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i III s PARED ESPECIALLY FOR THE FAMILY FIRESIDE. ' ur Yentertlayft ?nd Our To-morrows" 1? tlio Title of Dr. Hepworth'i Sermon In the New York Herald-Ur. Taimado on Tr y log Xilfe'e Journey Over Agni". INOTK: *Tho ono-tUousnutl-dolInr prlzo tor the best sermon In tlio New York Her ald's competition wns won by Kev. Blotmrd G. "Woodbrldgo, pnstor ot the Central Con gregational Chu rob, Mlddloboro, Mass. "Tho Power of ?Jentlencss" was tho tltlo of Mr. AYoodbrldge's sermon. Fifteen sonnons in nil appeared In thu Herold's competitive aeries.] - TEXT: "Sufficient unto tho doy Is tho ovil thereof."-Matthew vi., 84. Hero ls n blt of philosophy too profound tc bo appreciated without careful and con tinuous Htudy. It also contains-a stern in junction not to worry over what cannot bo helped, but, on tho othor hand, to muko tho host of your circumstances. You ?re com mandoq to lot tho pusi go its way Into tho land ot forgetfulness, and not to borrow from tho future tito troubles which you fenr it may contain, but to llvo In tho present ns far as possible. It Is n command very dif ficult to obey, and yet obedience is abso lutely necessary ii you would got cut of Ufo nil that God hus put Into lt. Tho man who lins n vivid remembrance of his past troubles and who cherishes thnt memory deliberately throws n gloom over his present. It ho will confino himself to the duty ot tho moment he will generally find that ho ls quite equal to it, but If ho collects all Ibo miseries of yesterday and of tho day beforo and ndds thom to tho bur dens of to-dn*k%?n becomes disheartened, and his discouWfflhmont saps his moral strength and produces morul weakness. ;You hnvo enough to do to face what Is im ' mediately beforo you, and if you conjuro up the ghosts of misdeeds and of trials which .hnvo boen oVKltved you do yourself a seri ous Injury and interfere with your spiritual or business success. In Uko manner, if you think you can master to-day's work, but (lampen your ardor by wondering how you aro going to get through to-morrow, you produce a nervous tension which debilitates and brings about tho vory falluro that you drerul. No mon cnn curry moro than ono da. nt a timo. Whorl*Jesus asks you not to uwcompt to do so Ho gives you wiso .counsel, and you had hotter follow tho nd ivico. Life is not so smooth that you cnn afford to make it rougher by recalling the ad ronds o^or which you have already ssed or anticipating tho bad roads over lott you will have to pass botoro tho ond _ the journey Is reached. You may be cheerful, nnd therefore strong, If you "will forget tho things that are behind and let futuro take care of itself; but if you roposo to add yesterday and to-morrow l|to-day you will add what God warns you agntnst doing, and will certainly make a {Treat mistake. ' . It tho sun shines now, bo grateful and contented. Supposo lt did rain yesterday, :r suppose wo uro to have a blizzard to orrow. You have got bcyondrthorain on ho ono hand, and, on t. ^tlier; tho Imo hos not como tojtneet the-t.. \sard. It foolish to ranko y^rf?l?ppff^ now oca?so you w?ra^ia<wa?i?<-.?)MS.W Says! euee. pneAdnjg^ym labor at n timo. ?e (i.?to ->nnii4?j| |Kero is uny enjoyment. { ? .bo had, nT^^B^Bth an eager grn'-p; foi you Hit in tho TCirm Suubblno Xor only I .Ave minutes it helps you bear the cold ot the next' five minutes.. It Is poor.policy to H po il those first five- minutes by worrying abo?Ub o other ft YO {rdNgcs??.v5?v? . ' J Lot nTC*f-UUjSWfftav Therols Dpt?WgT? connection with death moro wearing than the regret that you did nc", do more for the ! ono who has gone. This is a universal ex perience with thoso who hnvo any heart. Tlio fact of separation seoras, to hnvo jx 'xnnglo in it, for it is suddenly revealed to you that there wero many little attontions '?whioh you failed torondcr,and the r?mera brnnco pierces liko a knife. No one ovor parted with a loved one without solf-blamo of that kind. . But