The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-30

| tollB uelGSS. Leu iIle give d lew say lllS .
not taken by me from the books OF
Quotations" but taken directly from
Shakespeare himself. The samples Sc
lected will show how mach indebted
the people at large are, who speak
English, correctly or incorrectly to the
oceanic" writer of all the world; /
take but few and not generally from
his greatest plays: "rhey are too
thin" Henry VIII. "To dance attend
ance," Ditto. with what appetite
you have" Ditto. words are not
deeds" Ditto Truth loves open deal
ing Ditto. THE mirror of all cour-
tesy," Ditto. "A horse! a horse! my
Kingdom for horse! Richard Ill. can
honest tale speaks best being plainly
told" Ditto. pitchers have ears
Ditto. "a marvellous proper man."
Ditto. Strike now, or else the iron
cools," Henry VI. Trust not him that
hath once broken faith" Ditto. Let
hasty marriage seldom proveth WE'LL"
Ditto. Birds of the self-same feath-
err Ditto. The empty vessel makes
the greatest sound Henry V. Hath
no stomach to this fight" Ditto. "Ill
will never said we'll Ditto. Give the
soon shot" Ditto. Gently to hear
kindly to judge, Ditto. Under which
King Benzonian? Speak or
die Henry vi. Not the i'll wind
which blows no man to good" Ditto
THE wish was father to that thought"
Lord, Lord, how subject are old men
to the vice of lying" ditto. Lord,
ing ditto. AS cheap as sinking
mack'rel, ditto. 'Ill send him pack
ing" ditto. will give the Devil his
due" ditto. How now, mad wag.'
ditto. MY tongue cleave to my roof
within my mouth" Richard II, Eat
ing the bitter bread" ditto. Things
sweet to taste prove Indigestion sour"
ditto; THE whirligig of time brings
in his revenges.' Twelfth Night,
Hob, mob. is his word" ditto. "This
is very midsummer Madness" ditto.
Then Westward, Ho!" ditto. "Now
is the wood-cock near the gin" ditto.
"Alls well that ends we'll" Love a
bright particular star" By the hun
dred.
1 could go on collecting. Some of
these have been altered with time but
retaining both sense and some of the
language. / could gather hundreds of
wise sayings not adopted in the speech
of the millions similar to these. l take
from a page or two in "All's Well That
Ends Well.' cold wisdom waiting on
folly. Moderate lamen-
tation is the right of the dead, excess |
sive grief the enemy to the living"
"See that you come not to WOO honor, |
but to wed it," A thousand such as |
these could be cited. Here are a few |
more and not from one of the greatest |
of the historic plays: Your painted |
glass discovers to men that
understand you words and
with friends" Every cloud en-
that now are dimmed with deaths
black veil" cold. biting winter nears
our hoped for rug" / need not add |
more selections.
The four last are from Henry the |
Sixth. / could easily count such say
ings by the one thousand.
The educational statistics of
are interesting It's taxable |
value of property is reported to be
1851, 477,450. The last Legislature APP
for education 5000, 900.
OF this sum. $3,755,267.22 were for
public education or more than ~ per
cent for education of the grand total.
1t is more now, no doubt. Mississippi |
by the last census had 1,557,270 in
habitantS. / have not the numbers of
the two races, but / suppose the ne
groes were in excess of the whites.
North Carolina had 1,S93,S10 inhabi-
tants, and the whites were nearly two
to one of the blacks. How much did
North Carolina expend for education
in 1904, by enactment of law? l have
not at hand the statistics, but / take
It that Mississippi far exceeded our
State, and perhaps more than two fold
for education. Mississippi will yet do
greater things for education But
whilst 1t has done so well it's sister
State, Alabama. is far behind. 1t had
IN 1900 1,S2S,677 people and its square
miles was exactly identical with that
Of North Carolina-52, $50. Hon. Sid
ley j. Bowie, Member of Congress
from Alabama, in his address in April,
1904, before the Conference for Edu-
cation in the South" held at Birming-
ham, Ala. made some revelations that
were surprising. For instance, he
said
"The average expenditure per capita
for each pupil in Tennessee is S5.17:
n Mississippi. seas; in Georgia, $6.93;
n Florida, $10.41; in Louisiana, $3.50;
n Texas, 9.95; while in Alabama it is
1nly SAL. Not another State in the
Union, rich or poor, old or young,
spends as little
I'm Alabama in 1870 there were
5S3,012 illiterates over ten years of
'0,5 in 1870, 92.059 white illiterates
n Alabama over ten years of age. In
1900, 1O4, 883, an increase of 1884.
Compare this with Georgia. which
has, during the same period. reduced
is white ilkteracy from 124,939 to
l01.264. Compare it with Mississippi
which has reduced it from 4S,02S to
1884; compare it with Tennessee
which has reduced her white illiteracy
from 17S,727 to $50, 086."
In June, 1900, there were 2,326,000
lliterates in the United States over
-wenty-one years of age, divided, l.
$4,000 whites and $4,000 blacks
But in 1870. thirty years before there
we're 74S,000 whites who could not
read or write, and $4,000 negroes.
The South preponderates largely in
he illiterate business. The census
shows that in 3 Northern States, the
Iliterate negroes had much increased
over that of 1870. The rush of negro |
lliterates to the North has been large
For instance. Maine had 25.8 per cent
in 1900. while in 1870 it had but 1913
per cent. of negro illiterates. Arizona
has doubled. and Nevada. has increased
nearly ten fold. California went from
to 81 per cent In the Western Di-