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The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

1t is announced that Russian caviar
Is a cure for the cholera Probably
1t works on the principle that anyone
who knows he would have to eat Rus
sian caviar will refuse to have the
cholera.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Leading daily newspapers of the
south praised to the highest the tai
emit displayed at the enegro. music fes-
ttyal recently held in Atlanta. Ga.
The rendition of productions was
characterized by one of them as
really wonderful"
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Forty years ago this fall COW IN
Chicago kicked over a lamp and
burned the town down. 1t has. how
ever. picked up remarkably well ever
since
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

In duel between two Hungarian
counts the other day the right ear OF
one of them was slashed in two. If
Hungarian dueIs are going to DO as
sanguinary as that they will have to
be stopped.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

A Massachusetts girl in IA
wrecked five glass floors in a public
library building, landed on marble
door in the basement and then walked
away. Thzt the average Massachu-
sets girl is not impressionabIe has
long been asserted This proves It
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

-Aviatrice'' is the new word for the
woman aviator. AS there is only one
so far we needn't bother our heads
about what the plural Of "aviatrice"
is.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Now physician rises to remark
that there is really no such thing as
Beasickness The imitation. however.
is SO good as to deceive the most ex-
perienced.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

With the wife of one model hus-
band" committing suicide and the
Of another suing for divorce, the COM
mon everyday kind of husband may
be better thought Of
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

A temperance society in Cleveland
Is trying to find out what a highball
Is. It may be unnecessary to state
that the society in question is strict
Iy feminine one. -s.....--..5z.-..
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

ranks next to medal OF honor and
carries with 1t bronze badge de-
signed by Saint Gaudens 1t also
brings to the hclcer 50 per month
extra pay.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21
PerhanS Roth

Milly-I put away my last years
bathing suit in camphor, but it evaD-
Grated
Billy-The bathing suit?
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

A London girl smoked a calabash
pipe on the streets of that city. And
still they say over there that Ameri-
can girls are forward
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Elated. apparently. at, the addition
of an "h" to it's name, Pittsburgh is
to have 40-story bank building. The
Smoky City is feeling the uplifting
tendencies of the times.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

An Akron (O.) man was found walk
ing In his sleep with baby in his
arms. That's our notion of a model
husbandi
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

wfthA ten minutes after landing in
New York a Toledo citizen had been
robbed twice. New York may keep
that record for speed as long as it
likes.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

A st. Louis man committed suicide
because his wife was too affectionate
In other words. she loved him to
death
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

1t is reported that Egyptian coats
are the latest in woman's garb. After
viewing chronos portraying Cleopatra
we gather that a microscope will be
needed to find the coats.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

American women. according to a
German. do not know how to pose for
q photograph. In the art of arriving
with both feet. however. they are
quite sophisticated.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

The samples of ice cream contain.
Ing 100000 bacteria to the cubic CEN
dmeter seem to be minor leaguers
compared to those containing g..
000. 0O0
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

intoxicated. took out marriage IL
cense, thinking it was dog license,
well deserves the dogs life that his
marriage is apparently leading him.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Haiti retains its reputation as hot
bed of revolution. kntione Simon is
no longer president, having been
driven out Of the country by General
LeConte. who now occupies the presi-
Dental chair.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Boston has the distinction of having
the first mortgaged aeroplane. But,
then, on an airship it ought to be easy
to raise a mortgage
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Some women remember the compli-
ments of courtship days and forget
that their three meals day came
from dads pockets.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

The chap who sips his coffee at
breakfast behind newspaper is now
classed with the end-seat hog.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Atwood says he is not going to fly
any more Maybe there is one man
who knows when he has had enough.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

c. r. Patterson e Son, coIored,
builders of fine wagons and buggies.
have the largest business of its kind
in Greenfield, o.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

anu 1 W6uC 10 Cn6
store to get d bottle
of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege table
Compound, but the
clerk did not want
to let me have it
he said it was no
good and wanted me
to try something
else, but knowing
all about it 1 in
sisted and finally
got 1t, and I am so
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Joseph e. Johnson, colored. former
y stenographer to Speaker Cannon.
~Tecef7ed the appointment as ste
nogrepher to the commission inves-
ttgatfng second-class postage rates, of
which Associate Justice Hughes is
chairman.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Speaking of speed records, there is
the bandit who robbed two restau-
rants in 20 minutes.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21
university,

