The Washington Bee Newspaper, May 10, 1902, Page 4

The Bee. PUBLISHED AT— 1 STREET. WASHINGTON} D. C W. CALVIN CHASE EDITOR. Rutered at the Post Office at Washington, D.C as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1882. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy yer year... Six months........ Three months fity subscibers, monthiy...-.-.--- 2 Nerrow Gauge institutes. The trend of sentiment among the whites of this coustry, upen the subject of eda ation, asspplied to the colored peo, le is anomalous in the extreme. It wonld seem that the avility of schools is to = measured by the output of trained mechinics and tradesmen. Asa tonsequence. tae effor's, and theo- ries of which Pooker Washington ia the ack-owledged exponent are lauded and endorsed by & majority 6t the whites as the sine gna non and that all edueational methods and tne ries not of immediate atili- tarian valucare inappticable, chim- eric:i and absurd This celor of sentiment which seems to be applicable only to col. ored persons, is out of a'l harmony with the established theories applied to the whites, and imples that a aystem of education which com prehends the means ef the highe atl and spediest devel pment of the whites is unsuited to the condition of the colored people. ' And if we are to accept the ful Bome newspaper comments and | wolf-appointed spokesmen why are explo.ting the Washington idea as an index of the hopes and wishes of the whites, we are to conclude that the colored people are to be enly: the laborers of the country, | to build houses and conduct farms | Upon planus, specifications and direc tiousoonceivad and elaborated by the ingeauity of the whites. In other words the realm of thought, self- orig nating power, aud invention is to be the exclusive property and | province of the whitee, w. ile the/ colored people ure to doas they are told, This classification based es it is upon color or race merely. will prove io be futile, for the reason that, like other races, the colored people inherit certain tendencies and endowments which eaunot be diverted from their legitimate channel without material injury to the individual as well asto society. Thisac:ou its iu great pir: for the hundreds of people who leave school with a smattering of trad e and with no definite purpese and no suitable ability to make their headway inthe world. Ths hi.tory of thirteen colored Industrial Coileges in the South, furnishes tbe resu't, according to a recent repert of the Commissioner of Education, that out of 1243 graduates, bac twelve farmers, two mechanics, and one carpenter adopt- ed those trades for their busihess in life, while the remainder pu- sued yosatione not contemplated by the currienium of these colleges. This fact would seem to indicate that the large enme annual'y spent in colleges for the purpase of supply ing trades are wasted, if we are to tegard the output ef mechanics and farmers as a fuir measure. Itiatrue that the academic train- ing ef the pupils oonstitated a great help in the prosecu ion o1 the other vocations and professions selected by the majority, Bat had thesame amount been expended for academie training only o- for indus trial education of perséas’ whose | desires and tastes favored ts recep tion, (he results weald have beew 4 fur more satisfactory, Moreover, theexpend tureof vust sums for such Lnudustrial Institu- tes as are generally provided for pupils, see ns to us to be unpro- ductive of any consid-rable good trial spheres are narrow a1 d oppo) tunities areequally fewand narrow Nor are these traces general) taught at colleges or I stituts 8 amoung the white race. They are acquired threugh apprentieeshi; sud cemprehend the smallest mod: cum of education and intelleet. It--ie=from this class-that the greattst epposition to eslered me chanics and tradesmen pre ceeds. This oppositien grows out of the limited intellectual horison, self- ishoess and fear ef compe'it en on the part of poerly edueated white mechanics and it is threngh this class that the erimes oud lawies uese of Trades Unions are psrpe tested. There is « lack of meral aud in tellectual tr: gz and deve ep- meat ands consequent ignoranse and disregard of the duties aud responsibilities ef goed eitizenship. The institution ef narrew-gaus industrial Institutes fer colored Peeple operates as a mere shift, a temporary expendient to indefinite ly postpome a vigorous campaign against the exclusiveness and race proscription now exercised by tle trust of labor ag at present organ— ized. It is born ef the cowardice of spineless, eelf-sesking peliti- cians, whose Ouly chance ef secure img office lies in their readiness to cater to the cupidity of an unjust and prejudiced combination «f voters, What the colored people mest need is a wel! rounded education— one which has for its basis an ac- | curate conception of the needs and requirements ef a people and the intellectual and moral capacity to crystall'ze and fully meet them. To do this, therace should primari ly be familiar with the ¢rivium and qguadriviun, upon which the superstructure of professional or industrial knowledge may be symmetrically and solidly built. The powersand processes of per- eeption, cognition, and reflection sbould be developed, aided by manual training (not industrial traiving,) before selecting 4 trade or prefession. This would seem most logical, for the reason that the highest success