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livered in Salem in 1868. in which the speaker attributed the following remark to General Butler. a statement which Colonel Hallowell said had never been re- futed: T am going to Charleston to in fiuence the democratic party to put into their platform the Dred Scott decision, and I propose to fight it out until I can buy and sell a nigger on the streets Of Lowell as I can pound of tea
 ''Col. Francis B. Hesseltine said: Let us have no more monuments in honor of any man who helped put down the rebel lion. Time would fail me if I were to tell all the reasons why a statue should not be erected to General Butler served under him. What campaign. what battle did he ever win? Failure and de- feat is his record during the war.
 With more brains than any other Yankee has been endowed with since Rufus Choate, possibly with more than any other since Daniel Webster himself, Butler was "outlawed from good society in his own home.' Before the war he strove to be governor as a democrat; after the war he was five or six years an active candidate for the republican nomination for that office. Finally. in 1862 he was elected governor as a dem ocrat and his administration was a con- tinuous nightmare to blue blood Massa- chusetts He was ever a terror to civil ians whom he forced to be his enemies, and aristocratic Boston hated him as cordially as did the best element of New Orleans Among the elect Wendell Phil lips was about his only friend, and the brothers Hoar hated him with the cor diality of the eternal old horned devil himself. The day after Butler was . e.,.z -,1 Dnn Grants first attorney general: Judge, did you attend the funeral yesterday"
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Beyond this is the necessity to get the negro to work properly and relia- bly. Such an ideal is commonly treat- ed as a pipe dream" Is it not evil dent that here comes a plea to the ne gro churches to build character in stea of emotional sand piles? The words of Chancer again apply: The life so short, the task so long to
 learn,
 So sharp the assay, so hard the con-
 quering."
 know it. And yet it not only can be done. Ii must be done. The one task of all of us is the social redemption of bdlh white and black along tha lines of social health And here l close for this time. The voice of God is saving to the man. hood of every Alabama town: to the women who depend on a "shackling wagon to haul their laundry to a dirty negro cabin; to our instincts of father hood and motherhood. and camaraderie for all the burdened lives around us. Tn hoo proelio vincetis." But there won't be much victory without the sign" that Emperor Constantine saw in his famous vision. the sign of the cross Bear it my brethren, though it be shaped at the end into nothing less ignoble than a broom. Why will ye die. house of Israeli" Bear it my sisters! Better a brooming society first than a Browning society sitting on tne edge of the horrible pit where reigns Beelzebub, god of flies and lord of all fostering corruption. First that which is natural afterwards that which Is spiritual", as saith the apostle to the Gentiles.
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BUTLER'S MONUMENT-B Sauoyard

After eight years in Congress Butter was defeated for reelection in 1874 and it is simple truth to say that the election of no man to the presidency of the United States occasioned such joy to his supporters as that defeat of Butler to the democrats, north and south. His success full competitor was man named Thomp- son, with a D" who was most thor oughly advertised man the winter of 1S74-75.
 In the fve-minute debates Butler had not his match in Congress the ten years he was a member, for he vas again elect ed in 1S76 The scorpion lash of John Young Brown was but an episode, as was the terrific excoriation by John Mitchell, the Irish patriot closing with beast, brute, devil" But in the discussion of a public measure in a running debate on the floor Butler was the first man in Congress as long as he was a member. If Stevens had not become superannuated before Butler appeared or if Ben FGill had not been transferred to the Senate upon the very date of Buffers re-entry into the House, a different story might be told. But Hill was partial to a get speech, Butler to running debate. There was a man in Kentucky who, in running debate. was a match for Butler or anybody else-Humphrey Marshall. He had served in Congress before the war and was a candidate for the demo- cratic nomination for the Forty-first Congress in 1868. His successful compet- itor was young, eloquent. brilliant. While they were canvasslng, the hot month of August. 1888, the late Senator Lindsay met old Humphrey on the streets of Louisville and asked him how he was getting on discussing issues with the young man.
