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The COLORED American A NATIONAL REGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. 8 NO. 34. PROF. JOHN W. HOFFMAN, Ph. D. The Race's Leading Scientist—Member Member of Famous Society—Student in Leading University- Teacher in Leading Negro Schools-Government Experimenter-An Authority. A distinguished colored man upon a brief visit to Washington is Prof John Wesley Hoffman of the State Normal and Industrial College of Florida, the well known scientist of the world. He is making a tour of the various experimental stations in the eastern and middle states. Prof. Hoffman is one of the few colored men of this country who have attained distinction through well deserved merit and not by favor, and by pluck and indomitable energy has made his mark in the scientific world, and has received a distinction not yet accorded to another man of his race—that of being honored with membership in some of the leading scientific societies of this country and Europe, including the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the Boston Mycological Society, the New York Zoological Society and the Royal Agricultural Society of England; being also a Fellow of the American Geographical Society and of the Royal Microscopical Society of England, and other well known scientific bodies Prof. Hoffman's reputation was made in this section of the country when the Massachusetts Horticultural Society made him one of its members, in recognition of his successful experiment in originating the Hoffman Seeding Strawberry, an abnormally large and an exceptionally sweet berry that is now cultivated along the Atlantic Coast from South Carolina to the Gulf. His reputation has also come to him through his persistently applied efforts in experimental work, that attracted attention, not only of the State Department of Agriculture at Alabama, but of the United States Department of Agriculture at Washington as well. In Alabama he made a dietary study of the kind, quantity and quality of food used by Negroes of the black belt of that state, with such splendid results that his report was published by the Department of Agriculture as a valuable contribution to the dietetic studies of the world. This report has been translated into several languages and is in use by many physiologists. At Washington he reported to the United States of Agriculture the first appearance among the trees of the South, of the parasitic insect called the San Jose Scale, and traced out its method of introduction WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1900. M. A. B. PROF. JOHN W. HOFFMANN, Ph. D. In the Gulf States. Prof. Hoffman was the first scientist of the South to make this discovery and its subsequent report. Prof Hoffman has unique scale of work which has met with w He conducts a series of This gifted man laid the foundation of his education in Northern and Western colleges, having taken special courses in chemistry, bacteriology and biology in some of the leading colleges in the country, and his natural taste for the sciences rendered him an apt pupil. His active, retentive mind, and his instincts for research led him to become a teacher of science, having chosen agricultural biology as his specialty, which he has taught in various colleges in the South. He has chosen the South as his future field of labor because of the magnificent opportunity to develop the agricultural resources of that section, if the science of agriculture is properly taught to those whose life work it will be to make that country what it is possible to make it. Prof Hoffman has planned out a unique scale of work in the South which has met with wonderful results. He conducts a series of conferences each year which he calls Farmers' Institutes. Attractive posters, setting forth the subjects to be discussed and the branches taught, are posted in the various counties, and a general invitation is extended to the farmers and all those interested in farming and agriculture generally. Some big building is placed at his disposal, and this is packed with tillers of the spoil, who listen eagerly to the scientific manner in which the subjects are laid before them and explained such subjects as diversified farming, intensive farming, truck gardening, raising and curing butter, canning of fruit and vegetable, poultry raising and fruit growing; and subjects, that teach them not only how to get a living, but (Continued on ninth page.) --- THEY MUST STAND AS A UNIT. A Commissioner Lost By Treachry of the Race--The Friends Literary Meet and Hon J. Gray Lucas Delivers an Interesting Address-A Pen Picture of Life in the Lake City. [The Chicago Office of The Colored Ameri can is located at 59 Dearborn St, suite 412.] Chicago, Ill., Special.—Daniel McKay Jackson, son of a prominent and wealthy undertaker of Chicago, whose name appeared on the county ticket for the office of County Commissioner is probably defeated, and if so he is defeated by his own people, many of whom were aroused by the ire of one or two men who had some personal grudge against Mr. Jackson. Principle in the cause was ignored; reason was eagerly shunned; race pride was overlooked; improvidence was lacking. A vicious attack was made upon the young man's character, which of course one might expect in politics, but hardly from a race as weak as ours. The white man is able to fight. Why? Because he is strong. "In Union there is strength." The Negro is weak. Why? First, comparatively speaking, the Negro's freedom begun but yesterday. Secondly, because there there is some one, yes, some two, and sometimes three, yea, many, whose chief delight seems to be to pull down the very stairs by which they, as well as their children, and in fact the whele race are aiming to reach the goal of success. Whenever the name of a Negro is placed on a ticket, whenever he is fortunate enough to get that recognition, whenever the race is thus honored—men, should vote for the principle of race pride. The colored man finds no gressed sidewalks upon which he can slide into positions of responsibility and trust, therefore when one is honored by having his name placed upon a ticket, and all that remains to be done is to secure the support of the man who votes, vote for the principle of the thing and by doing this, we are more likely to make a strong character out of a weak one, as you like it. If Mr. Jackson and the Republican ticket is defeated, it stands to reason that the democrats are in power. The Negroes who voted for them did not care anything about their personalities. I do not champion the cause of any retrograde, nor do I encourage the putting into power of any bad man, and if I thought there was a just cause for such a fight in this case, I would give this no sincere consideration. Politics to day has no search warrants, it only Las enemies. It is hoped (Continued on fifth page.) What Afro-American Editors Say of the Election. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` 2 It was a walkover for McKinley and Roosevelt.—Rock Hill Messenger. Good morning, Mr. Bryan, and how are you this morning.—Kentucky Standard. Will it be four more years of burnings lynchings and lawlessness?—Union Signal Herald. We have met the enemy and he is ours. Three cheers for McKinley and prosperity.—Ohio Standard. We have not only won, but we have saved our honor and manhood as well.—Charleseon, (W. Va.,) Advocate. Editors Cooper and Chase were fore most in the fray. The Colored American led the way.—Daily Recorder. The motto of the democratic party: "Let us have piece, but not a solitary piece was left for Bryan.—Mobile Weekly Press. The result of the election is most gratifying to the friends and supporters of the President.—Charleston, (S. C.,) Messenger. Uncle Sam—"Now Billie Bryan, you will have four more years longer to wait. Now will you be good."—The Cumberland Record. Evidently Mr. Bryan rode his horse too hard before the race came off. Otherwise he might have made a better run.—Houston (Tex.,) Van. Was it a landslide or earthquake? Now President McKinley, we pray thee to remember the black man of the South.—Industrial Seachlight. Let us all rejoice and be glad that the government at Washington is safe and the country will be prosperous another four years.—Corsicana Afro-American. We are proud of the result. If the South will profit by its defeat we will be proud. We love the South but we love the republican party more.—Atlanta Age. The election is over, the people have decided for continued prosperity, and now let us all with one accord "praise God from whom all blessings flow."—Omaha Enterprise. It is all over with Bryan! He was the leader of a great party, and fought a great fight for them, but his general ship was bad, and his marksmanship was poor.—The Major. The defeat of Mr. Bryan, together with his henchmen, means a continuity of a prosperous country and preservation of the franchisement of at least ten million Afro Americans.—The Sea side News. * * * The American people can surely feel grateful on this occasion. The country is prosperous, and was delivered on Tuesday from a dreadful calsmity. We are all thankful!—Savannah Tribune. In that great battle for American institutions the Negro newspapers did their full share. None met and combatted Bryan's vaporings more heroically than did our Negro speakers. The Conservator. By the grace of God and the aid of the colored voters in the doubtful states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, the republican party has again been victorious.—Odd Fellows' Journal. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. There could have been no other result with such an issue, and the American people can always be depended upon to support their flag and their Constitution. Taking it all in all, the people have reason to rejoice.—American Baptist. Bryan, Jones, et al, will brood over the dead past and moan the decay of democratic ideas, while the republicans will hail with unbounded satisfaction the election of McKinley and the prosperity of our country.—Memphis Colored Citizen. Mr. McKinley owes his re election to the fidelity of the colored vote. Men like Dr. Ernest Lyon, Bishop Derrick, Bishop Walters, and others did yeoman service, and once again snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.—Philadelphia Tribune. Bryanism, Altgeldism, Tillmanism, Pettigrewism and Hoggism have been killed deader than Hector, and the whole caboodle were buried under the great avalanche of republican votes cast in last Tuesday's election.—Houston Independent. While the result marks the passing of Bryan and Bryanism, it also offers the opportunity to those who blindly followed him to accept the verdict and join the balance of their countrymen, in making our nation in truth what it is in name: "the land of the tree and the home of the brave."-Dallas Express. The election just closed has shown that the American people by a very large majority, believe in the republican policy of sound money, expansion, and the full dinner pail; and that President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt will preside over the destinies of the American people for the next four years.—Louisiana Baptist. LIEUT. ALLAN S. PEALE Eloquently Tells of the Negro in the Spanish American War Before a Columbus Audience—Thousands Were Present—A Fine Address. At a mass meeting of colored citizens of Franklin County, Ohio, held in the Columbus Auditorium, October nineteenth last, an excellent program was carried out. It was a ratification meeting. The Negro problem and the progress of the American Negro in all phases of American life. "The Negro in Equity," "The Negro in commerce" and kindred subjects were well treated by competent men and women. The feature of the evening was the address of Lieut. Allan Peale, late of the 7th Immunes, and now a clerk in the auditor's office of Franklin County. It is a sterling address full of pathos and patriotism. Thousands of people, both white and black were present. Below will be found the address in full: Mr. Chairman and Friends:-The closing of the 19th century witnessed the pitiful spectacle of "Ever faithful Cuba," "peearl of the Antiles," a wasting island. A hundred years of studied oppression had wrung the heart and life of the people who in preference to submission were heroically dying rather than surrender. Already had they delivered to the world their living, dying declaration: "The laborers, animated by the love of their native land, aspire to the hope of seeing Cuba happy and prosperous, by virtue of its own power and demand the inviolability of individuals, of their homes, their families, the fruits of their labor, which it will have guaranteed by the liberty of conscience, of speech, of the press, by peaceful meeting. Respecting above all and before all the dignity of man—this association declares that it will not accept slavery as a forced inheritance of the past. We, the laborers, ignore the value of nationality but at the present consider it of secondary moment Before nationality stands liberty, the indisputable condition of existence. We must be a people before we can be a nation. When the Cubans constitute a free people, they will receive the nationality that becomes them." So much for the declaration, General Campos, Spain's FUSY X LIEUP. ALLEN S. PEALE. king-maker had been sent over to choke this spirit of Cuban freedom, only to be driven across the island and down to the sea by Antonio Maceo than whom no more brilliant leader of men has ever lived; reared and surrounded with difficulties, dying amongst traitors, his scores of wounds received in freedom's fight by bullet and sword, decorated him far more royally than insignia and emblems that regel hands could place upon him. Maceo betrayed and murdered left his cause and people with no equal successor. Note, if you please, the weakening of Cuba's cause after the death of this leader in whose veins coursed an Afric's blood and the unyielding spirit of liberty. Weyler follows the fleeing Campos in rule and instituted the well known reign of butchery. Lawlessness and acts in the name of law, were fast transforming "the pearl of the An'tilles" into a slaughter pen. It has been well said that "there must be a stage in mis-government that will justify the interference by standing nations." The wail of assaulted womanhood, of starving children, and the lusty shout of "Cuba libre," from a hundred hillsides, at last, struck the heart and sympathy of a neighboring power. June, '98, records the interference of America in behalf of justice and law and freedom for all the people on Cuban soil. The army and navy of this country made Spain tremble; sending Castillian honor to its deserving grave and its hideous banner of oppression, to the bottom of the sea. In this rebuke of justice, white men fought as did their sires around Concord and on Lake Erie, at Monterey, and in those hundred conflicts from Shiloh to Appomattox. Black men fought as their ancestors, from the day of Attucks and Peter Salem, to that of the black assaulting column at Ft. Wagner. Upon these Cuban fields of last resort, no distinct ones can be made. In some of the engagements, military writers confess ignorance as to which troops were the first to reach the hilltops and who first entered the abandoned block house and fort. Who cares? They were all Americans. The world was breathless in beholding the gallant and dashing charges of our latter-day soldiery. Upon the common level of strife in arms there is no color. Manhood is the requirement and test; "to do or die" is the condition. Here was waged a war for oppressed humanity. It was not a white man's war or a conflict out of which to make black heroes; but it was a supreme effort of a justly indignant people and soldiery of the new world against the ancient barbarity of the old. Out of the conflict came men, white and black, who had withstood like creatures of iron such a baptism of fire and lead that "all the world wondered." Speaking of the Negroes, Gen. Hawkins says of San Juan, that the blacks of the 24th Infantry took off their hats and sang, 'Oh say does the star spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave,' in the very teeth of Spanish foe who continually harrassed them with deadly fire. On October 14th, '08, our president at the tomb of the immortal Lincoln spoke these words; "The name of Lincoln is an inspiration and a holy one to all lsvers of liberty the world over. He saved the Union. He liberated a race—a race which he once said 'ought to be free because there might come a time when these black men could keep the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom.' If any vindication of that actor of that prophecy were needed, it was found when those black men ascended the hill of San Juan in Cuba and charged the enemy at El Caney. They vindicated their own title to liberty on that field and with our other brave soldiers gave the priceless gift of liberty to another suffering race,' Indeed, those that had the opportunity to fight did nobly. Our soldiery in camp made excellent records and gave evidence that had they reached the firing line, "Old Glory" would have been well protected. Ohio sent with other states black boys in blue who came from the best families and were impelled with highest motives. All honor to the Ninth with its sable Major Young, product of the highest military academy in the world, the school that furnished immortality with names like Sheridan, Sherman and Grant. North Carolina sent a thousand, commanded from corporal to colonel by black men to fight for the freedom of a foreign people. Only the breeze of opportunity was wanting to fan their patriotism into heroic action. True, we had no Hobson or ocean hero, since the honor of entering our nation's naval school, though opened to a Japanese, has never been granted to a descendent of our race. We are proud and jealous of our soldiery. Long live the black Ninth and Tenth Cavalry. Long live the 24th and 25th Infantry and our 15,000 volunteers to the country's call. Scattered throughout the land are the silent mounds of some of the blacks who fell fighting for Cuba and America's national honor. From these voiceless graves like incense arises this sentiment: Treat my people with law and justice. We lay down our lives in these humble graves that our mothers and fathers and race might command through our willing death, full citizenship in this government and an equal right in all things American. Behind us we leave our sisters and sweethearts for whom we have died that that they may be honored along with the rest of the womanhood of the world. To a soldier's grave for this struggle whose mission was peace; whose interest was industry; whose goal was general prosperity, not for a race, not for a class, but for all- May our lives inspire those we leave behind; may our voluntary deeds soften the hatred against the black race in the coming battle, one of commerce, not of arms; of thought, not of force; a struggle for products of the soil and factory and not the bloody harvest of fire and sword. Have they died in vain? GEORGE A. MYERS, MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE. One of the leading members of the Republican Executive committee in this campaign is George A. Myers, a well known and popular Republican of Cleveland. Mr. Myers was elected as a member of the State committee on account of his wide acquaintance among the colored voters of Onio to Mr. McKinley in the campaign of four years ago. Three years ago Mr. Myers was one of the assistant secretaries of the Toledo convention which renominated Governor Bushnell and indorsed Hon. M. A. Hanna for United States Senator. The last Republican State convention honored Mr. Myers for his services to his party by electing him an alternate at-large to the Republican national convention at Philadelphia which renominated President McKinley and nominated Governor Theodore Rocsevelt for Vice President of the United States.—Oleveland Leader. SAG to Mr. McKinley in the campaign of Myers was one of the assistant secret renominated Governor Bushnell and United States Senator. The last Rep Myers for his services to his party by the Republican national convention President McKinley and nominated President of the United States.—Olew THE MOURNFUL JOURNEY OF BISHOP GRANT. On the morning of November 1st when the Southern express pulled out from Broad Street station, Philadelphia, it had on board in a Pullman Palace car, Bishop A. Grant, D. D., and in baggage car the mortal remains of Mrs. Florida Grant. Just before going to his car Bishop Grant was grasped by the hand and hidden farewell by Revs. Wm. Davis, J. P. Sampson, N. D. Temple, C. M. Tanner; B. F. Watson, J. M. Henderson anc Prof. H. T. Kealing. A few moments before that Revs. J. P. Sampson and J. M. Henderson had stood with uplifted hat and watched the transfer from hearse to truck of a great oaken box, polished and adorned with shining trimmings. The shining frame of Bishop Grant shivered and his head bowed in agony as railroad hands with quick and unsentimental movements skillfully shifted the enshrouded casket to its place. Little did they think, little did they feel. They were only forming one of the tasks incident to the opening of a long and hard day of toil. How could these workers know that within the box that they handled was the mortal remains of one who in life was the cherished companion of the stalwart man who stood with bowed head and in majestic silence close by. Hour after hour the engine will pound away, wheels of the rushing train will clatter and rattle, the whistle will shriek, the bell ring, at station after station passengers will enter or leave the train, a happy couple on a wedding trip here, a hurrying man of business there, but none will know or think of the stricken husband who silently in the Pullman car following to her grave in far off San Antonio, Texas, the mortal remains of his beloved companion. In her lifetime Mrs. Florida Grant was not only a queen among women but a queen among wives. From poverty and obscurity she followed the fortunes --- COLORADO AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, B. L. During the present campaign Mr Myers has worked hard and faithfully for the cause which he represents. He has long been considered one of the valued workers of the Republican party in the State. At the Minneapolis convention, which renominated President Harrison, Mr. Myers first came into prominence in politics, appearing there as an alternate from the Twenty first Congressional district of Ohio. He was elected as one of the delegates from Cuyahoga county in 1895 to the Zanesville Republican convention, which first nominated Asa S. Bushneil for Governor. Mr. Myers organized the Ohio colored delegation, of which Bishop Arnett was chairman, and he treasurer, and which rendered such signal service of four years ago. Three years ago Mr. Metaries of the Toledo convention which and indorsed Hon. M. A. Hanua for Republican State convention honored Mr. By electing him an alternate at-large to con at Philadelphia which renominated Governor Theodore Rocsevelt for Vice Cleveland Leader. of her husband until she heard his name spoken in praise for works of greatness and nobility not only in every state of her native land but by the journals of lands beyond the sea. She had never sought to make him famous but she had ever tried to make him great, she had never sought to help him win mere renown but she had always striven to help him deserve it. She saw in the praise that poured in from everywhere, not cause for vanity and pride, but reason to bow humbly before her God and thank Him that her hero had been able to become great and noble enough to be acknowledged before the world by all. Happy saint, peace to thy dust and joy to thy soul. J. M. HENDERSON. Philadelphia, Pa. A Progressive Negro Business Man Dr. E. Parker Read, President of the East Indian Remedy Company, also President National Cooperative Association of Philadelphia is undoubtedly the most progressive Negro man of business in his section of the country. He attributes it all to the medium of advertising, in which the Doctor takes great interest. His mammoth business has grown in a few years. When he took a notion to advertise, and did it, the little drug shop he was occupying could not hold him a month afterward. The medical business in which he is interested has attracted national attention and interest. He thinks that if Negroes would succeed in business they must advertise, and extensively. If those of us who are in business would do some legitimate advertising, something that would help the advertiser and the medium as well, success would be sure to follow closely. His five-story brick concern in Philadelphia is the result of telling the people he was in town, and wished their trade. And he has succeeded in getting the town trade, and the business from the states. ```markdown ``` Mrs. Terrell in the West. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell has gone to Minneapolis, Minn. to the meeting of the National Council of Women where she will deliver an address on the fourteenth inst. Mrs. Terrell represents the colored women of America on the program. The Council will be in session three days. From Minneapolis she will go to St. Louis and deliver a lecture for the benefit of the new hospital which is established there, under the auspices of a club of which Mrs. Haydee M. Campbell is president. On the 23rd of November Mrs. Terrell will deliver a lecture in Chicago for a charity movement projected by Mrs. Alice Johnson Williams, wife of the eminent surgeon, Daniel H. Williams. She will also address the students at Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo. before her return. Its Our Judd. Capt. W. H. Judd Malvin was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Roller, of Greenwood street, while in the city. He dined with the editor of The Gazette Wednesday noon, and left at 2:20 p. m. for Pittsburg en route to the national capital.—The Cleveland Gazette. Mr. Charles E. Peck, a noted chef who made almost a national reputation in the large cities of the East, is visiting his friends and relatives in this after an absence of nineteen years. He is a Washingtonian by birth and speaks of the many improvements made in this city during his absence. Booker T. Washington, after a little recreation, has begun his efforts to complete the endement fund for his institution. "A friend," who gave $25,000 through President Cleveland for Tuskegee has given $10,000. By the end of this scholastic year, Mr. Washington hopes to have the fund completed. Miss Mayne Thomas is the private secretary of Rev. C. A. Hubbard, the financial secretary of the A. M. E. Church, whose headquarters are in this city. 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Main Street GENTLEMEN:—I enclose you ON lowing goods at once— Three Large Boxes HARTONA Two Large Bottles HARTONA F One Package HARTONA NO-SM My Name is___ House No.___, Street City___, Coun AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY TOWN IN Since our remedies in this city, we will send to all people mail to us this Coupon and ONE DOLLAR, three HAIR STRAIGHTENER, worth $3.00; two HAIR STRAIGHTENER, worth $2.00; one package of HAIR STRAIGHTENER, worth $5.50. The entire lot of remedies, worth $5.50, so that no one can tell contents, for ONE DOLLAR for goods now, as this grand offer will last but a few days and address plainly. Money can be sent by Post, or enclosed in a Registered Letter. HARTONA REMEDY COMPANY 909 E. Main Street, RICHMOND, VA. EN:—I enclose you ONE DOLLAR, for which se- at once— Large Boxes HARTONA HAIR STRAIGHTENER, w Large Bottles HARTONA FACE WASH, - w Large HARTONA NO-SMELL, - - w o._____, Street_____ _____, County_____, State_____ ED IN EVERY TOWN IN AMERICA. OUR GOODS S 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. 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 AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY TOWN IN AMERICA. OUR GOODS SELL ON SIGHT The Blue Grass Section. Maysville, Ky., Special —The Y. M. C. Association for colored young men now has permanent quarters at 110 East Fourth street, Coughlin Bros. donated pencils to the public school children Monday morning. Miss Julia S. Young writes that she is very favorably impressed with her new work in Charlotte, N. C. The High School alumni held their monthly meeting at the residence of Miss Mamie Bell Saturday. They were addressed by Prof. T. A. Reid. Miss Margaret Robinson made a flying trip to Cincinnati Nov. 11th. Prof. B. H. Garrett visited his --- ```markdown ``` 4 THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. black person five or six shades lighter, and person perfectly white. HARTONA FACE in spots, but all over evenly. The skin continual use of the Face Wash. One bottle look as beautiful as possible. Thousands of bonnials every year from all over the United will remove Wrinkles, Dark Spots, Pimples, remishes of the Skin. You can regulate the hands to any shade you wish. Full directions CE WASH is perfectly harmless, and is sent on receipt of price-$1.00 per bottle.轻易 refunded if you are not absolutely satisfa Remedies. of the body. Cures sore and aching feet. SMELL is a God-send to all persons suffered by perspiration of the feet, arm-pits, etc. 50c. a package. HARTONA REMEDY COMPANY. 909 E. Main St., RICHMOND, VA. this city, we will send to all persons who will own and ONE DOLLAR, three large boxes of ENER, worth $3.00; two large bottles of $2.00; one package of HARTONA NO- lot of remedies, worth $5.50, will be sent tell contents, for ONE DOLLAR and this is grand offer will last but a short time only. Money can be sent by Post-Office Money registered Letter. REMEDY COMPANY, Street, RICHMOND, VA. ONE DOLLAR, for which send me the fol- LA HAIR STRAIGHTENER, worth $3.00 LA FACE WASH, - worth $2.00 SMELL, - worth .50 reet county_, State_ IN AMERICA. OUR GOODS SELL ON SIGHT family Saturday. Those who attended services at Bethel Baptist church on Sunday night listened to an excellent sermon by Prof. T. A. Reid. The county teachers met and organized an association; next meeting will be Dec. 8th. A county oratorical contest is in contemplation. Profs. Baker and Crawford, of Paris, Ky., visited here Saturd day. Messrs, Joseph Washington and John Drew have re-opened the tonsorial parlors once conducted by Mr. Charles Gans on H street between 2nd 3rd sts. n. w' They solicit a continuance of the public's patronage. Mr. Arthur Martin is proprietor. The Case Against the Douglass House Dismissed. Mr. Jos. D. Jones and wife, proprietors of the Douglass Hotel, 220 B street and 235 Pennsylvania avenue, who were brought before the court some months ago, charged with running a disorderly house have been acquitted of the charge. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have lived in this community since their childhood and by thrift, industry and economy have saved enough to buy valuable property at the numbers named. They are known as the pioneers of their race in a business way in this city and have always stood high in the esteem of the J. MR. JOSEPH D. JONES. people. The case against them (which has just been thrown out of court.) attracted considerable attention at the time and their friends felt all that it was a case of the law being used to oppress rather than to protect a case of persecution rather than prosecution. The decision of Judge Scott has put an end to the matter and has given an occasion for much rejoicing among their many friends and patrons. The Douglass Hotel is one of the oldest and most popular hostelries for colored people in the city of Washington. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones have devoted the best part of their lives in making it a place for the accommodation of the best people. A few years ago the hotel was subleased to parties who gave it bad name and it is the opinion of many that the reputation given it at that time was the cause of the present trouble. In dismissing this case Judge Scott decided wiser than he knew for so few of the better class of white people know the condition of the colored people and the discrimination and prejudice that they are subjected to. In Washington race prejudice is as strong as it is in the fartherest point in the South. The color line is drawn everywhere. A respectable colored person cannot get accommodation in the cheapest lodging house or lunch room. It is absolutely necessary to them that the colored people themselves prepare to accommodate strangers and travelers who happen to have a little Negro blood in their veins. It was with this object in view that Mr. and Mrs. Jones at great labor and expense, opened up the Douglass. The same rules obtain in the Douglass House as at the National, Regent, Arlington, St. James and whatnot, but the myrmidons and the mercenaries of the law are not sent to the white hotels to scrutinize and annoy the guests and make mid-night raids The Douglass House paid its hotel license just as the other hotels in the city paid theirs, but it seems that its privileges stopped after paying the license. Judge Scott cannot be commended too highly for his most just and far reaching decision. