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men of which it is composed are
pinched and wan. The luster has gone
from their eyes and poverty has placed
its stamp upon them.
Stretching along to the south ana
north. winding like a great river pc
tween the sentinels of majestic bul4o-
ings. Broadway is somber and silent
The sputtering electric lights gIeam
upon the asphalt pavement NOW anu
then the hoofs of cabman's horse
clatter by. The shadows are Aghtened
momentarily by the glare OF the lamps
in an automobile that steaithily steals
along toward the life of the uptown
cafes. Grim and towering the tan
spire of the church reaches toward the
sky like specter.
Inch by inch the army of ragamufins
moves into the bakery. As each man
enters he pauses for a moment re-
ceives a loaf of bread or dozen buns
| from a be-aproned baker within and
makes his exit through the rear door
! to give way to the man behind him.
| That bakery under the caves of the
church is the only hope he has for the
| morrow. Inc lOdI OF DTcdu HC S"i l iN0
out under his arm is the only thing
that stands between him and starva-
tion.
Have you ever heard the cry for
bread? 1t is a moan rather thah a
cry. 1t is not loud and defiant as one
demanding a right. 1t is low and pit
eous. and it comes from soul despair
ing. 1t is the cry of women and chiL-
dren that is echoed in the voice OF the
man who has sought day by day for the
pittance that means beggar's feast
1t is cry that too often does not reach
beyond the roofs of the miserable ten
ement houses where each mans neigh
Dor NAV be starving like himself.
The bakery is one of several simila
places in New York where the unsol'
. bread and rolls of the day are givel
away at night to the paupers OF tn
> city. The bakery on Broadway is tn
. largest of these shops, and, OF course
attracts the largest crowd OF beg
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cessity, before favoring Injuries Of any
sort" Other statesmen have been ut
tering similar views; so that you can
easily draw the deduction that TINS
also is an open question.
While all of our pc eople are interested
in national legislation, because upon it
depends our commercial and industrial
development, the people of the national
capital are particularly interested
in two committees of the congress
the senate committee and the house
committee ON the District of Colum-
bia, for upon those committees we
depend for all legislation looking to
the development Of this wonderful cap
ital city. We depend principally upon
Senator Mcmillan. of Michigan, and
Representative Babcock. of Wisconsin,
the chairmen of those committees
They take especial interest in the up
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oars 1t is. however, hardy fair to
call all those who apply for their Loaf
of bread beggars. Many man has
been driven 10 stand in line and wait
for his portion by the hungry looks
of his wife and children, who would
die before they would ask him to go
out and beg for them, And when he
has received it he has FASTENED home
and told those waiting for him that
he bought il with the pennies he haa
earned.
saw this procession of hungry men
the other night, and | learned from
If n strange lesson of human nature.
In the half hour / stood there ON the
walk | studied the faces and the
characteristics of every member OF
this starvation army as it passed me
in review. 1t was the world in NINA
ture, and almost every phase of life
was represented there. | saw honesty
and trickery side by side. ! saw gen
erosity and seltishness; manliness and
cowardice. There were men who would
have been weak in broadcloth and men
whose bundle of rags could not con
ceal their manhood. ] saw great, stal
wart fellows waiting there with shame
upon their faces. They looked out o
place beside the beggars ana tramp
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seen the birthplace of the Nile. AS one
progresses towards what seems the /
end of the gulf, faint current is OBJ
served and a sharp line of hills DOT
derA the shore line. An abrupt TURN
of the gulf around barrier OF sharP |
rocks. white with guano, reveals
swift river and veil of spray curtain
ing beautiful palm-crowned ISLANDS
The deusely wooded river banks are
about 200 feet high. Nearly mlle dls-
tant may be seen large areas OF me
grass land, with occasional 'cluhps on
trees. Here the river is, perhaps, 4Oo
feet wide and rushes over decline OF
about 30 feet. called Ripon falls. An
easy path leads down the bank and the
inward view is most beautiful ana
! impressive. A tourist is not likely 10
be alone in viewing the scene LOT
groups Of natives resort here Tor the
purpose of spearing the fish which, IN
large numbers, are carried over the
falls. Birds of prey are also seen on
every side trying their fortunes as
fishermen The green forest, purple
in the distance, the richly colored date
palms. the orange of their fruit con-
trasting with the green of their waV-
ing foliage, the brilliant blues and
greens of the river, touched with white
foam and glimmering through the
spray, present a charming picture.
