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The colored American., 1904-03-26

mower to encourage these friendly and
well-disposed ones to stand by us and
support u.s."
WORK OF 'TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE
Mr.. Washington then gave a resume
of the work at Tuskegee institute.
Education is not injuring the race.
The records of the Southern States
show that 80 per cent. of the colored
Beople in prisons are without trades,
and 81 per cent. are wholly illiterate
If the statistics show that the Negro
in Massachusetts is five times as Grim
inal as the Negro in Mississippi, the
same statistics prove that the white
man in Massachusetts, is at best ten
times more criminal than the white
man in Mississippi. Mr.. Clarence Poe.
editor of the Raleigh Progressive Farm
er. saws: In the two years which 1t
Cthe North Carolina state prison in
Raleigh) has kept a record, the proper
ton of Negro prisoners from the litter
ate class has been 40 per cent. larger
than from the class which has had
school training
"I may be in doubt about many
phases of what is known as the race
problem, but of one thing 1 feel abso-
lutely sure, that ignorance and race
hatred are no solution for any problem
on earth.
Let us resolve with renewed vigor
to go steadily forward living cleaner
lives, putting forth more intelligent,
skillful and conscientious effort in the
performance of every duty, ever en-
couraging the white man to feel and
see that in proportion as he helps us up
to higher life he himself will be lifted 1
into a higher atmosphere"
Dr. Edward Everett Hale delivered
the benediction.
The colored American., 1904-03-26

solid citizens and is a member of the
Augusta Stret Church and is also a
member of the Trustee Board.
The Staunton Dispatch spoke Of him
as follows last winter when he had
completed the digging of the deep well
at the Mary Baldwin Seminary:
''The Dispatch some days ago gave
an account of a well which Business
Manager w w King, of the Mary
Baldwin Seminary, is having drilled
at the seminary gardens for irrigating
and other purpose. Samuel Lindsey,
the expert borer, has just completed
drilling, striking water at a depth of
700 feet He has put a 6-inch iron1
casing 200 feet to the solid rock, and
The colored American., 1904-03-26

has, with his engine, pumped water
from the well at the rate of 80 gallons
a minute.
With the exception Of a well at the
Western State Hospital bored some 18
years ago, which is 77O feet deep. this
is probably the deepest well in Augusta
county.
The water from the seminary well
is thought to be soft.
1t has taken over so days to bore
this well at a cost of 81 900 to the
A power pump Of some sort will be
attached to the well. Mr.. King is
very happy over the result.
The colored American., 1904-03-26
SOLVING THE PROBLEM.

STAUNToN, VA. Especially The col
ored people of this city have reason to
be proud of their general success in
many ways. Our churches are all up
to date, our pastors intelligent, our
schools first class, and our future
prospects very bright. In a business
way our people are holding their own
One of our leading business men is
Mr.. Samuel Lindsey, the expert we'll
driller Mr.. Lindsey is one of our
The colored American., 1904-03-26
PLATFORM REFLECTIONS.

1t was in the nature of a revival that
the mourner's bench was crowded.
Commissioner Macfarland knows
just what to say and how to say it.
Congressman Watson's Western e1o-
luence tuned the audience to concert
pitch
1t may not have been DR.. Washing
toms greatest effort but it requires
a great man to hold an audience for
two hours, meeting every question
fairly and squarely, sweeping away all
criticism, convincing the most skeptical
and securing a unanimous verdict
Convention Hall could have been
filled. The phenomenal demand for
tickets exceeded anything ever before
known in Washington.
The critics and doubters present
were srved with a full course of food
for reflection.
The meeting and Dr.. Washington
aodres were alike memorable. The
magnificent work he has done and is
doing met with a full appreciation
from the splendid audience which
greeted him. Nothing could be more
gratifying to him than to know that
he has the earnest and unqualified en-
uorsement of his race, and labOring as
ne Is among the submerged tenth, |
hls fact is an inspiration that will /
The colored American., 1904-03-26

encourage and strengthen his determi-
nation to assist them to reach the
heights.
The colored American., 1904-03-26
MAN FROM TUSKEGEE.
Continued from page 4

mower to encourage these friendly and
well-disposed ones to stand by us and
cTDOOrt us -
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24

The fusion question is now agitating
many states in the east notably in Ne
braska where the Bryan element is
still strong. In Idaho the question has
been eliminated from politics in the
absorption Of all the fusion elements
by the democratic party Of the state.
This was done by setting out the fact
that the Chicago platform was the en-
bodiment Of all the populistic princi-
pies and that all the fusion elements
were working for the same end. but
now that the democrats are likely to
receive new light on the question Of
national issues there might be some
speculation as to what would become
Of the populistic element. The indi-
cations are however that they are like
the free silver element lead into the
democratic party by Senator Dubois
they are there now to stay no matter
what the platform issues may be.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Record 81 Transactions in City and
county-M. W. Barnett, Abstractor

