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The Washington herald., 1908-08-30
A Birds Vanity.

The canary sang so loud and clear that
the three men, IN their shirt sleeves on
the lawn. couId not keep track OF their
argument. DiscoRtentedIy and without
meaning amid the music ioated in the air
such words as "anti-inEnction plank"
equality Of opportunity, the trusts
''yellow-dog fund and "a square deal
'Drst that bird" said the host "Tu
fix him
And he got a little mirror and set It IN
the cage
The canary stood before the mirror and
was silent He gazed with rapture at
himself He breathed deep. like Miss
Allan. in her ''Salome" dance. and like
the beautiful girl before the saints head.
50 the bird before the mirror was seized
with shivering fits that ran all over him.
Hes stuck on himself" said the host
"As long as I leave the mirror there ne
won't bulge from il even to eat Now.
as a was saying
And soon a great hubbCb arose over
tariff revision.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30
Changes in Farming.

From the Sulphur Spring Tex Gazette.
Farming is not what it was twenty
years ago from a revenue standpoint
Corn and cotton were the main products
from which the farmer drew his income,
and that. too. only once year Now the
process has changed up Instead Of the
one crop cotton, farmers have invoked
a multiplicity Of crops. and not only
grow corn and cotton for revenue, but
have supplemented potatoes. both Irish
and sweet, peaches and pears. onions,
melons. berries. peanuts. and ribbon cane.
all OF which bring money at AL seasons
OF the year, and there is a continued
market for what the farmer has TO sell
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30

clif, I execute a swing outward through
sheer high spirits. and as my feet touch
the rock again a lovely pale green egg
lying about five feet away catches my
eye Cautiously I scufle along the ledge
mentally thanking Tom for having had
nails put in my shoes. and reach the COW
eted prize But STOPPING TO pick II uo
omit 20 slack the rope. Consequently all
my weight is put into the band, which IS
the signal for lowering away Before
know what has happened an swinging
wildly q dozen feet below. and ny hip
comes into violent contact with an out
juttinz rock There is a little crash. and
my first gathered egg splits across and
daubs its contents generously over my
clutching hand With q hasty ejacula-
ton I drop the shell onto a convenient
ledge. then turn my attention to checking
my involuntary spinning performance
for by now 7 am twisting ike a point on
the roasting jack. It IS ny first expe-
rience in that line. and I strongly dfsap-
prove So I clutch at the rock with my
left hand-this is where the gauntlet
comes IN useful-and finally reduced my
swinging. spinning self TO order
Down. down. down I go. my attention
ever freshly riveted by some new wonder
IN this strange bird world 7 am invading.
Its de1izens-razorbills. guillemots. puff
fms. kittfwakes. herring gulls-hy cease
lessIy to and fro. and the air Is filed with
their melancholy. musical cries: but by
now an so used to the sound that the
chorus falls unheeded on my ears
"CofEn of the CIin.o
Up to the present eggs have been few
and far between; evidently this BIT Of
cliff has been well worked by the elm
mers" But far below see a triangular
ledge 5utting out from the parent rock
and even from here I can distinguish the
eggs scattered lavishly about. Stopping
for nothing. I glide rapidly down until
my feet touch solid rock. and I an free
to slack the body rope and explore more
or my own-for this ledge is six feet long
and at least three vide in the middle
Standing Up. I stretch myself in every
limb. for my muscles are aching with the
continuous strain; then I find a comfort
able seat with my back against the rock.
and give myself Up TO the luxury Of my
unaccustomed surroundings. In this
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Dueling was the cause of my trouble OF
that occasion. but I finally secured per
mission from the government to return
home and I did so Ny enemies would
not allow me to live IN peace. however.
and after fighting several other dueIs I
decided that the only way 70 avoid duel
ing was 10 leave the country for good.
I do not know II I can ever go back
there again"
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fms, and any rarer eggs Gathering up
the loose coils Of rope. I look the com
pleat' cliff-clim5er in all its entirety.
and peacock frivoloUsly about before the
adnlring crowd. Harry tears up a gen
erous quantity Of grass thrjlsts L into
many hands 10 save them from the rope,
and now at last am ready 10 descend
Gripping the guide rope firmly and
hinElng my whole weight into the body
rope setting It over the wheels Of the
two jennies as I go, I step boldly back
ward over the sheer edge into space.
A Glorious Sensation.
It is a perfectly glorious sensation. that
of swinging slowly outward and side
ways as the rope is paid out foot by foot
Ny head is absolutely steady. so I can
enjoy the novelty Of the situation to the
utmost. and in a very few moments I
find myself standing on a ledge jutting
out from the face OF the wind-swept
rock some sixty feet below. The shelf
IS about eighteen inches wide. 50 am
able TO rest a while and get my breath
for clin-climbing. even with strong hands
lowering you. is stiffish work I turn
round. and. leaning my back against the
rock, gaze almost with awe at the
rugged iron cliffs stretching away OF
either hand. and at the ripping sea
creauing On the powders far below.
-Four hours earlier I was bathing OF the
Scarboro beach. and those innocent baby
rippies can see from my lofty perch
were then towering five foot waves
which taxed all my strength 10 breast
/ realize suddenly what an insignificant
atom / an, clinging TO the lofty crag
Ike fly 70 a well, and that overpOwer-
ing sense Of utter loneliness which all
clih-climbers know comes over ne IN
one overwhelming wave InvoIuntariIy
I glance up in search Of a friendly face.
but the crag overhangs somewhat here.
and I am shut Of from view Of the sum
nit an all alone on the face Of the
cliff and the shrieking Of the wind as
II tears round the headland. the rnelan-
chOly vail Of countless sea-birds. and
the deep-tOned organ roll Of the break
ing waves only intensity the solitude.
Among the Birds.
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doubtless our best-knOwn banker. is on
spea king terms with the monarchs OF the
two great island empires He shares with
Mr.. Morgan the honor Of having con-
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30
Ever Notice Hs

