The colored American., 1901-01-26

L. 81. L9ttimer, Esq. of the Edison
Electric Company, II. Y.-Mr. Lqtti-
mer was sometime ago sent TO England
by this company to superintend some
difficult work which It was doing there. |
He is an expert electrician, aninventOr
of electrical appliances and poet who
has written some very credltSble and
readable verses.
The chief chemist of the Boston firm
which manufactures 8ll the various
f1avoring extracts, lemon. 7maica
Ginger, vanilla and sucH toilet articles
as fiae soaps. vsseljne, etc. etc. is a col.
Ored man whose name we do not re-
call. A card to Miss E. Gardener, 90
n. Anderson street, B )stOO, Mass. Will
bring it.
Prof. John W. Hoffm mau, Ph D, Of
the Slate Normal and Industrial Col.
lege of florida. member OF the leading
scientific societies OF Europe, member
Royal Agricultural SO9ietv 0f Eng
laud. Fellow of the American Geo
graphical Society, etc. etc.
L. B. Toompson, Bradford, McKesn
County, Pa. foreman Of the largest ma
chine shops in the county. He is mas
ter of his trade. All the meu under
him are white. -
DR.. rs P.-Oua OF the bsat works
we have ever seeu on heridity aud
morals is published by e B Trent and
Co. 241 8, w. 23rd street. New York
City. It is from the pen of James F0s'
ter Scott, b A.. NJ. D. Edingburgh
University. We wish our Young men.
especially those who are ccntem plating
marriage would read this book We
never saw so much truth in so small
compass.
Student-The IipoQrammstists were
letter drOppers OF antiquity who would
take an exec DtiOn without anY reason,
against some particular letter in the
alphabet so as not TO admit it once 10
q whole poem. Trvphiod 0rnus was a
master Of this kind of writing. He
com posed an Odssev or epic poem on
the adventures OF Ulysses, consisting
OF twenty four hooks, having entirely
eliminated the letter A from his first
book.
Odd FelIow-W. c Costiu belonged
to one of the old first families Of Wash
iugtOu and was for years an emplOye
OF the Navy or War Departments we
do not now recall which. He was q
short, stOckily built man of ve-y fair
complexion and 8 natural orator. He
big man in Odd Fellow circles. We
think he was q member of the old Peter
Ogden Lodge, though We may be IN
error. He was first rate fellow.
Roxy A-De Witter Dumas was an
eccentric but highly educsted Negro
hsilIng from London. He was sn ex.
pert stenogrspher aud was Trlvste
secretary to former commissioner Of
Pensions Dudley. Dumas had an Eug-
lish wife, both were DER fond OF the
cup that cheers. Dumas lost his place
in the Pension Office. which was then
located at 18th and Pennsylvania ave
because John BarleycOrn and himself
we're too. familiar. He was q brilliant
fellow when he wasn't tangled up with
John.
Rasticus- Lombards money changers
Of Venice sat on benches around the
piazza of st Marks. BancO is Italian
for bench, when one Of the money
changers defsulted, the others fell to
and broke his bench in little piecee
afterwards he was known as 8
hancO ruptO, that IL the man with the
broken bench. from this comes our
word bankrupt. What's the matter, has
madame been buying a new winter
hat or seal skin coat unheknowrst to
yo1 and had the bill sent tn YOU? Ac.
cept orr condolences, We've been
there our elf once or twice.
Euuuirer-Mr John e. Smith 0f the
Star of ZION is Que Of the brightest