as a general thing lt is all nn'illuslon conjured up by overwrought nerves. In very truth you did whatever tho circum stances suggested, you did os m ?ongas hu man nature is capable' of doing, burrin vtbe presence of death you aocuso yourself of things of which you nro quito innocent, and In doing so you mn ko tho parting harder to bear, lt may bo woll for tho dear ono that be has gone. Ho has sweet sloop for tho first time in ninny months. Ho is glad thnt tho bonds of mortality aro broken, thai: ho is nt hist released^ ana in tho lower depths of your own heart YOU are also glad Tor his sake, ?hit there comes thji thorny thought, that you may hnvo been remiss, and your soul is wrung by it. You do yourself a wronc. You did what you could. You wero loving, tender, gent?o nnd moro than kind. You bavoreal burdons enough without adding imaginary ones. Your tears must not bo embittered by an .accusation which has no basis in fact. Lifo is too precious and too short to bo wasted in regrets of that kind. The duties of tho ?uturo de.mind your close attention, and you hnvo i.o right to think of tho dead ox oopt to recall a sweet relationship and to clrenm of a reunion. Livo your lifo .ns quietly and is peace ully ns possible. Livo li? each day as lt omcs. Othor days, whether past or futuro, nst not bo allowed to press on y?ur heart, his is tho noblest policy you cnn adopt, jp policy which comes to you as a divine ?motion. Lot neither "regret nor nu palion intrude upon you to ranko you [k. j ia evident thnt thorn is a plau aceord Ito which your lifo is arranging itself, lequally evident that if you aro roposo |ind trustful, doing tho duty of tba. ^nt hour and not fretting over tho lof tho next hour, you aro in a montai Ition which keeps alf your powers at ^tho grandest priy'il'jgo to foci that i a God, a guardian of human des iri that you aro ih His bunds, lt Vviclion is ono of your possessions, prl of great prico, vou can bo quiets tho midst of tumult and cheerful in' ^t of sorrow, for your very tears as a background for tho rainbow id promise. > G coito E IL ClErwonTn. / TALMAGE^, .SERMON. |u Uko to Live Va . ,' rain?" is the Subject that a man hath will -Job. H., 4. ki ruo. Tho Lord did not soy lsnid it to tho Lord when tho Itcd Job still moro afflicted, 'oo wont satan forth from ?? the Lord, and smoto Job And Satan has boon tho bruptivo disease slnco then, |by poisoning tho blood to But tho result of tho diu ?nt which left Job victor ty of tho Satanic romnrk: hath will he give for lils ?:iin who has stood on tho amer till bis passengers vned; many an engineer band on tho throttle (on tho brake, until tho as saved, while ho wont tough tho oncn draw can who plunged'into Tit a stooping oliild out, [lng his life in the nt ind of mnrtvrs who ,givc a non der lt. We sop how precious life ls ri om tho fuot we do ovory thing to prolong it. 'Heueu ult sanitary regulations, ult .study ot hygiene, all four of draughts, all waterproofs, all doctors, all medicines, all struggle tu orlBls or aoaldent. Au Admiral o? tho British Navy was court-martialed for turning his ship around in timo o? dan ger, and so damaging tho ship. It was proved against him. But when lils time caine to be heard ho said: 'Qontlomeu, I did turu tho ship arouud, and admit that lt was damaged but do you wuut to know why I turned lt? Thoro was1 a man over board, aud I wanted to save him, and I did save him, and I consider the lifo of ono Bailor worth all tho vossols of tho British" Navy.' No wonder ho was vindicittod. Lifo is indeed very precious.. Yon, thoro are thoso wbo doom Ufo so precious thoy would like to try lt over nguiu. Thoy would Uko to go back from seventy to Sixty, from sixty to fifty, from fifty to forty, frota forty to thirty, aud from thirty to twouty. "Tho fact is, that no intelligent uml right (ealing mau ls satisfied with his past life. "Howevor successful your life may havo boen, you aro not satisfied with ic. White ls success? Ask that question