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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-25

At present New Zealand is distinct ly an agricultural and dairying colony but recent investigations by engineers as to. the possibilities of deriving cleo tric power from rivers and waterfalls indicates that it may become a great manufacturing center. .
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-25

BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. l2 CENTS A WEEK, 50 GENTS A MONTH, ss FOR SIX MONTHS. ss A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL SINGLE COPIES, CENTS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-25

A mouse can make trouble. Valuable documents, which cannot be replaced, have been destroyed at Green Bay (wis), by curious mouse. The mouse strayed into one of the drawers of County Clerk Halls desk and set fire to a box of matches. Included in the papers destroyed were reports of the sessions of the Wisconsin legislature dating back to 1s4s, when Wisconsin first became a State. .~:>+
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-25

Experiments made by a street rail- road company of Cleveland with reduc- ed fares do not, according to the Rail- way and Engineering Review, support the common belief that street-car travel increases in proportion to the reduction of fares. The regular fare of the Cleveland company was 5 cents. On some of it's lines as an experiment it reduced the fare to cents, on others to 3 cents, no transfers being given with these reduced fares. Neither test was profitable. The cent fare test showed a decrease, as compared with the preceding 20 days of 1O.S7 per cent, or $1,375 a day. The cent fare showed a loss of 5.74 per cent, or $7S4 day for seven days. The company, being disap- pointed in the result, has resumed 5 cent fares. The cent fare with a transfer is the equivalent, it appears of 3 1-2 cent fare without transfers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-25

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL lssued Thursdays, One Dollar Year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-25

Postmaster General Wynne found the desk he used when he was 2 telegraph operator in the old Cincin- nati Commercial Gazette office in Washington shortly after the war. Whitelaw Reid used 1t when he was a Washington correspondent. Reid hand ed the desk down to Wynne when he left for New York to go to work on the New York Tribune. Now Reid is to be ambassador to Great Britain and Wynne is to be consul general to Lon don. Wynne says he will take the desk to London with him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-25

The Bishop of Llandaff, says London conundrums, with which, when coun- try parson in Penlbrokeshire, he loved to bewilder the grave historian Thirl- wall. The story goes that not long ago Bishop Lewis concluded a clerical meeting by asking his flock: If it takes your bishop week to eat ham, how long would it take hi into eat a .hammer?" and made diplomatic de- parture to catch his train. When the company had given up the problem they wired to Llandaff for the solu- ton, and received the maddening re- ply. 1T don't know; I've never tried"
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The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12

Richard N. Hall, who has given
eight years to the study of ancient
monuments in southern Rhodesia, says
that none of the hundreds of ruins has
been more than partially explored, ac-
cording to the San Francisco Chroni-
Gle. Many important ruins have been
seen only by casual travellers and the
work of unearthing only part of the
Great Zimbabwe area would be more
than the labor of lifetime. Still, re-
searches have made progress in the
last few years. There are in Rhodesia
no less than 300 distinct ruins and
groups Of ruins. Only few scores of
these are entitled to rank as IAN
cient." The largest part of them prob
ably does not date back to the thir-
teenth, fourteenth and fifteenth CEN
turtles.
There is overwhelming evidence at
the Great Zimbabwe of ancient civili-
cation and arts possessed by the build
ers.of the earliest period The Zimbab-
we temple is the finest and most intact
example of a nature worshiping shrine
known to the world. Its construction
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12
Stately Ruins in Rhodesia

points unmistakably to some knowl.
edge of geometry and astronomy on
the part of the builders. It is quito
certain that even the cruder methods
at Zimbabwe Of applying this knowl.
edge, which was common to the an
cient Semitic peoples, we're imported
from the near east and did not origi-
nate in southeast Africa. The right
ascension of the sun, the heliacal ris-
ing and the meridian passages of the
stars are believed to have been noted
at Zimbabwe. These ancient builders
were also past masters in the science
of military defense, the walls showing
that the builders were military strate-
gists of the highest order. Their gold
ornaments, finely designed and en-
graved, could not have been the work
of an uncivilized people, and the hun
dreds of ancient gold mines show that
they we're skilled in metallurgy and
picked out rich shoots, patches and
pockets with marvellous cleverness. 1t
is estimated that from these wide
spread mines they extracted $375,000,.
00o of gold.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12
Turtle With Long Pedigree

