The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, September 15, 1904, Image 7
A FILIPINO TEACHER.
A Fi'ipino
Teacher.
The ;'.dvatur::.i,:il of education auiunK
'the Filipinos under American inllu
ence lit rapidly progressing. Not only
are there now a large number of Amer
ican tcaeliers in the Islands doiim dally
excellent work, but the number of
well-q*.M tilled Filipino teaieliers is eon- !
stantly increasing. Among these Miss!
Pilar Zamora. whose portrait appears '
here, is oC espeeial Interest Just now '
because she Is in charge of the model |
school on the Philippine llcservatlon J
at the St. Louis Fair, and has been J
largely instrumental in the collection I
of exhibits for the educational display j
at the Exposition. She is a native I
Filipino, about Iweuty-flve years old.
She graduated from the Collegio de
Santa ltosn, a Jesuit institution. After
American occupation she took an Eng
lish course, graduating in uwrj. and as- |
sinning charge of the Santa Cru* J
school hi Manila. Later she was trans
ferml to the Manila Normal College i
Miss Zamora believes thoroughly ic !
having American methods and tli? I
American language instituted in tin J
islnntls for the education of the natives I
FILIPINO ARCHERS.
?From The Century.
The Daughter of a Tagalo Chief, With Brother
and Servant.
Filipino Archers
Arcliery lias Leen practiced In tbe
United States at intervals, In a desul
tory way, ami on two or three oeca
alous lias seemed on tbe point of be
coming popular. About 1830 it must
have been practiced here to a con
siderable extent. judging from tbe
trade catalogues and iranuats pub
lished about that time '>y the dealers
In archery goods. Agalu r.bout 1*73
there was a revival of the s|M>rt In
this country, and In 1N70 there was
forlhed a National Association, widen
Iihh liehl its annual contents siiu-e,
though public Interest In the sport
has not been sustained.
The Potomac Archery Hub. of Wn?b?
Ington was orgaul/.i'd In 1X70. and Is
?one of the few clubs that have kept
up an organization. Archery is still
practiced In the Philippine Islands, as
Ahswu by the aeeocmrvln** ?"?.
o~i A.* jL ]ftih iiHi 14 i ihifcii Uhu?H
TO MAKE WALKING EASY.
Who has not ut 0110 time or anothet '
experienced the tortures of walking 1
In uncomfortable shoes, and wlio luir |
not more than onee wondered whj |
some growing genius did not present |
to suffering humanity a remedy for the
many evils that do beset the feet?
What seems to be a solution of th#
trouble will be found In a newly-con?
trlved shoe which has for its purpoM
THE K AHV- W A t.KI NO 8HOR.
[ the comfort of (lie wenrer first, last
niul nil the time. As will l>e seen by
I the picture tlie solo is so constructed
I that elnsllelty niul ventilation are
I given Willi eaeb movement of lite foot
: Tlie shoe yields to the Inclination of
i the Instep In walking. ami the com
i prcsslon and depression of the sole
j successively forces little draughts of
, air beneath the Inner sole. It Is said
j that this new shoe Is highly recom
mended from a sanitary standpoint.
PLUCK, ROMANCE
AMD ADVENTURE.
BESIEGED BT LIONS.
A
N official report recently re
ceived from the managing
director of a South African
gold mine, situated not far
from Pretoria, tells an ex
traoruiuary story of lions. It says:
"About 5 o'clock on Sunday morning
at least seven Hons (counting the In
coming spoors) attacked our goats, kill
Ing live and mauling three, and also
one native. About 2 p. in. a boy turned
up badly scratched, saying that a Hon
was eating bis companion, so we all
turned out. four of us. followed by
?bout 100 Kattirs. My three compan
ions stirred up a lion about *JOO yards
northwest of the camp. They flred
several shots, but missed, so we fol
lowed the spoor. Suddenly a huge
lioness jumped up about sixty feet
ahead of us. 1 flred aud lilt her In the
chest. She turned on her hind legs
away from me aud made a Jump for
L When she reached L. a shot went
off somewhere, and L. went down with
the lioness on top of him. 1 did not tire
for fear of hitting L. Two more shots
went off. and tiie lioness left L.. and I
gave her another shot as she Jumped
a short dl<hmee Into the lush. The
affair lasted only a few minutes. L.
got up and rr.n a short distance to the
rear, and I hurried to attend to him.