Little Willie-Say. pa, what IS inno-
cent bystander?
Pa-An innocent bystander, my son, Is
sort Of human target
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30

3ankerS who got their start from their daddeS others who
had climb the financial ladder wit1out outside help.
Vanderlip graduate of a machine shop Schif an
apprentice in a dry goods store in the old country
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Among the Birds.

But the sensation passes swift as
fash. and remember only that at last I
an where have always longsd 10 be
right in the very heart Of the sea birds
stronghold Facing round again to the
The Washington bee., 1908-02-01
WHERE ARE THEY ?

Some few months ago theNorth-
ern colored man stood supon the
housctops shouting for Senator J.
b. Foraker, The fight that he was
making for human liberty was then
being applauded and those who
stood for the policies OF the Pres
dent were damned. Today those
who were shouting have silently
closed their mouths and the Senator
from Ohio seems to be standing
alone battling for the independence
Of the colored Americans.
VIII the colored Americans per
NIT their best friend in the Senate
To retire in darkness and remain
a recuIsc2 If there ever was any
gratitude in the colored Americans
they should show It now. This IS
the time and the hour. Where
does the colored American stand?
The colorcd South seems to stand
where it always stood. There are
a few in the North who don't be
lieve. in the policies OF the Presi-
dent. but. Ike many others, 1t IS
hard to ascertain where they stand
Many are holding out their hands
in the hope Of having placed there
a bait that vii tend to change their
fixed opinion.
The question now is, What po-
sition will coIored Americans take
in the coming contest? VIII they
adhere to their first opinion at theI
time the President disbanded the
coiored companies, or have they
BY virtue of the blandish-
ments OF official power?
Colored Americans should not
put themselves in a position that
will forever cause the white man
to desert them. The question is,
Where are they?
The Washington bee., 1908-02-01

destroyed also. But is tbs fair?
The great question that seems to
worry the Southern white man is
the social question If he would
divorce this question from his mind
The Bee is of the opinion that the
poor white man in the South would
rest at ease 1t is the poor white
man who seems to be worried.
The South is paralyzed by pre-
judicc that has found root in the
ignorant classes OF whites.
Representative J. T. Heflin OF
Alabama is mistaken in his prem
ises and conclusions. The Bee
does not believe that ex-Auditor
Petty entertains the same ideas that
Mr.. -Hehin does. The Bee doesn't
believe that Mr.. Petty has any race
prejudice, because he has on more
than one occasion spoken in the
highest terms OF the colored Amer
leans. He has commended the col
ored clerks in his office, namely Mr..
/ Warner and the son of the late
John NJ. LangstOn. His name may
be mentioned among those who
were responsible for the invitation
sent to Mr.. Heflin. but because he
was one OF the committee to in
vite him The Bee will not presume
that he subsCribes to his doctrine.
The South cannot blindly follow
the teachings OF this Alabama Rep
rcsentatiye. If we belieev what Mr..
Hefin has stated we must believe
that the South. believes in slavery.
But listen: There IS no newSouth,
it is the same old South. " This
is what Mr.. Hefin said, and this is
what he means. If it is the same
old South, then he believes in re
bellion. If it IS not a new South,
he believes in slavery and rebel
lion, Certainly. Mr.. Petty doesn't
believe in what Mr.. Hehm has as
serted. No man who occupies a
position under our Government vii
say that he believes in the oldSouth
which means rebellion and seces-
sion.
The South must surrender and
return to Cesar the things that are
Cesar's, and to God the things that
are Gods.
The Washington bee., 1908-02-01
THE CIVIC CLUB IN POLL
TICS?

