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The colored American., 1902-02-08

Loans and discounts .......... $s,27a 80
0 her stock, bonds and
mortgages ....................... I64, ,423 SO
Due from National BANKS ... 4S, 1888 %
Banking House ........ ......... Ii, 900 90
Other real estates .............. SO. .568 90
Furniture and Fixtures ..... $3.50 90
Current expenses and taxes
paid ............................ 1 388 90
Specie, nickels and cents zee. u, 399 80
Paper currency ......... .......... 30, $50 90
Total ........ ............... 391, ,I9O "a
The colored American., 1902-02-08

Si SSapl1al sLocK pald In .......... IS, 1875 90
THi TI Etus Iunu -:..'... 80. 957 81
muiSi9eo Na pIonLs Ls.......:..".... 6,826 so
n pos L.: 96, 1856 %
ilne cerUincates OF deposit 116, ,424 "a
AoGaI.-...e... ......... .......... 39I. 120 "a
The colored American., 1902-02-08

In GLASS B, the age limit is IA to so yea
dues, 81 rs to 81 80. The Certificate is value
After one year, its value is 500 to $50.
In Glass e, the age limit is IA TO Do years.
SO so to IL 40. The Certificate is valued first
one year its value Is $500 to $500
In Glass n, the age limit is IA to 80 years.
$21 to $25. The certificaGei valued from date
You are entitled to Life Membership
Classe and upon purchase of the requir
pays q dividend annually of 20 per cent.
The Grand Fountain United Order of Tru
80, 1900, total of 1882 Death Benefits, with q
HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
The colored American., 1902-02-08

members dividends
lis Cashiers
close OF business 1900 shows
RESOURCES LIABILITIES.
Evening star., 1902-08-04
sIXTEEN-INCH TELESCOPE.
Great Refracting Instrument for Gin
cinnati Observatory.
Prom the Rostor r-ans,-


The Alvan Clark & Sons Corporation Of
Canbridseport. the famous telescope man.
uracturers. has just been awarded the con-
tract for constructing a sixteen-inch re-
1racting telescope for the University of
cincinnati. This Is an important piece of
work and the securing of 1t by the Cam
bridge corporation adds one more to It's
long list OF celebrated Instruments The
Cincinnati observatory is under the di
rection OF Professor j. G. Porter who no.
been at its head for the last twenty vsars
The observatory is one of the oldest IN
.hls country. and has an 11-inch telescone
by Merz, Of Munich made ffty-fIve years
ago. which at the time was the Iargest
glass in America and one of the three Iarg-
est IN the world 1t was refigured by Alvsn
CiarK IN 1910. The observatory is other
wise We'll equipped and is one Of the six
international latitude stations
The Specifications for the new te1escone
call for an objective of 10 inches clear
aperture, having a focal length not greater
tnan - feet. The instrument ia To n.
mounted in the ordinary equatorial manner
the necessary anti-friction devices being
suplalsa Tor the polar-axis- The pier will
be OF iron and contain the driving clock
and electric control The telescope will
be equipped with quick and slow motions
IN right ascension and declination. and
with coarse and fine circles. Dials and
setting wheels will be arranged On tba
pier. 30 that the instrument can he sat
from the floor to within five minutes of
time and one degree Of arc The regular
accessories Will accompany the instrument
About eighteen months will be required to
complete the telescope. and while the formal
acceptance Of the instrument will be at
the Cambridge works the specifca tions
call for Its delivery and erection at the
observatory in Cincinnati.
Evening star., 1902-08-04
ELECTRICITY IN MINING.
Water Power Converted Into Energy
and Transmitted Long Distances.

