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St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25
I'D al rn0rket.
l1laaae HN.iater furet at Bekymrtnstr
Iy$er M at Glade.
en baarlis &ps sjpr Sent tummerfalb.
8an lite bore GLAD meb ualaoelige &D9<

gn baarlis SRps 9jpr SEM tummerfl1lb.
9an lite bore GLAD meb uafaoelige &ps<
luertcr.
emerterne / en baarli9 &p9
Sar iom pftcit fin garia9 / ipse @prer.
9pan's &ibnep &ils be1brsoer lpse @prer.
Sc bar 9jprt man9t ct Stem lDtteli9t.
SECS bpao en- tafnemnteli9 Manb flyer:
gfr. 6. 81. Mtpe, National @rpreiS Sub,
boenoe i Nbbptsforb, % iom ba9li8 REFER
mensm Der os Miblanb, gSis., flyer: n@no<
ltipnt jes life leo baarot NOT til at bliue
talct esentlis ip9, par jes iom marse andre
Der er aniat peo Sernbaner, pla9et Ell bel
Bel af EFT tuns, bump @merte i 2enoen o9
en- upirtiom 9illtano'af mine Mprer. l1o<
ionbriugen fra bisie 6rsaner bauoe ct n'1a'
turlist 1loieenoe; jes bar / bet bele ta9et
ubmattet, us ba jeg iaa ct advertisement ONT
9pan's Risnep &i0s, foritafebe jes mig
itrats en- este i @arner 8ros. Gpptbet og
bruste ben. Otter at baoe taget nosle faa
SOILS, f%oripanbt Smsrteu fra min &ps, os
efter en- fort 9ib funsereee mine Mprer
normalt os iunot. Seq befinber mig iaa
eobt iom jes no9eniinoe bar sjort, p. jes
tan meo COB eampittisbeb anbefale Soan's
&ibnep 9sius til QUE, ber trenser ct iaabant
1iobel.
On fri $rSpe at benne turrinli9e &pre>
Mtsoicin, be, belbreoeoe @r. Moe, oil paa
Sprlancenoe blipe ienot pr. 8oit bporiom>
BELT i Sc Tprenebe Stater. @trio til SOFTER
Milburn Co., Buffalo, 90. 9. Sor @alg
aue s(pptbeter. Bris so Gents pr. 9@ite.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25
LICE TIL PUNKTET.
Tusinder gavnes we'd det fri Tilbud
af Doan's Kidney Pills og bliver
heIbredede.

1uS1nder 2aVneS e Qet III lllDu0
af Doan's Kidney Pills 0g oliver
hefbredede.
Smerter + Ryggen lindret. Hofte-Ryg og
Lmnde- Smerter ~overvunden. H@velse i
Lemmerne og Tegn til Vattersot for
svinder.
De hjelper for URN med Stem eller
Bundfald, sterk Farve, for lidt eller for
megen og smertefuld Vandladning, draa-
bevis, Hyppighed. Doan's Kidney Pills
opl0ser og b%ortrydder calculi og Grus.
Hjelper for Hjertebanken, S0vnl0shed,
Hovedpine, Nerv0sitet.
TELL CITY, IND.-Jeg modtog den fri
Prove af Doan's Kidney Pills. De er
udmnrkede. Jeg havde en- forfardelig
Smerte i Ryggen, men efter at have taget
Pillerne forlod den mig og jeg f0ler mig
som en- ny Mand.-STEPHEN SCHAEFER.
Mrs. ADD1E ANDREWS, R. F. D. No. 1,
BRoDHEAD, WIS, skriver: Jeg modtog
den fri Prove af Doan's Kidney Pills mec
stor Glade. Min lille Nev0 led frygteliG
Of Nyresygdom efter Skarlagensfeber: Tt
Lager kunde like hjglpe ham og tilsids
fix han Krampe. Hans Fader CAV han
Doan's Kidney Pills og efter den andel
Dosis var Smerten mindre. Han begyndt'
at komme sig, er MI sund og hans Lily
frelstes at Doan's Kidney Pills.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25

