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THE STANDARD
AMERICAN ANNUAL.
D. Postpaid to any address.
|25dc,tss. THE woR1R,
PuHtssr Rldg~ AsR Iork.
SERVANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Only People Of Wealth Can Afford to
Keen Them,

NceP Inc"'
Only rich people can afford to keep
white servants in south Africa. All
ordinary folk have perforce to be con-
tent with the well meant, II OCCASION
ally rather casual. ministration Of the
native house boy.
A boy may be any age from IA to
40; but If he is very young he Is al.
ways called an "umbaan" The best Of
all servants Is a Zulu, especially II he
be raw. that Is. fresh from his native
kraal and totally unspoiled by the
wiles Of civilization. Such boy Is
honest, sober quick. clean, and anX-
ious to learn the ways Of the "umlun-
gu" or white man.
He soon becomes as deft as an Eng.
llsh butler. and as handy as the ideal
houscmaid. He does everything, from
cooking to answering the door, ana
after a little practice lie does it well
too. His knowledge Of English at first
Is scanty. but he soon picks up few
words and mixes up Kattir, Dutch,
and English In quaint polyglot dia-
lect.
In Natal It is considered bad to per.
nit Zulu servant to speak English;
the "baas" or the ''inkossigans' mis-
trees must talk to him in Zulu, or
what passes for that and is some
times known as Kitchen katiir'
Some queer sentences are often heard
In this tongue, For instance, the haas
will say, John. voctzak inyama' Let.
te pudding" which is compound OF
Dutch, Zulu. and English. and means.
paaSSihnss,SS sS"' '"' N ~ ~
When they are new to their work
the boys make funny mistakes. A Lady
once had good but raw boy who did
not lyfIcrst3ud ti' etiiGctt q Visit
ing cards Three Visitors called. Two
of them gave the boy their cards; the
third did not happen to have one with
her The boy ushered the first two In
to the wing-room, but kept the
third waiting in the hall. saying:
1.-TWO misses got ticket; you no got
ticket, you walt outside"
The boys have all manner Of strange
names, which they mostly give them
selves. They are usually chosen from
some one or other Of the words that
they hear often used such as Six.
pence "Ttckey' three penny piece.
Shilling Breakfast. Hottie. Silly Fool.
Ugly. Pint Pot. Scrubber Chopper, or
Whisky, A boy was once called Dan
because he was fond Of beer and used
to work at the Sheba-
OF course, among themselves they
always have their own tribal names.
but they never use them in white
mems houses. and If one of the afore-
mentioned common objects are chosen
as appellatons, then they are usually
Jim, Charley. or John The boys have
wonderful knack Of christening
their masters by some native name In
their own language always denoting
some physical peculiarly or trick Of
manner. For instance, they will call
man "Ubomvn" because he has red
face; or "Indcvan" because he has a
curly head of hair, or "Butshelzi' be-
cause he is slippery.
When they speak English they are
apt to confuse the sounds Of Il" and
''r" and this sometimes produces com.
ic results. Instead Of boy saying
breakfast is ready baas,' he says
something like "Black-faced lady,
baas."-London Mail
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RADlUM.
A New Chemical Which Is Better
Than the x.Ray.

A New Chemical Which Is Better
Than the x.Ray.
Prof George F. Barker, of the ply
steal laboratory of the University OF
Pennsylvania, exhibited last week for
the first time in America, the newly
discovered chemical element radium.
which seems destined to create a great
stir In the scientific world. Years ago
Bequerel found that salts of the rare
metal uranium possessed the power Of
throwing off feeble and invisible ra-
dance, like the X rays. Nine. Curie, in
Paris, last year isolated from the Bo-
hemian mineral pitchblend two other
elements that behave in the same man
ner, but are far more active. One OF
them she called 'polonium" and the
other "radium." The latter Is said to
be 100000 times as intense as uranium
In its Photographic effect.
Prof. Barker has been experimenting
with all three of these elements and
with the mineral Cpitchblend or ura-
nite) from which the two new elc-
ments are derived. He showed to the
photographed Club here this week
series of Photographic plates on which
impressions had been produced by
these substances. His procedure has
been as follows
"A Photographic plate was inclosed
In black paper and then covered with
yellow paper. After one whole days
exposure to the sunlight no effect was
produced. This precaution proved the
thoroughness of the protection. Then
the various metals and salts were
placed upon the paper-covered plate
and they produced dark stains.
I'm order to take photographs OF OBJ
jects such as hand or foot these OBJ
tects would be placed between the met.
al and the plate, and the result would
be similar to those obtained by the
X rays such substances as bone would
show clearly through the flesh and sur
rounding tissue A photograph can be
taken by means Of radium In half 4
minute.
1.-THE importance of this discovery
can hardly be overestimated. The won
derful results Of the Y rays now so
useful in surgical diagnosis, can be du-
plicated by a method much cheaper.
Moreover radium seems to suffer no
diminution of energy or loss Of weight
during the process. In addition to pro-
ducing an impression on the photo
graphic plate, radium produces phos-
phorescence, and discharges electrified
bodies. Thus it will be seen that it
possesses all the qualities of the Ro.
entgen rays.
"Radium apparently violates one Of
the fundamental laws of physics,
namely that Of the conservation of en-.
ergy. 1t does not derive its photograph.
ic power from the sunlight nor lose 1t
BY expcnditure."-N 7. Tribune.
Catoctin clarion., 1900-08-30
Skyscrapers in Paris.

