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Hiring Help III East Africa

testimonials, every one bearing a different
name from the one under which he introduces
himself
These gentry are always greatly offended
when you kick them off the veranda and tell
them they have bought or stolen the docu-
ments from other natives! Upon one occasion
a would be cook brought me "barua" signed
by wellknown settler and worded:
ITO whom it may concern: The bearer OF
this 'barua' is an Internal rogue and thief.
Please kick him OUT
BY the time l had stopped laughing the mig
ger had. arrived at the conclusion that some
thing was wrong and was doing record time
down the path, so 1 was unable to avail my
self of the kind invitation.
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or other these free negroes and mulattoes-
growing impatient of being taxed without rep
Observation-Disclosures be provided for. So several
philanthropists, remembering Sierra Leone,
thought to promote by private enterprise and
philanthropy a similar colony ACROSS the sea
which might provide for the return to West
Africa (whence most of them had Gomez of
the freed slaves of the United States. Indeed,
there a strong disposition to adopt Sierra
Leone for this purpose, with the assent of the
British government; but the local authorities
of Sierra Leon showed themselves very averse
from receiving American negroes, who might
divided allegiance
Accordingly the American founders of eli
IBERIA" (this name was not given to the infant
state until 1S24)-who were mostly white men
with few mulattoes and negroes-selected
the Grain Coast, Immediately to the south and
east of Sierra Leone, for their experiment.
1t was some weeks before the hostility of
the natives who were welded to the slave
trade, could be overcome, but in 1922 active
operations were begun. A thirty-acre tract
was allotted to each man with the means of
cultivating it. The National Colonization soci-
ety's agents became discouraged at the diff
culties that were met and returned to Ameri-
ca with few faint-hearted ones but the
others rallied about a determined negro, Elijah
Johnson, and remained. The colony was en-
larged by the addition of new tracts. New
settlements were afterward formed at Cape
Monte and in the newly acquired Bassa Land,
in which, in 1884 town was founded and
called Edna, in acknowledgment of pecuniary
aid sent from Edinburgh Many of the neigh
boring chiefs were received into the colony,
and others were subdued. Trials of many
kinds, deprivations and discussions were the
lot of the colony, managed by society which
did not fully know whether its aims were SEN
timental or practical In 1S47 Liberia was
left to its own resources and declared an indie
pendent republic. The colony Immediately be-
gan to show prosperity, numerous
churches and schools were founded, newspa-
pers were established and slavery in the
neighboring states was abolished The first
president of Independent Liberia was Roberts,
an octoroon. He was a most able and cour
ageous man and the country made rapid
strides in civilization and other material lines
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tribes who for ages have been isolated in that
forest, and were-and are-quite ignorant of
the world outside their tribal land) were quite
willing to regard the Liberians as the ruling
power on the seashore. But they were very
disinclined to obey orders from Monrova if
contrary to their own desires.
The tribes farthest inland looked upon the
British and French-the white men"-as ag-
gressors who were putting down by force a
most lucrative slave trade, who were forcibly
disclosing the secrets of sacred streams like
the Niger near it's sources, who, in short, were
not only to be opposed but whose organized
territories offered a most profitable field for
raids and robberies. More than this: the I'M
port of guns, gunpowder, rifles (above alp and
alcohol being restricted or forbidden by
the Europeans The Liberian coast, especially
where it slenderly guarded by the Libe-
rian administration, offered the one loophole
through which these forbidden goods might be
struggled. Accordingly a great trade sprang
up between these uncontrolled hinterland
tribes and the Kru people on the coast, who
affected sort of detachment from the govern
ment by the American-Negro republic. In
these ways the Liberian hinterland became
positive source of danger and expense to the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-22

