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- < iTvlMI ' - 1 -t i / 10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SUNDAY AUGUST 13 , ISOB-STXlEEtV PAGES THE FOIURR'-OF THE NEGRO Measured bj Preasnt Conditions in Amorioi ills Not Hopeful. "K" _ EX-SENATOR INGALLS1 POSITION ENDORSED IllOtnp Turner AilvoentM the Migration n ! the Itlnnk AUn to Afrlr.i I'urrrful PrMMitnllon nl I'.icU lijr n ll > - l Colored DUrlno. l&M.I Kx-Senator John J. Ingalls has written an urtlclo on the deeply interesting negro prob lem. Mr. Frederick Douglas , Prof. Langn- ton , Hlihop Taylor and Mr. T. Thomas For tune have replied to Mr. IngatU. In the future As ono dee-ply interested progress of my rnco I shall express my opinion on a subject so Important to w , especially ns I cannot acred with the gen- tlcmoii who have undertaken to answer the distinguished Kansan. I do not care to speculate On the motives of ux-Sonator Ingalls. Ho may dislike the negro and wish to got lid of him , or ho maybe bo a alnccro friend. I shall deal with his or gutnont. For convenience I shall ellvldo bis article Into two parts : First , the condition of the neiiro ; secondly , the remedy for his Improve ment. The ox-senator states that the negro 1' treated by the whites In this country ns n member of nn inferior race ; that ho Is do prlvod of political nnd civil liberty In the uoiith ; that the Juries , composed of white men generally , will always decide agalnsl him , when a white tmin's interest is plncoi in Jeopardy ; that hU ballot is uncoro nmnlously thrown out , so that the fourtoontl anil llftccnth amendments nro practically nulllllcd ; that ho is lynched on tin slightest occ'islon and upon the merest aus pie-ion of guilt : that in the north , ns well ni in the south , thcro ia not the slightest socia cqilallty { that the labor ot the negroes in tin south Is often obtained without adcqunti compensation. This li the supstanco of the ox-senator' : statement of the facts of the negro's condl lion. Is it substantially truof Conceding that his motives may bo un friendly nnd malicious , that does not nlte the facts of the negro's condition. IiigitlU' StiituinciiM Correct. Wo agroo-wlth Mr. Intralls In hisstatemen of the f.icts. The condition of the negro I at ho states it. He Is treated as an inferior ho is" deprived of his civil nnd political rights bo ! assigned a poparato conveyance amen common carriers by law ; hois forbidden b , law to intermarry ; he is compelled to attciv icparato schools uud churches. The facts , I think , will bo generally cor ceded. The difference will appear when w come to consider the remedy , which wo shn ! now do. Mr. IiiRulls .recommends emigration t Africa. Messrs. Douglass , Langston an Fortune adviser the negroes to remain i this country and light the dinicultios , os pressing the belief that they can and will b overcome in time. Let us consider thes various remedies , In entering this Hold of speculation w shall not Indulge in abuse , but consider th opinions of othur calmly , nnd oppress ou own respectfully , knowing that opinion nro only valuable In proportion to the weigh of the argument that sustains thorn. Thu Aiitlpitliy of tlio I'.uoes. That there Is n strong race antipathy , b < twcen the whites nnd blaoka at present wi bo universally admitted. I that antipathy natural nnel-inhorent , c Is it the result of circumstances- iMost men answer this fundamental quo : tlori according' to their wishes , and hope ; and cons'dcr this as conclusive , t " 'When you call for reason and artfiimci they become excited nnd abusive , as if the regarded the correctness of their views u Bt-lf-ovldcnt. Now , as our vlow of this fundaments proposition will greatly Influence our opinlo of tlio proper remedy , lei us p.iuso a moiner and examine it carefully. Let us atiito the question again. Thor are at present m.000,000 of persons in roun numbers in these United States. Aboi 10,000,000of this number nro negroes an their descendants.YI11 the ttWU,000 ( , al xorb the 10,000,000 in course of time and wl they bccomo ono race , or , if not , can tli negro nnd the .vhlto man live together tone ono , perfectly equal In every respect , civlll politically and socially ? for no solf-rcspec Ing negro will accept anything else. It Is a unique problem. Wo approach with great diflldonco. There nro those wl express their opinion witn a coulldenco I proportion to their ignorance. A rrolilmn Without u rarnllel. There is not a parallel in all history f < our guidance. The Anglo-Saxon race that controls th country is n peculiar ono. It is n mastorf and dominating race. Wherever It das so tlwVamong other races by colonization it hi nlwnys cither subjected the native races < exterminated them. It has subjected tl native race in India and at the Capo of Goc Hope In Africa , It has practically exit initiated the Indians In the United State and it has , to all intents and purposes , wlpi out the natives In Australia and No Xoalnnd , CiSnbJuetion or extermination U the ru ! absorption Is the exception. Oil must also bo rcmcmbrrotl that thoraces races , with the exception of these at tl Capo of Ciood Hopo. wore not negroes , ai none were slaves. The East Indians woru highly eultlvatoel und self-governing race f centuries before the Anglo-Saxons. The I dians of thU country wcro lords of its ma nlllcont. forests for centuries and resisted tl invaders. Still Scillorln : : from Sluvory. The negroes of this country wcro slav for U.M\uatM ) , held In absolute and complo subjection by the whites , uith but ono ort\ insignificant attempts at. rebellion nnd i forts to free themselves during the whole Unit long period. They are at present co paratlvely poor and ignorant , and , will free , the jroat mass of thoin nro not great advanced in lutelli oiiee and material weal above what thuy cro In slavery. 