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The colored American., 1903-02-28
RACE GLEANINGS.

300 acres of arabic land.
Maryland has 10000 colored voters,
New York has 81 900 and Pennsyl-
gania has $1,000.
President Roosevelt has been hken-
ed unto Lazarus of old. They won't
give him a single crum.
Since emancipation Negroes have
contributed over ten million dollars
for their own education.
Prof. w. H. Council. OF Normal, Ala
bama, is reported to have lately suf-
fered a slight stroke of paralysis.
Paymaster John r. Lynch, is win
frontier among both soldiers and
civilians.
Score one for the Philippines! All
reports agree that they freely frater-
nize with the Negro troops on all
social lines.
Hon. J. Milton Turner is again
looming up, this time as the pros
pective head of the Negro Exhibit at
the St Louis Worlds Fair.
Edward ]. Bullock, a colored en-
ploye of the New York City Post
instant, for rObbing the mails.
Samuel w. Clark. a prominent col
ored citizen of Cincinnati. Ohio. a
prominent Mason, and a forceful writ
er ON Masonic subjects died recently.
Organic Union will be consIlmmated
not later than 1904, it is thought, be-
tween the Colored Methodist Episco-
pal Church and the A. NJ E. Zion
Connection.
Colored capitalists in Indian Terri
tory have chartered a company at
s25,OOO to operate coal mines. Messrs.
curry and Mcdaniel of South Nc
AIIlster. are the master spirits.
Mrs. Jane Gaines. a faithful colored
servant OF New Orleans, La, has
wlthln the present month had be-
Iueathed to her the tidy sum of S1O-
900 by her employer
Latest reports of Major Taylor. the
champion cyclist, are that he is sus-
talnlnS his great reputation in Aus
traIla, and acquiring much coin of
ne realm. The Major has a com
portable fortune already thanks TO his
1hrlIt and superb equipment
H. W. Thompson, the well-known
newspaper correspondent has ac-
cepted position at Tuskegee. Ala
oama, as assistant to Emmett 7
Scott, private secretary to PrincipaI
booker t. Washington, of the Tuska
gee Institute. Mr.. THOMPSON suc-
ceeds j. Frank Armstrong, who is the
local manager of the Tuskegee sum
mer School
I'VE dare say few money-making
schemes of the kind have paid their
promoters better than have the ex-
slave pension scheme For q number
OF years those at the head of fine
movement have gone up and down
Ihrough the land collecting money
from eX-slaves with the promise that
Chey were going to secure for them
pension. and it would cost so much
10 nave their names enrolled 1t ba,
Deen estimated that in this wa, NOR
Chan hundred thousand dollars hay
Deen secured. The introduction of
Dill in Congress occasionally has h.
tendency to quicken the busine
ana OF course increase the Incor
another of these bills was. on Ia
week, introduced in the Senate
tne united States by Senator Ha,
OF Ohio, as he stated, by request.
NOW as far as we are concerned -
The colored American., 1903-02-28
BEGGING The QUESTIONS.
Yellow Journ q lism as Pro cttced
by Publisher Hearst Scored-A
Small Bore Editor who Goes
Into O6e Sacred Precincts Of
6be Home for ATgumsnt.

An Answer to "Mr. Roosevelt's Negro
Policy" as Stated in Hearst's Chic
ago American, Thursday evening,
January 29th, 1908.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-01-09
THE TURKISH POST OFFICE.
N lastitutioa That Regards with
SusHioien Anything OF .
Foreign Nature.

The Turk suspects everybody and
everything, and no private act, no Sc
clusion is safe from his intrusion.
Every telegram sent from the public
Offices is at once reported to the au-
thorities. No one can safely send a let
ter by the Turkish post unless he is
willing to have it opened and read, and
take the chances of having it confs-
Gated if the censor finds anything that
can be twisted into an insult to Mo-
hammedanism, says Outing. AS a re-
suit of this condition and the inability
Of foreigners residing in Turkey to
communicate with any certainty with
their friends, some of the great Euro
pean nations have established post Of
fees of their own in Turkish cities, in
which they employ only Europeans,
use their own stamps, and watch their
mail bags until they pass beyond the
prying eyes of the Turks. In Salonica
there are no fewer than five post Of
tices-British, Austrian, French, Ser
Wan and Turkish; in Constantinople,
six. If one wishes to be sure OF his
mail, he must inquire at four of them
at least; and if he really wants to have
his letters reach their destination, he
must send them through some post Of
nee other than Turkish.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-01-09
THE FINISH AT MONTE CARLO.
Those Who Lose Their All ut the
Gaming Tables Go Elsewhere
with Their Misery.