ot a huodrod 'dureront met), and they will glvo a hun dred different answers. Ono mau wilt say, 'Success is a million dollars;' anothor will say, 'Success ls world-wide publicity;' an other will say, 'Success is galulng thitt which you startod for.' But as it ls a froo country,. I give my own definition, and say, 'Success ls fulfilling tho particular mission upon which you woresent, whether to writ? a constitution, or invent a now stylo of wheelbarrow, or tako euro of a sick child.' Do what God calls you to do, aud you are a success, whether you leave a million dellurs ut death or aro buried at publia expense, whether it takes Hf toen liages of aa encyclopedia to tell tho won derful things you have done, or your namo is never printed but once, and that in tho death column. But whutovor your success has been, you aro uot satisfiod with your lifo. "But somo of you would havo to go bnck further than to twonly-ono yoars ot ngp to make n fair sturt, for thero aro many who manugo to get all wrong bof oro that purlod. Yea, In order td get a fair start, soinu would have to go back to tho ftither and motlier and get thom corrqetod; yea, to tho grand father and grandmother, anti have their Ufo corrected, for somo of you aro suffering from bad hereditary influences which started a hundred yoars ago. Woll, if your grandfather lived his HTo ovor ngnln, und your father lived his Ufo over nguiu, and you llvod your lifo over again, what a clut tercd-up place this world would be-a placo filled with mlsorablo attompts at repairs. I begin to think that it is bettor for each generation to hnvo only ouo chance, and thou for thom to pass off and givo anothor generation u chanco. Besides that, it wo woro permitted to llvo lifo over ngnln, lt would bu a stalo, nud stupid oxperieiico. Tho zest and spur aud outhusiasm of lifo como from tho fact that wo havo novor been along this road boforo, and every thing is new, and wo aro alort for what may nppoiir at the next turn of tho road. Sup pose you, a man of middlo-lifo or old ugo, wore, with your presout f col lugs and largo attainments, put back into tho thirties, or th? twenties, or into tho tons, what a nui sance you would bo to others, and what an unhappiness to yourself! Your contempor aries would not want you, and you would not wa.ut thom. Things that In your pro vlr.ps journey of lifo stirred your healthful ambition, or gave you pleasu rabio sur prise, or led you Into happy interrogation, would only call forth from you a disgusted 'Ol?," 'pshaw.*-'-You would bo blase at. ,thirty, and a misant h ropo at forty, and unendurable at ni Ly. Tho most insane and. stupid thing imut,i->rxhpj would bo a second journey of Ute.-' Sw) " . ' , '.: "Out yonder is a man very old at forty ^years otago, at a time when ho ought to bo B^yantM?R81Tr?rTria?. He got bad habits on iTlrn very early, aflA thoso habits shevo become worso. He jarman on fl^^JliST ? with alcoholism, on fire withorr^vilhablts; out with the world and tho world out with him. Down, and fulling deeper. --His swollen bauds in his threadbare pockets, and his eyes fixed on tho ground, ho passes through the streets, and tue quick step of nn innocent child or tho strong step of a young mau or the roll of a prosperous car riage maddons him, nud ho curses society and he curses God, Fallen sick, with no resources, ho is carried to tho almshouse. A loathsome spectacle, ho lies all day long waiting for dissolution, or in the night rises on his cot und fights apparitions of what ho might havo boon ^and what ho will bo. He started life with as good a pros pect as any manon tho Amorloan continent,' and thoro ho is, a bloatod carcass, waiting fer thc shovels of publia charity to put him llvo foot under. Iio has only reaped what ho sowed. Harvest of wild outs! 