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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19
WooDBERRY FOREST T.,
Brilliant Closing Of This Popu-
lar Preparatory School.

wSSo ogeBftE5iR r FORREST SCHOOL, Or
ANGIE VA. June 1S.--Onc OF the largest
and most attractive companies over en-
tertained at the school was gathered at
Woodberry Forest Thursday evening TO
take part in tho celebration OF the close
of tho most successful session IN the MS
tory of the school. The exercises were
onened with a. prayer by tho Rev. William
n Elmer chaplain Of the school, after
which the certificates of distinction were
presented in the several forms. Then fol-
lowed the awarding OF medals to the foA-
lowing students: 81
Medal for the best translation from
Latin at sight--Mr. Charles Preston Fleet,
4 OF Culver, Ind.
Medal for best English essay-Mr. Need
ham Stuart Tur1bull, Of Meredithvllle
Va. ~
Medal In mathematlcs-Mr. Loring
aRaoul, of Atlanta, Ga.
Medals for the highest standing In the
several forms We're presented as follows
In the Sixth Fornl-Mr. Larmour GIRLS
void Adams of Erie, Pa.
In the Fifth .Form-Nr. William John
McC,andless, 5Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa.
In the Fourth Form--Mr. Malcolm Alex
ander Holiday. of staunton, Va.
In the Third Forlll-A1r. James Parish
Robertson, Jr., Charlotte, n. 9.
4 III the Second Form-Mr. Catesby ap,
4 Lucian Jones, Of Savannah, Ga.
In the First Torm-Mr. John Latta
! Ryan, of the city OF Mexico.
l The orator OF the evening was Profes.
I sor William M. Thornton, head of the
4 engineering department of the University
! of virginia. MIR. Thornton is well known
| as ono of the most accomplished speakers
| In the State, and the high expectations
of his audience were amply fulfilled BY
a scholarly and impressive address on the
lesson from the life OF George Washing
ton.
After the close Of the exercises the
company adjourned from the assembly
hall to the ball room. wheer the enthusi'
assn of the young people found vent In
dancing. AT l o'clock supper was served
In the gymnasium, which had been most
attractively decorated for the occasion
with the colors of the school and with
quantities of flowers.
Among the guests staying ut the school
were Misses Ella Buck. Virginia Means.
Marie Potts, Berta Smith, Lucy Shelton,
Brent Witt, Rebecca Walker, Lucy Ford
Workman, Eleanor Nalle, from Richmond,
Va; Misses Raoul, from Atlanta, Ca;
Miss Fances Mayer, from Norfolk, Va;
Miss Susan Adams, from Erie Pa; Miss
Thacker, from Philadelphia: Mrs and
Miss Carver, from Charleston, w. Va;
Mrs. and Miss Robertson. from Charlotte,
N. CT; Miss Warwick. Of Staunton, and
others.
Among the alumni OF the school who
returned for tho occasion were Messrs.
William II. Baughihan. Charles p. Stokes
and Addison Rennolds, of Richmond, Va,
and Mr.. A.Gstuart Robertson, OF Staunton.
Va.
The alumni and such of the other guests
MS had at that time arrived We're spe-
cially entertained Wednesday evening at
the annual baseball supper, on which
occasion. a silver cup was presented as
the prize for the best fielding throughout
the season to Mr. David Spencer Bill, of
spencer. Va, and gold watch fob, as
the prze for the best batting to Mr..
Ralph Ledyard Thacher. of Philadelphia,
Pa, tg.' t8|
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19
PRIVATE HEARING
BEFORE PRlTCHARD
Virginia Counsel Argue Electric
Road Case in Ashcyillc,
North Carolina.
Especial 10 rho Times-pispatcl)

AsilEyILLli. N. O.. June ,t-rA private
hearing Was had before Judge pritchard
Yesterday IN the case of the receivers OF
the Hampton Roads Railway and Electric
Company W.. the Newport News and Old
Point Railway and Electric Company.
on motion for n supersedeas the case
was brought here by the latter COM
papy on AN appeal from the decision or
Judg.f Waddill, Of The Eastern District
OF Virginia.
After argument by counsel, Judge
9richard toolI the matter under advise
nlent, The plaintiff was represented by
eS, Governor o'Ferrall. OF Virginia; eX-
Congressman Thorp and S! q Cumming.
and the defendant by II. G.. Bickford, Of
Newport News
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Reports Are TardY.

