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sponsible position in the Boston Custom House.
while Lieut.. Dupree entered the postal service
at Boston as letter carrier in 1866, promoted to
a clerkship in 1874, and to be superintendent of
Post Office Station A in 1874, which position he
holds at present. Mr.. Dupree was commissioned
a Second Lieutenant May 80. 1854, but was not
mustered in until July 1, 1865. but by a special
act Of Congress vas allowed pay as such from
date of commission. He was mustered out with
his regiment at Charleston. s. c., Aug. 90. 1855.
Tho ceremonies incident to the unwilling of
the statue will be Of a most imposing character,
and, besides a large contingent of New York's
Seventh Regiment, 1t is expected that many of
the members of the Grand Army of the Repub.
lie, as well as military organizations Of Massa-
chusetts and other States, will take part. The
principal grafton will be delivered by Prof.
James Of Harvard University, followed by an
address by Prof. Booker T. Washington, the
Afro-American orator and educator, of Alabama.
The statue, which is by Augustus st. Gaudens
OF New York, Is a bronze alto-relievo casting,
said to be a masterpiece, and one of the largest of
its kind in the country. The structure, with
the exception of 81. Gaudens's alto-relievo, is of
granite. 1t is in the north side of Boston Com.
mon, directly in front of the State House. The
Common falls away prscipitously from the level
of Beacon street, 80 that the base of the monu.
ment presents on the side of the Common a face
some eight feet high. On the north side
the base is on q level with the street. and
the trunks of two sturdy English elm
trees penetrate this platform. The south. east
and vest wall fronts are all large blocks of pink
granite. very plain except as to the side facing
the Common. upon which sre cut in bold relief
the heads Of three lions. life size. from whose
mouths streams of water will flow into the large
basin below. On either side of the substructure
rises a flight of steps to the street and to the
floor of the structure. The superstructure COM
prises a heavy pink marble balustrade, COM
posed OF alternate pilasters and panels cut with
great care and skill. The latter show the crosses
of st. George and st. Andrew, and are merely
ornamental panels. The p~ilasters are five in
number. and carved upon each in heavy relief is
a wreath Of laurel. apparently hanging over the
following inscriptions. also in high relief:
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JUDGE PARKER,s ERADICATION.
Moro Evidence OF His saEacity In Dealin
with LAwlessnesS.

Moro Evidence OF HIS sagacity In Dealing
with Lawlessness.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-The late Judge Parker
Of the Western District of Arkansas, whose
stern and unrelenting punishment of criminals
gave him q national reputation, came into con-
fict more than once with the Supreme Court of
the United States over the method he pursued
in dealing with the desperate characters brought
before him. One Of the most notable instances
was the contest with Mr.. Justice White over
the admission to bail Of lafayette Hudson. who
had been convicted of conspiracy to intimidate q
witness before his court.
While an appeal in this case was pending,
Hudson assaulted a witness and was again ar.
had granted an order. in Chambers, directing
Judge Parker to release Hudson on bail pending
his appeal. Judge Parker refused to obey the
order, and was brought before the Supreme
Court, on the return to a writ Of mandamus. to
tell why he refused to obey. He stated. in the
return, that the. ends of justice would be de-
would find bail and disappear; that that was
q favorite scheme of well-to-do men In the juris-
OF their acts; and that anyhow Justice White
trISt lay With within h the EiFh III Judicial p Circuit. Of
preme Court, Justice Brewer alone dissenting.
from an intimate knowledge Of the conditions
huu ihcCoSsltion III JuuBo TaIhcT . ulotriCt, u6-
cided that Hudson must be released on ball. and
1t was done.
In the term of the Supreme Court Just closed
the vindication of Judge Parker came. A rule
OF the court requires the record in cases of APP
peal to BIO printed, and the usual notice was sent
to Hudson's attorney to have IL done. He re-
piled that Hudson was a poor man. but did not
proceed further in the case. So when 1t was
the reason that the record was not printed. To
a letter notifying him Of that fact. Hudson's at
torney airily responded that he could not COM
municate with his client; didn't know where he
was. but hoped he was in Cuba fighting "Wey-
Ter and Olney."
That is probably tho last that will DO heard of
Lafayette Hudson and his appeals In the Su-
preme Court.
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Il HOTEL IN TWO TOWNS.
II Ono Town Goes Dry, the Rar Can Be Moved
AcroAs tho Line Int the Other Town.

