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EDUCATION NOTES.

Philadelphia provides free eve
glasses for nearly 2 500 scaool
children every yesr.
R-qnired bone s;pdy h.s been
abolished in the schools Of S4cra-
mento, Csl.
Five hundred ond Gf.y. five per.
cons attended The evening Glasses
in academic subjecss a, the Univer.
sisy of Cincinnati! lac. year.
Abont $500 is earned annually
by the boys 10 the cooperative
indus'ral course 10 the high ecbool
al Fitohburg, Niece.
A comparison Of G25 star athletes
Of the Naval Aoademy with $50
nona'hletes, in both cases from the
CLASSES Of 1S92-19l1, elbows tha.
apparently the Donathle,es ere ia
better physical condition than The
athletes.
Medica! inspection is busir esq
proposition. In town with $50
children, it ia ssid TO. inetsuce.
there would be ca spnusl say;np Of
SIS $50 if by thorough med'oss 10
speo'ion the cursble pbysioa! dsfscss
that hsndicap eohoo! children c5u'd
be remedied.
There ere now sbout 40 'psycho-
logical olinics' in the Uul:ed States.
according TO Dr.. j. E, WslIin, of
the University of Pinaburg. The
FIRST Of suoh clinics, for toe purpose
of etndying and classifying men tall
ly unususl children. wse established
a. the University Of Penn sylvsnia
in 1896.
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m,sss long MARI; for half q dollar
be makes half marx; for \ quarter
De makes a little" mari; for dime
be mskes dot. AZ for q nickel he
says he "psys 20 ',en;ion to 'em.
BE married . daughter of Green
Gardner, eDd the union has been
blessed With eeversl children. elk OF
whom Gre living. He is atill in ths
prime of life, being only Al or AZ
years old.
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A NEGRO CATTLE KING.
TO Be Continued.

Sam Keeson, oolored, of Bloom
lngson' Kentucky, left Sunday
morning for the Mt. Sterling msrke,
With SIS 900 or $4,000 wor.h of
cattle. He was forced TO teke the
stock away on account of the sosro
lty OF water, which We are told
threatened famine in bis neiRbbor.
hood until The situation was relieved
by Sunday afternoon showers.
Sam keeson 10 one of the mos.
widely known "oas.le kings" of Eas.
tern Kentucky. He is . farmer, bu,
'he mejor portion Of bis wealth hsr
been realized through cattle dealing
Like other successful "pu bers" be-
fahes the saddle" snd rides from
county 10 county and as regular 90
oloch work be is AZ Mt. Sserling on
each coort day With several tbousap 4
do)Iars worth of the bovines. Should
Sam Keeton, "'hs Magoffin County
"nigger" fail to be on the markeA
yards the "big white gem'man would
tse through superstition like en- actor
when a dog trots sorose the stage.
Sam Keeion was born, reared and
20. educated q. Bloomington. in the
northern end Of Msgcffin county.
lie 'don's know letter % the book"
uslng bis own words end peitber can
De figure 10 short, he is absolute.
~ illiterste. Bat hie wife is veil
educated and they ere educating
their offspring. Had this Negro been
blessed With an edncs'ion-weIl we
csn only conjecture on rbs, side of
II, HIS mesnod of circulation ,s
sim pie, unique and remsr ka bic. This
10 how be does l.; For a dollar he
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4 N ORIGINAL
SHORT STORY
FOR BOYS,
Ccn:in ued From First Papa.

