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The COLORED Library of Congress American A-NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. X, NO. 29 BEHIND THE SCENES. The smoke from the stage bomb exploded by Mr. Edward Morris under Prof. B. T. Washington, having cleared and no apparent injury having been done the person it was intended to annihilate, conservative lookers on are inquiring the reasons which prompted the legal bomb thrower in his attempt to assasinate the reputation of a man engaged in a work which meets the approbation of the press and people. Surely Mr. Morris is not a seeker after cheap notoriety, nor is he a blatant demagogue "who struts and frets his hour out and then is heard no more." It is not professional jealousy for one is an educator; the other a lawyer. It can not be political envy, for Washington lives in a State where the colored vote has been practically emaculated, while Morris has been honored by the voters of both races in his native State. Why then should Morris soil his reputation by throwing bombs loaded with lyddite misrepresentation and scrap iron gathered from the Washington mental foundry? If he has no well grounded object, why waste time and material. Can it be possible that like some lesser lights he perches himself on the fast rolling wheel of industrial education and exclaims with Esops' fly: "What a dust I do raise!" * * * * * * * * * It is an unfortunate thing that the love affairs of some of the male teachers in the High School like Banquo's ghost "will not down." Police court hearings, breach of promise cases, broken hearts the result of promises unfulfilled, and divers charges and counter charges have furnished palatable food for gossip mongers for the past two months. It would be well if these "lady-killers" sought security in matrimonial block-houses. No better corps of lady teachers can be found su- MEN OF THE HOUR. ING LNG LNG ING COL. JOHN R. MARSHALL, CHICAGO, ILLS. The recipient of an oil painting from the Appomtox Club, at of an oil painting from the Appomtox Club, a p The recipient of an oil painting from the Appomtox Club, a popular leader. perior to those of the High School and it must be embarrassing and humiliating to them to hear criticisms of the School as a result of the action of associates who should be above reproach. If some weeding out were done it would improve the tone, and free the institution from being referred to as a "School for Scandal." Local political clubs of mushroom growth that are here to-day and gone to-morrow, are holding meetings composed of the officers who include the member- --- ING he Appomtox Club, a popular leader. ship, to give the public the benefit of their conclusions with reference to the best men to select for President and Vice President of the United States. The boiler plate effrontery of these voteless Statesmen would be amusing but for the lack of modesty displayed. It was Brother Givedam Jones who introduced a resolution at the meeting of the Lime Kilm Club as follows: "Resolved, Dat we wants more rain." "Frow dat in de waste basket," promptly ordered the President. "Brudder Jones," he continued, solemnly, (Continued on page 2.) PEN AND PENCIL CLUB. Everyone interested in the preservation of harmonious relations between the white and colored races in the United States cannot but regard with misgivings the intemperate utterances frequently emanating from both sides of the inter-racial "firing line." So dependant upon the press is the public for controlling data in the formation of its sentiment that the Pen and Pencil Club has deemed it wise to disseminate the expressions of representative Americans upon this subject of vital moment not only to the Negro but to the nation itself. Those who had come to believe that the South is now the friend of popular education will be disappointed on reading the recent inaugural address of Governor Vardaman, of Mississippi, in which he charged that education has no deterrent influence upon the black race in the commission of crime, and that the Negro grows more criminal as he becomes more intelligent. The exclusion of the black voter from the right of suffrage seems to be his ulterior motive, for he attempts to find some moral sanction for the restrictive legislation along that line both in his own and other Southern States. In striking at the black man, however, he aims a blow at an institution dear to the hearts of all true Americans — the public schools—and it is gratifying to note that the press generally disavows his contention. In gratifying contrast to Governor Vardaman's statement is the opinion recently expressed by Dr. Felix Adler in an address at New York before the Ethical Culture Society on "The Negro Problem in the United States." After cal- (Continued on page 3.) 2 "when de Lord wants you to regulate de wedder, he'll let you know." Let us hope the officers of these jack-in-the-box organizations will see the point. With disfranchisement and Jim Crow Cars in Maryland, and there is every reason to believe that before another year there will be both, with the same in Kentucky, and the well founded rumor that the Pullman Co. will close their cars against colored travelers, the situation seems to be yearly growing worse. It may be, like the darkest hour just before dawn, conditions will brighten and the gloom be clarified by a change in public opinion. This is hardly to be hoped for. If a Republican President and Congress is elected next fall unless something is done in the way of legislation to protect us in our rights, we may just as well abandon all hope in the South and prepare to protect ourselves by the ballot in the North. Even the Philadelphia Record predicts that in a short time Pennsylvania will have to pass laws protecting the State against the African invasion, but the Record is a democratic newspaper infected with the Southern idea that the Negro should be disfranchised. Republican States are not afraid of Negro domination. * * * * * * * * The Committee appointed to arrange for the selection of delegates from the District to the National Republican Convention is a representative one, and will doubtless make every provision for an honest ballot and a fair count. Elections in the past have been followed by unsavory charges of repeating, ballot box stuffing and doctored returns, leaving the impression that it is impossible to get a fair expression of the will of the people. The present committee will unquestionably provide every safe guard against a repetition of Southern methods. No matter who may be selected to represent the District in the Convention the people should have the satisfaction of knowing they were squarely and honestly elected. Let the candidates make a fair fight, let them aid in eliminating all fradulent methods and let carefully selected judges of election determine the result without fear or favor. The controversy between the colored teachers in Missouri continues with unabated interest. Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, seems to be the battle ground, although the war is waged all over the State. The colored newspapers of the State contribute in keeping up the warfare. THE COLORED AMERICAN. CITY PARAGRAPHS. Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, the well known elocutionist and playwright, who has been on the Western coast for nearly three years, has returned to the city where she will spend the Winter with her mother and friends. Mr. George Herriott, a leading citizen of Georgetown, S. C., died recently. He was one of the strongest men in the State, was a man of high character and a leader of great influence. He was a brother-in-law of Dr. J. R. Wilder, of this city. Mr. George E. Temple, a member of the B.M.C. of St. Louis, Mo., was in the city a few days this week and delivered a memorial address at the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, last Sunday night, upon the life and work of Mr. M. C. H. Curtis, one of the founders of Odd Fellows. Messrs, Briggs and Guillaume, writers of popular songs are pleasantly located at their studio 25 Defrees St., N. W. Mr. Guillaume the junior member of the firm is a well known baritone singer and is frequently in command at the Columbia Phonograph Company. These gentlemen are high class entertainers. The Metropole Club, one of the most up to date social clubs in the East has colored. Some of the noted colored men in the country have been entertained at this club, and it was elegantly fitted up in every way. It was closed because of a change in the license law of the District. COLORED BUSINESS IN ILLINOIS Springfield, Ill., boasts of an enterprising Negro Business League. A correspondent writes: The colored people from a business standpoint, are making much improvement along the line of business enterprise. Since last July colored bricklayers and carpenters have been very busy; they have built a J. B. REV. JOSHUA WILSON, P.M. Florence, S. C. nice new church on East Mason, a colored Masonic temple on 8th court and work has begun on a building on East Washington and 11th by Mr. A. M. 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It is as true today as it was in Lincoln's time that this country cannot be half slave and half free. * * * What measures should be taken to relieve present conditions? First, education; secondly, equitable administration of justice; and, lastly, we must rise to a higher conception of democracy. We must treat the Negro as a man. The term 'child race' is dangerous. Undue severity has a tendency to distort the normal fiber. Democracy is a compact between the efficient and the inefficient, and its object is to lift the inefficient." Still another noteworthy discussion from the standpoint of one of the foremost and most conservative statesmen of the present generation is that recently published in the January McClure's, under the caption "Can the South Solve the Negro Problem?" This the New York Times summarizes as follows: "The substance of Mr. Schurtz's appeal to the South is that the Negro shall be accorded all legal rights equally with the whites, subject to the same obligations and receiving the same preparation through education for the fulfillment of his duties and the enjoyment of his opportunities. * * * His argument is one that the South should candidly consider, and coming from one who has proved his patriotic devotion to justice for the whites of the South at great risk and cost, entitle it to peculiar respect." Upon the fundamental truth as to the necessity of equal educational privileges for both races these two eminent authorities are in perfect accord, and it is encouraging to note that such influential independent papers as the Times and many other journals are advocating the same policy. OUILLMAN. Rev. R. S. Rivers, D.D., will discuss the theme, "The Next Step" Sunday, January 31st, at 3:30 p. m., at the Second Baptist Lyceum. Miss Patton of Texas, will render a piano solo. THE COLORED AMERICAN SPARKS FRO MTHE ANVIL. The Mirror of Danville, va., is a newsy little sheet and is putting new life and energy into the colored business men of Danville. The Iowa State Bystander is puncturing the wind balls of the Chicago Conservator in a most tantalizing way. The Conservator's claim of popularity in Iowa is denied by the Bystander, backed up by the proof. Colored business leagues are being organized all over the country and everything points to a large attendance at the meeting of the National Negro League in Indianapolis, Ind., next August. A number of prominent colored citizens of Montgomery, Ala., have organized a Colored Man's Suffrage Association for the purpose of testing the suffrage clauses of the new Constitution of Alabama. They are backing up their opinions with the cash. The political battles now being fought in two of our great religious denominations for office are no credit to these denominations. When laymen can denounce Elders, and Presiding Elders can denounce Bishops with impunity, a custom is permitted to grow up in the denomination which bodes no good. In many cases the denominationl papers are responsible for these controversies. At one time the Negro was accused of having too much religion, and at another time of having an over-dose of politics. The trouble now seems to be, the newspaper "fever." So many pot-metal, boiler plate newspapers are springing up and springing back, than vent of the national campaign has ranging his mailing galleys. The adour exchange editor is kept busy armuch to do with the life of these mushroom publications. The Detroit Informer scores a point on The Colored American in our reference to Michigan being a doubtful State, and it goes us one better by promising its full support of the Morrell Bill. The Michigan Co-Operative League will do the race a great service by demanding that each and every Congressman in the State of Michigan vote for the Morrell Bill. Begin the agitation at once. A POPULAR NEWSPAPER We have sent for the past few months a number of papers to friends in the East, in the North, and in different parts of the country as sample copies, and we have recently notified them that the paper would not be sent any longer unless they desired to subscribe for it. It is our great pleasure to announce that the majority of those, who have received the paper complimentary and as samples are taking advantage of the opportunity to subscribe. The people in Boston, Providence, as well as in the West have been unusually prompt in answering our letters, and in subscribing. If we could spare space we would be pleased to print a number of these letters, which breathe a sentiment of hope and good will, and indicate that The Colored American is rightly regarded as a national race journal, and the mouth piece of the people it represents. Big Jim Parker is lecturing to crowded houses in different points in Alabama. ARE YOU A K. OF P? IF NOT, WHY NOT? I hope this will awaken in the colored people a just pride for the Order of Knights of Pythias. Its past fauls have been corrected. For the Negro it has had no equal since Syracuse gave to the world, that which will live to the end of time. A Society