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Uncle Sam Has New (Ward in Liberia
Colonization society of which Henry
Clay was president There is a less-
known chapter of that perilous enter-
prise which attributes the martyrdom
of a life in this effort to open a new
world to the slaves to Her Samuel
Bacon an American minister of the
Episcopal church
By act of congress on March 8
1819 the president was empowered to
create an agency in Africa for the
purpose of providing an asylum for
such Africans as should be liberated
by our ships of war from vessels
seized for violation of the law sip
pressing the' traffic in slaves
The government decided to send out
the ship of war Cyane and the trans-
port Elisabeth with mechanics and la-
borers under two agents for the pur-
pose of breaking ground for the re-
ception of liberated slaves On Janu-
ary 8 1820 having previously been in
the service of the colonization society
Bacon received from President Mon-
roe the commission making him the
head of the proposed expedition
A species of African fever appeared
among the members of the little band
of settlers Soon 25 of the party were
brought down with it Breaking un-
der the labors he had assumed Bacon
presently discovered symptoms of the
malady In himself The remedies
administered were of no avail and he
died
Bankeon and others of the party
survived The founding of the colony
went forward But on the sacrifice of
Bacon's life Liberia was built
WASHINGTON— An obscure chap-
ter It has long lain unread in
American annals in spite of the in-
terest that surrounds- It ' But now
that the United States has come to
take an active hand in the govern-
ment of Liberia it is natural that the
founding of that old half-American
half Africaai-negro state should attract
our interest Founded back in 1820
as a home for -the freed slaves from
this Country Liberia became a repub-
lic in 1847 Today its population num-'
ben some 60000 Liberians along the
coast while 2000000 negroes run wild
in the Interior No white man can se-
quin citizenship or own property
By an arrangement with bankers in
this country France and Germany and
with the approval of Liberia and the
European powers a loan of $2000000
Is to he floated by our government to
the 'end of setting straight Liberian
finances and assisting the country to
establish Itself upon a firmer basis
The United States will have control
the little state’s financial military
and agricultural departments and will
administer the republic’s relations
The popular accounts of the found-
ing of Liberia credit the achievement
somewhat vaguely to the American
Soldier of Fortune
IF Capt Jorge Nelken T Wald-
berg erstwhile of Argentina pre-
tended American typical soldier -of
fortune and one of the few men who'
ever succeeded in selling a gold brick
to one of the nation's most prominent
men does not return to Washington
within the next sixty days be 4a nicely'
to lose his alleged American citizen-
ship and be denied the protection -of
the American flag
Captain Wald berg flourished In
Washington 12 years ago during the
Spanl8h-Amerlcan war and a few
years later at the Pan-American expo-
sition The 'captain cams to Wash-
ington with a kmg military record
Having been born la Argentina he has
lived in half a dozen South American
countries and been' engaged in ae
many revolutions tn the cause ef lib-
erty Exiled when unsuccessful he
dropped into New York one day and
organized a company of Greek fruit
venders whom be took to Athena
Joined the Greek army and fought la
the Graeco-Turkish war I
Puzzlers for the New Customs Court
IF A HEN Is not a $lrd why Is a
pair of robber boots an article f
-woolen wearing apparel? Funny ques-
tion Is it not? There are many oth-
era but this one is enough to show
Ihow Uncle Sam Is puzzled at times to
properly classify Imported articles so
that the correct rate of customs du-
ties may be levied and collected In
the above case it Is simply because
the highest customs authority ef ths
land held that as ths boots bad linings
In which there was an appreciable
quantity of wool they should bear the
rats prescribed for woolen- apparel
That same highest authority decided
that frogs’ legs are dutiable as poul-
try The customs court a new Judicial
body that is Just getting down to busi
Credit Due Foreign Health Officers
FEW persons realize to what extent
the welfare of this nation Is pre-
served by the splendid service of ths
medical force which are stationed
at all ths danger ports abroad to pre-
vent ths introduction of plague -and
pestilences Into this country through
shipping agencies This fores of pub-
lic health officers Is well equipped
'Moreover in all places ths work of
l these trained experts is further sup-
plemented by the efforts of the con-
sular officers In plsoes that ars too
small to support s trained force ( but
i are quite large enough to transmit dis-
ease by emigration the consular offl-
icers do splendid work unaided
j The stringent laws of quarantine
May Lose Rights
All that he got out of that contest
was a little military glory and a wife
