The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, August 18, 1904, Image 8
LITTLE WOMEN
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8 the tall young woman
entered the dining room
with her friend, a little |
woman who was one of a
party at a table near the
door catted out admiringly: "Oh, Miss
Wilder, #T<ry time I see yo . come In
to the Toom I wish I were tall. I do
mo enry you your height!"
The tall young woman acknowledged
tile tribute gracefully, then sighed as
she settled into a chair at her owm|
table. "Do you know/' she Laid to her
friend, "that that little woman orer
there is one of my greatest griev
ances."
"Why, I thought sh> seemed very
pleasant!" replied the friend.
"I suppose you thought she really
meant what she said Just now, and
that she showed a sweet, generous na
ture In making that remark. Well,
she didn't mean It at all. Blie merely
wanted to call atteutlon again to her
own dimlnutlveness, which she con
siders much more fetching than my
height."
4'Ob, Is that the trouble?" laughed
the friend. "Well, she Is a dainty little
thing."
"Of course she is." said the tall
yoUng woman, whose tone now bor
dered ni>on asperity, "but she need
not make invidious comparisons at my
expense in order to call the fact to
people's attention."
"This isn't her first offence, then?"
"No, indeed: it's a habit of hers.
Nature provides all small women
with this method of attack to enable
them to get the better of their larger
sisters. They usually pretend to ad
mire, iu order to emphasize by con
tract the more attractive quality they
themselves possess.
"That is their indirect method. The
direct is more effective and' usually
consists in calling attention to their
shoes. Sometimes It is gloves and
l?elts. but usually it is shoes. Just
this morning, when we were all out
oh the piazza, and there were enough
men around to be worth the effort,
that same little Mrs. (Jriinston over
there, apparently casually regarded
het feet and then suddenly laughod
her pretty little laugh.
' " 'What do you think of these new
shoes of mine?" she demanded en
gagingly. 'Aren't they perfectly
huge? But you know I thought that
for once I would get shoes that
wouldn't scuff out the first time I wore
them, so I bought them in the boys' de
partment/ The stout neat little shoes
she displayed were at most No. 2s nud
as I wear No. 5^ and had on a short
skirt you may imagine how pleased I
felt.
. "You know I am five feet eight and
weigh 150, and my waist measures
twenty-tive. I had nevet been sensi
tive about any of these statistics, or
given them any particular tbought'un
tll Mrs. Grlmston began to emphasize
thein. Nearly every day now she says
something like this. 'Do you know
that I have gained ten pounds since I
bailie to this hotel? I got on the scales
to-day and was perfectly amazed to
see them go up to 115. for I have never
weighed more than KM before! And.
my dear, I am ashamed to coufess it.
but I bought a new belt to-day and had
to ask for size twenty-two!'
"Anothei universal trick of little
women Is to assume the helpless, de
pendent role, which, of course, appeals
to all mankind. They have to have
someone cheek their baggage and buy
their tickets for them. They con
tinually find It necessary to be helped
down from high places or up steep
places or across mud pnddles. over
wh ch you have stepped without stop
ping to consider. They never fail to
call attention to this by saying, as
the.v smile gratefully up at their pro
tecting male escort. 'How I do wish
I were as self-reliant and Independent
?s you are, Miss Prinder! It's dreadful
always to be a trouble to one's friends,
'lhis causes the protecting male escort
to reflect with gratification what a tine
thing it is to aid her with his manlv
strength..
"Invariably, too, the smaller the
woman the greater Is her social as
surance. All my life I have wonder
Ingly watched little women, who, with
the most serene composure and self
confidence, preside over women's
u "? 8t?r In amateur theatricals, or
respond to dinner toasts. As for me. if
I nm conscious than mofe than three
persons are listening I am overcome
with trepidation at the sound of my
own voice, so I never even think of at
tempting platform efforts,
"Of course no little woman will ever
admit a lack of timidity. Oh, no in
deed! I have watched them perform
with the most amazing coolness and
self-possession and actual enjoyment of
tiif centre of the ntngp, receiving the
plaudits of ah audience with sweet
composure, and th?n have heard them
say in nrlvnte. 'Oh. my d-ar, I had
such a dreadful stag? friirhr that I was
slninly III. I would give anything to
have your self confidence!'"
The tall young woman sighed agnln
before she pnrc?"d?d with her dinner.
"There's a good deal of stuff written
nowadays," *h<??roncludf>d. "about the
tail woman's r?ign and the advantages
of Inches, but there's nothing In it,
'''he little women hare the better of ui
??vary time. "-Chicago News.
St th* to* Nn?t*.
Aa attendant at Mount Vernon not
long since found a lady weeping most
bitterly and audibly with her hand
kerchief at her eyes. He stepped up to
iher and said:
"Are yon In any trouble, madamr
"No sir," she sobbed.
