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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27
THE RACE PROBLEM

The story is told Of southern
gentleman Of Cordova, s. c., who, &c.
tually, 80 far forgot his race prejudlces
as TO address the colored pupils Of a
school, the Prince institute. The fact
came out and his friends were so
shocked that they threatened TO ostra-
else him. The result was that he pub
lished an humble apology, in the fol-
lowing style;
81 had left my place Of business
here on n business trip few miles be-
low, on returning | came by the above
named school and was held up by the
teacher and begged to make a few re-
marks 10 the children Very reluctant
ly | aid so, not thinking that publicity
would be given to IL or that / was
doing anything that would offend any
one. | wish TO say here and now that
am heartily sorry for what / did, and
hope after this humble confession and
expression Of regret that all whom
may have offended will forgive me-"
II is instructive to contrast this mar
row-minded sentiment with that ex-
pressed by Booker r Washington, in
his opening address to the annual ses-
sion Of the Tuskegee Institute, held
this week, lie said, in part
I'VE should not fail to cultivate
pride Of race We should let the world
know that we arc proud OF belonging
10 the Negro race, that we count II
no more a disgrace to be classed as
Negro than we would to be classed as
"a member Of any other race, We
should teach our children 20 have faith
I'm the race TO which they belong and
have love ana respect for II, and above
all things to have faith In It's future.
No race that does not believe I'm itself
and respect itself can expect to cont
nand the confidence Of others. Neither
should we omit any opportunity to cul.
tivate the friendship OF the man who
Is our next door neighbor, whatever
his color or race. In all the real thlng1
OF life II is our neghbor who can be
OF the most service to us In our efforts
to achieve the better things Of life
That IA common sense The AFFECT
apology for having addressed colored
school children il the glbberish Of an
idiot We send missionaries to all
parts Of the globe to teach people OF all
colors and shades, and praise those
who devote their lives TO that kind OF
work Why should Il be considered Of
fensive TO give to colored children in
this country some encouragement, or
advice, or instruction, calculated TO
help them on in their struggle for adj
vaneement?
Fortunately, the negroes themselves
are forging ahead, Notwithstanding all
obstacles placed in their way. They
have, since their emancipation saved
more than S3OOOOOOOO worth of prop
erty In twelve Southern states they
own 1889 farms. BY taxation, per-
sonal effort and phllanthropic help an
increasingly large number OF public
and private schools are IN session sew
eral months In each year They have
organized and support $4,000 churches.
They have really done as wen as can
be expected Of any people IN their cir
cumstancee
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27
A MISUNDERSTANDING

Grand Duke Vladimir IL reported to
have entered bitter complaint against
American citizens on account Of what
he supposcs to be their hostility to
Russia. Among the questions he Ia
said to have asked, IN recent inter-
View, are such as these "Why should
America, especially, mislnterpret and
think IN Of us2 We have always been
friends friends Of century friends
when Ameplca needed friends, | re-
member when America was our great
friend why has an this changed?
What has Russia done to deserve H.?
What has Russia done to American
Why should America think I'M Of u.s."
To an Of which the reply Is. that
Americans do not think IN Of Rus
STA They are not the enemies OF RUS
STA, or OF the Russian rulers. on the
contrary, they are friends Of both
the Russian people, and their rulers
There Is not an American cltigcn OF I'M
telligonce from the President to tho
humblast laborer who does not feel sore
ny for the people that now passes
through the horrors of both war and
revolution. There is especially not an
American mother or father whose sym.
pathics are not active In behalf OF the
Czarina and her baby boy and whose
prayers would not be freely offered
for their security and protection, as
wen as for the well-being OF the i'm.
perial father-"the little father"
Americans are the friends OF Russia.
They ere so much so. az 10 sincerely
wish TO see the fotters OF tyranny
stricken from the hands ana feet Of the
people. They desire TO see the coun-
try opened to civil ana religious free
dom, 80 that the millions who have
found a resting place under the Rus.
sian sceptor may be az free, MS happy
as intelligent as the citizens Of any
state I'm the world. Such are the SEN
tments entertained here toward Rus
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

