The Colored American

The COLORED American A NATIONAL REGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. X, NO. 35 WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 19, 1904. PRICE, FIVE CENTS SAY BOYS! SHAME ON YE! GIVE THE LITTLE FELLERS A CHANGE! RUSSIA ENGLAND J.C. Stubbs Moral====People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. City Paragraphs. x0 = Dr. C. Clifford Fry, Surgeon Dentist, at 1745 L street, N.W., is building up a steady practice in his profession. Dr. U. J. Daniels, a leading young physician in South Washington, is building up a magnificent practice. Dr. W. Bruce Evans, principal of the Armstrong Manual Training School was a visitor in Richmond, Va., last week. Mr. Clarence C. White and Miss Flos- sie Thompson have been appointed as- sistant music teachers in our public schools. Mr. Francis J. Poston, a well known newspaper man of Dayton, Ohio, holds an important position in the Govern- ment Printing Office. | Mr. Benjamin F. Chinn who iene ducts an enterprising shaving parlor at Hyattsville, Md., spent a few days in the city last week. He is an admirer of The Colored American. Mr. Edward C. Allen of the Southern Hotel, is at home for a few days strug- gling with a mild case of la grippe. He has just returned from a trip to Gotham. The sympathy of the community is extended to the families of Mr. Jas. Johnson, Mrs. Blanche Williams and of Master Garnett Fisher, all three of whom died last Sunday The annual opening of Piers Auditorium Cafe, Atlantic City, New Jersey, March the 9th, has been an- nounced. There will be music and many other interesting features on this occasion. Mr. Edward Rouser of the Post Office Department is one of the com- ing young men at that busy mart. Mrs. M. J. Gaskins, mother of Mr. A. J. Gaskins, has been indisposed fer a few days but is convalescent at this writing. The Young Men’s Protective League are on the boards for a grand enter- tainment at the Washington Light In- fantry Hall, April 15th. The commit: tees have all been appointed and great preparations are being made for the event. Many deaths oceured in the city m the past week. Among them was Mr. James Johnson of the Bureau of En- gravjng and Printing, well known in WNasonie circles; Mrs. Harry Williams, wife of our well known townsman and Mr. Henry Green, a member of the Odd Fellows. Mr. A. J. Gaskins of Gaskins & Gaines has gone to Lakewood, New Jersey, where he will spend a few weeks for the benefit of his health. . Dr. Booker T. Washington will speak at the Metropolitan A.M.E. church, M street, between 15th and 16th streets. Tuesday evening, March the 18th. Ad. mission free. SEO EB- ° d e apran oun agraphs. 3K 2 ARTA TES FS Ye oc ime cote The Grand fountain of the {loited fraer of {rue Reformer 3K Js the leading Colored Fraternal Society of the United States. It was organized i= , 1881, by William W. Browne, and chartered in April, 1883, under the aws of the State of Virginia, with headquarters at Richmond, Va. fis member. ship is both male and female, and consists of all persons of good health from 14 to 60 years of age. Its membership of 60,000 is divided into Fountains and Cir- cles. ‘It pays sick benefits from $1.50 to $2.50 per week, and pays death benefits from $24.56 to $1000. BENEFITS PAID—Total bencfits paid to date: Sick dues, $r,500,000; death ben. efits, $714,378.75. SENIOR FOUNTAINS—A Fountain may be organized consisting of 20 or mo- rsons not over 50 years of age paying a joining fee of from $4.60 to $5.10 eacu. The monthly dues are not less than 35 cents in rural districts and not io than 50 gents per month in towns and cities, and a semi-annual tax of 4e cents paid in January and July of each year. Sick bénefits paid are from $:.50 to $2.50 per week, while death benefits range from $75 to — A Fountain may be organ- “ized in any locality on application to Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. Master or to any of his authorized deputies. ~ | ROSEBUDS—For the proper training of the young ari their developme..t in thrift, industry and beoresly love, there has been formed a Children’s Depart- ment known as the Rosebuds. Twenty or more children not less thav three nor more than fourteen years of age may form a Rosebud, upon the payment of $1 each. This department, like the Senior Fountain, pays sick benefits from $1 te twenty-five cenis per week, and death benefits from $24.50 te $37. The month!’ dues are fifteen cents per month. CLASSES—Persons desiring to leave their benenciaries at death a larger amoum than is paid from Fountain Department, take out policies in one or more of the Classes of the Mutual Benefit Degree. The members of this degree are divided into Circles, and pay joining fees and dues according to the following tables: Mr. J. M. Jackson, mixologist for Gaskins & Gaines, was on the sick list a few days last week. Mr. J. ©. Robertson, head of the Real Estate Department of the Grand ‘United Order of True Reformers, was a visitor in our city last week, and delivered one of his most practical addresses before a special meeting of the Order. Mr. Ed DeLyons, one of the finest tailors in Jersey City, N. J., has now opened fine parlors in the same build- ing with Mr. Charlie Bullock, and is doing high class work for some of the swellest dressers around in Jersey and New York. He is located at No. 311 — avenue and a glance at his large line of spring fabrics will surely cause you to give him an order when you begin thinking of your new suit or overcoat. eas ee ene. eee se ee ee ne, Sea eee 2d. #2212 al 18h SELL spy] 2 [See /5 Ba | BA t ttesst S [len | oe! 2 | 5 w [SeslSeofi ais |! we |S23) S08] 3/5 & leek) ees| St ;eeSiegc| s/ ez 8 |gee|2a2] 248 || Zee |ea2):| 3 8 |S2s)sss| <4 |o | | 8 |ss8i/F8s]2\3 ee oy ach | , . aaa oheens fates |) |. Age 4 to25 eno '$200 00 $100 00 $4 75 $1 20 | Age 141025 's5 0 $500 00 '$250 0g |gg 50. 2M S45 to. 30. 2 73 | 200 00 | 100 00 | 475 | 120 || 25 to 80 | 5 2 | 600 00 | 250 00) B20, 2 wt % 80 Co35 | 8 00 | 200 6 | 100 00 | 475 | 126 )} * 30 to 35 | 5 50 | 500 00 | 230 00 | 95°, 2 85 todd | 8 25 | 200 00 | 100 00 | 5 70 | 13 35 t2 40 | 5 75 | 500 00 | 250 00 j10 40! 2/4 © 4010.45 | 3 50 | 140 00| 7000 | 579/143 || s 401045 | 6 00 | 450 00 | 225 08 0 40; = ¢ —s 45 to BO | 3 TE | 125 00 RS Be) © 45 to 50 | 6 25 | 400 0 | 208 00 111 40) 25 | & 50 £055 | 4.00 | 7000| 45 00 | 655 | 166 || “ GotoG %£0 | $5000) 175001140, 28 © 55 1090 | 425) 65 00 55 00 | 7 60 | 1 90 | | | | | ag ee Se ee ¢ o. |: Sif si ; a = 2 3 <a REGALIA—The members of the Foun- it K - <3 gis | tains and Rosebuds of the organization 488 2 2= 2 |e wear no expensive regalia. The rega S <3 3 lia of the ene is simple and its Sj =? | <_|2 _| cost will be in the easy reach of all, Age 14 to 80 $11.00 $1006 00 [$21 90 £5 25 OEE. from io cents to $3. The.same SP yo to 85 | 12 OO | WHO 00 | 2200 | 550| is made by th:: organization in what is = — ‘=o { =o =“. | 5 73 | known as the Regalia Department. « $5 1050 | 13 00 | 700 80 | 25 90 | 62 THE SAVINGS BANK—In March, 1838, ‘ there was granted by the Legislature of % ‘e Virginia a charter to the Savings Bank af the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers, capital stock $100,000. The bank commenced business April 3, 1889, and from_that time down to the present has steadily increased in volume of business. It now has a paid up cap- ital stock of $100,000. From the humble sum of $1,268.69, depostetiehe first day the bank opened for business in 1589 the deposits have grown to $350,058, ard the volume of business transacted amaunts to $6, 190.141.47- During the finaa- cial panic cf 1843, the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain was the only bank sn the city of Richmond that did not cease to pay cash on ail checks presented, waile the majority of other banks were using seript and clearing house checks. fhis bank had its origin in the brain of William W. Browne, an ex-slave of Ha- Sersham, Ga. The banking house is located at 604 Nortk Second Street, Rich- noud, V2., Rev, W. L. Taylor, President; R. T. Hill, Cashier. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMEVT—The Real Estate Depa has charge of afl the -eal property to the amount of $220,221.65, situated in various States, consisting of 13 magnificent buildings used as halls, 8 = 1 hotel. 5 stores and three farms. 1 also has under its coniral 16 large buildings aed by it. This de- partment is under the management of Lawyer J. C. Robertson, chief of real es- tate and attorney for the association, office at 608 N. and Street, Richmond, V2 | REFORMERS MERCANTILE AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION—WV 5 charter ed un | der the laws of the State ef. ae on the rath day of December, 1899. with principal office in the city of Richmond, Va. The pespeer of this association if | to conduct stores (wholesale and retaii), buy and sell real property, manage anc Mf control ho'els, manner establishmerts, and do general Gasiness: The || ass sciation has in operation Hotel Reformer, goo N. Sixth Street, Richmond, Va | ft is a modern up-to-date structure, heated by steam. cold and hot water baths, uso -lectric cars passing the door. This hotel has accommodations for 150 guests | Mr. A.W. Holmes is manager, and Mr. T. W. Taylor is clerk. It has in oper | tion a system of five stores, located as follows: Richmond,Va.; Washington, D. | C.; Manchester, Va ; Portsmouth, Va.; and Roanoke, Va. The. first of these stores at Richmoad, Va., was opened April 3d, So It employs a force of 18 1} ner. runs three delivery wagons, and during the first year did f ict worth of business. ‘he other stores have been established since, and have been equally #s prosperous. The general manager of the system of stores is Mr. B. L. Jordan headquarters at 608 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. This Association wa torm-d on the plans and recommendations made by Rev. W. L. Taylor, its Yresident. THE REFORMER PRINTING DEPARTMENT—tcexes = weekly tournal, THE REFOR™E® ¢] stica has = cirealation of 12,000. This paper is published in <be Interest of the race, and 4's eusses tes leading questions of the day. .¢ subscription price ls 8: per year, or 5c. per singh J copy. Tas omice is equiped with modern up-to-date machinery. run by electricity. It print any hin: from a visiting card to a poster 42 by f2 inches. Fine job work of every class #2” D] Seg -ription is made a specialty at lowest prices’ Mr E \W. Brown is editor and business m+ pr] seer, Office 608 N. Second Street, Kichmond, Va. Correspondence solicited and agents wanted e} 048 FFLKS’ HOME—tp septeraher. 199%. Rev. William W. Brown recommended the form sion and establishment of 014 Folks’ Homes for the benefit cf old and decrepid members of n| ace _~in-e that time the valuable farm known as Westham. copsisting of 62434 acres, locate vr umites from Richmor.d. Va on the historic “James,” has been purchased. at a cost of ois v0 y| Me hesiosake and Ohio Kailrcad runs through the ia-m. and Westham Station is locateo + 2t Adjoining this farm is Westhampton “ark. one of the most pleasant resorts in the South ED ie a inne this form ia af w minutes trom aicrmond by tLe Westhampton Electric Rallwy pf we Bs Cnesareaxe and Onio F ‘aitway As thic home ts for tae benefit of the whole race. a Cn eee ee re ckeharitabie friends is praserfully selicited. All contributions, donation” © GQ] crnac-s of every chare ter will be very thankfully recetnd Mr. T. W. Taylor is chief in che" S the Ma Folhe tm >. offices at 608 North Second Strevt, Richmond, Va 1- ‘ror further information acdress— : The Tailors and Dressmakers Associ- ation held a special meeting last Thursday evening, February 25th, at 1200 U street, N. W. There was a large attendance and new members enrolled. The next meeting will be held Thurs- day evening,-March 10th, at same place at 8 p. m., when there will be an ad- dress delivered by Attorney L. Melen- dez King on the interest of the Asso- ciation and its purpose. There is a growing sentiment among the colored people of the District that business enterprises conducted by colored men be organized and operated at once for the purpose of controlling the large volume of money spent each day and week and month by the col ered people for the necessities of life. BISHOP WILLIAMS HERE. Bishop R. S. Williams, of the Third Episcopal District of the C.M.E. church will spend Friday, Saturday and Sun- day, the 11, 12 and 13th inst. in this city. The Bishop will speak at Hills- dale Sta. Friday evening at 8:30. He will preach Sunday at Israel 11 a. m., at Lane Tabernacle 3:30 p. ™., and Miles Memorial at 7:30 p. m. The Bishop pastored Israel church three years very successfully and made many friends whiom he will be delighted to see at one of the above services. He leayes on Monday to hold the Jersey Conference which convenes ot Camden on Wedensdny the 16th inst. ee eS a A FREE TRIP TO ST. LOUIS. Mr. A. L. Satterwhite, proprietor of the Municipal Buffet, at 1310 E street, N.W., has offered a free round trip ticket to St. Louis to the most popular colored Mason or Odd Fellow in the District of Columbia. The decision will be made by ballot, votes being de- posited for favorites at 1310 E street, N.W. Mr. Satterwhite is one of our most enterprising business men, and the Municipal Buffet is the most popu lar retreat in the city of its kind. "sor further information address— == zi Rev W.L Taylor, G. W.M W. P. Burrel, @. W. S. 601-6-8 N °-cond Street. Riasmand, Va. CRUM AND DEAS DELEGATES. ‘ Chosen With Capers and Blalock as Delegates at Large to Chicago Con- vention by South Carolina Republi- cans. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 24.