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The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-10
Record Price for Rembrandt.

A work of Rembrandt ("Woman
Plucking a Fowl) recently sold in
Paris for $4,000. appears to hold the
record price for that artists work The
same picture was sold in Amsterdam
in 1874 Qt was probably painted about
164O for $40. In 1S45 in London it
brought about $1,625, and in 1884 was
sold in Paris, to the family which has
now resold it, for about s2,sOO The
previous record price for Rembrandt
was that paid for the Girl Holding a
Medal" in the Hoe collection, sold
here last year for S7O,000.-New York
Press.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-10
MAKE BUSINESS OF EATING
Professionals Assist Diners Who Are
Compelled by Etiquette to Leave
Clean Plates.

One OF the most striking customs OF
the past that are preserved by the
Indians of today is found among the
| tribes on the DEVILS Lake reservation
in North Dakota. According to the re.
port of an officer of the Indian bureau
the DEVILS Lake Sioux have from
time immemorial adhered to a curious
custom in regard to the treatment Of
guest. According to their etiquette
1t Is the bounden duty of the host
to supply his guest with all the food
he may desire, and as a rule the ap.
portionment set before the visiting In.
dian is much In excess of the capacity
of single man. But by the same
custom the guest is obliged to eat all
that Is placed before him else he
grossly insults his entertainer. It
was found that this practice would
work hardship. but instead of dis.
pensing with the custom the Indian
method of reasoning was applied, and
what is known as the professional
eater was brought to the front.
While the guest is supposed to eat
all that is placed before him. 1t serves
the same purpose If his neighbor as.
sists in devouring the bountiful re-
past, the main object being to have
the plate clean when the meal is fin
ished. 1t Is not always practicable to
depend upon a neighbor at table to as.
sist in getting away with a large din
ner, and in order to insure the final
consumption Of the allotted portion,
visiting Indians call upon these pro-
fesional eaters, whose duty 1t is to
sit beside them throughout meal and
eat what the guest leaves. The pro-
fesional eaters are never looked upon
in the light of guests, but more as
travelling companions with particular
duty to perform These eaters receive
from one dollar to two and even three
dollars for each meal where they as
sist. 1t Is said that one of these pro-
fessional eaters has been known to
dispose of seventeen pounds Of beef
at a sitting.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-10
Helping Turkish Women.

DIR. Mary Mills Patrick. president Of
the American College for Girls at Con-
stantinople, arrived in New York few
days ago on a short visit to her native
country. AT the present time there
are $50 students. Bulgarians, Amen
ians, Greeks, Persians, Turks, Jews,
Hungarians and Germans, in TIE col
lege. These girls all live in iormito-
ries built after American plans and
mostly with American money. Mrs.
Russell Sage, Miss Helen Gould and
John D. Rockefeller have given large
Sums to DR.. Patrick for her work.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-10

DR. Booker T. Washington travelled
the red light districts of London. Paris
and Berlin and was not molested, and
thus we had THE Man Farthest
Down" Then, why should it be dan
gerous for him to travel in the same
district in his own country? An en-
couraging sign of the times is the fact
that there are occasions when we GER
tainly get together. Last week the
entire race press featured the Wash
ington- Ulrich case. Display headlines
with well written stories of the affair
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-10

There is no ailment or disease
more prevalent among our people
than that technically known as "apha-
sia" This disease attacks those
brain areas that control speech. The
symptoms of this disease in a mild
form are lack of energy in talking.
lapse of memory at frequent intervals
In conversation, and a most annoying
tendency to verbal "scatteration" and
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-10