can be attained only by the exercise of the will, under the guidance of those menta' powers, and capabilities necessary to insure it. Hence the practical uselessness of such Institutes as are being founded and supported for the eu dustrisi education of colore! peo- ple. The fault is that these echools are built upon taeir apecies instead of their bases with the result that our race is to be educated upside down, If we are to have Insttutes at all, let them be thove in which our race may Ovtain proficiancy in Designing, Sculpture, Engineering, Architecture, Engraving and the like, which require moral aad in- tellectual training in an advanced degree, whereby they muy enter fields of renumerative employcient where competition is less sharp and where men have learned to rise above mere external racis] charae teristics and will welcome citiz a ship into the repub'ie of ideas. But Institutes of this sort we have pot and will never have solons as the so called educational leaders of the race pander tu the false notions of people who elaim that the natural and normal condition of the colored peuple is that of “hewers of wood and drawers of water,” aalths “sesbs” of thein dustrial world. What the c:lored people naed ig the same trea’ment that has deve loped the white race from a lower | stage of civilizvion to that they wow cecupy. he raw material to be found in the blacks is of a superior @qua'itv as that which | honorable are not the avenue } og4od independent Normal scheols through which renumerative activ | .ith the number and enrollmen ties are developed. Their indu: | ¢ mechanical orindustrial schools Che latt-r are insignificast as com vared with the former. The cou slueion is therefereirresistible, Tbe ¢ bat -w if amy of theirgraduates belo™S -ethe criminal elasses. By mental snd m>ral cultivation, men ané amen obtain a clearer, higherand aroader view of their responsibil: <6 and are endowed with unflagg ng energy and strenueus purpose aad become iustruments of com maudiug influence and leaders i. any community in which their lot @ casi. Oar most cultivated men and fomen have been the most success ‘al in business aud the trades a- well as in philosphs, religion and letters. The race is most in need ef thinkers, menand wom*n bythe housands, who are familiar with the science of government, the laws af health, association, finance, eco aemy and who can combat the m an aspersion so frequenty cust to be upon the ae. If we are mee” snic*, tradesmen and srgricu! turalists, we will become so not on ‘account of these narrow gauge schools, but in spite of them and because like other raees we Se€ their utility and have ¢ e intelli gence and appreciation te master them. This vever ending talk about trades, trades, trades, ought to be stopped. It is injuring our common school system, it is de ceiving our friends and it is ac cepting the fallacy that what is good for the white man may be very harmful to the negro Give nz aliberal education and b* assur ed that the division of labor among our people will certainly come. | ‘Characters rise with thoughts,.”’ rising The Water-Cure. The investigation of Gen. Bmith who has been displaying his mg~- nanimity(?) ia the Ph lippine Is-| lands io a manner quite becoming savages, is now on and it remains to be seen what disposition will be made o° the case, If the con- science of the mats°s is reached, nothing short of dismisa4] in dis) grace will be the result; but the whi'e-washing process has become so common nowadays that nobody can tell how it will end. To strangle men through the “water- cure,’ to shoot women, children and old men in cold blood is new occupation for American soldiers | who claim to be fighting in oder that American civilization may be enjoyed by the Filipinos and be- come a shining light to guide oth- er nations into the channels of lib- «Pty, humanity and justice. When we consider that this war in the Philippines has b-en prosecuted as the result of & policy of brotherly love and broad humanity, the fla- grant outrages’ practiced and et- couraged by soldiers and officergin the Pailippines seem douby re-| volting. Through private corres- pondence und special dispatches, it has been more than once hinted ‘hat no regard whatever bas been | paid bv our soldiers to the customs of civilized warfare; that the troops in the use of their epithets called al! the natives ‘“‘niggers’’ and ap- piel treatment very much as the colored people are tr ated in this country with this diff rene: the passing and batred of the so!diers are unrestrained there while in this country some regard 1s paid to populir opinion atthe North. [t ig reported that the President is geing to probe the mutter to the bottom and administer co dign punishment to the offe ders e- gains’ common decency if they are proven to bz guilty. We have vo dizposition to donube thi ; bat the maciinations and sharp prac- tices of t'e army are sv sab le and fir-reaching tha® it is questionab'e as ‘io whethereven the President ly retuliative and conditional, to be put in p actice only wheo the enemy resorted to methods which rendered it justifiable. The or- der was a dead letter aud the offi- cersof the army knew it to be 8° when they began operations in the Puilippines. It is indeed a ghastly contra li tion to ta‘k about giving Filipinos liber'y and good govern ment and at the same time to 13 discriminately magascre them in eld