British protec:0rate % Sierrr : cone and t%'
French possessions of the Sudan ai,' Ivory Coast
Consequently the L:Hvian gon@rnment hs~
been forced of late gears 10 live some% hat beyoF'
its means in organic &c s. >-oce and foarlne' ~
occupying the Kru coast and in ATTEMPTING to
construct roads to places Of Importance IN the
interior It has from tires 40 time engagSSA cure"
mean officers for its servipAS but whereas Inns
of these engagements havs been OF noteNot ny
success others have been the reverse, and II g"
difficult 70 locate the blame. European capNS@
is somewhat shy of Liberia partly owing TO Ufe
turbulence of the interior natives Though thS
has reen exaggerated for white men very seldom
really incur danger from The indigenes), but mora
on account of the irresponsible ickleness or th@
legislature, which is given too much to the hast%
making and unmaking II laws and to con1icts ~
oulnion with the eXecr live.
Yet the country is extremely rich us ROCKS
AND river valleys produce both gold and diamonds,
some Of the coast districts Especially r. the easD
even give indications Of the existence OF bltume?,
or oilbearing strata, while the forests OF the IL
terror are remarkable for their wealth OF rubGer-
hearing trees and nanas, theis ebony African teak
and mahogany" and the piassava fiber derived
from the raphia pa1mJ which IS used for SO marry
nurposes connected with thu making of broorls
and brushes Then there is *he oil-palm, with IFS
two kinds of oil, both valuable to commerce-the
oil of the husk and that cS the kernel. The
extraction Of this last anG It's great value 4GT
4 special industries are SAID TO nave DeSh u'N'
covered some seventy-five years ago by an
: American negro one of tho early coonists 81
Liberia A great deal was .one by these fref1
slave settlers, for which they have never 7"a-
) ceived sufficient credit.
Unfortunately the attempted colonizatt"n
of Liberia has been hindered by the American
negro colonists proving almost as much naE*e
to malarial fever and other African diseashs
, as Europeans They seem to have lost tie
relative immunity from these tlood-germ mfl
aides which their African ancestors enjoyei.
, The modern America-Liberian does not staIfd
, the climate of Liberia much better than tI@e
white man from Europe America The
country is not unhealthy in the interior; It is
the coast belt which, with it's eternal heat AND
. moisture it's very short dry seasons, and tor
, rental rains conditions which suit admiralty
the cultivation of rubber, coffee and cacao)
, sans the vitality of residents not of African
birth And the hinterland, with IFS superior
, conditions OF climate, has already some
, what large indigenous population, who are not
, eager for foreign additions to their numbers.
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eminent The coast territory is formed into
the counties of Bassa Cape Palmas and Since,
with one superintendent each, and Montserra-
do. with four superintendent. The capital is
Monrovia named after President Monroe.
English money is used, but American money
figures usually in the keeping of accounts.
There is a Liberian coinage and a rather
large paper currency The official language
of the country is English. The civilized in
habitants are orthodox Professionals, mostly
Episcopalians.
During the fifties and sixties of the last GEN.
fury the AmericoLiberians did much to ex-
plore the interior and enter into treaty rela-
tionships with the native chiefs. But thirty
years ago their administration began to get
into financial difficulties. 1t is not an easy
thing to create a well-ordered, well-governed
state in tropical Africa without a consider
able capital to draw on. Consider for mo-
ment what Great Britain has spent on Sierra
Leone since 1887, and the Gold Coast wars,
the opening up of Nigeria; or the outlay of
France on Senegamba or Dahomey; and then
imagine how the government of Liberia could
without any reserve of capital bring law, order
and civilization into densely forested terri
tory nearly the size of England, with a prob
able population of over a million warlike saw
ages and semiSavageS.
So long as Britain and France-the control
ling powers-contented themselves with the
mere occupation of few coast towns on the
seaboard of their West African dom1n1ons or
protectorates, the Monrovia government could
afford to do the same. But when these great
European powers were compelled by force of
circumstances to occupy and administer the
regions behind their coasts the Liberians
found themselves in a position of great diff
Guilty. They had been allotted theoretically by
France and England a considerable hinter-
land-more than $4,000 square miles-and
h11I fnrs he
native tribes in that extensive interior. Now
these tribes had never been subdued by the
government of the republic. They were many
of them in treaty relationships with the Mon
rovia administration, and such of them as had
heard of the civilized negro government on the
coast (aud it must be remembered that much
of the interior is dense forest, Inhabited by
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lists have met the same fate. Is it not
time that some of the ingenuity spent
upon perfecting the airship be devot-
ed to inventing an airship life pre-
server? In hot air balloon ascensions
the descent is always made with a par
achute. While an aeroplanist might
not be able to extricate himself from
his seat in time to take advantage of
q parachute. why should not an equip
ment of this kind be feasible for the
dirigible airships? Those who are
competent to deal with the situation
should devise some method of pre-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-22

