Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1893, Page 7

THE EVEN STAR: WASHI NGTON, D. ©. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1893—TW ELV Hi story Repeats Itself! “I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.” is remark was made by the greatest of American orators. His words were ringing, and what he webs Apuaary af tan tres of sessk The hi e lives of mo: men and women shows that they have some happiness, some misery and much disappointment. It shows that the majority of men and women break down during their lives, and that few, very few, die of old age. It shows that carelessness and neglect have been the causes of this | breaking down, and that care,watch- fulness and intelligence prevent it. It shows that the chief cause of breaking down is due to some form of kidney, liver or bladder trouble and to the innumerable complaints common to tetgeraret ‘ history of this country for PR ten ‘years, however, shows that these troubles can be and are being decreased, and that they can at all times be controlled. It shows that the means by which this may be done is within the reach of all, and that it is a purely scien- tific preparation indorsed by the doctors and used universally. In fact, no other than Warner’s Safe Cure. If you wish to judge the future in your own life, —— ou desire to part the v witee may separate you from the great unknown before you, If you are interested to know what” your future life may be, whether health or happiness, sick- ness or misery, look at the past. You will see that care and the use of the right remedy has kept, has preserved, has sustained people, and that the negle¢t of these things has brought sickness and untimely death. If you are @ wise man or woman, you will ponder over these things an Profit by Them. EXIXIQ Plen’s Shoes ‘There are some shoe merchants who are not over-seruoulous about what they sell vou. They seem to think that a sale is shoes PAB A Sh Shed eb? 2 © é f OSHsSrd 5 MEPS bs 8 bs SEEPS <5 Hoover & Snyder, 1217 Pa. 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If any of the natural teeth are still fm the mouth our famous CROWN and BRI SYSTEM fs the best for in- serting the artificial teeth. EV AN » Dental Parlors 1217 Pa Ave N. W. oe THE NEGRO PROBLEM Prof.Brown Says He Must Work It Out Himself. THE KEY T0 If 18 SELF-HELP. He Must Have Something, Know Something and Be Somebody. ERRORS OF EDUCATION. An event among the colored people of the city yesterday was the union Thanksgiving service at Lincoln Memorial Church, be- cause it was the occasion of an address which produced a profound impression. The pastors and congregations of the Fif- teenth Street Presbyterian Church, the Church of Our Redeemer. Lutheran, and of the Piymouth Congregational Church join- ed in the service. Prof. Hugh M. Johnson of the High School delivered the address. He referred to the recent paper of Dr. Har- ris, the commissioner of education, on the negro problem, as the ablest. wisest and most philosophical he had read. The negro problem in this country today. he said, is not how shall the United States or any po- litical party secure for their colored citi- zens the possession and exercise of the rights and privileges guaranteed to them by the Constitution and its amendments; but it Is, how shall the colored man se- cure for himself the possession and exercise of these rights and privileges. The plain and stubborn fact of the whole matter is tnis: The colored man of this country is aescribed in the mind of the eivilized world by three negatives. He has nothing, he knows nothing, and he is no- body. It remains for the colored man to change these three n’s to three s's: He has something, he knows something and he is somebody. The problem ts how shall he best do this under existing conditions. This, to the speaker's mind, was the only negro problem in this country. “I have no patience,” he said. “with those shallow-brained men among us who think that to sit in the dearest seat in the theater makes them the equals of the white men who sit about them. or to sit at the same table in a restaurant makes them the equals of Chauncey Depew and his friends, or to hold a political office makes them the equals of those whose genius. efforts and growth created the office. They always remind me of the African who thought he was civil- ized and christianized when he donned a suit of European clothes. “No assumption of the habiliments of our white brothers’ progress will avail us any- thing, nor deceive any one but ourselves. We are to work out our own salvation. “This progress must become our progress through our development. We must achieve this progress. We must put forth the efforts which produced the civilization in the midst of which we were born, and not waste our strength in vain and ludicrous attempts to imitate the results of these efforts. If we would be Lincoins, Grants | and Garfields in the White House, we must cheerfully become rail splitters, tanners and canal boat drivers. “How then shall we best do this under existing conditions? How shall we