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The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
Cotton Growing an Oklahoma.

IL is believed by many that the dry
climate of southern Oklahoma and the
southern district Of the Indian Terri.
tory is going to make that section the
home for the finest grades of cotton.
An item from Dennison, Tex, says.
During the season it has developed
that the cotton grown in the Choctav
nation was of an extra good fiber, grad
ing above the average and in great
demand for export. A great deal has
been shipped TO Germany and England.
Indian cotton hereafter will command
the top price"
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
REDUCED RATES TO MEETING NATIO NAL
AFRO-A1ERICAN COUNCIL-PHILADEL,
PHIA, PA. AUGUST 7, 10, 1901

A reduction offare and one-third,
on the certificate plan, has been sc.
cured for those attending the meeting
Of the National Afro Council; Phila-
delphia Pa, August 7, 10, The fol-
lowing directions are submitted for
your guidance:
I. Tickets at full fare for the
going journey may be secured within
three days exclusive of Sundays)
prior to and during the first two days
of the meeting. The advertised dates
of the meeting are from August 7 to
10, consequently you can obtain your
tickstnot earlier than Aug. ), nor later
than August 7. Be sure that, when pur-
chasing your going ticket, you request
a certificate. DO not make the mis-
take of asking for receipt.
?. Present yourself at the railroad
station for ticket and certificate at
least 50 mInuetes before departure of
tain.
). Certificates are not kept at all
stations. Ifyou inquire at your station
you will find out whether certificates
and through tickets can be obtained
to place of meeting Ifnot, agent will
inform you at what station they can
be obtained YOu can purchase q
local ticket theAce, and there take up
a certificate and through ticket.
4. On your rival at the meeting,
present your certificate to Cyrus FielL
Adams, Secretary Of the Nstiousl
AfrO-American Council.
S. 1t has been arranged that the
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
VOL. 90.
DEFEATED BT

There was some excitement in one of
taNra ) grkuormal schools last week
...- the approaching marriage of one
o-a.r years graduates.
T- seems. says the New York Sun,
thai some of The brightest young
v.man a. taecIass that was graduated
-.-- wear were made pleasantly con-
.r.r4.as around commencement time
Ur -hr.r refusal. to comply with condi-
-..n,tEl.ca school trustee sought to
impose. lie represented a well-known
HIGH -shoa. ia central New York in
which the salaries paid to teachers
made employment desirable, and he
l.l ao difficulty in engaging the best
students of the class As teachers. Be
r.ra the contracts were signed, how
ever. De- caused flutter of indignant
protest ov stipuLating that the young
women should pledge themselves to re
main unmarried for two years.
H. aypaiued this unusual request by
stating hat frequent changing of the
teachers was detrimental TO a school.
Gid rh4. the teachers previously Sc
cured had been married of so rapidly
after assuming their duties that the
trustees felt themselves obliged to ask
this pledge, I'm the best interests of the
school, Very seldom, he said, a teach
sr stayed more than one year, and the
trustees usually received a resignation
from their primary department during
... holidays,
DE did not know why this depart
unr should be especially conducive to
uau.mony, but the fact remained as
stated. The teachers captured eligible
young men Of the place, or else through
a.meslckness or perhaps the unaccus-
-.uaa drudgery Of earning living
.... eapiJuLated 10 some long-suffer-
patient swain at home. At any
---e, maJrimOny made the depart
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27

special agent OF the Trunk Line
Association will be in attendance 10
validate certificates oa August 8.
You are advised of this, because if
you arrive at the meeting and leave
for home again prior 10 the special
agents arrival, you cannot have the
benefit of the reduction on the home
journey. Similarly, II you arrive at
the meeting later than August 8,
after the special agent has left, you
cannot have your certificate validated
for the reduction returning.
o. Soas to prevent disappointment,
It must be understood that the reduC-
ton on retnrn journey is not guaran-
teed, but IS contingent on an atten-
dance or not less than 100 persons
holding certificates obtained from
ticket agents at starting points, sh ow-
ing payment of full frst-class fare of
not less than IS cents on going
journey, provided, however, that if
the certificates presented fall short Of
the required minimum and it shall ap-
pear that round trip tickets are held
in lieu of certificates they shall be
reCOned in arriving at the minimum.
7. If the necessary minimum is in
attendance, and your certificates is
duly validated, you will be entitled up
to August II, to a continuous passage
ticket to your destination by the
route over which you make the going
journey. at ODe-third the limited fare,
except from stations where it is posi-
bic to reach place of meeting by noon
Of August 9, tickets may be sold for
morning train of that date,
CYRUS FIELD ADAMS,
Secretary,
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27