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are now adding new ad- ditions so as to connect the building from B street to Pennsylvania avenue, thus maaking it one solid building which, when completed, will contain from fifty to seventy five rooms. When the work is completed a grand opening will be given so that the public may have a full and fair inspection of the building. Some of the most noted members of the race, in different parts of the country, have been guests of the Douglass Hotel and will be glad, no doubt, to know that it has raised the anchor and has started out sea again under full sail Cures WeakMen Free Insures Love and a happy Home For All. How any man may quickly cure himself after years of suffering from sexual weakness, lost vitality, night losses, varicoccele, etc. and enlarge small weak organs to full size L. W, KNAPP, M. D. and vigor. Simply send your name and address to Dr. L. W. Knapp, 1811 Hull Bldg., Letroit, Mich., and he will gladly send the free receipt with full direction so that any man may easily cure himself at home. This is certainly a most generous offer and the following extracts taken from his daily mail show what men think of his generosity. "Dear Sir:—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 vigor have complely returned and enlar gement is entirely satisfactory." "Dear Sir,--Yours was received and I had no trouble in making use of the receipt as directed and 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. NELSONS STRAIGHTINE TRADE MARK THE LATEST DISCOVERY FOR MAKING KNOTTY, KINKY, CURLY HAIR STRAIGHT BEFORE AFTER STRAIGHTINE is no experiment, but a thoroughly reliable preparation. It has been successfully used by thousands in all portions of the country. We have hundreds of letters speaking in the highest terms of its merit, and every mail brings us fresh monials. Straightine is a highly perfumed pomade; it not only Straightens the Hair, but removes Dandruff, Keeps the Hair from Falling Out, cures Itching, Irritating Scalp Diseases, giving a rich, long and furious head of hair—so much to be desired, guaranteed perfectly harmless. Price: a can at all drug stores, or sent by any address on receipt of 30 cents or silver. Address, NELSON MV Richmond, Va. A Big Money for Write for Terms. THE REFORM WORK. The Eloquent Perry Lectures on the Subject of Man—Gleanings From the Social World—Notes. Charlottesville, Va., Special.—Rev. Joseph Perry, Sunday'school Missionary for the western district of Virginia addressed the men's meeting of the Y. M. C. A. at the Mount Zion Baptist church, Sunday afternoon, taking for his subject, "Man." Those present enjoyed a rare treat as Rev. Perry is one of the best lecturers in the country. An exceptionally fine musical and literary entertainment was given at the Ebenezer Baptist church, of which Rev. C. N. Harris is pastor, Monday night by the choir, of said church, under the musical direction of Prof. Pendleton and the management of Prof. B. E. Tonsler, principal city public schools. Hon. J. H. Smyth. President of the State Reformatory for Colored Youth, was in the city Monday and carried with him a few miscreant youths. Mrs. Martha Sorrell from New York, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sorrell, and Mr. Wm McDaniel were in the city this week from Washington, D. C., having accompanied the remains of Mrs Sallie McDaniel who was buried Sunday afternoon. The condition of Mr. John Thornton who has been quite ill for some time remains about the same. Rev. R. C. Quarles has been confined to his home on account of sickness for the past week. The Sunday afternoon men's meeting of the Y. M. C. A. was held last Sunday at Mount Zion Baptist church. The meeting was addressed by Rev Joseph Perry. Next Sunday's meeting will be held at the Ebenezer Baptist church at 4:30 p. m. Messrs Horace E. Tonsler, headwaiter; Kiah Logan, chief cook; Henry Ragland, Frank Stovall, Misses Bettie James and Hester Banks are home from Warm Springs. Mrs. Samuel Kelley left this week for Baltimore to be present at the marriage of her daughter Miss Bertha Kelley to Mr. James M. Sloan on the 14th inst. Mr. and Mrs. Louise Heiskell, Mrs. Gertrude Heiskell, Messrs. Albert Brooks, Stephen Gay, and John Anderson are home from Hot Springs. Miss Rebecca Ferguson was in the city from her school at Free Union, last week. Miss Emma M. Tonsler was home from her school at North Garden, Saturday. Miss Van Meter Angel is home from Phila, Pa. Mr. John Edmonds left this week for New York. Mrs. M. E. Gordon, who is teaching at Oak Union was home Saturday. Dr. A. W. Frazier of Kentucky and Miss Mary Washington of Staunton are in the city the guests of Miss Bettie James on Preston avenue. The remains of Benjamin Chapman, jr., were brought home last Saturday from Atlantic City. His funeral took place from the Zion Union Baptist church, Sunday at 3 o'clock, Rev. J. Perry, officiating. The deceased died from an attack of acute pneumonia. The remains of Mrs. Sallie McDaniel were brought from Washington, D.C., last Sunday and buried in family's burying ground at Union Ridge in the county. Her funeral took place from the Union Ridge Baptist church Sunday at 3 o'clock, Rev. Finley Woodfork officiating. The deceased was 98 years of age. The American can be gotten from A. F. Angel at the University or Pollard and Noble's barber shop shop every Saturday, MONTICELLO. The Misses Williams formerly of Kingman Place have located at 1821 15th street, n. w. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, E. E. A First-class Line of High Grade Groceries, Liquors, Cordials, Sherries, Cigars, Etc., Ete. Private Stock Whiskey A Pure Medicinal Stimulant and Tonic. Just the Thing for an Appetizer in the Morning and a Sleep Producer at Night. H. H. Elliott, Grocer, 1520 FOURTEENTH STREET, NORTHWEST ASK FOR ELLIOTT'S Private Stock A Pure Medicinal Stimulant and Appetizer in the Morning and H. H. Ellio 1520 FOURTEENTH ST Mr. C. Washington Woods. One of the most popular and best known young men about town is Mr. "Wash" Woods. He is a Marylander by birth but has spent the greater part of his life in Washington and at the great summer resorts on the Atlantic sea coast. Mr Woods is now first man at Gray and Costley's popular cafe, 1313 E street northwest, and has been with them from the very beginning. In fact he has been associated with Messrs. Gray and Costley for the past fifteen years at Saratoga, Old Point Comfort, Chamberlin's celebrated ho- M. MR C. WASHINGTON WOOD. tel, and at other points. He is a master in the art of mixing drinks and is known by the connoisseurs all over the United States. The members of Congress, the millionaire business men all know him as an expert in his profession. His last work at Chamberlin's, Old Point Comfort, Va., was so glit-edged and up-to-date that a staff correspondent of the New York Sun devoted nearly a column to his wonderful memory and tact as the "hat man" at Chamberlin's. His ability to handle so many "head gear" without any use of checks and without making a mistake, was such that the Sun correspondent compared him to Hon. Jas. G. Blaine. This same article was reproduced in the Washington Post. Mr. Woods is a young man as his portrait will indicate but he has chosen "a better half" and settled down to business. He counts his friends by the score and, unlike so many men, does not know what it is to have an enemy. He is a member of the Mixologist's club and will no doubt shine in replendent glory Monday evening, Nov. 29th at Grand Army Hall. Hon. John P. Green will address the Bethel Literary and Historical Association next Tueeday evening. Subject: Famous Women of the past." The meetings for November will be held in the Lincoln Memorial church, cor. 11th and R streets, n.w. The Mixologists Entertainment. In the last issue of The Colored American a full account was given of the Mixologist Club and its purposes The entertainment which is to take place on the 29th inst., at Grand Army Hall, will be the most unique affair that has happened in the city for many moons. It is known as the second A. H. MR. EDWARD MATTHEWS annual ball and already members of the club with their ladies are making extensive preparations to show up to the best advantage. The portraits of a number of the prominent participants are given in this issue and the remainder will follow in the next issue of The Colored American. The Mixologists have behind them our most successful business men and they are making a supreme effort to make this entertainment the best Death Strikes a Shining Mark. Lynchburg, Va. Mabel Brown, the 5 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rev. S W. Rutherford died Monday Nov. 12, after two weeks' illness of whooping cough. In its early stages there were developments which resulted in bronchitis and pneumonia, she growing rapidly wore till the end. She was an exceptional y bright and attractive child. Winning the hearts old and young by her affectionate disposition and intelligent mauners. The funeral took place from the house, Wednesday afternoon at 3 30 o'clock, Dr. P. F. Morris officiating. Music was rendered by the 8 h street Baptist choir. The house was crowed with friends anxious to pay their last tribute of respect to one who had been so much loved The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful, many having been gived by children from every portion of the city. The body was laid to rest in the Methodist cemetery The grave was completely covered with flowers, there not being space to put them all. Her little life was brief but beautiful. As flowers had had for her a peculiar charm, it was fitting that her grave should be a bedof flowers while she is resting in that land of music, love and flowers. The pall bearers were Masters Frank Hallion, Eustace Trigg, William McDonald and Thomas Freeman. The revenue of the Negroes in New Orleans was of more importance than the separation of the races in the cars. 5 SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. WANTED HELP. WANTED—Trustworthy colored man to travel and appoint agents in the District of Columbia. $50 monthly and expenses, position per nanent, enclose self addressed envelope for reply. Manager Cross, Star Building, Chicago. Enclose 2c stamp for reply, and we will send particulars telling how you can make from $75 to $150 per month, and also be presented with a fine Gold Watch. Address. SCOTT REMEDY CO., Box 570, Louisville, Ky. Wanted Rooms. Persons desiring to secure first class rooms in any part of the city will do well to put an announcement in these columns. If you have a spare room that you would like to rent to desirable parties, advertise them in The Colored American. TWO communicating front rooms, one furnished and one unfurnished with board for two ladies. The northwest section of the city desired. Address S, American office. Help Wanted. Do you want work? Do you want a job? If so, advertise the fact in these columns. Wanted an active, intelligent young man to collect for a reliable business firm. Good place for the right man. Wanted a Partner. Wanted a partner for a business already established and paying well. Must have some cash and be able to take a position on salary. Address C, care this office. (Confidential). LOTS FOR SALE. WE have at Colemanville, Mineral Springs, Va, TWENTY-FIVE BUILDING LOTS, which must be sold at once. This is a great opportunity for any one who wishes to purchase property at the only mineral spri gs owned by colored people in the country. This is a fine place, and will be a great money making summer resort. Title guarantee lots for cash or on in stalment. If you want one, write to DR. E. PARKER REA'. President of the NATIONAL O OPERATIVE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION. 1037 South street, Philadelphia, Penna. Cora E. Dorsey and Christine Dorsey Typewriting, Copying and Stenographic work satisfactorily performed at reasonable rates by the Misses Dorsey, Room 8, Le Droit Building, Corner 8th and F street northwest. SPECIAL. SPECIAL. There are letters at this office for Mr. Paul Laurence Dunbar, Mr. Harry Radcliff, Hon John N. Ruffin, Hon. William Harris and Mr. Henry Y. Arnett. CURLY HAIR MADE STRAIGHT BY THE TAKEN FROM LIFE. BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW [CORRIGHTED.] [COPYRIGHTED.] Will straighten your hair, quickly and easily so that you can do it yourself at home no matter how kinya or curly it is. This wonderful hair pomade has been made and sold many years giving perfect satisfaction to everybody. It never disappoints anyone. It is the only safe preparation in the world that straightens hair as shown above, cures cures hair, falls in fashion, and makes the hair grow. Sold over forty years. Warranted harmless. Testimonials free on request. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinya hair. Beware of imitations. Get the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow genuine never allows to keep your hair available and beautiful. Gold for ladies and gentlemen. Elegantly perfumed. Owing to its superior and lasting quality it is the most economical. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents. Sold by dealers or we will ship your exact bottle for 65 cents or $11.40. Send postage and address money order. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. --- THE EDITOR'S MAIL BAG 6 Below will be found, with other information, letters of different natures and expression from our subscribers. The endorsement, which the public has given to this Journal, which has always striven for the good will and support of the people, is indeed encouraging. We don't publish these letters for the mere name of it, but to show our appreciation of the substantial good will the colored people have given us. These are a few of the many which flood The Colored American office each week. There is no doubt that with each passing day, the efforts of the publisher of this journal is trying to give the American people, and the Afro Americans in particular—a cleanup to date, instructive Negro journal, is bearing fruit. This paper stands for the highest development of Negro manhood, and never wavers in speaking in his behalf, while the information found in these columns is of the first order, and can be relied upon for truthfulness. The publisher seeks to bring before the public the progressive Negro, and he succeeds therein. CAN'T BEST WITHOUT IT. Washington, D.C., Nov. 6th, 700 Mr. Editor, Dear Sir-You will find enclosed sixty cents for three months. I can't well rest without it. H. C. ENJOYS IT. Dear Editor—Your kind favor to hand. Enclose find $2.50 for The Colored American. I enjoy it. Yours very truly R. A. M. A PLEASANT VISITOR East St. Louis, Ill., Nov. 1, 1900. Editor Colored American, Dear Sir—Enclosed please find money order for $2, subscription for The Colored American for one year from date of last payment. I feel loss without the paper's weekly visit. Respectfully, K. M. W. GETS TOO MUCH INFORMATION. Garfield, Ga. The Colored American: Dear Sir, Inclosed please find one dollar to pay on subscription to your paper I will send balance due later, Rest assure I will pay all I owe you. I get too much information not to pay for your paper. Accept well wishes for great paper. Respectfully, F S. SUBSTANTIAL APPRECIATION Princeville, N. C., Nov. 5, 1900. Dear sir—Since a better appreciation can be shown by substantially aiding The Colored American, I take this method of expressing my appreciation. Please find enclosed a money order for $200 for which you will give me credit for one year's subscription to The Colored American. Yours truly. W. H. H. Yours truly, THE BEST THERE IS. Editor Colored American, Sir—With much pleasure I send you check for $1.10 for your paper for the rest of the year. I think it is the best colored paper we have today. I trust the day will come when your paper will reach the homes of every colored family in the United States. Yours truly. H. B. L. Yours truly, THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. INDUCE OTHEBS. Jersey City, N. J., Editor Colored American, Dear Sir: Inclosed you will find the amount of my subscription for The Colored American for one year. I shall be glad to induce some of my friends to subscribe for a paper that is doing so much for the race. With my best wishes for your success, as well as The Colored American, I am very sincerely, J. W. C. OUGHT TO BE PROUD. Princeton, N. J, Editor Colored American: Dear Sir, Please find inclosed $2 on subscription from September 24th, to September 24th, 1901. I find this to be the greatest paper of the Negro race, and I don't think any Negro home should be without such a paper I've been trying to get some subscribers for you. Put the papers along side any paper published in the country and I think that the Negroes ought to be very proud of such a man as the Editor. M. G. We are glad to welcome the Louisville, (Ky.) Express, which comes to us with its first issue brimful of news, and good editorial stuff. We bid it bon voyage. Mr. William L. Mosely, who for two years has ably edited the Republican Leader, Atlanta, wrote his valedictory in the last issue of that paper, which will suspend and incidentally his salutatory in the beginning of his work on the Atlanta Age. We are indeed glad to have Mr. Mosely continue his journalistic career. Dr. Hubbard's Itinereary. Rev. P. A. Hubbard, financial secretary of the A. M. E. Church, is on a tour South visiting the various conferences. He will return about the middle of December. While a presiding elder he won the sobriquet of "Dollar King" because of his activity and success in raising dollar money for the church. Since his election as financial secretary he has put his characteristic energy into his new field of labor and hopes to surpass all high-water marks in the amount of "dollar money" raised. Mrs. Hubbard, his sweet tempered wife, has charge of the domestic part of the headquarters and the Bishops an church officers who have occasion to come to Washington are loud in their praise of her hospitality. She was formerly Miss Hannah J. Lucas of Georgetown, Ky. but in early life was taken by her parents to Missouri, where she met and married her gifted husband in Columbia of that state. LET US REASON TOGETHER. This is the third week in November and every subscriber and agent knows what this means. It means that all monthly bills must be paid. It takes money to pay bills, and The Colored American has a great many of them. Subscribers who know themselves to be in arrears should send their subscriptions in at once. This applies also to our great army of agents who have not settled for September. Don't wait to be dunned and then get mad about it. Settle up now and this means YOU. LOANS TO EVERYBODY. If you need money for any purpose whatever do not hesitate but call on us. We have barrels of money and will accommodate you at once. We will make you a loan of any amount from $5 to $1,000 on your furniture, piano, organ, horse and wagon, or anything of value you may have, and you repay the loan in small and easily paid week or monthly installments. At the same time you keep the property in your possession, thus giving you the use of both goods and money. We aid you the money for any length of time, from one month to one year, with the privilege of a discount if you pay in full before your time expires, we only charge for the time the money is out. If you have pressing creditors of any kind; if collectors make your life a burden come to us. We will lend you enough to centralize them in one account and you will find it much easier to pay in one weekly or monthly installment which you can pay at our private and commodious offices. The fact that this company is the LARGEST and OLDEST COMPANY of this kind in Washington ought to and does speak for itself. A careful investigation will convince you of the fact that if you want a loan you can do no better sewhere if as well and there is something in dealing with an old established place. We would be pleased to have you call and investigate our new plan if you wish to borrow or not—by being posted you may help your friends by telling them the best place to borrow and be assured that we will treat them with liberality and courtesy. Capital Loan Guarantee Company. Room 8 and 9 Flood Building, 602 F St. N. W., corner of Sixth Street. Private entrance Room No. 9 in the rear. MONEY TO LOAN at 3½, 3¾ 4, and 4½ per cent, in sums of $1,000 to $10,000 on D. C. real estate; pay off 5 and 4 per cent mortgages and begin anew, all transactions conducted with economical consideration for borrowers. WM. H. SAUNDERS & CO.; 1497 F st. nw. SHORT TIME LOANS NEGOTIATED, SECURED on stocks, bonds, life policies, bldg, and loan asson. syndicate certifs., trusts, &c Reasonable rates. No delay. C. A. BAKER. Metzerott bldg., 1110 F street WE NEGOTIATE LOANS On Old Life Insurance Policies, Warehouse Receipts, Household Goods, Pianos, and other Chattels. Loans made on monthly payment system for six months or a year. If you have a loan anywhere else in town or owe a bill which you wish to settle, we can advance you money enough to meet your obligations and give you more money. All business is strictly confidential. No charges are made unless you get the money. We are agents for one of the best Fire Insurance Companies in the United States. Let us insure your property against loss by fire; our fire rates are the same as all others. EVANS & COMPANY. Loans & Fire Insurance, 707 G st. nw. Room 3, first floor rear. Opposite Patent Office. $25,000. A Barrel of Money Will be Earned by Our Agents Before Christmas. Do you realize that Cotton is bring ing the highest price that it has done for over ten years. Do you realize that in the North and West industries are springing up, factories are running, wages are increasing, and peace, happiness and prosperity are with us, and money is going to be plentiful and abundant—North, South, East and West. In every pocket you will hear the chink of coin, and every pocketbook will be fat with greenbacks. Our agents are already coining money—some of them making as high as $80 00 weekly. Our laboratory is running night and day to fill orders. Our goods are giving such decided satisfaction, every one is pleased. My friend, don't waste time, for time is money; but sit right down and write to us, and we will tell you how to make money every minute in the day, if you will only be our agent. It does not matter whether or not you are at work. You can work in spare time. Our agents are all prospering and rising in the world. Write for full particulars to— BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY, 310 E Broad Street, Richmond Va. The Union League Directory. A complete exhibit of all that the colored people of the District of Columbia are doing that makes for social betterment at the close of the 19th century. Published by contributions from advertisers and friends. Send in your business card. Send in the data about your organization immediately to Andrew F. Hilyer, compiler, 2352 6th st., n. w. tf. Corner 15th St. and New York Ave Capital: One Million Dollars... Pavs Interest on deposits. Rents Safes insides Furglar-proof Vaults. Acts as administrator, executor, trustee, &c. Money $50,000 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. 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Johnson, Secretary. D. B. McCary, Cashier. Directors: Jno. R. Lynch, Dr. W. S. Lofton, Whitefield McKinlay, I 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 4:30 pm. MONEY TO LOAN At 41 and 5 PER CENT. On Real Estate in D. C. No delay beyond examination of Title. WALTER H. ACKER, _704 14th St., N. W $50,000 hee IS <a EBS ta = ee SI ip oe | Spee Peer fe Ooms woe ft Se SPSL” a Whee SS aS a agord Fey treet 7S eo ts Re ARG 7 Aa dy a : ! eek ae a BAY , (Pe tN ii Shp iat LES ohn a ; i e bi Foes. Fe a —— & i , ae = | w) 4 SS § i i Beg fe ee | =o) EN . BS be a | Ki ITA flees ee, | | e 4 ¥ ) ae Se aS 4 i betty, na) be oS eee 5 ae uy H et ui) ee ee y | — ( ES | ell bey ae.) Sag oe ; wd fed pee ee Se) i WARY) les ae ae 28) : i aS) ee — Pa : x ; COT: oe USE oe a ~ : a i aoe a mk FS! Z way SSS aS =n Pee ; —— Ke SSSSss= on DR E. PARKE? RE«D, Philadalphia’s Leading Afro-American Chemist and Busin ss Man DR. E. PARKER READ, President of the East Indian Remedy Company, m'f'gs preparations sold exclusively by Druggist Senior, member of the Read & Christian firm, m’f’gs prepara- tions sold principally by agents throughout the county ;also founder President and General Manager of the National Co-operative Association of America (capital $100,000) and adver- tising director of the above named company, gives his method of success ful advertising for the benefit of the readers of The Colored Ameri -au Tuv iarge double-column display ads of “Dr. Read,” which have appeared in most of the dailies, weeklies and monthlies during the past three years have occasioned considerable — talk :mong advertising men, and also among the general public. Because of this I recently called at the office of the concern in order to obtain some information concerning the advertis- ing of the business, believing that an interesting story could be secured. I Was not disappointed in this respect, but in addition, I had my eyes opened to the extensive character af the busi- ness being transacted in the immense five-story building that runs clear through from South to Rodman sts. Iemembering the old single room at “27 Lombard street, which was up to a Ue more than four years ago the headquarters of the business, I could not help associating the recent vig- crous advertising with the remarka- ble change for the better. Asked about the length of time the Read remedies had been before the public, Dr. Read replied: “Nine years.” _“Have they been advertised all the time?” “Yes, some of them, but not in such a forcible way as during the past three years.” “Who directs your advertising?” “Myself.” “Did you suggest the change of three years ago?” “Yes. On my advice we stopped try- ‘ng to crowd all we had to say into an inch or two of newspaper space, and began to use large advertisements.” “Did you also increase the number of mediums?” “Considerably. I should say that we are now in about 900 different me- diums.” “Has the new departure paid the concern?” “You can judge for yourself. Our Sules in 1899 amounted to about $10,000, “That is a pretty big jump, but do You attribute it solely to your adver- tising?” “Of course we do. Nothing else could have done it.” _. What kind of an ad pulls the best, in Your opinion, doctor?” “The illustrated ad, in a big space, with plain, honest talk is convincing.” “Why do you think illustrations are Valuable in advertisements?” “An illustration makes the space it occupies more valuable than it would THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. 0. be if otherwise filled. Verbal captions may attract attention, illustrations compel it. You can’t-dodge a picture —you have to see it whether you will or not.” “Do you find weeklies or dailies best for your purpose?” “They’re both good in their way. For pro rata cost, I am not prepared to say which have proven best.” “But then you must understand that all our advertisind pays. We make it pay. We have excellent remedies fhat honestly do all that we claim for them. We believe in honest reading advertisements, and we pay the best prices for them. OUR ADVERTIS- ING ARE THE BEST MEDIUMS, AND THERE YOU HAVE THE SE- CRETS OF OUR SUCCESS.” “Do you use testimonials—do you believe in them? I mean, do you be- lieve they have an advertising value?” “We use testimonials largely, and we are great believers in their efficacy to spread the truth. Authentic testi- monials, giving naines and addresses, have great local influence where the writer of the testimonial resides. We have thousands of testimonials from all over the country. We have used vast quantities of these and are still using them, consequently their influ- ence is widespread.” “Outside the sale of the advertised remedies, do you give advice by corre- spondence?” For answer Dr. Read onened a pon- derous drawer and told me to run my eye over the cases. Only one case ap- peared on each page, but every detail of age, sex, occupation, symptoms, etce., was given, together with the name and address, and across the page was writ- ten the diagnosis. “You have made quite a feature of giving away free samples of your medi- cine, doctor. Was this plan dictated by philanthropy or business?” “Both. Advertising to give goods away is a doubie expense. We have to pay for the privilege of finding re- cipients. It means a big preliminary loss, as you can imagine, when I tell you that we sometimes send out 500 free samples in a single day. But the fact that we do give away these trial packages proves that we have perfect confidence in the merits of our reme- dies. Confidence begets confidence, you know, and the public has not been slow to respond. There are a good many concerns doing it, and this fact aione is proof of our success. Sen- sible people seldom try to follow in the footsteps of failures.” “But the philanthropic part—” “We want the public to Know that our remedies are honest, meritorious, —that they are just what we claim they are, and we don’t want the peo- ple’s money before they have given them a thorough test.” “And the business part?” “That comes afterwards. We know the goods are all right. We know the public will find them so and ‘continue to purchase the remedy which did them good when procured free.” “How many different remedies do you adyertise?” > “Twenty-six, each for a different ailment, but we are broadgauge enough in our methods to frequently recom- mend to our patients things we don’t make or sell ourselves. We believe in telling the truth to patients, wheth- er it is a cent in our pockets or a dol- jar out. Truth pays in the end. It always did and aiways will. The ad- vertiser who has not yet recognized this fact is a sure loser in the long run.” ¢ While we are congratulating our- selves it must not be forgotten that much of our success should be direct- ly attributed to the bold and aggres- sive advertising that has been done. The good results thus derived must ‘be continued, and my own impression is that if we increase our advertising ap- propriations, the business is logically botind to increase also, My chief motive for thus forecasting the future, as it were, is that the drug- gists may feel an implicit confidence when handling our preparations that their sales are going to be vigorously helped by our advertising. There have been many cases on record where, af- ter a proprietary article had been put upon the market, and some spasmodic advertising done, the latter was sud- denly stopped without warning, and -the druggists naturally found large quantities of the goods on their hands which thev were unable to sell, owing to the demand for them having ceased. For of course all business men know that inasmuch as it is the advertising that creates the demand a stoppage will cause it to cease. “Can any agent sell your prepara- tions that wish to?” “Oh yes; we have a number that sell large quantities, but-we want more still all over the county and will pay them well.” This concluded the interview, ex- cept that in answer to a final question the doctor assured me that they never did any “outside” advertising at all, confining themselves strictly to such mediums as went iato the homes. “For,” said he, “sick people—those who need our aid the most—usually remain at home and don’t go out of doors look- ing for remedies advertised in street cars and on fences and bulletin boards Still all advertising we consider good —some much better.” —————— See (Ese pe ee ae ge zy. L =I Z, ye B ccrgfEMGn R =e ee | eee 10) me q (fa ee a una fe ea) Desens |i! nee | Si Bi By i ne ns IES crc ie ah - cm rs bs bil Hea ma fm 88 fot iT) a = & i ——, aie ! a ees ol we i. — Ca il Ae ba ane Bes = Hi Bl Pe” ly SPR 1 bee 4 = EE Headquerters and Laboratory of the Dr. E. Parker Read, East Indian Remedy Co, Philadelphia, Pa. We have given our readers the ben- efit of an interview with one of the brainiest and far-seeing advertisers of our race. We believe he has no equal in our race and few superiors in any other race. We hope that some of our people may émulate his examples. OE Lecce eee ce eee ee enceceeescrteceseceseeee QUICK RELIEF FEMALE*PiLLS, Guarantees Relief in 2days. Perfectly harmless REPRODUCING AND INVIGORATING PILLS. ‘Cures weakness of Men and Women quick. SYPHILORRHOEA, cures Sores and Discharges 3to 35 days, $1.00 each. Dr. READ, SPECIALIST, Both Sexes, Treatment by Mai). 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THE WCODSON HOUSE ~ First-class, newly tarnished and decorated unsurpassed cuisine, convenient to all cars One half square froffi Pennsylvania depot 467 Missouri Avenue, HENRY WOODSON, Proprietor. 