One sees only the appearances of
luxury and of gayety in this glitter
ing community. Despair would make
a blot upon it. Those who have lost
their fortunes disappear like magic,
and while the newspapers
on their first page, Monsieur lie Due
has left the azure coast and has re-
turned to his sumptuous apart
ments," the poor devil goes to con
ceal his shame in some little shanty
lost in the ocean of Partisan room,
says Harper's Weekly. But all have
not the courage to go away. Many
stay. OF such not a word is heard.
The cold, the rain, the fog, ruin, and
death are and ought to be, according
to the announcement of the company
and the press, wholly unknown in
this favored spot. Orange trees al
ways in flower, palms trees always
green, and the sky always blue, a
continual fete, winners, fortunate
gamblers, mobiles, millionaires, counts,
dukes, grand dukes, highnesses, and
princes, princes, princes-that is
what people want at Monte Carlo.
A pistol shot is never heard, never
wakes an echo, neve causes a scan
dial. The walks where the cactuses
stretch out in perspective toward the
sea are always clean and well sanded.
One never sees a drop of blood.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-01-09
OUR SHOES IN MEXICO.
They Are Much Liked By the Natives,
But the Prices Are Exssss-
lively High.

According to United States Consul
Canada at Vera Cruz, trade conditions
n that part Of Mexico have undergone a
great change within the past ten years,
especially with respect to American
shoes. In former years it was impos-
sible to buy anything in Vera Cruz in
the line Of shoe leather except that of
native stock and manufacture, and
r~eady-made shoes for Americans were
not to be had at all.
United States shoes have, however,
within a very short time made a name
for themselves, and, the consul says,
were it not for the excessively high
prices asked for them they would sure
" drive all others out of the market.
AS it is, however, he adds, only the
better classes can enjoy the luxury of
our shoes, and the great mass Of the
people is debarred from that privilege.
The principal obstacle to a heavier
business is the high import duty and
the fluctuations in the value of sill
YER. The duty on the cheapest shoes is
the same al on the finest productions
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-01-09
INCREASE IN SUICIDES.
Figures Collected by an Insurance
Company Prove That self-Mur-
der Grows More Common.

III In the Spectator, an insurance Jour
I nal, the statistician of an insurance
company gives an analysis of the sui
fcidesEecord for the year 1901. His fig
lures areitaken from so cities, and show
ar average slight increase over the
ratio for the preceding decade Of near
Sly one per cent, from 1877 to 16.6 per
10000 population. He estimates an
approximate annual mortality by sui
eide of l0.0O0in the country as a whole.
The implied conclusion is that a fur
Ssher increase in the rate of suicidal
tendency in the cities of this country
may be expected during the next dec
ade, and the suicide question, like ar
son in fire insurance, is thus becom-
ing more and more one Of the utmost
Importance to life insurance COM
panies.
He also gives another table showing
the experience of n company for
the last IS years, dividing it into two
periods, including males only, as the
female suicide statistics are too insig-
:nificant to be tabulated. This shows a
percentage of suicides in the total NOR
tally of "a in the later as compared
with 1.9 in the earlier period. The age
OF suicides seems alsoto have lessened,
as the suicides under As increased from
2.1per cent. to 80 per cent in the later
period, and there was an actual de-
crease OF those in advanced'life.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-01-09
ENGLISH Al FOREIGN HOTELS.
words ~ Together IN . Fashisn
That Il Something Fearful and
Wonderful to Contemplate.