1 admit that the advancement nuulo many during the last thirty yt < arsl ban capped as they wcro , in intelligence a wealth ; In the cities especially , has be highly credltablo. and nnicn most hn | > ofti for the futurn , and fur the natural energy the ncyro , Hut , notwithstanding all tli the vast bulk of the 10,000,000 have not ris far in material condition nbovo what th were as'sl.ivi-s. That la llio natural result of an ng cultural ponsintry In all countries , wli ami bl.icK , It Is so with thu white emun pa ted surfs of Uu-jsia. They barely ma enough to hoc ] ) soul and body together. \Vo arn aware that there arc about l.lKi 000 negroes living In eitius especially , w have inadn remarkable advnnexj In lute genco and wealth since emancipation , I they are ouly emu-tenth of the great ma and for all practical purposes the larj number determines the treatment of t tminllcr. Whoa the whltei of this country de-c upon a plan of t nut Ing thu negro they not select thu best specimens to detorml thai plan , but thu worst. It ia not so the various other races that compose I heterogeneous American people. They i not fool called upon to treat Uie lowest Ir laborer as they dU treat the dUtlngulat Irian lawyer , I'harlcs O'Connor , Hut Frederick Uouglasi , UUhop D. A. 1'ay 1XD. , LUD. , or cx-Sbiutor Uruc-u weic tf.Vuvol here in the south tfioy would pined in the inferior far , sot apart fur - , although ono 1s the peer of Calhouii BI-OIM another the oldnst bishop on earth o & man with no superior ns a scholar in t country , und the other an honored and i tlngulaliotl mombornf the United States b Ho for six consecutive years. UlirUlUnltr Nor I'ntontlal. Christianity does not sueni to have mi iullucncuiil dotcrtnlnM > tils | question , 'j ' whites look upon tlio nosroos a < > proper lucts of inlsflonarv labor , but the questloi Ivll. polltjoal and wojlal n'hts is not dui inlnod by rellvlaus considerations , admit I'm nl ivory was destroyoii by JlimlUn seatlmont of the civilizeU wo but siavorv U uao tiling and civil , pout tad i'jeUl ' ociuulit > U anotUor thiug , and dotcrnilnod largely , If not nolely , by worldly considerations. Hr | > atrUtlnn tlio lloinedy. Wo Ijcllevo , therefore , that If the negro determines to remain in this country ho hns a long , hard battle before him. It may bo that , In the course of fconorations or cen turies after ho has acquire t moro wealth and Intelligence , ho may obtain perfect equality in all reJpaetinn4 ; It may bo not. In the nioanUmo. however , wo bollovo that thonegrj should do ns the Caucasian has done , viz : Emigrate to other lands to better his condition , Tlio Caucasian has .lono this for cen turies , and on much loss provocation than the negro has. The Hrltish have loft the civilization and culture of their homes and peopled India , Africa , Australia , North and South America. So hive the Oanu ins , lha French , the Spanish and the Italians. Their ohjcut Iris been generally material advancement. \Vblli ) they have established free Institu tions In the countries which they nave popu lated , they yet ret Un the warmest affection for their native lanu , nnd often pattern their institutions In their now countries after these of the old. Hns the negro the pride and the ambition to establish a country of his own , as the Caucasian has done in thli country , and m Australia [ Or is ho content to remain hero apnilah and a serf treated with contu mely and contempt for an Indefinite period , with the hope that , porlrips , In tlio rouioto future , say ono or two centuries to come , ho will bo so bleached out by the process of absorption that ho will ho a negro no longer , as Mr. T. Thomas Fortune expresses It , or with the altornatlvo that , oven If not ab sorbed , lie can obtain complete equality as n negro , when ho acquires sudlciont wealth and education ? To state the question is to answer It. Wo do not believe that the Caucasian will accept llio African ns an equal in every respect. As wo have shown , ho has notelone so In any other country , with any other race , and It is , therefore , purely chimerical and visionary to expect It. Ono of the saddest results of slavery I * Its effect upon the pride nnd ambition ot the negro. Ho has been enslaved so long In this country that , somehow or other , ho will sub mit to kicks nnd culls In the mostobscquloua and servile manner , ana then lick the hand that smites