 "Discussing h-i" exclaimed the old
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stock of the Amalgamated Company de Common Kindness. limited. And let him offer to the public this speculative in- vestment, which. while insuring large dividends. rolls up increasingly the capi- tai stock and surplus.
 Now
 Let him advertise something after this fashion:
 Life is short. If you want to get rich quick buy preferred shares in the A. C. of C. K. Two shares of common stock go with every share of the preferred.
 Special tip to investors:
 Tn this life which at best is but short, there are but two things that you can enjoy, absolutely only two-health and happiness. And remember
 Money will buy neither.
 "Kindness will buy both.
 Now is the favored time to catch fortune at the turn. Even small in- vestment will make people think kind thoughts about you, say kind words of you and do kind things for you.
 Tn short, even a. single share of this wonderful stock will surround you with the potent, subtle influence of happi- ness. And one share of the preferred two shares of common given away may pay you back a hundredfold."
 Would not everybody jump to fill out the coupon.
 Certainly the advertisement is in ev- cry word truthful, and there Is no doubt that the investment would pay.
 The fact is--
 We esteem too lightly the common gifts of life, the chances that come to us We are forever looking after the little things, mstaking them for big ones.
 Kindness is a big thing.
 And it pays. pays-some 30, some 50. some a thousand fold.
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intelligence and in the grace of self-con- trol. out weighs him many times. How did he ever win her." is a question not yet answered to the satisfaction of the curious neighbors. Yet he fancies that his whims and caprices are to be law. because he is the authority in the home. and she his inferior. But where is love all this time? It is crucified by the hand of fictitious authority and self-assertion. Said Tennyson:
 "Either sex alone Is haP itself, and in true marriage lies Nor< iual nor unequal; each fulflls De. in each, and always thought in
 thought,
 Purpose is purpose; will in will they
 grow,
 The single. pure and perfect animal. The two celled heart beating with one
 full stroke.''
 Which reminds me of the old tragedy of 1ngomar the Barbarian, one of Edwin Forests great plays for in that drama occurs similar lines:
 'If what love is thou wouldst be taught, Thyself must teach alone Two souls with but single thought,
 Two hearts that beat as one"
 Men who talk most of authority love least. for authority implies the exist ence of a subordinate as well as inferi- ority of person. Ii is right that it is ex- crcised over children, for they are sli- bordinates; but a mans wife is his equal and in many things that make up char acter she is vastly his superior. Is this treason to my sex? Then as Patrick Henry said in his great patriotic address, make the most of it."
 Now gracious reader. have arrived at the end of these papers on Home. On each Sunday of the Lententide 1 have published a contribution on this subject. cannot hope that all my readers agree with everything that I have said; but from the many pleasant things said to me am persuaded that many responsive sentiments have been awakened in the hearts of my readers. An effort is being made to make Birmingham pre-eminently the city beautiful Let it be also city of beautiful homes, where love rules su- premely. homes whose atmosphere pul- sates with heart throbs of joy.
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4 ND again is old Ben Butler an is
 "A sue in Massachusetts, where such 4 \ men as Henry L. Higginson, w. E. Halowell, Moorfeld Storey and James Ford Rhodes, representing much of the tradition and responsibility of the old commonwealth. are opposing the erec- tion of a statue at public expense in honor of Old Ben who was once governor of the state Here is what Major Higgn- son said:
 "It is exceeding cruelty to General But Ter, on the part of his friends, to seek this thing again. All his failures and disgraces are matters of history. It is excessive cruelty to ask to help pay for a statue. The war is over and we are extending our hands to our southern brothers. It's an insult to our state, it's an insult to the inhabitants of this coun- try it's an insult to the old soldiers
 The report of the meeting in the New York Sun continues as follows:
 "Mr Rhodes a historian, read brief summary of Buffers war record, in which he gave it as his opinion that as a gen. eral Butler was incompetent Butler used his position as major-general to feather his own nest He charged that during his occupation of New Orleans ne allowed his brother to carry on trade of great profit in cotton and salt between the north and the south. Tn 1862, when Butler went to New Orleans, he was worth $16O,000. In 1868 he was said to be worth s3, ,oO0,000.'
