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The Pioneer Press. "HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN." The "HERE SHALL T ESTABLISHED 1882. A REPLY BY THE REV, J. O. THOMPSON, D. D. The Pioneer Press of January 11 contains a question addressed to "Mrs. J. O. Thompson." I am sorry to say that she is physically unable to reply. On the evening of Nov. 11 she fell, from some unexplained cause, on the floor of her home and so injured her right leg that she has not, up to this time, been able to walk, nor even, much of the time to sit up in the bed. She can, at this writing, turn herself in the bed, but cannot rise to a sitting posture without assistance. She is, however, improving slowly, and her physician gives us hope that she will soon be able to walk. At her request I attempt to answer the editor's question. God made men to love life. Like all the doings of our Heavenly Father, the provision is an infinitely wise one. To the rule there is no exception among good people—genuine Christians. These do not "submit" to their Father's will. "Submit" is a slave's word; it implies that that to which we submit is bad, is a hardship, and must be borne simply because we can not help ourselves. The really good man heartily, cheerfully, gladly acquiesces in his Father's will, he is in harmony with it, because he sees and realizes that it is not only not bad, but that it is the absolute "best." There are many reasons why we should love life. One is that we are stationed here by our Creator for a purpose—an infinitely beneficent purpose. Purpose, design, is to me one of the most plainly apparent facts. The soldier on guard or more active duty is a traitor and a coward if he deserts or longs to desert his post. It is his business to faithfully perform his duty till he receives from his Commanders orders to quit. Another is that, if we are what we ought to be, our lives are worth a good deal to our fellow men, especially those near to us by the ties of relationship or friendship. Many would be afflicted, would suffer grief and loss at our departure. We ought to be in love with life for their sake. Few of us are so worthless that some one does not surely need us. Then there is always, in most people, a feeling of uncertainty about our future life. Hamlet voices the common feeling when he says: "Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, That undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveler returns—puzzles the will. And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of?" But the editor is very much mistaken in his supposition that there are only a very few who so cling to life as to be unwilling to go when they recognize Tennyson's 'One clear call for me.' The willingness "To depart and be with Christ" on the part of real Christians—and there are a good many of them in the world—is not so rare as he thinks. There are many who, like the great philosopher, Borden P. Bowne, would, were it not for the loss and grief caused to loved ones, rejoice "As a boy let loose from --- school to go and be forever with the Lord." I have personally known scores of people who could say, with truth, if I am capable of judging of frankness and honesty, "I would not live alway." I, for one, would earnestly desire, when my work is done, my usefulness at an end, to go to the land of eternal betterness. St. Petersburg, Florida About $3,000,000 was spent last year by fraternal organizations, labor unions and insurance companies in special funds for the treatment of their tuberculous members and policyholders, according to a statement issued today by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Sanatoria for the care of tuberculous members of such organizations have been established by four fraternal orders, The Royal League at Black Mountain, N. C. the Modern Woodmen of America at Colorado Springs, the Independent Order of Foresters at Rainbow Lake, N. Y., and the Workmen's Circle at Liberty, N. Y. The Loyal Order of Moose have voted to erect a sanatorium and the Order of Owls is considering the project. The Odd Fellows, Eiks, Knights of Pythias and Knights of Columbus have all voted unfavorably against national sanatoria but have in each case made some provision for the care of tuberculous members in already existing institutions near their homes. Among the labor unions, the Printers and the Printing Pressmen are the only two national bodies having tuberculosis senatoria, the former at Colorado Springs, and the latter at Rogersville, Tennessee. Active propaganda against tuberculosis among their members are carried on also among the Cigarmakers Union, the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters, the Photo-Engravers, and several other similar groups. In some of the