'Thoro is a way that seometh right to a man, but tho end thereof ls death." "To others lifo ts a rrlasquerado ball, nud as at such entertainments gentlemen and ladies put on tho garb of Kings und Quenas or mountebanks or clowns rtnd at the uloso put off tho disguise, so a grout many [KISS their whole lifo in n mask, taking off tho mask at death. While tho masquerade hall of lifo goos on, they trip merrily over tho door, gemmed hand ls stretched to gummed hand, gleaming brow bends to gleaming brow. On with tho dance! Flush and rus tle and laughter of immeasurable merry making. But utter awhile tho languor of death comes cn tho limbs and blurs tho eyesight. Lights lower. Floor hollow with sepulchral echo. Music saddened In to a wail. Lights lowor. Now tho mask ers nro only seen in tho dim light. Now tho fragrance of tho Howers ls like tho sicken?, lng odor that comes from garlands tim"? havo lain long In tho vaults of cemeteries.' Lights lower. Mists guttier In .tho room. Glasses shako as though quaked by sudden thunder. Sigh caught In the curtain. Scurf drops from tho shoulder of beauty a shroud. Lights lower. Over the slippery boards In dance of death glide jealousies, euvies, revenges, lusr, despair and death. Stench of lamp-wicks almost extingu? died. Torn garlands will not half /cover tim ul cerated feet. Choking damps. Ohl?;ness. Fool still. Hands closed. Voicea'h'ushod. Eyes shut. Lights out. -.y?'-i "Ydiinf* man, von cannot l?Y^'''*e o vcr ngnln, however you may loDg'toN^so, bo suro to have your ono Mo right:"' Thora Is Hin this assembly, I wot not,.tor wo ara 1 made np of ail sections of this land and from -many lands, soma young mun who has gono " away from hot under somo little splto of ?motlier, ana his haren bola. My son, geno' seal Don't go tonight' tompted to go. Go hi will bo glad to see you; I need not tell you how would Uko to muka yojjjfc of their wayward bos his right mind. I w thom a iottor, and you to| saying: 'By tho blessing moul Introduce to you on?whomyou"havo never soon before, for.u^ttas booomo n new creature In Christfioar?/.-' My boy, go homo and put our. tireti. head on ?the bosom that .Tiursec?y'?n' a??'tenderly id your childhood yean/'''fv/'fyftVs . <.' -"''Jj ?* < "A young Hcotoliman/Wftf ubnltlrHakon captivo by a bund ox Indians, an 1 ho learned their languag? and adople 1 their habits. Years passedjit, but tho old indian chieftain never forgfF-:that he had In his posHession-a-youngtt?aitwho did not belong TAythls trlbe of Indians /scotch regiments from " boon captured, nhl said? 'I lost now how a father ii. Do you tli i ok *?Tho young man i of my father, and Then said tho In of t ho loss of ra y Bon ii go free. un' had ?tm IP s"' I UOOKKU T. [Principal, Tuskegee Normal and Mr. Booker T. Wellington, the coli Institute in Alabnma.iis beyond doubt one of the moBt UBO?UI Vjnd notable men out a system of ?ducation that is adapt? man who has attacked tho problem. Hi of this system to tho requirements of h: the conditions of both races in the Soul How ho came to work out tho systei Tuskegee, Mr. Washington tolls in an he explains more fully than benns bofor basiB of tho Tukegee Bvstom. Sinoe it v growth, a good proportion of the artioh After a narrative of his own awakonii unfolded itsolf,-beginniug Avith nothi economic fallacy that lay at tho fouuda to tho master and tb tho Blnve,-was its was a necoBBary part of tho philoso: degrading. The starting point in the elevation o and moral value of thrift. Tho first s versal bondage of n credit system,-wh became a dobt system,-to quit **libin Tuskegee expressod it. The revolution in education, in praot in faot,-that han come from the appl brought this about in thia seotion of "care and culture of men" as oan be fe It was thiB revolution,-by diacove made it especially appropriate that Har Mr. Washington.