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The COLORED American A NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. 7. NO. 47. A TUSKEGEE ALUMNUS Prof. Robert W. Taylor's Effective Platform Work in the Interest of Practical Education Mr. Washington's Graceful Compliment. Young black men of the North and Southland, I believe that there is in you somewhat of the spirit that pervades and gives life to true manhood. Without it your aspirations are empty dreams, your labor will be fruitless waste. Powerful government, richly endowed universities, large facilities for acquiring deep learning are priceless blessings, but these alone do not make strong men-men of brawn and brain. Such blessings are the products of the working genius of strong men. No stream rises higher than its source, no structure is stronger than its component parts; the stability, the continued upward progression of the Negro race in America depends on the individual character. Now individual character is not born, as poets are said to be, nor manufactured like a machine. No self made man ever lived; yet was there ever a man good or bad who was not self made? The law of character growth is this: On the ore hand stands heredity—type conformity, on the other hand environment and between and over them stand an architect, a master workman whose work is for good or evil, and the name of that workman is—"I am." The subject of our sketch, Professor Robert W. Taylor, is one of the solid, sturdy men of the Southland, who, without the beating of tom toms and the blowing of trumpets, has succeeded in accomplishing as much for the uplift and development of his race along educational lines as any man of his age and opportunities. His work for the past few years has been in the direction of creating sentiment favorable to his Alma Mater—Tuskegee, and in urging its claims to recognition by those who, like founder of that school, have unlimited faith in industrial education as the remedy for the improvement of the condition of the Negro industrially and commercially. Professor Taylor has done some very intelligent and "effective work on the platform in behalf of this school, in many states of the North and East, and by his earnest manner of presenting its claims to the consideration of those interested in Negro education in the South has, made many friends for the school and for himself. Some idea of his worth public WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1900. J. Cunningham U. 8. Consul to Vladivostock Eastern Siberia, Russia—Whose Splendid Record Has Evoked Commendation from the Highest Authority. speaker may be gathered from the following remarks of Booker T. Washington at Convention Hall, Saratoga, New York, August 20, 1899, where Prof. Taylor made the opening address: "When Mr. Taylor came to Tuskegee some years ago, barefooted and in short pants, I did not think that he would some day make a better speech than I shall ever be able to wake; but such you have all heard tonight. If Tuskegee has done nothing more than produce a Robert W. Tayler I feel that my 18 years of labor have not been in vain." This compliment is as graceful as it is deserved. Professor Taylor is an eloquent, forceful and thoughtful platform speaker, who always manages to say something striking, and to say it in elegant and chaste English. He has spoken a number of times before some of the most cultured audien (Continued on 12th page.) Among the distinguished visitors in town during the past week was Dr. L. L. Burwell of Selma, Ala., one of the most prominent practitioners and druggists in the South. Dr. Burwell is one of the brightest young men of the race to whose many honors already achieved, it is impossible to do justice in the space of a local. Dr. Burrell's example is a lesson to the blase youth as to what may be accomplished by pluck and grit. He has wasted no time in looking for a way to succeed—he is making one. He has been looking into the conduct of Freedman's hospital to the end of establishing a similar institution in Alabama. Editor T. Thomas Fortune of "The New York Age" is spending a few days in the city for the rest and recreation. Mr. Fortune is such a busy man that it is difficult for him to rest anywhere. PRICE FIVE CENTS EMPIRE STATE OF THE SOUTH A Negro Bank and Cotton Factory in Prospect-Political News Notes. Atlanta, Ga., Special—Hon. J. W. Lyons, Register of the Treasury paid a flying visit to Atlanta last Saturday night, but left Sunday morning for his old home, Augusta. Capt. C. O. Wimbish, surveyor of customs for Atlanta, and E. F. Blodgett, assistant postmaster at Atlanta, has been elected delegates to the national republican convention at Philadelphia for the 5th district. A. Graves, Esq. one of Atlanta's most progressive real estate dealers has been made presidential elector for the 5th district of Georgia. Mr. Graves is an Afro-American of energy, push and pluck and usually get there. He does as much business as any two real estate agents in this great city. Mr. Shepherd the photographer of Commissioner Calloway returned to the city one day last week. Prof. W. E. B. DuBois of Atlanta University has quite a number of young men and women employed in the city getting certain information that will be used at the Paris Exposition in the Negro department. The leading colored men here are subscribing to a stock of $50,000 with a view of going into general bank ing business. I am told that over two thirds of the stock has been subscribed and sold. It may be a national bank. Hon. W. A. Venable, exlieutensat governor of Georgia, a leading white business man here, who owns a large rock quarry and several hundred acres of land adjoining, and Hon. H. A. Rucker are figuring on a plan of starting a cotton factory within fifteen miles of Atlanta to be operated by Afro-American hands. Mr. Rucker has given much study along this line for a number of years. He is now about to realize his goal. Register Lyons district has elected Prof. P. H. Craig of Augusta, and Dr. A. E. Williams of Gordon, Ga. delegates to the national convention at Philadelphia. Messrs. Craig and Williams are both very strong and worthy Afro-Americans and will reflect much credit upon the old Tenth district that Register Lyons represented so long and faithfully. Mr. H. . E Baker of Washington, D. C. an employee of the Patent Office visited Atlanta last Monday morning and registered at the Hotel Vendom. He came to settle up the affairs of the late Dr. W, H. Tay (Continued on 9th page.) THE NEGRO NOT INFERIOR Bruce Grit Opens the Pages of History to Senator John T. Morgan and Offers the Lie Courteous to that Distinguished Exemplar of Reactionry Statesmanship. Albany, N. Y., Special.—I commend the following from Howard's Reports, Vol. XIX, pages 572—3 and 582 to Hon. John T. Morgan, a Senator of the United States from the state of Alabama, who foolishly asserts that this is a white man's country, and that the Negro race is inferior. I would also call his attention to Jefferson's works, Vol. VIII, page 386 and Vol V. page 429 in which he will find the answer to his reckless statement that we are inferior to the Caucasian race. Says Howard; It has been often asserted that the Constitution was made exclusively by and for the white race. It has already been shown that in five of the thirteen original states, colored persons then possessed the elective franchise and were among those by whom the Constitution was ordained and established. If so, it is not true in point of fact that the Constitution was made exclusively by the white race, and that it was made exclusively for the white race, is in my opinion, not only an assumption not warranted by anything in the Constitution, but contradicted by its opening declaration; that it was ordained and established by the people of the United States for themselves and for their posterity and as free colored men were then citizens of at least five states they were among those for whom and whose posterity the Constitution was ordained and established." Senator Morgan is a trifle subsequent in claiming so much for the "unconquered and unconquerable Caucasian." The New York Journal, a democratic newspaper in an editorial in its issue of January 10th gives the lie courteous to Senator Morgan's statement of the inferiority of the Negro in the following language:—(I have only space for a paragraph.) "And the Negro too, with a tired black face resting for the next day's slavery—a slavery on a wage basis, but slavery all the same. Possibly you de spise his thick lips. But those lips are carved on every sphinx in Egypt's sand, and if you could go back far enough you would find the ancestors of that Negro before the days of the Pharaohs, laying the foundation of your religion and locating the stars in heaven. At that time your forbears were gibbering cave savages sharpening bones and gnawing raw flesh. You did not know that the Negro was so important far back? Well, you know now. When you see the Negro on the opposite seat—the ill starred one who has gone down in the human race while we have gone up—think about him, study him; speculate as to his ultimate end—and your own. Don't merely say to yourself 'that's a plain Negro,' and go on chewing gum." Senator Morgan is as ignorant concerning the Negro as a wooden Indian, and he is not alone. For among his class of white men, who are in reputation for great knowledge on this subject, the information which they do not possess would fill a great many large volumes of the size of the Century Encyclopedia. If Senator Morgan ever reads the Bible he will there find indubitable proofs that the Negro, or Ethiopian is not only not inferior to the Caucasian race, but superior to it in many respects. The people of Ethiopia and thus referred to by Amos IX, 7, "Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O Children of Israel saith the Lord," and Jeremiah XIVI, 9, "Come up ye horses and rage ye chariots, and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and Ly- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. bians that handle the shield, and the Lybians that handle and bend the bow." St. Paul Acts VIII, 2, "Beloved a man of Ethiopia, an Eunch of great authority." David Ps. XXXVII, 4, "I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: Behold Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia; this man was born there." The Queen of the South or Sheba, daughter of Abraham by Keturah. Came from Ethiopia—or in the language of the Scripture from the uttermost parts of the earth—to Jerusalem with a great company, to see and hear all the wisdom of Solomon. The annals of Abyssinia say that she was a pagan when she left Sheba or Azab, but being filled with admiration at the sight of Solomon's works, she became a proselyte to Judaism while at Jerusalem. She likewise bore Solomon a son, whom she called Menelek, and carried him with her on her return to Sheba. After a lapse of a few years, Menelek was sent back to Solomon to educate and he had him thoroughly instructed in the Jewish religion. Menelek was crowned of Ethiopia in the Temple at Jerusalem. Kollin in his ancient history, referring to the first great city described in ancient and sacred history by the Cusbites or Ethiopians says they surrounded it with walls, which were 37 feet in thickness, 350 feet in height and 480 furlongs in circumference. One hundred and two years after the flood Nimrod, the son of Cush, an Ethiopian attempted to build the tower of Babel in the land of Shinar lying between Mesopatamia on the west, and Persia on the east and watered by the Euphrates—mankind being all of one language, one color and one religion, they agreed to erect a tower of prodigious extent and height to get themselves a famous character. The construction of the tower of Babel it is said occupied these people twenty-two years when their language was confounded and they dispersed themselves and replenished the world. These are a few of the things to the credit of a race which Senator Morgan characterizes as an inferior race. The City Babylon which was founded on Nimrod 2247 B. C. was eighty times larger than the city of London, England, being 45 miles in circumference, it was laid out in 625 squares, formed by the intersection of 25 streets at right angles, the walls which were of brick, were 350 feet high and 37 feet broad. A trench surrounded the city, the sides of which were lined with brick and water proof cement. Quays of beautiful marble adorned the banks of the river, and on one bank stood the magnificent temple of Belus and on the other the Queen's Palace. These two edifices were connected by a passage under the bed of the river. Theba's derives its name from Thebes, which with its hundred palaces and hundred gates, might vie with the noblest cities of the world. I was celebrated by Homer, an Ethiopian whose description is generally familiar. It acquired the surname of Hecatompy los to distinguish it from the other Thebes in Breotia. Thebes what a glory on thy temple sate, When monarchs hardly less than God's were thine, Through mystery and darkness shroud thy fate, The glimpse imagination gives us is divine. Through the long vista as we gaze half blind Distinct, though distant, graceful, though austure Palace and pillar cave and pyramid In awful grandeur and repose appear. Nations since born have wept o'er thy decay; Science and art have flourished and have died; And glory like a dream has passed away— Yet thine imperishable fame shall aye abide. thou not done) And Ethiopia kindle and revive Like her own table wnen it felt the sun. Let Senator Morgan brush up his history before he again exposes his ignorance of a race, to which the civilization of the world are indebetd far more than some of them are willing to admit. The Senators knowledge of the Negro is circumscribed by the limits of his 8 by 10 state, and when he ridicules the race he discovers to the thoughtful public the effects of the peculiar civilization under which the Negro with whom he is more intimately acquainted was reared. As a river cannot rise above its source, neither can Negroes who have been, animalized and brutalized by southern civilization rise above that condition in one generation. But they will rise, and with healing in their wings, after their traducers of the Morgan type are dead and turned to clay, if not sooner. I want to add my testimony humble though it be to the value of the great work which Prof. E. A. Johnson, principal of the Washington School, Raleigh, N.C. and author of the school history of the Negro race in America—has accomplished in collecting and compiling such a valuable collection of historical facts bearing upon the Negro in America and which identify the race with every important event which has transpired in the history of the United States from the landing at Jamestown to the surrender at Appomattox. Such a book as Johnson's historp should have a place in the library of every Negro family in this country. I cannot too strongly urge upon every young man and woman of the race the necessity of owning a copy of this school history. It is a revelation and the author has gathered together all the fragments of history about the Negro found here and there in books, written by white men, and put them together in concise form, so that they make a connected story, a useful and authentic history which I am glad to learn has been adopted for use in many Negro schools and colleges. Prof. Johnson's history of the Negro soldiers in the Spanish-American war is equally as valuable to the student of Negro history as is his school history just referred to. Every important fact obtainable has been seized by the author and made to do duty in vindicating the courage and heroism of the Negro troops in that war. The Crummell Historical Society, Albany, will doubtless at its next meeting adopt these histories and study them during the winter. They both bear the stamp of scholarship, and shows care in their preparation and no Negro need be ashamed to read them and study them. They are quoted at one dollar per volume, and may be had on application to the author, E. A. Johnson, Raleigh N.C. "The Negre and the Sunny South," is the title of a remarkable book from the pen of Mr. S. C. Cross, of Martinsburg, West Va. A young and vigorous writer of the white race who isn't afraid to tell the truth on both races and who does it in a way which commands the attention of the thoughtful reader. Mr. Cross doesn't slobber over the Negro, nor cover up the faults of his own race. In a letter to the writer he says: "I am twenty-seven years old, I was born and rocked in the lop of poverty and pain—and fought the bitterest battles of life entirely unaided and alone. I have no fears—ask no favors from any man or race. All I wish or want of each and all is the fair exchange of honesty and thought. I am a poor man still and wrote this book because I hate the chilling chains of cruelty and crime, because I long with all my youthful heart and mind to tear the frightful fetters from the soul and brain of man, The race that will not promote its promoters will continue to suffer the pangs of persecution, poverty and pain. The race that will not protect its protectors or defend its defenders will finally mingle with destruction and decay." The book is highly commended by the book sellers, news dealers and stationers of New York, The Petersburg, West Virginia Press, The Richmond Planet, The Bookseller and Newsman of New York and other well known journals. To write such a book required a great deal of courage and those whose condition has called it into being should "promote their promoters and defend their defenders" by liberally patronizing this courageous young white man who writes like the eloquent Ingersoll and thinks like a veteran. The book sells for 50 cents, (paper) and $1.00 (cloth) and is well worth the price asked for it. Mr. Cross is a talented young gentleman and a firm believer in the possibilities and capabilities of the Negro. Buy his book. And now for a little fun. Everybody knows or has heard of the tragedian R. Henri Strange of Philadelphia. 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Henry Lewis is in Baltimore spending a few weeks with Mrs. George A. Handy daughter of Bishop James A. Handy. Mr. T. C. Miller, a Norfolk, Va., business man, was the guest of Mr. J. N. McDuffie, 426 I street, northwest, last week. Miss Addie Lewis, in addition to her duties with the Amphions, is serving as organist of the 1st Baptist choir in Georgetown. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bradley, formerly of 1045 M Street, are now domiciled with Mrs. Betts and family at 613.22d Street Northwest. Health for 10 cents. Cascareta make the bowels and kidneys act naturally, destroy microbes, cure headaches, biliousness and constipation. C. S. Pittman, 83 L street north west, employed by Hill and Miller, dealers in electrical supplies, had four fingers crushed in a machine Monday of last week. The Allen League celebrated the birthday of Frederick Douglass in happy style by giving an entertainment in the lecture room of Metropolitan A. M. E. church. Mrs. Edmund L Bailey, wife of the proprietor of the Bailey House, 229 New Jersey avenue, has been spending a few days in Brooklyn, the guest of Mrs. Richard Moore. It is confidently expected that the grand jury will return a true bill against Managers Burke and Chase, the blatant violators of the civil rights law of the District. Miss Blanche Coleman is developing into a pianist of noteworthy skill. Her solo last Sunday at the Congressional Lyceum would have reflected credit upon a professional. Mr. C. L. Marshall, of 801 R Street, one our most reliable business men, went to Richmond, Va., Snnday, Feb. 11, to attend a meeting of the directors of the True Reformers' Bank. It is announced that J. Henry Lewis director of the Asbury choir will soon retire and devote his time to the formation of a mixed chorus, which will put on a comic opera at of one the local theaters. In a happily-phrased letter to President R. W. Thompson, Miss J. Imogen Howard, New York's popular teacher, expresses her sincere appreciation of the timely aid rendered her by the Second Baptist Lyceum in her contest THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. for a trip to Paris. Miss Howard stands fourth in a list of five possible winners, and is almost certain of success now. Second Baptist Lyceum has given her 2,773 votes. Miss Lucy E. Moten, the energetic principal of the Normal School, has given Miss Howard excellent support in this contest, and hopes to send up 5,000 ballots from Washington. Major John H. Simpson, ex-Commander of the Department of California, G. A. R delighted a large audience Sunday, Feb. 11, at the Congressional Lyceum. He paid a lofty tribute to the valor of the colored soldier. Solomon Haskins, of 608 21 Street N. W., is president of the Fifteenth Assembly District Republican Club, and is busily sizing up the delegate timber in the market. He has a large following and the organization will be potent in naming the winner. Mr. John L. Perkinson, formerly in Cuba as a member of the United States Volunteer Army, is doing a neat business with his improved elastic asphaltum paint. He is located at 24 Massachusetts Avenue N. E. Mr. T. J. Calloway, special agent in charge of Negro exhibit at Paris, has returned from an extended trip covering visits to Chicago, Atlanta, Tuskegee and New Orleans, in the interest of the work. Tomorrow afternoon at 6 o'clock, Mr. R. W. Thompson, of The Colored American, will address the Epworth League of Lane's Chapel; subject: "What the Church can do for Journalism, and what Journalism can do for the Church." This church is located at the corner of 14th and C northeast. At Lane's Chapel. The Epworth League of Lane's Chapel, 14th and C Streets Northeast, is getting along finely. Last Sunday at 6 o'clock, Attorney R. D. Ruffin read a paper on "The Influence of the Church," and pertinent remarks were made by Editor A. L. Manly, Dr. G. H. Richardson and others. Miss Prather's paper was a severe arraignment of intemperance, and was well delivered. Pastor J. R. White has begun the erection of a handsome brick church. Rev. J. L. Carpenter, Deputy General of the Northern Grand Division of the United Order of True Reformers, delivered a sermon to the True Reformers of Washington last Sunday night at 7:30 at Zion Baptist church, F street between 3 and $ \frac{4}{3} $ streets, southwest. A grand mass meeting was held Monday night the 19th at Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion church, D street, between 2nd and D streets, southwest. Prominent speakers addressed the meeting. A Washington Girl's Return. Mrs. Gertrude Unthank, (nee Clark) formerly of this city but now of Kansas City, Mo., is visiting her mother, and sister Lotta, at 2206 14th Street N. W. Mrs. Unthank is accompanied by her daughter, than whom it would be hard to find a more charming and amiable young lady. 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Bailey, secretary, held an interesting meeting Sunday afternoon, the 11th, at Shiloh Baptist church. Papers were read by Mrs. Layton, Mrs. J. Albert Johnson, Mrs. J. H. Smythe, and Mrs. John F. Cook. Music was furnished by Miss Jean netta Taylor, Prof. John T. Layton and the Shiloh Baptist choir. Among the Churches, The Rev. Dr. D. E. Mason, Secretary of the Livingstone College and Industrial School in Salisbury, N. C., was present last week at Plymouth Church in Chicago. He attended a prayer meeting there and made one of his characteristic talks. He is the financial Secretary of Livingstone College and as such has done magnificent work for the College. It is no surprise to his friends that a big collection was raised. More than $500 was given on the spot for the work and for the future management of Livingstone College. Deacon White, a prominent member, led the band by subscribing $100. 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Freeman chairman of the committee, introduced the toast master Maj. C. B. Fisher. The following toasts were responded to: "The Soldiers and Sailors' National Beneficial Union," Mr. L. H. Douglass; "The Woman's Auxiliary," Mrs. C. B. Fisher; "Is the Patriotism and Valor of the Colored Soldiers J. and Sailors taught in the Public Schools?" Prof R. H. Terrell; "What is the Opinion of the Young Men of the Soldier and Sailor?" Prof. Board, of Wilberforce University; "Is the Colored Man an American Citizen?" Dr. Wilder. Remarks were made by Mrs. M. C. Terrell and Miss Mattie Bowen. There were songs and recitations by Miss M. Jones, of North Carolina. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Douglass, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Freeman, Prof. Terrell and wife, Maj. C B. Fisher and wife, Mr. J. W. Butcher and wife, Capt. Alexander Oglesby and wife, Maj. C. R. Douglass and wife, Prof. Layton and wife, Maj. C. A. Fleetwood and wife, Mr. W. H. A. Wormley and wife, Mr. L. A. Cornish and wife, Dr. Warfield, Dr. Frazier, Mr. R. Henderson and wife, Dr. Wilder and wife, Mr. J. H. Butcher and wife, Mr. J. D. Reynolds and wife, Dr. C. Thomas, Mr. Thomas and wife, Mr. John Dorsey and wife, and many others "The Club" at Home. That unique and pleasing organization of young people known as "The Club," were "at home" to its many friends Tuesday evening last, at the Conservatory of Music. Attractive cards issued to many of the "smart set," announcing the event, drew out a handsome array of the elite. The program of dances showed an unusually attractive and varied musical menu The occasion was a success in every respect and reflected great credit upon the management. WORTHY AT ANY RATE. The Colored American of Washington, D. C., comes to us reduced in dimensions, which reductions is made up in additional pages. It is a question of taste which is the better form; how ever, there is no difference of opinion as it concerns the worthiness.—Th Freeman. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. POLITICS IN WEST VIRGINIA. The Afro-American the Same Reliable Factor-The Equal Rights League. Clarksburg, W. Va., Special—The political kettle has commenced to boil and all indications to point to a red hot campaign next fail. There will undoubtedly be a hot fight between the two great parties to carry the state for their respective candidates. The rumored discontent of colored voters is a source of much concern to the leaders of the G. O. P. But the colored brother can be depended upon to do the right thing in the right place and at the right time if treated with proper consideration. Hence, the issue is with the republican leaders. Primaries will be held in a few weeks to select delegates to the state convention ar Parkersburg. S H Guss will probably be one of the delegates selected. The Equal Rights League held an interesting session on Monday evening. Addresses were made by Revs. Morris, Howard, Prof. Guss and others. President Nelson urged all citizens to help preserve the purity of the ballot, to resent all attempts to influence or corrupt colored voters by the use of money or other questionable methods and to conduct themselves generally in such a manner as to merit the respect and confidence of all good citizens. This is good talk, and the League should receive the hearty support and cooperation of all self-respecting citizens. The local order of the Knights of Pythias attended divine service at the Mount Zion Baptist church Sunday afternoon last. Rev. Howard preached an eloquent and instructive sermon to a large congregation and emphasized the many benefits derived from membership in such organizations. Literary department of the Epworth League presented an attractive program to a large audience on Thursday evening. The program consisted of music recitations and a paper on the political status of the Negro in the South. Elizabeth, the three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Booker, died Saturday afternoon last, after a few days' illness and was buried Monday from the Water Street church. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. A fountain of the Order of True Reformers will probably be established here soon. A convention of the Afro Americans of West Virginia will be called to meet in Parkersburg some time in April. Skin Specialist! Skin Specialist! MME. G. A. FINNIE MACK Is located at 1704 10th Street, n. w. She treats and guarantees cure for all Skin troubles, also the Scalp, terms reasonable. She has a preparation for growing the Hair and cultivates the Hair in the same old way. Will be pleased to have her former customers call and be beautified by her new Skin treatment. Bangs and Wigs made to order. $75.00 A MONTH!-The National Colored Teachers' Bureau has a position at that salary for a capable teacher of agriculttre and dairying. Address J. G. Clayton, M. D., Secretary, 459 C. treet, n. w., at once. FOUND AT LAST The Magnetic Comb BEFORE USING. Hair Disease Germ Under Microscope. AFTER USING POSITIVELY and permanently straightens Knotty, Knappy, Kinky hair. Electricity is life. This Comb in connection with Electrical Hair Restorative, the great hair grower. Causes the hair to grow long and straight. This great Electrical invention, by its marvelous magnetic powers give new life to the hair, causing the hair to grow long and straight. The effect is seen at once. The hair commences to grow straight as soon as the use of the Comb is commenced. Look at the BUG. This is a hair germ parasite. They are invisible to the naked eye, but under the rays of a powerful microscope the above picture is what they look like. Hundreds and thousands of these germs burrow at the roots of the hair, destroying the life of the hair causing, it to fall out. Also causes all forms of scalp diseases. If you have dandruff or any scalp disease: if your hair is thin and short, and harsh and brittle; bald or thin on the top or on the temples, or if your hair is falling out it is caused by this germ. The Magnetic Comb together with Electrical Hair Restorative destroys these, thus enabling the hair to grow long and straight, soft, silky and beautiful. Two boxes of the great hair grower "Electrical Hair Restorative" are sent with each Comb. BRICE $5.00 and mailed to any address presided on receipt of PRICE $5.00 and mailed to any address, prepaid on receipt of price $5.00. Notice. TO QUICKLY Introduce this great invention, we have decided to give every reader of The Colored American this opportunity. Cut out this advertisement and mail to us with ONE DOLLAR and we will mail you at once prepaid, THE MANETIC COMB and Two Boxes of Electrical Hair Restorative. Make all more and express orders payable to R. GATHRIGHT, President. Register your letters; It protects you. Address all orders to MAGNETIC COMB CO., Box No. 5, Station B, Richmond, Va. Our Guarantee humbug we take the following methods slanderers. By absolutely guaranteeing the case of dissatisfaction. This is a reputab ment from a dishonest firm. The National Colored Teachers Bureau OF Washington, D. C., is prepared to furnish CAPABLE TEACHERS of every branch of instruction and DESIRABLE SCHOOLS in all parts of the country. REGISTRATION FREE but applicants must be fully competent to teach or possess the ability to learn how to teach. NO SCHOOL—NO PAY 6 per cent of the first year's salary will be charged those for whom positions are secureded, payable Dec. 1, 1900. The Demand exceed the Supply for suitable teachers during the past year, hence our liberal inducements. Send for registration blank briefly stating your full qualifications and enclose ten two cent stamps for postage. James G. Clayton, M. D. 459 C St. N. W. Secretary. Have you stopped in at Naughton's recently and had a drink of his Harper and Wilson whikey? If not, why not? It's the best liquor on the market—1926 14th street, n. w. 12 SANITARIUM AND INFIRMARY Louisville Cosmopolitan Sanitarium and Infirmary. Incorporated under Kentucky laws. Favorably located under management of regular physicians, male and female. Faradization, Massage, Hot Air, etc., can be had. Special attention in separate building to diseases of women and maternity cases. Trained nurses of either sex Address J. W. Mason Secretary Louisville Cosmopolitan Infirmary, Louisville, Ky. Dress-Making. DRESSMAKING ACADEMY The de Lam Orton Famous French Perfection Tailor System Academy MME J. A. SMALLWOOD, Sole Agent 1513Madison St. Northwest. Morning class from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Afternoon class 2 to 5 p. m. daily. Evenings from 7.30 to 10 o'clock. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Dressmakers and ladies who wish to do their own dressmaking. WANTED—To learn the wonderful De Lamorton French Perfection Taylor System, Seamless Basques without one inch of visible seam, in lining or goods, not even on the shoulder. Successful Dressmaking requires as much earnest progressive study as successful work in any of the professions. No detail is too small to be carefully looked after. We teach you to make dresses with or without seam and guarantee perfect fits, and complete your course with a diploma. Fail and Winter course begins September 1. Pupils can enter at any time. Cora E. Dorsey and Christine Dorsey Typewriting, Copying and Steno graphic work satisfactorily performed at reasonable rates by the Misses Dorsey, Room 8, Le Droit Building, Corner 8th and F street northwest. Afflicted and unfortunate sufferers from Private diseases, Blood Poison, Youthful Errors, Lost Vitality, Varicose, etc. send for Sworn Testimonial and Book "Truth" to Pref. G. F. THEEL, M.D. 604 North Sixth St., Philadelphia, R. P. Respectively the most celebrated spe- cialists failed. Fresh cases surged in 4 to 10 day hours. The Stage The Quaker City Dramatic company will produce “David Garrick” in Phil- ade!phia on Washington’s birthday. ye i. $.G. Atkins, wife of the prasi- dent of the Slater Industrial school is quite 0 accomplished elocutionist. She jas ocen reciting several of Dunbar's poems in connection with her husbands jec ures in the North on industrial ed- anager Ward of the Alhambra Th iter Chicago; took @ benefit Mon- dav, February 5, and out of compli- ment to his colored patrons, he invited Fannie Hall Clint, the well known col- sred elocutionist, to give a recitation, [t is needless to say that many of the lady's friends avialed themselves of the opportunity to hear this gifted artist: Some fellow writes a Jong piece in the Topeka (Kansas) Plaindealer try- iny to prove that Miss Mattie Wilkes can't sing, People may be more cul- tured out in “W. li’s.” bailwick than we benighted Washingtonians, but Miss Wilkes can sing well enough for us around these parts, and when we don’t give her a triple encore, it is when we fad that sne has done her whole duty in giving us even one song for our money. We like “Mattie,” over this way. Negrophobia has broken out in Ne- braska, Manager Rosenthal, of the Orphun Theater maha, refused to ell fo Afro-Americans. Dr. O, M. Ricket ‘ the leading citizens {the race, bead a delegation, called » the manaver and threatened immed: ate proceedings unless the Afro- Ameri: ens were civen the right to purchase boxes. The manager offered to com: promise by agreeing that Afro:Ameri cans should bave the right to seats in the lower boxes each Saturday night. This was accepted, but the people are dissati-tied with such terms, and say Dr. Rickets should not have accepted any compromise. The civil rights bill of Nebraska guarantees the civil equal ity of all citizens of the states. There is no justice in limiting the sale of seats in any part of a place of public amuse ments to any particular night. The matter may yet reach the courts, anc the (heater stands ar, excellent chance paying some of its profits into the pub lic treasury as a fine. The British-Boer Conflict. Mr. Henry Y. Arnett, M.5., read a paper upon the «“British-Boer Conflict,” defending the Boers, before the Con: gressional Lyceum. He portrayed the character of the Boers; reviewed their many confliets; exposed the tallacy of the alleged cause and printed out the real bone of contention of the present; war; cited British and American au: thorities and concluded that England’s god tor gold caused all the trouble. ile closed by saying; “The conduct of the Roers in clinging to their kinsmen, s ‘enaciously supporting organization, \ manifesting indomiable determi’ nation to defend their rights and in daring to die for their personal, civil and religious freedom, is an example toost worthy of emulation by the members of the Congressional Lyceum aud the American Negro. Those who took part in the discussion were: Ex’ Senator John P. Green, Prof. Bailey of the High School, Drs. J, R. Wilder and Napier and Messrs. W, L, Hous THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. ©. ton, C. W. Trusty, W. Payne, L. H. S Petersonand W. J. Abrams. Miss CA" Mae Jones recited a poem, ‘‘The Or: gan Builder.” U P P E R “The Impertance of Art,” will be the]... rs ! subject of an interesting paper by Mrs. . Fannie Ware Taylor before Congress: All First ional Lyceum at Odd Fellows Hall at 3.30 oclock tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Taylor is one of the leading landscape | LETTER CARRIERS. 1 palnters in the District and her forth: MOTORMEN, coming paper will doubtless prove in- --ALL ] structive. In fact, every man w! ———— depend upon the THE LITTLE BIRDS CA | Ee ARE WHISPERING— {AY Rp E E *7 That W. Calvin Chase is watching the fellows in the third-story windows. That W. L. Pollard is winning an enviable standing before the District bar. ThatE M Hewlett will make an‘ other dash for the police court judge’ ship. That the administration will find it expedient to tender Gov. Pinchback something real nice between now and the June time. That the vice presidential ramor has goiten around to Henrv Cabot Lodge. ‘That the usual talk abeut putting up a Negro national ticket is about due. ‘That any fellow who accuses R. O. 0. Benjamia of having a hand in the Goe: bel tragedy is simply ‘talking through his hat.” That the Second Baptist Lyceum is one of the strongest forces for gocd in Wasbington’s world of thought and morals. That scoundrels who besmirch a lady teacher’s reputation should be attended to before Mr. White’s anti-lynching meacure becomes a law. That Principal Robert H. Terrell does more work with less fuss and feathers about it, than any other man in town. That Prof. W. H. Richards will not be permitted to rstire from the Bethel presidency at the close of his preseat term. That Recorder H. P. Chentham has appointed and assisted ia the appoint: ‘ment of more Negroes than any other colored official in the country. That ex‘steamboat magnate, J. W. Patterson used to be a preacher, and 18 now thinking seriously of returning to the pulpit. That Gaskins and Gaines, 320 8th street, have one of the best fixed up and most orderly restaurants in the country. That Gov. Roosevelt shows signs of conversion on the Negro question. ‘That the passage of the sparate coach Jaw has driven the Virginia Negroes to aciloser bond of unity than has been the case since the war. That a map need not be less manly because he holds an offce. That office'seeking is still a “mighty po’ bizness.”” That the Negro will never be a power until he is willing to sacrifice something to protect the honor and virtue of our women. That the people sre finding out that the dental work done by the young artists at Freedmen’s Hospital is of as high a.grade as cen be had at the high: priced down town establishments. That the Negro people have begun to stir themselves in behalf of their own institutiors and are contributing materialiy to Mr. Waskington’s Tueke’ gee endowment and to the Afro: Ameri can Council’s Louisiana fund, and also are going out of their way to subscribe _.UPPER-TEN WHISKEY... 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Se een a NPE ne ne ree ees Wet the Sen E CAS ppt wiriart Nalae ene ea ee eae . : 5 ; Have it Straight, : ‘ “What?” Your Eair——p ; so No ey ‘ : ee oe EE are ‘ SE sles 2 <= y 5 SS LS TIP ae < Ly, I SSaan SZ ANY , | ET NWO Rg NS Ail lp 1s a or. WN" 21 ra iY Fs AN y BEFORE USING AFTER USING : By using the Hair Straightening “TION A.” Manufactured and for ‘ 4 sale by M. Tregor & Co. 1229ESt. N. W. ; PRICE 15and 25 Cents. : we cs pa ae are to Negro newspapers and to buy of Negro merchants. That Daniel Murray will have the ‘Board of Trade influence with him in the delegate contest. That Dr. Purvis is ambling along in this delegate canvass ata speed rival: ling the growth of the Philadelphia convention fund. | That the Negro independents threat’ en to put upa colored ticket against ‘McKinley in cer tain doubtful states. -T. D. Welch. Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco, 286 8rd St. S.W., Washington, D. O THE WASHINGTON LOAN OFFICE 1224 Pa. Ave. Northwest. F, Warren Johnson, = washington, D. Manager. Money Loaned on Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry, Unredeemed Pledges For Sale « ; PLAIN TALK oe After Seven years In the Business I have my first time To see a man refuse $100 Or $1000 of Lasurance, after The death cf a relative or friend. I KNOW THE RUSINESS! WHY NOT WRITE OR CALL TO SEE ME? 1892 1900. B. H. BAKER, 9 General Agent. Royal Benetit Society. SICK OR AOUIDENT. 1440 T STREET, N. W., OR HOME .OFFIUE 6 RACE PREJUDICE IN INDIANA RACE PREJUDICE IN INDIANA Cuba Not an El Dorado for the Afr American-Dr. Bluilt Interviewed-A Graphic Pen Picture of the Doings in Hoosierdom. Indianapolis, Ind., Special—With much regret I mention a fact detrimental to the principles and reflecting no credit upoh the reputation of our state. It was the refusal of the Hotel Doxey, the leading hotel at Anderson, this State, to entertain Booker T. Washington who was engaged as principal speaker at the Indiana League of Republican Clubs, held in that city February 12th. The landlord promptly informed the committee that no colored person would be accommodated at that house. But the remaining hotels as well as the homes of many private individuals were preffered the committee for the use of the distinguished vislror. The incident is much deplored by the committee in charge, and Hotel Doxey comes in for much unpleasant notoriety, made more emphatic by the attitude of the mayor of the city, Mr. Dunlap, who when consulted as to his pleasure about riding with Mr. Washington, replied without a moment's hesitation, "I shall be glad to do so, if Mr. Washington doesn't object," which attitude stands out in commendable contra distinction to that of the Hotel Doxey management. A delegation composed of Messrs. Gurley Brewer, George L. Knox, Chas. Brown, John Puryear, Gabriel Jones, James Shelton and S. A. Furniss attended the Indiana League of Republi Clubs at Anderson Monday, February 12th. Since our last letter all that is mortal of R. W. Thompson, that pioneer in the foundation of the sterling statehood which Indiana enjoys, has passed to the great beyond. His death occurred at his home in Terre Haute, February 8th and his funeral which was attended by the Governor and most of the State offloers, took place February 12th. He was 91 years of age and yet active in State and National politics until with in the last five years. The new city directory for 1900 gives the population of Indianapolis as 204, 518, a gain in the last year of 7,214 in inhabitants. Pauperism is the smallest of any city its size in the country, and the statistics show more persons to own or have part interest in their homes than in any city of its size in the United States. Dr. Lyman Beecher Bluitt, formerly of Quincy Illinois, for the past two years a resident of Santiago de Cuba, passed through the city this week enroute to his home. Dr. Bluitt was as-sitant surgeon in the United States Army, appointed by Surgeon-General Sternberg, and was assigned to duty with the Eighth Illinois regiment, officered entirely by colored men. Dr. Bluitt left Cuba only ten days ago and has made close observation of the Cuban situation generally and is in a position to give authoritative and at the same time valuable information as to prospects in colored emigration to that island. He is much exasperated at the glowing pictures of Cuba as an Eden for the Negro, painted by American Negroes who have made temporary residence there, and who, he says without known exception, are disappointed in their expectations and eager for opportunity to return to the United States. Notably among whom are THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. Hon. John L. Waller, ex-Consul to Tamatave, Madagarcar, who, while advising colored people to come to Cuba, is seeking means every day to return with his family to this country. Captain Waller, he says, made some money out of his commission as captain of a Kansas company, which however, he has lost by poor investment in Santiago, and is now only making day-laborer's wages, superintending a street gang for the Barber Asphalt Paving Company. Among the drawbacks confronting a colored man going to Cuba, is first the clannishness of the Cubans which amounts almost to a hostility towards Americans and which is in no wise modified toward the American Negro. Hence, professional, commercial or mechanical industries cannot rely upon Cuban patronage or support. The agricultural field is well nigh barred to a man of limited means, because of of the great expense necessary the available land from a dense thicket of wild undergrowth and jungle to conditions susceptible of receiving tobacco or other seed. Special implements for this work will also be necessary, all of which must be imported at great cost, also mules which cost $100 a piece in Cuba. He further says Afro-American sympathy for the Cubans is greatly misplaced and proven by contact with them to be neither desired nor appreciated. He thinks the salvation of the island and the development of rich mineral and agricultural possibilities rest alone on the establishment of a colonial government by the United States. These statements coming from a disinterested source furnishes them a weight not to be accorded administration patrons or pensioners. A local AfroAmerican Council has been organized in this city with a favorable outlook. Bishop G. W. Clinton spent Sunday in the city. The resignation of the Rev. W. O. White leaves the Ninth Presbyterian church without a pastor. Prof. Charles S. Sagers, of San Francisco, Cal, author of the drama, "The Negro" is in the city, endeavoring to produce the same here. The proposed investigation by Prof. W. E. B. DuBois, of Atlanta University, into the career of college bred Negroes, promises interesting detail. He finds that there are between 1,200 and 1,500 Negroes who have been graduated from colleges, and to each of them he will send questions, touching their family and scholastic life, occupation since graduation, literary efforts, official positions and financial success. The data will be furnished in a report to be made to the annual conference to be held at the University next May. Williams and Walker, the renowned fun makers. played to "standing room only" at the Park theater during the past week. Several "stags" were given the principals and other members of company. LILLIAN THOMAS FOX. WORTHY AT ANY BATE. The Colored American of Washington, D. C., comes to us reduced in mensions, which reductions is made up in additional pages. It is a question of taste which is the better form; however, there is no difference of opinion as it concerns the worthiness.—Th Freeman. SECOND BAPTIST LYCEUM A Free Forum, devoted to the Instruction of the Masses on the Social, Economic, Religious, Educational and Business Issues of the Day, and their relation to the Progress of the Negro Race. Meets every Sunday afternoon [except second Sunday in each month] at Second Baptist Church, 3rd Street, between H and I Sts., northwest. Everybody invited. Richard W. Thompson, President, R. S. Smith and C. L. Marshall, V. Pres. James E. Slaughter, Secretary. Rev. W. Bishop Johnson, Pastor. R.L. Elliott Up-To-Date Groceries. Fresh Meats of all kinds. Goods delivered to any part of the city. Money saved by dealing at this Store. 4TH AND O ST.N.W. Agents Wanted. Enclose 2c stamp for reply, and we will send particulars telling how you can make from $75 to $150 per month, and also be presented with a fine Gold Watch. Address. 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Daily Office Hours: From 10 to 1 and 3 to 6. Tuesda, Thursday, and Saturday till 8 p. m. W. M. DRURY'S 1100 20th St., corner L. N. W. Washington, D. C. GASKINS & GAINES. Academy Restaurant [just around the corner] 320 8th Street, N. W. Opposiite Kanns. All leading brands of wine liquors and cigars, imported and domestic. Ladies and Gentlemen's Oafe Upstairs. --- REV, J. W. NORRIS. == Baltimore’s Most Popular and El- quent Divine. HisGood Work, A sketch of the ministerial career of Hey. J. W. Norris, pastor of Ebenezer \.M E. charch, Baltimore, Md. He vag licensed as an exhorter in Carlisle, omberland Co, Pa. January 16th, $75, by Rev. Benjamin Darks, and re- -eived licenses for local preachers or ders under Rey. William T. Maxwell, yetober 1876. He joined the Philadel- phia Annual Conference May 16th 1877, and was appointed to the Unionville yreuit. This was his first successfal sparge, Which he served two years. In 379, he was appointed to the Oxford / @aSs a “all SG ates | _ areen ae ay Ce iy Sian Wo Ve i: | | 1 YA vi f4 REV. J. W. NOBRIS. Cir ser. ing these two charges y - cclsl course in theology at Coiyersity, In 1880, he was ‘ to the South Chester Station. wge he held successtully for years, and cleared that church of . In 1898, he wes appointed to © Scrch 10th Btreet A, M, E. church teading, Pa. This charge he served ibree years, and renoyated the church. 