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Show 1 BLACK NEGROES RECOGNIZED AS ON ALL SIDES. Colorr tht l Clllrn Arrttrt Vultmlrt-tirt-all- MidiU'( r y Iiaii2 E CAR-ADL- OMr-rl- n lUtlinil l'rrjti-ill- f Trooj IMmlnUhrtl by Ittrriil - lu hriilluirnl. O ()w llung fiiemH to have been In tin war with Spain. That Is th i right of the i!cj?ru to Ik a soldier, to have command as well as he commandetl. (JCheiH of the African race havi lai n seat out In command of regimen i not w holly of their race. Others hav i f one to the front In command of con: panhs, the remaining companies of th jeglment being white. If Illinois U called upon fcr another regiment of vi.lut.tei rs that regiment, first of all. will he a regiment of negroes, officered by men of the same race with the rank and file. This, too, to the exclusion of proffered region nts well organized by while mm. tome members of congress, cdhers former cadets at West Ioln, and all of experience In military af fairs. No Letter Indication of the change of front of the public has been observed (ban the attitude toward the former nriaved lace. No man versed or In military matters can ot loos fall to accord to the negro his full mead of praise for his conduct under :ro and In conditions which many peo-il- e might well shrink from. The con-Tof the buffalo soldiers in the Indian wars has been such as to inpile unbounded confidence in the o as a fighter. This has all taken since the dictum was published ay general Benjamin Butler that the olored troops fought nobly. It has taken over thirty years to batter down race ircjudice to a sufficient extent to pain even a reluctant admission that (i colored man is capable of command, fadets at West Point, if of black face, as I ave been sent to Coventry dismissed plebs and kept there until from the army. Few have been graduated. Not a man of black skin has come at Annapolis. Today there are Beveral negro officers in command of regiments, battalions and companies in (the service. With the outbreak of war fi leading southern journal took the position that in the very nature of hings the negro would come to the ifront not only as a soldier but an but few in the south felt that the tthing could be possible. The negro in most of the southern states has no part on police, constabulary or other peace footing. But the first manifestation of actual war was the confinement in Atlanta of some Spanish prisoners oi war, guarded by colored troops. The whites stared, breathed hard and finally took a broader view of the situation, In 1861 the people of Baltimore stoned the Sixth Massachusetts regiment of volunteers when the command passed through the city. The vast dieffrence was shown when a regiment bearing the same designation passed through the other day on the way to Camp Alger. One of the companies was composed entirely of blacks, from Capt. Williams to the last recruit on the roster. But the people did not stone the regiment; they cheered the black boys in their blue uniforms as heartily as they did the white. In 1861 the war was sectional, today it is the nation against a foreign enemy. This makes a difference even so far as the color of the faces of the troops may be concerned. This incident, significent as it is, with the march pales in comparison of the Ninth Ohio. When this regi-piepassed through the ca"5' Gov-f-rnorBrnd- 1 .be ne-:r- Divorce Daws In Canarii. In Canada the man or woman who wants to sever the bonds of matrimony must go before the dominion parliament, when the committee on divorce in the senate takes up the case and goes over the details very thoroughly, and if, in the opinion of the committee, the testimony warrants the granting of a divorce, the report to thae effect is made and both houses concur in a bill giving the required relief. haired, round-shouldere- bow-legge- hump-backe- narrow-chiste- d, sailer-face- d, d, d, and Regan (who is deaf) d. Behivins! thots only too true, Cassidy and still min will kape on gittin married! Puck. New Record for Cyclists. Cyclists will appreciate a newly designed riding recorder consisting of a calendar with spaces beside each day for the number of trips and distance .ridden, a eerier of diski being also provided to be set at the number of miles indicated on the cyelofietef at the beginning of each trip. Sines the good old days when bleeding was the panacea for all diseases, when it was thought that tht summer could not be survived without a copious bleeding from the arm lx the spring, and when bleeding was employed even to stop bleeding, we hav swung over to the other extreme. Sotoa men drop all their medey to pick up more. try-li- ng A Wl Annwcr. It takes hut an ordinary man to re turn an angry answer to an Insult. Tin extraordinary man Is he who. undei such circumstances, holds himself sc well under control that he controls hli adversary also. Persia once possessed such a man. and was enough to make him a Judge. He wai the chief Judge of Bagdad In the reign of the Calif Hadee, and his name was Aboo Yusuph. He was a very wlsi man. for he knew his own deficiencies and was actually sometimes In doubt ai to whether he possessed sufficient wisdom to give a just decision In cases peculiarly shrouded In mystery. It is related of him that on one occasion, after a patient investigation of facts, he that he had not sufficient knowledge to pronounce on the case before him. There was In his presence a pert courtier, one of those men who tak long to learn that wisdom and Impudence are not closely related. "Pray do you expect that the calif is to pay you for your Ignorance? he asl ed. hoping to place the judge at a disadvantage I do not," was the mild reply. Th calif pays me and pays me well for what I do know. Were he to attempt to pay me for what I do noi know, the treasures of his empire would not clear-sighte- d pretty copious nosebleed or a rather obstinate trickling from a cut fingei often causes great alarm when it ougli' to be welcomed as a salutary depletion suffice. Still there are times when hemorrhagi A (TUT t e ra! tl Tootl. is excessive, and life itself depends up We might do very much w'orse inon its prompt arrest. deed in the matter of protection against adulteration than take a leaf out clj instruction the book of the In all classes of first-aiFrench, for France cer-- t rules are given for arresting bleeding tainly knows how to protect the lesser from an open wound by compressior rights of her people. Anybody who of the main artery of the limb. Thii doubts the genuineness of an article ot is very well, and if the pupil can keel food that he has purchased