"I saw yon weeping."
"Ah!" said she. "how can one help
weeping at thp grave of the Father of
Wis Country?"
"Oh. Indeed, madam," said he.
? <iai s It! The tomb Is over yonder.
T.?is Is the ico houhc."?Iudkooapoijs
?le;iroul.
la ?eme of oar NrltMt Immlsnttoo
tecotde the more favored arrivals
were deelgnsted u "ifntlwtn." For
Instance, one cergo of colonists com*
prleed e score of "gentlemen" end
"??*?*?1 hundred liborlog men end
handlers ftsmen. It Is true that his
torian 8 hare added a descriptive word
to the selected class and called them
"gentlemen adventurers,** but the
hies of superiority atlll endures; and
in this age of geuealoglcal research a
familiar tragedy is the experience of
a proud son or a haughty dame going
back through the centuries and strik
ing ss a lineal ancestor a plain handi
craftsman Instead of a duly authentb
rated "gentleman." There is no covet
for that kind of disappointment ex
cept a coat of arms?which need not
be historical if It be safe.
In these days the designation of
"gentleman" Is formally used In Great
Britain, but in America there has
been a gradual disappearance of its
ancient employment. The other day
the scion of a family, that had won
wealth and kept It was on the witness
stand. He gave his occupation as
"gentleman." It was understood, dt
course, but the attorney for the other
side was no respecter of terms or of
persons. He asked bluntly what the
witness meant b.v "gentleman." There
was an awkward quarter of an hout
an^ In the end the witness, by that
time red with discomfiture, declared
that a gentleman was a person of
education who did not have to work
for a living.
Nothing kills so swiftly as ridicule
or absurdity. This accounts for the
gradual elimination of "gentleman'*
as a definition for directories or offi
cial certiorates. Ami?shall we call
It the sarcasm of fate??the word that
takes the place of "gentleman" in
these practical1 bat unromantic chron
icles is "capitalist."
But while we smile let us remembet
that we have not removed the gentle
man from nnr social category. Bather
have we given to the wonl a better
significance. We can even surmise
that there were more real gentlemen
anting the ha ndi.-ra ftsmen than
among the favored twenty who alone I
bore the appellation. Certainly history
luis shown who became the freemen
and who did tin great work of liberty I
and nation building.
After all, there is really no new
Idea of the gentleman. It is ns an
cient ns the hills. "Though all tin;
honors of thy line bedeck thy hails,
believe uie. virtue alone Is true no
bility." said old Juvenal. "Oh, give
me inborn worth! If thou really
merit the character of blameless In
tegrity. of stanch love, of justice,
both in words :in<l deeds, then I recog
nize thy rltrht to be esteemed a gen
tleman."?Philadelphia Post.
Pat Bear Joined In the Orrrwony,
Bruinski, the pet bear of the Colum
bia's jackies. was not sent to the
"Zoo" because he tried to eat the cap.
tain's dog. says an officer of the ship,
but because he turued a solemn cere
mony Into a farce. Every day after
dinner, Bruinski and his particular
friends induced iu a nap. Bruinski
stretched himself out on the deck, aud
his chums spread themselves around
him, using him as a pillow. Just after
Captain Wilde came to take command
of the yard he sent word that he was
going to visit the ship at a certaiu
hour.
The men were mustered as quickly
ns possible, to receive him with all the
honors. Bruinski's friends with the
others resfmiuled to the bo's'n's call,
but Bruinski slumbered on. until after
the men were all lined up on deck.
Then he roused, and. missing bis
friends, went to seek them. lie mount
ed to the deck where the men were
lined up and, erect on his hind feet,
passed slowly down the long line untli
he came to the group of his associates
Then he turned, and, backing slowly,
wedged himself Info the line. His sol
emn visage and pendulous paws wer#
too much for the commandant as well
as the other officers. The ceremony
was cut short and Bruinski hustled be
low. The captain of the ship th6ught
the pretence of the bear could be dls
pensed with after that, and he wgt
given permanent shore leave.?Phila
delphia Press.
tight Have Been TwIdi.
"I was trying to impress on one or
my classes the other day the greatnes*
of the Southern Confederacy, and at
the same time to let It know how won
derful a man was TJeorge Washing
ton." said J. L. Pembroke, a professor
In a primary school In Paducnh, Ky.,
at Seelhach's last night.
" 'If the Confederacy had succeed
ed.* 1 asked, 'what would Washington
have been the father of?'
" 'Twins,' was the prompt reply of
one of the boys.
"At another time." said Mr. Pem?
broke, "I was trying to Impress on my
class the fact that Anthony Wayne
had led the charge up Stony Point."
" 'Who led the charge up Stony
Point?' I asked. 'Will some of the
smaller l>oys answer?'