The lioness had torn his clothes and
mauled his left arm. We carried him
into camp, where lie died u few min
utes after our arrival.
"On Monday night we were again at
tacked by Hons. 1 had put the remain
ing goats iu the wagun shed and had
thorn bushes piled up all around seven
feet high, and had two lamps burning
1n the stable and the sli^d. but.Hons
Jumped over the thorn bushes, broke
in the door, killed several goats, and
stampeded the rest. We had to shoot
mostly in the air for fear of killing the
horses and mules in the stable. tJreat
panic among the hoys now. and they
refuse to work on the night shift.
Wednesday we were once ntore at
tacked. but the* Hoys could do no dam
age. as we hud set an armed guard in
the stable. .Tudving by the spoors there
, were nine 'ions here ou Sunday morn
ing. 1 am securing the safety of the
j camp as -?e!l as possible, ltoys are
| cutting brush and working day shift i:i
j the mine, but won't work at night.
| Lions have been trying to dig under
i the stable again.
, "We had another attack about lo
o'clock nt night. One lion was killed
by the stable guard. 1 paid the boys
the premium of ?1 each. The lioness
we shot is dead also, but there are at
present too many Hons In th?? bush for
us to be able to get her skin. For the
last three days and nights I have
j scarcely had six hours* sleep, but we
: hope soon ? thin all these Hons down,
j I have no food for the boys now ex
j cept some bran. The entire camp and
j workings we have surrout.led by a
i thorn bush hedge. Lions come near the
j camp even iu daytime. Judging from
j the peculiar howl Mid bark of the dog.
j Last night a single lion got Into the
, camp, lie kept very quiet. This morn-.
| Ing we traced his spoor. He came in
i near my hut. walked down the row of
I huts, and went out near the dining
1 room hut."
THE GENIUS OF TOE LAMP.
Th?? title of "The Sultan of Sulu" has
n comic opera sound which, a writer in
Everybody's Magazine declares. is car
ried out by the appearance ami behav
ior of this Ori w.tai potentate. The Sul
tan and his suite were once entertained
at luncheon on hoard a United States
transport. None of them had ever
beer, on board a large vessel before.
The visit was full of surprise and ex
citement for them.
They looked the ship over at tlrst
with stolid interest, and tlie Sultan
himself set off the six-pounder without
flicking nil eyelid. But at last, in the
saloon, some one attempted to explain
the mystery of the incandescent lamps.
Rial there the natives were surprised
out of their reserve.
Even the Sultan's face showed
amazement when . nn army officer
reached up and turned a lamp on and
off repeatedly. His Highness ordered
one of his suite to do It. The fellow's
face went greenish for a moment, but.
nevertheless, he reached up and trem
blingly touched it as lie would have a
hot brand. When he found that it did
not hurt him. and that the light actu
ally obeyed the impulse of his finger
tips. he was the most excited Moro in
the archipelago. His excitement was
contagious. Nearly every one in the
suHe started for a lamp on his owu ac
count, and the cabin was a bewilder
ment of flashing lamps.
Presently Oriental cunning got the
better of amazement, and one or two
of tlieni tried to fool the lamps. A fel
low would steal quietly up to a bulb,
and, reaching forward, suddenly turn it
on. evidently with the intention of
catching it napping. Or he would turn
It off and jump away, apparently with
j the same intention. Hut the iamps re
i fused to be fooled, and the facial ex
pression that followed en eli failure
| was ludicrous to behold.
Of course, they wanted to know what
I made the light. It was Impossible to
give them a history of electrical devel
j opment, but an officer present thought
of giving them an object lesson that
| would prove a short cut to knowledge.
I He directed four or five of them to
Itand in line, holding hands. Then the
i men 011 the ends of the line were told
to each grasp the brass part of a lamp,
j They did so. and Instantly the entire
line sustained an electric shock. They
1 were too astonished to speak, and not
I knowing enough to let go. they just
i stood there, with wonder and fear surg
| Ing from face to face.
The officers broke them apart at last
and took them In to luncheon, but they
were changed men. They had had an
experience that passed all Oriental un
derstanding.
The luncheon was a more or less dig
allied affair, varied by Interpreted com
pliments and the agonies of the Sul
tan's official taster. It was easy to see
Ihnt although the taster was an hab
itual necessity to the Sultan's peace of
mind, on this occasion, at least, his
function was purely perfunctory. Of
what avail w;:s the protection of a poor
human taster aga nst magicians wbo
could make lamp* to bmn wltbout oU,
and who could scad a genii of unreel
to twitch om'? body Ilka tho torn?