The Civic Club which has been
sleeping for more than a year has
been summoned from its long slum-
Der, Several efforts have been made
to get a meeting, but they failed,
school question would" be the sub
jcct for consideration at the meet
ing held last Friday evening.
\ dozen. or fifteen members man
"a committee to tell Congress that
the present school law needed only
slight change. and that the appoint
mtnt of the Board Of Education
should be taken from the Judges
and placed with the Commission
.ers OF the District.
Another committee was appoint
ed to investigate and report on the
liquor traffic in the District.
The Civic Cub made a mess Of
the school question two years ago,
and everyone whom it supported
lost ont Prof, John Love. its sec
rotary. and. Mrs. Cooper. principal
Of the NJ Street High School, were
TN. victims ~ IT. lrpDorf
The lesson Of the past seems to
be that It Is unIucky to have the
Of the Civic Club, The
president Of the club IS a candidate
for delegate to the Republican Ma
tionaI Convention, and if the Civic.
Club is as big a hoodoo to him as
it has been to others, he may seeI
his finish NOW.
The Washington bee., 1908-02-01

where the cOlored vote is a factor.
The colored people are tired Of
these attacks made upon them BY
irresponsible persons and they will
expect fair treatment from a Re
Republican Senate and a Republi-
can House OF Representatives.
The Deliver bill should not be-
come a law. 1t is a vicious and
discriminating measure against
the ninety thousand colored citi-
izens and taxpayers in this city.
Our schools were properly con
Quoted and managed prior to the
appointment OF those who were re-
Gently removed from the control
of our schools. The colored citi-
zens should act at once. II there
is to be Commissioner Of Educa-
Jion the colored citizens demand
that an assistant be recommended
also for the colOred schools. The
time IS no more that the colored
americans shall continue under a
white master. So far as the Board
Of Education is concerned it has
done its duty with but one excep-
ton, and that is it failed to remove
Roscoe Bruce after he had been
found guilty. Mr.. Stuart should
remove him.
The Doliver bill is Objectionable
to the entire school population.
Placing the schools in the hands
OF one man IS as bad as if hotworsc
than imperialism. Why not permit
the District Commissioners to ap-
point our school officers? They
would appoint men acceptable to
the people and for the best interest
Of the schools. Down with the
Deliver bill! 1t is a dangerous
weapon. more dangerous than are
other impediments that have been
in the schools.
The Washington bee., 1908-02-01
THE DOLINER BILL.

The action OF the sub commit
tee of the Senate on last Tuesday
to recommend the passage OF the
Deliver bill without giving a hear
ing to the people, and .the attack
OF Admiral Baird, formerly pres
ident of the Board Of Education,
should be Immediately considered
by the colored citizens OF Washing
-On.
The Bee warns the Republican
Senate that the colored people in
this city will resent any and all DIS
elimination against them in sections
The Washington bee., 1908-02-01
DOES THIS MEAN REBEL
IION5

The South has not changed,
asserted Representative Heihn in
an address, and amid a storm OF
applause, at the celebration in the
honor of the one hundred and first
birthday anniversary OF Gen. Rob
ert F. Lee, given by Camp III,
United Confederate Veterans, at
Mount eErnon Pace Methodist F
piscopal Church. South. The South
may believe in the doctrine ofState
rights, it may believe that the faith
full colored Americans who have
served the Confederacy should be
The Washington bee., 1908-02-01
URAISE FOR TUSKEGEE - GOV
ERNOR JOINS IN.

URAlSE FOX IUSkkGEE - GOV
ERNOR JOINS IN.
From the New York Tribune
As assembIage which filled every seat
in Carnegie Hall and oyerfiowed into
the standing room area in orchestra
circle and gallery alike last night ap-
plauded vigorously at every utterance
from the speakers on the platform thai
the black man in this country must
have his chance to prove his worth.
And every one of the speakers, who
came from various parts of the cOun-
try to help TO forward the good work
that Booker 7. Washington is doing
for the members of his race At Tuske-
gee Institute, in Alabama, said it. Fore
most among them was Governor .Chas
7. Hughes, who came down from Al
lany for the special purpose of saying
a good word for the industrial train
ing school at Tuskegee. He got a great
ovation from the audience, which rose
TO us feet as he strobe to his place on
the platform after the students from the
Hampton Institute had sung to an en-
core one of the characteristic NeTo
folksongs.
Seth Low, president of the Armstrong
Association, the special purpose Of
which IS to assist the work for the Ne
gro at Tuskegee, had to stop in intro
ducing the Governor when he said he
was 50 busy in discharging his official
duties that he had no time to devote
70 his own political present or future
The audience rose again and cheered
when the Governor started to speak,
The Washington bee., 1908-02-01
CRIME.

