The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-10-06
ARP TAKING Al BEST.
Philosopher Is Enjoying the Pleas
ures Of Home.
TaIka About che China Mudd1e-sayi
II Was Preeipttated By Our AG-
gPeasiOn Upon the Phil-
ippinR TaIands.


and exclaimed; Fate cannot harm
me, l have dined to-day and 30
have filled my heart with the sweets
and comforts Of home, and feel defiaH
Of human misery. Fate cannot harm
me, for my home is my castle where
as Blackstone says, "the king Of Eng
land dare not enter unlimited"
But an old man did enter not long
ago and said he came to stay a few
days if it was convenient. 1 saw bib
baggage on the iron seat in the ver-
anda. He said: II travel free and
lodge free and mix with none but thu
best people, and so I have come tp
abide with you for q few days. |
hope it is convenient" Well, it wasn't
convenient, for my wife was at Rome
and my daughters away, and hal
never heard of him, and so I toll
him it was not convenient. He SCENE
surprised and asked me if I was 9
Virginian. / told him no, I was 3
Georgian, and he said that Virgin
ians seemed tor be scarce in this rt-
gion, and he feared that old Virginia
hospitality had not reached here; thai
Bishop Nelson had entertained him il
Atlanta, and he found a welcome
among all Virginians. "What are you
| going to do with me?" he asked. ~
am lame and can't walk; 1 was told
you had a carriage and would drive
me anywhere I wished to 60" "No,
sir, I have neither carriage nor buggy,
but 1 will go down town and get a
vehicle and take you anywhere you
wish to go" Then he said Brother
Bealer told him that if 1 would nDt
take him, there was a poor widow
across town who would, and he would
speak to her. So 1 took him there
and left him, and will pay his bill if
Brother Bealer didn't. There are re-
Ggious tramps as well as sinner
tramps, and they T not angels On
wares.
/ was down in the wiregrass region
for nearly two weeks, and have most
pleasant memories of my new fou nd
friends, but the last day was the best,
for 1 was on my journey home nd
counted the milestOnes as we speed led
along. Happy faces and loving kisses
greeted me when I came, and here ]
am going to rest until the larder gets
low and my wife insists that I b lad
better make another venture.
And now let the procession proceed,
Let the war go on. 1t is none of
my begetting; it might have stopped
at Santiago, but our Yankee brethren
seem to love the niger afar of and
have bought 10000 0 at two doll airs
and a half a head, which was CHI ap
enough if Spain could have deliver red
the goods. But they have cost ten
times that now and are still in the
woods. We used TO advertise u T IN
aways and say: ''Ten dollars rewa ard
Runaway from the subscriber, my
boy Dick, Is years old, five feet ten
inches high, black complexion and
very fat nose. The above reward will
be paid on his delivery to me or his
Judgment in the nearest Jail" why
not try that on Aguinaldo and the
other runaways? But If they catch
them I don't know what they are go.
ing to do with them; they wouldn't
let Aguinaldo set up a barber shop il
Manila no more than they would il
Boston or Chicago. Prof. Council, whc
is president of the colored agrIcul
tural college in Alabama, understand
this. he is the smartest and best lead
er Of his race, and when he speak Oh
writes to the public always says thu
right thing. I have great respect fol
him.
But this awful muddle with China
which was precipitated by our agtres
sion upon the Philippines, seem 5 t.
have no end in sight. Rev. DR.. Halder
man, Of New York, who is said 10 b
a very learned man, says that he. dem
onstrated a year ago from Scripture
prophecy that the present year vroulr
find all the nations at war, and Their
would be a mighty struggle bet weel
Russia and China, and that Russii
would eventually gain the supremacy
and that for a time the hordes iron
China would break in an awful ava
lanche upon the western nation8 an
the greed, the rapacity, the Christles
Goddess selfshness Of European ne
tions would get its reward, and ther
will be a terrible balance sheet ag aims
, those Christian nations who have POI
soned China. with opium and mad
them look upon all Christians tB ra
pacious foreign devils.
He says that the Chinese are fight
ing for their homes and institution,
and know that the Christian nation
are seeking to rob them, and thai thei
missionaries are backed by gun s an
swords and Goddess soldiers res dy t
kill and slay. This infuriates then
and they look upon any white ma.
as a devil who should be slain "a
says that while this impendin b an
destructive war is ordained of GOD an
foretold by His prophets, yet the 81
of it lies at the doors of Christian Ms
tions. Ofenses must needs com e, bu
woe unto those by whom they COM
The love of money is still the + Dot c
all evil. TRADE will follow tha flag
Is the shiboleth Of commerce, and
the flag has to be stained with bloc
J 1t does not matter.
These r my convictions, and henc
cannot work up any enthusial m no