"No reply came.
" '('an no one tell me?' I repented,
sternly. 'Little boy on that seat next
to the aisle, who led the charge up
Stony Point?'
" *1?1 doi.'t know.' replied the little
fellow, frightened. * I ? I don't know.
It wasn't me. I?I just corned her#
last month from Texas.' "?Louisville
Herald.
A Work.
The mos mxguldceut work of nrchl
feci nr" is tli? Taj .Mrtli.ii iu Agra. IIIn
>ll1*?au. It wi:s er.vted by Shah .Jehan
j to the memory of his favorite queen,
j It Is ociugoncl in form, of pure white
marble, inlaid with jasper, larnelian,
turquoise, ngate. amethyst* and sap
phires. The work took twenty-two
thousand men twenty years to com
plete, and though there were free gifts
and the lal?or was free, the cost Is
estimated at ?10.000.00').
The Kntertslnuient Fund.
A New York business house near
White street aud Broadway reckons Its
yearly entertainment fund at about
$100,000. It does an annual business
of over $20,000,000. Its salesmen are
brljcht fellows who control trade. One
who works altogether on a commission
basis makes $25,000 a year, but of that
spends $15,000 in eiiiertainlng his vet*
touiwr*,--New Yovk Press.
Thin are 2400 mineral waters U*
tied la New York City.
? sign of politeness In Tibet on meet
ing a persou Is to bold np tbe clanped
band and stick ont tbe tongue.
Tbe contemplated Broadway-Court*
land skyscraper, wblcb will bare al
most double tbe number of storiefc of
any existing New York edifice, will ?
015 feet bigb.
Tbe diversity of tongues to be found
in one country is often u matter of
surprise. Last year the Bible So
ciety's agents sold tbe Scriptures in
fifty-three languages in the ltussian
empire, in twenty-eight languages iu
Burma, iu thirty In South Malaysia
and fifty-three iu the Egyptlau agency.
The dressing of the hair is the most
important part of the Chinese woman's
toilet. The district she comes from
may always be known from the man
ner in which she does her hair, it
also indicates her station In life. Young
girls, whether married or single, wear,
queues, colling up their hair. as. the
Western women do. on attaining a cer
tain age.
Ostrloa are pleeeR of broken pottery
which were used for memoranda iu an
cient Egypt. Enormous numbers of
them have been found while excavat
ing, and they throw the most practical
light upou the daily life or the country
thousands of years ago. The inserip
tlons comprise private letters, legal
agreements, receipts and menu.ran-!:i
of all kinds, ami we are mainly indebt
ed to them Tor our constantly Increas
ing knowledge of the land ol' Khem.
if a flower pot is laid on Its side 1h?
sla'k of the plant growing iu it gradu
ally curves upward until it resumes tue
vertical position. This is called ino
tropic curvature, ami th-> question i*
by what means tbe plan! is stimulated
to change its direction of growth. Oi ??
theory avers that movable standi
grains in tbe plant cells fall to the'
lower side as the position is changed,
and by their ^pressure influence Hie
mechanism of growth, Rcccnliy Mi
Francis Darwin, in England, has suc
ceeded in accelerating the tendency of
a plant to curve upward when placed
horizontally by sulijecting it to the vi
brations of a tuning-fork. He think#
the shock of the vibration affects Ihf
movements of the starch grains.
The Chinese doctor sets up a terrib't
racket when called to treat the sick.
This is supposed to drive evil spirits
away, and it unquestionably acts well
in a great many eases. Civilization de
mauds rest and quiet; all noise ii?
barred from the sick room. An Amort
can physician tells of a patient wlw
had sunk into a coma preceding death
"Some one In the next house struck
up the 'Anvil Chorus* from *11 Trova
tore,' I was very much annoyed and
distressed, and tried to stop It. Sud
denly the pulsation at the wrist be
gan again, tbo patient gradually
opened his eyes, and motioned to hi*
sister. She bent low, and he whispered
in her ear: 'Te duin te dea, that Is mj
favorite tune.' said he. He recuucrated
and entirely recovered."
GREAT OCEAN HIGHWAYS.
Panama Canal Will Cr*at* a N**
" Worldte Str??t of the Sea#."
The completion of the new Pamunfl
Canal will have sor?e marked effect!?
upon the great lanes or ocean travel
Vessels have, to be sure, for year*
gone Into I'anaina and Colon for the
transhipment of tlielr freight across
the isthmus bj mil. The effect ol
the opening of the new canal may bv
likened, says the Ixnulon Mall, to thai
of the substitution of a strong bridge
at a convenient place for crossing
a river for a more or less uncertain
ford. Such a bridge attracts wagon
roads. The canal will draw toward
it the commercial highways of the
hemisphere.