9ogen grDe6e, og 9tormen lagoe
Jig liot. 2o0ierne itaf / Spen meo
fine Sfpjter % ieileoe ro til Sro'
get poa Sen npgne Mippe 11oe
@aDet.
Men fer por inlet at gjpre. Ge
fom for tent. - &uYet bapbe facet
lit. -
@p5angen par for iper til, at Sc
SEN Sag funoe bor0e @raget. 9et
eneite, Sc fon0t, Dor Ell ung @ut,
iom ilpo paa Ell @lonfeen0e.
San bap6e iurret Jig falt til
Elanfen, lom Set ii6ite Saab for ST.
bet, men ogiaa Ben bab0e glippet.
gf1 laa fan ser blobig og for
1aoet mes 9inene itore og aobne.
2ooierne fif bam ombor6 / @fpi.
ten og ieilebe ino me6 ham.
@ariomt bar Sc ban1 op fra @fbi-
ten. Sc to ltore 9ine talte iii al.
porlige Memento Mori til ben
lille 8ps Sn0poonere.
Nu itob Blot tgien at ffaffe jam
en- Site og en- @rao. Mere fun6e
Sc life gi6re for bam - og mere
trnngte ban life.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25
&arme Tpbbabe.

Sc gomle &l1smp0re % Spgeplei<
Ell fer bar ful0t bi6enDe ON set bar
me So0ba6S go0e @irfninger for
2inoring al Smerte og iii @jenbin-
oelie al &%elbre6en. Set er mprfe=
ligt at ct iaa iimpelt men birflomt
WeioOel er goaet iaaleOes / 6orglem=
melle. glaor man fcnn1er biem ON
Mfte1en trnt og uttlpas, me0 pnr=
ferbe 2emmer, ingen Mppetif, o(min-
belb9t Sl6ebefinDen6e og / Sc flelte
G1lfeloe 1ioen6e al &obe6pine foar
man ltrafS 2in0riny bbis mor fife
lpiier .11oget men fun 6riffer noget
pormt og iaa tager ct barmt Go0ba6
en- bolp Slime f6r man gaar / @eng.
8on0et mao bere iaa bormt man fan
taole De-, log mere bormt 8on6 filfgies
til regelm9slige Ei6er, iaa Get alti6
er lQQ Ddrm 10m Y0tterfe1 tan Too
le. Otter en- Ii6en Stun6s SorIgb
begpnoer en- Gglelie al @elbefin6enoe
a. nobre6e fig oper bele 2egemet,
8to6et treffes bort fra &obeoet, iaa
man filler fig iaa fri og lettet. 5be<
ben itr6mmer nb al Borerne, og efter
en- goo Mfgni6ning og en- @efslimg al
Hroertgi iDnfer &nfienten / en- forfri>
ifenoe S6bn og paagner itprfef og
raft neite Morgen. Sngen 2age~
mtoler Tan ofte6fomme iaabanne GO
oe og bnrtige @e%i l1ltater u6en ubeba-
gelige 8irfninger.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25
5arue(, st. 9e6ejmeraao

