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^ ceitfng Stations, Where Stir of Battle and Incentive to Brave < Deeds Are Lacking—Day With Wounded Described

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' f|: ^ Paris.—The unconquerable spirit of ?... Ihe French soldier, as manifested In J-Vthe Held hospital to'which the Amerl-

• can ambulance among others hurry . vthe seriously wounded from the relief

'stations in the Immediate-'rear of the . flighting lines fct Verdun, is told in ^graphic fashion by a noted French , ^writer, A. Vollljs, as a result of a trip

"Which he was permitted to make in .. the fifth week of the great battle.

:("On the previous day," he writes, /the great gun* had been roaring unceasingly, with a hoarse, thunderous

/v noise and with formidable explosions ;Of fury which made the windows rattle ând caused the last of the snow to fall

, from the roofs. On this morning the silence is almost complete.

'"It is a sign that the infantry is .attacking,' says the sergeant in charge

of supplies, who is something of a strategist. 'We are soon going to be busy.' -:C;"

"Very soon the dull roll of the ambulances Is heard. It can be recognised among the bounding and tearing noises of the ordinary wagons.

"The bell rings three times, which means that there are three wounded men, and the litters are hurriedly brought out into the yard.

. "The stretcher is always the cause of a special touch of emotion. Will they be able to rave the wounded man? Is it life or is It death?

Glad to Be Alive. "In the case of the two first comers

there Is nothing serious to fear. They are two sublieutenants, two boys, and they have become acquainted on the way. Although' their looks are still full of astonished stupefaction, they try to laugh, happy at having fought well and at being alive, even merely alive, although a thigh has been broken and • lung pierced. One of them has his helmet tightly pressed on his breast.

" 'No, don't take it away; don't take It away,' he pleads. 1 shall take it to bed with me; it is my friend, my savior,' and he points to an enormous slash in the blue steel. 'To think that I came off so easy! With only a damaged leg.'

"The other smiles gently as he breathes heavily. He Is blond, with a light down on his cheeks and bis eyes are blue, and his whole appearance boyish.

" 'Lieutenant,' says the attendant who is emptying his pockets, 'you have a Military card and letters which are not in your name.'

"The young man raises his eye-brows. " 'Oh, yes, 1 remember,' he says sud-

.-^dinlyv-^had placed me against the bank; I was nearly frozen and my teeth were chattering. In the neighborhood a company was about to start to the attack. Then one of the soldiers, an old fellow with a big mustache and kindly eyes, leaned over me and said, "You are eold, poor boy." He took oft his coat and threw it over me, and then I saw him running in his shirtsleeves to catch up with the others.'

'"Here is a photograph of his wife and children,' -said the attendant, 'and also hit purse.'

"It was a worn leather purse, with a gold piece, a few cents, and three cigarettes in it, the entire fortune of the poilu.

" 'What a good fellow,' sighs the little lieutenant. 1 don't know him ami it would not be easy to find him now; it will be.a case for the special bureau.'

> r "'A major and a captain,' announces ' an ambulance driver.

The^Dying Major. "The major's gray head shakes with

the movement of the carriers. His eyelids are like dark cavities in a face frightfully discolored. His purple lips continuously murmur words in a spasmodic and touching way: 'Quick—Telephone—They are holding—More munitions—Ah.the fine boys!—They have got there—Fine!'

"Someone raises the covering, and from the neck- to the feet the great body of the major is revealed wound up in reddened bandages, like a mummy in rusted strips. At the first relief post they âd not spared their pains, in dressing his wounds.

" 'Are you suffering, major?' he is • asked.

> "His eyelids slowly uncover the already dimmed pupils. His distant look turns to the fresh face of the attendant and to the white cap of the nurse, and then, with a peculiar accent of gentleness and exhaustion, he says:

my boy; no. my little girt.' "His eyelids drop suddenly, closed

• forever. 'l¥P; ""Madame/an attendant says to tbe

chief nurse, 'please tell the captain that lie is not reasonable. He wants to get into bed by himself, and he has a fragment of shell to his side.'

