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The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

Some British politicians
are trying to prove that Col.
Roosevelt gave the tail of the
British lion a cruel twist, but
those capable of reading
Alright know that the ex-Pre-
sident patted the beast en-
couragingly on the head and
rubbed its fur in the right di-
rection.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25
EMPLOYING HANDS AND BRAIN
Saving of Time In Liter
AIRY Labor.

Many traditions and stories of Ed
gar Allan Poe are still current at the
University of Virginia, at Charlottes-
vile, where he was a student, says
James Bernard Lyon in the Home
Magazine.
Poe was very proud Of his penman-
ship. One day, so the story goes, a
friend entered the room to find Poe
writing busily with both hands.
What are you doing?" asked the
friend
Writing with both hands," said
Poe.
Both hands!" exclaimed the friend.
But how on earth can you make any
progress in that way?"
Easy enough. It is a theory of
mine that it is a waste Of time not to
be able to use both hands at the same
time. Both hands and brain can be
trained, with care and attention, so
that each hand may do it's full share
Of work-each hand being employed
on separate task. It is not really an
affair of the hands at all, in the last
analysis, but an affair of the intellect
I am training my hands and brain now
SO that I can do twice as much work
as the ordinary person in given
period of time. At the present mo-
ment 1 am writing poem with my
right hand; one that l confidently be-
lieve will startle the world. And with
my left hand am blocking out won
derful story; a story which should cap
ture thousands of readers.
"It will only be a short time before
! will be able to take my examinations
in this manner and dispose of two
subjects simultaneously. It will save
time and will give hands and brain
their full duty"
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

The new Sultan of Turkey
is said to be suffering from
sixteen distinct aid separate
diseases, seven Of which are
incurable. The European
bomb throwers will put that
in their pipes and smoke it.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

A couple of peevish French
men have finally wounded
each other by fighting third
duel. Each one now has a
wax pellet in his anatomy and
feels as proud as if he had
been shot with a real bullet.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25
Raising The Price.

II saw YOU kiss sister last
night"
Did you, Bobby? Here's a
quarter for you"
Thanks. And then I saw you
kiss the maid in the hall"
Great Scott! Here's $751;"
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

It is said that 100 persons
drop dead every day in the
United States. This record
will be greatly swelled on the
day that Billy Lorimer resigns
from the Senate.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

The strawberry as big as a
hens egg report, is just as re-
liable as the hailstone story
and much more cheerful.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

Senator Chamberlain says:
Victory is just ahead of the
Democracy Just a t h e
pretty bird is just ahead Of
the small boy with a hand full
of salt.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25
1ON'T TAKE YOUR
ID money out of the banl

and bury it. Skunks OF
squirrels or dogs will dig il
up and destroy it. Don't
put it in your stockings be-
cause you can put your stock
ings to better use by wearing
them. Don't wrap it up in
an old newspaper or an old
rag and hide it in some cor
ner, because the rats will sur
ely get hold of it and destroy
it. The house is no place
tor your money anyway.
Burglars get it and then you
lament your foolishness in
taking it out of the bank. If
you want to invest your
money let it stay in the bank
if it is there. All this draw
ing money out of the bank
and boarding it contracts cur
rency and produces a strin-
gency in the money market.
The times may be the best
imaginable and all the wise
legislation conceivable adopted
yet a panicky feeling can be
suddenly started by a concert
of action on the part of the
people in withdrawing their
deposits from the bank.
The money in the banks
does not belong to the banks.
It is the peoples money. It
is put in the banks for con-
venience and safety. The
banks use 1t and the business
men borrow it. The great
share of the business of the
country is done with borrowed
money. If the people with
draw their money the banks
can't make loans, and busi-
ness men, unable to borrow
go by the board, and this con-
dition of things continued any
great length of time produces
a panic, and then those who
have drawn their money out
of the banks, and in reality
produced the panic, will find
they are the first to suffer.
If you have any money
you are not using put it in the
bank.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25
Dogs WelI-Earned Monument.