exchange the three n’s for the three s’s, so that the world will acknowledge that we have some- thing, that we know something and that we are somebody? We shall best accom- plish this by doing with all aur might that which under the existing conditions our hands, minds and hearts find to do. Have Somethin: “We shall gain most rapidly material pos- sessions by performing the classes of work open to us better than our competitors and saving more of our earnings than they. “O, how tired I am,” the speaker ex- claimed, “of the wailing of our People that every avenue of wealth in this country is open to the white man, but all are closed to us. If we know anything of history, if we know anything of human nature, yea if we know anything of God's grace and Providence, why can we not see that at present the avenues which are closed to us are the rivers Aband and Pharpar, and avail us nothing, while those avenues which are open to us, however humble and men- jal, are the Jordan into which we must dip if we would be healed. “Let us,” he went on, “do that which pre- sents itself better than all our competitors, and thus become necessary to those who employ. This will secure for us the protec- tion and fair treatment which we desire and will create a disposition in the employer to give us trials in other avocations. At Present it is not near so important that we should receive admission to new avenues of labor as it is that catching the spirit of progress and thrift of the di we should excel in those to which we are already ad- mitted—or, that by skill, dexterity and excellence, we should make the profits of our present opportunities purchase other and better opportunities. “In this connection I wish to make this observation—and I tremble whenever it is forced upon me. White men have risen to wealth and fame through the very classes of labor which we foolishly despise as men- jal, and they are bringing science and art into these today and elevating them be- yond our reach—taking away from the color- ed man ‘even that which he hath.’ In my boyhood days, the household servants of the Wealthy in this section of the country were colored, but now in the establishments of the ‘four hundred’ one finds the trained white servants, versed in ‘household science’ and ‘domestic art.’ Then the ribbons of the private equipage were held by colored coachmen, but now they are handled ar- tistically by the trained white man versed in veterinary science and the social eti- quette of his position. Then, the walls and ceilings of these mansions received in the spring their pure white dress from the whitewash brush of the colored man, but now they are decorated, frescoed, etc., by the skilled white artisan. “Then old Uncle Jerry, with his long hick- ory switch and bran new broom, ‘shook’ the carpets of these mansions, but now even this is done by a business white man whose shingle reads ‘Ammoniated Steam Carpet Cleaning Works.” And so on through the whole category of work open to us. “The sequence to all this is very plain to me, and forecasts a possible condition more deplorable than the slavery through which we have passed. We must avert this saddest of all conditions by that persistent self-activity which secures the largest pos- sible harvest in any field. “Every physical peculiarity may be con- verted by cunning of intellect into some knack or aptitude which gives its possessor some advantage in productive industry. To this conversion we need to turn our atten- tion and through it rise to that superior gift—‘the skill to use tools and direct ma- chinery.” “When we shall become the desirable laborers in the pursuits of life now open to us we shall discover that our color ts not the cause of restriction to these, and when, by thrift, we shail make our possessions uestrable, we shall discover that our color does not restrict their purchasing power. “The names on the signs of many of the large firms in our large cities are the names of men who were once menials in these firms and treated as such by the masters, but now they are the associates of the masters and treated as such. Has the master made an associate of his menial? Oh, no; the menial, by his self-activity, has risen to the master. And this is for us the straight and very narrow way that leads to life. Whatever a colored man’s occupation, if he has found this way, he is the sait of his people. ‘He hath, and to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance.’ Know Something. “As I have indicated that the best way to have something Is to seize upon whatever our hands find to do and to do it better than our competitors, so I must now insist that pineal Sanita dee ielirivaie wate rt St - Highest awards to SEABURY & JOHNSON, ~ CHEMISTS, the best way to know something ts to seize upon the knowledge which appertains to te work in which we are engaged and make it a power unto us, which will lift us above the drudgery of this work to the possibili- ties which Iie beyond. A power which en- ables the head to save the hand. This knowledge will make us, first, skilled labor- ers, then foremen, then bosses, and finally, authorities for all who perform or have per- formed the classes of work now open to us. We are today the best authorttyon no class of work; hence, the world says, we know noth- ing; we furnish no part of the directive power, and, hence, lose the highest profits of the avocations in which we are engaged. Here also, if our advancement ts not com- mensurate with our advantages, it is be- cause our personal efforts have been in- adequate. “in the matter of education. I think we have lost more from misdirected effort than from lack of effort. Just after the war, and, indeed, untii quite recently. the courses of studies in the schools established for us throughout the south seem unwittingly to have been selected very much as the drayman selected his first horse. He vowed that he would not begin hauling until he could purchase for his drav one of Ken- tueky’s best horses. He accordingly saved his earnings and bought a race horse, a magnificent creature. but for his work, to his sorrow, a worthless animal. The eter- nal fitness of things seems to have been forgotten by our dear, good. saintly north- ern friends, in their enthusiasm to educate us. They established universities and col- leges with curriculums suitable for an ed- ucationally developed race and bade us put forth our virgin efforts in them. “I once heard a brilliant voung colored man taking his brother to task for stopping his studies at a university and going to work as a waiter. His brother replied that should he continue his college course there was nothing for him to do after graduation but to wait, and that men without such scholastic attainment made the best wait- ers. This was an honest conviction of a young man of ialent. It happened in 1876 and the impression made on mv mind is as vivid now as it was then. At the time I thought the young man foolish. But now 1 am frank to admit that there was more wisdom than folly in his reply. The young man's mistake, and it was ours also, was in his conception of education. viz: that it consisted of a classical course of study. His wisdom lay in pronouncing that educa- tion worthless which fits a man for condi- Uons and environments which will never fall to his lot, and unfits him for the con- ditions and environments in which he must = his livelihood and unfold his potential- ties. “If you ask me what shall our People study, I answer emphatically that their courses of study should be suited to their conditions. The studies for our mind’s ex- ercise at present must be most largely those which also furnish food to sustain us. Our condition does not warrant any others. No others will secure for us the self-help which | Knowledge vouchsafes. The most important knowledge for us today is that which is contained in the books, pamphlets and pa- pers published on the classes of labor open to us—not one of these branches of labor is without its literature. and laborers to- day stand highest in the labor market and demand the highest wages who are skilled in this knowledge. Is it not significant that this practical literature is written by the whites, to whom all fields are open, and almost entirely studied by them? In all classes of labor open to us we are the ‘hand laborers.’ We handle, see and comprehend only the real obiects which ap- Dertain to the work in which we are engag- ed. The directive power is furnished by the whites. It is they who ‘see beyond the ideal possibilities. . “In all the labor which we performed to- day our hands are directed by the brains of the whites. Out of this condition we can and must rise. Our hands must be directed by our own brains. We must ‘learn to see in each thing its possibilities.’ I thank God that we are beginning to realize this truth. We are passing through a reaction in edu- cation and a revival of learning is dawning. A learning which one may call essential. Learning ypich brings with it the power which the old lacked. Extended courses of study are Abanas and Pharpars. “In our present condition the educational Jordan into which we must dip and become clean is scientific industrial training. A training which acquaints us with the tech- develops that ‘insight into possibilities to which there loom up uses and adaptation, transformations and combinations in a long series, stretching into the infinite behind each finite, real thing.’ When we shall come up out of this Jordan we shall find ; that the color of our skin will not lessen our power nor prescribe the fields of labor in which this power may be exercised. Be Somebody. “As I have indicated,” continued Prof. Brown, “that the best way to have some- thing is to seize upon whatever our hands find to do, and do it better than our com- petitors, and that the surest way to know something is to seize upon the knowledge which appertains to the work in which we are engaged and make it a power unto us, which will lift us up above the drudgery of this work to the possibilities beyond it, so I take it that the surest way to become some- body is to seize upon the opportunities to be honest, geneous and noble which grow out /| of the work in which we are engaged, and | exercise in them till we make our color and good character synonymous terms.” Prof. Brown earnestly urged upon his hearers the development of the highest character. “In conclusion, then,” he said, “I would say that the negro problem will be solved once for all when we shall become by self- activity desirable citizens in any community because of our merit, this merit being ex- emplified in our possessions, ou: intelli- gence and ou: character. And in this con- nection I know of no better advice to us than that which Mazzini gave to his coun- trymen, ‘You can only obtain the exercise of your rights by deserving them through your own activity and your own spirit of love and self-sacrifice.’ The classes of labor row open to us furnish the fields in which we must exercise this activity and spirit of love and sacrifice. “I once read of a ship in distress because her fresh water supply was exhausted. Anxiously her crew watched for the ap- proach of some sister ship from which to borrow a new supply. It was not long be- fore the much prayed for ship hove in sight. They signaled to her for fresh water. The answer sent back was, ‘ast down you bucket where you are.’ Thinking they were misunderstcod again and again they sig- naled for fresh water, and again and again came the ans » “€ down you bucket where you are.’ Finaily a sailor cast down the bucket and to their utter and agreeable | surprise the water was fresh. They were | in the mouth of the Amazon river. For the last twenty years we have been signaling for borrowed help; let us now cast down the bucket where we are. The waters of life are freely flowing in the condition and environ- ments in which we find ourselves, and not in the condition and environments of those to whom we have been signaling.” real things before the senses to the infinite | | nique of the classes of labor open to us, and | AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. Dynamite Explosions Oause Alarm to Residents Along the River. Weak Force of Water—Prince Purdy ‘on the Race—Good Collec- tion for the Poor. Such a weak force of water has been re- ceived at the Congress Street M. P. Church, in spite of long and earnest protests, that in order to run the organ it has been found nécessary to tear out the motor that a short time ago was put in at the cost of several hundred dollars, and replace it with a larger and more expensive one. The new one, a Jake motor, is expected today at the church and will be put in at once. The Jake motor has cost the congregation $350. The cylinder connected with the old one was three and one-half inches in diameter and twelve inches long. The new one will have a diam- eter of six Inches and a length of twenty- four. Larger connecting pipes will also have to be laid. Heavy Dynamite Charges. A resident of the Canal road has entered complaint at the station about the heavy charges of dynamite used in blasting in the quarries on the Virginia side of the river, about half 4 mile west of the Aqueduct bridge. He states that frequently huge pieces are sent clear across the river and in dangerous nearness to his home. Other res- idents of the vicinity also fear that a seri- ous result will follow this, what they term overcharging, if it is not looked into by the authorities, It was but a short time ago that a rock, weighing several hundred pounds, was hurled from the Virginia side of the river to the back yard of what is know as the old stone house, at the intersection of the canal and new cut roads, narrowly missing tne head of an inmate of the house, who was cutting wood on the outside For the Poor. An interesting series of revivals is in pro- gress at the Congress Street M. P. Church. The services have been conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Lewis of Mount Ta- bor and other outside ministers. At the usual joint Thanksgiving ser- vices between the parishioners of * Mount Tabor and the Congress Street Churches a heavy contribution to the poor fund was made. The money given will be placed in the hands of the pastor for distribution. A Plingue Spot. “The only way to secure the immediate abolition of that miserable looking spot called the abandoned Presbyterian cem- etery,” said a large property holder this morning to a reporter, “is to assess the ground and compel the owners to contrib- ute to the revenue of the District. As long as it remains in its present condition the owners will not bestir themselves, having nothing to lose, and the general advance- ment of values contributing to their satis- faction. It has now really ceased to be a graveyard, and should be looked upon as real estate and treated in the ordinary way. Then we would see the place, which in its present condition neither costs any- thing or produces a revenue to its owners, quickly cleaned up, made sanitary, at- tractive and remunerative to all concerned. Nine-tenths of those buried there now will have to be removed by the church having | control of the cemetery, as provided for, and the final stroke should be