 MT. Rhodes said that he had brought out these facts at the hearing nine years ago and had then said that unless re- futed he would include them in the forth coming volume of his history. No refu- tation had ever been received.
 Colonel Hollowell read extract from a speech by General Fitzpatrick, de-
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one. For 1t cannot. But it may and does help one to keep his soul sweet and calm in the midst of life's perturbations. Then there are times of sorrow, illnesses and deaths when the ordained represent atives of the church are sadly needed. They comfort the dying, they bury the dead, and point the broken-hearted to the only source of peace. I knew of family
 into which a great sorrow had come. I asked. 'To what church do you be- lone?' ITO none" Did they attend any church?'' No" ''They have no pas tor?" NO" It was true. No church, no pastor. and the little children had never
 learned to say, "Our'' church, our
 Sunday school. nor "our' pastor. Some time after that heard tot speaking of "our'' church and "our' minister, and I silently thanked God for the child's part ownership of me and my church.
 In some homes that are not generally called irreligious ones, there is much hn- wise and unkind treatment of children
 sometimes attaining the depth of cruelty and wickedness. I refer to methods of discipline Locking up child in a dark closet is an unspeakable cruelty; threat ening him with the coming of the Boo
 gaman' Is wicked, for it is a falsehood that you tell him. You know there's no boogaman to catch him. Many children are injured for life hy these wicked meth- ods of discipline, their nervous systems never gaining their full vigor, because or the strain and tension of horror to which they were subjected in childhood, They never overcome their dread of dark
 ness. Every creaking of the stairs, every unusual noise in the house suggests boogaman in one shape or another.
 In home discipline the parent should
 most carefully watch himself. lest he nu-
 initiate a child before others. There are
 methods of correction that will not hu-
 initiate even when he is alcne; but to hu-
 initiate child in the presence of others is wrong that finds no excuse. 1t is apt to excite the very worst emotions
 within the breast of the little one. After mild correction wait until you may | have the child to himself, then reason
 with him or apply other forms of dscip- line: but never humiliate him in the pres | ence of others.
 | I am asked. How shall I break the
 child's will?' My dear friend, you mus, rot break his will. That strong will oi his will be-, under the grace of God, ir
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The chain of individual life is com posed of three great links-habit, char acter, destiny. And a chain is no strong CT than any of its links.
 If,
 If your habits are good so will your character be. If your character Is good so will be your destiny.
 Would you care to live in a home cost ing sS,O0oO0O and have no peace of mind !?
 The mansion of John D. Rockefeller at Pocantico, N. Y, cost that much
 Underneath the room on the second floor where MT. Rockefeller sleeps is a wide veranda, on which, Up and down, day and night, an armed guard walks.
 correspondent says that often during sleep he opens the window and calls down:
 John, are you there?"
 Which is like a terrified youngster who fears the dark and calls out to know if some one is near.
 Envy the man?
 No, indeed As for me, I should pre- fer a little cottage of three or four rooms where the vines grow over the porch and there is a rose tree in the front yard and an old-fashioned garden III the Ddck ydru dIOl NllSIS loNe dplueS'
 Lest we forget
 Let us say it over again to ourselves that these rich human beings are much like the rest of us. They, too, are men of sorrows and acquainted with grief. In their lives mingle the bitter and the sweet as in ours.
 They like all mortal mariners must make the perilous pass of the stormy sea of human life.
 And their food tastes no better than
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HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Ed,un A. Wye

his head. Cromwell and Pym and Hamp- den-three signers of his death warrant were to have gone on that ship.
 If
 If nameless aid on the staff of Gen. ga had investigated what he thought was a gap in the union line the Confederates would not have poured through the real gap which was made by the movement ordered by Rosecrans, because of the careless aids report, changing an almost certain victory to disaster
 Hundreds of historical incidents might be cited to show how the peradventure of trif1e has enormously changed the face of human affairs.
