The people's recorder. (Columbia, S.C.) 1893-1925, March 19, 1898, FIRST EDITION, Image 13
.FARED ESPECIALLY FOR i
THE FAMILY FIRESIDE. '
ur Yesterdays ?ntl Our Tn-morrown" Ii? j
tho Titi? ?>f Dr. IIopwortli'B Sermon In
tho Now York Herald-l>r. Talmago
?ni Trvlnc Life'? Journey Over Again.
[NOTE: Tho oue-lbousaud-dollnr prl/.o
Tor the host sermon in thu Now York Her
nld's coin petition was won by Hov. Wollard
G. Woodbridge, p-vstor of tho Central Con
gregational Church, Mlddloboro, Musi
"Tho Power of UenlleucBs" was tho Hilo of
Jlr. Woodbridge's sermon. Fifteen sonnons
in nil appeared in lb? Herald's competitive
series.] -
TEXT: "Kuifleient unto tho day is tho evil
thereof."-Matthew vi., 31.
lloro is a bit ot philosophy too profound
to ho appreciated without, careful anil con
tinuous study. lt also contains a stern in
junction not to worry over vrhat cannot bo
kelped, but, on tho ??thor baud, to make thc
host of your circumstances. You aro com
manded to lot the past go its way Into tho
land of forgetfulness, and not to borrow
from tho future the troubles which yon four
it may contain, but to live in thu present as
far as possible, lt ls a command very dif
ficult to obey, and yet obedience ls abso
lutely necessary If you would get out of lifo
all that God has pul into it.
Tho man who lias a vivid romomhranco of
his past troubles and who cherishes thal
memory deliberately throws a gloom over
bis present. If he will cou lino himself to
tho ?inly of tho moment he will generally
lind that he is quito equal to lt,but if ho
collects all tho miseries of yesterday and of
tho day before ami adds t lient to the bur
dens of to-dir ^? becomes disheartened,
and his discon Nhmoiit saps his moral
Btronglh and produces moral weakness.
You have enough to do to face what ts im
mediately before you, and if you conjuro up
tho ghosts of misdeeds and ol trials which
have been ou.lived you do yourself u seri
ous injury ami interfere with your spiritual
or business success.
In like manner, if yon think you eau
master to-day's work, but dampen ymir
ardor by wondering how you ure going to
(jct through to-morrow, you proilucu ti
nervous tension which debilitates and
brings about tho very failure that you
dread. No mau can carry more than ono
dii" '?.t a time. WhoA^Jesus asks you not
to iLicmpt lo do so Ho gives yon wiso
counsel, and you had better follow tho ad
vice. Lifo is not so smooth that you can
alford to make lt rougher by recalling tho
ad roads o*'er which you have already
issed or anticipating tho bad roads over
hle.h you will have to pass before tho end
of tho journey is reached. You may ho
cheerful, and therefore strong, if you will
forget the things that aro behind and let
ho futuro take caro of itself; bul if you
roposo to add yesterday amt to-morrow
to to-day you will add what God warns you
against doing, and will certainly make a
great mistake.
It Hie sun shines now, bo grateful und
contented. Suppose it did raia yesterday,
r supposa wo aro to have a bii/./.nrd to
; or row. You have got beyond-tito min on
bo ono hand, and, on t. other, the
Imo has not como to'incct the |. Vant. It
"s foolish to make yourself rni?<;,?- 3 now
jecauso you wara^?loe?o.bfo a few lays
lenee. Ono^dn^?J10 labor at a timo~,9
"XHIMI Beru is any enjoy mon':
lo-be had, T??^r^r^Btli tin eager grn^p; fox
If you sit in tho mirm sumdiino tor only
. live minutes it helps you bear thc cold of
tho next live minutes". It ls poor policy to
Bpoil those llrst Jive minutes by worrying
about tho other .?vo minutes. .
Let ?b> U'?Stftf?K. There is DolnTTfgTiT
connection, with deuth moro wearing than
the regret that you did not do moro for ttio
ODO who bas gone. This is a universal ex
p?rience with those who have any heart.
Tho fact of separation seems to have ii
mngie in lt, for it ia suddenly revealed to
you that Ibero wero many little attentions
which you failed toronder,and tho remem
branca pierces like a knife. No ono over
purled with a loved ono without self-blamo
of that kind.
