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the church. Flowed de good Lawd nd
| open Mahaly's eyes sometime, des as he
did paul's, wild a fash Of Eighteenth
Old Joe, the shoemaker, member not
quite so full of grace and faith, remarked,
"De Lawd 'ud let 1t run on a powerful
long time. Pore old niggah, she'd wuck
herself to def an up an die fust ting
dey knowcd and nebber know she war
free"
Old Rachel, one of the characters of the
town, announced the fact that she was
gwine TO see dat fool niggah. What's de
use, Brer Robinson, wailln for de Lawd
to come. rs boun I'll make Mahaly know
suthng's happened an she's free Mig
gah."
So one morning Aunt Rachel hurried
through her work She fed her chickens
and MIXED her COW and watered her old
horse. She was one Of the few colored
people who had made herself home and
gathered around her the comforts of life.
Freedom meant something to her proyi-
dent character.
Arrived at the planters pretty home,
old Rachel went direct to the kitchen.
Aunt Mahaly, very busy, only gave her
hurried greeting and went on with her
work. Old Rachel managed to arrest her
attention a moment and then began
series OF gesticuations and motions, rep
resenting. she thought, guns. shooting,
fighting, blood flowing, niger freedom,
etc AS she was getting well under head
way the look OF surprles on old Mahaly's
face gave place to that of AFFECT fear and
she turned and fed into the room where
the white folks were and could not be In
duced 10 20 out until she saw the mncN
discounted Rachel going down the hill.
The disappointed Rachel brought an
exciting report to the next prayer meet
ing. Some talk was had of kidnapping
old Mahaly. but the little town was hard
ly progressive enough for that, so they
thought it best to take 1t to "de Lawd in
pra'r."
Old Uncle Joe opened the meeting. He
worked himself up to quite state OF en-
thuslasm on the subject. He wound up
by asking "de Lawd 10 let de lite shine
on Mahaly's brain, and let her know de
bon's was loosed and de Lawd had sot
her free"
After some deliberation and counseling
IL was thought best for Aunt Rachel TO
again invade the benighted district. TAX
ing with her the colored preacher man
OF great power among the freedmen. and
with such combination OF forces again
tackle" Aunt Nahaly, AS before, she
was found cheerily doing her regular
work In the Kitchen. When che saw Aunt
Rachel, who had SO frightened her before,
and the gloomy looking preacher also. a
look OF bewilderment and fear spread over
her old black face and she stood gazing
at them in childish, helpless way.
The preacher improved The opportunity
by kneeling down before her and begin
ming a prayer OF supDlication for knowl-
edge from on high to enter her benlghted
soul.
With closed eyes and excited motions OF
body. he wrestied powerfully In prayer.
You needn't be a-prayin' dar. Dat
fool nggsh's done gone" broke In Aunt
Rachel's angry voice.
Meekly he rose from his knees. The
object OF his efforts was no where to be
seen and he walked out with discounted
air.
The colored people at last gave up Aunt
Mabaly as soul doomed TO everlasting
| captivity.
Faithfully and peacefully then the old
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rhe End nf the World.
Editor of The Post

10 the E0ltOr OF Inc foSI
Sabine Pass Texas, June 27.-In recent
issue of your paper there is an article
signed Student" haven't the slightest
idea who Student" is. but from tho gem
eral trend OF his article / am inclined to
believe that he is closer student OF
"Mlllennial Dawn and other works writ
ten and published and sent out by Charles
T. Russell and the Watch Tower Bible and
Tract society. than he Is OF the Bible. His
article does not, to my mind, indicate very
great knowledge or familiarity with the
Scriptures. He says, 1T Is very generally
believed that the world Is going to be
burned up" and cites as an illustration Of
the general belief the fanaticism recently
displayed by the negroes In Bute's ware
house, Houston. Suppose we ask STU
dent what could possibly have given risd
to such a belief as this. IT, as he aflrms,
the Bible nowhere says the earth Is TO bt
burned up how came this belief 50 gem
eral? He c'Student") says III 1.-THE III
ble) does say that the evil institutions
OF this age will he consumed In a time u
| trouble (reyolution) such as there nevel
was since there was nation But to thf
ciedit of the Bible Il nowhere says the
earth is to be burned up"
| New, lest some OF the readers Of The
Post should be misled by this statement
and conclude that as student says It Il
nowhere taught In the Bible that 70 lirefu
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slave worked out her own life problem
Age came upon her with Its feebeness
and the white family relieved her OF every
hard labor. One day over the village OF
S. came the news that Aunt Mahaly was
dead The colored people debated some
about giving her funeral the honor OF
their presence, but many at last turned
out"
Nearly every white person In town at
tended her burial service, which was per-
formed by the Methodist pastor of the
town.