There is much demand In municipal
circles for copies of tho annual reports
of the superintendent of the water
works and tho Board OF Fire Commits
sioners, both of which have for some
tine been In tho hands of tho printer.
Another year is now nearly half gone,
and these reports are not yet before tho
public.
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Boston, IA; Chicago, 10.

CHICAGO, June 1s.-The champions
won out to-day in Il long and tedious game
OF eleven innings.
Score: r. II. r.
Chicago .....,.2 0 04 o o. 0 Ol-10 13 s
Boston ......s...4 00O5O22104- Alb II 3
Batteries: White, Walsh and Sullivan;
Dineen and Farrell. Time. $50. Umpire,
Connolly. Attendance. l.2S0
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TIGERS DEVOUR
SONS OF ELI
Princeton Boys Defeat Yale Be-
fore Twenty Thousand Peo-
pie at New York.
(By Associated Prcss.)

f NEW YORK. June 1s.-In the presence
Of $4,000 people the Princeton baseball
team defeated the Yale nine to-day. In
base running and general all-around
work. Princeton proved to be far SUI
perior to Yale. Yale put up a stubborn
fight.
score: r. IT. r.
Princeton. !. ....4o1o23o0.0s-1 10 /
Yale. ,..,... ~. .111OO01oo-4 8 4
Batteries: Byram and Cooney; Bowman
and Winsow.
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Staunton, 81; Harrisonburg,

Especial to Tho Tlmes-Dispatchl
4 STAuNTON. VA. June 1s,--The staun-
ton base ball team yesterday defeated the
Harrisonburg team on tho Staunton
grounds by 81 to Z, Sbaunton has very
strong team this season. and the llarri-
sonburg boys were only toy playthlngs
for the Staunton team.
1t lis likely That Staunton will play two
or three games with Richmond In the
near future.
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Destructive Hail.

Especial to Tho Times-Dlspatch.)
1.uRAY, VA, June lS.-one OF the most
destructive hail storms In the history
OF this county occurred In Springfield Dis
trct yesterday, causing great loss 10
growing crops and fruits. The hail-stones
were unusually large, and the downpour
lasted for some time.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19

ners Of the trips is the new and comfort
able Mount Eliot Springs. situated at
the very base OF Eliot's Knob, tho high.
est mountain spur in Virginia. 1t Is
reached by tho main limo OF the Chesa-
pealsc and Ohio Railway. There is not
d cooler spot in tho State, perhaps. than
this. Mineral waters in great variety give
the summer tourist choice of treatment.
Superb scenery stretches on every hand.
The hotel offers all the comforts Of nome
and delightful society. III
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The Lady Maccabees.

Richmond Hive. No. 8. Lady Magazines.
viii hold its regular rev ew on Tuesday
ats O'clock p. NJ, at Murphy's assembly
hall. 4oa g., tho ar,,,
!, ih lis slnu Al are earnestly requested to
Make Make as Special sci effoyt to be present, 40
rnndidates arc to be Initiated, and the
fill floor work will BIO given.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19
TWIN CITY
BALL GAME.
Richmond Now OH Top Becausc
Of Rain-Storth at Broad
Street Park.
IMPERIALs RUNNING CLOSE
@H 4t Sgis .------------~----- x 8B
divers and Pontiacs Not Il, t sli'.
Same Glass With the
Other Teams.
IMPERlALs RUNNING CLOSE
Standing Of the Clubs.