A giant leatherback turtle was re-
ceived at the American Museum of
Natural History yesterday. 1t is said
to be the first that has been taken
along the Atlantic coast in fifteen
years. as well as the largest ever
brought to shore in this country.
This one weighs ZIG pounds. 1t
was caught off Block island and was
presented to the museum by G. M.
Long G Co. of New London. 1t was
alive when brought in from the sea,
but died shortly after being landed.
A wound from harpoon shows just
over the left shoulder.
Upon its arrival at the museum it
was taken to the basement, where
the museum artist made a sketch of
it for the official records. Experts in
reptilian genealogy say that the leath-
erback family is a most ancient one,
and that If Adam had ever gone down
to the seashore he might have seen
one of them. The family can boast
of an older line even than that of the
serpent that tempted Eve. The ex-
perts say that the leatherback is the
Oldest reptile family in the world.
Leatherback is an everyday name.
When the men who know all about its
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12
Something Like a Swarm

We very frequently hear of snake
and fish stories and sometimes pret-
ty good bee story is told, says the
Huntsville (Mo.) Herald. Our friend.
Bill Hefin, hardly ever relates any
thing unless he knows what he is
talking about, and all who know him
won't question his veracity one mo-
ment or doubt the correctness of any
story Bill may tell If he claims he has
a personal knowledge of Anything
connected with it.
Not long ago Mr.. Hefin and Squire
O'Bryan were talking about bees and
tae manner of swarming and Mr..
Hefin was reminded of the immense
swarm he once saw in Missouri. 1t
was during the time Bill was down
south fighting for his country and
along about the last of that sanguin-
ary conflict, when Bill saw that the
southern boys had to surrender to su-
perior numbers, that he saw the big
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12

history get to talking about it they
refer to it as Dermochelus coriacia, a
name not conferred on it by Adam
aforesaid. Proof that the family is
the most ancient among reptiles is
that the spinal column has no fixed
attachment to the shell as in the case
of more modern turtles that have evo-
luted.
The museum was very glad to get
SO rare turtle" said Prof George H.
Sherwood, one of the curators. ut IL
the most primitive of reptiles now
with us. There was one caught in
the Indian ocean some years ago that
was larger. On land it could easily
drag six men after it. 1t wasn't much
larger than this one. This is the
third that has been caught in this
country to my knowledge in a good
many years. When we measured this
one we found that it was 6 feet over
all, that is, from snout to tip of tail.
The she'll is 4 feet 10 inches long and
feet 1 inch wide. From tip to tip
of flippers was z feet"
If the skin does not wrinkle too
much the turtle will be mounted and
placed on exhibition. At any rate q
plaster cast will be made of it for ex
hibition.-New York Sun.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12

ucational Association at Charleston,
South Carolina. Always safe
and sound in his logic, he
was never more forceful, en-
phatic and convincing than up
on this occasion, when, with hum
dreds of educators from the South
and North in his audience to weigh
the philosophy of the man who is
recognized as the greatest practical
educator of the Negro race, he con-
cluded his remarks with these very
wise and truthful deductions:
"More and more | hope the white
people of this country will learn to
measure the worth of the Negro by
the best types of the race and not
by the worst. In large degree we
should judge by those in the school
room, not by those in the peniten-
tiary; by those in the shop and
field, not by those in idleness on
the streets; by those who have
bought homes and are taxpayers,
not by those in dens of crimes and
misery; by those who have learned
the laws of health and are living,
not by those who have broken the
laws of health and are dying. Keep
the searchlight constantly focused
upon the weaker elements of any
race, and who among them will
stand the test that indicates sue
cessl You judge the English by
Gladstone, the German by Bis
marck, the French by Loubet-by
those who have succeeded, not by
those who have failed and are in
the gutter -
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12