him. Wo confess that wo nro almost eilscour need with regard to the present Benor.itlon , Our hope Is In the young nnd rising genera' tion. Kntlcrntlnii to T.lhorln. Wo are in favor of a Judicious emigration to Liberia. Wo should llko to see a large number of young men with ambition and energy , or mHldlo-agcd or old men with ox pericneo and capital , of old and .voting mer and women with education and culture t < train the young , of mechanics and agrieul turists , go there to settle that , country , UK only ono. In addition to Hnytl , where thi problem of negro government is bains solved. Wo do not advise the timid and old ani penniless man to go thoro. Ho would bi there as the tenderfoot is in our fertile western prairies , who is elbowed out of the country by the bravo and hardy pioneers and Is glad to return to the shelter ot hi : early environments. \Vo have visited Africa more than once and have inspected the territorial domain o the Liberian Uopublic , modeled after tin United States in its legislative , oxccutivi and Judicial departments , and wo speak o what wo know and have soon. Wo say calmly and deliberately , that i presents magnificent possibilities to thi negro race of the United Status , and is tin only place deserving mention , upon the laei of the globe now loft to the black man where there is a ghost of a chance to demon str.ito his ability for self-government , am play the drama of full fledged manhood. My only fear is that if they do not aval themselves of thcso possibilities soon , Eng land , through her colony of Sierra Leone 01 the north , and Franco from the south wil absorb the republic of Liberia , unless pro tected by the Uuitod States , and this splendid did , if not the only , opportunity will pas away from tlio negro forever. Aim-rlot'n Duty to Liberia. The Unlteel States government oucht t protect Liberia from the wicked oncroacl : mcnts of Franco thTit are in progress at thi time. President Cleveland should send 'dozen mon-of'war to thovLib.orlan coast in mediately and force avaricious'Franco to re linquish her bogus claim to tlfo seventy-flv or 100 miles of Liborlan coast , which she 1 determined to take away from that infan republic , and to which she has no mor claim than hell has to heaven , Some of the present cabinet ofllcors favo it , but whether the executive does or not i yet to bo determined. If the United State congress were composed of lirst class states men , such far-seeing statesmen as Senate Cutler of Soath Carolina , they would meo nnd settle the financial question whl > ; h hn the nation in suspense , appropriate $100,000 000 to protect Liberia from the greed e Franco and put a line of steamers botwee aomo southern port and Af-icr. . Then the so-called negro problem woul solve itself. The condition of things picture in tlio letter of ox-Senator Jngalls , which i a menace to every negro In the land posse : sing the instincts of manhood , would see disappear , as the negro would shape h : own destiny by a repatriational movomei that would astonish the world in ten year ; True , the wealthy and the Ignorant negr would oppose it. One because life is eaa and race patriotism Is wanting , and tli other because ho has no thought beyond menial and a scullion. Hut there Is a iniddl class thoughtful , Industrious , self-roliai nnd venturesome who would thank God an avail themselves of the opportunity. Itotiirn to Afrli-it Inovltiililo. Our nation will have to como to It soon * or later , and the sooner the hotter. For i long as a single right , privilege or Immunll is denied the negro so long will ho bo a mci ace to the nation. Square and fair dealing in every partlci lar must bo meted out to the negro , or thoi will be an Insolvable problem existing. No species of persecution , ylolenco , lyncl ing or burning will eradicate the pendli : evils which constitute the negro problem. If the whitoTiooploof the country do ni intend to concede to the negro unrcstrlotc manhood , the sooner they place hundreds i millions of dollars at hit disposal to leave U most race-dlserlminatilig country upon tl face of the globe , nnd seek more congcni quarters , thu butter for its peace and ha mony. In the use of tlio term country , I do ni moan the south. I refer to the United Stati as a nation. For the south perpetrates i violence upon the negro that tlio north doi not indoi'bo by its nilonco or noii-iiiterfc eneu. Wnen secession was inaugurated tt north objected ami interposed her stroi arm to contravene its aotmilimlon , But fa ias the north trying to stay the bloodshi in the south , It has become n partlcipan and Is p.u-tieops i-rhnlnU In the night heaven und considerate mankind. While there Is no excuse or palliation f the hideous and horribly rotoltlng crimes often charged upon members of the ncg IMCO , yet as long as they are not 'given a f.i trial by the courts of the land , so long w they bo looked upon us the victims of v : leni'e. For every man is Innocent until ho proven guilty. Hang them if gulltv , b give them a fair trial , llu No Civil lllellU. Waiving what is co-nmonly known as poll cal rights , as 1 not pronosa to touch polltl in any form , it Is well known to the count lUat the negro has no civil rights whatevi except those that are granted by the ] spcutlvo states , or that he is permitted enjoy by suffraneo. For the United Stai supreme court , by its abominable deeislc robbed the negro of all civil rights Outol ir > , 1S > S:1 : , Justice llradwell noting as mouthpiece a do.