representing the three links of F. C. B., that bind us so closely together in every sense of the word. The order was re-incorporated in the District of Columbia, December 14th, 1903, with such honorable men at its head as S. W. Starks, of West Virginia, Supreme Chancellor, S. A. T. Watkins of Chicago, Ills., Supreme Attorney and several others, some of the leading men of the race. All Lodges in the District of Columbia have been placed under the Supreme Lodge with a death benefit for each member of from $50 to $3.50. It is easy to sail on the smooth waters of life, but when the winds of adversity blow, and the billows of troble and sorrow are sweeping over us, is the time for the demonstration of the three letters, that bind us together in this grand order. Some very good men have gone out, but will come back. There are others who can't get back; our strength has been greatly increased by the new order of things, and we hope to continue increasing by taking in young blood. Activity and vigor will be effused into the Order in the District of Columbia. We care for the members of the Order, the widows and orphans of those deceased. We pay from $3 to $5 sick benefits per week. Joining fee in clubs of not less than twenty persons, not over 45 years, $4.50 each. I will organize a new Lodge giving you all the benefits of the Order. The four departments are as follows. (1st) The Subordinate Lodge. In this members are united to care for and protect each other in health, as well as in sickness and distress. (2nd) Uniform Rank. Inthis departments our young men are receiving a military education, which makes them better and more useful citizens. (3rd) Ladies Court. In this the wives, mothers, daughters, widows, and sisters of Knights are united for the common purposes of life. (4ht). Endowments. In this department we are paying out thousands of dollars annually to the widows and heirs of deceased Knights. Each member receives from this department $300 at death. It comes from the Supreme Lodge. It is not a local affair. Those interested may obtain further information by addressing, JAMES M. CONWAY, Special Deputy of the District of Columbia, 1618 L. St., N. W. Washington, D. C. tf. THIS PAPER FOR SALE AT: Plummer's, 732 2d St., S. W. 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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. EDWARD E. COOPER, Manager, 459 C St., Northwest, Washington, D. C. Sold by all News Dealers. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1904. TO PREVENT RAILWAY DISCRIMINATION. There is now abill before the House of Representatives designed to prevent discrimination on railroad cars on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude, and it is the duty of every colored man with a spark of race pride, to see to it that this bill becomes a law. The bill was introduced by Hon. Edward Morrell of Pennsylvania, Nov. 1, 1903, and is now in the hands of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. If this matter is agitated there is no reason why this bill should not become a law. The thing to do right now, however, is to beseige the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with letters and requests asking it to call up the bill. The following is the personnel of the Committee and the members can be addressed, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. Write your Congressman at once and insist that House Bill No. 4507 be called up. Republicans—William P. Hepburn, of Iowa; James S. Sherman, of New York; Irving P. Wanger, of Pennsylvania; James R. Mann, of Illinois; William C. Lovering, of Massachusetts; Fred C. Stevens, of Minnesota; Charles H. Burke, of South Dakota; John J. Esch, of Wisconsin; Francis W. Cushman, of Washington; Thomas B. Kyle, of Ohio; Charles E. Townsend, of Michigan. Democrats—Robert C. Davey, of Louisiana; William C. Adamson, of Georgia; Dorsey W. Shackleford, of Missouri; William H. Ryan, of New York; William Richardson, of Alabama; William B. Lamar, of Florida. THE COLORED AMERICAN. The colored people have reason to be proud of the splendid record they have made as financiers in the last thirty years. Beginning with no experience at all, without capital, without property-there has grown up among us, men and bodies and institutions that have made splendid records and have proven conclusively what the race is capable of doing. In gleaning over their annual statements we find that the three colored banks in Richmond, Va., broke the record last year in the volume of business done. The bank at Jacksonville, Fla., of which Mr. S. H. Hart is President, makes a good showing for a lusty youngster. The Lincoln Savings Bank at Vicksburg, Miss., makes a strong annual statement, and there are to be two other banks in the state during the year; one at Jatckson and one at Clarksdale. The Penny Savings Bank at Birmingham, Ala., of which W. R. Pettiford is President, issues an attractive statement. The "one cent" Savings Bank at Nashville Tenn., Dr. R. H. Boyd, President, and J. C. Napier, Cashier, starts out under bright auspices. The Capital City Savings Bank at Little Rock, Ark., and the Savings Loan & Trust Co., at Pine Bluffs, Ark., send in encouraging reports. These institutions stand out as milestones in the progress of the race. They are beacon lights as it were. The door of hope is open and the race is not only looking, but coming forward. President J. B. Dudlely of the A. and M. College for the colored race, located at Greensboro, N. C.. is one of the advanced thinkers and educators of the race in the South. Mr. Dudley holds a unique position as an educator.. He is equally honored and respected by the members of the races in North Carolina, and he has brought his college to such a high degree of efficiency that it is acknowledged to be one of the best in the State. Mr. Dudley is a popular orator and is in great demand as an orator at great public functions in his State. The Boston Guardian is toning down a little and seems to be moving in the direction of a normal condition. Some wise head in the sanctum has suggested less "original" matter and more boiler plate. Trot along Trotter. The confirmation of Dr. Crum is yet to be made. He will be permitted to serve his term even though the Senate does not confirm him. Rev. Joshua Wilson, who has been postmaster at Florence, S.C., for quite a number of years, was re-appointed by President Roosevelt last Fall, and the appointment was confirmed by the Senate last week. There was considerable opposition against him by rival candidates, but as he was endorsed by the leading white as well as colored citizens, he was confirmed without anything of a fight being made against him. Hon. Isaiah T. Montgomery's news syndicate is working well. A morning daily newspaper of this city devoted a great deal of space the other morning on the subject, "White Labor in the South" and proved its case to its own satisfaction. The Colored American agrees with said editorial in everything except as to the facts supposed to be taken from the census. Anybody who knows anything, knows that