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Tho Measure.

The ancient judge sat before tho scales of worth.
 Bring forth the royal treasure!" he cried. and the ,hurrying slaves poured into the huge pan sacks of golden metal, caskets of sparkling gems until 1t seemed as if all of the wealth of earth were there. Yet the balance never stirred.
 Let the learning of the ages be add ed," came the order, and tons upon tons of the wisdom of sages, philoso phers, scientists and poets was heaped upon the pile. And still the great arm of the scales remained high in air.
 Add now the men of power and high position" said the judge, land the scale will fall" But all in vain.
 But what is on the other side that outweighs all these?" asked one.
 "1t is character" said the judge.- Portal.
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Some Consolation.

He was; a frugal Scot and when the collection plate came rotlnd 'dropped in a rdorin in mistake for the hmmble copper. Speedily discovering his mis- take, however. he stepped xoftly down the aisle and requested the oof gath erer to give him back the coin. which request was politely but 6rmly re- fused. A shade. of disappo poimtnaent Ait ted over the ,northerner's face as be walked slowly back to his pew.
 "Aweel," he said. its loss. but there's some sma' consolation fm re- Aectsn' its a bad one. It might have got me into trouble anywhere eise-"- London Telegraph.
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A STUDY IN FIGURES.
Calculations Necessary to Produce the
 Nautical Almanac.


 Nautical Almanac.
 It may safely be said that no one outside the publishing office nas read the entire Nautical Almanac from be- ginning to end, but each figure of the printed almanac is in the office ex- amined twice and read three times.
 The total number of figures exceeds a million; but, great as that number is. 1t is trifling compared with the num- Der of figures employed in the calcllla- tions, as the almanac figures repre- sent "bare" results only. The moon. for instance. requires for it's calcn- lation moro than a million and half of figures. and similarly with other branches of the work. such as the sun. the planets, etc. Contrary to the general opinion. practically every fig ura in the book Is fresh from year to year
 The tables from which nearly ala the work is calculated have been original ly constructed from the labors of the astronomical observer and to largo extent from the observations of the sun, moon and planets made at the Royal observatory. Greenwich. 'Tele- scopes and other astronomical aTpli ances are conspicucusly absent, as the work of the staff is purely mathenati- cal and not obserwational.-Lortd Telegraph.
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Sons of Butchers.

Three of the stained glass windows in the hall of the Butcher Guild, Lon- Woisey, William Shakespeare and Daniel DefOe in recognition of their connection with the meat trade.
 The cardinal was the son of Ire spectable'' batcher at Ipswich. in Suf- folk, and -'the immortal bard" assisted while q yOungster butcher in his na- tive town of Stratford-on-Avon.
 Defoe, nowadays known as the au- thor of Robinson 'Crusoe," but in his day an adventurer and secret agent of his government. was the son of a butcher in Fore street and a member of the guild.-NatonAl Provisioner.
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Kindly Fruits,

The expression in the prayer book "tKindly fruits of the earth" has for gaost persons no definite meaning on account of the difference in signif- canoe now attached to the word kind ly from that ased when the expression was first wri.s.an. The word kindly in that connecti.xl meant >as nearly as possible "of its kind" and the .expres- sion kindly fruits of the earth" , meant "the frui,s of the earth each after itN kind"
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Dickans and His Wife.

Commenting on the unhappy rela- lions between Dickens and his wife. G0ldwin Smith wrote in one of his last papers: Ut was common case. Dick ens had married at a low level. and his wife had not risen with him; otherwise there was no fault on her side. The matrimonial history of writers of works of imagination has often been unhappy. Their imagination tutlas the woman into an angel and then they find that she is d W0man."
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d.. " 10. HUNTER,

|f a ". D. HUNTER.
 .. ' Enton,otogy of the Emitted s.... psp.r.msnt+of Asriou!t.sre.
 Il. immersion .is more or'less gen. k MstItbe only important way in 6s'ha .', all weevils may be killed is
 ,suooyal of the infested giants ..st sll other steps in the system '.,t,ol ' are merely to avoid damage ] \. geevils that have survived that Freien and their offspring. In .m fbis impression, however, it is E, .agt the destruction of myriads l...,tls can be accomplished during Esnuing season. This is to be done suking in cooperation with the |ra, agencies that destroy the wee
 making examinations Of Smany ,,,slls of infested squares 'tun- .r cotton .budsy from different ae-
 k apd different situations in cot
 s,Ns if was found that mortality
 uaspicuously greatest where tl4e hm was least Obstructed and the
 ,nseauently the greatest. The rEty in infested squares in lthe Vs was many times as greaE as
 4. case of squares which remained
 \ the shade of the branches. Efle pntnrp at the surface of it43e
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Two Is Company.

