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THE NEGRO AND
THE WORLD'S FA II!.
The TiOuisianna pureha e
exposition to he held at St .
Louis in 1903 premises to I e
the greatest exhibition evt :
held.
A large delegation of re,'
rtprentative negroes met tl e
exposition commission iu S .
Louis last week and petition' d
for a negro building so tlv.t
the negroes might have an op
portunity to show what prog
ress they have made sin e
their liberation .
"Great expositions are only
milestones of progress in civil
ization," said orr late Presi
dent McKinlev in his 1 ist
(Buffalo) rpee h to t Le
American people, and to ti e
negro should be given an op
portunity to show to the wo' Id
that he is e.ipable of making
the same progress as tint
made by any people 'if given
an opportunity to do do so-
lilt'll. ! ' .1 liclattl.
A neighbor mot a little girl In th"
street, and stopped to speak to her.
"Good morning, my dear; I realjy can
never tell you and your sister apart.
Now, which of the twins are you?"
"Oh," answered the little girl, "I r.
the one what's out walkto'."
1 . Ivwi w Sti nj'v2iT-vi,'X'm
WASHINGTON.
The first individual to be
entertained nt dinner at the
White House after Kooscvelt
became president, an booker
T. Washing n j
The e tnt called forth quite
a storm of indignation in the
south and very severe criti
cisms were hurled ::t the p: c -identity
the southern pi ess.
Xo rcjison, however, was
given fcrsu h ciiticism, other
than the fact that Mr. Wash
ington is a negro.
"The Cominet't ial A H al"
a Memphis newspaper, in a
lenghthy editorial, under ihe
head of "A White MmV
Country" charges the presi
dent with com mi 'ting a most
damnable outrage bv enter
taining a negro in the White
House, and throughout, tin
South both Mr. Roosevelt an
Mr. Washing! on were -w
uemned by the same nev s
papers, that a few days before,
were praising the president
for saying that he was ir t
president o' any certain class.
Hut in spite of the flaming in
dignation so freed' expressed
in the south the president hr s
received many messages o'
congratulations from while
leaders of southern thought ,
who believe it perfectly proper
for the president to entertai
po able man as Hooker -T.
Washington.
Iut Mr. Roosevelt is Pre si
dent of the United .l tales and
Mr. Washington is pre-ident
of the greatest school of iis
kind in the world and we don't
suppose that either of these
gentlemen have time to con
sider such frivilous and ill- g
ica' criticisms.
BOYS AND HENS.
Several Surprlmi About the
Making
of
Kid Gloves.
Barefooted boys and hens form a
curious partnership in the making of a
pair of Una gloves. 'Thousands of
dozens of hens' eggs are used in cur
ing the hides, and thousands of bo; s
are employed to work the skills in
clear waler by treading on them fr
several hours, says the Phi;a.idphi i
Record, When a woman buys a pair
of kid gloves she speaks of her pur
chase as "kius." If the clerk who so.d
her the "kid" gloves knew the secrets
of the glovemaking business he m:i,.'.t
surprise his fair customer by tcl.iuj
her that those beautiful, solt, smootli
fltting "kid" gloves came from tha
utoinach and shoulders of the C-wetk:-old
colt, whose neck was slit on tha
plains of Russia, and whose tend( r
hide was shipped, with huge bundles
of other colts' hides, to France, wheivj
they were made up Into "kid" gloves;
or he might, with equal regard to tlio
truth, tell her that those gloves in the
other compartment once darted fror.i
cree to tree in South America on tl a
back of the ring-tailed monkey. And
it he made the rounds of the store j every part u beautifully made, and
and could distinguish one skin from j , distinctly creditable to its youthful
another he could point out "kid" constructor. It occupied In the work
gloves made from the Bkins of kanga- , ing aome seven mouths, on and off.
roos from Australia, lambs or shee: j one can well understand that its con
front Ohio or Spain or England, calves
from India, muskrats from anywhere,
musk oxen from China and other paiti
of Asia, rats, cats and Newfoundland
puppies. But the Russian colt, the
four-footed baby from the plains whe: 3
the Cossacks live, the colt from tl:e
steppes of Siberia, where horses ,aro I will not be far away when the repairs
raised by the thousand, supplies the ', ar oal"S effected, and he has render
skins which furnish the bulk of the t,! "seful services on fciieh occasion,
dainty coverings for my lady's binds. 1 onaZ;7emnt.
National prosperity is thus defined
Turk inn men Mumi't vuib
Althniie-h the Initio of the difjlortla
o - - -1
tic corps have left their cards for tAa
. .. . . h. 1 . .
wire or tne Turmsn minister, none 01
them has ever been received by her,
and she aas never returned any of ths
she aas never returned any of the
s. Etiquette does not permit a
kisb woman of high caste to
ting Washlnfion Lottst. '
cans.