made at once.” Prince Pardy Won. In the six-horse trotting race yesterday at Brightwood the little animal Prince Purdy, from Georgetown, won without being trotted out. The race was a mile one and the best time made 2.48. Out of the four heats run Prince Purdy got three. The horses matched against him were Minnie Hunter, Dandy, Gray Secret. the Shughrue filly and Bishop's gray Unknown. The purse was quite a handsome one. Horse- men predict a splendid future for Prince Purdy. He is now but four years old. ‘Exciting Runaway. A double team of horses attached to 2 carriage containing a lady and gentleman ran away yesterday on the Tenleytown road and came all the way to George- town without accident, turned ifto Road street, down 28th, missed colliditg with Metropolitan car No. 7 by a miracle and finally entered Washington. A terrific pace was kept up during the entire run through town. The quick turning of his horses by driver Arthur Berry was the only thing that prevented the collision with the street car. Paragraphs. A fourteen-foot granite monument of beautiful design is being cut for the grave of the late Joseph F. Birch. At the time of Mr. Birch’s death his books showed that as an undertaker he had buried as many people since his entry into business as there Were then people in Georgetown. The Ellen Tabin, recently raised after having sunk with a broken keel and kelson, has been sent to Alexandria, where, it is said, she will be placed in the hands of re- constructors, Pure air and good dij for health. The first is always. Use of the genuine JOHAN} MALT EXTRACT gives it. It will make foul soluble and easy to digest. The diastase contained in the malt makes it so. One dozen bottles of the genuine JOHANN HOFF’S MALT EXTRACT gives as much strength and nourish- ment as a cask of ale or porter without being intoxicating. It is therefore highly recommended for mothers while nursing, for weak children and in general debilit; See that “JOHA! neck label of bottle. 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Be on your guard against humbugs, antiquated methods" and ‘illiterate practitioners, and don’t forget that you cannot buy siik for the price of cotton. a.m. to tm. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. 2 p.m. only. Consultation free. PILES will forfeit 81.090 for every to cure. Di RL . ness. No cutting. No barbarous or fos ssilized methods, I undertake and fail st. nw. no¢-Lm Get the Best. THE GONCORD HARNESS. WIZ & BRO., 497 Penn. ave., adjoining National Hotel. Horse Blankets and Lap Robes at low prices. | oc2 HAD A REVOLVER. Young Shelley Enthused for Columbia and Gets Arrested. James E. Shelley, son of Gen. Shelley of Texas, attended the foot ball game yester- day and carried the colors of the Columbias. Just after the finish of the first half, when friends of both teams were parading about ; the grounds, representatives of the two teams met near the south side and young Shelley accidentally knocked a George- town banner from the hands of one of the men. This episode was the cause of an ill-feeling between the contending parties and for an instant it appeared as though the affair would have a serious ending. There was a general rush in the direction of the young Yexan and Sergeant Jordan, fearing he would be handled roughly, went to his assistance. In endeavoring to pro- tect him he felt in his pocket and discov- ered that he had a weapon. Sergeant Jor- dan disarmed him right there on the grounds, taking from him a Colt’s 38-caliber revolver. The weapon was loade® From the grounds the young man was taken to the police station, where h@ left $50 coi- lateral for his appearance This morning the cas: was recorded in the Police Court and a continuance until Wednesday was granted. In the mean- time an effort will be made to have the case nolle prossed, —_—>_— ‘ A Very Small Prisoner. William Exum, a colored boy, who is perhaps the smallest prisoner ever tried in the Police Court, was before Judge Kim- ball this morning on a charge of vagrancy. Judge Kimball thought that the boy was about five years old, but the youthful pris- oner frankly admitted that he had no idea about his age. Officer Hayes of the Haltt- more and Uhio railroad was complainant in the case. He said that the boy went to Harper's Ferry on a freight train, and after remaining there two or three days he was sent back, When he arrived on an after- noon train yesterday he said his mother lived in Snow’s row, but the officer was | unable to find her. “How did you get in the car?” Kimball asked the infant. “Crawled in,” was his response. “Did you know the car was going out?” “No, sir.” “What made you get in the car “L wanted to go to sleep.” Policeman Oliver said that the boy was at the station several days ago. bk became of him then?” “He ran away.” Officer Hayes said he understood that the boy’s mother had deserted him. Judge Kimball turned him over to the board of children’s guardians. pi Seas orsanaam Over Ten Thousand Visitors. ‘Thanksgiving day was a big day at the Zoo. 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