He married a very beautiful daughter
of a professor in the University of
Athens and returned to America in
time to take up newspaper work at
Che 'outbreak of the Spantsh-Amerlcaa
war
He was able to speak several lan-
guages fluently and especially Span-
ish Theje was a great demand for
news from Cubs and the genius of
Nelken led him to make translations
from Spanish and Cuban newspapers
for which he found ready market with
the Washington correspondents His
success prompted him -to '“fake” when
his news sources became exhausted
Not long ago the 'captain turned up
in 'Constantinople and became Involved
in some trouble there which prompted
him to demand the protection ef the
'the American flag He presented his
case at the embassy and In endeav-
oring to establish the fact that he was
a naturalized American dtizen ' seme
disclosures came to light regarding his
papers which led Che American charge
to refer the matter to the state de-
partment The department In turn made in-
quiry at the district court with the re-
sult that an order was issued requiring
him to show cause within sixty days
why his papers ebould mot be can-
celed ness at Washington already has many
cases that will cause the public to
laqgh One of the first questions for
it to decide is Whether 'the hen is
bird Ornithologists would unhesitat-
ingly declare she Is hut the new
court is not composed of aucfc men
Eh? 'What is ths odds? “Walt a min-
ute and you will nee how it concerns
every (housekeeper If the court can
be induced to decide that the hen is
a bird down will go the price of eggs
for the present tariff bar makes every
Importer of edible eggs pay five -cents
a dozen for all he brings Into the
country Bird's eggs are on the free
list
Another nut to crack: Is no auto
mobile s household effect? Patriotic
Americana returning from motoring In
Europe win be pleased to have ths
court say ft Is Under such a deri-
sion they could take oner with them a
few real household goods set up light
housekeeping for s While buy a
French autemefblle and then return
to this country and do It all for less
than the amount of duty on a high-
priced automobile made ht Europe
and the penalties which attach to all
attempts to evade them put effective
repressive weapons into the hands of
these offlclals so that no attempts are
made to escape from compulsory com-
pliance and securing a clean bill of
health at the point of departure and
porta of call A vessel that starts
from a port with no appearance of In-
fectious diseases among her crew or
passengers and which is again sub-
jected to rigorous examination on her
arrival at any American port stands
little chance of bringing any Infected
passengers past ths several Inspectors
As there Is no way of measuring
what might happen if this fores were
not employed Its members do not al-
ways receive the full amount of credit
to which their unremitting care and
attention entitle them They stand
among the many preventive forces
which ths country utilises to safe-
guard ths people) and to whom ths
debt of ths nation is greatsr than ths
public is In ths habit of acknowlsdg-Ing
HIS LIVELIHOOD AT STAKE
Certainly
Candidate for - Governor
Could Not Expect to Get
That Vote 1
An incident in which former Gov-
ernor Odell of New York figured as
ths victim was told by Col 1 James
Hamilton Lewis at a recent banquet
"When Governor Odell was last
running for office” said Colonel Lew-
is "there had been a great deal of
talk about Niagara Falls and t£e elec-
trical power that could be conferred
on all parts of New York One day
an old negro halted Mr Odell and
said:
“ 'Mr Odell is yo’ runnln for gov’-
ner sahT’
" ‘I am’ answered the candidate
"’I guess yo’ want my vote den’
said the colored man
"’Well I would like to have your
vote Zeb 1 have known you for so
many years’
' "-’Well I Jlst want to ask you a
question Mr Odell befo I give mah
vote to you Ars yo’ for electric lights
tn dis town? -
' "Well Zeb I am for all modern im-
provements said Odell with a slight
flourish
‘Well sah I can’t vote for you
said Zeb with firmness Yo done for-
get dat I is a lamp lighter’
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LOOK TO YOUR KIDNEY8
When Suffering From Backache
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large as a pea I rapidly Improved
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Procrastination
T beard a tale the other day of a
postponing chap who thought he'd
buy a wheel se gay but — "They will be
cheaper perhaps' And so be dallied
year by y ear the cheapest wheel to
btry but long before the cheapest
gear that yap he had to die? And so
by putting off the day we miss the
wine of life and some there are in
Just that way who thus will miss s
wife? Get busy now you timid swain
procrastinate no more for time is
surely on the wane and you a bache-
lor? Some wait too long to make a
pick of husbands or of wife and then
some take a broken stick and make a
mess of life"— H B- Benedict in
Judge
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Contrary Issues
"So Blinks has bad hla Income cut
down?"
