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The colored American., 1902-08-02
New York July zand 1904.

found on top Of Mt. Arsrat in one Of Mr Bry-
ans old beavers and translated from me oIiElnel
rTohably appeared in The Commoner during the
res silver campaign of the year Of and was
chssics the silver cart wheel Express charges
pEepaid,l
The colored American., 1902-08-02
TO Z. z. COOPER.

CoIoTed American wizard
oh what e feg you can raise,
Only 8 hustler. that's all you srs'
PloddIns mid ceusure and praise
Ever sls1t for news aud biz
Really. old man, you is wiz
Gee WhiZgi
The colored American., 1902-08-02

Read the next issue for special feat
ures of the Amphion' outing August
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millionth of degree. 1t is 100000
times as sensitive as our skin
AGE OF COINS TOLD BY RING.
Cafe Cashier Has FamiIiarized Him.
self with the Sound to Per-
lection,

The cashier in the light lunch cafe
iingled silver half-dollar on the mar
BILE counter.
"I'll bet you cup of coffee 1 can
tell you the decade in which that piece
of money was coined" he said to a
customer who was engaged with his
midnight lunch.
You probably know the exact date"
replied the customer, according to the
Philadelphia Record.
Take one of your own then" said
the cashier. 81 can tell from the ring
whether it was coined in the 90s, the
sos, the 7Os or in whatever decade it
left the mint. Try me and see"
The young man pulled half-dollar
from his pocket and threw it down on
the counter. The cashier listened at
tentively.
THAT was coined in the Cos, )" he said.
Sure enough, the coin bore the date
of 1862. Several other persons in the
cafe tried him and in each instance
his Judgment was unerring.
Its all in the ring" explained the
cashier. 1--WE gotten so l don't make
mistake once in so times"
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ONLY ONE PRIVATE TRAIN.
EngInnd's Sole Possession of This
Kind Is the Property of the
Duke of Sutherland.

The only English private train is
that owned by the duke of Sutherland.
IT was specially built at the WOlvertOn
works of the London and Northwest
ern railway, to his grace's order. 1t
contains, slowed within the smallest
possible compass, a large saloon for
dining, a private sitting-room, sleep
ing berths, luggage compartments,
kitchen, pantry and lavatories, the
whole connected by a series of hand
somely decorated vestibules and cor
ridors, says the New York Herald.
Viewed even from the outside, the
train presents a sufficiently striking
appearance, with its dark green enam-
eled panels, picked out with cream
and gold. Internally the fittings are
of the most elaborate description.
The principal saloon has a figured
lincrusta roof in white and gold, with
side paneling to match. All of the
couches and easy chairs are uphol-
stored in green figured tapestry, and
the friezes and window curtains are
of rich green silk.
Velvet pile carpets cover the floors
of the principal compartments, and
cork linoleum is fitted to the corridors,
vestibules, kitchen and lavatories.
Electric lighting is, of course, used
throughout, and there are also cleo
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A Car Load of Dimes.

One would naturally think that the pack.
age dye business was small industry, but
there is more than one million dollars worth
of package dyes sold in the United States
every year.
One of the largest package dye factories
in the world is that of the Putnam Fadeless
Dyes Co., Unonville, Mo. In this factory
alone, three million packages of Putnam
Fadeless Dyes are made every year. To
put up this amount of dyes requires the
handling of seven million of envelopes, think
of it, seven millions of envelopes laid length.
wise would reach a distance of seven hun.
dred miles; if laid one upon the other they
would make pile of Putnam Fadeless Dyes
A niles high. AS each envelope has to be
handled five times before a package is com.
plete, the completion of three millions OF
packages requires that they be handled
thirty-five, million times This of course
gives employment to a number of people,
the Putnam Fadeless Dye Company alone
employ. almost a hundred people, 80 per
cent. of whom are young ladies'.
AS each package retais for l0c the weight
OF the retail price of the three millions pack
ages in dimes is $4,000 pounds, or almost
a car load
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COLONEL KEPT VOW.
How Gen. Wilson Cured a Bibulous
FellC1 Officer.
Charming story Told About the Gall
liant Soldier who VIII Repre-
sent the Army at King Ed
wards Coronation.