-isjon a hundred tin more revolting und unnatural tli the much-famed decision of Cli Justice Tanoy , which declared that blu men bad no rights which \yhlto men : bound to rosuuet , Chief Justice Tanoy nt voiced the condition of things as they i istod in the days of slavoryt while Just llradley issued a decrco on behalf of t supreme court that nulllllcxi the plain acts congress and thu expressed provisions of t constitution of the United States , and 1 fettered the arms of the executive and let lativo departments of the nation , so far the black man is i-oncorned , for all tit&c como. All that thn negro has to complain of gaitllns his deprivation of civil rights u decreed by thu United States supreme cu when it was composed of northern men w ouo oxix'ption , Justice Harlun of Ivontuci und ho , a southern nmn , alonu dissented , The negro Is , therefore , an outlawed habitant of thU country , for a pee divested of their civil rights can hope nothing but degradation and couteia Forclguors of every ijrado and shade < como here from the ends of the world nnd cnloy civil pro toot Ion , civil rospeot und re ceive civil recognition , whtlo the colored race can enjoy none unless some state con- orously confers thorn. Cnntnntntc-nt nn Iinpr Now , I ask , oan the nero bo contented. happy , patriotic and progressive under such n condition of things ? The Interrogatory answers Its Jlf. Were the nozro to content himself under such surroundings U would boa declaration not only of his inferiority but of his Illness to bu only a menial , a slave and a scullion ; and he should request the nation to remand him to bandage. As for the theory of absarptlon , or the American negro being bleached out by intermixture with the whites , It ls > the Jargon of folly. The nero does not want It , nnd the whites execrate it. To talk about times getting hotter In n century or so is nn idle dream , Ireland has been under tlio domination and , In many respects , the cruel persecution , ot England for 721 years , and durinc my stay in Kngland In the month of May Just passed 1 heard Gladstone abused for everything In the eataloguo of villainy , be > cause ho is try ing to grant a few more rights. And the Irish nro denounced and berated from Lords Salisbury nnd Churchill down m the most calumnious manner possible. Vet they are all white. Now , what may the negro expect , who Is not only black , but is destined to remain so ? For miscegenation is virtually at an end , When I was a boy white and colored chil dren played , rollicked and fought with oieh other , as though they wcro all or ono color and virtually Ignorant of auy color elilTer- onccs. They grew up to bo men and women with mutual respect nnd sympathy , which slavery Itself Uld not eradicate. But now , by the time they reach percep tive consciousness , they are taught by their respective mothers , nnd frequently by their fathers , to shun , spurn and oven hate each other , and this spirit ot mutual scorn and alienation grows , matures and is iutousitlod as they reach manhood nnd womanhood , creating a chasm between the two races that can never bo bridged. And the man must bo blind or deaf to the voice cf reason who can not sco what must bo the sequel. HluinlHhoil Sure to follow. The race hatn and color prejudice Im planted In childhood nnd youth are as sure to bear a crop of bloodshed and carnage , sooner or later , as the sun issuroto sot. The Ameri can negro will olio day want some place to rest the solos of his bleeding feet , nnd the negro is a fool if ho docs not take time by the forelock and prepare for It. , The negro 1ms no friends now in congress ns formerly. The grand cluster of bravo , heroic and mighty statesmen , whoso voices once rang like thunder peals from the na tional legislature In our behalf , are all dead , and the forty-nlno members of congress who 1111 the seats that ouint to bo filled by blauli men by virtue of our numerical strength , dc nothing but misrepresent us at every oppor tunity. Congress is likely to to composed ol ward politicians , with a few exceptions , and men who become terrorizoel nt any issue in volving oven handed Justice to the blaeli man , for an indellnito time , so the negro has nothing to expect from that quarter. The 40,000 white ministers of the country are too busy with the Httlo Sunday exhibi tions at the World's fair at. Chicago to notice the flow of blood which is deluging the couu try nnd provoking the ultimate vengeance of a God , whoso retributive Justice will not slumber forovor. Tlio Negro's Only Futucr. Therefore , the only future for tbo negro i ; to leave the country , and the only future for the American republic is to assist him ID doing so. As tins letter is already too long1 , 1 forbeai to continue this