8 The Colored American Published by THE COLORED AMERICAN Publisbing Company. A NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER Published every Saturday at 459 C St. N, W Washington, D. C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year - - - Six months - - - Three months - - INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Subscriptions may be sent by postoffice money order, express or by registered letter. All communications for publication should be accompanied with the name of the writer—not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. We solicit news, contributions, opinions and in fact, all matters affecting the race. We will not pay for matter, however, unless it is ordered by us. All matter intended for publication must reach this office by Wednesday of each week to insure insertion in the current issue 13. Agents are wanted everywhere, Send or instructions. ADVERTISING RATES Reading notices 50 cents per line. Display advertisements, $2 per square inch per insertion. Discounts made on large contracts. Entered at the Post-office as second-class matter. All letters, communications, and business matters should be addressed to THE COLORED AMERICAN. 459 C Street Northwest. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1900. HON. GEO. H. WHITE. There is a host of good men in the recent campaign who gave the party such brilliant and excellent service that we have been unable to give them all the credit which is due them for their great work. But of the many whose lot it was to do conspicuous work for the party none rendered more effective service than Hon. George H. White, the only Afro-American Congressman. None did more telling work and none deserve more credit. He contributed largely to the great victory of the republican party. The demand on him for speechmaking was great indeed, and by working day and night, Mr. White was only able to fill a few of the engagements. He spoke in the West, Middle West, and the East. and the results in these States speak in the strongest terms. Mr. White never shirked from duty. The state of New York was the battleground from which Mr. White brings the greatest trophies. Mr. White is the only present member of Congress of our race. He has been a true representative of our interests in the broadest sense. He has been a prominent figure in North Carolina, since he entered public life. He has been member of both houses of the state legislature, and was for eight years the state solicitor for the second district for North Carolina. His career in the National House has been marked by brilliant service for the race. Mr. White is undecided whether he will give up his citizenship in the state of North Carolina or not, but hopes for better conditions since the re-election of President McKinley. He is yet hope ful for his state, since he expects the coming session of Congress to consider the subject of distranchisement at the South. It may be President Hanna some day. The political turncoats and renewals are now explaining to each other "how it happened." THE COLORED AMERICAN. WASHINGTON. D. E. A PATENT BACK "OPINION MOULDER." Cyrus Fields Adams, of the Chicago Appeal, did some telling work in behalf of the republican ticket. For nearly six weeks he edited seventy-five per cent of the colored papers through his syndicate service. Colored American. This speaks well for Mr Adams, but very poorly for the seventy-five per cent of "opinion moulders" who have had their papers thus edited.—Daily Record. Mr. Adams needs no defense at our hands. His work has spoken for itself and in most emphatic terms. The service he sent out was gilt-edged. It was carefully edited and was just the kind of matter that colored newspapers supporting the republican candidates, should use. But people who live in glass houses should not throw stones. The "ready print" services sent out by Mr Adams was gotten up in such a way that it could be cut up into any form and thus give every paper the appearance of "home print." More than seventy-five per cent of the colored papers used this service and to most excellent advantage The Record, however, uses in each issue only one-fourth of "home print" and the other three-fourths is plate matter, such as is used in country weeklies and backwoods newspapers. It would be a boon to the colored press if, as Editor Timothy Thomas Fortune suggested some years ago at a press convention, a permanent service could be established such as was so successfully carried out by Mr. Adams and Jno. E. Bruce. The Record must put a stronger agency at work to detract from the work done by Cyrus Field Adams in the last campaign. The great political battle is over and the right prevailed. It is the duty of all citizens to return to their peaceful vocations. The Afro-American has gained much by the reelection of President Wm. McKinley and the victory for Republican principles. Let him take advantage of every opportunity and prove himself worthy of the great and good things he helped to achieve. LITTLE COLORED AMERICANS. The Atlanta papers say Col. Pledger is wearing a PLEASANT smile. The Negro politician has had his inning, now for the business side. And we'd like to compliment the Post and Star on their up-to-date election returns. Genial Charles W. Anderson, the big hearted New York man is wearing a pleasant smile. Emmett Scott was just a little in the background in the political make up this year. He is satisfied though. Governor Roosevelt set himself in a nice position, relative to the Negro soldiers, whom he claims saved his life at Santiago Senator Scott does not think it fair to the North, for the South to have representatives who represent nothing. Well, we'd suggest to the Senator to remedy the evil. He is just in place to do it. Now that Bryan is defeated and he is not assured of a job, Jule Taylor will probably force "The Negro and Political Parties," which has been running in his paper on the American people in book form. That part of the speech of Booker T. Washington's before the American Missionary Association in Springfield, Mass., dealing with disfranchisement at the South is worth reading, considering its source. THE LATE ELECTION--SOME REFLECTIONS. ```markdown ``` Well the agony is over and William J. Has been put away perhaps to stay, Though none can say, save William J. Who four years hence may break away, And try once more to win the day. The lambastin which he got on November 6 h is enough to discourage any ordinary mortal. But William J is "a" extraordinary mortal with a square chin denoting bull dog tenacity and determination. He is still the master of the assorted democracy and he will dominate it or smash it into smithereens. There can be no reorganization of the democratic party with William J. left out of the equation for every democrat of prominence with few exceptions has committed him effort to the Bryan idea and the Bryan idea as to what democracy is, and stands for, has gotten hold of the dangerous element in democratic politics and will expand and grow more dangerous while brooding over defeat. The republican victory while gratifying to those who helped to make it possible, is too big for comfort. Too much strength is almost as bad as not having any It produces a feeling of security and confidence and these are the harbingers of trouble to the victors. An analysis of the vote cast for McKinley and Roosevelt will show that many thousands of democrats voted to protect their pocket nerve primarily not because they loved McKinley but that they feared Bryan. These same democrats will support Bryan in 1904, if he will abandon his free silver heresies and modify some of his other views. They are are now all agreed that the silver question is a dead issue and that it cannot be again revived, and they, Mr. Bryan among them, will have political sense enough to profit by the mistakes of the recent campaign, and rise again from the ashes of defeat. They will make the rifle, hit or miss. If the republicans play their cards s lentifically our friends, the enemy are due to miss again in 1904 I see that Mr. Dalzeil of Pennsylvania who is a member of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives has been interviewed and that he says speaking of the probable action of Congress in the matter of reducing southern representation in that body because of the disfranchisement of the Negro voters of the South. It is a big question in fact two of them. First are we prepared to undertake it, and second has any one a practical plan for doing it. I don't know much about Mr. Crumpackers bill, but it seems to me that will be very busy witd legislation that is absolutely needed; for instance changes in the revenue laws, the shipping bill etc. etc. I wonder if Mr Dazzall would talk that way if he was a disfranchised citizen of Pennsylvania, and disfranchised because he happened to be a white man, assuming that Negroes did the disfranchising? The legislation that would be absolutely needed in his case I fear would be the passage of a law restoring to him all the rights as an American citizen. This kind of talk from republicans who only a few months ago were holding out all sorts of inducements to corral the Negro vote- is nauseating and disgusting. Fair minded and just men are always prepared to do justice and they do not stop enquire whether or not they ought to undertake the performance of any duty which honor and fairness imposes. Mr. Dalzell seems to be overcome by the commercial spirit, "Putting the dollar above the man." The revenue law and the shipping bill are in his judgment of absolute importance in the coming work of Congress. The rights of the disfranchised Negroes of the South are of secondary importance only. Well, Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania doesn't seem to measure up in broad-minded statesmanship together Charles Sumner who declared that the equality of rights is the first of all rights, Oliver P. Morton or any of the old school statesmen of a past generation who made the republican party great because they were great and imbued with right notions on the question of human rights. But Mr. Dalzell is only a unit, and in giving voice to his thinkings as to what Congress will probably do at its next sitting he has merely exercised the sovereign right of a free citizen and speaks only for himself, let us hope. The next battle royal is scheduled to come off in New York city next year, when a mayor and other city officers are to be chosen. It will be a bitter fight and Mr. Richard Croker will either go down or up. The religious denomination with which Mr. Croker is identified is a silent but potent force in New York state politics, particularly New York city politics. In the few months preceding the recent national election the clergymen of that church held many meetings with their followers and the several secret societies, the Knights of Columbus, Hibernians, Gianna gaels, Catholic Knights of America, Catholic Benevolent Legion, Young Men's Catholic Union have been meeting as a preliminary to creating a great federation or league of Catholics as a political party to influence political action and force legislation favorable to the Roman Catholic church and opposed to our public school system. It has been recently reliably stated that Bishop Michael A. Corrigan of New York issued an order to the priests in his diocese to use their influence against President McKinley, alleging that he had not done enough for Roman Catholics during his administration. This may account for Mr. Croker's boast that New York was safe for Bryan. A reference to the returns will show that Mr. Croker knew where of he spoke. In the present administration of New York under Van Wyck 90 per cent of the city officials and employees are Roman Catholics, more than 75 per cent of these Roman Catholics are Irish. More than 80 per cent of the taxes of New York York City are paid by protestants. The German population of New York City outnumbers the the Irish by 25 per cent. There are more than 15000 employees from mayor to scrub women and of these less than 9 per cent are protestant American. This does not include the fire or police departments, the board of education, subordinates and teachers. 10 Hon. Wm A. Pledger. The above is a fair portrait of the best known Georgian of color. For about a score of years Mr. Pledger has had a national reputation as the republican leader of the state. He has held numerous political positions, both appointive and elective, and is a man of means. Col. Pledger is popular wherever he is known and highly respected because of his bravery, signal ability and wide experience. During the campaign just closed he rendered the republican party valuable service in Illinois and the northwest. He is an able speaker and a thorough race man. Off M. H. HON. W. A. PLEDGER and on for years Mr. Pledger has been greatly interested in journalism, and at present is editor and proprietor of the Atlanta Age, one of our strongest Southern publications. The col. has been either a delegate at large or delegate to every national republican convention held in the last score and a half of years, and has officiated in the various offices of his state republican central and executive committees. Indeed, there is hardly a position in the party from a ward organization to the national republican committee that he has not held, and with credit to the race and himself. The few of these pioneer Afro-American republicans who still remain are known as the "Old Guard." The most conspicuous are ex-Gov. P. B. S. Pinchback, now of Washington, D. C., and the subject of this sketch. Both are gentlemen of distinguished appearance and popular among the race workers, to an extraordinary degree.—The Cleveland Gazette. Town Topics. How did you like The Colored American's Paris, Exposition number? Handicrafts for our boys and girls, are growing in favor as the days go by. Mr. R. W. Thompson, who went home to vote, has returned from Indiana. The Florida Sentinel came to us this week, but we found no editorials from the pen of the irrepressible Matthew M. Lewey. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Huff, formerly of Atlanta, Ga., are now permanently located at 116 eleventh street, Birming ham, Ala. Hon, I. T. Montgomery, Mayor of Mound Bayou, Miss., has so far escaped the 'count out' of the Southern white man. That Negro bank in Birmingham, Ala., has proved a great help to the inability of that state to even draft a constitutional amendment. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. G. "BIG.BOW" J. P. KERK, The Indian Medicine Man Cures all Diseases or no Charge. Call or Write. Mr. L. G. Hayden, Manufacturer, Office hours 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. daily. Mr. C. H. Hemans of 1424 Pierce Place, wishes it distinctly understood that he is not married, the statement of several of his girl friends(?) to the contrary notwithstanding. Miss Maud Smith, one of our most efficient teachers, who has been suffering from an attack of nervous prostration, left this week to spend a few days with her sister, Mrs. Cora Shepherd in Pittsburg. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Jackson, of 22d street n. w., have just returned from a pleasant trip to Indiana. They visited Peru, Ind., Mr. Jackson's old home, and spent the last week of the campaign in Indianapolis, the guests of friends. Mr. Alexander Freeman, of 1129 3d street, n. w., spent a few days in Indiana to cast his vote for McKinley and Roosevelt and to shake hands with his many friends. Mrs. Freeman accompanied him and says the trip was a pleasant one. The work of canvassing the city for the names of colored persons in business has been going steadily on, not withstanding we have just gone through an exciting political campaign and election. We are informed that the canvass is now nearly completed and that totals will be given out in a few days. The names will appear in the Union League Directory before the close of the year. A FACT. The Vero Dentist are extracting teeth without pain, making beautiful gold teeth and fillings, and putting the Vero double suction in all their plates. Even with these advantages they can save you money. Call, now; 12th and Penn. ave., over Davis' Hat Store. Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays 9 to 4. R·I·P·A·N·S The modern standard Family Medicine: Cures the common every-day ills of humanity. TRADE RIPAJS ABULS MARK DO YOU LOVE HEALTH? If so, call and see the Indian Herb Medicine Man, 620 North Eutaw Street, Baltimore, Md. 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RENNER SPECIALIST on obstetrics; gold medal awarded for the science of obstetrics from the University of Muni ch, Bavaria; treats successfully womens complaints and irregularities; private sanitarium for ladies before and during confinement. Office hours from 8 to 9 p.m. 619 Penn. Avenue Washington D.C. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS THE M'KINLEY HOUSE, 48g Missouri Ave., Near 6th St. First class accommodations for all. An up to date Hotel for colored people. Rooms neatly furnished, linens clean, and prices within reach of all. Meals and Lunches served at all hours. THE PORTER HOUSE CAFE, 103 6th St., N. W. Wines, Liquors and Cigars -A full line of the choicest liquors, the best brands of cigars and the coolest beer in Washington. Messrs. B T. Fields and John T. Lewis mixclogists. MRS. M. S. BROWN & CO. Proprietors. FINE WINES Liquors of all kinds. OLD WHISKIES Choice Cigars. AND BRANDIES. 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. HOSEL DOUGLASS. 220 B ST., AD 235 PA. AVE. N. W EUROPEAN PLAN. First-class in every particular. MRS. 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. D. T. GIBBODS. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING RATE CONFECTIONER 523 41 Street, Southwest, WASHINGTON, D. C. Wedding Cakes Made and Parties Furnished at Short Notice. Ice Cream All The Year The Langston House 479 Mo. Ave. near 6th St. n. w. Smoking and Reading Rooms; also home for strangers. Men 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 Cafe - 1216 Pa. ve. 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, stea heat and electric bells, Home comfort, moderate prices. 311 Pa. Ave., nw. Washington, D. C. Fine wines liquors, cigars and tobacco. NERE AND HERE Mr. Jas H. Wolffe, a colored attorney has been appointed Adjutant, and Aide deCamp, Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic. Mr W L. Reed, who was at one time member of the Massachusetts legislature is at present first assistant in the Tax collector's office of Boston. The Georgia legislature now in session has two colored members—one an old man, the other a young man—who has gone through the colleges. Hon Geo H White, the present lone member of ours in Congress, retires in March, '01. He will probably practice law in Washington City or New York. Republicans put up seven Congressmen in South Carolina, in the recent campaign, three of whom were Negroes. Of course they were out-counted. November 10 h was Negro day, at the Alabama state fair. Mr. Albert Johnston is Negro Commissioner. It is said that the Negro exhibit surpassed that of the whites. There were some signs of a race riot in Pennsylvania the day after Mr. McKinley's landslide, but calm judgment on both sides soon brought the difficulty to a speedy end. The largest dry goods establishment owned and controlled by a colored man is in Montgomery, Ala. Mr. J. W Adams is the proprietor, as well as of one at Decatur, Ala. Harvard's foot ball team has a coloured coach in the person of Mr. W. H. Lewis. The managers of that excellent team, through the press, gave Mr. Lewis the credit, for Harvard's recent victory over 'Pensy." The Farmers' Improvement Society of Texas is an institution doing much good throughout that state, and its influence is felt in sister states. Hon. R L. Smith, exmember of the Texas legislature, is president. Political offices will be the charms of every colored sidewalk orator for a level year to come, and we are glad to say that the race will be recognized by the turning down of a great load of them, who can't pronounce the word Negro. There are two colored men to day who are Internal Revenue Collectors, in states where the revenue is high, and it pays to hold the positions. Col. H. A Rucker of Atlanta, and Gen'l Joseph E. Lee of Florida, are the men. True bills have been found against the registrars in North Carolina, who refused to register Negro voters when the Constitutional amendment was before the people in August last. The trial is set for March. No efforts have been spared by the courts to bring these usurpers to justice Mme J. A. Smallwood of Washington, D. C., is probably the most progressive dressmaker in the city. The system she teaches is one most simple and thorough. The child can easily understand its working, and yet in all it is complete. Mrs. Smallwood has proven herself to be the mistress thereof. Several institutions have adopted her system for the dressmaking departments, and others still have the system under advisement. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. AMONG THE BOOKMAKERS. Mr. Daniel Murray's "Bibliography of Negro Authors," is well under way and he hopes to have it before the public rt an early date. It will be one of the interesting books of the coming season. The book of Negro dialect of this season, and they have become a yearly surprise, has appeared, and is known as: "Stringtown on the Pike." The author, John Uri Lloyd, is a man of science. The story is a beautiful one, destined to be a favorite with the America people. The Negro dialect is the most beautiful part of the volume, though the dominating character, Cupe an olden time darkey, must attract the interest and sympathy of the reader. The outlook for its success is above the ordinary. The November number of the Southern Workman has made its appearance and is fully in keeping with the high order of that journal. A most interesting paper on "Industrial Training for Whites," by Lyman Ward of Alabama, "Negro Criminality," by Hon. J. H. Smyth, "An Appeal for Justice", by Mr. Herbert Welsh, are all instructive. Prof. Kelly Miller has a paper in this number. It is brimful of reading which is indeed inspiring and helpful. Mr. Charles W. Chestnut has one of his characteristic stories, "Tobe's Tribulations." We have before us a pamphlet on the recent race riot in New York City. It is a comprehensive statement of the cause of the riot, the brutality of the police of that city and the proceedings so far before the courts. It is something which should be in the home of every Negro in America. The press comments of the papers in New York and outside are worth reading for the study of American institutions alone. The officers of the Protective Association arising from the riot are among the best Afro-Americans in New York, W. H. Brooks. D D., is president and T. Thomas Fortune is chairman of the executive committee. Mr. Frank Moss the well known and brilliant New York lawyer has been employed as attorney for the organization. This pamphlet can be had for 25 cts., address W. H. Brooks., New York. A STORY OF THE BLACK BELT. One of the most interesting books of the season is one just issued by Small, Maynard & Company, Boston. The work is by Max Bennett Thrasher, and it is on Tuskegee. The introduction is by Principal Booker T. Washington. Mr. Thrasher is thoroughly able to write or talk about Tuskegee, since he has made the work a special study. His personal contact with the principal, teachers, students and graduates lends his work a broader scope. The story of its beginning and success may be more elaborately told, but it can never be plainer, simpler or more truthful. The photographs alone of the students at work, of a successful graduate or of a most sympathetic likeness of a delegate to the great Negro conference, is worth the book. The photographs teach a lesson which mere reading could not do. The work of the graduates of this famous institution is given briefly, and the price the press of this and other countries place upon Tuskegee and its principal forms an important part of the work. Withal it is a good book treating a great subject. The Saturday Evening Class To night at 9.30 o'clock Mr. Clarence C. White, our popular young violinist, and Miss Nettle Murray, who is known very widely for the sweetness of her voice, are scheduled to appear as soloists during the intermission at the Private Saturday Evening Dancing Glass. This is only one of the excellent bills by which the managers are making their class attractive and it is quite the thing now among the elite to appear for a while every Saturday evening at this class. Last Saturday Miss Mary Mason of Corcoran street., was warmly received as the soloist of the evening. Her rendition of a high art selection for the piano was so roundly applauded that she was forced to responded in an encore, which turned out to be the popular 'Salome.' Among those present were Misses May Brown, Ellen Lucas, Revels, Guida Shepherd, Marion and Grace Green, Effie Simmons, Minnette Williams, Randal, Ella Jennings, Ida Washington, Luella Brown, Gertie Clark, Viola Collier, Louisa McKinney, Louise Smith, Julia Davis, Eva Hunt, Malvan, Mr. and Mrs Morgan Housar, Messrs. Howard James, Scott, Williams, Carper, Miller, Holmes Jackson, Claude Young, Howard, Campbell, Bannister, Johnson, Smith, Smallwood and a great many others. Next Saturday Miss Jeannette Taylor and Mr. Andrew Payne are to be the artists. Ladies are admittted by card only, the same to be had from Mr J. C. Waters, the business manager. INFORMATION THE DIGEST OF THE AGE NO. 2. Super Premier No. 2. 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Fritz Reuter's HOTEL : AND : RESTAURANT 451, 453, 455, 457 Penn. Ave. 202, 208 & 210 41 St. N. W Washington, D. C. Chris. Xander's QUALITY HOUSE, 909713 T.N.W. Established 36 years ago. The largest wholesale stock in town of the most exquisite, faultless wines and distillates (in all 240 kinds,) at Chrie. Xander's moderate prices no others can compete in quality and purity with any of his goods. His liquors are absolutely free from fusel poison. (No branch houses.) Phone 1425. FREE SGOTT'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 kinyk, 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. 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Bethel Literary Furnishes a Most Interesting and Witty Program.—Notes. Lincoln Memorial church corner 11th and R streets, was crowded last Tuesday evening with one of Washington's most fashionable and cultured audiences. Owing to the revival at the Metropolitan church the Bethel Literay met there as it will continue to do durthe month of November. The occasion which brought out this old time audience for the Bethel Literary was a symposium on "The Colored American Abroad," by four well known Washingtonians who recounted in vivid and entertaining style some of PRIEST the things they saw and enjoyed during the past summer while in Europe. The first speaker was Miss Ella D. Bavler who told in a most interesting way of the manners, customs and greatness of England. She took the audience with her to the Tower, to Stratford on Avon, the home of Shakespeare, to the Parliament House and to many other points of interest. Pref. John L Love, of the High School gave a very graphic account of the inception, and work of the Pan African Conference which convened in London last summer and was attended by about forty delegates from all countries having an African population. The Conference listened to able addresses by Bishop Alexander Walters and H.G. MRS. ANNA J. COOPER. Mrs. A. J. Cooper of the United States, and other distinguished delegates from other countries. As a result a Pan African Association was formed with Bishop Walters as president. Mr. Love said that he judged from what he heard that the colored people in the United States were far in advance of the Negro population of any other country. Mrs. A. F. Hilyer delighted the audience with her lively portrayal of the eccentricies of the French people, and the countless beauties of Paris. Mrs. Hilyer captivated her audience by several witty references and experiences of what she termed a most enjoyable trip, closing with high praise for the colored people's exhibit. Mrs. Cooper was at her best. Her subject was Italy. She said she would only tell them about her worst experience, her most enjoyable day, the best piece of sculpture and the best painting. Her worst experience was when she visited the crater of Vesuvius on a terribly hot day, her best day was spent in part, in the Cathedral at Milan, her best piece of sculpture was the "Parnassus Bull." MR. SAMUEL A. TYLER. Manager of the Sparta Pool and Billiard Rooms. No person in Washington, who knows anything at all, but does not know genial "Sampson" A. Tyler, manager of the Sparta Pool and Biliard rooms at 1206 Pa. ave., northwest. In February '98 the first floor of the three story structure was leased by Mr. Robert T. Douglass the proprietor and he immediately put Mr. Tyler in charge of the one pool room. By good management as well as good department and every attraction in the pool and billiard line, Mr. Tyler built up a business which outgrew the original quarters, and so the second and third floors were J.K. secured and the entire building leased in order that the large and growing number of patrons might be accommodated. The entire building was refitted and repapered and made to look as epick and span as an Easter suit. The first floor was leased to an enterpising restaurantuer and the two floors above are now being used for the pool and billiard parlors. There are six elegantly upholstered pool tables on the second floor and two on the third floor. Thirty-two electric lights brighten up the parlors and a most attractive night sign, consisting of electric balls, adorns the front of the building. Mr. Tyler has demonstrated clearly that is possible to take any kind of business and make a success of it, provided the proper tact, business sense and fair dealing are put into it. Mr. Tyler is a Washingtonian by birth, having been born in the fifties, and was reared in this city. He is almost a giant in stature, standing about six feet. two feet, and proportionately built So striking is his appearance that he would attract attention anywhere. He has traveled extensively, having lived in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago. He count's his friends by the score and, as an entertainer, he is known as a "prince of good fellows." Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Key took a delightful drive out to their farm in Silver Hill, Prince George Co., Md., last week. THE GRAND FOUNTAIN. United Order of True ORGANIZED Jan. Offices 604, 606 and 608 N. 2nd An order devoted to the interests of its business relations. We offer you an opportu ment, in enterprises owned and controlled by men, who are members of the Order. If you are sound in health and mind, of than three (3) years nor older than sixty (6) There are two Fountains, the Subordina 1 Order of True Refor ORGANIZED January 1, 606 and 608 N. 2nd St., - voted to the interests of its members, both in s. We offer you an opportunity for gilt edgec rises owned and controlled by the Order and are members of the Order. bound in health and mind, of good moral chara ears nor older than sixty (60) you are eligible to Fountains, the Subordinate and the Rosebu United Order of True Reformers. ORGANIZED January 1, 1881. Offices 604, 606 and 608 N. 2nd St., - - Richmond, Va. An order devoted to the interests of its members, both in their home and business relations. We offer you an opportunity for gilt edged business investment, in enterprises owned and controlled by the Order and managed by colored men, who are members of the Order. If you are sound in health and mind, of good moral character, not younger than three (3) years nor older than sixty (60) you are eligible to membership. There are two Fountains, the Subordinate and the Rosebud. SUBORDINATE FOUNTAINS. To join the Subordinate Fountain you may age. You pay $4.60 to $6.60 (according to the country you pay 35 cents per month a months. You pay as taxes 80 cents per month As Sick Benefits you receive from $6 00 ments. As Death Benefit, your family receive After one year the Death Benefit is $125.00 Subordinate Fountain you must be between 14.60 to $6.60 (according to age.) as joining fee pay 35 cents per month as dues; if in the pay as taxes 80 cents per month. benefits you receive from $6.00 to $9.00 per month benefit, your family receives $75.00 if you die the Death Benefit is $125.00 To join the Subordinate Fountain you must be between 14 and 16 years of age. You pay $4.60 to $6 60 (according to age.) as joining fee. If you live in the country you pay 35 cents per month as dues; if in the city, 50 cents per months. You pay as taxes 80 cents per month. As Sick Benefits you receive from $6 00 to $9.00 per month, in weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family receives $75.00 if you die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $125.00 To join the Rosebud Fountain you pay 3 and 14 year of age. You pay $1,000 installments. The monthly dues are equal as Fountains may decide. The annual You receive as Sick Benefit from $1,500 in weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family will pay you die within a year. After one year it is $37. In the INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, the Classes:—Class B, Class E, and Class F payable annually or quarterly. The age limit is 14 to 60 years. Fee, $2,500 to $7,600. The Certificate is valued first year at its value is $200 to $65. The age limit is 14 to 55 years. Fee, $5 to $6,500. The Certificate is valued first year at from $2,000 to $500. The age limit is 14 to 50 years. Fee $11 to $13. The certificate is valued from date of issue at from titled to a Life Membership in either of the E upon purchase of the required amount of B annually of 20 per cent. Fountain United Order of True Reformers has of 3782 Death Benefits, with a grand total of 5,000 DOLLARS. THE BANK.