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The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1902-07-04
AFRlcA's PRAYER.

irSins hard not to care through
your tears.
n see you now as saw you then,
only now l am able to know
Can sympathize truly did so than-
But all hearts. dear. must suner
to grow.
lnen' Oh my Mary. my colored mary
surely your cause was mine. as its
now;
but unripened years, my misfortune
too,
wanted much but did not know
how,
10 tell you of all in my heart. twas
there,
Now has grown and speaks for M
both.
Oan you hear me now though long
years have flown?
Can you know, to your cause I am
troth?
You said then, MBary. my colored
mary,
White Hearts we're scar 'gainst
your race,
And your sunken soul could gather
no rest"
how see it all now in your face.
And your pride of birth and tender
heart
For you had then both-yes yes.
dear.
You were quite right to unburden
your soul,
Though it has taken me years to
hear.
Your blood, half white, circulated your
veins,
And the blood that was dark was
there too.
And time flies right on. and 1--we
stays still nigh,
And your race has gained greatly
through you.
Gould not know it just then. it's true
though, child,
As all hearts that then suffered NAV
see:
In time to come they'll recognize
much,
Just as It's plain to you and me.
We know not what prayers arose
from those breasts,
Or what yearning throughout the
long past,
But the word went out full and re.
turned not void
And the answer to theirs came in
fast.
A prayer. that their color may be
clear and white,
May be pure as all others of men,
And the answer came thong many a
moan
Was urged on by many an amen.
You know not, Mary, my colored
Mary,
How sweet love was at work cen
in that;
How the sorrow deep that was stir
ring you
Woul speak loudly again where you
sat.
Omnipotent Love holds hearts to be
That your race may be urged to its
might.
En- your pride of race which duty put
| on,
Assists yours to scale every height.
| see all, my Mary, my colored Mary,
And the plan though so dark at its
birth slavery,
Though generate in teatrs and heart
ache and hate,
Will be gloriously whole on earth.
Very tender hearts have the colored
race
And passionate love, too is theirs,
While the white race have squand.
cred much, both these,
heirs.
And neglected true love to be
Node.
The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1902-07-04

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resembles her illustrious sire too
closely to lay many claims to beauty;
but she is nevertheless a most attrac-
tive girl. bright, vivacious and ex-
tremely popular in the younger sena-
torial circle. The Washington home
of the Quays, In fashionable K street,
is the center of gayety for young peo-
pie from the great state of Pennsyl-
vania. Just now the family is at Lake
Placid, in the AdirondEcks, where the
senator owns a cottage.
1t is announced that Justice and
Mrs. Horace Gray will not return to
Washington to resume their perma-
nent residence. but will in future re-
side in the Gray homestead, in Mount
Vernon street, Boston. The historic
old mansion is now undergoing re-
pairs, including the putting in of
passenger elevator. At present the
Grays are at Nahant, where the judge
has been improving in health and now
goes driving every day. while Mrs.
Gray makes frequent visits to the
Hub, to super,ntend the renovation of
her home. They are eminently Bos-
tonians of the Bostonians, of the most
cons ervative type. and naturally they
found the Bohemian life of the nation
al capital Ot all to their liking.
Mrs. Maggie Mitchell Heimbold, eld-
est daughter of Senator Mitchell of
Oregon, and Mr.. Francis Griffin of
New York were quietly married in st.
Paul's Episcopal church of this city
one morning last week. Senator
Mitchell gave the bride away, and inn
mediately after the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Griffin started on northern tour.
intending to spend most of their hon
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LARGEST PROTESTANT CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES

The largest Protestant church in
the United States, so far as numbers
go is "The Baptist Temple" of Phila-
delphia-
The Temples present membership
Is 2,72S. and its congregations twice
each Sunday in the year-excepting
in the summer months-average over
5000 with many clamoring in vain
for entrance
Its Sunday school has a member
ship of nearly 1000, it's fourteen
Christian Endeavor societies have
1000 names on their rolls, and the ag-
gregate membership of the dozen
other minor societies is close on 600.
1t has 1000 members actively inter
ested in missionary work, it supports
half dozen foreign missionaries. and
it has given half hundred ministers
to the Baptist church.
1t supports three city missions, To-
Gated in the slums, besides a Chinese
mission, and it has been the parent
of three prosperous Baptist churches
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-09-13