1886, he was appointed to Smyrna, Del. At this point he served a station, sod was presiding elder of the 7th dis- triet, In 1888, he was appointed to Frankford, Philadelphia, In 1889, he was made presiding elder of the Lan- caster district, which position he held two days, and was transferred to the Baltimore Annual UOonference and stationed at Trinity A.M. E. church, this station he held successtally for tour years, and collected $26,000 and doubled the membership of the church. In 1893: he was appointed fo St. Paul A, M. E. church, Washington, D.C. This charge he held successfully for three years, col’ lecting avout $8,000 and married 150 couples in five weeks and two days. In 1896 he was appointed to Hoenezer A, M. £, church, Baltimore, Md. This church has the largest membership in the conference. He has colleeted at this scation in four years $30,000. He was ordaned deacon by Bishop D. A. Payne, D. D. LL, D., May 12th 1879. Io Reading City, Pa. and was elevated to the office of elder by Bishop John M. Brown, D. D., D. GC. L. May 15th, 1881, at Smyrna Del. Mrs, C, A. Foreman of Wilmington, N.C., spent a portion of the week wiih Mrs. Joseph Hooper, 2319 G street and Mrs. B. A. Ohase, 1422 Pierce Place. Mrs. Foreman left yesterday for Phila- delphia. Capital City Fountain No. 333 G. U. O. of T. R., gave an enjoyable Japanese party and musicale, Wednesday even- ing of last week at the residence of Miss 8. P. Robb, 1431 11th Street Northwest. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHIN! GTON, D. 0. SS ee ee SSS BETHEL LITERARY’S SCHEDULE. A CAKE OF COMPLEXION Some Rich Intellectual Treats in Store for MYSTIC the Patrons of Washington’s Historic SOFT STRAIGHT AND So ciety, Bethel Literary and Historical As- sociation is enjoying a season of un. exampled prosperity. It is doubtful 11 any corresponding period since its for mation can this society po nt toa series of literary offerings, so rich in thought, so entertaining in character, or 20 varied in the method of presenting valuable instruction as has been given by Prest- dent W. H. Richards in the past sea- son and a half. He has put into this work all the vast resources of a well- stored mind and cultivated taste, and the results he is achieving must be gratifying to him. They are certainly bighly appreciated by the public. His labor is a labor of love merely, but he performs it withas much energy, pa tience and fidelity as if he werein re- ceipt of $1,500 a year as compensation. Ae ts level-headed and wonderfully even tempered —never disconcerted by mishaps or disappointments, never un- duly elated by signal triumphs. Men like Prof. Richards are rare, and any community fortunate enough to po- sess one of ois superior qualities should prize him beyond rubies, It is hoped that the electors of Bat:el will be able to induce him to serve another term. Fllowiag is the highly interesting program announced by Bethel for the next few weeks: February 20.—‘‘The Education of Girle in the Light of Modern Psycho- logy and Pedagogy.” Prof. Lewis B. Moore, Dean, Department;of Pedagog’ ics, Howard University. February 27.—‘‘Founders’ Day.” 1. Bethel Literary and Historical As sociation—Miss Maria L. Jordan, 2. Bishop Daniel A. Payne—Mr. William A. Joiner. 3, The Methodists—Dr. J. Albert Johoson. March 6.—Address,—Mr. Lewis H Douglass. March 13.—“Domestic Service.” (a) As an Economic Factor—Miss Ella J. Smith, A. M. (b) Its Difficulties —Miss Mattie R. Bowen. 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Without it your aspirations are empty dreams, your labcr will be fraitless waste, Powerful government, richly eudowed universities, Jarge facilities tor acquirmg deep learning are price- less blessings, but these alone do not make strong men-men of brawn and brain. Such blessings are the products of the working genius of strong men. No stream viees higher thaa its source, no structure is stronger than its com- ponent parts; the stability, the contin ued upward progression of the Negro race in America depends on the indi- vidual character. Now individual char: acter is not born, a8 poets are said to be, nor msnufactured like a machine, No self made man ever lived; yet was there ever a man good or bad who was not self made? The law of character growth is this: On the ore hand stands heredity—type conformity, on the other hand environ ment and between and over them stand an architect, a master workman whose work is for good or evil, and the name of that workman is—‘I am.” The subject of our sketch, Professor Robert W. Taylor, is ene of the solid, sturcy men of the Southland, who, without the beating of tom toms and the blowing of uumpets, has succeed- ed in accomplishing as much for the uplift and development of his race slong educational lines as any man of his age and opportunities. His work forthe past few years has been in the direction of creating sentiment favor- Able te his Alma Mater—Tuskegee, and 1D urging its claims to recognition by those ¥ ho, like founder of that school, have valimited faith in industrial edu- Cation as the remedy for the improve- meut of the condition of the Negro in- ~ustrially and commercially. Professor Taylor has done some very intelligent and "effective work on the Platform in behalf of thie school, in Wavy states of the North and East, Sud by bis earnest manner of present: ‘Dg its claims to the consideration of those interested in Negro education in ‘he South has, made many friends for the school and for himself. Some idea of bia worth public Kyi GG E ZZ ZW. 4 pes NS * Vapor i (lf ge Z See mil OT RSS] il vee F SN = Megas _ jue ppp \ Tl fig pier __ LAGS .yo \ \ it Hf “We CESS TAS \\\\\ 1 gos ED COX.\\\\\ i ys SIN WS \\ J TT , . WH HASSE eae z f SS "iy eee ft Stee |S , CSN iS fil Nie HA 4A, JOKER A. HHH HI \S= ee A. -_Gyppes PN le = |p Peer) \ = ge us eae 1 LS peta See eit | [eee ney r \ ga Sit | Tee \ hE Be atith Hee | fe, S22 el Ye Fa eee ||| : Vacca te Sparetiersa tii \\\| lg ay ae SSE SS Weer 2 ESS SS Ce Ss SENS \ SV Sf ss SS SS ay MNS i ‘ Z ; fi SZ _E_ fy \ YQ EZ Sy ~ \ YE a SL A VJ LE —£- fa” VEZ CLG KS Z ee: iff PROF R ICHARD T. GREENER. PROF. RICHARD T. GREENER. U. 8. Consul to Vladivostock Eastern Siberia, Russia— Whose Splendid Recerd Has Evoked Commendation from the Highest Authority. speaker may be gatuered from the fol- lowing remarks of Booker T. Washing: ton at Conven ion Hall, Saratoga, New York, Auguet 20, 1899, where Prof. Taylor made the opening address: “When Mr, Taylor came to Tuskegee some years ago, barefooted and in short pants, I did nob think that he would some day make a better speech than I shall ever be able to u ake; but such you have all heard tonight. If Tuske: gee has done nothing mors than pro- duce a Robert W. Tayler I feel that my 18 years of labor have not been in vain.” This compliment is ae graceful as it is deserved. Professor Taylor is an elo” quent, forceful and thoughtful plat: form speaker, who always manages to say something striking, and to say it in elegant and chaste English, He has spoken a number of times be- fore seme of the most cultured audien’ (Continued on 12th page.) Studying Dr Curtis’ Methods, Among the distinguished visitors in town during the pest week was Dr. L. L. Burwell of Selma, Ala., one of the most prominent practitioners and drug- gists in the South. Dr, Burwell is one of the brightest yeung men of the race to whose many honors already achieved, it is impossible to do justice in the space of a local. Dr. Burrell's example is a lesson to the blase youth as to what may be accomplished by pluck and grit, He has wasted no time in ooking for a way to succeed—he is making one. He has been looking into the conduct of Freedman’s hospital to the end of es- tablishing a similar institution in Ala- bama. Editor Fortune in Town. Editor T. Thomas Fortune of ‘The New York Age” is spending a few days in the city for the rest and recrea: tion; Mr. Fortune is such a busy man that it is difficult for hint to rest any’ wheree EMPIRE STATE OF TAR SOUra A Negro Bank and Ootton Fac- tory in Prospect—Political :-News Notes, _ Atlanta, Ga., Special—Hon. J. W. Lyons, Register of the Treasury paid a flying visit to Atlanta last Saturday night, but left Sunday morning for his old home, Augusta. Capt,0, O. Wim- bish, surveyor of customs for Atlanta, and E. F. Blodgett, assistant post- master at Atlanta, bas been eleeted delegates to the national republican convention at Philadelphia for the 5th district. A. Graves, Esq. one of At- lanta’s most progressive real estate dealers has been made presidential elector for the 5th district of eoraia, Mr. Graves is an Afro-American of energy, push and pluck and usually get thece. He doeeas- much business as any two real estate agents in this great city. Mr. Shepherd the pbotographer of Commissioner Calloway returned to the city one day last week. Prof. W. E_ B. DuBow ef Atlanta University has quitea number of young men aad women employed in the city getting certain information that will be used at the Paris Exposition in the Negro de: partment, The leading colored men here are subscribing to a stock of $50,000 with a view of going into general bank, ing business, I am told that over two: thirds of the stock has been subscribed and sold, It may be a national bank. Hon. W. A. Venable, ex‘lieutensat governor of Georgia, a ieading white business man here, who owms « large rock quary and several hundred aerec ofland adjoining, and Hon. H. A. Rucker are figuring on a pian of start. ing a cotron factory within fifteem miles of Atlante to be operated by Afro American hands. Mr. Racker has given mush study along this line for a pum- ber of years. He is now about to re alize his goal. Register Lyons distriet has elected Prof. P. H. Craig ef Aw: gusta, and Dr. A. E. Williams .of Gor: don, Ga, delegates to the natianal con: vention at Philadelphia. Messrs. Craig and Williams are both very strong and wortby Afro-Americans and will re* flect much credit upon the old Tenth district that Register Lyons represented so long and faithfally.Mr. H. . E Baker of Washington, D.O. an employee of the Patent Office visited Atlanta last Monday morning and registered at the Hotel Vendom. He came to rettle up ‘the affairs of the late Dr. W, H. Tay- (Continued on 9th page.) THE NEGRO NOT INFERIOR Bruce Grit Opens the Pages of History to Senator John T. Morgan and Offers the Lie Courteous to that Distinguished Exemplar of Reactionry Statesmanship. Albany, N. Y., Special.—I commend the following from Howard's Reports, Vol. XIX, pages 572—3 and 582 to Hon. John T. Morgan, a Senator of the United States from the state of Alabama, who foolishly asserts that this is a white man's country, and that the Negro race is inferior. I would also call his attention to Jefferson's works, Vol. VIII, page 386 and Vol V. page 429 in which he will find the answer to his reckless statement that we are inferior to the Caucasian race. Says Howard; It has been often asserted that the Constitution was made exclusively by and for the white race. It has already been shown that in five of the thirteen original states, colored persons then possessed the elective franchise and were among those by whom the Constitution was ordained and established. If so, it is not true in point of fact that the Constitution was made exclusively by the white race, and that it was made exclusively for the white race, is in my opinion, not only an assumption not warranted by anything in the Constitution, but contradicted by its opening declaration; that it was ordained and established by the people of the United States for themselves and for their posterity and as free colored men were then citizens of at least five states they were among those for whom and whose posterity the Constitution was ordained and established." Senator Morgan is a trifle subsequent in claiming so much for the "unconquered and unconquerable Caucasian." The New York Journal, a democratic newspaper in an editorial in its issue of January 10th gives the lie courteous to Senator Morgan's statement of the inferiority of the Negro in the following language:—(I have only space for a paragraph.) "And the Negro too, with a tired black face resting for the next day's slavery—a slavery on a wage basis, but slavery all the same. Possiby you despise his thick lips. But those lips are carved on every sphinx in Egypt's sand, and if you could go back far enough you would find the ancestors of that Negro before the days of the Pharaohs, laying the foundation of your religion and locating the stars in heaven. At that time your forbears were gibbering cave savages sharpening bones and gnawing raw flesh. You did not know that the Negro was so important far back? Well, you know now. When you see the Negro on the opposite seat—the ill starred one who has gone down in the human race while we have gone up—think about him, study him; speculate as to his ultimate end—and your own. Don't merely say to yourself 'that's a plain Negro,' and go on chewing gum." Senator Morgan is as ignorant concerning the Negro as a wooden Indian, and he is not alone. For among his class of white men, who are in reputation for great knowledge on this subject, the information which they do not possess would fill a great many large volumes of the size of the Century Encyclopedia. If Senator Morgan ever reads the Bible he will there find indubitable proofs that the Negro, or Ethiopian is not only not inferior to the Caucasian race, but superior to it in many respects. The people of Ethiopia and thus referred to by Amos IX, 7, "Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O Children of Israel saith the Lord," and Jeremiah XIVI, 9, "Come up ye horses and rage ye chariots, and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and Ly- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. bians that handle the shield, and the Lybians that handle and bend the bow." St. Paul Acts VIII, 2, "Beloved a man of Ethiopia, an Eunch of great authority." David Ps. XXXVII, 4, "I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: Behold Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia; this man was born there." The Queen of the South or Sheba, daughter of Abraham by Keturah. Came from Ethiopia—or in the language of the Scripture from the uttermost parts of the earth—to Jerusalem with a great company, to see and hear all the wisdom of Solomon. The annals of Abyssinia say that she was a pagan when she left Sheba or Azab, but being filled with admiration at the sight of Solomon's works, she became a proselyte to Judaism while at Jerusalem. She likewise bore Solomon a son, whom she called Menelek, and carried him with her on her return to Sheba. After a lapse of a few years, Menelek was sent back to Solomon to educate and he had him thoroughly instructed in the Jewish religion. Menelek was crowned of Ethiopia in the Temple at Jerusalem. Rollin in his ancient history, referring to the first great city described in ancient and sacred history by the Cusbites or Ethiopians says they surrounded it with walls, which were 37 feet in thickness, 350 feet in height and 480 furlongs in circumference. One hundred and two years after the flood Nimrod, the son of Cush, an Ethiopian attempted to build the tower of Babel in the land of Shinar lying between Mesopatamia on the west, and Persia on the east and watered by the Euphrates—mankind being all of one language, one color and one religion, they agreed to erect a tower of prodigious extent and height to get themselves a famous character. The construction of the tower of Babel it is said occupied these people twenty-two years when their language was confounded and they dispersed themselves and replenished the world. These are a few of the things to the credit of a race which Senator Morgan characterizes as an inferior race. The City Babylon which was founded on Nimrod 2247 B. C. was eighty times larger than the city of London, England, being 45 miles in circumference, it was laid out in 625 squares, formed by the intersection of 25 streets at right angles, the walls which were of brick, were 350 feet high and 37 feet broad. A trench surrounded the city, the sides of which were lined with brick and water proof cement. Quays of beautiful marble adorned the banks of the river, and on one bank stood the magnificent temple of Belus and on the other the Queen's Palace. These two edifices were connected by a passage under the bed of the river. Theba's derives its name from Thebes, which with its hundred palaces and hundred gates, might vie with the noblest cities of the world. I was celebrated by Homer, an Ethiopian whose description is generally familiar. It acquired the surname of Hecatompy los to distinguish it from the other Thebes in Breotia. Thebes what a glory on thy temple sate, When monarchs hardly less than God's were thine, Through mystery and darkness shroud thy fate, The glimpse imagination gives us is divine. Through the long vista as we gaze half blind Distinct, though distant, graceful, though austure Palace and pillar cave and pyramid In awful grandeur and repose appear. Nations since born have wept o'er thy decay; Science and art have flourished and have died; And glory like a dream has passed away— Yet thine imperishable fame shall aye abide. The native spirit yet may walk and live (Freedom and culture, what hasn't thou not done) thou not done) And Ethiopia kindle and revive Like her own table wnen it felt the Let Senator Morgan brush up his history before he again exposes his ignorance of a race, to which the civilization of the world are indebetd far more than some of them are willing to admit. The Senators knowledge of the Negro is circumscribed by the limits of his 8 by 10 state, and when he ridicules the race he discovers to the thoughtful public the effects of the peculiar civilization under which the Negro with whom he is more intimately acquainted was reared. As a river cannot rise above its source, neither can Negroes who have been animalized and brutalized by southern civilization rise above that condition in one generation. But they will rise, and with healing in their wings, after their traducers of the Morgan type are dead and turned to clay, if not sooner. I want to add my testimony humble though it be to the value of the great work which Prof. E.A. Johnson, principal of the Washington School, Raleigh, N.C. and author of the school history of the Negro race in America—has accomplished in collecting and compiling such a valuable collection of historical facts bearing upon the Negro in America and which identify the race with every important event which has transpired in the history of the United States from the landing at Jamestown to the surrender at Appomattox. Such a book as Johnson's historp should have a place in the library of every Negro family in this country. I cannot too strongly urge upon every young man and woman of the race the necessity of owning a copy of this school history. It is a revelation and the author has gathered together all the fragments of history about the Negro found here and there in books, written by white men, and put them together in concise form, so that they make a connected story, a useful and authentic history which I am glad to learn has been adopted for use in many Negro schools and colleges. Prof. Johnson's history of the Negro soldiers in the Spanish-American war is equally as valuable to the student of Negro history as is his school history just referred to. Every important fact obtainable has been seized by the author and made to do duty in vindicating the courage and heroism of the Negro troops in that war. The Crummell Historical Society, Albany, will doubtless at its next meeting adopt these histories and study them during the winter. They both bear the stamp of scholarship, and shows care in their preparation and no Negro need be ashamed to read them and study them. They are quoted at one dollar per volume, and may be had on application to the author, E. A. Johnson, Raleigh N.C. "The Negro and the Sunny South," is the title of a remarkable book from the pen of Mr. S. C. Cross, of Martinsburg, West Va. A young and vigorous writer of the white race who isn't afraid to tell the truth on both races and who does it in a way which commands the attention of the thoughtful reader. Mr. Cross doesn't slobber over the Negro, nor cover up the faults of his own race. In a letter to the writer he says: "I am twenty-seven years old, I was born and rocked in the lop of poverty and pain—and fought the bitterest battles of life entirely unaided and alone. I have no fears—ask no favors from any man or race. All I wish or want of each and all is the fair exchange of honesty and thought. I am a poor man still and wrote this book because I hate the chilling chains of cruelty and crime, because I long with all my youthful heart and mind to tear the frightful fetters from the soul and brain of man, The race that will not promote its promoters will continue to suffer the pangs of persecution, poverty and pain. The race that will not protect its protectors or defend its defenders will finally mingle with destruction and decay." The book is highly commended by the book sellers, news dealers and stationers of New York, The Petersburg, West Virginia Press, The Richmond Planet, The Bookseller and Newsman of New York and other well known journals. To write such a book required a great deal of courage and those whose condition has called it into being should "promote their promoters and defend their defenders" by liberally patronizing this courageous young white man who writes like the eloquent Ingersoll and thinks like a veteran. The book sells for 50 cents, (paper) and $1.00 (cloth) and is well worth the price asked for it. Mr. Cross is a talented young gentleman and a firm believer in the possibilities and capabilities of the Negro. Buy his book. And now for a little fun. Everybody knows or has heard of the tragedian R. Henri Strange of Philadelphia. 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Henry Lewis is in Baltimore spending a few weeks with Mrs. George A. Handy daughter of Bishop James A. Handy. Mr. T. C. Miller, a Norfolk, Va., business man, was the guest of Mr. J. N. McDuffle, 426 I street, northwest, last week. Miss Addle Lewis, in addition to her duties with the Amphions, is serving as organist of the 1st Baptist choir in Georgetown. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bradley, formerly of 1045 M Street, are now domiciled with Mrs. Betts and family at 613.22d Street Northwest. Health for 10 cents. Cascarets make the bowels and kidneys act naturally, destroy microbes, cure headaches, biltousness and constipation. C. S. Pittman, 83 L street northwest, employed by Hill and Miller, dealers in electrical supplies, had four fingers crushed in a mochine Monday of last week. The Allen League celebrated the birthday of Frederick Douglass in happy style by giving an entertainment in the lecture room of Metropolitan A. M. E. church. Mrs. Edmund L. Bailey, wife of the proprietor of the Bailey House, 229 New Jersey avenue, has been spending a few days in Brooklyn, the guest of Mrs. Richard Moore. It is confidently expected that the grand jury will return a true bill against Managers Burke and Chase, the blatant violators of the civil rights law of the District. Miss Blanche Coleman is developing into a pianist of noteworthy skill. Her solo last Sunday at the Congressional Lyceum would have reflected credit upon a professional. Mr. C. L. Marshall, of 801 R Street, one our most reliable business men, went to Richmond, Va., Sunday, Feb. 11, to attend a meeting of the directors of the True Reformers' Bank. It is announced that J. Henry Lewis director of the Asbury choir will soon retire and devote his time to the formation of a mixed chorus, which will put on a comic opera at of one the local theaters. In a happily-phrased letter to President R. W. Thompson, Miss J. Imogen Howard, New York's popular teacher, expresses her sincere appreciation of the timely aid rendered her by the Second Baptist Lyceum in her contest THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. for a trip to Paris. Miss Howard stands fourth in a list of five possible winners, and is almost certain of success now. Second Baptist Lyceum has given her 2,773 votes. Miss Lucy E. Moten, the energetic principal of the Normal School, has given Miss Howard excellent support in this contest, and hopes to send up 5,000 ballots from Washington. Major John H. Simpson, ex-Commander of the Department of California, G. A. R delighted a large audience Sunday, Feb. 11, at the Congressional Lyceum. He paid a lofty tribute to the valor of the colored soldier. Solomon Haskins, of 608 21 Street N. W., is president of the Fifteenth Assembly District Republican Club, and is busily sizing up the delegate timber in the market. He has a large following and the organization will be potent in naming the winner. Mr. John L. Perkinson, formerly in Cuba as a member of the United States Volunteer Army, is doing a neat business with his improved elastic asphaltum paint. He is located at 24 Massachusetts Avenue N. E. Mr. T. J. Calloway, special agent in charge of Negro exhibit at Paris, has returned from an extended trip covering visits to Chicago, Atlanta, Tuskegee and New Orleans, in the interest of the work. Tomorrow afternoon at 6 o'clock, Mr. R. W. Thompson, of The Colored American, will address the Epworth League of Lane's Chapel; subject: "What the Church can do for Journalism, and what Journalism can do for the Church." This church is located at the corner of 14th and C northeast. At Lane's Chapel. The Epworth League of Lane's Chapel, 14th and C Streets Northeast, is getting along finely. Last Sunday at 6 o'clock, Attorney R. D. Ruffin read a paper on "The Influence of the Church," and pertinent remarks were made by Editor A. L. Manly, Dr. G. H. Richardson and others. Miss Prather's paper was a severe arraignment of intemperance, and was well delivered. Pastor J. R. White has begun the erection of a handsome brick church. Rev. J. L. Carpenter, Deputy General of the Northern Grand Division of the United Order of True Reformers, delivered a sermon to the True Reformers of Washington last Sunday night at 7:30 at Zion Baptist church, F street between 3 and $ \frac{4}{1} $ streets, southwest. A grand mass meeting was held Monday night the 19th at Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion church, D street, between 2nd and D streets, southwest. Prominent speakers addressed the meeting. A Washington Girl's Return. Mrs. Gertrude Unthank, (nee Clark) formerly of this city but now of Kansas City, Mo., is visiting her mother, and sister Lotta, at 2206 14th Street N. W. Mrs. Unthank is accompanied by her daughter, than whom it would be hard to find a more charming and amiable young lady. Dr. Unthank has every reason to feel proud of his interesting family, and can rest assured that no pains will be spared by their many friends here to make their stay extremely pleasant. Miss Anthony's Anniversary. The concert and reception in honor of the eightieth birthday of Miss Susan B. Anthony, Thursday of last week, were made particularly notable to our people by the appearance on both occasions of the distinguished and pop- ```markdown ``` C. H. HIBBERT & CO. 606 Eleventh St. N. W. Washington, D. C. GLOVES FROM $1.00 up Tried on and Warranted African Pomade Co. Clever O. Dear Rise Enclosed find Photograph after 4 months treatment of your ponade. Before I need it my hair was of a very woolly matte growth it is a lovely warm hair the envy of all of those who have not seen your ponade. Yours very truly Adas Bruce Aktam O. Price 50c. per Box. All mail orders promptly attended to. Send 2c, stamp for full information. ADDRESS THE AFRICAN POMADE CO. CLEVES, OHIO, 609 F St. N. W., Washington, D. C Capital $50,000. Hon. Jno. R. Lynch, President. L. C. Bailey, Treasurer. J. A. Johnson, Secretary. D. B. McCary, Cashier. Directors: Jno. R. Lynch, Dr. W. S. Lofton, Whitefield McKinlay, L. C. Bailey, Robt. H. Terrell, W, S, Montgomery, Wyatt Archer, John A. Pierre,Henry E. Baker, James Storum, J. A. Johnson, Dr. A. W. Tancil, Howard H Williams. Deposits received from 10 cents upward. Interest allowed on $5.00 and above. Collections meet with prompt attention. A general exchange and banking business done. S. S. Daish & Sons. Coal and Fire-wood. 1207 G Street, Northwest. Clean coal, 2240 pounds to the ten Lowest Prices. ular young violinist, Mr. Joseph H. Douglass. At the choice afternoon concert at Lafayette Square Opera House and at the radiant reception his work was exceptionally fine, and the new president of the woman suffragists, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, personally congratulated him upon his marvelous talent and skill as an interpreter of classic music. The Woman's Protective Association of which Mrs. Julia Layton is president and Mrs. Ida Ida D. Bailey, secretary, held an interesting meeting Sunday afternoon, the 11th, at Shiloh Baptist church. Papers were read by Mrs. Layton, Mrs. J. Albert Johnson, Mrs. J. H. Smythe, and Mrs. John F. Cook. Music was furnished by Miss Joan netta Taylor, Prof. John T. Layton and the Shiloh Baptist choir. Among the Churches, The Rev. Dr. D. E. Mason, Secretary of the Livingstone College and Industrial School in Salisbury, N. C., was present last week at Plymouth Church in Chicago. He attended a prayer meeting there and made one of his characteristic talks. He is the financial Secretary of Livingstone College and as such has done magnificent work for the College. It is no surprise to his friends that a big collection was raised. More than $500 was given on the spot for the work and for the future management of Livingstone College. Deacon White, a prominent member, led the band by subscribing $100. The subject of Dr. Mason's lecture was "The Immortality of Influence," and the very handsome and substantial collection was a proof that he has carried his point. BLOOD POISON CURED BY B. B. B. Bottle Free to Sufferers. Deep-seated, obstinate cases, the kind that have resisted doctors, hot springs and patent medicine treatment, quickly yield to B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) thoroughly tested for 80 years. B. B. B. has cured such indications as mucuous patches in the mouth, sore throat, eruptions, eating sores, bone pains, itching skin, swollen glands, stiff joints, copper colored spots, chancres, ulceration on the body, and in hundreds of cases where the hair and eyebrows have fallen out and the whole skin was a mass of boils, pimples and ulcers this wonderful specific has completely changed the whole body into a clean, perfect condition, free from eruptions, and skin smooth with the glow of perfect health. B. B. B. is the only perfect cure for blood poison. So sufferers may test B. B. B. and know for themselves that it cures, a trial bottle will be sent free of charge. B. B. B. for sale by druggist at $1 per large bottle, or 6 large bottles (full treatment) $5. For trial bottle, address BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ga. Ice Cream Parlor. The best goods only, and elegant service. We welcome you at, 1618 7th Street, Northwest. W. H. FISHER . Dyer and Cleaner, 709 9th St. n. w. 407 14th St. n. w. Telephone 1152 GLOVE EMPORIUM Capital Savings Bank- Bank open from 9 a, m, to 4:30 p.m a The Seventh Annual Banquet of the Soldiers And Sailors National Beuelicial Union, The seventh annual banquet of the Soldiers and Sailors National Beneficial Union, was given February 13, at G. A. R. Hall, and was regarded as one cf the most brilliant events in the history of the Union. Covers were provided for one huncred guests. Afier the menu had been thoroughly enjoyed, Mr. A. Freeman chairman of the committee, introduced the toast master Maj. C. B. Fisher. The following toasts were responded to; ‘‘The Soldiers and Sailors’ National Beneficial! Union,” Mr L. H. Douglass; “The Woman’s Auxil- iary,’’? Mre C. B. Fisher; “Is the Patri- otism and Valor of the Colored Soldiers * We 7 \\ and Sailors taught in the Public Schools?” Prof R. A. Terrell; “What 1s the Opinion of the Young Men of the Soldier and Sailor?’ Prof. Board, of Wilberforce University; ‘Is the Color: ed Man an American Citizen?” Dr. Wilder. Remarks were made by Mra. M. C. Terrell and Miss Mattie Bowen. There were sor gs and recitations by Miss M. Jones, of North Carolina. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Dougiass, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Freeman, Prof. Terrell and wife, Maj. C B. Fisher and wife, Mr. J. W. Butcher and wife, Capt. Alexander Oglesby and wile, Msj. C. R. Douglass and wife, Prof. Layton and wife, Maj. C. A, Fleetwood and wife, Mr. W.H.A. Wormley and wile, Mr. L, A. Cornish and wife, Dr. Warfield, Dr. Frazier, Mr. R. Henderson and wife, Dr. Wilder and wife, Mr. J. H. Butcher and wife, Mr, J. D, Reynolds and wife, Dr. O. Thomas, Mr. ‘Thomas and wife, Mr. Jcbn Doreey and wife, and many others “The Club” at Home, That unique and pleasing organiza- tion of young people known as ‘‘rhe Club,” were ‘‘at home’’ to its many friends Tuesday evening last, at the Conservatory of Music. Attractive cards issued to many of the ‘‘smart set,’’ announcing the event, drew out a handsome array of the elite. The program of dances showed an unustal- ly attractive and varied musical menu The occasion was & success in every respect and reflected great credit upon the management. WORTHY AT ANY RATE, The Colored American of Washing ton, D. C., comes to us reduced in at mensions, which reducticns is made ip in additional pages. It is a question of taste which is the betier form; howl ever, thore is no difference of opinicn as it conceins the worthiness,—Th Freeman. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. 0. POLITICS IN WEST VIRGINIA. WATTATHR amr The Afro-American the Same Rehable Factor—The Equal Righ s League. Clarksburg, W. Va. Special—The politica: Kettle bas commenced to boil and ell indications to point to a red hot campaign next fail. There will un- doubtedly be a bot fight between the two great parties to carry the state for their respective candidates. The rumored discontent of c-lored voters is a source of much concern to the leaders of the G. O, P. But the colored brother can be depended uyon todo the right thing in the right place and at the ught time if treated with proper con- sideration, | Hence, the issue is with the republi can leaders. Primaries will be held ina few weeks to select delegates to the state convention ar Parkersburg. 5 H Guss wil: propably be one of the delegates selected, The Equal Rights League held an intereating session on Monday evening, Adaresees were made by Revs. Morrie, -Howard, Prof. Guss and others. President Neleon urged all cit zens to help preserve the purity ofithe bailot, to resent all attempts to influence or corrupt colored voters by the use of money or other questionable methods and to conduct themeelves generally in such a manner as to merit the re- spect and confidence of all gooa citi zens. This is good taik,and the League should receive the hearty support and co‘operation of all self-respecting citi: zens. The local order of the Knights of Pythias attended diviue service at the Mount Zion Baptist church Sanday afternoon last. Rev. Howard preached aneloquent and instructive sermon to a large congregation and emphasize. the many benefits derived from mem: bership in such organizations. Literary department of the Epworth League presented an attractive pro- gram to a large audience oa Thursday evening. The program consisted of music recitations and a paper on the pO.itical status of the Negro im the South. Elizabeth, the three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Booker, died Saturday afternoon last, after a few days’ illness and was buried Monday from the Water Street church. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of a Jarge circle of friends. A fountain of the Order of True Re- formers wil: probably be established here scon. A convention of the Afro Americans of West Virginia will be called to meet in Parkershnrgo anma timein Anril Shin Specialist! MME. G. A. FINNIE MACK Is located at 1704 10th Street, n. w. She treats and guarantees cure for all Skin troubles, also the Scalp, terms reasonable, She has a preparation for growing the Hair and cultivates the Hair in the same old way. Will be pleased to have her former customers call and be beautified by her new Skin treatment. Bangs and Wigs made to order. $75.00 A MONTH!—The National Colored Teachers’ Bureau bas a position at that salary fora capable teacher of agricultdre and dairying. Addroes J. G. Clayton, M. 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TAKE NOTICE. There being so O Uu r U a r an t e ec many evil minded skeptical persons who decry every honest article as a humbug we take tbe following methods of repudiating all such evil minded slanderers. By absolutely guaranteeing that we will refund the money for every case of dissatisfaction. This is a reputable paper and would take ne advertise- ment from a dishonest firm. The National , - Colored Geach- ers Bureau, or | Washington, D. C., isprepared : to furnish _ CAPABLE TEACHERS | of every branch of instruction | and | DESIRABLE SCHOOLS in all parts of the country. | _ REGISTRATION FREE | - but applicants must be fully | competent to teach or possess | the ability to learn how to teach. « _ NO SCHOOL—NO PAY | 7 6 per cent of thefirstyear’s salary will be charged those | for, whom positions are. - secureded, payable Dec. 1, 1900. The Demand ex- ceed the Supply tor suita- | ble teachers during the | past year, hence our liber- _ al indueements. ‘ _ Send for registration blank brief- ‘ _ ly stating your full qualifications - and enclose ten two cent stamps ; for postage. Address : James G. Clayton, M.D. 459 C 8t,N,W. Secretary, | Have you stopped in at Naughton’s recently and had a drink of his Harper and Wilson whikey? If not, why not? It’s the best liquor on the market— 1926 14th street, n, w. SANITARIUM AND INFIRMARY Louisville Cosmopolitan Sanitarium and Infirmary. Incorporated under Kentucky laws. Favorably located; under management of regular physi-« cians, male and female. Faradization, Massage, Hot Alr, etc., can be had Special attention in separate building to diseases of women and maternity cases. Trained nurses of either sex Address J. W. Mason Secretary Louis yille Cosmopolitan Infirmary, Louis ville, Ky. >>> . 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Dorsey and Ghristine Dorsey Typewriting, Copying and Steno graphic work satisfactorily aoe at reasonable rates by the Misses Dor- sey, Room 8, Le Droit Building, Corner 8th and F street northwest. Afflicted riven erent tficed Petes, Youthful Krvers, Lot Vitality, Variooul, os Strath” te Pret. 6 Fa TaeEL M.D, A S04 North sixth Bi. Pailadelphis, Pa. Positively the only epeciaiin {a is ait le eure even theagh the mest esiebrated spee- ‘failed. Fresh eases eared in 4 wo 10: o. The Quaker City Dramatic company will produce "David Garrick" in Philadelphia on Washington's birthday. Mrs. S. G. Atkins, wife of the president of the Slater Industrial school is quite an accomplished elocutionist. She has been reciting several of Dunbar's poems in connection with her husbands lectures in the North on industrial education. * * Manager Ward of the Alhambra Theater Chicago; took a benefit Monday, February 5, and out of compliment to his colored patrons, he invited Fannie Hall Clint, the well known colored elocutionist, to give a recitation. It is needless to say that many of the lady's friends avialed themselves of the opportunity to hear this gifted artist. ** Some fellow writes a long piece in the Topeka (Kansas) Plaindalealer trying to prove that Miss Mattie Wilkes can't sing. People may be more cultured out in "W. H's." bailwick than we benighted Washingtonians, but Miss Wilkes can sing well enough for us around these parts, and when we don't give her a triple encore, it is when we find that she has done her whole duty in giving us even one song for our money. We like "Mattie," over this way. ** Negrophobia has broken out in Nebraska. Manager Rosenthal, of the Orphun Theater of Omaha, refused to sell boxes to Afro-Americans. Dr. O. M. Rickets, one of the leading citizens of the race, head a delegation, called on the manager and threatened immediate proceedings unless the Afro-Americans were given the right to purchase boxes. The manager offered to compromise by agreeing that Afro-Americans should have the right to seats in the lower boxes each Saturday night. This was accepted, but the people are dissatisfied with such terms, and say Dr. Rickets should not have accepted any compromise. The civil rights bill of Nebraska guarantees the civil equality of all citizens of the states. There is no justice in limiting the sale of seats in any part of a place of public amusements to any particular night. The matter may yet reach the courts, and the theater stands an excellent chance paying some of its profits into the public treasury as a fine. The British-Boer Conflict. Mr. Henry Y. Arnett, M. S., read a paper upon the "British-Boer Conflict," defending the Boers, before the Congressional Lyceum. He portrayed the character of the Boers; reviewed their many conflicts; exposed the fallacy of the alleged cause and pointed out the real bone of contention of the present; war; cited British and American authorities and concluded that England's greed for gold caused all the trouble. He closed by saying; "The conduct of the Boers in clinging to their kinsmen, in tenaciously supporting organization, in manifesting indomiable determination to defend their rights and in daring to die for their personal, civil and religious freedom, is an example most worthy of emulation by the members of the Congressional Lyceum and the American Negro. Those who took part in the discussion were: Ex-Senator John P. Green, Prof. Bailey of the High School, Drs. J. R. Wilder and Napier and Messrs. W. L. Hous- ton, C. W. Trusty, W. Payne, L. H. Peterson and W. J. Abrams. Miss Mae Jones recited a poem, "The Organ Builder." "The Importance of Art," will be the subject of an interesting paper by Mrs. Fannie Ware Taylor before Congressional Lyceum at Odd Fellows Hall at 3.30 oclock tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Taylor is one of the leading landscape painters in the District and her forthcoming paper will doubtless prove instructive. THE LITTLE BIRDS That W. Calvin Chase is watching the fellows in the third story windows. That W. L. Pollard is winning an enviable standing before the District bar. That E M Hewlett will make another dash for the police court judgement. That the administration will find it expedient to tender Gov. Pinchback something real nice between now and the June time. That the vice presidential rumor has gotten around to Henry Cabot Lodge. That the usual talk about putting up a Negro national ticket is about due. That any fellow who accuses R. C. O. Benjamin of having a hand in the Goe'bel tragedy is simply "talking through his hat." That the Second Baptist Lyceum is one of the strongest forces for good in Washington's world of thought and morals. That scoundrels who besmirch a lady teacher's reputation should be attended to before Mr. White's anti-lynching measure becomes a law. That Principal Robert H. Terrell does more work with less fuss and feathers about it, than any other man in town. That Prof. W. H. Richards will not be permitted to retire from the Bethel presidency at the close of his present term. That Recorder H. P. Chentham has appointed and assisted in the appointment of more Negroes than any other colored official in the country. That exsteamboat magnate, J. W. Patterson used to be a preacher, and is now thinking seriously of returning to the pulpit. That Gaskins and Gaines, 320 8th street, have one of the best fixed up and most orderly restaurants in the country. That Gov. Roosevelt shows signs of conversion on the Negro question. That the passage of the sparate coach law has driven the Virginia Negroes to a closer bond of unity than has been the case since the war. That a man need not be less manly because he holds an office. That office-seeking is still a "mighty po' bizness." That the Negro will never be a power until he is willing to sacrifice something to protect the honor and virtue of our women. That the people are finding out that the dental work done by the young artists at Freedmen's Hospital is of as high a grade as can be had at the high-priced down town establishments. 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That Dr. Purvis is ambling along in this delegate canvass at a speed rivaling the growth of the Philadelphia convention fund. That the Negro independents threaten to put up a colored ticket against McKinley in certain doubtful states. Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. 1892 1900. B. H. BAKER. General Agent. Royal Benefit Society. 286 3rd St. S. W., Washington, D. C THE WASHINGTON LOAN OFFICE 1224 Pa. Ave. Northwest. F. Warren Johnson, Manager. Washington, D. C. Money Loaned on Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry. Unredeemed Pledges For Sale For Sale --- Why? BEFORE USING T. D. Welch. A. H. AFTER USING A man in a suit is extending his hand. I KNOW THE BUSINESS! WHY NOT WRITE OR CALL TO SEE ME? SICK OR ACCIDENT. 1440 T STREET, N. W., OR HOME OFFICE 6 RACE PREJUDICE IN INDIANA RACE PREJUDICE IN INDIANA Cuba Not an El Dorado for the Afr American-Dr. Bluilt Interviewed-A Graphic Pen Picture of the Doings in Hoosierdom. Indianapolis, Ind., Special—With much regret I mention a fact detrimental to the principles and reflecting no credit upoh the reputation of our state. It was the refusal of the Hotel Doxey, the leading hotel at Anderson, this State, to entertain Booker T. Washington who was engaged as principal speaker at the Indiana League of Republican Clubs, held in that city February 12th. The landlord promptly informed the committee that no colored person would be accommodated at that house. But the remaining hotels as well as the homes of many private individuals were preffered the committee for the use of the distinguished visitor. The incident is much deplored by the committee in charge, and Hotel Doxey comes in for much unpleasant notoriety, made more emphatic by the attitude of the mayor of the city, Mr. Dunlap, who when consulted as to his pleasure about riding with Mr. Washington, replied without a moment's hesitation, "I shall be glad to do so, if Mr. Washington doesn't object," which attitude stands out in commendable contra distinction to that of the Hotel Doxey management. A delegation composed of Messrs. Gurley Brewer, George L. Knox, Chas. Brown, John Puryear, Gabriel Jones, James Shelton and S. A. Furniss attended the Indiana League of Republic Clubs at Anderson Monday, February 12th. Since our last letter all that is mortal of R. W. Thompson, that pioneer in the foundation of the sterling statehood which Indiana enjoys, has passed to the great beyond. His death occurred at his home in Terre Haute, February 8th and his funeral which was attended by the Governor and most of the State officiers, took place February 12th. He was 91 years of age and yet active in State and National politics until within the last five years. The new city directory for 1900 gives the population of Indianapolis as 204, 518, a gain in the last year of 7,214 in habitants. Pauperism is the smallest of any city its size in the country, and the statistics show more persons to own or have part interest in their homes than in any city of its size in the United States. Dr. Lyman Beecher Bluitt, formerly of Quincy Illinois, for the past two years a resident of Santiago de Cuba, passed through the city this week enroute to his home. Dr. Bluitt was assistant surgeon in the United States Army, appointed by Surgeon General Sternberg, and was assigned to duty with the Eighth Illinois regiment, officered entirely by colored men. Dr. Bluitt left Cuba only ten days ago and has made close observation of the Cuban situation generally and is in a position to give authoritative and at the same time valuable information as to prospects in colored emigration to that island. He is much exasperated at the glowing pictures of Cuba as an Eden for the Negro, painted by American Negroes who have made temporary residence there, and who, he says without known exception, are disappointed in their expectations and eager for opportunity to return to the United States. Notably among whom are THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. Hon. John L. Waller, ex-Consul to Tamatave, Madagarcar, who, while advising colored people to come to Cuba, is seeking means every day to return with his family to this country. Captain Waller, he says, made some money out of his commission as captain of a Kansas company, which however, he has lost by poor investment in Santiago, and is now only making day-laborer's wages, superintending a street gang for the Barber Asphalt Paving Company. Among the drawbacks confronting a colored man going to Cuba, is first the clannishness of the Cubans which amounts almost to a hostility towards Americans and which is in no wise modified toward the American Negro. Hence, professional, commercial or mechanical industries cannot rely upon Cuban patronage or support. The agricultural field is well nigh barred to a man of limited means, because of the great expense necessary the available land from a dense thicket of wild undergrowth and jungle to conditions susceptible of receiving tobacco or other seed. Special implements for this work will also be necessary, all of which must be imported at great cost, also mules which cost $100 a piece in Cuba. He further says Afro-American sympathy for the Cubans is greatly misplaced and proven by contact with them to be neither desired nor appreciated. He thinks the salvation of the island and the development of rich mineral and agricultural possibilities rest alone on the establishment of a colonial government by the United States. These statements coming from a disinterested source furnishes them a weight not to be accorded administration patrons or pensioners. A local Afro-American Council has been organized in this city with a favourable outlook. Bishop G. W. Clinton spent Sunday in the city. The resignation of the Rev. W. O. White leaves the Ninth Presbyterian church without a pastor. Prof. Charles S. Sagers, of San Francisco, Cal, author of the drama, "The Negro" is in the city, endeavoring to produce the same here. The proposed investigation by Prof. W. E. B. DuBois, of Atlanta University, into the career of college bred Negroes, promises interesting detail. He finds that there are between 1,200 and 1,500 Negroes who have been graduated from colleges, and to each of them he will send questions, touching their family and scholastic life, occupation since graduation, literary efforts, official positions and financial success. The data will be furnished in a report to be made to the annual conference to be held at the University next May. Williams and Walker, the renowned fun makers, played to "standing room only" at the Park theater during the past week. Several "stags" were given the principals and other members of company. LILLIAN THOMAS FOX. WORTHY AT ANY RATE. The Colored American of Washington, D. C., comes to us reduced in mensions, which reductions is made up in additional pages. 