The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-06

THE LIGHT OF CONTRAST.

THE LIGHT or CONTRAST.
african slave Trade and The Convict sA'ns
Some Of the most important lessons %
life are learned in the light OF contrast
We know the sweet JOY OF health = "a
never did before. after days OF pain sns
suffering. We paint our pictures On
dark background, and appreciate TUG
beautiful only SO far as seen in consrss'
with the deformity. and the good IS 70.
vealed by the shadowy form OF eviA
ready to touch us with its gaunt myers
In this way we may perhaps more
wildly catch glimpse of some formsoi
inhumanity that now gives us no UNI
easiness because they are so common
A succession of pictures will help 70
focus the thought now in our mind
| The first is taken from sketch Of the
| African slave trade, as recently seen oy
Mr.. H. +. NOR. of New York. we give
| it as nearly in his words as space VIII per
NIT. When slaves are captured, yoke
is placed upon their necks and Is Allow
cd to remain day and night. The yoke
is the forked branch OF young tree
and is generally about i've or six feet
long and weighs about 20 pounds. Re-
fractorv slaves are often placed in yolkes
- more than 20 rounds. The end Of
the woke ia dashed to the corresponding
end Of another yoke that holds another
alave. They are then started to the
East coast traders, marching all day and
ali NIGHT. and the slaves that fail to
keen un are dealt q terrible blow on the
name Of the necks that ends their life.
Children are often torn from the arms
Of their parents at the slightest sign Of
fatigue and their brains dashed out
AGAINST a tree.
The second picture is taken from Mr..
i ceoroe Kennan's description of the Con-
v;ct Mines Of Kara. in a recent number
of the Century. Speaking of the place
10. .ho Go. worls his State prison-
orc he savs. "a nerson Who has once in
hs1.d th.t odor can never forget it: it is
40 rrI;ta .nv other had smell in the
-,orld that hardly know with what to
cor.ra a. Loan ask Won to imagine
.s1lar az evarv atom Of which has been
h.If dozen t;mea through human
1--we. .rd !. heavy with carbonic acid;
e. ;sos c,re that air still further vitiated
hv for, rpncant sliohtlv ammoniacal
aybsls TONS from long unwashed human
hcd;.s. - ;rn.g;ne that r. has a suepes.
ton - damn decavino wood. and more
th., a .urgestion ~ human excrement
,na st;ii Won have M adequate idea Of
EN- In th;s hlsct hole n the cold ST.
3 hs~,.r ,v;-tsr man and women are com.
De,,ad 20 live and sleen ON roueh benches
w;thont hlantets or Are. hacked in rows
- go !. az o..rse.t fcod The first
r;nt,,.a - rl;rorsa ~ an ipdu.trv nov
r.r~;sS ~ IN the ur;,ds of Africa. and
: tha Second raan into a Russian STATE
: r-;sor wei, - wh.t valne can such ,
r;s;or ., Voc and wretchedness be K
; rsp No such evils would be tolerated
, for dav in our happy land.
Wait : moment It is truo these pic
/ tures are taken from a region far ava,
8 and from a social system now happily
9 fast becoming obsolete, but there ar
+ other nictures that sbow what is takint
y nlace under our social system. that CON
q siderinp our relative position are Quit,
% ma nainful to contempiate. Here Is one
. A little ragged urchin is timidly watch
Il inc a rum her Of vell-dressed bows play
. inc hall A kind gentleman approache
q and saws: ssYou seem to be ENJOYING tn
4 fun: would YOU not like to take part?
.sThev won't have me. sir. The goo
man what breaches in the little oil
church behind the livery stable, sal
last sunday. We are all brethren. See
sir. these bows have nice clothes and
- am in rags: they have plenty to eat an
am ALWAYS hungry. It don't look lilx
IN q air ~ don't look like IT." And We
70 4L..,...a.o - ~. a. al ~,
IN .neie ".o :
large cities that are oelng eoucateo
- that school of poverty and wretchednesl
Q. n thew grow nm atheists in religion an
ID .narchists In notifies. would e /
xt s.-..o
IT. H. = .,o+h.r Tho .cona a. laid
rawva.h hrt nav 10 dnnlicatad an,
whsra -,orkirgwoman tells M ho