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The colored American., 1902-02-01

I'd perseverance has taken advantage
of the commercial opportunities sur
rounding him He Ia worth not less
than fifteen Thousand or twenty thous,
and doilsrs in fine real esta Q. The best
argument that he who has sUcC seded In
his own aft airs Of no small dimensions
has the sr lity to assume manage ment
ever the affairs of others
Besides having attained eminence in
church and fraterDal cir les DR.. Lamp
ton is q successful newspaper man. He
has been for several years editor Of The
Pathfinder, journal OF influence In
mis- section. He has q warm spot In
his cart for brethren OF the craft and
the latchstriug of his headquarters will
always be found hsnging out IN them.
DR.. Lampton will serve until 1904, but
it 1 Ct rtain that he will re-eleci ed with
out opIos'tiG n, unless he should prefer
to be called to the bench OF Bishops II
the natural order of promotion. The
Colored American cODgratulates Dr.
Hampton and extends TO him the free
dom Of the National Capital.
The colored American., 1902-02-01

stituency, such as he has at bis service.
we beepesk for him IN advance the
highest financial mark ever reached
under any past admin stratIon
DIR. hampton has always been q sue
cess; he will no less now. DR.. Lam ptOn
is no amateur in the world of fIna oce.
He brings to this department of the
church. ripe and mstured experience
from like trusts Of the past. Since 1895
he has stood at the head of the great
Masonic order In the State of MissiE sip-
pI, the largest of the kiI d of our race
variety, in the world. 1utrusted to his
are aud sUNervisi1n Is q reserve fund of
some $40 0G0 while during bis service
fu ofice over $500 900 has passed throug
his hands to the widows and orphans OF
of this order. Last year higb-water
mark was reached. In twelve months
he collected and disbursed $S2 600
His monetary standing IN his home
city ls q testimony of tie financial
ability of one who, commencing ss g
youth In bumble circumstances by uns
tiTtug energy, thrift, frngslisy, economy
The colored American., 1902-02-01

Rev. e. w. LamT ton of Mississippi,
has been elected financial secretary of
the A. M h. Connection.
he nils the Ost made vacant by the
death of Rev. p. A. Hubbard, VINO was
CHOSEN as secretary of finance at the
general conference at Columbus, Ohio
/ 1900. Dr.. LamDto was Es, cOnd in
that race having been defeated by only
3 few votes, II was perfectly natural
that he should have been the favcrIte
&C last weeks council of Bi-hops In
Philadelphia. He was DR.. Huob ara rs
logical successor, and any other ST.
Lection would have been severe dIssp-
polntment TO the denomination eVery-
where. Seldom if ever has there been
an election to such an important 10
sHlOn that so completely satisfied the
geneIaI Othcers and the main body of
the A. III. Il. Church. The Bishop 3
showed their respect for the lopular
will by Tatlfying in q most graceful Wav
the expressed choice of the recent
generOI conference.
DR.. hampton was born in Hopkins
vile, KY, in 1857 and Is therefore lust
1n the prime OF vigorous manhood,
he Is self made in the fu lest sense,
having earned his way to success by
Well-applied personal efforts. His edu-
cation was acquired at AlcoIn a, and
NJ. College, Mississippi. Shorter Uni
Verslty, Arkansas. being a graduate OF
t1e theological department of the latter
school. The major portion of his liberal
lralnlng has been wrung from the gre t
University OF Experience. At an early
age he embraced the Christian religion
and twenty-seven years ego, called to
the gospel ministry, he lad down the
lucrative occupation of an operative
mason and began travelling the lsgoons
and bayous of Mississippi, establishing
missions, DuIlding churches and reach
ing the gospel of enligntment aud GAL
vat1On TO bis people. He mas been q
most successful pastor and all the lead
Ing charges In his adopted state have
] Ii the impress of his 4 orth. For nine
years he Served most ably as presid-
ing elder 10 his conference and holds
Inc proud distinction OF ''The Dollar
Money King" " As special mark OF his
ntness ana worth the Alcorn College
conferred upon him the LII d. degree
tx Governor McLsuriD, now U. 8.
senator. was member OF the board at
me time. DR.. Hampton Is an able
preacher Of great and powerful com.
mand, and as platform orator is forci-
Ole, sincere and convincing. TIE entire
church admires him as he is and will
be moved TO the support of the broader
standards that have been placed in bis
care In HIM his as sociates will find a
warm hearted BIO her. q sympathiZing
friend. His health of body and youth
ofyears will doubly foi tify him for the
TASK ne assumes, and with the Co
operation Of Q loyal snd faithful eon'
The colored American., 1902-02-01
II WAS A BOOMERANG.
ATTACK UPON PROF, r. w,
TAYLOR FUTILE.
Bruce Grit Pays Respects in Vigorous
nEnglish TO Some Liliputian Editors in
Boston:-The Calcium Thrown Upon
Unsavory Records ~ - -

