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The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
TUSKEEGEE CONFERENCE.

The fifteenth annual conference
of farmers in the vicinity of Book
er It. Washington's school brought
together this year larger number
than at any time previous. Farm
ers from all over the Southern
states and representatives from
many of the colleges were present.
This conference has assumed a
national character now and is
looked upon by the outside world
as the one great event to get to-
gether on lines of permanent i'm
provement. Mr.. Washington pre-
sided and delivered one of the most
helpful addresses at the opening
in which he advised colored men,
1st, to stayout of courts in the set
tlenent of their petty differences,
second, to pay their honest debts,
third, continue to buy land, fourth,
as far as practicable to build com.
Portable homes. In the declara-
tions adopted by the conference
the colored preachers, teachers
and leaders everywhere were re-
quested to urge the colored people
to buy land; discontinue the pat
ronage of dispensaries and saloons,
to educate their children. All of
this is sound sense uttered by a
practical man and is the seed corn
from which a harvest of fruit will
be produced in few generations.
When the already flowing springs
of life are quickened by the watch
full eye of those who are interested
in us the progress of the race will
be wonderfully accelerated. Mr.,
Washington aims to make each
striving man of the race feel that
the whole world is looking at him
and debating whether he is a fail
ure or not. If the Negro knows
that his case is on trial he will be
certain to successfully win out.
The conference tends to bring be-
fore the race as a mirror the helps
and hinderance to their success.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
Durango Notes.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Edwards
who have been visiting in our city
for the past two weeks returned to
Telluride last Sunday morning.
Edward Lockett of Silverton is
expected to be here and sing in
the quartet at the Jubilee concert,
Thursday evening, March Sth.
Extensive preparations are be-
ing made for the grand Jubilee
concert which will be given at the
opera house for the benefit of the
A. M. E. church.
The District court convenes
about March 10th. There are a
number of important cases on the
docket; one which some of our
colored citizens are interested in.
namely the killing of Sheriff
Thompson.
A movement is in progress
among the citizens of Durango to
organize Y. M. G. A. Over I3O
young men have enrolled their
names and as soon as the number
reaches 200 the Association will
be organized.
A syndicate of leading business
men of the city has been formed
for the purpose of erecting the
largest and most thoroughly equip
ped hoted with all modern i'm
provement in this section of the
state in Durango. The work will
begin in the spring and is expected
to be completed for the fall fair.
What a great opportunity for the
colored walters who are lettering
around our cities. More will be
said latter.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03

Marine insurance was a regular
business during the Roman empire,
| eing started in the form of loans on
cargoes for which varied rate OF in
terest was charged according to the
hazard. In explaining the origin of
the term underwriters" he said shat
when a ship was about to set out
upon voyage from England, it was
the custom to pass around at Lloyds
a paper upon which was written des-
cription of the vessel and its cargo,
with the name of the master and the
character of the crew and the voyage
contemplated. Those of the mer.
chants and others present desiring to
become insurers would write thSre-
under their names. together with the
amount which each was willing to
take or be liable for as an insurer.
When the total amount of insur-
ance desired had been underwritten
the contract was complete. The term
underwriters" as now applied to in
surers arose by reason of this custom
OF Lloyds.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
INSURANCE OF OLDEN TINE

At the October meeting of the In
surance Society of New York Morris
P. Stevens, lecturer on insurance in
the University of New York, gave an
interesting review of the earliest
forms of insurance. Life insurance
lays claim to perhaps greater an
tiquity than marine insurance.
In paper written by M. N. Adler
before the Institute of Actuaries in
1864 he mentions Latin Inscription
on marble slab found at Lanuvium,
an ancient town in Latium, a short
distance from Rome, bearing date dur
ing the reign of Emperor Hadrian,
A. D. 117-12S, which inscription shows
that club had been formed osten-
sibly for the worship of Diana, in real
ity 1t was to provide a sum at the
Geath of each member for his burial
II required an entrance fee and month
~ payments and whoever omitted pay
ment for a certain number of months
had no claim on the society for his
funeral rights.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
IS THERE AN INNER CIRCLE II
OPERATION?