A new departure in the building
trade is being made in Paris. Hitherto
houses Of dozen and more stories
have been rarely erected outside the
United States. The French capital
however, is soon to have one Of four
teen. A correspondent states that it
is being built In the Rue Mont Thaber
and will be freproof throughout, being
constructed entirely of cement and
steel. When completed the archives of
the Ministry Of Finance will find n
resting place within its walls.-Bir.
mingham Post
Catoctin clarion., 1900-08-30
Ceurtlno Dom Paul's Njeces.

The Boer girl of the country dis
trlcts CT the South African Republic
''is able to 60 to town only once or
twice a year, and then 1t Is to attend
the Nachtmaal, or communion, which
is the chief festival of these deeply
religious people," writes Howard G.
Hillegas, of The Boer Girl of South
Africa" in the January Ladies' Home
Journal. "The journey to the town Is
made in ox-teams, and may require
weeks or months time, but it is al
ways an epoch in Boer girls life,
especially II she is about sixteen, when
she is supposed to have attained the
matrimonial age. Then some tall, ro-
bust Boer youth, whom she has met
at former Nachtmaals, may summon
enough courage to ask her whether he
may call at her home and have an
'up-sitting,' WHICH is q sort Of ultima
tum before an ultimatum. II she con
sent the young Boer will shortly al.
terward ride on horseback many miles
across the plain to the girls home, and
will prove that he is worthy of her
love by 'sitting-up' and talking with
her from supdown until break Of day.
For two young Beers to arrive at this
period of courtsbip Is equivalent to an
nouncing the engagement, and then
the prospective bride begins prepara.
ton for the Wedding
q a. - TO 1I Z a.
Bear. tho n7A' Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature e lEzfAZESzx
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THE ANGLER Fish.
His Mammoth Mouth Snaps on What.
ever Touches the Projecting Fin.


ever Touches the Projecting Fin.
Most remarkable of strange fishes
Is the angler fish, whose very name
seems paradox The fishing fish,
nevertheless, is reality, and stern
one to all who approach those awful
jaws Of his. With a body the color Of
mud he genrally lies in the shadow OF
rome rock on the bottom of the sea,
waiting motionless for the approach
Of his prey. He is provided with an
odd kind Of fin just over the mouth,
mud this Is held out in front Of him to
give warning of the coming Of some
thing to be swallowed One taken
nlive was experimental on, and it
was found that If this projecting fin
was touched with a stick, even though
the stick did not come near the
mouth, the jaws closed convulsively
This shows that the fin by some pro.
vision Of nature closes the Jaw as
snon as it is touched. The mouth is
tremendous, growing to the width Of
foot when the whole fish is only
three feet long. One Of these anglers
was caught not long since, and though
1t was only twenty-five inches long, q
fish fiften inches long was found stick.
Ing in It's throat The angler is pro-
vlded with peculiar teeth set in dou-
BILE or treble rows along the Jaws and
at the entrance Of the throat Some
of these teeth are foot long He Is
not pretty fish to look at, but he
attends strictly to business and will
swallow anything that touches his
, warning fin, whether 1t is meant for
food or not. All kinds Of things have
been found In the stomachs of anglers.
from bits Of lead and stone to fish al
most as large as the angler itself
THIS is without doubt one of the most
peculiar and interesting fish in the
whole ocaan.--N. Y. Sun.
Catoctin clarion., 1900-08-30

A complete History of each of
the Ships In the American
Mavy. by Edgar Stanton Mac
Law, Historian u. S. Napy.
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-30
Reception to Pioneers.