line of argument. But then is no manhood future in this country for the ncirro. I do not deny that ho may oxlsl hero for ages to como , and play the part of r menial and a scullion , but if ho intends to dc that lie had bettor return to slavery. Then , as In antebellum days , ho would have white men to protect him for self-interest , whlcl ho has not at present. " But above all the arguments which have been advanced In favor of the negro return ing to Africa is that I believe it to bo thi will arfd purpose of God. I have no doub that the things wo complain of , is the voice of God , loudly speaking to the negro t < "arise and depart , for this is not your placi of rest. " In conclusion I beg to say that there is fai moro political philosophy and broad states mansbip in the position of ex-Senator In galls than a casual or prejudiced observer i likely to detect. II. M. TUUNEU , D.D. , LL.D. Bishop of the A. M. E. Church. Sam Walter Fem in 1'anlscc Diode. Foolln' stroukld , ain't yi ) , Johnnyl Wai , this ii the way I < 4ow It. That tlio gals would UUo to love yo , Hut you've Rot to inako 'om do It. Don't KO browsln * at i distance In bomo pastur' 'way off yonder , Don't holluvu what Idiots toll yo "Alnuiica makiis tholieurtxrow fondor. " Stop up ' 'mi' . Johnny , smarter ; Sorry Katoirlvo you the nilttiin ; Slui'd salil : "lot,1 , assure at xospal If ynu hadn't boon such a kitten. You will luarn to vlow this matter Illmoby joitt'jo way 1 vlow It , Tlmt thu sals would llku to love yo , Hut you've got to make 'em do It. Everybody's bound to have 'om All , at any rate , but few are ; An' w'en I was young an' lively I win taken Jest as you are. An' I wont an1 popped It to her Skeored completely out of natur' , Tromhlln' llko a trlifhtonod rabbit , Itluililn' llko a red ternmtor. After she had tol' mo "No , sir , " I was jest about as you bo , Onln"roumHlmp , an' kinder duinnUh , b'eulln' like a blasted booby. Hut I lln'ly Hpunked up courage Mko a man to to anr win her. An' she's lioon a blossln" to mo. I can't say a word agin her ! "Did I not her ? " Now you'ro crazy. Do you s'poso I'd cot another Won I loved tlio gal llko I did ? Go an' ink bur. she's yur mother , Since Unit , time I toll the youngsters Jest the way I iillua vlow It , That tlio gals would llko to love 'om , llut they've got to muko 'em do It , XIIK A boy of 0 w.is crazy for a drum , to whlc his mother and the other Ininatos of th house objected on account of the noise the knew ho would make , Ono night after li got in bed liis mother hoard him ropcatln earnestly : Now I lay mo down to sloop , I want a drum ; I pray the Lord my soul to keep , 1 want a drum. If I hhoulu die before I wako , I want a drum ; I pray the Lord my soul to take , J want a drum , just us ho wua falling into dreamland , Myrtle , a Nebraska City 4-yoar-old , n roiiipanled an older sister to a social i which the ganib of ( jrab was a feature. 0 retiring that night , her mind llllod with tl antics of the game , she prayed with muc feeling ; Now I lay mo down to sloop. I uray the Lord my soul to koop. It 1 should die before I wako , I pray the Lord my s oul to take Urao , grab , grab } * * "Havo you boon flshlnfrl" said his fathc Tlio boy \vus silont. Tlioro was evident a great struggle going on within him , "You must answer mo , my son ; have y ( been Halilngi" "Well , father , will you tell ino ono thli flrsU" "Yes. WhatlsltJ" "Do you call it going flshlm : when yi don't catch anything ! " * * Little Leslie , 7 years old , the nulntosson of iiffocliowito sweetness , was sick ono da when ho said to his mother : "Mamma , didn't niako myself sick , " "I know it , i duarj it is God's will , " "Thon why doi God make mo wollt" "Ho will in his ov good time , " answered the little mother , reckon lie's -tendiiiir to some other bu ness , " tojolnod Leslie. * * Hobble Little , a hey of 8 , never forgets say his prayers. Not long ago ho had ju llnlshod praying , wnon his mamma remark that his prayer must have boon very shoi "Well , " ho said , " 1 prayed for brother a : for you , Now , I think I had better put in llljig for myself. " * * Toaohor Geraldine , what does g-r-a- < spellt Gonildluo I don't know. Teacher Why , certainly you do. Wli does your papa say when ho sits down at t tablet GorulilIno Oh , ho says "Groat Scott ! this all you have to oalf" HOLIDAY RESORTS OF LONDON * i ' Mighty Tides that'Sweep Along the South and Eatf'Coasts. 1J ll HAMPSTEAD HEAtfl AND EPPING FOREST ni \Vhpra Tliifyiri \ < li ot the I'oor nnd I.owlr ol the llVftuli Metropolis Sock llest , IteoreiftlHtvnml n Hrcnth tn tl Vet ot I'r h Air. . . _ _ . 