bood. If there ever was ® plot on the escufcheon, certsin!y this is one and if there is any heart left in the people of this country or any desire to revuke theunchris ian and diabolical warfare now go- fog on in the East, now is thetime te at SEEN IN THE STORES. Mauve and pink furniture is one ef the latest artistic fancies—mauve wood, pink, satin, brocade and cur- tains shot with both colorwand figured with flowers. Pretty nut bowls of wood, decorated with burnt woodwork and resting on three short supports, are not only de- sirable but seem particularly adapted to the use intended. One of the prettiest plants for home decoration shown by the floriste ie a begonia with aelicate pale pink blooms that intermingle with the dark-green feaves in a way that delights theeye. The newest side comb és the horse- abhoe comb and comes in light and dark tortoise shell. Then there are combs with rope-coiled tops and jeweled evening combs that cost a small for- tune. Superstitions concerning the opal | have evidently died a natural deeth, if one may judge from the many that are shown. The demand for this lovely stone is steady, and though the Hun- garian opals are the finest, many of lesser value are used as settings for brooches, rings, hatpins and stickpine and are much sought. It is particularily noticeable in the china shops that the old-fashioned ular. These sets are almost duplicates of the old-fashioned “tea sets” of our | grandmothers’ early days, and comein | | the old-fashioned shapes, made of fine clear ware. Of course this ware is costly, and therefore the woman who has retained as a family heirloom hee | grandmother's set is fortunate. Finds Rabbits with Horns, Sanford Bellmire, a farmer of Home- stead, Okla., has a curiosity in the way of six rabbits of which the males have horns. The find was made un- der a heap of rocks. The male parent | rabbit is about the size of a jack; it has two large horns, two and one-half inches long and one inch in diameter. | They are hard and shaped like the horns of a yearling calf. Five smaller horns also adorn his head. Two of | the young rabbits are males and upon examination callous spots were found which eventually will develop into corse | Developing Second Youth. Noah Rabey, an inmate of the P eataway township (N. J.) poorhou who, if he lives until April, will be 130 years of age, is now undergoing a mar- velous change in his physical appear- }ance. The old man has but recently recovered from a severe illness, but in- stead of growing more feeble appears to be developing a second youth. The wrinkles about his eyes and in his fore- head are disappearing and the skin is soft and smooth instead of hard and tough as before his sickness. He be- | lieves that he will live to be 150 years old. Although blind and with back bent almost double, he is able to walk without a cane. The greater part of his diet has consisted for a long time of sausage and boiled turnips. His voice is cracked and high, but he articu- lates plainly. He says he can remem- ber about 120 years ago, when he used | to await the coming of Santa Claus | like other boys. Dogs as Truffie ers, The truffle is a wonderful vegeta- ble. It has neither roots, stem, leaves, flowers nor seeds. It grows just be- low the surface cf the earth, and in France is discovered by the aid of swine, which are attracted to it by the fleshy smell it emits. In England dogs are trained 1» search for it. IN LIQUID FORM, Lady—You say you have seen bet- | ter days? Did you run through your was found iu the whites ani th:}ean couviet the off-nders, The | fortune? same processes of elabora:ion ap|very act of justif:ing brutality | ¢ plied to them can with certuintly | Such trades as carpentry, biack- smithing, tnsmiths, farming, &@ .) lug, sewing, lauudering, cock ing, add nursing, ef benefcial results be appli d tous, To appreciate the value of the aca iemic system it will only be | neceis:ary to coutrast the enreil , and heart'es3 murder by p'eading the existence of an order in 1863 ia a confession of the substance of the charge, if not the specifications But admitting the exis‘ence of the while usef : a seful and | mentot academics, colleges. seminar order, it is clear that it was mere Fagged Freddy—No, mum—me for- une run through me. lly Sloper. That Lovely Age. “There is an age,” said the wise man of Willow Hollow, “when a girl is too old and too young for kissixg games, Just at that time in her life she doeg not need any excuse to get all that she wants.”"—Chicago Post. white china with gilt is becoming pop- | REAR ADMIRAL COGHLAN. His Recent Promotion an Act of Per- sonal Friendship om the Part of President Roosevelt. By the restoration of his lost num- bers, Joseph B. Coghlan, U. S. N., be- | came a rear admiral. This promotion, of course, means his immediate de- parture from Brooklyn, where, as cap- tain of the navy yard, he has been a prominent figure for nearly a year. Rear Admiral Coghlan was born at Frankfort, Ky., December 9, 1884. Three years later he removed to St. Clair county, lil. He attended theeom- mon schools at Belleville, where he received his appointinent to the United States naval academy, which be en- tered in 1860. After his graduation in REAR ADMIRAL J. B. COGHLAN (His Lost Numbers Were Restored to Him by Presidential Order.) |1863 he served in various squadrons and on various stations until March, 1897, when he was ordered to