to commence another campaign Of man
slaughter throughout Macedonia. Near
~ half of the population OF that pros
vince has already been slaughtered, or
drlyen Into exile and the remainder live
IN q state OF revolution. There is no
escape from this condition except
through a successful war, and the Sui
tan, Il Is thought. Is expecting the out
break Of hostiltles soon. The European
powers interested are doing an IN their
power to prevent a conflict. They fear
that II Bulgaria and seryia give any
aid or comfort TO the evolutionary
bands IN Macedonia and Turkey retail
iates. the entire Balkan peninsula win
be instantly involved In war; And
this might Become serious. a Balkan
war might give tho Poles encourage
ment to attempt a rising in Russia, ms
with Turkey aname. neither Austria
nor Germany would have free hands
to interfere against them.
According to all reports from the
Balkans, Turkey, Bulgaria, ana seryia
are arnlng, Bugandage burning Of
houses and violation Of women are Of
daily occurrence. and Bulgar Greek
and Turk are cutting each others
throas. II is said that the ambassa-
doris continue to receive reports of the
most pessImistlc character. The Turks
are placing heavy orders for artillery
in France and Germany and negotia-
lions for a loan from the Paris hnan-
clers have been reopened an Of which
IS Interpreted to mean that war and
destruction are imminent.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27
Oakland Enonlrer.

The nation that sows oppression Is
likely to reap revolution, as Russia has
learned TO IT'S cost. TO deny people
the right Of petition and legal redress
OF wrong "a to invite appeal TO the
dagger and dynamite While the as
sassination Of Grand Duke Sergius Is
a crime which causes shudder at the
same time it must be recognized that
such events are certain TO follow ms
the natural consequence of such OUT
RACES as that of the recent Bloody
Sunday when unarmed men, women
and children bearing peaceful petit
ton TO the Car We're shot down and
the streets Of st. Petersburg ran red
with blood Scrgus was one Of those
who believed in the policy Of suppress
sion and in ruling the people with an
iron hand, The use OF dynamite Is a
desperate recourse but one 10 which
autocracy In Russia has almost driven
the people
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

our Spanish claims commission bids
fair 20 rival the almost incredible story
of the French claims. on the score
both of delay and injustice, Up to
date, It has made awards In but three
claims, amounting TO $4,000, Mean
while, the commission Itself has cost
the government since Its creation in
March, 1901, only about $4,000 in sal
aries and expenses" says the New
York Evening Post. 1t seems to be u
case of death to the frogs but lots Of
fun for the boys.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27
Pueblo Chleftaln.

II was Serglus that was relied upon
TO supply the courage and tine pertln-
8city 100 sadly lacking I'm the car. Il
was Sergius 10 whom the real tyrants
of Russia the Office holders looked for
their defense ln case the ear should
give way 10 The increasing pressure to-
Wnrl reform. I, was Serglus that was
said 20 be the center OF conspiracy
whose purpose Il was 10 dcpose Mich
olas and to put in bis pace an emper-
on that would rule with blood and iron
in the good old fashion Of the Roman
offs Il was Sergius that held the car
truc 30 the old traditions when the
counsel Of better men was bringing
him toward the side Of the people.
Serglus was the power behind the
throne and he was the power under
the throne. What effect this latest OF
Russian assassnotlons win have Il Is
impossible now 20 predict
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27
BALKAN WAR FEARED,

William r, Curtis, the well known
special correspondent OF the Chicago
Rccord-llerald, predicts war In the
Balkans, "as soon as the snow molts
IN the mount9lns." lie takes the view,
expressed IN these columns, that the
present troubles Of Russia are extremely
dangerous TO the peace OF southeastern
Europe The revolutionary element In
Macedonia, he says has obtained funds
IN some manner and Is said TO be well
supplied with arms and ammunition,
while the Bulgarian government has
been preparing Tor war all winter, and
IS likely to provoke an invasion by the
Turks which has been prevented by
Russian influence for the last three
years.
1t Is claimed that the sultan Is about
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