Is crime on the increase? What
has Emancipation done for the
young Negro Does he increase
in crime? To these three ques-
tions The Bee will address itself.
Crime is on the increase among
the young Negroes, and to remedy
the evil, what must be done? The
law must be forcibIy enforced and
the punishment must be OF the
character that will be effective.
Within the last few days there have
ben number of offenses commit
ted which have been shocking to
the community. These offenses
are the best argument for addition
al officers asked for by the Chief
of Police, Emancipation of certain
Negroes has been a curse to the
race. These offenseS are attributa-
bl to tn young Negro who has no
regard for books or good morals.
The schOOlhouSe seems to be an I'M
pediment to his progress. Drastic
measures should be taken to compel
all idlers to work, no matter who
they may be. The vragrant laws
should be more strictly enforced,
and all lOafers around and in bar
rooms should be arrested immedi-
ately. cOnyisted, and sent to the
Workhouse. All idle and disor-
derby persons should not be allow
ed under any circumstances to be
upon the public streets.
The intelligent and best behav-
ed colored citizens must be held re-
SpOnSible for crimes committed by
the inferior classes.
1t seems to The Bee that crime |
Is on the increase among the Young
,er element in the Negro race. /
Something must be done, or else
.thc race will be damned and held
rsponsible for these Young Negro
criminals.
The Bee does not mean to be
understood that the young Negro
Is responsible for every crime COM
mitted in this city. He commits
some of the most brutal at times, !
that shock society. Here is where
the hyPocritical Negro pulpit now
should do its duty. Instead Of its !,
itself a Jim crow" annex
TO these so-caIled white temperance !
organizations it should condemn !
these atrOciOuS crimes among its
people. Instead of appealing every |
Sunday to the people for money to
To send the Negro minister abroad
10 frolic he should be reforming
bad neighborhoods. There IS too
much sham among these so-caIIed
temperance advocates. The whis-
KEY drinkers are as often found in
the pulpit as they are found in any
other place. Sham reformers are
found in the pulpit and there is
where you will find crime also.
The Washington bee., 1908-02-01

Mrs. Cheney was introduced by Mr.,
Hitchcock. She was dressed in 4 black
velvet gown and wore a lght-blue be-
plumed hat. Her audience fixed eyes on
that hat and, doubtless, gave a thought
to the distracting subject Of spring
clothes before Mrs. Cheney began to
speak
This IS the century, the year, the
day, and the hour Of psychology said
the speaker and, after a word or two
about the wave of introspection which
Is sweeping over us and which We find
III the drama and Textbooks, and good
ness knows where, she went on TO say
that by concentration one can send the
mind spinning through space to any
distance, for the mind annihilates space
and finds itself as easily in China as in
the next room. --
The trained mind finds at any dis
tance what it seeks, she added impress
sively. Health IS a matter OF think
ing; a matter of brain cells. I don't
mean if you think headache you have
"a headache, or you can make one go
away by thinking that you hayn't," she
explained, as she noticed a few uplifted
eyebrows and exchange Of smiles. Il
mean that by a careful choosing of our
thoughts We find them established as
character, as disposition, and physical
health. We will be able to compound
disposition and character, as We make
chemical compound"
Mrs. Cheney then enlived her dis
course by personal experience. She
told OF 4 woman, known we'll for her
ungracious disposition, who suffered ex-
tremeIy from rheumatism, which story
was sufficiently encouraging 10 make
any victims of this affliction dance a jig
iof JOY The woman in question was
robbling about when Mrs Cheney met
her and asked a favor, at which the
sparks few This interested Mrs. Che
pey, wQh asked if she might not drop
IN again to see her friend and have a
Little chat The woman assented, and
dropped of into nap. Mrs. Cheney
said that she worked at her subcon-
scious mind and suggested ii the pa
tent's mind that sweetness was a most
desirable quality and also the adyan-
tage of cultivating 4 serene state Of
mind, After that the woman with the
rheumatism ard i'll temper proved an
angel And, Furthermore she never had
a touch OF the ailment again. q
How did you get at her subcon-
scious mind without hypnotism?" asked
a physician in the audience Mrs Che
ney said she would explain that but
didn't. She then told them of curing
& man of alcoholism, and mentioned
that several Of the diseases which have
yielded to correction by this system are
insomnia, mental depression, hysteria,
drug habit self-conscious-
ness, want Of self-confdence, irritabil-
ity, worry anger. fear nervous dyspep-
sia, hypochondria, melancholia, and the
general functional diseases.
The Washington bee., 1908-02-01
ALL EMOTIONS ARE DISEASES.
Nc1y York Society Women Deeply I'm
pressed By PsychObatIic TGh.