unions funds are set aside for the care of sick members. Insurance companies are also engaged in a tuberculosis campaign. The Metropolitan Insurance Company is building a sanatorium at Mt. McGregor, N Y., and is spending large sums every year in caring for its sick policy holders. The Equitable, Prudential, Postal and several others of the large companies are carrying on active educational campaigns among their policy holders. Blease of South Carolina has this to say among other things: I want to warn you today, passing as I am rapidly from state politics, that if I go higher it will be to a broader and national field, when I will fight the education of the Negro. I blush to say that in a Yankee state he is breaking down the social barriers. Please should keep cool, if it be possible for one like him to keep cool. No matter what the Negro may do in a Yankee state," no self-respecting Negro in any state would attempt to break down any social barrier between himself and Please. Please expects to sit in the United States Senate as a member from South Carolina. His expectation is a blanket indictment of South Carolina. Anecdotal Literature Bx W. G. A POINT TO REMEMBER A popular and witty temperance lecturer, in delivering an address, concluded with an abjuration to the men in the audience, to proceed directly home from their business places without any stops as this or that cef, "for", said he, "the man who goes straight home will always go home straight." IT'S COME TO THAT. 'A politician was talking to a reporter about the abuse, so frequently unjust which nowadays attaches to men of great wealth. "A little boy," he said, once remarked to his father: "Pa, I often read in the low priced magazines about "poor but honest people"—why do they never say, "rich but honest? "Because, my son," the father answered, "Nobody would believe them?" FOR PEACE Customer—I want to order a new suit for myself; but, please measure my son for that purpose; for you see he wears my cast off clothes, and the rescal always complains they do not fit him. \* \* A YOUNG SKEPTIC. Tommy—"Do you believe in ghosts, Willie?" Willie—"No—not unless I'm alone in the dark." TIT FOR TAT. The Rev. Mr. Walker, one Sunday morning, saw his friend Rev. Mr. Read in the audience. He forthwith went to him and urged him to preach for him. But Mr. Read, having made no preparation, at first declined, but finally yielded and seconded the pulpit, taking for his text, Job 1:7—"Then Satan answered the Lord, and said:—From going to and tro in the earth and from walking up and down in it." From this text he drew the doctrine that the devil was a great Walker, which produced a general smile among the hearers, and mortified Mr. Welker not a little. But Mr. Walker was not lacking the gift of repartee. In the evening he occupied the pulpit himself, taking for his text, Mat. 11:7, "A reed shaken with the wind." "The doctrine of the text," he said, "is the instability of Reade." And on this theme he discovered full Wreed wished he had never ventured his wit in the pulpit at the expense of his friend Walker. THE USES FOR EGGS We know that eggs are almost indispensible for cooking, but they are just as valuable for other things as well. A mustard plaster made with the white of an egg will not blister the tenderest skin. The fragile white skin that lines the shell of an egg is a fine application for a boil. White of egg beaten with loaf sugar and lemon juice relieves a cough and hoarseness; a teaspoonful every hour is the dose. If a fish bone lodges in the throat beyond the reach of the fingers, a raw egg swallowed (without being beaten) will in most instances carry the bone along. A good remedy for stomach and bowel trouble is a raw egg taken every six hours. The egg should be partly beaten, though not to a froth. A little white of egg spread over a scald or burn will prevent the air from getting to it and effect a cure. For preserving jelly in glasses, paper should be cut to fit at the top and smeared with raw white of eggs, the egg side down. A little white of egg curdled with a bit of powdered alum will stop a sty if used as soon as the sty appears. Be careful not to get the mixture inside the eye, although it will do no injury but it stings and is unpleasant. GOVERNOR BROWN'S POINT WELL TAKEN. With the white South so ripe with color prejudice, it is at least interesting if not really encouraging, to know of a white Southern governor taking a fair stand. It seems that the Governor has done this. It was a case where only Colored men were concerned, however, the Springfield Republican speaks as follows of the matter: "The remarks of Gov. Brown of Georgia in commuting to life imprisonment the sentence of a Negro condemned to hang for the murder of another Negro