Is there a clandestine order in
Colorado set for murder and ra-
pine? Is there Mollie Mcclure
League or "Inner Circle" among
the Western Federation of Min
ers? These are horrible questions
to contemplate and yet we are as
sured by those in position to
know that the true exposures are
withheld because the public is not
prepared to believe the facts.
When it is stated that the whole
West from Colorado to the coast
was placed under government of
brute force through the operations
of the elmer Circle" Of the Fed
Grafton. Strikes were to be done
away with, they were too slow,
cumberson, expensive and uncer-
tain. Whenever trouble arose in
district the persons to be dis
posed of was singled out and
watched, and the method of death
chosen by bomb, knife, rifle or
poison and a large amount of
money set aside to pay agents
and accomplices and thus those
who incurred the i'll will of 1.-The
circle" We're destroyed as a warn
ing to others. Can it be possible
that such a state of things actual
ly existed(? and yet the facts
seem to bear out the conclusion.
What is worse is such papers as
the Rocky Mountain News and
the Denver Times, that have up
held the Western Federation and
fought its battles cannot consist
emily escape the odium of assisting
in the conspiracy of this organiza-
ton Instead of exposing its
hellish purposes and turning the
light of investigation upon the
inner workings. The News has
seemed bent on giving the FEEDER
alton and its executive heads a
clean bill of health, thus diverting
suspicion from the real dangers.
But now that the matter is before
the courts and tire public eye, the
whole organization will be on trial
for its life and its real purpose
and intent will be brought to the
surface. A labor organization
has its place but murder organi-
zation should be known and
watched.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
HONEY A ALVABLE FOOD

often the overtaxed stomach fails
properly to perform this digestion. and
then come sour stomach and various
phases of indigestion and dyspepsia.
In the laboratory of the hive the
honey has been fully prepared by the
bees for prompt assimilation without
taxing either the stomach or the kid
neys, so that in eating honey the
digestive machinery is saved work
and health is maintained.
Moreover, the same report says
that lin many cases it will be real
economy to lessen the butter bill by
letting honey in part take its place
One pound of honey will go as far as
a pound of butter, and If both articles
be of the same quality the honey will
cost the less. Honey is strongly rec
ommended for children, while for per-
sens of all ages pleasant and whole
some drink is called German honey
tea" This is made by pouring tea
cupful of hot water on from one to
two teaspoonfuls of honey"
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
Beekeeper Ha" shrewd Scheme.

A visit to Hamden, Delaware coun-
ty, farm this summer disclosed a get
rich-quick scheme. The farmer had
score of bee hives, from which he Sc
cured many pounds of honey during
the season. The reason he was more
successful than his neighbors was dis.
covered by a newspaper man stopping
near by. The hive owner bought
many pounds of white sugar at the vii.
lage store at six cents a pound. He
scattered the sugar about so that the
thrifty bees could pick it up and
store 1t up in combs. The honey"
was disposed of at sixteen cents a
pound. OF course, it did not have
the real flavor but it was made quick
er by the bees and brought a quicker
profit.-Brooklyn Eagle
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03

must satisfy their hunger with whey
OF fruits, for which the men are
known to care little.
'The meals for the men usually
consist of several courses of which
boiled or broiled meat or fish is the
first; then follow vegetables of sew
eral varieties, fruits, the clabber Of
which l have spoken and sort Of
hasty pudding, made of corn meal
with coarse brown sugar sprinkled
over it. Cooking is one of the many
duties performed by the women and
most of it is done in the same ves-
sci, an iron pot, with a second pot of
the same size fitted over it as a cover.
Ir these clumsy vessels they manage
10 do very creditable cooking. Besides
toiling their meats, vegetables and
puddings, they manage to steam loaf
Of bread.
Their houses or huts-and each
woman has one-are circular in shape.
They are 40 low that she can sand
erect only in the center The Zulu
woman keeps it remarkably clean.
considering the fact that not only she
and her family abide in it, but that
when night comes the goats, Gogs,
calves and chickens come in and
sleep in their respective corners. The
Goor that people and animals creep
through is only about two and one
half feet high"
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
LOVES THE MOTHER WEST

