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The Washington herald., 1914-03-24
TODAY'S SELECTIONS.
(BY NEW YORK TELEGRAPH.J
ChaIeston.
Chaleston.

First race-Color. Grszcile. Hudas Brother.
Second rsce-Toddfng. Rye Straw, Willis.
Third race-Benedictins, L. NJ. Eckert, Sweet
1mes.
Fourth rsce-Surreme, Copperfoun Striker
Fifth race-Font. Sonny Boy. Iabut
sixth ace-CLar Michael, Miltoa B., Spell
bound.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-24

The first brick house in America was
Penn's Letitia House. in Philadelphia,
built of imported bricks In 1Ssl
The Washington herald., 1914-03-24

Jim Coffroth the Frisco sportsman an
nouncss that he has closed a deal by
which Ad Wolgast will be given another
opportunity to regain the championship.
Coffroth has signed up Wolgast to meet
Willie Ritchie, Harlem Tommy
Murphy. Freddie Welsh and Leach Cross.
wolgast is given a guarantee of sJ0ooo for
the four battles.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-24

a majority of sportsmen are in SYM
pathy with WOlgast on account OF the
manner in which he was deprived Of the
title by the referee in his fight with
Ritchie. Hundreds of those who wit
messed the battle did not see the al
legged foul for which Wolgast was dis
qualified.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-24
DOWN THE ALLEYS.

MOUNT PLEASANT DUckPIN LEAGUE.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-24

The boxing game will be good in San
Francisco this year, as well as durinc
the exposition there next year. when a
series of championship bouts will be held
IN which boxers from Europe. Australia
South Africa, and America will perform
The Washington herald., 1914-03-24
DISTRICT DUCKPIS LEAGUE.
NORTHEASTERN DUCKPIN LEAGUE.
MATCH GAME.
ARCADE DUCKP1N LEAGUE.

1otaIs..... VI VI ~ IUAx's' 90
Belmont won roll-of.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-24

Georgetown Prep will line up against
Central High School today on the Prep
field. the game being scheduled to start
at $50 o'clock. As this will be the first
contest for both clubs. many of the new
men will be used.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-24

/-Ar1r.ntice allowance claimed.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
SCALP ITcHED AND BURNED

$50 South Scioto ST.. Circleville.
Ohio.-"My little girls trouble first
started on her head In bunch of lit
tie pimples full OF yellow-iooking mat
ter and they would spread In large
places. In a short time they would
open. Her scalp was awfully red and
infiamed and the burning and itching
were so intense that she would scratch
and rub till 1t would leave ugly sores.
The sores also appeared on her body.
and her clothing irritated them SO
that had to put real soft cloth next
to her body. She would lie awake OF
nights and was very worrisome At
times she was tortured with itching
and burning.
Il tried different remedies with no
benefit for months. had given up all
hope of her ever getting rid OF It, then
! concluded TO try Cuticura Soap and
Ointment The second application
gave relief. In a short time she was
entirely cured" (Signed) Mrs. Alice
Kirlln, Nov. 4, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept l., Boston."--Adv.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
In the prua store.
Have you any bear trapsg"

Have you any bear traps2"
NO, but we have several varieties
of rat poison, the latest improved cleo
trio crocheting needles and some Sc
lect Siberian goldfish"
Haven't you any saddlery hard
ware?'
Not In our present cramped quar-
tiers, but ! can show you china
painting outfit. some three-year-oid
shrubs, a rowing machine. sugar In
ivepound cartons, or bathing suit
Il did want to get portable gar
age"
Hardly in our line. but you might
glance at our special values In canned
oranges. tarpon reels. self-feeding cot
fee mills, American flags. folding
screwdriyers and oriental screens"
Not today. think. But, now
come to. think OF 1T. I'd like to have a
prescription filed
"Oh. all right. If'you'll leave 1t and
come back as late as you can we will
try to have IT for you an hour later.
Please buy soda checks at the cash
ier's desk"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
AND THEN THEY UNDERSTOOD
Locomotive Engineer Made Quite
Plain What Had Caused Areu-
ment Between Travellers.