HI Ono TOWn GooS Dry, the hnr Can he Moved
Acroas tho LIue Int the Other Town.
PINE Hill, May 29.-In selecting the site for
the Grand Hotel in the Catskills, on the top Of
Pine Hill Mountain. the owners evidently had
in mind the vagaries Of the excise vote. 1t ia not
generally known that the Grand Hotel stands
on the boundary line OF Ulster and Delaware
counties, the boundary line passing almost
through the middle of the hotel building. The
hotel therefore is in the township of Shandaken.
Ulstcr county. and In the township of Middle
town, Delaware county. Should Shandaken go
dry, the hotel bar could be moved to Middle
town, and. vice versa. Advantage has been
taken OF this fact by the hotel owners to keep
down the assessment.
The Assessors OF Shandaken placed q valua-
ton on the property Of $50 900, but agreed to
assess ! for only $25, 900 IL the hotel would re-
main in that township. This year they have
raised the hotel assessment to 10000 and the
owners have notified them that they intend to
remove the hotel u Delaware county, whore the
assessment will be made much lower by the town
OF Middletown. The Assessors OF Shandaken
township are going to try to have a bill passed
by the next Legislature creating this hotel prop.
erty, into a special district, and giving 10 tho
stockholders the privilege OF voting as to where
:hey shall be assessed or whether they shall DO
assessed at ALL -.
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For I'm worried,
Yes des'prate,
I've been Jonahed
And I'll get Dangerous
II these words she SAWS TO me
DIDN'T KNOW srRATToN.
But AFTER the Colorado Millionaire aa Identt.
lied Himself He Got Hia Car.


From the Chicago Times. Herald.
Probably no town of its size has as many yery
rich men as Colorado Springs, Col. They have
millionaires to burn" said a gentleman who re-
Gently visited there.
Colorado Springs is the home Of w. s, Strait
ton. the man WHIT q few years ago was at work
with a jack.plane. earning a scauty living. hut
who is now the possessor Of anywhere from Sl5..
100000 to $40. 900, O00." said my friend. "Strat-
ton does not have the appearance of a man
borne down with a weighty pocketbook. Much
OF the time he goes about in clothes a tramp
might object to. When he had, in a couple of
years. cleaned up the paltry sum of "a, OOo, 900
or 100000 a year-himself and family
thought they would like a vacation. They con.
Siuded to make a trip to California. The next
banker had notified him that he had made q
nceoanf. q h q S Sasr tSst Of m.c million in his bank
discovered that he had sent the bank a ebee eS
for that amount, just taken from the sale Of his
cleared up, Mr.. stratton thought he Won Mist see
about getting tickets for the California trip. As
"'Have you got a bargain In tickets IN Cali.
fornia . asked Stratton.
The clerk looked him over carefully and con.
Not to-day; we may have one tomorrow
vor a".eh' you seh tickets to California. don't
at present
"nHow much is q ticket to San Franciscor
THE clerk told him.
let me. see, i shall have to take along
several people, servants you know. Guess YOU
had better give me nine tickets
While the clerk was staring at him, Stratton
was struck with q new idea.
by the way, how much will a special car
cost like TO 20 as comfortably as possible
wreh uraVei; nes, sness Ill have a special
The man told him. It was a large sum.
That's all right. Look here. I'm going To
ttay a month or six weeks, and I guess I'll sfeep
n the special. How much more will that cost +
lie was told. AN right, I'll take that car for
six weeks, Got a blank check n :"
The clerk gave him one. 1t was filed out
and handed to the clerk, who said:
know Ehow an about Mr. S%tratton, but ] don't
al that moment Banker Mofiett passed by.
grafton ~ called out; Come in here Monetf.'
thought so but this clerk had his doubts.
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Cabot jackson Russell,
Captain.
William Harris Simpkins.
Captain
Edward Lewis Stevens,
First Lieutenant
David Reid.
First Lieutenant.
Frederick Hedge Webster,
Second Lieutenant.