Many gems Of the curious English
Of foreign hotel keepers have been
given to the public. Among the best,
says Stray Stories, is the tale Of
the host of a well-known establish
ment in Greece, who was wont to
greet his guests in an ELUSIVE man
ner with: What you prefare-a biz
tex or q chick-hen"
Their establishment at the mastery
Of the language was frequently
deepened when, upon their return to
the hotel a few hours later, they
found nothing prepared. 1t was his
only English sentence, and he did not
understand a word Of it.
This, however, is not quite equal to
the placard in the possession Of a
naval officer just returned from
Egypt. He procured it at a cafe
chantant in Alexandria. It was print
ed in several languages, and this is
the English part: every of the con-
summations Of the GOODNESS, one
piastre besides. Every Of the claim
to be addressed directly of the direc-
~. DurAng OF the repeLlLlOns d
price OF consummations to be the
same that in every the others cot
fee."
With the aid of the parallel pas
sages in other languages the mean
ing is found as follows: "All- iced
drinks one piastre extra. All COM
plants should be made at the office.
Notwithstanding the performance
the prices will be the same as those
of other cafes"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-01-09
SOAP IN THE GINGERBREAD.


*Did W evey eat hot gingerbread
with soap ina asked Frank Brown.
the Oldest GIMP cook on the West
Kranch, wha according to the New
York Sun, Boasts that he has made
more than}2,00 barrels OF -four: into
al396fnm Of tartar bread in the course
o5k winters in the forest. EFF We
h,sailni' it, you don't know what's
good.
Why q lumberman would no more
Stfhink3Y6f eating gingerbread without
soaptnto it than he would think of
drinting new rum without molasses.
ThR always go together-soap into
Thy gingerbread and molasses into
tAt rum, and both are jest about as
abod as is made.
Ny rule is to dissolve a hunk Of
BARD soap as big as a hens egg in q
gallon Of water, then pour in a gall
Jlon of molasses, a half pound Of bak-
ing powder and stir in the flour until
the dough will almost run. Then
grease yer pans, slap in the mixture
and chuck it into a red-hot oven.
When it comes suit all golden
brown and full Of sweet bubbles
that smoke when you break them
open-the man who won't eat such
food isn't fit to live or die.
You can't tell me that soap gin
gerbread amt fit to eat. I've eat it
more than Is years, and I'm jest as
sound to-day as 1 was when I first
tasted the food"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-01-09
Vet wei

Just how much the average Eng
lishman knows about this country
was illustrated in Washington a day
or two ago. James Blackie, a trav-
eler from London, asked the clerk
in his hotel how far it was to Mich
igan, as he wished to call on a friend
there. The clerk inquired to what
part Of Michigan Mr.. Blackie wished
to 60. The traveller did not know ex-
actly, but said: II can easily find out
in what pat Of the city he lives
when I get there" What city," in
quired the clerk. why, the city Of
Michigan, Of COURSE" said the intel
Iigent Briton.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-01-09
GAVE A R REWARD.
Do Thought the Bestower ana tn.
Young Hero who Received
the Money.

"The following story will illustrate q
number of things" said the Detroit
ship owner who narrated it, "but
chiefly will it show how the value of
money varies with the supply.
"a boy was telling me of his Prov
Iess as q swimmer. He could dive, too.
".Once,' said he, I dived down to
the bottom of the river and pulled :
little boy OUT
"'Bravo!' said I.
An l tell you,' he continued, his
pa was glad! He give me q dollar-an'-
a-quarter.'
Both the father and the hero live
in q neighborhood the occupants Of
which are sometimes known as wharf
rats'-the neighborhood OF the docks,
i have no doubt" concluded the ship
owner, according to the Detroit Free
Press, .'that the dollar-and-a-quarter
was 81 large TO the man ~ to the
boy."s
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-01-09

Strength of the saxon.
An average Britishsr il az strong q
two Hindus.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-01-09
1914

Department Of the Interior, Land Office at
Grand Forks, N. D., November 18th, 1902.
named settler has fled notice Of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim and
that said proof will be made before T. Thor
son, Clerk of the District Court at Devils Lake,
N. D., on January 18th, 1903, viz:
EGNATZ LONG,
for the sh nwA sec. II, twp. 1855, range 81.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of
said land, viz:
Andrew Maudel. John Kramer, John Witt
kopf and Charles Mitzner, all OF Fox Lake,
Geo. B.. Winship,
Register.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-01-09
swedish Courtesy,

When . train leaves a platform or
o steamboat. pier in Sweden, all the
lockers on lift their hats to the de-
parting passengers and bow to them,
a compliment returned by the trav-
elers. If you address the poorest
person in the street you must lift
your hat. "A gentleman passing q
.ady on the stairs of a hotel must do
the same. To enter the shop or q
bank with ones hat on is q terrible
breach Of good If you en-
ter or leave a coffee room you must
bow to al the occupants.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-01-09
Impri.ened for Yawnin<.