BY tho failure to play tho complete
gamo yesterday afternoon with the. Oil
5vers, tho Brownies dropped into second
place. Tho game had gone as far AS the
first half Of the fifth inning, when the
rain storm came up. AT that point, with
two men out, tho score stood 0 to I'm
favor of tho Brownies. When the storm
subsidized, the umpire insisted that the
second game BIO called, which, Of course,
threw tho gamo between the Brownies
and the divers by tlle board, as the fifth
inning had not been played. There wan a
division Of sentiment III the Ernnd-stald.
The Brownies were anxious to play,
but the divers were satisfied The
Brownies played perfect ball, not an err
Tor being recorded against them.
In their new uniforms, the Brownies
looked fine and the game they put up
would have been credit to professionals.
The score up to the rain follows:
1JyHJJ .ttfte4
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White Ducks, 9; C. III. Stars, S

White Ducks, 9; c. II. Stars, S.
The White Ducks defeated the Church
Hill Stars yesterday evening In Swans
boro by the score % 9 to 8. Tho lineup
OF both teams is as followsl M
White Ducks--Andrews, Sharp. Tray
lor, Blunt Tucker, Wyatt, Boscher,
Ghurcl, .l1ill stars-O'Keef Fleet.
smith. Sprinkle, Whitmore Jones Moore,
Alyic, August.
Tho score bysinnings:M r.
White Ducks ..............1 q 0 osO4 O---9
Church Hill Stars .......o O10211oo-6
Mr.. Lyle was unable to umpire this
Saturday on account Of being hit with
ball last Saturday.
Batteries: Blunt and Bosher for tho
White Ducks and Fleet for the Church
Hill Stars. Umpire, Hopkins.
Oak Groves, IS; MohaWks. d.
. The Oak Groves defeated the Mohawks
yesterday on SCOTS field b. the score of
rs to 4. The lineup OF bS,h teams was
as Follows:
Oak Grovcs-vulentine. b. Hancock,
Ford. Toler. Bigby, McAlwill. p. Ham
cock. Wynnnnt.6
than, Ahcrn. Whitfield. Lee, Well, Raw
lett.
Score by innings: r..
Oak Groves, ..............2 40 4 80 o Oil
Mohawks 1890. ......,.0 o 0 001 003-
The features were Fnrd's home run
and the pitching OF Wilkinson.
Tuscaroras, al; Old Virgins, II.
The Old ivirElnias were defeated yester-
day by the Tuscaroras by tho scorc OF
al to II. iS 3 5E5 ri
The score by innings: III R..
Tuscaroras 3........ 3.....s7 o. 3 q 0 2 q 6--2l
Old Yirgintas ........ 4 I 0 % Al 0 4 OH
Batteries Tuslaroras: Wilkinson and
Burton; Old virElnias:e ostrander and.
Garter. rs 55t 5ln
Indian Team Went Down.
The heavy hitting Indian team went
down before the Chestnut Hills yester-s
day evening, owing to errors and the
fact hat they were unable to bunch
their hits. Both pitchers were In fine
form. but Thomas. for the Indians, WINS
the star, allowing but few scattered
hits and striking out ten men. Score b.
innings follows:
R.H.E.
lndians.... =. ........O 0 000o-l
Chestnut Hilt... ..2oO1ooo-S
Batteries: Indians, Thomas and Leai;
Chestnut Fill. Brown and Henley. Um-
pre-. William Christian Herbert. ESD.
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Haxe Afternoon Service.

trhe evening services at the Park Place
Methodist Church, beginning to-day VIII
begin at g O'Clock. rather than at s:l5, as
heretofore. During the Summer season
they Will last only ono hour. closing
promptly at 7 o'clock,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19
Annual Picnic.

The annual picnic of the Sunday school
of the First English Lutheran Church
will be held Tuesday at West Point, Tho
train will leave tho Southern station at
$3.50 O'clock In the morning.
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Standing Of the Clubs.

New York, S; Brooklyn, i.
NEW YORK;, Juno 1s.--McG lnnity was
tho New Yoriss defeated Brooklyn. 2r
ji Score: l3yss n II. III.
New York. v. ~. 9 o o 30 01E0 80 70 /
Batteries: Garvin and Rttcr; McGin-
nifty, Bresnahan and Warner Time, 1:45.
Umpire, thinner. Attendance 10000. Ss
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19

Hss Dress right and you'l1
slpol< i,iuht, III YOU look "a hit
votl5ll feel RICH Come right
here for the right dress.
ES.- Feathervveight suits that
will hold their shape and help
YOU hold yours, S7.BOto 500.
tssss- f lan mel. coats, uni ned ];
serge coats, half lined, $3.50 TO
$3.50. ..l
& Network and gauZe under.
wear at the special Price OF
4Sc.
See the window display 81
this Underwear at45c-1ust ike
others 75c kind.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19
These Shamrocks Won.