Let us consider wealth for a mo-
ment, says one writer. Man cuts
down a tree and makes a house of
1t. Thus nature has been arrested
damned up, so to speak-and man
has created wealth.
Thus we have the thing we term
woalth-houses, palaces, novels, cities,
railroads, steamships-al of the Won
derful structures that man has built,
which has been created by him
through his energy, by arresting ma
ture.
But something else has happened
meanwhile. 1t is about like this:
In every 100 men. say, there will be
one who has something else besides
energy. He has brains. He Is natur-
ally superior to the rest. At first his
superiority may be only the breadth
of a hair. 1t is just enough for him
to differentiate himself from the nine
ty and nine. Afterwards this differ
ence may grow, as he has oppor-
tunity to cultivate 1t; but at first 1t
is slight.
What has this man discovered? {?
Merely that he is capable of playing a
trick upon the rest. He says: You
are doing 1t this way; this is a pretty
good way, of course, but l think 1
know a better. At present each one
of you is working on his own hook,
and sometimes you work against each
other-without meaning to, of course.
Now If you will let me direct your
movements a little, can produce
fusi
ducing at present"
So the man, who really makes a
bargain with each one of the ninety
and nine naturally gets his profit
from each one. The rest don't real
ize this. Each one thinks he Is the
only one concerned. In a short time
the man with brains owns about nine
tenths of all the wealth that the en-
ergy of the ninety and nine men has
created. This gives him more leisure
to think and to develop other plans
He then creates, from the resources
of his own mind, three things, name
ly, religion, law and government
With religion he solaces the ninety
and nine poor devils who have new
er learned to think, and if anyone
argues with MIN about IT, lie says:
"Sh! would you deprive them of their
greatest consolation? Apostate!"
With law he arranges a process of
selection so that the wealth which is
constantly being created by the nine
ty and nine will all go to his own
heirs and assigns. He fortifes him
self thus against his own indiscre-
tlons, SO that his children, who may
not, and probably will not, have any
brains at all, will be able to float
along on the tire of wealth the nine
ty and nine are constantly renewing
for them.
With government he clinches the
whole matter and makes respectable
his process of robbing the ninety and
nine
Thus we have that degenerate thing
called society, n mass of retrograde
brains. spoutlng culture, literature
art and honesty. all blindly supported
by the ninety and nine, who in the
first place didn't want. to think. be.
cause 1t was too much trouble.-"Old
Hickory"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-10

instances the news article was backed
by forcible editorial declaring the
decision a travesty upon justice and
the distinguished educators influence
increased rather than impaired by the
ncident.-Chicago Defender.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-10

Mrs. George Henry Murray, and Mr..
and Mrs. ]. S. Jones. 1t is given out
that Prof. and Mrs. w. A. Hunton
and DR.. Julia r. Hall have purchased
property in the square, and will soor
join the colony"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-10

church should not forget from whence
cometh their strength. They control
thousands of dollars yearly, rearly all
of which is placed in the banks owned
and operated by white men. notwith-
standing the colored banks are quite
numerous. There are five colored
banks in Texas. and out of something
like s250.000 of colored money belong.
ing to colored lodges and churches
not per cent of 1t can be found on
deposit in colored banks. This condi-
ton must change. The negro must
not be separated from his money
Dallas Express.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-10

Love has been known to perform
miracles. but it is SO frail that It must
be constantly petted or 1t will die.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-10

When girl sends note to her best
beau inviting him to call, is 1t writ
ing for the press?
The Colorado statesman., 1912-08-10
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

general lettering along instead of GO
ing directly to the point, The victim
of this ailment surcharges his eX.
pressions with "er"-"er"-"ers" until
the hearer becomes uauseated; he
tries to give you the name of some
one, and the name eludes him; he re-
fers to a place but can't think of its
name; in other words, he is conduct
ing you down to point on the
stream of conversation and instead OF
going directly to the object he turns
aside and explores every little rivulet
running into it. Wearied, you forget
he intended to go. The talk is at once
diffusive and confusing, showing that
the speaker Is a victim of mental
"scatteration" rather than a master
of concentration. This common time
wasting fault is general among both
the llterate and the illiterate among
our people. 1t becomes hideously dis
gusting among the educated ca, who,
in addition to the foregoing, inject
troop of ill-chosen pronouns which
make confusion worse colfounded.
Some days ago young colored man
boarded a train to go to a certain
place. He had failed to buy ticket.
After the train had gotten under way,
the conductor came in and shouted
Tickets, tickets" Our young man
handed him piece Of money. The
conductor asked, Where do you
want to go?" There was considerable
hesitation, scratching OF the head,
floundering over the "Ah"-"ah"-
"er," and finally the fellow had to
turn to one of his companions and
ask, Whats the name 'er de place
want to go tor" This had con.
sumed about four minutes of the con.
ductor's time. and the latter passed
on a sadder and a madder man!
Through the efforts of DR.. James H..
billiard, field agent of the combined
Jeanes Rural school and John f Sla-
ter funds, a commission of southern
state university professors has been
formed to study the race question
from an economic, educatcna and so
Geological viewpoint. The chief aim
of the organization" says DR.. Dillard.
rs to study the negro in his relation
to southern life. know that stu
dent groups in many southern uni
versities have beef studying this
question. They have lone this sys-
tematically and with high promise. So
was led to conclude that we should
look to our state universities for the
prosecution OF the work. and it appear
ed that the work could best be prose
cuted through coordination and CO.
operation by all the institutions. The
commission has heen formed by the
selection of member from ea,h Of
the IL state universities of the south,
as follows: Alabama, Arkansas, Flor
ida, Georgia. Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Tennessee. Texas and
| Virginia. Prof c. II. Braugh of the
University of Arkansas is president,
and Prof. Hunley of the University
of Virginia is secretary.
The negro lodge and the negro
church should not forget from whence
cometh their strength. They control
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-02-22