@n Me6arbeiher be6 vgosltlcbe
3eitung" forteller fGgenoe lille
pu6ltge 5cene, bon operbereoa en-
Dag / forrhge l9e paa Ell 2uftfurl te0
5c6mei5, Der er Ierlig befienbt pao
@run6 al Sen ifipnne uoit3t oper
8pbenieen.
S Mi6ten al gluguit = fortnller
ban = a~flfe6ige5 gierne en- Del al
Sc nnge Biger, Ser oppnrter pes 8or,
set. @ellem Sc @f1feoige6e oenna
Sang bar Ell fipn mgrfbjet %ige fra
Mppen5ell, Sen lille &reneli, og Set
bot 6ert6e, Ser ct @d.tinoen / Ben ill
le NOR iomne 5cene> JONI forefal6t
liDlte Sag, bum bar paa &uronltal=
ten. Otter at ri bar rejlt % fra
Meio0ogsbor6et, gigr @reneli en-
&un6gang mellem @ieterne, ser
6riffer @affen u6e paa Serrasien.
flyer pdu fin trobierte6e Moo6e Sar.
bel til bber enfelt, gniter bam eller
| ben6e, at &uren 11oa befomme oem
go6t, % foor til @ienyiel6 trDffet
en- 6ronc el[er ito / @aanoen. Sum
en- meget per6ig u6ieenoe gommel
Gentleman me6 ber re6e 9rns Sr.
%6ensbaon6 &napbullet neies me6 at
iige Sat, men rpffer life u6 me6 en-
Gre. 6%orgiebeS gniter @reneli
bom life Blot EN- go1 Sur, men pgloa
&el6 og Sun6be6 / Berlin. @ebei-
meraa0en, bois 1tore S%pariommelig.
be0 fife ct forblepet oS andre @ie<
iter lfjult. bliber nof noget forlegen,
nrcn fan griber itabig life til Cont
n1cn.
st ifielmif Gmi[ lpier ct 9jeblif
/ Sen lille Appropriateness pj1e,
men ltrofs eftcr o'1toger ben6es Mn-
liJt Set eufol0i1lte l1btrpf. 500
piloe jeg be0e ST.. @ebejmeraa6en,"
tiger fun gonife bpit, loa at al Cont
tale for tummer, pg hi alte fer poa
ben0e, uo1n, 11oor 9e Ter Sans Moje=
itet Sen tpffe &eiler, ga at bilie ban1
mango @ange fra mig"
~Mit CODE 8orn," flyer iaa Sen
per6ige gamle Gentleman, uGeres
anmo0ming gle6er mig meget. Seq
taffer Gem for Sen lmuffe Sanfe,
men ie5 bar 6esberre life MnIe6ning
til at tale meo &ons Maieitet."
~9H bar fie6eligt>" iparer @rene-
II. ~SSeg fan laa gobt li6e be6 Sen
Man6, al ban er loa tafnemmelig.
Sent SIR. @%ebeimeraao, bar ban il
til &fife6 iom @dtdnming for 9ereS
trio Sieneite gibet en- Or6en. @n
on6en bil6e babe ngteoes mes al
iige: uSaf, @r. @ebeimerao6!"
Men So. Maieitet er on6erle6es, oe
MI 6arbel, ST. @ebeimeroa6!"
@ebeimeroohen 'er blepen rps
Sobe0et, og So ban fer Sc imilenbg
Mnligter runM omfring, griber fan
Sommen. Sg foIteligt Dor set at ie
Sen al Safnemmeligbe6 0Dbt rprtf
Mtne, Ben lille @apltrif iatte op. Sc
@ebeimeroa6en rafte ben6e Ser
Gronc> b1n iaa erliy Dab6e fortient
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25

S 40 Mor Dor 81. GotpGer,s
@rtpaet Of @im CRANBERRY belbre,
Oct Soumeripge, Mo0ga1g, Dinrr-
Doe, blooia StoIgatrg % mabefmer-
ter. % ben 9ar er61,1 lite u1rolnot
at bauirte o&k bpao Der bar ,.olobet
for Sen.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25
V%idunderlige F6lger af en- fri Prove af
Verdens fortrinligste Nyre-Medicln.

RIDDLES Mills, KY.-Jeg modtog den
fri Prove af Pillcr. De gjorde mig megen
Nytte. Jeg havde Blaresygdom, der tvang
mig til at staa op ofte ON Natten. NJ
sover jeg godt !; ingen Smerte i Blarehal-
sen; Smcrten ! Kyggen forsvunden, ogsaa
Hovedpinen.-JNo. L. HILL.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25

- Ct ST. @eterien i @legt nreo
@rofesior &eterfen?
SSa, men langt u6e.
&borle6es 90?
81 er 8rg6re.
0g set fal6er Sc Iangt n6e!
SSa, for Der er ii Sgffen6e incl
lem %.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25
ct jor(tS.
III @nomnnb %ull.
Set bar e1, f~1t,lort yinpembernat.