 You can look back over your own ex- perience in life and say, "If so and so had not happened"-
 And that 'if' at the time seemed but a trivial thing.
 Great events have turned on such a trifie as the cacking of the geese that saved Rome. Personal events may be traced to such small things as the sneeze of a child, the smile of a woman, five minutes delay, the missing of a train links in the chain of events that have changed the course of life.
 If!
 Are there, indeed, any really little things in human affairs? Each trif1e may be correlated with some other trifie which, in it's turn, is related closely with human destiny.
 If
 In the realm of business it Is an adage that "trifes make perfection, but per lection Is no trif1e.''
 It Is so of morals
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HOME-S;xth Paper-By Dr. w. F. Evans

to the child why you do not keep your word. Never let him have reason to doubt your veracity: take every pains to let him know why the punishment was not inflicted. Sometimes you may find that a nice sense of honor demands that you ask pardon of your child. Do not hesitate to tell him that you were wrong and are sorry What, a parent apologiz- ing to his child?" Yes; that's precisely what I mean, and what I've done more than once.
 Whatever else happens, let there be no dispute between the parents in the pres ence of the children about the justice or injustice of the discipline employed If there be differences of opinions they may be discussed privately, but never be- fore children, lest the house be divided against itself, and the little ones learn to think that one parent is kinder than the other. When a boy has reached his 7th year, as general proposition, thence forth his father should employ the more rigid rules of discipline; but the mother should always act as disciplinarian to tho girls.
 But what about authority in the home, as between husband and wife Where high moral ideals and genuine love pre- NdllS tillS~ QueStlpil, SuPpoSc, lH hNNNi raised. If it ever be projected, I fancy, the occasion is given by him whom have. in former paper, called a horne tyrant' who is generally small man with exceeding narrowness of mind, and who being incapable of impressing men with his greatness Of personality, tries it at home before his wife and little ones The question of authority is about the last question that is ever suggested in a properly conducted home. Authority to do what? ITO comm9nd everybody and everything in the house." answers the petty tyrant. gro what end?'' That l might be obeyed and recognized as the head of this establishment" answers the little fellow, and thereby discloses his selhshness, and the fact that, of all the family he loves himself hest.
 I have already given my views on the subject of womans equality with man, and her superiority to him in many n- stances. and, therefore, I shall not write my opinions on that subjects again; but I shall say that of all absurd things the absurdest is that of a pompous. petty husband trying to assert authority over his wife, who in calm judgment, general
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She did not know that to find a quar- ter of dollar for the slot of the pay gas meter may be a financial problem and rent day a real tragedy.
 She had never heard her children cry it was to partly starve a living child to pay the funeral expenses of dead child.
 Perhaps she doubted if any lived in this way because "one-half the world does not know how the other half lives" That's it-out of our ignorance of con- ditions we complain.
 We are as illogical as the queruious woman-comparing our lots in life with those of the more fortunate.
 That is error.
 Go along the streets with open eyes. For one person who is better off than you there are a dozen who are not.
 Lay your burdens on me.
 The man who can say that to his fell lows is stronger than they.
 Because, as a rule, men seek other shoulders upon which to lay their bur- dens. And so there is that big word that goes with big men
 Responsibility.
 Said the American colonists of the last quarter of the eighteenth century, Taxation without representation Is tyr anny.'
 yes" said they all, ''but who will bell the cat, George III?' And the Han cocks and the Jeffersons and the rest of the immortals said:
 We have signed the protest. Let the commons blaze away"
 Responsibility.
 Washington said, "Put the responsi pil- ity of the army on me-" And that made Washington great.
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Responsibility
 When Napoleon announced his Italian campaign smaller men said, But you can't get an army over the Alps.' Ma poleon showed his greatness by assum- ing that responsibility.
 Shirking burdens, men flock to those who offer their shoulders.
