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The Washington times., 1904-03-22
JEROME DECLARES
FOR JUDGE PARKER
Says New York Democrats
Should Stop "WabbIing."
ABLE, FEARLESS, CAPABLE
Talk of Cleveland Insincere, Since He
Has Said He Is Not a
Candidate"

ALBANY, n. Y, March 22.-District
Attorney Jerome has come out strongly
In favor OF the Endorsement OF Judge
Alton 3. Parker for the Presidency BY
the Democratic State convention
This talk Of nominating Mr.. Cleve-
land Is nonsense" be said Mr. CIeye-
lana mas no warmer admirer than l. He
Is the greatest President we have had
since the days OF Lincoln, but when he
says he IS not u candidate 4 believe he
means every word OF IL, and credit
should be given to what ne says
The Washington times., 1904-03-22
TIBET LIKE CALIFORNIA.

ST. PETERSBURG. March 22.-Tne
secret of the British Tibetan expedi-
ton. the ''Novosti' declares. is the dis
covery Of immensely rich gold deposits.
Tibet being a second California
The Washington times., 1904-03-22
4 FIENDISH CRIME.
Commits It On Himself and Then SUI
fers Conse luences.

There IS no need Of suffering the con-
sequences OF early follies or an over
worked mind and body. Mormon
Bishops Pills. restore, you quickly from
all your physical trO ubles. They make
you sleep. they restore lost vitality and
they only cost 50 ceIEts a box or 8 for
$3.50. For sale by Stevens Pharmacy,
Sun and Pa. ave.
The Washington times., 1904-03-22
PANAMA CAN BE
MADE HEALTHFUL
Eighty PerCentOf Prevalent
Disease AVOidable.
so SAYS SURGEON PERRY
Contrary to Popular Belief, Negro and
West Indian Are Not Immune
From Malaria.

Eighty per cent. or even more OF the
prevailing diseases in Colon can be pre-
vented by proper sanitary measures. ac-
cording TO what Surgeon J. c. Perry
terms conservative estimate. In a re-
port he has made to the Public Health
and Marine Hospital Service.
Surgeon Perry. IN his report. makes a
study Of the vital statistics OF Colon, TO
show the extent Of the diseases common
TO the canal strip. He finds that IS Der
cent of the diseases are maiariaI; that
yellow fever exists, and will increase
upon Introduction Of new material: and
that dysentery, tuberculosis and rheu-
matism are common.
Death Rate High.
The death rate in Colon is high. Sur
geOn Perry says the statistics compiled
give an annual death rate of A per !. 900.
but these are probably incomplete and
it Is probably not less than 20 per COO
While 70 per cent Of all diseases are
malarial. DR.. Perry finds that the per-
nicious malariaI type does not exist to
the extent generally assumed. 1t has been
supposed that the resident negroes were
immune from malaria. but DR.. Perry
says this is not the case. West Indians
are also afflicted with the disease An
analysis Of 81 cases treated in the Pam
anna Railroad Hospital shows that -
white fcreign and 81 West Indians We're
affected and Of lOl cases in the French
Hospital, p were foreign whitS, 40 West
Indians, and II COlombians
From the foregoing says DR.. Perry,
I must conclude that the negro resi-
dent in Colon does not enjoy much i'm
munity from malarial fever
The showing is of particular import
ance in view OF the idea prevalent in
many quarters that only West Indians
and resident negroes can safely be en-
ployed in the canal work
The Washington times., 1904-03-22
COMING TO AMERICA.

LONDON. March 22.-The Duke Of
Sutherland viii 60 TO New York on the
oceanic. which sails from Liverpoo!
Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1904-03-22

By q wonderful method. successfully used for
years and now fer the first time introduced -
the public. It Is possible for any man, no mat
ter how bad OF. to quickly REGAIN the vigof
Of young manhood without taking any medi-
The Washington times., 1904-03-22
A Pivotal State.

i believe the Democratic State con.
Ventlon should instruct its delegates to
present his name and use all reasonable
means TO bring about his nomination.
II ne is the candidate believe we shall
nave good chance to carry the State.
while II We have no candidate our
chanee will not be so good. New York
Will be a pivotal State and IL should de-
clare its preference"
MI jerome has had one or two talks
recently with David 3. Hill His friends
DeheVe that he would make a strong
candidate for governor on the Parker
The Washington times., 1904-03-22

Blue Flame Oil Cookers, SAYS.
A EberIy's Sons. us It'll st. NV.
The Washington times., 1904-03-22

With each dozen photos OF your chill
dren We Will give one extra nicei,,
haned. free. Kerfoot's. over sos Pa. av.
The Washington times., 1904-03-22
LOCAL MENTION.
As a Tonic OF Table Beverage

Nat. Cap. Brewing Co.'S 'Muencbener''
Beer Is unequaled. BreWed Of finest ma
terials- doz-, Sl-25. Phone, Do.
The Washington times., 1904-03-22

Fresh Garden Flowers
And Lawn Grass Seeds. schmid. 12 18th
st. NV.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-02
Camera Lenses This Thief's Speciality.