will be an aeroplane insurance, which
will enable you to provide for your
widow and children in case an aviator
falls on you and squashes you. In
surance agents of various kinds are SO
thick now that 1t is Impossible to
avoid them, and any scheme that
threatens to swell their ranks should
be denounced by press and pulpit.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-22

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned have known i. J. Cheney
for the last IS years. and believe him perfectly hon
orable in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any Obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system Testimonials sent free. Price rs cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-22

In a few years aeroplanes will be as
common as automobiles are now, and
It is obvious that the man-on-foot will
have little show, says the Emporia Ga
zette. The auto-scorcher will be a
harmless individual as compared with
the speed maniac overhead. A man
who will take to aeroplaning must be
naturally reckless to begin with, and
his recklesness will increase with each
fight. His boilers viii bust, and his
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-22
HORSE TRADE IN MISSOURI.

In ST. Charles last week Lester Ingraham
traded A. S. Osborn a horse for motor boat.
A few hours later Osborn discovered that the
horse was worthless, so he went to the boat
and removed the engine and the horse died
as he was hauling it away. A jury in JUS
tees court awarded Ingraham the engine and
81 damages.-Detrot. Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-22
Trihu+e 70 HoId-Jp Artist.

"The train doesn't stop at Crimson
Gulch any more
NO." replied Threo-Finger Sam.
I'm afraid the town doesn't get
much respect from the railroad"
Respect! Why, that railroad is
clean terrified. Ever since the news
got around that Stage Coach Charley
had settled here that train jest gives
one shrek and jumps out of sight"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-22
Poor Man-ora Foot

engines will fly to pieces, and there
will be showers of hardware, and big
iron castings will hit the man-on-foot
and knock him into the ground up to
his shoulder blades. Every time he
walks around a block falling monkey
wrench or claw hammer will dot him
on the head and make him sick and
weary.
Another prospective evil is the In
crease of insurance agents. There
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-22
Uncle Allen.

"If you're getting old and don't
know it," philosophical Uncle Allen
Sparks, you'll find it out when you
go back to the town where you grew
up and look around for the boys you
used to play with when you were a
kid"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-22
A Professional Diagnosis.

Policeman-Whati is the matter witt
my finger, doctor? It pains me terri
bly,.
Surgeon-It is strictly profoi
sional affection
Policeman-What do you mean?
Surgeon-Simply that you hsys
felop on hard.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-22

of progress under his administra-
ton.
The constitution of the republic
is framed after that of the United
States. There are president, vice.
president, a council of six ministers
and a house of representatives. Vot-
ers must be of negro blood and own
real estate. The natives gnerally
do not avail themselves Of the suf-
frage. No foreigner can own land
without the consent of the govern
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-22
When Ruhhers Recome Necessarv

And your shoes pinch, shake into your
shoes Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic
powder for the feet. Cures tired aching
feet and takes the sting out of Corns and
Bunions. Always use it for Breaking IL
New shoes and for dancing parties. Sold
Address, Allen S. Ol1nsted, LIE Roy. N. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-22
She Was a Big Fighter.

