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VOLUME X.
8ENATOR
The People are Proud of
LECTURE OF BOOKER T. WASH
INGTON. Advice, of the Great Leader of Much
Value to His Race.
If the NegroeB, as a whole, would
accept the doctrine and advice of
Booker T. Washington, great good
would necessarily result.
An audience of fully 5,000 Negroes
greeted Dr. Hooker T. Washington in
the Convention hall on Friday night
of last week. The meeting was called
to order by Bishop Grant. Prof. T.
W. Vernon of the Quindaro Univer
sity In introducing the speaker to
the audience paid him a high tri
bute for the great work which he
has accomplished in Tuskegee, the
Influence of which has Indirectly ben
efitted the entire Negro race of the
United States. Among other things
the great educator advises his peo
ple to become producers court re
sponsibility, learn trades, save your
money, start a bank account, buy
land and become producers.
"We are the only people In Amer
ica today who were invited to come,"
he said. "The Invitation waa urgent,
Imperative. Why, we were even giv
en transportation here, while the
whites that landed in 1492 came
against the wishes of the then sov
ereign people of American. Would It
be right for us to pack up and leave
now? Would It be grateful or po
lite to do so? Never! Here we are
and here we stay.
"Race problem? Yes. One white
man and the black one who squats
down by him make a race problem.
But, my friends, the problem Is not
a serious one. Fair play will solve
it.
Stop the $150 Funeral, He Says.
Mr. Washington emphasized the
importance of courage, faith In the
ultimate rise of his race. "Pay less
attention to your $150 funerals and
your burying associations, and more
to the building of homes here on
earth," he exhorted. "You can't live
In an alley hovel here and expect to
be transplanted to a white mansion
above. The change would be too
sudden for you to enjoy It."
Commenting upon the hopefulness
WARNER.
the Senator from Missouri.
of ever setting the Negroes apart
from the whites, Mr. Washington
said: "It would take an insurmount
able wall to keep the Negroes on
ground set apart for them; and It
would take five walls mountain high
to prevent the whites from breaking
in upon the blacks. Absorption Is
equally impossible, for this reason. It
takes 100 per cent of pure Anglo
Saxon blood to make n white man.
One per cent of African mixture will
make a Negro."
On the tendency to Industrial black
slide on the part of the Negro, Mr.
Washington said: "Our race used
to control the barber Industry until
along came a white who used his
brains, invented a new barber chair,
made his shop artistic, furnished his
patrons with papers and magazines
and drove Rastus out of business."
Booker Washington has ofter been
asked why he did not select some
large city in which to establish bis
great school. His reply to the ques
tion has always been that he did not
enre to select a spot where a white
man had preceded him. The actual
results accomplished by Mr. Wash
ington In Tuskeege are wonderful
when all facts are con considered.
Everything that exists today In Tus
kegee Is the result, of a determined
effort on the part of the Negro stu
dents. The streets of the town were
laid out by Negro surveyors. The
electric light plant was established
by Negroes. Architectural designs of
all the buildings were planned by
Negroes. When you call up "cen
tral" you are answered by a Negro
girl and the whole telephone system
is the product of Negro skill ami
knowledge. There is also a bank In
Tuskegee owned and conducted by
Negroes.
In the course of his remarks Mr.
Washington 4old of a dispute which
arose In a little Negro church over
the salary of the preacher. In the
midst of the contention an old
brother merged from the amen cor
ned and declared that the preacher
should not receive any more pay this
year and upon being asked why, the
old brother declared that the preach
er had been paid for that sermon.
; i ' ' ' .
for It Reaches More Homes of Colored People than any othci Paper
KANSAS CITY MO.,
The Inference was that same ser
mon had been preached during the
entire year.
Mr. Washington ndvlsed his audi
ence that he had investigated all the
prisons In the United States and
failed to find a single case where
an Inmate was ever a student of his
school and only In a few Instances
did he find criminals who had been
students of other large Institutions
of learning. Such a report Is very
gratifying for it shows conclusively
that education Is conducive to good
citizenship in all races. But with all
the disadvantages under which the
Negro has labored, Dr. Washington
declares that the future of the race
Is In the South.
