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.. NO O‘OLOR LINE IN ENGLAND.
The Britisher Is Utterly Without the' Pre-
judice We Feel Toward the Negro. '
Julian Ralph writing from London
to the New York Journal says: The
other day I saw a splendid type of a
Georgia darkey seated in the stalls of
a Georgia theatre, among the white-
shirt-bosomed men of quality and
the jewel-bedizened queens of society.
He began to scrape an acquaintance
with the man and woman next to him,
and they, nothing loth, entered into
conversation with the him and evi-
dently enjoyed it. Every now and then
I see other American colored men
lounging about the more stylish West
End, sometimes drinking with repu--
table looking white men ,‘or, walking
with them, and once or tWice I have .
seen darky dandies cutting a wide
swath on Piccadilly with beautiful and
well-dressed white women.
Some years ago, when I was over
here before, I wrote of my experience
at a quiet hotel in Livgrpool, where
a colored missionary, bound for Li-
beria, made it a practice to eat at the
hotel table with the other visitors. The
horror of a Kentucky colonel who
found himself at the table with a col-
ored man, and the growth of that hor-
ror into intense anger, expressed in
muflled profanity, was serious enough,
yet it was as nothing beside the dis-
gust and contempt that the beautiful
waitress of the house. felt for the colo-
nel—and plainly showed as well.
She was one of those waitresses
whose picture remains indelibly pho-
tographcd upon the mind of every man
‘ of taste who ever visits England—a
neat, white—capped, white-aproncd,
rosy-checked, shapely girl, buxom in
every outline, quiet as an easy con-
science, skilled and anxious to please
by good service. She was engaged to
marry that colored missionary and she
could not understand or endure the
conduct of the colonel.
“Not sit at the table with a colored
man!” she exclaimed. “Why! I
thought America was the land where
all men are equal and color and class
are not thought of. How can it be that
in the land of equality and liberty a
man can he hated and despised for the
color he gets from God?”
There are tens of thousands of Eng-
lish women of all classes who look at
this matter in the same way. Here is,
indeed, the land of equality—for every-
body except the English themselves——
and here the Ambassador from Zulu-
land and the Maharajah of Mysore
move in the society of the best of those
who are swallow-tailed and decollete ‘
at sundown every day.
This being the case, I ofier the sug-
gestion that here in England is a ha-
ven for the oppressed and unhappy
Afro-American.
Here is a population containing more
women than men—a million women
who now consider the black man as
a brother and, in most cases, would
not be averse to him as a husband.
Here is a free country where the negro
could vote, could live on perfect equal-
ity with his fellow men and could ex-
pand and develop up to his uttermost
ability. Perhaps if our whole eight
millions of colored folk came here at
once the efiect might be to startle the
British and arouse a new-born preju-
dice, but, fancying the migration to be
gradual, I can offer England to the pa-
tient Afro-American as already quite
up to the perfection that he asks of
the United States—for it is a country
containing very few Irish, no Chinese
and no need for a fifteenth amend-
ment.
“IT RAINED DOGS.”
' those “7110 Played adoke Upon the hIayor
“'ill Hardly Repeat It.
“Once in my experience,” said the
Montana man in a musing tone, “I
zan remember when it actually rained
logs. The shower did not last more
than five minutes, but they came very
lively while they were coming. The
way it came about was this:
“We thought we could play a joke
on the Mayor of the town in which I
lived. When I say we, I mean the
Board of Councilmen. The Mayor
had been heard to say that he wanted
a dog, and along this line we worked
our joke. We resolved ourselves into
a committee of the whole to hunt
down all the dogs in the town. There
were a good many dogs in this town,
a good many that seemed to be ‘their
own dogs,’ so we collected all Of them
together, and placed them in the May-
or’s room one night. He was a bach-
elor, and had chambers over the first
floor of the house which was known
as the Town Hall. The president of
the board and myself had collected
the dogs, and while the other Council-
men took the Mayor to help them
decorate the town a bright vermillion
hue we slipped the animals into his
room. We then joined the rest of the
Council. With due respect we all saw
the Mayor to his home at about 2:30
the next, morning. The Mayor was
able to walk alone, if it was so late in
the morning; so, letting him go by
himself up the steps to his rooms, we
stood under the windows to watch
what would happen next.
“Soon we heard a struggling sound,
then a door banged to. A light
showed in the windows. The win-
dows were thrown up with a crash.
Amid a chorus of wild yelps and
muttered curses the shower of dogs
began. ’ ,-
‘fLook out!” shouted the president
of the board, who was the first to get
control over his laughter as the
shower commenced slackening, ‘he
will begin to shoot!’
“The warning came none too soon,
\nor scarcely soon enough. I thought
the next day, as I examined the bul-
let hole in my hat. There was a glit-
ter of bright steel in the window
above, and. then that Gatling gun
sound which 3 Montana mar
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can make a piste! produce.”
‘ sands of them.
’reaches the gay capital.