From Cassier's Magazine.
The three-phase alternating current sys-
tenn constitutes one of the greatest a achieve-
ments in modern mining engineering. The
energy of an inaccessible water power con-
verted into electrical energy by water
wheel-driven generators and delivered to
the transmission line at high voltage may
be transmitted economically through dis
tances as great as 75 miles, and even far
ther under favorable commercial cond-
tions. At the substation, located near the
mines, the line voltage is reduced by means
of step-doWn transformers to a compare
lively low figure, at which the curren. is
distributed to the various induction motors
about the mines If power be required for
locomotive haulage the alternating current
may be transformed into direct current by
a rotary converter which feeds into the
trolley circuits in the usual way.
1t is this possibility of ready transmits
sion of comparatively cheap water power
from a distance to the base Of actual min
ing work and the consequent independence
from coal, which is generally enormously
expensive at mountainous mine locations,
more or less inaccessible with the usual
means of transportation, that have helped
largely to make electricity valuable any
to the miner. Sometimes, too, coal may be
obtained at reasonable figures down. IN the
valley, or twenty or thirty miles away at
some favorably located spot, while at the
working point, up the mountain side, its
cost would be ruinous to profitable work.
ing.
In that case it would be the relatively
cheap coal power instead of water power
that would be transmitted electrically. Or,
even with cheap coal exactly at the spot,
there might be scarce water supply for
steam raising, and here again the electrical
conversion and transmission of power at
some more suitably located generating
point would solve the power problem. In
these several respects mining in the noun
~ 10 Sfat tsS
has furnished many striking examples
more. in fact, than any other part of the
world-of electric power benefits. Electric
drilling, hoisting and hauling: electric dr.v-
ing, indeed, of all the moving machinery
employed has in those mines been mat
ter of vital necessity. 1t is the one thing
that has made it possible to carry on the
several enterprises at profit.
Evening star., 1902-08-04
WEAPONS OF THE CHINESE.
How Their Arms Were Evolved
Method Of Designating Rank.

From the New York Evening Post
The prominent part played by China in
the worlds affairs during the past seven
years has aroused the interest Of collectors
who have brought to this country many
specimens of wares and goods peculiar to
that part Of the far east None among
these are of greater historical value than
the weapons which are in use in all prov
inces of the empire, even in the districts
where the imperial armies are equipped with
European firearms. One of the best col
lections was shown in this city not long
ago, and is now in the possession of the
commercial museum at Philadelphia. Single
specimens of value are to be found in the
Chinese club rooms in Chinatown, and in
many of the brio -a-brac stores scattered
throughout the city.
A careful study of the weapon shows that
most of them are naught but industrial ap-
pliances suddenly employtd for purposes of
offense. One spear is pitchfork and an
other trident similar to the eel spear en-
ployed by our own fishermen. Another
ghastly weapon when examined carefully
proves to be scythe blade fastened to the
e.a Of q strong pole. The halberds, or
hatehets, ak heads, adzes and cleavers
wired or tied with thongs to stout slaves.
Even the spears and lances show an agri-
cultural or domestic rather than a military
origin.
These weapons may be viewed as histor-
ical souvenirs which are preserved as testi-
monials of the bravery of the Manchu con-
querors. The Tartars take great pride in
their conquest of the middle kingdom. Be
fore they came from the north they were
savages in comparison with the civilized
Chinese. They preserve this fact in their
laws and customs. The cuff of every Off
calls coat is made in the form of horses
hoof to indicate that the Manchurian ar
mics were cavalry, not infantry. The off,
cial footwear is cavalry boot, which,
though made of satin with kid-covered
soles, Is in cut and general appearance the
same as the heavy leather articles worn by
their ancestral troopers 100 years ago.
When they conquered China they expert
en"ed the strongest resistance from the
ia .mers and fishermen, who armed them
selves with whatever came to hand and at
tackled the invaders with fierce intrepidity
In honor of these victories they retained
the primitive weapons of their captives and
used them as trophies of their battles
Each Manchu officer employed lot of Chi
nese captives and armed them with their
own spears, tridents and axes as the case
might be. The practice has been kept up
ever since. When mandarin goes calling
he has one or more guards In his retinue
who are armed with these ~'->--,'c c-ntri-
for be 4
Evening star., 1902-08-04
SakS and Company Pemr1sl Ave. and 9TH Street.

with success by few of the large mer-
leading dry goods merchants of northwest
ern Iowa formed themselves into an associa-
tlon and announced that at a certain time
they would be pleased to meet the repre-
sentatives of the various housse at Des
MONIES The meeting took place last week,
and, as far as can be learned, was emil
nently satisfactory to all concerned. The
merchants secured Their gooLS at lower
prices than they would have been able to
get them for had they purchased of the
travelling men who would have visited them
one at time. 1t was in the nature OF an
auction. and the man who made the lowest
ngure sold the goods. The wholesale houses
were able to make lower prices, as they sold
TO an OF the merchants at one time thus
making it unnecessary for Their agents to
visit each one personally. Formerly 1t was
tne @ custom for Iowa merchants to go 10
Cnlcago or New York when they wanted to
puy goods, but now Chicago and New YORK
come TO Iowa to seN them and When the
iowa merchants insist upon 1t, the houses
time. . 10
If this plan is carried out by other mer-
chants, the Des Moines johbers will! have to
wake up or lose all of their trade For over
year the 1obbers and Wholesale men nave
peeh trying to raises money enough 10 e
an experienced mann, to secure concessions
from the railroads in the way Of better
areisnt rates. but they have been unapie 10
business men lack sthe ability to pull to-
setner' and therefore they are unable 10
secure anything from the railroads, or from
any one else with whom they have dealings
Evening star., 1902-08-04
The Lions of England.

