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The COLORED American Library of Congress A NATIONAL REGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. 8 NO. 21. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The A. M. E. Church Loads in His Work—Prof. John R. Hawkirs The Creator of this Department of the Church—A Splendid Organization—A Machless Orator and a Powerful Factor in African Methodism It was the most remarkable in the history of the Church and no department of the church work attracted more attention than the one represented by Mr. Hawkins. At the opening of the conference the general opinion was that the Department of Education would make some very radical changes. Indeed the Bench of Bishops in their quadrennial address recommended such changes as would virtually destroy the office of a General Secretary and Commissioner and make a mere agency for general travel. Mr. Hawkins did not think well of this plan and threw himself in the breach to stop the current that threatened to sweep away the office or make it non-effectual. He set to work and drafted a bill which provided for a reorganization of the Department of Education placing it on the same footing as all other departments of the Church and giving the General Secretary the full management of his department. In this particular work Mr. Hawkins showed his master mind and ability as a legislator and leader. Step by step he moved forward with his soul fixed on success. His plans and propositions were so outlined as to meet every objection and when the time came to take the final vote on his bill it was made a law with practically no opposition. The young man had been put to the test and he proved equal to the occasion. All opposition was swept away and he was reelected as General Secretary and Commissioner by acclamation. Since his reelection Mr. Hawkins has set to work in earnest to advance the interest of the schools entrusted to his care. He has set a high standard for all of the 25 schools under his supervision and leaves no stone unturned in his efforts for improvements. Under the new law he has the responsibility of handling and disbursing nearly $100,000 annually for the support of his Connection—being the treasurer of all of the endowment money, raised throughout the Connection, and too, $ per cent of all of the Dollar money raised. These honors and responsibilities have not been thrust upon Mr.Hawkins but have been won by his untiring efforts and faithfulness to duty. He has worked his way to his present position and believes that every man WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1900. H.C. should work himself up. In his native State of North Carolina he is regarded as among the leading educators and safest business men. His headquarters is in connection with Kittrell College, Kittrell, N. C., an institution that has been built up chiefly by his labors, and ranking as one of the leading schools of the South. Mr. Hawkins has been in great demand as an educator and is universally known and respected as one of our strongest men. When there was a vacancy in the supervisorship of the schools of Washington, a committee of leading representatives waited on him and asked the use of his name as a candidate for said position, but he modestly declined to do so, preferring to remain in the place to which his church had elected him. Mr. Hawkins has the support and cooperation of all the Bishops of the A. M. E Connection and is regarded by them as one of their strongest men, GENERAL INFORMATION. The A. M. E. Church is committed to the cause of Education, and the special interest paid to this part of its Church work has brought it prominently before the enlightened world. The first effort towards the establishment of schools dates from September 21, 1844, when the Ohio Conference of the A. M. E. Church appointed a committee to select a seat for a seminary of learning on the "manual labor plan," and projected what was then called Union Seminary, which was later merged into Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio, our oldest and leading institution. In 1876 the General Conference appointed the Rev. J. C. Emby (afterwards Bishop) the first Commissioner or General Agent to look after the special work of Schools, his successor being Rev. B. F. Watson. In 1884, Education was made a special Department of the Church under (Continued on eighth page.) PRICE FIVE CENTS. GLIMPSES OF THE OLD WORLD A Graphic Panorama, Displaying in Vivid Lights the London Convention of the Christian Endeavorers, the Pan-African Conference—A Trip to Shakespeare's Home, and a Survey of the Magnificent Paris Exposition—How we Appear to the World at Large-An Exhibit that Should be Reproduced in America. (BY BISHOP ALEXANDER WALTERS) Mr. E. E. Cooper, Editor The Colored American: My dear sir,—I arrived in London safe and sound after an unusually smooth voyage of 10 days. The destruction by fire on the 80th of the Saale on which the officers of the United Society of Christian Endeavors were to have sailed on the 8rd of July interfered with our arrangements. It became necessary for me with some other trustees to go to Montreal, Canada, and sail from there. We left Montreal on the slow steamer Vancouver Saturday July 7th. I enjoyed the 0 hours sail up the St. Lawrence river. The scenery along the way is beautiful. We reached the famous city of Quebec at 6:30 p.m. I was delighted with the view from the river of the forts, and of the famous hotel. Chateau Frontenac, the most charming hotel I am told in the world. We next passed through the Gulf of St. Lawrence, took a look at the coast of New Foundland, and finally pushed out into the great Atlantic. To my surprise and great pleasure, I did not get sea sick. My travelling companion Chaplain B. W. Arnett had four days of this dreadful disease. We were treated nicely by all the passengers and officers while on board. The time was spent in daily services on the part of the Endeavors, and others participated in concerts, etc. LONDON CONVENTION. The International Christian Endeavor convention which was held at Alexandra Palace, London, was a great success. Immense crowds were present daily. On the 1st day more than forty thousand people were present. Some of the most renowned, able and eloquent ministers of the world were present and addressed the meeting. Among them were: His Lordship, the Bishop of London, Dr. Joseph Parker, Jugh Price Hughes, Dr. Charles Sheldon, B. F. Meyers, Floyd Thompson, G. T. Polloek, G. C. Lorimer, and over a hundred others. It was the greatest religious gathering it has ever been my good fortune to witness. I was late in reaching London, but I reached the convention in time to make two ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` speeches, and to open the meeting on the day that His Lordship the Bishop of London and Dr. Joseph Parker spoke All agree that the cause of Christianity has been furthered and strengthened by our meeting here. PAN AFRICAN CONFERENCE. Delegates from all parts of the world where the black races are represented assembled July 20 at the call of Mr. H. S. Wiltiams, the secretary of the African Association of London. The meetings were held in magnificent chambers of Westminister Hall near the Victoria Station. Many distinguished delegates were present from all parts of the world. Speaking of the meeting The London News of July 24 had the following to say: A three days' conference of members of the African races began yesterday, in the Westminister Town Hall, the object being to voice the opinions of black men throughout the world, to unite and organize them for the attainment of equality and freedom, and to influence legislation in their favor. It is the first time that an attempt has been made to bring together the African race, the outcast children of Ham, from all parts of the world, with a view to united action for their well-being. Bishop Alexander Walters of the United States, presided, and was supported by Mr. Benito Sylvain, Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor Menelik of Abysinia; Mr. F. E. R. Johnson, late Attorney General of Liberia; Mr. C. W. French, of St. Kitts; Miss Anna H. Jones, of Missouri; Mr. A. F. Ribero, of the Gold Coast; Dr. R. A. Savage, of Lagos, a member of the Afro-West Indian Literary Society of Edingburgh; Professor Loye and Miss Cooper of the High School, Washington; Mr. H. S. Williams, of Trinidad, Secretary of the Conference, and a number of other representatives of vations parts of Africa, of the West Indies, and of the United States. The Conference was open to the public, and visitors must have been struck not only by the evident sincerity and earnestness of delegates, and the common purpose which inspired men and women gathered from all parts of the earth, but by their capacity, intelligence, and moderation, and the remarkable eloquence with which their claims were advanced. Bishop Walters' opening address was a model of forensic deliverance, and dealt thoughtfully with the "Trials and Achievements of the Colored Race in America." Other able addresses were made by Mr. French, Miss Anna H. Jones, B. A., the Bishop of London, Mrs. Anna J. Cooper and Mr. Benito Sylvain. At other sessions Hon, F. E. R. Johnson, J. E. Quintan, land surveyor at St. Louis, Mo., Myer, a West Indian, medical student of Edingburgh; R. E. Phipps, of Trinidad; Prof. T. J. Calloway, special agent of American Negro exhibit at Paris, Charles P. Lee, of New York and G. W. Christian of Daminico. Resolutions were adopted providing for the formation of a permanent Pan-African Association, the objects of which should be: (1) to secure the civil and political rights for Africans and their descendants throughout the world; (2) to encourage friendly relations between the Caucasian and African races; (3) to encourage African people everywhere in educational, industrial, and commercial enterprise; (4) to approach governments, and influence legislation in the interests of the black races; and (5) to ameliorate the condition of the oppressed Negro in Africa, America, the British Empire, and other parts of the world. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. O. Provision was made for the formation of affiliated societies in all parts of the world, the headquarters of the Association being in London. Officers were elected as follows: President, Bishop Walters; Vice-President, the Rev. H. Brown; Secretary, Mr. H. S. Williams; Treasurer, Mr. R. F. Colenso. Vice presidents and secretaries were also appointed for the local branches to be established in various parts of the world. The Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia and the Presidents of Liberia and Hayti were elected honorary members of the association. Prof. W. E. B. DuBois was chosen as vice president for America and Prof. T. J. Calloway as under secretary for America. The sitting closed with the adoption of a solemn address to the nations of the world, to be communicated to the Governments of the civilized powers. It pointed out that in this age, when the ends of the earth are being brought so near together, the colored races were bound to have great influence by reason of sheer numbers and physical contact. If the world of culture gave them the largest and broadest opportunity of education, industry and self-development, human progress would be hastened. But if the black world was to be exploited, ravaged and degraded by the greed of the white, the result might be fatal to the high ideals of freedom, justice, and culture which a thousand years of Christian civilization had held before Europe. The Conference was a great success and the delegates were given splendid consideration by the London Press. On Monday the 18th, the members of the Conference were given tea by the Reform Cobden Club. On Tuesday 24th, the Lord Bishop of London entertained the delegates at his palace, out at Fulham. He personally conducted the party through the grounds, describing the things of interest. Some parts of his palace has been in existence since the 15th century. The whole surroundings were beautiful. Speeches were made by the writer and his Lordship. On Wednesday the 25th, a tea in honor of the delegates was given at the House of Parliment. Several private dinners were also given. Special mention should be made of the work done by Prof. DuBeis in London, and excellent papers read by Mrs. Anna J. Cooper of Washington, and Miss Anna Jones of Kansas City, Mo. THE AMERICAN NEGRO EXHIBIT AT PARIS EXPOSITION. Paris, France,—While in Paris I visited the great exposition, which is beyond my power to describe. It is situated on both sides of the River Seine. The buildings are unique and beautiful. The attendance up to the time I reached there, July 21, was fifteen millions. Just in the heart of the Exposition, on the right bank of the river Seine, stands a large square building, whose architectural character denotes solidity and truthful simplicity. It is the Palais del Economic Sociale et des Congres (Hall of Social Economy and Congresses.) The nations of the world have here gathered exhibits representing movements for public welfare, and the United States has liberally made a prominent feature of its presentation to the 19th Century Review, the American Negro Exhibit, showing the tremendous march of the Afro-American from emancipation to the present. It was predicted by a noted America scholar when the plan for a Negro Exhibit was made public last year, that the most striking feature of the United States exhibit would be the progress of its Afro-American citizens. This prophecy has so far been fulfilled to the extent that a "Grand Prix" (the great prize) has been awarded by the International Jury representing the highest recognition to be obtained. The exhibit is as unique as it is powerful, occupying about one fourth of the entire United States space in this building. It has been placed in the immediate front, and is the first thing to catch the eye of the visitor. High up at the top in letters of gold is the sign—"American Negro Exhibit." Immediately under this about 10 feet from the floor are three large pictures of Afro-Americans, whose lives are well known; Booker T. Washington occupies the center, with the late B. K. Bruce on the right, and on the left Register J. W. Lyons, whose signature must appear on every American bond and paper dollar. To the right of Bruce is a large chart showing the wealth of Afro-Americans by states, and to the left of Lyons another chart showing the decrease of 50 per cent in illiteracy in thirty-five years, a history which the world had never seen before or elsewhere than in the United States. Next follow a series of cases, just high enough to comfortably reach them. They are worked to and fro by being hinged to the back and having shining brass handles. Here are displayed samples of work, representing buggy work and wagon making, shoe making, harness, all sorts of skilled wood work, machine shop work, casting, forging, tailoring and dressmaking. In the same series of boards is a display of agricultural products cultivated by the colored people of the South. Grasees, seeds, cotton and sugar cane products, etc., are wrought into fancy shapes so that they attract the eye and call the attention to how much a Negro is producing. Next below this series of swinging cases with another set of cases with wing frames. There are 6 of these and each case contains 89 charts, 28 inches high and 29 inches wide, making a total of 198 charts. These charts would line one side of the gallery 500 feet long if spread out with a few inches between each. But in the convenient way of opening the cesses the charts are quite accessible. Two cases of 66 charts are devoted to showing photographs of the Hampton Institute, Fisk and Howard Universities, Agricultural & Mechanical College, North Carolina, Berea, Claflin, Central Tennessee, Shaw and other schools. Two other cases comprise 66 charts which show in graphic display the leading facts of Afro-American progress. The two other cases show by other photographs and charts, homes, stores factories insurance companies, etc., among the race. In a series of shelves below is a large collection of books by Negro authors and bound volumes of newspapers by editors of our race. There are also five hundred patents issued to Negro in ventors, a most admirable set of volumes of written work of pupils furnished by Fisk University. Mounted upon an iron rest stands the three-feet bronze statuette of the immortal Frederick Douglass, with his face towards the door and his arms in a position of pleading. The statuette is an exact copy of the original at Rochester, N. Y., and was executed by the same sculptor, Mr. Stanley W. Ed wards. Adjoining this space is an exhibit of nine models furnished by the public schools of Washington, L. G. These models show the development of the public schools among our people. No. 1 shows a family of ex-slaves in 1865, homeless, hungry, and in despair. The boy in knee pants presenting to his dejected father an apple which he had somewhere picked up. 2 shows father and son constructing a rude home, and the mother and daughter manipulating an old-fashioned pot upon an open fire in the yard. In model 3 the Northern school ma'am is seen with a group of pupils of all ages under the friendly shade of an oak tree. 4 shows the father whom we have seen in the first group, talking to his neighbors in the woods upon the necessity and desirability of putting up a school house, and giving something to support the school. In number 5 a log cabin has been repaired, new boards are seen on its roof, the stick chimney has been run up, and the cracks between the logs have been filled with fresh mud. The happy father, to whom we have already referred is seen welcoming the school ma'am from her school house in this cabin. We are presented in No. 6 with a view of the same farmer's family, as shown so despairingly in the first group, only now it is ten years later, and you see his farm well laid out, his tasty home, wagon loaded with produce, horse, hoge, and chickens. Model No. 7 is four years still later, and here is 1870 we see the nicely dressed young man whose face you recognize as that of the barefoot boy of the first group, now the principal of a thriving school, his weather boarded house, painted white, and brick chimneys at the gables. No. 8 and 9 give views of the pupils and buildings of the colored High Schools of Washington, D. C. Too much credit can not be given to Mr. T. J. Calloway for this magnificent show. This splendid exhibit should be given a place in one of the prominent public buildings at Washington—say the Library of Congress. Who will second the motion? STRATFORD·ON-AVON. This is the home of the immortal Shakespeare. A party of Christian Endeavorers, of which Chaplain Arnett and the writer were the only colored, visited this place and Warwick Castle July 19th. We were shown the house where Shakespeare was born, and through all the rooms, eight in number I think. It is a quaint old building, containing family relics, the old beds, chairs, tables used by the poet. While I passed through the building, how I wished for some of our race poets, that they might catch inspiration from the surroundings. We visited the place in Stratford where he lived in later years. The parish church where lies his remains, under the following lines: Blest be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones. In the Town Hall is an excellent statue of Shakespeare, given to the town by Garrick, the actor. The Memorial Building which was finished in 1870, consists of a theater, library, and art gallery. It is an imposing structure. The picture gallery is lighted from the top, and many of the choicest works of art, on Shakespeareian subjects are on the walls. The monument is the gift of Lord Ronald Gewer, the figure of Shakespeare seated in the summit of the splendid pedestals is grand beyond description. "He has pen in