NSW GOVKBNOB ? HBBO.
Sir William Macgregor. who has Just
been appointed Governor of Newfound*
land. Is one of the most remarkable
men of the Brltleh Colonial service,
both physically and Intellectually, and.
Indeed, his herculean strength has con
tributed in no small degree to Impress
the savages, over whom he has been
called on to rule In the past, with a
sense of the power of the British Em*
pire. No more remarkable Illustration
of his muscular force can be given
than the feat which led Queen Victoria
to bestow on him the Albert medal,
grauted to civilians for acts of extra
ordinary gallantry, which In the army
and navy would have won the Victoria
Cross.* In fact, the Albert medal,
wlii^h Sir William Is the only Colonial
Governor to wear, may be looked on
as the civilian counterpart of the Vic
toria Cross.
It took place while he was nigh Com
missioner and Administrator of Eng
land's possessions In the Pacific, with
headquarters at Suva, the capital of
FIJI. Tho Syria, with a shipload of
Indian coolies on board, had struck on
a rock at some distance from Sqva.
The only way by which the vessel,
which was stuck on a reef at the foot
of a precipice. and being pounded to
pieces by the surf. could be reached,
was by means of ropes and a broken
ivast. which had fallen against the side
of the rlMf. Again and again Sir Will
iam made the perilous Journey to and
from the vrreck. either with a man or
a woman on his back, and sometimes
with a child held by its clothe* be
tween Ii!s teeth in addition thereto.
The greatest tax on his strength
was, however. In connection with the
rescue from the wreck of a white wo
man. who had got at the spirits, was
mad with drink and had'fallen over
board. The captain of the ship and a
police oftleor. who had gone after her,
were being swept out to sea. Sir Will
iam caused himself to be let down by a
rope, caught the knot of the woman's
hair in bis troth, and with his bunds
seized the two men and dragged thciu
alt three to safety. Then he wrote his
report of tho disaster and of the res
cue. Several of those who had taken
part in the latter received the Itoyal
lln<uaue Society modal. But as thero
was no mention In Sir William's re
port of his own services, or. in fact, of
his having been upon tte scene at all,
it was not until much later that the
matter was brought to the attention j
of the Government and by the latter j
to that of the l)ueen, who, as stated |
above, conferred on hlin the Albert 1
medal. Sir Wi.'Iiain Is a Scotch phy
sician hailing from Glasgow.
HOY SAVES LIFE IN NIAGARA.
Within an hour Huglile McLean,
fourteen years old. son of Donald Mc
Lean, owner of a large lumber yard
in North 'l'onaivanda. N. Y., rescued
two boy* from irowning in the Niag
ara Itiver, at tlie risk of his own life,
on a recent afternoon.
The tlrst life saved was that of nap*
ry Wagoner, twelve years old, who fell
from a pile of lumber off McLean's
wharf Into (he rarrrnl of the Ni
agara River. You?p, McLean knew that
Wagoner could nut swim and quickly
he was In after him. Wagoner was
sinking for the second time when Mc
Lean caught him i>v the leg. llelng
an expert swimmer. McLean Succeed
ed in keeping Wuuoncr up until taken
from the stream several men who
had been drawn l y the cries for help.
Young McLean went home In hVs
father's automobile to get dry clothes,
lie was returning to the wharf loss
than nn hour aft?r. when he heard a
splash in the river, then cries for help.
He ran to the edg<* <h the wharf, where
several boys stood as though slued to
the spot, and saw Henry Coyer, a hoy
of his own age, siruggling in the wa
ter. Again McLean dived in the river,
and after a brav. light succeeded in
reaching one of the supports of the
dock. Here he clung with Coyer'*
limp body in one .inn until assistance
arrived.
GIVES LIFE IN VAIN.
While Natlian W'einer, Bnrney Weln
er. Mrs. Rose Krinsky, brothers and
sister; Ida Llppn.au and Hliney Is
aacs. all of New York, were bathing at
Long lllll. Conn., the boat they were
using sprang a leak. In baling it out
they all sat on one side. The boat can-,
sized. All were thrown Into the wat^l^
Nathan and Barney Welner rescued
Ida Llppiuan, Hltuey Tsaacs and l'ar
ney then tried to save Mrs. Krinsky.