IA japanese n. p, Mr.. Tanka BY
name, has been sentenced to Is days
confinement and a fine of ten shillings
. ryawning in parliament. The crown
prosecutor maintained that in an as
.sembly where order has to be main
tanned, ven an act Of = physiological
nature should be controlled. As the
defendant, however, had yawned in or
der to annoy the government, the de-
Tense wss sye pnnishAblA
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-01-09
DEVILS LAKE INTER OCEAN FRIDAY JANUARY J, %,

Stat. tf North Dakota. County Of Cass
In D,:irict Court Third Judicial District.
Anton ik.tmm Plaintiff
Josephine Klemm DEPENDENT
The StalS Of North Dakota to the above nam
ed defen lent: #
You ars : reby summoned to answer the com
plant in III E action and, to serve q copy Of your
(9O) after the service Of this upon You
exclusive Of the day of service, and in case of
your failure to appear or answer, Judgment
will be taken against You by default for the re.
lief demanded in the complaint.
Dated at Fargo, N. D. November 8, 1907. Y.
Morrill, 4 Engerud
Attorneys for Plaintiff
1914 P.O. Fargo N. D.
The Meeker herald., 1903-08-01
Governor Says Legislators De
feated Eipht-Hour Bill.

In an interview yesterday Gov.
Peabody made the sensational state
ment that one reason for his not is
suing call for the consideration Of
an eight hour law was the fact that .
number Of members Of the legislature
from both houses, who had voted and
supported the resolutions asking for
an eight-hour law, called on him in
his office, and told him, that although
they had supported the resolution,
they would not vote for an eight hour
law under any circumstances.
Representative members of both
houses called on me-" said the gov
ernor, "and without making any pre-
tense at secrecy said in the words Of
the spokesman: We supported the
resolutions calling for an eight-hour
law, and most Of US signed the petit
tion supporting the Whinnery bin,
but we will not vote for an sight-hour
law under any circumstances;
and II you call an extra session for
the purpose, we will filibuster all
summer
Gov. Peabody said that he had no
Intention Of calling an extra session
for the purpose, as he WAS convinced
from the actions Of the legislature
during the regular session that the
majority Of them would not support
an eight-hour law.
'"They talked about their belief in
the bill and announced in pharasaical
tones that they wanted such a bill in
troduced but that they would not
vote for 1t, but close observer could
have noticed that when they made
these statements, they either closed
one eye or eros led their fingers" said
the governor.
'lThey have been attempting to lay
the blame on my shoulders, but I
will not bear it. have made public
this much Of the inner side of the
matter, and if necessary I can furnish
the names of those who visited me.
1.-The eight-hour bill is a matter Of
history SO far as I am concerned.
The present legislature would never
pass bill of the kind, because there
are too many different opinions re-
garding it. The senate will not sup
port the house bill and vice versa.
Then there are also two factions, one
of which wants q violasion of the
law made a misdemeanor and the
other felony."-Last Tuesdays
Denver Republican.
Name them, governor.
The Meeker herald., 1903-08-01

