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The colored American., 1902-02-08

structure was an absolute necessity
The very best bargain as to money and
convenience proved to be the 14sh AID
@ st. place and the scquIsition of
this desirable property for $4,000 was
q highly satisfactory deal to those who
know ITS actual and prospective value.
It is especially 'spted to the existing
needs of the church, and lie, more than
that, profitable investment, for with
the trend of the business district north
ward, 1t is bound to grow in value The
terms of 81 600 cash and $l3 600 on easy
payments are regarded as very resson-
able and Bishop Arnett and his board
are fortunate In arranging such sstis-
factory deal. The purchase will be rati.
fed without formidable opposition. The
old headquarters, worth $4,000 or
more, will be rented at good figure, and
held at least until the next general
conference, when the building may be
sold.
The colored American., 1902-02-08
A SONG OF THE FROST.

Thou art the artist Of the night,
A nd with thy deft and magic lines
All shapes are etched in quaint designs.
Here maple. larch and oak and pine.
Adorn the northern slopes:
There ruined towers, castles, halls.
Disturb this peaceful scene
To tell of stormed and battered walls.
Thou arts dainty humorist,
And in thy etchings clear and bold
Beneath the calm and star-lit sky,
All rhyme and story. new or old.
In cold white lines are wrought,
Thy models-nature's charming hosts,
For thee will pose upon command,
And mortals. passing, cny, The ghosts
The rustline leaves beneath our feet
Lie decked in flashing silver sheen:
And struggling trees upon the hills
Disrobed by northern blasts so keen,
Stand dressed in beauty rare:
While tangled sedge, by purling brooks,
Sends forth thousand CLEANS of light,
To kiss the sun in sheltered nooks.
The gulfs gray wing is full of rime,
" hich thou hast traced in splendor there,
Where sombre Tines shoot icy points
The sailor there must die. or dare,
And rock bound shores fit by,
And phantons shapes pursued by frost;
While in the dim. gray, light of dawn,
There wakes an echo from the lost.
The solemn peace of passing night,
Its visions weird in shimmering white
A place now give to rosy day.
Whose music clear, in morning light
Like tinkling bells. .enchains
Souls stirrek by natures sweetest Law.
And crowned with praise, so full and free.
The artiss frost soon speeds away.
The colored American., 1902-02-08
A FINE BARGAIN.
New Headquarters for A. NJ. Z.
Church Tribute to Bishop
Arnett's Skill as Financier

There isn't q shreWder or more tact
fol fiuancier than Bishop B. w. Arnett,
the head aud front of the financial
board of the A NJ. e Church. This is
sptly illustrated by the timely purchase
of the new and commodious building
at the corner of 14th and Q streets
W. as the headquarters of the finance
department OF his denomination. The
phenomensl prosperity and natural ex-
panslon of the church rendered the 14th
street establishment too small for the
demands made for the housing of the
department and accommodation of the
numerous general officers, and larger
The colored American., 1902-02-08
Negro Enterprise in Charleston.

The first of the Industrial exhibits to
arrive at Charleston was that Of the
Edward Harris Iron Foundry of Orange
burg. This foundry, which does most
Of the work for the oil and cotton fac
tories in Its vicinity, is owned by a col
ored man and is operated entirely by
colored workers. The display is parti-
cularly handsome, for the most part
being castings In the form of settees
and park benches, fancy iron fences and
decorative work. The designs which
we're all executed by Mr.. Harris, are
tasteful and artistic, and the workman
ship gives evidence of great skill.
The colored American., 1902-02-08