—Denied the use of the hall of the House of Repre- sentatives, the Republican state con- Ss WA (ome, < > RK t, & we | a iy. OP eA \\ Y W a Bs } Us) \\ \ Y @ ie: hy ny) \\ i™): aN il NE Hs TGR eae yy) | ; WO EAE aN ha EN y) WR NY NM N os JES FZAFZ a DR. D. W. CRUM, Delegate-at-Large from South Carolina to the next National Republican convention. vention met in Cooper and Taylor hall on Assembly street at 2 o'clock this afternoon, considerably later than the schedule time. Resolutions were adopted indorsing President Roosevelt i a Oe ee Rte ae : RC ONE ee = “eee. Re +! Soa sPaPe Sie - rien VS ee Bere Bhs oe ay Pet p ee a fF ES | y aE ei em ee ey See aia = f Se: eee \* nS ve aes See ee i> Sager cams pa eS Be re ea ae idee HON. JOHN G. CAPERS, Delegate-at-Large from South Caroline to the next National Republican Convention. dj and instructing the delegates for him. There was considerable opposition to Dr. W. D. Crum for delegate-at- large, but he finally won out on the third ballot. The other delegate-at- large elected are John G. Capers, L. W. C. Blaléck and Edmund H. Deas. HOWARD LAW SCHOOL. The Junior class o fthe Howard Law School, is making the meetings of the members are exhibiting a commend- Blackstone Club very interesting. The able interest in the cases debated each Saturday night. Next Saturday night, March the 5th, the case will be dis- cussed by a very earnest team. On the affirmative will be Mr. Gaskins, Second year; Mr. W. W. Smith, first year; Mr. H. L. Thomas, first year. The negative, Mr. RE. S. Toomey, first Year; Miss E. Irvine, first year; Mr. A. 8. Pinkett, first year. -The debate Promises to be very interesting. The Club meets at 7:30 p.m. Friends in- terested in the school and students always receive a cordial welcome. THE COLORED AMERICAN. A Real Chance for ee Enterprising Canvassers ee The demand for Prorrssor W.E. B. PuBots’ great book has been so remarkable, especially among those who do not buy many books, that we have just issued a Speciai Subscription Edition This powerful study of the Negro Question stands ahead of all others. Every one who has the future of the colored race at heart will want to buy tt and read it. Is one of the easiest books tointerest people in that has ever been published, and we are anxious to secure live, intelligent canvassers everywhere. Send to us for information, terms, etc. A. C. McCLURG & CO., Publishers 215-221 Wabash Avenue, Chicago EAM AED BUND RED LAURANIS,. ge ae eg , p ¢ J fhe Albany Hotel, ~tas been enlarged and newly refitted with mod ern improvements for the accomodation of” Goests +o as to furmsh firs: class services with Bar, Dining Room, Private Par- lors and first ciass Sleeping Apartments Arthur Webster, steward; William Leonard and William Hall, mixolo- gists; Henry Johnson, manager, and Auto Scott, clerk. CALEB A, SIMMS, Prop. 1 331W.37th St.New York The Porters Exchange Hotel BROWN & SMITH, Proprietors, ‘ Newly rebuilt and elegantly furnished. Meals at all Hours. Electric lights, bells, steam heat, hot and cold baths. High grade Wines, Liquors and Cigars. The coldest Beer in the city. 103 and 105 Sixth Street, N. W. Handsome rooms, $1,00 & up. S Phone 1738 Y. . Every Con- ; venience > Is afforded ladies trav- eling alone on the Compartment Cars ¥ the “Great Western : Limited,” 3 Leavirg Chicago every even- “ing at 6.30 via the Cuicace | GREAT WESTERN Rally, Eee 13 Adams St., Chicago # The Greatest ms . Clairvoyant and Fortune Teller THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN. Unites separated, brings back the one you love, helps quickly all in trouble. Removes Evil Influences. Cures Mys- terious Diseases. Gives luck and sue cess. Send lock of hair, Date of birth and 12 certs. Ask 3 questions and re ceive Horoscope and Iucky Birthstone ~ by mail GONZALES—236 Bergen St. Brooklyn, New York. VME, DAVIS a OY ease = ae oF ee en x y Wet z os Kees ce d I ny \\ As i nae fi ARERR Bid Ah ah WAN foil <i = \\ r Born Clairvoyant and Card: Reader Tells abuut business, Removes Spells and Evil Induences, Reunites the Sepa- rated and Gives Luck to all. 1228 25th st. n. w., Washington, D. C. No letters answered unless accom- panied by stamp. Drugs, Toilet Stationery Articles, - Cigars - Finest of Soda Water in Season. EUREKA DRUG STORE, Carl W. Shafier, Prop. & Druggist. 922 Frederick St. Joseph Avenue - - Misseurs - S Standard: remedy for Gieet, Gonorrhea and Runnings IN 48 HOURS. Cures Kid- (wor) ney and Bladder Troubles. 50 YEARS’ 3 EXPERIENCE : ee Be. Trace Marks Pip ates Desicns Copvricuts &c. Anyore sending 2 sketch and re may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention ts probably patentabla. Communica. tions strietly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Gidest agency fur securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, im the A handsomely filustrated weekly. Larcest cir culation of any scientific journal. ‘Terms, $3 2 year; four months, $L Soid byall newsdeailers. MUNN & C0,2512:220as. New Yor$ Branch “fice. 26 F St. Washington. D.C. LAW, _— REAL ESTATE, AND PENSIONS JOHN W. PATTERSON, . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 407 SEVENTH STREET N. W. Room No. 3. £ *Phone East 352 - Washington, D. oC. Ir Holmes’ Hotel 333 Va. Ave., S..W., Washington, D. C Best Africo-American Accommodation in the District. European and American Plan, Bar Stocked with Fine Wines, Import- ed Brandies and PURE OLD RYE WHISKEY. Best Line Cigars, 5 &@ 10c . Good Room and Lodging, 50, 75 and $1. Comfortably Heated by Steam. James Ottaway Holmes, Prop. WASHINGTON, D. C. ee eee Harry G. Lenz. Huge Lossau, LENZ & LOSSAU, - Successors to g CHARLES FISHER. a. & SF ‘ YP) B fe Eat ; we ot | a -” SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Trusses, Crutches, Syringes, Cutlery, Artificial Human Eyes, Elastic Hosiery, Abdominal Supporters, Rubber Goods of Every Description. 623 Seventh Street Northwest. Opposite Patent Office, WASHINGTON, - - < Dp, Cc. Competent Lady Attendant. The SOUTHERN HOTEL peal te EE ro pe nee Good board, steam heat, and electric bells. Home comforts, moderate prices. 311 Pa. Av. N. W., Washintgan, D. C. Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco, ee ee eae Samuet S. Srewart, Prop. —————SS eS LADIES#222= and worry by us- — our harmiess remedy. Itrelieves withont fail de! se or abpor- uallysuppressed menstruation. Send Por Pree Trial We answerin plain sealed envelope by return mail Paris CnemicalCo.. Dept.31, Milwaukee, Wis ; Here is ane Opportunity! —_—_— ———— A large picture of PRor. BOOKER T. WasHINGTON, printed in four colors which has all the appearance of an oil painting, will be sent ele- gantly framed by express to any subscriber who will send $3.00 to | THE CoLoRED AMERICAN. oo To persons who desire the Picture | without subscribing for the paper, it will be sent by express for $1.50. To parties -vho desire to sell them, they will be sent in quantities of ten or more for $1.00 each. All orders should be ad@xessed to. The Colored American WASHINGTON, D.c. ee This picture should be in every Parke, Library, Reading Room, School Room, and every Public Hall used by intelligent colared people. es a aati aS = “ 1 = Es E = 12 WILL NEVER LACK COAL. Phere Is Enough in the Mines of the United States to Supply Us Indefinttely. The basis of all iron and steel making is reliable coking coal and iron ores suited to the Bessemer or the basic process of producing steel. The Con- nelisville district in western Pennsyl- vania carries the largest known seam (nine feet) of high grade coking coal. But the district is distinctly limited. and at present rate of mining will be exhausted within a generation. Na- ture, however, was lavish in providing reserves. The developments of the past ten years among the vast bitumi meus coal regions of West Virginia, southwestern Virginia, southeastern Kentucky and eastern Tennessee, have revealed deposits of high-grade cok- ing coal that would seem to be ample to supply the blast furnaces of the world for centuries to come. It is oniy > question of building rdilroads, open- ing mines and constructing coke ovens. Not all good bituminous coal will make coke. Indeed, in all the great coal fields of Ohio, Indiana, Mlinois, Mis- souri and important coal sections of Tennessee and Kentucky, there has not been found an acre of coking coal. Draw a circle around the Connellsville section in Pennsylvania, including the ‘so-called “Mountain” operations ad- jacent on the