1S3J.1 Loxnox , July 20. [ Special to THE BBK. ] The vastness of London's population is loss felt In its improssivoncss from mooting it face to face in London thoroughfares than from oven the still , luadcounto comprehen sion sccurablo through acolng some of Its component parts in its various holiday resorts - sorts for summer outings. In the first instance - stance if ono could severally confront its 4,000,000 or 5,000,1)00" ) inhabitants along its 7,000 miles of streets , the monotony of the experience would detract from Just percep tion of its tremendous Import. But when you might pass an ontlro mouth' , indeed , perhaps an ontlro sutnmor , without being able to visit , with the most careful disposi tion of time , any largo proportion of ita itu- mcdiato resorts , finding at each outlug crowds numbering from hundreds to almost hundreds of thousands , tno Immensity of the totality of these who nro "outers" and these who are not begins to dawn upon the ob servant mind. There are moro than 100 populous resorts , from thirty minutes' to two and a half hours' ' distance from the Strand , beginning al Bournemouth and following the south coasl with a circle of the Isto of "Wight to the east coast , including these of the north and south shores of the lower Thames , and thence uti along the channel to Great Yarmouth. On every pleasant Saturday half holiday , on sunny Sundays and on hank holiday and other full summer hollcfays , every ouo of those places is thronged , The rich , tlio well- to-do Idlers and the families of comfortable tradesmen are found in thoso. I believe JoO.OOO of "outers" of all classes nro at the same time afloat upon or lounging bcsldo the Thames from Margate to Windsor. As an experiment , In seelug London outing crowds , in ono day's travel I found perhaps 30,000 , pcoplo in Greenwich park : as mnuj moro at Brighton ; at least 10,000 overflow ing Royal Kow gardens : fully 40,000 in Hyde ark , where it seemed that all the open-nit peakers of England were haranguing crowds pen every conceivable .social , political and oligious subject ; from 40,000 to CO.OOO OK nd about Hampstoad Heath ; and from 00,000 to 150,000 disporting themselves It ho sun and shade of ancient Epping Forest On this ono day 1 secured at least glimpses ) f crowds that In all lorms of holiday malt- ng must have numbprod , , moro than 750,00 ( Iliinipiteail Heath nnjl Epplnjr Koront. Unquestionably the trreatost two resorts 'or the London middle classes and the lowlj : ire Hampstcad lleath pnd Epping Forest It is but a pleasant \Valk from the heart oi London to Hampstqd'U Heathfor its farthest caches can bo noJTurthor - than six mile : rom the Strand , -while an Epping Forest to. Mid-return faro is butjj. shilling , and. the myriad London costcfttiipngorsand other POT ' lessors of tidy carts'audirapsfind it an cas.\ .og for their donkeys or screws to either ol thbso recroatlon'groilrids. Tito result is thai n both of thcso resorts you invariably llnil uordes of the "common people" flllod to the brim with horse plaji"fpuri.ule" ( and goot cheer. They are vigorous in tholr merry making as children loiisoil from school. Thoj ire grudgingly but ! fjdoA-naturedly.florco it ho utilization of 'every nloment'of the holt day in some a6rt of Putrged'diversion. . . And altogether they furnish scenes of th ( heartiest , easiest-provoked , most uuctiou ; and vociferous holiday en Joy moat to bo fount "n all the world. But who can properly describe this ancicnl Hampstcad Heath and its quaint and picturesque turesquo surroundings , or fitly tell its weird and pleasant memories ? "Gorblimo ! " ex claimed a coster friend , "mo bloomln' donal ; 'd ' fade to a hangel of I didn't Jog her upoi th' Eath wonct a week or so , Gor bh mo , sc she would ! " That was his idea of its exceed .ng utility. "I'd rayther ha' a mouthfu' o th' 'Eath air than , the best wittles my mis susdomoss toprothorl" observed a tram-cai driver on the Kentish Town road ; and thai was his glowing tribute to its line salubrity Wo'n ycr goes in for a rog'lar lark , mind wat's easy to git , an' sweet as a Essex milk maid to remember , 'Ampstoad 'Eath's In jurydiso yor wants tor keep yor hoyo on ! ' was the brisk and authoritative remark of i green grocer's man upon its ethical and di verting advantages , ns I rumlnativoij trudged into old Hampstoad town. All thesi line encomiums brought mo with cherry en tliusiasm to the verge of the onchantet holiday region. The Heath is a trifle west of north of th < heart of I ondon. It is not moro than 800 01 400 acres in extent , but as it comprises tin highest and wildest hills rising out of tin valley of the Thames , the railways havi had to stop at its edge and leave the rngior , for the people , almost us nature fashioned it. The High street of old Hampstead town winding up the last stoop of the first-nil which has stood as a r.ipipnrt njrainst Lon don encroachment , gives charming views o ancient houses , old streets which have holi their old names , old courts and avenues o limes and elms so old that the midday llgh beneath thorn is like the saffrony gloumlnj of eventide. There is a pensive hush li these streets and lanes suggestive of splendid did antiquity and gentle , loving decay. I would bo a glorious outing in itself to saunter tor and dream in thcso lovely avenues am courts , with hero and there their shadow ; vistas blending into blossoming lanes , over ; ono of which , sun-flocked and odor-ladon invites to the frooj wide expanse of tb pleasant country beyond. Iiuplrutlun fur 1'nlnter niul I'oot. You enter itho heath at once from ol Hampstoad town , and instantly