The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08

There is so much Of lax opinion, of
false philosophy, of low morality in much
of the reading of this age that no
one can be too careful in selection OF
what to read and what to avoid. A vicious
book may forever poison the mind. Very
dcpraVcd views, dangerous to youth
and hurtful to advanced manhood, are
sometimes heard III the pulpit, and par
ticularly III the boastful North. A year
or SO ago l remember that Mr.. Charles +.
Adams, of Concord, N. H., a man of parts
and of distinguished lineage, commented
upon Il certain Bishop who regarded some
very lax conduct as not so bad as it seem
ed. annd acid that d falsehood spoken WAS
infinitely worse" l have not the article
Of Mr.. Adams, and accidentally, SO TO
speak, have a dozen or so lines only as
the conclusion. | do not recall exactly
what the following was based upon, but
it was evidently offensive, for MI. Adams
writes, That the affair is condoned by
the Bishop and other clergy as Il matter
of small conscqucnce-the good Bishop
even going 50 far rs to pronounce a false
hood infinitely Worsc'-cannot 1all to
work for evil III the minds of a majority
of young men and inexperienced readers,
who are too apt TO forget that d novelist
IS about as likely to be a person OF lax
and immoral views, ii not OF practice,
as to be a paragon of wisdom and virtue.
The less circulation that our librarians
give to such stories-and to one or two
notably nasty novels by James Lane
| Allen, which might be named-the better
1t is a good suggestion, 1 doubt not, to
drop MI. Allen, however clever IN some
respects DIS a fctIve writer he IS.
| have nothing but kind, friendly feel
ings for the negro ace-for the well-dls-
posed. orderly, industrious portion. |
would be glad to help them now in any
proper way that would make them
worthicr, wiser, happier. The tramps, the
vagabonds, the pistolcarrying gang OF
scoundreIs, without deccncy or character
cannot be respected, and deserve no
consideration. They are a burden, of no
| value as citizens or up-builders, and many
of them are murderers at heart, ana pubic
enemies. They are hurtful to their own
race and bring reproach upon II. l
cherish no prejudices against the black
race like those of the North. L Would
gladly aid the meritorious negroes III all
hat makes for higher manhood, greater
usefulness, a stronger morality ana a pet
ter. citizenship. Even the republican
government does not put the negroes III
the departments at Washington or III hlSh
places in the North, and they remain SER
~vitors. They do not even give them the
ballot in the District of Columbia right
where the Chiefs of that bad old party
domicile and devour and debauch the ma
ton. They do not put them IN Offices OF
responsibility and power, but RooseVeit
loves to foist them upon the Sot'h'
Look at Charleston and behold the plun'
dering outrage. The last attempt OF llttle
ROSY is to compel the thousands OF negro
children in Washington to ENJOY
nicnics with white children or no fun
Is allowed. What a supreme, bitter 1901!
The oldest Greek book IN the world -
now reported. 1t was discovered III I'o-
bv DR.. Ludwig Borchardt, a well known
German axchaeologist. He was eXcaVal'hR
IT Abusir. when he found a Greek loilu
of the fourth century A.. ID. Inc chle'
find &c a Greek roll inscribed with the
cecond mart Of the THE Proslans "
Timotheus." He was a Greek lyric poe