The entire length of the base and super
structure is about seventy feet. The balus-
trade is about four feet high. Upon this.
midway of the east front, rises to the height of
fourteen feet above the level of the balustrade
the portion of the structure that comprises the
real memorial. This is also of granite, twenty
feet wide. each side of this supcrstructure being
bordered with q. bronze plaster. In the orna-
mentation OF. these pilasters the style of the
Italian Renaissance, snrmo%nted by q Dorio
to be placed between these large p~ilasters. This
shows the gallant Col. Shaw mounted on a horse.
The casting shows as he marches onward with his
black followers a startling face likeness. He
sits proudly on his horse, and his face Is set as
he looks straight ahead. A female figure floats
Is laid across her forehead. and she holds in her
hands palm branches. Following the Colonel
and his horse appear barely q dozen faces. in
profile, of his black followers, 80 arranged that
their bayonets make a frieze of sombre effect,
and with them a drummer. The Boston DAILY
full OF pathos. The faces Of the men may be
disappointing, as 1t Is a well-known fact that
many Of the colored men who followed Col.
Shaw to the seat Of war were only half
and quarter-b blood negroes. st. Gaudens. how
eyer, HIDING himself, SO Il is said, lacking in the
to convey the idea Of the African In the piece
frizzled hair and the fiat nose. This, however,
does not seem to have taken away any of the
spirit OF the work. There is no idealization,
only that Of thought and soul. In their faces and
arranged as to give the idea that there is a great
body OF men marching by"
The following inscription appears upon q largo
panel fronting Beacon street:
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Of the patriot soldier. One hundred and eighty
thousand such Americans enlisted under the
Union flag in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
The structure Is crowned with n broad Greek
scroll in granite. Tho corners of the heavy
stone buttresscs on tho steps arc surmountod
with n large sculpturcd urn.
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On Famo's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents arc spread,
And Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of tho dead.
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A SONG WITH VARIATIONS.
The Popularity or .'An Coons Look Alike 70
Me" Proved by the Parodies.

The Popularity or .sAu Coons Look Alike %
Men Proved by the Parodies.
A very good test of the endurance in popu.
larity of a song is furnished by the extent to
which 1t offers opportunities for the parodist
who supplies new words to a song, the original
words of which have already become popular.
The success of The Two Little Girls in Blue"
was soon followed by Two Little Cops in Blue;"
of After the Ball. by After the Ball"
tDrink,; Tarra-ra-Boom-De-Ay" by The Man
Who Wrote Tarra-ra-Boom-De.Ay;" He Never
Cared to Wander from His Own Fireside' by
Always Roaming" and so on. A negro melody
which has become popular now, both In tho
original form and as presented by the more or
less sympathetic and discriminating hand Of the
parodlst, is All Coons Look Alike to Me- This
Is the first verse:
Talk about a coon having trouble.
think have enough of ma own,
And she has caused my heart TO mourn.
Thar's another coon barber from Virginia,
Tes, she's %s so apss and ID drove . sT tina coon 20 sn away %S.
I'VE been abused,
I'm all confused,
Cause these words so did say:
CHORUS.
AL coons look alike to me. I've got another beau. you
And he's Just as good to me as you mig ever tried
He spends his money free. I know we can't agree,
SO ! don't like you no how; all coons look alike to me-.
This expression of dusky feminine disdain,
the subject of the plant Of the discarded col.
ored suitor, furnishes the theme of the song,
"An Coons Look. Alike to Me-" The second
verse of the song describes in detail some OF the
difficulties under which the rejected colored
sutton finds himself. He never said a word TO
hurt her feelings, he bought her presents by the
score, and now his brain with sorrows reelinR
because she won't accept them any more"
This is certainly an aggravated case of rejected
addresses and of mnlign destiny in courtship,
and provokes this philosophical rejoinder:
II I treated her wrong she may have loved me,
Like all the rest she's gone and let me down,
II I'm lucky I'm gwine to catch me policy
And win ma sweet thing way from town.
For I'm worried,
Yes / ~des'prate,
I've been Jonahed
And I'll get Dangerous
II these words she says to me.
One of the most popular of the parodies which
have appeared on the song "All Coons LookAlike
to Me-" refers to the experience of a Hebrew
retail clothing merchant who had some of his
stock stolen after nightfall by a colored burglar.
He described his loss to the police and gave the
hest description which he could of the offender.
and was sent for next day to go down to Police
Headquarters and identify the thief. There
clothing merchant found it impossible to dis
tinguish one from the other. "All coons look
alike to me" he said, throwing his hands in dis
may after a futile effort to find one upon whom
he could fasten a charge OF theft which might
lead to the recovery OF the stolen property.
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III.