Near the hospice of ST. Bernard,
Switzerland, Is monument to Barry,
one of the dogs, which always inter
ests tourists. This animal died some
years AGO, and writer in the Wide
World Magazine tells his story: Dur
ing the ten years he was at the hos
pice he saved the lives of 40 persons
who had lost their way in the snow
On one occasion he found a child ten
years old, lying in the snow under the
influence of the fatal slumher which
precedes death. The dog warmed the
child with It's breath, and then reused
1t from sleep by licking it. This much
accomplished. Barry, by lying down
on its side, gave the child an obvious
invitation to get upon it's back and
ride The child did so, and was thus
carried to the monastery. Barry was
killed by some unknown person, prob
ably in mistake" The inscription on
the monument Is: Barry, the heroic.
Saved the lives of 40 persons, and was
killed by the forty first"
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

The feelings of a citizen of
Massachusetts are hurt be-
cause his wife keeps thirty
two felines, and a divorce is
a catastrophe that threatens
the family.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25
N4O PAPER CAN BE
~ published without with


out home patronage, and
every man is interested in
keeping up a home paper.
If a railroad or factory is
wanted, the newspapers are
expected to work for it. If
a public meeting is wanted
for any purpose, the news
paper is called upon for a free
notice. If any of the societ-
les have a supper or reception
of any kind, the newspaper is
expected to give the necessary
notice. The newspaper must
puff the schools and every
thing else to advance the in
terests of the business men of
place, and then give them a
handsome notice when thev
pass away. And yet some of
them do nothing to keep up a
home paper.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

Mr.. Edison may go ahead
with his scheme for a "clerk-
less store" but let him begin
to try to invent something to
make stenographerless office
and his blood will be shed.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

"If you must kiss somebody
kiss your mother-in-law, ad-
vises a Boston minister.
These Bostonians certainly
do revel in trouble.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

Please, Mr.. Guggenheim,
can't we have a little piece of
anything in Alaska?
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

Alaska is a vast territory
that once belong to the United
States.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

The world is progressing
toward universal peace The
Senate appropriated $12, 2,ooo,-
900 for big battleships.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

Good Heavens! 1t is 60
ing to begin all over again.
Harry Payne Whitney is go
ing to Etah for DR.. Cooks re
cords and instruments.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

''It is difficult to unde~-
stand Mr.. Bryap's present
position says the Chicago
Inter Ocean. Not if you
read the election returns of
November, 1908.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

Nicaragua is once more
having the time of its life.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

NAVAJO NEST No. 1907
ORDER OF OWLS
Meets every Tuesday at s p. m, at
Elks Hall.
BYRON YOUNT, Pres.
F. E. MoGUCKIN, Secty.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25

DESERT GROVE CAMP
No. IS, w. O. w.
Meets % and 4th Wednesdays at s
D. m, at Elks Hall.
GEO. WILLIAMS. c. C.
NJ. L. VAUGHN, Clerk.
The Winslow mail., 1910-06-25
LODGE DIRECTORY

WINSLOWLODGENo.536 NO. .536
B. P. O. E.
Meets every Thursday at p. NJ, at
Elks Hall.
VIM. G. KELLY. E. r.
J. j. COLLINS, Secty.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
Decadence of the Rural Church.
Sandy Springs, NJ. c, fad

OdHuy Cplll2Sy NJ. l., ia.
The Negro preacher, lawyer, teach
7er and other leaders of industry
should be trained in institutions of
higher learning so as to be equipped
to fill responsible positions. The race
must be led by individuals who, hav-
ing studied higher branches, have an
insight into the complex civilization of
this epoch. They must understand the
ideals and motives of the American
people
However, one may study so long as
to get out of touch with the activities
of life and a result of present cay
educational systems is to make stu
dents passive The average Negro
college student does not seem to pos
sess the power of applying himself to
the problems of life when he enters
d community
In the open country the church is
fast disappearing. Sunday schools are
vigorous and as well attended as ever
The church is an institution for giving
religious instruction, but in a measure
preachers have ceased TO instruct
Even IN towns former church-gOers
frequent the Bible classes and Y. NJ
c. A The rural population demands
what the country parsOn can not give
Imagine a church in a community
. where the roads at certain seasons
are almost impossible The minister
must advocate good roads, agitate for
good roads, and insist upon good
roads until they are built. In nine
communities out of every ten the
preacher and school teacher fail tc
sustain friendly relations TO each 9th
/ eT. Few divines recognize what
good school IS, and few lend any eftort
/ toward the Improvement of what they
usually find. This deolorable condi
/ tion Is result of training for tht
/ professions in schools with narrow
/ rance Of interests. They should be 81
| eV0anded IN oereonra' md equioment
and 50 enriched in courses as TO NEE
tie demand Of the tim ard the ueet
of the race The State TTniversitv
tho direct evoraeei~r of the Deoole
nir'~~+c- 49, - --e-770ooi tan IT
mosphere and envir~nment mucl
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
A GREAT LEADER
Booker T. Washington.