They got her near enough to the shore
for Nathan to grasp her and pull her
out, then Barney, exhausted from the
effort, sank and was drowned.
Mrs. Krinsky lay on the ground about
half an hour before help came. Then,
in spite of all efforts of the physicians,
she died.
Her htffcband was summoned from
Bridgeport by telephone. Hiring a
team, he drove furiously *o Long Hill.
In turning a corner near the scene of
the accident, the carriage wheel came
off and he was thrown out on his head
and knocked senseless. He was brought
too by the doctor, but seemed crazed.
CAPTAiy BLIN1>. SHIP HELPLESS.
The steamship Indravelll arrived
here from China and Philippine ports
carrying as passengers Captain Fritz
and his seventeen-year-old daughter,
of the Nova Scotia ship Troop, which
the Indravelll came upon off Hors
burg light, helpless because her com
ma uder had gone blind.
Horsburg light is off Singapore, and
when the Indravelll overhauled the
Troop the ship was Hying signals of
distress. The steamer towed the ship
to Singapore and fhen resumed her
voyage to New York with Captain
Fritz and his daughter as pnssengers.
en route to their I oine In Nova See
tia. Captain Fritz became blind be
cause of the excessive glare of the
sun upon the tropical sea, and also be
cause of his Inordinate consumption
of tobacco. He would frequently
smoke as many as 112 cigars a day.
Captain Fritz's sight Improved a lit
tle on the trip from Singapore, and he
can see somewhat dimly. The Troop
was given over to the command of
Captain Wynons.?New York Mall.
Dr. Gabriel Leven. a I'aris physician,
says obesity Is a nervous disorder
caused by ? form of dyspepsia.
The Dowager DucIivks of Abcrcorn,
aged ninety-two. has 130 descendants.
There are 301 railway passenger sta
tions within twelve miles of St. Paul's,
London. _
Appendicitis has en used the death of
ft chimpanzee at the Pasteur Institute
In Paris, says the Petit Journal.
It Is said thnt the Turks were the
first to bury their dead in cemeteries
with ornamental headstones.
Storks have no voice. Tin* only noisp
hey make is "klapperiiig" (snapping
their great red mandibles rapidly ami
loudly).
Twenty-one and a half colrmns of tbr
ortbooming Oxford Knulisli Dictionary
ire devoted to the specific applications
>f the adjective red.
John? Hopkins has one professor to
?\ cry four students. Yaie one to every
nine, and Columbia. Harvard and
Pennsylvania one to every ten.
The Zoological Garden* in T/>ndot.
aave just acquired four Japanese a ties.
One of their chief peculiarities is that
their tail is reduced to a stump.
Perks County. Pennsylvania, shows
-.1 large iiu:njn?* of women employed
.n mills, factories and other industries.
There arc SI IT women and girls work
lug in every e!ass of industry in the
county, of which number over tJPOO arc
employed in the city of lCeadiug
SEAL HUNTING.
Wo*t tho Ciitnilnc Kuklinn Manner* to
Outwit IIIH I'rey.
The Eskimo manner of taking the
seal is described by Ml. Tyrrell in his
book. -Across the Sub-Arctics of Can
ada." The author says that lie has
known an Eskimo who was so expert
at this kind of sport that he was ablt
to seize a seal with his teeth.
When a hunter spies a seal, he notes
the direction of the wind, then keeping
hims.df to the leeward of the seal. Ii?
waiks to within a quarter of a mile ot
the seal, lleyond this he begins to
crouch and advances only when tlu
seal's head is down. The seal is a
wide-awake animal, and has the habit
of throwing up its head every few sec '
onds to guard against danger. When
its head is down upon the ice its eyes
are shut, and it is said that iu tiles/
brief intervals it takes its sleep
However this may be. the hunter, by
carefuliy watching the seal's move
ncnts. is able without much ditlicull)
to get within about l2ot? yards of it j
but at rloscr quarters he is obliged tc
adopt other tactics. He now lies down
at full length upon the ice. and tlu
real sport begins.
The seal takes the Ksklno. who i? J
able to "talk seal" perfectly, to be ont
of its kindred, and. indeed, there is y
great deal of leseinbiance between tlu
two. for sea! ami hunter are similarly
clothed, and the Eskimo, living large!>
upon the flesh and oil of the seal, if
similarly odorous.