the bulk of the cotton raised and ginned and prepared for the markets, is the work of the colored people of the South. Experiments have ben mad etime and again with imported white labor in the South, and it has proven a dismal failure each time. Our concern in the matter, however, is the Negro, and our thought is to point out that if white labor is to monopolize the cotton industry and other work in the South, then the captains of industrial education are right in preparing the young men and women of the race to do what they do as well and as scientifically as they are able to. The colored people who live in Northern cities and who have a habit of abusing Dr. Washington and other apostles of industrial education, do not know what they are talking about and they give no study to the question. The masses of the colored people who are to live in the South cannot compete with other races, but must be trained. Veril ing of the hand, of the head, and of the heart, must go together. Now that the Baptists of Richmond, Va., have gotten together; that John Mitchell and other sachems have buried the hatchet, we hope to hear no more of "shad belly" Jones and give-a-damn Smith. There are several tribes of Indians located in different parts of the State of Virginia and they occupy peculiar of Virginia and they occupy peculiar civil relations to other people. The Jim Crow car law does not affect them as they are permitted to ride either in the white coach or the jim crow car—also the Chinaman. But there is a law in Virginia which prohibits the intermarriage of blacks and whites but says nothing about the Indian. Many of these Indians are nearly white and many of them buxom gils are taking colored husbands into marriage. And there is no statute preventing marriages between Indians and Negroes. The Nashville Panner in an editorial gives the following advice to the Maryland Democrats: "Disfranchise the Negroes if you will and permit the white illiterates to vote, and very soon these white illiterates led by white rascals will do a thing or two in Maryland. Ignorance is ignorance, no matter whether it is possessed by white or black men, and it is inconceivable how intelligent and wise men of any race can be a party to such a program whereby they openly and legally invite such disaster and confusion. The race is still afflicted with an army of pull-backs—those who do nothing and do not want to see others do something. The saying used to be, "Poor as a colored editor," but times have changed now, and look at what Mr. W. E. King, editor of the Dallas Express is doing! He is the owner and proprietor of the Dallas Express Publishing Co., a good newspaper plant and well equipped job printing outfit; he is proprietor of the Empire Lodge Hotel at 422 Jackson St.; he is proprietor of the Alhambra Cafe, 385 Jackson St.; he operates a public stenography and concludes an editorial in this wise: The Negro man of any literary ability too often engages in teaching school and preaching. Teaching is a fine business for the student and preaching is a fine diversion for the man who desires to get to Heaven when he dies, but they are poor pursuits for the man who desires to see his earthly possessions increase. EQUAL RIGHTS FOR NEGROES Hon. H. T. Eubanks, the colored member of the Ohio Legislature from Cleveland, Ohio, has introduced an Amendment to the Ohio constitution that will guarantee civil rights to the Negro. A copy of the bill is herewith submitted. 76th General Assembly, H.J.R. No. 21, Regular Session. To amend Section 1 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of Ohio. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: Section 1, That a proposition shall be submitted to the electors of this state, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1904, to amend Section I of Article V of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, so that it shall read as follows: Sec. 1. (Who may vote). Every white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the state one year preceding the election, and of the county, township or ward, in which he resides, such time as may be provided by law, shall have the qualifications of an elector, and be entitled to vote at all elections. Sec. 2. At such election those electors desiring to vote for such amendment may have placed upon their ballots and words, "Electors Amendment—Yes"; and those opposed to such amendment may have placed upon their ballots the words "Electors Amendment,—No." Sec. 3. This amendment shall take effect on and after the first day of January, 1905. The editors are recognized once in a while. Mr. R. D. Hunt, editor of The Educator, published at Huntsville, Ala., has been apointed Guager of the rectifying houses in Mobile, Ala. Mrs. Beattie Williams is a successful hotel keeper in Chicago, Ill. She reached that city some six years ago from the East, and through her own perseverance and industry, she has developed a large and successful business. She conducts a 40-room hotel at 523 State Street, and is interested in other enterprises. THE HONEY BADGER. Be Is a Tough Beast and Is Exceedingly Hard to Kill. Badgers belong to the great weasel tribe, although they are also allied, as many people know, to the bears. Among their more or less distinguished relatives may be named the wolverene, otter, skunk and marten. In Africa and India, says a writer in Longman's Magazine, are to be found the curious rarels, a remarkable branch of the family, distinguished by their extraordinary fondness for honey. To obtain this luxury they spend most of their time hunting for the nests of wild bees. They are absolutely oblivious, as are English badgers, of the stings of the infuriated bees, their tough, thick and loose coats protecting them from any serious injury. Ratels are strong and very courageous beasts. The Boers of South Africa hold them in high respect, as do the natives, and assert that a pair of these beasts will occasionally attack a human being. I have heard of men being treed by these animals, but whether the tale was true or false I am uncertain. What is certain is that the ratel, or honey badger, of South Africa is a beast extremely difficult to kill by reason of his tough constitution, good defensive powers and extraordinarily loose coat and that he is when meddled with or put out a beast of very high courage and unpleasant manners. WHEN THEORIES FAILED. A Mother's Experience In the Training of Children. "Have you given up your theories on the training of children?" he asked as he settled back in his easy chair after dinner. "I have," she replied decidedly. "I've noticed that you haven't been reading so many books on the subject recently," he went on. "What's the reason?" "Why, you see, we had a series of lectures on the subject at the club, and I learned from them that it was real science, requiring careful study. So I got copies of several books on education and began to fit myself for the work of bringing up children properly. But the authorities don't agree." "Don't they?" "No, they don't. And they all go on the theory that one has a nursemaid or two and a governess." "And you haven't any?" "No, I haven't any. And so none of the books seemed to fit my case. Besides, while I was studying the children kept getting into trouble and hurting themselves and acquiring all sorts of bad tricks. So I've gone back to studying the children and have left the books to people who have some one to look after their children while they experiment with their books." - New York Press Why Kitty Is "Puss." A great many years ago the people of Egypt, who had many idols, worshiped the cat among others. They thought she was like the moon, because she was more active at night and because her eyes changed like the moon. So they made an idol with a cat's head and named it Pasht. The same name they gave to the moon, for the word means "the face of the moon." The word has been changed to "Pas" and "Pus" and has come at last to be "Puss," the name the most of us give to the cat.