deserve general attention. The governor's main reason—that the accused was defended by an inexperienced lawyer—seems some what novel, but there is force rather than novelty in the contention that "an indigent defendant, when on trial for his life, should be furnished by the state with an advocate whose long practice would enable him to give the full extent and weight of the evidence in such manner as will exhaust the fountains of justice for the poor man as thoroughly as paid counsel will exhaust them for the rich." The general practice of throwing such cases to the rising young attorney to try his skill upon has doubtless at times resulted in a miscarriage of justice. And this condition of things is made all the worse when it is presented in contrast with the wealthy defendant who, in comparison, is enabled practically to buy his way to liberty. There is weight in the contention of many social reformers that an official defending attorney is as important to the ends of justice as an official prosecutor." DISEASE AND SECRECY. Scarlet fever, diphtheria, in such all the communicable diseases are spread largely through the carie- nees or ignorance of the people. A concealed case of contagion is a grave danger to any community. Every case should be promptly reported; and unless this is done, the health authorities can make but little headway in fighting the spread of the contagious diseases. —Chicago Broad Ax. Whatever may be said derogatory of the character and habits of the American Negro, it is a fact that he has his first time to organize or hold a convention of his behoise, all reports to the contrary no witt standing—Savannah Tribune Gov. Glasscock Praises Negroes Gov. Glasscock Praises Negroes I am happy to report that our colored schools have kept pace with other schools of the state. The reports show that the West Virginia Colored Institute had an average of 237 students last year and the Bluefield Colored Institute an average of 150 students—the full capacity of both these schools. At these schools the boys and girls are not only taught the text books used in such schools but also the mastery of a trade or profession that will give the student the ability to provide for himself and family, and as stated by Superintendent Shawkey, "not an example of a thrifty, well trained workman to those less fortunate." The West Vs. Colored Institute offers its students courses in English, ordinary mathematics, history and civics, geography, physiology and sanitation, the sciences and a minimum of foreign languages. And in addition to that teaching and training in domestic science and art, mechanics, carpentry and scientific farming. Also music, elementary art and good literature. The Bluefield Colored Institute gives instruction in the ordinary secondary work in the common branches, and also teaches domestic science and art. I hope you will deal with these schools according to their merit, and if so, I am sure they will receive appropriations larger than heretofore, and sufficient to enable those in charge of the institutions to give to the student body instruction and training equal to that received by students at any colored schools in the country. Our colored people have made wonderful progress since the abolition of slavery and the white man is as much interested in the education and preparation of the colored men and women for good citizenship as the colored men and women themselves. Fifty years ago the Negro was a slave, today he is competing with the white man as teacher, lawyer, doctor, former, and in fact in almost every trade and profession. And I believe that the colored people of West Virginia are above the average of the colored citizens of this country in education, intelligence and respect for law and order. They have their shortcomings, and so do we, but they are a part of our citizenship and it ought to be a source of a great pride to every loyal West Virginia that we have been liberal in our treatment of the colored man in every respect. Any other course would not only be a reflection upon us but a positive injury to both races. Extract from Governor Glascocke's Message to the West Virginia Legislature. POUTING SOME! When J. W. Free, a shoemaker was arraigned in Magistrate Gordon's court in Clarksburg on a charge of non support of his wife and daughter Callie, aged 20, it developed Free and his wife had lived together in the same house for six years and had not spoken to each other during that time. Free was acquitted. AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE MORAL, RELIGIOUS AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RY. Pay for all advertisements is due in advance unless advertising is run by yearly contract, in which case the advertiser pays every three