with her limited powers she had been
faithful over little things, and she was
respected for her real goodness of charac-
ter. Slowly and tenderly they lowered
her coffin into the grave She had gone
where the song OF freedom would be on
her lips and all lines are obliterated.
The last link of connection with the old
system of Southern slavery was broken,
the last old slave was free.
Mrs. Kate Alma Organ.
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Trains Every Thirty Minutes.
FORECASTS BY FOSTER,
Two Severe Storm Periods May Be Expected During
July About 9th and 10Th.

st. Joseph, Mo-, July 1.--(Copyrighted,
gave forecasts OF the storm wave to cross
the continent from 1 to and tho next will
reach the Pacific coast about 5. cross west
of Rockies country by close of 9, great
central valleys to and Eastern States
TO-
Warm wave will cross west of Rockies
country about 3. great central valleys T.
Eastern States 8. Cool wave will cross
west of Rockies country about s, great
central valleys 10, Eastern States H.
Temperature of the week ending a. M,
July II, will average much below normal
in the southern tier of States. below nor
NAL in the mid latitude States and about
or little above in the northern tier OF
States and Canada.
Rainfall for the week above mentioned
will be above normal within 200 miles OF
line drawn from Norfolk, Va, to Kan
sas CITY. Mo-, and the rainfall of all North
America will decrease as distances from
that line increase.
Temperature for July will average above
on the Pacific slope, about normal IN tho
Northern States and below In the Southern.
The below normal temperature Will also
extend we'll TO the north In the vicinity
OF tho Allegheny mountains and the upper
Ohio valley.
Rainfall for July will be generally above
normal east of the Rockies and below west
Not all the east of Rockies country Will
have plus rainfall. The greatest excess
will occur within 200 miles of line drawn
from Richmond, Va, to Kansas city. Mo.
The Rocky mountain country will be dry.
July weather will be favorable to
good growth OF corn, oats and the grasses
in the great cereal producing country of
tho upper Mississippi valley.
Four general high temperature waves
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and four general low temperature waves
viii cross the continent from west to east
during July. The center of the hot waves
will reach the general north and south
line of the Mississippi river not far from
June 30, July 3, 30 and rs, and the cool
waves Will reach the same line about July
4, 10. "a and August 2.
The general tendency OF temperature
will be upward till about July 20. which
this year will be the warmest part OF the
summer In the Northern States, after
which the temperature Will gradually go
lower.
About the dates of the high temperature
waves severe storms may be expected, es-
pecially thunder storms and hail in locali-
ties subject to these. The most severe
storms may be expected not far from 0
and 10.
Having added the daily records of Mar
quctte, Mich, and Keokuk, Iowa. covering
rs years, my basis for calculations in the
Northern States is now complete, and
confidently expect greatly improved re-
suits
We can know the future weather changes
only by the records OF the past | now
have line of station daily records-not
quite complete in the Southern States
from Marquette TO Santa Fe, stretching
across the storm paths OF North America
In weather events what has been viii
again occur and with a complete record of
past weather no considerable weather event
can cross the continent undiscovered
months before.
also have complete monthly records
covering 80 to so years for all parts OF
the United States, and these enable me
TO calculate the wet years, dry years. great
crops, crop failures, cold winters and
warm winters.
do not claim that my forecasts are per-
feet, but a very large per cent of them
are good and whoever follows them intelll-
gently will succeed In such kinds of busi-
noca 10 banpnd m tho wpathar.