From the London Chronicle.
Although at the time Of the union with
Ireland the fleur-de-lis ceased to be quar-
tered with the arms of England, we cannot
altogether eliminate a French origin from
our royal standard. OF the three lions Of
England two are said to have been the
badge Of the duchy of Normandy before the
conqueror adopted them as his English de-
vice, while the third. "the golden lion Of
Aquitaine," was added by Henry III m right
Of his wife. Queen Eleanor. In early
heraldry the lion passant guardant las pre-
sented in the royal arms) was sometimes
called leopard; hence the following quaint
description In the old chronicle OF Edward
Is banner: ION his banner were three
ieopards fierce were they, naughty
and cruel, thus placed to signify that, like
them, the king is dreadful to his enemies.
For his bite Is slight to none who infiame
his anger, and yet, toward such seek
his friendship or submit to his power, his
kindness is soon rekindled."
Evening star., 1902-08-04
THE KIKUYU COUNTRY.
A Fine Region in Africa Right on the
Equator.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
The Kikuyu country in East Africa is
famous for having within it's borders one
of the greatest snow mountains Of Africa,
Mount Kenia, whose summit is always
white with snow, though 1t lies directly
under the equator. All travellers have been
enthusiastic over the beauty and fertility
of this region Of forest and plain that rises
from a height Of about 1000 feet to the sum-
NIT Of Kenia, moro than $4,000 feet above
the sea. In this land, exceedingly rich in
agricultural possibilities, 1t is said the white
man can live and work a. he does in Europe
and very likely die Of old age. 1t is prac-
tically the only region yet studied in tropi-
cal Africa Of which 1t may be truthfully
asserted.
Travellers, however, have given the in
habitants of these uplands an evil repu-
tation. In other words, the Akikuyu are
said to be suspicious, treacherous and hos
tile to all strangers. But the latest testi-
mony, coming from Major Richard Craw-
shay OF the British army. who has lived
among these people for years, is to the eff
feet that they are the finest African people
he ever met and he has had long experience
among many tribes In British East Africa
It Will be interesting to read some things
that Maj. Crawshay says about the country
In which white men may live in good health
and about the remarkable natives who in
habit it.
Inc nrst traveller 10 describe this region
was the late explorer, Joseph Thomson,
who wrote as follows of the large area of
kikuyu lying between 8,O0O and 9,OOO feet
above the sea. where 1t is said white men
may live and work:
Drought ts unknown and astonishing
fertility is everywhere seen. Streams
abound In great numbers. Enormous ouan-
titles of sweet potatoes, yams cassava
sugar cane, millet, ETC., are raised and the
supply seems to be quite inexhaustible,
On my return journey 1 found a caravan
OF over fifteen hundred men who remained
a month and carried away little short of
three months provisions, yet it did not
seem perceptibly to affect the supply or to
raise the ridiculously low prices. Extreme
ly fat sheep and goats abound and there
are cattle in considerable numbers
Evening star., 1902-08-04
GAMBART'S MEMOIRS.
Earned Fame and Amassed Wealth as
Picture Dealer.
From the London Post