Valuable and interesting contribu-
lions are rapidly being sent In for the
National Suffrage Bazaar. which Is to be
held In Madison Square Garden. New
York, the first week in December.
Among the souvenirs OF the Anthony
table are to be some needle books made
Of pieces OF Miss Anthony's handsome
silk dresses. by Miss Eliza H. Hawley,
lady OF seventy-nine. who knew the
famous suffragist when both were
young. The needle-books are Of the
style used in those days, and among
their materials Miss Anthony's "histor-
Z ic red velvet" which has appeared in
SO many cities at home and abroad, and
her elghtieth birthday gowns are rep
resented.
Mrs. Mary H. Johnson. Of California,
who Is nearly eighty years of age, has
contributed some beautiful baby bug
gy robes, baby shoes and handsomely
made shawls, the material for which
was ordered from Italy. and every
stitch Of the work was done by her.
self.
Among the relics which will be found
at the Bazaar will be autograph copies
of Rock Me to Sleep. Mother" by
Elizabeth Alsers Allen; knife and fork
one hundred and seventy-tlve years old.
contributed by Mrs. Elizabeth A. Dodge.
Of Virginia; q slaves free papers, and
q copy Of a will signed by William
Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips. Par
ker Pillsbury and Frederick Douglass.
A real, live burro is one Of the unique
contributions from New Mexico. It Is
Intended to ship tho burro to New York.
One OF the most significant things on
the five days programme will be the re-
ception on the opening night to the four
pioneer suffragists. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Miss Susan B. Anthony, Mrs.
Mary A. Livermore and Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe. They are all over eighty
and are all women who have left their
impress on the world outside. as well
as on the suffrage movement.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-30

d. . Z = b r,
to outwit the "old man." as the editor
wasaffcctionately called. TWAS to give
the devil" a pint flask and when he
went after water to have 1t filled at a
neighboring saloon and then place 1t in
the bottom of the pitcher filled with
water, and SO run the blockade estab-
,lishcd by the editor. Fl
! The "devil'' executed his commission
and was ploddlng up the stairs In a
careless, unconcerned way, and was
about congratulating himself that he
had passed the deadllne. when he was
hailed by the editor. 1t happened to be
the editors thirsty day. but the boy
didn't know that. His first impulse
was to throw his contraband cargo
overheard and make run for It. Final
ly he handed the pitcher to the OUT
stretched hands, and the editor raised
1t to his lips and took one long satisfy
ing draught. Strange to say the glass
flask never clinked once against the
sides OF the earthcn vessel, and when
the prize was handed back to the
devil" he was SO surprised he came
near dropping 1t, but at last succeed
ing in landing 1t safely in the compos-
Ing room. There is this difference In
the stories. The pension clerks were
found out. Moral! There is none. The
incidents related only go to show that
the man who wants drink real bad is
a pretty slick rascal, and that 1t takes
q slickcr one to catch him. a#
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-30
Was It Too Late P

In San Francisco poor devil OF n news
paper reporter worked for the shank end
OF u living. when he died tho city buried
him In tho potter's field. He was Asa
Packer. nephew and namesake Of the
great GOAL and transportation king md
heir to oap-fourth OF Judge Packers $780,
V0aOo0. The poor reporter had boon In his
grave several months when his great for
tune camc.-News' Dispatch.
Was It too late--too lnto7
He toiled and struggled through trying
And weary and worn at last sank down,
And they laid him away ut tho edge OF
the town,
With little to blame, II less to praise.
Was 1t too lntc-too late7
Ere the first wild flower bloomcd DER him
Tho riches for which men u,rlvo and
cheat.
They, hurrylns, brought to lay at his
Finding he sumbcred and didn't care.
ALIAS! Too lntc--too later
Men said, recalling his splendid worth,
And tears In the pottcr's field were shed
And many man. with low-bowed head
Sighed over the little pile OF earth!
lie missed the prize for which mon com.
pete.
But a, AZ wa Ways of tho faIr.day friends
Put hate In his heart or cmbltter him.
there
He slocpa-and mayhap his dreams are
sweet!
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-30
How it Can Be Done.