Get bar eli fit. lprt Nopembernat.
Storn1en bplte pg peb / SoltJpGr'
fet, join ON ollie Selpeoes 9Gmoner
bar llupue lbs pper Set ar11e, 0p0s=
bprn.e Sfih. % 9plgerne raleoe og
tnrbnebe mos BET, ioa set itenne0e
og fnirfebe / bper ene1te Sammen-
fpiniug.
Sfibet lton ret ino, l>ben at Sc
Smbproprrenoe rigtig pi6ite, bbor
Sc befanot Jig.
Me0 engans ifimteoes set flint
renoe 2ps - our Set 2nngeinn0
Spr?-
Ser Dor intet an0et al gigre emo
ct laoe Set ltaa til inbooer - for
2obs nar life al tGnfe paa / en- ioa.
San l1reir5nut. ---
Meo engang fom Ser ct bol0iomt
Gteb. @ele Sfl1ben rpiteoe iom Ell
Nipelgp.
Ct Sfrig - frofttgt faa set ODER.
bppehe Stormens 8rng - 1gb fra Sc
mango Mh1n0e.
5fibet bobbe itpot.
Set giolot I'LL at reobe 2lbet.
Sm binonben - frem % tilbnge
- (pb Manoifobet iaa go6t Set LOT
fig gjere paa Set bun6fpl6te 9ef.
me6ens Spet llog ODER Sfibf oa
bpen 9ieblif tr11eSe meo at i1pnge
bem u0 / Set ~froooenbe @ao. --
Set giolbt ON at foo 8oooene
flor.
storboo6en blep pe6 forene6e Mn,
itrengeller lat paa @an6et; men /
famine gjeblif Sen bergrte Sc toor,t>
bdje 8al9e-, oor ben fpl0t. SITE
bebre aif Set mes Sc onbre 8aooe.
GaoOoilot religneret tog Monoifo
bet i'm Silflugt til &i1gen. Set
ojolbt at bploe Jig oppe iaa lnnge
ion1 m1ligt, / set 9aob, at @fibet
flrnoe bolbe Jig, til 9ogen grpeoe.
Sserne llog ltobig ODER Geffet> og
bper ny Sd.ge fog meo Jig set, Sc
1iolisere bas0e lepnet.
@dlgerne fom, SEN enc efter Sen
onoen, og 1pfteoe me6 Settefrqft
Sfibet bbjere o. b9iere op paa BET
nsgne Sfjer.
Me0 ct bgrtes eli 8rog, iom ODER.
1pbe6e S1ormens 8rus og 8glger.
mes Soroen.
Set par &iggen, iom fol6t, og sc,
iom baboe flpnget fig til 6en, fulgte
meb u6 i Sen boo6e @rab.
st Sfrig lg6 no / @tormen og
@atten - ct bil61, boabldt @frig
fra @enneifer, Ser ni6ite, at mi fun.
Sc intet - intet frelie bem fra so.
Ben, bette 1,fienbte, bborfra ingen
fonpmer igien for at fortelle, boao
Der benter en- binii6es.
Ser Qoa 6e og fempebe en- for
fbiplet Scamp for 2ibet / Oct oprgnte
Sob, uben &oob om al lie Morgem.
6ogen grp uoen &oob ON mere at
ie fine &iere.
Mlle 1tre6 Sc for 2rbet, / en
&, bpis u6fal1 por nfgiort paa
Sorboono.
Sen gomle Man0> iom bennegang
bdooe tenft at gigre lin li61te &eiie
inben ban lagbe op for at tilbringe
Mlberbommen / fin 6omilies @figo
- ban if1l6e life mere ie Sine.
Sen fraftige Man6 / fin be6ite
Moer, fom, fbr ban 6rog no. bap6e
Iaet fig forene for 2ioet nreb 9enoe,
iom ban bap6e fli6t for. ollie 6is}e
adrene, ifiieen ban ferite Gong brog
u poo BET l1nefplbe SOB, fempeoe
Set heb Ben Comics @ne lige
bdabI6it ffom ban.
enbe f,loe ban lite e mere.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25

@n for en- ionf Sc un6er og tom
life op igien. -
&un1fe set iioite Gut gial6t Dem
ser bienme - fanife bar Set en- 8en
til bo1n, iom itprer alt, ON Naaoe for
i'm SiGt.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25

Snoen be5soer at frDgte
pll1ofeli9e 4nfan al @boIero Ssnfan.
tlt1s, 8loaeane, Diarpbpe elIer Com.
meriDge. bbis 1to, bor ST.. Domler's
@rtraet Of 8ila Strapberrp i Me-
eicinfubet.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25

Gfterpna fom Ser Gage mes 5pI=
fin og 5tille.
8glgerne - Sc itore 8plger -
par forlpun6ne, og / 6eres @te6 bar
fommet 6iS1e imaa &rusninger, iom
fjatent imp9er fig in6 / boer @epne.
Sc ifpulpeoe moo Stran6en, iom
bil6e Sc fiertegne 2onhets nggne
8rDit = font en- 8ornebaano, ser
bl66t flapper fit Mur. ----
&obet er / @leet meo set ebige
- oct er Dp6enS Bun6sforbQn6t.
@ammen me6 De mango @rog ru1ret
@fier og @lipper toler set monen6e
alborltg lit Memento Mori!
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25