According to an eastern legend the
child when born receives two compan-
ions directly opposite In character. who
attend him from the cradle to the prsve
ana seek at all times to gain full con-
trol OF his personality Ia this they are
only partially successful, for sometimes
one is In the ascendency, some lines the
other; aud when he finally Yields him.
self quite fully to the nt1uence Of the
one, The opposite character stands
ready to pull him In another direction
at the first opportunity. The opposing
principles OF good and evil are very
'hlnly disguised in this tale, and as
constant companions they still attend
the youths of today, for. 8 Oar acts orr
angels are" which lead us to follow
the inspiration of the true or the false
Endymion, mortal, says the Greek
mytn, was visited by goddess in his
dreams and Keats with his delightful
imagery, makes use of the legend to
snow now the inspiration of that face
NHS JOdAB A1dQ unLl IL 603lIY
Eghts his Iul into the abodes of the
gods. Here. again in another form. ia
the attendant principle which largely
MAKES US what we are; which mskes
us conscious of the ego within US, and
unSolds to our wondering vision pos
slDilltiea before undreamed of. Richter
in the Autobiography gives this vivid
description Of his discovery of the ego,
the divine face, the attendant prfnci-
ple-call 1t by what term you please,
the inner meaning is the same. ''Never"
says ne, "shall forget the inner sen-
sation hitherto untold to any, when
present at the birth of myself-con-
seriousness, of which L can specify both
time and place. One morning, when
still quite young child, I was stand
ing under the doorway and looking to-
wards the woodstock on the left, when
The colored American., 1902-02-08

Among the most recent "fsbalities',
at the Census Office were the following
colored clerks: Miss Desdemona VaIen-
tine of Rhode Island, ]. w. Pope,
North Carolina; Walter r Carter,
Alabama; W. 8. Blackburn, Ohio; T. b
Malone, Georgia,
The colored American., 1902-02-08

suddenly the internal vision, T am al |
Ego passed before me like a lightning |
fash from heaven, and has remained |
with me, shining brightly ever since; |
my Ego had seen himself then and |
forever" " 1t is not given to every
mortal to De thus conscious of that |
soul development which at one time or
another, tst place In the life of each |
! individual, may not come g. early
in Re as in the case related, but if we
watch closely 6. time comes wnen we
may be able to see, to hear, or other
wise become conscious. OF that first
great ins pirstion which gives US the
key. the life and its possibilities. IN
spirat1on comes in this same way to
races as well as to individuals when the
mind is ripe for the change which must
then take place in the inner and outer
life. To Japan it came somewhat con.
| temporaneously With emancipation iD
the United States, and witness the In
cident chang~s in government, re-
| ligiOn, manners and customs of the
Japanese. To the Negro this inspira-
ton must must and will come, filing
the soul of the race with divine inn
pulses, with songs that have never beer
sung. with " ords that have never been
written or spoken. with principles that
have never been formulated. Lo, while
we wait, Prometheus passes! Catch
now q vital spark, for
| Beautiful is the tradition
OF that flight through heavenly portals
The old classic superstition
OF the fire of the immortaIs.
| Only those are crowned and sainted
Who with grief have been acquainted
Making nations 'nobler. freer."
Constitutions of jhe N A, G. w,
ca be obtained by addressing Miss E.
G. Carter, recording secretary, 311 Mid
die st. New Bedford, Mass.
"The Marriage Vow" by Mrs. NJ. c.
Kenney, Arkansas Baptist College, Lit
tie Rock, Arkansas, Is an interesting
leaflst and can be obtained by address
Iug Mrs. Kenney as aboYe.
The perfect loveliness of q woman's
face can only consist In that msjsstic
peace which is founded in the memory
OF happy and successful years, full of
| Weet records s-Ruskin.
DR.. J. E. A. Grassland, the recently
appointed Miuister to Liberia, will be
the speaker of the occasion for the
Young Colored Peoples Improvement
Association of Kansas City, on Lincoln
Day, February Ii.
Goods Will Not Ours be Done, mu-
sic and words written by Jennie P PuI-
Vance, of Perryville, Arkansas, and
dedicated to the Mckinley National
Memorial Association. was sung in each
OF the Kansas City public schools on
McKinley's birthday, and each child
was given a copy of the sheet music az
i a souvenir.
The Archbishop OF Canterbury con-
siders the prevalence of divorce In
America a certain sign that moral life
here has 10 wered its standard; and that
Americans in this respect are distinctly
beneath Englishmen.
| Gilbert Parker, an English author,
| and N ember OF Parlisment, however,
The colored American., 1902-02-08

that the former welcomes machinery,
while the latter has not reached that
point.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-05