Vessels which are operated by stenro
can pursue an almost unvarying line
Their managers accordingly prescribe
courses between various ports, known
as lanes, over which practically nil
the shipping moves. In crfse of a
breakdown the vessel Is soonet "picked
up" on a lane than in less frequented
parts of the sea. Moreover, rocks,
derelicts and other obstructions may
be more carefully charted and watched
on the highly traveled courses.
There Is usually an east and west
lane a few miles apart to lessen the
danger of collision. Out of Dulutb.
on the Great Lakes, there Is a four*
track lane, two for passenger steam
ers at.d two for frefglffers.
Although the vessels of the world
hnve no visible streets or crossings oi
signposts, in the eye of the navigator
they are thus very distinctly marked
No railroad train makes so direct a
I line between points as a steamship
' No locomotive engineer knows more
j exactly where he Is at all times than
I the si'a captain.
j Hailing vessels, responsive to winds
tides, and currents, go about more at
. random. Yet there are enormous
ai t as of th?? sea where no ssll or
, smokestack Is ?ver seen. Even on the
t steamship lanes of the Pacific one
I seldom spies a vessel In a trip across
! tbe ocean. Nearlng the Suez, how
ever. from either approach, and It will
be tbe same with the Isthmian Canal
i It seems as if the ships of the world
! were out on p-irndc. so plentiful i'">
J they suddenly become.
A List From thr> flntilr*.
New York State Is full of cities and j
I towns of classic nomenclature. There
? must have beeu a wave of flraeco- '
Roman lore when the christening of
inunlclpalltltes took place, with a by
product of Asianlstn as a seasoning.
There are such names as Rome. Troy,
Athens, Cairo. Syracuse. Ithaca, Spar- '
! ta. Italy. Wrcece. Egypt. Tyre. Mem
I phis, Venler, Florence. Corinth,
Parma, Milan. Naples, Hector, Ovid,
| Delhi. Delpbla, Diana. Paris, Pompey. i
; 1 lion. Palmyra. Marathon. Mycenae, ]
Napoli, Nineveh, Uahyion. Romulus,
? Slloani. Smyrna, Utlca, Virgil, Homer, j
C'leero. Ceres, etc.
PLUCK, KOHAHCC
mho ABvarruHe.
BOA CLIAB8 ? SHIP.
HAT which la can
Ins *? much trouble to
Captila Dickson, of the |
Yankee brlgantlne Daisy,
got looae. and aa a reeult
two watchmen In South Brooklyn or*
mourning the Iom of two faithful flea
beaten cur?. Ever aince Captain Dick,
?on caged the boa In hla coal locker,
the snake has been trying to smash
the door. He would coll up as far
from the door aa he could get and then
leap forward with all the force of his
twenty feet of steel muscled energy.
The door was reinforced, but some
time after midnight he battered it so
that it swung only on the upper hinge.
Then tHe snr-e gilded out through the
?pace at the bottom.
Toward 1.30 o'clock "Tom" Walsh,
wie of the watchmen, heard his dog
?creaming in agony. Walsh's dog is
>ne of the ilea ridden "yaller" varie
ty. but be lias been a faithful compan
ion for nearly nine years, ana Walsh
thought a treat deal of him. He
rushed to the dog's.rescue, and to his
borror saw a huge snake wrapped
Slosely around him. __ His ardor abated
tomewhat. but he huutcd up a com
panion, aud armed with crowbars they
idvaneed on the boa. The snake aban
loned its prey and placed himself in
i posture of defense. The men were
>n the brink of the wharf, while the
make and the dog were close to a
thed some twenty feet from them.
Suddenly the snake shot straight for
ward at WaJsh. The man was on the
alert and as the boa leaped forward,
ha fell on his face without delay. The
boa missing his mark, went more than
two-thirds of his length over the edge
of tue pier, and then got a purchase
with his tail in a crac : In the flooring.
Before he could utilize his hold to get
back the two crowbars were brought
down sharply ou the *all and the snake
plunged overboard. Tho two men saw
him swing away in the darkness, his
head two or three feet above the wa
ter. but did not care to follow hlni.
About two hours later a slight com
motion wrs heard at the end of the
next ph-r. The watchman there.
James Elson. whistled for his dog, but
no dog appeared. He went to the end
of the pier where he knew the dog
had been, and found <.nly a slimy trail
ami some deep scratches that had been
made, apj.areiitly by the claws of his
dog. lie did not know what had be
come of the cur, until later in the
morning when he compared notes with
Walsh, and the fate ol the cur became
apparent.
About 8 o'clock Captain Dickson
went on deck. To his mingled horror
and Joy he found that the door of the
locker was partly open. He did not
wait to make further investigation, but
jumped into the forward rigging and
went aloft. He stayed there for
awhile and then cautiously slid down
a stay to the roof of the coal locker.
