The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-02-17

nCluS ~ III ~ BIC AuSCo ia
this interest, from the chief OF editorial
department down to the boy that throws
tho morning or evening newspaper into
you basen ent window.
Encourage mechanics. They will plumb
the pipes, or they will calcimine the cell
1pgs, or they will put down the carpets, or
they will grain the doors, or they will
fashion the wardrobe. Be not amoDgthose
who never say anything to n mechanic e1-
cept 70 ind fault. II he has done "a job
we'll, tell him it is splendidly done. Tie
book is we'll bound, thcdOor is we'll grained,
the chandelier is we'll swung. the work is
Grandly accomplished. Be not among those
employ ers who neversay anything to their
employees except TO swear IT them. Do not
be afraid you will make that mechanic 50
pulled Up and arrogant he will never again
want to be seen with working apron or
ia shirt sleeves. for before the night comes
OF that day when you praise him there
will be q laWsuit brought against him
because be did not finish his work as soon
:s be promised it. forSetfut OF the fact that
his wife has been sick and two OF his chill
.iren have died Of scarlet fever and hp has
had n felon on Il finger Of the right hand.
Denounced perhaps because the paint is
very faint III color, not recognizing the
fact that the mechanic himself has been
cheated ont of the right ingredients. and
that lie did not find QUE tue trou6!c ia
time. or scolded at Lec2us: he seems !,
IihNt ia ltO al us ~ u!IShiIllui SnOt-!Da-
when the morse has fox months had SPAWN
or ringbone or ~springhalt. You feel that
you have the right to find fault with 4 me-
ananic when he does III. DO YOU ever
praise a mechanic when he does well?
Encourage tho farmers. They come in
TO your stores, YOU meet them IN the city
markets, You often associate with them
in the Summer months. Office seekers 90
through the land md they stand on pol:tj.
cal Platforms, and they tell the farmer,
the story about the independent life or a
farmer, giving f:tterv where they
ought to give sympathy. Independent Of
what? l was brought up Cd a farm. l
1t. | hardly sal, q city until /
was crown, and l tell YOU that
there are no class cf people in hi.
country who have it harder and
who more need Your Sympathy than
farmers. independent Of what? CT ti.
c~urculio that stinSs tho peach trees. OF
the rust in the wheat. Of tho long rain with
the ryo down2 Independent OF tho grass
hopper. OF the locust. o. the army worm. OF
the potato bug? InieDendent OF tho
dronchtthat burns 10 the harvest? Inde.
pendent OF the cow with the hollow horn.
or the sheep with the foot rot. or the pet
morse with \ nail in his hoof? Independents
OF the cold that freezes out tho winter
grain? Independent OF the snow bank out
of which he must shovel himself? Indeper-
dent OF the cold weather when he stands
furnishing bis nunhed fingers around his
body 70 keep them from being frosted? In
dependent of the frozen ears and tho
frozen feet? independent OF what,
Fancy farmers who have made their
fortunes in the city and 80 out in the
country to build houses with all the
modern improvements and make farming
4 luxury may not need any solace. but the
yeownnry who got their living out Of tho
soil and who that way have to ciothe their
families and educate their children AMI
pay thor taxes and meet the interest on
m~ortgaCcd farms-such men hnd u terrible
struggle. | demand that Office seekers
and politicians fold 10 their C1SeOuS ana
imbpcjie speeches about TIE i~ndnnenient
life Of u farEsc- ani substitute some w0rl
OF comfort drawn from TIE fact that troy
nra free from city cOnYcnttOnalities AMI
city ep:9amies and CITY formations.
Encourage the doctors. You praise tho
doctor when he brings Won up from m
awful crisis OF disease. bat do Won praise
IN" doetor when. through sk3jful treat
mont OF tie in"ini"nt stages % disease. ha
krnas Won from sinkin. down - -. awtul
crisis? There is u great deal Of cheal. anil
ncartlas7 wit ahout doctors. ont T notice
that tie people Who get Of the Wit arr the
tr-- 10 ecnl Tor a co tor when there IS any
itlinS tie matter. Tha,A are tlOe. who
IN "tt2kn to say in ctr 'tav that doctors
;tr' really useless. on man has written =
hook entitled. fvprv Nan HI Own Doc
tor. That author ouCht to write n n1ro
hook omitted. Every Man His Own tn
ceTtaEer.' On SAYS son" one. my
s4ct:nS In constant lreSNnrr ii pain ct
Nari neartci. 10 tiev: The mos. c4ie-
Lr1te! surgeon of the last Ceneration stool
in q clinical department oi one 81 tae New
YORK medical colleges. the students gath
eyed II the amrhitheatcr to see 2 very
raINI1i operation on Z little chiii. TIC Ill |