When the late Charles A. Dana was
assistant secretary of war he was COM
missioned to go to the front and, in
semiofficial letters, to give his impress
sions of the officers of Grants army
for the purpose of assisting President
Lincoln and Secretary Stanton in
forming their judgment of military
leaders.
OF Gen. James H. Wilson, one of the
commissioners appointed by President
Roosevelt to represent the United
States at the coronation of King Ed
ward, Mr.. Dana wrote, under date of
Cairo, ILL.,, July 10, 1868:
Lieut.. Col Wilson, inspector general, is
a captain of engineers in the regular army,
and has rendered valuable services in that
capacity. He has remarkable tai
ents and uncommon executive power, and
will be heard from hereafter.
Gen. Wilson abundantly fulfilled
that prediction" said Brig. Gen. John
F. Weston, commissary general of the
army. 81 had the honor" continued
Gen. Weston, ''to serve on Gen. Will
sons staff during his famous cavalry
Stiill IL III IilC OpllllOh VI Ills lilCll
and in the estimate of Grant himself,
Gen. Wilson was a remarkably bril-
liant soldier. Gen. Wilson was very
young when made cavalry command
er. In fact, he was but 81 years of
age when he assisted in the final tri-
umphs of the war;
An officer in the war department at
Washington, in the Philadelphia Sat
urday Evening Post, tells of an incl
dent in which the youth and the still
more youthful appearance of Gen. Will
son during the civil war almost led a
distinguished colonel to send in his
resignation. at is an interesting bit
of unwritten history" said the officer
who relates the story.
shortly after Grant had put Gen.
Wilson in charge of a large force of
cavalry and while his brilliant exploits
were being heralded throughout the
country, Col. was transferred
fro'' the army of the Potomac and as
signed to duty under Gen. Wilson. The
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] have known that doctors used Lydia
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Four years ago had falling of the
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Lydia Il. Pinkham'S Vegetable
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Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wO-
men free. Address, Lynn, Mass
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SCIENCE BEATS NATURE.
I'm pI ements of a Present-Day Labora-
tory Make the Human Organs
Seem Gross.

The eye and the ear have long been
regarded as marvels of mechanism,
quite the most wonderful thing in the
world. But compared with the nipple
ments of a present day laboratory, the
sensitiveness of all human organs
seems gross enough, says Harper's
Magazine. a photogra phic plate,
coupled with telescope, will reveal
the presence of millions of stars whose
light does not affect the retina in the
least. The microscope, too, with it's
revelations of the world of the infinite
ly small, tells us how crude, after all,
is this most delicate of the senses. In
deed, we may liken it to piano, where
only single octave toward the middle
sounds. From the ultra violet to the
lowest reaches of the spectrum is a
range of some nine octaves of like vi
brations, of which, save for our new
mechanical sense, we should never have
been conscious of but one.
The ear hears little of what is going
on around us. By means of micro
phone the tread of fly sounds like the
tramp of cavalry. Our heat sense is
very vague; we need a variation of at
least one-ffth of a degree on a Their
mometer to realize any difference in
temperature. Prof. Langley's little
bolometer will note the difference of
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she asked to examine its mechanism.
"Presently,' he replied, in a brusque
and preoccupied manner, as he con-
tinued to write a prescription. When
he finished he handed it to the nurse,
and looking at her commandingly said:
"Well, come" As if compelled. she
followed him into the consultation
parlor.
Still standing, he adjusted the tubes
to her ears and placed the receiving
plate over his own heart. A flush of
surprise mounted to her cheek, for the
food of life blood flowing through his
heart sounded like a waterfall over
rocks, so exaggerated were the sounds
by the instrument. "All my life, Lena.
every pulsation of my heart has been
for you. Decide, now, girl" his voice
was tense. 'Shall I be to you hence
forth scientific abstraction or YOUR
husband?" Standing, still heart high
to the man, she handed him the stetho-
scope and placed the sound receiving
plate over her own heart. He listened
but one eager moment, and then threw
the instrument to the other side of
the room.
His boyhood and his manhood hopes
were justified. The eventuation was
due to the stethoscope. Every man
ought to have one.
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Many Youthful sovereigns.