900, standing next the church, and it's
equipment is worth 100000. 1t has
been comforting college degrees since
1892.
Another big institution that is de-
pendent upon the Temple for its ex-
istence is Samaritan hospital. 1t
opened in 1893 with five patients, one
doctor and one nurse. 1t occupied a
private dwelling. To-day it occupies
and owns not only the house where
it started, but the adjoining one, and
is erecting at a cost of $35, 900 an
administration and a private ward
building. During June of this year
it received 122 cases, and at the dis
pensary 313 persons who made 1889
visits. The staff now consists of ten
physicians, three resident physicians
and sixteen nurses. The Temple
congregation has raised 100000 for
the hospitals support. The state,
recognizing the good work of the in
stitution, last year appropriated s45,'
600 towards it's maintenance.
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bered; but none made such an i'm
preston on society and SO many gen.
uine friends as has tiny Mrs. WI.
Since her husband was accredited
here in 1897 she has been a central
figure in official life. Very small of
stature, with the fiat nose, broad
cheeks and thin lips of the Mongolian,
she is not handsome, according to
Western standards, though doubtless
in the East she is considered a beauty
of the first water. She has soft brown
eyes that would grace any face, an
expression of dignity and decision of
character. and charming smile, in
which the loving kindness of her heart
is plainly reflected. She comes from
one of the most ancient and honorable
families in the Flowery Kingdom, and
has the further distinction of pure
Chinese blood. Her high rank and
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Patent Office.

eymoon in Nova Scotia. This is Mrs
Griffin's third matrimonial venture
Her first husband was Mr.. Handy, a
wealthy young Washingtonian, who
died about ten years ago. The sec
ond was Mr.. Heimbold, a prosperous
merchant of Portland. Ore who lived
but short time after the marriage.
Mr.. Griffin is a prominent lawyer of
New York, to which city he will take
his bride after the wedding journey.
She Is still on the sunny side of mid
die age-a woman of rare personal
and mental charm, and a great favor
lite in Washington society, as when
she queened it here, a belle in her
teens" in the 80s. She has two half
grown sons by her first marriage, who
are now at school in Europe, under
the personal care of their aunt, the
famous beauty who was formerly Mat
tie Mitchell, now the Countess de
Rochefoulcault.
Nobody has ever left the diplomatic
c'rcle who will be So greatly missed as
the wife 4 Mr.. WI Ting-r ang. Many
oriental women have resided hero for
time and are pleasantly remem-
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which were once Temple missions
the Tioga church, with a membership
of 1000; the Philmont, with a MEM
bership of 600, and the Logan, which
has about 400 communicates.
1t is the most earnest and largest
contributor to the Baptist Home for
Old Ladies and Baptist Orphanage.
The Sunday Breakfast association, a
unique Philadelphia organization,
which feeds thousands of poor every
year; the Life Line League and the
Point Breeze Mission, whose object
is to look after sailors, and the Open
Door Mission, for the aid of fallen
women-each a large charity in itself
are largely supported by Temple
funds and workers.
The Temple has a chorus of 200
voices for ten months in the year. 1t
gives an annual fair, preparations for
which are begun months in advance,
and which is attended by at least
10000 persons.
On an average twenty-five religious
meetings of various kinds are held in
the Temple weekly. This does not
include meetings of trustees and bust
ness meetings of the various socie-
ties. There's something going on in
the Temple all the time" 1t is a
church that is never closed. 1t con-
tains reading and lounging rooms,
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BIBLE IN FOUR TONGUES.
Gospel Going to Tribes Hitherto Un-
acquainted with IT.