swarm of bees. Bill says one day
while marching up the Mississippi
valley with his command he saw bees
swarming out of hole in big cliff.
The hole, he says, was about three
times the size of hogshead and the
bees filed the entire space and had
the appearance of black cloud com.
ing out of the hole. He did not know
how long the bees had been coming
out of the hole, but the swarm was
two miles wide, one and half miles
thick and twenty miles long, and that
they were two hours in passing giv.
en- point. Bill did not go into particu.
lars as to how he got the dimensions
of this great swarm of bees, nor when
they settled, but he says the hole was
left in the cliff, for he saw 1t after
the bees had vacated it. This is the
biggest bee story we ever heard and
1t seems too big to be true, but Bill
declares that his command was not on
retreat when he saw the swarm.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12
COLORED NEWSPAPERS.

1t is frequently heard from
members of the race that colored
newspapers do not contain as
much news as may be had from
any of the larger dalies. And this
is true. But to all who offer this
criticism we desire to state that
they fail to understand the purpose
the colored newspaper is trying to
serve. We are not in competition
with the great dailies as purveyor
of general news. We wish to
make note of the most important
happenings contained in news
papers generally, and in ad-
dition to this to publish sucn do
ings of the race who care anything
about their race. In this line we
have no competition except among
ourselves, for it is apparent to any
one who takes the time to think
about it, that the poorest of the
race papers published will tell you
more in one month about what our
own people are doing than can be
found in any of the metropolitan
dailies in double the time. So,
after all, it is but question with
you as to whether or not you care
to know about what is going on
among your kind. If you do care
to know, you cannot find it out by
reading your morning and evening
papers only.-Freeman.
1t seems to us, silly for any
member of the race to attempt to
compare Negro Weekly News
paper with that of metropolitan
daily, yet, as the Freeman says,
many of the race criticise the Ne
gro weeklies for not having the
news as that of the dailies, yet
these same people will pick up a
Negro newspaper in preference of
a daily. The fact of the matter is,
they prefer the kind of news that
is found in a Negro paper to
that found in white one. The
average Negro who makes such
assertions are paid up subscribers
for white dailies and either borrow
or steal Negro paper iii order
that he may learn what is going
on among his race. Such argu-
ments as above stated put up by
any individual are quite filimsy
and have no substantial weight
whatever.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12
Chinese Doctors Have Skill

which he uses in treatment II he has
a large practice he may employ ma
tive chemist, who makes up the pre-
scription.
One of the curious features Of Chi
nese medical treatment is the way in
which the physicians administer their
remedies. Nearly all the ofices OF
the principal doctors have what may
be called a tea-room attachment.
This is spacious apartment, well
lighted, frequently ornamented with
Oriental pottery and pictures and con-
tanning small tables, each with two or
three chairs. If the invalid does not
wish to take his medicine at home,
he is ushered into this room, and
while seated at one of the tables
drinks his prescription as he would a
cup of tea or glass of wine. With
but few exceptions the medicine is in
liquid form and served hot in dainty
Chinese bowls, for most of it is com.
posed of decoction of herbs.
Each table contains bowl of raj
sins, and when the attendant brings
in the medicine he also brings in a
glass of tepid water. If the drink is
bitter, as it usually is, the patient can
eat some of the raisins to remove the
taste, while with the. water he rinses
his mouth and throat. Then he is
ready to go home, returning the next
day for another examination and dose.
Chambers Journal
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12

Remittances should be made by EXPRESS
Money Order. Postoffice Money Or-
der. Registered Letter or Bank Draft
Postage stamps will be received the
rame as cash for the fractional parts
of a dollar. Only 1-cent and 2-cent
stamps taken.
Reading notices. ten lines or less. 10
cents per line. Each additional line
over ten lines. cents per line.
Display advertising rates. % cents per
square. A square contains ten agate
lines. No discounts allowed on less
than three months contract. Cash
must accompany all orders from par
ties unknown TO us. Further partic-
ulars on application.
II occasionally happens that papers sent
to subscribers are lost or stolen. In
case you do not receive any number
when due inform us by postal card
and we will cheerfuly forward du-
plicate OF the missing number.
Communications to receive attention
must be newsy. upon important sub
jects plainly written only upon one
eide of the paper. must reach US
Tuesdays II possible. anyway not lat
er than Wednesdays, and bear the
signature OF the author. No manu-
script returned. unless stamps are
sent for postage.
All communications OF a personatinR ma.
ture that are not complimentary VIII
be withheld from the columns of this
paper.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12

