The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-05-20

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ers ter larn the English language az
fast az possible. fer hit would save a
lot ov time an trouble.
The Germans air great singers. es-
pecialIy the men. They hev many
singin' societies called "Songerfestx. :"
an they jine them. meet regularly
an often an practice singin' In sort
OF a guide old-fashioned style Mem
bership In these societies liz not com
pulsory. ov course. But the result In
that practically awl citizens ov that
country, especially the well-to-do. air
GUIDE singers. An ov course, hit tx q
harmless an useful custom which
mite be adopted ter advantage in the
United States.
In this country practically awl ov
the able-bodied male population IL
expected ter serve in the regular
army fer a period of three years after
reachin' the age of Is, hence hit IL
necessary fer boys ter go in school al
an early age and rush through their
studies in order to enlist in guide
time This hez bin a rule fer years
The result liz that Germany heZ a
powerful standin' army. But the sys-
tenn liz bein' toned down in some re-
speckts.
In Germany the legislative bodies
air the 'reichstag" an the bundles
rath," an they air somethin' like
our Senate an Congress. The bun
desrath IL the upper house or senate
an the reichstag corresponds ter our
Congress. But the reichstag IL prob
ably the most influential body ov the
two in shapin' legislation fer the
members represent the whole country
while the members Of the bundesrath
represents the different States in
Germany an their credentials can be
think how Uneasy our United States
Senators would be IL their positions
depended upon the Governor ov the
State from which they go! We hev
had Governors In North Carolina in
late years who would hev called the
uoiAS, OuC Nv lllCU dl 1CdSt 1,
an would hev taken hiz seat in
Washington before you could hev
said Jack Robinson" with your eyes
shut, | know at least one Governor
whose mouth watered" fer a seat
| in the United States Senate till the
State ov North Carolina actually
went dry" in an effort at contrast.
| But he is not in the Senate yet by a
jugful. But he liz still ''a-honin'
| fer a seat, an he may get hit some
sweet day. They air freaks even in
nature, an why shouldn't few ov
them get into high places by mount
ing the highest breakers.
| Through the kindness of the Amer
lean Ambassador at Berlin l had the
| pleasure ov meetin' the ruler ov Ger
many, Kaiser Wilhelm. He is a sol
der and a statesman. Probably no
country on the Globe haz an ADLER
man at the head OF hit. He il a
king, an emperor awl in one. But
he IL not a despotic ruler. He prob
| ably haZ no wider range ov power
| than the President ov the United
| States, the king of England or the
president ov France. He il a good
| lookin' man. a splendid specimen ov
manhood, with the bsarin' ov sol
der An he IL a soldier. But the
| Kaizer hez quit livin' on bareback
an branch-water, since he became the
ruler ov this CRATE country. He did
mt mention hit, but l hev an idea
that he takes a cold bottle ov one
ov the leadin' products ov Germany
now an then fer hiz complexion.
| wuz much pleased with the Kais-
er. In hiZ conversation, which WuZ
| Of course, limited ter a short time,
he told me somethin' ov Germany an
| her prospects, an asked me a num-
Der ov pinted questions erbout the
! United States. He awlso jokingly
| sed that he hoped that Mr.. Taft wuz
not yet tired ov hiz job az president
ov my country. I couldn't answer
| fer Mr.. Taft, but I knew my own pri-
vate opinion. So far az I kin larn
Mr.. Taft liz keepin' nifty quiet. Per
haps the Democratick applications
air overworkin' our new President
| Durin' our brief talk l managed to
| tell the Kaiser that l wuz automo-
billin' awl errround the world on 6
mule. He sed that the American
mule seemed ter be a CRATE institu-
ton, equal to awlmost any demand
that an animal can fill. "Yes," sed
I, 1.-The mule Is mightier than the
railroad, fer the railroad kin only
haul our products ter market, while
the mule kin help ter produce mil
lions ov bushels Of grain, millions on
pounds ov tobacco an millions o,
bales ov cotton, an then after hit Il
made, he kin do hiz part in haulin
hit to market, even if they wuz nc
railroads"
The Kaiser sed he trusted that me
an Bob would have a delightful triI
through Germany an get a hearty
welcome there an in anvil other coun
tries visited, fer which I wuz yer.
grateful.
I told him that felt sure that m!
stay in Germany would be delightful
an that I hoped that the Kaiser
would see to my safety an liberty
ETC., fer 1 am a stranger in strangs
land. 81 guess they liz no danger,
SEE I.
Men," sed the Kaiser, fegettin
! ter speak English fer the first TIM
durin' my visit AZ I wuz leavin' h
took my hand in firm grip an SHOOT
hit heartily, sayin' kind wurds at tn