The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-21

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70 a friend or l would give the precise
language assigned to Lee. Ii was
1lter the war when he praised Nc
rlellat, IN conversation with others.
Re knew the calibre Of al the men he
fought as we'll as such conspicuousIv
conceited vandals as sherman AMI
some others.
Thomas Noon Talfourd, an accom-
plished English man OF letters of a
half century ago, wrote a play called
ION, which was OF some merit and
popularity for reading. He got the
name from tn" drama of Euripides.
that Is the most modern, and. perhaps
the most beautiful Of all that the great
GIecian poet wrote critics are not as
sured how TO classify II. One Englig1
scholar and critic asks, Should this
exquisitely beautiful play be ranked
among tragedies or comedies" and
says, that neither exactly suits it.
Rather 1t Is a melOdraIna," and thinks
but for q few absolutely necessary
Ceremonies Inherent in or necessary
to the Greek stage" il might be at
tribGte to the work Of a modern
poet Another English critic wrote
some decades ago that none of his
plays as clearly show the fine mind
Of EurOpides" as I0n,' ana SAYS also
that none SO impreSscs one with the
Favorable idea of his vivacious and
I!l3id1 character.
Let me mention concerning the
Enbe OF plays Of the three greatest
Greek dramatists that have come
town to US. Many were lost to the
modern readers very long ago. But
fortunately VIC have seven extant
dramas by Aschyus, seven by Lop-
hocles and w Euripides.
l regret | was not fortunate enough
to hear the recent address delivered
in Wilmington on Cornelius Harnett,
bE the accomplished. richly endowed
Professor G. Alphonso Smith, of the
University of North Carolina. l have
before ana more than once written of
him that he was, in my opinion, one
Of the foremost OF living North Caro-
lima writer's | have heard but one
opinion as to the interest, excellence
and charming finish of his address. l
regret that l did not have the pleasure
Of meeting him in person.
The death of that delightful, origi-
nal author, Rev. John Watson, known
in letters as Tan McClaren.' which
occurred a few DAYS ago in one of our
own Western cities. viii cause gen
eral regret among hundreds Of thou
sands of fascinated readers the world
over. He had a fine creative mind.
and was also very successful and ser
Viceable as a Presbyterian minister.
He vas of English birth and for some
twenty years in charge of one of the
most important ClllTcieS III 1lNeTpOOi,
England. 1t was his extremely clever
Scotch stories that won him his great
distinction as Il most delightful au-
thor.
\ comparison Of the criminal record
OF the United States. with all Euro
pean countries. is most damaging to
our good name. and most diSgraceful
to any country that pretends to be
civilized and shadoWingly Christian.
Last year there were over 10,500 muir
ders and only about 100 hangings.
Wherever hangings have been lessened
or abandoned the increase In murders
has been awful. Compare the records
OF trials and convictions in other
lands with the records in the United
states, and il is most shameful and de-
plorabIe. l cite a few figures from
an Instructive article that appeared
but recently IN the News and OBJ
server. In 1895. in Italy, there We're
3,6Q6 killings-homiCides. OF these
2,S05 were convicted. We call Italy
a q country. In Austria there were
688 homicides and 499 convictions. In
588 convictions. In England there
We're 31S homicides and ISL convic-
lions. Spain had 1882 homicides
and LOSS convictions. Germany had
564 homicides and 476 convictions.
the convictions amounted
- 30 pei o1iI II ~ NAitNh ttbo
/ l-3 per cent. I In the United States
there are 129 murders per million peo-
pie: while in Germany there are but
three and in Canada but five to the
same population.
The records contain enough of hu-
initiation and disgust and disgrace 70
law-making. the courts and
jurors and all intelligent and civilized
people, bow in shame and sorrow.
study the entire article in the News
and Observer and learn more concern
ing the barbarities and r~eproach and
damning brutality of this boastful.
burIy governed country that so needs
reconstruction.
Here is information for you. The
United states Bureau Of Chemistry
the American people are drink
ing labels" DR.. II. w. Wiley. head
Of the Bureau, say that over IS per
cent of the so-calIed whiskey on the
mark ct WAS not really whis-
key, and hat less than two per cent
of the WhiSkey sold appeared under
the green guarantee stamp of n gov
eminent as affixed over the cork OF
the bottles under operation of the bot
t~led-in-bond law.
Senator McCumber. in the United
states Senate, declared that "a quart
er Of a hundred different kinds of
liquor with as many different prices
frOInthe same tank In discuss
ing now the neutral SpIIilS WIS uScb-
I suppose that the drinkers would call
that exhibit of proficiency "a fuine
Representative Stanley. Of
Kentucky, in debating the ugly bust
ness of imposition and fraud, went to
Speakers desk and held aloft a
graduate hlled with pure
white spirits. Placing it on a desk
took from his pocket some Walls of
Of rye and bourbon and a
small vial of colOring matter. With
skill Of q Hermann or a Kellar he
the neutral spirits into IL
year-oId whiSkeN and deHed any eX-
pert" in the House to tell the differ
ence between it and the genuine
From the Atlanta Journal.
] gather a few items concerning
greatest statesman and
writer upon political questions and
government of the grst importance.
Thomas jefferson was born at Shad-
well. Virginia. in 1I43- He was a
man of simple tastes and fine learning
He knew well some six
and when old could read Greek fluent