Two commercial travellers while In
train got into an argument over
the action OF the vacuum brake.
TITS the imitation of the tube that
stops the train." declared the first
traveller.
Wrong. wrongi" shouted the SEQ
ond. ITS the output of the exhaus
tion.''
Then when the train arrived at the
station they agreed to submit the mat
ter for settlement to the engineer.
That gentleman. leaning condescend-
ingly from his cab. listened with an
attentive frown to the two travellers
statements OF their argument Then
he smiled. shook shis head and said:
We'll. gents, ye're both wrong
about the workin' OF the vacuum
brakes. Yet it's very simple and easy
to understand. When we want to stop
the train We Just turn this valve and
then we fill the pipe with vacuum"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
HER moTHERIN-LAW
Proved a Wise, Good Friend.

A young woman out In la. found q
wise. good friend in her mother-in-law.
jokes notwithstanding. She writes:
Il was greatly troubled with my
stomach. complexion was blotchy and
yellow After meals I often suffered
sharp pains and would have to lie
down. My mother often told me IL
was the coffee / drank at meals. But
when I'd quit coffee I'd have severe
headache.
while visiting my mother-in-iaw 7
remarked that she always made such
good coffee. and asked her to tell me
how. She laughed and told me Il was
easy to make good coffee when you
use Postum.
Il began TO use Postum as soon as
got home and now we have the same
good coffee (Postum) every day, and
have no more trouble. Indigestion
is thing OF the past, and my COM
plexion has cleared up beautifully
MY grandmother suffered a great
deal with her stomach. Her doctor
told her to leave off coffee. She then
took tea but that was Just as bad
she finally was induced to try Post.
um which she has used for over a
year. She travelled during the winter
over the greater part Of Iowa, visiting.
something she had not been able 70
do for years. She says she owes her
present good health to Postum"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Greek. Mich. Read The Road 70 Well
vslle.s In pkgs.
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum--must be wen
boiled he and Csc packages.
instant postum---is soluble pow.
der A teaspoonfui dissolvcs quickly
IN cup Of hot water and. with cream
and sugar. makes delicious beverage
Instantly. 30c and SOC tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinda IL
about the same
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Cxccers
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

Recently there has been organized In
Nashville the only negro board of trade
In the world, writes Michael Jones In
communication to the Washington
Star. II serves as beacon light and
stands as an ideal example OF what
such an organization means to COM
munity In which there are colored men
engaged In business. ]. C. Napier, ex-
register of the United States treasury,
Is president of the board, and through
his master mind the policies are
shaped and carried out The young
and unparalleled organization is DEM
onstrating how Indispensable such
body is to the fullest and broadcast
economic, religious and intellectual
development of any town. city or coun-
ty In which there are goodly number
of colored citizens. DIR. Booker L.
Washington, whom the world honors
and reveres. who has been invaluable
to the progress of his race and who is
an undisputed authority on negro life
in America, tells US that there are
owned, operated and controlled by ne
groes in America 100 insurance COM
panies. 500 drug stores. 65 banks, $50
newspapers, magazines and periodicals
and more than 10000 other businesses
Of various kinds
These people are succeeding In bust
ness because they are doing what the
world wants done. A review OF these
facts will bring visions of a better fu-
ture" to even the most pessimistic OF
the race. How vivid it is that the
Afro-American's problem is one OF per-
sistence rather than one of existence
that nothing but success awaits him
If he will but have faith. endure for
while and keep courage.
1t is imperative-and that soon
that he, in a much larger measure.
ceases to be employee and becomes en-
ployer. Let there come from his
midst satraps of trade, kings OF
finance, lords Of industry, railroad wiz
ards, steel czars and merchant princes.
Ninety negro millionaires could solve
about ninety per cent Of the race prob
lem.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