Turkish
Tisiting. wasninflMo low sr.
MAKiriO ocbans.
Turning the IXert of Sahara and Aw
trail Into Great Hraa.
Few people realize how completely
of late years the surface aspect of this
weazened old globe of ours has been
altered and Improved. The world of
today, In fact, differs from the world
cf our ancestors much as a society
lady, In all the glory of fold and frill
and fiirbolow, differs from her savage
sister running wild in pestilential
woods. As art has transformed the
one, p has It the other. Only the
"Mmr Rachel" who has made the
earth, If n exactly "beautiful for
ever," st least a pleasant and healthful
place wherein to dwell, Is no charlatan
with a drryload of cosmetics and a
glib tongue, but a civil engineer, own
ing nothing more harmful than a few
mysterious looking Instruments and a
measuring tare. And the marvel of It
all is this that what has been dons
is bi:t an infinitesimal fraction of that
which may, and doubtless will, be
done. Who can doubt, for Instance,
that the great Sahara desert that
mole upon the world's face will one
day bo but a memory? It was an in
land sea once. It would not be a
very difficult matter to convert It into
one again. A can al CO miles long,
connecting with the Atlantic the vast
depression which runs close up to the
coast nearly midway between the 20th
and SOth parallels of latitude, would
do the business beautifully. The water
would not, of course, cover the entire
surface of the desert. Here and there
are portions lying above sea level.
These would become the islands of the
new Sahara ocean. What would be the
results that would ensue upon this stu
pendous transformation? Some would
be good, and some bad. Among the
latter may be mentioned the probable
destruction of the vineyards of south
ern Europe, which depend for their ex
istence upon the warm, dry winds from
the great African desert. As some com
pensation for this, however, the mer
cantile marines of the nations affectqd
would be enabled to gain immediate
and easy access to vast regions now
given over to barbarism, and a series
01.' more or less flourishing seaport
towns would spring up all along the
southern be dors of Morocco and Al
geria, where the western watershed of
the Nile sinks into thi desert, and on
the northern frontier of the Congo
Free State. In a simila manner the
greater portion of the- central Austra
lian desert, covering an area of fully
1,000,000 square miles, might be flood
ed. The island-continent would then
be converted Into a. clsrantle oval dish
of which the depressed central portion ero was examining a witness, Horten
would be covered with water and only Blus made a sally. "You speak In rld
tho "rim" inhabited. London Mail. dies," said he. "I cannot understand
I you." "That is odd," Cioero rejoined,
Scutrh HlBManrterH Have Money. ; "for yOU have a Sphinx at home to
There is more money in circulation j golve them." Cicero's repartees were
jn the bcotcli highlands now than ever
there wup and for that the crofters
have to thank the millionaire proprie
tor and sportsman. The advent of the
millionaire desirous of acquiring pleas
ure grounds gave the old proprietors
their golden opportunity and many of
them sold out. Then came the time
if speculation ns to the attitude of the
newcomers toward the native popula
tion. Pessimists predicted all sorts of
harsh treatment on the part of the
landlords. But the millionaires, as a
vwc, proved to be of quite another
kind. They set themselves to the im
piovemcnt of their estates, employing
iocal labor whenever possible; did
what they could to establish local In-
liii tries of a permanent character;
iade roads; improved ground; built
1 on.'-Pi; planted trees and spfmt money
lavis;!;1)' r.ll tho while, not only keep
ing the tenants In their old homes,
but providing tho work which brought
thrm a better livelihood than they had
every enjoyed before. Chicago News.
Invented by a !.
Charles P. Coales of Newport Pag
Dell, En'ilnnd, a lad of thirteen, Is a
remarkable lioy. He is the son of the
captain of the Newport Pagnell fire
brigade (who, by the way, has beon
connected with the brigade for thirty
years), and he seems to have inherited
I his father's mechanical skill and bis
love for fire brigade work, for he has
j invented a Are manual. The model,
j which is carefully worked out to seals,
i one-eighth to one-inch, from Captain
Shaw's treatise, acta perfectly, and
structlon demanded no mean amount
of patience and perseverance, and too
frequently such models are begun nev
er to be completed. Master Coales
keenly interest himself in Ihe work
ings of the local fire brigade, and
should the engine require repair, he
by an ancient Chinese authority:
When the.sword is nty. the plow Is
1 ... v r-i w -
bright, the prisons empty, the grara-
. 1.1
vios f,iii the sti-ns or tha temnla woiX
down and those of the law courtsJj seriousness asked: "Will the gen-
grass-grown, when doctors go afoot t'!-nn kindly Inform us at what pr-
t grass-grown, when doctors go afoot
he bakers on horseback and the men
of, letters drive in their own carriages,
' tbn the empire is well forerned."
n,
DIET OF CRUSTACEANS.