Peering cautiously through,a small
peephole, he saw the boa curled up
on the coal, asleep, and with a much
Increased girth amidships, marking the
last resting place of Elson's dog. The
captain thought It a good chance,
since the snake was asleep from Its
gorging, to capture him, but as he ap
proached the door, he heard, or thought
he heard, the snake move. He then
slipped aloft once more, gave the snake
another chance to get quiet, and. dc^
scending. braced and nailed up the
door until nothing less than artillery
could dislodge it. Next day the snake
was sound asle*?p after Its feast. In
anticipation of this he borrowed a
shotgun and the fate of the snake was
sealed.
STANLEY'S CREAT EXPLOIT.
Although the fame of Sir Henry* M.
Stanlej, who dl?*d in I?ondon on May
10. will rest on lils exploration of the
upper Congo and equatorial Africa, it
( in his search for David Livingstone
I through the African jungles aud his
finding of the missing missionary at
j L'jIJI, on the shore of Tanganylkl,
that Appeals most to the dramatic
( leeling of the world. In "Eceentrlcl
I lles of Genius" Major J. B. Pond
I quotes a witty reference to this
I achievement, which was made by
! M-irk Twain 1>* Introducing Mr. Stan
ley to a Boston audience:
I^am not hero to dlspurage Colum
bus," said Mr. Clemens. "So. I won't
do that. But when you come to re
gard the achievements of these two
i men. Columbus and Stanley, from the
I standpoint of the difficulties they en
countered, the advantage Is with Stan
ley and against Columbus.
"Columbus started out to discover
America. He didn't need to do any
thing at all but sit In the cabin of his
ship, hold his *rlp and sail straight
on, and America would discover It
self. Here It was. barring his passage
the whole length and breadth of two
continents. He couldn't get past it
He'd got to discover It.
"But Stanley started out to find Dr.
I Livingstone, who was scattered?scat
j tered abroad, as you may say. over the
| length and breadth of a vast slab of
? Africa as big us the United States. It
wns n blind search for one of the
; worst scattered of men."
, In October. 1870. Stanley started out
. from Bombay on his search for Dr
| Livingstone on behalf of two newspa
j P^rs. 1 he great missionary and geog
rapher. on the last sad trip of his life
hud plunged Into the heart of Africa'
i Iv?!? *?* "St ronnt ,n th* "Prlng of
! , 1 or Ave yeari he had been light
I ing for his lift* against the rnvages of
i 'evpr ?nd disease, copending vainly
( against his old til? slur* traders,
and wandering slowly about, study
ing the regions to the west and south
of Tanganyika, cared for and aided
by the natives, who reverenced him as
a superior being.
Stanley moved Inland from Zanzi
bar In the spring of 1871. By June he
had reached (:nynnyembe, where be
was again delayed. At last he was
?bio to proceed Into that vast wilder
ness. somewhere In which was Liv
ingstone. Whether Livingstone had
gone across toward the west coast or
had tried to move northward toward
the Nile Valley Stanley did not know.
The fact was that Livingstone, In
?xueuiity, had returned to Taofan
TtU and lit mtlK UjtJL Thar*
where mv supplies should havt
reached him. ho learafd that all had
been stolen. He wti almost hoptkM
and helpless, sn old mas. 111. alone,
with only the friendship of a few na
tive tribes between him and death.
In the nick of time Stanley arrived.
*ftcr 4 month of wsndering end ter
rible hardship. The meeting between
the two wss most dramatic. To Liv
ingstone It mesnt new life. It boojed
him up till sll the bsrdshlps were for
gotten. Together the two explored
Tanganyika and then went back to
Unyanyembe. where Stanley provided
Livingstone with new supplies snd s
new party of faithful blacks. The old
missionsry returned to the jungle, to
die s few months lster. and Stanley
retraced his steps to give the world
the story of his achievement.
ON THE DESERT.
Mr. Stewart Edward White. In his
serial, "The Mountains." now running
In The Outlook, thus describes his ex
perience in the California aiknli plains.
Most of the time we got on well |
enough. One day only the desert
showed her power. That day. at 5 lu
the afternoon, it was 120 degrees in
the shade. And we, through necessi
ty of reaching the next water, jour
neyed over the alkali at noon. Then
the desert came close on us and looked
us fair in the eyes, .'oncealing nothing.
She killed poor Deuce, the beautiful
setter who had traveled 4iie wild coun
tries so long: she struck West and the
tenderfoot from their horses when
finally they had reached a long-legged
water tauk: she even staggered the
horses themselves. And I, lying un
der a bush, where I had stayed after
the others In the hope of succoring
Deuce, began Idly shooting at ghost
ly Jack rahhits that looked real. l??t
through which the revolver bullets
passed without resistance.
