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, 1891-04-03
COVP4P1TIVF GROWTH


We remember reading with a great deal
Of interest a couple of years ago an ad-
dress delivered 10 a Southern city by q
prominent gentleman IN which statistics
apparently proved conclusivelY that the
colored population was increasing at a
rate tremendously in excess of the white
1t was demonstrated that if this APP
parent ra'ro was maintained for a few de
ca6cs the culored population would over
shadow the white. Such a presentation
naturally attracted a great deal OF atren-
ton ami gave rise to much speculation as
to the ultimate outcome OF such a con.
dition OF affairs.
a census bulletin which has just been
issued destroys the fabric of this interest
ing calculation by showing the incorrect
ness Of the premises from which it pro-
ceeded. Most Of the trouble has arisen
from the census OF 1870 which was mani.
testify incomplete and incorrect as far as it
concerned the Southern states. Taking
it as q basis Of calculation it has there
fore DESTROYED the value of pretty nearly
all comparative statistical information and
given rise to many apparently well
founded theories aud calculations which
subsequent more reliable information has
not sustained.
The following table gives the number
of colored to every 100, 900 whites in the
United States for the several decades
since 1890 with the per cent Of increase Of
each.
, 1891-04-03

Two hundred years ago The national
debt amounted to only 1854, 2G3. with
an annual charge of $50, s35. At the
commencement OF the American war it
had risen to ESQ, 600, 900. and Mt its O
clu~ion to E25O. 900. 900. Thegrcat Rev
olutiouary wal cost the country the
stupendous sum of E6OO, OO0, 200, and in
1917 the national debt reached its high
s=C point-naInely $50. OOO. 600. Dur.
Ing her majesty reign it has been large.
ly reduced, and now stands Mt about
200, OO0, 600. with an annual charge OF
E26, coo. OUO. Chambers journal.
, 1891-04-03

Ere your wave-battered, dismasted hulk
is dashed to pieces upon that cruel reef by
the resistless waves. Save, too, a shat
tered physique, fast yielding to the at.
taCks OF disease with that imperial reno.
yator Of health and strength, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, The range OF its powers
is wide, its action prompt and thorough,
its use always safe. Chrome indigestion
debility and nervousness, malarial com.
plants, rheumatism, n~pralgia, inactivity
of the kidneys aud bladder, and that ply.
seal decay without apparent cause, which
is often premature, are speedily checked
and ultimately cured by this medicine Of
many uses and sure results. Sleep, appe,
tite and vigor are improved by this help.
full tonic and regulator, the use of which
likewise tends TO remedy undue l~eauness.
, 1891-04-03

The oldest child Of the queen Of
England is the ex Empress Frederick
Of Germany, who was born on Nov
p. 1910. and the Prince of Wales, who
H. tie second child, was born on Nov.
o. 1871. The date Of birth Of the
queens other children arr these: Prince
Alfred, Aug G, 1874; Princess Helena,
May -, 1916, Princess Louise. March
Is lSiS; Primes Arthur, May /, 1850.
and Princess Beatrice, April II, 1857.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
, 1891-04-03
aATEs or ADVRRTIsING.