But asa general thing it Is all an illusion
conjured np by overwrought nerves. lu
very truth you did whatever tho circum
stances suggested,you did as mucluis hu
man nature is eapublo of doing, but in the
presence of death you accuse yourself of
things ol which you uro quito innocent, and
in doing so you nmko tho parting harder to
bear, ll may he well for tho dear ono that
lie has gone. Ho has sweet sleep for tho
first time in many months. Ile is glad that
the bonds of mortality aro broken, that, hu
is at lust released', and in tho lower dept tis
of your own heart von are also ghnl for his
?nice. But t here comes this thorny thought,
that you may luivo been'remiss, and your
soul is \\ rung by ii.
You do yourself a wron ir. You did what
you could. You were loving, tender,gent?o
and moro than kind. You have real burdens
enough without adding imaginary ones.
Your tears naid not be embittered by an
accusation which has no basis in fact. Lifo
is too precious and too short lo IKI wasted
in regrets of that kimi. Tho duties cf thu
k' futuro demand your close attention, and
you have no right lo think of tho dead e
??pt to recall a sweet relationship and to
dream of a ccunion.
Live your lifo .ns quietly and ns peace
fully as possible. I.ive bi each day as It
somes. Other days, whether pusl or tulum,
Viust not be allowed to press on your heart.
Ibis is Hie noblest policy you omi adopt ,
policy which eon es to you as a divine
.Hon. Lol neither regret nor ?111
?pation intrude upon von to make you
Ir.
is evident that there is a plan neeortl
Ito which your lifo is arranging itself,
icqnnlly evident that if you are reposo
rio! trustful, doing Ibo duty of tln<J
i;nt hom- and not fretting over (jin
Inf the next hour, you an: in a mental
Ition which keeps alf your powers at
LWt. /
ho grandes': privilege to fo?'i that
a (?od, a guardian of human tl?:?
tl that you aro in His hands, lt
iviol ion is oui; of your possessions,
of gn at price, you eau bn rjulut^
?ho midst of tumult and cheerful in
fl of sorrow, for your very tears
as a background for the rainbow
id promise.
G conn r. H. I li; rwor.ru.
give
TALMAGE'3 ..SERMON.
T.ilce lo Live Yo *
i?" ifl thc Sulljec^*^ J
that a man hath will ?r^ gi
-Job. il.. 4.
it me. Tho J.ord did not say
Isaid it to tho Lord when thu
i'd Job still moro alllicied.
'So went Satan forth from
kd tho Lord, and smote .lob
' And .Satan luis buen tho
|rnptivn disease since then,
by poisoning the blood to
But tho result of the il bi
lli t which left Job victor
ty of the Kalindi! remark:
hath will he give for his
lain who has stood on tho
pilmer lill his passengers
rued; many nu engineer
hand on tho throttle
lon the brake, until tho
Vis saved, while ho wont
lough the ooen draw
?an who plunged into
. sleeping chi hi out,
J his life n Hie al
iud of m a it.vis who
knife ol r.ias
...urroi.der lt. **Vo soo liow precious Ufo ls
rm:;, ?ii?' taut wo ?lo ?ivory (liing to prolong
it. lt oneil nil sanitary regulations, all
st tilly ot hygiene, all fear ot draughts, all
wiu?rproof>), nil .'"'.tors, all medicines, nil
snuggle III CTIBIH or accident. Au Admiral
?>; tho Drltlsh Navy was court-martInloil
for turning hld ship around tn timo of dan
gar, and so Unmaking thu ship. It was
proved against him. Hut when his timo
caine to bo heard be said: 'Gentlemen, I
?lid turn tho ship around, and admit that it
was dani aged but do you want to know
why I turned lt? There was a man over
board, and I wanted t?> .save him, and I did
save him, and I consider tho lib? of ono
sailor worth all the vessels of thu british
Navy.' No wonder ho was vindicated.
Lifo'is indeed very precious. Yea, there
aro those who deem lifo HO precious they
would like to try lt over nguiu. Tlioy would
like to go back from seventy lo .sixty, from
sixty to fifty, from fifty to forty, from forty
to thirty, and from thirty to twenty.
"Tlie fact is, that no Intelligent and right
feeling mau is satisfied with bis pus!, life.