II was hardly necessary to convoke
an international commission to declare
that Admiral Rojestyensky was not
justified In firing on the North Sea
fishing fleet But II was worth while
to convoke the commission In order to
avoid serious international compllca-
tons, and they would have followed
had It not been called together. Arbi-
tration and humanity have scored a
great triumph.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

The Prusslan minister OF public works
has made a comparison between rail-
road accidents IN Prussia and the
United states showing that they are
much more frequent and disastrous in
this country This is case where
comparisons are particularly odious.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

their dead. shot down by the soldiers
OF the Car These make the somber
background OF that system which holds
Russia as the personal property Of the
Grand Dukes, with the lie OF every
man and woman held az the VIII OF the
car IL throws into high relief the
position OF Japan, fighting to prevent
the extension OF that kind or govern
luent over eastern Asia The world
has made up It's mind that such gov
ornment should not be extended over
more territory and more people, for
wherever II goes viii be reproduced the
massacre OF ST. Petersburg and the
assassination In the Kremlln.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

Governor Wariield Of Maryland IS
greatly mistaken II he thinks that the
solution OF the negro problem is the
relegation Of the negro to a condition
Of no political rights and scml-seryi-
tudr.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27
run RUSSIAN ASSASSINATION
Los Angeles Express.

slpagulne BobrikoE, Won Plehyel
And now Grand Duke Serglus is the
victim of Russia's social conditions
which have had for all so terrible re-
suit. Little wonder that others high I'm
power are reported as being gloomy
and depressed Little wonder that the
ear regards himself as a certain mark
for the assassins bullet or death-deal-
ing bomb.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27
New York Mall.

The engines 81 destruction which
burst beneath the carriage OF Alexander
u did rot advance the cause Of free
dom Tor Russia, nor VIII this That
cause IL too sacred thing to profane
with Nihlllstic bombs, II must rest, II
II Is TO prosper not on secret conspiracy
and murder, but on right and justice
and open action.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

An indianapolis man has been ORDER
ed by the courts TO pay his ex-wife
S2,1jO alimony That makes her an
asset instead Of baggage.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

When trust mognates are fined and
imprisoned for violating the law win
trusts begin 10 respect the law but not
until then.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

Ninoty-elght thousand dollars paid
by Utah in bountes on wild animals.
This business has run wild.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

II Is a savage picture, that OF the
military governor Of Moscow blown
osunder and staining with his blood
the snow within the walls OF the krem-
lin. But II was also "A savage picture
that sunday. when the people knelt IN
the snow IN st. Petersburg and walled
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

sla. Grand Duke Vladimir mlsunder.
stands US, If he lnterprets this as hos
tility.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

Mrs. Hetty Green says that she new
err gives people advice Hurah for
Hetty!
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

The young men who have been
shooting insulators win nnd II cheaper
to shoot Niagara
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

II Is no good for the Gear to be n
good man 20 long as he Is dominated
by the grand dukes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

Mrs Chadwick has proven on the Wit
ness stand that she can smile and smile
and be villain Nnl
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

Motto Of the trusts. Equal and ex-
act justice to none; special privileges
10 us.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

Even In the hold-up business II Is
the man behind the gun who gets away
with the game,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27

The Senate has deoreed mo flowers
Internent priyate2
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27
RECENT PUBLICATIONS