Itis a very interesting fact that when
ever an advance in the pnre Of a eommoi-
itY is made it at once meets with pnbIic
protest and sometimes sharp rebuke while
a more insidious aud radical movement
affecting the living expenses not Of the
people Of one community alone but Of the
whole country frequently for years es-
capes popular appreciation and condem-
nation and may At times even receive gen
cral approval. CHEYENNE has long bad
the reputation OF being an expensive place
to live but IL has deserved 1t less with each
passing year. Originally freight rates
were at the bottom Of the high prices but
when to the enormous freight rates were
added exorbitaut profits Of the merchants
living expenses necessarily went almost
out of sight However. wages were high
at that time and money WIS plentiful so If
the grocer made a heavy profit off the fur
uiture dealss the latter reciproctted IN
kind when his turn came. Later cattle
RAISING made the country but it brought
about false business conditions which have
been tie bAne Of this section Of the Wet
ever since. 10 the heyday of prosperityth the
stOckman disdained to ask the pri e Of any
thing He wanted the best Of everything
but beyond that he cared little. Every.
thing wa. sold an a credit basrs extending
over a period Of from six months to two
wears In the c,t,le trade payments we're
u,ds M, o,tenor than onco , wear alto,
rho f,u sb;ru.,,s Of c,,,ls had h.s,
made Unfortunately not the cattlemen
alone bpt all cl,sscs Of peonls were en-.
b,rr,ssed in this ipordinately ex.
ta,dsd cr.1i, s,stem h NOR .ba,t.
seemed IN ne much more anxious N sell
their goods than tbcv wore worried about
how thew would receive nav for them.
Hinder these conditions Lps,nqss got
upon a wrong basis Credit was too reck
le-sly allowed and as in ali such cases the
man who paid his bills bore a percentage
Of the loss incurred in the case Of the
man who didn't Within the last two or
three wears business ba. beng gradually
shifted upon a much better basis hut there
still remains much to be boped for On
the one hand the credit system Is still
abused By the purchasing public. the col.
lection of bills is attended by too much
difficulty and frequently by too much uD-
certainty. This necessarily entails consid-
arabic expepse even in small businesses
for bookkeeprpg and collecting adds large
ly to the profit and loss accounts
Of the merchants. On the other hand
apd partly because of the foregoing the
merchant cannot content himself with the
ordinary percentages OF profit. He is
forced to guard himself against losses and
, 1891-04-03

to 1880, but since that time it has steadi-
ly diminished. In 1880, when this pro
portion was at its maximum, there were
nearly six colored inhabitants to ten white
but this proportion has been reduced to
a trfe more than four at tire present date
or by nearly one third of its mount. The
deficiencies Of the ninth census, says Mr..
Porter, are so apparent in this table that
any extended reference to them is wholly
unnecessary.
The following table gives the present
white and colored population OF the sew
eral states under consideration.
, 1891-04-03

Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher writes:
40 ORANGE ST, BROOKLYN, N. Y,
February IL, 1901 have used ALI
cock Plasters for some years for myself
aud family, and, as tar as able. Tor the
many sufferers who come to us for assist
ance, and have found them a genuine re-
lief for most of the aches and pains which
flesh is heir to. l have used Allcock's
Plasters for all kinds oflameness and acute
pain, and, by frequent experiments, find
that they can control many cases not men,
toned in Your circulars.
The above is the only testimonial
have ever given in favor of n plaster,
and if my nam has been used to recon,
mend any other it is without my authority
or sanction"
, 1891-04-03

Railway brake shoes are made Of
compressed leather scraps in New South
Wales. Scraps are stepped in a solution
and subjected to hydraulic pressure to
mold them into any desired shape.
This leather shoe weighs 4 1-2 pounds,
against 81 - pounds for iron, and has
a greater co-etilcieut Of friction, so that
forty pounds of air pressure is as effect
i've as seventy pounds with iron brake
shoes. Exchange.
, 1891-04-03

II seems that in but three decades, that
is from 1900 to 1880, during a part of
which time the slave trade was in pro-
gress, has the colored race increased
more rapidly than the white. Since 1880
the whites have steadily increased at a
more rapid rate than the colored people.
This increase has not been effected by the
aid of immigration for with the exception
of Kansas and Missouri these states have
received comparatively few emigrants,
either from foreign countries or from the
Northern states. Similarly the proper
ton OF the colored inhabitants to the
white increased somewhat between 1900
, 1891-04-03

DO you know why the streets of
Jerusalem were kept sac cleanf asked
an old Scotch beadle of his pastor. The
minister confessed himself unable TO
answer this query. well then" re-
marked John, I'm tell you. 1t was
just because everybody kept their ain
doorstane swept"-which was a polite
way of saying, Mind your own bust,
ness. "-Gantleman's MAGAZINE.
, 1891-04-03