Most everybody who il auy body
srows Prof. Robert W TAYLOR. fin an.
cisl agent of TnskeQee ndustrisl isti-
TUE He IS a Fl i-st-rste f4l'ow, bright a.
s1Iver dollar AMI ponuiar and liked by
the best people of both races, who have
the honor OF his acquaintance. Week
before sst Prot Taylor took up his
ateF pen, ar d fl ave1 the editors OF q
1etla Newspaper which Ia mostly ready
rrint. and whose habitat is Boston.
wbereat the aforesaid editors few into
passion and became elCquently (?)
nsstv In their all1sinns to the Profess
sor. In lieu OF argument they substi-
'u+ed abuse and biIlipgsgata and be-
cam personal rather than imp srsOnal
n their treatment of Prof Taylor's sap
ent all. zoos tn their guttersDi"e style
1f journalism And though now almost
hIee weeks have elapsed since their
tirsG fcnthing against the Pr fessOr
Vitiate thu atmosphere of Boston. tney
nave not vet answered anything that be
aid about them and their peculiar and
dnususl ST. II of journalism
He ass Verated in clear-cQt ana
pointed English th"t they sre dis
grace to the race, and the Z ufth Es-
Ia J." They have not yet adduct d any
argument TO disprove the Professors
charge. They have simply resorted to
plug uglv methods using the bludR con
and ssudbag. manifestly due to their ap-
parent inability or incG mpeteDcy to
empl ~ the methods among gentl men
! in q "poIemical discussion F" Prot Tay-
| lOr's personality and not bls arguments
| form the basis OF the cowardly aud un-
warrant I'd alta ks upon hi. by per
son whom we are told is jauitor, and
who was educated by a white man with
the understanding that when he wa
graduated ne w,u'd go South end
work for the uplift OF his Cs. He
benefactor Ell. and VIII h him the dis.
tors promise.
| Obtaining money under fal pre-
| 'eI Sc is, we believe q criminal offense.
Obtaining an edu' alton under false pre-
lenses is pOss'b y very honorable
thing in the view of Prof. TayioI's
soph IN 0ric a,d hypeI critical c'itj".
The D rsOneI OF the etaff of this little
boiler pis te sheet consists of brok. r
and MONEY lender. whose father was
| some metime Re corder of Deeds at Wash
ington unGet o evelaDd. 'nitor with
an education, which hs seems to be
afIa to put into practical use and
where 1t is most needed, and little fsl
low who wits on table between times
for his board Like the ihrse talors Of
L vsrpool the Sc gents are facing an
awful responsibility. They are the self
appointed guardians OF the intere ts ot
the race and trey have assumed this
responsibility without the consent oi
The colored American., 1902-02-01
WASHINGTON-D c.. FEBRUARY l. 1902
REV.IE. w. HAMPTON.
CHOSEN FINANCIAL SECRE-
TARY OF A. NJ. E. CHURCH.