BOOKER T. AT QUINDARO.
Dr. Booker T. Washington deliv
ered a lecture at the Quindaro Uni
versity last Friday afternoon which
for Its great worth was admired and
esteemed by the students of the
school.
After the lecture President Ver
non and wife, at their beautiful resi
dence which commands an execellent
view and overlooks the Missouri
River and the shores of both Kan
sas and Missouri, entertained Dr.
Washington at a special dinner giv
en in his honor, at which were pre
sent, besides the distinguished world
educator: Bishop Abram Grant,
Hon. J. G. Groves of Edwardsville,
Trustees Judge I W. Keplinger,
Hons. Corvine Patterson and J. R.
Ramson; Hon. George W. Jones of
Hill City, Dr. J. E. Edwards of To
peka and Prof. L. N. Spurlock, di
rector of Industries, a graduate of
Tuskegee.
As the party left the grounds they
were escorted back as far as the
postoffice by the University Band
and a number of visitors and admir
ers. We feel encouraged along the line
of efforts made here examplifylng
the alms and objects of the Tuskegee
Idea, as promulgated by the original
author, Dr. Washington, who la
changing the sentiment of the world.
nnd bringing It to bis own way of
thinking as regards the education of
the races of mankind. Thus honored
in the highest degree, this occasion
Is significant and marks an epoch In
the life and future of this growing
Institution.
Pigeons Mate for Life.
When a pair of pigeons become
mated they are practically "married."
In a loft of fifty husbands and fifty
I wives each coup'e attends to Its own
1 household affairs, does not worrv
j about its neighbors, but goes on build
ing nests, laying eggs and raisins
young. They nre very devoted to
each other and divide a!I labor except
ing laying eggs.
The Great Evil Done.
In a book of reminiscences of nn
Irish lam agent a TIpperary priest
is quoted as having addressed his
flock In the following manner: "P's
whisky makes you hate your wives;
It's whisky makes your homes deso
late; It's whisky makes you shoot
your landlords, nnd" with emphasis,
s ho thumped 1 ho pulpit "It's whis
ky makes you miss them."
Control of Africa.
All parts of Africa, except Abys
sinia, Morocco and Liberia, are con
trolled directly or indirectly by some
Eupropean power. French Africa Is
about equal In area to hulf the United
States.
Well, That's Only His Fair Share.
When mother puts up preserves,
father puts up the sugar Boston
Home and Abroad.
Scarlet Is Mourning Garb.
Unmarried women in Brazil wear
scarlet for mourning.
THURSDAY, MAY 10, 190.1
PASSING OF NEGRO SERVANTS.
It Is indeed sad to see so many of
our colored girls out of employment
and wandering around from place to
place. ''Many of them are too proud
to work for their own people and
many of them nre too lazy to work
for thn white people. Of course there
are some honorable exceptions. The
colored servants should remember
that they can be ladies and gentle
men in tfie kitchen nnd dining room
as well as they can In the parlor.
There are lots of young men and wo
men working out as 'servants and can
command respect if they respect
themselves. But the condition of
many of the colored servants today
Is heart-rendering. Many of them
are Mot wanted because they are not
reliable and unclean in appearance.
The jirge hotels are dispensing with
the olored waiters, bell boys nnd
colorfd cooks. Barber shops that
have ! heretofore been conducted by
colored men are fast being displaced
by white barbers. The Italians have
pushed the colored bootblack aside
and established modern and up-to-date
parlors. The Chinaman and up-to-date
'laundries have taken the place
of thi" colored washerwoman, and the
colored nurses no longer are seen
upon the public streets. What will be
the future of the colored servant is
the question? The colored pulpit ha.s
thrown aside religion and joined the
army of money grafters. Instead of
religion In the colored church being
preached, begging for money to carry
Into effect speculation schemes from
which many of them receive a per
centage. What will be the future of
the colored servant is the question
that ought to be considered by tho
pulpit. The time Is ripe for the col
ored people In this city to be look
ing about them. The colored servant
Is passing out of existence fist.
