Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-11-08

and chartered as city In 1S49, cailed
| the Bluff City, 100 miles west OF Nasn-
Vile, Is one Of the chief commercial
cities of the south and one OF the
| most important cotton markets IN the
United States. The growth OF this
city, both in population and commerce.
has been remarkable. The population
has grown from less than 5000 In
1850, to 31,105 in 1910. There are
only Ave cities In the United states
that have larger negro populations
than Memphis. The last census shows
negro population in six cities as fol-
lows: Washington. d. c., 4.446; New
York, 91,702; New Orleans. S9,262;
Baltimore, S4,749; Philadelphia, 3D.
459; Memphis, 52,441. There are In
Shelby county, however, between &c.
900 and 100000 The new union depot
which cost five million dollars, with
equal accommodations for both races,
the imposing sky-scrapers, the beautl-
fully shaded and paved streets, the
costly residences, the 1000 acres OF
lovely public parks, the junction OF
several great railroads, the trolley
cars threading the avenues In every
direction, the numerous factories, pub
lie buildings, costly and spacious
churches, add to the charm OF this
most wonderful southern city, situat-
ed on the great Father OF Waters.
The spirit of progress Is contagious
The colored people of this city have
caught the spirit. Many of them have
made good. They have been helped
and encouraged by their white neigh
bors. This is very gratifying. AS evil
dence of the material advancement, 1t
is interesting to note that the value
of the output Of the various manufac-
turing establishments in Memphis
has grown from little more than one
and half million dollars in 1850 to
over thirty million dollars In 1872,
an increase OF two thousand per cent.
The negro's best friends are found
in the south. Here is an instance: In
Judge Millers court room the other
day a negro youth was tried on the
charge of theft. His employer, we'll
known Dallas woman who Is promi-
nent in social circles, believed him In
nocent. The evidence was entirely
circumstantial. She saw that the boy
had q good lawyer and she appeared
as a witness in his behalf. The jury
heard her story and promptly acquit-
ted the negro, for the IL men were
fair-minded southerners who believe
in giving the negro with good rec
ord the benefit Of the doubt. There
Is no blind prejudice against the black
in the south There is no race prob
lem here, because the south is not
careless in it's social relations. The
negro finds his real haven of refuge IN
Dixieland where he can always get
job, a square meal and a square deal.
He knows the people are not his pre-
tended friends when he tries to 40
right, and that they will fight for him
when he is unjustly treated.-Dallas
Times-Herald.
Christian philosophy was designed
from the beginning to keep the chill
dren of the woman and the sons OF
the man in their proper relation to
one another in the home, the church
and the state, 80 that the human race
might be perpetuated, as the races be-
fore the Christian era were not. The
thoughtful women Of the negro race
should study this matter. What the
race needs are men, and 1t can't have
them II the negro women follow their
white sisters out Of the home and fam
lily making into the world of affairs
where they must cease to be women
and cannot be men.-New York Age.
The ancient Guild Of Spectacle Ma
kers ia numerically one Of the strong
est of London companies. Its charter
dates from the year 1929, and though
the exact date of It's origin is lost,
there Is ample evidence that the call
ing Of spectacle maker was extensive
ly followed at very early date. An
old book of 1863 mentions the spec.
tacle makers among other traders,
and the biography Of Carl Zeno, an
illustrious Venetian, who died In
141S, mentions that even at the age Of
eighty~four he needed no artificial aids
to his sight. So presumably spectacles
were common In Italy five centuries
ago.
At Seattle Doctor Crichton has or
h. ~ D,1on
water to lay the dust and flush the
streets salt water is one of the
| best germicides In the world" says
! Doctor Crichton. Sea water contains
several grains OF chloride Of sodium
to the gallon, and within few days
the city's streets will become white
with sodium chloride and the action
of the suns rays on this will produce
chloride gas, one Of the very best dis
infectants known to science"
The Philadelphia Traction company
has been experimenting with women
conductors, in order to minimize the
trouble it has with men and to reduce
the cost Of operating expenses. If
the experiment succeeds the men con.
ductors will have to go. as the ticket
sellers have gone, and the motormen
will be in danger Of losing their jobs.
After q woman has been trolley car
conductor for a month who would
have her for wife? The ages Of
woman masculinity and rule have al
ways been the death ages Of man fem
ininity ard rule.
Lieutenant Mortenol, negro, who
Is q native Of Guadeloupe, has just
been promoted captain in the French
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