The September number of The CO.
on DR.. Booker 7. Washington by
Edward Marshall The article is ac-
companied by a fine cut of DR. Wash
ington, and also a cut of Carnegie
LibrafJ II Tuskegee. Oh page IS47
there is d fine group cut of Mr. Rob-
ert c. Ogden, President Taft, B.
Washington and Mr.. Carnegie.
Mr.. Marshall says that in 1862 lit
tie yellow slave boy, in his hand a
slice of bread and molasses Che had
never sat at table much to eat, for
his mothers service in the big house
scarcely gave her opportunity for such
fOrmalIties as regular meals in her
own cabin down on a plantation in
Franklin County, Virginia, asked
an earnest question. That little boy
was Booker I. Washington. He is a
grown man now, a Negro whom three
Presidents of the United States have
called their friend, an ex-slave, whom
such men as the president of Harvard
University and Dr. Lyman Abbott
have spoken of fraternally as con
frere;" a philanthropist with whom
Carnegie, Robert c. Ogden, J. g.
Phelps Stokes and many others CO.
operate enthusiastically. l know no
record Of determined and successful
human effort against odds which sur
pass his, or on the mighty structure
reared from little l have never known
of one so vast reared from so little
as that which he has reared.
Booker Washington, says the
writer, is the combined Moses anC
Joshua of his people, etc.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
Education North and South.

The campaign book scores the
Southern States for failure to edu-
cate the Negro, and compares them
unfavorably with the North as fol-
lows:
'In the matter of public education,
the difference between the two par
ties is marked In the North, where
the Republicans generally control,
education among the colored people
is widely diffused, while in the Dem
Ocratic South the percentage of il
literacy is very great.
The Democratic legislators fail to
provide equal school facilities for the
two races, and in several States the
facilities, already meagre, have re-
Gently been materially reduced In
Louisiana no AfrO-AmeriCan child re-
ceived public instruction above the
fifth grade, and there is a general
movement throughout the Southern
Democratic States to conine the edu-
cation Of the Afro-American children
to the lower grades The movement
to divide the school money between
whites and Afro-Americans in proper
J ton to their contributions in taxes
] to the school fund arises in one
Democratic Southern State after an
! other, the purpose of which is to per-
! petuate AfrO-American illiteracy.
| That the Democrats in general are
n sympathy with the Jim Crow idea
was shown on Washington's Birthday
1908, when Congressman Hefin. Of
| Alabama, introduced an amendment
providing Jim Crow cars for the
| CaOital of the Nation Fveru Re.
publican member present voteC
against the amendment, while many
Democrats voted for it.
"The platform adopted by the Re
publican party at Chicago contain
4 plank which stands squarelv am
unequivOcallv for all the civil am
political rights of the Afro-Americar
0eOole"
The campaign book then cites thu
various resolutions introduced n r.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
broader than his own interests.

