The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-10
"THE RAMBLER.
He GROWS CYNICAL OVER AN
ERRATIC STATEMENT.
lie Will Go to Church To-Day. and
Tells what He Will See There.

&c VIII 10 &c church TODAY. and
Ieiis what He Will See There.
The Rambler leaned lazily and non
chalantly against shade tree at the in
tersection of two prominent streets YES
day. A light zephyr caused the end of
MS light, filmy neck tie to futter about
his chin, and the smoke from his ever
present cigar fioated gracefully away.
he was not in a philosophical, but
cynical mood. He saw the reporter
coming. A supercillious smile PLAYED
about his lips and he said
when man hasn't got ANYTHING to
say he oughtn't to say it. When he
wants to say anything he ought to know
| what ought to be said. The fact that
man has tongue which has caught up
| the art of wagging is no reason that he
should talk; and no man ought to talk
unless he can tell something and tell it
right. You reported man yesterday
as saying that in prohibition campaign
mere, there were registered only
thirteen hundred voters, and on
this fact he based calculation which
made it appear that there were only
$500 people in the corporate limits of
Raleigh. Now he might have been
right about that "registration. I
don't know anything about it. But
his statement was misleading. In
the first place, every man in the city
doesn't register. In the second place
the vote polled in the five wards in the
CORPORATE LIMITS Of Raleigh in the cleo
tion of 1888 was 1885. There were at
least two hundred who didn't vote That
would make 2, 535 males of voting age.
Now if one vote represents five people,
as your man says, Raleigh had a popula-
ton Of IL ,675 in the corporate limits in
1888. Any body who has lived here dur
ing the past two years knows that new
houses have been built and that people
have moved into them. If you will look
up the record you will easily see that
Raleigh is no slouch Of a place in the
matter of natural increase. Why, I've
seen over one hundred babies on the
street during the last two months, al
under twelve months old; and you know
ALL the babies wouldn't be out on tht
streets at once. And yet the recent cen
sus makes it appear that Raleigh has 10,
491 people in the corporate limits. Thest
are the official facts in the case.
I'm going to church tomorrow. Tv,
, been to church before. I'll see the choi
! try try to ''smash" the audience by th
rendition of some special selection o
, music. They'll be almost dead sure tt
y sing something which the audienc
doesn't know and can't learn and can
! tell whether it's good or not. Som
choirs are mighty exclusive in the ''vol
! untarv" business They don't wan
:, their artistic music made discordant b
;, the mass That's all right though,
: reckon
q I'll see some men walk to churc
y smoking ten cent cigars who'll put tiy
f cents in the plate.
4 I'll see some men go in the churc
with consequential air. These fellow
q don't 60 often, and when they do the
4 think they are comforting grand honor
n on the sanctuary by their presence.
y I'll see men (some semi-idiots) rus
# out to get good place around the doc
% so they can eye every woman who COM
e out. l expect some of the girls lii
w this.
! I'll see men who will come away tai
,, ing about what good sermon that wa
% but on whom the sermon will have /
\ more effect than if they were 50 maj
~ machines. They are ''sot" in their wa
re and they are apt to stay ''sot," wheth
= the ways are good or bad.
But I'll see some good people, too.
know them when l see them. They a
the salt Of the earth. The earth wou
be rotten without them. They are ft
in number, but you know it takes We
nd little salt to keep big piece of meat
good condition. If this wasn't the CO
this world would 60 to pieces fro
''rOt."
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