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Uncle Tobey’s Lecture
4* On Heads. 4*
From JIomk And Farm.
Before I begin this lecture on
heads, the .young man on the right,
the fourth seat hack from the
front, will take that cud of to
bacco from his mouth and throw
it out doors. The young gentle
man on the left will take his feet
off the seat in front of him and sit
up straight. If there are no birds
near enough on the outside to be
poisoned by the foul air in this
room, someone will please lower
the top windows about two feet
and seven iuches. I am told that
there was a political meeting
held in this house last Thursday
night by sonic of the lords of cre
ation who are anxious to save the
country. Your Uncle Tobey '
would suggest, that, while the ob
ject of the meeting was a worthy
one, the tobacco stains and cuds
which cover the floor would indi
cate that the gentlemen who were
present were not half as much
slaves to the holitical conditions;
that surround them as they;
are to tin* tobacco habit. Men
who cannot sii in a clean nouse
long enough to pass on a few res
olutions without making the floor
look like a hog pen have more
need for a prayernieeting than a
political caucus.
Now, youilg fellows, 1 want to
talk to you about heads. You all
have heads but did it ever occur ,
to you what they are fori Do
you use your head for anything
except a hat rack' Let your Un
cle Tobey tell you something
about the rough corners you are
likely to run amuck against as you
trip merrily down the pathway of
life. Your Uncle Tobey knows
lie has been all along the trail and
left his footprints in the quick
sands, and some of lii.s clothes on
the thorns that reach out to tear
the flesh of the unwary pilgrim,
lie has studied the signboards ami
lost a good deal of tune on tin' ,
dirt roads. Delias stumbled ov- j
er the rocks of prejudice and grop
ed his way through the fogs of ig
norance. Young min, don’t de
pend too much on the signboards.
Some of them glitter with gold,
but they will lead you into the
quagmires of desolation. 1'he
right road is straight ahead. But;
let us get back to our text. What
is your head intend’d fori Are
you putting anything in it, or are
you going through life with it emp
ty like an old tin can thrown out on
the commons'
About the time the Ur///, on a
.young man's lip begins t > assume
the dignity of hair, the tirst thing
that is likely to attract his atten
tion is a girl. Many a young man
when he sees a piece of female
flesh, wrapped up in a bundle of
calico, and ribbons and lace, come
waltzing down the pike, imagines
that she is about the only girl in
the world. Now, young man, lis
ten to .>our uncle lobey. dust
hang a barrel of salt, or something
heavier on the safety valve of
your eagerness, shut off the steam
and hold yourself to the ground.
Let that girl flit by, and all other
girls until you get something in
.your head. There’s plenty of
them, and the breed will not run
out—not until you have selected
your pardner and occupy a seat in
the circus of double blessedness or
troublous cussedness, according to
the way you use your head.
A pretty girl can lill an empty
head quicker than a steam shovel
can till a pint cup, and when a
young man gets his head full of
girl he hasn t much room tor any
thing else, lake Unole Tobey’s
j advice and till .your head with
something else besides ribbons and
laces, flounces and furbelows,
paint, powder and false teeth.
They may amuse and rest you now
| but after awhile they will make
you tired.
While your mustache is grow
ing, and your physical being is
developing into the shapely form
of manhood don’t neglect your
head. Put something in it besid
es tobacco juice, cigarettes, and
bad whisky. Fill it up with use
ful knowledge and manly thoughts.
Don't be afraid of overloading it.
It is like a street car in fair time
—there is always room for more?
There is no objection to you hang
ing your hat on it, but don’tdon’t,
don't regard it just simply as a
hat rack.
i our I'ncle Tobey would advise
you, further, not to till your head
with rubbish. The smokehouse
or dump pile is the proper place
for that. Reading dime novels
like “Wild Dick, the Indian Slay
er;’’ will not qualify you to anal
yze the elements of the soil, to
plead a case in law, teach a school,
or preagh the gospel. Trashy
literature is what fools ftt’n made '
of. Trash feeds the brain just.
like trash would feed the body.