m5nts vacant often enough to threat
90 to demoraIize the school.
'l viii not hire a young woman who
is engaged OF has a sweetheart" he
concluded. firmly.
There was an embarrassing moment
Tor the graduates. When he finished
AIs speech then the best-looking young
woman rose TO the occasion.
'I am not exactly engaged. she con-
1essra, but ! plead guilty to having a
sweetheart. so YOU may count me out"
The others explained elaborately
hat while they did not wish to marry,
Do least not for a long time, they did
'hIrct to binding themselves with a
pledge of that nature. They com
planned that il was a restriction on
their personal liberty and ridiculous,
anyway. After much heated discus
SION they respectfully declined the Of
.5-tt places, and the trustee was
..Igrd To make a second selection.
Again his conditions were stated,
and far.y refused. By this time the
news had spread among the graduates,
and groups Of students discussed the
matter in the corridors. while the
trustee continued TO interview young
".Nrl Of marked ability, but not so
...P.-ses,ing in appearance as his
ITS. choice. As fast as these inter
..". ended bulletins were got out
Towing The state of the market, and
.-- general CONSERVATION gave way to
-..r~ trained mirth.
-.-ht Of the class applied in a body
The department places stating that
..F were plain and unattractive in
KS. and that the complete absence
personal charm rendered any one
.AeIr number immune to the fasci-
anon OF his eligible young men, and
..-tr a pledge of the nature asked I'M
.,'sSary. The trustee. in no envi-
..1 frame of mind, made his escape.
'", returned later in the day and ap-
i'@Fed before the assembled class to
N..haraw his stipulation. He was ap-
f.'-led 20 the echo, and the vacancies
. ms school were filed without fur
her difficulties.
me most popular girl in the institu-
..-, - well as the class. was one of
,,T CHOSEN, and ii is the announcement
W. aer engagement and approaching
...-'FIage ... that caused the ripple of ex-
.'sment and amusement in that nor
.I'- school last week. for she is to
1arry-that trustee!
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27

STRONG PLEA IN THE NEGROES CAUSE.
From the Western Outlook.
CINCINNATI, July y9.-The fourth day
of the conference of the Christian En-
-deaVor Society was a light one as far
as the programme was concerned, but
the EpdeavorerS were out en- masSe
at two meetings to-day. 1t was
another beautiful day somewhat hot
ter than yesterday, but not oppres-
sively so. At the last moment the
three big music hall rallies were con-
centrated into two meetings, which
were held in Auditoriums Endeavor
and Williston. After the usual quiet
hour meetings in .the morning, which
opens every DAYS programme, the
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
DESERVES CREDIT.
Mr.. Ralph Givsns will take His Leave.

Mr.. Ralph Givens who was recently
appointed one of the assistant pro-
scouting attorneys in the police court,
and who relieved Mr.. Alex Mollowney
some several weeks ago, deserves
great credit for the conduct of that
branch of the court. He has worked
hard and made a success in that office.
He prepared all the information so
which no exceptions have or could be
taken to date. Mr.. Payton Gordon
the other assistant has been prosecut-
inc the cases as fast as Mr.. GiVzns
would grind them out. He has made
no mistakes thus far in the proseCu-
tions Of his cases and the drawing up
of the iuformatiOns which were done
with so much care.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
DAZEO BY GOOD FORTUNE IN OIL

1t was on the 10th of January, 1901
that FIRST well, the now famous Lucas
Gusher" began to flow. For ten days II
shot its turbid current 200 fact into the
air and, falling back upon itself, COW
cred the surrounding area, till the
land ran with veritable streams OF oil.
A million barrels escaped before the
helpless operators, dazed by their un'
expected di.coVery, found a way to
check il. Then to add lurid impres-
siyeness to the magnificent And, the
oil that had escaped took fre and
burned for many days, blackenlng
the woods and prairie. People come
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
ARTISTIC PUBLICATIONS ISSUED
BY THE BALTIMORE AND
OHIO RAILROAD
Guide to WahIngton.