east; anotheraround the section where Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee meet; an- other around the Warrior coal fields in Alabama, and a fourth around a newly-developed district in Colorado and Utah and you have all the known sources of fuel supply for iron and steel making in the United States. It is true that anthracite coal is still used in connection with coke in the blast furnaces of eastern Pennsylvania, but it is asmalland diminishing factor. The circles above indicated, however, embrace deposits so reliable and so extensive that a rate of consumption many times greater than the present could go on for generations without raising the first question of exhaus- tion. LOST ARTICLES IN HOTELS. Carelessness and Haste on the Part ef Guests Responsible for Loss of Many Belongings. One of the foremost hotel managers of this city, said lately that it was im- possible to restrict a large propor- tion of the loss of portable articles in hotels, reports the New York Her- ald. This loss is not so much due to theft as to carelessness and hurgy on the part of maids and men * women, who carry off the teaspoons they have been using in their rooms, pack up the hotel towels by mistake and break a good deal that is only missed when an inventory is taken. This manager said that a large hotel collects napkins, spoons and towels stamped with the mames of almost all the other large hotels in the country and of names in Europe. ,The spoon packed away with the child’s,medicine by a maid in Paris is, perhaps, next brought to light in a New York hotel, where it is sent @own to the kitchen when ne longer needed. Thus these little but costly things travel about and defy safekeeping. There is a great deal of theft, of course. Servant women wrap teble cloths and sheets around their per- sons, waiters pocket forks, spoons, knives and napkins, and bartenders and their helpers carry off bottles of liquors. So far as possible larg- ho- tels board and house their help, b- cause that makes it more difficult for theft to be practiced. __ THE COLORED AMERICAN. —llllllloEah—EyalaeEa=E=E=E=EaEaeaEeEeEeEeamamamnamapmQ=a@=qaoumnnuuquauauqu’uqq{qd ee eee Why teworkea, =! Benjamin Franklin Was Noted for His Gommon Senco Why It Workeé, Rofs—Vhat did you do when you were in dunzer from the bear? Bowles—Well, as I had no weaponal tried sitting down and staring at &, and, do you know, the bear didn't offer to touch me. Rolls—That’s strange. How do you account for it? Bowles—Well, sometimes I think it was because I sat on a limb of a very tall tree —Chicago American. — al apes ae x iE << 4 Las 4 o> : Le Bre = \— es 2 RS a i en . Foe CAN, Bs Se ee a RET LEG CE Rea eS ane a Aa Te HRpRR ene atone see = 235 b es Vie by fa oe | ea ee was ae — Ss eo Pager ae ene ees. - : SS & =e f 7 oa i oe See 4 eS =f SO a ae SER - = aur) Metter: - i eS ees a = Wace oe See Me Oe See ee Se ee ee “Sie Serre eee ee ee eee The FRANKLIN STANDARD TYPEWRITER was named in honor of Franklin for its own Common Sense characteristic. SPEAKING OF TYPEWRITERS It isn’t Common Sense to write upside down. It isn’t Common Sense to write in the dark. It isn’t Common Sense to waste time. It isn’t Common Sense te pay $100 for a writing machine, when you can get cne just as good and better for $75. The four essentials of a perfect typewriter; VISIBLE WRITING, SIM- PLICITY OF MECHANISM, SPEED and DURABILITY are embodied in the FRANKLIN. Mention The Colored American. Give the FRANKLIN a trial and be convinced. His Doom Was Sealed. “TI couldn’t get out of marrying her,” Henpeck explained. “When she pro posed she said: ‘Will you marry me’ Have you any objection?’ You see no matter wh. -her I said ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ she had me.” “Why didn’t you just keep silent, then?” inquired his friend. “That’s what I did, and she said: ‘Silence gives consent,’ and that ended me.”—Tit-Bits. Lest Ne Time. “My wife is not fond of music, I fear,” remarked the timid man. “Won't go to.the opera with you?” asked the sympathetic fellow. “No, net that exactly; but last week when a moving van delivered a piano at the next flat she engaged the man te begin moving us out at once.”—Cincin nati Commercial Tribune. Measurement, “It is impossible for a man to mes- ure the influences which a single indi- vidual can exert in this world.” “That’s right,” answered Senator Sorghum; “I’ve known a man to get as much as a hundred dollars for a vote when it wasn’t worth ten.”—Washing- ton Star. ‘ Walnut St Bet 4th and 5th, Evansville, Ind Has been repaired,new- ET {ots ee ly fitted upand is better | eh i Pee e able toaccommodate the ete a oe ee | traveling public than [Rae] eo a ae Hi a ever before. Every § saree ty tig ; room has been ove r- [Sgevesesauage sss S7etsi Seton ated hauled. The dining i a. oem room is neat and clean @ B pl ee and it is the only first- 7 2S Pie class place in the city re. 3 ps ae for colored people : Sees Sao es Rates $1 to $1.25 perday. Special rates by week or month H. BLACK, Prop. A Perfect Stranger. Woman—Sor, I’ve iost me way; me lady said to turn to the right from the square. : Mr: —But, my good woman, you've turned to the left. Woman—How should Oi know? Oi’m ® stranger out here.—Harvard Lam- poon. . Such a Waste. Mrs. Bizzy—I am so sorry to hear that your wife has been throwing the crockery at you again, Casey. Where did she hit you? Casey—Faith, maam! That’s what Oi do be afther complainin’ av. ’Twas @ whole set av dishes broke to pieces an’ she niver hit me wanst.—Brooklyn Life. How to Be Happy. Returned Traveler—I never saw such @ devoted couple as Mr. and Mrs. Lake- aide. Met them on the street to-day, and they hadn’t eyes or ears for any- one else. Mr. Statestreet—They were divorced last month, and he is courting her again—N. Y. Weekly. The Good Parent. Met. wee se | " | Coal and Wood | canal anadN ; | Delivered Promptly streets, S. W. ° ; | Call us up we will treat you right. ’ ‘White Ash Stove, Shamokin Stove, a Red Ash Stove, Lyken Valléy Stove, Chestnut, Egg, Furnace, Oak and Pine Wood. * : Wholesale and Retail Dealers } , 3 4 - *Phone Lewis Jefferson & Co., | " Main 1770- Canal and N, S.w. 4 4 “What have you gone to smoking for, at your age?” “I want to show my boys how easy it {a to break off a bad habit.” “Then you are going to quit it?” “Yes—as soon as I get the habit a lit- tle more firmly fixed.”—Chicago Trib- une. Heard Out West. Bill—He was convicted of horse steab ing. Jill—Was the chain of evidence strong? “I don’t know anything about the ehain, but the rope was strong, all right.”