In hls latest poem. "Aarclasus.'
Robert Bridges. the English poet Tau.
reate. has banished the comma entire.
~. 80 that a procession OF adiectiyea
may be taken at the readers option.
as separate qualities. or as qualifying
each other. Thus one may call bis
hero almighty wondrous." or regard
him as being both. Mr. Bridges prin-
ciples OF punctuation are not obvious.
lie loves the exclamation mark. using
It Ave times in the Is lines OF the
poem. and sprinkles dashes about with
prodlgallty. He adopts the colon and
does not slight the Interrogation mark.
while using now and then q full step.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
.Hard Luck. Story.


A Washington clubman Is firmly
convinced that the fates are against
him. especially with reference to Nils
golf playing.
It's no use" he said to a friend.
81 can't lift the hoodoo.' Nine times
out of ten miss the ball when driving
OF from the first tee at The Country
club. And every one OF those nine
times look around and find the veran-
da lined with people. all staring at me
with eyes the size OF porcelain plaques
on a plate rail- The tenth time. how
ever, I hit the ball; ! knock It to a
speck. Then | turn proudly around.
my chest swelling with pride. And
there's not q single soul on the We
randa. Everybody has Just gone In"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
Dove on Gun Of Death snip.

While the Montana was steaming
slowly northward through the fog .
white dove. the omen OF peace. blown
apparently from the Virginia shore.
allghtsd on a ten.inch gun on the deck
OF the cruiser. More than 100 blue
Jackets on the Montana. their ferms
having expired. are glad 10 be homo
A little yeilos swallow. blown 10 sea
near Cuba. remained on one OF tho
cruisers all the way 70 Vera Cruz and
Is stiil on the deck Of the warahip.--
New York Correspondence Phiiadei-
phla Times
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
Or. Eliot on Education.

DR.. Eliot says: The practise OF
England and America is literally cen.
turtles behind the precept OF the best
thinkers upon education" Is 1t not
humiliating that an American is forced
to make such an admission concern
ing our most vital American institu.
ton?
What can be done? How can this
wasteful school system be speedily
remedied so that II fills It's real func-
ton and sends out into the world
boys and girls developed according to
their individual talents as far as those
talents permit? II Is a big question,
but in my next article. propose to
outline rational. practical system Of
public education which will serve
those ends.--Pictoriai Review.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
poo Mothers Kittens.

Mike. rat terrier owned By VII.
liam Bailey OF Georgetown. was dis.
covered yesterday mothering q pair Of
kittens he had stolen. from the home
OF q neighbor. Mike had gone 10
the houae. picked the kittens up by
the neck. and carried them 10 his own
home. where he was discovered play
ing with them and making them com.
Portable In every way. When the two
kittens were returned 10 their mother
Nike was inconsolable. and has since
refused 10 eat.--Georgefown tDeD Dis
patch To the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

The American Genetic association
race problem In the natural increase
of the two races as analysed by Pro
lessor Wilcox of the census bureau
Mr.. Wilcox says the Negro is stead
lily losing ground in the South both
by immigration of whites and by
their own declining hirthrate. They
are losing still more rapidly In the
North.
The more rapid increase of the
whites is attributed not only to the
influx OF immigration. but to the fact
that In the registration area where vi
tai statistics are available, including
three-fifths of the whites and one-fifth
of the negroes, the negro death rate
exceeds the white by about two-thirds.
In the past 30 years the excess in the
proportion of negro children has been
falling until the present differnce be-
tween the race is less than one-fourth
that OF 1880, and will, at the present
rate, have disappeared when the next
census Is taken. This decline In the
birthrate is ascribed largely to ne
pro emigration into the northern cit
les. The birthrate among negroes in
the city is but twothirds of city
whites, whereas in the country 1t is
above the country whites. Besides the
fecundity of all races is lower IN the
North and the negro trend northward
is constantly increasing.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