Mrs Benham-Do you remembe-
when l had my coming out?
Benham-No, but it must have been
like the launching Of battlship.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-22

serving life in the case of accidents,
which seem to be a foregone conclu-
sion, at least in the early stages OF
the flying game.-Leslie's.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-22

Life Preservers for the Air.
Dirigible balloon accidents for the
last four years show q loss of 35 lives,
and in the past two years IL aeroplan-
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had no place there in the body polite of white
men; they were no longer slaves, but the idea
of granting the suffrage to negroes was then
displeasing to the dominant race. There was
also the problem of the free Maroon negroes
of jamaica who were irksome to the authori-
ties in a land of slavery. So the idea of found
ing a free negro state community in West
Africa for the reception of enfranchised Amer
lean negroes came into being aboGs 1884, and
in 1887 the colony of Sierra Leone was found-
ed under a chartered company and taken over
by the crown in 1903.
Early in the nineteenth century the same
difficulty arose in the United States, namely,
the presence of thousands of free negroes
whose case had not been sufficiently provided
for by the American Constitution. Somehow
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-22

Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing syrup.
,r children teeGhing. softens the gums, reduces in
ilstVs pain cures wind collie. Z5c bottle.
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Absence makes tho picture post
cards accumulate.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-23
GORGEOUS FUNERAL PROCESS
SloNS FOR DEAD CHICAGO FIRE
FIGHTERS KILLED IN FIRE.
FIRE STILL BURNING TODAY
Flames Are Under Control Now How
ever-Twenty-one Bodies Recover
ed from Ruins-Fourteen in Phil
adeIphia Fire.

Chicago, H., Dec 23.-Fire Marshal
Moran and the twenty-three others,
mostly firemen, who We're killed in
the stock yards fire here are to be
given a military funeral.
A regiment of cavalry and squad
of mounted police will march in the
procession.
The fire at the Nelson Morris plant
is still burning, but is under control.
This morning Captain Windheim of
Engine Company No. and William
Sheridan were perhaps fatally injured
by falling timbers.
Twenty-one bodies have been re-
moved from the runins. Several fire
men are still missing. The total num-
ber of dead will not be known, until
the embers cool.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-23
DEPUTY UNITED STATES MAR
SHAL AND BROTHER FIGHT
POLICEMAN AND SALOON MAN
TWO MEN ARE UNDER ARREST
Clinton Allen, Deputy Marshal, Was
Killed by Policeman James Tipton
and When Aliens Brother Attack
cd Upton, Saloon Man Killed Him

Mount Sterling Ky, Dec. 23.-Clin.
ton Allen, a United States deputy
marshal, and his brother, Walter
Allen, were shot to death in q pistol
fight here last night with James
Tipton, special policeman, and
Mitchell Gibbons, a saloon keeper.
The battle occurred in front of
Gibbons saloon. Witnesses say that
Clinton Allen and Upton quarrelled
and when the federal officer drew
his gun, the policeman took it from
him and shot him dead. Walter Allen
then drew a revolver and was killed
by Gibbons, before he could use 1t.
Gibbons and Upton have been ar
rested.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-23
BUFFALO BILL AND OLD ENEMY
Courtesy to Arapahoe Indian, Who
Once Tried to Get Cody's Scalp.


Once Tried to Get Cody's Scalp.
Cloudy Face, an old Arapahoe In
dian chief, who once tried to get
Buffalo Bills scalp, was helped by
the former scout and Indian fighter,
when he arrived at the Union Sta
ton on Friday night and was given
''handout" of sandwiches. Colonel
Cody is visiting for a few days in
Omaha and will then go to Nortl,
Platte for Christmas
Cloudy Face, at one time one OF
the wliest and most intrepid foes
of the Indian country, was nearly
starved and ate ravenously of the
food purchased by the frontiersman
who years ago was one of his most
dangerous enemies. Cloudy Face has
been living in the Wind River coun-
try in Wyoming. How he happened
to get to Omaha in his starved con
dition is something of a mystery.
LII thS Oiu uoS hou many q
hard fight with this man and his
band" said Colonel Cody. ''At one
time the Arapahoes, Shoshones.
Sioux, Cheyennes and other tribes
were banded together to wipe out
the whites. They were trying TO
recover their lands north of the Ar
kansas river and were butchering
the settlers wherever they could get
at them. A party of us was trying
to overtake Cloudy Face and his
men when he made a clever flank
movement through the night and got
us surrounded in the Big Horn Ba-
sin. l hardly know how we got out
of the trap, but eight of our party
fell and something like fifteen of
his braves went down before we got
clear. Cloudy Face himself made
desperate effort to get me, but his
aim was bad and it was not until
I had wounded him in the arm,
while doing some hard riding, that
the band, which outnumbered us
three to one, finally dropped back
aai we got away, saving our scalps.
That was one of the closest calls
ever had. Omaha World-Herald
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-23
CECIL GRACE IN ATTEMPTING
RETURN FLIGHT ACROSS ENG
LlSH CHANNEL DISAPPEARS.
SEARCH FOR HIM CONTINUES
Feared That Aviator Has Been Lost
in the North Sea-Great Fleet Of
Motor Cars and Warships Out All
Night Searching For Him.