Many other Spanish sovereigns be-
gan to reign in early youth, among
them Alphonso VIII, at II, Alphonso
II. of Aragon at 10; Ferdinand IL
of Ca -,le at 16, Ferdinand ". at IA,
Philip ". at 16. Charles II. at IA,
Philip V. at IS, Louis l. at 16 and lisa
bella II. at IA. Alphonso Mi. is ex-
tremely intelligent and of a good
natured, frank, truthful character.
1t seems singular, however, to find
that the successor of Charles "
should to-day be so circumscribed by
a democratic constitution that his
executive power is considerably less
than that enjoyed by the president
Of the United States,
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colonel knew a number of Wilson's Of
ficers personally and was popular
among them. He was stern and brave
soldier on the battlefield, but in social
hours was something of a Bohemian.
On the night of his arrival at Gen. Will
sons camp the general was tempo
rarily absent and the colonel and his
old friends celebrated their reunion.
The next morning the colonel went
to the generals headquarters to report
for duty. 1t was in August, and the
general, in white duck, entirely divest-
ed of military emblems, was keeping
cool in a hammock where he was dill
gently studying a Typographical map,
Somehow the colonel, who had never
met Wilson, got it into his head that
this youth was newspaper CORE
spondent and. so believing, he did not
hesitate to address him Familiarity, say
ing that he had arrived only the night
before and had, he feared, tarried too
long at the wassail bowl.
"T understand added the colonel,
that Gen. Wilson is very strict about
that sort of thing
1.-The general replied Gen. Wilson,
suppressing his amusement over the
coloners unwilling confession, seeks
to impress his officers with the neces-
sity of keeping their faculties clear for
possible emergencies at any hour
DO you think persisted the hap
less colonel, that my appearance
would betray me?'
"'Only to the practiced eye re-
sponded the general, but should adj
wise you to walk around little while
before reporting
"The colonel took his advice and
after awhile returned. When he dis
covered that the youth he had seen in
the hammock was in reality the dash
ing cavalry leader, the colonel was in
worse condition than he had been the
night before, but the general put him
at his ease after exacting pledge that
he would not drink again, except on a
physicians order, while the war
lasted"
The vow was rigidly kept.
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trio bells in the attendants compart-
ments, and electric fans for hot wealth
er. For heating in winter, stoves on
the hot water high pressure system
are provided.
AS this train has frequently to run
at high speed over the Highland rail
way, where the grades are steep and
the curves sharp, a special engine,
which is also his grace's private prop
erty, has been built to draw it.
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The vow was rigidly kept.
Poor Country for Deadbeats.

Debtors in Siam, when three
months in arrears, can be seized by
the creditor and compelled to work
out their indebtedness. Should a
debtor run away. his father, his wife
or his children may be held in slavery
until the debt is cancelled.
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Man Behind the Gun.

"Great cinders! Smith, look at this pa.
per. Jones kicked out of the house by
his father-in-law Awful, awful! Why,
Jones is one of our biggest guns"
And his father-in-law, | presume, was
the man behind the gun, as it were?"-
Baltimore News.
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In San Francisco $40 Cinnamon are
employed in factories, making UNI
derwear for women and children.
Girls are totally unable to compets
with them.
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Strange Arctic Find.

Petriied tropical fruits have been
found in coal from Spitzbergen, the
island group in the arctic ocean,
midway between Greenland and
Nova Zembia.
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MISS VIRGINIA CRANES
Tells How Hospital Physicians
Use and Rely upon Lydia L.
Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound.

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM - Twelve
years continuous service at the sick
bed in some of our prominent hospi-
tails, as well as at private hcmes, has
given me varied experiences with the
diseases of women | have nursed some
The Washington times., 1902-06-25
MEMORIAL BRIDGE AND HALL
OF RECORDS STRICKEN OUT
Conferees on Sundry Civil Appropria-
tion Bill Reach Complete
Agreement.

The conference on the sundry civil
appropriation bill. yesterday afternoon
reached a complete agreement on the
thirty-slx items in dispute between the
two houses.
All but ten of these items were for
lighthouses and other aids to navlga-
tion added by the Senate. The confer
ence accepted about half OF these and
the remainder were stricken from the
bill.
The appropriation of 100000 for be-
ginning the construction OF a memorial
bridge across the Potomac-to cost
81, 500 ,00o-and the provision for the
erection of hall of records in Washing
ton, were stricken from the bill.
The action on the sundry civil, bill
disposes of ten of the great appropria-
tion bills. leaving four-the army, the
District OF Columbia, the naval, and
the general deficiency bills yet to re-
ceive final action. A partial agreement
has been reached on the naval bill, and
another will be ordered today. But the
items remain in dispute on the army
bill, and the District bill Is in the
hands Of the conference.
The general deficiency bill has not
yet been passed by the Senate.
The Washington times., 1902-06-25
LAND TO BE BOUGHT
FOR APPALACHIAN PARK
Reserve Authorized by Bill
Passed Yesterday.
To Cost Ten Millions-Plats to Be Re-
ported to Senate by Secretary
of Agriculture.