Animals follow their noses with I'M
erring instinct. A dog Identifies his
master by smelling him. A goat picks
her kid from an Enclosure of hundreds
with her nose. After a separation
cow is never satisfied with her calf un-
til she has thoroughly smelled it. The
feathered family are so deficient as to
smell and taste that they go anywhere
and eat anything. l have seen birds
contentedly brooding about slaughter
houses and sewer discharges where the
air was so contaminated that my horse
would turn up its nose, draw its lips
back from its teeth and groan, and
could hardly secure my material by
working with a cloth dipped in dis
infectant bound over my lips and nos
trils. The birds eat unspeakable
things 1t is nothing to find them rak-
ing the river banks for worms at the
very mouth Of a sewer discharge Be-
yond all question the birds have sight
and the animals scent but where each
is defective in one of these senses, it
seems compensated for the greater de-
gree in which it possesses the other
Outing.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-05

The exact seat in the brain of the
highest intellectual faculties has
formed a moot point IN science since
the functions of the organ of mind be-
gan to be investigated with accuracy.
The general opinion localized what we
term mind" in the pre-fontal lobes of
the brain, but by another school Of
thinkers the hinder lobes have beer
credited with performing our highest
cerebral duties. The balance of evil
dence is decidedly in favor of the for
mer view, and recent researches and
observations by DR.. Phelps, an Amer
lean investigator, would appear to as
sist in strengthenin the opinion that
the most important portion CT the brain
is its anterior region. In the course of
the investigations in question some
295 cases of brain injury and disease
were examined In all save two it was
noted that interference of extensive
nature with the pre-fontal region re-
suited in serious disturbance of the
mental faculties. Less severe injury
produced less marked effects. These
facts parallel the researches of other
investigators, and they are further sub
Stimulated by what is observed in cases
of idiOcy connected with a want of
development Of the frontal lobes of the
brain.-LondOn Chronicle.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-05
Storks Decreasing.

If the north German farmer looks
with equanimity upon the gradual dis
appearance of the stork, the northern
tourist in quest of the quaint and pic
turesque will hear of the vanishing Of
the long-legged, red-beaked bird with
unmixed regret. And what viii the
children say, whom Hans Andersen
has told stories so wonderful that the
bird seems part and parcel of fairy
land? But the facts are that within
the last half century the number Of
storks in Schleswig- Holstein has stead
lily decreased. Villages which used to
be the home of over sixty families of
storks and where sometimes six storlI
nests could be counted on the roof of
one farmers buildings, hardly show a
single nest now. Yet the arrival of the
story was always hailed with delight
by the natives, and it was counted as
much a sign of good luck if a stork
built on a roof as in other parts of
Germany it is to have swallow build
usder the eayes.-Philadelphla Record
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-05
PUPILS, ODD IDEAS.
selections From Answers in Public school
Examinations.

soleotions From Answers in Public school
Examinations.
The Worlds Work prints these &C..
lectlons from answers IN public school
examinations
"Apherblllty Is the state OF being an
apherblle."
"Afferbility is the state OF being In
sane on one subject only"
"Serenade, a greenness as Of grass"
"Reverberatlon Is when It Is made
again into a verb"
1.-THE equator is a menagerie lion run
ming around between the North and
South pole"
"They climbed YcsuT!us &c see the
orator smoking"
I'VE celebrate the Fourth Of July
because Jesus bid us"
Vengeance. Defn, n mean desire
to pay back. Illus'n. Vengeance is
mine; will repay. saith the lord, E"
Ingenious a stupid person, from In,
not, and genlous, a smart person"
Discretion. a difference Of sex be-
tween animals"
1.-THE early Brlton wore a skin he
tied it at the waist He wore legions
on his legs. He had eyes of a blue
shade which plainly showed his semi
civilization. He wore on his feet moe
ASSIGNS or scandals"
"Grand Opera. The only Grand OPP
era know is Wang"
1.-THE re Deum is a Grand opra."
"The British museum is the prin-
cipal building in Paris"
"Aristides was a god; he was the
female god of Phoenicla."
Hannibal was an early Greek ex-
plorer who wrote book called Herodi.
tus."
Virgil was a Vestal Virgin"
"As l roamed in the deep woods I
saw a herd of greyhounds hunting for
prey"
Julius Caesar was the mother Of the
/ Gracchi"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-05
nalIow wan safes For smuggling.