Then he hangs up HE coat and removes
his nat and perhaps makes some suggestion
to the scrubwoman about extra work he
wants DONE or finds fault about sonnet hing
that has been left undone. He speedily
gets through with some work of developing
or prepares for printing and meanwhile
makes selection Of the things he wants
to remove and packs them up.
Telling the scrubwoman that IL anybody
asks for him he will be back in half an hour
he puts on his coat and hat and goes away
with the package Of lenses. She does
not know whether he is a member of the club
or not, nor whether he is partner or as
sstan in the gallery.
On several occasions the thief has pre-
tended to write a note, placed it in club
envelope and given it to the cleaner up
to be delivered to a fictitious member Of
the club. In no instance has one of these
thieves been caught nor has any of the
stolen goods been recovered.
Camera clubs in this city, Newark, Brook
lyn, Boston and many other places have had
the same experience, and the detectives
have searched pawnshops and second
hand stores in vain to recover the goods
stolen. In several recent instances the
thief has been described as a slim, well
dressed young man of medium height,
but the description has been Of no avail
to the police.
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corpse In bowling procession. The coffin
Ia carried In dump cart drawn by blind
and stumbling mule. The followers bear
In their hands fat pine torches, the flames
OF which light up the black holows with
red glare.
In this swamp land the approach to the
burying ground IL often causeway, the
bitches on either side are the abode OF
many alligators and myriads OF frogs.
AS the sun sinks below the woodland the
frogs burst forth into a deep, booming,
thunderous dirge-a symphony that arouses
more shuddering terror than any composed
by man.
Phosphorescent balls OF light float. with
spectral CLEAN, hither and thither over
the marshes. Great swamp owls boot
from the feathery branches OF cypress
trees and flap their wings across the path
the mourners tread, sometimes break
ing into demoniao laughter Little gray
death owls pipe out with unearthly screech
their descending chromatic scales OF woe.
The walls OF the preacher. the groans
OF the mourners are attuned to the strange
minor key Of nature and minge with the
weird voices OF the night
Beneath a dense canopy OF forest trees,
amid briers and bushes. the graves lie in
widest confusion. Some mounds are caved
IN. The angle OF an old coffin juts out
from litter OF broken glass and china
that served to mark the resting place OF
some mute, inglorious sambo.
The graves lie facing every point Of the
compass and then traverse each other.
Sword plants shoot straight upward from
them. Blackberry bushes grow in a tangled
mat, forming hiding place for innumer-
able snakes and lizards. Broken bowls
and jugs whiskey and beer bottles are the
only monuments to the dead-relics, no
doubt, OF their junkots-their deeds OF
proves when in the flesh.
Echoes reverherate from the surrounding
gloom. Their lamentations return to the
mourners' ears like a wall OF lost souls
The preacher gives out this text:
DE teirty-t'ird chapter OBJ de tribblation
OBJ Jerry Myers, sebenty-seben verse. Oh,
my breddern. yedde lhear de voice OBJ de
Lo'd! De man him shall cry, an ebry
'habitant OBJ de Ian him shall how'll Wuf-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-02
SINGING IN THE COTTON FIELDS.
Negroes Who Are Best Ptckers Generally
Best Singers
From the Neu Orleans 7'imes- Democrat.