hand, in a thoughtful attitude and apparently gazing pensively at the church where lies his remains." Four other life size figures stand on projecting bases, representing the four attributes of the dramatists art. The monument is just outside of the memorial building in a beautiful park overlooking the River Avon which passes silently by. I sat there for a while in meditation; the scene was sublime. The home of Ann Hathaway was visited and we were shown the seat where he wooed and won the sweet maiden. Other places of interest were visited which I have not the time to mention. The city is a beautiful one of 45,000 inhabitants. While we were there it was proposed that a picture should be taken of the party. When all arrangements had been made the photographer, an English friend demanded that the write should sit in the middle of the group. At first I refused, for the reason that I did not want to spoil the picture for some of my American friends, and the sale of it. I did not tell my English friends why I refused, but when they insisted that I must sit in the middle, because I was a Bishop, and professionally the biggest man present, I gave a hearty laugh and took my seat. I am afraid that the sale of the picture is injured with some who were present from—well, I won't say where. I would like to say something about Warwick Castle, which I understand is next in splendor to Windsor, the palace of the Queen; but I dare not in this letter. I must now leave for Berlin, Germany. J. M. Good Speeches and a Pleasant Time at the National Pavilion. From the Paris Edition New York Times. An informal dinner was held by the American Negroes now in Paris at the United States National Pavilion last night. The affair was quite unique, in that it produced a reunion and most cordial congeniality among colored people, more or less strangers to each other and meeting for the first time under the hospitable roof of the United States Building in a foreign land, but under the Stars and Stripes. The following were present: Hon. George H. Jackson, U. S. Consul to La Rochelle, France; Thomas J. Calloway, in charge of the Negro exhibit at Paris; Miss J. Imogen Howard, New York, who is here as the guest of the Evening Telegram of New York; Prof. W J. PROF. T. J. CALLOWAY. M. MISS J. IMOGENE HOWARD. B. B. Du Bois, Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. G. W. Cablniss, M. D., Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Cabaniss; Mr A. F. Herndon, Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Herndon; Mr, Preston Sherley, Kentucky, and Mrs. Sherley; Miss Ella D. Barrier, Washington, D. C.; Miss Meta Vaux Warrick, art student in Paris; Mrs. A. J. Cooper and Mrs. A. F. Hilyer, Washington, D. C.; Miss Anna H. Jones, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Agnes Moody, and Mrs. Elizabeth Alix, Chicago, Ill., Attaches U. S. Commission; Mrs. Helen R. Noble, New Orleans, La; Rev. A Clayton Powell, New Haven, Conn; Dr. H. L. Harris, Richmond, Va., and C. B. Smith and Morris Lewis, Attaches U. S. Commission. There were many good speeches in response to the postprandial toasts. The wonderful Face Bleach has been introduced in Washington and is offered to the public at a special rate. The two dollar packages can now be had for one dollar by calling at Kopp's Drug Store, 7th and Florida avenue. ```markdown ``` THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. G. A South African on the Race Riot. To the Editor of The Sun: It forms queer reading to one like myself just returned from South Africa to notice in the newspapers under the headlines of "Race Riots," etc., that "Negroes were attacked by frenzied mobs," and "cries of lynch 'em" were heard from many quarters. Also "that the police freely used their night staves"—on the Negroes of course! And for what? Because a Negro stabs a policeman to death. I feel very sorry for the unfortunate policeman, but is it to be taken for granted that the Negroes hold a special brief—from the man in the moon—for stabbing? Amazing though it may seem there are cranks in this country who actually tell you without a blush that they can not support the Boer cause owing to their shameful treatment of the poor blacks. J. H. G. H. JACKSON, S. T. B., A. M., M. D. H.C. MRS. ANNA J. COOPER. Verily. the lot of the black man in South Africa is heavenly bliss and contentment compared to those in this country. JOHN A. HAESETT, Captain American Scouts, Boer Forces. New York, Aug. 17. How Money May be Used Sensibly. If Negroes would take as much pride in contributing money to build industrial schools for their children as they do in skimping themselves to erect fine church edifices with pipe organs, Brussels carpet, stained glass windows and opera chairs, the race would be im measurably better off, says the St Joseph Radical. Right you are, Brothers Federick and Dorsey! Mrs. Ellen Bell of the Government Printing Office left last week for Atlantic City, N. J. Mrs C. A. Fleetwood and daughter left the city last Tuesday for Bird's Nest, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, to be gone until September. The genial major still remains at his desk. ```markdown ``` Virginia Union University. Wayland College. Richmond Theological Seminary. 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To introduce our remedies in this city, we will send to all persons who will cut out and mail to us this Coupon and ONE DOLLAR, three large boxes of HARTONA HAIR STRAIGHTENER, worth $3.00; two large bottles of HARTONA FACE WASH, worth $2.00; one package of HARTONA NO-SMELL, worth 50c. The entire lot of remedies, worth $5.50, will be sent securely sealed, so that no one can tell contents, for ONE DOLLAR and this Coupon. Order goods now, as this grand offer will last but a short time only. Write your name and address plainly. Money can be sent by Post-Office Money Order, Express, or enclosed in a Registered Letter. HARTONA REMEDY COMPANY. 909 E. Main Street, RICHMOND, VA. EN:—I enclose you ONE DOLLAR, for which send me the fol- at once— Large Boxes HARTONA HAIR STRAIGHTENER, worth $3.00 Large Bottles HARTONA FACE WASH, - worth $2.00 Large HARTONA NO-SMELL, - - worth .50 o._____, Street_____ _____, County_____, State_____ D IN EVERY TOWN IN AMERICA. OUR GOODS SELL ON SIGHT. GENTLEMEN:I enclose you ONE DOLLAR, for which send me the following goods at once Three Large Boxes HARTONA HAIR STRAIGHTENER, worth $3.00 Two Large Bottles HARTONA FACE WASH, worth $2.00 One Package HARTONA NO-SMELL, worth .50 House No.____, Street____ AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY TOWN IN AMERICA. OUR GOODS SELL ON SIGHT. I. M. Wilson's Turkish Drops. For Dyspepsia, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cramps or Pains, Colic and Cholera Morbus, Cholera Infantum, Sick Headache, A. M. Wilson's Turkish Drops. For Dyspepsia, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cramps or Pains, Colic and Cholera Morbus, Cholera Infantum, Sick Headache, And all Stomach Complaints. For Sale at 310 I Street N. W., and at all Drug Stores. 4 will gradually turn the sk will turn the skin of a m WASH will not lighten t remains soft and bright w does the work. It is your delighted patrons send us States. HARTONA FACE Black-Heads, Freckles, and shade of skin on neck, face with each bottle. HARTO to any part of the Unite Remember, your money is fied and delighted with the will remove all smells and chafed limbs, etc. HARTC ing from disagreeable odor Sent anywhere on receipt of Address all orders to— To introduce our remed cut out and mail to us this HARTONA HAIR STRA HARTONA FACE WASH SMELL, worth 50c. The securely sealed, so that no Coupon. Order goods now Write your name and address Order, Express, or enclosed HARTONA GENTLEMEN:—I enclose lowing goods at once— Three Large Boxes H Two Large Bottles H One Package HARTON My Name is_____ House No._____ City_____ AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY A ```markdown ``` A. T. Trade Mark. For Sale at 31 THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. HARTONA REMEDY COMPANY. 909 E. Main St., RICHMOND, VA. Mme Turner's Great French System Great French System Gives a Wonderful And Beautiful Complexion. Prices Reduced Until September 29th. Now is your chance to get rid of your Liver Spots, Freckles, and all Blemishes, in 8 or 10 days. Mystic Face Bleach and accompanying Soap 75 Cents. If not found at your druggist's send to MME. M. C. TURNER, 1812 Carondelet Street. New Orleans, La MRS. MARY CHURCH TERRELL IN ILLINOIS. More Beautiful in Person, More Convincing in Argument, She Holds SpellBound Her Audiences. If there is a lacking on the part of the many chautauquas previous to the visits of Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, they are evidently brought forward when it is announced that she will speak. At Danville, Ill. where Mrs. Terrell spoke on Harriet Beecher Stowe last Sunday there were fully three thousand persons to hear her, many who are interested in the Harriet Beecher Stowe Industrial Institute of this city, thronged to hear the life of this noble woman pictured as it was in beautiful language by Mrs. Terrell. C. C. MARY CHURCH TERRELL. Fully one thousand more attended the following afternoon and evening to listen to Mrs. Terrell and Rev. George A. Brown, president of our institute here, two shining lights of their race The Danville Daily News has the following to say: REV. BROW'S TALK. "A very enjoyable surprise was an address by Rev. George A. Brown, of this city, on the Harriet Beecher Stowe Institute, of this city. The founder explained fully the object of this school at the Chautauqua last evening and was received with much applause. Mr. Brown is the son of the late Bishop John M. Brown, who was the founder of Wilberforce College for Negroes in Ohio, and one of the founders of the Provident Hospital of Chicago, and, like his father, young Brown knows no defeat in his effort. Much opposition has been brought to bear against Mr. Brown and his associates by the ignorant Negroes and prejudiced whites, but it is predicted, that like Booker T. Washington, Mr. Brown can build a great and necessary school for his people. This institute is the only one of its kind in the northwest and Illinois is fast becoming proud of such a work." MRS. TREBELL'S LECTURE Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, president of the National Association of Colored Women, gave her lecture on "The Progress of the Colored Woman," at 2.30 p. m. yesterday, to a large and attentive audience. Most of those who heard this elegant lady's lecture on Harriet Beecher Stowe last night, which netted larger gate receipts than any night lecture so far in the course, were present to hear this lecture. The lecture on Mrs. Stowe was not only rich in matter, but the perfect bearing of Mrs. Terrell, her elegant but well contained diction, showing so fully the thorough scholar, the perfect lady and calm philosopher, were assurances that she would give the facts fairly as to the progress of the colored women. Mrs. Terrell gave two of the best lectures so far in the course, and should she come this way again she will be heartily welcomed and have even a better hearing. --- NO. 2. South Premier No. 2. 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This is certainly a most generous offer and the following extracts taken from his daily mail show how men write him. "DearSir:—Please accept my sincere thanks for yours of recent date. I have given your treatment a thorough test and the benefit has been extraordinary. It has completely braced me up. I am just as vigorous as when a boy and you cannot realize how happy I am." "Dear Sir:—Your method worked beautifully. Results were exactly what I needed. Strength and viger have completely returned and enlargement is entirely satisfactory." "Dear Sir:—Yours was received and I had no trouble in making use of the receipt as directed, and after a few days use can truthfully say it is a boon to weak men. I am greatly improved in size, strength and vigor." All correspondence is strictly confidential, mailed in plain sealed envelope. The receipt is free for the asking and he wants every man to have it. --- The Last and Best of the Season. St. Luke's P. E. Church Grand Fete Champetre AT LAKE VIEW PARK Friday, Sept. 7, 1900. Country breakfast served at 8 o'clock a. m. at 20 cts., children 10 cts. Dinner served at 4 p. m. 25 cts. Hoffman's Orchestra and other attractions. Park opened at 6 o'clock a. m. First car to the Park at 5 o'clock a. m. Ample arrangements made with railroad authorities to return our guests promptly to the city. Take the Yellow Car traveling West marked "Glen Echo" and stop at the District line. General Admission to the Park Adults 25 Cts. Children 15 " Miss Harriet A. Gibbs. Miss Harriet A. Gibbs. Graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and late of Boston, TEACHER OF MUSIC. VOICE CULTURE, PIANO, ORGAN, HARMONY AND COUNTERPOINT. STUDIO: 14 N ST., N. W. GREAT RACE BOOKS. It is a fact that J. T. Haley & Co. 346 Court Square Nashville, Tenn are the most extensive Race Book publishers in the United States. They are our friends and are giving employment to hundreds of men and women of the race. They publish the AVEOMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA COLLEGE OF LIFE, UNCLE TOMS CABIN, SPARK LING GEMS, LAMP OF WISDOM, etc. These books sell at sight. Agents are having a harvest. Write Quick for terms and Territory. To Repair Broken Articles use Major's Cement Remember MAJOR'S RUBBER CEMENT, MAJOR'S LEATHER CEMENT. --- SHARPS AND FLATS. Dots and Dashes and Storiettes Descriptive of the Follies and Foibles of Mankind, Dished up with Spice, but no Malice. It is like a pleasant voyage perhaps to float, Like Pyrrho on a sea of speculation. * * * For my part, I'll enlist on neither side Until I see both sides for once agreeing. —Byron's Pyrrhonisus. Human life is a grand chain of "Sharps and Flats"—a staff of majors and minors. To the wise it is just as easy to laugh at the ludicrous as to lament over that which is lost. The striking lesson is frequently imparted in jesting vein, and the telling rebuke is administered with a smile. The free lance who furnishes this department uses a velvet fender, and his shaft, though keen, never leaves a smarting wound. Those who read as they run will recognize every picture that is thrown upon the canvas, but no one should lay the flattering unction to his soul that he is meant as the subject unless the "shoe fits him," so to speak. No malice is intended toward any one, and each of our readers is cordially invited to join us in poking a little innocent fun at the other fellow. Tne Palace Barber Shop. One of the neatest and most complete tonsorial parlors in Washington is the one conducted by that past master of the profession, Mr. W. M. Hill, 101 Sixth Street, N. W. A first class artist himself, Mr. Hill has spared no paints to make his shop the best of its kind, and has surrounded himself with a corps of competent artists. His shop represents all that is up to date in the tonsorial profession. The furniture, the chairs and all of the fittings are of the most modern improvements. Mr. Hill cordially invites the public to inspect his new place and guarantees satisfaction. Give him a call. A Lesson in Civil Service Ethics The Public Printer gazed pensively out of his office window, and looked disapprovingly at the Pabst beer sign which constantly stared him in the face from across the way, and reminded him of exhilarating times of the long age. "Jocko", he grunted, to a lemon-colored attendant who crouched in the corner, his ears alert and his step electric to do his master's bidding. "Yes sire, your reverence" and Jocko prostrated himself at the imperial desk. "Have we fired any of these hightoned, wise darkies lately?" asks the chief in heavy villain accents. "No sire, your honor, the weather has been too hot for me to get any scandals for your consideration this month." "Well what did I raise your pay for, you miserable seeker after rest? Go out at once, and gather enough rumors about Buckingham to justify me in making a vacancy in his place. I've got to have room for some of these kickers who are worrying me to death " "Do you want specific charges, backed by authentic evidence, sire," Jocko humbly asks. "No, by thunder!" yelled the P. P. "You ought to know by this time that I never require such nonsense as evidence when I want a man's head. All I need is an excuse. Get out in a hurry!" As Jocko's nimble footsteps became faint in the corridor, the virtuous, impartial and paternal Public Printer resumed his disapproving study of the Pabst beer sign. SUMMER RESORTS HOTEL WOODLAWN TERRACE n which furnishes one with a magnifi which is a wide sheet of water giving ing or fishing. This Hotel is situated on an elevation which furnis cent view for ten miles. At the base of which is a wild ample opportunity to those foad of sailing or fishing. This Hotel is situated on an elevation which furnishes one with a magnificent view for ten miles. At the base of which is a wide sheet of water giving ample opportunity to those fod of sailing or fishing. WOODLAWN TERRACE. is on the Whitehouse Pike, seven miles from Camden. 25 trains stop at Lawnside daily. The service at the Hotel is strictly first class. The Bed Rooms are large and ally with all modern conveniences. The Hotel is three stories high, 35 feet front and is surrounded with a beautiful lawn and wide gravel walks. For towns, address MRS. CHAS. SMITH. Snow Hill. N.J. from Camden. 25 trains stop at Lawn suitably first class. The Bed Rooms are nice. The Hotel is three stories high, beautiful lawn and wide gravel walks. TH, Snow Hill, N. J. is on the Whitehorse Pike, seven miles from Camden. 25 trains stop at Lawn-side daily. The service at the Hotel is steadily first class. The Bed Booms are large and ally with all modern conveniences. The Hotel is three stories high, 35 feet front and is surrounded with a beautiful lawn and wide gravel walks. For tours address MBR GEAR SMITH Snow Hill H L THE ELITE-624 H. Washington street; Alexandria, Va., Ice cream, confectionery, soda water and milk shakes, all flavors. Lunches and sandwiches. Cool, exclusive, up to date. The only first class pleasure resort in the city. When in Alexandria call on us. Opens May 15th. W. F. Hammond, proprietor. CATLETTS, VA.—Summer Boarders: Parties desire first class accommodations for the summer season will find it to their advantage to spend their vacation at Catletts Faunquier county, Va. Forty-sight miles from this city, there are three accommodation trains to the city per day. The house is situated about 4 miles above the village. Bard furnished for $12.00 per month, $4.00 per week, or 75 cents per day. Healthy climate, excellent board and comfortable rooms. Apply with stamp to Mrs. Kate McGuire, Catletts, Faunquier Co., Va. HOTEL SHEPHARDS HILL Open for the Season on June 1st. Beautifully situated near the Potomac River, on 1st Patrick's Creek. Cool Rooms, Bathing, Boating, Fishing and Crabbing. For terms address Wm. D. Bond, Colton's Point, St. Mary's County, Maryland. WANTED-An active young man as collector. Must be well acquainted with the city. Married man preferred. An energetic colored woman who understands canvassing can secure permanent employment with good pay by addressing "Benevolence" care 450 Ost. n. w. Wanted—a case of bad health that R-T-P-A-N-S will not benefit. One gives relief. No matter what's the matter, one will do you good. A cure will result if directions are followed. They banish pain, induce sleep, prolong life. Sold at all drug stores, ten for five cents. Be sure to get the genuine. Don't be fooled by substitutes. Teu samples and a thousand testimonials will be mailed to any address for five cents. forwarded to the Ripans Chemical Company, No.10 Spruce St., New York. CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. J. C. SMALLWOOD, Proprietor. WRITTEN GUARANTEE TO CURE after every advertiser's family, Hospital and Army Surgeon fall Dr. THEEL, 527 North Sixth St. Philadelphia, Pa. All Abuses, BloodPoison, Varicocele, Stricture all PRIVATE and OBSCURE Diseases both sexes, Lost Mannhood, Shrink-cured in 4 to 10 days. The most dangerous cases solicited. "EIN DEUTSCHER ARZT.""Treatment by mail. Send for Sworn Testimonials & Book exposing every fake Institute, Electrical & Medical fraud. MANHATTAN INN. 17 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. THOMAS COLE, Proprietor. Manufacturer and dealer in SURGICAL & ORTHOPEDICAL Instruments and Trusses. 