After this day the tenderfoot went
water crazy. Watering the horses be
came almost a mania with him. He
could not bear to pass even a mud
hole without offering the astonished
Tuneinali a chance to till up. even
though that animal had drunk freely
not twenty rods back. As f ?r himself,
he embraced every opportunity, and
Journeyed draped in many canteens.
After that it was i.ot so bad. The
thermometer stood from to 1(C. or
1(M"?, to be sure, but we wore getting
used to It. Discomfort, ordinary pl:y- J
sical discomfort, we came to accept ]
as the normal environment of man. It !
is astonishing how soon uniformly mi- |
comfortable conditions, by very lack i
of contrast, do lose their power to j
color the habit of mind. 1 imagine
merely physical unhappiness Is a mat
ter more of contrasts than of actual j
circumstances. We swallowed dust, j
we bumped our shoulders pbilosophi
cally under the beating of the sun: wo
breathed Hie debris of high winds; wo
cooked anyhow, ate anything, spent
long, idle, fly-infested hours waiting
for the noon to pass.
SKRYDLOFF'S DARING EXPLOIT
The several successful sorties which
Admiral SkrydlofT has made since ho
assumed command of the Russian Via
divostok squadron leads a writer in
Harper's Weekly to describe the dar
ing exploit which first made Skryd
lolf's name familiar to the Russian
people. The occasion was the passage
of the Danube by the Russian army of
liberation which was being sent to
put a stop to the Bulgarian atrocities
which Turkey was carrying on at the
time. Russia had no Black Sea fleet
then, while Turkey had a number ot
powerful Ironclads and monitors. Ad*
mlral Skr.vdloff's exploit was to 150 out
in n small launch, and, aproaching a
Turkish Ironclad, attempt to discharge
a "torpedo"?a mere charge of gun
cotton on a pole?as close as posslbl#
to the Turkish warship. The first at j
tempt was unsuccessful, owing to thf
fact that when the electric current was
turned on SkrydlofT found that the
wires had been cut. presumably by a
bullet, and there was no way to dis
charge the guncotton.
WOMAX KILLS A TIffER.
Mrs. Lucia Morris, aged twenty
three. recently killed the largest tiger
ever known In the Kentucky rooun
tains. She lives In a lonely spot of
Nicholas County, and while her three
year-old child was playing in the open
dbor a tiger suddeuly sprang from a
tall pine tree near by.
Mrs. Morris heard the big cat growl, '
and seizing a broom she ran to the j
ciilhl Just as the tiger was preparing
to spring. Mrs. Morris struck the cat ,
a blow across the head, breaking the
broom and causing the tiger to spring j
The brave woman then struck the ,
beast again, and It sprang away lntc
the bushes. ? !
Mrs. Morris feared the tli?er would
return, so she locked the baby la the 1
house, and taking her husband's rifle,
started to kill the beast. For two miles
Into the dense forest she trailed the ti
ger and at last brought It to bay lu a
tree. By a well directed shot the Ken
tucky woman put a bullet through tho
big cat's brain. Mrs. Morris summoned
help and skinned tho tiger, and has
placed the skin in her home as a re
membrance.
Secreta of Old Rouim Hath.
Women used to lose their hairpins a
thousand years ago much In the same
way as they do to-day. That, at least,
Is the Impression one gets from the an
tiquities found during lust year at tho
Silchester excavations. j
The most Interesting discovery was j
tho building which formed apparently
the principal baths of the Roman
town. The exploration of the baths
yielded a number of architectural
fragments, Including a small altar, i
portions of capitals and bnses, part
of a large baslu of Purbeck marble, and i
some singular pieces of metal.
In a QI led up bypocaust were fouud
at least 100 bone pins, which had evi- :
deutly been used to adjust the back 1
hair of Homan women who used tho .
baths. Probably tiny had been !
dropped in the way women throughout j
the ages has shed pins, and were col- j
lected by the keeper of tlie baths. J
Some of them are quite three Inches
long, and would make passable hut- 1
pins for the present fashion.
A pair of gold earrings with uncut
green gems are so bright that they ,
look as If they might have Just come ,
ont of a Jeweller's shop lu Bond street.
?Loudou Chronicle.
News of Merest
-TO
AFRO-AMERICANS
A Donation From Carnegie.
Benedict College, a colored insti
tution *n Columbia,8. C., will hare
within a few months a library build
I?* for which plan* hare been drawn
snd which will coat $5,000, the money
having been donated by Andrew Car
negie.
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To Combat Prejudice.
To rvinbat prejudice against colored
tenant* in white districts, in New
York, the Afro-American Reality com
pany, of that city, has started an ag
gressive campaign.
Negro real estate operators and in
vestors organized the company ? fCi-ui
ly with a capital stock of $500.00U.