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Washington, D. C. GASKINS & GAINES. [justaround the corner] 320 8th Street, N. W. All leading brands of wine liquors and cigars, imported and domestic. Ladies and Gentlemen's Cafe Upstairs. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. REV. J. W. NORRIS. Baltimore's Most Popular and Eligent Divine. His Good Work, A sketch of the ministerial career of Rev. J. W. Norris, pastor of Ebenezer A. M E. church, Baltimore, Md. He was licensed as an exhorter in Carlisle, Cumberland Co. Pa. January 16th, 1875, by Rev. Benjamin Darks, and received licenses for local preachers orders under Rev. William T. Maxwell, October 1876. He joined the Philadelphia Annual Conference May 16th 1877, and was appointed to the Unionville Circuit. This was his first successful charge, which he served two years. In 1879, he was appointed to the Oxford V. H. REV. J. W. NORRIS. Mrs. C. A. Foreman of Wilmington, N. C., spent a portion of the week with Mrs. Joseph Hooper, 2319 G street and Mrs. B. A. Chase, 1422 Pierce Place. Mrs. Foreman left yesterday for Philadelphia. Capital City Fountain No. 333 G. U. O. of T. R., gave an enjoyable Japanese party and musicale, Wednesday evening of last week at the residence of Miss S. P. Robb, 1431 11th Street Northwest. BETHEL LITERARY'S SCHEDULE. Some Rich Intellectual Treats in Store for the Patrons of Washington's Historic Society. Bethel Literary and Historical Association is enjoying a season of unexampled prosperity. It is doubtful if any corresponding period since its formation can this society point to a series of literary offerings, so rich in thought, so entertaining in character, or so varied in the method of presenting valuable instruction as has been given by President W. H. Richards in the past season and a half. He has put into this work all the vast resources of a well-stored mind and cultivated taste, and the results he is achieving must be gratifying to him. They are certainly highly appreciated by the public. His labor is a labor of love merely, but he performs it with as much energy, patience and fidelity as if he were in receipt of $1,500 a year as compensation. He is level-headed and wonderfully even tempered—never disconcerted by mishaps or disappointments, never unduly elated by signal triumphs. Men like Prof. Richards are rare, and any community fortunate enough to possess one of his superior qualities should prize him beyond rubies. It is hoped that the electors of Bethel will be able to induce him to serve another term. Following is the highly interesting program announced by Bethel for the next few weeks: February 20.—'The Education of Girls in the Light of Modern Psychology and Pedagogy." Prof. Lewis B. Moore, Dean, Department of Pedagogics, Howard University. February 27.—"Founders' Day." 1. Bethel Literary and Historical Association—Miss Maria L. Jordan. 2. Bishop Daniel A. Payne-Mr. William A. Joiner. 3. The Methodists—Dr. J. Albert Johnson. 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One year - - - $2.00 Six months - - - 1.10 Three months - - - .60 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Subscriptions may be sent by postoffice money order, express or by registered letter. All communications for publication should be a companied with the name of the writer—not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. We solicit news, contributions, opinions and in fact, all matters affecting the race. We will not pay for matter, however, unless it is ordered by us. All matter intended for publication must reach this office by Wednesday of each week to insure insertion in the current issue. Agents are wanted everywnere. Send or instructions. For Sale by all News Dealers. ADVERTISING RATES. Reading notices 50 cents per line. Display advertisements, $2 per square inch per insertion. Discounts made on large contracts. Entered at the Post-office as second-class matter. THE COLORED AMERICAN, EDWARD E. COOPER, MANAGER 459 C Street Northwest. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1900. THE NEGRO MUST COMPETE IN THE OPEN MARKET. There is no sentiment involved when white men do business. George Dixon was for years backed with hundreds and thousands of precious dollars by the wealthiest Caucasian "sports" of the land, and his manager Tom O'Rourke waxed rich from the money that came into the box office. Why was Dixon followed, admired, feted and given a man's consideration? It was a matter of business, pure and simple. He had something—prowess—that somebody wanted. Somebody could benefit themselves by dealing with him, and they came to him. When the Negro can put up the best fight, build the best steamship, make the best wagon, raise the best cotton and corn, turn out the best butter, write the best book, design the best house, perform necessary service in a better and quicker manner than any other class—in a word, when the Negro proves that he can and will survive and compete with the best—his hour of recognition will come. Money will come with it. Other privileges now denied will follow in its wake. Examples are not wanting to back up our assertion. J. E. Bruce, John S. Durham, T. Thomas Fortune, Charles Alexander, Charles Steward, Lillian Lewis, Fannie Barrier Williams and Victoria Earle Matthews are skilled in journalistic work, and have been employed to do "feature" work on some of America's highest-class journals. Booker T. Washington builds the world's greatest Negro industrial school, and he is honored by the most eminent white people on two continents Paul Laurence Dunbar, Architald H. Grimke and Charles W. Chesnutt have earned a standing in the republic of letters. The Bishops of our churches fellowship, for the most part on equal terms with their brethren of fairer complexion. Our journalists are making their influence felt, and politicians are compelled to reckon with them, or suffer defeat. The story might be further multiplied THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. —but this suffices to illustrate our point. Whatever a Negro's calling, if he excels in it, and conducts himself with due regard to the eternal fitness of things, this gain-loving old world will come very near giving him what he is worth. The Caucasian race owes us nothing but fair play. We must make our own opportunities and improve them. A lecture bureau in Boston has written Mr. Booker T. Washington and offered him $200 per night if he would place his services at their demand for a given number of nights. This is a high compliment, but those who know Mr. Washington's ability as an orator and thinker will agree that it is no more than he deserves, and are confident that his drawing powers will, even at this rate, prove a profitable investment to the bureau. VALUABLE PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION. By the insertion of a standing card in a newspaper of general circulation like The Colored American, the Second Baptist Lyceum of this city, shows that it is up to date, both in theory and in practice. As the race grows in intelligence it looks to the newspaper for information concerning public events, and gets away from the notion that all "announcements" must come by way of the pulpit. Church notices, as a rule are expected now to refer only to the work of the particular church that "gives it out," and for general news the modern minister directs the attention of his congregation to the daily and weekly papers of both races. Washington is always filled with strangers; and for that matter so heterogeneous are our racial conditions, that the people who abide here year in and year out are strangers to those outside their favorite haunts So, a church, society or fraternal organization which keeps standing a statement of its purposes, location and time of meeting, confers a distinct benefit upon the community and its visitors, and likewise draws favorable notice to itself, and by reaching all classes broadens its opportunities for usefulness. No movement, however jworthy, will measure up to its highest possibilities unless it takes the public thoroughly into its confidence, and keeps the masses informed upon its objects, methods and progress, and makes prominent the personnel and character of the men and women behind it. In this matter the Second Baptist Lyceum has made a good start, and established a commendable precedent. The Masons, Odd Fellows, Bethel Literary, the Congressional Lyceum, the Amphions, Banneker and Douglass Relief Associations, Afro-American Council, and many beneficial and trafternal societies would do well to take space for similar standing announcements. They would be worth ten times the small monthly sum that the Colored American exacts for publishing them. PRESIDENT CLARK'S GOOD BYE MESSAGE President Francis E. Clark, the valiant Christian spirit who has brought thousands of active young people of the world under the broad banner "For Christ and the Church," through that most useful organization the Christian Endeavorers, is about to make a long trip to foreign lands. He leaves this inspiring good bye message to his coworkers and friends: "Pray more; love more; give more; do more; be more." In these five grains of gold is con densed the grandest of sermons. We commend it to our readers. Those who live up its teachings will grow in wisdom, moral strength and happiness. Through it all problems of life can be solved. With those who have a taste for stimulants of the malt or vinous variety, the junior senator from Indiana appears to be a very popular Beveridge. ONE GREAT ORGANIZATION ENOUGH. We are taking on too many alleged "national protective" organizations for the well being of the race. This thing of a squad of men getting together at numerous points, and forming a national body, identical in purpose with others already in existence looks very much like a scheme to make personal profit out of the wees of an oppressed people, and is prejudicial to the success of really worthy enterprises. Too many of us are engaged in planning excuses to beg money and impose upon the credulity of generous people who feel kindly disposed toward us. This is all wrong, and if not stopped, our cause will be discredited in the eyes of the country. Every mother's son caught soliciting funds in the name of the race, without proper warrant, should be landed behind the bars so speedily that his head would be made to swim. There is no sense in multiplying organizations and thus confusing our friends. One national protective league is sufficient. The best devised and most systematic organization seems to us to be the Afro-American Council. Strongly supported, it will prove a tower of strength and accomplish more good than a dozen competing concerns. Those who are ambitious to lead, will have plenty of latitude in state branches of the national body. These are practically autonomous in their government and are privileged to act as they think best to meet local needs. Let us have one strong national league —The Council—and let it be strengthened and sustained by auxiliaries in every village, city, county and state all over the land. Let personal vanity be sacrificed to the general good. The Freeman's witty man is making herculean efforts these days to earn his salary. The scintillating editorial page of our Hoosier contemporary bears evidences that he is succeeding admirably. MR. WASHINGTON AND THAT CHICAGO INSURANCE COMPANY. Somehow or other, the idea seems to have gotten abroad that Booker T. Washington is fathering the fraternal insurance plan recently set on foot in Chicago. Mr. Washington happened to be present at a meeting of this organization and accepted an invitation to make a few remarks on the value of thrift and business co-operation to Negro progress. His commendation of the company's venture has erroneously been taken by some persons to mean that he is financially interested in the concern. Mr. Washington stated at the meeting that his whole time was occupied in the work of education, and nothing could divert him from the path he had chosen. He has no connection with this or any other corporation, nor interest in them, except the wish common to all true leaders, that all laudable race enterprises prosper and bring benefits to the people. HOW A RACE MAY RISE Peoria Sees a Great Man and Learns of His Great Work-An Illinois Estimate of Booker T. Washington. Professor Booker T. Washington has just concluded a lengthy tour of the far West. He was received everywhere with enthusiasm and cordiality, and his philosophical addresses on education and progress were never listened to by larger audiences, nor have his views met with a heartier endorsement at the hands of the press and people of both races than during this "dash" through the nation's great repository of wealth, enterprise and culture. From a personal standpoint it may be accounted the "Wizard's" most satisfactory trip, and removes every vestige of doubt that not only are his economic theories approved by the whites, but that he has the sympathy of and practical co-operation of the masses of his own race. A sample of the press comments drawn from the most authoritative sources in the West, is the following excerpt from the Psoria (Ill.) Star: If among her other endowments nature had given Booker I. Washington a white skin there is a very strong probability that by this time he would have been the governor of a state, or a United States senator, or possibly the chief executive of the national government. Had he gone into business he would have become a Caruegie or a Rockefeller. Bocker T. Washington has a quicker perception and a greater stock of common sense than is generally found even among great men. Instead of slowly unravelling a great problem, as if it were a huge ball of yarn, he has driven his logic into the heart of it and has got at the kernel by the surest and most expeditious method. He found this kernel in the shape of labor—the basis of all greatness, moral and material—but it must be labor intelligently applied "The colored map," said he last night. "wants to begin at the top, and he takes an awful tumb'e. The white begins at the bottom and works up to the top, and when he gets there he usually stays the.e. The colored man can climb in the same way if he will only put brains and skill and dignity into his labor." Booker T. Washington has been a hard worker all his life and he is a hard worker yet. During the few hours he was in Peoria yesterday he made three speeches, one to the students at the Bradley Polytechnic Institute in the afternoon, another at night to a large audience of cultivated people in the parlors of the First Congregational church, and a third talk later still to the people of his own race gathered at the A. M. E. Church. On the previous day he had made half a dozen speeches in Chicago. Today he has gone to Jacksonville, and every day up to the end of May is engaged ahead." Miss Adele L; Belcher a popular young lady of the northwest in entitled to much credit for her excellent housekeeping and cooking during her grandma's illness. The is one of Georgia's fair daughters now located at the nations capitol. Rev. J. Francis Robinson, S. T. D. of Boston, Mass, passed through the city en route to Tuskegee where he will attend the Educational Conference. Dr. Robinson is one of the bright young men of the race, a forceful writer. an eloquent speaker and a very useful and energetic man in every way. F ge te se ig es THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. g o£ 2GRO JOURNALISM A FAILURE? geeon’ Baptist Lyceum Discusses Our Pres aod (ts Future—Not a Failure, but Ia- qiequately Supported Because of Indif ference and Disuplon. ference ald Disunion- Sunday afternoon “A Day With Ne grod jrualiem” was the feature pre- gepted at the Second Baptist Lyceum. Tne idea of President R. W. fhomp, goo to «all particular attention to the mmportauce of our race supporting at this time the cieaa, adle a.d honest pewepaper, which are striving to meud a public sentiment that will be beneficial to the Negro and to the Anerivan body politic. The pr-ss”? Mr, ‘Lhompson said, by way of introduction, “has a definite mission to perform; the people, like wise, have a duty they owe to Civillza: tion, The success of each factor lies in ovoperation, How to promote # ma* terial understauding betwen the press aud the people that will lead to a coalition of forces, it the purpose of this meeting.” Tue frst speaker was Mr. A. L. Mauly, editor of Tae Daily Recora: wuo poluted out the difference be tween the purposes aimed at and methods employed by toe daily, the weekly and the muuthly pudlicatioa— that the erd of exch was to di-semi- nate useful information to the masses, but quick news service 18 the prim.ry fanciionof thedatly, while the more elaborate and p rhaps fut er expr ssion of opinion aud publication of special articles generalizing the situation as il juetrated by the daily, Makes up the peculiar province t seckly aud other period joe Negro’s needs and u b iu’s are one. The white maz terests reqaires boub 1e dally aud tue weekly, as well as monthly and quarterly, ‘The Negro must and wil have them also, Head mitied thatthe race did not support its press, and (bat mest publishers are compelled to supplement their jour: nalietic work with some other employ: ment, to keep the paper afloat and tue “wolf from the door.”” He 1s expected to contluue The Record as a daily, and do (he best he coutd, uotilana awakea: jng of the Negro to the fact that such a vhampion is a necessity, and a stronger race pride, would bring the required support. He believed that the failure of a Negro enterprise honestly and 0° telligently conducted, was not an indi: vidual failure, but a race failure. Mr. W. Calvin Chase, editor of The Bee, speaking ot “Negro Journalism from a Business Poituf View,’ argued that race jovrnalism was a failure. The profersion does not pay, for several reasous, amoung them the iguorance of the masses of the value of a paper; the jealousy aud indifference and lack of patience of the intelligent; the un- healthy teste of many for the sen- salioual and seandalou-; and the dis inclination of those cf means to pay bills, however liberal their income may be. Mr Chase deplored the faci that the clean newspaper despite the loud pretensions of the moralists, and was lncliued to b Heve that the best paying Plant would be one devoted largely to the report of scaudale, divorce pro- Ceedines court reeurds, ete., He re- of the fature would be, but the busi- ness today was a failure from a racial standpoint; and would not exist a day were the supportof the white people withdrawn. The discussion was apirlied to the last degree, and points brought out pro ind con, demonstrated that the people are waking up co the importance of such conferences, and are closely sudying the situatioa Exce.lent Speeches were made by Messrs. Lewi- H. Douglass, anold jourvatist; Lieut. KR. E, Toomey, C H Baggs, John ‘I. Haskics L. O Mo.re,C. L. Marshall, W. T. Menard and »iss Hallie B Wil- siams. The con-ensus of o,iaion was that the press was as good as the sup port msrited, and that the remedy lies in keeping up a constant agitation, and stirring the people up to a point of realizing that they hid a cause which demanded journatistic champanienship Taer- is hope ahead and the few must goon and overcome the defection of toe ma-ces. A number of leading edu- cators were present, ircluding Prof Kely Miller and N, E, Weatherless. Miss Hattie Drew acted as secretary. Tomorrow at 3:30 p. m. sharp—Edi- tor T. thomas Fortune, of the New Yurk Age; subject, “The Blessings of Poverty ’” CHOARLOTIESVILLEITEMS. Dein, s at the Home of Jefferson. Charlottesville, Va., Special—The an niversary cervices of the Zion Union Baptist caurch, Rev Daniel Cave, pastor, which Jasted one week, closed last Friday night. The services were largely attended. Pastors of the city and cuunty preached duiing the week. The annivereary was quite a success. The revival which hus teen in progress at the Evenezer Baptist church closed last Weck with 35 conversions, among whom are some of our oldest citizens. Rev. C H. Puillips of Beaver Dam, Va., assised Rev. C. N. Harris, the pastur, iu coucucting the revival, as also did the pasiors of the city and cvunty. A revival is in progress at the Mt Zion Baptisc church, Rev. R. B. Haidy, B.D., pastor. Rev. Hardy will be assisied this week by Kev. Nathan Cole and others. The regular mouthly meeting of ihe Building Club of the #benezer Baptist church of which Mrs. Mary Hooker is president and Mrs. Sumuel Kelley, secretary, met at home of Mr. and Mra. Burns Monday night. Ali present will long remem ber the del. ctabies served by the hos- pitable host aud hostess afier the com: pletion of the business of the club. Mr. Noah Jackson is ill with pneumon- 1a at his home on Water street. Rev. L. J. Vateuting, presiding elder of the M. E charch, preached Sunday even- itg at the M. E. church, Rev. E. Duke Veuture, pastor. Our young men are taking a Keen iaierest in the Y. M. C. A. work. Tae Sunday evening meet: ings grow more and more interesting Sunday afier Sunday, of which Mr. 8. B. Logan is leader. Lateresting Bible talks were given jast Sunday by Messrs. Ervest B. Allen, A F. Angel, 5. Saua- ders, KR. Kelser and other-, Mr. Clar- en e A. Cary, tonsomal artist at the barbershop of Pollard and Noble, sees to it that nis patrons buy The Colored American each Saturday. Governor tyler has signed the separate car bill, bet er known as the jim crow cer bill, and it has become a law to take effect July, 1. Regardless of the humiliation we are subjected to, we wil look oa the bright side and move cuward aad upward. MONTICELLO. GOVERNOR _ @ OF OREGON Uses Pe-ru-na Zs. in His Family For Colds Sfamege and Grip. = Ce = 3B. ' cI OL corm ae CAPITOL BUILDING, SALEM, OREGON. A Letter From the Executive Office of Oregon. The Governor of Oregon is an ardent |its victims. Pe-ru-na no admirer of Pe-ru-na. He keeps it aoe, but prevents. E tinually in the house. In a recent let-| should be supplied with ter to Dr. Hartman he says: edy for coughs, colds an STATE OF OREGON, It will be noticed tha EXeEcuTIVE DEPARTMENT, ; says he has not had occz SALEM, May 9, 1898. ru-na for other ailmen The Pe-ru-na Medicine Co.,Columbus,0.:| for this is, most. other Dear Sirs:—I have had occasion to use| with a cold. Using Pe-r your Pe-ru-na medicine in my family ly cure colds, he prot for colds, and it proved to be an excel- against other ailments. lent remedy. I have not had occasion | what every other famil; to use it for other ailments. States should do. Keep Yours very truly, W.M.Lord. |house. Use it for cot Any man who wishes perfect health | grippe, and other climat must be entirely free from catarrh. Ca-| winter, and there will | tarrh is well-nfigh universal; almost|ments in the house. omnipresent. Pe-ru-nais the only abso- | should provide themsel lute safeguard known. A cold isthe be-|of Dr. Hartman’s free ginning of catarrh. To prevent colds, |“ Winter Catarrh.” Ad to cure colds, is to cheat catarrh out of | man, Columbus, Ohio. THE PARISEXHIBIT. Outline ot tne Phases of Negro Life Upon Which the Civilized World Will be Asked to Pass Juégment, The United States Commission to the Paris Exhibition of 1900 has as- signed space in the Social Economy Building to be used for an exhibit of the present condition and progress of the Afro-American, According to a circular issued by special agent Callo- way, the proposed exhibit includes the following outline, arranged in classes: Education, to include photographs, samples of werk of pupils, literary pro- ductions, statistica] charts, etc, Homes, Farms, Skilled Trades and Organized Labor, Domestic Service, Business Enterprises, Professions, Military Life, Political Life, Churches, Books and Periodicals, Music and Art, and Work of Colored Women. The work is progressing nicely, and when Congress appropriates and makes available, as it doubtless will, the $15,000 asked, every detail can be closed up in short order and the suc- cess of the exhibit will be assured. The eyes of the world will be upon the Negro at Paris this year. Empive State of th: South (Continued from ist page) lor. He was seen later upon the streets shaking hands with friends. The ladies of Atlanta are arranging to give Prof W. H. Crogmun a grand reception in honor of his thirty years of labor among our people as a teacher. Miss Etiza F. Wilson, who has taught at Sumuer building more than 10 years, is confined to her home by physical exhaustion. She is very popular in her school, and her recovery is anxious- ly hoped for, BS VICES. SOT ES NUE Olly Curce CH» tarrh, but prevents. Every household ‘should be supplied with this great rem- edy for coughs, colds and so forth. It will be noticed that the Governor says he has not had occasion to use Pe- ru-na for other ailments. The reason for this is, most. other ailments begin with acold. Using Pe-ru-na to prompt- ly cure colds, he protects his family against other ailments. This is exactly what every other family in the United | States should do. Keep Pe-ru-na in the house. Use it for coughs, colds, la grippe, and other climatic affections of winter, and there will be no other ail- ments in the house. Such families should provide themselves with a copy of Dr. Hartman’s free book, entitled “Winter Catarrh.’ Address Dr. Hart man, Columbus, Ohio. BALTIMORE, CHESAPEAKE AND ATLANTIC RAILWAYGO, Steamers leave Pier 3, 4 and 4} Light street wharf as follows (weather per: mitting) : RaiLwAy Division (Pier 4)—4 10 p. m., daily except Saturday and Sunday Saturday only, 3 00 pm. for Claiborne and itermediate stations to Ocean City. CHOPTANK RIVER LINE—6 p. m. daily except Suaday, for Easton, Oxford, Cambridge and landiugs to Denton. WicoMIcO RIVER LINE-5 p m. every Tuesday, Thursday aod Saturday for Wingate’s Point, Deai’s Island and landings to Salisbury NANTICOKE RIVER LINE -5 p. m. Monday, Wednes day and Friday for Deai’s Jeland and landing to Seaford, Del. PIANKATANK RIVER LINE-(Pier No. 3)—5 p. m. Monday and fbursday for landings on Great Wicomico River. Dividing Dymer’s, Indian and Anti- poison Creeks, Milford Haven and Piankatank River to Freeport, Va. Steamers from South Street Wharf— PocomoKe River Linz—5 p. m. Tues- day and Friday for Cristield, Tangier Island, Onancock and landings to Pocomoke City ard Snow Hiil. MEssoNGO RIvER LINE—5 p. m Wednesday for Ford’e, Crisfield, Har- borton, Evans, Boggs, Hunting Creek, and Mesgongo. OccoHaNNOCK River Line —5 p.m. Sunday for Ford’s Orisfield, Pungo- teague, Nandau and Occohannock River. WILLARD THOMP30N, General Manager. T. MurRDOcH, Passenger Agent. Rev. J. L. Wilson, of Charleston, 8. C,, who is postmaster at Florence, 8. U., and Presiding Elder of the a. #. Church, passed through the city Sun- day week, en route to Chicago. He will stop oyer again on hie way home. There will be a grand birthday par’ ty, mutica), and literary, entertain ment given, by section F’. H. C. Bruce chairman at Fifteenth Street Presby- terian church, Friday evening, March the 2nd. at eight o’clock for the bene- fit of the sinking fund of the chnreh. ps OOO a ee CES ES 10 co ee ee ness = eee en en a a ee Workers Union, Hon. Jobn OC. Lawton is Deputy Col lector of Customs at Darien, Ga. The Odd Fellows have more 1>dge in Georgia than in any other state i the Union. Several colored bakers and flow makers are employed by the Nationa: Biscuit Company of Philadelphia. The Negro has one clerk, one press- maa and two book binders in the Goy. ernment Printing Office, Washington, D. Oo. Mr. L. E. Perry owns and operates & mattress factory at St. Josepb, Mo., employing members of his race exclu’ sively. The Richland Cotton Mills recently presented 1000 yards of cloth to Rev. Richard Carroll’s new Colored Indus- trial Home, near Columbia, 8, C. The paternal grandfather of Editor A. L. Manly, of the Washington Daily Record, was at one time governor of the state of Nortb Carolina. Editor C- J. Perry, of the Philadel- Pia Tribans, hazy bean iastalled a superintendent of the Lombard Street Central Presbyterian Sunday-school ins Philadelphia, Lieutenant-Governor Caldwell ap: pointed a young Afro American from the orpban’s home at Cincinnati, as a page in the Ohio legislature. Dr. T. C. Unthonk, a graduate ot the medical department of Howard Univer: sity, was recently appoiated assistant City Physician at Kansas City, Mo. I. L Lee, a leading undertaker in Atlanta, Ga, , recently mode some ex- tensive improvements in his piace of business, in order to better accommo- date a constantly increasing volume of trade. Out of 7,994 cases tried in the court at Kansas City during 1999, 2.278 were cases against Negroes, a little jess than one third of all cases tried, while the Negro population is hut one'tenth of the city’s population. The women of the Negro city of Langston, O. T., lately raised money and have lighted the streets with fifteen gasoline lamps. The funds were se cured by the giving of socials and the selling of fancy work made by the women. A conference will be held at Mont: gomery by Alabama men in May to consider the race problem. Several Northern orators will be invited. The present condition of Southern Negroes and plans for their advancement wil be discussed. : In the state of Maryland there are 5,000 colored men engaged in merchan. tile basiness on their own account. ‘Many are successful farmers in the vari ous countries of the State, some are en gaged ip b!iscksmithing, wheelwright: and carpenters. Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett is making her headquarcers for a few weeks at th home of Bishop Alexander Walters it Jersey City, N. J. She is touring th North and East soliciting fonds for th work of the anti‘lynching bureau o the National Afro-American Council. eee eT BeBe we Ral oe ee THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. ee ee Se Se from ambush for charging toll. Whit . | and colored are enraged at the dastardl deed. 3} Charles R. Jackson is postmast a || Darien, Ga’ He was first appointe in 1889 by President Harrison and wa | Darien’s first experrment with a col ored postmaster. Mr. Jackson succeed ed and raised the office to the presiden tial list. October 11, 1897, he was re: appointed by President McKinley. A review of a table of statistics re cently prepared by the Government shows some startling discrepancies in the argument that the Negro is Ameri- ca’s chief degenerate. Only 5 per cent of bis number {a criminal; but 7 pei cent of them are insane, and barely ¢ per cent of them paupers, Mrs. Matilda 8. Wilson is one of our leading women of Southeast Georgia. She holds a state license as school teacher, and has taught in the public school of Darien for the past ten years. In 1894 she was electe@ by the board of education as aszistant principal of the city school. She is highly educated and estimated to bs worth about $2,500. “Peg-Leg Witliams,’’ a white emi’ grant agent well known in the Souih, has been Inducing Negroes to leave Georgia by the thousands and go te other States and work for higher wages. The white farmers grew angry and threatening, and the officers of the Jaw had to place him in jailto keep them from mobbing him. There is a movement on foot among the more influential of the colored population of Louisville to establish a savings bank, possibly with an insur: ance feature in connection, for the benefit of the Negroes of thestate. The plan which has been in embryonic state for some time is ma-uring unde: the care of Undertaker William Wat- son, David Stewart, Prof. J. E. Simp: son, Attorney Albert White and others. Dempsey D. Butler, a very noted an¢ rich colored man died at his residence in Camden, N. J., recently of paralysis, Mr. Butler was born in Virginia in 1820. When 18 years of age he engaged in contract business and then came tc Camden in 1848 and opened a genera store on Kaighn’s Avenue, where hi has Jived ever since. Mr, Butler was estimated to be worth $100,000, anc owned considerable property in Atlan- tie City. He was Past Grand Maate! of Masons and 8 member of the knight: ‘Templar. The boys and girls of Frankfor should receive especial inspiratior | trom the life of the celebrated colore: newspaper correspondent, Mr. Charie: Stewart, says the Blue Grass Bugle It sbas been but a few years agi since Mr. Stewart was a bare-foo ‘}urchin on the streets of Frankfort Today, he is the most celebrated col .;Ored Dewspaper correspondent in th world employed by the Associates Press, and is doing a great work ii ,; moulding sentiment favorable to ou , | people. {| Among the many vice-president elected by the African Colonizatior Rociety for the enaning wear ten ar HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS Fine Wines Liquors of all kinds. —.. Choice Cigars. Philadelphia House, M. F, Carrot, Prop. Restaurant and Saloon, 348 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C, Meals to Order. Everything First Class. Billiard and Pool Parlors Attached. MOORE & PRIOLEAU - Sparta Buffet and Cale - 1216 Pa. 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MACHINES $5, $10 AND $12; EXHIBITION OUTFITS, $23.75. For full particulars cut this notice out and mail to us. Address Seare, Roebuck & Co. (Inc.), Chicago, Ill. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. 19 Tuskegee Alumnus. ces in Albany- and Albany audiences of the class which Professor Taylor has had the honor to address, are not only highly cultured, but are extremely critical as well. Yet whenever he has spoken in this city, the attendance has been most generous and the press comments have been of a highly complimentary character. Although Professor Taylor has only been in the field about seven years, he has managed in that time to speak twice to the students of Vassar College, and to appear a number of times in lecture course in Massachusetts and New York. He has been the guest of many clubs-notably, the South Middlesex Unitarian Club, of Boston. The 5 PROF. ROBERT W. TAYLOR. Unitarian Club, Watertown, Mass., The Round Table Club, Meadville, Pa., The Congregational Club of Chicago, and many others. Besides enjoying the hospitalities of these various clubs; Professor Taylor has been a welcome guest in the homes of some of the best people in the New England States which he has visited. His innate modesty and gentlemanly deportment, added to his acknowledged ability as a pleasing and entertaining public speaker, conspire to make him a desirable guest in any company of cultured people. Nature has wonderfully endowed him with fluency of speech, and as a conversationlist he has few equals and no superiors. His hobby is mathematics, and while temporarily residing in Boston, Massachusetts, he availed himself of the advantages which are offered by Harvard College for special studies in this intricate and complex science, and has stored his receptive mind with an abundance of knowledge bearing on this subject of which Tuskegee will get the full benefit in the future. The Professor is twenty seven years of age, and unmarried. He is thoroughly in love with the work at Tuskegee and recently assured me that his ambition is to become one of the greatest mathematicians of his race, because it has been said by enemies of the Negro that Negroes cannot excel in these scientific studies. Professor Taylor is an industrious student, an omnivorous reader. His is the "etrenous life" of which success is born. "Tis not in mortals to command success But well do more Sempronius; we'll deserve it." Professor Taylor has risen from the depths to an honored position among the educators of Negro youth and has won, and deserves the success he has achieved by conscientious and intelli- gent application, and indomitable courage in overcoming obstacles which would stagger the average young man. Napoleon, standing under the shadow of the pyramids, looming up in grim silence above the desolation of the awful desert, said to his trained warriors whose minds were filled with visions of glory "Forty centuries look down upon you." Young men of the Negro race, a thousand, perhaps ten thousand generations look down upon you today—"live the strenuous life!" You are the offspring of one of the oldest and best races on God's green earth. You bear upon your breasts the emblem of the most exalted manhood that mankind will ever know. Your surroundings are splendid, your opportunities are unlimited, your future is in your own hands. Go forward, faithful, patient, courageous and obedient, ever remembering that the hope of the race is in her young men, and that behind the great unknown stands God, keeping watch over His own. Young men like Professor Taylor—who have "toiled upward in the night" burning the midnight oil to emancipate their minds from the bondage of ignorance, are the guideposts of the race; their lives, when correctly lived, inspire ambitious youth to nobler aims and aspirations; their example gives courage and hope to struggling youth and budding young manhood. On the threshold of the 20th century stands an army of these educated young Negroes, who in mental equipment and capacity for the work to be done in the uplift of the Negro race and in its preparation for the duties before it, will not suffer by comparison with those of any other race. We may point with pardonable pride to these young leaders of the thought which is to guide and direct and shape the course of the Negro in the years to come, and we may console ourselves with the assurance that these trained educators of Negro youth will be better prepared for the discharge of their responsible duties to the race, than were those of a past generation, who according to their lights did what they could to teach the young "idea how to shoot." Prof. Taylor is still a very young man and his future is big with promise. He is capable, earnest, honest, thorough, and reinforced by these elements of character, his success is assured. o always may be what we might been." Young men of the race take hope, look up! stand up! The examples before you are worthy of emulation. Emulate them! Get wisdom. "Wisdom is the principal thing; there fore get it and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honor when thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee." JOHN E. BRUCE. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 1900. -Finest equipped billiard room in the city. Everything Strictly First Class. 639 Pennsylvania Avenue, S. E., Billiards Pool, Fine Cigars CANDY CATHARTIC Cancarets REGULATE THE LIVER THE GRAND FOUNTAIN. United Order of True Reformers. ORGANIZED January 1, 1881. Offices 604, 606 and 608 N. 2nd St., - - Richmond, Va. The Strongest Financial Organization the Negro Has Produced in This Country. Read and learn for yourself what it has done and how to become a member. SUBORDINATE FOUNTAINS. Subordinate Fountains are composed of males and of good moral character. Conventions.—When joining the Order through 14 to 50 years of age; when joining the Fountain 14 to 60 years of age complete. Joining or Benefit Fees.—From 14 to 45 years at 60, $6.60. Death Benefits.—$75 and $125. Should death occur first year, $125 will be paid to the heirs, assigns or Sick Benefits.—From $6 to $9 per month, paid Monthly Dues are 35 or 50 cents per month. 7 annually, January and July. The highest monthly benefits. Life Membership.—Ten shares of Bank Stock, said member a life member. After paying dues, fruits of the stock will pay the member's dues, an year. Just calculate—monthly dues, 50 cents per amount to $6.80, and a dividend on ten shares of s per share, amounts to $10 annually, which will pay a balance of $3.20. Should the dues be 35 cents per the monthly dues and taxes will amount to $5 per the monthly dues and taxes, and leave a balance of Additional Benefits of Life Membership.—Shoulder, said member may take his ten shares of stock from $1 to $88, which will enable said member to loan, redeem his policy and stock, and go on his w mountains are composed of males and females, sound character. When joining the Order through Conventions, person age; when joining the Fountain by application per age complete. Refit Fees.—From 14 to 45 years of age, $4.60; at 50 —$75 and $125. Should death occur within the first be paid to the heirs, assigns or legal representatives. From $6 to $9 per month, paid weekly. Are 35 or 50 cents per month. Taxes are 80 cents and July. The highest monthly dues secure the help.—Ten shares of Bank Stock, costing each member member. After paying dues and owning the a will pay the member's dues, and leave a handsome date—monthly dues, 50 cents per month, and taxes, and a dividend on ten shares of stock at 20 per cent to $10 annually, which will pay the member's dues. Should the dues be 35 cents per month, and 80 c and taxes will amount to $5 per year. The dividend and taxes, and leave a balance of $1. offs of Life Membership.—Should adverse circumstances may take his ten shares of stock and Fountain policy, which will enable said member to tide over the mis- policy and stock, and go on his way rejoicing. Subordinate Fountains are composed of males and females, sound in health and mind, and of good moral character. Conventions.—When joining the Order through Conventions, persons are taken in from 14 to 50 years of age; when joining the Fountain by application persons are taken from 14 to 60 years of age complete. Joining or Benefit Fees.—From 14 to 45 years of age, $4.60; at 50, $5.10; at 55, $5.60; at 60, $6.60. Death Benefits.—$75 and $125. Should death occur within the first year, $75; after the first year, $125 will be paid to the heirs, assigns or legal representatives. Sick Benefits.—From $6 to $9 per month, paid weekly. Monthly Dues are 35 or 50 cents per month. Taxes are 80 cents annually, paid semiannually, January and July. The highest monthly dues secure the highest weekly sick benefits. Life Membership.—Ten shares of Bank Stock, costing each member $5 a share, make said member a life member. After paying dues and owning the stock one year, the fruits of the stock will pay the member's dues, and leave a handsome little balance each year. Just calculate—monthly dues, 50 cents per month, and taxes 80 cents per year, amount to $6.80, and a dividend on ten shares of stock at 20 per cent on the dollar, or $1 per share, amounts to $10 annually, which will pay the member's dues, $6.80, and leave a balance of $3.20. Should the dues be 35 cents per month, and 80 cents taxes per year, the monthly dues and taxes will amount to $5 per year. The dividend of $10 would pay the monthly dues and taxes, and leave a balance of $1. Additional Benefits of Life Membership.—Should adverse circumstances befall a member, said member may take his ten shares of stock and Fountain policy, and secure a loan from $1 to $88, which will enable said member to tide over the misfortune, pay up the loan, redeem his policy and stock, and go on his way refolcing. 2. ROSEBUD FOUNTAIN (For the Children.) Rosebud Fountains are composed for chil male, from 3 to 14 years of age. Joining or Benefit Fees, $1.50; paid spot ments. Death Benefits.—$24.50 and $37.00. Sh within the first year, $24.50; after the first y to the parents or guardians. Sick Benefits.—From $1.50 to $4.00 per 50 cents, 75 cents and $1 per week, respect monthly dues purchase the highest weekly Monthly Dues and Taxes.—The monthly 15 cents, or 25 cents, respectively, just as decide. Taxes, 10 cents annually, pald sex and July. The child is allowed to purchase Stock, which makes his policy self-support each year. Joining or Benefit Fees, $1.50; paid spot cash or by installments. Death Benefits.—$24.50 and $37.00. Should death occur within the first year, $24.50; after the first year $37 will be paid to the parents or guardians. Sick Benefits.—From $1.50 to $4.00 per month paid weekly; 50 cents, 75 cents and $1 per week, respectively. The highest monthly dues purchase the highest weekly sick benefits. Monthly Dues and Taxes.—The monthly dues are 10 cents, 15 cents, or 25 cents, respectively, just as the Fountain may decide. Taxes, 10 cents annually, paid semiannually, January and July. The child is allowed to purchase five shares of Bank Stock, which makes his policy self-supporting, with a balance each year. 3. THE REGALLA. This Department furnishes all Regalia that is w style and prices write for price list. 4 CLASSES B and E Classes admit a membership, male benefits. nt furnishes all Regalia that is worn by the member write for price list. 4 CLASSES. ses admit a membership, male and female, and so This Department furnishes all Regalia that is worn by the members of the Order. For style and prices write for price list. 4 CLASSES. B and E Classes admit a membership, male and female, and secure life and death benefits. B Class Rolls are on followe B Class Policies are as follows: CLASS B TAB Ages. Joinin Fee. 14 to 25 years. $2 50 25 to 35 years. 2 75 35 to 45 years. 3 00 45 to 50 years. 3 25 50 to 55 years. 3 25 55 to 60 years. 3 50 60 to 65 years. 3 50 E Class Policies are as follows: CLASS E TAB Ages. Joinin Fee. 14 to 25 years. $5 00 25 to 35 years. 5 25 35 to 45 years. 5 50 45 to 50 years. 5 75 50 to 55 years. 5 75 55 years (Complete). 6 00 CLASS B TABLE. Ages. Joining Fee. Value of Certificate. $2 50 $200 00 2 75 200 00 3 00 200 00 3 25 140 00 3 25 115 00 3 50 90 00 3 50 65 00 les are as follows. CLASS E TABLE. Ages. Joining Fee. Value of Certificate. $5 00 $500 00 5 25 500 00 5 50 500 00 5 75 450 00 5 75 400 00 6 00 350 00 Ages. Joining Fee. Value of Certificate. Annual Dues. Paid Quarterly. 14 to 25 years. $2 50 $200 00 $4 75 $1 20 25 to 35 years. 2 75 200 00 4 75 1 20 35 to 45 years. 3 00 200 00 5 70 1 43 45 to 50 years. 3 25 140 00 6 65 1 66 50 to 55 years. 3 25 115 00 6 65 1 66 55 to 60 years. 3 50 90 00 7 60 1 90 60 to 65 years. 3 50 65 00 7 60 1 90 Ages. Joining Fee. Value of Certificate. Annual Dues. Paid Quarterly. 14 to 25 years..... $5 00 $500 00 $9 50 $2 40 25 to 35 years..... 5 25 500 00 9 50 ..... 35 to 45 years..... 5 50 500 00 10 40 ..... 45 to 50 years..... 5 75 450 00 11 40 2 35 50 to 55 years..... 5 75 400 00 11 40 2 35 55 years (Complete)..... 6 00 350 00 11 00 2 35 The ages are reckoned from the last birthday. Remember that the applicant is benefited as soon as his policy is issued. Remember that the applicant is benefited as s s. The annual dues of either of the above named payments of three months each, payable the lst of The balance of annual dues remaining to the penses will go to the purchase of Bank Stock form. If dues are paid annually in advance, the men and his full proportion of annual dues. By the lh made his own collector, thereby making the men self-supporting, and the member receiving the peri to collect. You will readily see that the members of either to meet once or four times a year, while the Founc Life Benefits.—The members of B Class are Stock, and two shares for each year of their me of 20 per cent, or one dollar per share. Should m of life, they may take their stock certificates and a period of time. Members of Class E can purchase 25 shares o year of their membership; likewise, they may take Stock, and secure a loan after a given period of tiership, in either one of these Classes, like the F member in health, as well as his family in death. But the applicant is benefited as soon as his policy is issued of either of the above named Classes may be paid for months each, payable the 1st of January, April, June or annual dues remaining to the credit of each member the purchase of Bank Stock for said member. The member annually in advance, the member gets 5 per cent portion of annual dues. By the latter mode of payment, thereby making the membership independent and the member receiving the percentage that would be payed see that the members of either one of these classes four times a year, while the Fountains and Rosebuds. The members of B Class are allowed to purchase shares for each year of their membership. The stock one dollar per share. Should misfortune befall the take their stock certificates and policies, and secure Class E can purchase 25 shares of Bank Stock, and membership; likewise, they may take their policies and a loan after a given period of time. You will read one of these Classes, like the Fountains and the R as well as his family in death. The balance of annual dues remaining to the credit of each member after paying expenses will go to the purchase of Bank Stock for sald member. If dues are paid annually in advance, the member gets 5 per cent drawback in cash, and his full proportion of annual dues. By the latter mode of payment each member is made his own collector, thereby making the membership independent of the agent, and self-supporting, and the member receiving the percentage that would be paid to the agent to collect. You will readily see that the members of either one of these classes are only required to meet once or four times a year, while the Fountains and Rosebuds meet twice a month. Life Benefits.—The members of B Class are allowed to purchase 15 shares of Bank Stock, and two shares for each year of their membership. The stock yields a dividend of 20 per cent, or one dollar per share. Should misfortune befall them on their pathway of life, they may take their stock certificates and policles, and secure a loan after a given period of time. Members of Class E can purchase 25 shares of Bank Stock, and two shares for each year of their membership; likewise, they may take their policles and certificates of Bank Stock, and secure a loan after a given period of time. You will readily see that the membership, in either one of these Classes, like the Fountains and the Rosebuds, benefits the member in health, as well as his family in death. 