The minority Of people cat about a
third much. The average Ameri-
al really dimes about three times a
day, with his beefsteak breakfast, chops
for lunch and roast beef at his 6 o'clock
dinner. And he does it at his peril ;
for this habit Of overlooking, especially
Of eating so much meat, is one of the
provoking fuses of so many sudden
illnesses and so many premature deaths.
, 1891-04-03
The celebrated Chinese Physician,
and founder OF the Gun Wa Herb
Remedy Co., Of Denver, Cole.

The remarkable and almost mi
raculous cures of all diseases made
by us have astonished and con-
WINGED the most skeptical. We treat
and cure every form of disease,
especially
DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, FITS, NEURALGIA,
PILES, all NERVOUS DISEASES, FEvERS.
cosTIVENESS, RHEUMATISM, cAIARRH,
DEAFNESS. FEMALE WEAKNESS, scRoFULA,
SEMINAL WEAKNESS, CANCER, JUNIORS.
TAPE WORM. all SEXUAL DISEASES. HEART
DISEASE, CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, SORE
EYES, URINARY TROUBLES, LOST MAN
HOOD, KIDNEY and LIVER DISEASES, SALT
RHEUM, all SKIN DISEASES, BADNESS, MA
LARA, all BLOOD DISEASES. ASTHMA,
PARALYSIS, sTERiLITY, EPILEPSY,
und all Diseases.
Our practice has become so extensive that ~
have added to our already large stan one of the
also one OF the most famous msedicSi annthoSrs and
specialists 70 be found IN Europe. These two
free of charge, and also make q thorough examin,
cluslon OF The examination the patient is told
frankly whether his case is durable or not; FIT
ends given the best possible advice as how 20 live.
each and every e indiyiduSlR Sho calls. 1 or Us wien dSne Us 70
Absolutely Free of Charge. These free ex-
OF many, and have been the frst step In restoring
70 health, and It's consequent happiness, many
Our sPeeialists have positive instructions not to
undertake any case unless they can Guarantee
a Thorough and Permanent Cure. 50 con.
ndent are We that a perfect cure viii follow the
susraatse to F0kFEIT $1,000 in eash 70 any
patient whose case we undertakeand talt 70 cure
Denper hepubhod1 the Denver Times, or TO the
Patients at a distsnce, by writing and inclosins
, 1891-04-03

The Cheyenne Ice company has an un-
limited supply of good clear ice, which it
will sell cheaper than it can possibly be
bought elsewhere. Leave orders at Rluer
& J~ohnson's, or telephone Ga
MURRAY & DYER
, 1891-04-03

The Star barber shop has the only
artistic patent leather polisher in the city.
Thomas Banks is the artist and he is the
only one In town to furnish the genuine
article.
, 1891-04-03

OF course we are in it, when we can
get one Of the City Oil aud Siuhon com
pany's patent sipbons free, by buying our
oil and gasoline of them.
j.. X brewer, Manager.
, 1891-04-03

rotal..........I 10, Sos, 2O5 1896. l66
The percentages of white and cOlored
populat on in each of these states in 1890
and in 1850 are given as follows.
, 1891-04-03
w. B. O'BRLEN,
GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

Construction of Grease Traps. Water and
Sewer Connections a speciality. Plumbing in
all its branches. Prepared to DO brick work.
Estimates furnished ON application
once: METROPOLITAN HOTEL.
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I .cEN !.