"The captain is a young officer of chasseurs, slender, vigorous, with hlB cap on his ear. Seated on the stretcher* ho Is efforts to rise, and a little grimace twists his mouth. " 'Madame/ he says,. 'I -present my

eompllments. I don't want to be carried i am not. a little girl. What would my chasseurs *ay? Ah, madame, tke flne boys, the fine boys! If you |»dv seen them climb out of the trendies to attack the flood of Ger-

andthey fell; I saw them fall;

CALLS SELF'AN ETHER SOUSE' »norH Tells Judge In California Wl»y H* Stole Drug From ' :

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Los Angelep.—How and why he In-,.r vaded tbe county hospital, stole a can tfljgt etitor, a package of iodoform and "nil fit.:'IWMW98• told 'by H,. L'. Mc-PKBrSrSSi?''coiirt, was de-

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my sergeants, my lieutenants, my orderly—and he was such a good boy; but the others kept on running forward. It was magnificent. And then this wretched piece of shell caught me in the ribs, and how those boys looked after me. They carried me in an overcoat, and when a shell exploded they lay down on me, they actually covered me with their bodies. And to think that I left them out there all alone, my chasseurs, my boys!'

" 'My boys," sounded strange from so young an officer.

" 'Yes, madame, 1 promise you 1 am going to be calm. I have now plenty of time. What, help me to undress? Ah, no, thanks; not that.'

" 'Well,' said the nurse with a sigh, 'that means 104'degrees of fever this evening.'

"Gradually the beds are filled. Each little room has its share of suffering— of silent suffering. The seriously wounded do not complain much.

"The chief surgeon and his assistants come along. He has just left the operating room; bis linen coat is stained with blood and he holds his hands, covered with rubber gloves, high in the air. Under his white cap his face, crossed by a thin mustache, appears thin and hollow, with the strained, sharp expression evoked by a day of work at high pressure.

"He stops before each bed, consults the chart, makes a brief examination and pronounces a few brief words No time to lose, for there will be operations all night long.

The Battle With Death. " 'Send this one to the operating

room at once. Yes, captain; it will be a quick affair. Send that one next. Give him 500 centilitres of serum in the meantime. Give that other one camphorated oil, maximum dose.'

"It is the bitter, determined struggle against death, which is eagerly on the Watch.

"There is a more lengthy delay at the bed of a lieutenant who has just been brought in. His stiff hair is curly and his face is like a sculpture in clear bronze. His eyes are of a bright, clear color and they look sharply at tbe faces that bend over him.

"'All right!' says tbe surgeon at last, in a gentle voice. His eyes wandered to the bed table and he observed an open letter In a graceful feminine handwriting, on which the three wordaf 'I love you!' stand out sharply. i<fie covered up the wounded officer and tucked in the covering around

m quite tenderly. *We shall not touch you tonight,'

he adds. 'You are not suffering too much? Good, you will have a sedative. Rest well and good-night.'

"As the surgeon leaves the room he makes a gesture across his abdomen from one side to the other and whispers: 'He is lost; cut right across. He has no pulse and he will not live till morning. And what a magnificent boy; such courage and such a brave look. It's dreadful to feel that one can do nothing.'

" 'Madame, the lieutenant with the

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curly hair wishes t« speak to you, says an attendant. The nurse returns to the room on the tips of her toes.

" 'Madame,' the lieutenant says calmly, 'I ttsk for you because 1 am lost.'

The Great Sacrifice. " 'You lost! Why talk ouch foolish

ness?' " 'Thanks, madame, .but it is useless

to deceive me. I am lost; I feel it, and I know it. Oh, I am not complaining; so many of my comrades are gone. It was my turn; that's all. Besides, I have tbe immense joy of knowing that I die tor something. They will not get to Verdun and they are wearing out. Only (apd he turns to the darkening window), only I would have liked to see the sun again. Madame, 1 have some letters, here and a photograph. Will you do me the favor to burn them?'

"The bronzed hand reaches out and seizes the papers on the table and presses them over his breast, which rises in a sigh. For a brief moment his fingers tremble and his' mouth contracts. Then he holds out the papers.