months. J. R. Clifford, Editor & Proprietor Drawer 869, and Bell Phone, 60K Martinsburg, W. Va. Correction—In the third line of Dr. Gerhardt's story about Revs. Walker and Read, the printer made the learned scribe say "discovered" for discoursed. No one can fully realize the power and purity of the ballot, who sells his vote; and it goes without saying that he who buys, is worse than he who sells. Much is being said of the state primary to elect U. S. Senators, but will it not give wider territory and better means to spend money and win? Conditions in the Paint Creek region of this State are again in a condition of great disorder. Miners seem determined to run things their way The furore at Charleston is plorable. Yet, how forcibly it shows the frailty of men whose teachings have adorations for the dollar. No man, people or nation can live honorably who trample humanity under feet and live for the dollar. It is very important that a feeling for the good of the preservation of this country should take hold of all true Americans, that all classes and races of people, citizens by birth or adoption, who love this country, and are law abiding are interdependent one upon the other, for its holy perpetuity as God would have it. A certain Bishop declares that women have as much right to smoke as men, and on the heels of his assertion admits, that some women would stubbornly refuse to do so, and preserve their dignity and purity of sweet womanhood. His philosophy is fallacious from the fact, he admires those who would refuse to smoke. The County Court, a few days back made a decree, that all colored people in Berkeley County should be vaccinated, because they were the cause of the spread of smallpox. A week or so later, it was reported that a certain white person had the smallpox, and on examination by doctors, it is said, that the white man had not the smallpox, but one eighth of an inch of dirt over his entire body, that it had caused an itching, and that to wash it off they might cause sickness. In another column will be found an extract from Governor Glasscock's message to the 1913 session of the West Virginia Legislature. The governor is noted for his frankness, and this extract places him in his usual fair, intellingent and discerning attitude. The matter of which he treats, is one important to all citizens of our State. Because, education of Negroes—that is his subject, vitally concerns the welfare of the citizenry of the whole State, for, when Negroes are thrifty and intelligent, it means a citizenship of a high order. The governor heartily commends the Negro schools, and calls upon the Legislature to deal liberally with them in making appropriations for the State's educational institutions. How some people do bluster and bluff when the object of their wrath is out of the sound of their voices. All such creatures can be invariably put down as cowards. Martinsburg, like other towns, has some of these bluffers in her midst. They are not at all dangerous, though, the worst parts about them being their loud mouths. The honesty in the make up of the Hon. William Seymour Edwards detests fraud to that extent, that his detestation caused him to expose what has turned out to be, if all reports be true, the worst game of bribery known in this state. For the time, it may work against his election to the United States Senate, but in the near future, the whole state will honor him. In keeping with what a certain honest man, who was running for the Presidency of the United States should be your happy consolation, that: "I would rather be right than to be President" and so will you than to be Senator. What a terrible thing it is for a man to be a good citizen and in the face of it denied the rights of such, because the sun of God on Africa and its people, made those who have lived there for thousands of years black and their hair wooly—the one thing essential to protect the bresia from heat. In clearing the forests, fencing in the soil, toiling unceasingly for centuries, and fighting in every war for this country's good, what a shame that in our statute books are found laws inimical to our rights, and that after giving this nation and the world undying truth that they possess the pride, courage and devotion of the patriot soldier. Do you know that hundreds who went to the Philippines will never return here again to live? Do you know that France is bidding for a million Negroes to become its citizens on equal terms with its subjects? Have you forgotten what Andrew Carnegie said he could do with the Negroes of this country in opposition to foreign foes? And do you know that this country is not free from war, and never will be so long as she tramples on the rights of men in defiance of protests? If it could not stand half free