As the two lie there upon the loo. r
most amusing sort of conversation i*
kept up between them. The seal makes*
remark and flips his tail. The Eski
mo replies and makes a corresponding
gesture with his foot. At the satin
time lie throws himself a little for
ward. The seal soon iias something i
further to say. and again Hips his tail ,
The Eskimo replies as before, and stii.'
frrther closes up tlu? distance between j
them.
When the seal's head is down, the 1
hunter, who ever keeps his eyes on hi*
prey, is able to approach still nearer
by dragging himself forwr.nl upon hi;
elbows. This maneuvring goes on foi
some time, until the distance between
the performers has been reduced to n
few yards, sometimes to a few feet.
When near enough to make a surf
shot, the Eskimo lakes his bow am' j
arrow from his side and sends a swiP I
s'.iaft through the head of his outwitted i
prey.?You tit's Companion.
Tlic Aq<>* of l'nlitirul Cmidlilnlcii,
The notion Hint the relative age of
candidates plays an important part
th*> selection of a nominee for the see
oiiil place does not seem to be borm
out by the facts. An assertion has o#
late been current in the press to thr
ofTect. tirst. that Theodore ItooseveU
r.n.l John 1'. llrccklmiidgc are the only
ir.c :i who. when they were inaugurat
ed Vice-Presidents, could fairly be de
scribed as young: and. secondly, thut
most frequently, Vice-Presidents liavt
be .11 older thau the corresponding
Presidents. It is true that Theodort
It cose volt was but forty-three. am.
.lohn C. Breckinridge only thirty-sis
at the date of inauguration; but .rohi
C. Calhoun was only forty-three
Schuyler Colfax only forty-six, anc
Miiiard Fillmore only forty-nine. A*
regards Ihe second statement. (?eor??
Washington. John Adams, Jatnef
Monroe, John Quincy Adams. Andrew
Jackson, William II. Harrison, Zaeh
ary Taylor. James I'uchauan and Will
lain McKluley were older thau theli
respective Vice-Presidents. Thoma*
Jefferson was older than Aaron IJurr
ami younger than Ccorge Clinton. Ah
raliam Lincoln was of tlie same age :if
Hannibal Hamlin, and only oue yeni
younger than Andrew Johnson. C?ran;
was older than Colfax, but youngei
than Wilson, Garfield was Just oik
year younger than Arthur. Evidently
it is not the consideration of r?Mp 'ctlv<
age, but the question of locality am
political expediency that determine*
th"*de*iguntion of a nominee for tin
Vlce-Prcltfency.?Harper's Weekly.
Otlil I'opnUtlmi I'm ID,
More thau persons in the T'ni
ted States are UK) years old or over
There are 20O.."84 persons who conic
not tell their ages to the census takers
There are more persons s'x years oh;
in this country liiati of any other ag?
?1,832/113. The ccnsus men countcO
1 31*000 babies under one month of age
Thirty is a fatal age. There Were 1.
4'tfVJ.? persons who were thirty yeari
eld and only 8"q.."7."V who were thirty
or.n Tears old, a falling off of uicrf
thai'. OOO.OW.
News of Interest
AFRO-AMERICANS
Booker Washington's Son Fined.
A dispatch from Quincy. Mass., says:
Booker T. Washington, Jr., son of the
president of Tuskegee Institute. Ala
bama, was fined $15 In the local police
court for riding his motorcycle above
the legal speed of ten miles an hour.
The Washington summer home Is at
South Weymouth, a few miles from
the city.
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John Burloy Hanged.
John Burley, colored, 40 years old.
was hanged at the district Jail at
Washington August 26th, for criminal
assault on a four-year-old colored girl
committed In July. 1903.
It wa? the first time the death penal
ty had been Inflicted In the "District
of Columbia for this offense.
An appeal to President Roosevelt
recently for clemency resulted not
only in a refusal but coupled with
it a scathing arraignment of the pris
oner and the crime for which ho wa?
convicted.
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To Enforce Good Morals.
The colored people of Indianol*.
Fla., having tired of "lazy niggers,"
to use their own expression, and im
moral preachers, held a meeting re
cently and appointed a committee tc
announce that any one caught break
lng their rules should be brought be
fore a public meeting of the people
and whipped accordingly. For meti
without work, thirty lashes on the
bare back; any man going walking
with another man's wife, fifty lashes;
any preacher caught kissing another
man's wife, seventy-five lashes on the
bare back.
