The Opelousas courier., 1888-12-29
u.ero North and South.

IAN
2 9, l,g the Republicans OF the
W. IRE lamenting over the
ses, q he Southern negroes, the
-, gsogthern negroes have a very
sslancholy story to tell OF their
condition. Al the late col
Oen meeting in Chickering
PTsH New York, the spokesman
q ~ Of the discrimination
plest his race in the North,
asstieularly in the matter OF la
b, Color lines are sharply
a a.sa,, throughout that seetlon'
" orator declared, and in com
uas;tion with the white race the
ices are falling steadily be-
s XXI aFashion,,' he continued,
! la ! doing away with the col
Ia soachman, the colored bar
" has disappeared from New
4 yark. the Englishman wears the
tiers apron in the hotel din
- rooms, the Irishman has
Esed the whitewash brush, and
IA almond-eyed Monaghan
..eser,s over the wash tub, where
puee the darkey's face was
These are sad but Solemn
f.ets. The Northern negro is
Senied a chance at almost every
line Of labor. He retained until
lately several special branches
FL which he was thought to- be
PARTICULARLY suited, and became
J waiter. coachman, barber or
whiteWasher. From even these
Ranches he has been latterly
driven, and the New York Sun,
notieing the condition of the
raee IN the American metopo-
il. and indeed Throughout; the
North. has this to say OF it
aNoR the negro waiter s the
exception, and negro coachmen
IRE no longer @mmon. The
colored white washer survives
almost wholly in the magma
lion Of negro m%instrely, and tht
eolored barber is rapidly becom
mo an historic functionary il
New York. Their places have
been taken by Irishmen, En-
elishmen, Swiss, Germans ant
italians, while the Chinamei
have secured what is a substan
tial monopoly in the Iaundr,,
business, few as they are r
numbers actually and compare
lively to the negroes"
This change has been brongll
about largely by the inability Z
the negfd to compete with tn
white man iii many trades, an
largely by the race prejudice
which keeps him out OF thes
trades, or forces him to work
i disadvantage III them.
While some of the Republ
can papers declare that the ~
groes are denied the right
Yote Iii the South, the negl
himself insists that he is denie
The right to laboEin the Mort
and is shut out of nearly evel
business at which he can mai
d decent living. The Chlcke
inc Hall orator pointed out tn
his race had as much reason
resent it's treatment north
south of the Ohio, for in the "a
ter section race or color did u
prevent one from getting Wo
to- 40.
N. %. Daily States: LII I
British metropolis, a contemI
rary tells us, almost all OF I
minor wants of the citizen VII
away from his domicile may
supplied from one OF the hl
dreds of . pnt-a-penny-in-fl
SLOT confriyances which !;
scattered throughout the cI
All of those little knicknat
In which our street fakirs dells
are now sold iii London t.
automatic sources of supp
From one of the machiipes lat
introduced the penny drop
into the slot returns I'd
shape of d sheet of paper anu
envelope !; another penny brll
forth pen and ink and q post;
stamp; the top has q desk
upon which the letter may
written, and at the side IS Q 2
box iii which it may be pos
The London public find u
mnltifarious machines Us
even In the purchase Of q pen
worth Of tea, or sugar9 or 6
and there is no end OF Z.
number. Their introduction
this country is, of course, Inn