An exceedingly ingenious scheme foI
smuggling firearms into South Africa
was recently discovered by the Gus
toms House authorities in London. Il
was noticed that a rather heavy trade
in fre-proof safes was being done
with friendly ports, and a seizure and
investigation disclosed the fact that
the walls of the safes were hollow
and the space utilized for rife barrels
and ammunition. The rifles were
dated 1881, but were brand-new.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-05
THE CARP NUISANCE.

This Imported Fish Plays Havoc with
Our Native Varieties.
One influence that seems to have
very material effect upon the bass
fishing in Lake Erie is that of the
German carp. 1t is very generally
believed among sportsmen and fisher
men alike that the carp is to our
native fish as the English sparrow to
our birds. No one accuses the carp of
having sufficient enterprise to eat other
fish-even small fry-but it roots
among the spawning beds, and is be-
lieved to devOur eggs by the million.
have heard this complaint about Lake
Erie, at the st. Clair Flats, and along
the bays of Wisconsin, showing that
everywhere in the lake region the carp
is held in the same disrepute. How
much truth there is in the stories of his
spawn eating would be hard to say,
but it is certain that carp are to be
found by thousands all about the Great
Lakes. Some of them are monsters in
size, and all root about the banks Of
bay and bayou and the bottom Of
every shallow place. Many small lakes
have been entered and their waters
turned from crystal to mud color by
the roofing. There is no doubt that
they disturb spawn beds and do an i'm
mense amount of harm whether they
are egg lovers or nOt.-0uting.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-05

A ufm lU heImhhy CONTROLS q nNAtAl
FOR extracting fibre from wood and Is
spinning yarn from the material II
cannot be bloached easily. but Is eupa-
bic OF being dyed with good results
It Is asserted that cloth manufactured
from this fibre Is suitable for tallors'
Innings. bed tlcl,ings, curtains etc a
factory 10 manufacture such goods Will
be established at Bilbao, Spain.
A very curious case OF acetylene
lighting is reported from Germany, az
Stadtbach, IN Augsburg. At this point
there is a large cotton mill, which de-
rives its power from waterfall little
over a mile distant The natural con-
cluslon would be that electric lighting
would be adopted. but. owing 10 the
liability of the turbines being stopped
at intervals during winter, owing to
ice, II has been decided TO employ
acetylene, which can, at least, be de-
pended on for continuous service.
One of the astronomers at the Brus-
sells Observatory has taken several ex-
cellent large-size photographs of the
sun when near its setting that show
very distinctly the oval appearance It
sometimes has at that hour Every
body is familiar with the fact thai the
sun appears larger when near the hori
zon, by which the lower edge OF the
sun seems to be lifted with reference
to the upper edge, giving the disk the
appearance of being compressed. In
one of the photographs referred to the
oval shape is very noticeable. the ratio
of the vertical to the horizontal diane
ter being as seyenty-hve TO eighty-four
In the city of Tacoma some scien-
tifc sharps have discovered a way to
do in two days what It has heretofore
taken nature 100000 years to ac-
complish, according to biologists
Gypsum is what has been called for
convenience "young marble"-that is.
If left to itself some thousands or mill
ions of years it would become marble
AuSSG 4uCOuId hudl pS uIE hOW hAull4liS
their gypsum with lathes and chisels-
it is soft and easily worked-and then
subiecting 1t to a secret treatment
which makes 1t really marble Of a very
high quality. The gypsum is brought
from mines in Alaska. It is said TO he
exactly the same substance as goes to
form marble.
Photographic surveying is being used
by the United States Government en-
gineers in the work in Southeastern
Alaska. Captain Pratt, of the United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey, in
recent paper before the Pacific North
west Society of Engineers, called atten-
! ton to the cheapness of this method,
especially in surveying the mountain.
Gus coasts along BerinG Sea- In many
cases where ordinary surveys were a6.
solutely prohibited by their cost, he
said, the camera could be used for ex.
tensive surveys at a very small cost as
/ compared with other methods. The
/ Canadian Government has also adOps-
ed Photographic survey methods iF
/ pQ11'viro ont cir1iIo, o~toncfv.o x,-DpI-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-05
BIegest sheep PonhIntlnn.