How Monkeyi Hunt for Land Crab la
Jungles.
"Most monkeys have a liking for
land crabs, and the beasts when In
their natural element in the jungle
will often travel for miles to some
marshy region in search of a crusta
cean meal," said a dealer In all sorts
of wild animals to a Washington Star
writer. "Some years ago, when I was
in Singapore trading 1th the naUves
lor monkeys, I was one day greatly
amused to see the artful methods
practiced by Jocko to trap crabs. The
monkey, having located the where
abouts of the crabs, lies flat down on
his stomach, feigning death. Present
ly from the countless p.sr,re-. yie.c
Ing the mud In every dir;ctx.i thou
sands of little red and yellow crabs
make their appearance, and after sus
piciously eyein? for a x'cw minutes Ihe
orown fur of the monkey lliey slowly
and cautiously slide ,ip to him in 3re.1t
flee at the prospect of a bis Iced off
.he bones of Master Jocko, 'j ht iat er
low peeps through his half-riosed eye-
ids and fixes upon the biggest 0 the
l8sembled multitude. When the crab
omes within reach, out dashes the
nonker's arms, and off he scampers
nto the jungle with a cry of d- lig.it,
:o discuss at leisure his cleverly earned
llnner. Rarely did the monkej 3 sem
o miss their prey. I saw, however,
tn old fellow do so, and it wus ludi
crous in the extreme to see the rage
t put him in. Jumping for fully a
minute up and down on all Ion: a at
the mouth of the hole into which tho
orab had escaped, he positively howled
with vexation. Then he set to work
poking the mud about with his fingers
at the entrance to the passage, fruit
lessly trying now and again to pees
Into it."
CICERO'S WIT.
exasperating Retort Not Modern Feature
of Jury Trial.
Hie retort exasperating is not a
modern feature of a trial by jury. Ia
the case against Verres one of the
great trials of antiquity in which Cic
ero appeared for the prosecution and
Hortenslus for the defense, Cicero
made a typical excursion against his
opponent. Hortenslus was known, in
violation of the law, which required
the services of advocates at Rome to
be gratuitous, to have received as a
present from his client a valuable im
age of the S 'hinx, one of the spoils of
! his government in Sicily. While Cic-
, seldom without enerev. When Clodius
had been acquitted of the charge of
sacrilege by jurors who had been
bribed to bring in a favorable verdict,
Cicero, who appeared as the defender
of the republic, left the corrupt jurors
and the favorers and supporters of that
verdict without a word to say for
themselves. He overwhelmed Clodius
in the senate to his face In a set
speech. Then followed a duel of words
in which Cicero was all along the vie
tor. Clodius, among other insinua-
i tlons, said: "You have bought a
house." "You would think that he
said," retorted Cicero, "you have
bought a jury!" "They did not trust
you on their oath," said Clodius. "Yes,"
said Cicero, "twenty-five jurors did
trust me. Thirty-one did not trust
you, for they took care to get their
money beforehand." Here there was
a burst of applause, and Clodius broke
down and remained silent. There is
nothing coidly classic In these ex
amples of Cicero's ready wit; they
might have come from a latter-day
master of thrust and parry. Youth's
Companion.
A b'rvu 'i Crl'le r.n :i) t-'iii'nt.
M. Gaston Deeiiamp.-, library crillc
of Co Paris Temps, has been engaged
by l'.io Cerclo Francals of Haivard to
give eight lectures, beginning Feb. 20,
on "The Contemporary Stage." Mr.
lM'hanips was an ardent partisan of
E.-cfus in the late trial, and as all pre
vious French lecturers have been nnti
Divyfusites, his coming excites un
usual interest. Mr. Deschamps is an
author of considerable note and has
done much exploring in Greece and
Asia. Ho will sail for America early
n February.
It I t ii It Will lialtil.
T. ".. . !' u T.vn. wai: a mem-
i.: !' ) " 'vsi'Mus' t!s legislature,
t ;;- a:p;i!n a 511 Inst a bill for
. 11 :..j:t Oil ot ol .on irgarine. He
':.iil:.(l that sood oleomargarine was
' ;tcr than bad butter, and fortified
'iU argument by a story of a gentle
:".ui who had introduced the substi
f.j;e without explanation at a lunch
eon, and who, on asking his guests to
compare it with the best butter, also
on the table' found tnem a11 selectlnS
I,. . . a , , , , , -
j ,h0 oleomargarine. Suddenly his ad-
irnnrj n wr a v" A ai a u vj v nrl r Vi v" a vYpia n i4
"' i""'""""-
t'?,nn "maiy inrorm us at wnat pre-
. nl8e w?ge of the ncheon party this
l'8' wfv applied?
UNCOAISCIOU3 OF DANGER.
ftattleanaka Collfid lUelf to Sleee)
Man' Broaat.
