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LANDVOIGT & VADAKIN.
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SRPTEMIIEU 1. I MO.
Our Responsibility and Our Oppor
tunity.
Anglo-Saxons will make or mar the
world’s civilization. In 1801 there
were onlv 2U.d20.000 English speaking
people, 12.7 percent of the dominant
nations of Europe and America. Jn
1800 they numbered 111.100.01)0, or 27.7
per cent of the same nations, an in
crease from 12 7 per cent of KU.HOO.tHHi.
to 27.7 per cent of 401.700.000, a change
from fifth to fust place. They do three
fifths of all the railroad travel, and
own more than two thirds of all rail
roads and of the world's merchant ton
nage. Yet present conditions give An
glo Saxon civilization an influence
vastly greater than mere numbers and
possessions would indicate.
American civilization is Dip potent!
facto! II the Anglo-Saxon world. No
thoroughly civilized nation has a larger
undivided area. No nation in the
world has greater wealth, or contains
v ithin itself greater resources or more \
wealth producing elements. Ilsagri-j
cull lire alone is capable of .sustaining1
1,000,000.1H Hi people. In 1801 A men-I
cans constituted little more than one- >
fourth of the whole English speaking
population; now we are nearly three |
fifths. While the English-speaking
people have increased live anil one
lull! times, we have increased twelve
times. From 8.8 uer cent of 1(11,800.-,
000, Americans have in less than a cen- i
tury become Id 6 per cent of 401,700,000.
They constitute a larger part of the
civilized nations than did all English-,
speaking people ninety years ago.
W lule Anglo-Saxons have easily out-1
snipped all others, Americans have;
distanced the rest of their own blood.
Anglo-Saxons lead the world; Ameri-1
can> head the Anglo-Saxon procession.
Woi id leadership is upon us. Are we ;
eqn I to its tremendous responsibili- j
ties V
vv hue population anunaturai resour
ces help in leadership, intelligence and
morality are the most powerful ele
ments. Statistics need not be adduced;
it is conceded that as a whole our peo
ple are more intelligent and moral
than any other, unless very limited
numbers are considered. Are condi
tions favorable for perpetuating these \
essentials of our superiority?
Our form of government is helpful,
for it encourages intelligence. Our
public schools provide for the elemen
tal > training of all, the colleges lor tin;
thou ugh education of tho^e who as
pire. Our Christianity is strong, ag
gressive. and conservatively liberal.
{Still, fearful dangers menace our in
stitutions. and are now mentioned
simply because we can not avert evil
unless we realize its presence and mag
nitude.
The dangers assume different aspects
but may in nearly every case Ik* traced
to a common origin, namely, popular
discontent over inequality of condi
tion, awakened by increased knowl
edge of lights and fuller consciousness
of power. Economic relations reveal
the diUieultv; demagogues propose
drastic remedies;practical Christianity,
good {Samaritan gospel, will effect the
cure.
Ilowever.it is not the purpose of
this article to discuss methods, but to
show the pieseut relations of Arkan
sas to the country at large, her respon
sibility and her uppnrtunity.
First consider what are the danger
spots and where they are located. The
danger spots are: (1) Foreign-horn pop
ulation. unassimilated, clinging to the
vices of despotism without restraints;
T-i Illiteracy; (oI Saloons; <4) Decrease
in mi ;il population solhat good schools
aiiii churches can not he sustained in
the country; (5) Increase of cit y popu
lation so that the •‘slums" are crowded
with the despairing poor and good city
government becomes wellnigh impossi
ble. Space forbids the discussion of
these evils, but they will be readily
lccognized as teal and imminent.
Where tlo they exist in greater viru
lence? In the North and North-West
as the following partial statistics show.