—Yonkers Statesman. Gloomy Prospect, Indeed. First Automebilist—Well, I see they are making some fuss about the speed we are going at. Second Automobilist—I know it, Why, the next thing, they will be trying to prevent our killing anyona— Town THE COLORED AMERICAN. The Fickle Fair Ones JUBILEE SINGERS WANTED Engagements are entered into far more lightly and broken far more easily than used to be the case, when a betrothal was as serious an affair as marriage. Now it is not unusual for a girl to be engaged once or twice before she is married, and people think none the worse of her. Young girls' ways are beginning to resemble those of nursemaids, who walk out with a man, but not always with a view to matrimony. —Lady Greville in London Grahic 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 guaranteed for one year or more to suitable person. Good salary. New Year's In Japan. Most of the people you meet on the Japanese New Year'sday are carrying a squashed salmon with a piece of paper tied round its waist by a paper string which holds a little gold paper kite. That kite means that the thing is a present and has not to be paid for. Those who are not carrying crushed salmon or taking up the street in giving correct New Year's salutations are playing battledoor and shuttlecock For further particulars, call or address: J. Henry Lewis, 1450 Q Street N.W. THIS PAPER FOR SALE AT: Plummer's, 732 2d St., S. W. Very Easy. "Don't you wish you were as smart as Conan Doyle's detective?" "My dear sir," replied the modern detective, "if they'd let me plan the crimes in the first place I could discover the facts in ways quite as extraordinary as those of any detective that an author ever put into a book."—Chicago Post. Singleton's, cor. 20th and E, N. W. Ham Adams', cor. 9th and G Sts. N. W. After the Honeymoon "Anyhow, Jack, you cannot say that I ran after you at the time of our marriage." "You never spoke a truer word, Maria, but neither does the mousetrap run after the mouse, yet it catches it all the same." One Sense Keen Rob—Say, Bob, loan me $100, will you? Bob—Why, man, have you lost your senses? Rob—Nope; at least not my sense of touch.—Yale Record. Attractiveness of New Friends. Edmonia—How you do love to make new friends! Eustacia—Yes, they are so much more polite than old ones.—Detroit Free Press. HOWARD UNIVERSITY, Washington, D. C. EN distinct departments, under one hundred competent professors and instructors—Theological. Medical, Legal, College, Pedagogical. Preparatory, English, Agriculture, Industrial, and Musical. For information address- Of all the evil spirits abroad in the world insincerity is the most dangerous. Froude. Rev. J, E. RANKIN, D. D., LL. D., President. GEO H. SAFFORD Secretary. [Illustration of a man in formal attire]. McGirt's Magazine.... $5 PER DAY SURE Agents are making $5 a day selling McGirt's Magazine A great periodical published every month in order that we may have a paper that will be read by both races, the white as well as the colored that the white race may know the many great men and women of the colored race and what they are saying and doing. ```markdown ``` JAMES E. McGIRT, Ph. B. "The New Poet" Editor-in-Chief and Owner of "McGirt's Magazine" Each month it contains articles from the greatest writers of the race. Agents are just as sure of making $5.00 per day selling this Magazine as they are in answering this advertisement. Write at once that you may be the first in the field. Send 50c. for agents' terms, outfit, and a large number of magazines, with which you may begin work at once Subscription to every one is One Dollar Per Year. Write- J. E. McGIRT. 414 S. Eleventh Street. Philadelphia, Pa. ADMITTED IN RATENT OFFICE U.S. BEFORE AFTER A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH ...AND HAIR TONIC... both in a box for $1.00, or three boxes for $2.00. Guaranteed to be used in the world." One box is all that is required if used as directed. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH A PEACH-LIKE complexion obtained if used as directed. Will turn the skin of a black or brown person four a five shades lighter, and a mulatto person perfectly white. In forty-eight hours a shade or two lighter will be noticeable. It does not turn the skin in spots, but bleaches out white, the skin remains beautiful without continual use. Will remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, pimples or bumps or blackheads, making the skin very soft and smooth. Smallpox pits, tan, liver spots removed without harm to the skin. When you get the color you wish, stop using the preparation. CRANE'S HAIR TONIC that goes in every one'dollar box is enough to make anyone's hair grow long and straight, and keeps it from falling out. Highly perfumed and makes the hair soft and to comb. Any person sending us one dollar in a letter or Post-Office money order, express money order or registered letter, we will send it through us. You want it sent C. O. D., it will come by express, 35 cents extra. 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., t1 W. Jackson St., RICHMOND, VA. $6.00 FREE $6.00 FREE to every person who will send their address we will give particulars how you can secure the above sum. Write to-day. Address: Scott Remedy Co., P. O. Box 570, Louisville, Ky. Lucky "Old Shoe" Stick Pin. 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 25c. Sea Shells. 25 shells, each a different variety. By mail, 25 cents. My big catalogue of fast selling novelties with order. J. F. Powell, 942 Sheridan Road, Waukegan, Ill. Cuts and Illustrations The Maurice Joyce Engraving Co. Evening Star Building Washington D.C. Money to Loan! Money to loan at lowest rate of interest on Real and Personal Property, also on Notes. Apply at office of Mutual Improvement Society 407 Seventh street N. W., third floor. HOTEL MACEO, 213 West 53rd Street, N. Y. First Class Accomodations ONLY. Handsomely Furnished Rooms for Permanent or Transient Guests Headquarters for Clergy and Business Men. First Class Restaurant. Regular Dinner, including Wine, 35c. 6 p. m. to 8. Sundays, 1 to 4.30 p. m., 45c. B. F. THOMAS. Proprietor. MONEY We can invest $2.00 per month for you for the next five months, where you are practically certain to draw out $100 perhaps $500. Hundreds are investing, will you also trust us? If prepared to do business send 4c. stamp for references and particulars, otherwise don't answer. FRANK H. WRAY & CO. Brokers 13 UNHAPPY HOMES Caused By Weakness in Men A Michigan Specialist Finds an Easy Way to Cure Any Case of Sexual Weakness Even in the Oldest Men. This Wonderful Cure Has a Most Marvelous Record of Successes. SENT FREE TO ALL WHO APPLY IN WRITING Thousands of cheerless homes are filled with discontent and unhappiness, lacking in love and companionship through the sexual weakness and physical impairment of a man whose years do not justify such a condition. Indiscretions, abuses and recklessness often cause a temporary cessation of vital power that intantly yields to the wonderful treatment discovered by the great specialist, Dr. H. C. Raynor, of Detroit, Michigan. It has remained for this physician to discover that sexual weakness and similar troubles can be cured in remarkable short spaces of time. This treatment does not ruin the stomach, adding the miseries such injury entails, but it is a new treatment that easily and quickly restores youthful vigor to men of mature years. The discovery is beyond doubt the most scientific and comprehensive that our attention has ever been called to. From all sides come private reports of cures in stubborn cases of sexual weakness, enlargement of the prostate, varicocele, spermatorrhoea, lost manhood, impotency, emissions, prematurity, shrunken organs, lack of virile power, bashfulness and timidity and like unnatural conditions. It does this without appliances, vacuum pumps, electric belts or anything of that kind. Simply write Dr. H. C. Raynor, 421 Luck Building, Detroit, Mich., and immediately on receipt of your name and address it is his agreement with this paper to send you a free receipt or formula of this modern treatment by which you can cure yourself at home. Livingstone College Closed!! FULL TO