The reporter., 1900-02-01
Afro. American Aphorisms.

as well be taken away. The most for
midable enemy Of the Sabbath Ii the
saloon and 30 great Is its influence in
municipal affairs that even the sworn
officers OF the law are afraid to pun
ish the keepers for violation of the
Sunday laws.
Millions OF Southern white people
have as high sense of justice and re-
volt at the treatment Of the African
and regret 1t as intensely as any people
on earth. We have known them to
both curse and weep over the recital
OF the treatment Of the Negro In in
stances which have been related. But
they are powerless and dare not speak
loudly lest their business and social
relations should subject them to ridi-
eule and finally want.
The Negro must prepare himself to
compete with the white man in the
Industrial field. The Industrial school
is the entering wedge. When 1t IL
found that the Negro can produce re-
suits as good or better than the white
man In laying brick, carpentering, de-
signing and building etc, and perhaps
at lower rates, his danger as COM
petitor will be noted, and he will th>n
be asked into the labor and trades
union al a measure OF protection. The
labor union Is the EegroB worst ene-
my In the North.
At every public entertainment we
visit here OF late. we run across
crowd of young "upstarts" who try 10
see how disgraceful they can act At
the last public entertainment We at.
tended we were disguised with them.
standing In the door way, using all
kinds of slang expressions and some
went so far as to whistle across the
hall. Parents should see and know
where the children are and DO some
thing on this line This disgraceful
acting on the part OF those who are to
become the future men Of the race is
really dscouragng.
Somehow we have the feeling that
after all we should not feel resentful
toward our Southern white friends
for the manner In which they frame
their anti-franchise laws. They actu-
ally offer premium to the Negro who
will become intelligent, while at the
same time a reward is given the white
man who Is ignorant and who may
prefer to continue so. The result M
evident il each claims his reward
Every colored soldier who leaves
the United States and goes out to tle
Philippine Islands to fight the brave
men there who are struggling and dy-
Ing for their liberty, are simply fight
Ing to curse the country with color
| phobia, jim-crow cars, disfranchse-
ment, lynchers and everything that
| prejudice can do to blight the MAN.
hood Of the darker races, and as the
Filipinos belong to the darker human
variety, the Negro fighting against
himself Any Negro soldier that will
cross the ocean to help subjugate the
| Filipinos is a fool or villain, more
fool, however, than villain, we trust.
May every one of them get ball stung
Is our sincere prayer.
The Negro should patroni.e those
merchants and men who lend their
aid and assistance to help the Negro
enterprises. The Negro has race jour
nails, who mould public opinion, the
same as the opposite race, and the
merchant, and In fact every white man
who would accept the Negros money
should think enough of their enter
| prises to patroniZe them. They will
tell the Negro Journalist that they can
not give them an advertisement, but
they don't tell our wives, daughters
and sons that they can not accept
their money for their goods. Trade
with the men who patronize Negro en-
terprises.
When a wise man has summed up
all his days and looks back upon them,
he then can see his greatest errors; but
a foolish man can never see.
There were 39S colored commission
ed officers and 1851 colored privates
and on-commissioned officers serving
among the volunteers during the
SpanishrAmerican war.
st. Louis has two very wealthy COL
ored people, Mrs. Amanda Larbadie
pays taxes on 100000; and Alfred
| White, caterer and confectioner, has
ulade 81 o at his business.
There is no need OF any one who has
one-sixteenth OF Negro blood In him
trying to get away from the race, or
endeavoring to rise without helping the
masses to rise, because we are all put
in the same category.
The negro, with a few exceptions
lets all good opportunities pass him
and then howl because he got LETT. II
you will attend to your own business
and let other folks' alone you will!
prosper.
II the Negro cake walkers only had
tails they would be complete monkeys;
or II they only had ears a little longer
they would be complete donkeys. As
it is, they can pass for half monkey
and half donkey. We consider them
the biggest fools outside OF the lunatic
asylum.
Some OF our people talk TOO much.
It is by doing our duty that we learn to
do it. So long as we dispute whether
or not a thing is our duty, so long we
remain inactive. We should set ever
so meekly about doing. We find in our
selves strength which we know not. OF.
| Difficulties which it seems to US We
can rot get over. disappear.
Governor Longno appealed TO the