motaer's choice of lakeland so long
a. he Was an honorable gentleman,
This was matter which concerned
her alone, and be felt that che had
msde no mistake in her choice If he
loved and she loved him. That ia ell
that is necessary to establish their
right 10 Zach other, and he heartily
consented to the marrisge because be
loved bis mother, und wished her to
be happy as be believed she would
be with him. With respect 10 rep
resentiDg him in London snd enter
ing toto partnership with him be had
no objection to doing 90 sitter he had
completed his course in the law
school. He was making a special
study OF he law particularly as it
! relates to business and commerce
aId when he had completed the
course be would gladly rccspt his
ofsr. When do yuu graduate Mr..
Eagleston? asked Mr.. Adeshobin, I
graduate ia June next, be replied.
Good said Mr. Adeshohiu. I will
haVe my attorney draw the partner
ship papers, and will give you a
hslf interest in nay business. /
should hardly want you 10 do tina,
sir. l have some money left me by
our friend Captain Coverdals and
am willing to purchase a half inter-
est ii we can sgree on the terms. ]
think said Mr.. Adeshobin that you
ought to let me have my way in this
matter. am perfectly willing to
give you q half interest in my bust
ness since you have 30 graciously
| given me your mother whom l love
very dearly.
No said Phillip, must have nv
way In this matter. If 1 buy an 10
terest in your business it will give
ne responsibility. What will yor
let me have half interest fort
Well sluce you aro 90 dete rmined tt
have your way about it, / will sci
you half interest for 700 pounds
Very we'll, replied Phillip, I accep
the offer. Let 1t be 80 stated 10 tn,
agreement. will pay you thi,
amount at the end OF June when tn,
lpapsrs are ready for signature.
| To Be Continued.
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Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore,
advocates the union of ell religious
denominations. Brother. thsts az
fsr 90 your advocacy will get-.be
Wish. Don't you know there are
thousanls Of white sud oolo1ed
preachers " DO would rather recrucifv
Jesus Christ than to throw away
their means CT living?
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We ask a careful reading Of the arti.
ole In this issue written by that roted
scholar, powerful writer. and unique
logician and philosopher Horace J.
Rollin, "Rollin Place." Troy, Ohio.
He is as true and friendly to the rights
OF Negroes as were Sumner and CARR
son.
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II the voters OF the first district
could unitr, the democrats wouldn't
have the ghost Of chow next Tues
day. However,, one thing is certain,
II will require no speeob making, or
arguing to line up the colored elect
crate.
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No wonder the clergy and their
Following denounced Robert G.. log

No wonder The clergy and their
Following denounced Robert G. log
efeoll 81 ed ipfidel. Reason. Ipper.
soil stood out 10 the epnlighs of
truth, the o'her fellows sbied ia the
darh. and struck a. him from the
rams p.sce. The Sou,b's preac bers,
educated in le.'ers clone, preached
from tbsjr tens of thousands of pnl-
pits the gospel right to bold slayes
apd Gods dsoree that it should be.
Now, sf.er fifty years seeing, mix
ing and mjng!irg, end the Son1b
@lsh !!9 Ti.im.A VmHgmsr: G. al
has BY sbaes ct Gods oolldreu in
black, gotten the North TO see "a
they do, secular seeregssien 10 OBJ
asinips end on it's face, the sgi,s,ion
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THE MAN WHO BROUGHT
ALFALFA FROM SIBERIA.