His Interesting Career as Minister, Bus
mess Man. Mason and Editor "A Pop
UIar Se1ection.-Hisher Honors in
Store at Next Conference, - - -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
by Comparison,

Shelf must be awful to be buried
alive-squeezed in a coffin and I'M
able to move.
He-Yes, indeed. ] tell YOU. Jane.
there are worse places than thss. fiat,
if you only stop to think about it.
Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
THE BRITISH PEERAGE,
Pecuiiarities and Perplexities of the
Use of Titles Among the Aristo-
cratic Families,

If the British peerage had been spe-
clally designed as a puzzle it could
hardly have been made more perplex-
ing than it is, even for those who move
within its exalted circle. In fact, so
confusing is it that a peer might well
be excused for having occasional
doubts as to his own identity, says a
London correspondence of the St.
Louis Republic.
If, for instance, one were to call
GU the name Lord Grey" to an as
sembly of the peerage, no fewer than
hve Of our aristocrats would answer
to the name; for there are an Earl
Grey, a Niscount Grey de Wilton, Lord
Grey de Ruthyn, Lord Grey of Groby
and an Earl de Grey; while Baron
Walsingham is also a De Grey.
The titled Hamiltons are quite as
confusing, for are there not a duke
OF Hamilton. a marquis of Hamilton.
two Barons Hamilton. of whom one
IS the duke of Argyll and the other
Visconnt Boyne, and a Lord Hamilton
of Dalzell; while Hamilton is also the
patronymic of the, duke of Abercorn
and Lords Holmpatrick and Belhaven.
w of u peers answer to the de-
scription of Lord Amherst-Earl Am
herst and Lord Amherst of Hackney.
There are three Lords Howard: one of
E%ffingham, another of Glossop and
the third of Walden. There are two
Lords Mar-the earl of Mar and the
earl of Mar and Kellie-and so on. I'M
til the brain almost reels with the
confusion of them all.
And where peers do not bear identi-
cal titles, the titles are so similar that
none but a peerage expert can always
distinguish them. There are a Lord
Middleton and a Lord Midleton; a
Lord Langford and an earl of Long
ford; Lords Lilford and Lifford and a
Nlscount Kynnaird and a Baron Kin
nalrd. And how is the man in the
street to distinguish between the earl
OF Lindsey and his lordship of Lind
say: between Lord Hampton and Wis
count Hampden: Lord L'Isle and Lord
de l1sle. or between the earl of Mill
town and Niscount Milton?
More difficult to master than the
identity Of peers bearing the same, or
practically the same, titles is the pro-
nunciation of many of the names in
IL peerage. Why. for example.
should the marquis of Abergavenny
be known as Abergenny. Lord Stour-
ton as Sturton. Lord De la War; as
Delawar. the marquis of %Cholmonde-
ley as Chumley, Earl Beauchamp as
Beecham. Lord Farquhar as Farker-er,
Lord de Ros as De Roos, Baron Hot
ham as Hutham, Lord Magheramorne
as Lord Marramorn? Lord Powers
court becomes Poorscort: Lord Pou-I
lett is addressed as Paulet; and among
~aristocratic family names Leveson-
Cover is transformed into Loosen
Gore; Fiennes into Fynes; Foliambe
into Fooliam; Dumaresq into Doonier-
rick; Dalzell into De-ell and Colouhoun
into Cohoon.
Another curiosity of the peerage
which adds to the mystifcation of the
student is the number of foreign titles
borne by our nobles-in fact, there is
scarcely a country in Europe which
has not conferred a title on one or
other of Il peers. The earl of New
burgh is also an Italian Marquis Ban
DIM, duke of Montdragone. and count
OF Carniola, and bears the very I'M
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