623 SEVENTH STREET, NORTHWEST Opposite Patent Office WASHINGTON, D. C. --- --- THE MUSEUM Will open Friday, June 1, 1900. Pittsburg Subscribers, Notice All subscribers in Pittsburg and Allegheny are requested to have their subscriptions ready when Mr. Joseph Evans, the Pittsburg representative of The Colored American comes around. Mr. Evans is a faithful news agent and is always prompt in the delivery of his papers. He is often compelled to make extra trips. Those who are indebted to him will oblige the editor by paying him when he calls. Mr. Thompson thanks all friends for kindly words, and even extends assurances of distinguished consideration to the Union Herald, (Springfield, O) which, for some reason or another, saw fit to dub him "Rev." SUMMER RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY. FITZGERALD'S AUDITORIUM. Open all the year. Suitable for convention receptions, ballo, concerts and theatrical entertainments. Choice wines. Liquors and cigars. Attached the finest billiard room in the city. The Auditorium Cafe attached is striply first class. Special attention given collation parties, weddings, receptions, etc. B, G. Fitzgerald, proprietor, 30 and 38 North Kentucky avenue, Atlantic City, M. J. THE NEW HOUSE DEBITY COTTAGR 81 N. Ohio Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. Excels any in the city. All modern improvements. Two squares from the Reading Railroad depot. Two squares from the beach. I kindly thank my old as well as new patrons for their liberal patronage and hope for a continuance of the name. Mrs. J F. Debtys, proprietress. THE SUB HOTEL CHOICE WINES, 15 N. Illinois Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. Choice wines, Liquors and Cigars. CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS HARRIS' HOTEL GEORGE H HARRIS, PROPRIETOR, 1139 Baltic Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. Meals Served at all Hours. HOTEL HENDERSON—120 N Mississippi ave., Atlantic City, N. J., two squares from Reading depot; three minutes walk to Bathing Beach. Special rates for families and permanent boarders. The hotel has been newly papered and has 32 neatly fitted up sleeping rooms. Terms moderate. European and American plan. Henderson and Murray, prop's. Lawnside. N.J. ALEXANDRIA. VA. CATLETF8. VA. WANTED HELP RIPANS CHARLES FISCHER A DELEGATE TO BOSTON. Mr. William Moseley, Editor of "The Republican Leader" Passed Through the City Enroute to Boston. Mr. William L. Moseley, editor of The Republican Leader, an influential weekly newspaper in Atlanta, Ga... passed through the city this week enroute to the Business Men's League called in that city by Prof. Booker T. Washington. He goes as a delegate from Atlanta. Mr. Moseley is one of the progressive, self made young men of the South. He is a native of Georgia, but has spent a good many years in the [Name] MR. WILLIAM L. MOSELEY. East, particularly in New York. While not having the advantage of a collegiate education, yet by perseverance and industry he has fitted himself to fill almost any position. As the editor of The Leader he holds a high place in the esteem and confidence of the people of Georgia. He speaks in a most hopeful strain of the outlook of the South and says that it the race will pay more attention to business and less to politics that the solution of the so called race problem is at hand. In addition to his newspaper work he is Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue under Col. H. A. Rucker, and fills that position to the satisfaction of all. An Intellectual Treat by the Literary Societies - Debates on Popular Topics. White Sulphur, W. Va., Special—Rev. Lowry, of Virginia Seminary and College, gave a projectoscopic exhibition at the Baptist church last Thursday day night. While we were not able to see the great drama, from all reports, we are safe in stating that it was quite an instructive exhibition. We are informed that he will show here again on his return from the West. Mr. Richard Graves is still confined to his room with neuralgia. Messets. Edward Wood and Walter Payte who have been somewhat indisposed for the past few days are out again. Mr. Fred Syphax who has been confined to his bed with the rheumatism is now slowly recovering. Mr. C. H. Bullock who was the agent for The Colored American here, left last Wednesday evening for his home in Chartottesville, Va., where he will be when the Negro Conference convenes. Dr. Wm. Naylor and family who have been summering here with his relatives will leave here to morrow for Washington, D.C. The White Sulphur literary will have its final meeting next week; a special program will be prepared for THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. E. are here will be at their respective homes. We are glad to state that there has been less trouble here this season than there has been for many years. This is due to the men being so very well disciplined. The chief dining room disciplinarian is Mr. J. H. Dickinson, the second Mr. Clarence Martin. The White Sulphur "Jokers" inform us that there will be a game of baseball this week between the boys who have worked faithfully and those who have worked nonfaithfully. The game will begin just about two hours before No. 2 east-bound train is due here. It is very strange to us but we are told that the contest will take place during the night; umpire, Mr J. H. Dickinson. The "Jokers" say that you will know the rest. CLOSE OBSERVER. It is the deep seated, obstinate cases of Catarrh and Rheumatism that B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) cures. It matters not what other treatments, doctors, sprays, liniments, medicated air, blood purifiers have failed to do. B. B. B., always promptly reaches the real cause and roots out and drives from the bones, joints, mucous membrane, and entire system the specific poison in the blood that causes Rheumatism and Catarrh. B. B. B. is the only remedy strong enough to do this and cure and so there can never be a return to the symptoms. Don't give up hope, but try B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) or 3 Bs. For sale by druggists at $1 per large bottle, or 6 large bottles (full treatment) $5. To prove our faith in B B. B. we will send a Trial Bottle Free to sufferers, so they may test the remedy at our expense. Address BLOOD BALM, CO., Atlanta, Ga. BLACK SKIN REMOVER REDUCED TO $1.00 COPYRIGHTED. BEFORE AFTER HAIR STRAIGHTENER. One LARGE JAR thrown in, enough to make any one person's hair grow long and straight. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. A PEACH-LIKE complexion obtained if used as directed. Will turn the skin of a black or brown person four or five shades lighter, and a mulatto person perfectly white. In forty-eight hours a shade or two lighter will be noticeable. It does not turn the skin in spots but bleaches out white. One box of this preparation is all that is required if used as directed, the skin remaining beautiful without continual use. Will remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, pimples and black-heads, smallpox pits, tan and liver spots without harm to the skin. When you get the color you wish, stop using the preparation. The directions and preparation will be sent to any person for $1.00, or send Post-Office Money Order, Express Money Order, Registered Letter, or we will send it C.O.D. Packed so that no one will know contents except receiver. THOS. B. CRANE. the occasion. Out of so much good material hewed from some of our most prominent educational institutions, a far advanced program is expected. This organization has been a source of intellectual amusement for both those who come to visit their friends who reside here and those who are employed on these premises. The White Sulphur Springs Utopian Literary Society met at the M. E. church last Wednesday evening with President R. B. Barcus in the chair. Long before the hour appointed for the exercises to begin, crowds of literary admirers could be seen wending their way to the beautiful chapel which is situated on the right side of the C. & O. railroad just beyond Prospect Hill. At 9.15 o'clock the house being called to order by the president, the devotional exercises having been conducted, each member responded promptly with adequate and applicable quotations from the most prominent authors both of modern and ancient periods which were listened to very attentively. After the reading of the minutes of last week's meeting by the secretary, Miss Tena Whipps, a program was rendered so arduous in its nature, so inspiring in its embodiment that it will be worth while to mention some of the features. Mr. H R Carrington favored the audience with an oration "Intellectual and moral development of the Negro" as the only medium by which the race could rise from its present condition. Mr. Carrington presented his argument in a very forceful manner. After a charming song by the moonshine quartette, Miss Lula Crawford of Huntington, West Virginia, rendered a recitation on "The Bridge keeper's Store" with such grace and imitative powers that she was the recipient of many encomiums and commendations. Mr. Vernon Ward, one of the leading tenor songsters of Charlottesville, Va., became celebrated in Greenbrier county by singing the "Blue and the Gray." Mr. Clarence Lewis, the giant soloist, besides whom all other songsters are but mere pigmies, fully came up to the expectation of his auditors when he appeared on that occasion. Mr. N. Wiley read a very thoughtful paper on "The Essential Education for the Negro." The most important feature of the program was a discussion—Higher Education versus Industrial Education. Mr. Fred Syphax represented the higher training, as Mr W. D Brooks was some what indisposed and was not present; the negative side was given to volunteers, who responded timely in the defense of industrial training. The reading of the "Greenbrier News" by editor James Payne was a striking feature of the program. Prof Scott of the Douglass High School of West Virginia also spoke at the literary last week. His remarks were quite timely. He seemed to have been deeply impressed with the manner in which the exercises were conducted, and said in substance that literary work was one of the levers that would lift the race from its present condition. Mr. S. H. White, our professional card writer has so much work on hand until he does not think that he will be able to supply his customers as many will leave this week. He informs us though that he will send the work to to them by mail. Mr. White does writing for many of the guests as well as those who are employed here. Prof. R. P. Sims, of Bluefield Institute is here visiting his friends on Dry Creek. The American can be obtained every week at No.1, Paradise Row. The season here has about reached its acme and within about one week many who RHEUMATISM - CATARRH, ARE BLOOD DISEASES - CURED BY B. B. B. Bottle Free to Sufferers. 1221/2 W. Broad St., Richmond, Va. COME & JOIN! THE NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. 10 Departments Incorporated in One Viz.: Provision, Fuel, Banking, Insurance, Publishing, Education, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Employment and Contracting. uring, Employment and Contracting. CAPITAL $100,000. Shares $10 to $100, paya- able $1.00 monthly. Admission fee $1.00 OBJECT—Buy and borrow of ourselves. All kinds of societies and clubs can join. NO PASSWORDS, GRIPS or SIGNS. Agents and organizers wanted. salary, commission and territory given THIS ASSOCIATION buys properties for members and gives long time to pay for it. Saves them 10 to 25 per cent. on house rent, fuel, provisions and dry goods bill. Loans them money when in need at small interest. Gives them $2 to $10 week when sick (women paid for all complaints). Furnishes doctor and medicine free. Gives $30 to $450 at death; also $100 to $500 if living 10 years. Secures all kinds of EMPLOYMENT for them FREE at any place Incorporated 1895. Organized since then 384 branches and purchased over $50,000 worth of real estate. Mention this paper. Dr. E. PARKER READ, Founder and Pres. Miss J. PARKER SHIELDS, Secretary. Rev. ALEXANDER H. NEWTON, Treasurer. LAWYER M. LUTHER NICHOLAS, Sollicitor. If interested in this Association write to Home Office, 514 South 12th street, Philadelphia. Q V DO YOU NEED MONEY? planos, horses, wagons, carriages, or personal property of any kind, without removal from your possession. Loans can be carried as long as desired, and payments can be made 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, and attention to your interests, you will call on us. Offices private and easily reached. Loans made in any part of the city. Needelay. Open from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. SECURITY LOAN COMPANY Room 1, Warder Building; Corner 9th and F sts. n. w. Money To loan on furniture, pianos, ac., 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. Money to Loan ON FURNITURE, PIANOS, ETC. If you are in need of money, we desire to inform you of our new method. We can secure you a loan on an easy monthly payment plan, at less cost than before, and below the rate of any other company in the city. You can pay in full at any time after loan is secured, and it will only cost you for such time as you have bad the money. Our business is strictly private, and all applications are treated confidentially. If you have a loan with any other concern, you can secure a loan through us to pay it and get more money if desired. It will pay you to call and see us before going elsewhere. We are ready at any and all times during office hours to give information concerning our business methods, and you will receive courteous treatment. LOAN GUARANTEE CO 602 F 8T. N. W Capital Savings 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. Jno. R. Lynch, Dr. W. S. Lotton, Whitefield McKinlay, J 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. Bank open from 9 a. m. to 4:30pm. Lewis Bigger, INSURANCE AGENT. 111 North Clinton, St., East Orange, N. J. SICK, ACCIDENT, AND DEATH BENEFIT, PAID PROMPTLY. National Benefit Association, Capital Savings Bank Building, Washington, D. C. W. H. FISHER :.Dyer and Cleaner. 709 9th St. n. w. 407 14th St. n. w. Telephone 152 1 a s : va es eee ann ED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. 7 Pa P = ee" ss ( Ri OG THE OLITICAL yy ‘ Mr. Meyzeek Introduces a Unique Method Consumers \ in the Louisville S I by Whi il- NU: oy IS = TjoRoscope by ee eT eRe aie of a Brewi ng eo See Syl ea ye SS gs aah pea a ee IN eae ofl Although the campaign is young yet the orchestra has already played th overture, and the actors are giving th audience a delightfully entertaining “curtaia raiser,” preliminary to th heavy drama. Iesues are crystalizing and plans are taking shape. The con test Will be an exciting one and the “wise guy” who makes a specialty o picking winners is talking very }ittle but sawing many cords of wood. Both parties are preparing for a battle royal and are determined not to lose a single point in the game. What of the Negro? Is he to be a factor? The spirit of commercialism has become so general and the issues so bound up i economic questions that the problem of human rights which brought the Negro conspicuously to the front, seems to have been relegated, So, it is a matter of anxiety with the colored voter whether there will beany especial effort made to frame an argu’ ment that will show him why he should remain “in line.’? Or will he be ex: pected to rally to the omnibus oheer for “general prosperity” and ‘wider mar- kets.” He is wondering whether the gold standard, expansion and combina‘ tion of vapital for the coutrol of the necessities of life will restore him his constitutional privileges in certain States in this country or guarantee him the peaceful enjoyment of education, honest industry and ordivary civil rights. The Philadelphia platform is vague in its declaration on the 15th Amend: ment. No clean-cut iesue is made and Mr. McKinley’s speech of acceptance does not refer to thesubject. Mr. Bry an’s speech likewise ignores the topic, and when chided for passing over the North Carolina and other recent Negro troubles, the suave and sesourceful Nebraskan smilingly says that he can |, enly join sack issues as are laid down in the party platforms. It the republi- |, cans fall to bring their erstwhile wards | into the umelight for discussion he}, can mot see why he should be expected | | todoso, And there the matter stands. Will the Negro insist that his troub-|_ les be reckoned with? Will the Negro |- orator be called to present the argu- | ' ment of the campaign in a form espe" olally adapted to arousing the race to its old-time enthusiasm for the anti- slavery party? Y = ( Au analysis of the vote in eertain |; Pivotal Btates in 1896 shows that the |j Negzo holds a clear balance of power, and either by voiing or refraining from voting cam settle the battle for the| presidency 1 McKialey’s majority in California, t 8,291; eolered voting population 8,000. ' Deleware, majority 4,105; colored | , Vote, 6,800, 1 Indiana, majority. 18,481; colored ‘ vote, 12,000. Maryland, majority, 34,215; colored FS Av ee ler ager a needa aforesaid 54 votes from McKinley’s 27 | defeat is certuin, To illustrate the in | portance of the oolored vote, take t! resu't in Tadiana, for instance, whe’ | McKinley received 327,729 and Brya 309,318, Fally 10,000 Negroes the voted the Republican tioket, whi 2,000 is a flattering estimate for u Democratic candidate. A transfer . 