The free state., 1900-01-20
dFRO-AMER|CAN CULI|NGS.
Afro.American Aphorisms,

:, This most iacred institution of o6f
Christian civilization is the Christian
Sabbath; With.that gone all else had
Is well be taken away. The most for.
midable enemy Of the Sabbath is tho
saloon and 80 great is its influence in
municipal affairs that even the sworn
officers of the law are afraid to pun
1sh 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 Kesro 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 It IL
| found that the Negro can produce re-
suits as good or better than the white
man In laying brick, caTpenteflng, de-
signing and building etc., and perhaps
at lower rates, his danger as a COM
petitor will be noted, and he will tn N
be asked into the labor and trades
union as a measure of protection. The
labor union Is the Negroes worst ene-
my In the North.
At every public entertainment we
visit here OF late, we rlih across a
crowd Of young upstairs" who try 70
see how disgraceful they can act. At
the last public entertainment we at
tended we we're disgusted 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 sec 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 reward Is given the white
| man who Is ignorant and who may
prefer to continue so. The result is
evident il each claims bis reward.
Every colored soldier who leavos
the United States and goes out to the
Philippine Islands to fight the brave
men there who are struggling and dy-
Ing for their liberty, are simply flght-
Ing to curse the country with color
phobia, tim-crow cars, diefranchise-
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
Filipinoe is fool or villain, more
fool, however, than VillaiD, we trust.
May every one OF them get ball etung
Is our sincere prayer.
The Negro should patroniEe those
merchants and men who lead 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 tbs
merchant, and In fact every white man
who would accept the Negro's 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 patronizo Negro en-
terprtses.
When a wise man has summed VI
all his days and looks back upon them
he then can see his greatest errors; but
q foolish man can never see.
There were 398 colored commission
ed officers and 1851 oolored privates
and non on-commiaaioned officers serving
among the volunteers during the
Spanish American war.
st. Louis has two very wealthy col
ored people, Mrs. Amanda Larbadie
pays taxes on 100000; and Alfred
White, a caterer and oonfectioner, has
made S7s 70 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, OF
endeavoring to rise without helping the
masses to rise, because We are all put
In &ha aama category
The negro, with a few exceptions
lets ell good opportunities pass him
and then howl because he got left. II
you will attend to your own business
and let other folks alone you will
prosper.
If the Negro cake walkers only had
tails they would be complete monkeys;
or IL they only had ears 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
II is by doing our duty that We learn tc
do It. So long as we dispute whether
or not a thing is our duty, so long We
remain inactive. We should set eVe1
so meekly about doing. We find in our
selves strength which we know not OF
difficulties which It seems to US We
ean rot get over. d4Dappear.