—Boston Transcript. A Generous Spirit. "Henry, I want $2 this morning." "What for?" "Must I account to you for every penny I spend?" "I don't insist upon knowing about every penny. When it's less than a nickel you can bunch it."—Cleveland Plain Dealer THE COLORED AMERICAN. The Transition From the Ancient to the Modern Blade. A great many modern sword forms are really nothing more than descendants, or, rather, improvements, on the peculiar boomerang shaped sword of the ancient Egyptians, the parent of the scimiter, yataghan, falchion and saber. Africa, south of the Sahara, was perhaps the greatest museum for old swords in the world. In the Sudan and central Africa the old sickle and boomerang shaped swords, which the ancestors of the modern negroes received centuries ago from the Egyptians, were still made and in use. Moreover, the knights of Malta were at one time famous swordmakers, and their peculiar long, double edged blades, such as the crusaders carried, were exported to the Barbary states, where they were in large demand. From there they were taken across the Sahara to the Sudan and exchanged for ivory, and it was on this account that they were still found in central Africa. In the sixteenth century a peasant living on the outskirts of Toledo, Spain, invented the famous Toledo rapier, which soon became the popular weapon all over Europe. Prior to that time the swords used in Europe were heavy affairs for hewing, slashing and cutting, but with the advent of the Toledo rapier men had to learn to thrust as well as to hack and slash. With the rapier came the art of fencing, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries being the age of the sword par excellence. MORAL SUASION. The Experience of a School Official Who Advocated It. This story is told at the expense of a recently appointed supervisor of a public school in this city: One day she happened to be visiting a school where a young incorrigible was undergoing punishment for a series of misdemeanors. The teacher cited him as "the worst boy in the school—one I can't do anything with. I've tried everything in the way of punishment." "Have you tried kindness?" was the gentle inquiry of the other lady. "I did at first, but I've got beyond that now." At the close of the session the lady asked the boy if he would call and see her on the following Saturday. A boy arrived promptly at the hour appointed. The lady showed him her best pictures, played her liveliest music and set before him a luncheon on her daintiest china, when she thought it about time to begin her little sermon. "My dear," she began, "were you not very unhappy to have to stand in the corner before all the class for punishment?" "Please, ma'ain," broke in the boy, with his mouth full of cake, "that wasn't me you saw. It was Pete, and he gave me 10 cents to come here and take your jawing."—Philadelphia Ledger. How Wise We Are! A wise newspaper says we should be thankful that we are moderns and heirs of all the wisdom of the ages. Perhaps we should be if we did not know that the average American imagines Plato to be a new kind of silver polish and Sappho an attachment to a piano.—Washington Times. In the Parlor Too! New Boarder—What is the landlady's daughter playing? Old Boarder—A mixture of airs from a lot of old operas—a sort of musical hash, you know.—New York Weekly. It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it. CAPTAINS ON MANY SEAS NEVER WITHOUT PE-RU-NA. "Give Me My Compass and Pe-ru-na and I Will Steer Clear of All Wrecks." Capt. L. T. Carter. Pe-ru-na Known and Praised on Land and Sea. "A sick sailor is a pretty helpless man. I have found that Peruna will do more to restore one than any other medicine I know, and I have carried a couple of bottles on board for many seasons. Seven years ago Peruna cured me of bronchial trouble in a few weeks and gave me such new life and nerve force that I certainly believe in telling you of it. "Give me my compass and Peruna and I will steer clear of wrecks of all kinds and land in port safe and well with vessel and men."—Capt. L. T. Carter, 123 10th Avenue, Pensacola, Florida. Capt. E. A. Watson, M. E., 48 Elizabeth street, Ottawa, Ont., writes: "Peruna has my heartiest endorsement. If there is any place that you are helpless when ill it is on board a steamer, at sea, miles away from any assistance. Sometimes two or three of my men would be sick at one time and seriously cripple the force, but since we have learned of the value of Peruna, by taking a few doses they recuperate very quickly. We use it for colds, lung JUBILEE SINGERS WANTED. Miss Belle Gibbons of the Jubilee Singers who are now doing Australia writes for 2 sopranos, 1 tenor and 2 basses who are willing to go to Melbourne, Australia, for service with the Jubilee Troupe. Expenses are paid from starting point to destination. Leave America about April 1, 1904. All other expenses paid while in the employ of the company. Contract guaranteeed for one year or more to suitable person. Good salary. For further particulars, call or address: J. Henry Lewis, 1450, Q Street, N. W. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON TO SPEAK IN THIS CITY. The citizens of Washington will greet the announcement that Dr. Booker T. Washington has accepted an invitation from the trustees of trouble and kidney diseases, and have also found it very fine for la grippe. "Peruna is always one of the most important supplies of my steamer."—E. A. Watson. With a bottle of Peruna aboard sailors have a remedy on which they can rely. Commodore U. S. Navy. Commodore Somerville Nicholson, of the United States Navy, in a letter from 1837 R St., N. W., Washington, D. C., says: "I unhesitatingly recommend Peruna to all persons suffering from catarrh."---S. Nicholson. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. Metropolitan A.M.E. Church to deliver a lecture at that church March 11th next. Great efforts are being made to make this occasion a grand one and to give Dr. Washington such an ovation as he has never had before at the nation's capital. WANTED:A good colored printer can find a steady job by applying to the Seaside Press Publishing Company, 1325 Arctic avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. A man preferred. Salary from $7 to $10 per week, according to the ability of the printer. tf. Mrs. Ella F. Conoway died 2360 Fifth street. She leaves a husband and four sons to mourn her demise. Her funeral took place at the Ihrael C. M. E. Church, Sunday, January 17.th. THE COLORED AMERICAN. 