From the Neu Orleans Iimes- Democrat.
The champion negro cotton picker Of
Texas, who can pull bale of cotton from
the bolls in two days. must be a good singer"
said a man who spent his early life on the
farm elise he could not pick that much
cotton In so short time.
A report from the Wa1aha chic district
says his best days work this year was s44
pounds. That's pretty good cotton pick
ing dare say he sung few lines while
he was reaching for this record No negro
can pick cotton without singing When
ever you see a negro pulling his sack UP
and down cotton rows in silence you can
bet he is not doing much picking. He may
get out OF the field with IFS. or maybe 200
pounds. but he will not set the world on
fire as a picker of the staple.
Singing is a part of the game and when
you find negro who begins TO sing and
boiler as soon as he bends over the row
you may know thereby that you have good
hand. The negro as a rule works by music.
In no other line of activity is the fact so
noticeable as in the cotton patch. Here
is where the negro must sing if he would
meet with any satsfa Glory measure of success.
1t is no loud. discordant bowling. either.
1t Is music. the like OF which you can not
hear at any other place. under any other
circumstances. low soft hum. delicateiy in
toned, rhythmic. mellow. soothing. and all
the while the negro's body swings to and fro
over the cotton row as with his nimbe fingers
he pulls the long white locks from the boil
Il have known a great many cotton planters
who would not hire a negro cotton picker
unless he was satisfied that the negro sang as
he worked II is a curious thing that pickers
Of this type have more time for the humorous
banterinR and jawing. so common among this
class. than the men who work In silence
The singing negro does not work as hard
as a matter of fact. MS the silent negro. This is
because, he works more rapidly. The song
he sings seems to make the machinery run
more smoothly. and so he accomplishes
more in the end than the quiet fellow. and has
some time for the foolish talk Of the cotton
patch besides
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-02
The Fstic Gallery God ... ~. -, ~
Says Just What He Thinks.

The gallery god at prizefghts compares
favorably with his brother at the theatre as
a critic, and is his superior in resourceiul-
ness and ready wit. He is a comedian to
the backbone and can scent "fake" or
purlesque on real contest quicker pos
sibly than the man who occupies seat near
the ring and who is supposed to belong to
that class known as the wise ones At
prizefights the gallery god is not held in
check as is the occupant of lofty seat at
the theatre. Discipline sometimes at the
athletic clubs is rather lax, and the god is
allowed full sway to give vent to his likes
and dislikes. He knows this and takes
advantage by hurting random filings at the
principals. Many Of his remarks are funny
and often prove a decided hit when some
of the bouts are dull and monotonous
Matchmakers have come to regard him as
an important factor in the attendance,
and of late years they have catered to his
wants and comfort.
The gallery god at mills was an unheard
OF institution until popular price boxing
shows were introduced during the Horton
law days in this State. The lowest priced
seat at these exhibitions costs so cents.
Most OF the clubs had bleacheries or
galleries, and here the god" was at home
He came early, and remained long after
the fight was over. To him the result
OF the principal scrap was nothing COM
pared to the excitement and the genuine
ness of the battle. He came there to see
fair and square encounter and intended
to secure the value of his money or know
the reason why. Whenever an exhibition
was not all 1t should be he would be the
first to become vehement in his denuncia-
tion unless thoroughly suppressed by the
police stationed in that part OF the building.
Once at Coney Island these gods fairly
smothered a referee with hard seat cushions
They hurled these and other missiles at
him because Of what they thought was
an unfair decision. Several bottles came
flying that officials way that night and he
had all he could do to make his escape.
These gods are very partial to the loser, pro-
vided he has made game showing or has
fought an uphill fight. They are the first
to cheer him and mollify his reverse
with words OF encoura cement. Unlike the
spectator at theatre show, they are not
tickle. II the loser has done anything in
the past to merit appreciation, they do not
easily forget it, but will wait outside the
clubhouse when he appears and applaud
him. Their loyalty has the ring Of sincerity
about it. too.
1t was at the small clubs, the organiza-
tons which held the popular priced shows,
That this kind OF gallery god was in it's ele-
ment At these clubs most Of them were
made up Of friends or partisans Of the rivals
in all the bouts They came to root" or
noot as the occasion demanded. And 1t was
mere, too, that the wit Of these gods found
4 clear channel.
One night two negroes met in one OF the |
They had done the best |
hey could, but had failed to arouse the |
enthusiasm Of the upper part OF the house. |
Near the close Of the fight one Of the gods, |
after an impressive yawn, yelled at the top !
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CHARLESTON, s. c.. Oct. 1,--"Oman
n,y dat wot 'ekumyer fuh Wot 'ekumy or
hIh, Of q no kumyer fuh dead3"
This unanswenble reply was made by
Billy Button, principal planter on Dugadoo
Island, s. c., to his wife. Odor, when she
announced to him the death OF their only
child ....
For two nights previous deathbed jubia-
lions had been celebrated over Billy But
toms dau lighter For two nights there had
been bowling. shrieking and clicking OF
bones intermingled with such comforting
HYMNS as de Bret Am Gwine 80 Fas'.'
SATAN Tunnum Loose" Blizzard Zen
de Gnbe Yard" and Dry Bone Shakin'
Zen de wnlly.' These canticles had been
accompanied by double shutting of feet
and widest clapping Of hands, the tumult
becoming more mad and furious as the
tide turned on the ebb, for then the river
was running fast to be swallowed by the
great dark sea.
The creeks we're Fastening into the gulf
OF mysterious depths bitches and canals
we're trcHlng and gurgling at every tiny
cutie, in a frantic effort OF escape to the
unknown Was it not time for the spirit
10 derart? Was 1t not time for the str,ig-
Cling, rantng, gasping breath OF the dying
TO float away with the ebbing tide into the
great sea of eternity?
Still she fingered! The young food was
swelling on the mud banks and swishing
among the marshes. The sun arose and
shone like a searchlight upon the cabin,
making it look like a huge black cinder
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lands and islands in this part Of the coun-
try. Separated from the white popula-
ton, they have become more and more I'M
civilized and barbarous.
Their superstition, hoodooism and WITCH
craft, their ignorance OF the progress Of
the outside world, are as marked as the
darkness OF the savage tribes that inhabit
the outlying islands OF the Philippines.
With little to amuse, occupy or interest
them, the grim figure Of death Is omni-
present'-the central feature OF existence.
The effort made by civilized people to
relegate such thoughts to oblivion Is ex-
erted by them to keep the spectre death ever
before them.
Deathbed scenes are the melodramas OF
their lives. Funerals, with their weird
spectacular effects, are their tragedies
Graveyards are tho links that bind them
to the supernatural.
In the early agricultural days OF South
Carolina, when the jungles OF Africa fur
nished the only labor capable OF enduring
the malaria Of rice and cotton lands, the
planters soon discovered that grave
yard was greater protection against the
depredations Of negroes at harvest time
than score Of men armed to the teeth
With this object, perhaps, in view, they
selected for burial grounds knobs that
formed the centre OF the greatest area OF
planted land, and these same knobs within
their narrow confines have remained
burying grounds even unto this day for
the descendants of those slaves.
No brick, nor stone. nor granite, Is within
their limit. The soggy pine of which the
collins and headboards are made soon
rots and crumbles back into the leafy
black mould roundabout.
The style of interment adopted at the
present day is not so much for sentiment
as it is for saving the energies of the grave
diggers. An old person is usually buried six
feet in the ground, and the younger mem
bers of the family are buried in the same
hole above. When the grave is finally
filled with bodies the last coffin ia lying
on the surface Of the earth with some loose
clay scratched over it.
Funeral ceremonies are held at night
The immediate family and the mourners
drape themselves in white and follow the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-02