The country affords almost unlimited
pasturage for the large variety Of
grazing animals which abound. In
fact. animals of almost every descrip-
ton thrive here.
= On the shores OF the lakes. in the
magnificent forests, in fact through
:. the whole Uganda country, are TO Dc
> found birds of every variety, shape
. and coloring; storks, pheasants, os
triches. birds of most cumbersome
-. shape and those of daintiest anatom,
. fiji the air with their cries or songs
= These have their counterpart in tn
"a trees and flowers to be found %
q every hand. The beauty of the for
M ests is said to be beyond all descriT
=, tion, but to oppress one traveIin
,s through them until the impression &C
:, living in a bygone age becomes n
- most unbearable. Trees with henv
bo black trunks, with beautiful whit
ea stems, with dark, almost impenetri
es BILE foliage, with graceful light,
ho waving leaves, with vines of ever
oh protesque or pleasing shape and VI
We rietv of color clambering over ther
the whole intermiXed with fowerir
,te trees Of almost incredible brilliant
of and enveloped in an atmosphere
ar oyer-development and rapid veGetab
Inc decay, in time induce sensation
he such intense awtulhess thaV o"e III
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prevnring the Impromptu.

Great orators have generally refused
IN sneak on the spur Of the moment
on important themes, Demosthenes'
tbe king of orators, would never speak
in a public meeting without previous
thorough preparation. Daniel Web
ster. when once pressed to speak on
a subject of great Importance refused,
saving that he was very busy and had
no time to master it. When Il friend
uroed that few words from him
would do much to awaken public at
tention to the subject, he replied; III
there be so much weight in my words
II is because l do not allow myself to
speak on any subject uhtil my mind
is imbued with it," On one occasion
webster made remarkable speech
without notes before the Phi Beta
Kappa society at Harvard university,
when a book was presented to him..
After he had gone u manuscript copy
of his eloquent "impromptu' address,
carefully written, was found in -
book, which he had forgotten to take
away.-Philadelp Saturday Even
ing Post.
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who are too lazy to work. spoke TO
one of these men, who looked as If he
we're ashamed to beg. He hung his
head and seemed half inclined to break
ranks and make a run for it.
'1t is like this, you see said he.
have looked for work day after DAY
for three months. ! am "A locksmith
by trade, and have done nothing al
summer. The little money ! had saved
was soon gone and the wife and chil-
dren would have gone to bed hungry
many night had it not been for these
bakeries"
Next to this man was one who bore
all the marks of the typical tramp.
He took his bread in a matter-of-fact
way, as if it were his due, and there
was no shame in his face. When he
had emerged at the other end OF the
building he broke the loaf in two, eat
ing part of it and thrusting the re-
mainder in the pockets of his coat
As a rule there are no women in the
line. but on this night / saw one edg-
ing toward the counter inside, where
she spoke few words to the man IN
charge When she came out she had
two loaves of bread in her basket and,
accompanied by a wretchedly clad
little girl, she hurried away.
The men were Of all ages and ma
tionalities. Some we're young and
seemed full of life, and one naturally
wondered how it was that they should
seek charity.
"We ask no questions of any person
who applies for bread" said the man
inside. ave take it for granted that
any man who will come here and stand
in line is hungry We hand out the
bread as long as any remains"
From this place and the other shops
in the city about 400 loaves of bread
are given away six nights in the week.
and much suffering is prevented by
the generosity Of the bakers. At many
of the smaller shops the bread is SOLD
TO the cheap penny restaurants, but
the larger places prefer to give it TO
the poor. It would be a difficult mat
4 ter to make an estimate Of the actual
number of paupers in New York. Inc
d department of charities and correc
- tion has hundreds of applications fol
l. aid every week. but these by no means
l. include all who are in destitute CIR
n cumstances. Pride keeps many per
d sons from applying publicly for aid
{ It was only the other night that
d well-dressed man fell on Broadway II
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it necessary to, as soon as possible, /
seek the open country and bright
sunshine. Flowers on trees and
ground are like living flames, Others |
as dainty as snowflake. Every /,
color and shade is represented.
Some trees bear large lunches of
flowers, each resembling large,
bright scarlet teacup. Others, again,
snow-white blossoms with an appear
ance of having been powdered with
lilac. Indiarubber trees have large,
white flowers with yellow centers.