5. THE TRUE REFORMERS' BANK. The Savings Bank of the G. F. U. O. T. R. w. 1888. Its capital stock is $100,000. It commends 1889. The amount of business to March 1, 1890 stock of this bank is sold to the membership of buds, B and E classes, and pays a dividend of 20 lar. Persons can deposit their moneys on time or pays 4 per cent interest on all time deposits. Men hold subject to the orders of the depositors. D upwards. Special attention is given to the collection as the only bank in Richmond which continued to the financial stringency, while the other banks we The Savings Bank of the G. F. U. O. T. R. was chartered March, 1888. Its capital stock is $100,000. It commenced business April 3, 1889. The amount of business to March 1, 1898, is $3,458,100. The stock of this bank is sold to the membership of the Fountains, Rosebuds, B and E classes, and pays a dividend of 20 per cent on the dollar. Persons can deposit their moneys on time or demand. The bank pays 4 per cent interest on all time deposits. Moneys on demand are held subject to the orders of the depositors. Deposits are received and upwards. Special attention is given to the collection of notes and drafts. It was the only bank in Richmond which continued to pay currency to its 6. REAL ESTATE OF THE U. O. T. R. This Department manages and controls the pro- fess of the necessity of having offices and buildings in organization, and to furnish halls for the Subordi- farms, 3; dwellings, 2; hotels, 1; with a fee simple 7. THE REFORMER, the Or The Reformer is the Beacon-Light, the Heads General Agent of the Brotherhood. It is a live re It is the medium of the Order, and its columns tee Send for sample copies. It is published weekly in mond, Va., having a first-class job department, and ment manages and controls the property of the organ of having offices and buildings in which to carry out to furnish halls for the Subordinate Lodges. Buildings, 2; hotels, 1; with a fee simple value of $104,000. 7. THE REFORMER, the Organ of the Order. It is the Beacon-Light, the Head-Light, the General of the Brotherhood. It is a live race journal, with all of the Order, and its columns teem with all its doing copies. It is published weekly in The Reformer Papers a first-class job department, and makes a specialty This Department manages and controls the property of the organization. It grew out of the necessity of having offices and buildings in which to carry on the business of the organization, and to furnish halls for the Subordinate Lodges. Buildings now owned, 12; farms, 3; dwellings, 2; hotels, 1; with a fee simple value of $104,000. Buildings leased, 13. The Reformer is the Beacon-Light, the Head-Light, the General Messenger and the General Agent of the Brotherhood. It is a live race journal, with a circulation of 8,000. It is the medium of the Order, and its columns teem with all its doings and achievements. Send for sample copies. It is published weekly in The Reformer Printing Office, Richmond, Va., having a first-class job department, and makes a specialty of high-class work. A 4 CLASSES. 8 A PEN AND PENCIL CLUB. Washington's Literati Form an Organization for Mutual Improvement and Promotion of Good Fellowship. For some weeks the brilliant coterie of journalists and writers with which Washington abounds, has had in mind the formation of an association for purposes of literary development, and the J.C. PROF. L. M. HERSHAW. promotion of good fellowship among the members of civilization's most important craft. As a starter, last Wednesday evening a few congenial spirits met at the parlors of the Southern Hotel and organized the nucleus of what is to be known as "The Pen and Pencil Club." Mr. L. M. Hershaw was chosen president; Mr. R. W. Thompson, secretary, and Mr. W. T. Menard, treasurer. Other officers will be chosen at the next meeting, which will be held at the call of the chairman. Editor T. Thomas Fortune was placed on the honorary roll, which is to be reserved for prominent out-of town J.H.C. T. THOMAS FORTUNE. scholars and penmen. Among the active members are such well-known writers and thinkers as L. H. Douglass, J. W. Cromwell, C. R. Douglass, C. A. Fleetwood, E. L. Thornton, T. J. Calloway, E. E. Cooper, W. Calvin Chase, A. L. Manly, Paul H. Bray, S. E. Lacy, F. G. Manly, J. N. Goins, J. G. Clayton, J. H. Wills, W. L. Pollard, John T. Haskins, W. M. Wilson, W. O. Lee, A. O. Stafford, W. Bruce Evans, W. L. Houston, Lucien H. White, H. P. Slaughter, Kelly Miller, C. W. Williams, J. H. Paynter, W. C. Payne, W. S. Hagans, R. H. Terrell and others. IN TOUCH WITH THE TIMES The Colored American, or Washing ion, D C., has undergone a change of dress from a quarto to the sixteen page form. The American is alive to the progressive spirit of the times, as is enriched by its recent change of style.—Cincinnati Rostrum. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. The A. M. E. Zion General Conference. "A false witness shall not be unpun ished: and he that speaketh lies shall perish."—Prov. 19: 9. Mr. Editor in your issue of February 17 an article appeared stating that the General Conference of the A. M. E. Zion Church would convene in this city May next. It is true the Conference will meet here at that time, but we can not understand why any man would undertake to lead 70 to 80 thousand colored people of this city to be believe, as the article says, "The Conference session will be held at Union Wesley A. M. E. Zion church, 23rd street." The above quotation is untrue from start to finish and the gentleman knew it. Men who preach to others ought to tell the truth. The General Conference of the A. M. E. Zion Church will meet in Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion church, D street, s. w., Wednesday, May 2nd, 1900, at 16 o'clock a. m. I think it very unkind in the gentleman who wrote the article. If he wants money, let him start out with the truth Again he said, "the different Zion preachers will have charge of the conference." If that is so, who gave him authority to appoint The Colored American to receive subscription to assist the churches in supporting the conference? I wish today to inform the public that no paper has been authorized to receive any subscription to support the General conference. Respectfully yours, Rev. W. HENRY SNOWDEN, Pastor Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion church, D street southwest. Lincoln's birthday anniversary was observed at Howard University by a lecture upon his life and character by Mr John P Green The speaker dwelt upon the character of the great emancipator, as portrayed in his public documents The lecture was highly appreciated by both faculty and students. Mr E S Webb, formerly of The Colored American, is holding down cases at the Government Printing office. From all appearance. several interesting things are to "come off" soon. Rev P L Cuylers recent revival net ted fifty conversions. Two children of Mr W T McKinley, of 47 Hanover street northwest, have been quite sick. Mr. Charles A. Champ, of the city post office, one of Washington's most popular young society men, has instituted proceedings for divorce against his wife. Mrs. Ida A. Champ. Desertion and other charges are alleged. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Congressional Lyceum will give an entertainment at Sojourner Truth Home, 2007 Vermont avenue northwest, next Friday evening. Hours 8 to 12:00. Miss Mattie Marshall has been elected secretary of the A. M. E. Zion General Conference Committee. W. T. Ferguson has instituted civil proceedings against Burke and Chase of the Grand Opera House Management, for alleged violation of the Sumner civil rights law. Damages are asked in the sum of $10,000. Ex- District Attorney Henry E Davis will be leading counsel for Mr. Ferguson, and it is said that E. M. Hewlett will be associated in the prosecution. FAT FOLKS REDUCED 15 to 25 pounds per month. HARMLESS; no starving; 22 years' experience. BOOK FREE. Address DR. SNYDER, A. 97 Broadway, New York, N. Y. CHRISTOPHER ENGLEO RICHMOND, VA. RECOGNIZING THE FACT that there are many so-called hair growers and straight reers now being offered on the market, and knowing to a certainty that most of these are frauds rure and simple. We wish to make a straight forward statement to the colored people of America, through its paper, THE COL ORED AMERICAN. In the year of 1871 our present Secretary through a fortunate circumstance acquired the receipt for OZONO. It was not offered for sale or pushed to any extent until 1875 whe it was put upon the market, and met with marked success. After a thorough test by the leading colored people of that time, it was pronounced an honest, legitimate remedy. True to all we claimed for it and worthy in every respect of the confidence and attention of every member of the colored race. Because they found it to cause the hair to GROW LONG AND STRIGHT soft and fine and as beautiful as an April morning. It also cures all forms of itching humiliating scalp diseases, stops the hair from falling out, and causes a new growth to grow on the baldest head. Now when ever a ger u ne article appears the market. Of course the colored people had no way tell that they were being fooled and bought most of them to their sorrow. Now we ask you a plain question: Would we absolutely agree to refund you your money provided you are not satisfied with the preparations we manufacture if our goods were not true to all we claim for them. Ozono will positively take kinks out of knotty, Kinky, Curley, Refractory Hair. It will make short, harsh hair, long and straight. It will care cure your head of all itching, worrying, running scalp diseases, Eezema, Pimples Dandruff Itch, etc. It will stop your hair from falling out and keep it from falling out. It will restore gray hair to its natural color, making the hair Long and Soft, Fine and Silky and beautiful as an April mording. 10,000 people are to-day using Ozono and not one complaint. We have thousands of testin onials. We've not space to publish Rev. B, Hertz an eminent Colored Divine of the Church writes: I have found your Ozono to prove satisfactory in every particular. Kate W. Page, Blackburg writes: Your preparation has proven true to all you claim for it. The Price of OZONO is 50 cents a box. It takes from three to four boxes to accomplish the treatment. We make this liberal offer for a limited time only. Cut out this coupon and send it to us with $1.00 and we will forward to you 4 boxes of Ozono and one bottle of Electric Skin Refiner which makes black skin bright, rough skin soft and cures all skin diseases. We will also include one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin Food—natures great beautifier, removes wrinkles, Moth patches, freckles and all facial blemishes, and to prove our liberality we will add to this one Package of Anti Oder. A pristine cure for Sore Throat. all forms Womb Diseases, Chilblains, Sore and Frosted Feet, also Removes all Smells and Odors arising from the human body such as Feet, Arm Pits, Etc. Cut out and mail this Coupon to us with One Dollar and get this grand Combination Offer, as this opportunity will not occur again. BOSTON CHEMICAL CO. ... RICHMOND, VIRGINIA... I enclose you $1.00 (One Dollar) for which send me the following goods once; 4-[FOUR] Large Boxes“Ozono” Hair Grower and Hair Straightener. 1-[ONE] Large Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner. 1-[ONE] Large Jar Electrical Skin Food. 1-[ONE] Lage Package Anti-Odor. My Name is; Name..... House No....Street..... City.... County.... State.... FINANCIAL. Money $50,000 Money To loan on furniture, pianos, &c., without removal or publicity and the day you ask for it. We will loan any amount making time and payments to suit, giving one month or one year as you desire, and at rates that you can afford to pay. If you now have a loan with any other company and desire more money, give us a call. Will as cheerfully make a $10 loan as $100, and no charge or expense if loan is not made. Always ready to give information regarding rates and methods to secure a loan. We are the oldest loan company in the city, and will give you honest treatment. All business strictly confidential. Private offices. Washington Mortgage Loan Co., 610 F Street, N. W. John R. Peak Hatter AND Outfitter 1421 New York Ave. N. W. (Near 15th street) WASHINGTON, D, C. Subscribe to The Colored American 13 ```markdown ``` FOR RENT. FOR RENT—1241 22nd street, 2 rooms all conveniences. FOR RENT.—A very desirable bay window front room at 1615 Corcoran Street, Northwest. FOR RENT—Desirable front room, bay window—Man and wife or a single gentleman. All conveniences. 1134 22nd street, n. w., between L and M. FOR RENT—Nicely furnished room with good family board, reasonable rates, also day board—References exchanged—Best locality. Mrs. Chas. E. Gordon, 1808 11th st., n. w. ROOMS FOR RENT.—Three Fine rooms for light house-keeping—one with 3 front windows, cabinet mantel and inside shutters, closets, latrobe, two skylights and ventilators, east front and bath on same floor—cool in summer, warm in winter; very convenient location; cheap. (No small children.) Apply at Mrs. Hyman's Confectionery and Ice Cream Parlors, 1618 7th Street, northwest. FOR SALE An elegant ladies' bicycle Stern make. '99. The best American make Price $75.00. Can be bought cheap by applying at this office at once. It is brand new and in the box as it came from the factory. Call or address 459 C st. n. w. --- 14 The Amphions Score. Grand Army Hall was filled to overflowing Friday evening February 9, the occasion being the annual concert and reception by the popular Amphion lee Club who fully sustained their reputation as entertainers. The club rendered a short program of classic and popular selections, after which Hoffmans orchestra discoursed a fine program. The roster of the club for 1900 is as follows; Honorary members: Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Hon. John P. Green Prof. E. S. Hoffman, Captain F. T. Webster, Messrs. Richard Green, Jesse Koonce, R. W. Thompkins, Hon. H. P. Cheatham, Prof. John T. Layton, Major Arthur Brooks, Captain E. L. Webster, Messrs. Nathan Ruffin, C. F. M. Browne, W. J. Abrams; Tenors: Messrs. Winston Payne, William A. Mitchell, Joseph D Wilson, Fred A. Sabbs, Charles A. Champ, William De Long. Basses: Messrs. J H. Washington, Benjamin H. Baker, William Cooper, Jesse B. Walker, Richard Drew, Louis Ambler, William T. Isabell. Prof. J. Henry Lewis, Musical Director. Ladies' Auxiliary; Miss M. E. Pryor, chairman; Miss Marion Green, secretary; Miss Beatrice Malvan, Miss Evelyn Grimes, Miss Lucinda Shorter. How to kill a Newspaper. The following recipe is offered by a Western newspaper: Just let the subscription go; it's only a dollar or two; the publisher doesn't need it anyhow, then go borrow your neighbors; when a reporter comes, always be busy; make him feel as if he were intruding; when the advertising and job man comes tell him you don't need to advertise; everybody knows you; that you will try to get along without any printed stationery, it's too expensive, you have to economize; never drop in to see the editor unless you want a free complimentary notice or a lengthy obituary of a beloved relative; never recommed the paper to anybody; when you speak of it say, "Yes, we have a little sheet, but it doesn't amount to much;" keep it up a year or two and you will have a dead newspaper, a dead lot of merchants and a dead town.—Ex. Rev. W. R. Tolliver has returned to the city after an extensive tour through the West Mr. Tolliver has rendered valuable service in the interest of the Baptist Foreign Mission Fund, and Rev. L. G. Jordan, the superintendent of that work, fluds in him a most faithful and worthy ally. Mr. Tolliver will remain here for some time, assisting in local revivals You can dress your hair in the latest fashionable style easily and safely with the original Ozonized Ox Marrow, (copyrighted) as it is perfectly harmless and never fails to make kinky hair straight pliable and beautiful. Imitations won't do it. Be sure you get the genuine. Sold over forty years. If your dealer cannot supply you send us fifty cents and we will ship you a bottle. Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 78 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. tf. A Truly National Paper. Dear Editor:--There is no bill I de light in saying mor than the one which assures me of The Colored American for another year. The new form adds much to its appearance. You deserve great praise in giving us the only truly national colored newspaper. William A. Creditt, D. D., Pastor Cherry s., Baptist church, Philadelphia. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. The New Sunday School Superintendent for Enon Baptist Church. Mr. Joshua Taylor, the newly elected Superintendent of the Enon Baptist Church Sunday School, was installed Sunday morning by Rev. J. I. Loving, the pastor of the church. Rev. Loving took occasion to pay quite a attribute to the work performed by Mr. Taylor in the interest of the Sunday School, his energetic personality and worth as a Christian. Deacons Chambers, White, Harrod and Johnson, also added their meed of praise and appreciation. The response of Mr. Taylor was full of feeling, and highly expressive of the sense of appreciation entertained of the honor conferred, and the confidence reposed in him by the church. Mr. Taylor has been the assistant for some time, and since the death of Mr. J. W. Lomax, the former Superintendent, has carried on the affairs of the school to the satisfaction of all concerned. While not so large as desired, the Sunday School of Enon Baptist Church takes high rank as an agency for good, three-fourths of the scholars being active members of the church. The Lily Rose Club, one of the most flourishing organizations in the church, and through whose efforts the church has been supplied with fuel for the last two years, is composed of Sunday School pupils, ranging in age from twelve to eighteen years. The following comprise the teachers and general officers: Rev, J. E. Johnson, Misses H. Ross, E. A. Dodson, M. E. Ewell, L. E. Carter, and Mrs. M. Hall; Librarian, Mr. O. Lucas; Organist, Miss M. E. Stewart; Secretary, Mr. J. B. Washington; Chorister, Mr. R. W. Spottswood; Treasurer, Mr. M. Johnson. Stand By Mr. Palmer. Editor The Colored American, Dear Sir;—Week after week there appears in the columns of your paper some unfair comment upon the status of the Negro in the Government Printing Office. May I ask, why? A man in your position ought to know that in no branch of the government are there so many Negroes employed as in said office. We, individually, and as a race, should show gratitude to our friends, and I venture to say there is no better than the Hon. Frank W. Palmer. Every man who evidences a friendship for our people should be spoken of kindly, but of a man who does ten times more than any other, his praises should form one grand chorus. Mr. Palmer is regarded, by those who know him, as one of the best friends of the Negro race, and he is, and your columns could be used to a greater advantage by commending his efforts in our behalf than in derracting. In a walk through the printing office you will not have to wear glasses to see a Negro's face—they are everywhere. I am sure you want to be just to all mankind and I, as your friend and an admirer of the Hon. Frank W. Palmer, respectfully ask that you give credit where credit is due. Yours truly, WILLIAM T. FERGUSON. 1420 Pierce Place. MRS. DR. RENNER SPECIALIST in obstetrics; gold medal awarded for the science of obstetrics from the University of Munich. Bavaria; treats successfully womens complaints and irregularities; private sanitarium for ladies before and during confinement, Office hours from 3 to 6 p.m. HAIR-HEALTH. The sale of three million bottles of this elegant hair dressing in the United States and Great Britain in 1898 proves surpassing merit. Doctor Hay's Hair-Health LARGE 50c BOTTLES produces' new growth and restores color and beauty to gray hair. Removes DANDRUFF and stops FALLING and breaking of the hair. Covers bald spots. Dr. HAY'S HAIR-HEALTH is practically a Hair Food, which acts on the roots, giving them the required nourishment. 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Following druggists supply HAY'S HAIR-HEALTH and HARFINA SOAP at then stores only WILLIAMS and CO., 600 9th st. n. w.; STEVENS, Pa. ave. and 9th st. n. w. EVANS, 938 F st. n. w.; DANIELS, 1900 14th st. cor. T n. w.; HUDDLESON 1400 14th st. n. w.; MAJOR, 7th and G sts. n. w.; SIMMS, N. Y. ave 14th st. n. w. HODGES, Pa. ave. and 2nd st. s. e.; DUCKETT, 2150 Pa. n. w.; WHITE- SIDE & WALTON, 1921 Pa. ave. n. w.; WEISS. 25 Monroe st., Anacostia, ROE, 7th and L sts. n. w.; KOSS, 7th and Fla. ave.; McCARTHY & FAWCETT 7th and I sts. n. w.; CHRISTIANI, 484 Pa. ave. n. w.; STOIT, 505 Pa. ave. n. w. GILMAN, 627 Pa. ave. n. w.; MONTGOMERY, 13th st. cor. I n. w.; ACKER & AFFLECK, 1429 Penna. ave. n. w.; DAY & CO., 14th and P sts. n. w. MERTZ., 11 & F st. n. w.; BUTTS, 4th and Mass a.; L.F. BRADLEY, 8th and E sts. s. e.; TSCHIFFLEY, 475 Penna. ave. n. w.; THOMPSON, 708 15th st. CRISWELL, 1901 7th st. cor. T n w.; DIEULONNE & EON, 11th and F sts. n. w.; GESSFORD, 9th and W sts. n. w.; OGRAM Penn. ave and 13th st. BRACE, 30th and M sts. n. w.; BRONAUGH, 7th and P sts.; BROWN, 7th st. and R. I. ave.; GROSS, 14th and Park sts.; KRAUSS, 1st and H sts. and 5th and G sts.; EASTERDAY, N. J. ave. and G n. w.; McPHERSON, 5th and G sts. n. w.; MACKALL BROS., 823 H st. n. e. Neely, 11th cor. C st. s. e. Remsburg & Elliott, 1608 14 h st., Hurletaush, 14th & V sts. n. w.; McGlue, 4th & L sts., Casein, 7th and M sts. n. w.; Purdy, 7th and Q sts.; Field, 237 H st. n. e. $1.00 — ONLY — $1.00 HISTORY of the COLORED SOLDIERS IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. a By EDWARD A. JOHNSON, Author of the Famous "School History of the CONTAINS—Pen pictures of the Daring Charges made by Juan, El Caney, and around Santiago.—Corporal Brown killed cannon which knocked over the block house and saved the Berry, the colored soldier who was first to raise the American. The glowing tribute to McKinley, Miles. Roosevelt, and man of Negro Soldiers—General Morgan advocates Negro officers.—Gomez, Miss Ciseros, and the Cutan Women Cavalry.—The Army—The Poet Poet, Paul Lawrence Junbar—"Eddie" So outwitted the diplomacy of the Spanish Minister at Washington. Uncle Sam's money.—The colored Register of the Treasury which money to make it good. Every Page Brimful of New and Interesting Readies to e and line engravings of soldier, officers, and scenes of the War, with a FINE PICTURE OF AGUINALDO, his headquarters nila, and a brief sketch of the Phillipinos and their civilization. Handsome Picture of General Nelson A. Miles, the mand of all the American Army, who said the fighting of the Santiago was "without a parallel in the history of the world, Little." Mailed Free. Author of the Famous "School History of the N INS—Pen pictures of the Daring Charges made by B. H Honey, and around Santiago.—Corporal Brown killed at a which knocked over the block house and saved the Roo colored soldier who was first to raise the American fli tribute to McKinley, Miles Roo-evelt, and many o bolides—General Morgan advocates Negro officers.—An ess Ouseros, and the Cultar Women Cavalry.—The Negro Negro Poet, Paul Lawrence Sunbar—"Eddie" Seyovy, the diplomacy of the Spanish Minister at Washington—its money.—The colored Register of the Treasury who ha make it good. Image Brimful of New and Interesting Reading. The engravings of soldier, officers, and scenes of the la A FINE PICTURE OF AGUINALDO, his headquarters, a brief sketch of the Philippinos and their civilization. Image Picture of General Nelson A. Miles, the M ill the American Army, who said the fighting of the co as "without a parallel in the history of the world." A called Free. in the Daring Charges made by Negro Soldiers at San Antigua.—Corporal Brown killed at his post while dring a the block house and saved the Rough Riders.—Sergeant was first to raise the American flag on San J an Hill- ley, Miles Roosevelt, and many others on the bravery can advocates Negro officers.—Antonio and Jose Macio, but an Women Cavalry.—The Negro Paymasters in the Lawrence Sunbar—"Eddie" Seyvoy, the colored man who Spanish Minister at Washington—The Negro who seals and Register of the Treasury who has to sign Uncle Sam's New and Interesting Reading, with about fifty half- bearers, officers, and scenes of the late Spanish-American AGUINALDO, his headquarters a Filipino lady of Ma- tillipinos and their civilization. General Nelson A. Miles, the Major General in com- y, who said the fighting of the colored soldiers around in the history of the world." All for $1, "Much in Author of the Famous "School History of the Negro Race." CONTAINS—Pen pictures of the Daring Charges made by Negro Soldiers at San Juan, El Caney, and around Santiago.—Corporal Brown killed at his post while firing a cannon which knocked over the block house and saved the Rough Riders.—Sergeant Berry, the colored soldier who was first to raise the American flag on San J an Hill.—The glowing tribute to McKinley, Miles. Roosevelt, and many others on the bravery of Negro Soldiers.