The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-27

= GOry YETI asked Mr.. DOOley.
Not that 1 know w." said Mr.. Hen
Messy.
"He WILL said Mr.. Dooley. Yell
not escape him Befure he dies, ne
hopes to crowd a Hbry on ivry man.
woman an child in tn country. Hes
given him to cities, towns, Villages
an Hhistiin' stations. They're tearin'
down gas houses an poor houses to
tut UP Iibries. Befure another year,
Xyry house in P%ittsburg that amt a
blast furnace will be a Carnayyie Ii
bry. In some places all tn buildin S
Ga ibries. If ye write him fr an aIty-
graft, he sinds ye a libry. No beEgar
As liver turned Imply handed firm tn
dure. Tn pan-handler knocks an
asts TT a glass iv milk an a roll. No,
sir says Andrew Carnaygie. / Will
not pauperize this unworthy man.
Nawthin' is worse fr a beggar mar
thin to make a pauper " him. Yet
1t shall not be said iy me that 1 give
nawthin' to tn poor. Saunders, give
him a libry an if he still insists on
a roll, tell him to roll tn libry. FIR
I'm humorous as we'll as wise he
says"
Does he give the books that go with
IT." asked Mr.. Hennessy.
"BOOks?" said Mr.. DoOley. What
ARE ye talkin' about? Dye Know
what a libry Is? l suppose ye :hInk
IT'S a place where a man can so, haul
down wan iv his fav'rite authors Il m
tn shelf an tax a nap in it. That's
not a Carnay gle hbry. a CarnaySle
hbry is a large, brown-stone impene-
thrible buildin' with tn name iv tn
maker blown on tn dure. Libry, frm
Tn Greek Wurruds, libus, a book, an
airy. sildom, -sildom a book. a Car
maggie libry is archytechoor, not Ii
thrachOor. LithrachOOr will be rip-:-
sinted. Tn mos cillybrated dead au-
thOrS will be hOnOred be haYin' their
names printed on tn wall in diS.in-
guished COmp'ny, as thus: Andrew
Carnaygie, Shakespeare, Andrew Car
maggie, Byron. Andrew Carnaygle.
Bobby Burns, Andrew C~arnaygie, an
so on Iyry author is guaranteed u
place mex to pure reddin' matter lika
= bakin' powdher advertisement, so
that whin a man comes along that
niver heard iv SHAKESPEARE. he'll know
he was somebody because there lie is
on tn wall. That's tn dead authors.
TIL live authors will stand outside an
wish they were dead.
He's haViR' gr-reat sport with 1t.
r-read his speech tn other day whln
ne laid tn corner stone ~ tn Lbry
at Pianola, IOway. Tn entire poppy
EatiOn iv this lithry cir -er gathered to
see an hear him. Thy was tn post
master an his wife. tn blacksmith an
his family, tn station agent mine
host iv tn Farmer Exchange. &n
sthray live stock. Ladies an Elntie-
men, says he. 'NOdesty com ials lhe
TO say nawthfn' o. this occasion. hut
I am not 10 be bU,ldOzed.' he says. l
can't tell ye how much pleasure !
take in disthributin' mOnymints 10 tn
humble name around which has Sath-
cred so NANNY hOn'rable associations
with mesilf. | have been a very busy
little man all me life. but / like hard
uurruk an givin' away me money IS
sb' hardest wurruk l liver did. 1t fair
~ makes me teeth ache TO part with
ct. But there's wan consolation. l
cheer meSilf with tn thought Ihat II"
matther how much money l give, II
don't do amy particular person amy
good. Tn worst thing We can DO +
amy man is to do him good. l pass
by tn organ grinder on tn corner ',ith
n savage glare. l hate tn MONKEY
on tn head whin he comes up Smllin
to me window an hurl him down on
his inpaCyOOnyous owner. None Nv
me money goes into tn little tin cup.
/ cud kick a hospital an | Law W@I
sthreet to look afther tn WidoW an
tn orphan. TIL submarged tenth.
thin that cant get hold iv a good
chunk IL tn goods. | wud cut off I'm
tn rest iv tn wJrruld an preVtnt frm
bearin' tn hauEhty name " papa or
tn still lovelier name iv ma so far
I've sot my half me wish in this
matther. L don't van poverty an
crime to go on. 1 intind 10 stop IL.
But how? It's been holdin' its own
fr Some iv tn gr-reateSt
" former minds has undertook TO pre-
yint it an has failed. They didn't
know how. Modesty wud prevint me
again firm sayin' that | know no",
but that's nayther here nor there. L
do. TIL way to abolish poverty an
bust crime is to put up a brOWn-Stone
buiIdin' in ivry town in tn country
with me name owe it. That's tn way.
I suppose tn raisOn 1T wasn't thtied
befure was that no man iver had such
a name. It's thrue me efforts IS not
apprecyated ivryWhere. l offer Z city
= Iibry an oftentimes it replies an
asks me FIR something to pay II IA
school debt. l rayceiVe degraded pet
tyshuns firm so-called proud mothro2-
OliscS aSkin' fr 4 gas house IN Lace
Nv ii libry. | pass thin by With Sr"ln.
All ask iv a city in rayturn fr Z
fifty thousan' dollar libry is Ihat II
shall raise wall mlllyon dollars 10
maintain tn buildin' an keep me name
shiuy. an. if it won't do that much
fr NthraChOor. tn divVle take II. It's
ouwOrthy ~ tn name iv an AuIerlc"n
city. WHEAT ivry community leeds is
taxes an IithraChoOT- / give thin
both. Three cheers fr a Gbry an a
bonded debt. LithrachOor. taxation
an Andrew Carnaygie. wan an III
siprable, now an f~Oriver. TheE'se
nawthin' so good as a good book. It's
betther thin food: it's bettheT thln
money. l have made money an BOOKS,
an I like me books betther thin ne
money. Others don't. but 1 do With
these few wurruds l will COn-ciuGe.
NOdesty wud prevint me firm sayln.
more. but l have TO catch a thrail an
cannot so on. I stake ye to this h"Iy
which ye Will have as o as We raise
TIL money to keep ii gOin. Stock IL
With useful readin' an some day. yorS
otherwise pauper a criminal childhaT
will come TO know me name whtn |
am gone an there's no wan to tell il
l. thIm-'
"Whfn tn histOryan comes to write
tn histhry ~ tn West. he'll say:
PianOla, IOway. was a prosperous