London, Eng, Dec. 23.-No news
has been received up 10 this after
noon of Cecil Grace, the American
aviator, who disappeared in fog
while attempting to make the return
flight from Caiatis, France, to Do
Yer, yesterday.
1t is feared that he fell into the
North Sea. A great fleet of motor
cars was out all night searching ev-
cry nook OF the east coast of Eng
land while warshps were scattered
along the shores of the North Sea
and the waters were swept with
wireless inquiries concerning Grace
These futile efforts were contin-
ued today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-23
SIxTY-ONE RAILROADS WEST,
NORTH AND SOUTH OF CHI
CAGO MAY BE TIED UP.
SUDDEN BREAK NOT UNEXPECTED
None of Conferees Will Discuss the
Situation-Walk Out Would Com
pIetely Tie Up the Christmas
Traffic.

Chicago, H., Dec. 29.-The wage
dispute between the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and the sixty
one railroads to the west, north and
south of Chicago today became criti-
cal.
1t was admitted by all that a sud
den break in the negotiations would
not be unexpected.
None of the conferees would say
anything tuoching upon the situation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-23
Fatally Hurt by Train.

Henryetta, Okla, Dec. 22-John c.
Jones of Athens, Texas, was hit by
a moving st. Louis and San Francis
co freight train here Wednesday af
ternoon and dangerous injured.
Jones was walking down the track
when the train went by; he stepped
to one side, but not far enough. His
back was broken and he was serious
ly injured otherwise. He was still
alive Wednesday night, but is ex
pected to die before morning as his
injuries are largely internal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-23

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 23.-The
final list of the dead in the leather
factory fire here Wednesday is four
teen. All of the missing firemen and
policemen have now been accounted
for.
The condition of William Glazier,
who was taken out alive after thir-
teen hours in the ruins, was much
improved today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-23
The Yellow Peril AGAIN.

Congress is in the grip of another
yellow peril" scare. The secretary
of war has issued a statement dilat-
ing on what would happen to us If
Japan should begin hostilities This
agitation coming at a time when the
naval appropriation bills are being
framed in congress Is calculated to
create a public sentiment in favor
of a big pork barrel for the navy
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-23
FIRST WEDDING IN
MISSOURI PEN
CHARLES BEAUCHAMP PAROLED
THAT HE MAY BE Welded TO
MRS RUTH RICH.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Dec. 23.-The
first wedding in the Missouri peni
tentiary took place today when Gov
ernor Hadiey at the request of Mrs.
Ruth Rice of Jemmett, Missouri, pa
rolled Charles Beauchamp, that they
might wed.
They were engaged when Beau
champ was sent TO prison for two
years for assault.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-23
Champ Clark for Committee or
Committees.

Champ Clark has declared him
self in favor OF the next house ere
ating a committee with the power to
appoint the members OF the different
committees in the reorganization of
the house under democratic control.
This will effectively silence those
who charged that Clark, when he is
elected speaker, would not he will
ing to he without the power which
he advocated should be taken from
Cannon
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-23
Waterworks for Ada.

Ada, Okla, Dec. 22.-The election
for bonds for waterworks extension
was practically unanimous, only IL
votes being cast against It. This in
sures for Ada water supply equal,
if not superior, to anything in Okla
homa, and property owners are en-
thusiastic.