"Howeversuccessful your life may have
binni, you aro not Bill is lied with it. What
is success? Ask that question of a lui tel rod
different men, and they will give a hun
dred different answers. Ono man will say,
'Success is a million dollars;' another wilt
say, 'Success is wOrld-wlde publicity;' an
other will say, 'Success ls gaining that
Which you started for.' Hut na lt ls a free
country, I glvo my own dellnition. and
say, 'Success ls fullllling tho particular
mission upon willoh you were sent, whether
to write ii constitution, or invent a now
stylo of wheelbarrow, or take care of a sick
child.1 l)o what (led ?Mills you to do, and
you aro a Biioccss, whether yon leave n
million dollars tit death or aro buried at
publie expense, whether lt takes Hf teen
pages of an encyclopedia lo tell tho won
derful things you have ?lone, or your Hinno
is never printed hut once, tittil that ia th??
death column, but whatever your success
has been, you aro not satlslleil with your
lifo.
"Dut some of you would have to go hack
further than to twenty-one years ot ugo to
make a fair start, for there aro many who
mn ange tog?;t all wrong before that period.
Yea, in order to get a fair stn rt, some won ld
have to go back to tho father ami mother
and get thom corrected; yea, to Hie grand
rat her and grand mother, ann have their
Ufo corrected, for some of you uro suffering
from bad hereditary influences which
started u hundred years ago. Well, if your
grandfather lived his lifo over ?gain, and
your bittier lived his lifo over nguiu, ami
you lived your life over again, what a clut
ter ed-up place I his world would bo-a placo
Ulled with miserable attempts nt repairs.
1 begin to think that it is bolter for each
gntierntioii to have only ono chance, and
then for timm to pass ott and give another
generation a chance. Besides that, if wo
we.ro permitted to live life over again, it
would be a stale, and stupid experience.
Tho zest and spur and enthusiasm of lifo
como from tho fact that wo buvo never
been along this road before, and every
thing is new, and wo aro alert for what may
appear at the next turn of Hie road. Sup
pose you. a man of ndddh'-lifo or old age,
were, with your present feelings and largo
attainments, put back into tho thirties, ?ir
thu twenties, ?ir iuto the tens, what a nui
sance you would be lo others, and what an
unhappiness to yourself! Your contempor
aries would not want you, and you would
not want thom. Things that in your pre
vious journey of life stirred your healthful
ambition, or gave you pleasurable surprise,
or led you Into happy Interrogation, would
only call forth from you a ?lisgusted 'Uli,
pshaw!' You wop ld bo blase nt thirty, and
a misanthrope at forty, and unendurable at
.IU?;\ Tho most insane and. stupid thing
linnjalnnhlo would bo a second journey of
life.
"Out yonder ls a man very o2d nt forty
-.years ot ago, al a time when hu ought lo tnt
buoyant as t?y,r,?;?rir?ag- llogot bad habits
on "alni very earlv, nfl? thoso habits have
become worso. Ho is^-u-an on lipson dre'
with alcoholism, on tire witnatttfvil habits,
out with tho world and tho world out with
him. Down, and falling dueper. Ills
swollen hands in his threadbare pockets,
und bis eyes llxed on the ground, he passes
through the streets, and the quick step of
an innocent child or tim strong step of a
young man or tho roll of a prosperous car
riage maddens him, and ho curses society
and he curses dod, rallen sick, with no
resources, he is carried to tho almshouse.
A loathsome spectacle, bo lies all day long
wailing for dissolution, or in tho nlgh.t
risos on his cot ?ad lights apparitions of
what Ito might liavo been .and what ho will
be. Ho start?; life with as good a pros
pect os any man on thc American continent,
i mid there he is, a bloat o vi carcass, waiting
for tho shovels of publia charity to put him
live feet limier. Ho lias only reaped what
ho sowed. Harvest of wibi oats! 'There la
a way that seemetli right to a mau, but th?
end I hereof ls death.'
"To others life is a niasquerado ball, mid
as at sueh entertainments gentlemen and
ladies put on tho gu rb of Kings ami Queens
or mountebanks or clowns and nt the elosu
put oil* the disguise, so a great many pas.H
their whole lifo tn a mask, talcing ?f? i.\u\
mask nt death. While tho masquerade ball
of lifo goes on, they trip merrily over 111?
(loor, gemine.1 hand ls stretched lo gemmed
ham!, gleaming brow bends to gleaming
brow. On with thu duned Flush nutt rus
tle and laughter ?if immeasurable merry
making. Hut after awhile tho languor ol
?louth conies Cu tie- limbs ami blurs tin
eyesight. Lights lower. Floor hollow
willi sepulchral cello. Music saihlened iu
to ti wail. Lights lower. Now tim mask
ers ar?! only seen in tho,lim light. Now thu
fragrance of the dowers is like thu sicken
ing odor that comes from garlands thal
liavo lain long in tho vaults of cemeteries.