Over 200 colored students, mostly
frd@ lhe south, are attending Chicago
university Mm
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Jack Johnson seems determined to
bring away small cargo CT English
coin when he sails for his return to
America By his contract to fight
Bombadfer Wells he receives $50, 900
before entering the ring This. with
other contracts. viii net him 1925, 600
income for another year Exchange.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

The present age not only calls for
suffering ministry-it is also ripe
for a well prepared ministry, one hay
ing, not only the zeal, but knowledge
of what constitutes real Christian
Mfe.-Ex.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Farmers are having a glorious pio.
nic season.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Baroness Won Groyss, wife OF
George S. Wilkins of New York, has
strong hope Of solving the American
servant problem. She brought with
her from the Philippines a Filipino
girl named Dogma. My husband was
commissioner to the Philippines -
she said, land while there l found the
native girls splendid servants. My
idea is 70 open schools for them In
this country and solve our vexed serv-
ant problem. / have already been
promised help by society women for
various entertainments / Will give to
get the schools started" Andrew Car
neg1e, she said, is to furnish all the
books that are necessary for the es-
adjustment of the schools.-Southern
Life Magazine
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Winter would not be so bad II
cantaloupe would stick around
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

into the air. then they drag through
the waves rapidly. leaving a slender
wake OF whitening foam under the
water. The dolphin is not more than
six or eight feet long The body Ia
pe-s toward the tail. which is shaped
like 9 crescent. It has heak about
six inches long and crescent shaped
bsowhorn, with horns turned backward
It Is white on the back, grayish on
the sides and white beneath.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21
SHE GOT
WHAT SHE
WANTED
This Woman Had to Insist
Strongly, but it Paid

Chicago, nl.-"I suffered from a fe-
male weakness and stomach trouble,
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Tke waves have language all thei.
owns and it's q good thing.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Observant persons who are In CON
slant contact with the diversified in
terests OF the race, must admit that
there Is rapidly increasing need for
young men and young women OF eusi-
ness and commercial training. It is
fact that we are turning our atten-
TONS toward business pursuits more
now than toward the professional or
industrial. Banks are being estah-
lished On all sides by men, Of color,
both In the north and in the south;
coiored insurance companies are OBJ
Grating successfully In every state OF
the southern group; secret orders are
dourishing among our people. and
must secure ONCE forces for their
home and branch ofioes; publication
houses and newspapers are being run
for the benefit Of our people; drug
stores are open In cities and towns
throughout the southland; churches
are developing to such magnitude that
pastors must employ private secre-
taries; UNCONVENTIONAL departments
must have of1oe forces; stores must
have bookkeepers and clerks-the de-
mand for the commercially trained
will soon become far-resching and In
sistent. Where win our young peo-
pie secure training to ut them for
these positions? Our colleges continue
to turn out school teachers, and those
prepared along this line must scuffle
for place because Of seeming over
supply, while the negro business man
worries along with ill-prepared help
of clerical sort. The young negro,
too, is entering business for himself
with practically no knowledge OF book
keeping and business FORMS We are
not venturing to criticise our institu-
tons of learning. They have done,
and are doing, great work well. Why
are they not awaking to this growing
need? To our certain knowledge
thorough commercial courses are not
conducted in half-dozen reputable
negro colleges in all this broad south
land. Yet the need of which we
speak is growing yearly in an ever in
creasing ratio. Where must the Ste.
nographers, bookkeepers, salesman,
clerks, ETC., come from whom we need
now and will need in larger numbers
in the future? Their employers can
do but little toward training them. A
sufficient number to meet the demand
cannot go north to pursue courses in
business colleges and commercial de-
partments there Young people can
often be heard tnquiring where they
can learn shorthand, typewriting and
bookkeeping, and If private instruc-
ton cannot be procured, they drift
into mental employment. Distinct
colored commercial colleges are hard
ly possible at this time. With but
slight outlay for colleges already in
operation can meet the need. Many
whS.Tin not take copplete literary or
indi courses would enter col
lege keeive commercial training
witt d literary subjects as a COM
mercH course would require Honest
" and conscientiously we feel that
along this particular line negro col
leges will soon be a decade behind
the times. 1t is here they can be to
the young people an added benefit
We are hoping many of them will
awaken to a situation that may be-
fore long become serious, and put in
with their courses one to give prac-
teal commercial training Southern
Life Magazine.
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

Pin-headed men re good for beauty
pins
The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21
! AFRO AMERICAN CU[L|NCS