Some trees do not bear leaves and
flowers at the same time, but, when
destitute of the former, are covered
with a crimson or scarlet growth of
the latter. Butterflies of a brilliant
blue and other dazzling colors drift
through the air.
To height of about 5000 feet the
forest is tropical, after which tree
ferns and tree-lilacs appear AT 1000
! feet may be seen yews and, higher
still, jumpers. At 5000 feet are bam-
boos, the last traces of tropical
growth. Now appear tree lobelias
and higher still lichens. Finally
vegetation almost disappears.
Nearly all fruits and crops will grow
in this climate so near the equator as
to be tropical in the lowlands, and yet
with the mountain attitudes furnish
ing temperature like that of the cool
er zones. No fruit furnishes more
interesting study than the banana,
which in its wild state is a sort of lily
and has no juicy, edible pulp. 1t is
generally believed to have been intro
duced into Africa from Asia where its
nearest relative among wild plants is
still found. 1t does not seem to have
originated from the wild banana
plants Indigenous to African soil ant
which are found in great quantitie.
t from Abyssinia to Natal. These las
have no sweet pulp, but pith, anC
glossy black seeds, much priced by tn,
: natives as ornaments. They are yer.
beautiful plants because of the color
. ing and shape of their enormous leaves
= The cultivated fruit forms the chic
article of food for certain tribes. |
. contains no seeds, small, dark streak
! indicating where they might hay
: been. Besides the possibilities of min
,, eral wealth, as yet almost undeve
= oped, the land abounds in game of "a
n most every variety. Cattle and a
kinds of domestic animals are raise
- by the natives who as rule, prefe
~ a meat diet. From these same native
= laborers may be hired at small wage
- While this vast and fertile country n
mains to a great extent uninhabite
"a there need be no fear of young me
,f lacking opportunities for improyir
\. their fortunes. EDWARD JULIAN
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systems of the Nile and the Congo.
The numerous lakes of this region
are of vast size, Victoria Nyanza COW
ering about as large an area as the
whole country of Scotland, or 10000
square miles. The navigation OF all
the large lakes is extremely danger
Gus at times, owing to the turbulence
of the waves. In some directions Lake
Victoria extends for 200 miles with
nothing to break the water line. AS
vet no suitable craft have been placed
ON these waters and travellers have
been compelled to risk their lives In
canoes, small sailboats or trali
launches. AS this has rendered long
JOURNEYS from the shore Impossible
il is probable that large islands may
vet be found near the center of the
lakes. Some of the known islands are
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-12-26

most attractive, offering great variety
of landscape and on one, Buvuma' are
mountains 1000 feet above the surface
of the lake, alluring sites for future
hotel or sanitarium builders, The
inland waters are covered with beauti-
full water lilies, either white or the
blue lotus. Lakes Albert Edward, Al
bert and others to the west possess
barsher features and little of the lux
uriousness of vegetation found at
Nyanza. This is probably due to the
large amount of salt found in their wa
ters. Little lakes at the northeast
of Lake Albert Edward seem to lie in
small craters. Some are nearly dry
and from many large quantities OF
merchantable salt are obtained,
At the northern extremity OF the
beautiful Napoleon gulf, an arm OF
the great Victoria Nyanza, may. b'
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DERHAPS no portion of the world,
at the present. time, offers more
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~ s,,,
Of very many of the friends
of Henry Casson, of Wisconsin,
who was indorsed for that place
by large majority of the prom
inent people of the land More
over. Henry Casson himself became
sergeant-at-arms of the house OF rep
resentatives in December, 1899. Henry
Casson has been elected sergeant-at-
arms of the house of repre- esentatlVes
again. Now that you have glimpse
of these few wheels within the big
wheels. YOU can do little guessing
yourself about the probable rate OF
the Hanna shipping subsidy bill.
You will read great deal about pro-
posed changes in the existing tariff Jaw
known as the war revenue measure
You know that the administration IA
vors cutting down the tax on beer
whisky and tobacco. Congressman
Tawney, of Minnesota, one OF the LEAD
Ting members of the committee on WaSs
and means, who will have much to Dc
with revenue legislation, says ="
have no desire to favor the beer, Whisk,
or tobacco men; either the men wh'
manufacture or the men who consume
those articles. They are well able l
pay the existing taxes, and shoui
rather reduce duties on articles OF us
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-12-26
WEALTH OF UGANDA.