OVERFLOWING! Livingstone College (Salisbury,N.C.) has now four hundred and forty (440) students. Every available space is filled. Dodge Hall is full; Stanford Seminary is crowded; the dry rooms over the laundry have been brought into requisition to accommodate students. We have refused a number of applications, and we take this means to notify all that no others can be received this year. Room is very much needed, and in all probability the Trustees will make suitable accommodations for larger numbers by the next opening. W. H. GOLER, President. WANTED—SEVERAL INDUSTRIOUS persons in each state to travel for house established eleven years and with a large capital, to call upon merchants and agents for successful and profitable line. Permanent engagement. Weekly cash salary of $24 and all traveling expenses and hotel bills advanced in cash each week. Experience not essential. Mention reference and enclose self-addressed envelope. THE NATIONAL, 332 Dearborn St. Chicago. has stood the test 25 years. Average Annual Sales over One and a Half Million bottles. Does this record of merit appeal to you? No Cure, No Pay. 50c. Enclosed with every bottle is a Ten Cent, package of Grove's Plack Root, Liver Pills. 14 THE MONARCH OF NEGRO NEWSPAPERS. The ideal race newspaper, and published at the Capital of the Nation, is THE COLORED AMERICAN. It is clean, newsy, and ably and fearlessly edited. It is the organ of no clique or faction, but a fearless champion of the colored people everywhere. Its columns teem with news of the day, reflecting the best sentiments as well as the doings and achievements of the race everywhere. Read what the Negro press says: THE COLORED AMERICAN is already a great newspaper, printing forty-eight columns each issue. It aims to print seventy-two columns. May its friends aid it to its realization.—The Wilmington Record. Mr. Edward Cooper, manager of THE COLORED AMERICAN, Washington, D. C., is unquestionably the ablest all-round newspaper manager of our race, if results are to settle the question.—The New South. THE COLORED AMERICAN IS, without question, the greatest newspaper published by colored men; every colored editor should take off his hat to Mr. Cooper.—The Leavenworth Herald. THE COLORED AMERICAN, of Washington, D. C., comes every week, brim full and running over with good things; Brother Cooper is one of the best newspaper men of the country.—The Huxtsville Journal. THE COLORED AMERICAN, in a short space of three years, has gone to the front at the Nation's Capital. Its manager, E. E. Cooper, holds a unique position in colored journalism, being the pioneer of illustrated journalism. Ex. Editor Cooper, of THE COLORED AMERICAN, has so many good things for his readers that he seriously contemplates making his a twelve-page, instead of an eight-page paper. This shows that THE COLORED AMERICAN is not only holding its own, but is doing more. The Star of Zion. THE COLORED AMERICAN, of Washington, D. C., will shortly issue a twelve-page paper weekly—seventy-two columns of reading matter. Under the able management of Editor Cooper it has forged ahead till it earned the name of "Monarch of the Weeklies." The Western Outlook. THE COLORED AMERICAN, a local hebdomadal, published in the interest of the colored people, came out in a new dress and with a beautiful heading Saturday. It is one of the best newspapers in the country edited by colored men; has a good circulation, and carries a large line of live advertising.—The Washington Post. THE COLORED AMERICAN is without doubt one of the ablest journals published by Afro-Americans. It is a Republican paper, very free in its expressions, which makes it more popular even among those who deny the "equality of man." This paper is published at Washington, where the doings of the lawmakers of the great Republic may be had pure and fresh, and submitted to the people for theirposal. The Rock Hill Messenger. THECOLORED AMERICAN THE THIRTY-EIGHTH MILESTONE. Thursday evening, February 22d, a party of congenial spirits assembled at 1118 18th street, N.W., for the purpose of celebrating in a modest way the 38th birthday of our genial and always entertaining friend, Fred Freeman. The party was not a large one, but what it lacked in quantity, it made up in quality. Next in importance to Mr. Freeman himself, was the celebrated Temple Quartette, composed of Mr. William H. Carter, Jr., Mr. J. W. Cooper, Mr. Joseph Wilson and Mr. J. DeWitt Wilson. Others present were Dr. C. Sumner Wormley, Dr. C. Clifford Fry, Col. J. C. Johnson of the Indian Territory, Mr. J. H. Paynter of the Treasury Department, Mr. J. H. Payne, Mr. P. Butler, Mr. Louis P. Costley, the Ambler Brothers, Edward and M. FREDERICK FREEMAN, Washington, D. C. Samuel, and Mr. E. E. Cooper of The Colored American. The early part of the program consisted very largely of music by the Temple Quartette, baritone solos by Dr. C. Sumner Wormley and the violino cello by Mr. Freeman. While making no pretensions to being a musician, Mr. Freeman is a master of several difficult instruments, being also a very fine vocalist. A most toothsome luncheon was served and everything to be had in the markets was there in abundance. It was the unanimous vote of all present that Mr. Freeman was entitled to another thirty-eight more years lease on life, and that all present should celebrate his seventy-sixth anniversary. SECOND BAPTIST LYCEUM. The second Baptist Lyceum, under Lieutenant Richard E. S. Toomey is presiing as it used to prosper under the management of Prof. Jesse Lawson, the programs are always interesting and instructive. Sunday, March the 6th, Lawyer W. Ashbie Hawkins of Baltimore, will appear. Miss Bertina Mason of the Asbury choir will sing a solo. Makes Old Men Boys Again Free Receipt that Restores Youthful Vitality to Men of All Ages Can Now Be Had of the Discoverer Without Cost. Cures Nervous Debility, Prostatic Trouble, Emissions, Etc., and Restores Normal Nerve-Power Almost Instantly. FULL DIRECTIONS FOR HOME CURE Now that they have found a new ingredient that makes cures 50 per cent quicker than formerly and practically gives A man lifts a baby in his hands. A woman holds him steady. the desired effect over night the Dr. Knapp Medical Co. of Detroit, the world's greatest authority on the cure of vital weaknesses, want every man to write to them for the free receipt that does this wonderful good, and full directions how to cure yourself privately at home. There is no man so old that this receipt will not make him feel like a youngster again; and middle-aged men who think their best days are gone will have a happy surprise in store for them. It is a blessing indeed to any man who is not as good as he used to be, and whether you are in the 20's or the 60's the effect will be equally satisfactory and quick. From what those who have used it say, a man can expect the change in less than 24 hours and a permanent cure in a short time. It cures nervous debility, premature discharge, undeveloped organs, emissions, varicocele, stricture, lack of power, exhaustion, etc., and cures it permanently to stay cured. It acts directly on the muscular tissues, mucous membranes, nerves and glands, and the effect is a comforting one indeed. If you can make use of a receipt that brings about such happy results send your name and address to-day to the Dr. Knapp Medical Co., 867 Hull