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The colored American., 1900-08-11
City Paragraphs.

Mr. II. Il. Warner is at Berkeley
Springs, W. Va.
Miss Mary V. Lacy. is spending a
few weeks in Cape May, n. ].
Our Mr.. E. E. Cooper spent two
days in Richmond, Va, last week on
business.
Mr.. w. George Hall. clerk in the
Third Auditors Office has been spend.
ing his vacation in Atlantic City.
Hon. w. L. Person has resigned his
position in the Pension Office TO take
an active part in the coming election
Miss Mary Harvey will leave about
the 10th for Virginia, where she will
spend about two weeks with relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Louis 81. Costley left the CITY
last Tuesday for Frederick, Md, where
she will visit her mother and spend the
heated term.
For political reasons, Mir. John
Duker was dropped from the Post'Of
ice Department.. Mr.. Duker talks OF
eontesting the matter.
Mrs. G. P. c.. Schureman and her
little daughter Ida, are spending the
summer with her daughter Mrs. Lillian
Wade at HughesviIle, Md.
Dr. e. D. Scott, of 9th street. n. e.
Is spending some days in Boston, Mass.
Among other places of interest he will
visit his alma mater, Harvard Univer-
sity.
Friends of Rev. J. W. Harris, pastor
of Miles Memorial church, will be
pleased to Learn he is slowly improving.
Not long since he had a slight stroke of
paralysis.
MessTs. E, Morris. Jr., and NJ. 81. Ell
bridge left on the Atlantic City special
for Philadelphia and Atlantic CITY.
where they Will spend two weeks or
ten days.
The G. Q. o. of o. F. gave an excur
sion to Motley Hall. Aug. 6. They had
q great success, carrying about 500
people, and all had a pleasant time.
Mr.. W. c. Martin, District Grand
Master, took an active part in the affair
and aided greatly in making it a sue
ssss.
The colored American., 1900-08-11

Mr.. Thomas D. Shelton, 1st seIgesn MT
Troop TX" 9Th Calvary, Fort Duchesne
Utah, wss in the city few days last
week whittier he had come TO bring an
Insane prisoner. He said the 9th was
getting ready TO 60 to China. and
hastened back to the far west on that
account.
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Chinese Dreasmakers.

The sewing, as well as dressmaking.
IS all done by men tailors in China.
There are many amusing stories told
If them as copyists OF the Americans
way Of making up garments. A friend
mad need of a dozen undergarments.
AS she came over on shipboard but
on was lost. and an exceedingly clum-
sy and ugly one replaced the lost one,
which was of pearl. On reaching
Shanghai she desired tailor to copy
rom this garment, which was placed
his hands as model. He brought
back the garments, exquisite creations
lace ard tucked muslin, and each
,f the dozen adorned with button
exactly like the one on the sample
garment. Upon having his attention
.alled to the ugly button his reply was.
Like Missy" and he was greatly dis
appointed that his efforts to please were
lot appreciated. He had spent many
hours in search for 'likee" buttons.
md no doubt was greatly disgusted
with the unreasOnableness of the for
.ign lady.-Woman's Home Compan.
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Fathers Horrible Discovery.

While trying to save George Deni-
son, an eight-year-old companion. from
drowning in the Floyd River at Sioux
City, Iowa, George Lewis, aged thir-
teen, was also dragged down and died
with his friend. DenisOn was bathing
in the stream, and was supposedly
seized with cramp. Lewis plunged
in after him when he called for help.
At first it was not known who the lads
We're, and the father of Lewis offered
to dive for the bodies. He first brought
up Denison, and on diving second
time rose with his own son in his arms.
He was nearly craZed with grief when
he recognized his child.-Cincinnati
ENQUIRER.
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The Ostrich Hunter.