"Yes that Is why he Is so much
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KIDNEY REMEDY
I want to toll you in a few words what
your Swamp-Root did for me believing
that my testimony may do some other suf-
fering person a great deal of good
' About six years ago I was dAngerously
ill consulted three doctors all of whom
said I had kidney trouble One of the
doctors analyzed my urine and reported
that I had gravel and further said that
in order to regain my health and life an
operation would be necessary I did not
want to be operated on aa I was afraid
that I would not recover Someone told
me of Dr Kilmer’s Swamp-Root and said
it was a reliable medicine for kidney
trouble so I decided to try it and went
to Mr Rose the druggist at 903 Central
Ave Minneapolis and bought a bottle
took it noticed results and continued
taking it until I was entirely cured
Having been free from any kidney
trouble for over six years I consider that
I am absolutely cured and know that
Swamp-Root hae the credit
I never fail to tell my friends about
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- Youre very truly
MRS MARGARET E ANDERSON
Minneapolis Minn
State of Minnesota )
County of Hennepin
Personally appeared before me this 23rd
day of Sept 1909 Mrs Margaret E
Anderson of the City of Minneapolis of
the St to of Minnesota who subscribed
the above and on oath says that the nine
is true in substance and in fact
M M KERRIDGE
Notary Public
Commission expires' March 29 1914
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The Key to Germany
Capt Charles King the author
praised at the Milwaukee club the
German element in Milwaukee's pop-
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King "who met the kaiser last year
In Berlin
""You have a thorough knowledge
of our best thought and customs’ said
the kaiser ‘Have you ever been to
Germany before?’
" ‘O yes sir’ said the soldier
" 'What cities have you visited? Ber-
lin and Hamburg?’ asked the kaiser
'“No sir’ said the soldier 'Mil-
waukee ’’ '
Mutual Expectations
A notoriously close-fisted man was
taking his golfing holiday in Scotland
where he hoped to improve his game
and by driving a hard bargain had
managed to secure the exclusive serv-
ices of a first-class caddie who was
known to be a very good player
"Mind now’ said the ambitious
southerner "I expect to receive some
really good tips from you during my
stay here you understand?" "Aye"
replied the Scotsman hitching up the
heavy bag "an Ah'm expectin’ the
like frae ye ye ken” — Golf Illustrated
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It's up to a man to choose between
two evils when he Is asked to beat
the carpet or take caro of the baby
while his wife does it
When the pulpit gets Into poetic
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PUTNAM
A Hot Tims
“That fellow cooked his reports”
“I suppose that Is how hs happened
to get Into s atew”
Some people treat the sermon as a
table d’hote dinner picking out the
things that will not agree with them
Getting a Reputation
There is a desk In the senate par-
ticularly convenient as a place from
which to make speeches It is next to
the aisle and almost In the center of
the chamber and affords an opportu-
nity for the speaker to make every-
body hear
At least a dozen senators accord-
ing to the Washington correspondent
of the St Louis Star have borrowed
this desk when they had special utter-
ances to deliver to the senate This
led not long ago to a mild protest
from its legitimate occupant '
"I am perfectly willing to give up
my desk’’ said he "but I am afraid
people will think that the same man
In talking all the time I don't want
to get the reputation of constantly
filling the senate with words" —
Youth’s Companion
All About It '
To appreciate fully this scrap of dia-
logue quoted from London Punch one
should see the two odd characters en-
gaged in it Apparently they parted
satisfied one that he had Imparted
some real information the other that
he had received some Said one man:
"D’you recollec’ old wot’s-Ts-name?”
"Tm with the collar?”
"Aye!”
"Wot ababt ’1m?”
“'E’ad to go down” — Jerk of the
head — "you know — they give ’im wot
you call It— didn’t arf git It I don’t
think!"
"Reely!”
"’Adn’t you ’eard then?"
"I did ‘ear someflnk but no details
not afore now” — Youth’s Companion
"That First Invented 8leepn
'Now blessings light on him that
Orst Invented this same sleep! It cov-
ers a man all over thoughts and all
like a cloak It is meat for the hungry
drink for the thirsty heat for the
cold and cold for the hot It Is the
current coin that purchases all the
pleasures of the world cheap and the
balance that sets the king and the
shepherd the fool and the wise man
even There la only one thing which
somebody once put into my head
that I dislike In sleep— it la that It re-
sembles death There Is very little
difference between a man in his first
sleep and a man In his last sleep”—
From Cervantes
Lovemaking and Practice
The only way to become an expert
at lovemaking Is to practice This
was the Information handed out to n
handful of hearers by the Hindu phil-
osopher Sakharam Ganesh Pandit In
a lecture on "The Science of Love”
"Love Is a divine discontent” said
the philosopher "and If you want to
arouse love in others it can be done
only by giving them love How to
develop the emotion of love In another
la the great question of today — the art
of making love It needs a great deal
of study and a great deal of prac-
tice" 8ame Old Point
Jack — I went gunning In the coun-
try one day last week
Tom— Bag anything?
Jack— Nothing but my trousers
If you would be pungent be brief
for It Is with words as with sunbeams
— the more they are condensed the
deeper they burn — Southey
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looking Into a patient’s eye to make
an accurate diagnosis of the complaint
which the patient is suffering But Is
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to be? I recollect hearing some time
ago of a doctor who said tq a patient
who was under examination: ”1 can
see by the appearance of your right -eye
what Is the matter with -you You
are suffering from ‘liver’”
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