and half slave, as Lincoln said, we say it has more right to fall when two hundred thousand brave blacks bared their breasts to make it stand, and are now treated worse as free men, than they were before war as slaves. Jimcrowed, disfranchised, lynched, deprived of education, and the rights of a civilization, claimed to be hallowed by the religion of Jesus Christ. Not the heathen; Tis the Christian with the Bible in his hand, Stands for pain and death, to tyrannize Nevertheless, we own over five hundred thousand homes, and have acquired property greater in value, than that of Belgium and Holland combined A GENUINE SERVICE. "I believe," says an old subscriber, "that every time The Youth's Companion enters a home it does that home a genuine service." That describes the purpose of the publishers exactly. The paper is not filled with mischievous or idle thoughts to fill an idle hour. It provides healthy pastime, recreation that builds up. It is to the minds of eager and impressionable young people what sound athletics are to their bodies. At a cost of less than four cents a week The Youth's Companion opens the door to a company of the most distinguished men and women in America and Europe. Whether they are revealing the latest discoveries in science, or describing great industrial achievements, or telling of their wanderings in strange corners of the world, or feeding the imagination with rare stories, they are giving Companion readers the best of themselves. Seven serials at least will be published by The Companion in 1913, and nearly 200 other complete stories, in addition to some 50 special contributions, and a treasure box of sketches, anecdotes, expert advice as to athletic sports, ideas for handy devices round the house, and so forth—long hours of companionship with the wise, the adventurous and the entertaining. Announcement for 1913 will be sent with sample copies of the paper to any address on request. Every new subscriber who sends $2.00 for the fifty two weekly issues of 1913 will receive as a gift The Companion Window Transparency and Calendar for 1913, the most exquisite novelty ever offered to Companion readers. Hampton, Va.—Founder's Day at Hampton Institute, celebrated in honor of Gen. Samuel Chapman Armstrong's birthday, brought to gether a most interesting group of wide awake men and women, representing important interests in education and public life for the study of vital problems relating to rural school and rural life improvement. State superintendents of public instruction were present from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia, and West Virginia, to hear the successful white and Negro supervising in dustrial teachers of Virginia report on their aims and methods in bringing new life to men, women, and children in the country districts. Dr. Wallace Buttrick, secretary of the General Education Board, New York, told the large company of Hampton visitors that in his judgment "the greatest single force for the blessing of the people, white and black, in the South" has been Hampton Institute. Dr. Wickliffe Rose, executive officer of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission, showed the relation of Hampton to the fundamentals in the education, life, and civilization of the American people. ARMSTRONG'S BOYHOOD. On the evening preceding Founder's Day, Mrs. Ellen A. Weaver, who is the younger sister of General Armstrong, told the interesting story of Samuel Chapman Armstrong's boyhood, which was spent in the Hawaiian Islands with his missionary parents whose lives were unselfliably devoted to teaching the natives bow to live more useful and more Christian lives. Mrs. Weaver recounted many entertaining incidents of young Armstrong's boyhood training, among the lovable, care free, improvident Hawaiians; for his brave, self sacrificing service for Negro and Indian youth on the Lower Virginia Peninsula. In all his play and work, through boyhood and manhood, on every occasion, Armstrong was genuine, spiritual, and open minded. He was always impatient with pretense. "To be rather than to seem" was Armstrong's motto. FOUNDER'S DAY ADDRESS Dr. Henry Pitt Warren, who for many years has been the head master of Albany Academy, of Albany, New York, showed how naturally General Armstrong had been trained for his work at Hampton Institute through the interesting experiences that he had as a boy in the Hawaiian Islands, as a student at Williams College under Mark Hopkins, as a soldier in the Civil War, and as an officer in the Freed men's Bureau. Dr. Warren said: "Slavery did what the unscrupulous press and demagogues are doing today in this country; it destroyed confidence of man in man. This same lack of confidence has retarded Negro progress since the war. There can be