The Annonas crossed bats with the
Shamrocks yesterday at 1870 p. NJ. at
Forest Hill Park.
The shamrocks won by the score Of
81 to IA.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19

Broke.
Boudar. n, c...........,.. ~
Anderson, J. A.,.,...,,.,,,., 48
Robinson, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. a
Coleman, Observation-Disclosures. IL
Fechler. Y.....,.,.....,,,.... Il
Wiltshire, B..,,,.,.,,...,..,u, 40
= WILSON ,',i,,.,,,...,' ,,.t.,'i ~
Harris .....,,,,. ,,.,...,.,.,. ~ an
'.1ones" .,...... ...,.,,,.,... "a
"PetcrsH ..4....u.., a....,..... SS3
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Cleveland, 3; Washington, a.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Scores Yesterday.

At Atlanta: New Orleans, l6; Atlanta,
2,
Al Nashville Little Rock, 6; Nashville.
AT Birmingham; Memphis, 4; Birmlng-
ham, 2.
AT montgomery: Montgomery. o.
Shreveport, g.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19
TAKE, STEAMER "oLp POINT COM.
FORT" sATuHDAY NIGHT, JUNE

---'-- EVT N NJ TO y Nt-ONN'-
15c. Round trip to Norfolk. ..,.,..... .75c.
tic. Round trip to Newport News .75c.
toc, Children, under 12 years OF age. SOC.
Tickets good toreturn next night CT the
following Tuesday. "
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Richmonds, 80; Swansboro, 2,

Tho strong team from the southside
was defeated at Brooklyn Park yester-
day afternoon by the Richmonds, In an
excellently played game up to tho ninth
inning. Carrie put up fast game In
right field for tho Richmonds. The
mighty Crawford was In the box for the
home boys and was in fine form. Flo
had little the better Of tho argument
against his opponent. Charters, who
pitched great ball up to tho ninth in
ming. o'Hara carried off the honors with
t),c stick Tho score:
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Chicago, q; Cincinnati, II.

Chicago, 4; Cincinnati, -
E CINCINNATI, OHIO. !. June 49, "A crowd
Of bowling men followed Umpire Moran
off the field after the game to-dayiand
threatened to do him violence because the
protests of the Cincinnati players led to.
the unwarranted belief that he had erred
In his decisions. A Gordon Of police es-
corted him OFF the grounds.
Score: KS 5 r. II. Il.
Cincinnati $500. o 90 o 010 OIL 4
Chicago /. Z. .,.,.s... i o 0a0,061--4 0 2
Batteries: Kellum and Peitz;$ Brown.
and Killing. Time, 1:50 Umpire, Moran.
Attendance. 7,406. ~ 44.5
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Detroit, u; Philadelphia, q.

Detroit, n; Philadelphia, 8.
DETROIT. MICH. June ls,--The locals
punched hits In the fifth inning and
made enough runs to win.
Score: r. II. e.
Detroit ..-...........ooooAooa.--7 ii O
Philadelphia .,.,,..0 O o 0 O3 OO0--3 s .
Batteries: Donovan and Buelow; Ben
der and Schreckengost, Time, :35, Um-
pires, O'Loughlln and King. Attendance,
5000,
Cleveland, 8; Washington, a,
CLEVELAND. Juno ls.--In hard hit
ting contest Cleveland defeated Wash
ington to-day,
Score: r. H. t.
Cleveland ..,..o...a o040lO0s-s ID 2
Washington ......0 1 2OOl00 0--4 Is 8
Batteries: Bernhard and Abbott; Town
send and Drill, Time, lao, umpires,
Sheridan and Carpenter Attendance.
4329.
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POntIdCS...'.., ~ 49, ''''VlV " VV.V.V q" =
Summary; Two base hlts-H. Bache.
Fitzpatrick. French Waters. Stolen
bases Gibson. French (2). Waters
Double plays-C. Bauer. unassisted. Base
on bnls-off Ford. s. Struck out-by
Fitzpatrick, 10; by Ford. 8. Time Of game,
ESQ Umpire, Bender.
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Boston, =; philadelphia,