Pop" said Inqulsitive Ignatz. ~how
fast can q horse gog"
Well" replied father. "A mile IN
two minutes and four seconds Is con.
sidered good speed Why do you
ask7'
"ot, was just thinking" replied
Ignatz. what shame II was that Paul
Revere. Tam o'Shanter. and John Gil.
pin didn't have motorcycles
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

Il see you have announced me an
the world renowned orator." said the
gifted speaker
YEA" replied the chairman. We
had TO DO something TO make you
seem important Nobody around here
ever heard Of you
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

Where DO you get the plot for your
sforieaf"
4 have never had but one plot do
clared the popular author. ennd I
swiped that from Romeo aud Juliet
All you have TO do IA TO change tho
scenery aud the dialect"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

Magistrate this prisoner
says you have trumpsd Nv charge
against him.
0fiicer-He must be a Joker. your
honor. ! had 10 use nay club on him
as he came within an ace OF escaping
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
Bound 10 Re Heard.

Who Is that man that always 40
companies you 70 the bali gamesg"
He's Scandinavian When want
to speak siightingly OF the umpire I
tell II 10 him and he translates II into
his own tongue. Nobody understands
him. SO nobody can take offense."
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
Twenty Years AGO.

twenty years ago people thought Il
made them look cheap to carry two
pounds OF liver home. II caught at II
they would explain that 1t was for tho
cat.--Toledo Blade.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

We should be as generous With a
man as we are with picture. which
We always give the benefit OF the best
possible iight-Ralph w. Emerson.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
Ihe Ratio

THE doctor said 10 get ten cents
worth OF this"
Ten cents worth OF that will cost
about half dollar at the drug store.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
Austria has 74,267 miles Of highway.
In 1910 the government expended s5.-
J6S ,290 on roadway maintenance.

Have faith In the white man. He
Is your friend"
Booker T. Washington, the negro
educator, offered this advice to mem
bers OF his race In an address at At
lanta, Ga, before the annual negro
Christian students conference He de-
clared that notable progress in coop
GRAFTON between the races had been
made in the last decade.
The speaker pleaded for the edacar
ton OF his race.
by right living. obeying the laws
and showing due Difference to every
man, you will demonstrate to the
world what education makes out Of
the negro" said Doctor Washington.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
SAID win ! aeors,fuI sIoh

Miss Young What In your opinion
Ia the best time for girl to lnarryf
Miss Whenever the man 10
willing.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

Il wonder why successful politicians
80 seldom are great takers
They must believe IN the sdage
that money talks
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
The Usual Fate.

did old Titepurse leave anything
behind him?"
Yes. I believe he left all he had
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

Discussing the condition of the col
ored Baptist churches in Chicago. the
leading church paper. the Standard.
says:
The need of leaders is fundamental.
The negro has a social passion for or
ganization. He wants to start some
thing, or belong to something already
started. There is scarcely field of
organization within his reach that he
has not covered straightforwardly or
surreptitiously. Many of these organi-
cations, In the church and out of 1t.
fail. Perhaps more fail than succeed
The failure. however, is not due to the
lack OF cooperation or interest, but
rather to the lack OF comprehension
and intelligence In working 1t out
They are willing to try approved
methods, to copy successful organiza-
tions. to initiate successful efforts;
but these are OF little advantage I'M
less they are helped to secure such
trained leadership as win put them
In possession of the agents and the
assets which were the Indispensable
factors In securing this success. 1t
seems obvious that we can be of real
help in training the men and women
who are to be, in time, the leaders in
congregational life of these churches"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

The heart OF standing man beats
az times a minute. Of sitting one II
times. When a man is lying down e
beats are reduced 90 SO minute,
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

A popular novelty recently istro-
duced in France is cup so made as
to keep tea or coffee hot while the
user is reading the morning paper be-
tween sips. This is accomplished by
providing the cup with double bot
tom into which slip OF heated metal
can be placed. The liquid is kept hot
for q period of about twenty minutes.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

China proper has less than 0.4 mile
of open railway to every 100 square
miles OF territory, and, estimating the
population at s27,00O.0OO there IL
OILS mile Of Nine 90 every 10000 inhab-
Saaats
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
Natural conseauenee.