-' Not yet past forty, him, his work as ho explains it in his and historio plac? among the builders c vP??ju?ltce. Prejudice is ono -...of the most erne' forcos in the wo??ivHfHe who is con trolled by prejudice agaiuBt anothei . person is in no Vfit'-leondition to doa! fairly with that person. H? will ho) give him the cVedit'which is due to him. The prejudicodjterson is too blind to sec tho other-'H ro^^Rerits, nor can ho un der st and.th^MBr. Now it ina patent fact that tttoroj^^B?lit deal of rank and unr^JMBHE^^PR^ridjce ogainBt us as Ajj^L^ETMSBfl^ .lil jnj thalVRre ia ?v?r eater and worse vir ulent pr oj udice against UH than there is agaiuBt any other people, for very bit ter and persistent prejudice prevails against ; Borne other races. But race prejudice io not a one-sided affair. Il exiBtB in . all';;raeoB against other races. Wo mustj li?knowfudg? that our own race io somewhat prejudiced against others, Oven. against the white race. Il is probable'.'--that -(we are espe cially prejudiced towards those who man ito Bt particular prejudice towards' 'UB. This is quite natu ral. Pi t eau we not as a people do something to lessen the extent of the prejudice against us? We think so. Wo may do so by refraining from show ing resentment towards them who prej udice leads them to mistreat us. Wc I may treat them so kindly that they will be compelled tn believe that we ure a great deal bettor than they supposed wo wero. Great kindness kills great prejudice.-The American Baptist. ?i? "What Fools These Mortals He." Tho whits man's civilization sustains tho sume relutiou to thu boasted civil isation of tho Negro in America that a lamp post docs to a telegraph pole. This being true, greater then' is tho reason .why Negroes of every shade of complexion nnd condition should quit their nonsense, bury their prejudices /and work together for tho uplifting of the whole raco. One drop or one mil lion drops of Negro blood make us all kin. and we can only eaoape our rela tives by a systematic courso of lying and deception and a liberal uso of face bleach and hair straighteners. AH Shakespeare says. "What fools these mortals be. "- Bruce Grit in Star cf Zion. -*>-??>-i ' Home for Aged Colored Women. In tho United Charities' organization in New York, a project has been diB cuB3od for some tiras ci providing a home for aged colored women who have saved some money but not enough to take caro of themselves. .The projeot has finally assumed definite shape through the assistance of several well known New YorkcrB, who have pledged $30,000 for that purpose. An option has been scoured on the Hoed mansion at Bath, Me., and a committee will visit . Bat li to examine the property. The ownor of the property, Ur. Guil, ol New Jersey, sella the proporty at a ^nominal price, as he is heartily in sym pathy with the mo vernen t. -The Free ' man. ??? Must lie Done Patiently, It should he the ambition of o very Negro to mensuro arms with the white mah in all that sots to make up good citizenship, wealth and high position, but it must be dono patiently, step by step. One thing well done is an incen tivo to do another better.-J?ort Wortttjj (Tex.) Item. . . 3g - m - . .i ? * ? --r. ll k j I ?n . * Surely if the race . can sucoeasfnlk operate religious and' fraternal organi zations on tho plan Of co-operation, il can operate just as successfully busi ness nnd financial uudeitakings.- Thc Elevator. The ambition of the young maj gamble and tho young wonjantt herself is. becoming alar; """" bo done, the Len WASHINGTON. Industrial Instituto, Tuskegee, Ala.} jred founder and president of Tuskegee the foremost living man of his race aud in Amorioa. He has more clearly worked sd to Southern conditions than any other s special work of course is tho application is own race; but it is no less applicable to th. n that is in snub successful operation at article in the Atlantic Monthly, in which o explained the philosophic and economic ,-un part aud parcel of his own intellectual 3 is autobiographical. ig, he explains how tho Tuskegee school ng but a teacher aud n few pupils. The tiou of slavery,-a fallacy as applied both discouragement of thrift A lack of thrift phy which regarded manual labor os if the Negro is to touch him the economic tep, therefore, ?B to work out of the uni ich with the