The University Of Goettingen, Ger
many, has just issued two pamphlets,
one In German and one In English, con-
| tanning interesting Information concern
| ing that well kown and far renowned
! institute Of leaning The German
! pamphlet Is in antique style. Both
should be OF interest 10 many American
students and scholars,
The February number Of What 20
| Eat has, az the title OF the publication
lndcates,a number OF articles on house,
hold topics, but Il also devotes space to
/ other subjects. Thus Il tells little
! story, Hard ON the Mormons," which
points q moral.--Pierce Pub, Co., Chi
cago, ILL.,
The March number Of The Burr Nc
| intosh Monthly Is called the navy NUM-
| Der. IL has series OF excellent pic
lures OF the American navy, and some
| of the men who command It. Among
the portraits are those Of Ethel Barry
more, Secretary Morton, Admiral Dewey.
Mrs. q. II, Gilbert, and Joseph Jeffer-
son.--The Burr Publishing CO., No. 4
West END St, New York.
The following excellent list Of con-
bNANAn - lhhIh III AltAluNt = mdbbNillf
for March The Subway Deal, Ray
stannard Baker; Red Hanrahan's Vi
sion" William Butler Yeats Service"
Anna II. Branch "A Wasted Rehears-
al Jeanette Cooper; Modern Sur
gerry Samuel Hopkins Adams; Three
Toes Frederick n. Scotford "The
Golden Flood. Edwin Lefeyre, II Shall
Have Lived" a. n. Housman; "A Hap
py Lapse from Paradise" Marion Hll
THE Man In the Pigeon Hole" John
McAuley Palmer; 'One Hundred Mas
terpieces Of Painting" John la FARCE
In the Family" Mary Stewart cut
ting "The Maestro OF Balangilang,"
James Hopper, and Careless Ignorant.
and Defiant Postmasters." Henry A.
Castle.-New York.
The opening article Of Harpers Ba-
gar for March Is "On Co-education,' by
DR. VIM, II. Harper. 1t Is followed by
a story. "The Family Of Little Miss
Mary by Mary X. Plercy,"' The slgnl-
fcance Of the Wom9p's TEIp Move
ment' Is discussed by Nettle II. Barly
In the same number are found many
poems and short stories as well as
practical papers on fashions and kind
red topics. A New Pattern Sheet
supplement goes with the March num-
ber-Harper e. Bros. New York.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-03-07

Some queer things are done by
thoughtless persons who try by descrip-
lions to supply the lack of a definite
address for their letters.
One such letter was directed: ITO my
sister Jean, up the Canongate, down a
close. Edinburgh. She has a wooden
leg" Jean safely received her brothers
communication.
Another queer letter provided no diff
Guilty at all for the postman. 1t was
superscribed, This is for the young
girl that wears spectacles, who minds
two babies, 80 Sheriff street, off Prince
Edward street, Liverpool
Another was addressed, ''This is for
her that makes dresses for ladies that
live at tother side of rode to James
Brocklip, Edensover, Chesterfield
This, too, was delivered.
The following specimen, however
proved too much for the mail carrier
1t could not be delivered: ''E. r., q
cook as lived tempery with Mrs. L..
or some such name, shoemaker in
Castle street, about No. 20 Hobern, In
1851"
''She is a Welsh person, about five
| feet and stoutish lives in service some
ware in London or nabourede Lon
DON" was the superscription Of a let
ter that recently passed through tbs
general postoffice To pick that short
and stoutish Welsh person out of some
100000 people was a task at which
the officials threw up their hands. The
missive had to go to the dead letter Of
fice-London Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-03-07
LoNDoN's OLD CLOTHES.
The way They Change owner
Adown the Social Scale.

The Way They Change Owners
AdOwn the Social Scale.
In those parts of London in which
the penny is the standard Of value
there is a traffic in secondhand materi-
ais of a sort that is unheard of in any
city of America.
For example, a dress costing 100
guineas and worn by woman Of fash
ion on one Of the days Of the Ascot
meeting will be seen perhaps twice
thereafter, once at a garden party
and again at some function remote
from town, after which it becomes the
perquisite of the lady's maid, from
whom it is bought by an oily woman
who maintains what is called ladies
wardrobe in Brixton or Bayswater.
To the dingy parlor in which this oily
hammered woman transacts her bust
torneys, medical men and city clerks,
intent on bargains. and to one of these
the Ascot dress, Positively worn by
Lady G.. in the royal inclosure,' as the
oily woman informs her In an awed
whisper, is knocked down at the low
price of 10 guineas.
Its new owner wears it until it is too
shabby to be worn again. after which
it is sold to a second rate wardrobe
and becomes the property Of green
grocer's wife, who takes it to pieces,
retrims it and wears 1t out Of the shop
until it is once more shabby. Then it
is sold to third rate wardrobe, where
it catches the eye of some coster lady
and is sold for shillings.-Saturda
Evening Post
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-03-07
WHY SHE COULDN'T FIND IT
Inquiry Into Early History of Ger
many navaInned n PnzzIa