Stealing Photographic lenses seems to
be an organized industry Of recent origin
This kind of larceny has been going on for
a year or more, and the similarity Of cases
indicates that the robberies are committed
by one man or group of thieves well in
formed on values
The chief losers have been camera clubs,
although owners Of photograph studios
and photo electric establishments have
shared in the loss recently. The police Of
nearly all of the large cities in the East
have repeatedly been informed Of thefts
OF lenses and have been puzzled to dis
cover the thief or the place of disposal.
The best are always taken. Combina-
ton lenses worth more than 500 each have
been stolen from projecting lanterns, to-
gether with the expensive condensing
lenses and the big lenses in portrait and
copying cameras. while small and cheap
tubes have been ignored, and the thief has
seldom bothered with bulky cameras or
Photographic material. -.
Usually the thefts occur in the early hour
Of the day. While the scrubwoman Is at
work brisk young man tries key in the
door Of clubroom or gallery and demands
admittance, saying that there ID something
wrong with the lock or that he must have
mistaken the key.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-02
Has Been Mayor for Is Years.

TToW tNe n dn6d6 Cut JtmNS.
Glasgow. Mo-. a town OF 1000 nhabits nts
has worried along with the same Mayor Tor
eighteen years. The position of chief ma aIs-
trate there is not an insignificant one, nor a
there lack OF aspirants. '-ss--' 70. ;...:.iE
The rcason for the long retention Of AZ.
B, Southworth is partly sentimentaI-his
father. DR.. j. W. Southworth, was one OF
the founders OF the place in is45-but more
particularly because he makes a good Mayor.
After ten years Mr.. Southworth became
wearied OF excessive honor, and one morn
ing he resigned and went to Oklahoma. The
citizens ordered him back 1890. =,
He said he had lost his citizenship. and.
anyhow. he was tired Of being Mayor. Tho
objection was overruled They wrote him
the opposition had put up man who said he
could beat him for Mayor hands down.
The last threat was sufficient. Mr. South
worth was back by next train, and before
the week was out had rolled up his sleeves
and jumped into the canvass. He was tri-
umphantly elected.
Mr.. Southworth is o. years old. but doesnf
look more than 40
DR.. j. W. Southworth. his father, settled
in Charleston, mile up the river from Glas- %
gov. in the early '4cs flood came along
and washed the settlement down stream.
Then he went West. but came back to Mis-
souri,. and in ls%5 occupied one of the four
or hve log cabin hen constituting Glasgow.
physician during the civil war.
Glasgow ia built on high hills Terrace
aiter terrace rises up as II TO meet the skies,
while, on the top Of the long climb VIII bs
yards.
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BULLIED BY THEM PESKY DEER,
MIR. COLBY OF TEXAS SAYS, AND
HE FINDS THE LAW ONE SIDED.