no advancement until there is hearty acceptance of leaders and faith in them. Slavery made men suspicious of one another and prevented true organization of society. "The lack of directive energy of the Negro, in my judgment, was the fruit of slavery, not a racial weakness." STUDENT Y. M. C. A. BUILDING Clarke Hall, the new thirty.thousand dollar Y. M. C. A. building, was dedicated to the use of Hampton Institute students on Founder's Day. Walter R Brown, president of the school Y. M. C. A., reviewed the work of the student Association; Charles B. Randall, a Hampton graduate, told of his pioneer Y. M. C. A. work in Brunswick County, Va. William A. Hunton, Washington, D.C., senior secretary of the colored Y. M. C. A., work, declared that Olarke Hall should serve as the social center for the Negro boys; should develop men in the expression of their religious life; and should train an army of laymen for religious work. Dr. William J. Sobieffelin, of New York, a Hampton trustee and chairman of the International Committee on Colored Y. M. C. A. Work, showed how the Hampton school has taught applied Christianity through its excellent neighborhood work. "Hampton has always been doing Y. M. C. A. work in neighborhood work," he said. Dr. Charles F. Goss, Cincinnati, O., appealed to the Hampton students to consecrate their powers to the development of their race; to absorb the truths that have regenerative power, to enter more fully into their duty to life. Dr. Frissell presented the keys of the building to Dr. James W. Cooper, who represented the Hampton board of trustees, and outlined the story of Mrs. Clarke's deep interest in Hampton during her life. At a special student Y. M. C. A. meeting, short addresses were delivered by Samuel A. Ackley, Y. M. C. A. state secretary for Virginia; Carl B. Bare, student secretary for Virginia; Harry T. Baker, boys' secretary for Virginia; and Frank N. D. Buohman, secretary at State College, Pennsylvania. WORK OF HAMPTON TRADESMEN The Hampton Institute Y. M. C. A. building was designed by Meere. Ludlow and Peabody of New York City. With the exception of the slate roof, it was built by Hampton Institute tradesmen. Clarke Hall is a brick structure two stories high, and exclusive of two verandas and a terrace at the rear, is seventy feet wide by forty feet deep. It is the first colored student Y. M. C. A. building in the country. Everything possible has been done to give the Hampton students a comfortable and inviting recreation center. Of the five hundred Negro boys at Hampton Institute, over three hundred fifty are members of the Y. M. C. A., which is a very active organization and one that does a great deal of good for the students. BETTER COUNTRY LIFE Dr. James Hardy Dillard, of New Orleans, president of the Negro Rural School Fund Board, firmly believes that the time has come and gone when "any old thing will do for the country boy and girl." The primary aim of the Jeanes work now being done by 119 teachers in 121 Southern counties, is to make country life better and happier; to link the school with the community life. This rural school improvement work has been of untold benefit to the Negroes of Virginia, ably led by Jackson Davis, a Southern white man, who has helped effectively in taking the Humpton idea of education to men, women and children in the country districts. Miss Rhea C. Scott, a white superviseing industrial teacher, of Buckingham County, Va., pointed out the problems confronting rural schools: Ill fitting courses of study; lack of proper grading, adequate school equipment, and community interests; untrained teachers, poor salaries; short terms; school sanitary conditions; isolation; poor attendance. Miss Scott suggested the introduction of vital subjects into the rural school curriculum, entertainments to raise additional school funds, medical inspection, individual drinking cups, and patrons' leagues. Supervising industrial teachers, white and colored, at work in Virginia, have won cooperation by serving communities unselfishly. They have helped people improve school buildings, within and without, lengthen the term, and secure improved conditions in the school, churches, and homes. MEANING OF HAMPTON The genuiness, reality, and sincerity of Hampton have always appealed to Dr. Buttrick, who declared that there is a painful need of real teachers, superintendents and supervisors, who train people to live—men and women who will serve their generation. Wherever he has met a Hampton student, there he has met Hampton itself—genuine living and unselfish service. NEW HAMPTON TRUSTEE Robert Bacon, of Boston, was elected to membership on the Hampton Institute Board of Trustees on last Saturday. Mr. Bacon is well known in public life, both as a business man and a