Inquiry Into Early History of Ger
many Developed a Puzzle.
In the state department, where a
fair knowledge of history is the one
requisite above others, information
concerning the earlier history of Ger
many was desired. The employee upon
whom this task of finding this devolved
is young woman who passed the civil
service examination with an AL grade.
She went to the bookshelves and looked
in that section where the historical
data Of this country are kept
That's funny" she murmured after
rummaging through the volume. Here
is Germany, but these books don't go
back far enough"
After another desultory search through
the volumes she came and stood beside
an elder woman whose early education,
though by no means as comprehensive
as that of today, consisted in learning
what she did learn we'll
do you know where. the rest of Ger
many ISL" the girl asked.
ITS all there" was the answer.
but it can't be, because it doesn't
go back as far as l want" The elder
woman looked at the slip Of paper in
the girls hand on which a date prior
to the time Of Frederick the Great was
written.
There was no Germany as early as
that" she said promptly.
Then how can / find itY' the girl
helplessly asked.
"Look under Prussia, of course" the
elder woman answered.
"Ohw said the girl. = Washington
Post
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-03-07
Re CONSULTED BACON.
Why Andrew jackson Fought Htl
Duel With Colonel Avery.

Why Andrew jackson Fought Hts
Duel With Colonel Avery.
1t was Andrew Jackson's habit to
carry in his saddlebags when he at
tended court copy Of "Bacon's
Abridgment" and to make frequent APP
peals to it in his cases. This precious
book was always carefully done up in
coarse brown paper. and the unwrap-
ping of the volume ives very solemn
function as performed by Jackson, who
was then only twenty-one years old.
Colonel Avery during the trial which
preceded the duel between himself and
jackson procured piece Of bacon the
size Of the book, and while Jackson
was addressing the court he slipped out
the volume from its wrapping and sub
stituted the bit of pork. At length
Jackson had occasion to appeal to Lord
Bacon. While still talking he raised
the bearskin flap of his saddlebags,
drew out the brown paper package.
carefully united the string, unfolded
the paper with decorous gravity an@
then, without looking at what he held
in his hand, exclaimed triumphantly.
1--WE will now see what Bacon saysr'
What wonder that the fiery young
lawyer blazed with anger. while the
courtroom rang with laughter at his
expense and that he afterward chal-
lenged Colonel Avery.-Harper's
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-03-07
THE LIGHT BRIGADE.
How the SIX Hundred Rode Into the
Jaws of Death.

How the Six Hundred Rode Into the
Jaws OF Death.
Sergeant Macauley, who died on Jan
5, gave this account of Balaklava:
On the morning Of Balaklava l was
In tent with eight comrades, and only
two of them returned at night. l rode
through the charge on the left file but
one, the outside man being called Her
bert We had not gone far before Her
bert was killed by a cannon ball. A
moment or two after my right hand
man had his head taken clean off by
round shot His trunk kept upright on
the horse for several yards and then
fell over near me- Men and horses now
began to fall very fast, and we galloped
as hard as ever we could.
We got among the guns at last, and
if it was a proud moment for us the
feeling was short lived. We fully ex
pected to be supported, but when the
smoke cleared we discovered that what
we took for British troops were in re-
atty Russian cavalry They came for
US in a perfect cloud, and we faced
about and rushed right into them.
There was an awful clash Of swords,
and almost before we could realize it
we had cut right through them. This
opened a passage for the remainder OF
the brigade and was the only real bit
Of fighting we had The other was only
slaughter