10,000 yotes would have given tk State to Bryan by a majority of 1,571 The colored voters there still hold tb balance of power, likewise in Californis Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland an Weet Virginia, to say nothing of th wide swath they cut in New York, Ney Jersey, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan. The situation is worthy of patien study, and the wise party leaders wil think twice before decidiveg that Negr orators and Negro newspapers will no be needed this year. The democrati party will bid strongly for Negro sup porfin the North and the activity o such organizers as Lee, Turner, Man- ning, Ross, Taylor, Beek, Brown, Scott, Newby and others testify that ‘‘encour. agement’’ is already being given oul in goodly quantities. We expect to see Messrs. Hanna, Heath and Scott place Negro speakers and influential Negro newspapers in every debatable State, county and town- ship between the oceaus. Or—we await answer for results! The Indianapolis World has grown loquacious upon the political situation. J.O. Cunningham, the man behind a Slashing pen, is buckling on his ar’ mor for the campaign. Why can’t the race Manage to get more than one colored clerk at the Gov: rnment Printing Office? The acrobatic Rev. Editor R. 0. O. Benjamin has flopped back into the ‘epublican party with a loud, reverber- iting bump. James A. Ross, of Buffalo, N. Y. 1a6 revived from four years of “irnoc-| lous desuetude’’ and is making agrand tand bid for the Negro democratic eadership. Ex State Senator W. Lee Person, of North Carolina, has resigned his posi- ion in the Pension office to take an etive part in the political battle of the ‘Old North State,” They’re after Editor Harry C. Smith. ‘here is serious talk of instituting pro- eedinge to test his sanity. In the neantime the Hon. George A. Myers ogs along with his usual placid emile. Nine‘tenths of the factories and cor: jorations that are guaranteed the ben: fits of sound money and a protective arift through Negro votes, are con: rolled by republican capital. And yet he Negro as a mechanic or artisan has 10 more show in them than a snow jake under an August sun. Will it ver be thus? The national Negro race conference at Montgomery, Ala., had a fatr attend- ance but few colored men of national reputation were present, The scheme of Bishop Holsey of Georgia to ask for a separate State for Negvoes was sharp ly criticised by A. N. McEwen a lead- ing attorney of Mobile, Ala., who char- acterized it ‘opposed to the Qonstitu- ‘tion and opposed to common sense’” THE HABIT OF SAVING. Mr. Meyzeek Introduces a Unique Method in the Louisville School by Which Chil- drenare Taught the Value of Money. Mr, A. E. Meyzzek, principal of one of the public schools of Louisville, Ky.. is the originator of a very unique sethod for teaching the habits of 1n- dustry and saving among the onildren ef his school He encourages the papils to do anything they can to turn an honest peany, which must, of course ‘be done outside of achool hours. This money is collected daily by the teachers, who in turn place it in the principal's hands, after giving the pupil credit for the daposit. The principal deposits this money 10 one of the banks where it is totended to stay, at least until urgently needed for school necessities. The alm however, is to have the money undis- turbed until the end of the school year. The success of Mr. Meyzeek’s innova- tion, Jast year, was extremely gratity- ing to all concerned, and especially to the children who soon saw the import- ance of being possessed with means. Mr. Meyzeek is more than a mere “‘shoveler” of text peok facts. He 1s a moral and material force—a chavaoter puilder. The wonderful Face Bleach has been introduced in Washington and is offer- ed to the public at a special rate, Lhe two-doliar packages can now be had for one dollar by calling at Richardson’s Drug Store, 316 4} street, southwest, | BPEOIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. ee AGENTS WANTED. Encloce.2c stamp for repiy, and we will send Rs telling how you oan make from to $180 per month, and aiso be presented with a fine Gold Watch. Addrees. SCOTT REMEDY CO. 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All letters, communications, and business matters should be addressed to THE COLORED AMERICAN, EDWARD E. COOPER, MANAGER 459 C Street Northwest. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1900. SHOULD THE NEGRO ENLIST. If we are to have a war with China the colored man should do his part, with the same cheerfullness and manliness that has always characterized his conduct when his country called for volunteers. We have little sympathy with the sending of missionaries into China, and do not blame the Chinese for resenting the interference of foreigners with their form of religious custom. We believe the Christian religion to be the best on earth, but if the Chinese prefer to pin their faith to the teaching of Confucius, that is their business. If they "rubbernecked" on our shores and made any pretentious effort to proselyte Americans, a terrific howl would go up, and the celestial preacher would be shown the door in a hurry. But killing or confining diplomatic officers, is another matter, and if the Chinese government connives at such outrages or is powerless to put our government in communication with its own minister, then the responsibility must be located and the offender duly punished. If war is necessary to uphold American dignity, then war must come. The colored man's duty is identical with that of every other element of American citizenship—he must fight for the flag. Our domestic afflictions are hard to bear. but sulking intent never accomplished any noble purpose, and we cannot afford to be recalcitrant to "our plain duty." We cannot reform our local evils,(growing out of lack of centralized power), by refusing to fight for American prestige abroad, especially when our country is in the right. If a war with China comes—and it seems very likely—the Negro who likes the life of a soldier should feel free to enlist, and feel obligated to do his whole duty. No personal grievance in the family should weigh with us when the outsider is to be placed beneath the yoke. A war with China would do the Negro no harm. ```markdown ``` BISHOPED WALTERS HONORED ABROAD. Bishop Walters is winning many merrited honors at the hands of the best people of the Old World—England, Scotland, France and Germany. He is one of the brightest and purest men the race has produced, and we are proud to see this character and attainments recognized by nations whose endorsement counts for so much in the equation of civilization. When the Bishop returned home an ovation was tendered him by a grateful constituency which deems itself honored when he is honored. He is the same grand man he has always been, but somehow we always feel more sure of our opinion when experts agree with us. It does us all good to go away from home and successfully pass muster under the scrutiny of the unbiased critic. We heartily second Bishop Walters' motion to keep the Parisian exhibit intact, and to place it on exhibition in some prominent building in Washington where the American public can see what the race is doing for education and the liberal arts. Let the exhibit be placed in the Congressional Library. We nominate Bishop Walters, Bishop Arnett, Mr. Daniel Murray, Prof. J. Lawson and Miss Lucy E. Moten as a committee to make preliminary arrangements to this end. Editor R. C. O. Benjamin, of Lexington, Ky. Standard, is nothing if not original and unique. As a minister and lawyer he excels, but his latest coupe is a campaign song entitled McKinley, Roosevelt and Home Industries. Unlike a certain editor on Lake Erie, he can write more than one song. A WEST POINT OF OUR OWN. The suggestion that the colored people endow a chair in military science at one or two leading race colleges, and thus create a West Point of our own, is meeting with much favor. Such a move would be in accord with the spirit of self-reliance we have always advocated, and no better man than Lieut. Henry O. Flipper could be found to instruct the youth of our land in the art of being a soldier. The committee proposed could not be improved upon. We hope the idea brought forward by Mr. Cunningham and so practically supported by Mr. Ferguson, will bear fruit. The Colored American will back up any deffinite movement by both money and meral influence. The Negro is an American at all times, and America should not hesitate to accord him all the privileges of a member of the family. North Carolina has violated the federal constitution by adopting a disfranchising amendment to the constitution. Only one course is left for the republican North. Reduce the state's representation in Congress. When the women suffragists get ready to nominate their national ticket, we hope they will be guided by our suggestion. For president, Mrs. J. Allen Foster, of Iowa; for vice-president, Mrs. A. M. Curtis, of Illinois. It is against the constitution of the National Afro-American council to endorse or condemn any political party as a party. It deals with principles and policies from a non-partisan stand. point. Politics should be eschewed at the Indianapolis meeting. There is not and cannot be any antagonism between the National AfroAmerican Council and the National Colored Business Men's League. We might as well talk about a convention of hat makers assembling in opposition to a gathering of produce dealers. Washington and Walters are leaders of two separate and distinct lines of thought, and the endeavors of each are contributing to the solution of the race problem. In this great cause there is glory enough for us all. The official call of the National Afro-American Council appears in this issue. The meeting promises well, and the topics to be discussed, cover a wide range, but are all practical and timely. The speakers have been selected with great care, and with especial reference to their knowledge of the subject assigned them. We are not inclined to encourage a season of much talk and no action, but it is necessary to discuss a situation fully and candidly in order to reach the truth and to find a common ground upon which all elements can work harmoniously for a reform. We look for good results from the Indianapolis convention. THE NEGRO QUESTION. "I believe the Negro question comes nearer being solved in the District of Columbia than anywhere else in the United States. said Mr. Lorenzo B. Cushman, of Kentucky, who is a guest at the Raleigh. "This is undoubtedly due in part to the fact that there is no franchise here, and the question of political domination does not enter into the relations between the races. It is due, in a greater measure, I think, however, to the fact that here in Washington the Negro has found his proper level. He is rarely, if ever, insolent to a white man, and the white man in turn does not encroach upon any of the Negro's rights. Such a thing as lynching a Negro here, I understand, is unknown. The Washington Negro does not give provocation for such drastic treatment. The relations between the whites and the Negroes in the Capital come nearer to approaching the relations of the races in the South before the war than it does almost in any other part of the country, and yet the Negro enjoys a degree of independence that is voucheafed him in few other communities. They almost monopolize the work of domestics, and I am informed that the servant question here has reached a nearness to solution that makes Washington the envy of other cities. The South is inclined to keep the Negro down as much as possible, while in New England, notably in Boston, there is a disposition to receive him upon too nearly an equal plane with the whites. Washington seems to have struck a happy medium. This has been done, as nearly as I can figure it out, by leaving him alone to work out his own salvation, and as surely as water that is not artificially kept down or up, will find its proper level, so will the Negro if let alone reach his proper position in the social scale."--From Washington Post. Atlantic City, N. J., August 22.—Mrs. Florida Grant, wife of Bishop Grant of the A. M. E. Church, is dead at her summer residence here. Mrs. Grant became suddenly ill and unconscious last Saturday and remained in the latter condition until her death. Bishop Grant was in Indianapolis when she was taken ill, but reached home before she died. Mrs. Grant was born in Jacksonville. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (Continued from first page.) the supervision of Rev. W. D. Johnson who held the position of Commissioner or General Secretary of Education till May, 1896, when the present incumbent was elected as his successor. The department has grown to be one of the most important branches of the Church work, with an organization extending over all the States and Territories of the Union, Africa, and Islands of Haytl, San Domingo, Bermuda and Bahama. SCHOOLS. The latest reports show a record of twenty-five institutions classified so as to cover the work done in Primary, Parochial, Graded School, Industrial, Normal, Scientific, Collegiate and University courses. A. H. PROF. JOHN R. HAWK!NS. CLASSIFICATION. Special attention is being paid to classifying and concentrating these Schools, Colleges, Universities so that in each department of the work the very best instruction may be guaranteed and the principles of our motto be fully realized. PLAN OF OPERATION For the better government of our schools, the last General Conference enacted that the Educational Districts coincide with the Episcopal Districts, except the First, which embraces the First, Third and Fourth Episcopal Districts. Each Educational District has its own school or schools dependent upon it for connectional aid through Endowment Day collections and general support as follows: First, Third and Fourth Districts, —Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. Departments, Theological, College, Normal, Industrial, Musical and Military. Courses: Classical, Scientific, College Preparatory, English, Law, Business, Normal, Art, Sewing, Printing, Carpentry and Cooking. Second District-Kittrell College, Kittrell, North Carolina. Departments, College, Missionary, Normal, Industrial, Musical. Courses: Classical, College Preparatory, English, Art, Sewing, Printing, Cooking, Agriculture. Fifth District - Western University, Quindaro, Kansas. Departments, Theological, College, Normal, Industrial. Courses: Classical, College, Preparatory. English, Music, Printing, Sewing, Carpentry. Sixth District—Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga. Departments. Theological, College, Law, Missionary, Normal, Industrial, Musical. Courses: Classical, Scientific, English, Domestic Economy, Sewing. Seventh District-Allen University Columbia, S. C. Departments, Theoretical, College, Law, Normal, Musical Courses: Classical, Scientific, English Domestic Economy. - Payne University, Selma, Alabama. Courses: College, Normal, Academic. Flegler High School, Marion South Courses: Primary, Intermediate, Grammar School. Eighth District—Shorter University, North Little Rock, Ark. Departments, Theological, College, Normal, Industrial, Law. Courses: Classical, English, Dentistry, Printing. Campbell-Stringer College, Jackson, Miss. Departments, College, Law, Medicine, Industrial. Courses: Normal, Bible, Music, Nursing. Ninth District-Turner Normal and Theological Institute, Shelbyville, Tennessee. Departments, Theological, Normal, Intermediate, Primary. Wayman Institute, Harrodsburg, Kentuoky. Courses: College Preparatory, English, Theological, Normal, Music, Domestic Economy. Delhi Institute, Delhi, La. Courses: Normal, Academic, Music, Agriculture. Tenth District—Paul Quinn College, Waco, Texas. Department, College, Scientific, Normal, Grammar, Industrial, Primary. Courses: Classical, Civil Engineering, Printing, Carpentry, Agriculture, Music, Sewing, Cooking. Blue Creek and Muscogee High Schools, I. T. Courses: Academic, Normal, Grammar, Primary. Eleventh District—Edwards Waters College, Jacksonville, Fla. Departments, College, Normal, Preparatory, Music, Industrial. Courses: Classical, Scientific, Academic, English, Domestic Economy. Twelfth District—Mossell Institute, Port Au Prince, Hayti. Bermuda Institute, Bermuda. Thirteenth District—Zion Institute, Geda School, Sierra Leone, Africa. And Eliza Turner School, Monrovia, Africa. Fourteenth District—Cape Town Institute, Cape Town, South Africa. SPECIAL TRAINING FOR THE MINISTRY. In addition to the abovednamed Schools, special provision is made for the training of our Ministry by establishing regular Seminary Courses at Payne. Theological Seminary, Wilber force, Ohio, and Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga., with arrangements for a Chair of Theology or a Correspondence, and Lecture Course at Allen University, Columbia, S. C., and such other Colleges as are prepared to do the work. SUPPORT. These Schools have three main sources of income: From pupils who pay a nominal sum for tuition, board, room rent, etc.; from private donations and bequests, applied according to the will of the donor; and from a regular Church fund, known as Educational Endowment Fund-supplemented by appropriations from the General Church Treasury. The total amount of money reported from these three sources during the last quadrennium, 1896 1900, was $270,98854—of which $3229805 came from the General Church Treasury, out of the 54 per cent of the Dollar Money sent to the Financial Secretary. For this present quadrennium it is enacted that 8 per cent of the entire Dollar Money raised and reported at each Annual Conference shall be paid over to the General Secretary of Education by the Finance Committee of each Annual Conference. This requires the Dollar Money, or General Fund, to be divided as follows: Forty six per cent to Financial Secretary, Rev. P. A. Hubbard, Wellington, D. C. Ten per cent to Secretary of Church Extension, Rev. B. A. Watson, Philadelphia, Pa. Eight per cent to Secretary of Education, Prof. John R. Hawkins, Kittrell, N. C. Thirty- six per cent retained by each Annual Conference and used for local purposes. This eight per cent is supplemented by a special appropriation of $8,000 from the Financial Department for special work in our regular Endowment Day Fund. The third (3d) Sunday in September of each year is set apart as Endowment Day, when all the churches and Sunday schools of the Connection are expected to make a grand rally for the cause of education and, through the pastor, forward the collection to the General Secretary of Education. The latest reports show that since 1884, when this Department was organized, we have raised and appropriated for education $1,140,013.31. During this quadrenium we want to raise at least $4000,000 for education—$1000, 000 for each year. Will you help us? PRIVATE DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS. The Church feels very grateful and the Commissioner of Education renders special thanks for the confidence and interest manifested by individuals who have made special donations from time to time to help the work of this department or some special institution. A continuance of this aid is most anxiously solicited. A PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUND. We are now working for donations and bequests, to be held in trusts as a permanent Endowment Fund, the interest of which is to be applied towards giving better facilities and furnishing scholarships for deserving students. Please consider this favorably. The Commissioner of Education is authorized to receive any and all such donations, turn them over to the schools designated by donor and account for same to the General Board of Education. Bond is required for the faithful performance of duty. Any further information concerning the Department of Education or any Scheol on our list will be most cheerfully given. Please give me your address. Very respectfully. JOHN R. HAWKINS. Secretary and General Commissioner, Box 55, Kittrell, N. C. AMONG BOOKMAK&RS AND PARAGEAPHERS The Washington Bee calls Booker T. Washington "The Cardinal of the South." Tampa and Jacksonville have Negro editors for race work on the daily papers. "The Black Homer of Jimtown." is a new book by Ed. Mott, and tells of a pictureque negro of the Uncle Rufus type, with all the extravagant fancy and boundless imagination of his race. His stories overflow with drollery and unctuous humor. Mr. R. W. Thompson of Washington, D. C., is getting some very flattering notices for his exhaustive review of Booker T. Washington's book. "The Story of My Life and Work."