6 We, the president and a majority of the Board of Trustees, of the Philadel- phia Physical Culture Cafe and Baking Company, of the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that the authorized capital stock of said company is }20,- 000. of which $3,000 has besen paid in and that there are no debts of said com- pany. Capital paid in—$2,000. Samuel A. Stonebask, President; Samuel A. Stoneback, John Eckstein. Beatty, Chas. S. Warner, Trusteces. I, Charles S. Warner, Secretary of the Philadelphia Physical Culture Cafe and Baking Company, of the District of Columbia, do hereby swear that the act stated in the above certificate are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. CHARLES. S. WARNER. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of January, A. D., 1904. z JOHN ECKSTEIN BEATTY, Notary Public for the State of Pennsyl- vania. We, the President and a majority of the Board of Trustees of the Mosaic Title and Cement Brick Machinery oompeny of the District of Columbia, | do hereby certify that the authorized eapital stock of said com- ‘pany is $700,000 of which $700,000 has | been paid in and that there are no debts of said company. | Capital paid in—$700,000. Cash, ‘notes and formulas and Patents. | E. Corless Kelly, President, E. Cor- less Kelly; M. R. Bacon, Thos. J. Par- ker, Directors. | I, Thomas J. Parker, Secretary of the Mosaic Tile and Cement Brick Machin- ery Co., of the District of Columbia, do hereby swear that the facts stated in the above certificate are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. THOMAS J. PARKER. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of January, A. D., 1904. FRED A. HUNT, Representative in Legislaturee for the State of Michigan. THOMAS HENRY HAYES } UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER | : 2 sb cs Ge AG <3 ss + ; FC LOO, : 3 y fe oe: + x, 2 : s ee ay cs x Scene renee i>” es a Dyas yor oh t Deen D 4 Mail orders promptly - e attended to. Special i Services for Shipment i 172 Poplar St., Memphis, Tenn. } TELEPHONE, 518 New Cumberland z ‘ or 4261-A Cumberland = The Arctic Ice Cream Co. and Oyster Hous Makers of all kinds of AMERICAN and FRENCH CREAMS and ICES. YYSTERS served in all styles Our motto, ‘Purity of Goods and Promptness service.’’ Charges reosonable. “‘Retnember the Arctic Ice Cream Co. I. E. WILLIAMSON, Successer to J. J. Johnson. We, the President and a majority of the Board of Trustees, of the Economi- cal Gold Amalgamator Company, of the District of Columbia, do hereby certi- fy that the authorized capital stock of said company is $1,000,000, of which none has been paid in, and that there are no debts of said Company. Capital paid in—none. W. R. Richie, President; W. R. Richie, C. M.. Coen, James Black, Trustees. I, James A. Black, Secretary of the Economical Gold Amalgamator Com- pany of the District of Columbia, do hereby swear that the facts stated in the above certificate are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. | : JAMES A. BLACK. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of January, A.D., 1904. H. T. GRAVES, Notary Public for the District of Co- / lumbia. We, the President and a majority of the Board of Trustees, of the Michigan Central Park Company, of the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that the authorized capital stock of said com- pany is $100,000 of which $100,000 has been paid in and that there are debts of said company amounting to $100 cur- rent expjenses. Capital paid in $100,- 000. " M. E. Hellen, President; M. E. Hel- len, Geo. J. Munrce, Trustees. | I, B. H. Hellen, Secretary of the ee | merase th Coy a3 poe iy i d oe eS e rian Michigan Central Park Company, o; the District of Columbia, do here), swear that ..1e facts stated in the above certificate are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. : B. H. HELLEN, Subscribed and soworn to before m; this 14th day of January, A.D., 1904. GEO. J. MUNROE, Notary Public for the Sttate of Mlinois. "We, the President and a majority of ‘the Board of Trusteees, of the Rich- land Lead and Zinc Mines Company of the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that the authorized capital stock of said company is $1,000,000 of which $25,000 has been paid inand that there are debts of said company amounting to $5,000. Capital paid in $25,000. Francis A. Low, President; E. Far- rington Draper, Arthur M. Bridgman, Francis A. Low, Trusteees. I, Arthur M. Bridgman, Secretary of the Michigan Lead and Zine Mines Company, of the District of Columbia, ao hereby swear that the facts stated in the above certificate are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. ARTHUR M. BRIDGMAN, Subsetibed and sworn before me this vrih day of January, A.D., 1904. JAMES R. POWERS, Notary Public for the State of Massa- chusettis. We, the President and a majority of the Board of Trustees of the Kansas City Oil and Gas Company, of the Dis- trict of Columbia, do hereby certify that the authorized capital stock of said company is $1,000,000 of which $1,000,000 has beeen paid and there are debts of said company amovnting to $8,750. Capital paid in $1,000,000. J. ©. Hall, President; Frank Brasier, J. ™. Hall, H. HW. Givan, Trusteees. I, Frank Brazier, Secretary «f tre Kansas Southern Oil and Gas Com- pany of the District of Colambia, do hereby sweear that the facts stated in the above certificate are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Frank Brsier. Subscribed and sworn to be- fore me this 9th day of January, A-D., 1904. Darius A. Brown, Notary Public for the State of Missouri. THE NEXT STEP. The Second Baptist Lyceum is pre- senting a series of entertainments which are keeping alive a wide-spread interest in its sessions. Rev. R. S. Rivers, D. D., who will dicsuss the theme “The Next Step” Sunday Jan. 3ist is an orator and thinker of no little ability, while Miss Patton of Texas, is a young pianist of remarka- ble ability. iieut. Toomey is making singing one of the attractive features of the Lyceum. The first Sunday in February Memorial Services will be held over the late Col. Wm. Pledger of Georgia. Eulogy by Prof. L. M. Her- shaw, Prof. T. Dent, Editors Cooper, Chase and Cromwell together with oth- er distinguished characters will add to the service. A PIONEER JOURNALIST. The Colored American, Washington D. C., of which Mr. E. E. Cooper is editor, is always brimful of news wit!) pointed and strong editorials on the live issues of the day. Mr. Cooper is one of the pioneer journalists of the race, and is well versed in the news- paper business all along the line.— We congratulate him in the marked success, to which he has brought The Colored American.