The Passenger Department of the
Baltimore & Ohio K, R. have issued
a GHlae TO Washington, which in
many respects eXcels all other guides
published, both in artistic appearance
and careful description of points OF int
tereSt in the Capital City. The from
cover of the book is embellished with a
handsome steel engraved portrait OF
the stuart" Washington. The re
verse cover bears an American flag in
the grasp Ofan eagle. The inside pages
contain recent photographs of all of
the Government Buildings with cor
rect information concerning them
together with other interesting features
OF the city, and the very latest map.
Copies will be sold at the principal
Tickets Offices of the Baltimore &
Ohio K. r. for ten (Io) cents cash, or
will be mailed to any address on re-
fifteen (I5) cents in stamps on appli-
cation to the undersigned.
REASONS WHY"
Reasons Why" is a forty-two page
pamphlet giving in condensed form
the important faCts concerning the
Baltimore & Ohio r. K. II is An
argument setting forth the claims Of
the railroad for public consideration.
This artistic booklet contains nany
half-tOnes and drawings illustrating
the history, scenic charms, the de
velOpment and progress Of the rail
road, and the superior service afforded
TO patrons. Single copies can be OBJ
tanned Of Tickets Agents, or will be
mailed TO any address on receipt Of
two (7) cents in postage stamps on
application to the undersigned.
d. B. MARTIN,
Manager Passenger Traffic,
Baltimore & Ohio K. r,
Baltimore, Md.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
AT PHILADELPHIA.
Annual Meeting National AfrO-Ameriean Press
Association.

The twenty-second annual meeting
of the National Afro-American Press
Association will be held in Bethel A.
NE, Church, Philadelphia, Pa, Tues
day, Aug ust 9th, 1901. The meeting
will be on the ground where the trst
Afro-American church in America was
erected. and where the bones Of the
great founder now rest in a tomb but
recently made for him.
All editors or publishers OF bona
fide newspapers and periodicals pub
lished in the interest of the Afro
American race are entitled TO mem
bership in the Association. Each pub
lication has but one vote.
lhe time selected for the meeting
is lust one day prior to the meehsg
of the Afro American Council, so that
il will be convenient for editors VINO
attend the meeting to be pres ent al the
Press Association. A special rate OF
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
SUMNER TOURS VIA BALTIMORE
& OHIO RAILROAD.

Tickets now on sale to all principal
summer resorts east of the Ohio River.
Special excursion tickets to Buffalo
account Pan American Exposition, and
to Niagara Falls now on sale. For
further information apply to Offices
Nos. 7o7 18th street, 6I9 Pa. Pa. Ave,
and Depot, n. j. Ave. & c street, re
garding time of trains, routes and
rates. NJ. AT.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27

a fare and a third on the certificate
plan has been granted on all railroads
to persons attending the National
Atro-Amerlcan Conncil, and editors
may take advantage of that and attend
both meetings. 1t IS hoped that the
session will be largely attended.
Cyrus Field Adams, president; Geo.
L. Knox, yice-preSident; VIM. n.
Steward, Treasurer; A. L. Manley,
secretary; T. ThOs Fortune, Chairman
executive committee.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
Looked the Part.

Tommy-You wore a red suit and
horns at the masked ball last night
didn't you?
Mr.. Hoamly-Why, no. went as 3
cavalier.
Tommy guess pop was mistaken,
then. He said he saw you and you
looked like the deYil.-Philadelphis
Prasa
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
Ancestry of the Ostrich

The ostrich is a descendant of a
genus Of bird which in prehistoric
times attained an enormous size. In
the alluyial deposits of Madagascar
evidence has recently been found to
show that ostriches II and Is feet in
height once lived On the island.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
Mors Than She Meant

"Well, madam" said the doctor.
bustling In, show Is our patient this
morning?"
SKIS mind seems 90 be perfectly
clear this morning, DOCTOR" replied
the tired watcher. "Hs refuses to.
touch any Of the medieines."-Chisago
TriknIna
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
His Growing Family.

81 had nine children to support, and
Il kept me busy" said Smith 10 Jones.
as they met; ''but one of the girls got
married. Now I have"
Eight" interrupted Jones'.
mo, ten-sounting the soa-in-law.@
said Smith, with sigh.-Tit-Bits. d.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
Got Even with His Honor.