The company own four live *tory
flats, valued at $125,000, and holds ten
other flat houses under five-year
leases.
The Afro-American Realty Compa
ny wai formed after a struggle a year
ago to oust colored tenants of uptown
flats.
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An Outrage In Texse.
A dispatch from Lock hart, Tex.,
says: A mob of masked vhitecappers
has killed one Negro and severely
beaten another, both beicg residents
of this vicinity. ,
The fiob first visited T~>rn Coperton,
who was taken f" m his home and
mercilessly beaten. From Coperton's
cabin the mob went to tie homo of
John arreinore and endeavored lo
enter the house. Larre'iore's wife
opened flre on th"? mob which tho
whiteenppers returned.
After tho fusilade, Larremore was
found dead in tho hallway of the
home. *
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Pickens Highly Honored.
A dispatch from New Haven, Conn.,
says: William Pickens, the young
colored man who graduated with high
honors at Yale a month ago, has just
been cotlfk'd of his election to mem
bership in the Phi Beta Kappa So
ciety. It Is customary for the men
elected to receive notifications during
commencement week. In explanation
of Pickens' failure to receive the elec
tion to which he seemed eligible, as
a high stand man, it was given out at
the time that the society had adopted
a rule that men wlio had not entered
college when the class as a whole
enterei, should be considered as not
entitled to election except by speelal
consent of the society. It was said
that this rule barred Pickens, but the
society now seems to have made an
exception in his case. He is the only
colored man belonging to the society.
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No Prejudice Shown Here.
For the second time within twelve
months a colored ?~iinii?lcr of Atlanta
has opened the session of the general
cornci! with pra;er Lij?cn each oc
casion the minister so honored has
been Rev. H. H. Proctor, pastor of 1
thvj First C< ngr?gatini,al ChuscL
Every session of council ccuuz.ences '
with prayer. Some times the minister
who is invited to do this service does
not appear, and council then nvites any
minister or religious worker who nay
minister or religious worker who Is
present to pray. It was for this reason
that Rev. Proctor was invited to pray.
He had appeared for the purpose of
requesting that stronger efforts be
made by the municipality to afford ed
ucations! facilities to the colored chil
dren of Atlanta. He read a communi
cation from various colored citizens
asking for more put lie school facilities
for the children of their race.
The communication was referred to
the board of education.
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Chicago Race Riots.
?rays The Atlanta Journal: Another
example of the manner lr? which cer
tain sections of the north regard Ne
groes, when they have enous?t> of
them, le being fu-nlshed in Chicago.
The importation of a number of their
"colored brethren" Into Chicago for
the purpose of bresking the packing
house strike has respited in a special
of race war in the stock yards dis
trict, the strikers assaulting and best
ing the Negroes whenever th? y ran i
get at them. Illinois, Indiana and <
Iowa have furnished so many exam- .
pies of race antipathy In the last few
years that the rest of the country
may well wonder what the result
would be If those state* contal"?'d any
where .he same per cent of Negro pop
ulation as does the soutu.
As a matter of fact race feeling Is
the saii r the country over. The only
difference Is that lu the south where
the Negro Is thoroughly known and
appreciated for his merits he receives
much under treatment. The few Ne
groes n the north fare extremely III
If they attempt to come on the stage
at any moment of great popular ex
citement, and it needs veiy little pro
vocation to bring the northern race
antipathy to the surface. The packers
who are attempting to employ Ne
groes as strike breakers are singularly
thoughtless in giving this ever- present
feeling an excuse to manifest Itself.
Up to date the Chicago strikers, with
but few exceptions, have been conduct
ing themselves In a mo.it exemplary
manner. Donnelly, |n one 0f bis ear.
ly manifestoes, made it clear that he
fully realized that a strike conducted
In an o-derly way was the sort calcu
lated to retain public sympathy, aad
advised the men to refrain from disor
derly o induct. And It was not until the
thoughtless Injection of the race elo- I
ment lato the situation that any vio
lence worthy of remark was reported. !
It Is only proper to conclude therefore ;
that is was not too much the fact |
that the men wero strike-breakers a<i \
that they were Negroes which aroused (
the Ire of the strikers against them.
n to ttifHi for bolft th?
Nagro u4 fta ???iimiii ihMillB
that the rut ? Joctty of black m
raid* la tho south aaotf that*
MmU
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TM Negro and Politic*.