The bill for the purchase of a national
forest reserve in the southern Appala-
chian Mountains was passed by the Sen
ate yesterday. The object Of the bill is
thus set cut in the report:
THE purpose OF this bill is to set
aside in The southern Appalachian Noun
tain region a national reserve for the
preservation OF the forests OF that dis
trict, the perpetuation of the timber
supply. the development of its farming
resources and the regulation OF the
water flow in its streams.
1T authorizes the purchase for the
people by the Secretary OF Agriculture,
under certain reasonable restrictions. OF
not more than 1000. 600 acres of land to
be selected in the mountain forest re-
gion OF Virginia, West Virginia. North
and South Carolina Georgia. Alabama
and Tennessee. 1t also authorizes the
Secretary to accept and administer do
nations of land in the same vicinity for
the same purpose.
The land to be reserved Is located
between the Blue Ridge and Unaka
Mountains. 1t extends from tho south
ern part of Virginia and West Virginia
to the northern part OF Alabama and
Georgia; 1t comprises the greatest
mountain masses east of the Rockies
the finest scenery, the richest forests.
the mightiest rivers and the greatest
variety OF gecdotic forma tions from the
Archaen to the Late Cambrian. The
oldest, largest and most varied primevai
hard wood forests of the continent 'are
within It's limits
The cost OF the land purchased is not
to exceed 10000 0O0.
After statements in support of the bill
by Senators Barton and Simmons, and
by Mr.. Nelson and Spooncr against it,
the bill WIS passed with an amendment
by Senator Bate that it shall not take
effect until the Secretary of Agriculture
has reported to Congress plats of each
reservation, and they have been approv-
cd.
The bill was delayed for an hour or
more by the filibuster Of the day against
Mr.. Quay's motion on the statehood bill.
II was supposed by those who did not
appreciate the filibuster that the
measure was doomed. but at o'clock it
was passed by a viva voce vote and no
division called for.
The Washington times., 1902-06-25
MONUMENT FOR GENERAL
JOHN SULLIVAN PROPOSED
Bill introduced Proposing Statue to
Revolutionary Hero Twice rendered
Thanks of Congress.

Representative Greene of Massachu-
chusetts introduced a bill yesterday for
the erection of a monumental statue in
the city of Washington. District of Co
lumbia. to Maj. Gen. John Sullivan, who
at two different times received the
thanks of Congress during the Revolu-
fionery war.
General Sullivan was born in Maine in
174o. was appointed brigadier general in
1775. and was a member OF the First
Continental Congress.
He was rendered the thanks of Con-
gress September 8. 177s. and October Il,
1873. for especially meritorious service.
He succeeded Benedict Arnold in COM
mand of the Northern army. During
General Greene's illness he took com
mand Of his division on Long Island He
was taken prisoner later and died In New
Hampshire in 1895.
The Washington times., 1902-06-25
BILLS In SENATE PASSED
BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT
Mr.. Quay's Threat Respon-
sible for Rush
Public Lands and Buildings in Porto
Rico-Train Robberies in the
Territories.