The per cent of foreign horn in the
whole United States is 14 75; but in
‘Jo Northern and Western states the av
erage is Jt> 7S. none less than JO; some
as high as 44 ->5; while in 11 Southern
st ales I he evei age is 1.44. ill several less
than one per cent. While the illiteracy
or ilie South is greater than that of the
North, it is largely due to the presence
of negroes who as slaves were un
taught; and vet in the above 20 North
ern States there is only one school
house to 343 inhabitants and in the II
Southern states there is one scIi.mi)
house to im. the average in the United
‘-tales being one to Job In the United
Stales one liquor permit is issued for
J J people; in the above JO Northern
Mates there is one for every 175. while
in the 11 Southern states only one is
issued tor OH people. In tables giving
t lie number of townships and pnpulu
ti ' in the several states it appears
t 'mt of th-* rural townships which in
the last decade lost population the* per
cent was much greater ill the North
,1.;.;’ iii the South. Throughout the
laud the city population has increased
t ii tn<>re i >pidl\ than that of the cmiii
11\ hot the tendency is not so strong
i I lie South.
1 has it is evident that in the North
is the seat ol gieatest immediate don
i; hence the North must he m >st
|»r unpt *o apply remedial measures,
o whole ilie South is healthier.
] 'H-e bettei able to keep right and
p V.e proper progress. Leaving out
1 *; • . (lie Southern people may he
< o i et• I s. Inby American, practi
ce. . ii icons consequently they
jinny think ami net as a unit. And
even the negro is American and in
[much (greater sympathy with our in
stitutions than is the foreigner of the
North, so that the Southern problem is
less involved ami diilicult than the
Northern. This condition places upon
us the great responsibility of keeping
sound and grow ing stronger so that we
may lie able to preserve tlie nation it
other parts grow too weak. It may be
that the South was kept in the Union
to he its leaven. (Now the same con
ditions which make the South the
soundest spot in the nation combine
still more strongly to declare Arkansas
the leaven of the South. While dif i
ferent states do iu some single point ex '
cel her. no state in the whole Union!
has fewer or smaller elements of dan- j
ger or more factors for good. Let the
tacts sneak.
Foreign-born population 1 2d per
cent: illiteracy considerable, but op
posed bv 5288 school houses iu lSisi.
one to 257 inhabitants; only one liquor
permit to 128t> rersons, outside of six
or seven cities and a score of lumber
ing towns, practical prohibition by lo
cal option; only 20 1 per cent of her
rural townships lost population; cities
growing moderately, not seriously out
stripping the country: smallest per
cent of negro population except one
state; Protestant Church membership
20 percent against 22 for the whole
country. Her people have been con
servative and iu some respects back
ward, but they lack much that is evil
and possess much that is good.
These facts make her responsibilitt
to the South and to the nat ion very
grave. Her duty to strengthen even
uplifting force is necessary for her own
preservation. Arkansas has a variety
of soil, climate and productions not
equaled by any other state, and her
miles of navigable rivers are more than
any other state can boast. Site is di-i
reclly on the line of commerce with
Mex'co and South America. Consid
ering states and portions of states
whosp people are really Southern. Ark
ansas is tlie central state of the South.
These wonderful natural resources and
advantages must, when known to the
world, bring into her territory vast
throngs. She must shortly become not
merely a great agricultural state, but
a swarming center of mining, manu
facturing. and commercial interests.
Will sliebe overrun and overpowered by
this motley horde ? or will she lay mor
al and intellectual foundations so deep
and broad and build so wisely that the
structure may not only stand firm but
modify and utilize all new elements
until even they become factors of
strength and beauty ?
What may we unite to do ?
(1) Secure good roads so that tlie
country and town may he brought
closer together and rural life may not
be so isolated, but may command more
of modern conveniences. This will
make farmers more contented and will
restrain the migration from country to
town. This requires the repeal of our
present senseless and iniquitous road
law and the substitution of a thorough
ly practical law. Who is equal to the
task i
(2) Encourage tlie division of large
farms and the sale of 40 and 60 acre
tracts to the the most industrious and
reliable tenants, thus securing perma
nent settlers and valuable improve
ments and the llnancial and political
independence of a most worthy class.
(S) Build mole and better school
houses; lengthen the term; pay better
salaries: ai d secure moie competent
teachers. Education is absolutely es
sential for the best type of manhood, i
Local public education is all that nine I
children out of ten can hope to acquire;
hence the schools in which this man
hood is nurtured must be sacred places
and their welfare graven on our hearts.
If our public schools are not what they
should he we may fashion them after
our own ideal, The people that will I
not educate must miserably die. but I
they w ho rightly educate shall even on
earth taste immortality.