population of tho Black Belt i* in de asheB," as one of the visitors to ical affairs, in morals-the regeneration, ication of the practical system that has Alabama, is as inspiring a chapter in the .und in the annals of our educational life, ring a method of wide application, -that vard should confer an honorary degreo on and with tho host part of his life before Atlantic article will give him a securo if Americau civilization. Remember This. Colored men, you have no money to throw away on circuses, minstrels, balls, frolios, Whisky, and other non sense. You have children that should be well educated, and wives whom you should make comfortable by purchas ing homes. Yo?j have colored news papers that.you should subscribe to, as your homos cannot be classed as in telligent and race-loving without col ored papers in them.. You have a p?ll Itox that every manly. Negro aright to I i?V-# .-4?rpsperity and; happiness awaits " every colore?r**"family thatvia'vindus trious, frugal and preserving. -Tho Light. jySjjp Agitation is i td Order. Profane history tells us that "Nero fiddled while Borne burned. " It seems the Negroes' condition of today is ana logous to that page of Boman history. We are sweeping onward through the gates of time, while every safeguard around our manhood, little ny little tho States are hedging us in, yet hardly a murmur is hoard upon the placid air. Louisiana and South Carolina are the latest aeeussions to the nefarious man hood grabbing scheme. Wo must pro test now; men who would not protest against their disfranchisement are not worthy of it. Agitation ?B in order. Agitate! agitate, or we perish by our own negligence.-Birmingham Bulle tin. --o?? ? Tho Greatest Inspiration. Tho greatest inspiration to young men may be found in studying the lives of meu whose immortal names were not born to die. The deference to age that is usually present in youth ?B praise worthy, "but it should not go to the ex tent of discrediting youth's possibili ties. Many of the men holding public positions today aro advanced in years, and young men from this fuct, become imbued with tho idoa that years must be added to them before they can aspire to high,places. This is not true in the present, nor has it been in the past.-Augusta Chronicle. .-? ','?Mt> -- Bo Up uud Doing.. Let us be up and doing; though the way may look dark at times, wo must not givo up the struggle. God has not forgotten us. Forty years tho chil dren of Israel wandered in the wilder ness, but at last thoy were porinittod to enter tbe promised;land. So, perhaps after forty yoars wo will be free indeed. -Westorn Outlook. Look After Your Own Interest. Why not toko more interest in your schools, homes, Nchurches pud farms? This going crazy over mattera that will profit you nothing! Oh, men. be sober, be sober-look ofter your own interest sometime. Olve Us Good Schools. , Good schools are of far moro impor tance to our race than any other ques tion' that engages our attention about olection time. Vote for no mau who does not favor improved school condi tions. _ You Must Solve tho Problem. . Tho colored man's fate is in his own hands.- Ho must solve the problem as to himself, Idle elogonce will not do one half as much good in the premises .'as an energetic paltrey of the wood ;sawing kind.-The Elevator. To Erect aMouument. The colored people of Philadelphia propose to erect rv monument to Octa viua.-V. jCatt'o,1 who, was killed On oleo tion.day in 1871; just after the adoption " tho 15th amendment of the constitu ih.- National Bofloctor. .... Most G ratify I rig Sacr?s. The Colored Building avid Loan As sociation has proven a Wost \ gratifying success and has paid ltd. stockholders handsomely. Why cannovt'^otirar busi ness enterprises be inanouVfttm frpoT do ~ oil?