At meeting OF the citizens OF New
York who have taken up the task for
the publication Of that city It was plain
ly revealed that Vice could easily be
suppressed If the proper men were in
Office TO do 1t. The ridiculous assertion
Of Richard Croker, just before sailing
for Europe, that he never knew vice
prevailed to the extent that was claim
ed, but II there was any vice Rev. Park
hurst was responsible for 1t. was very
good evidence that the social purity
committee appointed by Tammany was
n pure bluff. A pig can never cleanse
Its wallow. and that Is the way the ma
jority of the respectable citizens OF
New York looked upon Tammany's offer
to aid In cleansing the Augean stables
Of the most putrld immortality.
AT the meeting referred to above It
was shown that the whole responsibility
for the state Of things complained OF
rested with Mayor Van Wyck. and the
reason he did not act was that he was
not "the captain OF his SOUL" but was
under the thumb OF Tammany. This
was pointed out by ex-Mayor Hewitt In
4 rather sensational way. He took up
the moral conditions Of the city, and
said they were the same when he was
elected mayor. He then made public
for the first time some interesting facts
In connection with his term rs mayor,
and told what he did to suppress vice.
He found the city as wide open US It
Is to-day, and related how he made the
then superintendent Of the police, Muir
ray. admit that he could close It up in
simultaneously II he wanted to, and how
he had been advised by the president OF
the board OF police commissioners to let
the matter Of vice alone, unless he was
willing to be relegated to political OBJ
security at the end Of his term as mayor.
He told how Superintendent Murray
admitted the possession Of n fortune, al
though he had never In his life been
anything but salaried policeman and
how this head of the police department
had admitted that he had no doubt that
the wardmen in the various precincts
collected money from lawbreakcrs
He told. too, how. without a sympa-
thetic governor to approve any act OF
removal Of his, he reared up the mighty
spectre OF public opinion over his reluc-
nH oil al e.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-30
The Pension Office "Growler."

The commissioner OF pensions has
just uneaNhed new species O. devil
ment that has been played by portion
OF the army OF clerks under him. Over
year ago It was noticed that u large
number OF clerks who left the pension
building at lunch time came back under
the Inspiring influence Of high balls and
cocktails, much TO the detriment of the
public. Measures were adopted for the
suppression OF the evil by keeping the
offending clerks within the building
during office hours, and for time all
went well, but Of late 1t was noticed
that many OF the clerks were In some
mysterious way rendered unfit for SER
vice. #
Clerks who had come to the office cold
SOBER, and who had not left the build
Ing were drunk before the close Of
business hours. The Sherlock Holmes
of the bureau was put on the case and
ono OF the suspects" was closely
watched. He was traced to the file
room under the roof. which was the
rendezvous Of forty or fifty clerks.
Here they kept their bottles. and being
admitted by the clerk In charge after
giving the counterslgn, they would pro-
coed to booze to their hearts content.
Commissioner Evans and the other OIL
cials Of the bureau are very indignant
ut the discovery. and 1t Is said that scv-
eral dismissals. suspensions and reduce
lions OF salaries will take place.
This might have been very lngcni-
GUS way Of getting around Robin Hoods
barn. but we know OF case OF "dcvIlsh
ingenuity" that makes the pension Office
schnme freak OF amateurs In COMPARE
son. This happened In printing Office
not many miles from Wheeling. Some
Of the compositors In this office were OF
decidedly convlvinl habits. and, like
the offending pension clerks. they liked
their nip during working hours. The
editor was quite watchful about the
pahSage OF thu growlcr to the third
story, and always kept his door open
which gave him clear view OF WIN anu
what, passed up the stairs. In those
days the old long bodied stone pitcher
Gorved MS tho drinking urn, and II was
tho duty OF the devil" OF this Office To
repleniah It, md In doing so he had To
neck the, fountain of water on tho
ground floor One day the dubious
composltors thought OF a good ,achomo,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-30
Only an Ordinary Case.

Chicago Tribune: The large audience
was filing slowly out OF the theatre.
Under two seats near the center aisle
about half way between the orchestra
railing and the outermost row of the
parquct. lay gold handled umbrella.
Dozens OF persons saw 1t, smiled pity
lngly, or grasped their own umbrellas
more firmly. and passed slowly by.
At last n whlte-beardcd man, accom-
panied by n Bwect-faced matron OF
middle age, In elegant attlrc. came
along.
The swcct-faccd matron stopped and
picked II up.
A moment later young man In n
light brown overcoat came hurrying
back through the aisle.
He paused when opposite the two
seats In question, and looked under
them.
The sweet faccd matron cast II feet
Ing glance Mt him M he did 80.
Then she looked ahead OF her ngaln,
thrust the gold handle OF the umbrella
beneath her costly Jacket and went Sc
rcncly out with the procession.
She had done an ordinary bit of steal
INK. .r.as.
Nothing moro.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-30
Modelling in CLAW,

There WAS one thinr settleo Nv tbo
late election, and that was that In 1904
any candidate for the presidency must
franknesS Which ,vi,i bsny . nueS r:o anu
blance to Bryan's. The Democrai
may have put up man whose politics
usu nOo VIII, , Sut .hey hau one whose
time to comeDRIchmond DIsnnicb "''
Making due allowance for tho irr,to.
ton of an overwhelming defeo, sucb :,