BY the pickering freight in the room,
Inthe depths of her liquid eyes,
Like acoWering culprit 4 read my doom
From her look Of panied surprise.
i have stood by the grave Of my dear
est friend,
Witha heart that was heavy and sore,
But greater the anguish her words
4 did send /
'tOnly friend no more.
AS oftenit happens from sudden fright,
Confronted by danger dread, '.h
That men grow gray irl a single night,
So my youth and hopes fell dead. 81
A blithe bird sang in d wayside tree
.A>song to his mate so dear. p
turned in anger and cursed his glee-
His joy could not bear. T
Had she Knocked at my suit with
words of scorn, " En- ]
My pride would have quenched the
Hs flame, n
And calm disdain in its stead been
q born " EF-F.s ~ -5
\ My passion been but name. N
But only friendship true and pure,
Good wishes and kindly prayer, X
With Lemnian links they have bound
ss = me secure.={. IN T.
Prometheus-like, to despair.
o for balm to heal the wound, M
"A draugilt from Lethe's stream i.
Otto break the letters with which l
am bound, III !.
And make, the past dream !! ~ +
CHARLES w. CARRoLk. -Eamderbtlt
Observer. =. " ~ Nh
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will assist these gentlemen III max
my The 4tbesaaeum what IL should
he first class college paper There
il d mistaken idea on the part of
many that this department is Or lit.
tie Importance True, its circulation
is not large; yet it finds its way into
many places where the University
is unknown. IT will then be com.
pared with other college papers, and
al opinion will be formed ef the
University accordingly. Our paper
exchanges with Journals Of many Of
the leading colleges Of the United
States, and we know Of no better.
means OF Showing them what I'VE are.
doing. than through its columns Let
the Alumni and those who are soon
10 be enrolled as such remember.
this, and lend a helping hand to aid
iii this work. F.
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A Cyclopaedia TO the People.

"JoHNsoN's UN1VERsAL CYCLIC
PED1A is a. part of the necessary
furniture Of every home, school,
and office, and it is the greatest and
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here that it is certainly appalling
to see the great amount ofinforma
ton it gives; the extensive num-
Der and variety Of subjects not EN-
braced in any other cyciopadia
ever published of living and thrill
ing interest to every reader in all
the varied walks Of life, from the
ordinary schoolboy to the greatest
statesman and the most renowned
philosophers and scientists in this
and every other country. We state
only a fact when we say that there
has been better talent and more Of
lit engaged upon this Cyclopadia
than upon any otJsey ever published
in any country. We state fact
again when we say that this work
has cost the publishers, A. ]. John
son & Co., of New York, more
money than any other similar work
extant. lEE%.I>.5
"a library, however elaborate
otherwise, would be barren and in
complete without 1t. A college,
an academy, or public school, de-
prived of this prolific source of
knowledge, must ever remain in
the rear Of those thus properly
equipped The family reared with
out any such advantageous instruct.
ion must take itsplace in society IN
a lower scale Of intelligence than
that which has had daily access to
these treasures oJ ku0s0Ledge. In
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and spheres Of society in the pres
eat age demand book Of universal
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Reference want created by the
habit of general reading and the
spirit Of universal inquiry. We
conclude, therefore, by awarding
to Iohasoa's LEagvsaI CrelopQdia
| the merit Of truthfulness. Of un-
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ness Of inexpe nsiveness, and be
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l39I