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A MUSICAL STUDENT IN PARIS.
The Trials Are Many Which American
" GirlsUndeI-go.
The colony of musical pupils in Pa-
ris is very large, and as a 'rule very
unhappy. There seems to be thou-
One cannot imagine
Where they come from. Most of them
must be from the country or smaller
cities. They do not know the world,
and have exaggerated ideas of their
talents. They are fleeced unmerci-
fully. A typical history of one of
these girls is something like this:
She has been told in the village
where she is brought up that she has
a wonderful voice. Friends have.
united their slender means to raise
money for a course of lessons in Pa-
ris. Her parents consent, and the
poor girl sails away. The process of
disillusioning begins as soon as she
In one case
a girl went to a teacher to discuss
terms. He went into contortions be-
fore she had sung five notes, and ex-
claimed: ‘My dear girl, if you 'had
waited five minutes longer that beau-
tiful voice would have been ruined!
You must have a lesson at once—now,
before it is too late.’
“He taught her for five minutes, and
charged her twenty-five francs. Young
lady pupils cannot get honest criti-
cism. The teachers flatter them to
their faces, take their money and
laugh behind their backs. Frenchmen
are too polite to tell them the truth.
They don‘t understand American wo-
men.
“ ‘Why,’ they exclaim, ‘tliese Amer-
ican women actually believe what
men say to them. A French woman
never does that.’
“This typical young woman we are
speaking of has an allowance of about
$150 a month—some have less, some
more. The music teacher charges $70
a month; accompaniment, $10; teacher
of acting, $12; teachers of diction
(French and Italian) $6 each. That’s
$110, leaving only $40 for room rent,
food,‘washing and clothing, to say
nothing of threat specialists and other
' medical attendance.
“Most of them, however, are very
brave and very persevering. They be-
gin to economize where they can least
afford—in their living expenses. They
get sick, have tonsilitis, bronchitis,
but yet, with a dogged persistence,
try to practice every day.
“ ‘You mustn’t try to use your voice
while it is in that condition,’ I said to
one of them. ‘
“‘Oh! I.must,’ she replied, ‘I was
going to be able to sing in grand Op-
era in two years, and it is over a year
now. There’s all that debt piling up
at home! How can I ever pay it if I
fail here?’
“Spartan fortitude is nothing to the
‘spunk’ of a beautiful girl whom a
physician had found actually dying
from starvation. He was just in time
to save her. She was not a failure.
Reports of her talent and graces had
reached England, and a manager came
to Paris to see her. She was too weak
to sing for him, and he returned with-
out her- Did she give up? No, in-
deed. She vowed she would succeed
or die. ‘I am too proud to go home,’
she said; ‘I may live here and starve,
but I'll make a name or die.’
The average girl goes to Paris for
the accent, and she never gets it. The
only American who can sing in
French is Sibyl Sanderson. Most of
those who attempt it have no idea
how badly they do. and as the audi-
» encc oftcncr does not know the differ-
ence it passes. Very many people go
abroad to ‘imbibe.’ art, and end by im-
bibing almost everything else. Eu-
rope is a beautiful place for a girl
who is already well educated to visit.
It broadens her views, and if she is
accompanied by her parents or a
chapel-on, and Well supplied with
means, she will get on very well. But
poor girls had better study at home,
and when they have an educated
voice, experience and money, take a
Paris course.”_
A Blind Bargainer.
Shoppers in one of the big Chicago
stores last bargain day curiously
watched the movements of a blind wo-
man at the dress goods counter. She
was about 30 yeags old, her face show-
.ing great intelligence and refinement.
She was richly dressed for the street
and a girl about 20 years old accom-
panied her.
The blind woman examined the fab-
rics placed before her by passing them
through her hands. She depended up-
on her own sense of touch, apparently,
for she seldom spoke to her companion
and then only in answer to questions.
She appeared to be quite critical, and
before she made her selection the
counter was piled high with patterns
of all kinds.
After she had examined a large num-
ber of pieces, she took up one of the
first that had been shown her and de-
cided to buy it.
When the clerk had measured it she
verified the length herself by meas-
uring it with her outstretched arms.
Seemingly satisfied that the piece con-
tained as much as she had bargained
for, she took a transfer ticket and went
to the counter where trimmings are
sold. There she selected the material
with which tofinish her dress, exam-
ining the laces and other delicate fab-
rics most critically.
After the blind woman had left the 4
store the floor manager said her shop-
ping was not an unusual thing. She"
was but one of the many blind cus-
tomers who came into the store reg-
ularly. This woman, he said, was not
only able to make the nicest discrimi-
nation in the matter of‘trimmings, but
so delicate was her touch she could of-
ten distinguish colors. He added,
however, that she never depended en-
tirely upon her touch in matching
shades, but verified her selections
with the eyes of the clerk and her
companion—Chicago Tribune.