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It was not very many years ago that
they knew practically all that there was
to know about the earth on which they
lived. They had settled the question as to
Its shape and general construction; to n
certain extent at least they had grasped
the theory of gravitation; the movement
lot the earth was no longer a mystery and
that the weight of the globe, in round fig
ures was 1920 900, 900, 600 900, 600, 900 900
pcunds, or thirteen quadrillion of pounds,
based on the old style of mathematical
EJACULATION. which calls a thousand mil
hons a milliard; thousand miliards ii.
4xaa million millions) a billion; thos-
ma times one thousand times one thous-
md billions trlllion. and a thousand
tItnes one thousand trillions a uuadrillion.
after having grasped all this knowledge
t4ey were content to pass the question of
tM earth's age as one of the problems that
neither time nor science could solve.
Chemists. however. have not been will
ling to drop the matter so easily. They
p9ve delved into the arth and in deep
strata. that must have consumed mil
lion OF years in its formation, they have
tnpnd sufficient evidence to satisfy them
that strange animals walked the earth at
that time, that vegetable life existed and
t&et men and women lived and died mil
1l9n years ago just as they are living and
d3ing to-day. Great as these discoveries
MDre. however. the scientist was not sat
ed. He had shown that the earth was
4H, older than anyone had previously I'M
cd hue hn xtsaat cd IN ha
I&e of the globe, and 1t begins TO look AS
he would yet succeed in accomplishing
- purpose.
For some time past a series of expert
pitts nave been carried on at Harvard
diversity that have had this one object
M view and as they are making use OF an
0tirely new process of computation they
I've good reason for the hope that their
1ect may be achieved. Heretofore all
periments have been made by the eA-
nnation Of earth and rock deposits or
study OF the decay of vegetable mat
or course 1t can not be denied that
ZEN this process has been successful to
extent and 1t is probable that the age
the earth might be determined In this
anner, II II was possible to dig hole
lat would be deep enough, but now the
dentists of Haryerd University have a
w process which involves the use o!
echanism for testing the conductiyty OF
fferent places, including the deepest hole
|at has ever been sunk into the arth
The present experiments are being car
ga on by Professor b. o. Pierce and Pro-
ssor r. w. Wilson and they are being
sisted by Professor Alexander Agasslz
no has obtained for them permission to
Try ON their investigations in the deep
part OF the Calumet & Hecla mine, In
hich he is large owner.
II is generally believed by scientists
Pat raging fires no longer exist in the
inter OF the earth. They admit that the
terror OF the globe Is very hot. but that
Is latent heat is what remains OF the
Polipg process that has been going on for
le millions OF years that the earth has
ben In Its present form.
In other words the earth is Ike fallen
Rnnon ball and Is cooling off from its sur
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'eososossssosssssseeeseesses'
The Negro Old Abe's
Proclamation Never Reached

1t couldn't have happened anywhere
else. AT least it didn't. The little town
of s., in Texas, is just the place for
such odd episode in life.
1t has all the surroundings and settiEu
for romance and peculiar experiences. 1t
is such beautiful and quaint old place
Nature has been lavish there. AS II
wearied herself with the monotony of i'm
mense prairies the bleakness of the arid
plain, the sandy acres, knee deep with
heated grit the alkali lands with water
bitter as marah, the miles of white lime
stone, hot as summer suns can make 1t,
she had said l will make one restful
beauty spot, lone line of poetry" and
then had poured out a wealth of trees.
its banks, borders of vines. sides of boul
ders, covered with ciambering flowers.
and low shrubs, then pleased with her
work had pronounced 1t good and vowed
in her enthusiasm that trade and traffic,
roar and rattle OF commerce, scream and
rush OF railroad, should never come TO
destroy her work or invade the quiet of
this gem Of Middle Texas.
| men, seeing the beauty OF the spot, be-
gan little town there "bfore the wah,"
but nature held her own and in thirty
years the town has never grown beyond
its earliest limits. Its houses are over
quarter of century old. That is quite
ancient in Texas.
| The sweet place has grown old slowly
and placdly, as the face of some beau
tiful mother whose life has been filled
with good works. Outside events have
troubled its people but little The mail
brought during good weather In a hack,
in bad on horseback. seems wonderfully
antiquated and snail-like in these days of
rapid transit, covering eighty and ninety
miles an hour. But the people are salts
fed with one mail day and this old hack
as the only public mode of communication
with the outside world.