- &bem er set / @rl1n6en, iom
bor rei1t SEN 5tatue for. Magnus
@tenbocf?
Set CT bel Stenbuffens &enne-
fre6S.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25

Men @obet gift bpit moo Stran.
Sen.
sfumnaet iprpjteoe Sen Sag iom
el(ers.
9obet er ebig Set famine - og
9apet er e9ig i%fiften6e. ----
Set puggeoe Sc ltore 8el9er frem
til S%tronoen. Men ibet Sc broit,
bar Set iom ON ser bgrtes 5rffe.
Set bar @abet, iom greco. --
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25

9angiomt og bgiti6elig ffre6 Set
ituie GaIge opober til &irfegaaroen
mes SEN b~lom1terimDffebe @iIte /
gpi6ien.
Sc lta1te peirbi0te Mu:!h bilfebe
mes @%aan6bogen en- Soare bet -
gan1le pr9bebe &pinDer greco, 1oo
Saarerne trille6e.
@or Set bam set ejoIDt?
@ler bar Set for 0eres egne, 1om
lnn 0err6e / Sen baa6e @rup?
ga, Set be0 fun fan, lom teller
nlle Sourer.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25

So @iIIioner Mmerifans-
re liber oe ifrefteligite Smerter al
9pspepiia. Set Ell tic &c ng6ben6igt.
8nroocf 8looo 8iiters belbreoer.
6oaes ! etbbert Mpotbeff.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25

~ 81: Sntei / ger6en fan fille
Sc to @lifen6e as.
s.: 50, moaife 9@gteifabet.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1903-09-25

9ror g, at aggteitabet er ct
@ei, set trer leg lite. S ct 2ot-
teri tan man 10 pi1roe.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-12
oads?" Her answer was drowned

toads?' Her answer was drowned
by the laughter of the rustics.
"City folks are just as much darn
fools in the country as country
folks are in the city, by gosh!'
This from the village wit.
Bill Diggs said I could throw
mine away, but he'd keep his. Just
then the train came and when we
were safely aboard and settled for
the return trip, Bill Diggs said he
had reconsidered keeping his days
catch. He said he didn't want to
go home empty handed, but an
idea occurred to him and he said
he would throw his toads away If
I would swear secrecy to the days
sport and we could go to Fulton
Market on our way home and buy
some pike.
We went to Fulton Market, but
all we could get was a few little
sunfsh. I bought two dozen and
Bill did likewise. Mrs. H. said
they were fine and show different
from the old fish one buys at mar
ket." And SO no more at present.
HARLEY.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-12
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-12
Insurance News.

Insurance men of the West who
read the daily columns of insur-
ance information in the Chicago
Record Herald keep pace with the
times and are prepared for all
emergencies and contingencies
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ly daily newspaper that gives in
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daily on every important event in
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-12
Thoroughly $terilized.

"This towel" said the attendant
in the germproof barber shop,
"has been subjected to an extreme
heat and is thoroughly sterilized.
We take every precaution against
exposing our patrons to infection
or contagion."
'Good thing commended the
patron.
"This SOAP" went on the attend
ant, picking up the cake thereof,
''has been debacterialized, and the
comb and brush are thoroughly
antisepticized."
"Great scheme" said the patron.
"The chair in which you sit is
given daily bath in bichloride OF
mercury, while it's cushions are
baked in an oven heated to 987
degrees, which is guaranteed to
shrivel up any bacillus that hap
pens along
"Hot stuff" said the patron.
"The razor and lather brush are
boiled before being used, and the
lather cup is dry.heated until
there is not the slightest possibil-
ity of any germs being concealed
in it."
"Fine," said the patron.
'The hot water with which the
lather is mixed is always double
heated and sprayed with a germi-
eide, besides being filtered and
distilled. It is as pure as it can
be made"
Excellent" said the patron.
Given the floor and the ceiling
and the walls and the furniture
are given antiseptic treatment ev-
cry day, and all change handed to
our customers is first wiped with
antiseptic gauze'
"Well, look here" said the pa
tron, who had been wrapped in the
towel during all this, "why don't
you 90 ahead and shave me? Think
I'm loaded with some kind of
germ that you have to talk to
death?"
mo SIR" answered the attend
ant. "But I am not the barber"
"You're not? Where is he?"
"They are boiling him, sir. =
Tit Bits.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-12
Education in the South.

