The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-07

ouuicnce eeme delighted TO /
gamer from his u~tterances that his
association with the Secretary of the
Nav was more pleasant Than wifi |
any other member OF the official farni-
ly.-
Formerly Submerged Democrats
optinlsm - more prevalent TODAY |
IN the Democratic party than ever be-
Iofe. IL mas been wonderful, since a |
democratic victory to see how many |
Democrats there were outside The mar
", how many Democrats had been
suppressing their feelings in order Ia
serve under q Republican administra-
tlon; SO many good Democrats there
were VINO had married Republican
wives and had served under Repab-
mean administration because their
wives, or relatives Of their wives.
insisted on them doing it,
In speaking of the emocra hay
ing labored SO hard for such a long
,lfne ana the tendency Of mankind 10
become discouraged after long seasons
of unsuccessful toll, he told a story
OF a man who after trying an appli-
cation prescribed for him for q
breaking out on the hand by his
doctor. said: Well, doctor. looking at
my hand from one day to another the
medicine there might have been an
almost lmperceptible change; looking
at it after a months application | can
see my hand is just a little bit better:
but, doctor, as for getting well-I'm
afraid It won't be in my day"
He said he would like to take pes
SllnlSm out of the heart of every one
present. In every great and true work
there is progress. The word is pro-
crossing intellectually, morally. and
politically.
The development or progress of the
world in these respects was taken up
IN the order named. In regard to the
progress of the world intellectually.
he was sorry he did not have time to
take the audience through all the
countries of the world he had in his
life time visited, and show them the
development along this line. He gave
q very concrete Illustration Of what
ne meant by knowledge becoming
more and more democratic. I'm Lima,
Peru, there is the oldest institution
or learning in the western hemis-
phere. 1t was established fifty years
before the Pilgrim Fathers landed at
Plymouth, and many more than fifty
years before the first English settle
ment at jamestown, and it has a a
continuous existence ever since. 1t
used to be that to graduate there it
cost the pupil $4,000, besides the
financing of a bull fight and the Civ
ing of a big dinner"
Here, remarking upon the improbi-
lily of this, he told the story Of the
man who said to his friend, Now
you may not believe that; in fact, ]
would not believe it myself, only
saw it. co." remarked his friend
you saw it, did o Well, l hay
emit"
Education For the People.
+ In l740 at this same institution o
learning, $4,000 was substituted fo1
the bull-fGht and the dinner, and nov
there is a payment of only 500 fOl
one degree and $50 for another So
he emphasized the. truth that all oyel
the world education is being brough
within the reach of the people. Blu
education" he continued, leads as
tray if the heart is not educated. Civ
I a man a heart in order to make
man serviceab]e.'
Continuing along the line he hat
suggested, he asserted that there !
evidence of a worldwide mora
awakening greater than the education
al" Here he referred to Tolstoy a
seeing the dawning of a brotherhood
: of men. and to the remark of Glad
stone: There is a profound movemen
1 bringing men together There i
$ moral enthusiasm in the air, it is i
mems bible clubs and in mems bibl
classes. OF the 900, 900 people in til
1 world who are members Of the Y. M
G.. A. 50O,0 900 of them are Americans
| Every year there is more money spen
t in the Y. M. c. A. in America tina,
t was spent the last time in carrying o
three political campaigns.
The worlds present day recogni
ton of the evils Of alcohol shows NOR
e al progress. The Emperor of Ger
e many is a teetotaler and is p%reachin
it to his people. He said he had rea
lately that William was thought b
his subjects to be becoming ~fanatics
n on this subject of the evil of alcoho
o A man is a fanatic when he alone see
the truth, he is an enthusiast whe
n a few others see it with him, and h
y is a nero when everybody sees it. /
Here came down the rain, afte
e which he began by abiding to a Oh
n cagO business man who had once upo
e remarked to him that there WEI
g some men in this country who ha
. more money than they ought to hav
Twenty years. said this man, :
V have had an income Of about $1,000
n a year, and / am becoming afraid NJ