English name of Sigismund Nicholas
Nenantius Gaetano Francis Giustini-
ami.
The duke of Hamilton is also duke
of Chatellerault in France: Lord Reav
combines the craftsmanship of the
Scottish elan Mackay with the title of
Baron Mackay of Ophemert, in Hol-
land, and until 1879 was not even IA nat
uralized Englishman. The earl of
Perth is due de Melfort, Comte Lussan
and Baron de Valrose in France; and
the earl of Clancarty is known to
Dutchmen as marquis of Heusden.
The duke of Marlborough is the Sua-
bian prince of Mindelheim and a prince
of the Holy Roman empire; Viscount
Bridport is duke of Bronte in Italy;
the duke of Wellington is a Spanish
grandee, prince of Waterloo, a Spanish
duke, and a duke, marquis and count
of Portugal; and Lord Pirbright is a
baron of the Austrian empire.
Few things are more surprising thai
the large number of so-called names
to be found in the peerage. Lord
Strathcona and Niscountess Handle
den are Smiths; Robinson is the
p%atronymic of the marquis of Ripon,
Earl de Grey and Baron Rosmead:
and the Brownies with an "e'') ave
represented by Lords Sligo, Kilmaine
and Kenmare. The late Lord Rane-
lagh was a Jones; and the famous earl
of Liverpool answered to the name
of jenkins.
Among other commonplace names
borne by u peers are Pratt, Parker.
White, Hay, Cole, Coke, Burns. bod.
son, Hogg, Hozier, Wood, Williamson
and Wallop.
1t is remarkable to what an extern.
titles run in certain families. The
Towards, Douglasses and Stuarts. or
Stewards, claim no fewer than 20
peerages among them: the StanhopeS
are represented by three earldoms
and there are three noble families of
Grosyenor: while even such ordinar,
anne as Parker, Hay and Browne mo
nopolize two m%arquisites, four earl
doms and a barony.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
Catgut from Silk-W 0rms.

Probably but a small percentage ct
the fishermen who use flies strung
with fine translucent "catgut" are
aware that the almost unbreakaEle
substance that holds the cruel hooks
against the f~iercest struggles of the
struck fish comes from silkworms.
The principal center of the manufac-
ture of this kind of cateut is the is
land of Procida in the Bay of Naples,
but most of the silkworms employed
are raised near Tore Annunziata. at
the foot of Vesuvius. The caterpillars
are killed just as they are about TO
begin the spinning of cocoons. the silk
glands are removed and subjected to
a process of picking, which is Il secret
of the trade, and afterward the
threads are carefully drawn out by
skilled workers, mostly women. The
.ength of the thread varies from a
FOOT to nearly 20 inches.-Science.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
PITH AND POINT.

Many q man who attempts to wear
the mantle Of greatness is disappoint-
ed in the it.-Chieago Daily News.
Extremes. Beautiful SunshiEe."
exclaimed the optimist. Yes,
the pessimist, but SO blinding!"-At-
lanta Constitution.
The idea of a newspaper calling a
hanging a work OF art" perhaps it
just meant he was finely eSecuted."-
Philadelphia North American.
Some people are not afraid of any
thing because they are bold and Others
just because they don't know any
better.-Washington (O.) Democrat.
Lets see,' said the inexperienced
salesman, the price of that ping-pong
set is ten dollars net" See here!"
exclaimed Mrs. GotroX, 81 don't want
the price of the net; ! want the whole
outft!"-Baltimore Herald.
\ Cheerful Giver.-"And aren't you
going to give your penny for the poor
heathen?" asked the S. S. teacher. re-
provingly. "Oh, ! s'pose," replied lit
tie Bobbie, as he held it out reluct-
antly, "if you think they need it
wurse n ] do."-Ohio State journal.
All in the Family.-'I should think
Toonitt would start an orchestra in
his family" why? Are they mu-
s~ical?" We'll. he can certainly blow
his own horn. his lazy son iddles most
of his time away, and as for his wife
well, she's the greatest harper You
ever saw."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
There are too many people in the
world waiting for favorable condi-
tions. Don't do it. While you are
hesitating some L else is blowing
ahead of you. Wait for nothing: map
ont a course and pursue it, rain or
shine. mud or dust, storm or lull. cold
or heat. good times or bad times. Wait
for nothing.-Atchison Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
GHOSTS IN WESTMINSTER.