FROM the LONDON POSt.
Mr.. Ernest Gambart, who died last Mon
day at Les Painters Nice, was engaged
during the closing years of his life In the
preparation Of his memoirs, and for this
purpose he had been in communication
quite recently with some of his old friends
in the artistic world Of London. His me-
moirs. II they are ever published, will de-
scribe a singular career. Gambart's ma
tionality was never exactly defined, but his
English was fluent even at the beginning Of
his career as picture dealer. He is said
to have begun commercial life in London as
a seller Of artificial flowers somewhere In
Wardour street, passing from that to deal
ing in cheap prints. and finally in pictures.
AZ a picture dealer. with connections both
in London and in Paris. he amassed great
wealth, which enabled him when he retired
many years ago to build a marble palace
at Les Palmiers, in the spacious rooms of
which his large collection Of modern pic
lures was displayed. Many of these he lent
last year to the Spanish exhibition at the
Guiidhall. Gambart's relations with the
artists whose pictures he bought seem al
ways to have been Of the friendliest, for he
wac one Of the most hospitable Of men.
Mr.. G. A. Storey, A. r. A., in his interest
glimpse of 0ambert from the social side
when describing his project for a grand
fancy dress ball, at which the guests were
to be the chief artists Of England and the
continent.
The invitations were issued, and a vast
ball room was erected at Gambart's house
in Avenue road, when a terrible gas explo-
sion occurred. resulting In loss Of life, the
destruction of the ball room and the partial
wrecking Of the house. Many of the po-
lures In the rooms were destroyed, and
Gambart found next morning among the
debris a scorched canvas without a frame,
and rolled up like a thin biscuit" 1t was
an Alma Tadema, and its condition seemed
hopeless. Yet it was sent to the picture re-
storer and it came ba ok looking even better
| than before. "the tone was improved" OF
course, the artists ball had to be postponed,
but 1t was held two months later with bril-
liant success, at Willis Rooms.
During the last years Of his life Mr.. Gam
bart acted az Spanish consul at Nice, and
the Royal Victorian Order was conferred on
him. He possessed many decorations, prob
| ably less distinguished. at q far earlier
period. Once he was invited to the Royal
Academy banquet. and. to the surprise of
his artist hosts. the successful picture deal
er came with hts breast literally covered
| with the insignia Of various foreign orders
| Of unknown origin.
Evening star., 1902-08-04
Technique of Things Dynastic.

FROM the London Chroniele. zt7
Most people have got ,khe technique OF
things dynastic at their fingers ends this
year. Neverthelessaour old friend. the heir
presumptive. has again made his incorrect
appearance, this time in the current num-
per OF the leading illustrated paper. Inc
eldest son Of the Prince Of Wales is thus
called in the underline of a frst-page Illus
tration. The prince in question is nobody's
heir presumptive; If his heredity Is to be
mentioned at all. he must be called the
neir apparent Of the heir apparent. An heir
presumptive Is heir pending the possible
oirth OF an heir in the direct line. Inere
is only one person more generally mis-,
unoerstood than the heir presumptive, anc
that Is the morganatic wife. This ire
proachable lady is generally alluded to by
English journalists as though her title
more common kind. and as though an al .
I2.ce with her were not c-..-.usIve.
Evening star., 1902-08-04
A Long Corn Row.
rom the Kansas City Journal

From the Kansas City Journal.
Kansas is simply inexhaustible In the
matter OF oddities. Just when II might be
supposed that she had run the whole gamut,
she appears with another novelty such a.
nobody else In all the wide world would
ever have thought OF It. For example. a
kingman county farmer is growing a row
Of corn little more than twenty-five miles
long for no other reason than to be .,npu-
lar and extraordinary. He commenced in
a ffty-acre field and went round and
round in circle with a lister until he had
planted the whole in single row which
commences at one Of the edges and termi-
mates IN the middle. When he cultivated
II. Of course he had to plough the same
way. As appearances go the field will
make as much crop as 1t would II planted
IN the ordinary way.
Evening star., 1902-08-04
An Exception.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Teacher-"And what Is that part Of the
face called that extends from the bridge of
the nose to the roots Of the hair?'
Tommy-'T-er-why, IT'S er-I dunno
Teacher-"Brow, isn't tT"
Tommy-"W'at IL de roots o. yer hair Is
at the back o. yer neck like my Uncle
Bnrs?"
Evening star., 1902-08-04

that in nearly all the temples there are
weapons which belong to the god of the
temple, and these are usually of the same
agricultural character as those employed
by the guards of civil and military officials.
Evening star., 1902-08-04
Another View Of It.

From the Chicago News.
She-"According to statistics. there are
two single men In the penitentiary to each
married one"
H-"Yes; and two married men beat
tssesf s---..ss W4..--. e.--A - AeS1"
Evening star., 1902-08-04
All the Straw Hats Are
Inn One Lot.

This is a regular sale-a usual clear
ance that comes on the first of August.
What Straw Hats remain on hand are sac
rihced, regardless of what they are worth or
what they have been selling for. The Pan
amaS are NOT included-but all the Straw
Hats are-Sennettes, Mians, Mackinaws,
Cantons and the Split Braids. Stiff Brims
and Soft Brims; Fedoras and Panama
shapes - the ST ones and the 81. so ones as
we'll
Evening star., 1902-08-04
cRowD1Na OUT DRuMMERs
IOWA Merchants Ask Wholesalers to
Meet Them.