Building, Detroit, Mich., and it will be sent you by return mail together with directions for a private home cure and a descriptive booklet on your disease, all in an unmarked package. Let there be no delay "WE MOVE EVERYTHING" Douglas Baggage and Furniture Express 1533 14th Street N. W. R. T. DOUGLAS, Manager $6.00 FREE to every person who will send their address we will give particulars how you can secure the above sum. Write to-day. Address: Scott Remedy Co., P. O. Box 570, Louisville. Ky." J. A. WILLIAMSON, PRINTER 55 E ST., N. W. ELECTRIC POWER. is Tasteless Chil s. Average Annual Sales ove of merit appeal to you? bottle is a Ten Cent package of Grove's PETER GROGAN Your credit is as good as gold. We are Not in a Hurry for the Money. Help Yourself on CREDIT We want you to make this store your headquarters for Furniture, Carpets, and Housefurnishings. Get as much, or as little as you please, whenever a want presents itself. You will always find our credit prices as low as the lowest prices in the cash stores, and we will arrange payments to suit your convenience, weekly or monthly. We have no notes for you to sign, and there will be no interest on deferred payments. Parlor, Bedroom, and Dining-Room Furniture is here in great variety, and every quality is guaranteed for durability. All Carpets are made, laid, and lined entirely free of cost, which is a saving to you of from 20 to 25 cents on every yard. Open an account and help yourself. Peter Grogan 817-819-821-823 7th St. Between H and I Sts. TO OUR DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS. BERS. 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. Tonic er One and a Half Million No Cure, No Pay. 50c. Black Root Liver Pills. THE COLORED AMERICAN Straightens Kink OZONO TRADE MARK KING OF ALL HAIR BEFORE. 50¢ IN order to protect the public from the numerous quack nostrums now on hair to grow long, and which are simply put up by a lot of quacks, charly sole idea to get your hard-earned cash and give you nothing in return greases, which injure the hair and cause it to fall out, we have placed of the United States of America, on every box of OZONO, King of all Hair-Groups of two heads, as shown in this advertisement—one head showing short, one preparation showing the heads with the hair done up in a coil, or showing feeblement, is not OZONO. Seeing our marked success with the true hair-straightener are now widely advertising spurious compounds, and trading on the reputation by these flaring advertisements, which are all promises. Buy the genuine and hundred and fifty thousand colored people bought OZONO in the last twelve all over Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, also in Cuba and the West because it is a true Hair Tonic, that straightens without any outside assistance only straightens the hair, but produces a long, silky, beautiful, luxurious grisel than foolish, when you can increase its beauty by a few applications of OZONO live in, no matter where you may live. The price of OZONO is 50¢. a box, complete treatment. In order to introduce this great Hair Tonic, we will send aggregation: Four boxes of OZONO; one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN REPAIR skin, making it several shades lighter, worth 50¢.; also one bottle of ELECTRICAL such as Pimples, Tan, Acne, Itch, Eczema, and Boils. It also removes Wrinkles include a one-pint package of ANTI-ODOR, which removes all smells and oily pits, &c.; also one bar of our PURITY SCALP SOAP, made expressly for the to introduce honest goods. Cut out this coupon and mail to us, with $1.00, and money. If you send $3.00, we will send you four lots; if you send $2.00, we wishes to take advantage of this lot, let them pin their name to this coupon is read by some one who does not own this newspaper, they can get the goods the paper in which they saw our advertisement. Parties who desire one of our straightening process, can obtain same by sending 50¢. extra. Remember ens Kinky, OZONO TRADE MARK KING OF ALL HAIR TON 50£ BE WARNED the numerous quack nostrums now on the market simply put up by a lot of quacks, charlatans, and cash and give you nothing in return for your hand cause it to fall out, we have placed our true worry box of OZONO, King of all Hair-Growers and pertisement—one head showing short, curly hair, no hair done up in a coil, or showing features difficult success with the true hair-straightener, OZONO compounds, and trading on the reputation that we are all promises. Buy the genuine and only original piece bought OZONO in the last twelve months. In America, also in Cuba and the West Indies. Lightens without any outside assistance. No hot or a long, silky, beautiful, luxurious growth of soils beauty by a few applications of OZONO. We can. The price of OZONO is 50c. a box, sent to any place this great Hair Tonic, we will send to you, the bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN REFINER, weighing 50c.; also one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN CHA, and Boils. It also removes Wrinkles, and MOR, which removes all smells and odors arising from SCALP SOAP, made expressly for the human skin, coupon and mail to us, with $1.00, and we will send you four lots; if you send $2.00, we will send them pin their name to this coupon, and this newspaper, they can get the goods by simplyement. Parties who desire one of our MAGNESIS by sending 50c. extra. Remember, OZONO inky, Curly Hair ONO E MARK HAIRTONICS 60£ AFTER. WARNED Trums now on the market, which claim to straighten and cause the quacks, charlatans, and fakirs, who have no chemical skill, with the king in return for your money but a dirty, sticky mass of worthless we have placed our trade-mark, granted to us by the Government of all Hair-Growers and Hair-Straighteners. This trade-mark con- owing short, curly hair, the other showing long, flowing hair. Any or showing features different from the faces shown in this advertise- hair-straightener, OZONO, King of all Hair-Growers, numerous firms in the reputation that we have made for OZONO. Do not be fooled by the genuine and only original King of all Hair Tonics, OZONO. Two the last twelve months. OZONO is sold in every State in the Union, and the West Indies. Its fame has travelled around the world, outside assistance. No hot irons are used; nothing but OZONO. It not luxurious growth of soft, fine hair. To neglect your hair is more notions of OZONO. We can send OZONO to any place that you may be 50c. a box, sent to any point on receipt of price. Four boxes is a c, we will send to you, on receipt of only $1.00, the following grand SKIN REFINER, which softens rough skin and brightens black of ELECTRICAL SKIN FOOD, Nature's cure for all skin diseases, moves Wrinkles, and makes the skin soft and pliant. We will also smells and odors arising from the human body, such as feet, arm-ressly for the human scalp. This grand aggregation offer is made with $1.00, and we will send the goods the same day we receive the send $2.00, we will send you three lots. If you have a friend who to this coupon, and the goods will be sent promptly. If this offer get the goods by simply sending $1.00 and mentioning the name of desire one of our MAGNETIC COMBS, which aids materially in the OZONO TRADE MARK KING OF ALL HAIR TONICS 50£ BEFORE. AFTER. BE WARNED IN order to protect the public from the numerous quack nostrums now on the