The orators rage ur and down,
and often blow into our town to
talk on Vital theories new and
old, NapoIeonic plans unfold, and
hand us crazy dreams. I'D like
to hear a man OF pow'r talk
plain horse sense for half an
hour and bid hin hearers rise and
get to work like honestlads, and
learn to saye their hard earned
scads-such talk as that is wise
Bill Wax draws fifteen bones a
week and says the governments
u freake since he does not get
more; he thinks it is the nations
crime that he has such q t'eastly
time to keep the wolves from his
door. And when he sgets his
weekly pay.he blows the most OF
it away, his salary has wings; he
buys the dearest kind OF meat,
all sorts OF flossy things tn eat,
instead OF simpler things. He
spends his money like a child,
and then he listens to some wild
spellbinder hand out gulf, assur-
ing him he is poor because the
country needs some better laws,
and all that sort of stuff. Ten
thousand talksmithS in this land
and never one of them will stand
before an audience and argue
that a man should jerk his jacket
of and yet to work and exercise
horse sen4e.-Walt Mason in
News and Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-02-22

One hundred and sixty4eigh
Thousand cords Of wood are ~
quired in it's manufacture neces-
stating the clearing Of 80, COZ
acres, or 52K square miles, al
timber lands each year.
This is at the rate OF about 81
acres every day. and the area
cleared each year is more than
two and third times the ares
Of Manhattan island.
The paper for the Hearst news.
papers is delivered in great rolls.
The standard which is used BY
the New York American is sixty.
six inches in width.
If the 100000 rolls used we,s
stretched out like a great ribbon
s ieet wide, it would be 1,527, 900
miles III length, capable OF epcir-
cling the earth at the equator
5S.7 tunes. In other words, the
ii earst newspapers published
each week will more than reach
around the world four pages
wide.
II the wood necessary for t h~
manufacture OF the paper used
for tue Hearst newspapers in New
York City alone for one year on.
ly were stacked up in Union
square in cords, 1t would cover
every inch OF the park space and
he over seventy feet high.-Ex.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-02-22
Sans Llviny.

Undoubtedly one Of the chief
causes OF the high cost OF living
I, is to be found in the fact that the
average American consumes ev.
cry day q much larger quantity
OI food than his body requires.
We are the greatest meat-eaters
10 the world. The table which a
few years ago saw q roast or
steak or stew upon the board a
once a day, now groans beneath
it's burdens OF pork and beef and
mutton twice daily, oreven three
times. The leg of lamb, which
was formerly 8 u III cient0 for
dinner two days, now serves Tor
but one meal. We eatgreater va
riety M food than We need, too,
and the average American in
in moderate circumstances who
cannot have in addition to his
roast two or three vegetables, O
salad and a dessert, thinks he is
being deprived OF the necessaries
of life.
DR.. Wiley believes, that as a
nation, We eat too much, and is
not ashamed tn give his own
case as a typical example. With
that just for scientific analysis
which ever possesses him, he
has ascprtained that that he con
sumes daily 5000 calorics OF
food, whereas he could easily get
along on 1000, and be the bet-
ter Tor it physically and financial
ly. That he indulges..thus in ov.
erfeeding simply proves that he
ia a typical Amer can.-Washing
ton Post.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-02-22
The SMALLPOX Law,