Probably Iowa merchants in many parts
OF the state Will adopt the plan Of purchas-
Ing goods that has recently been worked
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
A TEAR ON THE IRON.

The shop is cold and comfortless;
/ hold the iron, stand and press;
My heart is weak, cough and groan:
My sick breast scarcely heaves its
moan.
/ cough and groan, and press end
brood:
There drops tear, In vain withstood.
On the glowing iron seethes my tear,
It. seethes and will not disappear.
My hand grows numb, my strength IL
gone;
The iron falls, but still upon
Its cruel surface, as before,
It's the silent tear seethes more and
more.
While whirls my head and breaks roy
heart,
| ask with woe. with stinging smart.
why is 1t, friend, in grievous lot,
Thy seething still consumes thee not.
Art thou herald, sent to say
More tears and more are on the ways
o, but | fain would hear thee-fain
Would learn the limit of my Pain.
would have questioned close and clear
That strange Unrest, that maddened
tear,
Put. 10! river gushed and spread
or tears, tears, tears, unlimited.
,, who had wept where millions weep
Saw that the Floou of Tears Is deep.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03

finish his education Another mar.
Velous youth, Otto Hegner, made =
fortune of s150.000 ere he was oul OF
his teens and then retired; but,
weary of doing nothing, he began to
teach music at enormous fees. which
| aggregate the respective total of $780,
900 year.
The most successful child actor
was undoubtedly the late w. H. Betty.
nicknamed the Child Roscius. He
went on the stage at the tender age
OF s, and at IL was starring at Covent
Garden ,heater, London, and through
out Britain. So great was his
popularity that for more than a yea-
he made $500 night, and at l6 re-
tired with sum of 5000 900 to he
educated. Five years later he re
appeared, but his popularity had
waned, so he very wisely vanished
into private life again and lived on MS
early acquired fortune.
Italy is justly proud of her bog
sculptor Victor Righetti, who was
making the enormous sum of $4,000
per annum when only ten years Of
age. Although not yet out of his
teens, he is making a larger income
than any other Italian sculptor, while
some of his most recent work has bee
mentioned in the same breath with
Michael Angelo.
Willie Hoppe, of Cornwall Landing,
N. Y, is the cleverest billiard player
for his age that ever lived, and, al
though he has yet to see his twelfth
birthday, his income has averaged
$3.50 a week for some time past. He
las toured through Europe and de-
feated such masters of the game as
Bert Layer, BURROUGHS and Voscono,
who is said to be the finest player
living. At Greene's academy, Chica
go, recently, his highest average was
So, making an unfinished run of Sc
ct 14-inch balk line.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
BROTHER WEEDS HALF-sIsTER.
A New Illustration of SIavery's Hor
rors From Mississippi.

In suit in the Chancery Court now
in progress at Jackson, Mich, a most
remarkable story has been developed
1t is a story which illustrates the hor-
rors of slavery as no romance could
picture them, a story of father and
mother who lived together for years
and years as man and wife, and dis
covered in their declining years that
they were children of one common
parent and were brother and sister of
half-blood. Seven children had been
born to them during this period, and
the fact of their relationship was dis
covered by accident. This story de-
velops in the testimony of Edward
Easeley, one of the children of this
awful mistake, who is suing for a
piece of property owned by his par
ents.
The parents were slaves, born in
Kentucky and separated when chill
dren. Both grew up and met when
grown on plantation in Mississippi
as slaves, neither being known to the
other and both having almost forgot
ten their parentage. They were thrown
together on the plantation and in time
We're married as slaves. After the
birth of seven children this father
and mother were one day discussing
their past lives when they were aston
ished to find that they had both been
born at the same place in Kentucky.
By further questioning each other the
pathetic truth of their relationship
was discovered and proven to each
other beyond the slightest shadow OF
doubt. The poor, simple souls went
to their master and mistress with
their story and were separated from
each other. The curse of their fatal
error fell upon the childen, all of
whom have become insane except the
plaintiff in this suit, whose mind is at
times eclipsed and who has himself
been in confinement in the insane
asylum. The parents have long since
been dead and their story has been
forgotten by those who were wit
nesses to its melancholy denouement,
but it comes to light today in this
chancery suit like a ghost from the
dead past, an awful witness of the
terrible curse of slavery Memphis,
Tenn, Commercial Appeal.