This sketch would be incomplete
without mentioning The jannts teit he.
ssrock ribbed mountains, where the
wood nymphs joined hands and voices
with our own nympfs, ii singing
.gleesOme songs, accompanied blythe
rushing, dancing waters The PEI
culiar difficulties experienced in the
transit over muddy roads, only in
creased the interest lof the homeWard
way beneath the quiet moon. Happy,
happy people, with many pleasures
and few cares. Together for d few
brief years then each away to the
battle of life. If the roll was called
tonight, and the voice of each could
be drtfted IN upon us, from directions
various and states widely separate
would they come Sweet would be
the familiar sounds, and they would
create alonging to strike glad hands,
and hold communion as il other
days. We will hope that the absent
ones will cherish along with us the
memory Of this organisation, whose
end certain ones Of prophetic mind
hate declared has come.
Subjoined is list of the members:
Charter members ladies, Misses
Mary Ollie, Maud McVicker, Lille
Pickenpaugh, Mary Casselberry,
Allie Boyers, Gertie Hayes, Jessie
Goonlbs, Blanche Anderson, Kate
,Baggerly, Mary Gregg, Lizzie More
land, Lucy johnson, and Cora Don
ley.
Gentlemen-Messrs. Ravenscraft,
Woofter, Roemer, Lindemnth, Stoetz-
er, Shepherd, Jamison, Snider, Evans,
Meyer, Brown, Heiner, Emmert, and
Rankin. j. :s.--es.sfts I'D S2s5.r..5 .rs
The following were elected during
the year 49, Misses Ida Brown,
Madge Brown, Maggie D onley i
Messrs. Chorpening, Hayes, jackson,
ManE5 McGruder, Miller, Tapp, and
F. G. Reynolds. Il
Thf names we're added during the
year 1920 Misses Irene Myers,
Mabel Reynolds, Mamie Marsilliott,
Hattie Lyon; Messrs. Hite, Clark,
Smith, Duvall, Coffman, .Vickerss
Morgan, BrannoD, and W. 7. Rey-
nolds. anz..s... ~. 49,. .-.~
To these, in '9o9l we're annexed
these names. Miss Sarah Norris,
Messrs. Dawson, Trotter, Paul, Gore,
Lynch and Hartman. "a
The presidents have been Wool
ter, Roemer, Meyer, Jamison, Smith.
Honorary member, Miss Anna Cur
it's, ~
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p ~ 77--T-7--.7--7 =, -
CLASS 0F'94.
The Verdant Freshmen-Theif Names !
Their Ages-Courses- Some Sugges-
tive Hints. .fss . y. Ai't#

The boys, who, in. June, "a, expect.
to astonish everyone with tn cir wis
dom and wonderful accomplish l.
inents, met at 2 r. N. i, May Is, in the
Presidents room forthe purpose of
organizing the class. The interes st
and enthusiasm manifested in this
showed clearly that the
boys were proud of the step which
they we're taking. Although it is
NOT generally supposed that a Fres h .
man is able TO make a speech, yet
several of the boys did that which is
ever, commenaa bie;-the best tn ey.
could After general d iscussi on
of the object in organizing, the fol
lowing gentlemen were chosen for
officers of the class: Pres dent, K.
White, Vice President, c.. R. Jen-
Jenkins, Secretary, j. W. Hughes,
Treas NJ. Babb; and in order to add
some com mendable feature to the
organization Mr. / J. 5. McWhorte
was appointed chaplain. j +
The names of the mem bers Of the
class are: Miss Ida HAekne y, Messrs.
M. Babb, G, E. Mayors, G. E. Krebs,
S. R. Jenkins, C. R. Jones'. t. M.
O'Hara, j. W. Carney, Nv. D, N.
Rogers, L. Fortney, j. s. New horter,
A. K. Martin, R. E. L. Allen, j. w.
Hughes, TT. Downing, G. w. John
son, C., M. Harner, G. F, Dorsey, j.
C. Vance, c. E. Vance, K. White, R.
"A. Ramsay, F. Crockard, J. L. Hen
derson, W. J. Holden and J. W.
Wiles. -. -. .
There are fifteen cand idates for
the degree of A. B., seven for the de-
gree of C. E.. andfour for the degree
of B. S. z~ M I. Il
Six members of the class are from
Monongalia county, four from Harriz
son, three from Preston, two from
Taylor,and each Of the following eoun
ties has one representative: Grant,
Wetzel, Braxton, Upshur. Barbour,
Gilmer, Tyler, Jefferson, Ohio; and
one is from Scottdale, Pa zee
\ Theaages Of the members OF the
class are between eighteen and
twenty five, The members of the
class are good looking and as far as
we know, aredl single 4
We think Ne can find IL the Fresh
man clasah specialist in any line of
business from making rails to escort
ing lady home in the cool of the
evening. We,would advise those ex-
pecting to try great experiments in
/the near future to wait and select
partners from the class Of '94.
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The University b aily.
KEEP THE FATTED CALF.