broader than his own interests.
How many preachers interest them
selves in the economic and social i'm
proYement of the community? Yet
each succeeding Sabbath finds them
making a stirring and eloquent appeal
for funds-salary, conference claims,
presiding elders fund, missionary
mite, fuel bill, sections wage, etc, etc.
The sum and substance OF the whole
matter is we have too many nreach-
ers or ministers and too few pastors.
The mission OF the former is to talk
and of the latter, to achieve. Another
dIsCOuntIng charge against the theo-
logan is his burning desire to par
tiCipate in politics. As The Age" put
it, III the field of politics he is usually
as weak as he is IN morals and money
matters. If he devoted the portion
of his time to social improvement that
he gives to politics, success IN his
profession would be insured He
stoops and invariably loses in the end,
and thereby degrades his calling.
A rural minister should have an es-
pecial knowledge and understanding
of the economic and social phases of
rural life In fact, rural economics
and sociology should occupy similar
positions III the curriculum of the
theological seminary that they do IN
the modern teachers training school.
The minister will then be in a posi-
ton to offer suggestions to his mem-
bers on farm management, marketing,
cooperation, sanitation, etc.
Let the conference investigate the
= a. Il, o,,I
sert itself by taking its place abreast
of the agencies for rural progress.
Maryland will offer a score or more
| excellent openings for colored eduCa-
| tors who have training and experience
in agricultural and technical fields,
! The State Board of Education intends
to improve the colored schools and
make them the equal of any in the
] South Acting in accordance with the
| recommendation of the Southern Edu-
| cational Association that there be
closer supervision in rural schools not
| only by the county superintendent
/ but by directors of agriculture and
manual training, each county will EN-
ploy a capable and trained supervisor
who shall be required to visit fire.
quently all the schools, and cause edu
cation of an industrial character tt
be made a part of the daily instruc
ton.
Geo. H. c. Williams, formerly in
structor in biology and school gar
dening in this city, has returned from
the Graduate School of Agriculture
Iowa State College. to make a thor
ough investigation of the rural schools
and act as supervisor in charge.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17

cent sessions of Congress providing
.or the repeal of the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments.
Where They are Employed.
The Republicans, in an effort to
emphasize their employment of the
Negro, say:
The Library of Congress is one of
the great libraries of the world. One
of the assistants, Daniel Murray, has
spent several years in research among
the books of the library, and has been
able to identity approximately 6,ooo
titles of work by coiored authors.
To many who are wont to belittle
the literary capacity of the race, this
will prove astounding information.
Colored composers have written more
than 5000 musical compositions.
There are 48 Afro-American en-
plOyees, 23 of whom are employed
under the direct supervision of the
Librarian of Congress, and 25 are un-
der the superintendent of the build
ing, The aggregate paid them is
$4,000"
"One of the most expert examiners
of the Patent Office is an Afro-Ameri-
can, Henry E.. Baker, of Mississippi,
who draws $2;IoO a year. He has
been an examiner 22 years. He has
recently made a research Of the office
and has been able to trace more than
900 patents granted to AfrO-Ameri-
cans. There are a number of high
grade AfrO-American clerks in the
office.
900 Negro Postmaseers.
There are 1908 Afro-Americans
serving the Government under the
Postoffice Department, and their an
nual salaries aggregate $2,348,424.
Among these are included pOstmast-
ers, assistant postmasters, clerks, let
ter carriers, rural mail carriers, and
railway mail clerks. There are nearly
900 Afro-American postmasters, some
| # whom have charge of Presidential
Offices"
There are 5I2 Negroes in the Chi
cago postofflce, Fl in the Houston
| (Texas) office, 43 in the Jacksonville
(Fla.) postoffice, 80 colored in the
postofice in Montgomery, Ala, and
II in the St Paul (Minn.) office.
"All of the letter carriers at the
Muskogee (Okia.) postoffice are col
Ored men. They draw salaries amount
ing to SIo,26o annually" says the
campaign book. Fourteen are en-
pIoyed in Kansas City, IS in Column
bus, Ohio.
"The total force of the Mobile
| (Ala) postOffice consists of 80 clerks
10 Afro-Americans and u whites,
says the report. "The 81 carriers are
all colored The Afro-American EN-
ployees receive annually $4,000.
James A. Cobb, appointed Assist
ant District Attorney for the District
of Columbia, prepares cases for pros
ecution under the Pure Food law and
has charge of forfeited bona cases
There are IS Negroes in the In
ternal Revenue Service at Louisville
KY
as. L. Williams, Special Assistant
District Attorney at Chicago, ha:
charge of the naturalization cases
Mr.. Williams is a colored man" say
the camoaign book.
One more extract will be quoted
from this remarkable chapter 1t fol
lows:
"There are 243 Afro-American off
~ia1s and emnolyees in the emOlov y
the Federal Government in the Stat'
IF Louisiana. and their ANIMAL sala-
ries aggregate 1928 h62 They ar,
emoloved in the Customs Service
United States Mint. Postofice Ser
vice United States Land Office
'Tnited States Suh-Treasurv. Tnterna
Revenue Office. Raitwav Mail Service
4. 0enartmont of Justice and Unite
States Tmmioration Bureau"
4
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
Some Get as Much as $4,000