The members OF the State
Board Of Health may be very
wise men. and they should be,
for their power is supreme, but it
does seem that their edict abol.
ishlrg quarantine Of smallpox on
the ground that the disease is
preventable by vaccination. is
unwise, senseless and dangerous.
As we'll abolish the law against
the sale of laudanum on the
ground that If a man does not
drink it. it will not kill him; or
decree that Il mad dog shall not
be shot for the reason that il
people get ont OF the way he will
not bite them, and therefore n.y.
drophobia is '''preventable'" -
Fayetteville OBSERVE,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-02-22

Charles Durham, Lovington, Ill.,,
has succeeded in finding a positive
cure for bed wetting. "My little
boy wet the bed every night clear
thro' on the floor. tried several
kinds of kidney medicine and l was
in the drug store looking for some.
thing different to help him when
heard Of Foley Kidney Pills. AT
ter .,e had taken two days we could
see chsnge and when he had taken
two thirds of bottle he was cured
] hat is about SIX weeks ago and he
as not wet O led since. For sal
by all dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-02-22

for a strong man to eat t b q
bread OF charity.
Yes, things seem to have got.
ten q little mixed in the world
somehow. Some folks seem to
have lost their balance or some.
thing il out Of place somewhere
because the way 1 look at it there
is no necessity for people to be
crowded up in the cities a n d
towns living in. want and desti.
tuition when here m Gods great
big free country, with its fertile
fields and it's abundant fruit; es-
pecialIy here in our beautiful
South, where we don't have such
weather ~ we had last week but
once in fourteen years, and where
If a man doesn't make enough in
the summer to live on he can get
work to d" all the winter, where
there is a,way always open for
the man. Of energy, and where we
never see anyone suffering Il o r
food or fire, and such a. thing as
starvati"n is never, known
Yes, this country is a good
E.lnce to live IN. ] know, because
!. | We lived in it all my life, and
that is---welI-no matter how
long. Any way, iiany man wants
d job he can fida IL here ready
waiting for him
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-02-22
Almost Lost His Lite.

S. A. Std, Of Mason, Mich, will
never forget his terrible exposure
TO merciless storm. ut gave me
a dreadful cold," he writes, "that
caused severe paids IN my chest, so
it was hard tor him to breathe, A
neighbor gave me several doses Of
DR.. Kings New Discovery which
brought me great relief. The doc.
tor said ! YVES on the verge of pneu-
monia, but TO continue with the DIS
covery. l did SO and two bottles
completely cured me-" Use only
this quick, safe, and reliable medi.
cine for coughs colds, or any throat
or luI q trouble, P'icc soc and
500. Trial bottle free. Guaran
'sel hy all Drusg;stsA
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-02-22

For sprain you will find Cham
berlains Liniment excellent. 1t al
lays the pain, removes the soreness,
and soon restores the parts to a
healthy condition IS and 50 cent
bottles for sale by all dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-02-22

Balpigh Times.
Noodles" Fagans wholesome
talks to boys on cigarettes and
other evils while the guest OF The
Times. have attracted q good
deal Ot attention. Commenting
on "Noodles" the Kinston Free
Press says.
The Raleigh Times IN being
handled in Raleigh, temporarily
by Noodles" takes a hand In the
social uplitt Of the, boys.
"A day or so ago he spoke at
the Raleigh high school. The sub
ject discussed VAS the use Of Gig
arpttes, one OF Jhe most deadly
enemies Of the youngster OF to-
day. The boys were very much
interested, says the Times in the
kstories of nicotine-how " the dead.
ly poison will conta inmate ones
whole ,system and shorten life.
And continuing
"He told Of an experiment. that
he had seeniperformed a number
OF times: take a piece OF the hsa-
Aiest, toughest. overall cloth,
blow cigarette smoke through it,
and there is no SOAP, chemical or
cleanser known tn. science t h a t
will entirely remove the nicotine
STAN. II the cloth is put away
for several months. the nicotine
will Eat away thecloth complete
ly wherever it comes in contact.
When nicotine Stain gets on q
PERSONS fingers and stays there
indefinitely just by touching the
cigarette wrapper, think what it
does to the lungs and stomach
when, the smoke carries it to the
system"
"Ani 'Noodles was repaid for
hin pains; for two ot his hear
ers then and there passed up
their cigarettes and declared
that they were through with
them forever: Its various kinds
of. preaching tn reach men ann
boys and women, too-and all
kinds Of preachers"
Noodles is a great power for
good. H. gets close to the boys
and makes friends with them at
once. He does not abuse them
tor their faults or false steps they
may b" taking, but lie shows
them where the wrong road leads
to and app"als to them toget of
Ot it. And be does this in such
q way as to reach home. Sever.
al thousand children heard him
here last week and he had q mes.
sage for each one of them.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-02-22
The one who conducts the bust
ness in q sl!pshod manner natur.
ally loses his standing,