Z ,
pressed By PsyehobGtIie TaIk.
From the New York Press,
Anger was dissected and pronounced
a disease recently by Mrs. Vaner Che
ney, who says psychology can cure that
emotion resultant OF hot temper just as
we'll as colds and grip and other dis
eases that have been wont TO lay their
victims low. Indeed, In her talk, which
was given at an at home Of Mrs Ro.-
we'll d. Hitchcock, Of a West Forty
fifth street, most Of her hearers could
bu; feel that all evil emotions will soon
cease to be exciting themes for n0yelists
and playwrights to enlarge upon in
their plots, and the household will be
more Of dove cote.
1T is such a blow to romance to feel
that anger, hate Jealousy, and, Of course
their opposites, love, friendship, and so
on, are nothing less than maladies of
the nervous centers Of the brain" said
one woman who listened 70 the little
lecture.
The Washington bee., 1908-02-01
THE TRUTHS APPLIED BY A NE
GRO EDITOR CALL FORTH
JUDGE NROWOOD'S
WRATH
From Id Irue Reformer

; From the True Refomer.
Judge Norwood warns up in lis
wrath and seems to charge the white
people with the sin OF having so cul-
tured and educated Negro that he
had become his equal Intellectually. He
sent The Bees reply to his savage at
tack and defaming uueranCes against
colored Americans to the Savannah
(Ga.) News for publication Judge
Norwood attacked the colored race with
all the eloquence and venom he pos
sessed, and because Editor Chase, Of
The Bee, chided him with an eloquence
equal or superior OF his, he becomes
furious, claims that God had set a linn
it on the Negro's intellect, and he con
demns and damns the efforts Of his own
race to educate the Negro beyond what
he calls the limit No better evidence
than this is needed to show that the
objection to higher education for the
Negro which comes from that race
hating and unmerciful class of white
men, is on account of their fear that
il will make the Negroes their equal in
tellectually. Nothing is palmer than the
fact shown that it IS not because they
believe the Negro IS incapable of high
er education. Judge Norwood shows
that he is sore all over, and solely be-
cause Of Editor Chase's ability to an
swer him.
He boasts of having tried and convict
ed 1900 Negroes during his term Of
Office, forgetting that he himself will
have to appear before the Great Judge
and answer for his partiality and pre-
judice against the Negro, which dis
qualified him to sit as Judge over
these alleged criminals.
The above IS more apparent when
we apply the unperishable truths ut
tered by the eminent divine, DR.. Mar
tin D. Hardin, Of Charlotte, n c,
who said "Who does not know that
In multitudes Of cases in our courts
the Negro against a white man stands
just one chance IN ten to get justice:'
From the Cumberland Alleganian.
Governor Warfeld is acting rashly
Forgetful Of the expressed wish Of Job
his enemy, he is about to
write a book Il IS painful to find
gentleman so bland and suave as the
falling into such reckless
ts.arts
The Washington bee., 1908-02-01

TAFT DELEGATES NEEDED.
Secretdyys Nomination on the First
Ballot NOzU Nat So Certain.
From the New York rPess
The Washington bee., 1908-02-01
PUBLISHa -

iIoo Eye ST., N w, Washington, D. c.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-10-22
Hon. AL Wrong Again.

Poor Albert Douglas He is
due TO make about six blunders
each week. There was Il vacancy
in the Board of Trustees of the
Athens Hospital, caused by the
death of Hon. w. S. Metcalfe,
and Hon. AL Douglas went person
ally to Col. Richard Enderlin and
said he had the recommending To
do, to the Governor, and he would
like for the Colonel to take the
job. Thereupon that gentleman
assented to accept the appoint
ment, but was destined to be hu.
inflated, because Douglas had M
influence whatever, and DIR. G. e.
Robbins was appointed. Hon Al
10 now explaining. Poor, blum
dsring All