Newspaper Clipping

Title

Newspaper Clipping

Accession Number

2024.16.2.287

Accession Date

18 November 2025

Accession Creator

Meadow Knapp

Description

Newspaper clipping "Conquered At Last" poem on the front and trade advertisements on the back

Storage Location

Box 28, Folder #10

Text

Front:
CONQUERED AT LAST.
You came to us once, O brothers, in wrath,
And rude desolation followed your path.
You conquered us then, but only in part,
For a stubborn thin is the human heart.
So the mad wind blows in his might and main,
And the forges bend to his breath-like grain;
Their heads in the dust and their branches broke;
But how shall he soften their hearts of oak?
You swept o'er our land like the whirl-wind's wing.
But the human heart is a stubborn thing.
We laid down our arms, we yielded our will;
But our "heart of hearts" was uncon-quered still.
"We are vanquished," we said, "but our wounds must heal;
We gave you our words, but our hearts were steel.
"We are conquered," we said, but our hearts were sore,
And "woe to the conquered" on every door.
But the spoiler came and he would not spare,
The angel that walketh in darkness was there.
He walked thro' the valley, walked thro' the street.
And left the print of his fiery feet
In the dead, dead, dead, that were every-where,
And hurried away with never a prayer.
From the desolate land, from its very heart,
There went forth a cry from the utter-most part.
You heard it, O brother! With never a measure
You opened your hearts and poured out your treasure.
O! Sisters of Mercy, you gave above these!
For you helped, we know, on your bended knees.
Your pity was human, but oh! it was more,
When you shared our cross and our burdens bore.
Your lives in your hands, you stood by our side,
Your lives for our lives you lay down and died.
And no greater love hath a man to give
Than lay down his life that his friend may live.
You poured in our wounds the oil and the wine,
That you brought to us from a Hand Divine.
You conquered us, brothers; our swords we gave;
We yield now our hearts-they are all we have.
Our last ditch was there and it held out long;
It is yours, O friend, and you'll find it strong.
Your love had a magic diviner than art.
And "conquered by kindness" we'll write on our heart.

Back:
nerva, Miss.
Good varieties of sunflower and broom corn
seeds, for sea shells or silk scraps. Address
Mrs. Emma Ingram, Swansea, Va.
Pure-bred B. P. Rock eggs for pure-bred Pekin
duck eggs, setting for setting. Address G. H.
Burrows, Gramis, Ark.
"Lady Diana's Pride" and other books for
"Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa" and other books.
Address J. F. Pridmore, Cartersville, I. T.
Very fine English bird setter dog, pedigree fur-
nished, for lady's or man's gold watch, or .22
or .32 breech-loading rifle. Address Young H.
Allen, Peachland, N. C.
"Tom Brown's School Days" and "Played to
a Finish" for "The Risen Dead" and "Dora
Thorn." Address J. R. White, Purley, Tex.
Mann's bone cutter for ten bushels of wheat
or six Minorcas, Langshans or Wyandottes. Ad-
dress Mrs. W. R. Malone, Bartow, Ga.
Pedigreed setter pups for pure-bred poultry.
Address F. A. H. Shroeder, Walhalla, S. C.
Year book of the Department of Agriculture
for 1900, for year book for 1898. Address Geo.
D. Lewis, Lewiston, La.
200 fine cloth-bound books for job press and
type. Address Prof. K. Griffin, Box 23, Petway,
Term.
Large worsted crazy quilt, nicely made, for
man's gold-filled watch, in good order. Address
Mrs. Annie Walker, Coffeeville, Miss.
Revolver, .22 caliber, and Prof. Harradon's
complete course in hypnotism for boy's bicycle
in good order. Address E. S. McSwain, King's
Creek, S. C.
"Grandfather's Chair" and "The Romance of
a Poor Young Man" for "Beside the Bonnie
Brier Bush" and "Lord Lynn's Choice." Ad-
dress Annie Sikes, Deanburg, Tenn.
Rooted yellow roses or cedars for fine fruit or
flower plants rooted. Address Mrs. J. B. Lowe,
Rainbow, Tex.
Twelve well-rooted white blackberry vines and
twelve either white or black raspberry vines for
five yards good dark calico. Address Lillie
Markham, Camden, Term.
Balsam cucumber seed for quilt scraps or
flower seeds. Address Mrs. E. C. Meadows,
Nashville, Tenn., Route 10.
Winchester rifle, .32 caliber, 16 shot, for
pure-blooded pigs, or 40-65 Winchester for pair.
Address John M. Gibbs, Statesville, N. C.
Well-trained full-blood male pointer dog, two
years old, for Mallory's combination plow, or
pair full-blood O. I. C. or Poland China pigs.
Address Edgar Hyde, Cumming, Ga.
Busy Bee Washer, nearly new, for bolt of
good bleached cotton or forty yards dress ging-
hams, either two or four styles. Address Mrs.
G. H. Harding, Bellevue, Tenn.
Package of large white and speckled Crowder
peas and lady peas, also early Amber sorghum
seed for three yards calico or two yards bleached
cotton. Address Miss M. G. Lancaster, Lancas-
ter, Ga.
Two dressed Angora goat skins for books. Ad-
dress Arthur Mercer, Gray, Tex.
Fifteen-horse power saw-mill, grist-mill, and
sixty saw gin with condenser and feeder, and
shafting, with pulleys, for good four-mule team.
Address F. L. Lehman, Oldenburg, Miss.
Good as new Odell typewriter and new carry-
ing case for Marlin rifle. Address L. C. Rugg
Trasher, Miss.