The death of Sir Archibald Milman
inevitably r~evives the stories current
a few months ago of the apparition
of Lady Milman when she herself was
alleged to have met death in a certain
corridor in the apartment occupied
by her in Speakers court of the pal
ace of Westminster. The origin Of
those stories. writes a correspondent,
! had from Sir Archibald himself dur
ing the last few days of his life. Open
ing onto the corridor in question there
were two doors. One of them was
made partly Of glass. and. with the rest
of the dark corridor behind it, it nat
urally had much the same effect as a
mirror. Anyone coming out of the
other door was reflected in this glass
door, which was placed in such a re-
lation to the staircase that anyone
ascending the stairs would see the re.
Election before he saw the person re.
flected. On two or three occasions
Lady Milman was going out of her own
bondoir when some one going up the
staircase saw her reflection. and a mo-
ment or two later saw Lady Milmar
herself, and her approach to the glass
door naturally suggested the two fig.
nres approaching each other in a some
what %uncanny manner, says the Len.
don Chronicle.
The second ghost story was to the
effect that Lady Milman's wrath was
seen entering the drawing-room while
Lady MiIman was out. Equally re-
markable is the explanation of this
fact. Lady Milman is a very tall wom-
an. and her daughters are equally tall.
On II occasion a friend entered the
house just as she drove up 10 the door
in a carriage. As he assembled the
staircase leading to the drawing-room
he looked up and saw a very tall woman
go quietly three or four steps down
the corridor and enter the drawing
room. Looking from below the tail
hgure suggested very closely that of
Lady Milman. who herself entered the
draWing-room a moment after the
visitor. He had seen Lady Milman. as
he thought, precede him, and his sur
prise was natural when she greeted
him from behind. IT is ont of these
two facts. and these two facts alone.
that the house of commons. and. in
deed, the whole country. was assured
that there were ghosts in Westmins.
ter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
DON'T DsSPIsE THE BOYS.

Don't plague the bashful country boy
Who looks with awe upon you now:
His clothes are poor and he is GOV.
and tangles up his legs somehow
so That he stumbles awkardly
In making way for you-but he
80 guileless now, so poorly dressed,
May hide away down in his breast
A Lincoln's heart, or be possessed
or wishes such as Garfield had
10 stand where but the greatest may
Don't laugh out at the countr lad
Who passes awkwardly to-day.
Don't spurn the poor boy in the street
who tries to pass and jostle you;
Ihe shoes are ragged on his feet,
His trousers may be tattered. too.
with grimy hands and tangled hair;
lie lodges here and hurries there,
Ioo little for his years. but still
Deep in his breast may be the will
That spurned Carnegie up the hill.
forglVe the child who sometimes dares
TO play a little on his way;
Down In the busy thoroughfares
Are boys the world will know some day.
On. country boy, l lift my hat
In humble Difference to you;
Oh, little worker in the street,
C1ad in your soiled and tattered blue.
With W l watch you as you pass
might cry "Bravo!' if 1 knew,
Oh, ragged. tired, awkward boy,
What things God sent you here to do.
IS. E. kiser, in Chicago Record Herald
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
HOW THE BOERS FIGHT.
From Hehind Rocks and Breast-
works They Do Deadly Work
with Their Rifles,