" 'Take them. Thanks.' "He is silent. His sacrifice has

been consummated. Tears fall from the nurse's feyes on her white bodice and on the love letters, which she presses tight.

" 'My mother,' begins the lieutenant again.

" 'Do you wish to dictate a letter for her?'

"There is a pause. 'No; I am not strong enough. You will tell her. You will know best bow to tell her."

"His eyes close, and then all at once they open again.

"My notebook. All my war life is inscribed in it, day by day. 1 have entered the date of my wound. When all is over, will you please add the day and the hour.'

"The nurse nods her head affirmatively.

"'Thanks once more, madame; you are kind. You must not cry. Go back to the others, who need you more. Good-night, madame.'

"The courage which has not as sr. _ Jus tbe fever and intoxication of battle, the call of duty or the example of a superior, courage naked and sublime, is tbe courage on the hospital bed.

Reminiscences of the Day. "The wounded continued to arrive.

There are hardly any beds unoccupied. Some young officers who can be moved—broken arms, bullet in the shoulder and general wounds—will be sent to the rear in the evening. They are seated around a fire in their muddy uniforms, which are torn and Stained with blood, and they chat in low tones, for there are three comrades in bed near tbem. They are talking of the recent fighting and their movements are feverish and their eyes shine.

" 'How funny you looked, old man,' says one to another, 'as you ran forward, with your hair In the wind and a bagful of grenades on your stomach like an opossum.'

" 'Did you see Lieutenant X ? After the first attack he waved his yellow gloves and said in that mincing voice of his: "Is not this shelling ridiculous? Those poor Boc.hes have no sense of art"'

" 'All the same, with his gloves and his funny voice, X is more reckless than all of us together.'

" 'Oh, for reckless bravery—' "Another stretcher shakes the

stairs. At the top there is a pause. Then a gentle voice is heard:

" 'Madame, it would be awfully good of you if you could find a little eau de cologne for me. A few drops would do. 1 am really ashamed to be brought into your presence in such a dreadfully unclean condition.'

"The tones are soft and clear and just a trifle affected

No Sympathy Desired. "The three officers rise and dash

forward. "'Why, it is X !' " 'Here I am,' he replied. 'A little

late, but I was occupied.' " Where are you wounded?' "The young man, very pale, lifts the

covering and raises with an effort the stump of an arm.

" 'You have lost an arm? Already amputated!'

" 'Yes, it was a very ugly bruised mess and disgusted me, so we had it off.'

'Poor old chap!' " 'Nonsense. With a nice little arti

ficial hand with a glove over it, no. one will tell the difference. Besides, it's cleaner for some purposes. You fellows used to make fun of my gloves. I was just-practicing.'

" *X , you are wonderful. And how were things going when you loft the front?'

" 'Fine, marvelously. The Boches were falling like tenpins. And not an inch did they gain, my boy, not a single Inch.'"

COCONUT IS SENT BY MAIL

T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary of the National Association of Audubon Societies, with headquarters In New York, has put bird protection in America on a practical basis. Appointed financial agent for the association upon its. formation seven years ago, be raised funds for carrying oh the work effectively and has since been instrumental in placing bird-protecting laws on the statute books of a majority of the states, besides organizing bird-study classes among tbe school children of the country.

McCaslin described himself as "an ether souse" and pleaded guilty to the larceny charge. According to his story, bis Indulgence in the soporific dates back two years. He said:

"One night I started to ride to work at Bakerfleld on a motorcycle and on the way was struck by a car. They took me to a hospital to operate on my leg, and for the first time ln my life I smelled ether. I thought It was tjie flnest experience I ever had. Since then I have persuaded eJx more doctors to opf rats oa me. Then I found

Address Burned on Oval Sent From Hawaii—Stamps Affixed te

Outer Covering.

Huntington Park, Cal.—The queerest piece of mall matter in local post-office history arrived recently addressed to Dr. Sigmund Frey, head of the Jewish Orphans' home. A coconut from Hawaii was delivered to him. The nut was still within its original fibrous covering and the address had been burned , into tbe smooth outer surface with a burning needle. Sixty cents' worth of stamps were necessary for postage, stuck on the nut Itself.'