Boston, u; Philadelphia. Q.
BOSTON, MASS, June 1s.--wills was
very effective to-day and Boston won q
slow game. iy}S Vi
Score: s5,5E BIG X. 81. ~.
Philadelphia s. X. /. i! 0 % 10 o 0 Q 90 -
Batteries: Willis and Moran: McPhcr-i
son and Roth Time, 1880. Umpire, johns
stone. Attendance, \ 2,oS5
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81 Al ,o,,is. + 8: Pittsburg. Z

st. Louis, 10; Pittsburg, s.
PITTsBuRG, PA, June 1s-Scanlon's
poor work In the first two innings. helped
along by errors behind him, gave st.
Louis lead that could not be overcome.
Score: y. II, y.
Plttsburg l........ Q Oh Q 0Io D
st. Louis. ......... 2 80 10 10 0 Ito II 8
Batteries: scanlon, Carnnitz and Phelps;
Corbett and Searfoss. Time, $40 Umpire,
tODay. Attendance, 10o5. ss Ft
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Where They Play Monday.
Standing Of the Clubs.

Philadelphia at Detroit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20

pullin'. Boat members am fined, an If
dey git to goin' it agin I'll be on hand
to let 'em see how de Presbyterian re-
ligion can make de fur fly when it gifts
started. Oar am a few odder things
it would be well fur yo' to remember
day by day
Fur instance, a hog am what he
looks to be, an yo' kin guess his weight
widin about ten pounds A man am not
only not what he looks to be. but yo'
can't guess nuthin' consarnin' him wild
out bein' fooled nine times outer ten.
LAS a matter of science it would be
well to keep right on spendin' nillyons
of dollars in tryin' to locate de Moth
Pole.-As a matter of principle de wild
ders n orphans of de world kin go
hungry an half-naked widout de rest
of de world interestin' itself a cents
worth.
Now an den see sunthin' in de pa
pers inveighin' agin social classif1cashun
an contendin' dat one pusson as as good
anodder. Dis may be all true in theo-
~. but when it Gums down to practice
hain't spectin' to call on de Astors, an
de Vanderbilts hain't 'spectin' to eat
we list couldn't feel to home wild each
odder if we met kin spell Constanti-
nople' as well as Russell Sage, but he's
got his way of eatin' wild a fork, an Fze
got my way OF smol<in' my old con cob
pipe, an so why quarrel ober de sltua-
i'isi of us reckon dat If we had our
fact We should probably make asses of
was BON into dis world to slip right along
widOut slippin' down now an den got
tired of too good thing an died long
ago.
when a man has helped fellerman in
misfortune he sits down an feels a Sartin
satisfaction stealin' ober him, an ends Up
by pattin hisself on de back When dat
same man meets up wild trubble too pig
fur him to tackle alone, an appeals to
gratitude to help him out, he sits down
an calls hisself fool an ends up by
wantin' to punch his fist through sum Cd
der mans neck.'-(Copyright 1904, by 7.
c. McClure.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.


M. n. ]. Warren to Alex and Eva
Caldwell, lots /, 2, 8, SO, "a, IS and
&c. on the Square, Tecumseh.. $50
c. J. Spencer to j. Huston, lots 1872
1214 1916 and 121S Seward avenue,
Bates addition .........:...., 1000
B. F. Golden to Lizzie Doyle, lot 212
Oakland avenue, j. W. Morris ad-
ou
j. Lauer and wife too. w. Higgin-
bothan, lots 537 and $50 Harrison
street. Orchard Place addition. 3, 600
G.: Compton and husband to w H
7 Kfstler, north half of the southwest
fraction of section SO; township 10.
TdHSe 10 1
Z. W. Thomas and wife to A. Linge,
tract on Seventh street, Hornes
aQQlllon @ou
j.. Norton and wife to S. E. Smith,
lots $50 to 800, inclusive, Poplar
street. J.. w. Morris addition $500. 1
J. F. Rubey and wife to CONNER
cial bank of Union City, lots las,
lat and 149 Jefferson street. 100
T. Hughes, executive, to r. Green,
lot Is and south half of lot 10 To-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
stenoeraphy am Ancient Art.