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‘ usually begins when
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out— at’s the first
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Then the stomach
and nutritive organs
fail to supply good
blood. The Circula-
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and tainted. Instead of carryingnourishmeni
to the difi'erent parts of the body It carries
poison, which settles at some point and eats
away the tissues. According to where it set-
tles it is called liver or kidney or skin dis-
ease—scrofula, erysipelas, eczema, or .c0n-
aumption if it settles on the lungs. It 15 all
one trouble: tainted blood; clear out this
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WILLIAM A. Cunris, Cashier:
DIRECTORS :
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A CHAINLESS WHEEL. ,
EXPERTBV BELIEVE IT WILL BE THE
WHEEL OF THE FUTURE.
Arguments in Favor of the New-{angled
Gear Show that it in Superior in Many
Ways to the Chain and Sprocket—Man-
ufactured in France Principally.
Experiments with the chainless bi-
cycie have been in progress for the
past twelve months in this country,
with the result that a machine of this
kind. is now manufactured in France,
and several firms in this country have
expressed their intention of placing
wheels similar in constrn 'tion on the
American market next spring. The in
troduccion of chainless bicycles in this
country occurred several years ago,
but their sale was limited, due to the
manufacturers’ lack of financial back-
ing and the failure of the makers to
produce a durable, asy-running ma-
chine of this nature. These difficul-
ties; it is now claimed, have been
ovcrmome, and one of the leading
manrfacturers of this country, who
proposes to make chainless bicycles
next year, claims to have tried one for
18.000 miles, and that for all-around
riding it has stood the test wonder-
fully. ‘
A CHAINLESS SAFETY BICYCLE.
Riders who watch the progress of
bicycle construction are greatly inter-
ested in the proposed change in gears,
and considerably curiosity is felt as to
the demand that will be made for
these chainless Wheels. When the
safety wheel was first introduced rid-
ers claimed that it was merely a pass
ing fancy, and that it could not sup-
plant the old high bicycle. The chain»
less bicycle will likely be received
with the same spirit, and, like the
first safety, it will, with continued im-
provement, likely force the chain gear
out of existence in the same manner
that the high bicycle has been retired.
Some wheei'nen are skeptical as to the
success of the chainless wheel, and the
cautious rider feels that it will be
well to use the ordinary chain gear
for next season, but at the same time
to keep an observant eye upon the
new-fangled arrangement and its suc-
cess. ‘
3
INTERIOR VIEW AMEAICAN IDEA.
Riders of experience realize thatthe
chain gear at times causes an endless
amount of annoyance from stretching,
rusting and adaptability to pick up
dirt. In spite of its drawbacks it is
at the present time found eminently
satisfactory because it is the best
thing on the market today. Outside of
all the new devices patented for gear
attachments, the bevel gear is likely
to give the best satisfaction. This
picture of the, safety bicycle presents
the safety chainless wheel with the
bevel gear. This picture presents a
neat appearance. as the ordinary
chain is disposed of. In point of
weight it is said that the bevel gear
will not be any heavier than the ordi-
nary chain gear. A point that will
make the bevel gear popular is the
claim to cleanliness. The gears, front
and rear, are entirely enclosed, and
at the same time can be kept con—
stantly immersed in Oil, insuring per-
fect lubrication. Examinaticg of the
wheel and gearing shows that it is
simple and direct. The usual crank
shaft carries, instead of the ordinary
large sprocket, a bevelled gear of
suitable size, meshing with which is
a. smaller gear, the shaft of which
passes either through or over the right
rear fork. The rear end of this shaft
carries another small gear which
meshes into a corresponding gear on
the rear hub instead of the usual
rear sprocket. At each end this shaft
is carried on ball bearings, which are
arranged in such a way that wear can
be taken up without affecting the
meshing of the gears. The bearings
for the hub and crank are of the usual
form.
Well-Digger Shirey’s Nerve. .
An Aberdeen, Md, well digger named
Shirey, had a thrilling experience in
the woodland property lying north-
west of Aberdeen, belonging to the Os-
born brothers,'and saved his life only
by great nerve and presence of mind,
cleared, and
Riley’s sawmill is at work on it con-
verting the. trees into lumber for build-
ing purposes.
Shirey was employed to deepen a
well. and had placed a charge of dyna-
mite in the bottom to blast a large
rock that was in the way. After light;
sing the fuse he came out of the well
and waited a sufficient length of time,
as he thought, for the fuse to burn. He-
returned to the Well amid many pro- ’
tests from a large number of men em-
ployed at the mill. .When the bottom
was reached he found the fuse burn-
ing, and in another second the explorer.
ion would take. place. .With remark-
able courage and presence of mind he
pinched off the burning fuse with his
thumb and fingers, thus saving his
life, as in another second he would
have been blown into pieces.
Facing death under such circum-
stances was-au ordeal well calculated
to tax the nerve of any one. When
Shirey came out of .the well he was
not even pale. ‘ He treated it~ as a case
of “snuffing out a slow fuse or being
snuffed out.”--Baltimore Sun.
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