—Indianapolis Freeman. At the last meeting of the Mississippi Press Association (white), a resolution was passed denying further membership to white newspapors which employed Negro compositors. The serpent is still crawling his way into the Negro vitals. Rev. D. R. Wilkins, well known in Kentucky as a versatile and interesting writer, is now located in Chicago and is manager of the Conservator, one of the oldest and best of our race journals. The manager is all right, but the Conservator needs a new set of editorial opinions. BISHOP TURNER'S NUPTIALS. The Distinguished Prelate of the A. M. E. Church Weds Mrs. Wayman. The Ceremony Took Place at the Residence of the Bride-Many Persons from Washington and Philadelphia were Present. One of the most unique and most romantic weddings among the Afro-Americans that has caused a great deal of favorable and unfavorable comment in the religious and social world, occurred on Thursday, August 16. at the home of the happy bride, 1129 E Baltimore street, this city, at noon. Bishop H. M. Turner, one of the most widely known Bishops of the A. M. E. Church led to the altar Mrs. Harriet E. Wayman, widow of the late Bishop A. W. Wayman. When the Guide reportes arrived in the vicinity of the Wayman mansion and saw the long line of carriages which blockaded the thoroughfare it seemed apparent that the whole, or nearly so, Negro population had turned out to catch a glimpse of the bride and bride' groom, but on investigating the cause, it was found that a Parish priest of the Roman Catholic Church was being buried, and that while across the way from the church where the last sad rites were being performed, gladness permeated everything and everybody. The street despite the mournful cortege was quietly traversed by well-dressed ladies and gentlemen of the Afro-American persuasion, who entered the modest residence at 1129 E Baltimore street to be present at the marriage of the distinguished ecclesiastic and the deceased bishop's wife. A little after twelve o'clock, some one exclaimed: "Oh! here they come!" and those present turned their gaze in the direction of the stairs; where they saw the bridal party descending from the second story front room and entered the parlor. Bishop Turner, accompanied by Mrs. Dr. Harris, led the party, and was followed by Mrs. Wayman, the bride, leaning on the arm of Dr. Winsey. The bride, who is about sixty years old, was dressed in steel cassimere, trimmed with gray chiffon. Bishop Turner were his street clerical dress. He is sixty-six years of age. Bishop James A. Handy, of this city assisted by Bishop B. F. Lee, of Ohio, and Dr. John Hurst of Bethel A. M. E. church, then performed the ceremony. The ministers wore their ecclesiastical robes, and the regular Methodist Episcopal service was read. The ring was then placed on the bride's finger, and the bridal party joined in the Lord's prayer. The ceremony uniting the Bishop to his heart's choice did not occupy more than ten minutes, and as Bishop Handy completed the service, he said to Bishop Turner humorously: "That's your wife." Those present at the ceremony laughed, and the bride was immediately showered with congratulations and kisses by her numerous friends. Bishop and Mrs. Turner then held a reception, a number of Mrs. Turner's friends and relatives being introduced to her husband. Refreshments were served after the nuptials and pieces of the wedding cake were distributed. All the while the marriage was taking place those persons on the outside who were not so fortunate as to have received invitations, or who did not know the couple, were peering curiously through the iron paling fence A few white friends of Mrs. Turner, some of whom have known her for years, witnessed the ceremony. Bishop Turner's son, Dr. John Turner of Washington, D. C., and Mr. John --- NO REMEDY EQUALS PERUNA, SO THE WOMEN ALL SAY J Miss Susan Wymar. Miss Susan Wymar, teacher in the Richmond school, Chicago, Ill., write the following letter to Dr. Hartman regarding Pe-ru-na. She says: "Only those who have suffered as I have, can know what a blessing it is to be able to find relief in Pe-ru-na. This has been my experience. A friend in need is a friend indeed, and every bottle of Pe-ru-na I ever bought proved a good friend to me."—Susan Wymar. Mrs. Margaretha Dauben, 1214 North Superior St., Racine City, Wis., writes. I feel so well and good and happy now that pen cannot describe it. Pe-ru-na is everything to me. I have taken several bottles of Pe-ru-na for female complaint. I am in the change of life and it does me good." Pe-ru-na has no equal in all of the irregularities and emergencies peculiar to women caused by pelvic catarrh. Address Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Oq for a free book for women only. C. Green. the adopted son of the former Mrs. Wayman, acted as ushers. Bishop Turner is one the ablest and best known Afro-Americans in the United States, and there is not a man, woman or child that has not heard or read of the many attempts of the Bishop to induce Afro-Americans to emigrate to Africa. Mrs. Turner, is a woman of culture, and has enjoyed the advantages of a classical and musical education, and the good Bishop can be lulled to sleep by the entrancing strains of Mendelssohn and Chopin. The bridal party left at 2.80 to go to Washington, D. C, and from here they will proceed to Asbury Park, N. J., to spend some time with the Bishop's son, after they will leave for the south. Graduate in Music From Oberlin. We take great pleasure in calling to the attention of the musical public of Washington, the advertisement of Miss Harriet Gibbs, found in another column of this paper. We regard the presence of Miss Gibbs as a valuable addition to our musical life. We are creditably informed that she is the first colored person to have received a diploma from a reputable school of music for a full course. This she received from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she gained a breadth of musical culture that is not possessed by a half dozen in the race. After eight years of successful teaching elsewhere, Miss Gibbs entered upon her second year of instruction in our midst, and those who wish to learn vocal and instrumental music under an expert would do well to consult Miss Gibbs. Dr. Moore, instructor in Padagogy at Howard University here, is spending a short while at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., where he is to deliver a lecture before the literary society. 10 SUBDUING A WILD HORSE. Hamlin Garland's Fine Description of a Thrilling Incident of the Plains. The main reason why Hamlin Garland's account of plain and prairie life, of men and things in the far West, are accepted as authentic is that he has been through it all. In The Eagle's Heart, which is now appearing in The Saturday Evening Post, he gives the following account of how a horse was subdued: 'Mose refused to allow his shining, proud-necked stallion to be roped and thrown, and asked the boys to help drive him into a strong corral, together with five or six other horses. "This was done, and stripping himself as for a race, Mose entered the corral and began walking rapidly sound and round, following the excited animals. Hour after hour he kept this steady, circling walk, till the other horses were weary, till Kintuck ceased to snort, till the blaze of excitement passed out of his eyes, till he walked with a wondering backward glance, as if to ask: 'Two legged creature, why do you so persistently follow me?' "The cowboys jeered at first, but after a time they began to marvel at the dogged walk of the youth. They gathered about the walls of the corral and laid bets on the outcome. At the end of the third hour Kintuck walked with a mechanical air, all the fire and fury gone out of him. He began to allow his pursuer to approach him closely, almost near enough to be touched. At the end of the fourth hour he allowed Mose to lay his hand on his nose, and Mose petted him and went to dinner. Odds stood in Mose's favor as he returned to the corral. He was covered with dust. At last, when all the other horses had been turned loose, Kintuck, trembling and with a curious stare in his eyes, again allowed Mose to lay his hand on his nose. He shrank away, but did not wheel. It was sunset, and the horse was not merely bewildered; he was physically tired. The touch of his master's hand over his eyes seemed to subjugate him, to take away his will. When Mose turned to walk away the horse followed him as though drawn by some magnetic force, and the herders looked at each other in amazement Thereafter he had but to accustomed the bridle and saddle. He had come to love his master.' A Brilliant Affair. The Amphions scored another social as well as financial success Wednesday August 15, the occasion being their Tenth Annual Outing to Notley Hall. The success of all their entertainments is phenominal in that they establish a high plane of excellence. On the occasion in question the attendance was like a large family gathering. Every one knew each other, and there was not the slightest suspicion of disorder. It was really quite refreshing to be in such a gathering. On the last trip home, the Amphions rendered some of their vocal gems which have made them famous, and the entire party reached home before midnight. J. Henry Lewis, the manager, has been requested to repeat the affair before the season ends, and it is likely that the Amphions will arrange for one trip by moonlight ninety miles down the river and return about the second Saturday evening in September. Mr. Z. P. Moore and wife have gone to Niagara Falls to spend their vacation. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WARMINGTON, H. E. "BIG BOW" J.P. KERR, The Indian Medicine Man Cures all Diseases or no Charge. Call or Write. Dr. L. G. Hayden, General Manager, Office Hours 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. daily. OBITUARY. Miss Sarah E. Cooper, daughter o Mr. Benjamin F., and Mary Alice Cooper, died at the residence of her parents, 309 Seventh street, s. e., last Monday after a long spell of illness. She was a young lady of much promise and of a very bright and sunny disposition. She leaves a father, mother, three brothers and two sisters to mourn her loss. She was interred at Harmony Cemetery Wednesday, Rev. Lane of Israel, officiating. Lawyer Lewis of Baltimore, who so ably defended the ex-slave master of his mother in the courts of that city, last week delivered one of the most eloquent charges to a jury ever heard at any bar. An ex-slave defending his ex-master is as pathetic as it is remarkable. The charge against the accused was forgery. He was acquitted. The Baltimore American favors this instance with very agreeable comments. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Stewart M. Lewis, heretofore connected with The Colored American as collector and advertisement solicitor, is no longer with the paper. The public is warned against paying him any money on behalf of the paper. EDWARD E. COOPER, Manager WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By 1 OZONIZED OX MARROW This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky hair straight as shown above. It nurtishes the scalp, prevents the hair from falling out and makes it grow. Sold over 40 years and used by thousands, Warranted harmless. Testimonials free on request. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware of imitations. Get the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow, as the genuine never fails to keep the hair pliable and beautiful. A toilet necessity for ladies and gentlemen. Elegantly perfumed. 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HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS FINE WINES OLD WHISKIES AND BRANDIES Liquors of all kinds. Choice Cigars. Philadelphia House, M. F. CARROLL, Prop. Restaurant and Saloon, 348 Pennsylvania Avenue, N W. Washington, D. C. Meals to Order. Everything First Class Billiard and Pool Parlors Attached. BOSEL DOUGLASS. 220 B ST., AD 235 PA. AVE. N.W EUROPEAN PLAN. First-class in every particular. M BS. DOLLY C. JONES, Proprietress. Washington, D. C. Robert H. Key FINE WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, ETC. Ladies' Dining Room. Meals at all Hours 443 First Street Southwest. Gray & Costley Wines, Liquors and Cigars Laules and Gentlemen's Dining Room up stairs. The best of service guaranteed. 1313 E Street N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. Fritz Reuter's HOTEL : AND : RESTAURANT 451,453,455,457 Penn.Ave. 202,208&21041St.N.W Washington,D.C. The Woodson House First class, newly furnished and decorated, unsurpassed outside, convenient to all cars. One half square from Pennsylvania Depot. 467 Missouri Avenue. HENRY WOODSON, PROPRIETOR GASKINS & GAINES Academy Restaurant [just around the corner] 320 8th Street, N. W. Opposite Kanns'. All leading brands of wine liquors and etc ars, imported and domestic, Ladies and Gentlemen's Cate Upstairs. D. T. GIBBODS. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING RETA CONFECTIONER 523 41 Street, Southwest, WASHINGTON, D.C. Wedding Cakes Made and Parties Furnished at Short Notice. Ice Cream All The Year She Langston House 479 Mo. Ave. near 8th St. n. w. Smoking and Reading Rooms; also home for strangers. Meals served at all hours. Menu a la Carte at popular prices. Call and be convinced. Joshua N. Anderson. I. J. Edwards. Props. W. M. DRURY'S RESTAURANT 1100 20th St., corner L. N. W. Washington, D. C. HOTEL CLYDE 475 MISSOURI AVE. NW. First-Class Accomodations For Ladies and Gentlemen. Hot and Cold Baths. MRS. ALICE E. HALL, Proprietress. MOORE & PRIOLEAU - Sparta Buffet and Cale - 1216 Pa. Ave. Washington, D.C Fine wines, liquors and cigars Hot Free Lunch Every Day Ladies will receive special attention in Dining Room upstairs. SOUTHERN HOTEL, Good board, steam heat and electric bells, Home comfort, moderate prices. 311 Pa. Ave., nw. Washington, D. C. Fine wines, liquors, cigars and tobacco. Jack M Ryan, Proprietor SILENCE BROS., Wines, Liquors and Cigars, A Noonday Lunch from 11.30 to 2 p.m. 430 EIGHTH ST., N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. SHREDS AND PATCHES EPITAPH TO DOUGLASS. (By LeRoy Ferguson ) Pause, stranger, this is sacred sod, Here leith Douglas, sleep in God! Born as a slave, he lived to see, Himself revered, his people free, Reckon his life, measure his fame, By the great depth from whence he came: A stetsman both in word and deed He saw a way, made it succeed; In honor bred and loving truth The guide for men a light to youth. He gave his voice, steadled the pen And Freedom knew his brethren! Virtuous through life, noble his death, He won esteem ere his last breath. Few men as he have lived and left A race in tears, people bereft. What glories that he won through care His brethren claim the right to share, And all with one accord unite In joyful praise for Douglass' might. His voice tho' hushed still lispeth yet. In honest hearts that ne'er forget. Think not this stone his powers tell They live in men. Farewell, farewell! St. Augustine College, Raleigh, N. C. Frank Gadsen is the proprietor of one of the best stocked dry goods stores in Ocala, Fla. Louis V. Harrison is conducting an Art School for the race at 618 Robin street, Houston, Tex. Chicago is soon to have a penny Bank, owned and controlled by Negroes; $10,000 has been raised. D. U. Mills, formerly of San Antonio, but now a U. S. soldier, has been sent to Cuba as a regimental printer. Causie Oscar Artis conducts a bicycle repair shop at Columbus, Ohio, and is patronize by both white and colored. There are two Negro drug stores in St. Louis. E H. Taylor 2601 Morgan street and Ernest L. Harris 2826 Market street. N. B. Dodson is manager and general agent of the Greater New York Department of the Colored American Magazine, published at Boston. Maryland Afro-Americans are again attempting an organized movement against the law prohibiting the intermarriage of whites and blacks. The 500 Pullman car porters, with headquarters at Pittsburg, have decided to form a union and affiliate with the National Colored Men's Railroad Association. The Aurora Publishing Co., of Morris Brown College have purchased a press and printing outfit. They will issue the college paper monthly, and do all kinds of job work. The house at Guinea's Station, Va., where Stonewall Jackson died, is now the property of a Negro. The Stonewall Jackson Memorial Association has offered to buy the property for $5,000. The Free Mission Baptist people of Texas have purchased fifteen acres of land near Eagle Lake, Texas, and will erect a brick school building, where industrial education will be taught the Negro youth. At Macon, Ga., the other week, a new discovery was made from an unexpected quarter, which speaks well for the race. The fact is this, that more white people were paying rent than colored people. M. W. Thurston is superintendent of a silk factory in North Carolina in which four hundred hands are em- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. E. ployed, only two of whom are white and they are specially engaged to instruct the colored employees how to do the work. At the recent graduation exercises of the Catholic University of America. Washington, D. C., colored a graduate, on receiving his diploma, conferring the degrees of Master of Science, from the hands of Cardinal Gibbons, the entire assemblage broke in enthusiastic applause. S. W. Trice and F. W. Williams have formed a partnership and opened up a agent's furnishing goods establishment in Chicago under the firm name of Trice & Williams. These are two of Chicago's most industrious young men who have worked hard and saved their money and are now doing a good business as merchants. Out in Highland park, Pittsburg, Pa., near the zoo is a plot of ground owned by a colored family named Bullitt, which Director Bigelow has been anxious to add to the park grounds for a number of years. The matter was taken into court, under condemnation proceedings, and price fixed is $11,200, which the city will have to pay. Prof. Frederick Dinslow Height, M. A., after having passed through a difficult ordeal of sickness and surgical operation, is himself once more. He announces to his many friends that he will be on the road again at an early date and will deliver lectures on the following subjects: "The Evolution of the Negro," "The Moral Dangers Besetting Our New Responsibilities" and "The Negro in Holy Writ." The Iron Moulders Union, of New York, by their just and equitable action in the annual meeting recently held, have put in motion a force, that is calculated to revolutionize sentiment in favor of the colored man, which means better support for his wife and children. At this meeting a rule was almost unanimously adopted, that hereafter colored men are to be received into membership of the body on perfect equality with the white man. Atlantic City, M. J., the famous American summer resort, where the colored waiters are supreme is doing a rushing business this season. It is well known that Atlantic City, like Boston, is mecca for colored waiters. It is a gratifying significance that America's greatest summer resort has chosen the colored waiters, as the ones most fit to serve man's inner man. In this beautiful resort noted the world round for its surf bathing, large scenic ocean front and spacious board walks are located over 200 hotels and cottages most all of which employ colored waiters. Getting Rich Off Negro Talent. A very few years ago John J. Nolan, who is said to own something like 60 per cent. of the Black Patti company, was the press agent at Hammerstein's Olympia, drawing a not very dazzling stipend, and supposedly not a man of wealth. His friends insist that he is now worth upward of $100,000. So much for having the wisdom to invest in a Negro drawing card when the tide for Afro American attractions was at its flood. It would be interesting to know how much Black Patti is worth. --- NOTICE MISS IDA PRETER, of Paris, Mo., writes the following: I have been using the Original OZONIZED OX MARROW for two months only and I am well pleased with it. I was so bald that I was ashamed of myself, to-day I have a thick growth of hair all over my head three inches long. When I am asked by people what I am doing for my hair that it is grown so beautifully I tell them it is the original Ozonized Ox Marrow that did the work. Ozonized Ox Marrow (copyrighted) also makes curly or kinky hair straight, smooth and pliable Prevents falling out and breaking off. The genuine never disappoints. Warranted harmless. Only 50 cents. Sold by dealers. If your dealer cannot supply you we will send you express paid one bottle for 65 cents or three for $1.40. Write your name and address plainly to the OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 80 Wabash Ave., Chicago. The Frederick... ...Douglass Watch. A Premium Watch which Breaks The Record. Read carefully our Offer Below. M. C. B. FREE FOR ONE DAYS' WORK. AGENTLEMAN'S watch with the bust of Hon. Frederick Douglass on the case. We have secured for our friends the most serviceable watches ever made; they are stem winders and stem setters, having all the modern appliances known to the watchmakers' art. The cases are nickel silver. They are made on the celebrated thin model plan. Remember this is not a small clock commonly called a watch, but a highly jeweled, nickel movement, made by one of the celebrated watch manufacturers in America, on our order. These watches are guaranteed by the manufacturers, and if not found exactly as represented this guarantee is assumed by us. Watches like these a generation ago would have cost $20 if they could have been produced, but the fact is, it contains appliances then unknown. Each watch has been properly adjusted and will be sent in running order. Its characters They have a jewel balance wheel. The cases are nickel silver. Are stem winding and stem setting. They have a duplex movement. Free to any one sending $4 for two yearly subscriptions, or $2 for one yearly and $1-$3 in all. This watch and The Colored American, one year for $3. The watch as a special inducement, postpaid, to any one sending $2-25. It will be seen therefore from the above that no one need be without a watch equal for timekeeping to any in the neighborhood, a single day longer. Indeed it will not take a day for any one to get a small club of subscribers for The Colored American, the national newspaper of the race and the newsiest and best race journal published. Try it once and see for yourself how easy it is to get this watch and to get only two subscribers for The Colored American. Don't lose time but attend to this matter as soon as you see this notice. Money can be sent by Post Office Money Order, Express Order, Bank Check, or Registered Letter. Address— ...THE COLORED AMERICAN... 