THE wind is rising"
That's because It is from the
East"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

The value OF Hsngary's agricultural
returns does not depend on several
large crops or on the products OF GER
tain specified branches Of agriculture.
but rather on the great diversity of its
products. for there Is probably no
country in Europe in which SO many
branches OF agriculture are carried on
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

The saco (Me.) fire department has
a mascot in cat which. because of its
markings, Is called MackereL The
cat was asleep on the pole Of a hose
wagon when an alarm rang In, and
was forced to cling to its precarious
perch until the fire was reached. 1t
had wild ride. and as soon as IL had
3 chance got of and went back TO the
hosehouse.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

II. p. Ewing. negro farmer OF
Wyandotte county, Kansas, has
evolved plan that promises well for
the betterment of his race. A farmer
himself, he believes in the back to the
soil" movement for his people.
The outcome of his long cherished
plan Is the successful launching OF
the Kaw Valley Truck Farm company,
incorporated under the laws OF Kansas,
with capital stock Of $1,000, divided
into 500 shares of $40 value. The COM
pany has leased los acres Just west
Of Armourdale, has II all under culti-
yation and is now preparing to market
a crop of vegetables Of all kinds that
will show results Of scientific and In
tensiye farming.
For 35 years Ewing has been raising
crops in Wyandotte county, at one
time having 1000 acres Of ground
planted wholly to potatoes. From his
years of experience he has evolved
ideas that not only increase his yield.
but enable him TO market the best
class of farm products. For example.
he has found that turnips furnish the
best fertilizer for potato ground
81 find for this climate and soil that
the Red River Ohio potato is the best
seed to plant" he said In describing
his methods. las soon as the crop is
harvested SOW the ground to turnips.
The best Of these / harvest, the bal
ance are plowed under, enriching the
soil and resulting In better grade
of potatoes the following year. The
best time to market potatoes here Is
in July and August. Prices are bet
ter, as we do not have to compete
with the northern grown product"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

Most OF the licorice root used in
America comes from the marshy plains
of Turkey and Russia.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

Many speeches are historical only
because. like history. they repeat
themselves.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19

YrrKsEuKEs photographs. records .computingses
motor clae bought sold nged rtpa red Heys
tlss slSD4 Agents wanted. ASS. al La o. i>e's
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-19
AFRO,AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

Not only Is 1t OF vital interest to this
whole municipality of Houston that its
large negro population should acquire
that reasonable intelligence which Ia
the fruit of good system of public
schools and those useful habits OF sus-
tanned labor which viii make them In
valuable in the growing industrial en-
terprises of Houston. but 1t Is OF equal
interest that the negro population
should live on sanitary streets and In
sanitary yards and homes and that
when stricken with disease they should
have access to a well planned and well
regulated hospital Modern economists
and statisticians have demonstrated
that the financial losses due to pre-
ventable Illness reach an astounding
annual total among those employed IN
the industrial enterprises OF the ma
ton
These statistics apply with force TO
the colored population OF the South
where the negro is a large Industrial
factor. Hence this movement for
negro hospital facilities Is a timely
step In the right direction--a step die
tated by an enlightened scientific self
interest on part of the good white peo-
pie as we'll as by the more unselfish
humanitarian and religious motives
To my own people here. would say.
Seek to measure up to the oppor-
tunity presented you in this great city,
along all lines. industrial. commercial.
educational and religious. Let the coll
ored ministers, physicians, teachers.
merchants, lawyers and sturdy labor
ing people who are the backbone OF
the race join hands, heart and pocket
books to help push this negro hospital
movement to a successful conclusion
Do your utmost Sacrifice something
for the benefit of the race and the
good white people viii do their part
ED Blackshear. In the Houston Post
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-19
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