Content as they've still to the gold god
knelt
And maddened his will to do.
For the soul needs depth and the soul
needs height
And it needs the spaces of God.
And 1t smaller grows when 1t ceaseless
goes
Where Mammon doth hold the rod.
But here we are taught by our Mother
West
That the soul is all and vain is the rest
Unto him who was born where the world
is great
The duty is clear and stern
To stand as the heir to gods estate
Nor e'er to the petty turn.
He dare not walk with the shoddy crowd
Whose lives are hollow pretense
Whose clamor See mel" forever is loud
Whom glitter of gold contents;
For the mountains murmur, Stand
straight and tall"
And, the wide plains whisper. BE
hroadl'
And the ocean mutters. BE not the small
Whom only the small applaud"
And he who doth turn from these regal
things
To the folly and sham of lie
Shall never stand with the uncroWneC
kings
Who capture the prize of strife.
Ay, a thankless heir is he at best
To our mother OF mothers, the great
broad West.
San Francisco C;y!.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03

Honey, which is described as zone
of natures best foods" is the sub
ject of a report by the Ontario depart
ment of agriculture. In this it is
pointed out that it is only within the
past few centuries that sugar has be-
come known, and only within the las.
gene ration that refined sugars have
become so low in price that they may
be commonly used in the poorest fami-
lies. Formerly honey was the princi-
pal sweet, and it was highly valued
300H years before the first sugar re-
finery was built. "It would add great
ly to the health of the present genera
tion," it is declared, 'if honey could
be at least partially restored to its
former place as common article of
diet"
Excessive use of sugar brings in its
train long list of ills When sugar
is taken into the stomach it cannot
be essimilated until first changed by
digestion into grape sugar. Only too
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
A WIND-FALL FOR AUNTIE

20 auntie," she said, 81 think you
dropped this" And she held out the
bill.
Auntie gave a wistful look at the
green bit of current specie, but shook
her head decidedly:
mo, chile; no, chile" she affirmed
with much politeness, dat warn't
mine nohow. l didn't drop dat, chile" "
81 reckon you didn't know it." per-
sisted the girl, struggling more with
the Boston terrier than with the fib.
but you dropped it just the same,' -
and pushing the bill into auntie's hand
she allowed the impatient dog to lead
her run the turn of the path.
The old colored woman stared in a
dazed fashion at her hand for full
half-minute. Then she turned slowly
toward sympathetic woman on
locker:
'Fo' de Lawd, l DID need dat mon
ey. An He done sent dat chile. like
an angel to pick it up for me, I
reck'n New York Press.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03

I Lave lived too long with my Mother
West
To care for the eastern land
Fnr / drew life's milk from her mighty
breast;
She taught me to creep and stand;
Al d my baby eyes looked out and saw
Her spaces serene and vast,
Fer God carved deeply. the soul to awe.
When the mold of our west he cast.
Plains that merge in a llmitless plain.
Mountain on mountain hurled,
In inite leagues of an infinite main,
For giants a giant world.
These l have loved since my heart was
young,
And ever 1 paid them toll,
Aud their praise l breathed with lisp
ing tongue,
sor they were my life and soul.
A.. l hid my face on her great. warm
And l loved right well my Mother West,
II east has mountains. hear them say,
But the mountains are only hills
Wee hillocks that children might use in
play
And plains that a hil,ock frills:
Ard the ocean is only a stage erect
Or so II seemeth to me;
But what would you have or what ex
pect
OF a gulf from Pacific sea?
r n tiny world and I've sometimes felt
That Its people grew tiny, too
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
Good idea, but Unfortunately the
Cradle Was Empty

