The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-06

lIlluS W eaI. he iEll upou NY
breast ilnploring The blessings OF
Heaven on his generous bene:actor
Ny yes wrr,. dim an'' with dillicul
ty / helped him Oh Il i ssing street
car. The wanderer WIS lone and |
continued down Broadway as f'ar as
Union Square. and th.re | met q
friend who invited NE 10 t;ti,' Il cigar.
H.. remarked hat he h:l al engage
ment to keep at half past eleven and
asked he the time. | went or my
Jules Jurgcson and it was gone. |
Immediately clasped my "and on the
, bosom Of my shi and Il valuable
stud was missing. My starving
ir!rnd had cleaned HE like Shot
gun.
DO you think | ain goin- to pick
up any more prris!ling fellow crca-
tnr on tie sidewalk! ! Not much
! ne next fellow find dying / will
call the police and treasure forever
more that admirable motto. "uharity
! begins at home. | don't wonder
that peoples hear arc hard The
only wonder is, that anybo y gives
at all
All over the city are homes for
destitute boys and asylrms for friend
less girls A lot Of sef-const:t ted
sharks profess so be the almoncrs of
the public's charity. This is one OF
the most '}"Spicahl" forms Of huma"
swi ding. Ca-c after case has been
exposed. some of them punished but
still this mercenary mode Of plumber
goes on. The women who practice
this piracy generally assume sane
timonious air and expatiatc IN The
beauty Of charity, while they starve
and torture the wretched children
whom they have inveigled into their
dens.
But it is pleasant to turn from those
inlamies 10 the many worthy chari
ties with which our city is blest,
among the very foremost Of which
are the various Catholic institutions
Of the city. The Catholic Protec
tory, Father Drumgools school for
boys, and many Others belonging to
the same denomination. They draw
largely from the public treasury, but
the question is between giving it to
them or deyoting it to the building
Of prisons. Hare they are we'll fed.
well housed. well clad, we'll attended
to morally, and physically and in
tellectually. To their honor. be it
recorded, there are no complaints of
starvation or iil,treatment among the
wards Of our Catholic institutions.
Decency, good order, cleanliness. dis
cipline and excellent moral training
characterize them and make them
models for similar institut ons
throughout the word.
The sttutions devoted to the
care Of girls are all presided over by
Sisters Of the different orders-sweet,
patient, cultured women, who serve
Heaven bes; by attending these poor
motherless. fatherless and homeless
waits.
Father DrumgooFs school is filed
with hoodlums, hundreds Of whom
have been picked of the streets, reg
ular Arabs. outcasts, and Ishmacls.
Once within the influence of this
worthy old priest they begin to rise
I think he likes to tackle tough cases
just to see how good a man he can
make Of the most unpromising ma
terials.
But it must not be thought that
charity is confined to the Catholics.
Some Of the Protestant institutions
are not surpassed in the world
While if had the space | would
willingly mention the most promi-
nent; there is one which l cannot
pass without a word of praise and
that is St. Johns Guild. There are
many blessed charities in our midst
but none more blessed than St Johns
Guild. It has the especial good for
tune to stand we'll with all classes.
and any person entrusting their aims
to it's charge knows they will be well
bestowed. With sympathies that
never fail it is still the most syste-
matte of charities, and disbursing
many thousands of dollars in the
year it is not often deceived. Though
nominally belonging to the Episco-
pal c, nrch, it is by no means demon.
inaticnal in its charities. It is as
ready to relieve a Jew, or Turk, if
the case is worthy, as the most Ortho.
dox believer. All through the sum-
mer its labors among the children Of
the poor, and thousands upon thou.
sands of them are carried to the sea-
side aad others are provided with
homes; in fact, it never wearies Of
doing good. The Jews and Ger
mans have splendid charities. The
Jews being particularly helpful.
But this week We can think of
nothing but politics. On Tuesday
Tammany painted the town red.
Whatever people may think of the
Great Sachem John Kelly ? whatever
he takes l,old Of he does with will,
and when the order went out for the
clans to come in, they came. If the
census of the city could have been
taken in Union Square on Tuesday
night you would not have thought
that such thing as Republican
existed on Manhattan Island. Four
stands were erected on Union Square
the one facing Broadway being
par; ;ilarly fine. Cleveland badges
were nick as the autumn leaves, and
if ev-ry man who wore them votes