Neg Perez county. Idaho. March rs:
Deeds
W. B. Reese. probate Judge, to s. J.
Doggett, lots s. 3. block l, Nez Perce:
consideration, -.
Frank Graham to o. w. Nelson Ell
SEX section Is. township "a, range 2
E.; consideration, $1,000.
Frank Thompson to Sarah c. Thomp-
son, 100 feet corner Main and Wood
streets city Of Lewiston: considera-
ton, 81.
Cora M. Harris to Sarah E. Craw-
ford. lot IL, block 20, Nezperce; con-
sideration. SOS.
Cora Crawford to same, lots 3, IS,
block "a, lot 10, block 46 Nezperce;
consideration. 81.
Same to same, lot 10, block "a, lots
3, 4, I, 8, block 80. Nezperce: consider
alton, 81.
John Riggart ct al. to J. H. Buckallen
lot 10. block 4, Biggarts addition to
Mohler; consideration, $40.
Final Receipts
United States to Frederick NJ
Minert. swA section Is, township 81
range W.. consideration. IS.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
MAPS NEEDED

One of the most disheartening things
to the student who wishes to follow
closely and understand correctly the
developments of the war in the far east
is the lack of reliable maps. AS yet
not a single satisfactory map is avail
able,
The maps so far published by the
newspapers are utterly unreliable, ex-
cept as suggesting a rough outline of
a few prominent physical features. such
as coast lines and the location of some
of the chief ports and cities. This
much of course is helpful TO some ex-
agree even as to the more important
general outlines 1t is discouraging to
find so VITAL a feature as the Yalu
river which constitutes one of the
great strategic lines in the theater of
war marked on one map as following
a course almost due east and west,
on another northeast and southwest
and on still another almost north and
south.
Some of the maps purport to give
details of regions of hundreds of square
miles in Korea and Manchuria which
are known to be exceedingly rough
and mountainous-a most preposterous
and absurd performance. if one will
stop to think of it, The pretended de-
tails are obviously pure invention.
What makes the matter worse is the
confusion in names of places, as many
as half dozen different names or
spellings of the same name being given
in some cases. When the maps dis
agree as to the location of a place and
then spell it differently, it is almost
enough to throw the most patient stu
dent into despair.
In the Franco Prussian war. for ex-
ample. 1t was possible to follow in
diligently the general military move
ments on both sides because maps of
minute accuracy were available and
authentic nforfation was quickly re-
ported sufficient as a basis of calcula-
ton. The lack of both conditions has
| been previously felt so far in the pres
ent war. 1t will probably be some time
| yet before the want is supplied.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
You Work
Make your
Money work

Owners Of real estate in Clark.
ston and Vineland have made so to
500 per cent in the past few years.
Nothing like it for making money.
One Of the very few opportunities
whore both eIassss-men and
women with ample money, and
those with very littIe-havs made,
and can still make money in real
estate. Discounts for cash. Easy
terms for those who want their
money for building homes. No
cost to drive and 80 tor yourself.
Lewiston Water 4 Power CO.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24

Liverpool opening-Wheat, Nd high
err: corn. I'D higher.
Liverpool close-Wheat, sd higher;
corn, Nd higher.
Chicago-Car lots: Wheat, IA; corn,
1855; oats, 1913.
Chicago - Hogs, receipts, $4,000;
market. strong to 10 cents higher
Northwest cars - Minneapolis and
Duluth. 800 against 1873 year ago.
London--The market is from u to n
higher on all American stocks.
New Yorktown Topics is very
bullish on Union Pacific, Southern Pa
cific, Louisville & Nashville, Atchison,
Rock Island. Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul. Baltimore & Ohio. and Penn
sylvania.
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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
PATRONAGE AND SCANDAL

