The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-03

..#f.. ana ti2ttItI IUpI1 :. Wan that
..5 -e>cn years, Great Britain had
... -.nro.Doo Inhabitants. and the
......f.s had 900, 900. In 1853. the
.-..u#.iOu had increased 10 5000. 900
.u, ta"e Of the wa and its losses.
H..t Great Britain was
..... uuhampered, having but one
....i thjuk, if it had any. Eat affairs
#-c3, and early in IT'S. a treaty
....-#r and defensive was formed be-
...l France and America. France
Hn-jjlo To England from the
.... and stood ready TO renew the
.... long fight. Before IT'S closed
...fand almost stood alone against
...ute. Spain had Joined the league
France and America, and their
.,r- rode the great Channel. Green
..- that in 177>, England stood
.~1In-hauled against The world So
s -,o why after 1777 England could
80 few troops to carry out her
.s to- subduc the Colonies. IN ad-
..5I to her many enemies abroad
..-Iand had serious trouble in Ire
..1 IT is no wonder that so great a
...t5u1 nation could not i
...e people in revolution beyond the
.- Atlantic. Think of it: the
,..aalrs in 1888. one hundred and
Fl ..atE-three years ago, had but 5000
..a and in that comparatively short
&. ."tic time the United States have
...oncd the great population Of some
- 10 SIII tft4N ~ tldt
-.:c of the disguised monarchists,
.o hate the people. as Alexander
4. milton did. and said so. are now
H.srlaImin@ that this country is q
haze. World Power, and that foreign
tlrrStS in the wide, wide world are
.. tuiu@s to be desired. and hence We
..4.r the curse Of the Philippines al
r.Ht fastened upon our country. Who
..u have patience with OF confidence
r.. such Wild dreams and practical
.. Government, OF the people and
$50. The people, and by the people,, to
...tr the stolen maXim of Abe Lin
...u. for n" never conceived = word of
.. ROW famous wise saw. About 1855.
..1I"nd had but 4.So0.OOO peODie.
..d it helps to know what the strength
.. 10 country is while moving out on
/ and progressive ines Of action.
.-uu after that time there were l.
-."aHo whites in the Colonies. and
,..u so carly as then there were go
."u-1 quarter of a miIIiOn-Of Afri-
,.t negroes. Ali along the earlier de
..IoS OF the eighteenth century,
r#. Southern Colonies We're
:.0eh more productive than the North.
o..eu states this, and SAYS: VIII
..il boosted of it's tobacco Dlauta-
..a~ Georgia and the CarOlinaS OF
t..lr maize (corn) and rice and indigo
.r.m~. While New York and Pennsvl-
E.ujH. With the Colonies of New Eng
.uH, were restricted to their VIVA!
g.. cod fisheries, their corn haryost5
.nH their timber trade And yet the
Nn.lh had 900, 000 to the South's 300
.... There were 1870, 600 negroes in
r.r South, while in New England there
H.5n even then but 1000. The
Whites up there had sold the Afri-
c.H- co the South when the eli
r..j~ was found unpropitious. Green
0. --"ibcS the characteristics Of the
XIV ftnol3nGpIS then as NDiRtN. iDtOl-I
.uuce, simplicity of lie and pedant-
n.y." Has the race in that section
hanged or improved? They remain
i~a-0Iar, cocE-sure, conceited and full
.' prejudice. They know but little of
'.n South in 1906, and will never
.moW. while 0V~er-running with pTriu-
o... and sclf-assertion They suIvc
.Ne heavens through q ginblet hole,
anJ think they see it all.
Miss Murfree. Of Tennessee. has lost
... grip upon the vast crowd of lat
rr.-d"E, hungry deVCurerS of novels,
l.d still she is quite equal to min out
of ten, ! must y OF the fiCtiVe
N. tiers of the present time. She has
constantly produced entertaining
I'.eIs. some distinguished, for origin
@.'E and power. | mentioned but rC-
''.IE that one of The leaders among
living New England authors. Colonei
'.'-1iuspn, gave it as his opinion that
.. The LIQUIDS was one of the ten
'... novels in the last ten years,
'I.IHE back from the time he wrote.
..l Of her novels are We'll written.
.t must be conceded. At her best
.. mas Insurance of description,
H.lir touches in prose, exquisite
"Iu-ing at times, strong portrayal OF
'. #4dcter. 4 close study of nature, de
..Nr1l dramatic qualities. Her best
"N.ui~ are Impressive and vigorous.
.H.nE She iG a ~1nG-11n0OToI' of
South Carolina, and she surely de-
.".sos t. rank with the best of cur
>.fth"rn writer's. The only two l would
I.."c above her would be James Lane
A.uu. of Kentucky, and Miss Helen
..~@oW. of Virginia. | must say | have
.". read IL page by the latter. but re-
upou what critics have said OF
.'" Two best works as they arc esti-
"#'"d The Battle-Ground and 1.-The
"#""I of Life" | am led to pDO
... tie last is her highest water
."''h of excellence. Some tlrec or
of Miss Murfree's books are of
. merit, and at the time II wrote
'" moved on less frcuuented paths
assessed a grace and originality
."" her own. Her faults lie on the
.".aoe as do those of the great Dick
. but She possesses many othe"
"|Hl@ qualities as a novelist That
. n-r TO Il commanding place among
Elgsln women writer's generally.
'"u viii find striking scenes ana
"% Fascinating passages in her
productions. 7 am sOrly to pc
lh@t she is suppplanted in popu-
Favor b. scores of writer's not
"1E Of whom equal her. she has
" successful f0r more than Il dozen
..~. and if lost sight of now she
".@t had Il longer reign than many
.n" writer's who held briefly the
.1Itr eye.