Lights lower. Mists gather in tho root?,
filasses shake as though quaked by sudden
thunder. Sigh caught in ibo curtain,
Scarf drops fr.en tie? shoulder of beauty a
shroud. Lights lower. (iver Hie slippery
boards In dance of death glide jenloii.-ins,
? envies, revenges, lusr, despair timi death.
Stencil of lani [?-wicks almost extingu? heil.
Torn garlands will not half cover t.'io llb
cerated feet. Choking damps. Ohill;i:?-yS.
Kool still. Hands closed. Voleos Mushed,
lives shut. Lights out.
"Vdlllig tntin, ns you cannot live ,'lfoovef
again, however you may long to "??" SO, bu
sure lo liavo your ono lifo right. Thora i.s
.lin this assembly, I wot not, foi we am
litado up of all sections of this land and
from many hinds, sumo young man wini
hus gone away from homo anil, perulpa
limier some little spite or evil ^erMiusiou
of another, ami his parents knot not when
he is. My son, gs hound_Y>M not go tu
sea! Don't go to-night w&f^MycoL.niiiy bo
tempted to go. Oo home!?Tour rrttbor
will be gla?l to soo you; and your'mother
1 need not toll you how she fools. How I
would like to make your parants a presont
of their wayward boy, rc^ntaut and In
his right mind. I would Uko to write
thurn a letter, and you to curry tho letter,
saying: 'Dy tho blessing 6% Ood on my sor
mon i Introduce to you pu? whom you have
nover seen before, for ho Las become n now
?.reaturo In Christ Jesus.' My boy, ge
homo and put your tired., bend on thc
bosom that nursed y?u <?i? tenderly la your
childhood year?.
"A young Scotchman was In battle tnknn
captivo by a band ol Indians, un 1 IK
learned their liuiguagj and adopt? I theil
habits. Years passed JA, but tho old Indian
chieftain never forg^ that he hail In hli
possession a young ir/an who did not belong
to hun. Well, ono dAy this tribe of Indium
caine In sight of tho/dcotcli regiments fron
whom this young nan hud been captured
uml l ho old1 Indina chieftain said: 'I losl
my son In buttle, andi know how a futliei
feels at tho loss pf ne?n. Do you thiuk
your lather ls yw alive?' Tiio young mai
sahl: '[ um thc <jLfe son cl my lather, am.
1 hope no is stUJ^Bvo.' Then said 1 lie lu
. liaocldH^taijt^^^fcse of 1 he loss o? my soi
[Principal, Tuskegee Normal and I
Mr. Booker T. Washington, tho coloi
Instituto in Alabama, >is beyond doubt t
ono of the moBt useful v.nd notable men i
out n Bystcm of education that is adaptoi
mun who has attacked thc problem. His
of this system to tho requirements of hip
tho conditions of both raced in tho South
How ho carno lo work out tho system
Tuskegee, Mr. Washington tolls in nu a
ho oxplains more fully than ho lms before
basis of thoTukegeo system. Hinco it wi
growth, a good proportion of tho urticlo
Aftor u narrativo of his own awakening
unfolded itself,-beginning with uothin
economic fallacy that lay at tho fouudnti
to tho master and to tho slave,-was its <
was a necessary part of tho pbiloBOpl
degrading.
Tho start i ug poi ut in tho ol ovation of
and moral value of thrift. Tho first sh
vorsnl bondage of a credit system,-whk
bocnmo a dobt system,-to quit "libiu'
Tuskegee expressod it.
The revolution in education, in praotic
in fact,-that has como from tho appin
brought this about in this sectiou of A
"caro and culturo of men" ns can be foo
It was this revolution,-by discoveri
mndo it especially appropriate that Harri
Mr. Washington. Not yet past forty, i
him, his work as ho explains it in his
and historic place among tho builders of
Prejudice.
Prejudico io ono of tho most cruel
forces iu tho wor^d. Ho who is con
trolled by prejudice against another
. person is in no Qt condition to deal
fairly'with that person. Ho will not
give him the ci edit which is duo to bim.