In 1897 james Wilson, then Sec
rotary Of Agriculture, who had known
Professor Hansen at Amee, c,rea
upon him to 60 to Russia ard Aeia
% the nation's first plant explorer.
Hs was 10 get drouth-resistant and
cold resietant plants Of commarcial
value to supplement thoso Of the
Northwest or other parts of Me
United States.
Having crossed through northern
Europe, and made his way westward
and then southwestward acrose Rus
81, again, the Professor turned
southwark through Tranecaucasia,
and then sailed over the Caspian Sea
to the realms Of the Turkoman Here
he came face 10 face with the prob
lem In the discovery Of O hardy a.
fal;a,
1t was almost like discovering q
new continent, Here was an slftlfa,
that nature, doubtless through
thousands of years, had Injured to
dronth and cold. II held hardness.
Hardness had been worked into
it by NATURES Glow processes as tie
plant had travelled with irG1ite pains
from tho sou,hward; perhaps in Per-
| STA, where 90 the common alfalfss CT
the United States had Travelled an
Other way. These were taken from
Persia TO Greece in the Gf:b century
Is. &. Thence they were carried TO
Italy and Spain, and after that 10
Sou'h America, long after which
they were brought to the southwest
ern States. They bad never had an
opportunity to spread northward
through long centuries OF time,
becoming hardy by infinitely eiow
deg. ets, as had those OF the part OF
Asia whore Professor Hansen had
just made his discovery. With the
discoveries philosophy of plant
ha:diness, however, The hardness of
these new alfalias, could be trans
ferred to other Aifalfas, end a variety
both luxurant and hardy could be
inven That is. if this newly
discovered alfalfa would not itself do
as successful forage in the Middle
West Of the United States.
But the thing TO do was to follow
ibis new plant ncrthIard, and fad
out the home Of the hardest Of the
hardy. With this in mind hs set
out. He followed the lrsil across
deserts, among wild and forbidding
q ountsins, s!oog routes infested by
bandits, tracing it by caravan for
1900 miles TO latitude about level
With ST. Paul-45 degrees north-in
the very heart Of Asia. The tale ps
be tells IL is one that stirs The blood
Along the difficult way be .iuter-
viewed natives, soldiers, aud The
horses In The markets. He and his
company gathered seed by hand out
Ga the eteppes. Then winter over
TOOK him little to the northwest.
ward Of the Chinese frontier, and,
risking bis life by exposure, he made
a seven hundred milo dash north
ward TO Onsk on The Treps- Siteriao
Railway, wheuce be then stoyt d
s;ward With bis precious ir.izp, O.
seeds-Fs om Hansen, America FIRST
Plant Explorer,'by William f Kirk.
wood, 10 the American Review OF
Reviews for October.
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recent editorial notice
OF ice shows I'D limited kindness, but
perhaps ,o) much enthusiasm as TO
my worth 10 humanity, however, il
mtv<e mo TO oxpresa myself en-
certain current topic, for it is an
UNUSUAL pleasure to greet your read
ars-tow do [ know their quality.
They reed the journal OF sn editor
who is ho.h able ard manly ,troe king
out in nc uncertain tonc 10 denurci-
a:ioo of wcongs that are positively
degrediug,
Now, Clifford, let il GO st this for
mutual ad miraLioD-cau you not he
lnie? It seems that on this occa-
SOP something resistlees from tho
clear, tracing air has "toucbed
hu'!on''-possibly the button Of the
Graud Army. Of course, you and I
are proud Of the decoration; and
while il is true that all csnno! Join
this heroic circle. every oae does
train wiih-1r SHOULD train with
the host whose objective point is
where evil forces 40 coucentratcd
Let us now proceed to protest
against the meuacing attitude dis
closed in a recent event which di
rec'lV involves every man, woman
and child.
With COUNTLESS citizens of this
cosmopolitan laud we sbars q certain
Humiliation concerning the new pol
icy at Washington which segregates
Negro clerks in the Federal depart.
mental sffairs. What spectacle Of
prfjadice and discriminstiol! for jn
this instance, because Of the power
Incidental 10 that particular location,
this action becomes practical perse-
cution and Of wide extended inhu
SEC What hearth driving OF a
wedge that sunders Amslican ci,i
zenship into classssl
have not been O devotee of Will
son; but this is depressing disap
poin:meDt for those who imagined
him 10 be person Of we'll rounded
and 81 numerical character. But
now, inevitably, mspy true freenen
on seeing his Oft printed name, OF
portrait, can hardly escape being
reminded Of an undersizad and dis
torted soul,
Some Journals comparing him with
tue great teachers OF meD ,bAve called
him mere pedagogue. Doubtless
he has studied certain books very
hard, and has looked With profession.
al eye at many young folks. He has
also had at least she opportunity tc
observe full grown mon; yet large
anu lrrep1esslDle part of the world is
now convinced that his certificate
WAS not, and is not frst class. To
plain words, and giving The subject q
ellll more serious turu,-be has
shsmefully violated universal ethics
he bas Houted the fraternsl spirit
which bas been g'oriousIy fos.ere d
by the leaders of civilization Of all
ages, jesus, Confucius, Lncoln, and
all good soulel He bas flagrantly
offended the religion Of humanity.
which is eterDally identified with The
Icfaite!
But Notwithstanding this disgrace
ful and damaging demonstration.
end all too heavy pressure back of il.
VIII ch we understand--our socallea
colpred citizens, including those of
composite racial type may be sssursd
that ahe gaBersl movement Ia for.
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This Is the ege when The oonfi
d.nce man bes full Sway.
60 -, BALTIMORE Oh,e!
s RAILROAD
Corrected to Zee: 1st. 1912.
Trains lesYe Msrtinshurg as follows
" EST BOUND
Corrected to Fec. Ist, 1919.