A clock in a nearby tower had Just
tolled off the hour of as he arose un-
steadily from the card table, where he
had sat for three hours, stretched his
weary limbs, bade his comrades good
night and started in the direction of
his home.
After a half-hour's walk in which all
the lamp posts and telegraph poles
insisted on getting in his way, he ar
rived at his home, took out his bunch
OF keys, at last found the elusive key
hole and softly opening the door and
discarding his shoes at the foot of the
stairs, climbed heavenward on all
fours. With catlike footsteps he crept
across the threshold of his bedroom
and proceeded to undress. He heard
his wife move restlessly, which made
him hurry, and in doing so he up set
chair. Stepping quickly over to the
cradle in the corner, he commenced
to rock it violently.
''Is that you, John?" came his wife'r
voice from the bed.
Eyes, dear" he replied.
We'll, what in the world are you
doing?" she asked. s;-t< t..
why, I'm rocking this blamed kid
to Sleep"
How long have you been there?"
"Since 11:3O"
well, John, 1 think you had better
get right into bed, as have the child
in here beside me; and, moreover, I've
had him here ever since IL o'clock last
night. ht."-Philadelphia Press.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
NATIVES or SOUTH AFRICA

A traveller in South Africa gives
some interesting incidents about the
women there. The mother gives her
infant four or five hot baths a day,
considering it necessary for the health
and growth of the child. After the
bath the baby is rubbed with a sort
OF paint prepared by mixing soft
clay with oil. Its toilet completed,
it is fed and placed on its mat by
the fire to sleep.
"A mother does not leave her young
child in her kraal when she goes out
to gather wood, fetch water or work
her farm. but carries it on her back
in a sling, which, by the way. is made
by the man of the household. The
habies' principal food, as soon as
they have learned to drink from a
gourd, is the whey which their
Mothers draw from the clabbered
milk prepared in great quantities for
the men of the household.
you must not fancy that the wom-
en- think of themselves in preparing
the food for the family. A woman's
taste is of too little importance. In
deed. I think such a thing is not
known to exist. Food is prepared for
the husband and his friends accord
Ing to his orders, and if there should
be anything left over, then the wom-
en- and girls may eat it in another
part of their little hut. If not, they
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03

She got wearily up from the Central
park bench and shambled aimlessly
westward toward the Mall. She was
an old colored woman with patched
habiliments kept in place, bs-strings
and pins. But there was certain
dignity in her face which those who
knew life could scarcely miss.
Even the Gibson girl giving her Bos-
ton terrier it's morning exercise, who
did not know life, must have seen
something of this dignity for she paus-
ed to look after the weary figure. Then
impulsively her daintily gloved hand
went into her chatelaine bag and
brought out dollar bill.
Despite the protests of the willful
terrier the girl turned and followed the
old woman; but as she came abreast of
her her half-outstretched hand drop
ped.
"She might feel insulted," she muir
INJURED to herself, catching sight Of the
patrician dignity again. Then she
touched the colored woman on the
arm.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03

a tin cup cooked on a camp fire in
Colorado. This is the invitation
extended by the West to Mr.. and
Mrs. Longworth and when they
are through with the sights OF
the East then let them come and
see the sight of sights, the great
and growing West.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
sNAkE AS A HYPNoTIsT.
Power Over Its Victims Now Explain
cd on Occult Grounds.

Hypnotism has been advanced as
an explanation of the peculiar fasci-
nation exercised by serpents over
weak animals which become SO infiu-
\enced by the eyes and body move
ments OF their charmer that they are
easily captured. Birds, squirrels and
mice are the readiest victims.
According to the instances observed
the doomed animals seem to realize
their danger, but are powerless to
resist the influence. Sometimes a
diversion, such as sudden noise, will
break the spell. 1t may have been, in
the instances observed. that the vic
tim was a parent trying to distract
The snakes attention from its young
and approaching incautiously too near
It's enemy. Or there may have been
an attraction by curiosity or antjpathy,
the victim becoming careless of its
danger through anger or weak
through terror. The explanation that
u state of hypnosis is induced is rea.
sonable
The common hen may be readily
hypnotized and music renders some
mammals incapable Of movement. The
nrst move of the snakes victim may
De one OF curiosity. Then the snake
may, even without being aware of it,
exert Its hypnotic influence and, see-
ing It's prey within reach, naturally
avail Itself OF its opportunity.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
WHITE HOUSE WEDDING.

