we should have much Of the sweetness and
strength of our women preserved as per
petual inspiration, And it would be an
inestimable treasure. If the artistic ca
pacity Of the moral force of the women of
North CarOlina-idle now for lack OF a
sentiment that draws out and appreciates
and pays for it-were cultivated III the
way that Mrs. I lark cultivated and used
her powers; what a change would soon
come The results of her work are precious
enough to call forth our lasting gratitude.
Her example is of even greater value.
Throw down your artificial flowers and
initiate such an example You Will not
get rich-alas that Mrs. Clark Jared so
i'll in the matter of pecuniary profit but
you will enrich others, if the power be IN
you, in richer way than all money can
enrich; and you will emancipate women
even more from the doll life under glass
that was once thought to be her sphere"
1t was a ''sphere'' in fact-like those un-
der which wax flowers grow.
w H. +.
The Man With the Glum-G G lums.
From Wilson Advance
Talk about smallpox and leprosy and
chronic fairness of D7lrSa but the worst