WEST BOUHD
no SIS DAILY at t1.21 m for Pittsburg,
cincinnati, Louisville aud St. Loris
Connects tof Romaey except Sunday and
at Grafton for Whelf,e
No IS Daily at 1880 m fox Grafton
Pittsburg and Chica.o,
No Daily, at 3.I7 m for Grafton.
Pittsburs and Chicago.
No, Daily 7.a2 P m for Wheeling, Oel.
urnbus and Chicago.
No, Daily at Gao P n tex Cincinnati
Louisville and St. Louis.
No Daily al 2.96 m for Cincinnati,
Louisville and st Louis,
For Cumberland aud way Stations, No
80 5.37 p. m.
No. 9 Daily at 1928 m: Tor Pittsburp
NO 20 Daily except Sunday a 6. SO IA
tor Cumberland aud int =rnedia1e sta.
TOSS Connects fox Berkeley Springs.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER H. 1918

That this nation has gone wild or
crazy over base ball, needs no nrgu-
nent one WY or the other, Judging
from this week's excitement.
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EAST BOUND,

No Daily at 4.1o m for WASHING
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York,
No 10 Daily $40 a M for WASHINGTON
and Baltimore,
No Daily at 1887 N for Washing.
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Nev
York, Connects for Lexington Va, ard
Hsgerstown except Sunday and Frede1-
lex.
No. 40 o.41 a. 10, for Washington aud
intermediate stations.
No Daily at 1917 a Ia for Washinp-
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York.
No Daily at 1888 10 for Washington
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York,
No IA Daily at 800 IN for Washington
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York,
NoI2 Daily Duquesne Limited" at
1923 a. m. for Washington, Baltimore.
Philadelphia and New York.
No Io Daily except Sunday at HISS
for Frederick, Baltimore aad all inter.
mediate stations via old line.
No18 ally except Sunday at b 40 q,
Tor Washington and Baltimore and all in.
termediate stations, Connects for Ereder.
lex. ,
G. W. SQU1GGINs, Gen. Pass Agent 4
Baltimor~ MD
s: BoU1c Ticket Agent, I
Martinsburg -. u.
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CERTIFICATE NOT
FIRST CLASSIC DW 4 REED
CHRISTI AND ES not
MEASURE Up TO THE HELP
Full STANDARD OF THE
'HEATHEN" CONFUCIUS-
TRUE SOULS DiSAFPOINT-
ED.
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Fay your subscription.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-25
Ships Captain Derided Federal Reau.
latIons, but Dire Threat Brought
Him to Time.

The prospect Of facing a woman
jury in municipal court was more eff
fectual in making Capt. Brown Of the
American steamer Leelenaw, comply
with port regulations than was the
threat Of Federal prosecution wheI
Harbor Patrolman Bakesy went to the
ship to ask him to display port lights
and rig a proper gangway. From his
berth, whittier he had retired early
Capt. Brown commended the patrol
man to a warm climate"
Bakcsy replied that there was q
federal fine of 5000 for the offenses;
the captain grunted from his berth
Bakcsy threatened arrest; the captain
snored.
They have a woman jury In mum
cipal court" suggested Bakcsy. land
you will have to face that" Instant
ly the captain raised his hand to his
whiskers and the Waterman came
running.
"All hands on deck" commanded
Capt. Brown. land order the gangway
changed and proper lights hung.
won't face a woman Jury in any court
and me 60 years old."-Portland Ore
gonian.
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HOW TO TREAT PIMPLES AND
BlACKHEAOS