—General Morgan advocates Negro officers.—Antonio and Jose Macio, Gomez, Miss Ciseros, and the Cutan Women Cavalry.—The Negro Paymasters in the Army.—The Negro Poet, Paul Lawrence Junbar.—"Eddie" Seyvoy, the colored man who outwitted the diplomacy of the Spanish Minister at Washington.—The Negro who seals Uncle Sam's money.—The colored Register of the Treasury who has to sign Uncle Sam's money to make it good. Every Page Brimful of New and Interesting Reading, with about fifty half-to-e and line engravings of soldier, officers, and scenes of the late Spanish-American War, with a FINE PICTURE OF AGUINALDO, his headquarters, a Filipino lady of Manila, and a brief sketch of the Philippinos and their civilization. Handsome Picture of General Nelson A. Miles, the Major General in command of all the American Army, who said the fighting of the colored soldiers around Santiago was "without a parallel in the history of the world." All for $1, "Much in Little Mailed Free. AGENTS WANTED. Big percentage. Send for copy E. A. JOE Corner West and Lenoir Streets, percentage. Send for copy of book and Agent E. A. JOHNSON West and Lenoir Streets, Raleigh for copy of book and Agents' terms. Address A. JOHNSON eets, Raleigh North Carolina. Big percentage. Send for copy of book and Agents' terms. Address E. A. JOHNSON Corner West and Lenoir Streets, Raleigh North Carolina. W. 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Negro Citizen of "The Hub' Contending for an Equal Chance and Fair Play Objection to Placing all in a Single Claas. Boston, Mass. Special.—The 91st anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln was observed Monday evening at Young's Hotel, by the successful launching of a new movement in the interest of the Negro. The purpose, as announced in a circular calling the To call the attention of the country to the great danger which threatens the progress of colored people, seen in the clear tendency of public opinion to put all colored people in into a single class, and to prescribe for all the individuals in that class the same education, regardless of differing tastes, characters, aspirations and ability; and To urge the safer and more just principle of giving to each colored man an educational opportunity compensate with his character and ability, that he be rated according to is individual merits as a man, and that he be given a chance to render service in every field of activity for which his talents and education fit him. About one hundred of the leading colored men of the city were present together with Hon. Thomas N. Hart Mayor of Boston; Hon. Albert E. Pillsbury, President Horace Bumstead of Atlanta University, Col. N. P. Hallowell, George C. Branford and J. M. Hallowell. Mayor Hart said that he believed in equality for all. "As to the increased desire for higher education for the colored people—I believe in that, the same as I believe in it for the white boy. All the white boys are not fighting for that, and they won't get there. As for the colored boys, I will say that if you im prove your opportunities, you will have an equal chance in higher education, I will say further, that every boy of your race or mine that deserves to have the higher education will get it and cannot be kept from getting it." He said that he would be glad to see them at the City Hall, though he did not promise to give each man an office. Butler R. Wilson said that the occasion for cool judgment, intelligent organization of resources and a proper regard for fair play and justice, backed up by fair deeds were never more urgent than now. The object of the meeting, he said, was to stimulate in our countrymen the duty of giving to every citizen an education commensurate with his character and ability, a fair field in which to use it, and to set our faces now and for all time against the undemocratic, un American and perilous idea of putting all American citizens who happen to be black into a single class and then giving to each individual in that class the same education. W. H. Lewis, a Harvard graduate, said; "Today we are engaged in the struggle for emancipation from the still more galling chains of ignorance and un-American prejudice—an ignorance as dark and dense as the continent from which our ancestors came, a prejudice which meets us at every turn in life. We need leaders of our race who will lead the advance and not the retreat, for the race has suffered more in the last ten years from half-educated leadership than from all other causes combined." He believed that the training which sufficed for the ordinary white man was not sufficient for the ordinary Negro. President Bumstead, of Atlanta, said it was evident that the Negroes have in their highest class and in the aspiring members of the middle class a THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. tremendous instrumentality for their self-regeneration. It was also clear that that form of outside help in Negro elevation, is most promising which strengthens the more potent forces for good already developed in the race. W. Munroe Tretter protested against all discrimination on the ground of color or of class. "Justice demands," he said, "that the Negro be not restricted in his educational opportunities and that he ought to have the same privileges as white men. The meeting accomplished more for the breaking down of prejudice in this city than any of its kind that have ever been held. The speakers were the most prominent colored and white men of the city, and seemed to be heartily in favor of all that was said. FREDERICK F. SMITH. HOME FOR AGED COLORED PEOPLE. The Pastor of Tenth Street Baptist Church Outlines a Plan Therefor-Our Aged and Infirm go the Alms House-Something Should be Done. Rev. S. Geriah Lamkins, pastor of the Tenth Street Baptist church in a long letter to the District Commissioners, has submitted an outline his ideas of the necessity of a home for aged and infirm colored people, the organization of which he proposes to advocate. He requests the advice of the municipal authorities as to the best method of raising funds therefor whether to seek an appropriation from Congress or first to ask help through the medium of private subscriptions. Rev. Lamkins suggests that the institution shall be known as the Chester A. Snow Home for the Aged and In firm Colored People of the District of Columbia. The object of the promoters is to provide a place of refuge and shelter for such aged colored people of the District as may be found worthy by the proper authorities. He suggests the following trustees of the home President, Rev. S. G. Lamkins; Hon. John W. Ross, Col. L. M. Saunders, Andrew Gleason, Perry H. Carson, Col. M. M. Parker, Horatio N. Tophn, and Daniel Murray, said trustees to meet annually. It shall be the duty of the trustees to hold in trust the following described property: Lot 18 of square 58, fronting 60 feet on Champlain avenue northwest, running back to a depth of 120 feet. Rev. Lamkins further suggests the following board of managers, who shall hold office until their successors shall have been elected: Rev. D. F. Rivers, Rev. S. N. Brown, Rev. Daniel E. Wiseman, Rev. George Lee, Rev. I. L. Thomas, Rev. William V. Tunnell, Rev. W. Bishop Johnson and Rev. Frank J. Grimke. A secretary and treasurer shall be elected annually by the board of managers. It is provided that no person shall be refused admission to the home on account of race, color or religious belief, and persons from any state in the Union are eligible for accommodation. Other provisions for the management and regulation are detailed quite minutely. The Commissioners have taken the matter under advisement and are awaiting evidence as to the necessity for such a home. It is understood that Mr. Herbert W. Lewis, superintendent of charities is in sympathy with the project. He vouches for the necessity for a home for aged Negroes as at present all such persons are sent to the alms house and it is the popular impression that life in that place is far from being a bed of roses. It is hoped that something tangible will result from the several efforts being made to secure a home for our old and infirm poor. The matter should be pushed. M. Gives the names of dead and living frinds tells who and when you will marry also of business journeys lawsuits, absent friends health or anything you wish to know, no matter what it is. He can call up your spirit friends and show them to you. Can make them rap all around the room. He asks no questions don't ask you to write names or him. Don't try to pump you in any way, out tells you right off. He is thoroughly insured by leading spiritualists everywhere, received from them a gold medal and special license to practice his wonderful powers; credentials no one else can show can give thousands of references to both white and colored patrons Twenty-five years' practice—seven in Brooklyn—will show you that he can do all he of. Can tell what business is best for you and where, how to win speedy marriage with the one you love. How to be successful in all your doings in short what is best to do. He will succeed when all others fall. Positive satisfaction or no pay. Call and see. You will find it luck to consult this Christian gentleman. He has a medicine that will cure drunkenness; can be given patients not knowing it. Thousands through him are now RICH HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL with all their undertakings,while those w o neglect his advice are still laboring again poverty. Through his perfect knowledge chemistry he can impart to you a secret that will overcome your enemies and win you friends. His aid and advice has often been solicited; the result has always been the securing of speedy and happy marriages and all your wishes. In love affairs he never fails. He has the secret of winning the affections of the opposite sex. It is the curse of Spiritualism that in all large cities there are a class of men and women who claim powers they do not possess. They have neither gifts, credentials, nor references. Surely the colored people are not so wanting in sense as to throw their time and money away on such. Dr. Shea refers to the Hon. Charles Miller, capitalist, 2481 Atlantic avenue; the Hon. William Denmore, architect and builder, 47 Cleveland avenue, and Mr. Arthur Sewell, ship builder South Brooklyn. All have known him for the past ten years. He gives a free test of his power to all. The doctor has practiced five years in New Orleans, St. Louis, Memphis and Louisville, understands thoroughly the diseases, spells or influences the race is subject to. He has now and always had large patronage from them PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: Broklyn, August, 15, 1891—This letter is to certify that I came to New York from Albany. I was a stranger in a strange city, out of work and out of money. I had no luck in anything I undertook. What to do I did not know. A friend advised me to go and see Dr. Shea. I did. He told me the cause of my troubles; he took me in and treated me as a brother. Through him I got a good position that very week. I had been to others, they took my money and did me no good. 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AGENTS WANTED MEN and WOMEN to take orders for Waterproof Garments, Men's Mackintoshes $3.00 up, Ladies' Mackintoshes $3.50 up, Skirts and Capes from $2.25 up. WE FURNISH a big book of samples and complete outfit. W. out previous experience you can make $5.00 to $10.00 every day in the year. Write for full particulars. Adds DUNDEE RUBBER CORPORATION, Chica. This firm is thoroughly reliable.—Editor. 31 FAT FOLKS REDUCED 15 to 25 pounds per month. HARMLESS; no starving; 20 years' experience. BOOK FREE. Address DR. SNYDER, A, 90 Broadway, New York, N. Y. DOCTOR SBEA'S Brooklyn, August 15, 1891—This letter is to certify that my husband had gone away and had been absent two years. I mourned for him night and day. I gave him up as dead. Hearing of the wonderful things Dr. Shea was doing I resolved to consult him. He told me that my husband was alive and well and where he was; told me he would come home and when. To my joy all of it came true. He is home now, came back like one from the dead. I also wish to say that this month I lost $250. I am a poor woman and I was almost insane. I went to Dr. Shea and he told me I would find my money and to my intense joy I find as it he told me. I thank God there is a man so gifted in our midst, that can help people and tell them what to do, Mrs. Mary Miller, A SENSATION IN BROOKLYN-MINISTER'S STATEMENT I wish to state that one of my parishioners was sick and in trouble for a long time, Mrs. Brown, 37 Gay street. No one seemed to understand her case. She had several doctors but none of them seemed to know what was the matter. None could do her any good. It was my duty as her pastor to call and see her. Hearing of the wonderful work being done by Dr. Shea the last few years, I thought I would call and see him myself. I found him a sympathetic gentleman. He gave me a wonderful test of his powers, told me to send him a lock o. patient's hair, which I did by her daughter. He told at once what was the matter, and in a short time cured her sound and weil. Her family had seemingly been under a cloud. Now all is changed. All are well and prosperous. I can truly and heartily recommend Dr. Shea, to all those in sickness or distress of any kind. Rev. William Johnson, pastor Lebanon church, Brooklyn. Dr. Shea can show thousands such as the above. has been carefully educated in the Homeopathic and Electric Schools of Medicine. His success is wonderful in curing paralysis Rheumatism, Asthma, Sore Eyes, Tumors, Cancers, Constipation, Ague, Dyspepsia, Tape Worms, Liver Complaints, Deafness, Catarrh, Dropsy, Piles, Nervous Debility, Heart Diseases, Consumption, Diseases of Women and Children, Fits, Kidney Disease, and strange mysterious diseases which others don't understand. All diseases, no matter what they be. Nothing but honorable treatment, He can and will honestly tell you if you can be cured. Has all new remedies and new success. Has an ample experience in public hospital and private clinics. No trifling with human life. Call at once. Do not delay. Diplomas hang in parlors. Is a registered physician. A new remedy to rheumatism just discovered, not a lin ment. Hopeless cases and those that others can not cure solicited to call. Fat folks thin, the childless made parents. All letters must contain $1.00, two stamps, age, lock of hair. Charges for medical treatment only. Closed Sundays. Mention this paper. 651 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. The Vero Dentists Main Office 905 Pa. Ave Absolutely Painless Extracting. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS. DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co. 361Broadway, New York Branch Office, 625 F St., Washington, D. C. 15 MARVELOUS MEDIUM. DR SHEA rene ere cer rea a I i a I A IE ITE EA SE TE EE LT BX a 16 mY ii # Ne “Suited” lots of yi In; “x men yeeterday—and Ys 4 Il Hite’ will suit more to day. ¢ | Higeees Selling our fivest \<. Seer Ft Nii iO) ted and vicuca dou Ha HEE” = ble b:easted sack and if ‘i cutaway suits at * i 314.85 $20 wou!d not oi Pi D bea cent too much y | H for them. 1 if D. J, Kalman, {007 Pa, ave Gity Paragraphs. Mr. Samuel Clark, of the city post: office, has been quite illrecently. He is suffering from a troublesome throat affection. Mrs, Susie Washington of 57 Fenton street, n.e., wife of Wm. E. Waching ton, bas been quite ill recently, but is fast 1egaining her former good health. A movent has thus early been set on foot to securea more commodious audi* torium than the Academy of Music for the annual commencement of the Higb School. The Grand Opera House might be purged of ite anti Negro ten dencies by such a cultured gathering as invariably attends these exercises, Commissioner E, H. Wright, of Chi- cago, spent §the week in the city, and made the rounds of the public schools in company with ex Senator T. T. Allain. Register J. W. Lyons has returned from a trip toseyeral points in Georgia, Every district has instructed for his re-election as ‘national committeeman, and his continuance in the position he 80 Capably fills is assured. He will aleo -be one of the “Big Four’ delegates to the Philadelphia convention. Miss Maris Galloway, of 1353 B street northeast, has been yis:ting her sister, Mrs. Katie Thomas in Philadelphia, T. Thomas Fortune, Esq., editor of The New York Age, one of the race’s most fearless and talented journalists, will address the Second Baptist Lyce um tomorrow afternoon on ‘The Bless- ings of Poverty.” Exercises begin at 3:30, ard time will be allowed for dis evssion Prof, Keily Miller, of Howard Uni- versity, will be the speaker at Second Baptist Lyceum on the first Sunday ip March. He speaks this week before the students and faculty of the Univer sity of Peuneylvania, Washington’s Birthday was duly ob served in all the public schools. ~ There was no performance at the New Grand this week. The Sparta’s Anrual Fete. The Sparta Buffet at 1216 Pennsyl- vania avenue, Messrs. Moore aud Prio leau proprietors, will give their annual fete Tnursday evening, March Ist from 9 to 11 o’cloek. The reputation of this celebrated buffet is so well established that a mere mention of the fact that they they have something on the tapis 1s sufficient to bring all of their friends and patrons there. This pioncer firm sustains its reputation for giving the best tervice for the least money, It is up-to date in everything. Mr. Edward Q. Allen, the genial manager, has inti mated that a number of surprises ofa gilt-edged nature will be in store for she friends. —7 - 2 i - THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. 0. pene SS§SSSSee—————OoOoOoO*$@aoooamaaa eS $O090006 © > © Money to Loan ON FURNITURE, PIANOS, ETC. g if you are in need of money, we desire to & inform you of our new method. We can se |/$ Bargain Sale cure you @ loanon an easy monthly payment $ plan, at less cost than before, and below the | 3S rate of any other company in the city. You |S cap pay intull at any time after loan Is se | $9 cored, and it will n'y cost you for such time | % as you have iad the money” Our bus ness is | $ sirlotly private, and ali applications are | ¥ treated confidentially, If you bave a loan | % with any other concern, you can secure a loan Ubrough us to pay and get more meney i | 3 desired. It wili pay you to call ard see us . batore going elsewhere. We are revdy at Every solitary Pa: any and all times during office hours to give information concerning our business meth- J ods, 2nd you wiil receive courteous treat- is reduced in price ment. CAPITAL LOAN GUARANTEE CO nual January clear: ss ~ To Repair — = ss Broken Arti- = cles use . <— g ng a Major 8 a enent pan, Remember Teh. W77f Mason's Maes, |, RUBBER, a ZL ‘CEMENT, VA ff P3088 SEND ONE DOLLAR RB Cut this od. out and send to us, PY mention No. 2141, state your Height, BP Weight, uct Mencares Lenin of garment from collar down back to walst line, and| ‘waistline to bottom of skirt, state| Bist On ite, ana wo wal , QB reas, WareRPnoge SRD MACKINTOSH by express C, Ne ees eration. “Ese PUA omine and tryit onat our i , AooWeA nearest express office a if Ped found exactly as repres dy 7 oir and thegreateat value yo ver] é fe saw, payyour express “n6| 4 oun speciat price so 5, B Jess the 61.00, or 82.75.01 ext ta press charges. SE ‘THIS MACKINTO! is i made of biackorblue aut PAA ine WILCUX ENGLISH SH BA here wareRrxoor c: 14, ed faney plaid lining, velvet « a double detachable cape, ruil te : Sweep cape and skirty Iatest pn style and finest tailor made. PO bustetse 220 42. ACENTS WANTED MEN and WOMEN to take orders for Waterprvo! Garmentay Hen’s Mackistoshes $3.00. up, Ladies" Mackintoshes| 88.60 upy Skirts and Capes from 82.35 up. WE FURY" Abig book of samplesand complete outit. Wo: Gut previous experience youean make$5.00t081 ror) dayintheyenr. Writeforfullparticulars Add + IDUNDEE RUBBER CORPORATION, Chica ‘This firm is thoroughly reliable.—Editor. 37 If you want... . Fine 4 2 Liquors ——cALL ar—— Ph Lobe : Son 204 West Pratt Street. Baltimore, Md wea This firm is resiable. BLACK ORIN RECOVER Ree COPYRIGHTED. eg : aa. PALM BEFORE, AFTER, A WUNDERFUL FACE BLEAOH. ‘This ee, if used as directed, will turn the sKin of a black person four or five shades whiter and that of mulattoes perfectly white. Any person using it can see the re sult in forty-eight hours, , It does not turn the skin in spots but bleach- esout white. Itis avery good thing for the eyes if allowed to get in the eye while wash: os the face. me boxof this preparation isall that is required if used as directed, the skin remain- ing beautiful without continual use, and is perfectly harmless. Will remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, and pimples from the fice without harm to the skin, Direction and prevaration will be sent to any addregs on ae ef $2.00, C.O. D.. or send money order. Packed so that no one van know contents except the receiver. THOMAS B. CRANE, rx 12245 W. Broad St., Richmond, Va. Fee Re Se Tae See ee ee $ | Bargain Sale of Elegant 3 Every solitary Parlor Suite in our immense stock : is reduced in price for six days only, It is our an— 3 $ nual January clearince of this furniture, and we shall ‘ , ; positively offer lower prices this week than will be 3 ee named agnin for a whole year. In spite of the sacrifice : ‘ ¢ ‘ prices, you are as welcome as ever to CREDIT. Come i , : expecting great bargains—you shall not be disappointed. $ > 3 > 3 > $ ’ $ : MAMMO1H ¢ : CREDIT HOUszE, * > i ; 817-819-821-823 Seventh Street NW, ; > ; ; Between H and I Streets. i > ‘ SSSSRBseggeoesesceccesesooooovese 0008009000000005: Nn ae) ae ae a a ree: 1 | *2-All Gloves Warranted and Kept tn tepair for one Year, ‘ py - Bes re Coe ‘ "te <O. BE | . ose te! “ ‘ . Lm A és em, ) coh YF Ten : oO YA baRS - , eo uae 4 e:: a, a ‘ a ba OVESS Cemawie ry OWes MGes Bee 5 ‘ , 4 De What ycu invariably get when you patronize this house, = : We are mapufaciurera end direct importers—carry the Isrgest and ; newe-tstock the greatest variety of all styles for ALL OlCAs- , , 1ONS~ for ladies, children and men—and can please every fancy ; and suit any pocket book. We don’t sell “cheap” gloves—but we sell BEST GLOVES cheap. , Our “Lotos” Glove Has Extra y Our Peerless “Louvre” Glove Lopg Fingers, 81 50, > at $2 Patr, Ladies with long, tapering fingers, > Represents the rertection of theglove | who have been unable to get pertectly . maker'sart. Pertectly mace, OF FIN-| fitted eleewhere ii, find that this glove > EST FRENCH KID. in all shades, fr] will meet every requirement Wehsye y streetand evening wear—the best that | it in all shades of best FRENCH Kin y money and experience can produce, $2| for street and evening wear. Price $1.50, > pair, we_Other styles at $1.00 and $1.25, : Our Undrissed Kita Glove Men's Gloves tor Street and E * Tretonsse” at 81.75. xn @VeuimE Wear, 81 Up. » And the “Lbuchess of Maribor ugh” at $1.40 is the price elsewhere for this » $120° also in UNORESSED FRENCH | quality of glove, We have them in ali » KID. Come in all shades ot hardsome | tbe preva'ling -h-deo ard styles tor » - tolurib: S&. tur stitet and evening wear— | street, bal’s, weddings. receptions, elc. y +-« ANd ate worn by the elite everywhere. | at 1. up 10 2.25. a@-Oar + Gladstone” English Waiking Glove at” 1 75 cant , be matched elsewhere under 2 25° ; was Gloves cleaned by Our New French Process. No offensive 3 ; teed 1 i Q 5 odor. Sat’sfaction guaranteed, May orders solicited. ‘ , VRE GLOVE C0, Ssi5"8 : / +y 931 F Street, g For the convenience of customers, store is open every Saturday § night until 10 o'clock, $ O999OFO9OO99999 90900000009 000000000000.,...... ae 4 DO YOU NEED We will lend any amount trom $10 up, On Household Furniture, pianos, horses, wagons, carriages, or Ferson- al property of any kind, without removal from your possession. Loans can be carried as long as desired, and Lage ents can be mad- at any time to suit the convenience of the of the borrower. We are the only properly organized loan company in the city. If you appreciate low rates, courteous treatment, Aad attention to your interests, you wil! call on us. Offices private and easily reached. Loaps made in any part of the city. No delay. Open trom 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. SECURITY LOAN COMPANY Room 1, Warder Suiding, Corner 9th and F sts. n. w. CHR NDER . 909 Seventh, Street N. W. His Sweet Norton, a deep tinted red wine, bisown pressing, allows double dintion i: thedrinking glassund remains as vinous and Sweet, as the best Sweet Catawba unwaterc Both he sells at $1.a gallon. fle the hait ge ton. Chr. Xarder’s Rye Whiskies attic, Ge, 60¢ and S0¢ tre full quart,are iree fore hoes Polson of some age, kept in heated storags, ard Com pare advantageously With apy whir Kies at their price, Equally 0 his Bacto, Gips and Rum are pure snd well developed, ard the mederat~ use of them ever cause & headache. He hasan array of ever so mel? hat derds of Wines apd Whiskies stored Io his celisrs and warehouse Remember tbe Namber 909, ‘No branch houses. ——__ SUBSCRIBE