-Augusta (Go. fVimtei]; LAKE CITY HORROR. ?ii?S, C., Feb. .21-22, 1898. e,fdelps the sword?V IB righteous jastioe dead I That \ muru or foul, eb o lld raiso its b rozGii head, j I And n'oavouged stalk bodily through .tlrp land, \ Aud proudly raise on highSits blood dy?,d band, \ j While w-o, wi^h honor gone, land drag gle?. nam\o, \ Sit like L wanton in our nuked shame? *i Ab God! that wo Bhould live to see this day \ When tru^h and right and love aro filohod\ away; While whe\ro our fathers ruled with gentle g\race Thuga and ViisstyBsins now muet take their place, \ ' And dovils darken than the dani ned of' hell \ \ Do their accursed! doods and murdora fell. "f The sucking child lxilled on ito mother's breast, . ' I While loving arms vain aro round it pressed, * ., Falls from the shattered bands whioh could not aovo, \ And mookiug fiends provide a flory grave. \ Tho fnthcr dumb i\i death bosido it lies . \ Wbilo crackling ila:-nes to , pityii,?? heaven riso. i v And timid girls, wno Ant an hour bo> foro \ \ Were sleoping "safe behind the bolted] i door, . 9>?$ra U Half crazed with fr'igtjtfand blind with! smarting pain, U, Fly in tho darkness f<r?r^ the london rain ; ( And brush and thicket in tho gray morn tell $ How all along their patt Jthe red drops fell.. $ No Turkish blade, that .tyabs tho un born child, ft Nor Spanish bloodhound faying fierce _3.nd wild wk More cruel is than those wfto wrought this olimo - \ Beneath tho shadows of tho \ Southern pine- i To brand our State to ago^ yot un born The o bj oct of a just man's righteous ,scorn. And, what their crime for whioh such judgment come? Ah! tell it not* to blazon fourth our shame; I But with their murd'rors' menji'ry let it rot, \ A curoed tulo, a thing to be forgot A dusky color was their only sin, And ail their guilt the blackness of their skin. ' I Men of our State,, how long sh-:].','/leeds ; like this ? $ '? . ,-. I ? -.\ : Give us ?.name* at. which the .nations J hi?&-- - ' j W. ' I plead the. nome ??mhot - Inn rx _ faith fol: .;.race;> i ltS~~~ Who while their mas tors 'tattled ?the Whose loyal service time can y -ver efface. ' fore ) - Kept want and famine from each Southern door. "?ear where the Saltkebotohie winds itV way Through tangled glndes of cypress and^l of bay, There,is a lonely mound, half bid from' sight, Where toll reeds rustle through each summer night, And resting there, within that humble grave, Sleeps ono most dear to me, though but a slavo My m urn nm. abo who nursod mo when a boy And counted nothing bord which gavo me joy. My foster mother. Ab! ber love was strong Nor can I silent bo wbilo hellish . wrong Smites down ber race with Bbot and torch and racK, And- mocks their cries becouso their skins aro black. I plead for justice! If our State should ?fail,. And all her righteous powor cannot avail To sink this shame, then far across our ' land, To whoro our nation's council cham bers stand, I ory, "How long in thia great land so free "Will ye permit such wrongs as this to be?" Enthroned on bigb, Thou God of trnth and right, Must sin like this polato Thy holy sight? To Thee T cry, "How long, oh Lord, how long, Wilt Thou permit to poss such fearful wrong? Fair justice dies, ont down by sinful .might. Arise, oh .-God! and in Thine anger smite. 13. A. WmoAnD. A Queer Cucumber. Mrs. Roso Marinion found In her garden the middle of last Julj a cu cumber eleven? inches long and twelve Inches in circumference which she left for eeed, but looked in vain for the vegetable to ripen and t turn yellow. The first week In September lt was discovered to be looso from tho vine.i mid was taken in the house and put ?way. To-d?y lt ls aa green and firm ' aa it -waa In July, and thora is no in dication that- it will over change 'its ?tate. Mrs. Marinion has been gard ening for forty years, and never ob served the like of this encumber be fore.