= luan of the Midga-nS had his dwell.
ing near our camp. and was occupied
specially i'll hunting, who was named
Boni. He dwelt in a small zariba, Il
few yards in diameter, its roof being
the heavens above. while its walls were
made of thorns thickly piled up to q
considerable height. Being without
family he lived alone with a single
camel. which carried stock OF
water from Aware, Is miles way,
every two or three weeks. this camel
and a tame ostrich forming his whole
property. He employed the ostrich,
which he caught wheI chick and
tanned. to decoy his wild brethren,
whose valuable plumes he devoted
himself specially to obtaining His
mode Of capture was somewhat after
this style: In spots visited
by these gigantic birds
he was accustomed to place himself in
conccalment before daylight and let
loose his tame ostrich in the jungle. On
meeting it's wild relatives the latter
would join, and when all were feeding
In company it would generally bring
them to the place where the Midgan
lay waiting for his victim. had not
an opportunity of seeing the plan in
execution, hut Boni himself explained
ALL ut the same time showing us his
tame ostrich. Previous to our visit
Boni had never beheld white man in
his life. and he looked at us with Gu
riosity, wondering at various trities we
showed him, and marveling at our
weapons and the method of using them.
-'.Sport in Somaliland," by Coun
Joseph Polacki.
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A Very Successful Venture.

An abnormally generous woms
went to Europe last su amer, leaving
her horses in entire .llarge of her
coachman. The coachman, of prac-
teal turn of mind ard with his mis-
trasss .ull consent, turned pretty
penny b. renting the teams out. Be-
soroS iong she had letter from him
would sha object 10 his setting up
hearse? There was a great demand
for something of the sort, new and
smart, in the town, and he knew OF
such nice hearse to be had at half
price; if she wouldn't mind his putting
her horses to it, his fortune would be
made TIE a )normally generous wom-
an wrote back that she was perfectly
willing. A few weeks later she was
rewarded by letter from the coach
man saying that the hearse, as run
by her horses was the greatest sue
cess; .'people are just dying to get
into it." he added.-New York Sun.
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A Study In Beer.

There lies dead in Bellevue Hospital s.
nan whose intemperance killed him at the
age of forty-three. For many years before
lis death life must have been burden to
aim, for he was forced to carry about &C
pounds of flesh. mostly diseased.
1t is not said that he was drunkard.
but as for that there are different degrees
Of drunkenness. There is the man mad
with drink, the drivelling idiot inclined to
,ambling philosophy and incoherent friend
illness, the babbling enthusiast. the insen-
safe inarticulate joker, the dull sleeper.
Amend drank prodigious quantities of
beer and acquired cirrhosis of the liver
As he lay dying all that his drowned-out
intellect could amuse or interest itself
with was a calculation of the amount of
beer consumed by him during the twenty
i've years that he had driven a beer wagon.
This, he said was seven quarts day, 2555
quarts year, 1875 quarts for the twenty
i've years. What vision of bestiality!
Nearly 500 pounds of beer-wrought flesh,
with trembling spark of intelligence
hidden away among its masses of fat. and
At the end, after long confinement in the
hospital had reduced this mass to less than
200 pounds, the partially released but still
stupe6ed spirit could only busy itself with
the waves of beer under which it had been
submerged for quarter of century,
New York World.
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plant that fiourishes under the most
arid conditions, here barely survives,
while the mesquite, with it's long roots
penetrating deep into the earth in
search of scanty moisture, just man
ages to exist.
A party of enterprising agricultur-
lists once experimental with growing
fruit and vegetables in this region, an
ticipating large profits in the early
marketing of their crops. The attempt
was complete failure, the intens
heat whitening the plants, notwith-
standing copious supplies of water and
the most skillful cultivation. In the
higher attitudes of the Panamints
there are numerous valleys with flow
ing streams. In these fruits are culti-
waited, and reach the market two
months before the California products
mature.
The prevailing winds in Death Val
ley are from the west. Though origin
ating in the Pacific Ocean and satu-
rated with humidity in travelling the in
termcdiate distance, they are inter
.epted by the lofty peaks of four
ranges Of mountains. which absorb all
of their moisture, so that by the time
they reach the valley all humidity has
disappeared. and no living thing can
survive the intense heat. Even birds,
Indigenous to the region, die.
1t is in the months of greatest heat
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a UNIVERSAL CONSIDERATION.