Don’t stuff yotir head with trash.
Did you ever think, young fel-j
lows, that the difference in men
consists chiefly in what they put
in their heads; Your head is a
very necessary adjunct in life. A
little girl was once asked what
was the chief end of man. “The
end that’s got the head on.” she
replied, and -die was a juvenile
philosopher.
Your head is intended not only
as a storehouse of knowledge, hut
for a thinking machine. Some
men use it to think with. This
requires exertion and the burning
of midnight oil, but it pays good
dividends. The man who thinks'
best sails under the wire first. No
man can think to good purpose
with an empty head. A sawmill
can’t make lumber without ma
terial. Thought is manufactured
from material stored in the brain.
Thought moves the world. It in
vented the telegraph, the steam
engine, the air brake, the tele
phone. It ha- revolutionized the
world. It ha^ measured the dis
tance to the sun, moon and stars.
It has abridged the broadest riv
ers and tunneled under the high
est mountains. The motive pow
er of this world is the brain of
man.
RAN OVER AN!) KILLED.
McNeil. Ark. March 13. One
of the saddest accidents that ever
happened in this community oc
curred Monday. Thomas Reagan,
who lives about four miles north
west of this place, was coming to
town on a wagon which was load
ed with two bales of cotton.
About one mile from town his
team became frightened and start
ed to run. Mr. Reagen lost his
balance and fell from the wagon,
across a trench about 16 inches
deep which was cut out by wagon
wheels, and the wagon ran across
his chest, killing him almost in
stantly. Ross McAlister, a neigh
bor of Mr. Reagan, who was re
turning to his home, rode up a few
seconds after Mr- Reagen fell, but
too late to save his life.
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS
Items of General Interest Gathered
Fresh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers.
—
Several cases of smallpox are
; reported at Esau.
Alf Coker accidentally shot and
killed himself at Greentown.
•Judge M. M. Stuckey of New
port is being urged to run for cir
cuit judge.
Fire in the business portion of
Hope destroyed property valued
at $30,000.
Sheriff S. Q. Sevier of Ouachita
county announces that he is a can
didate for governor.
There are at present 805 stud- ,
cuts enrolled in the State Univer- ,
sity at Fayetteville.
Searc.v has handled 7,700 bales j,
of cotton this year, an increase of ]
700 bales over last year. I
The Lamar public school lias i
been dismissed for two weeks on 1
account of the smallpox scare. |
The great reviv al at Greenwood '
is about to close, with 12.') conver- 1
sions the result of the meeting.
Four mules, 1,200 pounds
weight, sixteen hands high, sold [
for $700 in Russellville recently. •
Nine brick business buildings ‘
will be erected in Wynne in the •
■
near future at a total cost of $72- t
000. :
I
Ep Avants, near Shady, Polk ;
county, lost three fingers as the \
result of coming in contact with a 5
saw. ;
W. A. Salter formerly of Raid I
Knob has been arrested in St. *
Louis for embezzling $070 in post- 5
otlice fund*. ;
Mrs. Jesse Winnigl.am was l
fatally burned at Lamar Friday, %
her dress becoming ignited from a •
tire in the yard. •
Spreading rails caused a slight ;
freight wreck Friday at Forrest t
City. Five persons were injured, -
but none seriously.
A stranger mum 1 Smith com
mitted suicide at Hot .Springs Sat
urday by shooting himself in the
head with a revolver.
(ieo. \Y. (Jogburn, from Mont
gomery county, charged with mur
der, was sentenced to live years in
the penitentiary at Murfreesboro
last week.
Frank Roth of Auburn, 111.,
died at Memphis of injuriesrecciv- ■
ed at Wynne where lie was thrown
while attempting to board an Iron
Mountain train.
Secretary of agriculture James
Wilson has promised Congress
man John S. Little to attend the
next meeting of the Arkansas
Good Roads Association. 1
The material used in the Arkan
sas building at the World's Fair
has arrived at Fayetteville and a
force of twenty men is engaged in
reconstructing it for A. F. \\ olf.
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