The Bee.
LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES.
The. Board of Regents, represented
by Its president, Hon. D. C. Met lung
of Jefferson City, Hon. K. C. Wilson
of Mexico and Secretary N. C.
Burch made an official Inspection of
the institution, April 20.
These gentlemen were accom
panied by ex-Secretary of State Sam
It. Cook, Attorney Charles A. Wins
ton and Col. Sam Kcllnr, Globe-Democrat
correspondent.
The entire party partook fir a
seven course dinner prepared by the
young ladles of the cooking class In
tht model kitchen of the Domestic
Science Department and served In
Hie model dining room.
The following editorial from the
Jefferson City Republican Review
speaks for Itself:
Lincoln Institute.
A party of Jefferson City men went
over to Lincoln Institute yesterday
to inspect the work of that school
ami came away with a high opinion
of Us management and teachers.
They were deeply Impressed with
the standards of work In all the
departments, but they were particu
larly Impressed with the work which
Isc being done In the Industrial de
partment. In that department they
found young men gleaning practical
information In blacksmlthliig, carpen
try In all Its branches, Including wood
moulding and other useful trades, and
the girls acquiring the rudiments, aye
more, a practical and working knowl
edge of domestic science in all IU
depa rtments.
They were shown exhibits of the
sewing, laundering, fancy needle
work, etc., done by the girls, nnd
they were not only shown, but ate
a wholesome dinner prepared by the
undents and served In the spacious
dlnlng-l oom of the new girls' dor-
mltory. All the men have been seen
today, and while there Is not a single
one of them but that ate twice as
much as he should, none of them
are siek, which serves to show that
the girls of Lincoln Institute will
never shorten the lives of the good
men they will marry some day by bad
cooking.
President Allen nnd the teachers In
the various departments nre a good
lot and visitors nre always shown ev
ery courtesy due them.
For Information relative to Lincoln
Institute's famous summer school ad
dress, Dr. B. F. Allen, president.
Thank God for Gifts.
The Mohaninieilmm have the cus
tom, when they recewc a present, of
thawing God first, then the giver. If
yOft'Mo them a favor, they will say:
"I thank God for your kindness to
We." Some may comply rather
thoughtlessly wl'h this custom, which
they h. vo Inherited from their
fathers. But many ceitalnly say It
with their whole heart.
Chinese Amazoni.
Women In China have the privilege
of fighting In the wars. In the rebel
lion of 1850 women did as much fight
ing ns the men. At Nankin, la 1N,r3,
r.oo.nno women, from various parts of
the country were formed Into brigades
of 13.0110 each, under female olllcers.
Of these soldiers, 10, (MM) were picked
women, drilled and garrisoned In tho
city.
Astonishing!
It is astonishing, though, how far
a good complexion will cany a girl.
I verily believe that nine out of every
ten men are more attracted by a
really good complexion and a healthy
color than by flue eyes or pretty hair,
or even a good figure which Is an
other valuable asset for a girl to pos
sess. "Ambrosia." In The World.
Woman's Richt to Be Attractive.
To lie ns attractive ami as pleasing
as possible is a unite hunlahlc ambi
tion; and every woman, be she nat
urally plain or pretty, should malm
the most of such points of attractive
ness us she possesses, cultivate each
charm assiduously and by every leg.
tiniate means seek to enhance It. Ex
change. UncalledFor Night of Agony.
A story Is t 1 1 of a man who, cross
lug a disused coal Held late at night,
fell into an appnreiitly bottomless pit.
nnd saved himself only by grasping a
projecting beam. There be dung with
great difficulty all night, only to find
when day dawned that bis feet were
only four inches from the bottom.
A Man in the Moon.
Although the moon is not a riotous
ly luxuriant ahodc, it Is iiiithlng but
the lifeless orb commonly su pposcd.
It may be desolate and cold; but It
Is not altogether dead.-- Scientific
American.