VIII. the day ia dull and busy and the air IL
full OF noise
We dream of prospects fair and Dar away,
Some place where all the sweetness ard the
blooming never clogs
And the silent hours go drifting day by
day.
But q voice-'tis much like conscience
speaks in most emphaiict no
And awakens us anew to discontents.
It interrupts the dreaming and bids all our
hopes be flown
With How about the dollars and the
cents?"
Oh, the king sat sadly musinY OF the won
drous good he'd do
When he somehow got his royal way at
last,
And the jester vowed he'd wear q garb
which all tine world would view
With deep respect. The motley far he'd
east.
And the tradesma1 said he'd be man OF
hne and udious mien.
And the scholar said he'd follow chosen
bents;
But they ali were set to ploddiny through
the old familiar scene
BY "How about the dollars and the
cents!"
Washington Star.
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oilers, and is adjustable to any height.
The eggs are placed in the tray, which
must be rocked occasionally, causing
the eggs to dovetail into the corruga-
tions in perfect order. When the tray
is full it is removed to the case into
which the eggs are delivered by fitting
The tray and drawing it gently from
one end to the other. BY this means
the eggs are delivered into the case
in symmetrical order in such man.
ler that breakages are reduced to
minimum
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HUMOROUS.

Angry Father-How dare you show
your face again? Persistent Suitor-
l could not leave it at home.
'"rhe undertaken Is very jolly this
morning." "Yes. Three hundred new
doctors were graduated last night"
Stubb-What became OF the play,
"Down with Titled Peersy Penn
The playwright has sued for more roy
atty.
Tommy--Pop. what's martyr1
Tommy's Pop--A martyr. my son, is
man who lives up to his wife's expecta'
tions of him.
That's the way" cried the forger.
as sentence Of ten years was imposed.
"all-of us great writer's are compelled
to suffer for giving full freedom to our
art"
"Alasw cried the villain as he drew
his sword with trembling hands. Il
am undone.' 'Then," replied the
hero. allow me to do you up without
delay"
''Id die for you I" the lover cried,
While lines OF grief played round his brow.
"You needn't mind. the girl replied;
II know too many dead ones now"
He-After the encouragement you
have given me. it is rude to decline my
oner She-Perhaps it is; but I'm sure
that my acceptance of your Offer
would also be rued.
why do they keep you here?" asked
the prison visitor. "Oh-' replied the
man who had burned down his resi-
dence to get the insurance, "for home
consumption, l suppose"
Blobbs-Newlywed seemed greatly
depressed just after his marriage: bu,
he's now quite his old self again
Slobbs-Yes: he has persuaded MS
wife that it Is cheaper to take theil
meals out.
II trust" remarked the considerate
young man, that my whistling does
not annoy you" "Oh. no." returned
the dapper maid. I'm used to hear
ing men whistle. I'm the collector fol
a millinery firm
Don't say the tramp will never work,
But lives upon his stealings;
One mighty task he'll never shirk-
That's working on our feelings.
The small boy wriggled under the
circus tent Say, fellows" he
chuckled. Il feel like yacht making
the homeward run" "How's that?" in
quired his associates. "Going in under
full canvas" and then he disappeared
Il never tell my boy that l won't
take him to the circus if he isn't good,
remarked the candid man. why
not?" Il don't want to take any
chances. I'm afraid he'll do some
thing that will keep the wnoie iamily
home"
Mr.. Justjoned-Wha on earth are
:. III trying to do? Mrs. JustJoned-l
was reading about cooking by elec.
tricity, so l hung the chops on the
electric bell. and I've been pushing
the button for half an hour, but II
does not seem to work.
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The Young Peoples Society of Chris
tian Endeavor opens soon worlds
session in London, End will hold it's
convention in the Alexandra Palace,
which resembles the Madison Square
Garden, New York City.
The palace is just beyond the out
skirts of London proper and has a ca
pacity for lodging and boarding 5000
Endeavorers. as well as giving ample
room for their meetings. The banquet
hall of the palace will be divided off
into dormitories. enough Of them to
hold 1900 young women. This ar
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at the point of greatest depression and

at the point of greatest depression and
from a distance look like deposits of
salt or snow. Under the surface is
common wet clay or water of varying
depths. - deposits are generally
circular in form and appear as though
once they Were crat .rs. Borax was
created by contact of boracic acid in
gaser"S form, with the lime and soda
of the surface. A. Teels Marsh. Ne
vada, borate Of lime appears in the
form of balls imbedded in clay along
with soda, salt, etc, but at Columbus
these are found in sandy soil. Some
times these Lalls are .,ecomposed, un-
derlying the soil which is removed
and the borate shoveled out. Deposits
of crude borate Of soda are found in
Nevada and in Death Valley. at the
Monte Blanco mines. These mines are
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Nerve. a. Electrical Conductors.