Shorthand writing as we now know
1.-THE verbatim record of human
speech-is generally supposed to be
quite a modern art. The ordinary books
of reference confirm this impression.
They note the existence of systems of
abbreviated writing in antiquity, but
give the inference that these were in
capable of doing what is now done
by shorthand. Leon Goudallier, writ
ing in Paris Cosmos, produces evil
dence that this inference is erroneous.
search of ancient literature for allu-
sions to shorthand, and he produces
such facts as these:
At the church council of Carthage,
A. D., All, eight shorthand reporters
were regularly employed ST Angus
tine says his hearers took down his
discourses in shorthand. Socrates, the
church historian of the fourth CEN
fury, says the sermons of st. John
ChrySOStom were so preserved. Fuse
bus, writing a century earlier, says
a theological debate between Malchion
and Paul of Samosata was so record
ed Plutarch accounts for the preSer-
walton of an eXtempore speech by
Cato Utcensis in the same way. But
the most renowned shorthand writer
of ancient times was Marcus Tullius
Trio, the slave. freedman and secre-
tary of Cicero, the orator. Undoubt-
eddy to his efforts we owe the pres
ervation of those rhetorical efforts
which not only drove Cataline into
open rebellion, but which still inspire
incendiary thoughts in the minds of
American schoolboys, especially dur
ing the baseball season.
Hence it would appear that life in
ancient Rome might have been about
as strenuous as it is now. For of
course, Cicero was not the only states
man attended by a stenographer, and
1t cannot be supposed that the bus
mess men of the time would omit to
supply themselves with this assistance
in rapid work.-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20

Just now. three months befo' 'Ieck-
shun, de white man has a fatherly
feelin' for US. He's askin' bout our
health an our family; he's afraid we
am workin' too hard: he's consumed
bout our future. Why. it was only
de odder ebenin' dat a white man got
up an gin Mrs. Gardner his seat in de
street kyar. an next ebenin' anOdder
of 'em stopped at my gate an said I
made de best stickin' salve of any
man in America Only tonight, as I
was on my way down to dis hall. a
white man who nebber spoke to me in
his life befo' took my arm an con-
versed fur half an mile. Howeber. do
yo' hear me shoutin' over it? Am
gwine home an raise a fiagpOle an
swing de brim Off my hat?
"Yo' Jest lie low an mind yo'r biz
ness. Don't miss a days work on ac-
count of politics. Don't do no yellin'
onless yo' am paid cash down in ad-
vance. Don't tote no torches around
onless yo' git so much a tote. When
20 git up on de mawnin' of 'leckshun
day don't gulp down yo'r brea kfast
an rush fur de poles wild de ideah
dat de kentry am totterin' on de aige
of a preciDice an she needs yo'r aid
TO boost her back. De white man will
attend to de totterin' bizness. He
knows Jest whar' to drive in de
wedges to level her back again.
Take yo'r time bout gwine to de
poles Don't rush in yo'r votes. Don't
git anxious an upset If de United
Stats am gwine to slide into de At
lantic ocean. let her slide. Yo' can't
prevent it by pushin' agin de walls of
a saloon
s'As I told yo' befo', we'n git a few
Offices out of it-iest as few as de
white man kin let go of-an' dat will
be de end of it fo' us. SIGH of yo' as
SWEET yo'r collars an strain yo'r lungs
won't git no mo- dan de rest of us.
Better walk around an feel easy in
yo'r minds.
dis am our kentry jest de same as
it am de white mans. an we'd like it
mighty we'll if all de offices an de
salaries war cut in half. but yo' see
de white man got here an Skinned up
de plum tree fust He hain't gwine to
let go of a good thing, an as he's got
all de aces in de pack we can't play
again his hand. I hain't blamin' him
one bit If I had straight ha'r an a
white face I'd gobhle up eberyting in
sight an let de black man skirmish
among de burdOcks.
AN now, jist one word on religion.
Yo' all know how bylaw No. S79, 6S4
reads. 1t reads dot any member of dis
club who gifts up a religious discussion
shall be fined one dollar an stand sus-
pended till he pays it
Tonight. befo' my arrival, Samuel
Shinn, who am a Baptist, got into a re-
ligious dispute wild Postum Davis, who
am q Methodist an dar' was ha'r-