The prejudieedAevson is too blind to seo
tho other's ro^Haerits, nov can ho nu
derstund.thjd^^Br. Now it is a patent fact
thai Hiero JBflK^t deal of rank und
K UCUL ML 1 llliJL lulu .
unrjj pWT^H%fndico against ns aa j
ajflHP? woujf? notT'be" iittO .lg. WjrJ
tmWORTre is a greater and worse vir
ulent prejudice7 against us than thero is
against any othor people, for very bit
ter and persistent prejudico prevails
against some othor ruecs. But race
prejudico ?S not a one-sided afluir, lt
exists in all raaos ugaiust othor races.
Wo must., licknowlodgo that our own
race is somewhat prejudiced against
others, oven against the white race, lt
is probable that we ore espe
cially prejudiced 'towards those
who manifest particular prejudice
towards us. This is quito natu
ral. Bv.t can wo not as a people do
something to lesson tho extent of the
prejudico against us ? Wo think so.
Wo muy do so by refraining from show
ing resentment towards them who prej
udice leads them to mistreat us. Wo
may treat them so kindly that they will
bo compelled to believe that wo aro a
great ?kal bettor than they supposed
wo wore. Great kindness kills great
prejudice. -The American Baptist.
"What Poola These Mortals He."
Tho whitj din's civilization sustains
the sumo relation to the boasted civil
ization of the Negro in America that a
lamp post docs to a telegraph polo.
This beiu-r true, greater ilion is tho
reason why N egroes of every td md o of
complexion and condition rhould quit
thoir nonsense, bury their prejudices
and work together for tho uplifting of
tho whole race. Ono drop or ono mil
lion drops of Negro biood maUe us all
kin. and wo cnn only escupo uar rela
tivos by a systematic courso of lying
and deception and a liberal uso of fuco
bleach and hair stwiighteners. As
Shak ospcaro says. "What fools these
mortals be." Bruce (?lit in Star ol'
Zion.
Home for Aged Colored Women.
In tho United Charities' organization
in New York, a project has been dis
cussed for Homo time oi' providing a
homo for aged colored women who have
saved some money but not enough to
tako caro of themselves. Tho project
has Anally assumed definite shape
through tho assistance of poveral well
known New Yorkers, who have pledged
$30,DOO for thut purpose. An option has
been secured on tho Heed mansion at
Bath, Mo., mid a committee will yisit
Hath to examine tho property. The
owner of tho property, Dr. Ciui!, of
New Jorsoj*, ?ells tho property nt a
nominul price, ns he is heartily in sym
pathy with tho mo vernen t.-Tho Free
man.
<?>
Must Lie Dono Patiently.
It should be tho ambition of overy
Negro to measure arms with tho white
mau in all that goes to make tip good
citizenship, wealth and high position,
but it must bo dono patiently, step hy
stop. Ono thing well dono is an incen
tivo to do another better.-Fort Worth,
(Tex.) Item.
. Surely if tho raco cnn successfully
op?ralo religious and' frntornnl organi
zations on tho plan of co-operation, it
cnn operato just as successfully busi
ness and tinuueial undeitakings.-Tho
Elevator.
The ambition of tho young man to
gamble and tho young woman tu ruin'
is becoming nlnrmiij?f?; Cant
~ done, tho ungainly oake
' en bahs.X should bo
'AHniNOTOK.
ndustrial instituto, Tuskegee, Ala. j
.ed founder and president of Tuskogoo
he foromoBt living mun of his race and
n America, lie has moro clearly worked
I to Southern conditions than any other
Bpocial work of course is tho application
I own race; but it is no less anplicahlo to
i.
that is in such successful operation at
rtielo in tho Atlantic Monthly, in which
explained tho philosophic and economic I
is part uud parcel of bis own intellectual
is autobiographical.
bo explains bow tho Tuskegco school
g but n teacher and a few pupils. The
ou of slavery,-a fallacy as applied both
liscouragoment of thrift. A luck of thrift
liy which regarded manual labor
tho Negro is to teach him tho economic
ip, theroforo, is to work out of tho uni
.h with tho population of tho Black Bolt
in do ashes," as one of tho visitors to
:al affairs, in morals-tho regeneration,
:ation of the practical system that bas
labamn, is as inspiring a chapt.?" in the
nd in the annals of our educational life.
,ng n method of wide application,- that
ird should confer au honorary degree on
ind with tho boat part, of bis lifo before
Atlantic article will givo him a securo
American civilization.
i Remember Thin.