The Senate yesterday afternoon de-
voted an hour or more to the passage
of bills by unanimous consent.
There was q great rush OF such re-
quests for the consideration of meas
ures after Mr.. Quay announced very
positively that yesterday would be the
last day that any measure should be
passed by unanimous consent until his
statehood bill has been disposed Of.
Among the bills passed were the fol-
lowing:
Senate bill to grant certain lands
to the South Platte Canal and Reservoir
Company. in connection with the water
supply OF Denver, Col.
House bill authorizing the President
to reserve public lands and buildings in
the island OF Porto Rico for public
uses. and granting other public lands
and buildings to the Government OF
Porto Rico.
Senate bill for the appointment of
Lieutenant Commander william p. Ran
dali United States Navy (retired). a
commander on the retired list.
Senate bill ralsing the rank OF Chief
Engineer David Smith. on the retired
list Of the navy. to next highest grade.
House bill FOR the purchase tat not eA-
ceeding 100000 of property In front of
the property OF the custom house at
Wilmington. n. G.
Senate bill for the suppression OF train
robbery in the Territories OF the United
States.
Senate bill authorizing construction
of railway bridge across the Alabama
River In Wilcox county. Alabama.
Senate bill 10 amend the act OF March
2. 1893. requiring the use of automatic
ccuplers and continuous brakes on rail-
way trains.
Senate bill appropriating si.022 for
Frank J. Burrows, late postmaster at
Williamsport. Pa, for postage stamps
and postal funds lost by him through
robbery OF his Office in August. 1851
The Washington times., 1902-06-25
USE OF WHITE HOUSE
FOR OFFICES ENDED
Executive Clerks Moved to
Scott Mansion.
A Lafayette Square Residence Chosen
for Occupany During Erection of
New Official Quarters.

The official occupancy of the White
House as the office as well as the resi-
dence of the nations chief magistrate
came TO an end yesterday.
When the President left his office yes
terday afternoon to begin his trip to
the Harvard commencement exercises,
he said adleu to the surroundings he has
dent. When he returns from his trip he
will go into new quarters, into which the
official staff of the White House has
been moved during his absence.
These new quarters were finally de-
termined upon yesterday by Secretary
COrtelyGu. who announced that until the
new office building, adjoining the west
end of the White House. is completed,
the Presidents office will be at the Scott
residence. % Jackson Place. opposite the
west front of Lafayette Square. The
property has been leased for four
months.
This temporary White House contains
twenty rooms, and was occupied years
ago by the late Representative William
L. Scott. a millionaire business man OF
Erie. In the keystone State. After that
it was the residence of Mrs. Scott Town
send. until the erection of her mag
nihcent new residence on Massachusetts,
Avenue.
The Scott residence will afford ample
accommodate for the White House
clerical force. and in many respects
much better facilities than they now en-
Joy in the Executive Mansion
In addition to the Offices for the
Presidents official needs. apartments
for his personal occupancy will be pro-
videG. in case he ihds 1t necessary to
come on from Oyster Bay during the
summer. and for use thereafter until the
White House is completed for his fam
ily's use.
During Mrs. Townsends occupancy OF
the Scott residence, it was enlarged and
improved. The dining room then added
is regarded as one Of the finest in any
of WashingtOn's many notable mansions.
On the north of this property is the
famous old Commodore Decatur house.
at the corner of H Street. which was oc-
cupied by the late Gen. E. F. Deale. and
Truxtun Beale. one time United States
minister to Persia. On the south side,
wall to wall. adjoins the former home OF
Mr.. C. c. Glover. which is now the head
quarters of Gen. Leonard Wood and the
staff which were with him while he
was military governor Of Cuba.
The Washington times., 1902-06-25
Mr.. Hepburn Declares He
Will Never Agree to the
Spooner Substitute.
CONFEREES' WARM SESSION
Another Meeting Today - Expected
That Report of Disagreement Will
Be Followed by Acquiescence of the
House in Senate Amendments.

The conferees on the isthmian canal
bill held q rather stormy meeting yes
terday and adjourned without accom-
plishing anything.
Representative Hepburn announced
very positively that he would never
agree to the Senate substitute for his
Nicaraguan measure. He expressed
himself rather forcibly, as did Senator
Hanna, the chief champion of the Pan
ANA route.
1t is understood that all the con-
ferees except Representative Hepburn
are now ready to report an agreement
On the Senate substitute.
Another Meeting Today.
Another meeting will be held today.
at which another endeavor will be made
to convince Mr.. Hepburn that it will be
better to have a Panama canal than
none.
1t is announced that If no agreement
can be reached today report of a disa-
greement will be made.
Will 0verrule Conferees.
In this event 1t is understood that
the House will overrule its conferees
and concur in the Senate amendment.
1t is now hoped that the bill will be
adopted before the end of the week.
Some minor amendments to the Sen
ate substitute have been proposed by
the House conferees which may be ac-
cepted. --