"Haye you ever lc, ed before:" asked the coy maid.
 "Yes." yawned the worldly young man. :" l,t--never before q chaperon two small brothers and q pet bulldog.
 And then she suggested q trip down the old road to see the stars.-Chicago News.
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Time, but Nc Money.

Street Missionary-My good friend. why idle away the precious hours in this fashion? Don't you know that time is money?
 Loafer-Don't you believe 1t. guv'nor If that was so I should be a bloomin' milliOnhalr, should I've been doing time on and off ever since I was nipper.-LOndOn Mail.
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' W2w or CHAIN 1ourmyAroR.

El2w or CHAIN touIaHvAroR.
 eurlng warm days runs con- ay atgher than at d few feet de surface.
 aslasce, 1t wss found that when lpefsfare was 100 degpees F. il. sHe weather bureau shelter SE feet above the :gr@alnd the 0eter cegisteped 14O degrees F. .l surface. Likewise 90 degrees le sneaaer was accompanied by ees F. on the ground and :S5 Y LII the shelter by no degrees 0e ground.
 el surprising, therefore. that ''0a squases that fall to the .oa are not shaded are very aSed. so t!hat the weevils aer- :" From seat. thea from the ass O. the food supply. In mast aes are sinply roasted. thear sssumlns tie appearance .of 4a' nave been placed in Chain cultiyato~ Devised. 'ue f"regoing facts came to sVl.s .v We're made to perfect d 'ua' would bring the infested ua. u'. o' ti~ shade ~f the lRlnts u'ua'es of the rows. Alter .V,lmenfal work one of the s0.nef associates. Dr. w. E .ss, ''sed ss an implement that ac- s ''le desired work in a.. sat z. aa''ner :. This implement is
 'Ne chain cultfvator or chain s,. "'us specifications should ks 4 VI u'acSsmith to construct an 1,, chain sl eultivator:
 ,x,v..a oaf m. made of one-.,a!f ,0 ssaiils " inch tire steel. about tstas'' 'eS' long. is designed to- be kh ssa ,s T, iac'les above the ground. rh,al ne height of the rear arch o,s n IS of this size and form t,sa, s'u cotton roots. ete.. to pass
 without clogging at the ... .ees chains' Used.
 eb,'a aase between the rear ends 1t ,n ahna' ss. f f, is in each pair etrsu Ten inches. The dis. tho a., Chain of one pair and be ,a v'ner at their front ends ssed suout nine inches. The ins : are Of the size known as sss., having short. close inks M la hs ,us anch iron. This style o.s ,as'. 'a.,f" U, the length needed k simn,l iap chain is easily at. IN sp's making the hooks at
 Y that the end If n.
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Why Waste His Breath?

Teacher-Now. Tommy. suppose you had two apples and you gave another boy his choice of them. You.would tetl him to take the bigger Gne, wouldn't you? Tommy-No. mum. Teacher Why? Tommy-Cos 'twouldn't be nec- essary.-Suburban Life.
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Fairly Warned.

He-My dear. I can't afford to buy you that hat. She-Still, you'd save money if you did. He-How so? She Because I'll just be i'll if don't have 1t, and you know what doctors bills are.
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A Suoar Coated Pill.

"How did you persuade your daugh ter to learn kitchen work ?"
 ''By calling lt domestic science. Pittsburg Post.
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Hit Both Mays.

Tt ain't no fun bein' kid," ,observ- ed a boy bitterly. You always halter go to bed when you ain't sleepy an git up when you arc. a."-Toledo Blade,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-03-05

1t is worth thousand pounds n year to have the habit of looking nt the bright side of things. Johnson.
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\ Part;na Shat

Cabby (hadly worstsd in the dispute, Well. 'Opes as the nex' four wheeler ye tikes. mum. wll be an 'eaT Punch.
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A Poor Plan,

The trouble with some men who reach the top is that they go right on over and down the other side.-Chica- go Record Herald.
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The Mean Thina

Phyllis is the meanest kind of EOS. sip"
 What makes you think SOP"
 Because she never tells you any thing herself, but gets you to tell her all you know"
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t ! o W. f' a- AL. t.s. ". r~r tl I D1lt ;F1 .k~ ,skl S
 EsElR as sA a1s < s&n v
l. s Ru
\, ealtjysto( Has Proved to
 1 h ettsctiEe Weapon.
r11ED BY GOVERNMENT.