diplomat. After graduation from Harvard in 1880, he entered the banking business. PROMINENT VISITOR3 The following Southern state superintendents were present during the Hampton Institute Founder's Day celebration: M. L. Brittain, Georgia; George B. Cook, Arkansas; Barkedale Hamlett, Kentucky; T. H. Harris, Louisiana; M. P. Shawkey, West Virginia; William N. Sheats, Florida; R. C Stearnes, Virginia; and Henry J. Willingham, Alabama. Among the Hampton trustees present were: Hollis B. Frissell; Charles E Bigelow, New York; William J Schieffelin, New York; Lunsford L. Lewis, Richmond; Rev. James W. Cooper, New York; Frank W. Darling, Hampton; Clarence H. Kelsey, New York; and Robert Bacon, Boston. No better offer to farmers, and gardeners could be made. Any and every one who will send one dollar and fifty cents to the Pioneer Press will not only get it for a year, but also two hundred and fifty first class cold-framed and guaranteed frost-proof cabbage plants free. They are grown by that well known firm, Wm. C. Geraty Co. of South Carolina. The subscriber to pay mail charges only a few cents.—Editor. J.R. CLIFFORD. ATTORNEY AT LAW, MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA Practices in all the Courts of W Va., the Supreme Court of Appeals and the United States Courts. Bateredin Post Ofiice at Martinsburg + Va..as Second Class Metter Jadge Jobo i. Wood wen- barles Towa on ‘Ts--day, wit ' qovened the Febru ry term of tee €ffereon Coonty © renit Cours, Mr. Robert Browa, a well know rill raoner at the Bisir Liwestooe lompany Quarries, was a visitor ir own the other day. Sieseretia Jones's Bisck = Patti Company was io Mariceburg las Monday and played to a pack ad house what piens. ea w Mr S.muet Rector bes been very Mveh Iedieposed for a week er iw as arosul of bing vacsinsted, ba be is getsiog beter. Mry. James Roman bos suffer d lcoasidernbly of lare with a bose fe'= on, but ss we go to prese, we Jeurp itis much better. Morars. Abrabew ‘and Georss Miller nave the contract for buildiv: tbe couerete foundstion of Dr. T.K Garos's new bouse on North Reieign Street. , Mr. George Oliver, who ia a cla! cook in the Baltimore snd! Ooio din- ing car service, rauning betwen Pittoburg and Chicago, wes a recent Visitor bo his family ia thie city, Str. Jonn Runner 00s been keps “at bome fora meek ortwo with un abiceon, but bis physician bevicy looord it, he expecta to be sroend eocn seein. Quarterly mectung will be held a Dadley Baptist Church tomorrev It is exp-csed that number of out of tows people will be here, und « bigtime is unticipsted in Baptis cizcioa. ———— , Mr. Erneas Gather hee bought e Victor graphoptone, and the other day he dropped In the Presa cttic end gave us a fino concert. Hia selections include operatic airs ond comical music, and his coming to our office was greatly enjoyed. Mr. Eiward Tucker bas gono to Pittsburg, in whicu place be will be engaged at cleaning wall paper for “tbe next few months. Ho bes done thia sort of work for years, and tie fect that bis employers annually send for bio, ie evidenee that ke knows bow to pienase. A Lincoln and Dougiass eslebra- tion was held at Muusi Zion M. EE Church on Wedneadsy night. ‘Pik -program iseluded several musica! and literary selections, and an ad drevs by Rev. Mecke, puator of the First M. E. Courca, which ia anid tc have beon excellent in both maken; and delivery. Commits Schrank to Asytum. John Schrank, the New York mau, who shot Colonel Roosevelt was com- mitted by Judge A. C. Backus in Mil- wauxeo, Wis. to tho Northern Hosp!- tal for the Insane at Oshkosh. This disposition of the case wea taken after the commission of fivo alienists had filed its report declaring Bcbrank insane aad efter ten or twelve witnesses bad given testimony in com nection with the shooting. ‘Tho conclusions of the report signed by tho allenists follow: “iret — John Schrank Is sufferlag from insane delusions, grandiose in eharacter and of a systematic variety. “Second—tn our opinion, bo ta im Banc at the present time. “Third—On account of the connec ton between bis delucions an the act mith which he stands charged, we are of the opinion he is unabie to confor intelligently wfth counsel on the com Guct of his defense.” Family Slain With Axe. The bodies of William Usley, his wife and four-year-old child were found in their home i: Philadelphia, Miss. All bad been murdered with an axe, The police believe that they were vie: tims of the “sacrifice sect,” to which they wore reported to have belonged. Clementine Barnabet, “high pricst- ess” of the cult, who admitted taking eighteen human lives, {s in prison at Lafayette, La., but she is believed to have knowledge of the killings in Philadeiplia, AFRICAN ORIN OF EGYPTIANS Evidence Thai Thay Are of tha i Ramitic