Paper Read Before the ChIutauQud Circle.
By the "South" [ mean Louisi-
ana and the ex-slave states east of
the Mississippi River. The south
western states are in a class by
themselves. Their educational, po-
litical, moral and social standards
are entirely different from the
rest of the South.
Quite recently a member of the
circle, in a paper relating to social
conditions of the South, told (and
truly, too of the deplorable con-
dition of educational matters ex-
listing there. 1t is my purpose
now to enlarge on the views he ex-
pressed and to give my version of
the reason for this unfortunate
condition.
The close of the war of the re-
bellion left the South in state of
lethargy or torpor from which it
did not commence to arouse until
the Spanish-American war, which
seemed to reveal to it it's real con-
dition, and to infuse into the dor
mant veins of the Southerner new
enthusiasm, life and fervor. The
Spanish-American war marks the
beginning of a new epoch in the
educational and social conditions
of the South. The Southern states
seem to have just found out that
they are a part of the United
States; that they really belong to
this great nation. What the con-
dition of the North would have
been if the result of that great
domestic war had been different
we can only conjecture. but we
have all seen the condition the
South was left in. The better
class of citizens, those who had
borne the brunt of the great war,
those who had been the leaders be-
fore that war, were left destitute
and discouraged. The effort to
retrieve ruined fortunes, and in
many cases to procure the neces-
saries of life, knocked all the pub
ic spiritness" out of these people
and of their children also. Again,
those who had been the public
spirited ones in the past we're iso-
lated, so that the South was real
ly like sparsely settled country.
For years none of the children
were sent away to school, and even
the libraries in the grand old man.
sions that had escaped the ravages
of war we're disposed of or neg
lected. The public school system
of the South has always been very
deficient. This is partly accounted
for by the sparsity of the popula-
ton, but more by the Indifference
to educational matters exhibited
by the Southern people. During
the reading lesson of my class in
school a few nights ago, we read
that Sir William Berkeley, govern
or of Virginia in 1642-52, wrote to
his sovereign in England, 81 thank
God there are no free schools nor
printing presses in Virginia" And
II cannot help thinking that this
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Ladies' in Denmark can insure
against a failure to marry. They
pay stated sums every year, and
should they marry before they are
forty what they have paid in goes
to the less fortunate. After they
are forty they receive pensions for
life.-Ex.
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spirit still prevails to certain ex-
tent. We do know that the Glow
whites" the mountaineers and the
Crackers have always been an
tagonistic to educational reform.
Almost the only schools in the
South for a number of years after
the war were private ones, con-
Quoted in most part by very in
competent persons, merely as a
means of subsistence. The me-
groes, only a few generations re-
moved from the savages of South
ern Africa, and those few genera
tons spent in shaving in this coun-
try, have by far surpassed the
whites in the South in availing
themselves of the limited educa-
tional advantages accessible. 1t is
asserted that nearly 30 per cent of
the population of the South is il
literate. Adding to this the %
per cent who can barely read and
write, we have left less than one
half of the population who have
even acommon school education.
But I believe this deplorable
condition will soon pass away; in
fact, it is passing now. As [ have
already said in this paper, this is
the commencement of new epoch.
A desire for education has sprung
up, and altho the difficulties are
many and the resources inadequate,
I believe that great strides will
be made.
But the South should not be left
to meet this social and educational
problem alone. Public spirited
and charitably inclined men and
women all over the land should
lend a helping hand.
Before ending my paper [ wish
to give few statistics CLEANED
from an article by Elizabeth M
Howe in "The Popular Science
Monthly" for October. These sta
tistics relate to endowed insti-
tutions:
"Out of forty institutions in the
United States with productive
funds amounting to 81, 100000 and
over, but five are in the South; of
81 with productive funds of be-
tween 100000 and 81, 100000, but
one. The total annual income
available for the higher education
in Virginia, North and South Car
Dina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississ-
ippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and
Kentucky is $4,000 less than the
yearly income of Harvard Univer-
sity. Out of a total of $l57,OOO,-
600 of productive funds held by
American colleges the South has
but SIS, 100000; of 100000 books
in college libraries, the South
holds but 100000; the value of
her scientific apparatus is little
over ST. 100000, against total val
uation of $l7,OOO,00O, and of
grounds and buildings, $S,5OO0OO
in a total of 100000"
D. w. K.