—Nashville Clarion. COLORED FARMERS TO MEET. The Georgia State Industrial College to Hold Its Fourth Annual Conference.—Many Noted Men to be Present.—Scientific Agriculture Explained. College, Ga., Special.—The Fourth Annual Conference of Farmers Mechanics and Laborers will be held at the Georgia State Industrial on Feb. 25 to 27. A railroad rate of one and a third fare plus twenty-five cents has been granted by all the railroads. Delegates in purchasing must secure a certificate inform the ticket agent at the point of departure and on arriving on the ground must present this certificate to the secretary of the conference, T. L. Cottin. The interest of the people has steadily increased in the conferences and it looks as if the conference has come to stay. Invitations has been extended to many distinguished people and many are expected to be present. Among them are Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Buttrick, respectively president and secBoard. Dr. C. T. Walker of Augusta; will also be present during the conference. On two nights during the conference Bishop Gaines and Chancellor Hill of the Union of Georgia, will lecture on live educational topics. These two lectures would make the conference a notable one if there were nothing else. Last year one thousand packages of seed were given away, this year there will be 1,500 packages to distribute among the delegates. It is thought the Hon. R. E. Lester, Senator Bacon and Clay and the Georgia delegates in Congress that this distribution can be made. Prof. Geo. W. Carver, an expert on all matters pertaining to agriculture, will conduct farmers' institute during the conference. Carver has few equals as a teacher of agriculture. The special work of the conference this year is to study the Ogeechee oyster farmer and to present the result of its observations of rice, the "Geechee" Negro has never been fairly presented or fully understood. There are many things about him worthy of favorable consideration. Dr. Bumstead, president of Atlanta University, in writing from Boston about the last conference, says that he does not recall a single meeting of any kind that he has even attended with so much profit to himself and to the people as the last conference of the col- On Tuesday afternoon at 4 p. m., Rev. Dickerman of New Haven, Conn., will lecture on Nurse Training among Negroes and on Wednesday at the same hour Rev. E. Taylor of Boston, will lecture on Temperance. For any other information write to R. R. Wright, President, or T. L. Cottin, secretary, College, Chatham, Co.. Ga. Editor T. Thomas Fortune of New York has been swinging around the Southwest. He lectured last week in several points in Kentucky and Southern Indiana, and will speak in Charleston, W. Va., February 1st, at Simpson M. E. Church, takink for his subject "Rocked in the Storm." THE COLORED AMERICAN. The largest audience of the present season's sessions of the Lyceum, assembled at Odd Fellows' Hall last Sunday afternoon to listen to an address by Past Grand Master Thomas H. Wright on the "Three Most Precious Jewels of Odd Fellowship,' as taught and exemplified by the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America. Mr. Wright, in eloquent and forceful language, portrayed the transcendant beauties of Odd Fellowship and gave an interesting and exhaustive analysis of his subject. It was said by those present that the address was among the best Mr. Wright has ever delivered. In this connection it may not be out of place to remark that on the occasion of the official visit of Grand Secretary Wilde to this country a little over a year ago, Mr. Wright delivered an address at New Haven, Conn., and Secretary Wilde said in his report on his return home that it was the most cultured and eloquent address he had heard whilst in this country. Among the prominent members of the Order present last Sunday were Mrs. Mary A. Parker, District Most Noble Governor of the Households of Ruth; Mr. James Turner of the District Grand Lodge Executive Committee, Messrs. Honesty, Collins, Manning, Harris, Clark, Hayson, Stevenson, Muse, Hunter, Winfield, Holmes, Hall and many others. On next Sunday afternoon, Mr. W. I. Lee, Secretary of Mount Olive Lodge and a student of law will address the Lyceum. A cordial welcome extended to all. KINGS OF THE VOICE AND INSTRUMENT. On Monday next, February 1, a grand mid-winter musicale will be given in the Metropolitan Church. It will be the Song and Piano Recital of Mr. Harry T. Burleigh and R. Augustus Lawson, the second in the series of artists' recitals announced by Mr. Walter B. Hayson. These musicians, deserving the most liberal patronage, will be greeted by a splendid audience, for nearly the entire house had been sold when the American went to press, and by Monday no seat will be left. The program, which will include the dramatic aria of Alvise in Act III in Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda" by Mr. Burleigh, and the C minor variations of Bethoven by Mr. Lawson, will be the finest offering of concert music ever given in this city. Seats are still on sale and may be had at the office of the Record, 12th and R Sts., daily from 9 till 6. TO OUR DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS. We have on our mailing books, a large number of names of persons who are considerably behind in their subscription to this paper, and who have been notified a great number of times, but who seem to pay no attention to these mild duns. Beginning with the New Year we hope that every subscriber will make an effort to pay up what New Year we can get out a better paper improved in every way. This dosen't mean the other fellow, but it means you. Who will be the first to start the ball rolling. How to Build up a Race. Education the Great Agent. Education the Great Agent. The Negro Lacks Business Tact. Give us Your Opinion. Give us Your Opinion. If the Negro is going to amount to anything in the business world; in the industrial world, or in the educational world, he must begin at the very beginning by equipping his sons and daughters at an early age how to meet and Education the Every parent should see to it that the children begin early in life to know how to do something. The children should be encouraged to work before and after school hours. They should be taught the dignity of la- The Negro La Ta The Colored American has been testing the ability, the pluck and the business tact of the boys and girls of the race for the past few months by offering special inducements to them to become its agents. Out of over two hundred boys and girls who have accepted our offer, ninety per cent. of them have made complete failures. The fault has not always been with these boys and girls, but in many cases the fault of the parents. To read the letters of this army of bright young hustlers one would imagine that they all either lived in hospitals or in communities where pickpockets and pocketbook-snatchers predominated. Excuses like these come in in the largest numbers: "I sold the first ten copies of The Colored American and think I can sell twenty copies of the next issue." Then in a few weeks the same agent writes—"I have sold all of the papers and intended to send you your money, but was taken sick and cannot send it until I get well. Please do not send me any more pa- Give us Yo We will be glad to have any reader of The Colored American write his or her opinion on this subject or a same to us. We shall be pleased to solution of the problem and send the publish communications which may FOSTER CATERER 1120 20th St. N W Call and get my prices before you decide on your weddings, banquet or dinner parties. Elegant service of China, Glass and Silverware to hire. Special prices during holidays. 