459 O St., L. W. Washington, D. C. PRACTICAL EMBALMER 2960 M street. Georgetown,D. G. Telephone call, 103-88. MME. DAVIS KIRK 1890 Born Clairvoyant & Card Reader Tells about business, Removes Spells and Evil Influences, Reunites the Separated and Gives Luck to all. Cures Piles and Drunkenness. 1228 25th st. n. w. Washington D.C. No letters answered, unless accompanied by stamp. W. H BUTLER, PAINTS OILS GLASS, &c., 609 C STREET, N.W. Springtime is on, and your house will need touching up. We have just what you want. W. H. BUTLER, 609 C St., N. W. ILLUSTRATIONS CUTS MADE OF ANY THING BY ANY PROCESS. FINE WORK AT LOW PRICES. THE Maurice Joyce Engraving Company. EVENING STAR BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C. 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 cir- cuation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealers. TURN & Co. 361 Broadway, New York Branch Office. 625 F St., Washington, D. C. NOTICE! REYNOLDS & REYNOLDS, ARCHITECTS NOTICE! 1210 U STREET, N. W. Architects for College Buildings, Churches, Chapels, Theatres, City and Suburban Residences from $300 up. Prospectuses furnished to intending home-seekers. ```markdown ``` 4 CHARLOTTESVILLE NEWS Charlottesville, Va., Special—After a months' resuscitation in the mountains of West Virginia we find ourselves once more in the "Green Fields of Virginia," (what remains green after so hot a summer.) No doubt your readers have wondered if the hot weather had also dried up "Monticello," but we wish to state that we are still in the land of the living, and will be heard from whenever convenient. Mrs. Wm. Scott of Missouri, traveling representative of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, delivered two admirable addresses at the First Baptist church, Rev. R. C. Quarles, pastor, Sunday at 3:30 and 8 p.m. o'clock. At 3:30 o'clock, her subject was "Personal Responsibility to God," and at 8 o'clock her subject was "Dangers Ahead." Regardless of the oppressive heat she held her audience from the time she began until the close. She is indeed one of the most gifted and polished female craters in the country. One of the most enjoyable musical entertainments of the season was given at the First Baptist church, Monday night by the Christian Social Club, of which Miss Annie Bryant is president. Mr. B. H. Baker acted as musical director. We are sorry we have not space to publish the program in full. An excursion train of about 1000 people came to Charlottesville Thursday the 16th from Staunton, Va., under the auspices of the Baptist churches of Staunton. Most of the party spent the day at Jefferson Park. Henry Carter, 14 years old, one of the excursionists from Staunton was injured by jumping from electric car near Union Station. He was taken to Junction Drug Store where he died two hours later. His remains were sent to Staunton for burial. Lawyer J. E. Byrd of Richmond, Va. was in town this week. Miss Rosa Coles is visiting her parents on S. 5th street. Mrs. R. C. Quarles received a telegram announcing the death of her only brother in Louisa County last Friday Rev. and Mrs. Quarles left on the next train for Mineral City, Louisa Co. and returned this week. Mr. Charles F. Fuller, who has been quite sick, is much better and able to be out again. We learn that, there is quite an amount of sickness in the city, owing to the oppressive heat. Miss Bessie Smith who is ill at the home of her parents on 5th street remains in about the same condition at this writing. Mr. John Thornton has been quite ill, but is now improving. Misses Georgie Smith and Mary Walker of Washington, D.C. are visiting relatives on 15th street. Mrs. Bettie G. Williams of Washington, D. C. is in city the guest of Mrs. Rcsa Pollard on White's avenue. Mrs. Mattie Townsend and Mus, Susie Taylor of Washington, D.C., in company with Mrs. Adeline Thorne of Richmond, Va. are visiting their parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Scott, near Ridge street. Misses Olara Farley and Ellen V. Trent of Richmond, Va. are spending the summer at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ferguson on W. Main street. Miss Little Duncan of Staunton, Va. is visiting in the city the guest of her aunt Mrs Ella Gordon on W. Main street. Miss Julia Allen who attends the High School in Washington, D. C. arrived home last week to spend the remainder of the summer, Prof. J. W. Scott of the Douglas High School, Huntington, W. Va., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brown on N. 6th street. Miss Josephine Baker arrived this week from Philadelphia on a visit to her parents at Free Union. She was accompanied home by her brother Mr. J. W. Baker who will spend some days at his home. Among the successful applicants who passed the state board of examiners of Virginia which met in Lynchburg, Va., is Dr. Eugene Dickerson of this city, a graduate of Leonard Medical College of the class of 1900 and also an A. B. of the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute of Petersburg. Va., of the class of '96, besides winning two prizes at the medical school, one for excellency in chemistry and the other for excellency in diseases of the eye and ear. The American is on sale at Pollard's and Noble's. MONTICELLO. BANKER SMITH WRITES. He Defines the Kind of Man Who Should be the Next Recorder of Deeds. Will the next Recorder of Deeds be: "Some good District man." —Editor Colored American: Allow me space in your ably edited, powerful for good and widely known paper to make a brief comment. —The manhood, the womanhood of our Carolina do join you in our firm belief that a good man from some place should be appointed to the office of Recorder of Deeds in and for the District of Columbia. J. BANKER ISAAQ H. SMITH —The American people believe this office to be one of trust and honor. —The American people believe a good man only should be appointed to this office. —But the American people believe no man to be good and fit to hold office over them, unless that man has in his body an honest heart. —It should be remembered the honor and virtue of the American people are capitalized at Washington City; therefore the Recorder of Deeds should and ought to be truly a good man in truth, actions and deeds. I further believe that the real greatness, virtue and good of the American people coming as it were from every section of America—the greatest country on the face of the earth, will demand of of the next elected president to fill the office of Recorder of Deeds with such a man as you have so aptly and timely described in the plaudit beauty of the English language when you so scholarly made three words equal three sentences and those three sentences equal to an equal number of good books written by unique writers. The Original McKinley Man, Newbern, N. C. Dr. A. W. Tancil, of 2111 Pa. ave. who has been kept in by reason of illness since the 11th of this month, is improving and hopes to be out and able to attend to his lucrative and extensive practice in a few days. United Order of 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 females, sound in health and mind, and of good moral character. Conventions.—When joining the Order through Conventions, persons are taken in free 14 to 50 years of age; when joining the Fountain by application persons are taken free 14 to 60 years of age complete. Joining or Benefit Fees.—From 18 to 30 years of age, $4.60; at 50, $8.10; at 55, $6.90; 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 annual monthly dues secure the highest weekly sick benefits. Life Membership.—Ten shares of Bank Stock, costing each member $5 a share, made said member a life member. After paying dues and owning the stock one year, 5 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 per share, amounts to $10 annually, which will pay the member's dues, $6.80, and leave a balance of $8.20. Should the dues be 85 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 $5. 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 lean, redeem his policy and stock, and go on his way rejoicing. 2. ROSEBUD FOUNTAIN (For the Children.) A Rosebud Fountains are composed for children, male and to male, from 8 to 14 years of age. Joining or Benefit Fees, $1.50; paid spot cash or by installments. Doath Benefits.—$24.50 and $57.90. Should doath occur within the first year, $24.50; after the first year $27 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. 8. THE REGALLA. That furnishes all Regalia that is worn by the members of the Order. For write for price list. 4 CLASSES. Uses admit a membership, male and female, and secure life and death. Are as follows: CLASS B TABLE. Agea. Joining Fee. $2 50 2 75 8 60 8 25 8 25 8 50 8 50 Value of Certificate. $200 00 200 00 200 00 140 00 115 00 60 00 65 00 Annual Dues. $4 75 4 75 5 70 6 65 6 65 7 60 7 60 Paid Quarterly. $1 30 1 28 1 48 1 64 1 84 1 90 1 90 Are as follows: CLASS B TABLE. Agea. Joining Fee. $5 00 5 25 5 50 5 75 5 75 8 60 Value of Certificate. $500 00 500 00 500 00 650 00 650 00 650 00 Annual Dues. $9 50 9 50 10 40 11 40 11 40 11 40 Paid Quarterly. $2 40 ..... ..... ..... 2 85 2 85 2 85 2 85 8. THE REGALLA. This Department furnishes all Regalia that is w style and prices write for price list. 4 CLASSES B and B (classes admit a membership, male benefits. B Class Policies are as follows: CLASS B TAB Ages. Jolnih Fee. 14 to 23 years $2 50 25 to 35 years 2 75 35 to 45 years 8 60 45 to 50 years 8 25 50 to 55 years 8 25 55 to 60 years 8 50 60 to 65 years 8 50 B Class Policies are as follows: CLASS B TAB Ages. Jolnih 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 65 years (Complete) 8 60 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 B (classes admit a membership, male and female, and secure life and death benefits. B Class Polls we are as follows: CLASS B TABLE. Age. Joining Fee. Value of Certificate. Annual Dues. Paid Quarterly. 14 to 20 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. 8 00 200 00 5 70 1 40 45 to 50 years. 8 25 140 00 6 65 1 00 50 to 55 years. 8 25 115 00 6 65 1 00 55 to 60 years. 8 50 60 00 7 00 1 00 60 to 65 years. 8 50 60 00 7 00 1 00 B Class Policies are as follows: CLASS B TABLE. Agea. Joining Fee. Value of Certificate. Annual Dues. Paid Quarterly. 14 to 25 years. $5 00 $50 00 $9 50 $2 40 25 to 35 years. 5 25 $50 00 9 50 ..... 35 to 45 years. 5 50 $50 00 10 40 ..... 45 to 50 years. 5 75 $40 00 11 40 2 85 50 to 65 years. 5 75 $40 00 11 40 2 85 65 years (Complete). 8 60 $50 00 11 40 2 85 The ages are reckoned from the last birthday. Remember that the applicant is benefited as a the annual dues of either of the above named payments of three months each, payable the 1st The balance of annual dues remaining to the names will go to the purchase of Bank Stock for If dues are paid annually in advance, the men and his full proportion of annual dues. By the made his own collector, thereby making the men self-supporting, and the member receiving the per to collect. You will readily see that the members of either to meet once or four times a year, while the Found Life Funds.—The members of B Class are Stock a two shares for each year of their m of per cent, or one dollar per share. Should m of life, they may take their stock certificates and period of time. Members of Class B can purchase 25 shares a year of their membership: likewise, they may take Stock, and secure a loan after a given period of the borship, in either one of these Classes, like the Member in health, as well as his family in death. If the applicant is benefited as soon as his policy is issued, one of either of the above named Classes may be divided into quarterly months each, payable the 1st of January, April, July, and October. The annual Gues remaining to the credit of each member after paying on the purchase of Bank Stock for said member. And annually in advance, the member gets 5 per cent drawback in each portion of annual Gues. By the latter mode of payment each member isector, thereby making the membership independent of the agent, and the member receiving the percentage that would be paid to the agent. By see that the members of either one of these classes are only required our times a year, while the Fountains and Rosebuds meet twice a month. The members of B Class are allowed to purchase 15 shares of Bank shares for each year of their membership. The stock yields a dividend one dollar per share. Should misfortune bafall them on their pathway take their stok certificates and policies, and secure a bean after a given class H can purchase 25 shares of Bank Stock, and two shares for each class I: likewise, they may take their policies and certificates of Bank a loan after a given period of time. You will readily see that the mem- one of these Classes, like the Fountains and the Rosebuds, benefits the as well as his family in death. Remember that the applicant is benefited as soon as his policy is issued. The annual dues of either of the above named Classes may be divided into quarterly payments of three months each, payable the 1st of January, April, July, and October. The balance of annual dues remaining to the credit of each member after paying expenses will go to the purchase of Bank Stock for said 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 those classes are only required to meet once or four times a year, while the Fountains and Rosebuds meet twice a month. Life needs—The members of B Class are allowed to purchase 15 shares of Bank Stock in a two shares for each year of their membership. The stock yields a dividend of one cent, or one dollar per share. Should misfortune builf them on their pathway of life, they may take their stock certificates and policies, and secure a loan after a given period of time. Members of Class B can purchase 25 shares of Bank Stock, and two shares for each year of their membership; likewise, they may take their policies and certificates of Bank Stock, and secure a loan after a given period of time. You will readily see that the member 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. 15. THE TRUE REFORMERS' BANK. The Savings Bank of the G. F. U. O. F. R. was chartered March 1888. Its capital stock is $100,000. It commanded badges April 1, 1889. The amount of business to March 1, 1888, is $8,688,100. The stock of this bank is sold to the membership of the Fountain, Rosbud, B, and E classes, and pays a dividend of $2 per cent on the dollar. Persons can deposit their money on time or demand. The bank pays 4 per cent interest on all time deposits. Money is demand my held subject to the orders of the depositor. Deposits are received upwards. Special attention is given to the collection of notes and bank as the only bank in Richmond which continued to pay currency to the financial stringency, while the other banks were using north. The Savings Bank of the G. F. U. O. F. R. was chartered March 1888. Its capital stock is $100,000. It commenced business April 1889. The amount of business to March 1, 1889, is $8,000,100. The stock of this bank is sold to the membership of the Fountain Club, buds, B and E classes, and pays a dividend of 20 per cent on the dollar. Persons can deposit their money on time or demand. The bank pays 4 per cent interest on all time deposits. Money on demand are held subject to the orders of the depositor. Deposits are received from 19 cents and upwards. Special attention is given to the collection of notes and funds. In 1888 this was the only bank in Richmond which continued to pay currency to the depositors during the financial stringency, while the other banks were moving north. 