I could buy tbe drug. "Lately I have been living In Po

mona. On orange day I Wrought some of the fruit from Pomona to the county hospital, where I met some bf the boys who were there when I was a patient. I got a chance to get a big can and some thinge for my leg. Then 1 was arrested."

Judge White sentenced McCaslin to 90 days in Jail. • .

1§»T Every d*y the Rlver Thames scoops

l^QO tons of earth /tram.its bank*.

HOVEL IE ESCAPE Modified Parachute Is Latest

Safety Device.

mum LIGHT New Yorker's Invention of Great

'importance.

intended for Use of Those Residing In Top Stories of (Hotels or Other *

High Buildings—Can Be Carried in Valise.

Like the man who goes down to the sea, the fellow who contemplates spending the nigh, in the upper stories of a skyscraper hotel takes his life preserver with him, aB does also the man who is booked for a trip aloft in an aeroplane. Such a life saving apparatus has been recently patented, consisting of a modification of the parachute adopted for the purpose.

The principal feature , of the apparatus is a bag having a spring catch at the apex and the means of securing one's self to it by a strap to be passed around the waist. ' The bottom of the bag Is supplied with a spiral spring secured around its marginal edge, so that when the opportunity is offered the bag is automatically spread out and carries its burden gently to the ground. It folds so compactly that it may be carried in a bundle outside of one's traveling bag, where it will always be ready for service, and when the occasion arises it is simply necessary to secure the spring catch to some overhead object to assist in its expansion at the proper

Sink Gently to the Ground.

time, and after passing the strap around the waist the fire-imprisoned person jumps from the window and is carried nicely to tbe ground.

Activities of Women. Nearly 100 women are now working

as hostlers in the British horse depots. Women will have 91 electoral votes

at the coming presidential election. Mrs. James A. Orne, captain of the

schooner Hazel Dell, is known as the original sea suffragist.

Miss Marion Mitchell of Philadelphia has been chosen as one of the prettiest girls at Wellesiey college.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, head of the National Association of American Woman Suffrage, was once a newspaper woman, having received ber training in San Francisco.

Representatives of the most important woman's colleges in the United States have formed an interscholastic council, the object of which is to promote athletics among the female students of the various colleges.

Held for Libeling Washington. George Washington may be regard

ed as the Father of all Americans, a Tacoma (Wash.) judge ruled recently when he said that the information against Paul R. Haffer might stand and that the case should go to trial. Haffer is charged by Col. A. E. Joab with having libeled George Washington when he wrote a inter to a newspaper in which he said that the first president was an exploiter of slaves and used profanity and liquor. Joab forced the case through patriotic motives, he said.

Haffer's attorney contended that it was no more libelous to call Washington a tippler than it was for persons to speak harshly to Adam for the indiscretion he and Eve committed in the Garden of Eden.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. '

Uncle Joe's Cigar Secret. "Here's a secret that it took me

years to learn," said Uncle Joe Cannon, who, as nearly everyone knows, is an Inveterate smoker. "If you want to get the most out of a cigar light the ' 'wrong end.' Any man who smokes cigars to any great extent will tell you that he getB more real enjoyment out of the last inch of his cigar. Now, my plan Is to light the last half first and get to the best part of the smoke as soon as you can. Of course, you have to snip off the end that is supposed to go in your mouth before you can light the cigar, but if you try my plan you won't ever go back to the old-fashioned way unless I'm badly mistaken."

Wise Mo. "Why," asked a Missouri paper,

"does Missouri stand at the bead in raising mules?"

"Because," says another paper, "that Is the only safe place to stand."— Christian Register.

At the Dinner. "So Mr. Smlfklns decided not to

start on his ocean trip yet" "He didn't start, but just look at

him! He might as well have, for he'B half seas over already."

A Note of Apprehension. "Do you think your boy Josh will

be satisfied to stay on the farm?" "Mebbe it'll be just as well if he

Isn't," commented Farmer Corntossel. "The way he wants to run the place. If he la satisfied nobody qlse can be halfway comfortable."