Gospel Going to Tribes Hitherto Un-
acquainted with It.
Four hitherto unknown tongues-so
far as print is concerned-are now
being added to the list of languages
in which the British and Foreign BIZ
BILE Society prints the Gospels, and
of these three are for the benefit of
subjects of his Majesty. The New
Testament is to be turned into Nyan-
ia, for the tribes of the Shire river
bank, Nyassaland, and in this work
the Livingstonia Mission of the Unit
ed Free Church of Scotland, the Blan-
tyre Mission of the Established
Church of Scotland, and the Myera
Mission of the Dutch Reformed Church
are collaborating. A version in va
lunka is nearly ready for natives of
the Falaba district of Sierra Leone,
and in Bugotu for the inhabitants of
Ysabel Island-one of the Solomon
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which are open to any one, whether a
member or not, and on winter even
ings hundreds of persons may some
times be found enjoying themselves
socially.
Then there is the Temple college,
unique church annex, which Temple
church money has largely supported.
Since its inception in 1884 the college
has taught 45.424 students, the total
for 1901 being 4,23S, while during the
same year over 5000 attended the
lectures. There are sixty officers and
instructors and thirty-nine courses
of study, many of which are on a
par with similar courses in the noted
universities of the land.
When the college started its ses-
sions were held in the basement of
the Temples predecessor, the Grace
church building. Now the school
occupies a building which cost $780,
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BIG EUROPEAN ESTATE
Same Old Story That It VIII Go to
American Heirs.

The Dutch government has, accord
ing to the New York World, consented
to the division Of the Powie estate In
The Hague, valued at $14,OO0.OO0
among nine heirs who live in America.
Seven heirs live here. one at Quincy,
Illinois, and one in Chicago. They are
all in New York now and expect that
the property will be handed over to
them in a few weeks.
The reported settlement of the estate
is the outcome Of a contest inaugurated
by the American heirs about twenty
years ago. The Dutch government was
at first averse to handing the money
over to the American heirs, but they
proved their case.
The property is to be divided share
and share alike, with accrued interest.
and each expects about $1.500000.
Nicholas and John Powle were the
forbears of the American heirs. The
estate is said to consist Of land re-
claimed from the sea by the building
of dikes.
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origin is indicated in her costume, the
gorgeous eagle, embroidered on her
breast being one of its most important
features, - it indicates that she is of
equal rank with her husband, privi-
legged to enter and leave a room at his
side, instead of being compelled to
meekly trot behind him, as would be
the case were she of lower caste. The
beads around her neck have also spe-
cial significance, and are worn by
both men and women in the celestial
land to show their station. These
necklaces vary with the seasons, jade
and coral being adopted for winter
and sandal wood for summer. AS is
supposed to befit her rank, Mrs. Wu's
feet are about the size of year old
baby's, and are clad in the marvellous
little shoes that are seldom seen in
this part of the world, except in mu-
scum cases. She dresses very hand
somely, being rich in her own right
and having brought to her husband a
generous dowry. Her wonderful clothes
are made in the legation by Chinese
tailor, who is a member of the minis
ter's suite, and are all of magnificent
silk and satin, the very richest that
money can buy, and gorgeously en-
broidered But alasi there can never
be any change of fashion for a Chin
ese lady of the upper crust" Her
gowns must all be cut from the same
model that her ancestors used, with
scant skirt. tunic and jacket, in ac-
cordance with royal decree. Her
heavy, shining, well-greased black hair
is always dressed according to the
Canton mode; and her ordinary head
dress, in doors and out, consists of a
band of black velvet adorned with a
handsome jewel.
On ceremonious occasions the hair
is built up into regular Chinese pa
CODA, with jewels galore all over it,
and pineapple shaped punches of arti-
fetal flowers behind each ear. She
has been an industrious student of
English and understands it pretty
well, though she rarely attempts to
converse in any language but her own,
depending upon her husband to trans
late. AS Mrs. Wu's little feet pre-
clude her from walking, her daily ex-
ercise is taken In an invalids chair,
pushed by Chinses servant, or in the
gorgeous automobile. propelled by the
minister himself, who has become an
adept chaffeur. When Mr.. WI and
his wife go spinning along the street
in their striking turnout, every head
is turned. you may be sure.
Sometimes cameras are leveled at
them, much to the minister's disgust.
He does not object to SIT for his pic
ture in a proper way, but is very
averse to being caught" off his guard
by an amateur. The personnel of
the Chinese embassy is larger than
that of any other. not even excepting
Great Britain, and numbers more
than fifty persons. including, besides
secretaries and attaches, doctor, tall
or, shoemaker, BARRIERS, Wallets and
cooks.
Mrs. WI has the direction of this
large menage, and is a model mis-
tress. exercising an authority and fol-
lowing a system that not only keeps
the domestic wheels going smoothly,
but maintains harmony among the
staff.
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Blindness is Decreasing.