When They Ate Up His Corn He Was Ready
to Let EN- Have the Field, but When
They Opened His Barn and Ate His
Feed He smote q Fat Buck Dead.
BA7Isv1LLE. Tex. Sept. ao.-Moes Colby,
who owns a ranch on Leona Creek, south
OF here, was In town this week seeking a
remedy for the treatment he had received
from Justice Of the Peace Of his district.
The alleged i'll treatment consisted Of
being fined IS and costs, amounting In
oil to about $50, for killing a deer out OF
season.
I'm up here to see lawyer and take
TINS case to a higher court Mr.. Colby
said. I'm a-goin' to find out whether
Teller has got a right to protect his life
and property against them blamed deer
Now, I'll tell you how it was. had
one OF the finest patches OF fall corn
CROWN down next to the Leona you'd
ever see. When it begun to get in roastin'
ear l noticed that something was dom
damage to it. 1 thought it was coons,
an set traps to catch the varmints, but
nary coon did I get. Then began to
ooh closer, an saw regular path OF deer
oacks leadin' down to the field.
Knew then ii WAS deer a-doin the dam
ee' strung another top wire on the
~, ,eIee around the field, but I'll be burned
'hem deer didn't jump over it as clever
birds a-hyin'.
went down to the field the other morn
~ 70 see what the deer had been up to
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I made up my mind to put up with 'em
and had concluded to turn the cornfield
over to EN-, for didn't want to violate the
law by killing any Of EN-.
I'D resigned myself to the loss OF the
corn and had quit payin' any attention to
the deer. when one morning found that
the old buck had led his herd right up into
my barn lot and had managed somehow
to open the door of my feedhouse. When
I found them they was just finishing UP
bin of oats and sack of meal that I'd
hauled all the way from Uvalde When
hollered at EN-, the old buck just looked
up at me and then stuck his nose in the
a thing to bother about.
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fer dc Loo write desc prophetic words Of
e amt bin study de day wen % gwine TUX
sukky--de data OBJ Billy Bnton-plum
way from q fioted fambly2 Enty e say.
de man fun cry, an de habitants fun howl?'
Now, wot . mean by habitantsf E mean
de oman. oh cose Raise 20 voice. dattor
OBJ lsrul! Open 20 trotes. sons OBJ Juddal
Mingle UNI wild de bleat OBJ de Lam wild de
bray oh Balaam jaokass wild de tootin'
OBJ ole man Gabrul ho'n!"
At this frantic exhortation the woods
resounded again and again with such wild
pandemonium Of noise that 1t seemed as II
hundred gongs and bassoons were sounded
among them. The preacher led the wild
chorus into such an uncomfortable uproar
OF woe that many OF the mourners wal
lowed among the briers tearing their cloth
ing to tatters, while the immediate fam
bly, fought to tumble into the grave.
The pine fires were burning low. the tide
was almost down. the morning star was
pecping through the trees. 1t required all
the preachers force and magnetism to
induce his flock to perform the burial to
the soothing hymn Of "Possum dom you
resecrate de grabe!"
Such fun rails can only be celebrated in
darkness.
Burying grounds are never visited ex-
oept for an interment. The stoutest negro
could never be induced to enter them alone
after shutdown. Even when the sun at
midday is sending shafts Of gold through
the giant live oaks and tinting the moss
into golden clouds and sparkling like jewels
on the broken glass on the graves. the
negroes working In the adjacent fields
scarcely dare TO turn their eyes toward the
abode OF death.
The rice fields In such neighborhood
can be safely stacked with golden sheaves
at harvest time. The beautiful long staple
cotton can CLEAN like snow in the moon
light. No marauder ever touches them.
The -sperrets" that haunt those ghostly
precincts are more potent sentinels than
aught that flesh and blood can furnish.
During the war between the States a
gunboat was exploded by torpedo at the
mouth OF one Of these rivers. The in
coming tide bore upon its bosom the man
gled body OF many blue coated soldier.