(4) Strengthen and perpetuate our
colleges. A people never rises above
its leal leaders. A state w ithout meat
men can not be great. A people H at
provides oniy elementary education
can have only an elementary civiliza
lion. The elementary schools can not
even live much less ^flourish without
the stimulating inlliience of colleges
and cultured men. Higher education
enriches the blood. The Mate without
colleges can not boast of its public
schools.
We have colleges, hut they have
been merely planted, they are dwarfed,
shriveled, dying for lack ot enrichment
water, and cultivation. We are not
a rich people, but putting our mites to
gether we may bring these languishing
institutions to luxuriant fruitage.
\\ e do not need more colleges hut
better. Each considerable denomina
tion has one or more, well located and
even with limited means doing much
good. They must tie endowed or sink
into insignificance and die. How may
the desired end lie reached? Eve y
man should be concerned for the col
leges, but usually has done nothing
Eet him seleet the college capable of
using his money to llie* best advantage
and lay aside yearly for live years at
least one hundredth part of his income
to invest in that college. Mo invest
ment will pay so well or he so perma
nent. It will live and increase as the
youth educated by it strengthen and
multiply. Let every reader now re
solve to do this and promptly execute
his purpose. Then will our higher ed
ucation take a leap that will astonish
the world.
Our youth, protected thus far from
the most contaminating intlueucs.have
a moral and intellectual freshness and
vigor, which properly directed, will
make them sate and true leaders for
the State, for the South, and for the
Nation.
bellow citizens, a fearful responsi
bility is upon us and a dazzling oppor
tunity beckons, shall we act our part
nobly? ily Hod's help we will, but
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plenty of exercis* i. t! e open air. Her
form glows with health and hei face
blooms with its beauty If her system
needs the cleansing action of a laxative
reined) she uses the gentle ami pleasant
tluid laxative Syrup of Fig.
What to See in Cnicaco.
The only purely religious Exhibition
in the World's Fair City is the new and
beautiful Cydorama of Jerusalem upon
the occasion of the Crucifixion of the
Savior, on the corner of Wabash Ave.
and Hubbard Court. This is not the
same scene that was on exhibition 1
there a few years ago. but a new and I
very elaborate one. embodying many
novel features and effects. Indeed it
is claimed to h« next to the great |
panorama of the Chicago Fair, the most
expensive work of the kind in the
world.
In connection with thissupurbscene,
and without extra charge, is shown the
celebrated painting. “Christ Triumphal
Entry Into Jerusalem;” valued at j
SoO.OOO. None should fail to visit that 1
most wonderful scene. Panorama of the J
gieat Chicago File, as it shows truth
fully and upon a scale of grandeur i
never before attempted, a magnificent |
bird's eye view of the entire city, while
the great tire was at its height.
Why Don't You
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and “that tired feeling.” It purities
the complexion, acts upon the sluggish
liver ami moves the bowels every day. |
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pleasant.
Through The World's Fair For
Twenty Cents.
Naturally, every patriotic American i
wants to go to llie Columbian Exposition,
and will go. if possible; and, just as nat
iirally, the impossibility of going makes
the desire all the stronger to see the
beauties and wonders there displayed
Whether one goes or not. a souvenir ot
tiie grandest Exposition of all time is a
desirable tiling to have; and no more
complete or beautiful one can be had than
the September number d Demorest's
Family Magazine- the Exposition num
her—which contains over 300 illustrations. ;
showing as much as one could see in a
week’s visit, and accompanied l>\ vivid
descriptions of all points and objects ot in-,
terest. In fact, "tisa collection of plmto-;
graphic souvenirs that would cost a lot of
money, and yet you may possess it for I
only twenty cents. Through it you may
also become familiar with the city if
Chicago as well, for the history of that
city is graphically told in "From Fire to
Fair,” which is also profusely illustrated.
And all this is given for only twenty cents, j
the usual price of an ordinary number
The subscription price is $2.00 per year.!
Published by YY. Jennings Demurest.
If) Fast 14th St., New York. For sale at
the News Stand.