Modern Improvements, t v , "As this is a model prison, I sup

pose you separate your Intellectual prisoners from tbe common herd?"

"Certainly, madam; we put them,.is tbe brain cells "4

By Means of Glass Prisms Rsys Are Scattered in Every Direction—Be

lieved to Solve Problem Long Puzzle to Scientists.

A patent has Just been issued to Peter Cooper Hewitt of New York for h globe for electric lights, which is an application of mathemailfcally exact calculations of the reflecting and refracting powers of glass prisms.

The new globe is cf spherical glass, with its outer surface fo.med into ap-

Diagram cf the New Cooper Hewitt Globe.

proximately paral'el prismatic ridges, !he outer angles of these being of 32 degrees and 34 minutes lor glass having an index of refraction at one and fifty-two one-hundredths In such prisms ail rays falling iiiion their inner surface from the interior of the globe will be reflected inwardly at least once and none more than twice before they are emitted.

In Mr. Hewitt's patent the source of light is placed below the center of the globe, to which lines Meeting the outer angles of the prisma would converge.

The effect of this double reflection and refraction is to scniter the rays of light in every direction. The scattering is shown in the accompanying diagram, in which two sources of light, 13 and 14. are indicated, and the course of the rays from each (13a, 13b, and 14a, 14b respectively) can be followed by the dotted and broken lines.

Grade of Commodore. The reasons for the abolition of the

grade of commodore in the navy are also good reasons why this rank should not be revived, as is proposed in the new naval personnel bill. Commodores are flag officers, who may command a flotilla, a division or even a whole squadron. Admiral Dewey was a commodore. In îo foreign navy, however, is there a grade intermediate between that of captain and rear admiral; so when an American squadron happened to be in company with a foreign squadron or even smaller fleet division, whether in home waters or abroad, the commander of the latter force, being a rear admiral, would outrank the American commander, though the latter might be many years his senior in years and experience and his superior in ability. To equalize conditions we abolished all flag officers below the grade of rear admiral; and in order to keep them equal we should abstain from restoring the abandoned grade.— Philadelphia Record.

"Burglar" in the House. While the Noblesville council was

In session the other night Floyd Christian, city attorney, was called to the telephone.

"Hurry up to your office; get your gun and then run home" said Mrs. Christian rather impatiently. "There is a man in the house. I heard him upstairs." . Christian rushed back into the council chamber and directed Chief of Police Hill and two officers to go to bis home.

"If there is a man in the house, I would rather for you to make the trip," he whispered to Hill.

The three officers ran all the way to the Christian home and made a thorough investigation. They arrived at the conclusion that the disturbance had been caused by an upstairs window being, hoisted. A draft, came through the opening and blew one of the doors shut, the noise being heard in all parts of the house.—Indianapolis News.

Woman Invents Clever Mail Box. Mrs. F. L. Mathews of Gadsden,

Ala., has; invented a mail receiving' apparatus adapted to the railway mail service. It is so constructed that when a pouch of mail is thrown from a mail car while under way the pouch falls into an iron box, which is locked automatically. An invention along this line is now being tried out in Illinois, but is designed to take care of a large quantity of mail. A second track ia constructed along the railroad for a few yards and when the mail car passqs it picks up and carries along for a short distance a small car onto which mail is automatically thrown by machinery, while at the same time mall outgoing is gathered up from the car.

Poor Dog I .When a New York husband and

wife separated tbey agreed that, In the division of their belongings, he was to have the pet dog, but the wife refused to surrender the pup, so the husband has begun suit for $5,000 damages. This Is a case in which reconciliation is the only solution. It would be cruel to separate either husband or wife from the dog.—Washing ton Herald.