—In our Savings Bank the bank and flourishing institution that is a credit union but the race as well. It began business A capital stock is $100,000. The business is that any other regularly constituted bank, and the same safeguards. The stock sells for days 20 per cent. dividends. Both time and interest is paid on time desposits. Cashier's report to Auditor of Public Accounts Sept., 5, 1900 and shows its flourishing condition. SOURCES. Amounts ... $8,272 80 Bonds and ... 164,423 83 General Banks ... 48,383 22 ... 14,000 00 Times ... 99,588 00 Fixtures ... 6,850 00 Taxes and taxes ... 1,388 99 and cents ... 12,399 80 ... 35,820 00 ... 391,120 84 Capital stock paid in Surplus fund ... Undivided profits ... Demand certificate pos.t ... Time certificates of Total. Omer's Grocery and Feed Store is located at 501 North Richmond, Va. It stands for the voice of the people, combination of the race and is the Beacon Light passenger and the General Agent of the Brotherly well-equipped job office bids for the work of the first class style and at low prices. From Richmond, in Henrico County, Va., the Office, and established thereon an "Old Folk's Heritage and broad-minded generosity, the Order came to its members alone, nor even to members led to the aged and decrepid of the whole race, connections. The Order makes itself the trustee upon the whole people, black and white, No trust by their contribution the carrying out of one of each year is set apart as a Grend Rally Day. Can be forwarded to the casier of the Reformer receipt for same and account for it to The Grand Order and the public, when visiting Rice at The Hotel Reformer, 900 North Sixth St. Its location. Service is of the best and rates are real estate Department manages and controls all prices. The Order now owns 13 buildings, 4 farms, 4 due value of $122,500. In addition to these the To join the Rosebud Fountain you must be between 3 and 14 year of age. You pay $100, either cash or by installments. The monthly dues are either 15 or 25 cents as Fountains may decide. The annual tax is 10 cents. You receive as Sick Benefit from $1,50 to $400 per month, in weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family will be paid $2450 if you die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $37. In the INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, there are Three (3) Classes:—Class B, Class E, and Class M. All dues are payable annually or quarterly. In Class B, the age limit is 14 to 60 ydues, $4 75 to $7 60. The Certificate is valid After one year, its value is $200 to $65. In Class E, the age limit is 14 to 55 year, $9 50 to 11.40. The Certificate is valued for one year its value is $500 to $800. In Class M, the age limit is 14 to 50 year, $21 to $25. The certificate is valued from d You are entitled to a Life Membership Classe B and E upon purchase of the req pays a dividend annually of 20 per cent. The Grand Fountain United Order of T 29, 1900, a total of 3782 Death Benefits, with HALF MILLION DOLLARS. In Class B, the age limit is 14 to 60 years. Fee, $2.50 to $4.25. Annual dues, $4 75 to $7 60. The Certificate is valued first year at from $100 to $33. After one year, its value is $200 to $65. In Class E, the age limit is 14 to 55 years. Fee, $5 to $6 50. Annual dues, $9 50 to 11.40. The Certificate is valued first year at from $250 to $175. After one year its value is $500 to $800. In Class M, the age limit is 14 to 50 years. Fee $11 to $13 50. Annual dues, $21 to $25. The certificate is valued from date of issue at from $1 000 to $700. You are entitled to a Life Membership in either of the Fountains or in Classe B and E upon purchase of the required amount of Bank stock, which pays a dividend annually of 20 per cent. The Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers has paid up to July 29, 1900, a total of 3782 Death Benefits, with a grand total of $521,264 75, over a HALF MILLION DOLLARS. THE BANK.—In our Savings Bank the Order has a sound and flourishing institution that is a credit not only to the Order butthe race as well. It began business April 3, 1889. The capital stock is $100,000. The business is the same as that of any other regularly constituted bank, and is surrounded by the same safeguards. The stock sells for $5.00 a share to RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ..... $8,272 80 Other stock, bonds and mortgages ..... 164,423 83 Due from National Banks ..... 48,383 22 Banking House ..... 14,000 00 Other real estates ..... 99,588 00 Furniture and Fixtures ..... 6,850 00 Current expenses and taxes paid ..... 1,388 99 Specie, nickels and cents ..... 12,399 80 Paper currency ..... 35,820 00 Total ..... 391,120 84 The Reformer's Grocery and Feed Store Richmond, Va., and members of the Order 20 per cent. on the cost of food products. The REFORMER is the newspaper public office in Richmond, Va. It stands for the voicen operation and combination of the race and the General Messenger and the General Agent per year. A well-equipped job office bids are turned out in first class style and at low price. Six miles from Richmond, in Henrico 634 acres of land, and established thereon are exampled liberality and broad-minded gentrance to this home to its members alone, m doors are opened to the aged and decrepid residence or connections. The Order makes charity, and calls upon the whole people, b and West to assist by their contribution the idea. April 3rd of each year is set apart as Contributions can be forwarded to the cash who will send receipt for same and account. Members of the Order and the public, we invited to stop at The Hotel Reformer, 900 1 and desirable location. Service is of the best. The Real Estate Department manages the Ordeer. The Order now owns 13 buildings with a fee simple value of $122,500. In add buildings. members, and pays 20 per cent, dividends. Both time and demand deposits are received and 4 per cent, interest is paid on time desposits. The following is a copy of the Cashier's report to Auditor of Public Accounts of Virginia at close of business Sept.. 5. 1900 and shows its flourishing condition: RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ..... $8,272 80 Other stock, bonds and mortgages ..... 164,423 83 Due from National Banks ..... 48,383 22 Banking House ..... 14,060 00 Other real estates ..... 99,588 00 Furniture and Fixtures ..... 6,850 00 Current expenses and taxes paid ..... 1,388 99 Specie, nickels and cents ..... 12,399 80 Paper currency ..... 35,820 00 Total ..... 391,120 84 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in ..... 88,125 00 Surplus fund ..... 80,957 81 Undivided profits ..... 6,826 80 Demand certificate of deposit ..... 96,786 29 Time certificates of deposit ..... 118,424 74 Total ..... 391,120 64 The Reformer's Grocery and Feed Store is located at 501 North Sixth St., Richmond, Va., and members of the Order and the public generally are saved 20 per cent. on the cost of food products. THE REFORMER is the newspaper published by the order from its own of fice in Richmond, Va. It stands for the voice of the people, representing cooperation and combination of the race and is the Beacon Light, the Headlight, the General Messenger and the General Agent of the Brotherhood. It is $1.00 per year. A well-equipped job office bids for the work of the people, which is turned out in first class style and at low prices. Six miles from Richmond, in Henrico County, Va., the Order has purchased 634 acres of land, and established thereon an "Old Folk's Home". With unexampled liberality and broad-minded generosity, the Order does not limit entrance to this home to its members alone, nor even to members families, but the doors are opened to the aged and decrepid of the whole race, regardless of their residence or connections. The Order makes itself the trustee for this glorious charity, and calls upon the whole people, black and white, North, East, South and West to assist by their contribution the carrying out of this praiseworthy idea. April 3rd of each year is set apart as a Grend Rally Day for the Home. Contributions can be forwarded to the casnier of the Reformer's Savings Bank, who will send receipt for same and account for it to The Grand Fountain. Members of the Order and the public, when visiting Richmond, Va., are invited to stop at The Hotel Reformer, 900 North Sixth St. It is in a pleasant and desirable location. Service is of the best and rates are reasonable. The Real Estate Department manages and controls all property interests of the Ordeer. The Order now owns 13 buildings, 4 farms, 4 dwellings, 1 hotel with a fee simple value of $122,500. In addition to these the Order leases 13 buildings. For any further information, address W. L. TAYLOR, G. W, Master. --- A BEE HIVE ROSEBUD FOUNTAINS. (Continued from thirteenth page.) by Mr. Jackson's friends that he will allow his name to be submitted for nomination at the next County election, and his refusal to do this will be accepted by them with regret. However, if he does not see fit to do so, the people should be looking ahead, and have somebody in sight for this very responsible position as much good has come to our people through this very place. How would the name of Mr. D. C. Smith, 3128 State street look on the The Literary Section of the "Friends of Illinois Club at their elegant club parlors 2927 Learborn street, on Thursday evening, Nov. 8th, had as their guest of honor, and speaker of the evening Hon. J. Gray Lucas, late president of the Men's Sunday Club, under whose administration, President Wm. McKinley was entertained in October, 1899. The subject of the speaker's address was "Hayti, its position among the nations." The club had open doors and a J. H. CHARLES W. CHESNUTT. large number of this creditable and substantial club's friends turned out to listen to the address and a select musical and literary program. Mr. King Jefferson gave a first reading of his latest original poem, entitled, "Some thing for all to do;" the composition and sentiment of which entitle the poem and its author to a more general and larger hearing Mr. F. D Hooker as chairman of the Literary section did the honors with Chesterfieldian grace, and the title, "Friends of Illinois Club," proved no misnomer. In the person of the speaker, Mr. Lucas, and in his subject, as well as the program rendered, the club has set a high mark and it should be its earnest endeavor in the literary section as in the past record of this noble organization to have but one motto, "Excelsior." The republicans in South Carolina have nominated for Congress a young mulatto lawyer, named R. A. Stewart. Hearst's Chicago America, the redletter deincorat paper, which so gallantly championed the cause of Hon. Wm. J. Bryan, comes out with a strong plea in the Negro's behalf, (after the elections over) After informing the thousands of intelligent white men and women through the columns of his paper that when they sit up late at night and read "Monte Christo," "The Three Musketeers" and other works by the Dumas' that they are reading the works of men with African blood in their veins, he comments as follows: The Negro is the under dog in the battle of Nations, just at present. But once he led the fight, as you may learn by studying the Negro nose and lips of the Sphinx rising above the desert sands. Once in far off days, the Negro laid the foundation on which all modern religion rests. A Negro brain evolved our religious beliefs based THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. on the movements of planets, so long ago that those movements have changed and cease to hold their original meaning. The Negro's day may come again Let us treat him with fairness and with decency for our own sakes. Our descendants may one day be in his power as he now seems to be in ours." Charles W. Chestnutt, in a recent publication entitled "The Wife of His Youth," presents an intelligent argument in behalf of the race problem. The logic is so strong that it has attracted the attention of some of the best American writers. Mr. Wm. Dean Howells was so touched by it that he has come forward with the most promising predictions concerning the colored race. He said that during its one generation of freedom its great progress marked by such instances as Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Booker T. Washington, and Charles W. Chestnutt, bade fare to develop into a separate and distinct civilization which would equal that of the whites in education, culture and refinement. The State Federation of Colored Womens's Clubs will be held at the Institutional church, this city, Nov. 21st and 22. Representatives from all parts of the state are expected. On last Sunday evening the pastor of the Institutional church. Rev. R. C. Ransom, dispensed with the regular evening service to do honor to a woman's club, known as the phyllis Wheatley Club, and which has an excellent standing in the community. Mrs. L. A. Davis, the estimable and capable president, presented a short paper in which she gave an outline of the work being done by the club. Mr. W. H. A. Moore, a man of excellent literary tastes read of the life and work of Phyllis Wheatley. Miss Effle McQuann the secretary of the Club rendered "I will extol Thee," from Elijah. The Club is composed of an intelligent body of women who seem very earnest in their endeavor to do good. The Phyllis Wheatley Club rooms are located at 5058 Dearborn street. A large crowd will greet Mrs. Mary Church Terrell at the Institutional church Nov. 23rd where she will donate a lecture for the benefit of the kindergarten fund. Hon. John G. Jones, prominent lawyer of this city and a man well-known all over the United States was recently elected to the legislature. Mr. Jones never fails to championed the cause of his people when the proper opportunity presents itself, and Chicago folks feel that he is the right man in the right place. We congratulate Mr. Jones upon his election to this responsible and honorable position. Mr. Fred W. Hedge, who has charge of the Mammoth Cake Walk and Jubilee Entertainment to be held at Convention Hall, December 4th is leaving no stone unturned to make this affair the most interesting and unique of any that has been given in this city. The best cake walkers and singers, as well as comic comedians have been engaged by Mr. Hedge for this occasion. Get your tickets early. B. H. Warner Company, Real Estate Brokers, Warner Buildingg. Washington, D C. tine is the fastest selling article ever offered to a low (25c), and it pays the agent a good advertised in the newspapers, and is potl preparation that is unknown. We keep out other advertising matter, and guarantee the sale. 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EVENING STAR BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C. --- SOME POST-ELECTION CORRESPONDENCE. Albany, N. Y., Special—The following communications explain themselves: $1,00 I had no idea when I accepted the nomination for the Presidency that I was not 'it." It seems to be, it is Mc Kinley and it is my lot to again offer him my congratulations which I now do with feelings of sincere regret and mortification. IF I had gotten a few thousand more votes I would certainly have been elected. —William Brennings Jyan. Ah'dlaid most anything on the result last Tuesday so confident was I of election, now I've got to lay low for four more years and watch this administration grow prosperous, and popular with the people. Its a shame the way their republicans trounced me and William.—Adelaide Stevingson. Last Wednesday morning I gave up the fight as hopeless, because I clearly saw that the republicans had the biggest battalions and the shrewdest generals. We of the South are no longer superior to the Yankee in political tactics. The Yankee's planned this battle to win and won it behind a breastworks of cotton bales. I trust they'll give the people a good administration. This would have been doubly assured if our side had won.—Jeems K. Geowns. "Well, you have beat us, but we have got four more years to get back at you. You never could have licked us in the world if Bryan hadn't tacked free silver onto the inner edge of the democratic platform. Bryan's a good man, and I am sorry that he lost. But we democrats had to stand by him right or wrong. I like McKinley well enough, he is a good man, but these here trusts are behind him and this here imperia lism is a bad thing for the country."—Tom Tracehe, valet to the eloquent voice from the 14th senatorial district of New York. I sho kin testify 'at Cheif Croaker are right. He's been a frien to me an' Im hisn. Dey wuz thousan's of cullud dim mycrats at woulder woted for our candidate, but that plague gone parade, and the police riots in August, jest nacherly switched em offin the track. Dey hearts was wid Brine, but I hear at most on em woted for McKinley. I wuz very sorry to hear dis kase I had promised Mr. Croaker to turn a big vote, being as he was kind enough to drap a little $uthin in the hat the day fore election —Cheif Edourada Leigh. I said when Croker turned me down that something would happen and something has happened. Croker tried to read me out of the party and to give me a political black optic, but thank goodness I am regular, and I am still a democrat. I feel sorry for Bryan. He had a very incompetent and a very strong headed manager in this state—a prophet without honor in his own country. This campaign hasn't profited Bryan anything worth speaking of. The next time he runs for the Presidency he will probably have a better opinion of the only original democrat, that me.—Dayvid Beenhit Hil. The New York state will this year contain fifteen democrats, thirteen chair sweaters and two voices-Grady and Tanner, both Irishmen, who love to hear themselves squeak and who rarely get beyond the point of filling the senate chamber with the noise of their kind of oratory. It was Senator Grady who in the discussion on the Ellsbery school bill last winter declared in answer to a question as whether not there were Negroes in Tammany? that "there M. Gives the names of dead and living frinds tells who and when you will marry also of business journeys lawsuits, absent friends health or anything you wish to know, no matter what it is. He can call up your spirit friends and show them to you. Can make them rap all around the room. He asks no questions don't ask you to write names or him. Don't try to pump you in any way, out tells you right off. He is thoroughly incoors by leading spiritualists everywhere, received from them a gold medal and special license to practice his wonderful powers; credentialis no one else can show can give the thousands of references to both white and colored patrons Twenty-five years practice—seven in brooklyn—will show you that he can do all he of. Can tell what business is best for you and where, how to win speedy marriage with the one you love. How to be successful in all your doings in short what is best to do. He will succeed when all others fall. Positive satisfaction or no pay. Call and see. You will find it luck to consult this Christian gentleman. He has a medicine that will cure drunkenness; can be given patients not knowing it. Thousands through him are now RICH HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL with all their undertakings,while those w o neglect his advice are still laboring again poverty. Through his perfect knowledge chemistry he can impart to you a secret that will overcome your enemies and win you friends. His aid and advice has often been solicited; the result has always been the securing of speedy and happy marriages and all your wishes. In love affairs he never fails. He has the secret of winning the affections of the opposite sex. It is the curse of Spiritualism that in all large cities there are a class of men and women who claim powers they do not possess. They have neither gifts, credentials, nor references. Surely the colored people are not so wanting in sense as to throw their time and money away on such. Dr. Shea refers to the Hon. Charles Miller, capitalist, 2481 Atlantic avenue; the Hon. William Denmore, architect and builder, 47 Cleveland, avenue, and Mr. Arthur Sewell, ship builder. South Brooklyn. All have known him for the past ten years. He gives a free test of his power to all. The doctor has practiced five years in New Orleans, St. Louis, Memphis and Louisville, understands thoroughly the diseases, spells or influences the race is subject to. He has now and always had large patronage from them PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: Broklyn, August, 15, 1891—This letter is to certify that I came to New York from Alba ny. 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. Albert Ayers, 2987 Atlantic Avenue. were but we make them keep their places." Munzinger the corpulent low Dutch Senator from the XVI who in the same discussion said he didn't want his children to go to the same school with "coon children," has fortunately been elected to remain to hum. Thet man Platt, blocked my game in New York and meddled with me in various ways through his hired agents. Every move I made he intercepted me. The business men's parade was some of his dirty work, and though only 40,000 of them paraded in the rain through fear of losing their jobs, or having their liscences taken away for refusing to show up, it had a bad effect on us and made us feel blue. Up to the 3rd of November we were absolutely certain of carrying New York by an overwhelming democratic majority. That parade was the most dastardly assault upon the rights of the individual citizen ever made by a political boss. Every man who participated in it was coerced and brow beaten, though thousands of them shouted for McKinley, their hearts were with our Billy, God bless him!—Richard Crorker, Emporer of New York. BRUCE GRIT. Brooklyn, August 15, 1891—This letter is to certify that my husband had gone away and had been absent two years. I mourned for him night and day. I gave him up as dean. Hearing of the wonderful things Dr. Shea was doing I resolved to consult him. He told me that my husband was alive and well and where he was; told me he would come home and when. To my joy sill of it came true. He is home now, came back like one from the dead, I also wish to say that this month I lost $250. I am a poor woman and I was almost insane. I went to Dr. Shea and he told me I would find my money and to my intense joy I find it 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 do her any good. It was my duty as her pastor to call and see her. Hearing of the wonderful work being done by Dr. Shea the last few years, I thought I would call and see him myself. I found him a sympathetic gentleman. He gave me a wonderful test of his powers, told me to send him a lock o. patient's hair, which I did by her daughter. He told at once what was the matter, and in a short time cured her sound and well. 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, Oyspepsia, Tape Worms, Liver Conplaints, Deafness, Catarrh, Dropsy, Pies, Nervous Debility, Heart Diseases, Consumption, Diseases of Women and Children, Fits, Kidney Disease, and strange mysterious diseases which others don't understand. All diseases, no matter what they be. Nothing but honorable treatment. He can and will honestly tell you if you can be cured. Has all new remedies and new success. Has an ample experience in public hospital and private clinics. No trifling with human life. Call at once. Do not delay. Diplomats hang in parlors. Is a registered physician. A new remedy to rhenatism just discovered, not a liniment. Hopeless cases and those that others can not cure solicited to call. Fat folks thin, the childless made parents. All letters must contain $1.00, two stamps, age, lock of hair. Charges for medical treatment only. Closed Sundays. Attention this paper. 651 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. W. H BUTLER, PAINTS OILS 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. Cleaning, Dyeing & Repairing Goods Called for and Delivered. 1202 E Street, N. W. 15 MAKVELOUS MEDIUM DR SHEA GLASS, &c. The COLORED American Library of Congress ANATIONAL REGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. 8 NO. 34. PROF. JOHN W. HOFFMAN, Ph. D. The Race's Leading Scientist—Member Member of Famous Society—Student in Leading University—Teacher in Leading Negro Schools—Government Experimenter—An Authority. A distinguished colored man upon a brief visit to Washington is Prof John Wesley Hoffman of the State Normal and Industrial College of Florida, the well known scientist of the world. He is making a tour of the various experimental stations in the eastern and middle states. Prof. Hoffman is one of the few colored men of this country who have attained distinction through well deserved merit and not by favor, and by pluck and indomitable energy has made his mark in the scientific world, and has received a distinction not yet accorded to another man of his race—that of being honored with membership in some of the leading scientific societies of this country and Europe, including the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the Boston Mycological Society, the New York Zoological Society and the Royal Agricultural Society of England; being also a Fellow of the American Geographical Society and of the Royal Microscopical Society of England, and other well known scientific bodies Prof. Hoffman's reputation was made in this section of the country when the Massachusetts Horticultural Society made him one of its members, in recognition of his successful experiment in originating the Hoffman Seeding Strawberry, an abnormally large and an exceptionally sweet berry that is now cultivated along the Atlantic Coast from South Carolina to the Gulf. His reputation has also come to him through his persistently applied efforts in experimental work, that attracted attention, not only of the State Department of Agriculture at Alabama, but of the United States Department of Agriculture at Washington as well. In Alabama he made a dietary study of the kind, quantity and quality of food used by Negroes of the black belt of that state, with such splendid results that his report was published by the Department of Agriculture as a valuable contribution to the dietetic studies of the world. This report has been translated into several languages and is in use by many physiologists. At Washington he reported to the United States of Agriculture the first appearance among the trees of the South, of the parasitic insect called the San Jose Scale, and traced out its method of introduction [Name] PROF. JOHN W. HOFFMANN, PH. D., In the Gulf States. Prof. Hoffman was the first scientist of the South to make this discovery and its subsequent report. Prof Hoffman has unique scale of work which has met with w He conducts a series of This gifted man laid the foundation of his education in Northern and Western colleges, having taken special courses in chemistry, bacteriology and biology in some of the leading colleges in the country, and his natural taste for the sciences rendered him an apt pupil. His active, retentive mind, and his instincts for research led him to become a teacher of science, having chosen agricultural biology as his specialty, which he has taught in various colleges in the South. He has chosen the South as his future field of labor because of the magnificent opportunity to develop the agricultural resources of that section, if the science of agriculture is properly taught to those whose life work it will be to make that country what it is possible to make it. Prof Hoffman has planned out a unique scale of work in the South which has met with wonderful results. He conducts a series of conferences each year which he calls Farmers' Institutes. Attractive posters, setting forth the subjects to be discussed and the branches taught, are posted in the various counties, and a general invitation is extended to the farmers and all those interested in farming and agriculture generally. Some big building is placed at his disposal, and this is packed with tillers of the spoil, who listen eagerly to the scientific manner in which the subjects are laid before them and explained such subjects as diversified farming, intensive farming, truck gardening, raising and curing butter, canning of fruit and vegetable, poultry raising and fruit growing; and subjects, that teach them not only how to get a living, but (Continued on ninth page.) THEY MUST STAND AS A UNIT. A Commissioner Lost By Treachry of the Race--The Friends Literary Meet and Hon J. Gray Lucas Delivers an Interesting Address-A Pen Picture of Life in the Lake City. [The Chicago Office of The Colored Ameri can is located at 59 Dearborn St. suite 412.] Chicago, Ill., Special.—Daniel McKay Jackson, son of a prominent and wealthy undertaker of Chicago, whose name appeared on the county ticket for the office of County Commissioner is probably defeated, and if so he is defeated by his own people, many of whom were aroused by the ire of one or two men who had some personal grudge against Mr. Jackson. Principle in the cause was ignored; reason was eagerly shunned; race pride was overlooked; improvidence was lacking. A vicious attack was made upon the young man's character, which of course one might expect in politics, but hardly from a race as weak as ours. The white man is able to fight. Why? Because he is strong. "In Union there is strength." The Negro is weak. Why? First, comparatively speaking, the Negro's freedom begun but yesterday. Secondly, because there is some one, yes, some two, and sometimes three, yes, many, whose chief delight seems to be to pull down the very stairs by which they, as well as their children, and in fact the whole race are aiming to reach the goal of success. Whenever the name of a Negro is placed on a ticket, whenever he is fortunate enough to get that recognition, whenever the race is thus honored—men, should vote for the principle of race pride. The colored man finds no greased sidewalks upon which he can slide into positions of responsibility and trust, therefore when one is honored by having his name placed upon a ticket, and all that remains to be done is to secure the support of the man who votes, vote for the principle of the thing and by doing this, we are more likely to make a strong character out of a weak one, as you like it. If Mr. Jackson and the Republican ticket is defeated, it stands to reason that the democrats are in power. The Negroes who voted for them did not care anything about their personalities. I do not champion the cause of any retrograde, nor do I encourage the putting into power of any bad man, and if I thought there was a just cause for such a fight in this case, I would give this no sincere consideration. Politics to day has no search warrants, it only Las enemies. It is hoped (Continued on fifth page.) What Afro-American Editors Say of the Election. ```markdown ``` 2 It was a walkover for McKinley and Roosevelt.—Rock Hill Messenger. Good morning, Mr. Bryan, and how are you this morning.—Kentucky Standard. Will it be four more years of burnings lynchings and lawlessness?—Union Signal Herald. We have met the enemy and he is ours. Three cheers for McKinley and prosperity.—Ohio Standard. We have not only won, but we have saved our honor and manhood as well.—Charleseon, (W. Va.,) Advocate. Editors Cooper and Chase were fore most in the fray. The Colored American led the way.—Daily Recorder. The motto of the democratic party: "Let us have piece," but not a solitary piece was left for Bryan.—Mobile Weekly Press. The result of the election is most gratifying to the friends and supporters of the President.—Charleston, (S. C.,) Messenger. Uncle Sam—"Now Billie Bryan, you will have four more years longer to wait. Now will you be good."—The Cumberland Record. Evidently Mr. Bryan rode his horse too hard before the race came off. Otherwise he might have made a better run.—Houston (Tex.,) Van. Was it a landslide or earthquake? Now President McKinley, we pray thee to remember the black man of the South.—Industrial Seachlight. Let us all rejoice and be glad that the government at Washington is safe and the country will be prosperous another four years.—Corsicana Afro-American. We are proud of the result. If the South will profit by its defeat we will be proud. We love the South but we love the republican party more.—Atlanta Age. The election is over, the people have decided for continued prosperity, and now let us all with one accord "praise God from whom all blessings flow."—Omaha Enterprise. It is all over with Bryan! He was the leader of a great party, and fought a great fight for them, but his general ship was bad, and his marksmanship was poor. —The Major. The defeat of Mr. Bryan, together with his henchmen, means a continuity of a prosperous country and preservation of the franchisement of at least ten million Afro Americans.—The Sea-side News. * * * The American people can surely feel grateful on this occasion. The country is prosperous, and was delivered on Tuesday from a dreadful calsmity. We are all thankful!