Educ and wealth are both be-
ciaIly lie this true IN race that had
its building In race building like
ours had forty-f1ve years ago. Some
of the few who have been specially
favored with the advantages Of an
academic and college education. and
likewise some Of the few that have
been blessed with the tact for acQuir-
ing some wealth, have had good sense
to know and to feel that their highly
favored conditions only entailed upon
them the more the task OF helping
to raise those OF the race who were
less favored. Then there have been
others OF the favored few who have
felt, judging by their actions, that
their education and wealth was to put
them beyond the reach Of their fell.
lows and thus leave them to struggle
up the hill by themselves, or else with
er and die IN the misery Of their own
ignorance and poverty.-Western Star.
eess
neglect Of infant baptism by some Of
our pastors. There is no service that
should be more eagerly sought and
more faithfully performed. See to 1t
brethren that every child in your con-
gregation is baptised and properly in
structed In the things that pertain to
his souls health" Infant baptism Is
not only beautiful and impressive
sacrament but one that means so
much to the permanent growth of the
church and contributes largely to the
saving Of the individual-Star of Zion.
There are quite a number of bust
ness enterprises In Greater New York
controlled and managed by the mem
bers of our race which are not re-
ceiving the support from our people
that they should. In the particular
neighborhood where these enterprises
are located are thousands of negroes
who spend thousands of dollars. 1t
would be to the interest of negroes
to give a larger proportion Of the
money they are now spending to their
own stores Negroes should build
up their own. Harlem and other To-
calities have large negro populations
and are splendid fields for business
development among negroes.-New
York Age.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-10-20

make clear to persons who do not un- derstand oriental conditions. The in est buildings, the largest institution, and the most celebrated in all Beirut, is the Syrian Protestant college, which has magnificent site on the Mediter- ranean with the purple Lebanon mountains in the distance. This IS said to be the finest college campus and prospect in all the world. There are from 700 to 900 students yearly. of many colors and races and the grad uates may be found in influential pla- ces in all parts of the empire. Espe- cially numerous are they in the Brit ish service in the Sudan. The cos mopolitanism of this college and Rob ert college is shown by the way its students scatter over the entire world.
 This great American college was born within the missionary circle and by the missionary impulse, yet it re- ceives no aid from any missionary so- ciety. but is managed directly by board of gentlemen in New York. Recently the issue as to religion was raised by the Moslems, who objected to attendance upon chapel services. There was no little discussion, but the end was at no time in doubt because the American public. whatever it's re- ligious belief. would not care to sup
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-10-20
Liohthouse Without Keeper.

What do you think of perpetual lighthouse, needing no keeper and yet as regular in its flashes of light as one maintained by the government" asked Albert D. Van Wyck
 This natural light never fails, and that means much for navigation It is a volcano on the island of San Sal vador This volcanic lighthouse IS about eight miles inland from the port of Acajutla 1t is veritable pillar of cloud by day and the flash of it's light by night has been valuable to mariners for years: It can be seen far out at sea and burst of flame has gone upward every seven minutes without the variation of a second tor many years.
 "A lighthouse lee is collected ot All vessels that put in al the harhor near est the volcano and DO skipper ob iects. He knows that the volcano IS more reliable than the lighthouses kept by human beings on other coasts and the novelty of the light is worth the price charged by the government"
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-10-20

of them with some such influential book as this.
 Similarly the newspapers and books issued from this historic press. de spite the censor's vigilance, has been scattering the seeds of new thought widely over the empire. Here more truly than in any other part of the world of which 1 have knowledge, the printing press ha. been a lever of Archimides to overturn the old order The primary output has been the Bible in Arabic The entire Arabic-speak- ing world has been supplied with Bibles rom this press more than a million and half copies of the Bible in whole or in part. having been is sued up to date. Even the Georgian churches have accepted the translation of the Bible into .Arabic which has come from this press. The Russian schools within the Ottoman empire, have take their book supply from the Mission Press, and the Russian gov ernment is at present the largest sin gle customer of the Press.
 Modern maps have been |, valuable output, for in the skillful var with Islam which Christianity is waging. modern geography, modern history and the physical sciences are powerful weapons against the teaching of the Prophet. The entire Moslem world has no printing outfit to match this one. A better style Of Arabic is used than in the Mohammedan books. By the scholarly works tha: have come out a spirit of higher criticism has been created within the circl of Islam and this L. more insidious foe to the latter than the frontal attacks of Chris tianity.
 The Mission Press makes its own type, and when each letter may have four vowellings and twenty five differ ent forms making one hundred i all it is not a small matter to run print ing establishment in Arabic. Never theless, ,he missionaries count it well worth while for this institution is cut ting away the foundations of the old order As Turkey goes to knowledge. it goes to d new life in reality.
 Copyright, 1911. by. Joseph B. Bowles)
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-10-20

