The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-09

Of the Republic paid a glowing tribute
TO the valor Of the Federal soldiers.
He said:
Truly does Emerson say: We live
in a new and exceptional age. Amer
lea is another word for opportunity.
Our entire history e like a last
effort Of divine Providence in behalf
of the human race Those words of
the great Concord philosopher were
fifty spoken, and are like apples of
gold in pictures of silver.
81 shall always consider it among
the greatest blessings of my life that
when / was "a student at Kentucky
University one Of my teacher was
Prof. Joseph ID. Pickett, a Virginian
gentleman Of the old school,, who
could have given pointers to Lord
Chesterfield in politeHeSs and made
him turn green with envy. When a
young man Prof. Pickett toured Eu-
rope. He was much in company with
an English duchess. She was so
charmed with his manners, wit, and
learning hat when they parted she
said, Prof. Pickett, / have been sur
prised at your extreme grace and
politeness, remembering that you
come from a country where they have
no queen
Every American Woman a Queen.
The courtly Virginian, bowling al
most to the ground, said: You grace,
] beg our pardon. You live in a
countr where you have one queen. l
live in a country where every woman
is a queen A finer mot was never
uttered. The civilization of a country
can be accurately measured by the
estimation in which the women are
held.
shortly after the close of the war
between the States, Admiral Faragut
made the circle of the globe in his
fiapShin In every civilized country he
was received with the honors due a
hero-which he was. While cruising
i'm the Aegean Sea he sent word to the
Sultan of Turkey that he desired to
call on him to pay his respects. h
Sultan replied that no battleship was
permitted to enter the Dardanelles
unless commanded by a prince of the
blood royal. That raised Faragut's
Tennessee fighting blood to the boil
ing point, and he sent this message to
the Sultan:
~ have on board my ship 700
American citizens, every one of whom
is a prince of the blood royal in his
own land. l am clearing my ship for
action, and will call on you imme-
diately in force
Suffice it to say hat he had no
trouble anchoring in the Goldern
Horn.
Ready for Resurrection.
"A few years & a party of Ameri-
leans were travelling in the Old World
They had with them a boy about IL
years old. In the pyramids of Egypt
he was weary and fell asleep. A wag
thinking to hav some fun with the
lad, surrounded him with the grinnlns
mummies of dead pharoahs and blew
a horn in imitation of GabrieIs trum.
pet. The boy awOke and didn't know
where he was. He rubbed his eyes
GWnnp his can over his noaO dn(
shouted:
"'Hurrah. It's resurrection day
and an American is the first man up!
Prof. Pickett, Admiral Faragut
and that boy were genuine Americans
fit to be countrymen Of George Wash
ingten, Thomas Jefferson, Alexande
Hamilton, and Old Ben. Franklin.
1t is written, Blessed are tn
peacemakers,' but after nineteen cen
turtles of Christian humanl
is not sufficiently purged of the on
Adam to obey the injunction contain
ed in the sermon on the mount, Wh1c
runs in this wise: : WhoSOever sha
smite thee on the right cheek. tur
TO him the other also On the con
trary, we are prone to smlte IN
bm!ter.
Do Not Pray for Enemies.
Despite the positive
the Saviour, few, even OF the pest "
ever pray loT our SIltIilCS. w
il is with an elastic mental reserve
ton. The day has not yet arrive
when swords are beaten into pho
shares or spear into pruning DOCKS
and, Judging from facts which can I
neither blinked nor denied, that el
of perfect eaCe is out of sight IN tf
distant future.
with every nation of Europe SUI
porting of immense pr
portions and straining every nerve
augment them, it cannot be trutn1ul
said tina the world has attained IN;
pacific status foretold in the gosp
of the Prince of Peace. The clank
the sword is heard and the nash
the bayonet is seen in every quart
Of the globe.
Martial Fame Still Coveted.
That mythical and intangible TIM
called the balance of power IN r
rope is in as precariOus ana danse
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