 Responsibility.
 They told Fulton his steamboat would not run upstream, and Stephenson that his locomotive would not pull load, and Morse that his telegraph would not work, and Bell that his telephone would be dumb, and Edison that his electricity would not be cheap enough to burn, and
 Why multiply proofs?
 Responsibility lets the real man that IS inside of you out, reveals yourself as you are to yourself and to those who put your burdens upon you. Do not shirk responsibility.
 And if you want your child to succeed do not hesitate to put responsibility upon his shoulders.
 ing her head burden! How firm her neck! What superb balance of body! Erect, how she watches her steps!
 Responsibility.
 Shoulder yours The bearing of the load will fit you for the task.
 If Grouchy had not taken the wrong road there would have been no victory of the allies over Napoleon at Water loo and the map of Europe would be different.
 If
 If Charles l. had not signed an order to prohibit a shipload of farmers from going to America he might not have lost
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THE supreme agency for the estab-
 lishment and perpetuity of happi-
 x ness in the home is religion. But to create happiness the religion must De of a happy. type. The religion that "x- presses itself in length of face, that per- sistently walks mournfully before the Lord" that never indulges in laughter, and to which every day is Sunday, is not likely to make home happy. Indeed. 1t is most probable that 1t will beget pos itive unhappiness, and a profound dis taste for religion, especially in the minds of young people. Among many, somber saints have sown the seeds of inf1dellty, that have sprung up into pronounced an tagonism to all religion, while a piety or sunlight and tenderness has been joyous ly espoused
 I shall illustrate this statement by two well known women. They were both born in religious atmosphere. They were both splendidly endowed with men tai ability. They both studied many modern languages, and became proficient in the old tongues of Hebrew. Latin and Greek They both became prominent as writers; one more eminent as a writer of prose, the other as a singer of beautiful eongs whose words and music came from her own soul. One WdS reared III d home where the only element of religion was hard, unylelding duty; the sad-faced man, who most impressed the life of the child. was strictness and solemnity in- carnate. He seemed not to care for the singing of birds, nor for the colors of flowers Hard. cold odty and rigid sol emnity characterized him always. The child was impressional, of buoyant tenn perament. The religion that she saw H. frustrated in her home and to which she was expected to conform in all rs phases and manifestations. awakened within her heart disgust and rebellion. Later. from all forms of religion and from all creeds, she fled, and sought companionship with agnostics Her name was, as the world knows it, George Eliot.
 The other child was reared in home of sweetness and love, where religion was set forth as full of gentleness, and song; she learned that happiness lay in the way of duty, and that the two words meant nearly the same thing. Everybody about her sang. and, while he who most im- pressed her life, in his integrity was as immovable as Gibraltar, yet. was hia
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, AID a woman of my acquaintance:

AID woman of my acquaintance:
 Last year my husband was i'll, kI and now my daughter is threatened with tuberculosis. The cost of living is high, and my husbands salary is only S1000. Why are we put into this world to suffer so2 Sometimes l feel that life IS not worth the living.'
 I was sorroy for the woman, and as had known her long time I took the liberty to say:
 But you own your own home and you have never lacked for necessary things. Moreover" l said
 "The problem of suffering, like that of sin, is an old one. but I think it ms take to fall into the habit of thinking that one is luckless beyond others There are a lot of people all about you worse off than you.'
 Doubtless my suggestions went in at one ear and out at the other.
 Privation? Suffering?
 Why, this woman did not live in a ram shackle tenement up a rickety stair. Her husband did not come home from the cor ner saloon with empty pocketbook and heavy handed with liquor.
 Hardship?
 She did not live in a two-room and closet apartment where you buy coal by the scuttleful, bread by the half loaf and ice by the penny's worth
 Desttution?
 She had never haunted the butcher shops late of a Saturday night when the very poor do their pitiful marketing to buy for almost nothing remnants the butcher will sell--a cheap soup bone or a neck of mutton.
 No; this woman did not know.