~
Among the worthy families living in
s. was hat OF an old Southern planter.
who during the war had carried his family
there for health, safety and to SCHOOL
the children. From the plantation they
had brought one slave. good servant.
old Aunt Mahaly. who was cook and gen
eral help. She had been we'll trained by
her mistress and was Black Nanny,
10 the children, who all loved her with the
affection Southern children feel for these
| devoted creatures.
The proclamation Of emancipation rang
1 out to the listening world
4 From Virginia to Texas. from Kentuckv
to the Gulf OF Mexico, the negroes Of every
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world but this is a simple matter com
pared to the discovery of the correct meth
cd of computation, the finding of which
will mean that the first great step in the
determination of the age of the earth has
been taken.
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marked by the letters FF, while beneath
them lie a carboniferous limestone belt,
marked Ill. The letters &C. and SIS.
mark the. strata of cretaceous and auri-
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ferrous states, which represents the end o
modern exploration into the earth.
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On Buffalo Bay OIL, |

glomcrate that is found Just above the
Tertiary strata. The Tertiary sandstones,
where so many impressions of animal and
vegetable life have been found. are
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will feivity
Examinations
Central
n,co1ner SanJ street and
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ignate the hard basaltic lava that caps
the top of the mountains. UU. represents
the ashes and tuia that lie beneath She
lava. while 90. marks the band of con-
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came noted for his rieid ideas Of dis
oipline. II IA said that all officers and
men under his command were dis
tinRuiahnbic by their efficiency. general
good behavior and excellent appear
ance on parade.
During the Indian campaigns In Tex
na and also during those In New Mex
leo, Colonel shafter served with distinc-
ton and 70 NJ tho outbreak OF the late
war with Spain It was no, a matter Of
surprise 10 knowing ones that he was
appointed major general Of volun-
teers. lie had some time previous 90
this been promoted TO the rank OF
briEadlcr general.
The particulars N his campaign IN
Cuba and the taking OF Santiago are
of such recent date and are - well
known that thoy need scarcely TO b.
mentioned here. Under a blum. and
sometimes unpreposHcEsinE. exterior
this robust officer carries q warm heart
and a stern sense Of duty. a habit "
saying Just what he thinks has perhaps
frightened of many ot his admirers
who would have been clasaed aa frtrndi
had they better understood tho man.
hut no one can say that General
Skaters career has not been n success.
To rise from an obscure country boy
on Michigan farm to one Of the most
responsible military positions In hli
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er John enlisted In volunteer regiment
and went marching on to camp. Will
Ham Rufus began his military career
with FIRST iieutenants commission In
the Seventh Michigan Infantry, AMI
iirlgadlor General Dena's Official re-
port Of the battle OF Fair oaks con b
talns the following statement. Lieu
tenant shnfter, seventh Michigan vol.
unteots, In charge OF the pioneers. who
was slightly wounded but kept the
field furnished beautiful exhibitions of
gallant conduct and Intelligent activ.
~"
Tho young lieutenant was soon made
a major, and In 1853 found himself nro-
NOTED TO the rank of lieutenant colonel.
and little later a fun colonel In the
Seventeenth United states colored In
fnntry. Just before the close of the
war he was glvcn the bfcvet rank Of
briEadlor general
II was In July. isee that shRfter was
made lieutenant colonel of the Forty
frat regiment Of regular Infantry ami
In that year was mustered out " the
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THE WORLDS BEST PIPER.

Here ia the champion piper Of the
British army. The baEppes and their
outlandish music are distinctly an &C.
quifed taste, though the skin which the
musician requires for the proper ma
nipulatlon Of HE instrument IL seldom
realized by the unsophlstlcated. Each
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Or. Koch, the discovorcr Of the lymph
cure, has gone 10 Java and Singapore
TO study malaria.