Where to Have a Boil.
Thomas Bailey Aldrlch. comment In if
once upon the trials of Job, remarked
that, the only proper place to have a
boll was between "John" and
"O'Reilly."
Still Poisonous Snakes in Europe.
The Tyrolese government still pays
for the extermination of poisonous
snakes. It Is the one European gov
ernment which now does so.
Sudan Ostrich Feather Trade.
The ostrich feather trade in the Su
Ian seems doomed, owing to the sue
ess of tho South African ostrich
.arms.
Ice on Telegraph Wires.
Ice forming on telegraph wires
airiietlnies Increases their weight co
.ess than 90 per cent.
American Oysters for Shanghai.
American oysters are bent as far as
Shanghai.
In the State.
NUMBER 47
Henry Bergh's Name Honored.
In ISt'.ii the late Henry Hergh found
ed the American Society for the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Animals, nn'd on
Its Incorporation he became Its first
president. He made himself the butt
of much ridicule by his persistency
In discovering and bringing to punish
ment those who offended against 1 1 se
humane purpose, more especially ns
concerned horses; but when he died,
In INNS, n chain of similar societies
had been established throughout thr
Union and in foreign countries, and
he was held in honor throughout th
world. New York Sun.
Says She Saw Ghost of Sergius.
At the exact hour of the assassina
tion of the Russian Grand Duke Ser
glus his goddaughter, in the Alexis
palace, declares he opened the door
of her room, covered with bleeding
wounds, ami exclaimed: "Look, young
princess!"
French Soldiers Cannot Write.
In order to test the quality of mind
of French soldiers, a set of questions
a kind of "general paper" was sent
to sixty two soldiers at random. Of
the sixty two, seventeen could not
write, and so did not answer at all.
Water for Cows.
Experiments show that a cow, when
In full (low of milk, drinks from 1.500
to 2.000 pounds of water a month, the
average quantity, determined by test
ing a herd, being l.OOO pounds lor
each cow
Man at Thirty.
Love's young dream being once
over, man Is apt to drift past one's
comfortable mat rlmonlal stage. At
thirty he needs to be very skilfully
netted. "Ambrosia." In The World.
To Color Hyacinth.
By putting the stem of the flower
Into a lioltle-of red ink, leiivlug It
there for an hour, the hyacinth will
assume a delicate pink color.
"Real Comfort" Is Normal.
All i' ought to expect I comfort,
rtlsllc If ou choose, but complete it t
all events. Thai is quite enough for
anybody. When surplus wealth comes,
let the comfort crow Into luxury. But
to wear one's self out fret ling for nn
nttalnable things, to barter honor for
them. Is sheer lolly. If the world
could be broughi to the point of see
ing this there v.ouhl be greater Joy
in living.
Oldest University.
The oblest university in the world Is
at I'ekill. It Is called the "School for
the Sons of the Empire." Its antiquity
Is very gn at, and a grand register,
consisting of t-ione columns, IlL'u in
number, contains the names of t'lil.uun
graduates.
Peculiarity of Buddhism.
The religion of the Hudillia Is clt"d
ns nn example of recognition given by
a gre.it religious teacher to the lower
animals. Alone does the doctrine of
Buddha embrace ,i tecogiillion of the
dignity of the lower order of animals.
Transforms Vegetables.
M. Mollard of Purls, not satisfied
with the usual grafting ndopiet, by
floriculturists, has slatted to trans
form vegetables. It Is said lie has
succeeded In turning a radish into a
potato.
Polar Region is Healthful.
The air Is so pure In the 1'oli.r reg
ions, so free from harmful microbes,
that throat and lung diseases are un
known there. That section Is also en
tirely free from contagious maladies.
Speed of E'ectric Current.
The speed "f the electric cliTent la
copper wire is !;:!, .riUo,nuu meters a
second. The fastest ocean steamer
makes only St. 8 meters a second.
True Friends.
True friends visit, us in prosperity
only when invited, but In adversity
they come without invitation. Theo
ph rastus.