Dark US the clouds of even,
Ranked In the western heaven.
Waiting the breath that ll.ts
All tho dread m as, aud drifts
Tempest and falling brand
over q ruined land;
30 still AMI orderly,
Arm to arm, knee to knee.
Waiting the great event.
Stands the black regiment,
Hundreds on hundreds fell;
But they are resting we'll,
The total Afro'American population in tho
United States in 1860 was 4,4il, $50. or tho
slave population. 100000 lived In the towns
and cities Of the South. while 2,SO4, 1913 lived in
the agricultural d%istrictsi the remaining i.237,'
Stricted sense then understood. The fifteen
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BURIED WITH HIS NIGGERS.
TEE MONUMENT TO COL. ROBERT
GOULD SHAW TO BE UNVEILED
IN BOSTON ON MONDAY.


ThetGsnnnt rounE Leader OF the Fa"ous Sfth
Massachusetts Colored ReEinsept, who Lost
His 1dfo In the Charge on battery Wagner
Tho story or the Biack eRiment in the
Civil war-A Tribute BY m Arro-AncrieaD.
On Famo'a eternal camping ground
Their silent tents arc spread,
And Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac OF tho dead.
Nor shall your glory be forgot
while Fame her record keeps,
Or Honor points the haliowed spot
Where vaior proudly sleeps.
A monument TO tho memory Of Col. Robert
Gould Shaw of the Fifty.fourth Massachusetts
Regiment (Colored) will be unveiled In Boston on
Monday, May 81, and q general invitation has
been extended to tho survivors of tho Fifty
fourth and Fifty-hfth Massachusetts, Infantry
and the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry regiments
to participate upon the occasion. There will be
a short parade. Tho battalion will form at 9
o'clock on Arlington street, from which point It
will be escorted by the First Corps Cadets and
the Seventh New York Regiment to Boston
Common where the ceremonies will take place.
L. Mitchell, Lieut.. William H. Dupree, Lieut..
John Richie, Col. Henry s. Russell. and Col. N.
p. Hallowoll. the Colonel commanding tho bat
TALON Of survivors. Tho first two named arc
Afro-Americans who have gained distinction In
civil life, as they had in war, Lieut. Mitchell
having served for twenty-soven years in q re-
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slayeholding States had Q. total population Of
12,2l0,0OO, divided as follows: Whites. $685.
600; slaves, $3.50 600; free persons OF color.
whom 1890 ~ were white, .257.2sS were free
Indians. In $50 the slave population OF tho
south prodnced agricultural products OF tho
From the beginning Of the war tho FREQ pcr.
sons Of color clamored to DO allowed to enlist,
even as thcy had clamorod in the war of the
il ieT Tom Ssfnssl. for S G%s + ROi +; G Batief to dnd q way
""" co nj sdS Of war y and putting tbo@ TO work
building carthworks. Cen, James p. steed-
hc employed as tcamsicrs. In September.
lsG2, an order was issued from, Wash,
l%E1g" lS db, . IN the he S SInRlGsmsnt g DEPART Sg;Sge
mont, under Gems. Hunter and Saxton, In the Do
Dartmsnt Of the south; Thus. by slow degrees,
duty. Before the end some 100000 Of them
were driving oommissary wagons, digging
white men for active field service. Translation
from fatigue duty to active service was rapid.
q regiment In active service, and Gen. Butler, at
New Orleans, had many, and soon all the do
Hp@ rram y mt io were represented bfscp rsd in q IKE nr mSnaSrdi
rapidly IN all tho free States, and they we're
spcedily transported to the scat OF war; Ohio
and Massachusetts led the procession. Tho gen.
oral, order for the enlistment for this class Of
soldiers was dated Oct. 13. 1853.
iutlu N"S ~ RVNtTdI TUSn hllUuk Lu0 yOuuk
white officers for commands in black regiments,
after these latter had shown upon many. occa-
sions that they were steady and brave in battle,
and cOurted tho hardest tasks and the posts OF
greatest dangers. or the 1901 young white
men examined for ommand in these regiments
l,108 were accepted, and S52 failed to reach to
the required percentage.
The Afro American troopers engaged In the
war numbered 24S,s1s, accredited to the fol-
lowing States and Territories:
New England States. ........... ............. 1910
Middle states q, 1875 from New Yorkh."......!s.eaa
West IN States and Territories. ................19.7
Southern States ................. .69,b71
Include with white troops in quota Of the sew.
eral states .s2,oI0
Not accounted for b,0s3
omcers 7,lss
All the leading Generals bear testimony to the
effectiveness of troopers on ia
tiKue duty and in active service. The Confeder-
nte Government made 1t impossible for them to
turned to slavery when captured and that their
officers should be tried by and
shot. No. quarter was given to black soldiers,
the most barbarous instance of which was dis
Mississippi. by the Confederates under Gen.
Forrest. when the black troops were sim
ply murdered in cold blood. In the main
they did not expect any quarter, and always
went into, action determined, to conquer the
enemy. and they seldom failed to do It. Many
bore themselves honorably. In the beginning of
their enlistment they did not get equal pay with
white soldiers, and were often treated harshly
and cruelty by the latter, but they stuck to their
tee, to ~Appomattox. proved their right to fight
under the Stars and Stripes in war and to enjoy
equal protection under its sacred folds in peace.
T. THoMAs FORTUNE.
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These lines are from James Russell Lowellrs
"Memorie Postum, dedicated to the memory
Of Col. Shaw at the time OF his death.
The reverse side Of the structure contains an
Inscription to the honor and memory of tho
black soldiers. in antique raised capitals. Tho
inscription reads as follows: ITO the memory
Of those who. taking life and honor In their
hands, cast in their lot with men of a despised
race, improved in war, and risked death as in.
citers or servile insurrectiOn II taken prisoners,
besides encountering all the common porils OF
camp, march, and battle.
The black rank and file volunteered when
disaster clouded the Union cause. Served with.
out pay for eighteen months. till given that of
white troops. Faced threatened enslavemont II
captured. We're brave In action. Patient un-
der heavy hardships and priyations.
world undying proof that Americans of African
descent possess the pride, courage. and devotion
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
THIRTEEN SUPERSTITIoUS MEN.
Would Not Go to Dinner unnl tn,