There are few congressional dis
tricts in the United States in which 1t
would not be possible to stir up sem
eational scandals regarding patronage
IL idle gossip, malicious stories and
irresponsible hearsay of disappointed
Office seekers are to be manipulated.
without regard to the trust, for effect
upon the public or to promote selfish
schemes and personal revenges. This
is true without regard to what party
the disposal of the patronage. whether
q senator or a member of the house.
In the average congressional district
there are from two hundred to five
hundred postmasters to appoint, most
of them for villages or small towns
No matter how small the town there
will be from two or three to six or
eight active aspirants, and usually the
contest is hot and eager. In numer-
able cases it becomes angry. and there
Is no end Of sratagem, of conspiracy, Of
passionate effort to VIM. 1t is the COM
monest thing for a community thus to
be stirred up till bitterness, meanness.
suspicion and scandal come the top,
and this Is the opportunity Of malice.
the riot of extravagant rumor and
gossip.
Now, take almost any congressional
district between the oceans: dragnet
all the malicious stories insinuations
and hearsay which are spawned out of
the disappointments and struggles for
postohnces and other patronage; COL
lect this wretched stun. piece it to-
gether and exclude the full facts bear.
ing on any detail: put the most evi
construction on the selected meanes
falsehoods-do all this with system ant
Interior purpose. and where Is the dis
trict or the state in this broad LAM
that can not be made to reek witt
scandal? Where Is the public or tn
private reputation that would be safe
Where the public opinion that woul,
not be debauched and saturated witt
suspicion?
The forms Of the law are not in
tended to be the means Of such de
bauchery. The aim Of Justice Is truth
Under free institutions there can b
!. no higher crime than to prostitute tn
/ instrumentalities of justice to maliciou
rumor, or to make them the mere chan
nels for the freer and more deadly flo,
of political Islander. II such prostitu
ton of the law is fortunately rare, yer
rare indeed. it Is not because the or
portunity Is not abundant-not becaus
1t does not occur wherever men be
come embittered and angry in stril
from patronage 1t Is because few me
who are trusted in high positions
safeguard the public against such on
rage are SO recreant as to betray the
trust.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24

Japan has declined to take the space
vacated by Russia at the ST. Louis ex-
position. Her ambition just now Is
conferred on occupying the space she
expects Russia to vacate in northern
Korea
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
RAILROAD IS
BL0CKADED
Central Pacific Badly lmpeded by
the Storms in the Sierra
Nevada Mountains

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller)
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, March a.
Wrecks. landslides and snowslides in
the snowshed region of he Sierra Me-
vada's has impeded prgress on the
Central Pacific, carried away telegraph
wires and practically cut OF communi-
cation with the east. Two trains, and
one freight and one wrecking train
were caught In the slides but there has
been no loss Of life.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24

President Mohler now having had
time to get through with his accumu-
lated correspondence we may look for
an announcement now any morning Of
the immediate construction of the
Lewiston Riparia road.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
Nominated for Congress

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
SPENCER, Ind. March 24.-John C.
CLANCY, OF Sullivan. was nominated for
congress today at the republican con-
gressional convention Of the Second
district There was no opposition.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24

All the people of Lewiston want is
a good sewer and If expert testimony
says the present one Is that kind what
would an injunction signify.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller,
AUSTIN, Tex, March 24-The health
ONCE received from Governor Nuevo at
Leon, Mexico. q denial Of the report
that yellow fever exists there
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24

low oyerlies the middle Pacific and
the middl plateau. An area of high
pressure is central over the far north.
and the pressure is relatively high over
the coast of southern California.
Precipitation occurred in the region
from the coast to the Rocky mountains
with the exception of southern Cali
fornia. and in Wyoming. Montana.
Kansas, and at Calgary and Assiniboia.
Low temperatures prevail in the Pa
cific states. the plateau. and in the
region of high pressure; high tempera>
lures prevail in the east and southeast
portions of the area of low pressure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-09

clean thick comforters and heavy car
pets and stuffy furniture and draperies-
One fortunate New York mother who
had the time and money to furnish her
nursery from the start just as she wish
ed it decided that she would have her
baby's room all in white: that in this
way it would be prettier, more whole
some and easier to keep clean. And this
of the room snow white and rejected all
compromise that would make her fur
nishing easier; she merely, wherever
she could gain in light and cleanness
and simplicity, had things white, so that
the first glance at the room gave an
impression of exquisite freshness.
First of all, she had the walls painted
white, softened by a faint glow of vel
low, very faint, but enough to keep the
room cheerful on the dreariest days, and
the woodwork was painted the same
shade.
L know it will show soil" she said,
when questioned about the light tone,
but I want it to- I don't want my
baby's room dirty and left so because
it doesn't show"
The natural wood floor was oiled with
crude oil having the least bit of lumber
stain This was wiped once a month
with crude oil and kerosene. and busted
every morning with a dry mop buster.
ted lawn. edged with little ruffle and as
easy to do up a towel and hung W on
brass rods with safety pins So that they
The bed was iron. painted cream. white
and all the chairs and the rush couch
We're painted white, and the cushion COW
ers on the couch and chairs were of Gre
tonne reps, white with pattern of daft
fodils, and there were a few pale green
and linen pillows
The only rug was strip of dull yellow
ingram floor covering, which costs 80
cents a yard. washes beautifully and is
extremely artistic to look at. Where a
door curtain was needed the same filling
was used, hung to escape the floor two
inches and put up with rings and safety
pins so that it could easily be taken down
and washed
All the cushion covers, mattress covers,
etc were made to button on, so that
they could easily be taken off and wash
ed And the blankets were separate for
easy washing. Dimity bedspreads were
used. There is nothing easier to do up
than these dimity coverlets. and they are
so pretty and durable The slips for the
bed pillows were of linen. hemstitched
and plain. and the comforter was Just
two thicknesses of white eiderdown,
bound together with white wash ribbon.
very cheap, pretty and warm
The table was not white because II
would stain so easily. but a big square
design Of Flemish oak, without a spread.
and large enough to hold many books
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-09

