The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-07-13
THINKS BY The WAY.

The people who do right in this world
do right because they love to do right
and not because Of the penalty attached
to wrong as set forth in the tenets of the
law. These are hurrying times. Some
things get sadly left behind and nothing
is so far behind the times as civilization.
The law of ''must' is inscribed on it's
banner. That is where mistakes lies.
When civilization catches up, the word
must" will be another word with
thousandfold more force and meaning.
Do you know the word? 1t is cloves
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A boy of 16 years committed most
horrible, cold-blooded murderin Newark
the other day. The father of this youth
full criminal committed suicide short
time ago, and the mother has two broth
ers in state prison. When you consider
you attach a mental footnote to the
statement all unoonsciously. When the
seed is imperfect and the soil is sterile.
is the plant responsible?
Nv
Plants that spring from inferior seed
planted in sterile soil, that are deprived
i the proper nourishment 81 pure air
md warm sunlight, become stunted, I'M
wholesome and mishappen. Suppose the
foliage of beautiful city is to be sup
piled from private nurseries, superin-
tended by amateur horticulturists who
neglect their business and allow every
dwarfng, destroying element to creep
in and produce unsightly results. The
city soon finds remedy All the sci
ence and all the wisdom and all the phi
losophy of the municipal government are
at once directed toward the solution of
the problem. Perhaps the city establishes
a nursery of its own. The plan is prac-
tical, and there is money to pay for it.
Now the analogy holds good in the hui
man nurseries of the same great city.
We allow these plants to be reared in the
darkness of ignorance, and we apply the
''must'' system. When they grow wrong,
we beat them. Does this make them
grow Alright? Plants grow for those who
love them. This is always pleasant
thought, but the air and the sunshine
and the fertile soil are the provisions of
love.
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Suppose all the science and all the
wisdom and all the philosophy of a great
city like New York should be directed
for one year toward the little children.
Suppose the incandescent light of intelli-,
gence should be thrown in upon the.
bramble bush and the underbrush of
crime, where tender little human plants
are trying to hold up their heads and
cannot. Then, when it is found that it
is impossible to clear the bush, suppose
these plants ShoHld be tenderly lifted
and transplanted DO a fielo where the soi1
is fertile and where the air is pure and
sunshine is free. Would this be waste
of time and money? 0stensibly, yes.
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AS we become mere civilized (they cali
it civilized, bwt really The word is mis-
nomer) the element of avarice drives OFT
the ozone OF charity. We delve into
science, but scientists never direct their
attention 30 the great problems of life.
We institute missions and we send forth
laborers to ill foreign soil, and here, iu
our fields, thistles blossom and go to-
seed and the wind carries the seed to
bring forth its own once again. The
savior of the little children isyetto come.
The method to be parsued is not simply
of conception. 1t may be the state that
will, at last, become scientific human
horticulturist. Il may be the spirit of
cultivated, perfected womanhood will
turn its powers, organization and its ex--
ecutive ability toward the irrigation of
Che great desert ia which human plants
struggle for life. The civilization of to-
day is built upon the dollar, but the true
civilization will build upon the founda-
ton of the heart.
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An Unsual Nunber of Persons Upon Our
Streets.
On last Monday an unusual number of
persons from the country, were in the
city, the result of rain, SO much that
they couldn't work their crops. The fire.
quent rains of the past few weeks have
done and are still doing great damage to
the farmer The peach crop will be al
most a failure, as the constant rain caus-