Line, VIEWS OF 82 €0 LUGeHNN Migration wea _oe “i ation Chict Benatceiten of Fale fe He, Bot areleay) 3: fileoniisnd Racifia Istanders Pointea Out. By JOWN i. BRUCE (CRIP). A great many quodern wweisers and not a few who wrote in au earice pe Hod are disposed ty discredit the Atv can origin of the Exypuans, alchons their color, customs ant other phys- feat characieristies clearly jadieato that ifany race of people on carth came out of the lolns of Ham tiese did. Nothing: scoms to be more certain to these whe have studied the question closely. Dr. Mells von Luschan, pro- fessor of anthropology da the Univer: alty of Beriin, da an aduirable paper before the first untversat races con ogress, which met fu London in 111, Cappronetios the subject with more can- der sud honesty than nsually charac tertze the writings or the utterances Hef white men who have javestizated this subject While we know or have been told (that all ihe Egyptians are not white or brown or of eny of the Intermedi- ate colors between white and binek, we also know from those who have traveled fn that country that the ma- Jority of Hs innabitants are black and ' possess all the physicnl characteristics of the African. Gsuse of Distinct Color Verietizs, | The color cf the Egyptian resutts, | therefore, frome the admixture of the blood of neighboring: reces swith the (African blood of these {ndlyenous “blacks, Professor von Luschan says: | “While the first varietics of primitive “man were certainly formed and tised | by long Isclation, Inter variations und races were crusei by migration amt colonization, as might perhaps best be | shown hy sketching the anturopology | Of Africn and the Pacific Islands. | Just as Madagavear was peopled | above 900 or 1099 A. D, by Tadozestien colonists coming frou: Sumatra, xo un- | toid axes aso the first luiabitants of Africa came from a place somewhere | in southern Asia on the great Hue from Gibraltar to Ansirella. No skulls or ‘skeletons of these eartiest Africans are ax yet known, but we may hope to find | them sooner or Inter, as we alresdy | now know a good many glies bf pater | thie implements in various parts of | troplenl and southern Africn, | Tho anatomical qualities ef these | frst Atricens will certainly be fond to differ from there of aboriginal Aus | traligns, but In tons of buvdrets of | thousands of yenra the paleetttitc Af | Flean evolved into x real Negro. We Lexista in tivo vartetlcs—n tall variety Uke the modern Nigritian from tho ,coust of upper Gutoca and a rmali one like the huehmen and the pyginics, | now known in so meay places in cen- tral Africa. | Third face Makos Its &prearance, | But 1 havo giready stated that wo Dare gs yet quite igcorant of the real | homo of these smal races. To these | two oldeat elements in Africa was ndi- ed ages afterward, but still in prebis: toric times, a third one, the Mauutt, It tx descended from the same ancient Gibraktar-Australia Hine, but was ia ¢ higher stage of civitzation. These Hainites had alrenty a greethy Tefned Iunguege, wilh an admirable grainmar closely related to that of tho Bemlie aud Indo-Cermeate Innguages, In Egypt they created more than 6,000 years aga the mervelous civilization we now admire as the mother of our own, Ancient fiamitic infiuences evn be traced al! through Africa. In Abss ainia, in Gella, Somali, und in Ma galland we tind even nov TLamitic tar guages of vt leant Hamitic gramivar PREPARED FOR BUSINESS. Success of D>. H. M. Williams as Op- tician and Student. Richinoud. Va.—One of the most en terprising young men of this section, who is destined to take a high place fm the affairs pertaining to the uplift of the race, fs H. M. Wiillums, Jr. of this city, who ki a graduate opti- clap. Mr. Willlame Is the only colored optician in the city and stands bigh in the profession and hy steady devotion @ IMs work i succeeding In building wD a lucrative practice. His patients consist of some of the most prominent colored citizens of the city, many of whom are students and teachers of the Vircinta Union univer alty, do this city Dr. Wiliams ranks among tho fore. moet in his profession and bas giver |mphe xutisfaction to nis patrons, [le Was born In Gokistore, N.C. and waa edoented ja the public aehoo! of bis RR re OS seq Ae , S| eck eee kay Sa VES Re a ME EN APRESS tone ORES ae SOG: i SSE SERS eRe ee yy, ges RE Na Roe aS Bee HC eS Pana EON ING Se RES CS bo SSPE MENS ar ON Seg Brana eS) CSS Be aS ps a OO SI ais EL EU Sa DaiGe SERA native city. Ho Inter entered Biddle neivemity, from which he graduated in 1a Wiile at Biddle he made a god ree: ont as a student and was prominent in Y. M,C. A. cfretes at the untyersity. Seay 4 HOw A Ep FIMO TR ea gt USTVERSITY, WASHINGTON, DLO. 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