China Industry Revived. Ever since the year. 1396 all the fine

porcelain used in China's royal pal< aces has come from the King Teb Cheng factory. The factory was part Jy destroyed, and- many of Its choice designs were divided among certain leading revolutionists. Recently, the ancieht factory has deceived a grant of $20,000 and will again pco* diicfe the; rare and beautiful porcelaia ior which It: la noted. ., ^

Throughout the various departments of the Birmingham (Ala.) industrial high school a practical spirit is constantly Been. In the sewing room girls are taught to sew all of the ordinary thin things which must be used in every home. The costumes for our annual musicales are always made here, and no girl can graduate until she makes har entire outfit the dresses of wbich must come within the limit of tl. That this can be done and the resuit 'Je pleasing alike to eye and purse you can easily Judge by looking at the dresses of the girls who sit upon this platform. Our emergency room is an instance of all working together. Several pieces of furniture, including one of the beds, was made in the carpentry department. The sewing room furnished the quilts, the art department made the placards over the door and "the Mothers' Im-provemeut association furnished tho medicines to go into our school-made chest.

Our superintendent once made the remark that our school was the least expensive one to the city in the system. Instead of having eomeone do things for us, the only expense incurred is for materials, as we do the work ourselves. The only outsider who has done any work at our school for over three years was a plumber, and if our city did not have such funny plumbing rules our boys would have done that work.

When books fall to pieces, as these cheaply bound editions are sure to do, the bookbinding department resews and binds them, thereby often making them more durable than at first. These are then put into bookcases made by the boys, for our office contains but one piece of bought furniture, and that is the principal's desk. Not satisfied with furniture making, this year our boys went a step further and built a sanitary drinking fountain so that the health of all the children can now be safeguarded by drinking from a bubbling stream.

In our cooking department girls are taught to practice economy in the most-needed place of all—the kitchen. The dining room contains an extension table, buffet and chairs, all of school manufacture. The art department stenciled the curtains which hang at the windows. Our room lunch is offering a most excellent opportunity for a development of business thrift. Ten girls of the senior class were choBen last March to work in pairs and serve one day in each week. They were given the same amount of money as a beginning and told to plan their own means and keep their own accounts. At tbe close of the semester the results were as follows: Team 1 has made $6.15; team 2, $6.08; team 3, $9,30; team 4, $7.61; team 5, $7.72. During the term two baseball teams have been entertained at our building. The emergency room was turned into a dormitory and meals were cooked and served at the dining room to the complete satisfaction of all concerned.

Danger to four hundred American Mormon colonists at Colonia Dublan was removed by the arrival of a portion of Colonel Dodd's cavalry column there. Dublan is south of Casas Grandee. The Tenth cavalry, Negroes, reported to have been the first to enter Mexico, south of Hachita, early Thursday, composed the Dublan relief party.

The march of Colonel Dodd's forces from Hachita to Casas Grandes, a dis-

Racial feeling emphasized by color persists in spite of broader and more humanizing influences. Gradually, however, the line of demarcation is being expunged and the fellowship of intellect aud spirit is being recognized as supreme.

A notable instance occurred the other day in the New York conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. It followed a discussion as to whether a Negro clergyman should be considered eligible for election to the bishopric. Many white members of the conference took part in the debate, and it was evident from their speeches that sympathies were widening and prejudices yielding ground. Then Rev. W. H. Brooks, a Negro pastor, closed the discussion in a plea of remarkable eloquence. The vote was taken. It stood 123 to 15 in favor of wiping out the color line.

The colored MethodiBts have their own denominational bodies, in which all ecclesiastical offices are filled by them. The policy hitherto has been to encourage this religious segregation, but the New York conference leads the way in a demonstration that

tance of slightly over one hundred miles, iB said by General Funston to be one of the finest marching records held in American army history.

Funston stated that smaller bodies of picked men had made marches of 70 miles in 24 hours, but that for a large force to maintain an average speed of 50 miles a day in rough, deB-ert country is most remarkable.

Led by Mormons who had left their families in Dublan, Dodd's horsemen were in the saddle almost continuously for GO hours. Spurred on by reports that the colonists were in danger of massacre by Villistas, the troopers covered 100 miles of the most difficult desert country in Chihuahua on forced marches that will go down In the annals of army history. The column took advantage of the knowledge of the Mormon scouts, who knew every water hole, trail and road along the route.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, with headquarters in New York, has addressed to the senate and house committees on military affairs an urgent plea that in the formation of additional regiments for the army under tbe pending army bills two new regiments of infantry and two regiments of artillery be recruited from the colored men of the country. Under existing law there are two colored cavalry regiments and two of Infantry.