'Phone North 1221-Y. LADIES DINING ROOM, UP STAIRS fight the battles of life. There is open to every boy and girl an opportunity to do something if they desire to do anything. There is no excuse for idleness, or to complain for lack of work or lack of opportunity. bor and the value of a penny. A great many children are indulged too often by their parents and grow up in idleness when they should be taught to work. pers.' This agent owes anything from ninety cents to two dollars. Another agent writes, "Please send me ten copies of The Colored American to begin with as I think I can do well here." The second letter follows—"I sold every copy of The Colored American and I think I can sell twenty-five copies each week hereafter. Will settle monthly." At the end of the month a bill is sent, but no answer is received. At the end of six weeks another bill is sent with an urgent letter. An answer comes—"I have been sick and have not taken any of the papers out of the postoffice. I have not sold a single copy of the paper. Please continue to send twenty-five copies and I will send your money on the first." These letters show the character of the excuses made and how indifferent parents are in looking after the affairs of their children and to seeing that they grow up to be honest as well as useful citizens. ur Opinion. throw light on this very, very dark subject. Address all communications to Edward E. Cooper, Mgr., THE COLORED AMERICAN., Washington, D. C. 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Dr. Philip Broome Brooks, the wellknown and prosperous South Washington physician, has recently built a very fine office and residence at 310 3rd Street. Southwest. Hon. Judsson W. Lyons, Register of the Treasury, will deliver an address at the Metropolitan Zions Church, D St., between 2nd and 3d Sts., S. M., Sunday evening, Jan. 31, at 3.30 o'clock. Mr. C. C. Curtis, Chairman of the National Colored Personal Liberty League, announces its 8th annual reception and collation, Friday evening, January 29th. The affair was well attended and many representative people were present. Hon. Aaron Prioleau, has the support of many leading Republicans, of the House of Representatives. He has been called home to participate in the contest for delegates, to the National Republican Convention, and Congressional Convention. Dr. E. D. Williston is not only a popular and successful physician and surgeon, but he has developed talent as a racontuer. While he is not a faith curist he is said to have talked many very sick patients up and out of bed and to their work again without giving one scintilla of medicine. Dr. S. M. Pierre, whose practice has grown so rapidly that he is hardly able to take care of it has purchased an elegant eight-room house at 2124 F St., N. W. It has all modern improvements, is located in a good neighborhood, and the Doctor has moved into it reserving a part of it for his offices, where he will be pleased to see his many friends and patrons. The Doctor has an elegant turnout and when he gets behind his new steed "Automobile Tom" he is the envy of all experts in horseflesh. ```markdown ``` 8 L.H. MORRIS DAW WIDMINS STUESS $6.00 FREE $6.00 FREE to every person who will send their address we will giye particulars how you can secure the above sum. Write to-day. 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In every one' dollar box is enough to make anyone's hair grow long and straight, and keeps it from falling out. *In any case where it fails to do what we claim, we will return the money or send a book free of charge. Packed so that no one will know the contents except receiver.* CRANE & CO., 11 W. Jackson St., RICHMOND, VA. YOU NEED if your hair isn't naturally straight, is thin or falling out. Miss Lucy Jones, No. 32, New St., Newark, N. J., writes: "Before using Me-lange my temples were bare for years , since using, the hair on the temples has all grown in, and my hair has grown in general a great length." Trial box sent on receipt of ten cents. There is nothing like it for the hair. Address: Frank E. White Mfg. Co., P. O. Box No. 26, Jersey City, N. J. Dr. Furman J. Shadd has declined to enter the race for delegate to the next National Convention. He thinks Dr. Purvis or Governor Pinchback would make excellent timber. Two Shoes on a pin. Two pair by mail for 10 cents in stamps or coin, or 1 dozen by mail for 45 cents, with wholesale price. The swiftest seller out Magic Bill Book. Latest Novelty. One by mail. 15 cents, or 2 for 2 c. Sea Shells. 25 shells, each a different variety. By mail, 2 cents. My big catalogue of fast selling novelties with order. J. F. Powell, 942 Sheridan Road, Waukegan, Ill. AFTER REGISTERED IN PATENT OFFICE U.S. When we execute an order for you we give you the benefit of the latest improved machinery, the very newest and most artistic type faces, combined with excellent workmanship and prompt delivery. You will at once perceive the advantage of getting our estimate. 512 8th St. N. W BLACK'S Walnut St Bet 4th an th St. N. W. 'PHONE MAIN 1062 ACK'S HOTEL t St Bet 4th and 5th, Evansville, Ind BLACK'S HOTEL Walnut St Bet 4th and 5th, Evansville, Ind Has been repaired,newly fitted up and is better able to accommodate the traveling public than ever before. Every room has been overhauled. The dining room is neat and clean and it is the only firstclass place in the city for colored people BLACK'S HOTEL Rates $1 to $1.25 per day. H. BLACK, $1.25 per day. Special rates by week or month BLACK, Prop. Rates $1 to $1.25 per day. Special rates by week or month H. BLACK, Prop. Coal and Wood Delivered Promptly Call us up we wi Call us up we will treat you right 'White Ash Stove, Shamokin Stove, Red Ash Stove, Lyken Valley Stove, Chestnut, Egg, Furnace, Oak and Pine Wood. Wholesale and Retail Dealers 'Phone Main 1779. Lewis Jefferson & Co., Cor. N. J, Ave. and First, S. W. (Bridge) CHIEFS and AG S and AGENTS WANTED CHIEFS and AGENTS WANTED! CHIEFS and AGENTS WANTED! Do you want to be a member of a Society from which you can obtain a loan if you need money? Then communicate with us; we will assist you, whatever be your need. Chiefs and agents wanted in every locality. Splendid compensation for desirable persons. Position permanent. Pay guaranteed. MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY, 407 7th St., northwest, Washington, D. C. 'Phone E. 322. Canal and N streets, N. W. Lewis Jefferson & Co., Cor. N. J, Ave. and First, S. W. (Bridge)