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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
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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
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? * ? --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