The White House Bridal event
has come aud gone and many
brains and hearts have been set at
ease. AS long as it was before
the public, many women and
misses were in furor; what will
she wear? who will be present? how
will she act, and last but not least,
what presents will she get? These
and hundreds of other questions
were constantly in the minds and
on the tongues of millions of peo-
pie who read every detail of the
approaching nuptials of the belle
of the White House. At the APP
pointed day and hour the event
passed off and thousands OF
tongues were set at rest. Mr. and
Mrs. Nicolas Longworth are now
in the South, perhaps in Cuba
quietly roaming through the
cleaning and enjoying their honey
moon like other mortals. While
the wags and feeders on public
gossip will look forward to new
object upon which to center theil
attention and direct their opinions
With this exception Mr.. Long.
worth cannot be a true "Roose.
veltian" until he comes to Colora-
do and levels gun at the prettiest
bear or finest bob cat that nature
has produced and eats his fried
bacon and drinks his coffee from
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03

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The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
Why We're Riaht Handed.

Our mothers make us right hand
ed" said a young man. They do it
in our infancy.
How does a mother carry her
baby? On her right arm, Ell? Now
putting yourself in that baby's place,
which hand and arm have you got
free? The right, of course.
Babies as they are carried about
have the lef arm and hand cramped
up and the right arm and hand free
to swing about, to strike. with, to
scratch with and to do everything
with.
Therefore it is natural for all child.
rem to grow up right handed"
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
GEORGE WASHINGTON.

The world will never weary eel
ebrating the birthday of the first
president of the Uuited States.
He set the standard which is the
object and high purpose of every
predecessor to follow. His name
grows larger as the nation advanc-
es. His fame and character in
creases as the nation multiplies
and his name is destined to re-
main at the head as long as great
names are honored in America.
Born in Westmoreland Co., Va.
1882. February %, represented
the 174th Anniversary of his birth.
In all Public places of business
and education his name and men,
ory was held in the highest rever-
ence and toasted at banquet and
festive boards. y
Washington deserves place in
literature as well as history al
though he wrote nothing designed
especially for publication except
his Farewell Address" to the
American people yet his private
and public letters including his
correspondence and diaries form
several Volumes of colonial and
historical value and set our high
deal for public life today, when
graft, wire pulling, intrigue and di-
plomacy mark the action of men
in high places. Washington will
always be looked upon as the ideal
President who thought more of
the welfare of the country than of
his own success and Immortality,
but this very fact in itself will give
him the first place in the hearts
of his countryman.
The world has moved forward
since Washingtons day but not in
producing a better model for Pres
ident.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
SOME TRICKS OF LIGHTNING.
Bolts, II Would Seem, Were Sent to
Do Their Works

A man in Mississippi was cutting
chew of tobacco when a bolt of light
ming struck his hands. They were
so badly burned that they had to be
amputated. Two quarrymen were
preparing fuse in Georgia marble
quarry when lightning struck the
charge and they were blown to frag.
ments. The mate OF an Atlantic coast
ing schooner was drunkenly inviting
a sailor aloft engaged in shortening
sail to come down and be cut, to
pieces, when bolt of lightning
struck the mate dead. A boy seated
IN small boat that was attached 10
aud trailing from sailing yacht on
the South Carolina coast was killed
by bolt of lightning, while the yacht
was not damaged. An unbelieving
farmer in Indiana was engaged in
controversy with an itinerant minis
ter when he was struck dead by
lightning while making blasphe-
nous remark.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03
Extends Rights Of Women.

The Court of Appeals of New York
has just decided that married wo-
man who, while living with her hus-
band, and with his consent and ap-
proval. goes outside of her own family
and performs services as nurse and
attendant for another, may maintain
an action in her own name to recovss
for the value of such services.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-03-03

Entered as second-class matter at
the postoffice in the city of Denver,
Colorado.