Colored men, you have no money to
throw away on circuses, minstrels,
balls, frolics, whisky, and other non
sense You have children that should
bo well educated, and wives whom you
should make comfortable by purchas
ing homes. Yo-i have colored nows
1 apera thut you should subscribe to, as
your homos caunot be classed as in
telligent and race-loving without col
ored papers in them. You have a poll
Aty -Jr 6Vely manly Negro ought to
impi- .Prosperity nnd happiness awaits
overy coT?rod**"fan? ;.3y that is indus
trious, frugal and preserving. -The
Light.
---????
Agitation is lu Order.
Profane history tolls us that "Nero
fiddled while Borne burned. " Itseems
the Negroes' condition of today is ana
logous to that jingo of Bonum history.
Wo aro sweeping onward through tho
gates of time, while overy safeguard
around our manhood, little hy little tho
State? are hedgiug us in, yot hardly a
murmur is beard upon tho placid air.
Louisiana und South Carolina are the
latest accessions to the nefarious man
hood grabbing scbome. We must pro
test now; men who would not protest
against their disfranchisement are not
worthy of it. Agitation is in order.
Agitate! agitato, or wo perish by our
own negligence.--Birmingham Bulle
tin.
- -
The (?rimtesl Inspiration.
Tho greatest inspiration to young men
may he found in studying tho lives of
men whoso immortal mimes were not
born to die. Tho deference tc ago that
is usually present in youth is praise
worthy, but it should not go to tho ex
tout of discrediting youth's possibili
ties. Many of tho men holding public
positions today aro advanced in years,
and young mon from this fact, become
imbued with the idea that years must
bo added to them before they can
aspiro to high-places. This is not. truo
in tho present, nor hui it been in tho
past.-Augusta Chronicle.
ISe rp a ixl Doing.
Lot us bo up and doing; though tho
way may look dark at times, we must
not givo up the struggle, Ood baa
not forgotten us. Porty years tho chil
dren of Israel wandered in thu wilder
ness, but ut last they wei'Q permitted to
enter tho promised land. So, perhaps
after forty years wo will be free indeed.
- Western Outlook.
Look After Your Own Interest.
Why not tako moro interest in your
schools, bornes, ^churches and farms?
This going crazy over matters that will
profil you nothing! Ch, mon. be
sobor, be Bobor-look af ter your own
interest sometime.
Clive Us (Hood Schools.
Good schools are of far moro impor
tan co to our raco than any othor ques
tion that engagos our attention about
election time. Vote for no mun . ho
does not favor improved school condi
tions.
You 31 ust Solve thc Problem.
The colored man's fato is in his own
hands. Ho must solve tho problem as
to himself. Jdlo ologonco will not do
ono half as much good in the promises
as an energetic pal trey of tho wood
sawing kind. -Tho Elevator.
To Krect u Monument.
Tho colored poople of Philadelphia
proposo to erect a monument to Octa
vius. V. Catto, who was killed on elec
tion day in 1871, just af tor tho adoption
of tho loth amendment of tho constitu
tion.-National Reflector.
Mont (Gratifying Success.
The Colored Building and Loan As
sociation bns proven a taiost gratifying
Hiiccess and baa paid its stockholders
handsomely. Why cann?t oth/?r busi
noBS enterprises bo inaugurated and. do
avoir?--AuatiBta (Ga.) Un?-??,
\ .THE tiAKK CITY HOllROU.
?^ECnAs, C., Fob. ,21-22, 1898.
Blefp8 tho sword? lu rightcuuB
j astioe. dead I
That murder foul shoald raino its
brazen; hoad, I
And u'uovoiigod stalk bodily through
tho lund, \
And proudly rniso on bighSits blood
<ly< 'd hu ml,
While w0, with houor gono, land drag
gled name,
Sit liko ix wanton in our naked shame?
Ah God! that wo should livol? eco this
duy s
I Whon trn<;h aud right and lovo aro
filched1 fi way ;
While whoiro our fathers rulod with
gontle g-racc
Thugs und 'ussu^sius now must take
I heir place,
? And devils darice^ than tho dam noel of
hell
Do their accursed' deeds and murders
fell. \
The sucking child hilled ou ito mother's
breast,
While loviog arms i.n vain aro round it
pressed,
Fails from tho .shuttered hands which
could not save, \
And mocking fieuua provide n fiery
gravo.