- Harrodsburg (.Ky.) Sayings, SONG. 1/ I wore king my wara should pe But wars of roses; Tho only shield that men should bo] But oue ot posies; Tho only weapons ladies' eyes And laughter merry; Th? only provinces to win, Lips liku tho cherryl* If I woro king.? 1/ r were king no oyo should weop, No heart should break; Eaoh warrior should a lady wod Vor her sweet sake. And whoa my last campaign was dor I'd COOBO to reign, U? And hand my sceptre o'or to Lovo Vj And.Jolu this train If I wore king. -Chicago Bccori 31 PITH AND POINT. A woman may pretend to ho co' viuced against her will, but she nov is. No man has thp courage to tell woman the things that her mirri does. Tho rooms in tho house do not* in terest tho burglar as much as th haul. Occasionally when fortune knock! at a man's door he ia in a neighboring saloon. The moro reason a man hes for in dignation the less comfort hu gets outj out of it. "Johnny, what, aro 'figures nfl speech V " "Please, ma'am, words! like too, for and atc."-Puck. Miss Demure -"Why should T let you kiss me?" .lack Dashing-"Bo causo I wou't kiss you if you don't." -Puck. It is said that woman, owing to tho peculiar construction of ber fhrm, is, unable, to jump-except at au oller oft . marri agc.7?. \ DorothJ^&yHavo you read that article or^-viow to bo beautiful V " Anna-"<?*.*; but I think tho bed way i'^ to bo born so."-Puck. Cynious-"Why was worn mi ever created?" Miss Caustic!-"So that mau could have nome one to blaine for hm misfortunes."-Standard. Sabbath School Teacher-"How do yoii know that o"r days are num bered?" Johnny Squancb - "By looking at tho calendar, ma'am Puck. Tile Two-headed Girl (angrily) understand you've been milking re mark n about me." The Circassian Princess (sweetly) - "I said you were two-faced. "-Puck. Dad low-"Is that song .Taggin? is singing one of* the popular songs of the day." Dafi'uoy-"Yep" Dadlow -"Thou tell him to sing o:ie of? tho unpopular ones, will you?" lloxbury Gazette. Brown.-"Come, now, do you bo lieve tho^t it is possible for a lawyer to tell the truth?" Lawyer Pleese-p j "Oh, ye?i; ? supposo so. But why should there fyi any necessity for it?" j-Boston'vTran^cript.. K'.'.?fe...- Sai\hea?V^"??*iey "say that all ?beautiful IpcnpTo ore woakmdnded I don't you kv-wv" .'-' Miss- Pretty io, ''n-i'-Saphead- 1 1 nui Ki t^j^g^ ftlL wei ooopjfe are not "be/j i barbarous!" she ?VM .itfapicture of a t ' '\\ ii," remarked her its advantage as mu decoration. It obstnict the view of those who hi to sit behind her at tho I heat -Washington Star. "All that aih- you," said tho plain spoken man, "islaziness.' Tr.) U-^hc ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways and be wise." "T guess Pl ?hava to," sighed young Avdup. "I'v .gone to my undo so often thor nothing left that I can get a fart hi on.,"-Odds and Ends. .?/.'Oh, ye'-*; Miss Birdiing is a ?... Vialed singer; but abo will novcwpasa fo|i u groat artist, j-ou know." j&'An wiiy not, pray?" "Because s^e ca sir.\g iu nothing but English." ? i ' delirl is that so?" "Yes; and it' aii?ih abominably good English, too Wh\y, you can understand every, wor, sho pays."-Philadelphia Lhi?eti?-. \' Revolutionary ScltolAr*, Befvj George Canning wrjoto a:i ,\L count y>f tho school of his yeluth, whicj ho att/ffbled just after tho llevolutioii "TbatVv... you. iu> miiidr ! Tuck as soo 7o wornt -. ' "the il. of fomin Girlsiaud\ boys attende primary hool, and so of rom i locks of heights, fi I di were f i parenna. <1 ? biron b the Lshol hand pether tU 'i Heats ii I ?of var iou . shed by tl od and li|i'ss . lcavinii- t v' sac room.I l.Tho ' teaching ol Bppllin] peculiar.. ty^11* th c.last day. %, The say in i strap ol start t Cl?.^l S| The acul i Mu-, -/ i. misspelling mandod tfcj&n made 'hoi his heaitifiuy men* Ufi e by i . pe .o'iv.u; > n at y s pitr?u?? lieu. -1 j ut a lt .. with a bil .1? u signal id in chorus til tho word in pi trials obtained, ?.s bf the 'Aiffer<int runnier ida tance.-Tho Chat.tf.utj itolinvo? jn th? Cnrfow? 'A' Portland ?.hip broke*.is \i ble for this stov-J: A farmer oared an appointment as light] in a Aluino coast lighthous first laight he went on ? -pp promptly at dusk a: * carefully ertmgttifihe?* next day, ef coigp/; "? and -T/hpu he plie?th^ho lafcytonough aa '^?fe thou j ?ho? 'iefcoi