The State Of Utah has more sheep
e IN any other similar area Of land;
her total is 100000 New Mexico has
about 100000.
The oasis., 1902-12-20
A Million Voices.

Could hardly express the thanks of Homer Hall, of West Point, Ia. Listen why: A severe cold had set tied on his lungs, causing a most obstinate cough. Several physicians said he had consumption but could not help him. When all thought he was doomed he began to use Dr.. Kings New Discovery for consump- ton and writes: "It completely cured me and saved my life. now weigh 227 pounds" It is positively guaranteed for coughs, colds and lung troubles. Price soc and $1. Trial bottles free at all drug stores.
The oasis., 1902-12-20

to Magdalena, N. M., the nearest shipping point, where they were loaded in cars, making the total distance travelled about 1900 miles. Mir. Slaughter is a pioneer in that country, he having been engaged in the cattle business in Arizona for twenty years. He conducts a large ranch and has left 1000 head of stock.
 Democrat: The National Live Stock Association will hold their annual meeting in Kansas City the coming month from the 18th until the 18th inclusive. The members of the live stock sanitary commis- sion of the territory are also mem- bers, by virtue of their office, of the national board. Three appoint ments to the national convention were made yesterday by the gov ernor as delegates to the same. They were James E. Bark, of this city, Lyman Wakefield of Tucson, and Henry Street, of Fairbank. The latter is now an inspector for the territorial board.
The oasis., 1902-12-20
HIDES AND HORNS.

this week and reports cattle look ing we'll. Mir. Zepeda has 1000 steers for sale.
 Tucson Post: E. J. Roberts will ship 30 cars of cattle in few days over the Santa Fe railroad, because the s. P. cannot get their cars that he has been waiting since three weeks ago.
 Tucson Post: There are over 200 cars ordered for shipping cattle to California and none in sight. The reilroad company has cars in Cali fornia, but is short of power to move them.
 Tucson Post: Frank King x Bro, have just received a letter from a cattleman who offers steers for $8, BIO and SIP, the three ages. The man says his steers weigh 200 pounds for each year of age.
 Democrat: Among the consign- ments of stock that are expected in this city within a few days are twenty cars of Texas cattle con signed to Phoenix stockmen. They will be brought here over the South ern Pacific and the Maricopa & Phoenix railways.
 Globe Belt: J. F. Ketcherside, foreman of the Vosburgh ranch, near Pleasant Valley, is visitor to Globe and serving as trial juror in the district court. Frank says the cattlemen in his section are much elated over the recent generous rain and snowfall, which promises an abundant growth of grass next spring.
 Democrat: The amount of snow on the mountains hereabouts is causing the ranchmen to bring cat tie down in the valleys where the grazing is all right. R. G. Brady, who has had a herd of some 700 cattle grazing near the Catalina mountains, has brought them all down near Tempe, where he expects to keep them during the winter months.
 Range News: A famine of cattle cars exists on the s. P. A large number of cattle are gathered here and ready for shipment, but it seems next to impossible to secure cars. With the increased through freight and passenger service, the Southern Pacific seems short of motive power to handle all it's busi- ness.
 Star: w. R. Patterson, who is in the city from Los Angeles, reports a recent shipment from Deming of 1000 head of cattle to the San Joa- quin valley, California, and expects to send 2,000 more by the end of this month. The purchase is part of 10000 head contracted for with G. W. Grayson, of Oakland, whose herd is in the southwestern section of New Mexico. Mir. Patterson said the stock was in fine condition. He is associated with Walter L. Vail in the above transaction.
 Tucson Post: The Kansas City Drovers telegram says that P. E. Slaughter, typical ranchman of the old school arrived at the yards the other day with train load of mixed cattle from his ranch at Springerville, Arizona. The fifteen carloads of stock were started over
The oasis., 1902-12-20

Heavy black cardboard for photo graph mounts, for sale at THE OASIS office.