A police judge in a Missouri town
recently lectured the police for per.
hitting gambling, and they promptly
captured 80 slot gambling machines
belonging to his brother.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27

ions, and is vegetarian. The ami
mas with most speed and endurance
the horse, the reindeer, the ante
IoPe and others-are also vegetari-
ans.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
THE CHIEF RETURNS.

The Western Climate Has Made Him aCre
Handsome.
Mr.. Alexander r. Mollowny prOSecut-
ing Attorney for the United States
branch of the Police Court assumed
his official duties on Friday, although
he returned Thursday. The handsome
prosecuting officer, and genial fellow,
took right hold and prosecuted the
cases that the mill grinder, Mr.. Ralph
Givens, had so carefully prepared, and
who will take a little vacation in a
few days. Mr. Mollowny looks well
and he feels no doubt as we'll as he
looks. The members of the bar greet
ed him because he is favorite among
them.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
B. & o. WEEK END COUNTRY
TRIPS.

Tickets sold Saturdays and Sundays
for return until following Monday, at
reduced rates, from Washington to
ChArlestoVn, Frederick, Annapolis
Junction and intermediate points
NJ. "A. Al.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27

MY, the house looks changed some
way" said the lady who had moved
out . month or two before and re-
turned to make a caTl and see what
kind Of furniture the new tenants had.
"Yes," her hostess replied; we've
cleaned it up."-Chicago Times-Her~
ala
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
Vegetable Food Giv-. streDr,b

ne strongest animals exist entire
y on vegetable food 1t is the feroci-
OF the lion rather than his
strength that makes him formidable.
-'n elephant is a match for several
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
NO REST FOR THE NEGRO
Three Hundred Negroes Driven Back

A+HH1i ~ -NcGtOCS Driven BACK
Chicago, July 25.-General Manager
AertSen, OF the LatrObe Steel and
coupler Works, at Melrose Park, gave
Out a statement this evening, deClar-
ing that the company had abandoned
me effort to bring colored laborers to
MeIrOSe Park, and that they will be
sent back 10 their homes in Alabama.
All DAY the 800 COlOred men sat in
their cars at Lagrange, twenty eight
miles from Chicago, in fear. A COM
mIttee OF hye citizens Of Melrose Park
called on them during the morning
and urged the men TO return to their
homes IN Alabama. They informed
the negroes of the actual state of
affairs III Melrose Park, where 900
armed men were awaiting the arrival
Oi their train, determined that they
should not be allowed TO alight in the
village. Their statements alarmed
the imported men mole than ever, and
nnally hye OF them stepped off the
train and made their way into Chicago.
where they sought an interview with
Chlei OF Police O'Neil, asking proteC-
ton, which he could not give, as the
trouble was not within the city limits,
Alter the five men had left the train
TO come to Chicago, the fears of those
left on the train increased greatly, and
it was with difficulty that the trainmen
managed to keep them from run
ming away in a pal.iC, Nearly all of the
colOred men declared that they would
not go to MelrOse Park, and that
if taken there on the train, they would
refuse TO get Off.
TRAIN ORDERED AWAY.
At o'clock Marshal Rau, Of the
town of LagTanget ordered the train
bearing the Colored men to move out
of the village. 1t did so and was
placed on siding at Salt Greek, two
miles north OF Lagrange. In the
meantime attorneys for the steel COM
pany called upon Sheriff and asked
that the company be given ample
protection against the mob violenCe
which was threatened. hey stated
positively that the labOIeTs would be
landed in the shops of the company
late this afternoon, whether the sheriff
furnished any aid or not
81 have Just received a telegram
from Adjt. Gen. ReCce, offering me
the aid OF the State militia if need it, &"
said Sheriff Magerstadt, but | will not
need it. have sent half dozen men
10 MelrOse Park this after afternoon
simply TO make a report to me on the
conditions there. If they say that a
mob of 500 armed men are patrolling
the streets. as the officials of the
company inform me, will swear in a
number of deputies and preserve the
peace at all hazards. However, | am
not going TO call upon the militia as
the county is capable of preserving the
peace whatever happens"
Out at Melrose Park the armed Citi-
Zens remained on watch until assured
the negroes were not coming, when
they dispersed.
The Conservative, 1901-04-11
Che Conservative.