1t has been believed for some time
hat nerve sensations are electrical in
character. 1t is known at least that
numan nerves are electrical conduct
ors. and that they conduct differently
according to the direction in which
me electric current passes along the
nerve. If a current is passed along n
nerve away from the nerve centre.
contraction of the muscle follows. It
the current is passed in the opposite
iirection then there is little or no COLI
traction.
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rangement left $500 young men to be
cared for, but 800 tents have been pro-
vided for them, and .ney will occupy
these, five to a canvas.
The kitchen of The palace is large
enough to prepare food for 2500 per-
sons. who can sit down at one time in
the dining hall and be served. All En-
deavorers not provided for in the pal
ace will have accommodations secured
for them in nearby private houses and
hotels. 1t has been settled that all Wis
itors will pay their own expenses.
The total number Of delegates ex-
pected in London is 10000, of whicn
5000 come from America. The dele
gates represent membership of 4,O00.-
600 Endeavorers. scattered all over the
world.
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dust. At all times the aspect Of the
valley is superlatively desolate. No
spot on earth surpasses it in aridity or
tophet-like heat.
During the heated term an hour
without water means death. Meat be-
comes putrid in an hour. Eggs are
cooked in the blistering sand. Water
is only palatable by means Of large po-
rous earthenware Jars, common to all
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-28

hot countries, suspended in drafts and
reduced in temperature by means of
the rapid evaporation of the moisture
from the outside.
The belief that the boraX marshes
are the remains of the vast lake which
once filled the valley is supported by
traces of water-line found 600 feet
above. on the mountain sides.
In general appearance all borax
marshes are alike. They are located
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Longest Sentence.

Teacher-"How many of my schol-
irs can remember the longest sentence
hey ever read?"
Billy-"Pleas,, mum, | can
Teacher-"Wlat! Is there only one?
Well. William, you can tell the rest
If the scholars the longest sentence
you ever read"
Billy-"Imprisonmen for life.'
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Remarkable Quartet.

The tallest man in Europe is Oscar
Balling. who is only twenty three
years old and measures eight feet two
nches. Fraulein See-hen, the second
curiosity, is the oldest daughter of n
Chinaman, who married a German
woman in Berlin. She is we'll pro-
portioned, and is only an inch shorter
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-28

unites with the lime, which yields bo-
racic acid, the latter with a small por-
ton Of soda and the result is borax in
solution. The liquor is then drawn OF
into tanks. where the borax in crystal
lizing attaches itself to small steel
rods and hooks altogether like great
sticks Of rock candy. The sediment
contained in the mixing tanks is com.
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The Crnsa.ie In Rrief.

British officers say that the total alb
stainer is the better fighting man.
More deaths are due in England to al.
coholism than to diphtheria or typhoid
fever.
There are 740 saloons in the First Ward
of Chicago, and in one section there are
twenty in one block
The Sons of Temperance, an English so
ciety. has an adult membership OF 42,775,
a gain for the year of 2309.
Railroad companies in Ohio are forbid
den under penalty of $500 to employ loco
motive engineers who are addicted to
criE,.ips
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located in a region the most forbid
ding. remote from the railroad and Of
fering almost unsurmountable difficult
ties in the reduction and marketing of
their product, but their richness and
extent, compared to all other fields,
soon caused them to be regarded rs
the principal source of supply for the
future production of borax in the Uni
ted States.
The works employ from 400 to 1000
men. The crude borate of lime is first
passed through rock breakers and is
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CIyi.izIng Africa,

The civilization of Africa goes on apace.
A British steamer sailed from Hamburg
on board for Lagos and Southern Nigeria
Another steamer. sailing from the same
port. carried double that quantity. The
spirits consisted of bad gin and worse
rum. and the trade is principally in the
hands Of a few big English and German
firms
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-06-28

then ground to the fineness of -four by
means of rolls and burr stones. 1t is
tnen, with small proportion of car
Donate of soda, thrown into a digester.
where under heat. pressure and agita-
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Easy to Pick the Winner.