from a .his head sufficiently to remember tht Parisian tradesman may take it to the (anatomy of the part, and where and municipal laboratory for analysis. It how to make the needed pressure, thi will cost him nothing to have it anal instruction will not have been in vain yzed and the fact determined whether; llJnfortunatly nature has omitted t it is unadulterated or adulterated, and jmark on the skin the course of th if the latter, the law deals with the Arteries beneath, an omission whicl offender without further action on the it has been proposed to supply arti part of the purchaser. The shopkeeper, ficially in the case of soldiers going tl is deprived, of the few civil rights he is supposed to be otherwise entitled to,, battle. and has to display conspicuously in ' a For those of us who lack such mai his shop window or on the door, for a jit is useful to remember that by year, a large placard bearing the words, Convicted of Adulteration. strongly joining the joint above th ibleeding part, if the wound is on on (of the limbs, we can often so reduct Record In Clothes Making. the flow of blood in the artery thal Thomas Kitson of the Stroudsburg the hemorrhage will cease spontaneous mills in Pennsylvania had six sheep ly. The same result may sometime sheared at 6:30 o clock in the morning. be reached by raising the woundeij The wool was then sorted, scoured, ol cloth woven into force so the and member, opposing dried, carded, spun, clothe a of suit and made up into gravity to the blood current. which were given to Kitson at 12:34 When the hemorrhage is from an in oclock, six hours and four minute ternal organ, as the lungs or stomach, from the time of shearing. The beat benefit may sometimes be obtained bj previous record was about eight hours. tying a bandage firmly around one oi How Cy Lyle Won the Bet. more of the extremities, so as to preA correspondent of a Kentucky paper vent the return of blood through tht blood of volume veins. In that way the says: Cy Lyle of the Johnson City circulating in the body is reduced, and Comet is hog mean. Hp bet us a quart that which remains tends to clot at th of spirits that our bloodhound could not trail his negro boy through a new lot. part where bleeding is going on. Dry heat, in the form of a hot watei We lost because Cy pelt red pepper on bag or a hot brick, applied to the bleed- the negro boys feet and most sneezed ing part, will be found efficient in manj our dog to death. Lynching is too good for a man who will do a trick like this. d ap"cases; on the other hand, He deserves to be made to move into plications are often equally serviceable while sometimes alternate hot and cold another house twice, a mpnth, ... ? d I J ice-col- I so-call- cd ; Like LITects. It siz here thot Cassidy (reading) boicoicle scorching makes a man gray- will slop bleeding when will succeed alone. Among the styptics whlcfc are useful to stop troublesome bleedlnj from a small cut may be mentioned xlnegar, lemon Juice and other weal acid; creosote or carbolic add; alum tannin, sulphate of copper and sulphati of Iron. The last is a powerful arrester of bleeding, but should be avoided. If possible, as its use often Interferes with the subsequent healing ol the wound. tca-servl- A "FooUf) Inpr?. mil her Hopple HEMORRHAGE. materially aided. - nt u4 reu Ann. application and graceful hands and arm art H more noticeable and more to be d than eer, says a contributor to tl. Home Companion. Whr.hex bands be shapely or not, they at least can be soft, white and graceful. Cart and good toilet article give the first two, exercise gives the last. Haise tht arms toward the front as If si ring! were tied about t lie wrists, lifting them When they have reached shoulder height, bring them slowly down, tht hands rising as the wrist Is depressed, Just as If the pressure of air against tht palms forced them up and sllghtl) straightened the fingers. This Is known as the simple feather movement. Il practiced frequently It Is very elfica clous In making the arms and liandi move deliberately and evenly Instead ol In a hasty, Jerky fashion. With tht arms bent at the elbows and raised a little from the body, wave the hand! toward each other, making the wristi lend, then draw them away. The move, ment somewhat suggests the manner o pulling candy, and soon shows grace oi the wrists and hands. ley When Oliver Cromwell became protector after the execution of Charles t., he caused the stamp of liberty to be placed upon the paper used by the English government. Soon after the restoration of Charles II., having oc-- i asion to use some paper for dispatches, rome of this government paper was brought to him. On looking at it and discovering the stamp, he inquired the meaning of It, and, on being told, he Take it awaj; I have nothing (aid: The term o do with a fools cap. foolscap has since been applied to certain size of glazed writing naner. r, to In this day of a Origin of rrrU WrUt good officer If properly If in the present war hq jf rained. ffiows this to be true his standing will tnlght be ut offi-loe- 9lmpl - ed Ir' atiArnur riArxua. way to Camp Alger. It commanding a was major ua lie ofiiter negro, Ihirle H. Young, u West pointer, who hold the rank of first Jietenant In the Heventh cavalry. Major Young command Included three companies of colored men and teven of while. Non of the captains of the seven nbjerted to reporting to a black officer. He knew hi business, wa a trained officer and wa named by the governor from a school detail. The goernor of North Carolina has 'decided to form a regiment of colored troops.officered Ic whole by men of their own race, lit ha named as colonel, James .11 Young, a politician of Halelgh. By so doing Governor Bussell ha taken advanced ground beyond that taken by any executive of any southern state, ii republican to be sure, but his action f an be contrasted with that of of Kentucky, who wishes thesame; with Governor Atkin-pu- n jo do of Georgia, who refused to accept jolorcd men.and Governor Johnston of Alabama, who refused commissions to colored officers. Owing to the feeling 'ngendered all over the land colored nen have been reluctant to enlist fox fear their own race would not be recognized In the official grades. The matter having been laid before Secretary Algex that officer stated bluntly that colored men would be accepted and when Qualified their officers of their race would be recognized. This ha3 settled the status so far as the official recogt nition of the negro is concerned. Thq people have learned to believe that If a black man Is a good soldier hq MEN IN WAIN |