Travellers Call 1t the Richest Coun-
try in the World.
An African Paradise, Controlled os
Great britain, whose Resources
VIII he Developed mt No
Distant Date.
Gsnecial Correspondence.l

DERHAPS no portion OF the worlo'
at the present. time, o1iers niore
attractions, or more ditlicultles
and dangers, to the explorer and imam
cier than the territory lying Within
the borders of the Uganda Protecto-
rate in Africa. lis resources are al
most incalculable and description OF
a small portion of them might MI Vol.
umes. The Typographical features OF
this woodland present such Impressive
effects in form and color as can mo-
where be seen except on the DARK
continent. The mountain peaks OF
Ruweuzori are said to be the loltles'
in Africa. one of them reaching
height Of over 10000 feet. 1t is not
known that anyone has ever yet
reached his summit. The native
guides succumb 10 the cold even more
easily than the white explorers. me
! ascent presents great difficulties which
multiply after the snow line is passed
The precipitation of moisture is so
| excessive that after a height OF 9,Oou
feet has been gained it is almost un'
bearable, as the ground is covered 10y
deep moss bed in which one sinks
continuously to ankle and sometimes
to the hips. This alternates with slip
perry rocks or Shiny fallen tree trunks
50. hard that contact with a broker
branch often causes a severe wound
Longonot. an extinct volcano, is salt
TO be over 10000 feet high Some o
the Aberdau mountains loom 1900
feet above sea level, while from tn
great plateau, the Mau, mountain
! rise to 1000 feet. Elgon is an in
mense tract of extinct craters whic
seems to form a continuation of tn
/ Mau. Elgon is said to cover an are
V of 5000 miles square. such hgurf
a give faint idea of the vastness of II
e piled up masses. To the north stretc
o away lofty hills further than the ey
I can reach.
# All through the Uganda Protectora
II are mountains, the proportions
IS which would seem great if not so ne'
5 the awful heights of Ruwenzori. u
,e range forms a watershed between Il
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THE STARVING POOR.
One Hundred Thousand New York.
ers Are Always Hungry.
Free Distribution of nrend saves
scores from Death By StnrNa-
tion-The Famous iIrOnd-
way Bread LING.
Especial New York Letter.1

n r MIDNIGHT every night ex-
N cept Sunday long line Of men
numbering hundred or more
and reaching down Broadway, moves
slowly toward a bakery that nesties
under the sheltering walls of Grace
church. 1t is a regiment clothed in
RAGS and tattCrs. The faces of the
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-12-31
DOES NOT DlsAPPoINr.
'rhe New Discovery for cstarrh Seems
to Possess Remarkable Merit.

A new catarrh cure has recently ap-
peared which so far as tested has been
remarkably successful in curing all
forms Of catarrh, whether in the head,
throat, bronchial tubes. or in stomach
and liver
The remedy is in tablet form. pleas.
ant and convenient to take and no
special secrecy is maintained as to
what il contains, the tablet being a
scientific combination of Blood root
Red gum and similar valuable and
harmless antiseptics.
The safe and effective catarrh cure
may be found at any drug store under
the name of Stuarts Catarrh Tablets
Whether the catarrh is located in
the rose, throat, bronchial tubes. or
stomach, tne tablets seem to act with
equal success, removing the stuny
feeling in head and nose, clearing the
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-12-31
INDIAN BILLS
ARE CONSIDERED
Committee Decides to Call
for Sum Of $7,OOO,OOO

Washington, D. C., Dec. Sl-The
coafereacc between Secretary Hitch
codk Of ihe department Of the Interior
and members of the house and senate
aoma itteeA on Indian affairs win prob
ably be resumed tomorrow Mr. sher-
man, chairman OF the house commit
tee, g. otil sick in New Yorl, city ana
will not be able to be present but
Senator'S Quarfes and Platt and Con
gresham Curtis will resume the con
sideratlon OF Indian territory affairs.
The question OF a territorial form
OF government will be discussed.
There are several bills pending pro.
viding for the creation OF a territory
and the conference viii dismss the
probable effects of the massage Of such
a measure. one of the strongest OBJ
jections urged against the proposed
bill is that It viii throw all Of the
burden OF taxation necessary for the
support OF the government upon the
personal property in the territory.