They made a wager as to whicn
could give story the widest circula-
tion in the shortest time.
One of tnem had it manifOlded on
the typewriter and sent it to every
newspaper in the town.
The other merely told it to his wife
sin strict confideE CO."
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posed largely of sand and dirt with
considerable borax mixed. The de-
posit is passed through filter press.
which presses the dirt and allows the
borax liquor to pass away to be util-
lied again. Repeated over and over
again, the last remnant of borax is
finally secured by this process.
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A Literary Failure,

Mr.. Slummer-Your story is not a
plausible one.
Talking Forager (anxiously)--D'ye
t'ink I'm stuck, mister? payed i'ete
de poet two dollars fer writln' me dat
string Of talk.-Brooklyn Life.
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MACHINE FOR HANDLING EGGS.

Interesting Device For Packing Them In
Crates.
Egg crates, with their pasteboard
partitions for each egg, are usually
packed by expert hand-packers. and
the device here pictured is intended to
facilitate this operation. 1t consists
of II wooden tray to which are at
tached parallel wooden strips of semi.
circular section, running in the direc-
ton of its length, the whole being COW
cred with cloth. This TIA. Is placed
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that the sand storms of Death Valley
are most deadly. Then rage with in
tense fury, obliterating the landscape
and dimming the light Of the sun.
whitening the scanty vegetation and
covering the trails deep in powdered
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An Ineidious Foe,

Drunkenness entraps the bread-winner
of the household and robs him of his
wages, his strength, his character and his
emple rment. 1t robs the wife of the love
and protection pledged to her at the altar:
1t takes from the children the care and
affection of father. 1t steals from every
member shelter, foou. clothing and an
honorable name
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than Oscar. A ludicro contrast is
the Norwegian dwarf, Ole Olsen, W :
tenderly nurses full beard and is
forty years old and not quite three
feet in height. The fourth member of
the troupe is little Willie Wendt, six
teen years old, Persian, who is two
feet eight inches tau. The orartet
exhibit together.
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VALLEY and
S Burax Mines.

ley is probably the most
al feature in California.
u the southeast corner CT
and Is inclosed by the
ntains On the west and
ange on the east. 1t is
les long, and at its mar
1t eight miles wide.
most probably, it was
ancient river. The low
is 200 feet below sea-
ove this rises Telescope
teet high, of the Pana-
and dir 'ctely opposite the
k, which reaches an alti-
} feet. During the winter
are covered with snow.
larkable valley was discov-
$50 by party Of immigrants,
whom lost their lives in the
to cross it. The name has
it, also, as being the scene of
ess tragedies. Early in its
traditions of gold and silver
of wonderful richness within
ndaries persuaded many adven-
persons to undertake the haz-
experiment of it's exploration.
imber who have lost their lives
desolate field is undoubtedly
Pursuing the mirage of rich de-
of precious metals these adven-
us prospectors succumbed at last
% the intolerable heat and the agonies
of thirst.
The range of the thermometer is
probably greater in Death Valley than
elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere.
In : inter the temperature is way be-
low zero, while in July and August
the thermometer ranges for weeks at
1877 degrees above. frequently rising
several degrees higher. For weeks at
a time the lowest level temperature OBJ
served exceeded 100 degrees. The
deadly heat burns every vestige of
vegetation. The Spanish bayonet,
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THE GREAT DESTROYER.
sCME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE.

What Rob q Poor Man OF His Bee. .
Tho Allegation That Alcohol Is Food
Which Does No Harm shown to BE
a Fallacy by Scientific Investigators.
What! rob poor man of his beer
And give him good victuals instead?
Your hearts very hard, sir, fear,
Or at least you are soft in the head.
What! rob poor man of his mug
And give him a house of his own,
With kitchen and parlor so snug?
lis enough to draw tears from stone!
What! rob poor man of his glass,
And teach him how to read and write?
What! save him from being an ass?
lis nothing but malice and spite!
What! rob poor man of his ale
And prevent him from beating his wife,
From being locked up in jail,
With penal employment for life?
What! rob poor man of his beer
And keep him from starving his child!
1t makes one feel dreadfully queer;
And I'll thank you to draw it more mild