The Washington bee., 1901-06-15

Texas, the members ofA. s. Iohnson's
Post, Ex- COnfederates refused to set
on the Platform because Negroes were
on the Reception Committee, the men
VINO were managing the Reception
went on just the same.
lie manuscripts of the 18th and 10Th
Centuries are in many cases almost
illegable on account of the fading of
ink.
At Cleveland, O.. Senator NJ. A.
Hanna was mustered into Memorial
Post G. A. r.
Major Taylor (colored) beat the
French Cyclist Jacquelin at Paris.
france. The weather was good and
50 was the Major.
A Manual Training School will be
opened in Washington, in Sept. DR..
Bruce Evans has been selected as the
Principal.
The recent appointment Of Prof. O.
NJ. Wood 80 TO take charge fthe In.
dustrial Schools of Cuba, opens up A
new field Of education for the Race.
A number of prominent Negroes of
Mississippi are making efforts to
establish large Cotton Factory.
InI75o. the Negro Slaves of N. Y.
comprised one-siXth of the population.
In I77I, the English alone sent to
Africa IS2 ships for the slave trade
with a total carrying capacity, per
trip, of47, I46 slaves.
And still we continue knitting one
another, (Will we never stop?)
Fair Visitor In Fenitentiary)-I
should think that these iron floors and
concrete walks would hurt the feet Of
the poor prisoners.
Guard-Yes'm, but you know the
way OF the trangressOr is hard.
Montana still has about 80 900, 900
Of acres unoccupied.
Many a man with a fine head-has
bad heart.
Switzland cultivates $4,000, 900 fruit
trees.
The municipality Of Chicago employs
IS2 women in various capacities.
There are ten Battalions in the
British Army that wear the old Scotch
kits.
Great Britain eats her entire wheat
crop in I3 weeks.
In Society it is more blessed to be
polite than truthful.
AS canned goods center BALTIC. is
the largest in the World. And it is cs-
timated that 65 per cent Of the canned
goods come from there.
The Walking stick craze has made
its appearance here. In Lendon it has
taken complete possession of the Fair
Sex.
1t is said that the Bank of France has
an invisible galley behind the Cashier
in galley SO that at a given signal a
person suspected can have their Photo
graph taken right on the spot.
Belgium is the most densencely pop
ulated Nation in the civilized section
of the World. 1t has 593 people to
every square mile.
In dismantling an old Prick house in
New York, the workmen discovered
secret chamber, upon investigation
proved TO be one of the chains of the
underground Railroad, used to send
Slaves to the North, before the War.
The Tuskegee Institute Bank still
continues 10 receive an increasing
patronage.
Cuba has a population of SOC, 900 of
which 9IO.oCO are white, I42, 900
foreign white, $4,000 Negroes, $50, 900
mullattoes and ii 600 Chinese. More
than 90 per cent are unable to read or
write.
Oberlin has the largest number of
colored students, the University of
Kansas, next, and Bates College, third.
The Coroners ofN. Y; cost the tax
payers $50, 900 a year.
- Down to 1900 there had been 1881
colored graduates in the u. s., of that
number I.94I were graduates from
Colored Colleges.
So opposed to Jim Crow Cars is the
Governor of West Va. that he does not
allow one of them to be hauled into the
State by any of the Rail Road Com
panies.
Always keep the Bible, Spelling
book and Bank book in daily use. For
these three will make you and family
great in time. and in all eternity.
We had better come to the conclusion
to think twice and speak once, we run
our mouths too much concerning mat
ters that we don't know anything
about.
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