com- mand the Raleigh. About eight months later this cruiser was sent to reen- force the Asiatic squadron under Dew- ey, taking part, as third in rank, in the battle of Manila bay. The Ra- jleigh had, in fact, the honor of firing jthe first gun—at a quarter past 12 in the morning—on the famous first day of May; also the last gun of the | main battle of Manila bay and the last gun in the nava! campaign against the Spaniards in the Philippines, August 13, 1898. Rear Admiral Coghlan com- manded the expeditions of the second and shird of May, 1898, for the destrue- tion of the batteries at the entrance of Manila bay, captured the Spanish gunboat Callao on the 12th, and on the | 7th of July commanded the expedition | for the capture of the Spanish position jat Isla Grande, in Subig bay, Luzon. | He returned to the United States with the Raleigh in April, 1899. | A LEADING QUESTION. ,f¢ Was Asked of Senator Wolcott Soon After He Had Landed in the Woolly West. At the outset of his careed Senator Edward O. Walcott, of Colorado, es- {tablished a law and real estate of- fice in Georgetown. Being in partner- ship with a member of his family, a sign reading thus: was duly swung to the breeze ness was bad, however, and “Ed” de- cided to move to a neighboring local- ity where silver had been found and where the general prospect was im- | proving daily. So he bought a donkey, HON. EDWARD 0. WOLCOTT. (Ex-United States Senator from the State of Colorado.) back, started for his new field. He took with him the firm's sign, think- ing that with a little fresh paint and some erasure it might be made to do duty ell over again. When he reached his destination a group of miners gath- ered to welcome him. All eyes were fixed on the sign. For a moment no one spoke, and then one grizzled vet- eran drawled: Say, young feller, which of you all is Ed?” Catholics in Y, M. C. A, There is a movement in the Roman Catholic church toward the general organization of associations similar to the Y. M.C. A. This is not altogether a new movement, for Catholics have had such associations for years, which have been soc athletic and frater- nal, with occasional religious ad- dresses. But, says Association Men, it will not be until the young men of that church shall be moved with the same spirit and enthusiasm for thé spiritual welfare of young men that the organi- zation will attain the measure of sue- cess and influence for good that its originators desire. No Barber Shops in India. There are no barber shops in India, but plenty of barbers. They visittheir eustomers, and Go their work at the homes of the latter. For dally service they receive from each patron about 75 cents a month. A single shave costs about one cent and a hair-cufting three cents. ~- . = A MYSTERY SOLyg) The “‘ Devil’s Corkscrew” Np Longe Puzzles Scientific Men, Hoge Spinal Columns ef Quart: n4, im Nebraska Discovered ty y, . i Gigantic Fossilized W aie, i Weeds, The mystery screw is solved at planation is aln the puzzle, say ier-Journal. For some time past tention has been bent extraordinary freaks of the Bad Lands of Nebra re corkserew-shaped quartz, often 15 to 20 f¢ and are found in great bedded in the sandstone hills region. Always st vertical, and s0 metrical as to ¢ for aceuracy of design work of the seulptor’s ar numbered liters “weathered out from the sides o For lack of a enge ¢ spiral column to be known devil's corkscrews—a_ ter a phenomenon as e which means exact The more dignified stowed by Prof. E. H the University of Nebr wh cently headed an ex x ib tion sent out to the : that educational insti ; other purpose than to fi a E tion for the strange proble A good many of the cor were quarried f the sa = I rock by the B: a t notable part of ¢ in x a a 3 c c ! I f 1 c ‘ DEVIL'S c¢ (Picture Sh each case was found t ge “rott” (if such it migh attached to t was sometim hogshead, and in (with a spiral of, say root would be as mu long. After a thorou the daemonelix carefully quarrying « dred specimens, Pri cided that the questionably of or animal or vegetab their symmetricé counted for in no oth were assuredly not a must have been plants kind of plants? The a question was only to be reviewing the geological the region. Now, it appears that all that of the country was covered, 4 immense which oceupied the whole vast basin east of mountains. years ago, by an It was an ir fresh water, on the bott« grew the most wonderf weeds that ever exist them were 20 feet or and they assumed the mathematica curvature. spirals, Quite possibly f them was com d of plants, forming a sort of c , but this is uncertain. } and, packing his belongings on its’ i ‘ Anyway, in the course vast quantities of mud detritus were poured b into the lake, and t weeds is the buried—wh of them together. became Time long aeons of time, in fact lake dried up, its bottom Incidentally decaying, were replaced particle, by siliea dep water containing it. Silica is the material of quart it is that the so-call serews were form rocky substance the ve which they « ated So the devil's longer a mystery ery of its true the solving of one of the esting puzz scientific inves ary land. r 1 ure ever tackle ator, He Cannot Keep Warm Five suits of r simultaneously wort around by Frank G., and yet he siceps in a cap, yet he ically he s the doctors are Besides carries a life in $30,000. 40 pe Electricity in the Vatica> The vat of electric lights whi