—Savannah Tribune. In that great battle for American institutions the Negro newspapers did their full share. None met and combatted Bryan's vaporings more heroically than did our Negro speakers. The Conservator. By the grace of God and the aid of the colored voters in the doubtful states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, the repuplican party has again been victorious.—Odd Fellows' Journal. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. There could have been no other result with such an issue, and the American people can always be depended upon to support their flag and their Constitution. Taking it all in all, the people have reason to rejoice.—American Baptist. Bryan, Jones, et al, will brood over the dead past and moan the decay of democratic ideas, while the republicans will hail with unbounded satisfaction the election of McKinley and the prosperity of our country.—Memphis Colored Citizen. Mr. McKinley owes his re election to the fidelity of the colored vote. Men like Dr. Ernest Lyon, Bishop Derrick, Bishop Walters, and others did yeoman service, and once again snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.—Philadelphia Tribune. Bryanism, Altgeldism, Tillmanism, Pettigrewism and Hoggism have been killed deader than Hector, and the whole caboodle were buried under the great avalanche of republican votes cast in last Tuesday's election.—Houston Independent. While the result marks the passing of Bryan and Bryanism, it also offers the opportunity to those who blindly followed him to accept the verdict and join the balance of their countrymen, in making our nation in truth what it is in name: "the land of the free and the home of the brave."-Dallas Express. The election just closed has shown that the American people by a very large majority, believe in the republican policy of sound money, expansion, and the full dinner pail; and that President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt will preside over the destinies of the American people for the next four years.—Louisiana Baptist. LIEUT. ALLAN S. PEALE Eloquently Tells of the Negro in the Spanish American War Before a Columbus Audience—Thousands Were Present—A Fine Address. At a mass meeting of colored citizens of Franklin County, Ohio, held in the Columbus Auditorium, October nineteenth last, an excellent program was carried out. It was a ratification meeting. The Negro problem and the progress of the American Negro in all phases of American life. "The Negro in Equity," "The Negro in commerce" and kindred subjects were well treated by competent men and women. The feature of the evening was the address of Lieut. Allan Peale, late of the 7th Immunes, and now a clerk in the auditor's office of Franklin County. It is a sterling address full of pathos and patriotism. Thousands of people, both white and black were present. Below will be found the address in full: Mr. Chairman and Friends:—The closing of the 19th century witnessed the pitiful spectacle of "Ever faithful Cuba," "pearl of the Antiles," a wasting island. A hundred years of studied oppression had wrung the heart and life of the people who in preference to submission were heroically dying rather than surrender. Already had they delivered to the world their living, dying declaration: "The laborers, animated by the love of their native land, aspire to the hope of seeing Cuba happy and prosperous, by virtue of its own power and demand the inviolability of individuals, of their homes, their families, the fruits of their labor, which it will have guaranteed by the liberty of conscience, of speech, of the press, by peaceful meeting. Respecting above all and before all the dignity of man—this association declares that it will not accept slavery as a forced inheritance of the past. We, the laborers, ignore the value of nationality but at the present consider it of secondary moment. Before nationality stands liberty, the indisputable condition of existence. We must be a people before we can be a nation. When the Cubans constitute a free people, they will receive the nationality that becomes them." So much for the declaration, General Campos, Spain's usy LIEUT. ALLEN S. PEALE. xing-maker had been sent over to choke this spirit of Cuban freedom, only to be driven across the island and down to the sea by Antonio Maceo than whom no more brilliant leader of men has ever lived; reared and surrounded with difficulties, dying amongst traitors, his scores of wounds received in freedom's fight by bullet and sword, decorated him far more royally than insignia and emblems that regel hands could place upon him. Maceo betrayed and murdered left his cause and people with no equal successor. Note, if you please, the weakening of Cuba's cause after the death of this leader in whose veins coursed an Afric's blood and the unyielding spirit of liberty. Weyler follows the fleeing Campos in rule and instituted the well known reign of butchery. Lawlessness and acts in the name of law, were fast transforming "the pearl of the Antilles" into a slaughter pen. It has been well said that "there must be a stage in mis-government that will justify the interference by standing nations." The wail of assaulted womanhood, of starving children, and the lusty shout of "Cuba libre," from a hundred hillsides, at last, struck the heart and sympathy of a neighboring power. June, '98, records the interference of America in behalf of justice and law and freedom for all the people on Cuban soil. The army and navy of this country made Spain tremble; sending Castillian honor to its deserving grave and its hideous banner of oppression, to the bottom of the sea. In this rebuke of justice, white men fought as did their sires around Concord and on Lake Erie, at Monterey, and in those hundred conflicts from Shiloh to Appomattox. Black men fought as their ancestors, from the day of Attucks and Peter Salem, to that of the black assaulting column at Ft. Wagner. Upon these Cuban fields of last resort, no distinct ones can be made. In some of the engagements, military writers confess ignorance as to which troops were the first to reach the hilltops and who first entered the abandoned block house and fort. Who cares? They were all Americans. The world was breathless in beholding the gallant and dashing charges of our latter-day soldiery. Upon the common level of strife in arms there is no color. Manhood is the requirement and test; "to do or die" is the condition. Here was waged a war for oppressed humanity. It was not a white man's war or a conflict out of which to make black heroes; but it was a supreme effort of a justly indignant people and soldiery of the new world against the ancient barbarity of the old. Out of the conflict came men, white and black, who had withstood like creatures of iron such a baptism of fire and lead that "all the world wondered." Speaking of the Negroes, Gen. Hawkins says of San Juan, that the blacks of the 24th Infantry took off their hats and sang, "Oh say does the star spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave," in the very teeth of Spanish foe who continually harrassed them with deadly fire. On October 14th, '08, our president at the tomb of the immortal Lincoln spoke these words; "The name of Lincoln is an inspiration and a holy one to all lsvers of liberty the world over. He saved the Union. He liberated a race—a race which he once said 'ought to be free because there might come a time when these black men could keep the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom.' If any vindication of that actor of that prophecy were needed, it was found when those black men ascended the hill of San Juan in Cuba and charged the enemy at El Caney. They vindicated their own title to liberty on that field and with our other brave soldiers gave the priceless gift of liberty to another suffering race," Indeed, those that had the opportunity to fight did nobly. Our soldiery in camp made excellent records and gave evidence that had they reached the firing line, "Old Glory" would have been well protected. Ohio sent with other states black boys in blue who came from the best families and were impelled with highest motives. All honor to the Ninth with its sable Major Young, product of the highest military academy in the world, the school that furnished immortality with names like Sheridan, Sherman and Grant. North Carolina sent a thousand, commanded from corporal to colonel by black men to fight for the freedom of a foreign people. Only the breeze of opportunity was wanting to fan their patriotism into heroic action. True, we had no Hobson or ocean hero, since the honor of entering our nation's naval school, though opened to a Japanese, has never been granted to a descendent of our race. We are proud and jealous of our soldiery. Long live the black Ninth and Tenth Cavalry. Long live the 24th and 25th Infantry and our 15,000 volunteers to the country's call. Scattered throughout the land are the silent mounds of some of the blacks who tell fighting for Cuba and America's national honor. From these voiceless graves like incense arises this sentiment: Treat my people with law and justice. We lay down our lives in these humble graves that our mothers and fathers and race might command through our willing death, full citizenship in this government and an equal right in all things American. Behind us we leave our sisters and sweethearts for whom we have died that that they may be honored along with the rest of the womanhood of the world. To a soldier's grave for this struggle whose mission was peace; whose interest was industry; whose goal was general prosperity, not for a race, not for a class, but for all- May our lives inspire those we leave behind; may our voluntary deeds soften the hatred against the black race in the coming battle, one of commerce, not of arms; of thought, not of force; a struggle for products of the soil and factory and not the bloody harvest of fire and sword. Have they died in vain? GEORGE A. MYERS, MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE. One of the leading members of the Republican Executive committee in this campaign is George A. Myers, a well known and popular Republi can of Cleveland. Mr. Myers was elected as a member of the State committee on account of his wide acquaintance among the colored voters of Opin to Mr. McKinley in the campaign of four years ago. Three years ago Mr. Myers was one of the assistant secretaries of the Toledo convention which renominated Governor Bushnell and indorsed Hon. M. A. Hanna for United States Senator. The last Republican State convention honored Mr. Myers for his services to his party by electing him an alternate at-large to the Republican national convention at Philadelphia which renominated President McKinley and nominated Governor Theodore Roosevelt for Vice President of the United States.—Oleveland Leader. D. H. George A. Myers. to Mr. McKinley in the campaign of Myers was one of the assistant secretaries renominated Governor Bushnell and United States Senator. The last Rep Myers for his services to his party by the Republican national convention President McKinley and nominated President of the United States.—Olev THE MOURNFUL JOURNEY OF BISHOP GRANT. On the morning of November 1st when the Southern express pulled out from Broad Street station, Philadelphia, it had on board in a Pullman Palace car, Bishop A. Grant, D. D., and in baggage car the mortal remains of Mrs. Florida Grant. Just before going to his car Bishop Grant was grasped by the hand and hidden farewell by Revs. Wm. Davis, J. P. Sampson, N. D. Temple, C. M. Tanner; B. F. Watson, J. M. Henderson and Prof. H. T. Kealing. A few moments before that Revs. J. P. Sampson and J. M. Henderson had stood with uplifted hat and watched the transfer from hearse to truck of a great oaken box, polished and adorned with shining trimmings. The shining frame of Bishop Grant shivered and his head bowed in agony as railroad hands with quick and unsentimental movements skillfully shifted the enshrouded casket to its place. Little did they think, little did they feel. They were only forming one of the tasks incident to the opening of a long and hard day of toil. How could these workers know that within the box that they handled was the mortal remains of one who in life was the cherished companion of the stalwart man who stood with bowed head and in majestic silence close by. Hour after hour the engine will pound away, wheels of the rushing train will clatter and ratle, the whistle will shriek, the bell ring, at station after station passengers will enter or leave the train, a happy couple on a wedding trip here, a hurrying man of business there, but none will know or think of the stricken husband who silently in the Pullman car following to her grave in far off San Antonio, Texas, the mortal remains of his beloved companion. In her lifetime Mrs. Florida Grant was not only a queen among women but a queen among wives. From poverty and obscurity she followed the fortunes --- COLORADO AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. R. During the present campaign Mr Myers has worked hard and faithfully for the cause which he represents. He has long been considered one of the valued workers of the Republican party in the State. At the Minneapolis convention, which renominated President Harrison, Mr. Myers first came into prominence in politics, appearing there as an alternate from the Twenty first Congressional district of Ohio. He was elected as one of the delegates from Cuyahoga county in 1895 to the Zanesville Republican convention, which first nominated Asa S. Bushneil for Governor. Mr. Myers organized the Ohio colored delegation, of which Bishop Arnett was chairman, and he treasurer, and which rendered such signal service. of four years ago. Three years ago Mr. detailes of the Toledo convention which and indorsed Hon. M. A. Hanna for Republican State convention honored Mr. by electing him an alternate at-large to con at Philadelphia which renominated Governor Theodore Roosevelt for Vice Cleveland Leader. of her husband until she heard his name spoken in praise for works of greatness and nobility not only in every state of her native land but by the journals of lands beyond the sea. She had never sought to make him famous but she had ever tried to make him great, she had never sought to help him win mere renown but she had always striven to help him deserve it. She saw in the praise that poured in from everywhere, not cause for vanity and pride, but reason to bow humbly before her God and thank Him that her hero had been able to become great and noble enough to be acknowledged before the world by all. Happy saint, peace to thy dust and joy to thy soul. J. M. HENDERSON. Philadelphia, Pa. A Progressive Negro Business Man. Dr. E. Parker Read, President of the East Indian Remedy Company, also President National Cooperative Association of Philadelphia is undoubtedly the most progressive Negro man of business in his section of the country. He attributes it all to the medium of advertising, in which the Doctor takes great interest. His mammoth business has grown in a few years. When he took a notion to advertise, and did it, the little drug shop he was occupying could not hold him a month afterward. The medical business in which he is interested has attracted national attention and interest. He thinks that if Negroes would succeed in business they must advertise, and extensively. If those of us who are in business would do some legitimate advertising, something that would help the advertiser and the medium as well, success would be sure to follow closely. His five-story brick concern in Philadelphia is the result of telling the people he was in town, and wished their trade. And he has succeeded in getting the town trade, and the business from the states. --- Mrs. Terrell in the West. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell has gone to Minneapolis, Minn. to the meeting of the National Council of Women where she will deliver an address on the fourteenth inst. Mrs. Terrell represents the colored women of America on the program. The Council will be in session three days. From Minneapolis she will go to St. Louis and deliver a lecture for the benefit of the new hospital which is established there, under the auspices of a club of which Mrs. Haydee M. Campbell is president. On the 23rd of November Mrs. Terrell will deliver a lecture in Chicago for a charity movement projected by Mrs. Alice Johnson Williams, wife of the eminent surgeon, Daniel H. Williams. She will also address the students at Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo. before her return. Its Our Judd. Capt. W. H. Judd Malvin was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Roller, of Greenwood street, while in the city. 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Those who attended services at Bethel Baptist church on Sunday night listened to an excellent sermon by Prof. T. A. Reid. The county teachers met and organized an association; next meeting will be Dec. 8th. A county oratorical contest is to contemplation. Profs. Baker and Crawford, of Paris, Ky., visited here Satur day. Messrs, Joseph Washington and John Drew have re-opened the tonsorial parlor conducted by Mr. Charles Ganson H street between 2nd 3rd sts. n. w. They solicit a continuance of the public's patronage. Mr. Arthur Martin is proprietor. The Case Against the Douglass House Dismissed. Mr. Jos. D. Jones and wife, proprietors of the Douglass Hotel, 220 B street and 235 Pennsylvania avenue, who were brought before the court some months ago, charged with running a disorderly house have been acquitted of the charge. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have lived in this community since their childhood and by thrift, industry and economy have saved enough to buy valuable property at the numbers named. They are known as the pioneers of their race in a business way in this city and have always stood high in the esteem of the J. MR. JOSEPH D. JONES. people. The case against them (which has just been thrown out of court.) atracted considerable attention at the time and their friends felt all that it was a case of the law being used to oppress rather than to protect a case of persecution rather than prosecution. The decision of Judge Scott has put an end to the matter and has given an occasion for much rejoicing among their many friends and patrons. The Douglass Hotel is one of the oldest and most popular hostelries for colored people in the city of Washington. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones have devoted the best part of their lives in making it a place for the accommodation of the best people. A few years ago the hotel was subleased to parties who gave it bad name and it is the opinion of many that the reputation given it at that time was the cause of the present trouble. In dismissing this case Judge Scott decided wiser than he knew for so few of the better class of white people know the condition of the colored people and the discrimination and prejudice that they are subjected to. In Washington race prejudice is as strong as it is in the fartherest point in the South. The color line is drawn everywhere. A respectable colored person cannot get accommodation in the cheapest lodging house or lunch room. It is absolutely necessary to them that the colored people themselves prepare to accommodate strangers and travelers who happen to have a little Negro blood in their veins. It was with this object in view that Mr. and Mrs. Jones at great labor and expense, opened up the Douglass. The same rules obtain in the Douglass House as at the National, Regent, Arlington, St. James and whatnot, but the myrmidons and the mercenaries of the law are not sent to the white hotels to scrutinize and annoy the guests and make mid-night raids The Douglass House paid its hotel license just as the other hotels in the city paid theirs, but it seems that its privileges stopped after paying the license. Judge Scott cannot be commended too highly for his most just and far reaching decision. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are now adding new ad- ditions so as to connect the building from B street to Pennsylvania avenue, thus maaking it one solid building which, when completed, will contain from fifty to seventy five rooms. When the work is completed a grand opening will be given so that the public may have a full and fair inspection of the building. 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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 vigor have completely returned and enlar gement is entirely satisfactory." "Dear Sir,--Yours was received and I had no trouble in making use of the receipt as directed and can trustfully 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. NELSONS STRAIGHTINE THE LATEST DISCOVERY FOR MAKING KNOTTY, KINKY, CURLY HAIR STRAIGHT. BEFORE AFTER STRAIGHTINE is no experiment, but a thoroughly reliable preparation. It has been successfully used by thousands in all portions of the country. We have hundreds of letters speaking in the highest terms of its merit, and every mail brings us fresh monials. Straightine is a highly perfumed pomade; it not only Straightens the Hair, but removes Dandruff, Keeps the Hair from Falling Out, cures Itching, Irritating Scalp Diseases, giving a rich, long and furious head of hair—so much to bedesired, guaranteed perfectly harmless. Price: a can at all drug stores, or sent by any address on receipt of 30 Cents or silver. Address, NELSON M'TOWN, Richmond, Va. 43 Big Money for Write for Terms. THE REFORM WORK. The Eloquent Perry Lectures on the Subject of Man-Gleanings From the Social World-Notes. Charlottesville, Va., Special.—Rev. Joseph Perry, Sunday'school Missionary for the western district of Virginia addressed the men's meeting of the Y. M. C. A. at the Mount Zion Baptist church, Sunday afternoon, taking for his subject, "Man." Those present enjoyed a rare treat as Rev. Perry is one of the best lecturers in the country. An exceptionally fine musical and literary entertainment was given at the Ebenezer Baptist church, of which Rev. C. N. Harris is pastor, Monday night by the choir, of said church, under the musical direction of Prof. Pendleton and the management of Prof. B. E. Tonsler, principal city public schools. Hon. J. H. Smyth. President of the State Reformatory for Colored Youth, was in the city Monday and carried with him a few miscreant youths. Mrs. Martha Sorrell from New York, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sorrell, and Mr. Wm McDaniel were in the city this week from Washington, D. C., having accompanied the remains of Mrs Sallie McDaniel who was buried Sunday afternoon. The condition of Mr. John Thornton who has been quite ill for some time remains about the same. Rev. R. C. Quarles has been confined to his home on account of sickness for the past week. The Sunday afternoon men's meeting of the Y. M. C. A. was held last Sunday at Mount Zion Baptist church. The meeting was addressed by Rev Joseph Perry. Next Sunday's meeting will be held at the Ebenezer Baptist church at 4 30 p. m. Messrs Horace E. Tonsler, headwaiter; Kiah Logan, chief cook; Henry Ragland, Frank Stovall, Misses Bettie James and Hester Banks are home from Warm Springs. Mrs. Samuel Kelley left this week for Baltimore to be present at the marriage of her daughter Miss Bertha Kelley to Mr. James M. Sloan on the 14th inst. Mr. and Mrs. Louise Heiskell, Mrs. Gertrude Heiskell, Messrs. Albert Brooks, Stephen Gay, and John Anderson are home from Hot Springs. Miss Rebecca Ferguson was in the city from her school at Free Union, last week. Miss Emma M. Tonsler was home from her school at North Garden, Saturday. Miss Van Meter Angel is home from Phila, Pa. Mr. John Edmonds left this week for New York. Mrs. M. E. Gordon, who is teaching at Oak Union was home Saturday. Dr. A. W. Frazier of Kentucky and Miss Mary Washington of Staunton are in the city the guests of Miss Bettie James on Preston avenue. The remains of Benjamin Chapman, jr., were brought home last Saturday from Atlantic City. His funeral took place from the Zion Union Baptist church, Sunday at 3 o'clock, Rev. J. Perry, officiating. The deceased died from an attack of acute pneumonia. The remains of Mrs. Sallie McDaniel were brought from Washington, D.C., last Sunday and buried in family's burying ground at Union Ridge in the county. Her funeral took place from the Union Ridge Baptist church Sunday at 3 o'clock, Rev. Finley Woodfork officiating. The deceased was 98 years of age. The American can be gotten from A. F. Angel at the University or Pollard and Noble's barber shop shop every Saturday, MONTICELLO. The Misses Williams formerly of Kingman Place have located at 1821 15th street, n. w. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, B. B. 1520 14th St. Northwest. A First-class Line of High Grade Groceries, Liquors, Cordials, Sherries, Cigars, Etc., Etc. A Pure Medicinal Stimulant and Tonic. Just the Thing for an Appetizer in the Morning and a Sleep Producer at Night. H. H. Elliott, Grocer, 1520 FOURTEENTH STREET, NORTHWEST ASK FOR ELLIOTT'S Private Stoo A Pure Medicinal Stimulant and Appetizer in the Morning an H. H. Ellio 1520 FOURTEENTH ST Mr. C. Washington Woogs. One of the most popular and best known young men about town is Mr. "Wash" Woods. He is a Marylander by birth but has spent the greater part of his life in Washington and at the great summer resorts on the Atlantic sea coast. Mr Woods is now first man at Gray and Costley's popular cafe, 1313 E street northwest, and has been with them from the very beginning. In fact he has been associated with Messrs. Gray and Costley for the past fifteen years at Saratoga, Old Point Comfort, Chamberlin's celebrated ho- M. MB C. WASHINGTON WOOD. tel, and at other points. He is a master in the art of mixing drinks and is known by the connoisseurs all over the United States. The members of Congress, the millionaire business men all know him as an expert in his profession. His last work at Chamberlin's, Old Point Comfort, Va., was so glit-edged and up-to-date that a staff correspondent of the New York Sun devoted nearly a column to his wonderful memory and tact as the "hat man" at Chamberlin's. His ability to handle so many "head gear" without any use of checks and without making a mistake, was such that the Sun correspondent compared him to Hon. Jas. G. Blaine. This same article was reproduced in the Washington Post. Mr. Woods is a young man as his portrait will indicate but he has chosen "a better half" and settled down to business. He counts his friends by the score and, unlike so many men, does not know what it is to have an enemy. He is a member of the Mixologist's club and will no doubt shine in resplendent glory Monday evening, Nov. 29th at Grand Army Hall. Hon. John P. Green will address the Bethel Literary and Historical Association next Tueeday evening. Subject: Famous Women of the past." The meetings for November will be held in the Lincoln Memorial church, cor. 11th and R streets, n.w. The Mixologists Entertainment. In the last issue of The Colored American a full account was given of the Mixologist Club and its purposes The entertainment which is to take place on the 29th inst., at Grand Army Hall, will be the most unique affair that has happened in the city for many moons. It is known as the second A. H. MR. EDWARD MATTHEWS annual ball and already members of the club with their ladies are making extensive preparations to show up to the best advantage. The portraits of a number of the prominent participants are given in this issue and the remainder will follow in the next issue of The Colored American. The Mixologists have behind them our most successful business men and they are making a supreme effort to make this entertainment the best. Death Strikes a Shining Mark. Lynchburg, Va. Mabel Brown, the 5 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rev. S W. Rutherford died Monday Nov. 12, after two weeks' illness of whooping cough. In its early stages there were developments which resulted in bronchitis and pneumonia, she growing rapidly wo se till the end. She was an exceptionally bright and attractive child. Winning the hearts old and young by her affectionate disposition and intelligent manners. The funeral took place from the house, Wednesday afternoon at 3 30 o'clock, Dr. P. F. Morris officiating. Music was rendered by the 8.h street Baptist choir. The house was crowed with friends anxious to pay their last tribute of respect to one who had been so much loved The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful, many having been gived by children from every portion of the city. The body was laid to rest in the Methodist cemetery The grave was completely covered with flowers, there not being space to put them all. Her little life was brief but beautiful. As flowers had had for her a peculiar charm, it was fitting that her grave should be a bedof flowers while she is resting in that land of music, love and flowers. The pall bearers were Masters Frank Hallion, Eustace Trigg, William McDonald and Thomas Freeman. The revenue of the Negroes in New Orleans was of more importance than the separation of the races in the cars. SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. WANTED HELP. WANTED—Trustworthy colored man to travel and appoint agents in the District of Columbia. $50 monthly and expenses. position per nament, enclose self addressed envelope for reply. Manager Cross, Star Building, Chicago. Enclose 20 stamp for reply, and we will send particulars telling how you can make from $75 to $150 per month, and also be presented with a fine Gold Watch. Address. SCOTT REMEDY CO., Box 570, Louisville, Ky. Wanted Rooms. Persons desiring to secure first class rooms in any part of the city will do well to put an announcement in these columns. If you have a spare room that you would like to rent to desirable parties, advertise them in The Colored American. TWO communicating front rooms, one furnished and one unfurnished with board for two ladies. The northwest section of the city desired. Address S, American office. Help Wanted. Do you want work? Do you want a job? If so, advertise the fact in these columns. Wanted an active, intelligent young man to collect for a reliable business firm. Good place for the right man. Wanted a Partner. Wanted a partner for a business already established and paying well. Must have some cash and be able to take a position on salary. Address C, care this office. (Confidential) LOTS FOR SALE. WE have at Colemanville, Mineral Springs, Va, TWENTY-FIVE BUILDING LOTS, which must be sold at once. This is a great opportunity for any one who wishes to purchase property at the only mineral sprit gs owned by colored people in the country. This is a fine place, and will be a great money making summer resort. Title guaranteed lots for cash or on in stalment. If you want one, write to DR. E. PARKER REAL. President of the NATIONAL O OPERATIVE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION, 1037 South street, Philadelphia, Penna. Cora E. Dorsey and Christine Dorsey Typewriting, Copying and Stenographic work satisfactorily performed at reasonable rates by the Misses Dorsey, Room 8, Le Droit Building, Corner 8th and F street northwest. SPECIAL. SPECIAL. There are letters at this office for Mr. Paul Laurence Dunbar, Mr. Harry Radcliff, Hon John N. Ruffin, Hon. William Harris and Mr. Henry Y. Arnett. CURLY HAIR MADE STRAIGHT BY THE TAKEN FROM LIFE. BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW [COPYRIGHTED.] Will straighten your hair, quickly and easily so that you can do it yourself at home no matter how kinky or curly it is. This wonderful hair pomade has been made and sold many years giving perfect satisfaction to everybody. It never disappoints anyone. It is the only safe preparation in the world that straightens kinky hair as shown above. Nourishes the scalp, cures dandruff, prevents falling, and makes the hair grow. Sold over forty years. 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. Toilet necessity for ladies and gentlemen. Elegantly performed. Owing to its superior and lasting quality it is the most economical. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents. Sold by dealers or we will ship you express paid one bottle for 65 cents or three for $1.40. Send postal or express money order. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. --- THE EDITOR'S MAIL BAG 6 Below will be found, with other information, letters of different natures and expression from our subscribers. The endorsement, which the public has given to this Journal, which has always striven for the good will and support of the people, is indeed encouraging. We don't publish these letters for the mere name of it, but to show our appreciation of the substantial good will the colored people have given us. These are a few of the many which flood The Colored American office each week. There is no doubt that with each passing day, the efforts of the publisher of this journal is trying to give the American people, and the Afro Americans in particular—a clean, up to date, instructive Negro journal, is bearing fruit. This paper stands for the highest development of Negro manhood, and never wavers in speaking in his behalf, while the information found in these columns is of the first order, and can be relied upon for truthfulness. The publisher seeks to bring before the public the progressive Negro, and he succeeds therein. CAN'T REST WITHOUT IT. Washington, D. C., Nov. 6th, 700 Mr. Editor, Dear Sir-You will find enclosed sixty cents for three months. I can't well rest without it. H. C. ENJOYS IT. Dear Editor-Your kind favor to hand. Enclose find $2.50 for The Colored American I enjoy it. Yours very truly R. A. M. A PLEASANT VISITOR East St. Louis, Ill., Nov. 1, 1900. Editor Colored American, Dear Sir—Enclosed please find money order for $2, subscription for The Colored American for one year from date of last payment. I feel loss without the paper's weekly visit. Respectfully, K. M. W. GETS TOO MUCH INFORMATION. Garfield, Ga. The Colored American: Dear Sir, Inclosed please find one dollar to pay on subscription to your paper I will send balance due later, Rest assure I will pay all I owe you. I get too much information not to pay for your paper. Accept well wishes for great paper. Respectfully, F S. SUBSTANTIAL APPRECIATION Princeville, N. C., Nov. 5, 1900. Dear Sir—Since a better appreciation can be shown by substantially aiding The Colored American, I take this method of expressing my appreciation. Please find enclosed a money order for $200 for which you will give me credit for one year's subscription to The Colored American. Yours truly, W. H. H. THE BEST THERE IS. Editor Colored American, Sir-With much pleasure I send you check for $1.10 for your paper for the rest of the year. I think it is the best colored paper we have today. I trust the day will come when your paper will reach the homes of every colored family in the United States. Yours truly, H. B. L. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. INDUCE OTHEES Jersey City, N. J., Editor Colored American, Dear Sir: Inclosed you will find the amount of my subscription for The Colored American for one year. I shall be glad to induce some of my friends to subscribe for a paper that is doing so much for the race. With my best wishes for your success, as well as The Colored American, I am very sincerely, J. W. C. OUGHT TO BE PROUD. Princeton, N. J., Editor Colored American: Dear Sir, Please find inclosed $2 on subscription from September 24th, to September 24th, 1901. I find this to be the greatest paper of the Negro race, and I don't think any Negro home should be without such a paper I've been trying to get some subscribers for you. Put the papers along side any paper published in the country and I think that the Negroes ought to be very proud of such a man as the Editor. M. G. We are glad to welcome the Louisville, (Ky.) Express, which comes to us with its first issue brimful of news, and good editorial stuff. We bid it bon voyage. Mr. William L. Mosely, who for two years has ably edited the Republican Leader, Atlanta, wrote his valedictory in the last issue of that paper, which will suspend and incidentally his salutatory in the beginning of his work on the Atlanta Age. We are indeed glad to have Mr. Mosely continue his journalistic career. Dr. Hubbard's Itinérary. Rev. P. A. Hubbard, financial secretary of the A. M. E. Church, is on a tour South visiting the various conferences. He will return about the middle of December. While a presiding elder he won the sobriquet of "Dollar King" because of his activity and success in raising dollar money for the church. Since his election as financial secretary he has put his characteristic energy into his new field of labor and hopes to surpass all high water marks in the amount of "dollar money" raised. Mrs. Hubbard, his sweet tempered wife, has charge of the domestic part of the headquarters and the Bishops an church officers who have occasion to come to Washington are loud in their praise of her hospitality. She was formerly Miss Hannah J. Lucas of Georgetown, Ky. but in early life was taken by her parents to Missouri, where she met and married her gifted husband in Columbia of that state. LET US REASON TOGETHER. This is the third week in November and every subscriber and agent knows what this means. It means that all monthly bills must be paid. It takes money to pay bills, and The Colored American has a great many of them. Subscribers who know themselves to be in arrears should send their subscriptions in at once. This applies also to our great army of agents who have not settled for September. Don't wait to be dunned and then get mad about it. Settle up now and this means YOU. LOANS TO EVERYBODY. If you need money for any purpose whatever do not hesitate but call on us. We have barrels of money and will accommodate you at once. We will make you a loan of any amount from $5 to $1,000 on your furniture, piano, organ, horse and wagon, or anything of value you may have, and you repay the loan in small and easily paid week or monthly installments. At the same time you keep the property in your possession, thus giving you the use of both goods and money. We lend you the money for any length of time, from one month to one year, with the privilege of a discount if you pay in full before your time expires, we only charge for the time the money is out. If you have pressing creditors of any kind; if collectors make your life a burden come to us. We will lend you enough to centralize them in one account and you will find it much easier to pay in one weekly or monthly installment which you can pay at our private and commodious offices. The fact that this company is the LARGEST and OLDEST COMPANY of this kind in Washington ought to and does speak for itself. A careful investigation will convince you of the fact that if you want a loan you can do no better sewhere if as well and there is something in dealing with an old established place. We would be pleased to have you call and investigate our new plan if you wish to borrow or not—by being posted you may help your friends by telling them the best place to borrow and be assured that we will treat them with liberality and courtesy. Capital Loan Guarantee Company. Room 8 and 9 Hood Building, 602 F St. N. W., corner of Sixth Street. Private entrance Room No. 9 in the rear. WONEY TO LOAN at 8½. 8⅓ 4, and 4½ per cent, in sums of $1,000 to $10,000 on D. C. real estate; pay off 5 and 6 per cent mortgages and begin anew, all transactions conducted with economical consideration for borrowers. WM. H. SAUNDERS & CO., 1407 F st. nw. The National Safe Deposit, Savings Trust Company. SHORT TIME LOANS NEGOTIATED, SE CURED on stocks, bonds, life policies, bldg. and loan asson. syndicate certifs., trusts, &c. Reasonable rates. No delay. C. A. BAKER. Metzerott bldg., 1110 F street WE NEGOTIATE LOANS. On Old Life Insurance Policies, Warehouse Receipts, Household Goods, Pianos, and other Chattels. Loans made on monthly payment system for six months or a year. If you have a loan anywhere else in town or owe a bill which you wish to settle, we can advance you money enough to meet your obligations and give you more money. All business is strictly confidential. No charges are made unless you get the money. We are agents for one of the best Fire Insurance Companies in the United States. Let us insure your property against loss by fire; our fire rates are the same as all others. EVANS & COMPANY. Loans & Fire Insurance, 707 Gat. nw. Room 3, first floor rear. Opposite Patent Office. $25,000 A Barrel of Money Will be Earned by Our Agents Before Christmas. Do you realize that Cotton is bringing the highest price that it has done for over ten years. Do you realize that in the North and West industries are springing up, factories are running, wages are increasing, and peace, happiness and prosperity are with us, and money is going to be plentiful and abundant—North, South, East and West. In every pocket you will hear the chink of coin, and every pocketbook will be fat with greenbacks. Our agents are already coining money—some of them making as high as $80 00 weekly. Our laboratory is running night and day to fill orders. Our goods are giving such decided satisfaction, every one is pleased. My friend, don't waste time, for time is money; but sit right down and write to us, and we will tell you how to make money every minute in the day, if you will only be our agent. It does not matter whether or not you are at work. You can work in spare time. Our agents are all prospering and rising in the world. Write for full particulars to— BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY, 310 E Broad Street, Richmond, Va. The Union League Directory. A complete exhibit of all that the colored people of the District of Columbia are doing that makes for social betterment at the close of the 19th century. Published by contributions from advertisers and friends. Send in your business card. Send in the data about your organization immediately to Andrew F. Hilyer, compiler, 2352 6th st., n. w. tf. The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company. Corner 15th St. and New York Ave Capital: One Million Dollars.. Pavs interest on deposits. Rents Safes insides Furglar-proof Vaults. Acts as administrator, executor, trustee, &c. Money $50,000 Money To loan on furniture, pianos, &c., without removal or publicity and the day you ask for it. We will loan any amount making time and payments to suit, giving one month or one year as you desire, and at rates that you can afford to pay. If you now have a loan with any other company and desire more money, give us a call. Will as cheerfully make a $10 loan as $100, and no charge or expense if loan is not made. Always ready to give information regarding rates and methods to secure a loan. We are the oldest loan company in the city, and will give you honest treatment. All business strictly confidential. Private offices. Washington Mortgage Loan Co., 610 F Street. N. W. 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 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. No delay. Open from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. SECURITY LOAN COMPANY SECURITY LOAN COMPANY Room 1, Warder Building,; Corner 9th and F sts. 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. Directors: Jno. R. Lynch, Dr. W. S. Lofton, 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 4:30 pm. MONEY TO LOAN At 4 1/2 and 5 PER CENT. On Real Estate in D. C. No delay beyond examination of Title. WALTER H. ACKER, _704 14th St., N. W. I. SILK WOOK COTTON. E. PARKER READ, M.D. U.S.A. 22nd Street, Philadelphia. DR E. PARKER READ, Philadelphia's Leading Afro-American Chemist and Business Man DR. E. PARKER READ, President of the East Indian Remedy Company, m'fgs preparations sold exclusively by Druggist Senior, member of the Read & Christian firm, m'fgs preparations sold principally by agents throughout the county; also founder President and General Manager of the National Co-operative Association of America (capital $100,000) and advertising director of the above named company, gives his method of success ful advertising for the benefit of the readers of The Colored Ameri can The large double-column display ads of "Dr. Read," which have appeared in most of the dailies, weeklies and monthlies during the past three years have occasioned considerable talk among advertising men, and also among the general public. Because of this I recently called at the office of the concern in order to obtain some information concerning the advertising of the business, believing that an interesting story could be secured. I was not disappointed in this respect, but in addition, I had my eyes opened to the extensive character af the business being transacted in the immense five-story building that runs clear through from South to Rodman sts. Remembering the old single room at 927 Lombard street, which was up to a little more than four years ago the headquarters of the business, I could not help associating the recent vigorous advertising with the remarkable change for the better. Asked about the length of time the Read remedies had been before the public, Dr. Read replied: "Nine years." "Have they been advertised all the time?" "Yes, some of them, but not in such a forcible way as during the past three years." "Who directs your advertising?" "Myself." "Did you suggest the change of three years ago?" "Yes. On my advice we stopped trying to crowd all we had to say into an inch or two of newspaper space, and began to use large advertisements." "Did you also increase the number of mediums?" "Considerably. I should say that we are now in about 900 different mediums." "Has the new departure paid the concern?" "You can judge for yourself. Our sales in 1899 amounted to about $10,000. "That is a pretty big jump, but do you attribute it solely to your advertising?" "Of course we do. Nothing else could have done it." "What kind of an ad pulls the best, in your opinion, doctor?" "The illustrated ad, in a big space, with plain, honest talk is convincing." "Why do you think illustrations are valuable in advertisements?" "An illustration makes the space it occupies more valuable than it would THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. be if otherwise filled. Verbal captions may attract attention, illustrations compel it. You can't-dodge a picture you have to see it whether you will or not." "Do you find weeklies or dailies best for your purpose?" "They're both good in their way. For pro rata cost, I am not prepared to say which have proven best." "But then you must understand that all our advertising pays. We make it pay. We have excellent remedies that honestly do all that we claim for them. We believe in honest reading advertisements, and we pay the best prices for them. OUR ADVERTISING ARE THE BEST MEDIUMS, AND THERE YOU HAVE THE SECRETS OF OUR SUCCESS." "Do you use testimonials—do you believe in them? I mean, do you believe they have an advertising value?" "We use testimonials largely, and we are great believers in their efficacy to spread the truth. Authentic testimonials, giving names and addresses, have great local influence where the writer of the testimonial resides. We have thousands of testimonials from all over the country. We have used vast quantities of these and are still using them, consequently their influence is widespread." "Outside the sale of the advertised remedies, do you give advice by correspondence?" For answer Dr. Read opened a ponderous drawer and told me to run my eye over the cases. Only one case appeared on each page, but every detail of age, sex, occupation, symptoms, etc., was given, together with the name and address, and across the page was written the diagnosis. "You have made quite a feature of giving away free samples of your medicine, doctor. Was this plan dictated by philanthropy or business?" "Both. Advertising to give goods away is a double expense. We have to pay for the privilege of finding recipients. It means a big preliminary loss, as you can imagine, when I tell you that we sometimes send out 500 free samples in a single day. But the fact that we do give away these trial packages proves that we have perfect confidence in the merits of our remedies. Confidence begets confidence, you know, and the public has not been slow to respond. There are a good many concerns doing it, and this fact alone is proof of our success. Sensible people seldom try to follow in the footsteps of failures." "But the philanthropic part—" "We want the public to know that our remedies are honest, meritorious,—that they are just what we claim they are, and we don't want the people's money before they have given them a thorough test." "And the business part?" "That comes afterwards. We know the goods are all right. We know the public will find them so and continue to purchase the remedy which did them good when procured free." "How many different remedies do you advertise?" "Twenty-six, each for a different ailment, but we are broadgauge enough in our methods to frequently recommend to our patients things we don't make or sell ourselves. We believe in telling the truth to patients, whether it is a cent in our pockets or a dollar out. Truth pays in the end. It always did and always will. The advertiser who has not yet recognized this fact is a sure loser in the long run." While we are congratulating ourselves it must not be forgotten that much of our success should be directly attributed to the bold and aggressive advertising that has been done. The good results thus derived must be continued, and my own impression is that if we increase our advertising appropriations, the business is logically bound to increase also. My chief motive for thus forecasting the future, as it were, is that the druggists may feel an implicit confidence when handling our preparations that their sales are going to be vigorously helped by our advertising. There have been many cases on record where, after a proprietary article had been put upon the market, and some spasmodic advertising done, the latter was suddenly stopped without warning, and the druggists naturally found large quantities of the goods on their hands which they were unable to sell, owing to the demand for them having ceased. For of course all business men know that inasmuch as it is the advertising that creates the demand a stoppage will cause it to cease. "Can any agent sell your preparations that wish to?" "Oh yes; we have a number that sell large quantities, but we want more still all over the county and will pay them well." This concluded the interview, except that in answer to a final question the doctor assured me that they never did any "outside" advertising at all, confining themselves strictly to such mediums as went into the homes. "For," said he, "sick people—those who need our aid the most—usually remain at home and don't go out of doors looking for remedies advertised in street cars and on fences and bulletin boards Still all advertising we consider good—some much better." DR E.P. READ DRUGS & MEDICINES PAINTS, OIL GLASS, ETC THE EAST INDIAN REMEDY CO. We have given our readers the benefit of an interview with one of the brainiest and far-seeing advertisers of our race. We believe he has no equal in our race and few superiors in any other race. We hope that some of our people may emulate his examples. of QUICK RELIEF FEMALE·PILLS. Guarantees Relief in 2 days. Perfectly harmless REPRODUCING AND INVIGORATING PILLS. Cures weakness of Men and Women quick. SYPHILORRHOEA, cures Sores and Discharges 3to 35 days, $1.00 each. Dr. READ, SPECIALIST, Both Sexes, Treatment by Mail. Send for Symptom Blank, Agents wanted. 100. South St. Phila - Cut this out, will not appear again. Agents wanted. 1037 South street, Phila. 7 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. Consumers Brewing Company Brews the purest Beer on the Washington Market. The highest chemical authority in the district of Columbia, after an analysis just finished of all the different beers on the market, gives this as his verdict. Don't be fooled by jealousy, envy, or prejudice, on either or all of which is based our opposition. We have the most modern plant. We brew from sterilized water and choice hops and malt. We have one of the most skillful brewmasters in the county. Visit our plant and insist on us proving our assertions. We will be glad to show all. ABE KING. Sec'y and Treas. E. L. JORDAN, Pres and Gen'l Mgr. SPARTA Pool and Billiard Rooms, 1206 Pennsylvania Avenue, n. w. This large, spacious and well-situated pleasure establishment has had added to it a new room in the third story for pool and billiards, where those who do not care to play in the larger apartments can have a degree of privacy not to be obtained elsewhere. This new room is handsomely furnished and lighted by electric lights. The atmosphere is cooled by electric fans. You are cordially invited to make inspection of these pool and billiard parlors. You will receive a hearty welcome at any time. Ask for SAMUEL A. TYLER, Manager. James F. Keenan Rectifier and Who'esale Liquor Dealer. Elegant Club! Whiskey a Specialty. Importer of Five Wines, Brandies Gins, Etc. 462 Pennsylvania Avenue. N. W. RIPANS Wanted—a case of bad health that R-IP-A-N-S will not benefit. One gives relief. No matter whats 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. Ten samples and a thousand testimonials will be mailed to any address for five cents, forwarded to the Bipans Chemical Company, No. 10 Spruce St. New York. THE WCODSON HOUSE First class, newly furnished and decorated unsurpassed cuisine, convenient to all cars One half square froffl Pennsylvania depot HENRY WOODSON, Proprietor. 8 The Colored American The Colored American Published by THE COLORED AMERICAN Publisbing Company. A NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER Published every Saturday at 459 C St. N. W Washington, D. C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year - - - Six months - - - Three months - - INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Subscriptions may be sent by postoffice money order, express or by registered letter. All communications for publication should be accompanied with the name of the writer—not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. We solicit news, contributions, opinions and in fact, all matters affecting the race. We will not pay for matter, however, unless it is ordered by us. All matter intended for publication must reach this office by Wednesday of each week to insure insertion in the current issue. Agents are wanted everywnere, Send or instructions. ADVERTISING RATES. Reading notices 50 cents per line. Display advertisements, $2 per square innen per insertion. Discounts made on large contracts. Entered at the Post-office as second-class matter. All letters, communications, and business matters should be addressed to 459 C Street Northwest. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1900. HON. GEO. H. WHITE. There is a host of good men in the recent campaign who gave the party such brilliant and excellent service that we have been unable to give them all the credit which is due them for their great work. But of the many whose lot it was to do conspicuous work for the party none rendered more effective service than Hon. George H. White, the only Afro-American Congressman. None did more telling work and none deserve more credit. He contributed largely to the great victory of the republican party. The demand on him for speechmaking was great indeed, and by working day and night, Mr. White was only able to fill a few of the engagements. He spoke in the West, Middle West, and the East. and the results in these States speak in the strongest terms. Mr. White never shirked from duty. The state of New York was the battleground from which Mr. White brings the greatest trophies. Mr. White is the only present member of Congress of our race. He has been a true representative of our interests in the broadest sense. He has been a prominent figure in North Carolina, since he entered public life. He has been member of both houses of the state legislature, and was for eight years the state solicitor for the second district for North Carolina. His career in the National House has been marked by brilliant service for the race. Mr. White is undecided whether he will give up his citizenship in the state of North Carolina or not, but hopes for better conditions since the re-election of President McKinley. He is yet hope ful for his state, since he expects the coming session of Congress to consider the subject of distranchisement at the South. It may be President Hanna some day. The political turncoats and renegades are now explaining to each other "how it happened." THE COLORED AMERICAN. WASHINGTON. B. E. A PATENT BACK "OPINION MOULDER." Cyrus Fields adams, of the Chicago Appeal, did some telling work in behalf of the republican ticket. For nearly six weeks he edited seventy-five per cent of the colored papers through his syndicate service.—Colored American. 'This speaks well for Mr Adams, but very poorly for the seventy-five per cent of "opinion moulders" who have had their papers thus edited.—Daily Record. Mr. Adams needs no defense at our hands. His work has spoken for itself and in most emphatic terms. The service he sent out was gilt-edged. It was carefully edited and was just the kind of matter that colored newspapers supporting the republican candidates, should use. But people who live in glass houses should not throw stones. The "ready print" services sent out by Mr. Adams was gotten up in such a way that it could be cut up into any form and thus give every paper the appearance of "home print." More than seventy-five per cent of the colored papers used this service and to most excellent advantage The Record, however, uses in each issue only one-fourth of "home print" and the other three-fourths is plate matter, such as is used in country weeklies and backwoods newspapers. It would be a boon to the colored press if, as Editor Timothy Thomas Fortune suggested some years ago at a press convention, a permanent service could be established such as was so successfully carried out by Mr. Adams and Jno. E. Bruce. The Record must put a stronger agency at work to detract from the work done by Cyrus Field Adams in the last campaign. The great political battle is over and the right prevailed. It is the duty of all citizens to return to their peaceful vocations. The Afro-American has gained much by the re-election of President Wm. McKinley and the victory for Republican principles. Let him take advantage of every opportunity and prove himself worthy of the great and good things he helped to achieve. LITTLE COLORED AMERICANS. The Atlanta papers say Col. Pledger is wearing a PLEASANT smile. The Negro politician has had his inning, now for the business side. And we'd like to compliment the Post and Star on their up-to-date election returns. Genial Charles W. Anderson, the big hearted New York man is wearing a pleasant smile. Emmett Scott was just a little in the background in the political make up this year. He is satisfied though. Governor Roosevelt set himself in a nice position, relative to the Negro soldiers, whom he claims saved his life at Santiago Senator Scott does not think it fair to the North, for the South to have representatives who represent nothing. Well, we'd suggest to the Senator to remedy the evil. He is just in place to do it. Now that Bryan is defeated and he is not assured of a job, Jule Taylor will probably force "The Negro and Political Parties," which has been running in his paper on the American people in book form. That part of the speech of Booker T. Washington's before the American Missionary Association in Springfield, Mass., dealing with disfranchisement at the South is worth reading, considering its source. THE LATE ELECTION--SOME REFLECTIONS. ```markdown ``` Well the agony is over and William J. Has been put away perhaps to stay, Though none can say, save William J. Who four years hence may break away, And try once more to win the day. The lambastin which he got on November 6 h is enough to discourage any ordinary mortal. But William J is "a" extraordinary mortal with a square chin denoting bull dog tenacity and determination. He is still the master of the assorted democracy and he will dominate it or smash it into smithereens. There can be no reorganization of the democratic party with William J. left out of the equation for every democrat of prominence with few exceptions has committed him effort to the Bryan idea and the Bryan idea as to what democracy is, and stands for, has gotten hold of the dangerous element in democratic politics and will expand and grow more dangerous while brooding over defeat. The republican victory while gratifying to those who helped to make it possible, is too big for comfort. Too much strength is almost as bad as not having any It produces a feeling of security and confidence and these are the harbingers of trouble to the victors. An analysis of the vote cast for McKinley and Roosevelt will show that many thousands of democrats voted to protect their pocket nerve primarily not because they loved Mc Kinley but that they feared Bryan These same democrats will support Bryan in 1904, if he will abandon his free silver heresies and modify some of his other views. They are are now all agreed that the silver question is a dead issue and that it cannot be again revived, and they, Mr. Bryan among them, will have political sense enough to profit by the mistakes of the recent campaign, and rise again from the ashes of defeat. They will make the rifle, hit or miss. If the republicans play their cards s lentifically our friends, the enemy are due to miss again in 1904 I see that Mr. Dalzel of Pennsylvania who is a member of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives has been interviewed and that he says speaking of the probable action of Congress in the matter of reducing southern representation in that body because of the disfranchisement of the Negro voters of the South. It is a big question in fact two of them. First are we prepared to undertake it, and second has any one a practical plan for doing it? I don't know much about Mr. Crumpackers bill, but it seems to me that will be very busy witd legislation that is absolutely needed; for instance changes in the revenue laws, the shipping bill etc etc. I wonder if Mr Dazell would talk that way if he was a disfranchised citizen of Pennsylvania, and disfranchised because he happened to be a white man, assuming that Negroes did the disfranchising? The legislation that would be absolutely needed in his case I fear would be the passage of a law restoring to him all the rights as an American citizen. This kind of talk from republicans who only a few months ago were holding out all sorts of inducements to corral the Negro vote- is nauseating and disgusting. Fair minded and just men are always prepared to do justice and they do not stop enquire whether or not they ought to undertake the performance of any duty which honor and fairness imposes. Mr. Dalzell seems to be overcome by the commercial spirit. "Putting the dollar above the man." The revenue law and the shipping bill are in his judgment of absolute importance in the coming work of Congress. The rights of the disfranchised Negroes of the South are of secondary importance only. Well, Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania doesn't seem to measure up in broad-minded statesmanship to either Charles Sumner who declared that the equality of rights is the first of all rights, Oliver P. Morton or any of the old school statesmen of a past generation who made the republican party great because they were great and imbued with right notions on the question of human rights. But Mr. Dalzell is only a unit, and in giving voice to his thinkings as to what Congress will probably do at its next sitting he has merely exercised the sovereign right of a free citizen and speaks only for himself, let us hope. The next battle royal is scheduled to come off in New York city next year, when a mayor and other city officers are to be chosen. It will be a bitter fight and Mr. Richard Croker will either go down or up. The religious denomination with which Mr. Croker is identified is a silent but potent force in New York state politics, particularly New York city politics. In the few months preceding the recent national election the clergymen of that church held many meetings with their followers and the several secret societies, the Knights of Columbus, Hibernians, Cian na gaels, Catholic Knights of America, Catholic Benevolent Legion, Young Men's Catholic Union have been meeting as a preliminary to creating a great federation or league of Catholics as a political party to influence political action and force legislation favorable to the Roman Catholic church and opposed to our public school system. It has been recently reliably stated that Bishop Michael A. Corrigan of New York issued an order to the priests in his diocese to use their influence against President McKinley, alleging that he had not done enough for Roman Catholics during his administration. This may account for Mr. Croker's boast that New York was safe for Bryan. A reference to the returns will show that Mr. Croker knew where of he spoke. In the present administration of New York under Van Wyck 90 per cent of the city officials and employes are Roman Catholics, more than 75 per cent of these Roman Catholics are Irish. More than 80 per cent of the taxes of New York York City are paid by protestants. The German population of New York City outnumbers the the Irish by 25 per cent. There are more than 15000 employes from mayor to scrub women and of these less than 0 per cent are protestant American. This does not include the fire or police departments, the board of education, subordinates and teachers. M. MRS. A. THORNTON. In my next communication I will refer to this subject again. Mr. Croaker as is well known is a prominent Irish Catholic. In the recent campaign he made the boast that New York City was safe for Bryan. This boast was verified, and it is a straw which shows things. Mr. Croker's sublime confidence amused the curiosity of those who wanted to know things and they went on a still hunt and found what they went after and then they "felt" for Mr. Croker in the state and got htm, headed him off. He is Emperor of New York City, all right, all right, but he cannot be Emperor of New York State, and there is the rub. The campaign in New York City next year is going to be a fight to the finish. Mr. Crokers remains will either be gathered up in a shovel or they will occupy the seat of authority in the local affairs of that enlarged village. The flat has gone forth and Croker must go with it or the people of New York City will know the reason why. There are many rersons why he should abdicate the throne chief among which is, that he is a gentleman of elegant leisure who is always flush and who can always flash a roll of from any where to $1000 to $10,000 without being able to tell "where he got it." The pauper kings of Europe (are there are some who are terribly hard up) would be glad to be valet to this foine ould Orish nabobs who feeds his bulldogs on sirloin steak and himself lives on fat of the land without performing a stroke of honest labor. "Chief they are after you sure" and you are as good as gone now Salt won't save you. BRUCE GRIT. He is Doing a Good Work. Rev. Jas. H. Lee, pastor of the Third Baptist church on 5th street, northwest is doing a good work and is becoming even more papular, if possible, among his congregation and friends; his recent double bereavement has endeared him to those who knew him more than any thing else could, and he has the sympathy of the whole community. Mrs. Ida Revells, of Chicago, was in this city last week, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Pettiford of Pierce Place. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, E. E. WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO. Mrs. A. Thornton-Cincinnati's Leading Dermatologist-Her Methods and Her Successes-A Sketch of Her Life. It is an omen of good times, when Negroes are found conducting legitimate places of business. It makes no difference by which sex this business is conducted. But few women of the race are conducting good paying establishments throughout the country, and we are pleased to note these women are advising others to do the same. We find them conducting dry goods establishments; grocery stores, millinery emporiums, restaurants, in fact we find them in all paying enterprises. The city of Cincinnati is blessed in having as one of its citizens, Mrs. A. Thornton, who, from a poor Kentucky girl, has risen to a commanding position in her profession. Mrs. Thornton to day has the largest Dermatology Parlor in Cincinnati, and she has succeeded admirably. Mrs. Thornton was born a slave in the state of Kentucky in 1856, and was thus held until emancipation. But rather than let slavery or the spirit thereof serve as a draw back to her; she made it an incentive. Her life as a girl was just as the others of those times. When she emerged from that physical thraldom, she began business. At that time she knew not how many ounces were in a pound, but by persistent efforts and hard work she is the successful master of several branches of her profession, and is an authority therefor. Mrs. Thornton is acknowledged as the leading scalp specialist in Cincinnati. Her parlors will measure in point of neatness, comfort, and apparata, with any of the larger cities. She works constantly for the success which is hers to claim. Her reputation is knowns further away than her town limits. The work she is doing might have been done by others, but she saw an opening; she beheld an opportunity by which she could honestly make a living and accumulate something for all time. That she gives satisfaction in her profession; that she makes a success is vouched for from the fact, that she is steadily employed. Mrs. Thornton has the confidence of the entire community in which she lives. She has done the women of the race a double service not as employer merely but as teacher as well. Many to-day are thankful for the training which has also been the means of a livelihood, obtained from her lessons. She is able to teach a woman in a short time the art and for a small cost. She stands out as a shining example of the possibillities women of of the race. Mrs. Thornton is an enthusiast over the business outlook for the Negro, and advises our women to enter into business pursuits and become independent. She knows; she has no theory; it is an example, and such an example of Negro thrift and industry, and economy. This kind of work must solve the problem; women of her ilk will be sustained and encouraged. She cordially invites all who come to Cincinnati to visit her Dermatology parlors in the Malta Building on W. 5th street. Her parlors cannot be classed as a Negro parlor, but rather as an office where her profession is practiced in the most up to date and approved manner. She is an expert who has made her profession a life study, and has crowned it with success. Mammoth Coon Cake Walk and Jubilee Entertainment. Convention Hall will be all ablaze and all aglow Monday evening December 4th to receive the large crowd which is already assured, to witness the Mammoth Coon Cake Walk and Jubilee Entertainment. The Marine Band has been engaged to furnish the music and has arranged an original musical program appropriate to the occasion. The chorus and the vocal selections will be under the direction of # PROF. J. HENRY LEWIS. Mr. J. Henry Lewis, instructor and manager of the Amphion Glee Club of this city. Mr Lewis does not need an introduction to the Washington public. All of his efforts have been crowned with success, and the very mention of the fact that the Amphions will sing at an entertainment insures a large attendance and a most interesting program. Mr. Lewis is in entire charge of the grand chorus and is preparing a program which will embrace the chorus as well as the Amphion Glee Club with solos, duets and quartets. Tickets for sale will be announced next week. Misses Mamie Moore and Maggie Ford of Brooklyn and New York City respectively. have been the guests of friends in Philadelphia for the past week and were recipients of much social attention, the social set in the Quaker City running the gamut of social functions to do them honor. 9 A During the winter I and my family of six were taken with la gripe. The disease was very prevalent at that time in the village where I resided, nearly everyone being sick with it. Our doctors treated it as best they could, but were very unsuccessful in the treatment of it. As soon as my family were taken sick I went to the drugstore and bought six bottles of Pe-ru-na, and we all took it according to the directions given on the bottle; and although our cases seemed to be more than usually violent in the outset, yet our recovery was prompt, and we were all well much sooner than those who were treated by the regular physicians. Many people died of this la grippe during this epidemic, and few if any, were sick so short a time as myself and family. After we were all well we had one bottle of Pe-ru-na left. C. T. Hatfield. Send for a free copy of "Winter Catarrh." This book contains a lecture by Dr. Hartman on la grippe which has attracted wide attention and has been reported in leading papers. Address Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio. (Continued from first page.) how to live, that include liens and mortgages, relation of landlords to tenants, the tenants' duty and relation to the soil, how to keep out of debt, how to pay the rent and how to make a profit at farming. It is surprising to note the number of white farmers who became interested in attending those Institutes, and, in fact, the intense interest the white people of the South as a whole, take in the effective work of Prof. Hoffman in that section, the results of which are to be seen daily, while the daily papers speak in a very appreciable way of what has been done. A special branch that he teaches in the State College of Florida where he occupies the position of Professor of the Department of Agricultural Biology, is dairying and the art of scientific butter making, he being the first colored man of the South to introduce among his people the science of this domestic branch of industry. In his private life Prof. Hoffman is very retiring devoting most of his time to study and experiment, spending several hours each day in his private laboratory. He is scholarly and gentlemanly, and very polished and refined in his manner, and possesses a strong personal magnetism that tends to draw people to him in spite of his quiet, reserved nature. He enjoys a popularity among teachers and pupils that is shared among the farmers, both white and colored, in the farming sections of the South, where he has done so much to better the existing conditions of people and things. The grand chorus rehearsals for the Mammoth Coon Cake Walk and Jubilee Entertainment at Convention Hall, December, 4th takes place every Wednesday and Friday evenings. a ee rege oe 10 Hon. Wm A. Pledger. The above is a fair portrait of the best known Georgian of color. For about a seore of years Mr. Pledger has had a national reputation as the repub- dican leader of the state. He has held numerous political positions, both ap- pointive and elective, and is a man of means. Ool. Pledger is popular wher- ever he is known and highly respected because of his bravery, signal ability and wide experience. During the cam- paign just closed he rendered the re publican party valuable service in Illi nois and the northwest. He is an able epeaker and a thorough race man. Off pres PORES, gm ~~." ‘ \eyhwe (Lil Aambeseaa [.\ ee Re N ete: a eas Ni ee og iy Bg 6 : : A 5B, oy, “9 S SS Sd | BOS LE I ES 4A ce ae | Sw se Hee AE NW AE WAI & GA ee HON. W. A. PLEDGER and on for years Mr. Pledger has been greatly interested in journalism, aud at present is editor and proprietor of the Atlanta Age, one of our strongest Southern publications. The col. has been either a delegate at large or delegate to every national republican eonvention held in the last score and a half of years, and has officiated in the various offices of his state republican central and executive committees. In- deed, there is hardly a position in the patty from a ward organization to the national republican committee that he has not held, end with credit to the race and himeelf. The few of these pio- neer Afro-American republicans who still remain are Known as the “Old Guard.”” The most conspicuous are ex- Gov. P. B. 8. Pinchback, now of Wash ington, D C., ana the subject of this sketch. Both are gentlemen of distin- guished appearance and popularamong the race workers, to an extraordinary degree.—The Cleyeland Gazette. Town Topics. How did you like The Colored Amer- ican’s Paris, Exposition number? Handicrafts for our boya and girls, are growing in favor as tine days go by. Mr. R. W. Thompson, who went home to vote, has returned from In- diana. The Florids Sentinel came to us this week, but we found no editorials from the pen of the irrepressibie Matthew M. Lewey. Mr and Mrs, Albert Huff, formerly of Atlanta, Ga, are now permanently located at 816 aleventh street, | Birming ham, Ala, Hon, I. T. Montgomery, Mayor of Mound Bayou, Miss., has so farses eaped the ‘‘count out’’ of the Southern white man, That Negro bank in Birmingham, Ala., has proved a greatjhelp to the inability of that state to even draft a constitutional amendment,;; . _ oc THE COLORED AMERIOAN, WASHINGTON, D. 6. e a ty i A) | Ko qf]. “BiGZBoW" J.P. KERR, The Indian Medicine Man Cures all Diseases or no Charge. Call or Write. Mr. L. G. Hayden, Manufacturer, Of- fice hours 6a. m.to6p m. daily. Mr. O. H.-Hemans of 1424 Pierce Place, wishes it distinctly understood that he is not married, the statement of several of his girl friends(?) to the coutrary potwithstanding. Mi-s Maud Smith, one of our most efficient teachers, who has been suffer: ng from an aitack of nervous prostra* lion, left this week to spend a few days with her sister, Mrs. Cora Shepherd in Pittsburg. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Jackson, of 22d street np. w., have just returned from a pleasant trip to Indiana. They visited Peru, Ind., Mr. Jackson’s o!d home, and spent the last week of the campaign in Indianapolis, the guests of friends. = Mr. Alexander Freeman, ef 1129 8d street, n. w., spent a few days in Indi- ana to cast bis yote for McKinley and Roosevelt and to shake hands with his many friends. Mrs. Freeman accom: panied him and says the trip was a pleasant one. The work of canvassing the city for the pames of colored persons in bvusi- ness has been going steadily on, not: withstandjng we have just gone through an exciting political campaign and elec: tion, Weare informed that the can: vass is now nearly completed and that totals will be given out in a few days. The names v ill appear in the Union League Directory before the cloze of the year. A FACT. 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I hiay ma thousands that the most skillful physicians and the best hospital physician. ; America and Europe had given up to die, and said there was no curs ie , them, : w@_ I cure the following diseases: Heart Disease, Consumption, i, od Kidney, Bladder, Stricture, Piles in any form, Vertigo, Quinsy, Sore ‘| iroat, Lung, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Constipation, Rheumatism in any form Pains and Aches of any kind, Colds, Bronchial trqubles, Sores, Skin” Disesos, all itching sensations, all Female Complaints, La Grippe or Pneumonia, (jcors Carbuncles, Boils, Cancer, the worst form, without the use of knife or inetru ments, Eczema, Pimples on face and body, Diabetes of Kidneys or Bri rht’s Disease of the Kidneys. I cure any disease, no matter of what nature. Medicine sent to any address by express. For full particulars send 9 cent stamp for apswer. : ss THE INDIAN HERB TP. KERR ee Rare an . s 9 620N. EOTAW 8ST. BALTIMORE, Mp. ta. None genuine unless bought at 620 North Eutaw Street. Beware of imitators,as we have many. MRs. DR. RENNER SPECIALIST On obstetrics; gold medal awarded tor the science of obstetrics from the University of Saunt cb, Baveria: treets svecessiully womens mplaints and irregularities; privatesanita. rium for ladies before and during confine ment, Office hours trom 8 to 9 p.m 619 Penn. Avenues eunbineten: Oar HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS Onn THE M’KINLEY HOUSE, 489 Missouri Ave., Near 6th St, First-class accommodations forall. An uptodate Hotel for colored people. Rooms aeatiy furnished, linens clean, and prices within reach of all, Meals and Lunches served at all hours. THE POR‘ ER HOUSE CAFE, 103 6*h St, N, W. Wines, Liquors and Cigars —A full line of the choicest liquors, the best brands of cigars and the coolest beer in Washington. Messrs. B T. Fields and John T. Lewis mixclo- gists, MRS. M. S, BROWN &CO. Proprietors. Fine Wines Opie, Chotee Cigars Philadelphia House, M. F, Carrot, Prop. Restaurant and Saloon, 348 Pennsylvania Avenue, N W. Washington, D. C. Meais to Order, Everything First Class Billiard and Pool Parlors Attached. HO 5EL DOUGLASS. 220 B ST,, AD 235 PA. AVE.N.W EUROPEAN PLAN. First-class in every particular. MRS. DOLLY 6. JONES, Proprietress. Washington, D. 0. Robert . Key FINE WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, ETC. : Ladies’ Dining Room. . Meals at all Hours 443 First Street Southwest. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS, Se D. ¥. GIBBONS, WHOLESALE MANUFacrURING Rate | ICONFECTIONER 523 44 Street, Southwest, WASHINGTON, D ¢. Wedding Cakes Made and Parties Furnished at Short Notice, Ice’Cream Ai! The Year +The Langston House, 479 Mo. Ave. near 6th St. n. w, for strangers, MMgre, Foome: alco hours, Menu a la Carte at popular Prices. Call ,nd be convinced, Joshua N Anderson. : I, J. Edwards. Props. W. M. DRURY’S RESTAURANT 1100 20th st. ecrner L. N. W, Washington, D.C eee nok HOTELCLYDE 475 MISSOURI AVE, NW. First-Class Accomodations For Ladies and Gentlemen. Hoi and Cold Baths. MRS, ALICE E. HALL, Proprietress, MOORE & PRIOLEAU - Sparta Buffet and Cale - 1216 Pa. \ ve. Washington, D.C Fine wines, liquors and cigars Sot Free Luncn Every Day wa_Ladies will receive special attention in Dining Room upstairs. Sei SOUTHERN HOTEL, Good board, stea heat and electric bells, Home ¢ onfort, moderate prices, 311 Pa. Ave., nw. Washing- ton, D. G. Fine wines liquors cigars and tobacco. Jack M Ryan, 2 -oprietor Gray & Cosfley Wines, Liquers and Cigars 1313 E Street \ W. = WasHINGTON, D. C. a 3 aD “pepe - aS), eae RQ eN a) Ys eeaes | =~ ey ee WY i et PS a RPS IER 502 Pc Be UP 66! Eee oo e at 1b gs Rem oe Cuz? Og es SOL On LS OOP OL oe © ; pas t ointed Aejatant, and Aide deCa )-par'mentof Masaachueetts, Grand ny of the Republic, Vr W L. Reed, who wes at one time member of the Maseachu-etts legisla: ture is at present first assistant in the Tax collec’or’s Oftize of Bos'on, The Geor legislature now in &es* sion has eolored members—one sn old mar eothera young man—who hat g hrovgh the colleges. Hon Geo HL White, the present lone met ff onrs in C mgress, retires in Mar vl He will probably practice law in Washington City or New York. Ra ieons put op seven Cougress- men in South Carolina, in tha recent campaign, three of whom were Ne- groves, Of eorrse they were out-counted. November 10h was Negro day, at the Alsbama state fair. Mr, Albert Johnston is Negro Commissioner, It is said that the Negro exhibit surpassed that of the whites, There were some signs of @ race riot in Pennsylvania the day after Mr. Me- Kinley’s landslide, but calm judgment on t sides soon brought tae difficul- ty to a speedy end, The largest dry goeds establish- ment owned and controlled by 2 col ored man is in Montgemery, Ala. Mr J. W Adams is the proprietor, as well as of one at Decatur, Ala. Ilarvard’s foot ball team has a col’ ored coach in the person of Mr. W. H. Lewis the managers of that excellent team, thr ugh the press, gave Mr. Lew- is the credit. for _Harvard’s recent vic- tory ove Pensy.”’ < The Farmers’ Ina provement Society of Texas is an insticutton doing much good throughout that state, and its in ilaence js folt in sister states. Hon. R L Salith, extmember of the Texas Jeg- isistare, is president. Political « fiices will be the charms ot every colored side-walk orator for a lev el year to come, and we are glad to say that the race will be reengniz @ by the lurning down of a great lead of them, who can’t pronounce the word Negro. There are two colored men to day Wao are l.ternal Revenue Collectors a states where the revenue is high, aud it pays to hold the pusitions. “Col. H. A Rocker of Atlanta, and Gen’ Joseph BE. Lee of Florida, are the men. True bils have been found against the registrars in North Carolina, whe Tefused to register Negro voters when the Constitutional amendment was be fore the people in August last. The trial is set for March. N > efforte have been spared by the courts to bring these , Usurpers to justice Mme J. A.Smallwoed of Washing ton, D. C., is probably the moat pregres ‘lve dressmaker in the efi'y. The sys- “a she teaches 18 one moat sim: Plesnd thorough, The child can easi’ 'y understand its working, and yet iu ‘lit ts complete. Mrs, Sanall wood has Proven herself to be the naistress there- of Several institutions have adopted her system for the dressmaking depart: ments and cthera atill have the avatem THE COLORED AMERIOAN, WASHINGTON, D. 6. AMONG THE BOOKMAKERS. Negro Authors,” is well under way and he hopes to have it before the pub- lic rt an early date. It will be one of the interesting books of the comin season. The book of Negro dialect of this season, and they have become a yearly surprise, bas appeared, and is known as :‘Stringtown on the Pike.’? The author, John Uri Lloyd, 1s a man of science, The story is a beautiful one, destined to be a favorite with the America people: The Negro dialect is the mcst beautifol part of the volume, though the deminating charaeter, Cupe |an olden time darkey, must attract the | interest and sympatby of the reader. | The outlook for its success is above the ordinary- The November number of the South- ern Workman has made its appearance and is fally in keeping with the higb order of that journal. A most interest’ ing paper on “Industrial Training for Whites,’’ by Lyman Ward ct Alabama, “Negro Criminality,” by Hon. J. H. Smyth, ‘‘An Appeal for Justice”, by Mr. Herbert Welsh, are all instructive. Prof, Kelly Miller has a paper in this number. It is brimful of reading which is indeed inspiring and helpful. Mr. Charles W. Chestnut has one of his characteristic stories, ‘‘Tobe’s Tribula- tions.” - We have before us a pamphlet on the recent race riot in New York City. It is & comprehensive statement of the cause of the riot, the brutality of the police of that city and ths proceedings so far before the courte. 1tiseomething which ehould be in the home of every Negro in America. The press com- ments of the papers in New York and outside are worth reeding for the study |ot Ameriean institutions alone. The «fficers of the Protective Association arising trom the riot are among the best Afro-Americans in New York, W. |. Brooks. D_ D., is president and . Thomas Fortune is chairman of the executive committee, Mr. Frank Mcss the well known and brilliant New '| York iawyer has beea employed as at '| torney for the organization. This pam- phlet can be had for 25 ets., address W. | H. Brooks., New York. ; ASTORY OF THE BLACK BELT. | One of the most interesting books of | the season is ove just issued by Small, Maynard &Compauy, Boston. The || work is by Max Bennett Thrasher, and Jit ia on Taskegee. The introduction is ‘|by Prineipal Booker T. Washington. Mr. Thrasher 1s thoroughly abje to write or talk about Tuskegee, since he bas made the work a special study. His personal contact with the principal, teachers, students and graduates lends his work a broader scope. Thestory of its beginning and success may be more elaborately told, but it can never be plainer, simpiez or more truthful. The photographs alone of the students at work, of a succezsful graduate or of & moat sympathetic likeness of a delegate to the great Negro conferenee, 18 worth the book. The photographs teach a lesson which mere reading could not do. The work of the graduates of this famous inetitution is given briefly, and the price the press of this and other countries place upon Tuskegee and its principal forms an important part of the work. Withal it is a good book treating a great subject. The Saturday Evening Class To night at 9 30 o’clock Mr. Glarence O. White, our popular young violinist, and Mies Nettie Murray, who is known very widely for the sweetness of her voice, are scheduled to appear as solo« iste during the intermission at the Pri vate Saturday Evening Dancing Glass, This is ‘only one of the excellent bills by which the managers are making their class attractive and it is quite the thing now among the elite to appear for a while every Saturday evening at this class, Last Saturday Miss Mary Mason of Corcoran street., was warmly re ceived as the soloist of the evening. Her rendition of a high art selection for the piano was so roundly applaud- ed that she was forced to responded in an encore, which turned out to be the popular ‘ Salome. ’’? Among those pres‘ ent were Misses May Brown, Etlen Lucas, Reve!lls, Guida Shepherd, Mar- ion and Grace Green, Effie Simmons, Minnette Williams, Randal, Ella Jen- nings, Ida Washington, Luella Brown, Gertie Clark, Viola Collier, Louisa Me- Kinney, Louise Smith, Julia Dayis, Eva Hant, Malvan, Mr. and Mrs Mor gan Hcusar, Messrs. Howard James, Scott, Williams, Carper, Miller, Holmes Jackeon, Olaude Young, Howard, Campbell, Bannister, Johnson, Smith, Smallwood and a great many others. Next Saturday Miss Jeannette Tay- lor and Mr. Andrew Payne are to be the artists. Ladies are admittted by card only, thesame to be had from Mr J. C. Waters, the business manager. Ro ee ere a & fes\s exact, ; sf 5b Fae) 5 a = Se 4 eat 8 SR eine . & We 1 Pg . 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Lewis Biggers, INSURAN€@E AGENT. 111 Nortb Clinton, 8t., East Orange, N. J. SICK, ACCIDENT, AND DEATH BENEFIT, PAID PRoMPTLY. National Benefit Association, Gapital Sav+ Inge Back Rutiding Washington, b. 0. | ? Fritz Reufer’s HOTEL : AND: RESTAURANT 451, 453, 455, 457 Penn. Ave, 202, 208 & 210 44 St. N. W Washingioa, D.C, Ch X d QUALITY HOUSE, 909713 tN.W, Established 386 years ago. The largest wholesale stock in town of the most exqui- site, fauitiess wines and distiliates (in all 240 kinds,) at Chrie. Xander’s moderate prices ‘no others can compete in quality and purity with any of his goods. His liquors are absor Jutely free from fasel poison, (No branch houses.) Phone 1425. SCOTT'S MAGIC HAIR STRAIGHTENER ANB GROWER, us ¥ ¥ be Si eae G 4 LPF ce S| Ls =} Ns “2g % S BEFORE. AFTER. Is the recipe of @ Celebrated Chemist, and is guaranteed to be absolutely Safe and harmless. Iv is the moet Wonderful preparation in the world to make Kieks. knotty, stubborn, harsh, short and thin hair, long, thick, beautiful, straight, soft, glossy snd plieble. 1: stops hair from falling out, promotes a rapid growth, restores natural coler, aud gives health to the hair and scalp, by positively curing dandruff and allscalpdisesses. This marvelous remedy, baie on bald ‘beads and thin places. Please ts, “End also read some of the testimonials from thous= ands of persons who sre MOW using it. Price 30 and 55 cents, by mail. Little Hero Pills, 10 end 2Bcents, Soctt’s Face Bieach and Beantifer, 80cents. Beott's Mastache Foreer, 25 osuts. Beott’s Catasrh Care, (Licuid) 25 ets. Scott's Nasal Cream, (for Cat- arrh) 25 cis. Dr. Marian's Female Tabloids (for Fe- male troubles) 28 ets. Scott's Wonderful Pile Oure, a5ets. NOTICL! With each order of oneormore of any of our remedies, we will send you a free treat- ment of our Celebrated Little Hero Pilis, (for all forme of Kidaey, Liver, Swmach and Urinary Diseases), ‘at Drug Stores or sent by MAIL on receipt of priee. Btampe accepted. agents wanted, can make $15 to $150 per mouth. Walte to-day for instructions, Bn- close stamps for reply. P. O. BOX 670. SCOTT REMEDY CO., Louisville, Ly. 12 COLORED AMERICANS ABROAD. Bethel Literary Furnishes a Most Interesting and Witty Program.—Notes. Lincoln Memorial church corner 11th and R streets, was crowded last Tuesday evening with one of Washington's most fashionable and cultured audiences. Owing to the revival at the Metropolitan church the Bethel Literay met there as it will continue to do during the month of November. The occasion which brought out this old time audience for the Bethel Library was a symposium on "The Colored American Abroad," by four well known Washingtonians who recounted in vivid and entertaining style some of PRIEST the things they saw and enjoyed during the past summer while in Europe. The first speaker was Miss Ella D. Bavier who told in a most interesting way of the manners, customs and greatness of England. She took the audience with her to the Tower, to Stratford on Avon, the home of Shakespeare, to the Parliament House and to many other points of interest. Pref. John L Love, of the High School gave a very graphic account of the inception, and work of the Pan African Conference which convened in London last summer and was attended by about forty delegates from all countries having an African population. The Conference listened to able addresses by Bishop Alexander Walters and J.H.C. MRS. ANNA J. COOPER. Mrs. A. J. Cooper of the United States, and other distinguished delegates from other countries. As a result a Pan African Association was formed with Bishop Walters as president. Mr. Love said that he judged from what he heard that the colored people in the United States were far in advance of the Negro population of any other country. Mrs. A. F. Hilyer delighted the audience with her lively portrayal of the eccentricies of the French people, and the countless beauties of Paris. Mrs. Hilyer captivated her audience by several witty references and experiences THE COLORED AVENUE, WASHINGTON, R. E. of what she termed a most enjoyable trip, closing with high praise for the colored people's exhibit. Mrs. Cooper was at her best. Her subject was Italy. She said she would only tell them about her worst experience, her most enjoyable day, the best piece of sculpture and the best painting. Her worst experience was when she visited the crater of Vesuvius on a terribly hot day, her best day was spent in part, in the Cathedral at Milan, her best piece of sculpture was the "Parnassus Bull." MR. SAMUEL A. TYLER. Manager of the Sparta Pool and Billiard Rooms. No person in Washington, who knows anything at all, but does not know genial "Sampson" A. Tyler, manager of the Sparta Pool and Biliard rooms at 1206 Pa. ave., northwest. In February '98 the first floor of the three story structure was leased by Mr. Robert T. Douglass the proprietor and he immediately put Mr. Tyler in charge of the one pool room. By good management as well as good department and every attraction in the pool and billiard line, Mr. Tyler built up a business which outgrew the original quarters, and so the second and third floors were J.M. secured and the entire building leased in order that the large and growing number of patrons might be accommodated. The entire building was refitted and repapered and made to look as spick and span as an Easter suit. The first floor was leased to an enterpising restaurantuer and the two floors above are now being used for the pool and billiard parlors. There are six elegantly upholstered pool tables on the second floor and two on the third floor. Thirty-two electric lights brighten up the parlors and a most attractive night sign, consisting of electric balls, adorns the front of the building. Mr. Tyler has demonstrated clearly that is possible to take any kind of business and make a success of it, provided the proper tact, business sense and fair dealing are put into it. Mr. Tyler is a Washingtonian by birth, having been born in the fifties, and was reared in this city. He is almost a giant in stature, standing about six feet. two feet, and proportionately built So striking is his appearance that he would attract attention anywhere. He has traveled extensively, having lived in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago. He counts his friends by the score and, as an entertainer, he is known as a "prince of good fellows." Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Key took a delightful drive out to their farm in Silver Hill, Prince George Co., Md., last week. THE GRAND FOUNTAIN. United Order of True Reformers. ORGANIZED January 1, 1881. Offices 604, 606 and 608 N. 2nd St., - - Richmond, Va An order devoted to the interests of its members, both in their home and business relations. We offer you an opportunity for gilt edged business investment, in enterprises owned and controlled by the Order and managed by colored men, who are members of the Order. If you are sound in health and mind, of good moral character, not younger than three (3) years nor older than sixty (60) you are eligible to membership. There are two Fountains, the Subordinate and the Rosebud. to join the Subordinate Fountain you You pay $4.60 to $6.60 (according to country you pay 35 cents per month hours. You pay as taxes 80 cents per ma- s Sick Benefits you receive from $6.00 as Death Benefit, your family receive one year the Death Benefit is $125.00 To join the Subordinate Fountain you must be between 14 and 16 years of age. You pay $4.60 to $6.60 (according to age.) as joining fee. If you live in the country you pay 35 cents per month as dues; if in the city, 50 cents per months. You pay as taxes 80 cents per month. As Sick Benefits you receive from $6.00 to $9.00 per month, in weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family receives $75.00 if you die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $125.00 A In Class B, the a dues, $4 75 to $7 60. After one year, its val In Class E, the a g $9 50 to 11.40. The C one year its value is $ In Class M, the a $21 to $25. The certi You are entitled Classe B and E upon pays a dividend annu The Grand Foun 29, 1900, a total of 378 HALF MILLION DOLL in Class B, the age limit is 14 to 60 yea $4 75 to $7 60. The Certificate is valid one year, its value is $200 to $65. in Class E, the age limit is 14 to 55 yea to 11.40. The Certificate is valued five year its value is $500 to $800. in Class M, the age limit is 14 to 50 yea to $25. The certificate is valued from one You are entitled to a Life Membership in B and E upon purchase of the reca dividend annually of 20 per cent. The Grand Fountain United Order of 1900, a total of 3782 Death Benefits, with 7 MILLION DOLLARS. In Class B, the age limit is 14 to 60 years. Fee, $2.50 to $4.25. Annual dues, $4 75 to $7 60. The Certificate is valued first year at from $100 to $33. After one year, its value is $200 to $65. In Class E, the age limit is 14 to 55 years. Fee, $5 to $6 50. Annual dues, $9 50 to 11.40. The Certificate is valued first year at from $250 to $175. After one year its value is $500 to $800. In Class M, the age limit is 14 to 50 years. Fee $11 to $13 50. Annual dues, $21 to $25. The certificate is valued from date of issue at from $1 000 to $700. You are entitled to a Life Membership in either of the Fountains or in Classe B and E upon purchase of the required amount of Bank stock, which pays a dividend annually of 20 per cent. The Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers has paid up to July 29, 1900, a total of 3782 Death Benefits, with a grand total of $521,264 75, over a HALF MILLION DOLLARS. HUMANITIES members, and pays 2 are received and 4 per is a copy of the Cash close of business Sept. RESOUR Loans and discounts on Other stock, bonds, mortgages ..... Due from National Banking House ..... Other real estates ..... Furniture and Fixture Current expenses and paid ..... Specie, nickels and ced Paper currency ..... Total ..... ... The Reformer's Office in Richmond, Va., and is 20 per cent. on the co. THE REFORMER is office in Richmond, Va. operation and combine the General Messenger per year. A well-equipped out in first class. Six miles from Ri 634 acres of land, and exampled liberality and trance to this home to doors are opened to the residence or connection charity, and calls upon and West to assist by idea. April 3rd of each Contributions can be by who will send receipt. Members of the O invited to stop at The and desirable location. The Real Estate In the Ordeer. The Order with a fee simple value buildings. RESOURCES. Ins and discounts ..... $8,272 80 or stock, bonds and mortgages ..... 