In the course of Mr. Ross Cox's expi
dltlon along the Columbia river son!
years ago, one member of the pari
had a dangerous experience, of wale
fortunately be was at the time uncoil
sclous. The men were preparing sua
per on the bank of the river, and
Course, worn out with the fatigue
the day, had stretched himself on th
ground and fallen asleep. A few mln
utes later I passed him, says Mr. Cox
and was horrified at seeing a large rat
tlesnake moving over his body tow an
his left breast My first impulse wa
to alarm La Course, but an old Can
dlan whom I had beckoned to the apt
said we must make no noise, and tb
snake would oroes the man's body an
go away. In this he was mistaken, for
on reaching the chest the serpent coll-f
ed itself quietly as if meditating a stayJ
If La Course moved or woke, we shudT
dered to think what would happen
Others quietly joined us, and It was dl
termined that two men should advancl
in front, to divert the attention of tb
ke, wh le one should approach wit
a long slick iroiu uie rear ana a
lodge the creature. On seeing the m
in front, the rattler raised its head
played Its evil looking tongue and
shook its rattles. Indications of angerl
Every one was in a state of feverish
anxiety as to the fate of poor
Course, who still lay asleep. The ins
behind now came up with a sUk seven
feet long, quickly placed one end un- j
der the reptile, and succeeded In pitch-
ing it ten feet from the man's body. A
shout of joy was the first intimation
La Course had of his wonderful es
cape. The snake was pursued and kiU
4. Youths' Companion.
DR.
HARPER'S EXPERIMENT.
b. Onion There In Strength
Kity Prenldent.
for Valval
President Harper of the Vi
of Chicago has entered upon
interesting experiment in fooi
has given the odoriferous onlon
leading place on his dally bill of fa
His physician having advised him '
onions are omnipotent in the elimlnt
tion of lhne from the human system1
ti.e worthy Prex is applying himself
with great zeal to the consumption of
the most fragrant of all the fruits of
the earth. The students of the uni
versity, as an evidence of sympathy
and to some extent perhaps as a mat
ter of self-defense, have nearly ull be
come disciples of the onion cult. The
university's daily menu has thus
come a pleasing and pungent panoi '
rama of onions ronions fried and fric
asseed, baked and boiled onions, onion
fritters, pies and tartlets. The New
York World, commenting on this Chi
cago University, experiment, says that
if there Is any truth in the theory that
the lilaceous vegetable is a specific.
against lime, the f.iculty and student
of the Chicago University will soon l
be a thoroughly linieless body of men.
And If the old proverb, "In onion there
is strength," holi'.s good, that lnsUtu
uon will soon la::'.' rank of the rank
est kind, too 3b r;no of our strongest
soats of learnir.;;.- Illinois State Reg
ister. OLIVE CULTIVATION.
Oatlook for Olives and Oil
Slim
Pritnoe.
While the cultivation of the olive It
Increasing in this country, Mr. Skin
ner, United States consul at Marseilles,
writes to the state department that tb
acreage devoted to olives in France Is
annually becoming less and the out
look for olives and olive oil In Franc)
Is not at all encouraging. Even IS
that home of the olive, peanut r
aiachis oil, extracted from the Afrlsa
ground nuts, which are Imported la
vast Quantities, is considered niinarlaW
for frying purposes. Not only is tMi
oil used to adulterate olive oil, but I
frequently used in place of It in pah
Ing the cheap brands of sardines. Tto
gastronomic merits of the rich, rlys
black olives, which until lately coH
only be obtained in this country M
special Importation from Spain atu.
Turkey, are at last finding recognition
here, and men awaken to the fact tatfi
the olive, like every other fruit, Is
its best when it reaches perfection in
its own way and In nature's own goo
time. Once eaten, the hard, sails;,
wooden flbered green olive Is banish
forever. Green olives are a matter nt
cultivated taste. Ripe olives need n
training to charm the palate. Tb
pickled ripe olives put up In the mis
sions in California are sold loose la
bulk. They are cheap; they ars As
liclous. Once tasted, a dinner without
tbem is flat, stale, and unprofitable,-
Eoston Courier. .
I'll- Wind lu.ti."
Ihu word "cute," which Is a short---n-d
form of acute, is not classical
Hngilsh, It is a colloquial American
ism, and lnltrht nlmnar ha i1d.j
j slang. It has two meanings. In the
o v mmuiuo, IU UtfJ
, nrot pace lt moans clever, especially
' . - w
i in Iootlnsr out for onn'a own
j tah4 In petty way8i Bnrewd ,mart, as
, "a cut8 trick." It also moans having
, "a cut8 trick." It also moans having
( bright, taking ways, small and pretty,
attractive, cunning, as " ettt bikaT,''
"a ut Httle wataav. '
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