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A Unique Organization.
A movement Is on foot in Alabama
among the colored ? people to organize
with the welfare of the Negro as the
sole Incentive. One of the leaders
states that the white man tolerated
the Negro only because It was known
that he could aid them in case of
strikes.
The Intention of the organization is
to hold the Negroes in readiness to
break all strikes that threaten to
throw them out of lucrative positious
This statement has created quite a
stir in Birmingham, especially as th*.
miners are at present on a strike
which affects about 2,000 colored
"?irk* rs.
On the Trail of Lynchers. |
Acting Governor Cunningham, of j
Alabama, offered rewards for members
of the mobs who have participated in
the three recent lynching In th?> state
$150 for the first conviction In each i
case, und $IUU for the next two. These |
cases are the lynching of Will Rob I
erts, July G, in Plckena county; Rufus i
Lesseure, August 1G, In Marengo j
county, and that of Will Avery several i
days later, at Cordova. He said: "i .
oxpect to use every particle of powei i
the laws of the state give me to pre- j
vent lynching and to punish those j
who take part in the illegal execution j
of men, white or black, charged wuti
crimes."
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Alabama Reformatory Ready.
The state convict board of Alabama
Is getting ready to install the reform
atory for colored youths at Speigner.
which was decided upon by the board,
with the advice of Acting Governor
Cunningham several weeks ago
Buildings are being put in condition ;
to receive the youths who are in the j
various prisons of tli<> state and get !
them started on a line of instruction
and endeavor to make them better ,
men and women than they would be j
If allowed to remain with the older j
and more hardened criminals. There
will be very little to do in the way of
building, the property of the state be
lng practically adequate. President
Carmlchael, of tho convict board, said
that no man had been selected to tak?
ehargo of the work; that a suitable
party is hard to find. It is expected,
however, that this will bo done in a
few days. It 1? not possible to iearo j
Just, yet how many young boys and
girls there will be to take care of al
tho new school.
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Colored "Confed" Seeks Pension.
? Pension Commissioner Lindsay, ol
Georgia, is somewhat perturbed evei
the application of a negro who was ?
voldier In the Confederate army and
who hae asked to bo placed on thi
pension rolls of the state. A free col
ored man In Emanuel county enllBtel
In Company K. Twenty-eight* 0*onrl*
Volunteers luring the war between
the states, and for four years played
the tlte for that company. Now that
be 1 sold and helpless his frlonds are
endeavoring to secure a pension for
kim on tho ground that he wad a
regularly enlisted soldier and Is as
much entitled to dr*w a pension as.s
white soldier. S
Had he beon a slave the question
would have beon different, as Com
mi'fltoner Lindsay recently decided
that where a Negro was a slave during
tho war and served with the fonur;:t
he was the property of his
rnd, therefore, not entitled to a poi.
?loo.
If this colored man can maki' tV.
proper showing before the com mi
sloner, It is very likely rlint he ""
be oared for by the ntatv j?nt u - :
?White Confederate veterans row ?
the pension rolls.
This is thi> flrat case of a fr; ? N
gro applying for a pension in
state. There are many Ncpro.'s di.i
lng pensions on the union ??
none In the south for e -i vit;'; I:
Confederate aruiy. On ne ..-.in of
N?cro*a age aad laErmttles. it* frtenns
hop* Unt hte application will be favor
ably pmtd upon. Commissioner Uud
sajr's decision will be awaited with is
terest.?Atlanta Constitution.
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International Sunday School Cnvantln
The Negro international . Sundi)
school convention for the state of
Qoorgia held lta session In Ati&nta
during the past week were attended
Mnring the paat week and waa attend
od by appreciative audiences. The
aesatona were held at various colored
churches In the city, among them the
Central Avenue Methodist church, the
Friendship and Wheat Street Baptist
churches and the Dig Bethel A. M. E.
church.
There was a fair attendance of dele
gates from the various counties of th?
state and a thorough organization o>
the atate and a thorough oMFWMFVI
the state has been effected. At th?
organisation Professor I. Garlanl
Penn, international committeeman al
large, presided. Officers were elected
tor the ensuing year, and delegates to
the international convention <o meet
in Toronto next summer selected.
qpu-tng the convention W. C. Pierce,
of Chicago, the International teachei
training secretary, delivered some
very helpful addresses, also Professot
G. O. Marcus, of Memphis. Tenn.. Mia
field worker for the south. Other ad
dresses were delivered by Dr. H. H.