164,423 83 from National Banks ..... 48,383 22 Building House ..... 14,000 00 or real estates ..... 99,588 00 Furniture and Fixtures ..... 6,850 00 ment expenses and taxes paid ..... 1,388 99 de, nickels and cents ..... 12,399 80 or currency ..... 35,820 00 Total ..... 391,120 84 The Reformer's Grocery and Feed Store, Richmond, Va., and members of the Order, per cent. on the cost of food products. The Reformer is the newspaper published in Richmond, Va. It stands for the vocation and combination of the race and general Messenger and the General Agent year. A well-equipped job office bids for out in first class style and at low prices miles from Richmond, in Henrico counties of land, and established thereon as applied liberality and broad-minded gentlemen to this home to its members alone, men are opened to the aged and decrepit sense or connections. The Order makes city, and calls upon the whole people. By West to assist by their contribution the April 3rd of each year is set apart as distributions can be forwarded to the cash will send receipt for same and account members of the Order and the public. We are to stop at The Hotel Reformer, 900 100 desirable location. Service is of the best the Real Estate Department manages. Ordeer. The Order now owns 13 buildings a fee simple value of $122,500. In additions. members, and pays 20 per cent. dividends. Both time and demand deposits are received and 4 per cent. interest is paid on time deposits. The following is a copy of the Cashier's report to Auditor of Public Accounts of Virginia at close of business Sept., 5, 1900 and shows its flourishing condition: Loans and discounts ..... $8,272 80 O her stock, bonds and mortgages ..... 164,423 83 Due from National Banks ..... 48,383 22 Banking House ..... 14,000 00 Other real estates ..... 99,588 00 Furniture and Fixtures ..... 6,850 00 Current expenses and taxes paid ..... 1,388 99 Specie, nickels and cents ..... 12,399 80 Paper currency ..... 35,820 00 Total ..... 391,120 84 Capital stock paid in ..... 88,125 00 Surplus fund ..... 80,957 81 Undivided profits ..... 6,826 80 Demand certificate of deposit.t ..... 96,786 28 Time certificates of deposit ..... 118,424 74 Total ..... 391,120 64 The Reformer's Grocery and Feed Store is located at 501 North Sixth St., Richmond, Va., and members of the Order and the public generally are saved 20 per cent. on the cost of food products. THE REFORMER is the newspaper published by the order from its own office in Richmond, Va. It stands for the voice of the people, representing cooperation and combination of the race and is the Beacon Light, the Headlight, the General Messenger and the General Agent of the Brotherhood. It is $1.00 per year. A well-equipped job office bids for the work of the people, which is turned out in first class style and at low prices. Six miles from Richmond, in Henrico County, Va., the Order has purchased 634 acres of land, and established thereon an "Old Folk's Home". With unexampled liberality and broad-minded generosity, the Order does not limit entrance to this home to its members alone, nor even to members families, but the doors are opened to the aged and decrepid of the whole race, regardless of their residence or connections. The Order makes itself the trustee for this glorious charity, and calls upon the whole people, black and white, North, East, South and West to assist by their contribution the carrying out of this praiseworthy idea. April 3rd of each year is set apart as a Grend Rally Day for the Home. Contributions can be forwarded to the casnier of the Reformer's Savings Bank, who will send receipt for same and account for it to The Grand Fountain. Members of the Order and the public, when visiting Richmond, Va., are invited to stop at The Hotel Reformer, 900 North Sixth St. It is in a pleasant and desirable location. Service is of the best and rates are reasonable. The Real Estate Department manages and controls all property interests of the Ordeer. The Order now owns 13 buildings, 4 farms, 4 dwellings, 1 hotel with a fee simple value of $122,500. In addition to these the Order leases 13 buildings. For any further information, address W. L. TAYLOR, G. W, Master. L. TAYLOR, G. W, Master. SUBORDINATE FOUNTAINS. Use Fountain you must be between 14 and 16 years old (according to age,) as joining fee. If you live in cents per month as dues; if in the city, 50 cents per 80 cents per month. receive from $6 00 to $9.00 per month, in weekly pay. our family receives $75.00 if you die within a year. Benefit is $125.00 To join the Rosebud Fountain you must be between 3 and 14 year of age. You pay $1 00, either cash or by installments. The monthly dues are either 15 or 25 cents as Fountains may decide. The annual tax is 10 cents. You receive as Sick Benefit from $1.50 to $4 00 per month, in weekly payments. As Death Benefit, your family will be paid $24 50 if you die within a year. After one year the Death Benefit is $37. In the INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, there are Three (3) Classes:—Class B, Class E, and Class M. All dues are payable annually or quarterly. THE BANK.—In our Savings Bank the Order has a sound and flourishing institution that is a credit not only to the Order but the race as well. It began business April 3, 1889. The capital stock is $100,000. The business is the same as that of any other regularly constituted bank, and is surrounded by the same safeguards. The stock sells for $5.00 a share to Master. ROSEBUD FOUNTAINS. W. P. BURRELL, G. W. Secretary, a _— STAND ASA UNIF, —— nontinned from thirteenth page.) — by Mr ja eon’s friends that he will jor bis name to be submitted for pomination 8 the next County elec- joo, apd bi refusal to do this will be cepted by hem with regret. How- rer, if he does not see fit to do so, the people should be looking ahead, and pave some! ydy in sight for this very sponsible positon as much good has ome to our people through this very isce How would the name of Mr. D. ic. Smith, 3128 State street look on the ticket? The Literary Section of the *‘Friends pf Illinois Ciub at their elegant club parlors 227 Learborn street, on Thurs: jay evening, Nev. 8th, had as them guest of honor, and speaker of theeven- ing Hon. J. Gray Lucas, late president of the Men’s Sunday Club, under whose sdministration, President Wm. McKin: ley was entertained in October, 1890. The subject of the speaker’s address yas “Hayti, its position among the na- tions.” The club had open doors and a Ser, eS pA — ee oe Ne Vows it ae YA MO Md! AY AVA \ re I~ a CHAKLES W. CHESNUTT. large number of this creditable and substantial club’s friends tarned out to listen to the address and a select musi- eal and literary program, Mr. King Jefferson gave a first reading of his lat+ @t original poem, entitled, “Some thing for all to doy? the composition aod sentiment of which entitle the po- émand its author to a more general and larger hearing Mr. F. D Hooker as thirman of the Literary section did the honors with Chesterfieldian grace, fud the tide, “Fmends of Illinois Club,” proved no misnomer. In the Person of the speaker, Mr. Lucas, and in his subject, es well ag the program. tendered, the club has set a high mark Sud it should be its earnest endeavorin the literary section as in the past rec ordof this noble organization to have but one motto, “*Excelsior,”? The republicans in South Carolina have nominated for Congress a young uulatto lawyer, named R, A, Stewart. Hearst’s Chics go America, the red- letter dete corat paper, whichso gallant 'ychempicned the cause of Hon. Wm. J.Bryan, comes out with a strong plea ihe Negro’s behalf, (after the elec- tionis over After informing the thous: Ands of jy telligent white men and wo Ue through the columns of hie paper that When they sit up late at night and Nad “Monte Christo,” “Phe Three Musketeers” and other works by the Domes’ that they are reading the works men with African blood in their Telus, he comments as follows: tes Negro 1s the under dog — i. ee just at present, But Re the fight, as you — lpg ain studying the Negro nose an : et can © Sphinx rising above the a Negra ‘c ; Once in far off Ce ul mee the foundation on w. brip .. St religion rests. A Negro ‘volved our religious beliefs based THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. 6. 18 ago thatthose movements have changed and cease to hold their origmal mean- ing. The Negro’s day may come again Let us treat him with fairness and with decency for our own sakes. Our de- scendants may one dey bein his pow- er as he now seems to be in ours.” Charles W. Chestnutt, in a recent publication entitled “‘The Wite of His Youth,” presents an intelligent argu- ment in behalf of the race problem, The logic is so strong that it has at- tracted the attention of some ofthe best American writers. Mr. Wm. Dean Howells was so touched by it that he has come forward with the most prom- ising predictions concerning the col- ored race, He said that during its one generation of freedomits great progress marked by such instances as Paul Law- rence Dunbar, Booker T. Washington, and Charlies W. Chestnutt, bade fare to develop into a separate and distinct civilization which would equal that of the whites in education, culture and re* finement. The State Federation of Colored Wo- mens’s Clubs will be held at the Insti- tutional church, this city, Nov. 21st and 23. Representatives from all parts of the state are expected. On last Sunday evening the pastor of the Institutional church. Rev. R. C. Ransom, dispensed with the regular evening service to do honor to a wo- man’s club, known asthe phyllis Wheat ley Club, and which has an exeellent standing in the community. Mrs. L. A. Davis, the estimable and capable president, presented a short paperin which she gave an outline of the work being done by the club. Mr, W. H. A. Moore, a man of excellent literary tastes read of the life and work of Phyllis Wheatley. Miss Effie McQuann the seeretsry of the Club rendered ‘I will extol Thee,’’ from Elijah. ‘Phe Club is composed of an intelligent body of wo: ‘Iaen who seem very earnest in their endeavor to do good. The Phyllis Wheatley Club rooms are located at 5058 Dearborn street. A large crowd will greet Mrs. Mary Church Terrell at the Institutional ehurch Nov. 23rd where she will do- nate a lecture for the benefit of the kiue dergarten fund. Hon. Jobn G Jones, prominent law yer of this city and a man well-known all over the United States was recent ly elected to the legislature. Mr. Jones never fails to championed the cause of his people when the proper opportunity presents itself, and Chicago folks feel that be is the right man in the right place. Wecongratulate Mr. Jones upon his election to this responsible and honorable position. N yet We Want Agents ... LATEST DISCOVERY SSS GW Han MAKING f, CURLY in every City, Town and Village qnor: KINKY. AIR STRAig in the United States to sell (GES >, BOA = i Pp i i it The Grau dest Hair Preparation EE lf — ered, ee we A \ ever discovered, ee) ee” 5 Y s Re hes a Nelson’s Straightine we, j i .' ee ON Agents can make from $250 to 85.00a day SYR ue = Sy working for us, or they can devote thelr spare CFF S e 2 time to the work and make from §1 to $3. "ORs ARE! a7 . is the fastest selling article ever offered to agents. The price traig tine is low (25c), and st pays the agent a good profit. 1t is well advertised in the newspapers, and ts pot like trying to seil a ———————————= preparation that isunknown. We keep our agents supplied with circulars and other advertising matter, and guarantee the sale of our — The Company making Straightine is chartered uncer the laws of the State of Virginia, with ample capital to carry cut all its promises. Its officers are among the ‘eadirg citizens of this city. and should not be,contounded wits the many “take” concerns that are trying to do business on the reputation we have made for Straightine. Seraightine to-day has the largest sale of any hair prey aration on the market. It is sold and ured in every State in the Union, and in many foreign:countries, and is high- ly endored by all users, WE WANT 10,000 MORE AGENTS AT_ ONCE. Write to day for terms and full information before someone else gets the agency in your place. A trial cap (about one month’s treatn ent) ot Nelsen’s Straighiupe will be mailed to any address on receipt of 30c. in stamps or silver. Addressal: orders and letiers to 5 NELSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Richmond, Va. pia rere er ree Everything You Need For The Table and Kitchen For Thanksgiving . . You'll find us better able to’serve you this year than ever before, Whatever you need to cook and serve your Thanks- giving Dinner, look to us for. Beautifully Decorated China| Exquisite Cut Glass, Carvers and Cutlery, | Sterling and Silver Plated Lamps for the Table Ware, Turkey Roasters, And hundreds of those handy, useful devices in Cooking Utensils that should be in every modern home. And Our Prices are Uniformly LOWEST For tne High Quality of Everything We Handle. DULIN & MARTIN GO. Successors to M. W. Beveridge. , 1215 F Street and 1214 G Street. . ee la ee tS ae Pc es Se ae EE ie ae ee epee een ener ted ; ; » PARLOR FURNITURE — ON EASY PAYMENTS. Not only Parlor Furniture, but every- ©00¢000000000004 : thing else necessary to make your home ‘ cozy and comfortable for winter. Our CARPETS ) new stock of Parlor Suites embraces the MADE, pewest and handsomest patterns in silk LatD, and satin damask, tapestries, and broca- aoe ais telles. We devote one entire floor to their FREE. , display, and you will find a Suite here at almost any price you can mention. We have the facilities for doing the quickest kind of work in making and lay- ing carpets. Orders received betore 2 o’clock will be executed the FOL- LOWING day. We make no extra charge for making, laying, and lining—nor for the two or three yards that are wasted in matching figures. Weekly or monthly payments arranged to suit you. ’ MAMMOTH CREDIT HOUSE, > > : $17-819-821-823 Seventh Street N W, ; Between H and I Streets. Mr, Fred W. Hedge, who has charge of the Mammoth Cake Walk and Jubi- lee £ntertainment to be held at Con: vention Hall, December 4th is leaving no stone unturned to make this affair the most interesting and unique of any that has been given in this city. The best cake walkers and singers, a8 well as comic comedians have been engaged by Mr. Hedge for this o¢casion. Get your tickets early. ens I I FG Pri GF HEEL MD, «93%] St., Phiiadelphia, Pa, Ein deutseher Arst. Gua ™ t ranteesto cure PRIVATE DISEASES, EXCESSES 4 ABUSES, BLOOD POISON. NERVOUS DEBILITY. 1 , LOST MANHOOD. VARICOCELE & STRIGTURE = (no cutting), Cadevelopments, Shranken Organs. betrrcecrcatesrammamaareacsccaras| Send for book “Truth” exposing medical & electrical fraud For Real Estate Transactions CALL ON B. H. Warner Company, Real Estate Brokers, Warner Buildings. Washington, D ¢, co R93 CRG > eQyr—= ? 14 as the “Afrieander.”’ Mise Anpa Duncan of Mertgomery, Alabama, is pres'dent of the Woman’s Association of that State. Miss Mamie A. Nocho, of Greensboro N. C., is pronounced as being one of the best teachers in that state. Mrs. ©, C. Pettey. wife of Bishop Pettey of the Zion Church, is one the regular staff of writers of the Star of Zion. Scotia Semmary, Concord, N.C, employs only three colored lady teach’ ers out of fifteen. A white lady 1s Lady Principal. Mrs, Anna J. Murray, of Washington is probably the most ardent worker among our women in the kindergarten world, in America. Mrs. Bettie Francis is a trustee of the schools of the District of Columbia. Mrs. Francis is one cf the two colored members of said board. Miss Lucy O. Williams is principal of the largest colored graded school in Greenville, Miss. She has held this po- sition for a number of years. Mrs. Belle Wyche is principal of the Charlotte, N. C., Graded Sehcol with an attendance of 1500 students and bas 12 teachers under her supervision, Mrs. lda Wells Barnett of Chicago, took a prominent part in the presiden- tial campaign just closed, delivering several addresses of considerable im- portance, The editor cf the Star of Zion makes this point in the last edition of the im: portani journal, “‘There is eeldom a thing more uncertain than political pre dictions, except the age of a woman.” 1t 18 rumored shat Mrs. Victoria Earle Matthews will scon publish another volume of matter, under the same line of thought as her ‘‘Aunt Lindy,” which had sueh a glorious succees, finance in- claded, Miss Imcgene Howard, the young New York colored school teacher who went to Paris at the expense of the New York Telegraph is kept busy Jee turing op her ‘Trip to Paris,” in and around New York. One of the impressive features of the Business League held in Boston last 8 ummer wis thesinging of the ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic” snd ‘‘The Re: cessional’”’by Mrs. Nellie Brown Mitch tll, the noted soprano singer of Boston, Miss Eva C. Buckner of Colorado Sprivgs, Colo., is proving herself a foet of no mean ability. Her poem “Our President and Vice’”’ which appeared in The Albuquerque American of Novem- ber 1, 1900, elicited much commentand praise. Mrs. E. E. Peterson of Texas is presi- dent of the Temperance Society of that state and does more, probably for the cauge, than any other woman holdirg alike position. The papers each week always have interesting erticles from her pep, and she js constantly on the platform, In all prebabilities there will ke some RR een ae ee A ee eee a HE OCOFORED EMERIUAN, WASHINGTON, BD. 5. asa delegate by the Asx ciations of Massachusetts. Miss Mary A. Lynch, president of the N. Q., Temperance Society, and secretary of the Natiopal Association of Colored Women, 1s kept constantly before the public lecturing on ‘‘My Trip to Enainburga, Scotland,’ where she went during the summer as a delegate tothe World’ Temperance Meeting. The coming summer will prove an interesting cne to our colored women, since this is tre year for tbe National Association of Colored Women to meet. This is the most illustrious body of col- ored women in existence. Mrs. Mary burch Terrell, of Washington, D.C., is president and Mrs. Booker T. Wash ington, who was ihe firet president, is chairman of the Executive Committee and editor of the National Association Notes. The recent death of Mies Claudia M, Jones of Greensboro, North Carolina, removes one of the brightest lights iu Afro-American womanhood, Though | MissJones hadn’t yet attained a nation: al reputation, her work was beginning to grow. There wss never a young woman with a brighter future; not be- cause of circumstances but becauee she labored ineessantly for the uplifting of our young women, and she was a splendid example of virtue itself. Scarcely twenty, she exercised the good judgment in the nature of progress, which becomes a woman of twice the age. Her work, unknown to the great outside, will be felt forever in her home and locality, and that is where all work has the greatest effect. A CHARLESTON PAINTER. Mr. M. E, Richardson the Leading Man of his Profession in the Sea Island City—His Early Career and his Suce cesses, The subject of this sketch, Mr. M. E Richardson, was born in obscurity and poverty in the eity of Charleston, 8. C., in 1861, and that city has been his homesince. There is no question as to his being utterly helpless so far as this ie , is = \ ‘fig Ga ties e / =), ‘SSR % oe q f MR, M. E. RICHARDSON. world’s goods were concerned, save that which his own pbysical strength could bring him. The care of younger brothers and sisters rendered his pr- rents wholly unable to give him the training which they prayed todo. But the result cf this inability to properly care for the lad, ends 1 the same old, but ever new story of “poverty making & man to achieve.’’ ‘The young boy, or child, for he was only five years of age, went out in the | 7 gd | bs AE 2 maa 4, SB Ayko $m, . " bak. Fa ee a =a “83 es fine. Not 2: ae. » F< es oe @ Oe eee ry g LS | Nae | Sains ad } WA Ou yo fej ARES — J pd La j RSS Sra Sees | ee an re | Saal er eee es Pa Sy, an SF a KEE ag To, oe ait X Ray in vse for examivation aud diagnosis. Geimau s,c.i reat 5 chr: nic diseares of man aid women; catsrrb, rheumatism, br maa hear t,kidney, bladder, ‘hemorrhoids (piles) cured; vitality restoid "" RUPTURE CURED. Latest electric discovery; no knife, no injection; no pain. Tro-ses on trig) Private diseases, stricture, impotency, varicocele, hydrocele, syphi kin and blood poison cured withcut mercury. Especial attention given ¢ nd 80: ealled incurable cases treated and curs accomplished. Hours 10 io 12 2 ws Tuesdays and Saturdays till 8 evening. Dk. CZAKRA 316 6th street and 494 Louisiana avenue, northwest morning and sold papers on the streets for a livelihood, and incidentally to to help care for his mother and three younger children. This was the order of the day for three years. When the children, who depended upon his ef- forts together with the help of their mother, became jargé“enough to heip as well. Ycung Richardson, then at the age of ten years, decided to enter school and improve his mental cond! tion. Accordingly be entered Walling- ford Academy at Charlestcn, and here presecuted his etudies. He never was the recipient of any help from any source whatever. His mother was not able to even give him a siate while in school, He remained in school five years, bearing his own expepse. Feel: ing that he ought to be of more help to his mother, he came out of sehool and took up a trade, the means today of his wonderful success. He chose paint: ing, and his efforts and the resuits thereof, plainly shew, that he choose wisely. Mr. Richardson has been twen- ty-three years acqairing knowledge of his trade, and to day in all Charles‘on, he has no superior, Mr, Richardson has acquired property steadily and owns property in the most preferable part of this city. He does a $15,000 business per year and is steadily on the increase. His devotion to his mother who is still alive is one of his character istics. Though she could be of no fi pancial help to him when he was a mere boy, still he knows and appreci ates the weight of her prayers and help otherwise. Mr. Richardson’s rise bas been a steady one—b+cause he mastered a trade and stuck to it. There is noth Ing aftifieial about his progress. Mr. Richardson is one of the valued mem- bera of the Business League, and was present at the session in Boston. Mr. Richardson, always grateful, acknowl edges the help his wife has rendered him. His advice to the young people of our race, if we would succeed ia, “Be ye perfect 1n some one thirg.” And who canor will dispute the truthful. i of the statemeni? TO THE DEAF. A rich lady cured of her deafness and Noises in the Head by Dr. Nicholson’s Artificial Ear Drums, gave $10,000 to his Institute, so thst deaf people unapie to procure the Ear Drums may bave them free. Address No, 10429 The Nicholson Institute, 780, Eighth Ave nue, New York, U. 8. A. MRS. G. CARY, > | Celebrated gc), Astolgst Pe and Clairvoyant i coc te was, Astrologst As arg j 55 MP se? d iy and Clairvoyant, Life From Cradte to Grave, Gains the love of those you desire, causes happy marriages to the ore you jo:e. unites separated jong or rhort distance -rever tails, makes your enemies your fr ends, overcomes spells, conjatation, bad luck Aud mysterious ickness ofall kinds. Lack aud success givew to last a life time. = Never taiis in any case underlaken, De not invest in Policy, Letiery, or any Speculation, until sou consult me. you will gain by my advice, feo $1.00. Consultaiions ally, 9a. im. 109 p. m., except Buraa) Patrons attended to in any part of the world, satisfaction guarantee), 1 letters answered on receipt of two two cent stamps. MRS. C, CARY, 1406 W. York St., Philadelphia, Pa. W.G. CLARY. Ss 8 Ke GROCERIES, MEATS, AND PROVISIONS. s 3 Ss 1526 Fifteenth Street, N. W. REDUCED! REDUCED! His Readings to Ladies 25¢ Gents, De. PROF. CLAY, Oldest**establisbed Clairvoyan’, tells your busin ess, love affairs, family trout es, about lawsuits, divorces, or anyihirg sou wih to KNOW; brings sé; ara’ed tovetber, causes speedy merrieges, removes far ily (rues bad luck e#pelis, or mystrrious fc gs. 10 to l€ daily. 489 H'st. sw, DREZASMAKING ACADEMY The de Lam Orton Famous Krentb Perfection Tailor System Acsdely Mme J, A. SMALLWOOD, “ole Agevt 1513 Madison St. North» est. Morning class from 9a. m. t) 1p. Afternoon class 2to5y. m. daily. Evenings from 7.30 to 10 o'clu& Mondays, Wednesdays ani Friday Dressmakers and ladies who wien tore theix own dressmaking. Be WANTED—To0 Hearn (he WoRte ful De aeepeeton French Pertectiot Yayior System, Seamicss esque without one inch of visible seals, fining or goods, not even on the shou! fer. Successful Dresemaking require 8 much earnest progressive study # successful work in any of the profes sions. No detail is too smuli ‘o '* carefully looked after. We teal) °° to make dreeses with or without sc and guarantee perfect fite, aud ©” plete your course with a diploms Pupils can enter at any time. Winter classes now forming. SS SS SSSSSSSsz, +BE NOT DECEIVED ! \ : ; oe THE COLORED- PEOPLE. OF ee CA. = 3 . ir “Tonics, i Wing of all Hair ; ! . " NO.’ : ©) : : ; a Ee j _ a BESTE SA i ~ fe ! é Fa : me’ oe ae A BE be — SS < St, ce a , PS Ses C7. RQ = & Ge NF | \ wee .— me. WIG . VG Y/ \\ Ay, 1 4 eG “SD? 7 Gp NAV] pesos 7 RS Pree se BEFORE. AFTER , BEFORE. ’ Me Recognizing the fact that there are many SO-CALLED hair-growers and hair-straighteners now on the market, and knowing to ee man: of these are frauds pure and simple, we wish to make a straig! eecand: honest statement to the colored race ayouse this great paper. In the year 1871 our Iste secretary, Mrs. S. M. Moore, through a fortunate cireumsiance, acquired the receipt for OZONO. It was not offered for sale or purchase to any extent until 1875, when it was put upon the market and met with marked success. After a thorough test by the eclored people of that time it was pronounced an honest, legitimate remedy, true-to ai that was claimed for it, and worthy in every respect of the confidence of every member of the colored race, because they found it to cause the hair to w long and straight, soft and fine, and as beautiful as an April morning. roa. whenever s genuine article appears upon the market there are always a number of people who imitate and make capital out of the meritsof other people’s goods. Seeing our marked success, numerous firms have entered the market, offering hair-growers and hair-straighteners, many of which are worthless, causing the hair to dall out and doing grest damage to the hair and sealp, and the colored people are buying these spurious compounds, which are filled with animal ists, and do the hair more harm than good. To these let us sound a warning—be careful what you use on yeur hair. Do not be deceived by daring advertisements and big words. Buy the King of all ‘Hair Tonies, | OZONO.-7 We which is sold with an iron-clad guarantee to do all that is claimed for it, or we will forfeit $50.@. Now, we ask you a plain question—would we abso- = lutely agree to forfeit $50.00 if you are dissatisfied with our preparations, WS if they were not true to all we claim for them? We have advertised for several years under this guarantee, and we are giad to say that every one whe has used Orono has been satisfied in every respect. Se are to-day using our ———— and ae purehaser recomme: Osono as the King of all Hair Tonics. Ozone will positively take > Kinks out of Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Curiy, Refractory, Troubie- some Hair. I: will make short, harsh hair long and straight. I: will cure year head of all itching, worrying sealp diseases. Itch, Ectema, Dandrof, and Seurf can not live after Qzono has been applied. It will step your hair from falling out. It will restore gray hair to its nataral color, making the hair long and soft. Now, right here, let ms make a statement. Many firms are sdvertising renfedies to straighten hair, but when ther send the preparation they tell you to use bot irons. Friends, do not ase hot irons; they will burn ap the tife ef the hair, and cause it to drop out. Ogono straightens withsat any outside assistance. Nothing but Osono is necessary, and the bair stays straight farever. You can stop the use at amy time. The good effects on the hair are seen in s day or two after the first application. The price of Oiono is Se. a bettle—# boxes do the work. We maké this liberal offer, which is good at any time: Cut out this coupen and send zo us, enclosing with it the sam of One Dollar, and we will forward to you four large boxes of Qzono and one large boule of Electrical Skin Refner. which makes black skin mega skin sgt and pliant, and cures all skin diseases. Also removes facial imperfections. and actually removes small-pox pits. We will slso jnclade one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin Food—Natare’s great beautifizc~—removes wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, and all facial blemishes; makes the old jook young and the young look " we Will also inclate one peek» 2 of our celebrated Scalp Soan, which is absolutely CHEMICALLY PURE, ard m2 soap but 3 pure seep should ever i ee ee ee: ee ee ee ee, ee ae a ee ee ee ee a ee ae ee ee CS ae = =. eae — Sn i (ener ie +: al “16 Hy | COLO! ED | an RIUAN, ' FABHINGTOS ,2 W.H. FISHER S a e fy - Dyer and Gleaner,: Tes Sth Stn ww. 147 14th St 2 we Telephone 15% Seipio L. Baker, Attorney at Law, | Reem 14,602 F Ste, MW. Washingua, D.C. eee be used on the scalp. And, lastly, to prove ourliberality, we will put in 2 pint j package of ‘Ants-Odlor, & positive cure for Sore Throat or Mouth, al! forms 0 j Womb Diseases, Chilblains, Sore and Frosted Feet; also removy-= all smells and odors arising from the human body, such as feet, arm pits. <1 “J The actual value of this Grand Aggregation is $4.00, bat we let you” have it for $1.00, simplyto introduce honest goods. In order to protec: tl ad public in general from imitations of our goods, and to avoid mistaie:, «=| have placed upon our coupon our Trade-Mark, one head showing Shor’ Hair acd the other head Long Hair. The U.S. Government bas grant=i a this trade-mark, and it is registered in the Patent Office at Washington: = | if the coupon has this trade-mark on it, you will make no misteke. T=, only the coupon having the two heads on it. As to our responsibility wel refer you to the et ee or to the Metropolitan Bank of Rich- | mond, Va. We have of testimonials we have not space to pub- | lish. ‘Here is s sample of one: / Boston Chemical Company : ! Dear Sirs.—You are at liberty to state in any newspaper thst I bsv- f used OZONO, and give it my most hearty recommendation. I have <<: | fooled so often, it does me good to reeommend honest goods. j z MAGGIE B. PROCTOR Here is another: Box 114, Fairfield, Texas | ~ Gentlemen,—After using OZONO s short while only, I am gisi co ass! that my hair is already straight and growing finely. / MISS BESSIE POWERS j . 383 Missoari street, Tole : A lest word. OZONO is absolutely teed to straighten bsir 20: eanse a beautiful and luxurious growth. ar bair is already straic=: |! you can use it to secure a glossy long growth. eons gencis< | “ GZONO."" Send us $1.00 at once, and the goods will be sent tbe so=2 | day we receive your order. BOSTON CHEMICAL CO. | 310 EB. Broad St., Richmond. Vs. | ae ae a Sa st Oe Se ee! eee . i Boston Chemical Co., > $10 East Broad Street, RICHMOND. ¥\. \er oa T enclese you $1.00, for which please send s: == - ff the following goods: f ™ 4 Boxes of Ozono, worth $200. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refine: | worth 50c. 1 Bottle Electrieal Skin Food, worth Sle. 1 Pacis~ ff (2 pint) Anti-Odor, worth Se. 1 Package Scalp Soap, wor:h 5 A Total, $4.02 f NR. <n oe 6 eos cos ccwcaness. ote en i. .... f County waaatees anche. qcugucuna tes BMS. csr ones oS A Tf you want 4 lots like above, send $3.02. Hf you have a friend = =f no cnapon, let her write her name on = piece of paper amd pin to coc? when vou send your order. , —_—_————oo REE W.H BUTLER, GLASS, &c., &8 C STREET, N.W. Soren re what you want W. & BUILES, 009 084, 5. WwW. FOR SALE. 331SpruceSt.n. W. Le Droit Park. Cheap, a tex-mem boos woo beth All moderm mpreve==s* Terms cash. Apsly at 191) © ot aerthvest