comprohon that tlio region and Its attractions to Londoners donors must bo considered in three dlstinc and delicious aspects its advantages fo free and untrammeled recreation ; Its pos live inspiration to pointer and poet and 01 ccllent uses for the naturalist , and froi these hluudings and environment of mollo\ URO , tondorcst uspoot of all , which furnls the idler and dreamer a host of wlnsom memories. First of nil It Is a wild an rugged heath und not ) ' a park. Dark , wine bound llr trues hang'Uigainst sandy rldgot where they have feet centuries clutched th virgin soli. There AIM Ijigh banks of ro sand plorcod by rabbet V.urrows , providln tiny crags of furzo'mounds , of verdure nn pleasant ways nnd sliiulo,1 as If ouo walkc in well worn nncicntlyatur courses. Altogether it is a/iimss of hills scoopc into Innumerable pit anilrcavitics , threaile with tiny ponus , baqlfed ovorywhcro wit hardy gorse and niafus , of heather , wil ( lowers and grass , apLatiiuod with knots i noble trees , Intersected 'by countless fee ways , wild and raggiAl ( is1 when the Itoinai wuro hero , and all suemiogly hold togotlu by Interlacing roacivfiiys with rugged aid i of rock and sand vmidjj pines and furz Around it is a shhjti g- thread of love hamlets , stately liulli anil winsome cottage all ( jablod , ivied , oW 'Witliln It on ga Uoncd hills and blossoming hollows , or at 1 slumberous edges , Tvfuiro Old structures 111 old folk ttecm to love to doze in sun at shade , are scores of those quaint and unclei inns , still the most charming heritage of tl "morrlo England" of long ago ; und tl whole region is exhilarating from Its fro line uncouthncss and the ceaseless brcozi sweeping from odorous northern vale over invltlnKito their llfo-glvlng dulllan the city millions below , and boating bat from these Holds of pleasure the pcsiiioutl breath of .crlmy J-xmdon town. Is it ai wonder that the hundreds of thousands London folk who coma here give thcmsolv to unrestrained enjoyment , or that tli transition from olty woes and wails produc such a Joyous delirium to young nnd old th you will licaron Humpstoud heath moro rln ing almost ecstntlo laughter than iu ai other place in all the world ) Seated beneath the flagstaff which mar the highest elevation of the heath ono ci readily understand how the region roun about has boon the best beloved of all t near haunts of London naturalistsand wli ftoui the days of Gainsborough uud Const bio it has furnished the landsoapo artist's canvas with many of its noblest thf.mcs and scones. H is the ono place in lCmlami ; whcrn its greatest city nnd n vast expanse of typical English landscape can bo contemplated almost at the same glanco. Wldo open to the wind nnd sun stretches vulo after vnlo to the southeastto the north and to the west. Your circling view nxtonds into seven English shires. Far In the north can bo traced the shlro of Hainslop Steeple. In Northamptonshire. The Knocholt Bccchos In Kent , the hills and downs of Surrey , the Laindon hills of Essox , the turrets of royal Windsor in Berks , nnd a church on the fur borders of Oxfordshire , are In full vlow. Down below old Ilamustcad , onfogged by the exhalations of hundreds of thousands of chimneys , in thu dlstanco its myriad roots like a plain of broken nnd soothing lava , lies the metropolis of the world , the dome ot gray old St. Paul's Hko a peak of fusotes * steel In n measureless' , incinerating mass. What mind can grasp the mngmtudo of human history , of human accomplishment and of human despair within this single circle of vision ! AVIioro Onu Can Flint ( loocl Company ! One is said to always tlnd good company at Hampstcad Heath. Yes. oven if alono. You can still sit hero by the flagstaff with no ono to converse with and conjure up a crowsomo or goodly company. It was at Hampstoad Ilcnthas at Humislow Heath that the Jack- sons , the Duvals and the Turplns of the six teenth , seventeenth and eighteenth cen turies cut purses , nnd throats if.neods bo to got them , and make merry as lords at its inns , some of which nro hero to minister alike to saint and sinner now. Over against the garden ot Wlldwood , at thu side of Heath Hill road , stands the ancient Gibbet . Elm , Upon its huge old arms , many cen turies , wcro hung in chains , when caught , these merry knights of the road. The same locality , as you stroll toward Spaniard's road , will remind you as you look at the httlo oriel window of Wildwood house , of the saddest year of Lord Chat ham's life , the year when the English na tion's destinies wore trembling In the bal ance and Chatham shut up hero like a monk at pomiiico struggled and proved to bo physi cally now and whole. It was hero that Ad- dlson and his friends passed their summer evenings In the gardens of the old "Bell and Bush" tavern. George tstovens , Shakos- poaro's noted commentator , lived and died at the ancient "Upper Flask" inn. Dr. Johnson wrote his "Vanity of Human Wishes" down there at Frognall , in the edge of Hampstead , doubtless spurred to deepest conception of the subject by his giddy wife , who , housed at the Wells , the ancient Hnmpstoad Heath