The Washington bee., 1907-09-21
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have educationl Education means 70
wake man up, draw him out straight
en- him erect. to grind and chisel off
his rough, uncouth and unmanly
Igrowths, yea, it shakes his mighty dun
geOn of lcthargy. ignorance and super
stition, one of its objects is TO prepare
man to do well all grades of work,
and to dignity labor 1t takes off the
rubbish and leaves man a polished and
polite gentlemen; it snatches from the
fingers OF the poor sport man his littl :
cane and lis twenty-five cent cigar; II
lays at the feet of the dude" his fan
astcalB TO al robe of iolly and van',y,
and enables HIM to roll Up his sleeve
like man and engage earnestly in the
gainful pursuits of life and there share
in the health, happiness and fortunes
| of those advancing times. Moreover,
It's mission is TO restrain the passions,
| appetites of man from low to lofty
ideas and when the minds and very
lives of all are actuated and filled with
the proper spirit of the creation of man
and matter, when the human family, all
classes, all the people commence to crave
to live and enjoy that high, civilized, in
dustrious, honest and pure life which
education and religion establish, the
grave problems and burning questions
of today, such as "lahor troubles" race
antipathy, lynching, graft and even rail-
road rates will be solved, answered and
settled once for all.
This benefcent hand of progress is
seen and felt wherever the duty of man
how busy and oVercrowded the great
is faithfully performed. 1t is remarkable
paths of traffic and commerce are kept
on land and sea, home and abroad, con-
yeying and handling and removing to
and from the markets of the world the
great products from the fields of agri-
culture, from the mines in the noun
tains, from the mills and facotries and
from the crude forests at large.
Indeed we are happy when We see |
Fields of wheat so full and fair
Shining with sunny air,
Lightly waving either way
Graceful as the breezes play.
The building and beautifying of the /
mighty towns and cities. and the broad
ening and extending the bulwarks Of |
the same. and the welding Of the chise
and the AK, the shovel and the pick, the
ringing of the hammer and the anvil, |
tell the tale in every community, a busy |
workshop a worthy insignia of a
noble and proud people. No longer does |
the old sickening, sinful. idiotic and er-
roneous idea prevail which once took |
possession OF almost all classes of men |
in this country, that it is lowering and
unbecoming a gentleman to take off his |
coat in public as we'll as in private and |
roll up his sleeves and hustle to finish /
whatever his hands find to be done in the |
line OF his business DeriSion and ridi-
Cule have lost their fangs, no longer
will the young men of today be fright
ened with their ghostly shadow The
new fields OF opportunity, wealth and
usefulness, though hard labor it may be,
are drawing men with stronger cords
than the pressure Of his necessities can
force him or the customs of pride can
This progressive and ex-
panding hand is still seen among the
and the advanced forces for
the common good, convenience ard hap
piness of man. Science can certainly
come in for her share of hOnOrs under
this theme; for its triumphant victories
have been phenomenal beyond the limit
Why should not the world be amazed
at the ieda of a lengthy message being
thrown out in the open ether and forced
by scientific skill for thousands of miles
upon the vibrating wheels of the air.
In the medical world, the operating
knife was not known until of recent
years only to extract splinters. remove
nails, and to relieve the sur
face bruises: but today through the ex-
panding skill of science, it has become
the great pruner of the human body.
With it the broken, superfluous and un-
healthy limbs arc eliminated, the NOR
bid clots, ulcerous and numerous growths
which make life short and
Wretched are wiped out, giving tht life
blood free circulation in all the veins
and arteries. Also the "X-Rays" with
its powerful searchlight penetrating
through and through the whole human
frame. lighting up and presenting 10
view all the hidden recesses of the
body, enabling the eye to locate and the
knife 10 remove the most minute and
hidden malady, relieving the sufferer.
@hile before its discovery, generations
lfter generations filed untimely graves.
This Jge is noted for such wonderful
,trides The bosoms of explorers and :
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