Having decided upon the positions
they intend to occupy or defend, the
burghers proceed to dig trenches ~
erect low stone walls. or "schanzcs."
as they are called, of loose stones
piled up some three feet high: or. if
the ground is suitable, they do both,
says the Forum. If anything, the lat
ter affords the more effective protec.
ton of the two; since not only do
these Schanzes give almost perfect
shelter from rifle fire, but through
the interstices between the stones
the men are able to watch for the
approaching enemy. On the smallest
mark being presented, they either
use the interstices as loopholes, or
else they pop up, aim, fire, and are
down again in an almost incredibly
short space of time. In this n
they al pick off the advancing sol.
diers while remaining in almost per
feet security themselves. This meth
cd of fighting explains to n great cx-
tent the extraordinary diaproporfion
in the casualties of Beers and British
respectively in most of the impor.
tant engagements fought during the
present war. These schanzes arc fire.
quently built in duplicate or even in
t~riplicate; thus enabling the Beers,
on being driven back from the first.
to retire and continue to fight be-
hind the second and the third. The
admirable construction of their
trenches has been testified to ON
more than II occasion by the Brit
generals, notably by Sir Redvers
Butler in his dispatches on the oper-
atoms in Natal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
Royal Lives Insured.

King Edward Wis life is insured
.or about 3 ,750,o00, while the prince Of
Wales is contented with s. $500, 600. The
czar is insured for 81, SOC, 600 and his
eldest daughter, the Grand Duchess
Olga. for SO, 500, 900. while The czarina's
policies amount to 81, $50, 900. The most
heavily insured monarch was the late
King Humbert, whose life was valned
10y himself at $500. 900, so that the
many insurance companies among
which the risks were divided were
very hard hit by his assassination.
The German emperor's insurance also
runs into seven fgures.-Detroit Free
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
The March of
Humanity ~
BY BENJAMIN KIDD,
Author Of Principles Of Western Civilization.

NlnU loses ltSeH IN wonder and
awe as it thinks of the duration and the strenuousness Of the discipline
that has alone made the present result possible.
What, we ask, has been the agency at work?
The first requirement was that the Individual must be subordi-
mated to the State. This involved q condition of absolute miitariyn
This condition reached its climax and perfection in the military O
of Rome.
The second great requirenent-the second lesson maj had IA
learn-was H SACRIFICE OF H PRESENT TO THE FIJI.
TURE. Only those nations have triumped who have deliberately
subordinated the interests of the present to the interests of the H.
ture.
The future belongs to the nations who have learned the lesso,
of sel~fsacri6ce; 1T BELONGS TO H ~ANGLO-SAXON PFO-.
PIE, provided they remain faithful to the ideal which they are grad
ually coming to perceive. Almost the first sign that a nation is subor
dinaing the present to the future is growth of tolerance in its midst
a tolerance SO broad as to be intolerant OF rothing save what tends
to destroy that tolerance. AS an example let us look at the religions
tolerance OF the Anglo-Saxon people Of to-day. the result Of cent?.
fNs OF fire and sword.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

The wild duck, the hawk and the sea
gull while in fight over long distances
usually remain at an altitude of from
600 to 1,400 feet. If they pass below
the level of the highest flying kite of
a tandem line the fact is easily dis
cerned by allowing for perspective.
The kite measurements are relatively
accurate, because during the pro.
longed fight Of thousands of wild
ducks the kite string can be hauled
in and paid out until the altitude Of
the ducks is exactly measured by the
altitude Of the kites.-Natnre.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

During the earlier days of the reign
of Queen Victoria, dramatic perform.
ances were given at Windsor castle. un.
der the management of Charles Kean.
The audience being limited and stifay
aristocratic, the applause was. natural
ly, not especially hearty, and the
comedians felt the absence of the more
demonstrative approval manifested in
the regular theater. One evening the
queen sent an equerry to Mr.. Kean to
know if the actors would like ANYTHING
(meaning refreshments, when the
actor replied: Say to her majesty
that we should be grateful for a little
applause when the spectators are
pleased" Back went the equerry and
conveyed the message. At the end of
the act there was a slight suggestion
of handclapping and exceedingly gem
tie foot-tapping. James Wallack, who
knew nothing of the message sent to
the queen. hearing the mild demon
stration, pricked up his ears and in
quired: What is that?" Mr.. Kean re.
piled: That, my dear Wallack, is APP
plause." God bless mel" retorted
Wallack, II thought it was someone
shelling peas."-London Chronicle.