woody tissues is exactly offset by the
annual death and decay of timber. IF
such were not the case, our virgin
woods would get so dense in the course
of the years, that neither deer nor man
could penetrate them.
In the well managed forest, the ma
ture trees are removed, and just that
much timber is left on every acre as
suffices to fully digest sunshine, rain
and air, the food of the forest.
Broadly speaking, the stumpage is
cut back to that figure, at which the
ratio between the annual accretion of
woody tissue on the one hand and
stumpage remaining on the other hand
is a maximum. Where this maximal
ratio prevails, the highest possible in
terest on the investment is derived.
Pictures-"C Cutting at Biltmore. ."-Regu-
lation of Waters.
Objecting to the proposition of skim
ming the forest by cutting it's best trees,
you will ask: "Does not such business
forestry interfere with the role of the
forest as a regulator of drainage and
navigation? Does it not cause the huge
water reservoir to leak, which the for
est is said to form?"
The propriety of the question cannot
be doubted. We should not forget,
however, that any use Of any natural
resource is bound to leave it in deter
iorated condition. Besides, the vege-
table litter and the lumberman's debris
decaying on the ground-to a much
higher degree than the trees-act as a
microscopic sponge soaking up the fall
ing precipitations and causing them to
gradually percolate into the lower
strata of mineral soil.
Remove the deep mould covering the
foot of the trees-for instance by fire,
and rapid surface-drainage will take the
place of slow underground drainage.
In road building and road-maintaining,
striking proof may be gathered of the
inter-dependence between run-off and
soil-cover. All other conditions being
equal the road requires constant repairs,
where it leads through abandoned
clearings or through heavily burned
timber tracts. True, the trees them
selves contain large amount of mois-
ture. On an average 45 per cent of
their weight is formed by water, and
when burning a cord of green wood,
you evaporate over $50 gallons of
water.
Still, the amount of water contained
in the trees fiuctuates within narrow
limits. In period of drouth it may
drop down to 40 per cent, and after con-
tinued rains it may rise to 30 per cent.
What is that hygroscopity of the trees
compared to the soaking power of the
The Conservative, 1901-04-11

nave often deplOred the disappearance
of the forest from the very land where
they used to grow most luxuriously. 1
refer to the rich land along the river
bottoms. To the cause of forestry, this
enthusiasm has done more harm than
good. Mere common sense prescribes
the rule that every acre of ground shall
be devoted to that production, under
which it pays best. The most fertile
land is justly claimed by agriculture
and pasture; forestry must be properly
relegated to land unfit for field crops or
to rough climate, where wheat and
corn are apt to fail.
In Germany where forestry is GER
tainly at home, agriculture and forestry
are invariably interviewer, being con-
sidered ''sister and brother" The ia
nous Black forest is far from being an
unbroken wilderness. 1t is dotted with
villages occupying the most fertile
spots. During summer, the population
works on the grass lands and in the
fields; in winter, the forests claims all
available labor
In the Black-forest, the supplies for
the logging camps are largely raised OH
the ''forest farm" and, obviously, the
"forest- farm finds ready market for
it's bulky produce in the logging camp.
Black Forest Pictures.
In the Black k-forest, a paternal govern
ment prevents irresponsible farmers
from devoting absolute forest-soil to
farming Of course, at loss
to the owner, and soon at loss to the
people, when the farm is found to be
unproductive and is abandoned by it's
owner.
In this country, the immigrant can
not possibly foretell, what forest land,
being of truly agricultural character,
should be cleared and used for farming,
and what wooded tracts, under the pre-
vailing conditions of soil, climate and
means of communication, should be
left to the production of timber. Some
paternal supervision, some amicable
foresight must be exercised by the gov
ernment, aud only such land-on the
other hand all such land-must be de-
livered to the plough, on which farming
pays better than second growth of
trees.
Forest Revenue.
The question will be asked: "Does
forestry pay at all?" Pointing to Euro
pean or to Indian experience, the for
estry scholars used to prophesy, that
large and rising returns can be safely
expected from forestry. To the unpre-
JUDGED observer it seems strange, that
the American wood owner, the lumber
man is for from sharing tha schO1ars'