Lay away the new diploma
With the ribbon tied around
u With the big boquet' s aroma
Lett be securely bound.
File away the long oration
With its words of learned length; q
Let The dangers Of the nation
Rest a year and gather strength.
Take the books 81 Greek and Latin,
Sell them all at second hand
Let some other brain-space fatten
Up a fiabby lachrymai gland.
i Burn the song of alma Mater
!, Never more beneath the moon
Must the singer linger Later
Than the solemn midnlght's noon
Spare while the fattened Welner.
Do not kill the little cow.
Wait until the lad gets leaner,
johnnie 8 got to hustle now.-Bat-
fdlo Express. Eta.
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,tudents can secure n a more profit

[ Students can secure no more profit
able employment than BIZ securing
orders for the Library of American
Literature, published BY G, Z. Web
ster \ Co. New York. This Is the
finest work Of the character ever
published and sells readily.
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One of the most important feat
ures'ins connection with the growth
of the University was the establish
ment of a college journal The de,
gree of success whic b this paper has
attained, during the four years of
its existence, is indeed remarkable
This may be accredited to- a few stu
dents, who, with the interest Of the
University at heart, and a desire
that it should rank. with other insti
buttons of learning, risked their
means in this uncer tain project. All
those who have edited this paper, are
in a measure worthy Of praise for its
present fourishing condition.
" The first attempt to edit a col
lege paper, at the West Virginia Uni
versity, was in '73 and IA. This
journal was known as the University
Bulletin. 1t fourishedc but-a short
time, and in 1876 the University was
again without paper, and so con
! tinued until 1887. r. l..
During this year the first number
of the Echo made its appearance. J..
W. Smith, editor-in chief, assisted by
III. c. Ogden, j. A. Jackson, J., L.
Roemer, E. P. Rucker, and John A..
Crawford, made this spicy and at
tractiye sheet. This may be regard
ed as the beginning of our present
Journal; for, when school opened in
'87 and '88, the Athenaeam made it's
appearance. It was supported by
the Parthenon and Columbian Lit.
erary Societies. Each society elect
ed its editors and was responsible
for the finances Of the paper The
following were the editors: Colum-
bian, U. S. G. Pitzer, Frank Snider
and H. H. Ryland Parthenon, S. F.
Reed, D. L. Jamison, and j. E. Brown.
Mr.. Pitzer, a gentleman Of consider
able experience in journalism, was
/ made editor-in-chief The paper
under the new name and manage.
rnent, was. of considerable literary
merit. As it was not financial
II success, the societies refused to be
longer responsible for its publication.
Hence, at the beginning Of the next
year, it. again passed into private
4 hands. Messrs. j. E. Brown and H.
G. Stoetzer, class of'88 and SO, took
upon themselves the responsibility
of editing and managing the 1.-The
naeunr during '88.and '89., Although
surrounded BY unfayorable circum-
stances, these gentlemen made the
paper q success, and at the end ofthe
year, left it in j prosperous condi.
tion. +
Messrs. .. III. Vickers and Frank
Nv. Clark, class of 80, continued its
publication during the year '89 and
go, with credit to Themselves and
honor to the UNIVERSITY.
These gentlemen were succeeded
II by the present editors, Messrs. III ~
Post, class of '9l, and G. G. Coifmah
class of '92. They have put forth
their efforts to make the paper sue
cess and to elevate the high stand
ard which it had already attained.
The paper is now a permanent
thing, and will be edited next yea
J by Messrs. =. w. Francis and W.. G
Meyer. II is to be hoped that AL
The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1891-06-11

Horace Partridge & Go. are ex
tensiye dealers in all kinds Of Lawn
Tennis and other sporting goods.
You should try their fine Tennis
Rackets which are advertised in
another column sss