Tho father dumb i h death bosido it
lies
While crackling ilu.-nes to pity i i, g
heaven mo. (
And timid girls, who tait an hour bc
fore
Were Blooping Bnfo behind the bolted. ?
door, \ y
Half craxed with frigiit, a,nd blind withf
smarting pain,
Fly in the darkness frora tho leaden
rain ;
And brush and thicket in tho gray morn
tell
Hew all along their patt' the red drops
fell..
"No Turkish blade, that i abs tho un
born child, ?
Nor Spanish bloodhound '. vying fierce
iind wild \- \
Slorc cruel is than those \\. \o wrought
this clime
Beneath the shadows of tho Southern
pine
To brand oar Stato to age'j yet un
born
Tho object of a just man's righteous
scorn.
And, what their crime for which snob
judgment carno?
Ah! tell it not, to blazon f^rth our
shanie; i
But with their murd'rers' nienVry let
it rot,
A curbed tide, a thing to be forgot
A dusky color wns their only sin,
And all their guilt the blackuess of
their skin.
Men of our State, how long sh".!: .leeds
like this
Give us a name at which the nations
* faisal. -
I plead the name ?t-??hat Tom; faithful
race,
Who while their masters battled fS, the
Whoso loyal sorvice time can r ver
efface.
fore -
Kept want and famine from each
Southern door.
Near where the Saltkehatehie winds itv
way
Through tangled glades of cypress nud^ ?
of hay,
There is a lonely mound, half hid from
sight,
Where tall reeds rustle through eacli
summer night.
And restiug there, within that humhlo
grave,
Sleeps ono most dear to me, though
but a slave
My ni am m ii, she who nursed me when
a boy
And couutod nothing hard which gave
lue joy.
My foster mother. Ah! her love was
strong
Nor can I silent bc while hellish
wrong
Smites do wu her race with shot and
torch and rack,
And . mocks their cries because their
skins aro black.
I plead for justice! Tf our State should
fail,
And all hor righteous power cannot
avail
To sink this shame, then far across our
land,
To where our nation's council chain
be rs stund,
I cry, "How long in this great laud so
freo
"Will yo permit snell wrongs as this
to be?"
Euthroned on high, Thou God of truth
and right,
Must siu liko this polato Thy holy
sight?
To Theo T cry, "How long, oh Lord,
how long,
Wilt Thou permit to pass such fearful
wrong?
Fair justico dies, out down by sinful
might.
Arise, oh God! and in Thino anger
smite.
E. A. WINMARD.
A Queer Cucumber.
Mrs. Roso Marinion found In her
garden the middle of lnist July-.a cu
cumber eleven-Inches long and twelvo
inches In circumference which she left
for seed, but looked ia vain for the
vegetable to ripen and turn yellow.
The first week in September it was
discovered to bo looso from tho vine,
rind was taken "in the house and put
away. To-day it is as creen .iud firm
na it was in July, nnd thoro is no in
dication that it will over cLnnge Its
state. Mrs. Marinion has been gard
ening for forty years, nnd never ob
served the like of this cucumber be
t?re-Harrodsburg (Ky.) Sayings
SONG.
IT T worn king my wars should he
Dut wars of roses;
Tho only shield that naen should bc]
lint ono ot posies;
Tho only weapons ludios' oyc3
Ami laughter morry;
Tho only provinces to win,
Id ps like the cherryl
It I wore king.
I' r were Icing no oyo should weep,
No heart should break;
linvh warrior should a indy wed
I'or brr sweet sake.
A roi when my lust campaign was doi'
i'd cease to reign,
And hand my 3ceptro o'er to Lovo i.
And join this train
If I woro king.
-Chicago KccorOI
ts
1 il
illi I
PITH AND POINT.
A. W'-.imn may pretend io he c.
vineed against her will, imf she no
is.
Sn man has lim courage to tell
woman the things Hud her mimi
?loes.
The rooms in Ute house do nul
torest thc burglar aa lunch aa
haul.
Occasionally when furl uno knock
nt a man's door lie is ir. u ucighliorin
saloon.
Thc more reason a mun hr.? foi
diguation thc less com furl
out of it.
".Johnny, whit! ure
spee-di?' "iMoase, ma'am, '.void'
like too, for and ate." -Puck.
Miss Dcm uro-"Why should | lot
von kiss inc?" ?luek. Dachwig- -".l?o
caiis? I won't kiss you il' ron don't."
-fuck.
It is said timi woman, :u: lo tho
peculiar construction ol' her form, is
unable to jump -except ai i:u o f?t r of)
marri ii'-fc.'-s 1
o ^,
l>orothvt*"?'.Vl[:ivc Y-?.I re:t
urticlo of -iiiiw to ix? benni
.tiiiiii - Ind 1 think thu IJ
Vi lo bc born so."-L'uck.