For pimples and blackheads the fol-
lowing is a most effective and eco
nomical treatment: Gently smear the
affected parts with Cuticura Oint-
ment, on the end Of the finger, but
do not rub. Wash off the Cuticura
Ointment in five minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing for some minutes. This treat
ment is best on rising and retiring.
At other times use Cuticura Soap
freely for the toilet and bath, to as
sist in preventing inflammation. irri-
tation and clogging Of the pores, the
common cause of pimples, blackheads,
redness and roughness, yellow, oily,
notify and other unwholesome condi-
tions of the skin.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
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or similar print WAS produced fourteen years
after bmy the Nurnberg engraver. Johann SID
macher who etched nine other sporting plates.
Then follow in rapid succession, half dozen
portraits" by Tempesta the pupil OF Stradanus'
one of which prints we reproduce. 1t shows In
what awe the gigantic wild bull was held, for "
depicts a formidabe-lookng machine wherewith
the bull could be attacked and brought down
Tempesta's pictures need not be taken seriously
for his Roman studio was nothing but work
shop where apprentice hands turned out vast
mass of prints of little value in an enquiry
of this sort. His English contemporary OF the
pen, Edward Topsell, in his illustrated natural
history hodge-podge called the Historic OF Foure-
Footed Beastes' (160O only added to the exist
ing confusion. "A Bison" he says, rs a beast
very strange as may appear by his figure pre-
fixed which by many authors is taken for Urus,
some for a Bugle or wild oxe, others, for a
Rangifer, and many for the beast Tarantus or
Buffe" And, to show that he really meant what
he said he affxes a picture of what Is unmistak-
ably reindeer! Fortunately however, he adds
as pictures Of the bison and of the aurochs re
pleas of the two prints by Hirschvogel out OF
Herbersteins "Rerum Moscoviticarum Common
tarii" which, as we have already mentioned, arc
among the most correct representations pub
lished at a period when the aurochs still existed
In England the belif that tn aurochs was
bison-like creature continued throughout the
eighteenth century. The picture taken from Sam
uel Clarke's Julius Caesar" published In 1712,
shows what extraordinary ignorance still pre-
vailed the animal with antlers like an inverted
umbrella being a bison, Bos germanus, and
the beast In the center aurochs The graver
of Hozab of Zurich, continues the misconcep
ton; indeed goes one better, for the bison is
here turned into American aurochs." or
numerous other illustrations of two beasts
we have not the space to speak at length. One
of the most characteristic of the latter type is
the so-called Hamilton Smith picture Of the au
rochs. This is painting, dating, 1t is believed
from the first quarter Of the sixteenth century.
discovered in Augsburg not quite a hundred
years ago. This painting has mysteriously dis
appeared but accurate copy was made. For
the first modern" picture of the bison that ap
peared in England have also to go to Ger
man sources and, strangely enough, to the same
city for 1t Augsburg's most famous animal
painter, Ridnger 1697-1767), who drew the first
life-like picture. countryman Of his, one ]. S..
Muller, who lived many years in London. engrav-
ed, in 175S fine set of plates representing wild
animals after Ridinger's drawings from nature.
Among them is of the bison, called by him
the buffalo, and underneath is a lengthy and
fairly correct description in English, which he
also copied from Ridnger. But this and other
isolated efforts have not entirely prevented the
dissemination of the old mistake for living au-
thorties still tell u.s. quite seriously, that they
have grassed aurochs.
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nation. was sick every three weeks
and had to stay in bed from two to four
days.
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wife IN NAME ONLY
Marriage for Money and Title
Turns Out to Be a Real
Love Affair.
BY GEORGE MUNSON.

All London society was whispering
and questioning. for Lord Rensley
was on his way home TO England after
an absence of a year. He had shot
tigers in India, had speared salmon
in Alaska, and hunted grizzlies in the
wilds of western Canada. And all
the while Lady Rensley had kept open
expected home: he would arrive in
two weeks. Actually he arrived a
week earlier and Unexpectedly.
They had been married nearly three
years before. Lady Rensley had been
Miss Edith Kane. of Cleveland, and
her father was one of the twelve
richest men in America. The mar
riage had been considered singularly
fortunate. for the Rensley family
dated back five hundred years-though
not the title. and his lands were ex-
tensive, although Improbable. Miss
Kane's dowry would restore the old
abbey and enable her husband and
herself to assume their rightful place
in the social hierarchy. And so
Rensley had won the beauty of Cleve-
land.
This is what happened three hours
.er the marriage: He and his bride
were face to face in their apartments
at the Eversley hotel. The bride
drew off her engagement ring media
lively and handed it n. him and said,
without trace of passion:
Il shall wear my marriage ring, but
not this. The bargain is an equal one
and ] am satisfied. You will never
have cause to be ashamed of me in the
eyes of the world. Goodnight, Lord
Rensley."
You mean" he asked, that our
marriage is to be one in name only"
Why, what else did you expect?"
she answered mockingly, though her
lip was Quivering. You never loved
me. You sought me for my fortune,
as | you for your title" And so she
turned away and they said no more.
That he had sincerely loved her she
did not know. nor he that she could
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Monuments to Mark Twain.

Mark Twain is to have two monu'
ments in Missouri, one at his birth
place in Florida. the other In River
view Park, In Hannibal. both erected
by the state. He deserves them both
but is not the inscription proposed
for the Florida memorial a little toe
respondent? HE cheered and com
forted tired world" But Is 1t q
tired world? The fashion nowadays IL
to praise literature in the terms OF
Sancho Panza's blessing on him who
invented sleep, but is as dubious 9
compliment as Pope's tribute to ar
Industrious contemporary writer
"Sleepless himself. to give his read
er sleep" 1t is not only the ex
hausted who gets good from MARI
Twain; he is one Of the favorite au
thors of young people.