Professor Totten. formerly a lleuten-
ant IN the army but for the past Tow
years professional prophet Of the end
OF the world. Is out with new predlc-
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younger than any other major IN ,a
service. lie has attained his proIno.gssss.
so rapidly owing TO active service, IN,
two captains above him In his res Ila',n.
were shot at Omdurman. Major s ,4.s.
bell comes OF a long line OF soldier a,n
his father and grandfather were -
In the Cameron highlanders ana "a
OF his mothers brothers are ooniih1A~
ing regiments In India
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post by which books from public libra
rles may be conveyed AS second class
matter az I cent per pound. Some H.
hrarlans who have been consulted sug.
goat that II that rate could not be made
general Il might be applied for Il short
carriage, aa 90 or 100 miles, and prove
profitable to the government. or, at
least, cover the cost OF Transmission.
NJ. lola thinks that the English use
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sembles n bali Of the softcst and whltest
silk. Major MaegrcFor ~ also very
merry and active little fellow. enjoying
nothing better than "a frollc along q
bit Of open country when the chance
arises, lie is great fayorite Of the
prince, who IL about ~ fond OF a good
dog ~ he IL OF iirst class horse.
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volunteer service for the third time,
when the army was reorganizcd In 1860.
he was transferred to the Twenty
fourth Infantry. ana IN 1879 was made
colonel n the First Infantry. Among
his friends Colonel shafter came TO BE-
called "Pocoa Bill." but In his role as u
rcgimCntnl commanding officer he be-
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OF the capital 81" Ia one OF the most
curious features Of the language, He
calls attention 20 the fact that "a
Frenohman, referring to himself. writes
So with a small ~ a German, though
he may gratify all his substantiyes with
capital letters, employs n small 4 In
writing "iohi" a spaniard, when he
uses the personal pronoun at all, be-
slows u small - on his yo,' while he
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at daioaburg. Mioh, and his childhood
ana youth were passed amid agri-
cultural surroundings Of the most I'M
cungenlai character. Here he worked
on his fpthers farm. Hunburned and
"tough ana lean aa hickory" until the
outbreak " the clvil war. when both
young william u. shaftor and his broth
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will. after the 10th OF October 1899. be
on the retired iist Of the American
army, owing TO this fact renewed In
tercst has been awakened IN the re-
markabic personality aud career NJ the
man who generhled our late cuban
campaign, and although General Shat
ter, like all public men, has his OPP
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THE RETIREMENT OF GENERAL SKATER.

C1NCE Major General william RUFUS
u Shnfter was born on the 10th of
October. 1885. and because ~ the
fact that 81 ~ the retiring age IN the
army Of the United States, this officer
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THE BULL FIGHT IN AMERICA.

Accompanying the revival Of the SEN
lie art Of hull nghting In Europe II a
rumor To the effect that a syndicate
exists Tor the encouragement and
propagation OF this medlUym sport. II
Is also rumorod that this same syndl-
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ard was emptled or cleared out" 10
announce to the waiter that more liquor
was required.
q. w. Watts, the artist although SO
years OF age, Ia always at work at 4
o'clock a. M, and says that In the
secret OF his good health.
The youngest major In the British
army il John Campbell Of the Cameron
hlghlanders. lie Is only 2I-three years
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honors the person he addresses with a
capital W" The English n" strikes
zola aA being very arrogant
Four Richards and six OF their rela-
tlveE have been governors Of South
Carolina.
The origin OF saying "as clean ns a
whistle" IL ascribed TO the whistle
tankard" OF olden times, IN which the
whistle came into play when the tank
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cate will attempt TO Introduce this same
saugulnary pastime into the United
states but owing to the storm OF con-
tincntai criticism which has been fol-
lowing the attempts 10 establish bun
fghtlng al Boulogne In France. whore
many English people were spectators,
II has been shown that the Anglo-saxon
conscience IA stlll too healthlly sensitive
TO permit Of such a brutal sport over
becoming popular either In England or
America. The accompanying illustra-
ton Is the latest picture Of Felix Rob
crt. the "hero" OF the Iioulogne fights,
who received a recent offer 10 come to
America.