Cy u inns-"Why was worn:;
ei-ciited?" Miss Caustic- "i
I thal
> t ?av
;.. over
.h) timi
mau could have some une lo binnie for
his misfortunes. "-Standard.
.".abhat h School Teacher-"How do
yoi? know thal our days aro nnm
lieriid?" Johnny Srpiaueli - "l'y
limiting at thc calendar, ma'am."--.
l?uck.
Tiic Two-headed dir! (angrily)-"I
understand you've been making re
marks about mc" "'ho Circassian
l.'rinces? (sweetly)-"I said you were
two-fueed."-i.'uclc.
Dad I o v.*-"ls timi song .Jagg;:.:- is
singing one of' lite popular songs of
tho day." Lhif?noy-"Yep" Dadlow
-"Thou tell him lo sing one ol' tho
unpopular ono:*, will you?" Iloxbury
Gazette,
Drown-"Como, now, do you bo
lieve that it is possible for a lawyer
to tell the tru?h?" Lawyer P?cese -
"Oh, yes; I suppose so. Hut why
Bhoulcl there bo any necessity i'cr it?"
-Poston Transcript. .
Mr. Sa-gliead-"They ray i hat nil
beautiful ; :-ip lo aro weak-minded,
don't you kn y" Miss Pretty
. T . Suplicad;
.1 Jltnj^ weal
icopffo .i c not be."
.That
you ni
miudr
Pud
- - . i
" ' haijbarous!" site
as sue ''"d- .t'apicture of a t^
wouti ' , . ," remarked 'ncr
"thc i! ?is advantage a?
of fim i*c decoration. ii di
obstine? Hie view of tiinxc who li:*
to sit h?hind lier at thc .acuter.
-Washington Star.
"All that ai! you,'' said Urn plain
spoken mar., "inlaziness.' '>' > to^lu
ant, thou sluggard. Consider hoi
ways and bo iv i si*. " "I guess Pl
have to," sighed young Avditp. "Pl
yon o to my uncle sn ufte
nothing left that ? can gi t
on."-Odds and Muds.
'."Oh, yes; Miss Birdiing
v:?..led singer, but uhu will i
f?V.* u great artist, you know
why not, pray?" "l?oeai::
si rag in nothing Im! Knglis!
'Andi
delir! is that so?'' "Yes;
r.ut\h abominably ?", ?od Kngi
"Whlj', you can ntiderstai ! cv.
sho isavs."-Philadelphia L.hn
Itevuliitlmtary Schottin?*.
RdVi floorgo Canning wr|i)te i\:t .:
conni i f tho school of hiiyehilh, whit
lie al' . Med just after thu lf.cvoluiiu
pether il
Meat
Oirliuand v boys altt'iidi
mol, and
hicks of
prillliiev
of rt m i
heigh-,*.*,
par cu t.-.
the telvn
di vere f
idren h
hand
room. ' Tho ' teaching
pocilU a? ty.- .. ? ?he !
day. %, *
mad,
I of varioti
shed 1 y till
, I and Wis?
?c.ivili-. ? ;
m't-il?ogv
?si ).df<
Thc
say ru
stra;
slur* '
Hi :
ri
Iii ? ?i
in .-ispell in,
mandt'.d tl ?o ii
madf
h cs i i
men
by
cn .
v. ?
m : ?
<:<<f
Sri*
. <J? y :
; .>.->"'
?ns
at a lil
wit li a bil
,:i a signal
i in churn9 til
the
'A
* ll syl
lilil?
?ctel
iud
..h ol arl
?riais
, '>taincd. 'xho roi
. of tho iarg? 8</j
. ?ifferttnt ke^^c-tf
nt*-,. ; : pmer days for.d-'lj
lance. - ibo Chat b.aq?ain^
K?llmes Jn the Cul fetv"]|
"A Portland 'Wp broke"*- is :
ble for this sto^J: A farmer
cured an npporntmcut as light]
in a Maino coast lighthouse,
hrnt night ho went on 'Auty ho j
up promptly at dusk n?l at ll j
carefully extiu?niishedJ^Vp ltuiin
next day, ef co^jgiBj^^, ff^igg '*
and : /bou ho \
pliait that ho
lat ^enough
as .-.m thou
rmoiild h
iato