suance to the owner of certificate of
title; the requirement that subse-
quently, title to the land registered
shall pass only by the entry Of the
transfer upon the official register,
and not by virtue of II deed, which
under this system operates only ns
contract.
'Naturally it is the establishment
of system which involves the great
est difficulty and trouble, and as the
law is purely voluntary. its advan-
tages will only become preceptible In
the course of years. 1t is evident,
however, that it is vast improve
ment over the system, If 1t can be
called system, which prevails now.
'One of the practical advantages
ofstne Torrens system is to make
property quick asset. Once the ti-
tie Is registered it can be transferred
or mortgaged with as little trouble
Ms the disposal OF n horse orany other
personal property. The county itself
becomes the insurer of the title.
Once the certificate of title is secured
1t IL final and irrevocable. There is
no going back of the returns. The
registrar of titles, who in Colorado is
the county clerk, is required to keep
the register, which is simple con-
else statement of every transaction,
and every transfer is final on it's face.
GAS Mr.. Taylor very aptly points
out, the original cost of registering is
not much more than having nm alb
stract extended and examined;
while the cost of transferring or mort
gaging after the registration is once
made is n nominal sum. The system
Of dealing in real estate in this 'cOun-
try has made practically no advance
ment in the last 100 years. 1t is out
of date. We are accommodating thou
sands of volumes Of records, and
among all the mass of material there
Is no such thing as a. title under our
present law. 1t is a vast accumula-
tion of evidence of title, but not the
title itself. Without expensive liti-
| cation the nearest we ever come to
title is the opinion of an attorney as
to whether or not such evidence in
fdicates "a good title. The abstract
lmust be extended and this ever
llengthening list of deeds and record
tof title papers must he re-examined
iby another attorney, and his opinion
paid for with every transfer.
1.-THE Torrens system is now n part
of the law Of the state, and 1t will be
well for every real estate agent and
owner to become posted. An exami-
ma tion Of the law leads to the con-
clusion that 1t is progressive step
toward the simplification of all land
titles"
The Meeker herald., 1903-08-01
Well Done, Legislators!

The thanks of the people Of Colo
RADIO are due to the Republican and
Democratic members of the Four
teenth general assembly for their
prompt action in passing the appro-
priation bill. and for their even
greater service to the public in re-
framing from various discussions
and sundry delays that are urged
upon them by i'll advisers.
To neither party alone belongs The
discredit for the faults OF the past,
the failures to keep solemn pledges
made to the people, the failure to re-
gard well known constitu 5ional re-
strictions and requirements, the pat
ty quibbling over technicalities, the
striving for selfish personal or mar
rowly partisan advantages, and the
neglect OF the peoples interests and
violation of the peoples will.
But SO far as the assembly could do
it In the extra session, with similar
non-partisanship, senators and repre-
sentatives have repaired their faults
Of the past and are entitled to public
praise.
True, they have done no more than
their duty; but when legislators do
that much the interests Of the state
are safe, and the people may well re-
joice.-Pueblo Chieftain (Rap.)
The Meeker herald., 1903-08-01
The Torrens Title System.

ION July IL Of this year the Torrens
system Of registering land titles went
into effect" says the Leadville Her
ald-Democrat. "The author of the
law is Sena tor Edward r. Taylor who
has prepared an exhaustive explana-
alton Of it's workings, which, with the
law itself is published by the Out
West Publishing Co. of Colorado
Springs.
Senator Taylor In the first place,
dispels some illusions in regard to
the law, which Is not an untried eX-
pertinent, but is in successful opera
tion in England, Australia, Canada
and several states of the Union. The
Colorado law is patterned after the
Minnesota statute, which has been
upheld by the supreme court Of that
state.
1.-THE general objects aimed at by
the TOrrens system are certainty in
the establishment Of proof Of title /;
simplicity and facility In dealing
with the land after the title is thus
conclusively established.
''These objects are attained by a
public examination Of title by a
court Of competent Jurisdiction; the
registration Of such title founded
upon such examination, and the is
The Meeker herald., 1903-08-01

Representative from different
states in the Union met in
Denver this week and held Il
conference with view 70 reviving
the Populist party, preparatory to
taking part in next years national
campaign.
The Meeker herald., 1903-08-01
AT the M. E. Church.

Morning service II O'Clock.
Evening service 8.
Sunday school 10a. IN.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening
at 7:45.
Choir practice Saturday evening.
Everybody, is cordially invited to
attend any or all of these meetings.
The Meeker herald., 1903-08-01

Denmark exports *85,OO0,OOO worth
Of butter year. The total popula-
tion of the country is 2, ,5OO,OOO.
The Meeker herald., 1903-08-01
Church Service.

Episcopal church, morning service
IL o'clock; evening service 7:30.
Sunday school 10 O'Clock, "A. m.
Choir practice Thursdays at 1880
The Meeker herald., 1903-08-01

All are cordially invited to attend.
(REv.) ID. w. GALWAY,
In Charge.
The Meeker herald., 1903-08-01

Hand made harness and saddles
All goods guaranteed. Also carry a
full line of factory goods. Prices the
lowest. Patronize home industries.
HARTKE & SHEETS.