This campaign book declares that
''on August I, 1910, there were more
Afro-Americans in the service of the
United States Government than ever
before in the history Of the country.
The highest salary paid an Afro
American is received by the Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tent. ary of the United States to
Haiti, whose salary is $4,000 per an
mum. A number of Government Off
cials receive from $4,000 to $1,000 a
year. Clerks are paid from 5000 to
81 500"
Then there follows an enumeration
of Negro appointments set forth by
the Republican campaign book as fol-
lows:
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
Three Great Friends of the Negro
Sept. 10, 1910.

Sept. 10, 1910
The Washington Bee:
DR.. Booker Washington encourages
me to hope that possibly you may find
place in your columns for this letter.
During the end of the eighteenth
and early in the nineteenth century
three great workers for Emancipa-
ton of Slaves, William WilberfOrce,
Zachary Macaulay and Henry Thorn
ton, lived at Clapham, near London.
The reputation of Wilberforce is
worldwide, but comparatively few
know the names of the two friends
who were not one whit behind him in
work for the slaves.
Macaulay indeed had more practical
knowledge of the sufferings of planta
ton Negroes and the horrors of the
slave trade than either of his friends,
for in early life he had been a book
keeper on a plantation and had sub
sequently taken passage IN a slave
trader, and thus got information at
first hand. He described the cruelties
oracticed on board and the futile ef-
forts Of some of the slaves to escape
by suicide from their threatened fate.
Henry Thornton was a man of very
frail health, but his great philanthropy
led him never to spare himself in the
cause of humanity In his house,
which at one time Wilberforce shared
with him, many conferences on the
Abolition of Slavery were held and
he threw himself heart and soul into
the cause.
Not long ago this historic house
was razed TO the ground, and the ad-
iacent land, which was formerly gar
dens and fields where the abOlitlOn1sts
walked and talked over their plans, IS
now being rapidly covered with small
houses, involving a population OF over
5000 souls.
There has never been any adequate
memorial to the three men who, as
| friends of the friendless, conferred
-~r,4 md honor on the Christianity
of England.
To Wilberforce there is indeed a
monument. and to Zachary Macaulay
tablet in Westminster Abbey. To
| Henry Thornton only his name on d
tablet and tombstone in dfsused
church-yard at Ciapham.
It has been said, perhaps not un-
truly. that the emancipation of mil
| lions of the human race from slavery
- the greatest event in the world :
history since our Lord preached the
/ G~eoel On earth.
Tt is now proposed TO put church
to be called the Church of the Re-
| Iremer. in the neighborhoOd where
the Slave Emancipator lived and la
bored
It has occurred to me that Negroes
might be interested in knowing that
the memory of the pioneers of Eman-
cioation is honored in ENGLAND am
also that possibly some of the de.
scendants of freed slaves might Ike
to show their sympathy by some smal
contribution to the building on the
site which has been secured
Tt is a case where possibly the cent;
Of the many would be more apDToDrl
ate than the dollars of the few. and II
sir, any Of your readers would care tc
help in this matter, any contribution;
vou r1:oht forward would be mos
gratefully received and acknowledged
hv Canon Frskipe Clarke. ST Luke
Vicaraoe. Ramsden Road. Ralham
London. I am sir. your obedient ser
,-art Granddaughter of Henr.
| Thornton.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
Guest of Carnegie.

'-TH0 ? 7f'e. NH0ffaf'f'
p~~'-o- T WaeL;'7o+~r ~ TIE TVS
'npon T-etit-,+a. &c eoa-7 1ir,oT several
iav- dr-;nr his Fr-0~e~~ -.i-;t 80 the
----e+ n NFr A~I-~--. |~~7a~;e. at
~>'-;.O Castle. in Scotland
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17

The Independent Order of St. Luke,
through its officers, has purchased
brick building, corner of Thirteenth
and U streets, for $1,000 They hope
some time in the near future to have
a handsome structure there.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17

Although approaching her o2d birth
day, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe is still
active and was given an ovation by
1900 apprentices and seamen, who
sang "Star Spangled Banner"