6. REAL ESTATE OF THE U. O. T. R. This Department manages and controls the pro- of the necessity of having offices and buildings in organization, and to furnish halls for the Subderd farms, 8; dwellings, 2; hotels, 1; with a fee simple nt manages and controls the property of the organisation. It grew out of having offices and buildings in which to carry on the business of the furnish halls for the Subordinate Lodges. Buildings now owned. Dr. 2; hotels, 2; with a fee simple value of $100,000. Buildings leased, R. This Department manages and controls the property of the organisation. It grew out of the necessity of having offices and buildings in which to carry on the business of the organisation, and to furnish halls for the Subordinate Lodge. Buildings now owned. D farms, 2; dwellings, 2; hotels, 1; with a fee simple value of 816.46. Buildings leased. B 7. THE REFORMER, the Organ of the Order. The Reformer is the Beacon-Light, the Head General Agent of the Brotherhood. It is a live m It is the medium of the Order, and its columns the bond for sample copies. It is published weekly in mind, Fn, having a East-Clans Job Department, and is the Beacon-Light, the Head-Light, the General Messenger and the the Brotherhood. It is a live race journal, with a circulation of 1,000 of the Order, and its columns team with all its doings and achievements popular. It is published weekly in The Redferror Printing Office, Maker a East-Class Job Department, and makes a specialty of high-class work 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 chronicle of 1800. It is the medium of the Order, and its columns tame with all its deluge and gahlevements bead for sample copies. It is published weekly in The Reformer Phishing Office, New Haven, Va., having a East Coast job Department, and makes a magazine of black news. OCEAN CITY LETTER The simple reward paid those who attended the superb carnival given by Tingle and Hamlin's big vaudeville company at the Atlantic Casino, Thursday evening, is a just recognition of the fact that colored talent along the line of theatrical advancement is fast reaching a stage of high proficiency. Indeed a finer entertainment has not taken place in years. The program from start to finish was a complete melange of laughter and foolish humor. The appearance of Mr. Julius Matoca Bronze, the well-known tragedian of Baltimore, received uninterrupted ap please. Miss Hattie Robinson in her famous sketch, "The Chinee and the Coon" found no equal. Madam Hamblin, Washington's favorite elocutionist met with warm approval, reciting with much ease. Mrs. Mary Covington in her song "The Warmest Baby in the Bunch" brought down the entire house "Lone Billy" Pride, late of the National Studio, in his old usual way, entertained the audience for fully twenty minutes and had no difficulty in convincing some that minstrels have some features that are elevating. Madam Tingle, the popular soprano of Snow Hill gave excellent renditions and ably supported the object of the occasion. Ross, Scott, Holland Edward Allan, the great black face and character comedian, and a few others completed the remaining role. The leading feature, however, was the grand cake walk com posing 11 couples. The show no doubt was a powerful one and its success is an inspiration to others who desire to perfect themselves in this direction. STRAY GLEANINGS. Miss Emma Bentley leaves for Washington in two weeks. Mr. Alonza Mitchell will spend the early part of September in Philadelphia. Mrs. Eva Shanklin, head laundress in the department of the Atlantic, expects to return to Washington very soon. Mrs. Shanklin is a lady of fine merit and holds the love of all who come under her charge. Dr. J. L. Honeywell leaves for the Nation's Capital September 1st. The Misses Waters of Salisbury returned to their home last Thursday week after a pleasant sojourn here of a fortnight. The rainy period has come. That bright lustre of the sun seems glazed; nothing is the same. The fields and the orchards already have grown mere; the rainy period has come. The last grand ball of the season took place at Trumper's Auditorium Tuesday night. The inelement condition of the elements was no special incentive in stopping those who wanted to attend. The ladies were gowned in accordance with the weather outside and preferred comfort to ostentation. The decorations bore many pretty resemblances of similar occasions and did much to exhilarate that dreaminess of heart so often prevalent. Music was furnished by the Hall Orchestra. Some present were: Misses Thomas, Jackson, William, Hamblin, Lucas, Bentley, Linden, Tingle, Boston, Howser, Contee, Shorter, Lewis and Scott; Messrs. Stokes, Pride, White, Honewell, Stykes, Greene, Honeywell, Price, Jones, Brown and Colbert. Mr. Cyrus St. Clair is quite prominent in debating circles. Mr. St. Clair is a logical speaker and can easily convince his opponents. His address before the lyceum the other evening was pointedly wise. Mr. John Carter was floor manager at the Grand Atlantic Ball Tuesday evening. His conduct of affairs was very good. Much praise is conceded to his management. Monday night at 9:10 the Ocean City Lyceum will assemble for the last time. ch & The hol n n n n THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. O. Special music has been engaged for the occasion and the closing promises to be quite interesting. Some literary features will also be on hand to add additional force and intelligence. THIS WILL INTEREST YOU. If you are a renter you are paying not less than ten per cent on the value of the property you occupy each year, to the landlord. In 200 months you pay twice the value of the property to him. FOR EXAMPLE You pay the landlord $10 per month for rent for property worth $1000; in 200 months you pay $2,000; and the landlord still owns the property. If you become a member of the Home Department, Columbian Brotherhood of Honor, you pay the Columbian Brotherhood of Honor $5.25 per month for property worth $1,000; in 200 months you pay $1,050 and you own the property! If you want to own a home, become a member of this department of the Columbian Brotherhood of Honor. Address, C. B. H. 931 W. Jefferson St., Louisville, Ky. Prominent Colored Men. Agents wanted to sell "One Hundred Distinguished Leaders," a beautiful book containing one hundred portraits and sketches of the leading colored men in the United States. Price 25 cents per copy. Send stamps or post office money order to Charles Alexander, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. Wanted-Mr. "A.," a prosperous young, colored business man of this city, desires to open correspondence with some young lady with a view to marriage. The only requirement is that the lady applying must not be above forty years of age and must own some property. Ladies living in any section of the country may apply. Address all communications to Mr. "A." in care of The Colored American, Washington, D. C. Beautiful, soft hair comes to every woman who uses our Queen Pomade. It invigorates the scalp and makes the hair soft and pliable, and cleans the soalp of dandruff and itching. Makes the hair grow and prevents it from turning gray. An elegantly perfumed hair dressing for men or women. Price large bottle 25 cents. Drop a postal card for city order delivered free. Sent anywhere by mail on receipt of price and 5 cents extra to pay postage Stamps or silver accepted. Cardozo's Pharmacy, 1201 R street, Washington, D.C. Telephone 9481 5. She Owns the Property. Mrs. Bibbs-Is there any foundation for the report that Miss Seamstress has purchased that nice $3,000 corner house where she and her folks have been living for some time?" Mrs. Tibbs—"Oh, yes, its true as holy writ. It's here She paid her first $100 on it last Friday. Misses Mary D. Dodson and Alberta Moore are spending the month of August in the western part of Virginia. FOR RENT—Furnished or unfurnished rooms, with or without board. 407 Warner street, northwest, between 4th and 5th, Q and R. --- WHERE TO SPEND A PLEASANT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEASON OF 1900. STEAMER RIVER QUEEN TO NOTLEY HALL SUNDAY JULY 1st 1900. RIVER QUEEN Boat leaves N street wharf, Clyde Line at 2.30, 5 and 6.30 pm.; There is nothing more enjoyable than to take a trip on the Steamer River Queen Sunday afternoon, with your family, when all kinds of cold drinks and refreshments can be had at city prices. Music by Monumental Orchestra. Take Capital Traction company's cars, Penn. Ave., 14th and 7th Sta., direct to wharf and save delay at power house and you'll not miss the boat. Fare, 25 cents. For terms of charters for Notley Hall and Lower Cedar Point, address, L. J. WOOLEN, Manager, Steamer River Queen Wharf. Has it Ever Occurred to You? That the Barber Shop at the corner of 6th and Missouri avenue, northwest, is the neatest, coolest and most up to-date in the city? Work done in first-class style by first-class artists. Come once and you will come again. All brands of imported and domestic cigars and tobacco BARBERS: Bud Harris, of Kentucky, Peter Walsh, of Washington, D. C. Wilber Richards, E. L. Payne, of Washington, D. C. Por W. M. HILL, Prop., 101 6th St., N. W., Opp. 6th St. Depot. sends to me at once 25 cents, as a gift to the publishing fund of the book, 712 N.2nd Street, Richmond, Va. I am, Justus J. Evans, the Author. P. S.: The above book is not sold by agents; it is sent direct to those only who send 25 cents to the author for it. The book will show how to defeat the evils and elements that defeat the progress of the Negro race. It will show how one hundred million ($100,000,000) of dollars will be gathered and controlled in defence of the Negro race of America within 7 to 10 years from date of its issue. Is a book like this worth 25 cents? Every one who wants to look through the book can do so by sending 25 cents to Rev. Justus J. Evans, the author, at 719 N. 2nd St., Richmond, Va., at once as the book is now ready. Captain L. J. Woolen, the manager of the River Queen, announces in another column to the public that the books are opened for excursions to Notley Hall, that popular summer resort, and that the River Queen has been repainted, refitted up in every way and new electric lights put in at the expense of five thousand dollars and is in better condition than ever to serve the public. A REV. JUSTICE J. EVANS SPEAKS. He Gives All Men Warning, And Fair Warning To The Negro. There Is Much Meaning In This Who Can Interpret It? "A 25 Cents Gets The Book. Mr. Editor there is a God whose eye never sleeps and while He is looking at me, I want to ask the Negro Editors through your paper, and ask all readers of the Negro Race Newspapers to please notify all the people that they can that I. Justus J. Evans, have prepared a book for the solving the Negro problem to be sent now in a few days to the people who have personally sent to me for the book. I have published an account of it in many Negro Newspapers stating what the book is for, and now I give all men due warning by this letter, and by what I have previously said about it in either papers, wishing not to take advantage of them, I say now again, that the people, the good people to whom I send the book, will be given power and a plan in it by which they as a body are to take absolute control of the leadership of the Negro race forever, and I say now that there is, now, no wisdom, power, influence, skill, wit or witty-wit that can be found outside of God. In Babylon, in Egypt or Sodom, or among the wise men of the world, or among society, churches or political science, or other project-ingenuity that will be able to defeat the elements of power and wisdom that are in league with the contents of the book, or there is now no power among nations, churches or societies that can keep the people who coincide with the leadings and plans of the book, and its wisdom, from taking absolute control of the leadership and affairs of the Negro race of America at once. This is warning to all men, and it is fair warning to the Negro and leaders as a hint to them; the book is no private communication; it is sent to any and every man or woman who 13 Wilber Richards, Porter. THE SUMMER SEASON. ONE GIVES RELIEF. R·I·P·A·N·S The modern standard Family Medicine: Cures the common every-day ills of humanity. IN TARHEELDOM. A Veteran "Comp." Writes at Long Range-Current Topics Pertinently Discussed. Raleigh, N. C., Special—I notice the "resder" of Mr. Justus J. Evans the author of a book which sells for 25 cents and which will employ (100 000) one hundred thousand men and women—the book or men (he is not clear which) to raise one hundred million dollars for the race and make the individual purchaser at once wealthy. Mr. Evans is too modest in his claims, and by the way, who the dickens is Justus J. Evans? There is more than passing tribute in the complimentary mention of Prof. R. H. Terrell's recent address on "The Colored Soldiers in the Wars of America." Prof. Terrell develops the fact that the Negro can and does hold the ear of the educated public on any subject within the scope of discussion. It has been my pleasure to hear Prof. Terrell on two different occasions and his earnestness at once suggests the intensity of the deep regard and consideration he has for his people. Mr. Jos. C. Cunningham of Washington contributes a patriotic article to the public under caption of "A West Point of Our Own." Mr. Cunningham zealousness has made him lose sight of all but the roseate side of his chimerical military "coup de manoeuvre." If as he says the color of the Negro's skin is the cause of his failure in the army, then that same prejudice will find some other excuse for his abrogation continually. One of the things to be considered is the peculiar disposition of the Negro. Mr. Cunningham would soon give us more colonels, majors, captains, etc., than Carter had oats. And the worst of it is, they would begin at once to conform the military of the country to their ideas. Try again, friend Cunningham! I note with pleasure the article from that great journalist, John E. Bruce. Especially the portion which refers to the sham of Negro society and "clars." How different is the sound and practical suggestions which Bruce gives, to those of the many light-brained scribes whose burning desires seem to be to "write a piece for the paper." Bruce Grit is peculiar in his honesty: it verges to the point of harshness—and yet who can say that his observations are not right? This man has certainly studied humanity and especially that peculiar part of humanity called the Negro. Hence he does not palliate in the least their foibles. Bruce Grit is the equal of either Sir Archibald Gunning or Frank Carpenter, and has that peculiar brnequeness for which Kipling in his early days was noted. I like to read Bruce. The Baptist Sentinel in its issue of August 16 has a two column clipping on "Questionable Methods of Colored Baptists" in which is set forth some rather astenishing statements. The tone of the article is decidedly against the separate Negro Baptist organization and especially the publishing house at Nashville which is made the object of quite an attack. There has been made it seems, a somewhat extensive examination of the business methods employed by said Publishing House which discovers a peculiar array of figures which it presents. The most notable is the following: "That is to say on a business of less than $20,000, a profit was made of $10,000 and a debt of $10,000 was contracted!" Further, "The THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. Q. receipts for the year are said to be $10, 426 97. The expenses, $17,966.32, nevertheless, a surplus of $10,000 is reported, although the surplus of the previous year was but $89 (eighty-nine dollars) and no considerable gifts are recorded." This is a rather preplexing problem. If there is that looseness in the management which is claimed to exist, somebody is responsible and somebody ought to be made to straighten cut matters a bit. I have a great amount of confidence in the Negro Baptists but a few more raps like this will give it a considerable jar. That aggravated case of Negrophobia which the Raleigh News and Observer contracted grows worse. It has broken out anew and New York City is the receptacle of its latest exploitation of virus. The cause of it all was the following statement made by the Sun: "As things are now, it is not the Negro but the whites of the South who are to be feared. Whatever excuses the South may offer, the disfranchisement of the Negroes has made it * * the one region which menaces the security of property." The Observer never will get over this blow. Meanwhile I suggest that it at once begin to do business with the ice man. The series of entertainments by the Presbyterian church were quite successful and culminated in a grand climax on Wednesday evening at Metropolitan Hall when the "Calendar of Days" was ably presented. The management deserves great praise and special mention is due the Herculean efforts of Miss Henrietta Mabry, who, besides acting as "charge de affaires," rendered a beautiful solo. She was warmly received. That's all. HASKINS. THE NEGRO IN BUSINESS. Reasons why Afro-Americans Fail in Business. Editor Colored American-I see in today's Indianapolis Freeman the following: "The Negroes of the District of Columbia spend $500,000 annually for the necessities of life. Caucasian merchants get the bulk of this fabulous sum." Now I will say that there never was a condition without there being some reason for it. In the first place it seems to be next to impossible for the average colored man to separate his social affairs from his business affairs. When a woman goes into a colored man's place of business, especially if she is a good looking woman he seems to loose his mind and forget that she came there only to purchase a bar of soap or a basket of peaches but he seems to think that she came there to make him a social call or for the purpose of giving him an opportunity of forming her acquaintance and in too many instances he gets too fresh and gay and if you don't mind out he will make some flippant or suggestive remarks to her. If this conduct is reported to the colored proprietor in case it is made by a clerk, he will only laugh it off instead of firing the clerk, he will say that he is a poor colored man and needs the money, but the woman goes out of the store insulted and out she stays and when she has any money to spend in the future the white man gets it. The colored man must learn to stick to his own, when his own is right and to punish his own when his own is wrong, if he ever hopes to succeed in this country. Yours, AMERICAN, Chicago, Illinois. Telephone: 797 THE RAY MEDICAL INSTITUTE X Ray in use for exam ination and diagnosis. German specialists treat all chronic diseases of man and woman; catarib, rheumatism, brain, stomach, hear t, kidney, bladder, hemorrhoids (piles) cured; vitality restored. RUPTURE CURED. Latest lectric discovery; no knife, no injection; no pain. Truses on trial Private diseases, stricture, impotency, varicocele, hydroccele, syphilitic skin and blood poison cured without mercury. Especial attention given to old and so-called incurable cases treated and cure accomplished. Hours 10 to 12, 2 to 6. Tuesdays and Saturdays till 8 evening. DR. CZARRA. 316 6th street and 494 Louisiana avenue, northwest. $1.00 ONLY $1.00 HISTORY of the COLO IN THE SPANISH-AM By EDWARD A. JOHNSON, Author of the Famous "Schol CONTAINS—Fen pictures of the Lance Juan, El Ceney, and around Santiago.—Ceney cannon which knotted over the block Berry, the colored soldier who was first. The glowing tribute to McKinley, Miles. of Negro soldiers—General Morgan advo- gote Gomez, Miss Cisceros, and the Collar War Army—The Negro Poet, Paul Lawrence onwritten the diplacy of the Spanish Uncle Sam's money—The colored Register money to make it good. Every Page Brilliant of New and L toe and line engravings of soldier, offi- War, with a FINE PICTURE OF AGUINAL nila, and a brief sketch of the Philippines. Handsome Picture of General M mand of all the American Army, who sa- Santiago war "without a parallel in the L Little." Meiled Free. AGENTS Big percentage. Send for copy. E. A. JO Author of the Famous "School History of the Negro Race." CONTAINS—Fen pictures of the Laring Charges made by Negro Soldiers at San Juan, El Ceney, and around Santiago. Corporal Brown killed at his post while firing a cannon which broken over the block house and saved the Rough Riders. Sergeant Berry, the colored soldier who was first to raise the American flag on San Jan Hill. The glowing tribute to McKinley, Miles. Receipts and many others on the bravery of Negro Soldiers—General Morgan advocates Negro officers. Antonio and Jose Maco, Gomez. Miss Ciserges, and the Collar Women Caversy. The Negro Paymasters in the Army. The Negro Poet, Paul Lawrence Jumbrer—"Eddie" Sevoy, the colored man who unwritten the diplomacy of the Spanish Minister at Washington. The Negro who seeks 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-tone and line engravings of soldier, officers, and seniors 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 Philippines 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. Corner West and Lenoir Streets. DRESSMAKING ACADEMY. The de Lam Orton Famous French Perfection Tailor System Academy MMM J. A. SMALLWOOD, Sole Agent 1513 Madison St. Northwest. Evenings from 7.30 to 10 o'clock. Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday 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. Pupils can enter at any time. Summer course begins June 15th. HASTER AND FURNISHER COLUMBUS 337 PENNA AVE., NW. WASHINGTON, DC --- HISTORY of the COLORED SOLDIERS IN THE SPANISH-AMREICAN WAR. of the Laring Charges made by Negro Soldiers at San Mittico.—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- y, Miles. Receipts and many others on the bravery and advocates Negro officers.—Antonio and Jose Maco, bullar Women Cavailry.—The Negro Paymasters in the Lawrence Tunbar—"Eddie" envoy, the colored man who Spanish Minister at Washington.