Every friend of silver can find s<mie
thlng to suit him in the Bland bill, and
if lie fails to get what he wants at first
lie can have another tt ial. as there aie
six distinct propositions allowable
—free coinage at 10 to 1. 17 to 1. IS to
1. 19 to 1. or 20 to 1, or the limited
coinage as provided by the Bland-'
Allison law of 1878. It "the silver men
can t succeed on one of those provisions
it is hard to say what thev could '
succeed on. YYe f»e] much encouraged
in the matter, as we do not believe the
Wilson hill can get through both houses
of congress against some one of the !
propositions of the Bland bill,—Ex.
Attention Ti v 1 >rs!
Travel Via Mempl *•'
ton and New York. 1 hi \ <
a id E. T.. V. ivc G V V',y*ti »ul«“i
and Dining < ar Servlo «r
Hunt a to Vliattange. \- n Mae
.1 acksoiiYili, and a !>< >.»*»*• »>|ern
I'oins.
The through ear sen • <1 be
traveling public froiu to. >• n in
Memphis to Washington, it lit" ie
Phihdelphia and New Y -v l>y 'he
Memphis and ('harleston it K < d
East Tennessee. \ iil.iuui uni (i i in
Railway is not to be exec d b\ ih t
olTered hy any other line ami i :•
through the Shenandoah V m • i
its beautiful scenery and In t is
sociations. make it the most ■ t ■
line to the East, and Soothe; >
The evening train from uum s
runs daily and carries a thr.
ei to Washington. It forms , i
the ‘'Washington and ( Ion _<»
Limited'' from Cliultaiioog, m u
carries a Pullman Dining Car. •• ».o'
baggage cars, etc..and runs 1 m-ugii i •
Washington without chaug B .; s .
can es one of Pullman’s linesi ■si.-cp.-i*
from (.'liattanooga to New York, via
Harrisburg and Pennsylvania B n mad
This train makes close connections
with the famous tlve hour "Royai 1} ue
Line " to New York.
The morning train from Memphis
carries a through sleeper to New York
via Hagerstown, amt the Standard
Pennsylvania Railway
Both trains pass through or have
direct connection with the famous
summer resorts and waiming places
of Georgia, J ennessce. the ('arolinas
and Virginias.
Both tiams connect with through
sleeepers and day coaches lor Lynch
burg. Richmond and Norfolk.
Our trains wait for ilte anival of
the Cotton Belt ami iron Mountain
trains from the .Southwest, thereby
assuring connections at .Memphis.
1 ni'oi mat ion and Tickets can be had
by railing on your nearest ticket agent
< i anv line connecting for Memphis or
addressing.
]• M Jolly. Western Pass. Agent,
l'-'j Main St , Dallas. Tr\.
C. A. DtSaussure, Div. Pass. Agt.
Memphis. Tenn.
B. W; Wieim. Gen. Pass. W T. Agt.
Knoxville. Tenn.
WANTED—Salesmen, to sell our
choice and hardy (misery stock. Many
spe .’in) varieties to oiler both in fruits
and ornamentals, and controlled onlv
by us. We pay commission or salary.
gi\e exclusive territory and pay week
ly M file us at once and .secure choice
of territory.
MAY BROTHERS.
Nurserymen. Rochester. N. V
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A^ent for tickets via the
Chicago A: Alton rail
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CHEROKEE STRIP.
and the Tonknmi. Pawnee him] Kiekst*®
erVHtmns. mm.ii to lie opened fnr.ettlein,
t S. Government. Millions of ocr*Th'’ s,;#
finest .lyriciilt urnl country under ,n,
w nitiny to he tickled hr the hnsfa''" r.
plowshare. This is nlinost thclisl enn ■
ohtnin one of Cnclc Sum s free fanuS- _
Road Notice.
fl^HK unilersitrned will apply to **Vr ^IniSl
1 of the Comity Court for an order or ■
u new rood. *9 follows: • , Vo *
I’eyinniny where Knud District ‘ ^
Johnson township crosses tlieluie
sections 2ft and iki of township
j.'tinst. near the residence ol
ttnil rnuniny thence wc«t on the 'my, |(1tM
I sections '.’.'>and .Mi. ‘JO and i.V t'1"1 ' ' g;is
point where the line between sects sJ
■d crosses Ko«.| District No. 4 1,1
towiisiup. just norlti of the i< sidcnt
Q. Allen . «ip)’l>
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lee«I Jo eure Chill* atal 1
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