Tho Atlanta Independent. one of
the ?M<t Negro papers publUbod 'a
tho sovth. la glTtnf tho raco aomo edl
torlal tdvloo oalculatod to solve tho
so-called "Negro problem'* In tho only
practloU manner In which It can bo
solved. says Tho Atlanta Constitu
tion. The Independent declares that
"tho elmlnatlpn of the Negro from
tho na.tonal life as a political factor
la Inevitable," and regards bis "to*
tal exclusion from participating in tho
affairs of the government" as tho
"flat of fate." '
The Independent sees that "the No
gro's acquired unfitness to enjoy and
appreciate self government" lies
."threateningly at the basis of Chrs
tisn civilisation," declaring:
The Negro begin at the bottom
and loarn tito rudiment* of ibe rcspon
slblllty of tho ba'tlot before he can
'comprehend its Importance or enjoy
its protection. The Negro 1s neither
responsible for his ignorance or his
political status. In bott cases, ho
Is the innocent victim of circumstances
without his control. Every student of
history must acknowledge that the
enfranchisement of the Negro with
out qualification was a monumental
wrong inflicting more permanent in*
Jury upon the very people congress
was seeKing to protect them all the dls
criminating legislation passed by the
south n an effort to correct the blun>
der. The further the Negro removes
himself from politics the more selft>
reliant will he become. _ The right to
vote onght to be based upon lntellfc
fence or property qualifications. Tho
citizen ought to be taught to bring
something to his country in his char*
acter feifher tangible or intangible,
and o'l^ht not to expect his country
to add everything to him. The right
to vote primarily ought to havo been
conferr?d upon us as wo acquired In
telligence and became competent to
appreciate the purpose of the ballot.
Tho right of suffrage should have Itfen
handed ns In such a way a* to stliu*
ulate development and progress. None
but thore who possess and practlco
civlo virtue should be allowed to
vote. If we would win and maintain
a per-uanent place In the civic re?
lationi of our country, we must obtain
It by reason of what is inherent in th<j
man. It must come because of the
stuff In the Individual. Legislation
nor Ui'_? republican party cannot confer
It. Tli?re is no ugency without the
man which can coufer it; it musl
evolute those possibilities which now
lio dormant in the Individual.
BEE HUNTING A PASTIME.
There Is a Fascinating Charm About
It.
Some bright young worn on who
spent Inst summer in a western Mass
achusetts town, tired of hunting birds
which never sat still, turned bee hunt
ers. Discovering a veteran bee hunt
er and overcoming a feminine dis
trust of the little insect who so sharp
ly resents interference with her af
fairs, they were initiated In the art of
lining bees, and thereafter every
framp allehl was with an object in
view.
Ree hunting possesses a charm pe
culiarly its own and It can be prac
ticed wherever flowers grow, even
slthln the limits of a town. Tho nec
essary out lit consists of a box three
Inches square and as many d>>ep.
This is divided Info an upp?V and
lower story by means of a slide. The
cov?.- is fltted with a glass window,
'n the lower compartment is placed a
piece of comb filled with a syrup of
*ugar and water. The slide Is pushed
in place and the nearest flower bed
or clover patch Is sought. With the
box In one hand and the cover In the
other, it Ia an easy matter to trip a
honey bee busy robbing a flower of
Its sweets. Watering le>r through the
glass window, the moment s:hc quiet?
down the slide is gently drawn. It
does not take the bee long to dlscovei
"ho syrup, nnd she at once begins to
load up with this treasure.
The box is now placed on a post
iind a sharp watch maintained. Pres
ently the bee Is sated, and, circling
for her bearings. start* straight for
the hive or tree. When siic comes
back, for she will surely return, she
will bring another bee with ber. and
In turn this one will bring a third
nnd so on until a line is established.
Then, while one or more fill wltn the
syrup. th.? cover Is replaced and the
box carried forward along the line of
flight. From the stooping point a
new line will be established as before.
Thus iti time will the bees load
straight to their home.
THE DANGERS IN DUST.
Plea for Less Relentless Activity In
the Household.
Whether the bacilli that causes tu
berculosls In the human being are the
same as those which cause It in other
warm-blooded animals, and even fish,
or whether they merely change their
appearance with their environment, IS
a question for the bacteriological ex
pert. That we may become Infected
from other animals has not the vital
Interest that the undoubted fact has
that we can, and do, become Infected
by the germs that other men carrj
about, and that the home, the place
where we take refuge from the ills of
life. Is precisely where this dread dls
ease attacks us. Inside the four wall*
of our houses is where these deadly
germs are implanted, are nurtured,
and firing forth their harvest. It l?
at home we must begin to defend our
selves. It Is the part of wisdom to
do away with the dust-catching drape
rles and carpets. Have the rugs shak
en and beated out of doors. If you
must have carpets, sweep them wltb
wet tea leaves sprinkled on them
Wipe the furniture with a moist cloth,
not flirt the dust around with a bunch
of feuthers on a stick. Dust Is dan
gerous. Remember tMt, Better to
hove some critic w^lte "Sloven" in
tho dust upon the mantelpiece than
cloud the air with It and poison your
whole family.?Everybody's Maga/.ln*