The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-25
NEAR BRAVELY THE BURDEN
I'D AND THE HEAT OF THE DAY.
BY II.
BY REV. r.. III. WHITAKER.

DOCKS InGT6 Is HO ciIu, uAlh uC span
a great big truth; but, as many books
as there were and as many as his i'm
agination might have conjectured, he
had not the remotest idea of the vast
amount of writing and printing and
book making there would be in these
latter days, and, least of all, did he
have any idea that / would write
book. At any rate, there is no init
nation. in his writings to that effect;
and. as l did not have the remotest
idea of doing such thing. until 1t was
done. ] am inclined to the opinion
that even Solomon, with all his wis
dom, did not have me, nor my book, In
his mind when he spake of the max
ing of many books. My Whit
aker's "Reminiscences" snow almost
ready for delivery, to those who have
subscribed for it, is, not only some
thing new under the sun, but sur
prise to the author as we'll, and may
turn out to be a misfortune Job
wanted his adversary to write a book.
| don't know why unless he thought
that adversary would write something
he would be ashamed of. In after life
something that would criminate
him, perhaps or, at anw rate, cause
him to see himself as others saw him..
If any Job has been regarding me as
an adversary, and praying that
would write a book, his prayer is
about to be answered; for the book ls
printed and the binders are busy at
work, and before this article shall
have reached the reader, am assured
the book will be ready for delivery.
About 300 persons have subscribed,
of which number about forty have
forwarded the cash. And this is to
give notice to all, who have subscribed.
that 1t is now in order for them to
send forward the price of tho book,
and to assure them that their orders
will be promptly filled. Let each per
son be careful to give the name OF
post office, county and State. And
please send post office money order,
or money in registered letter IL you
can avoid 1t, don't send checks as they
are subject to a discount when col
lected.
Remember that cash orders will be
filled promptly. So, send your $3.50
right along and get a cook that you
can't help reading; book that Will
please the old and the young, and be
good reading a hundred years from
now. as a friend of mine said the 9TH
err day. Let the orders come right
along, and, If that gentleman told the
truth, when he said the first chapter is
WORTH the price of the book. the pur-
chaser will get many times the value
of his money. / am sure the edition
printed will not supply the demand
for, the book. But those who order
at once will be sure to get it. Send
the cash orders along and the book
will be sent forthwith.
As many books as there are in the
world and as cheap as they are, there
are but few readers, comparative
speaking. 1t is a wonder to me how
some people manage to entertain
themselves They take no newspa
hrpf.ihQ. for
any magazines, but are literally with
out reading matter, except, in some
instances. patent office reports and pa
tent medicine almanacs. Yes, they
have children growing up around
them, but they know nothir.T except
what they may learn from the neigh
boris children, or pick up second
handed from hearing people talk.
WeIl-to-do people whose children
ought to have something to read are
as ignorant of the current events oil
the day, as If they were stored away
i'm cheese boxes. / find out a great
many things as l continue to live and
go around, but the saddest Is, because
it is so disastrous to the well being OF
the rising generation. some parents
make little or no effort to place before
their children such books and pert
odicals as would tend to develop the
highest type of character. The lack
of attention, at this point, on the part
of parents is almost criminal. Wheh
we take into consideration the TIC.
that young minds, like the tenurllS OF
vines. are reaching out after some
thing to cling to; and. changing the
figure. somewhat, that those young
minds will become more or less as
simulated to the ideas and opinions or
the low and vulgar. just as the vine
without a seaffolding becomes part
of the mass of weeds and SHRUBS
which grow upon the ground.
Upward and onward ought TO be the
motto of every mortal; and there is
no other period of life so favorable for
making upward and onward strides.
as i'm childhood and youth, and par
ents ought to have enough of concern
for their children to put within theH
reach the very best reading mater
they are able to procure for them
| went to a home once that wa
absolutely destitute of reading ma
ter of every sort. Not even the bioi
had a place there. The father was
coarse. rough vulgarian. and, althoug
sitting at the dinner table there "er
two or three grown up daughlefs
we'll as the wife his conduct ana IAN
guage were SO rude that. young ma
as / was, 1 could scarcely hold w
NV head. That man read nothing an
lid not have a book in his house. ii
believed i'm having plenty to eat. an
very common clothes to wear but De
yond those he seemed to have no am
billions. He was not rich, nor dld n
seem to care for riches; he was simpN
a hog. and loved to wallow, figuratlve
Nv speaking, in the mud How ala nj;
children turn out? How else couit
one expect than that they had to take
very low positions in society. ana
instead of rising in the world, had t
plod along and take their chances
with the hewers of wood and int
drawers of water. The old father con
tinued to live like a hog and at las'
died like a. hog. His grand children
however. having been reared unoel
different circumstances, are getting up
in the world. l visited at the home
of one of them some time ago. and
when the gentleman told me he was
the grandson of that man / used to
know in my young days l wondered
how such a character could have been
evolved from that old stock. Upon
inquiry learned that his mother mar
ried a man of some little education,
who had an ambition. though poor, to
be something. He had been raised