There is no better medicine mad
for colds than Chamherlain's S Cougs
Remedy. Ii acts on natusss rl
relieves the lungs, oneus the svcre
lo,'s, aids espsctosa,io.; and fe,y
toras the system 70 y hsalihy sat
dition, For sale BY al dealers,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-02-22
Children Cry
FOR FLETcRER'S
G a ST q Rti A
Furniture

"a al . j
Having purchased all the stock
lin the l,usiness OF the Boone Fur.
niture Co., ! ON prepared TO sell
you anything in my line at q
very reasonable figure. ;Dressers,
Bureaus, Chairs, Bed Steads, Bed
Springs, Mattresses, etc. Give
Inc a call when in need Of any
thing in the line of.furniture.
Store in Watauga County
Bank Building.
ResIectfulIy,
JESSE F. ROBBINS.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-02-22
RELICS Of the nAlNE'
News and Observer:

RELICS Of The nAlxE,
News and Observer:
1t is not to be wondered at
that over the country there is
u desire among the many for rel
les of the battlesbip Maine,
which for so many years has been
submerged beneath the waters
oi the harbor oi Hayana. Rrlics
OF great events, OF great men, in
every nation are priced. and one
sees this in larger sense in muse
ums throughout the country in
which collections OF these are al
ways viewed with keen interest.
In North Carolina the Hall OF
History in the State Museum is
a place of attraction for. all visit.
ors, and the relies there are stud.
led with interest, for they recall
stirring events.
To the American and to the
Cuban there will always come
thoughts OF II great crisis when
there il teen a relic OF the Maine.
T" the Cuban it will typify the
realization of his long and sweet
dream of Independence and to
the American it will I've q relic
that speaks Of theprompt action
at bis country which came from
the explosion in which the lives
of so many Americans went out.
There 10 now in Washington
Navy Yard many relics OF the
Maine brought by the Naval
Collier Leonidas, and concerning
the disposition of these relics the
the Washington Post says:
Nv hat is left of the original
mast, whirh weighed $4,000
pounds, III now but a broken,
twisted section, but it ls appro.
pirate enough for a monument
to the dead heroes. With a fine
sense OF the eternal fitness OF
things. Congress has provided
that what remains of the mast
of the once great hattleship shall
be taken to Arlington, there to
be used as a monument over the
graves that will cover the re-
mains Of the heroes OF the
Maine. ..
"The bodies of the dead sea.
men are to be transported irom
Hnvana on a bat tleship with con
voys the latter part OF next
month. They will be buried in
Arlington and above the graves
will rise the gaunt line of the
mast oi the battlpship, whirh
for>so many years their deep sea
tomb.
ut is doubtful whether there
will be enough relics OF the Name
to supply the demands, even
though these are honored under
the terms of the law passed by
Congress providing for the dis
trlbution among municipalities
patriotic societies, survivors OF
the Maine and the kin of the vic.
TINS of the disaster.
"A comparatively small mum
Der Americans will have such rel.
les, but they will not neeo pieces
of wood or iron to remember the
Maine. The mast IN Arlington
will stand as a symbol OF patri.
otlsm and martyrdom, and
when the present generation il
dead aud gone othergenerations
will recall with sadness, but with
patriotism the nen who gave up
their lives Tor their country,
Almost Lost His Lite.
@ Ss:l Il AF.o.-