The proportion of sightless to see.
ing persons has been watched with
especial interest in Great Britain and
the latest statistics indicate that ii
has fallen in half century from
about 1920 in the million to some $40
er more than IA per cent. This de-
slime has been SO timed as to show
pretty conclusively that it is the re-
suit of better conditions of living, i'm
proved surgery and doubtless II de-
crease in the ratio OF perilous to pom
perilous employments for the masses
of the people.
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T1[ TAg TgAPGEDn

For the support of all these various
charitable and religious enterprises
DR.. Conwell and his congregation, in
almost twenty years of their joint
labors have raised nearly 100000.
The greater portion of this money
has come in voluntarily, without the
least solicitation.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-09-13

group. Lastly, translation into vi
sayan, spoken by some two million
persons in the Philippine archipelago,
is being undertaken. All are enter
prises of great interest to philologists.
London Telegraph.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-09-13

Good hearing consists not so much
in hearing all sounds as in hearing all
the pleasant sounds.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-09-13

English Lady-(to gardener)-Have
you had your dinner, John? John-Not
yet mum; must eat the greenhouse
fust.
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po rrn{c Buy them now. Gentle, hand raised.
al Uto rhe kind that talks. Write the NICTO-
NAPTO SUPPLY CO., sl3 Fifteenth street, Denver.
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none for filth.
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Try me just once and | am sure to
come again. Defiance Starch.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-09-13

ton, have gone to Mount Pocono, Pa.
They have secured retired quarters at
the Hotel Montanesca-away up on
the side of Bonsall Mountain, a mile
from the railway station.
Considerable surprise was expressed
in Washington ever the selection of a
young lady to christen the warship
Pennsylvania, 1t had been confidently
expected that the pretty young daugh-
ter of Governor Stone would be
chosen, but instead the honor was con-
ferred upon Miss Susan Quay, only
daughter of Senator and Mrs. Matthew
S. Quay of Pennsylvania Miss Quay
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DENVER NORMAL and and fFrspssrstory school Nor
mereial Courses l6iS GlenArm. fKkD DICK, Prln-
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QUIET AT CAPITAL
IN SUMMER MONTHS.

Especial Correspondence
1DMIRAL and Mrs. Dewey, who
for the last three months
a have been enjoying the quiet
u of their country home in
Woodley Lane, near Washing
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Denver Directory.
SADDLES and HARNESS

bic team harness
with breechln4
for tU; SO Stsd
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die for tO, $50
Steel Horn saddle
double elmo ha
for SIS. DO not
be deceived bJ
worthless imita-
tiona but send
your order direct
to Us an | get the
best genuine oak
tanuel harness
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0xF0R0 H0TFI l7.h nssIs sIsEST; n,r;E NEAH
stIiets firs,-oiass Popular Prices g. ii. Morse Ne.
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RQ0Wu DhI Are unTCl ABSOLUTELY
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Pernns Shorthand Ssasai t. %aI tsa50qsS1y he %S4
AL COLLEGE,, $50 Sixteenth ST, Denver.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-09
A SuperstitiOus Woman.

81 don't say that women are more
superstitious than men," said we'll
known bachelor yesterday, "but a lady
1 know did foolish thing the other
day on account of foolish supersti-
Zion that no man l am acquainted with
would have done. 1t happened the day
1t rained so hard. The lady lives near
Lincoln park, and she had some bust
ness at the Center market. She had
gone only few steps from her house
when she discovered that she had for
gotten her pocketbool1, and did not
have as much as penny in her pocket.
Did she go back? Not much. Her SUI
perstition was that it was the height
of bad luck to turn back after once
leaving the house until your errand
was completed. So she kept religiously
on her way, and not having carfare,
walked over two miles in the cold rain,
when she might have spared herself all
the self-imposed hardships by simply
walking back few feet into the house.
She got wringing wet and lost her tenn
per completely, but she successfully
Ito her own mind at least) avoided the
possibility of placing herself under the
spell of bad luck. Washington Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-09