Would Not Go TO Dinner Until the
Fourteenth Guest Appeared.
This matter of superstition always
makes me laugh" said a traveller the
other day when some one spoke of
never liking to do anything on Friday.
81 made trip of $4,000 miles last sum
mer with a party of 10 others, making
As in all. and we started on Friday
and never missed a train or a boat or
meal or had an ache or pain among us
the whole time"
Then he told laughable story. says
an exchange.
st had been the custom of the sur
vivors of the old national rifles to meet
each year on the anniversary of our
mastering into service in the war of the
rebellion and enjoy dinner and swap
"reminiscences near and remote. Sew
eral years ago | had the boys to my
house and had prepared the very best,
dinner | knew how to give. There are
usually l6 or II survivors at such
gathering, but this time when we were
about to enter the dining-room some
body counted noses and discovered we
were Is all told. Now, those other 10
men were brave and courageous gen
tlemen, who had faced cannon unfinch-
ingly and were afraid of nothing tangi-
BE. but not a single man of them WINS
willing TO enter that room. At last. after
%'alf-hour's wait. during which my din
nerwas rapidlyapproaching the spoiled
stage. another man came and in we
went. Now. that man who made the
fourteenth in the party and broke the
unlucky spell, according to the 10 other
guests. was Charles Alexander. and be-
fore the dinner was concluded he had
to be carried home and in two months
he was dead. All the others are living
vet"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
SHARK HOOKS.
Fitted with n Length of Stout Chain
That the Shark Can't Bite Through.


That the Shark Can't Bite Through.
Shark hooks are made in various
sizes, ranging in length from five inches
to IA inches, and in width from 10
inches to 81 inches. They are pro-
vided with chain and swivel. the
chain of the various sized hooks rang
ing from 10H inches to 90 inches i'm
length. Shark hooks with chains sell
from so cents to two dollars. saws the
New York Sun.
Shark Skin and shark oil are utilized
for some purposes, and in Mediter-
ranean countries young sharks are
eaten; but the catching of sharks for
profit is mostly confined to Europe.
Here they are taken mainly for sport.
Every coasting vessel is likely to carry
a shark fishing outfit, and every fisher
man is sure to, and shark tackle is
OFTEN carried on yachts. Fishermen
may catch sharks to get them out of
the way so that they will no longer pur-
sue and disturb the fish. On a coast
er if they run across sharks the men
are likely to fish for them just for fun;
and shark fishing from the yacht would
also be diversion. 1t may be that
in shark fishing from a yacht the owner
will try his skill on the shark with a
rifle, killing it before it is hauled
aboard.
Sharks are sometimes mounted by
the taXidermist as show pieces for eX-
hibition purposes, but they are never
mounted whole as trophies Occasion
ally sportsman or sailor brings in
to be mounted sharks Jaws.