For several years the Easter parade
uaS SHOWN decided falling off in To-
pehai not in numbers. for all the world
seemed TO be out last Sunday, but IN
nnery and show. Very few new hats
ana suits were to be seen at the fash
1onable churches. most of the women
oelng still in their winter garb, the
only exceptions the few who are al
ways early and who have been wear
ing their new spring clothes for a
fortnight or longer
The fact is Easter is no longer con-
sidered just the time nOr church the
place for the display OF new toilets
Time was when not to have something
or everything new for Easter Sunday
was to be outside the fashionable pale
and in those days one also wore ones
most elaborate street toilet to church
The pews then looked more like
fashionable drawing room on an at
home day than a place of worship But
quiet dressing has come to be consid-
cred the best possible form for church
and it is only among the lower classes
and with provincial people that Easter
marks the debut of the new spring
toilet
The new rule has worked toward
that sublime Indifference to the state
of the weather which seems to be the
normal frame of mind nowadays once
a rainy Easter was tragedy Now
nobody cares The ancient supersti-
ton anent the cloudy wedding day
seem to have few believers any more.
Indictment weather no longer threatens
the success of any social function Per
haps it was always so among grown
ups and it is only the children who
watch the clouds and ask mother if
she thinks it viii rain on the holidays
and fete days.
I was reading the other day for the
dftieth tire. perhaps, of the secret
of NinOn de IEnclos' beauty" When
ever the space writer's can think of
nothing else to earn their misera BILE
pittance with they dig uD Ninon and
tell the real secret of her beauty, re
vealed by her own chemist after her
death" Some times il is olive oil. some
times it is milk baths, some times it
is cucumber cream, sometimes it is
fresh fruit. This time it was rain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-09
. For 4he Momen.

water I have a theory about Ninon
de rEnclos. myself and her wonderful
beauty The secret is, that she was
beautiful That's all there is to it. I
know IT is not so hattering to the
suDersititions of d plain women in
whose breasts the hope of eventual
loneliness springs eternal, as the Gu
cl1u1ber cream and rain water ex-
PLANTATION, but il is nearer the truth.
A plain woman might as well make
up her mind to the facts of the case
and resign herself If you are plain.
YOU are plain and although your case
may be helped it isn't likely to be
cured. If YOU are pretty. you are pref
ty but not hale so sure of what to-
morrow may bring forth as the plain
girl. Beauty is largely a matter of
youth and few girls are pretty after
they are y. Still q woman coca siOnal-
~ improves with age and is distin-
guished looking. even beautiful, at 10
who was plain at 20 IN Topeka there
are more handsome middle aged We
men whose waist lines have gotten be-
yond their control and whose hair is
turning gray than there are good loos-
ing young women of sav. %. OF course
they are not pretty according to the
youthful standard. But they have
health, bright eyes. fairly good COM
pleXions. we'll set up figures, beautiful
expressions and the air distingue. Peo-
pie say of them that they look as
young as their daughters. OF course
they don't [, although in some instances
they are even prettier than their
daughters. but there is Il difference =
the difference between youth and age
which is hard to define but none the
less unmistakable-
This question of beauty is something
of a pUzzIer. A woman beautiful ac-
cordfng to a fashionable standard is
seldom beautiful according to artistic
ideals With most people beauty is a
question of style and the palm is given
to a wonan's clothes rather than to
herself. Her gown builder and her cor
setiere deserve the credit for her sue
cess. The Venus de Milo would be
jeered at in any modern company be
cause her waist is too short and too
large and her hair too plain for present
day fashions. The prettiest girl looks