The president of the association i» Moorfleld Storey of Boston and the treasurer is Oswald Garrison Villard of New York. Among the vice presidents is Archibald H. Grimke of New York.

In its letter to the committees the association points out that the adjutant general of the army has stated be doubted if 175,000 regulars could be recruited in the United States.

"There is no difficulty in recruiting colored regiments," says the letter. It discusses tbe fine record made by tbe colored soldiers of the army since the days of the Civil war, and states'that there have been fewer desertions from the colored regiments than from the white. Tbe colored soldiers are much better fitted for service in the tropica than the white, tbe recordl have proved, the letter asserts. In conclusion, it says:

"When ten regiments and several units of artillery were added to the army in 1901, the colored citizens of America were deeply offended that Secretary Root failed to recommend the establishment of any colored regiment.

"Now that tbe question^ ls' belbre congress again, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People urges that the right of these 10,000,000 citizens to participate to the full in every phase of our national life be recognized by designating two of the artillery regiments and two of infantry, of those about to be created by congress, as open for enlistment to colored Americans.

"If hyphenated citizenship is a weakness of the body politic, why insist that ten million men and women must, remain Afro-Americans unto the fourth/ and fifth generations?"

To lessen the amount of metal used in fire escapes a Hungarian living in Canada has patented one the chief feature of which is a basket to be lowered by ropes from a bracket fastened to a window frame.

the Christian spirit outlives race1

prejudice.

In speaking on "Patriotism, the Highest Civic Virtue," at the annual observance of "patriotic night" by Bethel Literary and Historical association at the Metropolitan A. M. E. church, Washington, Senator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota lauded the colored race, saying that "none had been more faithful nor more loyal to the flag than those of the colored race in the remarkable rise of the United States in the galaxy of nations of the world through the universal spirit of patriotism among her faithful sons and daughters." Other speakers were Representative Martin B., Madden, Mrs. Isabelle Worrell Ball, Mrs. Mary Vannes Fauth, patriotic instructor of the department; Lieut. Arthur C. Newman, D. C. N. G.; Mrs. Julia West Hamilton, Rt. Rev. L. J. Choppin, bish-on of the diocese; Rev. C. H. Stepteau and M. A. D. Madre, president of,the organization.

Burma has 4,730,810 oxen, 178,690 goats and 1,080,982 buffaloes.

Interest in the Booker T. Washington memorial is Increasing, says the Indianapolis News. The colored people here were asked to take some share in providing the $2,000,000 endowment needed for the maintenance and development of Tuskegee Institute. A vigorous campaign was waged under the direction of Thomas E. Taylor.

The city of Jacksonville, 111., was named for a prominent colored preacher, and is perhaps the largest community in the country named for a Negro.

The meat of the possum and the hardshell crab may be improved by keeping them in captivity for a sufficient period, in which their feeding Is under restriction, which precludes the natural dietary carelessness of the species.

Processes have been perfected whereby mattings, binder-twine nn<\ other coarse textiles are being made of the leaf fiber of the scrub palmetto and icabbage palm, which grow profusely in several of tits Southern states. ; , •

In a modern battle 100,000 men may be killed and wounded, but the tubercle bacillus slaughters 147,600 of our citizens yearly, and 1,500,000 remain Infected; the greater number of which will die of tuberculosis.

A church, said to be Che smallest In America, was recently dedicated In Manchester, N. H. The main auditorium Is 18 by 28 feet, with seats for dbout 70 persons. In a tiny gallery are seats for 28. There is also a vestry and a basement

So many thousands of new hands have poured into Sheffield, England, Blnce the outbreak of war started a boom in the munition and steel fac- . torles there, that the housing problem •*'». has become acute, some cases existing ; -where a two-family h6use is occupied : by four families, each of which take& V • In lodgers. '• / ' .

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