—The Negro who seals Register of the Treasury who has to sign Uncle Sam's Law and Interesting Reading, with about fifty half holder, officers, and scenes of the late Spanish-American AGUINALDO, his headquarters, a Filipino lady of M- 菲律宾 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 RENTS WANTED, for copy of book and Agents' terms. Address A. JOHNSON FREE SCOTT'S MAGIC HAIR STRAIGHTENER AND GROWER. Is the recipe of a Celebrated Chemist, and is guaranteed to be absolutely safe and harmless. It is the most wonderful preparation in the world to make kinky, knotty, stubborn, harsh, short and thin hair, long, thick, beautiful, straight, soft, glossy and pliable. It stops hair from falling out, promotes a rapid growth, restores natural color, and gives health to the hair and scalp, by positively curing dandruff and all scalp diseases. This marvelous remedy grows hair on bald heads and thin places. Please try it, and also read some of the testimonials from thousands of persons who are now using it. Price 30 and 55 cents, by mail. Little Hero Pills, 10 and 25 cents. Scott's Face Bleach and Beautifier, 30 cents. Scott's Catarach Cure, (Liquid) 25 cts. Scott's Nasal Cream, (for Carrath) 25 cts. Dr. Marian's Female Taboils (for female troubles) 25 cts. Scott's Wonderful Pile Cream, 25 cts. NOTICE! With each order of one or more of any of our remedies, we will send you a free treatment of our Celebrated Little Hero Pills, (for all forms of kidney, Liver, Stomach and Urinary Diseases), at Drug Stores or sent by MAIL on receipt of price. Stamps accepted. Agents wanted. can make $150 per month. Write to-day for instructions. Enclose stamps for reply. P. O. BOX 570. SCOTT REMEDY CO., Louisville, I.y. MRS. DR. RENNER SPECIALIST on obstetrics; gold medal awarded for the science of obstetrics from the University of Muni ch. Bavaria; treats successfully women complaints and irregularities; private sanitation for ladies before and during confinement, Office hours from 8 to 9 p.m. ```markdown ``` Raleigh. North Carolina. Washington, D. C THE HOTEL TEN distinct departments, under one hundred competent professors and instructors—Theological, Medical, Legal, College, Pedagogical, Preparatory, English, Agriculture, Industrial, and Musical. For information address— Rev. J, E. RANKIN, D. D., LL. D., President. GEO. H. SAFFORD, Secretary. ...THE... Georgia State Industrial College, Open to Both Sexes. The fall term beginning October 3rd. 1900, the Georgia State Industrial College will receive both young men and young women as boarders. The entire expenses for board, washing, fuel and lights will be only $5.10 per month. The location and surroundings are healthful and elevating. A first-class opportunity for young men and women to obtain a good literary and industrial education. The trades of Blacksmithing, Wheelwrighting, Carpentry, Painting, Bricklaying and Shoemaking, will be taught the boys and the arts of Sewing and Cooking will be taught the girls. Boarding space is limited and those who wish to come must apply early. Respectfully, R. K. WRIGHT, Pres't. College, Ga. Avery College Trades Schools ALLEGHENY, PA. A Practical, Literary and Industrial Trade School for Colored Boys and Girls, Carpentry, Bricklaying, Plastering, Painting and Interior Decorations. Tailoring, Dress, making, Millinery. Voice Culture and Piano Forte. Literary Department from Primary to Normal Course. Job Work Solicited and Profits given to the Students. Catalogues row ready. Address, JOSEPH D. MAHONEY, Principal. Allegheny, Pa. Howard University, WASHINGTON, D. C. Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Colleges Thirty-third Session (1900-1901) will begin October 1st, 1900 and continue seven (7) months. Tuition fee in Medical and Dental Colleges, each £80. Pharmaceutical College, £70. All students must register before October 12, 1900. For catalogue or further information apply to— F, J. SHADD, M. D., Secretary, 901 R St. N. W., Washington, D. C. A RARE OPPORTUNITY For Young Men Desiring to Enter the Ministry. The Phelps's Hall Bible Training School conductee in connection with the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute offers exceptional opportunities for young men who wish to prepare for the Christian ministry. A special building known as the Phelp's Hall Bible Training School, is set apart for this department of the work. It contains a chapel, library, reading room, office, three recitation rooms and forty sleeping rooms. The teaching is wholly undenominational, the purpose being to help all denominations and not to antagonize any. The cost of board is $8 per month and students are given a chance to work out a portion of this, leaving, as a rule, but five or six dollars to pay in cash. A few who have no money are given an opportunity to work out all of their expenses. Back of means need debar none. The teaching in this department is free. The next school term begins September 11. Further information may be had by addressing Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama. --- City Paragraphs. Misses Eliza and Celestine Harris and Miss Blanche Carter are at Oxon Hill, Maryland. Miss Louise Smallwood is resting in Fall River, Mass. Miss Alexine E. Montague is in Cottage City, Mass. The Dvoraks will begin their fall work Tuesday September 9th. There is a very general demand for their appearance early this season. Mr. Dennis Hinton, formerly of the National Theater this city, has arranged to take a tour South as the valet of Mr. Robert Downing, the tragedian. J. Henry Lewis and his daughter, Miss Addie, have left the city for New York and Atlantic City intending to return about the middle of September. At a recent meeting of the Amphions resolutions were adopted endorsing Prof. John T. Layton for the position of director of music in the colored public schools. Mrs. Ida P. Belcher of the Government Printing Office left the city last week for Atlantic City, and expects to visit Philadelphia, New York and other eastern cities before returning. Mrs. Carrie Hill Scott of Port Tobacco, Md. is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Beverley Robinson of 11th street, n. w. Mrs. Scott on returning home will take as her guest Miss Florence Robinson. Miss Ella Brown, of 1027 18th street, is spending her vacation with Mr. and Mrs. James Throckmorton, of Summit Point, West Va. Mr. Throckmorton is one of the leading teachers of West Va. Misses Irene E. Payne and Essie Brown have returned to the city after a delightful stay of two weeks at Malcolm, Md., where Miss Payne teaches. Both young ladies were the recipients of much social attention. The wonderful Face Bleach has been introduced in Washington and is offered to the public at a special rate. The two dollar packages can now be had for one dollar by calling at Drew's Drug Store, Connecticut avenue and L street. Mr. James R. Moore has returned to the city and can be found at his old haunts at the Sparta Cafe, 1216 Pa., avenue, n. w. He spent the heated term with his wife up in Montgomery County, Md. Mrs. Virginia Betts and her two charming daughters, Misses Estelle and Alice, are spending a few weeks in Lara, Va., visiting relatives and old friends. They will return about the first of September. Mr. E. E. Cooper left the city last Tuesday night for Boston, Mass., to attend the Colored Business Men's League He will attend the meeting of the National Afro-American Council at Indianapolis, Ind., before his return to the city. Mr. Walter B. Robinson has returned home from his outing with relatives at Port Tebacco, Md. and is greatly improved. Mr. Robinson was accompanied home by his cousin, Mrs. Carrie Hill Scott of Port Tobacco, Md. The Langston House at 479 Missouri avenue, northwest, has opened up with flying banners. Messrs. Edwards and Anderson are leaving no stones unturned to make it the most popular hotel and lodging house in Washington. A. Gives the names of dead and living friends 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 of him. Don't try to pump you in any way, out tells you right off. He is thoroughly inocred 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 fail. Positive satistaction 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 BIGH 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: Brooklyn, August, 15, 1981-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. I bless the day I first met Dr. Shea. I would advise all in bad luck, sick or in trouble to go to him at once. Sincerely, Albert Ayers, 2957 Atlantic Avenue. Have You C ARE YOU EARNING BIG HARTONA R 909 E. Main Street We want lady or gentlemen Agents in You can earn big money if you will w Write to us to-day. This may be the open to ladies or gentlemen—white or Have You Got a JOB? ARE YOU EARNING BIG MONEY? IF NOT, THEN YOU SHOULD WRITE AT ONCE TO-- HARTONA REMEDY CO.. 909 E. Main Street, RICHMOND, VA. We want lady or gentlemen Agents in every town in the United States. You can earn big money if you will work for us even in your spare time. Write to us to-day. This may be the chance of your life. This offer is open to ladies or gentlemen—white or colored. ```markdown ``` Oh, Ladies! Stop and consider Do you know that my celebrated Imperial Whitener will positively brighten black skin making it almost white. Mulatto or light skin persons can bleach the skin entirely white. One bottle is all that is required to complete the treatment, and the use does not have to be kept up My Imperial Whitener cannot fail It is harmless in every respect, and I will pay $100 to any one proving to the contrary The effect is seen at once By the use of improved machinery I have managed to make it at a price within the reach of all I have been selling it at $6.00 a bottle Recently I reduced it to $2.00, but now, to introduce it at once, I will send a bottle, prepaid, to any one who will send me 60c Remember, I guarantee every bottle, and I will send back the money if you are not satisfied in every way Don't delay, but send 60c at once to RILAS GATHRIGHT, ```markdown ``` SNEA'S IMPERIAL WHITENER Brooklyn, August 10, 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. Bearing 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 $200. 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 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 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 look on 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, Oysepedia, Tape Worms, Liver Conjoints, Deafness, Catarrh, Dropy, Pies, Nervous Debility, Heart Diseases, Consumption, Diseases of Women and Children, Fits, Kidney Disease, and strange mysteries 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 finnment. Hopeless cases and those that others can not cure soficified to call. Fat thick 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. MAKYELOUS MEDIUM DR SHRA injurious to the hair and skin, and dangerous to health and life. Be warned; don't send your money to get only in return a mass of lard and tallow and animal fats, that injure your hair and cause it to fall out, destroy its growth, and cause you to become bald. Deal with a legitimate firm, who will treat you fairly and give you value for your money. We do solemnly swear that our remedies are true to all we claim for them; that they do not contain any animal fat or injurious drugs, and we will return the money for every case of dissate isfaction. We refer to Metropolitan Bank, Richmond, Va., or to the editor of this paper. The word OZONO and the cuts shown in this advertisement are registered as our trade-mark in U. S. Patent Office. Any infringement will be promptly prosecuted. OZONO positively straightens Knotty, Knappy, Kinky, Stubborn, Harsh, Refractory Hair. No injurious hot irons are necessary to produce this effect. OZONO does the work alone, and the use does not have to be kept up after the hair becomes stright, and washing the hair hastens the treatment, doing it good in every way. Cures Dandruff, Baldness, and all itching, running, scaly, humiliating, Scalp Diseases; causes the hair to grow long and straight, soft, fine, and beautiful as an April morning. Price, 50c. a box; 4 boxes does the work OZONO cannot fail. Read our grand offer: Cut out this advertisement and send to us with $1.00, and we will send you immediately four boxes of OZONO; one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN REFINER, which makes rough skin soft and brightens up black skin several shades; also one bottle of SKIN FOOD, which removes Wrinkles, Freckles, Moth Patches, Tan, Liver Spots, Small-Pox Pits, Birthmarks, &c. It makes the aged look young, and the young look younger. We will also, to show our liberality, include a package of ANTI-ODOR, which removes all smells and odors arising from the human body—such as feet, arm-pits, &c.; cures Sore Throat and Mouth, Womb Diseases, Sore and Frosted Feet, &c. This grand combination, worth $3.50, we will send you on receipt of One Dollar, to introduce honest goods. Parties sending us $3.00 will receive four lots. Register your letters. AGENTS WANTED. BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY 310 E.BROAD ST.,RICHMOND,VA. BE WARNED. By honest methods and is to-day the only gen- ence, and possessing the confidence of the colored excited the cupidity of the unprincipled, who, to get City Paragraphs. Don't fail to attend St. Luke's picnic Sept. 7th, at Lake View Park: Mr. Daniel Chase, stenographer and typewriter in this office, is enjoying a few days' leave. Mrs. Emma Pryor of 2108 13th St. was called to New York Wednesday to attend her sick mother. Mr. M. S. Jones, of New York, brother of our "Ham" Jones is visiting friends and relatives in town. St. Luke's P. E. church will give an all-day picnic at the beautiful Lake View Park, Friday, Sept. 7, 1900. Miss Clara Coles, of Corcoran street, spent two days of this week in Richmond visiting relatives and friends. Miss Mamie Jackson, a young lady of promise, is now an expert typewriter in the office of Mr. Jas. F. Bundy. Mr. Harry Wilson, of 12th street, northwest, cbntemplates taking a trip to northern New York for recreation. Miss Lillie Ramsey, the competent secretary of the Metropolitan Baptist Sunday School, is out of the city recuperating. St. Luke's picnic at Lake View Park Friday, Sept. 7th, is the last and will be the best of the season. Be sure to attend. Miss Mamie Anderson, of 10th street, is summering in the mountains of Virginia. She will remain away until the middle of September. Miss Effle A. Johnson, of 1422 Rhode Island avenue, northwest, is spending a month in Staunton, Va. with relatives and friends. Miss Bertha Brown of "V" St., a graduate of the High School, hss been appointed to a position in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Mr. R. W. Thompson has returned to his duties at the Census office, after a week's illness, during which time he was under the care of Dr. E. D. Williston The members of Class 4 of the Metropolitan Baptist Sunday School an- 16 THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. ISKING OF WARNED. By honest methods and is to-day the only gen- essessing the confidence of the colored midity of the unprincipled, who, to get hair and skin, and dangerous to health and life and animal fats, that injure your hair and cause arm, who will treat you fairly and give you value them; that they do not contain any animal fat or to Metropolitan Bank, Richmond, Va., or to the registered as our trade-mark in U. S. Patent Office. Actively straightens Knotty, Knappy, Kinky, Stubby. OZONO does the work alone, and the use does not treatment, doing it good in every way. Cures D hair to grow long and straight, soft, fine, and b Read our grand offer: Cut out this advertiser of OZONO; one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN RE several shades; also one bottle of SKIN FOOD, w s, Small-Pox Pits, Birthmarks, &c. It makes the to show our liberality, include a package of AN from the human body—such as feet, arm-pits, &c.; or prostored Feet, &c. This grand combination, worth introduce honest goods. Parties sending us $3.00. AGENTS WANTED. BOSTON CHEM 310 E. BROAD S KING OF ALL HAIR DRESS nounce that they will give a Pink Tea early in October at the residence of Miss Elsie Ware, 926 Farragut Street. Mr. A. Hilyer, of the Treasury Department, attended the Boston Business Men's League and read a most interesting paper before that body last Thursday. Messsr. Thomas H. Barlow and Robert Carroll, two prominent society gentlemen of this city, are spending the summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and will return the latter part of September. Mr. D. J. Cunningham, the proprietor of the Mccelsior Grocery at Pensacola, Fla., passed through the city last Thursday enroute to Boston to attend the Business Men's League called by Booker T. Washington. Mrs. Sadie Butler and daughter (nee Cole) of Pittsburg, Penn., visited the city last week and during their stay were the guest of her sister, Mrs. Mary E. Breck, 1739 Seaton street. After a week's stay she returned home leaving a host of friends behind her. Miss Iola Neale, a prepossessing and accomplished young lady employed in the Census Office, has been promoted. Miss Neale has been in the Census Office only a short while and her early promotion is proof of her ability to do the work required of the clerks in that office, and even more. Mrs. Josephine Kenny of West Washington who went to Atlantic City about two weeks ago for the benefit of her health, writes that the sea air and bathing have greatly benefited her. Her many friends congratulate her upon her improved condition. Mrs. Kenny will return home about September 1st. Mrs. Henrietta Johnson and others will give a grand operetta entitled "The Surprise Party of Little Nell" at the Metropolitan Baptist Church on the 17th prox. The entertainmen promises to be a literary success as the best talent of the school will participate, and a financial success is hoped. As usual the members of that noted Class 4 are in the majority. --- ALLHAIRTONICS fair dealings, together with the fact that OZONO quine Hair Grower and Hair Straightener in exist- ence, we have met with grand success, which your money, are putting on the market vile nost Be warned; don't send your money to get only in return to fall out, destroy its growth, and cause you to become bald or your money. We do solemnly swear that our remedies are injurious drugs, and we will return the money for every case of victor of this paper. The word OZONO and the cuts shown. Any infringement will be promptly prosecuted. Harsh, Refractory Hair. No injurious hot irons are neces- tive to be kept up after the hair becomes stright, and wash druff, Baldness, and all itching, running, scaly, humiliating tiful as an April morning. Price, 50c. a box; 4 boxes does the tint and send to us with $1.00, and we will send you immedi- tely, which makes rough skin soft and brightens up black hair removes Wrinkles, Freckles, Moth Patches, Tan, Liver need look young, and the young look younger. We will -ODOR, which removes all smells and odors arising from Sore Throat and Mouth, Womb Diseases, Sore and 3.50, we will send you on receipt of One Dollar, to will receive four lots. Register your letters. LOCAL COMPANY, ST. RICHMOND, VA. INGS ABSOLUTELY PURE OZONO WE CLOSE AT 5 P. M. SATURDAYS AT together with the fact that OZONO and Hair Straightener in exist- tance with grand success, which has setting on the market vile nostrums, money to get only in return a mass and cause you to become bald. Deal only swear that our remedies are true to turn the money for every case of dissat- tion of OZONO and the cuts shown in this notly prosecuted. No injurious hot irons are necessary to hair becomes stright, and washing the ing, running, scaly, humiliating, Scalp price, 50c. a box; 4 boxes does the work, and we will send you immediately four soft and brightens up black. Moth Patches, Tan, Liver look younger. We will nells and odors arising umb Diseases, Sore and script of One Dollar, to our letters. PANY, SATURDAYS AT 1 P.M. fair dealings, together with the fact that OZONO uine Hair Grower and Hair Straightener in exist race, we have met with grand success, which has your money, are putting on the market vile noatrume WE CLOSE AT 5 P.M. SATURDAYS AT 1 P.M. The Bargain Season of the Whole eason of the Whole Year The Bargain Season of the Whole Year The Bargain Season of the Whole Year Is now at its height—and careful buyers are taking advantage of the lowest prices that have been quoted in the past twelve months. 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