A scientific comparison of the
brains of men and women shows
that the former have the larger
brain, but authorities do not agree
that the extra size and weight car
ry corresponding extra degree of
intellectual capacity. 1t is con-
tended that the old female dogma
of valuable goods in small pack
ages works in this case also. We
are not prepared to refute the ar
gument, for we are reminded that
the tongue seems to be subject to
the same inexplicable law. But
taking size and weight on the one
side and quality on the other, a
balance is struck which appears to
keep either sex from destroying
the other.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12

The method of treating sick per-
IONS adopted by Chinese doctors in
some cities is similar to that of the
other physicians of the United States
and those of Great Britain. They de-
pend much, however, on the examina-
ton OF the pulse. Their sense of
touch is so wonderfully developed that
it is said they can determine the con-
dition of the heart as well as some of
the other organs merely by the fee
bleness or strength Of thebeats; but
they say there are no less than twelve
inherent movements of the arteries
In the human body, all of which can
be detected by feeling the fingers,
wrist and arm.
When patient calls on him for ex-
animation the doctor first presses the
arm, wrist and fingers, touching near
iy every part Sometimes ten or fif-
teen minutes is occupied with this ex-
animation. Then he may ask if the
patient is married or single. and also
MS age; but this is about the limit of
the examination. Apparently he can
tell the nature of the disease without
questioning further, and If the caller
wishes "a prescription he writes one
In the ordinary Chinese Characters on
a generous-sized square of paper.
Ringing a bell, he hands the pre-
scription to the Chinese attendant
who enters, for each physician has his
own shop, filed with the Ingredients
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12

There is no escaping the fact
that the race problem is develop
ing into a mere problem of preju-
dice which is permeating every
corner of this country and extend
ing even to the islands of the sea.
1t is a problem which must be met
with superior judgment and ability
for nothing else can ever overcome
prejudice. The supreme endeav-
'ors of the Negro must be directed
to the acquiring of property and
learning, and the exercise of such
unity of judgment and action as
will completely disarm his oppres-
sors. 1t is entirely question of
social ethics and material worth
and no side issues ought ever to
be brought into it.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12

Whatever may be said of the
teachings of the Tuskegee Wizard,
one thing must not be forgotten,
he has taught more effectually than
any other man living or dead the
lesson of race economy. No other
influence is comparable with that
of Mr.. Washington when we con-
slider the thousands of Negroes who
as if by by magic, have begun to
work to some purpose. Go where
you will and you will find Negroes
living in better homes and striving
by dint of economy to build houses
to rent. 1t is astonishing to hear
how many of the colored people
now. a-days are saying at is better
to put dollar in the bank than to
spend it at the opera houses.
The common sense experiences
used by Mr. Washington have be-
come like the maxims of Franklin
the impetus to the material sal
vation of the race. While the op-
ponents of DIR. Washington and
his work are meeting and passing
high sounding resolutions, dealing
in hair splitting arguments and
throwing stones from hidden hands
the people, the common sense,
right hearted people, are treasur-
ing up the wise sayings and wiser
example of the great Tuskegee
teacher and making these the basis
of new and better life. Let the
good work go on for from a world
ly standpoint IA mans best friend
is a dollar" THE Charleston, w.
Va. Advocate.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12
Guile Of Kansas Farmer

The Kansas fields were full of wheat
awaiting to be shorn;
The farmer he was full OF grief, and part
ly full Of corn.
A score of harvest hands he watched go
toiling in the sun;
Some came from Eastern colleges; all
strangers. every one.
mixed up with all his wheat;
"They call 'em hands," he muttered, but
they're more like tenderfeet.
THE rain may come and spoil my crop:
some plan J. must devise
pensive prize
A thought then struck the farmer, and he
staggered from the blow,
rhsn called the hands around him and he
thusly LET her go:
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12
Sannon's Homely wit.