Proctor, C. C. Flnley, of Atlanta; R-?v
W. H. Hoiloway, of Thomasville. Ga.;
Dr. C. C. Carglle. Dr. W. D. Cannon
of Albany, and Rev. S. A. Stripling,
Rome. Ga.
Governor Terrell's Inquiry.
(Prom The Chicago Evening Post)
Govornor Terrell, of Georgia, ham
appointed a court of inqutry to tnves
tigate the conduct of the jullttia which
permitted the StateBboro mob to burn
two negroes at the stake. He con
demns the lynching in the strongest
terms and regrets exceedingly that
the military did not preserve the
peace, adding: "They tthe soldiers)
were sent there to see that the law
was enforced and that peace was pre
served at all hazards."
This is an inquiry from which we
may expect reeults. The governor as
head of the state militia, has full pow
er to make the investigation and to
punish the officer or officers responsi
ble lor tln> command that, no slots
were to be fired. This order, by tlio
way, wat made easy for the soldiers
to obey by their officers not giving
them cartridge*.
It should not be at all difficult for
the court of Inquiry to find out who
ga\ e this order, who was resptnsiole
for tho non-distribution of ammuni
tion, who sided with the mob and vio
lated his oath to the state. We have
small hope that the authorities ot
Stateshoro &nd Bulloch county will
make any determined effort to punish
any person who took part in the as
sault on the militia or in the savage
orgy which followed. But we do ex
port something definite from the gov
ernor's Investigation.
Governor Terrell takes comfort in
the fact that the action of the niob
"did not represent the sentiment- of
his state. Consequently he may ex
pect to have the support of a majority
of the citizens of Georgia In any steps
he mak take to place the blame for
th<? disgraceful failure of the mllfti?
and to mete out adequate and salutary
punishment to those who practically
connived with the murderous mob l>y
preventing the soldiers from doing
their duty.
MIRRORS CF ANCIlNT TiiViZS.
Egyptians Believed to Hsve Eeen the
First to Make Them.
llkinson shows timt wo ere in
or?i>to?l for our mirrors t;> the am-lcnt
Egyptians. At first they were ?.:.He
of metal, so well compounded and pol
ished that some recently dug up from
Thebes have regained a wonderful
luster after luir!al for thousands of
J ears. Oval in sl:ape. they were
fastened to carved wooden handles.
References r ere marie to such looking
glasses in Exodus ur.d Job. The
Greeks and Romans made slmi'ar
mirrors of silver.
i'liny says that tho earliest glass
mirrors were made of black volcanic
ff'ass. Through the Middle Ages,
glass, backed with thin, metallic
sheets, time into use. and "bull's
eyes." or glass globes into which,
whilst hot, a metallic mixture was
blown for backing.
/.t Murano, near Venice, In the
thirteenth century, the republic pro
tected the t: rv'e. r.r.d jealosy guard
ed its seer, ts, securing a lucrative
business for a century and a half. Mir
rors were then made from cylinders
of glass, flattened on store, carefully
polished, beveled at the edges and
silvered by an amalgam.
Unwelcome Chinese.
Bathoen. chief of all the Bang
waketso tribes of British Bechuana
land, has sent to tho colonial secre
tary at London a remarkable protest
against the importation of Chiuese
labor into the Transvaal.
In It the Bangwaketse chief calls
the attention of tho British oolonial
office to the fact that the natives of
8outh Africa get their living by work
Ing In the diamond and gold mines,
and ho asks:
"If the Chinese come Into South
Africa, what will become of us?"
With the money earned In the mines,
he says, the natives feed and clothe
their children and pay tho hut tax;
and if "theso Asiatics," as he calls
them, are allowed to come Into South
Afrlcn it will be an exceedingly grave
matter.
"Poverty." he decla-es, "will b?
great, and the government will not be
able to get tho hot tax from any
of us, as there will bo no work for
us." He, therefore, is opposed to the
Importation rf Ch!cc.;e Into South
Africa.
janancse Anlinale Domc9tlc?ited.
Japanese birds build their tie.*t? ;n
the city 1 o:ts s; wild fowl, gocst* ami
??'?c'>s in th^ public parks
wild deer tr.'. about ilio si re eta.