\ :. Complete Directions w'iuh s. r,.bIe Any Blacksmith to Con .L. msohins-It- Drags infect
 -. fa,t So 6nn kills 'ts,e' Got.
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The way of the world is to make laws. but follow eMStpas. -Montai.ne
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To accept good advice is but to tn- crease one,s own abitity.-Goethe.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-05

Richmond, Va, July 25.-It was
noticeable at the session of the
Board of Directors of the Grand
Fountain, United Order of True
Reformers, held in this city, last
week, that the officials have be-
come divided into warning camps,
with Grand Worthy Master
Holmes on one side and Chief w.
r. Griffin, of Washington, on the
other. Considerable ill feeling is
said to exist. The controversy be-
tween the two officials was partici-
pated at meeting held recently
at which Chief Griffin stated that
Grand Worthy Master Holmes
was not only too timid in the dis
charge of his duties, but that he
had made many mistakes which
had cost the order quite sum f.
nancially. Additional warrents
have been issued against l.. B.
Phillips, who was already under a
bond of $4,000. Phillips, who
was bookkeeper of the True Re-
formers Savings Bank, was ar
rested on the charge of having
forged checks to the amount of
$1OO.75. The Grand Fountain
will hold an important session
August %.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-05

The excitement in st. Louis ov-
er the case of Mrs. Collins, who
was discovered to have an invin-
chile stain of Negro blood and
who was discovered to have an in
visible strain of Negro blood and
whose husband therefore repubi-
ated her and her infant child, led
to very foolish action on the part
of half dozen young men in the
Christian Brothers College, who
refused to receive their diplomas
if colored youth was allowed to
graduate with them. They had
for three years suffered the assoia-
ton and their action was belated.
the president was firm, and we
are pleased that The Western
Watchman, the Catholic Journal
of the Archdiocese, supports him.
These youth, when they go to
Rome to study for the priesthood,
will have black Negroes from Da-
honey or Zulu land in their class
es. The church claims to know
no distinction of race.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-05
THE MANFAR-
THESI DOWN
CHILLI LABOR AND SULPHUR MINES. FIFTH ARTICLE
BY BOOKER 7. WASHINGTON.

ment, with the feeling that we
we're taking a desperate chance, we
scrambled aboard and started off
into a wild unknown, which no
guide-book had charted and, so
far as knew, no tourist had ever
visited.
The train carried us for some
distance along the fertile plain be-
tween the sea and the hills. 1t
was just possible to make out in
the twilight of the early morning
the dim outlines of the little towns
we passed. At length, just as we
were able to catch the first CLEANS
of the morning sun along the crests
of the mountains, the railway turn
ed abruptly southwark and the
train plunged into wide valley
between the brown and barren
hills.
At Rocca Palomba we left the
main line of the railway, which
turns eastward from there in the
direction of Catania, and continued
our journey with the somewhat
ruder comforts of an accommoda-
ton train. From this point on the
way grew rougher, the county Wild
er, and the only companions OF
our journey were the rude country
folk, with an occasional sprinkling
of miners. At the little town of
Lercara we entered the zone of the
sulphur mines. From now on at
nearly every station we passed L
saw great masses of the bright
yellow substance, piled in cars,
waiting to be carried down to the
port Of Girgenti for shipment to
all parts of the world, and partlc-
ularly to the United States, which
is still the largest market for this
Sicilian gold.
The nearer the train approached
our destination, the more uncom-
Portable grew about the prospects
that was before us. l felt very
sure that should be able to reach
Campo Franco and perhaps see
something of the mines, but
whether l should ever be able to
get out again and what would be-
come of me if 1 were compel to
seek shelter in some of the un-
compromising places 1 saw along
the way was very uncertain.
Fortunately, DR.. Robert E. Park
of Boston, who was travelling with
me, and who accompanied me on
nearly all of my excursions of this
kind. was with me on this trip.
4 =
The mines at Campo Franco are
on the slope of the mountain, just
! above the railway station. A mile
or more across the great empty
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-05
DELEGATES FROM OKLA
HOMA.
Concerning the Wealth and Prom
inence of Some of Oklahoma
City'S Citizens.
By C. Pauline Douglass.