"Uncle Joe Cannon is sometimes too
homely and direct and harsh In his
comments" said young journalist
"I was not at all pleased with the re-
mark he made to NE while l was
speaking at the X banquet.
"Of course am an inexperienced
speaker. can't rattle on words like
the veterans of the Senate and the
House. J admit that began my ad-
dress in faltering way. began, If
! remember:
Gentlemen, my opinion is that the
generality Of mankind in general is
disposed to take advantage OF the gen.
erality of
Here Uncle Joe interrupted me.
"'Sit down, son. he said. You are
coming out Of the same hole you went
In at.'"--Exchange-
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12

II have a lovely daughter, and the peach
erino miss
On the man who works the hardest will
bestow hug and kiss
The men wired in like madmen: some
tainted from the heat;
Some worked their hands to splinters. but
they put away the wheat.
They worked all day, and didn't pause to
eat their waiting dinner,
And at the end Bill Sluggins was ac-
claimed an easy winner.
The farmer led him to the house; along
went all the crew;
And then brought out his daughter, who
had reached the age of two.
They say that, tired as Sluggins was tn.
fight was mighty warm;
However that may be, just now an orphan
owns the farm.
-wex Jones in Chicago kmsrseAn-
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12

SOC Sterling Nethersole Bracelets for ba-
bles, at. ........ .l9c
SOC Sterling Top Hat Pins, French gray,
d. ...-... -Ioc
10c Black Handy and Belt Pin Sets at. Sc
$3.50 Ribbon Fobs, gold filled mountings,
......'.. $I.95
5Oc Sterling Silver Brooches, Is Gibson
heads at .15c
Metal Fobs at 25c
&c Collar Buttons, all styles, at. 2 for Sc
10c Collar Buttons, all styles, at Sc
15c Handy Pins, well plated l dozen on
caru' per caru. DC
25c Collar button sets, buttons celluloid
backs, per set. SC
25c Handy Pins 2 in set, gold filed, per
set. 1Oc
75c Baby Pins, set of 3 pins, many de-
Sl.OO Sterling Silver Sash or Belt Pins 25c
25c Leather Fobs at. t.........lO .lOc
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12
wAsHINGToN's WISDOM.

Booker T. Washington once made
a remarkable address before the
general session of the National Ed
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12
Come Early and Stay Late.
JEWELRY

We successful in securing the stock of
large factory at low figure and rather than take
1t we place it in the sale at these seemingly impossible
prices:
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12

Entered as second-class matter at the
pcstofice in the city of Denver. Colorado.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-12
NubIan whIstIIna Tree.

Nublan WhlstIIns Tree.
among the curiosities Of tree life is'
s sne soar. or whistling tree. of Nubia.
mnen tne winds blow over this tree It
slyes out nute-like sounds, playing
way 70 the wilderness for hours At .
sime strange weird melodies.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-22
AGED 11s, WANTS TO FIGHT.
An Ex-slave in West Virginia Com.
ing to Iowa Looking For Trouble.

Parkersburg, w. W. May 22.-Lewis
Young an ex-slave, 119 years of age,
has left West Virginia and started
for Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he will
make his home with his daughter. He
is still of powerful physique and has o
standing offer to meet any man in his
home town in a physical encounter.
1t is said that on his arrival in Oska-
loosa he will extend his challenge to
the men of that city.
The first thirty miles of his trip
We're over mountain roads. but the old
man endured the trip as we'll as boy.
Uncle Lewis" as he is called at his
home in Summerville, was born a
slave in Botetourt county Virginia,
August 16, 1856, and has lived during
the term of Office of every American
president but one. The date of his
birth is well1established by the records.
Ninety-four years ago he was married
and his first wife lived forty years.
At the age of IS years he married
again and his second wife lived twenty
years. When ninety years old he mar
ried again and his third wife died
after they had lived together twenty
seven years. She died two years ago,
and, altho he was then III years old
Uncle Lewis" sat up all night with
her corpse, refusing to sleep during the
last night he could ever be with her.