Mr.. Stephens of Texas, n member of
the house committee on Indian af-
fairs, has offered a suggestion, which
has met with much favor and may be
accepted as solution of this difficulty.
He proposes TO allot the lands of the
Choctaws and Chickasaws These are
entitled To about $50 acres each. Mr.
stephens proposes to set aside 100
acres each TO the Indians entitled to
allotment and to Sell the balance at
public auction. the proceeds to be
placed in charge of the government
for final distribution among the Indians
as the Dawes commission completes
its work of enrolment. The sale of
these lands would open a large amount
Of property to taxation and would en-.
bic the territorial government to
open roads, build bridges. erect schools
and perform the functions OF a ter
ritory
Another bill, which has been intro
duced by Senator Gamble of South
Dakota, provides for the taxation Of
Indian lands. the government to pay
the tax. A case is pending in the
Untsed States court of appeals at ST.
Paul in which this question is involv
ed, and it, with the proposition of Mr..
Stephens will be discussed at the
conference
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GAS N PAYNE COUNTY.
coodly strike Was Made in Clean
Creek Township.
The suIIwater Adyance says:

The saltwater Advance says
Numerous references have been
made during hte past few weeks to
the strike Of natural gas on the farm
Of Mrs s. N. Becker in Clear Greek
township, this county, but like a great
many similar stories have been receiS-
ed by the general public with more
or less doubt
But there is no fake about II. as a
visit to the farm at any time will
easily prove When the well was first
drilled flow of gas and what seemed
10 be oil was struck at AZ feet. The
water was SO oily as TO be unfit for
use. while the gas escaped with con
siderable volume But after the tub.
ing was put in both indications stop
ped and it was at FIRST thought that
the well had "petered out. but about
two weeks later, the gas began to flow
again. and has kept It up steadily un-
til this time; In fact, appearing 10
grow stronger all the time. The noise
Of the escaping gas can be heard sew
eral feet away from the well. while
tests have proven that it Is genuine
natural gas. or course it is not in
strong enough pressure to be Of any
practical use, but it certainly does
prove that there is gas underneath that
farm in particular and quite likely all
over the country.
Mrs Becker, however, being in
somewhat close financial circumstan-
ces. has not the means to do her part
towards developing The find, but she
feels that it is due the surrounding
country that it be developed at once,
she she is offering the place for sale.
About $4,000 viii buy it now and con
sidering that within the next two
years it will certainly be worth $780,
0OO It will prove splendid invest
ment for any one who has a little
ready money.
Call at the farm six miles east of
and inspect It for yourself, or
write to c. NJ. Becker at Saltwater.
for further particulars.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-12-31

Reward of merit and merit Of re.
ward are not so much alike as they
seem.
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mucous membrane of throat and
trachea from catarrhal secretiona,
which cause the tickling. coughing.
hawking and gaggiug so annoying to
every catarrh sufferer
Nasal catarrh generally leads to ul-
ceration, in some cases to such an ex.
tent as to destroy the nose entirely
and in many old cases or catarrh the
bones OF the head become diseased.
Nasal catarrh gradually extends to the
throat and bronchial tubes and very
often to the stomach. causing that
very obstinate trouble. catarrh Of the
stomach.
Catarrh is a systematic poison, in
herent In the blood, and local washes.
douches, salves. inhalers and sprays
can have no effect on the real cause
of the disease. An internal remedy
which acts upon the blood is the only
rational treatment and Stuart's
CataIrh Tablets is the safest of all
internal remedies, as well as the most
convenient and satisfactory from a
medical standpoint.
DR.. Eaton recently stated that he
had successfully used Stuarts Ca
tarrh Tablets in old chronic cases
even whore liberation had extended
so far as to destroy the septum of the
nose. He says, Il am pleasantly sur
prised almost every day by the ei-cel
lent results from Suart's Catarrh
Tablets, 1t is remarkable how ef
fectually they remove the excessive
secretion and bring about a healthy
condition OF the mucous membranes
Of the nose, throat and stomach"
All druggists sell complete treat
ment of the Tablets at so cents and
little book giving the symptoms and
causes of the various forms of catarrh,
will be mailed free by addressing F.
A, Stuart Co, Marshall, Mich