II
Especial to Colorado Statesman.)
The Oklahoma delegation to the
National Negro Educational Asso-
citation. which convenes in this city
from August 18th to August 18th,
inclusive, was named by Governor
Cruce of Oklahoma, Monday, July
"a, 1911:
The delegation includes F. S. E.
Brown, A. G. w. Sango, William
Harrison, A. B. Whitby, Mrs. c..
A. Waldron, j. L. Jones. B. j. j..
Westbrook, Mrs. NJ. j. Brockway
and Rev. w. H. Jernagan of Okla
holna City; Mrs. DR.. Banks, EN-
nett Stewart, w. 7. Brown and
Archie V. Jones of Muskogee; In
man E. Page and j. r. Hogan of
Langston Miss Ruth johnson and
A. j. Anderson of Guthrie; H. G..
Kenyon, S. M. Dillard and B. G.
Franklin of Ardmore; p. M. De-
lancy and T. S. Virgins of Wag-
oner; NJ. H. Wakefield, r. A.
Brooks, R. A. Ransom and w. w.
Cowan of Brookville; j. Wilson
Pettus of McAlester; Coody John
son and DR.. A. Tyson of Newoka !;
S. Douglass Russell of Taft, Post
master Cross of Lima, w. G. Left
wich of Boley, a town composed
entirely of Negroes, and j. l..
Krarns of Dover. Among this
list of delegates may be found
men and women occupying every
walk of life, wealth, culture. re-
finement, business, tact, promi-
nence and so forth.
Mrs. Nj. j. Brockaway is an en-
ergetic, untiring, successful. unas-
suming business woman, conduct
ing a large millinery and dress
making establishment in Oklahoma
City that would be credit to Chi
cago, st. Louis or Denver.
A. G. w. Sango, an attorney OF
note. was born. reared and educat-
ed in Muskogee, Okla, once hav-
ing been president of the Creek
National bank of that city, with a
capital stock of 100000. He re-
Gently moved to Oklahoma City,
and with 7. S. E. Brown. another
prominent lawyer, fitted up offices
together. and the firm reads Brown
& Sango, attorneys at law, which
appears to be very promising.
A. B. Whitney, another one of
Oklahoma City's business men. is a
dentist by trade, yet he owns some
very valuable property. Rev. w.
H. Jernagan, being pastor of Ia
bernacle Baptist church, the larg-
est Negro Baptist church in Okla
homa City, is an untiring, sympa-
thetic and devout Christian, man
slow to anger, quick to mercy, has
an elegant family. consisting of
three beautiful daughters, who are
both lovable and accomplished.
William Harrison, lawyer. an
eloquent speaker, who holds his au-
dience spellbound when delivering
any grafton, is both successful and
inhuential-w that evef-ready
"hand-shake disposition and az
ever-ready smile for everyone, be
came quite famous this spring in
the case where five Negroes, held
up. robbed and killed one white
man, who were sentenced to hang
June 21st, then July 7th. Mr.. Will
liam Harrison, with his untirinG
efforts. has succeeded in securing
a stay of execution until the meet
inc of the fall term of court. In
pleading for those five Negroes tEe
Oklahoman was quoted tr say
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-05

The cruelties to which the child
slaves have been subjected, as re-
lated by those who have studied
them, are as bad as anything that
was ever reported of the cruelties
of Negro slavery. These boy
slaves were frequently beaten and
pinched, in order to wiring from
their overburdened bodies the last
drop of strength they had in them.
When beatings did not suffice, it
was the custom to SINCE the calves
of their legs with lanterns to put
them again on their feet. Ii they
sought 10 escape from this slavery
in fight. they were captured and
beaten. sometimes even killed.
AS they climbed out Of the hot
and poisonous atmosphere OF the
mines their bodies, naked to the
waist and dripping with sweat
were chilled by the cold draughts
in the corridors leading out OF the
mines, and this sudden transition
was the frequent cause OF pneu-
mopia and tuberculosis.
In former years children OF SIX
and seven years of age were en-
ployed at these crushing and terri
ble tasks. Under the heavy bur-
dens (averaging about forty
pounds) they were compelled TO ,
carry, they often became deformed
and the number of cases OF curVa-
ture of the spine and deformatlons
Of the bones of the chest reported
was very large. More than that
these children were frequently
made the victims of the lust and
unnatural vices of their masters.
It is not surprising, therefore, that
they early gained the appearance
of gray old men, and that it has
become common saying that a
oaruso rarely reaches the age OF
twenty-five. :,
It was with something of all
this in my mind that l set out
from Palermo little before day
liobt one morning in September
to visit the mines at Campo
Franco on the southern side OF
the island, in the nelghooi nooo
of Girgenti. My misgivings we're
considerably increased when' up
on reaching the railway station to
take the train, I found that the
guide and interpreter who had
been employed the night before
to accompany us on the trip had
not made his appearance. we
waited until all the porters at the
station and the guards on the
train were fairly in fever OF ex-
c;tement in their well-meant ef-
forts to get us and our baggage on
the train. Then, at the last mo-
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-05