A magazine published in 1923 gives
the following method to improve wa
ter for drinking: Let the water,
when boiled, be put into a common
barrel churn, where it may be agi-
tated to any degree that may be
wished for. In the course of it's be-
ing thus agitated it will absorb at
mospheric air, and other elastic
fluids with which it may come in
contact. 1t will thus become a liquor,
safe, palatable and wholesome, to be
obtained with little trouble and ex-
pense, and accessible in it's utmost
perfection to the poorest individual
Those who wish to drink this whole
some beverage in it's utmost perfec-
ton should, after having it boiled
and filtered, cause it to be churned
as above directed, then bottled, with
a couple of dried raisins in each bot
tie; this will give it a sufficient guam
tity of fixed air. If then used it be-
comes truly delicious.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-09
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KEEPING COWS CLEAN.
Simple Method Described by IA west
ern Farmer Who Has Used 1t
cutie Successfully.

l think | can tell some farmers how
to keep their COWS clean in the stable.
Many cows are stabbed in stalls with
out gutter or stanchion and with an
open manger, and come out in the
spring with a veneer of filth on their
headquarters which requires the
rains of spring and half the summer
to remove.
My COW stable is too small, and hav-
ing more horse stalls than | needed, l.
took the COW stable for calves and tried
keeping our two cows in horse stalls
with the managers cut down in front so
they could reach over. But l never
could keep them clean with all the bed
ding | could use. This winter / have
it fixed to suit me and only spent a
little time.
l took inch boards from a worn-o out
fence, and 2x4 scantling for stills, and
made a platform of each stall for the
cow to stand on, just so their hind feet
are on the edge when their noses reach
the manger. Horizontal Stats from the
side of manger next the cow so she
cannot step forward; below this is a
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-09
RAISING GOOD CALVES.
In No Other Way Can the Average
Farmer Obtain "a Profitable
Herd of Dairy Cows.

/ like to fuss with calves. l like
the calves because l like good cows
and realize the fact that the founda-
Sometimes | come across a good cow
that can be bought at a reasonable
price, but the surest way to get
good COW is to raise her from calf
of known good parentage. There are
people who yet believe they can feed
butter-fat into milk. My experience,
however, is that when you have a cow
that gives blue milk, blue milk she
will make, even on the richest kind
of food, and when it is given to her
in fullest supply. And when you
have COW that gives rich, creamy
milk that butter-makers and milk
consumers like, rich milk she will
give even if she has nothing but
corn-stalks or poor hay to eat. Feed
determines the quantity of milk,
while the blood of the animal de-
termines the milk's richness. For
that reason it does not pay to bother
with calves of blue-milk stock (un-
less for selling milk, and hardly
them. Nor does it pay to fuss with
calf that for any reason is lack
ing in individual vigor. But any Wig
orous heifer calf of good stock is too
good for the butcher when it is so
easy to make good COW of it in
not more than two years time. The
Guernseys and Jerseys have the rep
utation of giving the richest milk.
But there is yet a great difference in
this respect in individual cows, or
perhaps rather in COW families. Just
at present l am raising a calf from
a Jersey dam, whose milk contains
more butter-fat than have ever seen
in milk before. Not having much
milk on which to bring this calf up,
l have tried milk substitutes, espe-
cially clear flaXseed-meal and a calf
meal l began giving fiaXseed-meal
on the third day by the teaspoonful,
gradually increasing to two hand
fuls at feed in the fifth or sixth
pail, and boiling water put on it,
making thin soup, which was mixed
with what slSim-milk could spare
for the purpose, and fed bloodwarm.
At six weeks of age the calf meal
which seems to consist mostly of
fiaXseed-meal or oil meal-was sub
stituted for the faxseed-meal, two
good handfuls at a feed. This calf
also receives dry bran and other
ground grains, and eats several hand
fuls out of it's pail, some cut clover,
hay, ETC., and has done so well that
/ believe it possible to bring up good
calves practically without milk, ex-
ccpt for a short time on the start
Fred Grundy, in Farm and Fireside.