The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06


Mr.. r P. Piehoff, OF South Carolina.
has lately been appointed TO a position
in the Government Printing Office He
has been prominent in local politics IN
the manufacturing district Of South Caro-
lima for several years, and has for some
time been labor organizer.
There is one man in my State who is
not afraid to have Congress investigate
the sand cure or any other cure VIC are
accused Of using to produce slender Re
publican returns" said state Department
clerk from the South who was being twit-
ted On the disparity between the number
OF grown negroes and Republican results
on the returns from his part Of the coun-
trv-
Jasper would welcome an Official cxcur-
sion run with the idea OF fixing a cure for
the cures because he would get chance
to tell about his unique, effective and
patented soap cure Ono great and hot
day Jasper went to meeting Of the
'trooly IoI' the object of which meeting
it was 10 get the negroes enthused, with
view 10 carrying tho fall election. A
white maa made an incendiary harangue
and things looked black fer the white
people and it was concluded that some
thing must be done to divert the crowd,
which was seething and in z mood for
devllment- Jasper was wearing a red
shirt and a watchful air and he knew the
negro character we'll He knew the ne
grOs thoughts always turn TO the meeting
house when there is trouble and he also
knew that If anything is trouble to
ind IL n in IL
In grocery store Jasper got the ma
teTiat for the most comicaI Tout in our
political histoTy-a piece Of soap There
was screechiBg. yelling mob at the pub
lie well and a big black preacher Just
cut Of jail, was still further infiaming
them Jasper got into the thickest of the
crowd. where the enthusiasm was the
greatest He was swapping his teeth In a
peculiar manner, the muscles of his face
were twitchius and he had a CLEAN in his
eyes He moved to the watering trough
and on sight OF water commenced fOaming
at the mouth. Then he let cut a terriTy-
ing bark and nailed with his teeth the
eieanest ear IL sight. He had been a Con-
fedeTate soldier and remembered =ame
rough morsels taken without a qUalm-
The ear WAS attached TO big negro who
I'D mouth like a tunnel and voice
that had lifted the upsayed of the mourn
er's bench. The scattering Of the crowd
WIS now complete ana OF all the NOD
there were only two negroes IN sight, the
one who had been bitten By the madman
and old Jake, whose misery held him TO q
seat and TO vOciferous prayer There were
no more political meetings fer the 'tI9oly
lotl,' but at the churches the month OF
August was marked BY unprecedented re-
vivais- All meetings were in day time and
the left hind feet OF graveyard rabbits
were in great demand
Jasper got over his 1T, but the white
men IN town had regular spasms OF their
OWL They bought him lots Of LIQUID
cures for the bad taste IN his mouth and
Jasper says IL he could have hived all the
extracts Of cats-a-f ghtin' that we're offered
aim he would have quit buying until the
county goes Republican"
3Ir. Carlton Hughes, OF the Postoffce
Department. the author of the beautiful
poem recently printed in The Evening
Times. entitled President Mckinley"
and upon which he was personally com
plimented By Mrs. Mckinley, has written
the following lines. entitled
"a DOOR OR a WALL"
q don't know if death IS an open door or
wall 4. G. IngeTsOll-
4 light is out. a soul has fed,
This earth shall never know It more;
O, tell me. thou agnOstie dead.
IS death 3 vail or open door?
I am the Way, the Life the Light"
Was Ingersoil or Jesus right?
Your faith took held Of things you knew.
You doubted all you could not see;
The Cross was but a cross to you,
You saw No door on Calvary.
Shall trust things I have not seen?
Shall reject the Nazarene?
Please tell me this. NOW impIore.
When you received the sudden call,
Was it tc you an open door,
Or was it but 4 marble wall2
And are you nov outside the gate,
A yearntng SOUL but desolate2
Your thought expressed was as a gem,
Your eloqUence almost Givine;
Your heart responsive beat with men.
The charm Of excellence was thine;
Bat, Iugersoli, VIII these avail
When Gods sweet love for men shall fail?
You could not see the light above,
You culIed the flowers that near YOU
grew:
You Gloriifed in earthly love,
Bat love Of God was uaught to you
The light and love OF God were there,
and doors swing open everywhere.
Far better I LIES race shall run.
And here by faith door shall see:
And have hope to rest upon.
4 God to love and comfort me.
So when I hear my Saviour call
TIL nr7ra dof,- and no4