The courts of Georgia have un-
dertaken a new method of dealing
with criminal Negro boys. Any
Negro farmer who is well recon-
mended may have a number of
these lads on trial. He is to take
them and work them and teach
at his own expense with the end
in view of reforming the boys.
He must report regularly regard
ing the progress and care OF the
lads or the privilege of keeping
the boys will be taken from the
farmer. Rev. James Griswald, of
Coweta county, was the first to
avail himself of the privilege. He
is prosperous planter and minis
ter and has about six of the boys
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-05

1t will be of especial interest to
young colored men who are an
xious for a military career to note
that after the assignment of West
Point graduates to the corps of en-
gineers this year, there will still
exist ten vacancies in the grade of
second lieutenant in that corps.
These will be filled from civil life,
as provided for in the last river
and harbor act, which increased
the corps, and an order is now be.
ing prepared by the War Depart
ment for competitive examination
of civilian candidates. To be eli.
gible for appointment a civilian
must be an unmarried citizen of
the United States, between the
ages of 21 and 80. 1t is also re-
quired that a candidate shall hold
diploma from an approved tech
nical school. Seer etary of War
Stimson recently held that politi-
cal influence was not necessary to
secure a fair chance for these ap-
pointments in the army. Accord
ing to the law they are open to all
corners, who are able to comply
with the conditions required.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-05

valley, high up on the slope OF the
opposite mountain, is the village
from which the mines get their
name, a little cluster of low stone
and cement buildings, clinging to
the mountain-side as il they were
in imminent danger of slipping in
to the valley below.
A few hundred yards above the
station great banks of refuse had
been dumped into the valley, and
a place Ieveled off on the side OF
the mountain, where the furnaces
and smelters were located. There
we're great rows of kilns, like great
pots, half buried in the earth, in
which tue ore is melted and then
ru n off into forms where it is cool
cd and allowed to harden.
After leaving Campo Franco L
travelled through this whole region.
In many places the mountain
slopes are fairly honeycombed with
holes, where the miners in years
past have dug their way into the
mountain in search of the precious
yellow mineral. For many miles
in every direction the vegetation
has been blasted by the poisonous
smoke and vapors from the smell
tiers, and the whole country has a
blotched and scrofulous appear
ance which is depressing to look
upon, particularly when one
considers the amount of hu-
man lives it has cost to create
this condition. l have never in
my life seen any place that seemed
to come so near meeting the des.
cription of the determination of
desolation" referred to in the BIZ
BILE. There is even a certain gran
deur in the desolation of this
country which looks as the curse
of>God rested upon it.
I am not prepared just now to
say to what extent l believe in a
physicial hell in the next world,
but sulphur mine in Sicily, is
about the nearest thing to hell
that is conceivable in my opinion.
In the mines to which went L
found the heat, the sulphur, and
the people; with these three ele-
ments there seemed nothing lack
ing to constitute hell.
AS have already said, however,
there are indications that in the
sulphur mines, as elsewhere in
Sicily, the situation of the man
farthest down is improving. L
pray God that it is so, for ] could
not picture an existence more mis-
erable than the slow torture OF
this cursing labor in the hot and
poisonous air of these sulphur
mines.
Let me say also that l came
away from the sulphur mines and
from Sicily with very much bet
ter opinion of the people than
when 1 entered. 1 went to Italy
with the notion that the Sicilians
were a race of brigands, sullen
and irritable people who were dis.
posed at any moment to be swept
off their feet by violent and muir
derous passions. 1 came away
with the feeling that, whatever
might be the faults of the masses
of the people, they were, at least,
more sinned against than SHINING,
and that they deserve the sympa-
thy rather than the condemnation
of the world.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-05

Hon. ]. E. Bush, N. G. S. of the
National Order of the Mosaic
TempIars of America, will report
a cash balance on hand of more
than $25, 100000, with all claims
paid. This is indeed an excellent
record for young institution.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-08-05
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

on his. plantation teaching what
they will absorb of the practical
phases of agricultural life. In
connection with Mrs. Alice Dngged
Cary of Morris Brown College,
Mr.. Griswald is making a greater
effort just now than any one in
Ga. for the establishment of refor-
matories for Negro boys.