spa , constantly quarrelled with her physician about having her blonde tresses dyed black. In the grove at Hlghgate still stands the housejn which Samuel Taylor Coleridge llvrd and died. Hichardson lastingly con nected his memory with the Heath by lodging his heroine , "Clarissa Harlowo" at the Upper Flask inn. Lord Manstlold , who ouco resided at Caen Woo'd , used to give din ners to the poor , to from four to five hundred at a time , -presenting each guest "with a half crown and a quartern loat when dinner was over. " Lord Ersklno once lived near the Spaniard's inn ; and this most famous historic inn of the Heath , which is still standing , owes much of its noteworthiness to its old time proprietor inviting the "No- Popory" or Gordon rioters , who , after burn ing Lord Mansfield's homo in Bloomsbury , came to destroy his rural scat at Caen Wood , Into his own cellars , where they be came ao drunk that the rescuing troopers drove them llko sheep down the Ilninpstcad hills into frenzied London. Dickens utilized the incident in "Barnad.v Hudgo , " and ho also brought , the immortal Pickwick to Hampstoad Ponds to pursue his earnest scientific investigations. Indeed a goodly volume could bo written upon tnoso worthies whoso love of breezy Hampstcad Heath has left upon it ono of Its rarest nnd sweetest charms. Shelley , Hazlitt and Haydou often mot here in the cottage of Leigh Hunt in the Vale of Health. Pope and Murray wcro often seen upon the high road from old Hampstoud to Hlghgato , Horusov and Brmiot. Goldsmith found the Heath favorable to his muse nnd sauntered much in its thiokots , hollows and rustic lanes. Hero John Keats lived and here ho wrote "Evo of St. Agnes , " "Ode to the. Nightingale" and "Endymlon , " as ho obbcd out the closing years of his life bo- ore they took him to Homo to place his ashes near the pyramid ofCostlus. The nether of Tennyson died in the line old ivonuo of limes , Well Walk , and when the ild walls wcro noted as a spa the quality , ho London "quality" both of purse and ntollect , flocked here to drink the waters , to ramble and to flirt. At a later time Thackeray loved to study the follc and their nannors at the Heath. Dickens and Torstor used to "mulTJo themselves up" for a brisk walk over its wind swept heights and ako a "rod hot chop for dinner with a glass of good wino" at Jack Straw's ' Castle , the Spaniards or other of its line olu inns. And descending Highgato hill from Laudordulo louse the glorious truth of blessed nursery rhyme comes homo to us when wo see the very spot , now covered by a massive nomoriul stone , where sat poor Dick Whit- ington as ho listened to old Bow bolls vhich rang him back to his city toil to bo niado "thrice lord mayor of London. " I'nrnillio lop 1'oor INooplot It would be a dlfllcult thing to say Just vheu Hampstead Heath is in its most allur- ng mood to the visitor , For myself I most eve to sit hero and sco close upon 100,000 rolk disporting almost ecstatically within its runs and hollows , with an abandon and lilarity which for the day seem to utterly dispel the somber shadows of tholr near rt-ork-a-day world. They are so quickly icro from London ; the transformation from prisonmont to thrilling liberty is so inox- irosslbly complete , and all the magic of the tun , the wind , the rugged wilderness of the loath , the slumberous splendor of surround- ng vales is so suddenly and so powerfully applied that a sort of physical nnd spiritual delirium possesses all. Great rough fellows from the waterside , 'rom the market booths and from the fac tories leap and shout and roll in the gorse ind sand like uncaged animals. There is a smllo on every woman's faco. The children scorn to ' .ako from the vitalizing influences something of the nature of winged birds and , o sing and almost fly in their earoliugs nnd romplngs. The dogs , nnd there are as many dogs as folk at Hampstead Heath , leap nrd roll and turn bio and pirouette and bark with n shrill , p'tnting shriek of boundless joy , as thouch thnontlroenlivoningscono was bolnK enacted for tholr own holiday heaven. And I truly believe if man has over seen an En glish holiday resort donkey that nearest movable monument to defunct animal life- tons Its heels , spread Its logs , see-saw its apple plo ears and give forth a downright roar ol laughter it lias been through the irresistible spell of delight which touches all who tarry hero , EDQAH L. V/JUCEHA.N. The "No , O'1 Wheeler & Wilson makes n perfect stitch with all kinds of thread on all classes of materials. It is always ready. Sold by Goo. W , Lancaster & Co. , f > 14 B , 10th street. _ Iloro is a small but discerning glrl'i i > ay on ' 'Boys. " "Tho boy la not ar animal , yet they can bo hoard to a con Bldorablo distance. When a boy hollori ho opens his big mouth llko frogs , bu girls hold tholr tunmio till they tin hppko to , and then they answer rcspocta bio and toll Just how It was. A bo ; thinks ho is smart because ho can wad'i whuro It is deep , but God made the < lr ; land for every living thing and rostot on tlio Bovonth day. 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