port an institution that simply made Islam more potent The present con dition is that the students are obliged to attend chapel daily.
 Robert college on the Bosphorus, to which many have assigned large part of the credit for the new order of things in Turkey, has some 400 stu dents It laid the corner stone of new dormitory recently, and instead of lot of speeches, the occasion was eel ebrated by a baseball game between tutors and nine from the crew of the Scorpion" So high is the reputa- tion of Robert college that cabinet ministers and other leading Turks send their sons to it. It has got out of the acute financial difficulties which beset most of these altruistic educa- tional Institutions in the Levant, through the receipt of the Kennedy bequest of nearly two million dollars.
 Americar Women in New Turkey.
 Thanks to gifts from the Rockefel- Ter and Sage funds. the American Col lege for Girls in Scrutari is enabled to move to more commodious quarters on a hill overlooking the Bosphorus not far from Robert eellege. The site is beautiful one, and the building will be worthy of great educational institution.
 Temporarily, a part of the college Is housed in an old palace on the Bos- phorus. The head of this institution Is Miss Patrick, noted educator. who has elected to give her kfe to Turkey.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-10-20
RUNS MULE BY ELECTRICITY
Owner Has Device to Hurry Beast When He Shows Symptoms of
 HookWorm.

Forrest City, Ark.-Friends of Su- perintendent Chtlner of the city water and light plant are at a loss whether to class him as the meanest man in Arkansas or the most ingenious one.
 The water department has a Missou- ri mule which possessed the reputa- tion of being the lazlest quadruped ever haruessed until Mir Chilner rigged a patent starter on the wagon to be drawn by it. He put small electric battery With a switch con- venient to the drivers hand. and at tached an insulated wire to the head stall of the bridle. thence to the ring on the bit, and then back to its tail.
 Now when the gang is ready to start there is no cranking nor horse whipping to be done. The device was resorted to after his muleship threat ened to bankrupt the plant buying whips. MT. Chilner has applied for patents.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-10-20

cold weather In size the bugs range from two to six inches long They are very peculiar in appearance and are sometimes called Praying Mantis, Soothsayers and the Prophet Bugs
 It is said the Chinese tell their for tunes from the actions of the insects. The name Praying Mantis comes from the fact that the insects hold their two front legs. which are very short, in a praying position, and often work them rapidly back and forth The most peculiar parts of the bug are it's eyes and long neck. The eyes are like miniature shoe buttons on the outside of the insects head. and in proportion to it's size are very large The neck shoots out from the body and forms about one-third the length of the bug, ranging from one to two inches The mantis can fly. has green wings, a brown glossy back and long feelers protruding from its head All to- gether it is not a friendly looking beast Recently. it is said. the owners of greenhouses in this country have imported the insects to use in destroy ing insects in their greenhouses.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-10-20

awakened to what may be called the diplomatic significance of the Ameri. can schools in the Levant Broadly speaking. America has been kept from being negligible factor in the Turk ish emp.r by the schools maintained here by tie foreign missionary socie- ties of the Unitel States. These schools are admittedly the foremost il the land. As result of all the nationalities to be found in Turkey, America is the most popular Three out of four emigrants seek the shores Of America.
 The entire cause of the English speaking people has beeh profoundly benefited by these institutions, estab- lished witt no thought of statecraft In all parts ot tha Levant one may find English speaking graduates of these schools. to whom American his tory and American ideals have been made familiar. There is doubtless warrant for the statement that the American schools in the Levant have done more to honor the American name and flag in thesa parts than all the embassies at Constantinople.
 Some Remarkable Results.
 It is curious aud anomalous situa- tion that the greatest educational in Stitutions in the Ottoman empire should fly the flag of another nation. This is unquestionably the case. It is a source of immense pride to travel ing Americans that the Syrian Pro- testant college at Beirut and Robert college of Constantinople and the American College for Girls in Constan- tinople. are the educational noun tain peaks in Turkey. None of these is, strictly, speaking. missionary. but all are entirely American being sup ported by American money and con- ducted by American teachers.
 The potency of all this is difficult to