market, which claim to straighten and cause the hair to grow long, and which are simply put up by a lot of quacks, charlatans, and fakirs, who have no chemical skill, with the sole idea to get your hard-earned cash and give you nothing in return for your money but a dirty, sticky mass of worthless greases, which injure the hair and cause it to fall out, we have placed our trade-mark, granted to us by the Government of the United States of America, on every box of OZONO, King of all Hair-Growers and Hair-Straighteners. This trade-mark consists of two heads, as shown in this advertisement—one head showing short, curly hair, the other showing long, flowing hair. Any preparation showing the heads with the hair done up in a coil, or showing features different from the faces shown in this advertisement, is not OZONO. Seeing our marked success with the true hair-straightener, OZONO, King of all Hair-Growers, numerous firms are now widely advertising spurious compounds, and trading on the reputation that we have made for OZONO. Do not be fooled by these flaring advertisements, which are all promises. Buy the genuine and only original King of all Hair Tonics, OZONO. Two hundred and fifty thousand colored people bought OZONO in the last twelve months. OZONO is sold in every State in the Union, all over Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, also in Cuba and the West Indies. Its fame has travelled around the world, because it is a true Hair Tonic, that straightens without any outside assistance. No hot irons are used; nothing but OZONO. It not only straightens the hair, but produces a long, silky, beautiful, luxurious growth of soft, fine hair. To neglect your hair is more than foolish, when you can increase its beauty by a few applications of OZONO. We can send OZONO to any place that you may live in, no matter where you may live. The price of OZONO is 50c. a box, sent to any point on receipt of price. Four boxes is a complete treatment. In order to introduce this great Hair Tonic, we will send to you, on receipt of only $1.00, the following grand aggregation: Four boxes of OZONO; one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN REFINER, which softens rough skin and brightens black skin, making it several shades lighter, worth 50c.; also one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN FOOD, Nature's cure for all skin diseases, such as Pimples, Tan, Acne, Itch, Eczema, and Boils. It also removes Wrinkles, and makes the skin soft and pliant. We will also include a one-pint package of ANTI-ODOR, which removes all smells and odors arising from the human body, such as feet, arm-pits, &c.; also one bar of our PURITY SCALP SOAP, made expressly for the human scalp. This grand aggregation offer is made to introduce honest goods. Cut out this coupon and mail to us, with $1.00, and we will send the goods the same day we receive the money. If you send $3.00, we will send you four lots; if you send $2.00, we will send you three lots. If you have a friend who wishes to take advantage of this lot, let them pin their name to this coupon, and the goods will be sent promptly. If this offer is read by some one who does not own this newspaper, they can get the goods by simply sending $1.00 and mentioning the name of the paper in which they saw our advertisement. Parties who desire one of our MAGNETIC COMBS, which aids materially in the straightening process, can obtain same by sending 50c. extra. Remember, OZONO is guaranteed to straighten the hair—to BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. Enclosed find $1.00, for which please send me the following goods, as by your offer: Four large boxes of Ozono, worth.....$2 00 One large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner.....50 One large bottle of Electrical Skin Food.....50 One large pint package Anti-Odor, worth.....25 One large package Purity Scalp Soap, worth.....25 Total.....$3.50 Name___ House No.___ Street. Post-Office___ Nearest Express Office___ County___ State___ 6 ttention Here is an make a little and bright getic person You only ha to the busin it, or advert --- Here is an opportunity for students and persons who have spare time to make a little money for themselves. The Colored American is the newsiest and brightest race journal published, and it is an easy matter for an energetic person to secure subscriptions for it, and to secure advertising for it. You only have to show a copy of it to your friends and neighbors and to the business men of your acquaintance and they will readily subscribe for it, or advertise in it. The work is light and pleasant, and as a good commission is offered an energetic person can make a few dollars every day without much effort. Send at once for sample copies and full instructions. Address The Colored American, 459 G street, N. W., Washington, D. C. --- --- 15 OZONO is guaranteed to straighten the hair—to make it grow long, soft, and glossy; also to cure all itching, burning, humiliating scalp diseases. To make the hair grow out again on bald spots, especially around the temples, there is no Hair Tonic on earth one-half so good. The Boston Chemical Company holds a charter granted by the State of Virginia. We also refer to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va., and to the Southern Express Company. Register your letters; it protects you. Address your letters plainly to— BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY, 310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. 16 "Colored People." Is the title of a book I am preparing to publish. It will be made up almost entirely of cuts and biographies of colored people of both sexes. When proper, and desirable, the cut of the wife may appear along with that of her husband. Those who do not feel able to publish their cuts can have their names, address and occupation registered in alphabetical order. If the people make adequate returns, the set of books will be arranged somewhat as follows: VOLUME I. Will be made up of the discussions of "The Status of Colored People," by presidents, ex-presidents, congressmen, governors, cardinals, ministers, educators, bishops, editors, and scientists among white people; and of people of like standing among our own people, when obtainable. VOLUME II. Bank officials, judges, lawyers, physicians, chiropodists, massagers, nurses, druggists dentists and others. VOLUME III. Congressmen, all Federal office holders, all State, County and City officials, army, navy and militia officials, store office and other clerks, bookkeepers, stenographers, typewriters and others. VOLUME IV Bishops, missionaries, ministers, authors, poets, artists, publishers, job printers, engravers, photographers, typesetters, electricians, electrical and other engineers, noted singers, musicians, actresses, actors, elocutionists, pantomimists, inventors, music teachers and traveling salesmen. VOLUME V. All merchants and manufacturers, all first class mechanics, plasterers, carpenters, masons, plumbers, all proprietors of first class barber shops, hack an transfer lines, hotels and restaurants, stone cutters, moulders, firemen owners and tillers of farms, planters, gardeners, fruit raisers, dairymen and others; first class sign and house painters and decorators; cuts of colleges, publishing houses, hospitals, sanitariums, city and farm homes and other buildings. VOLUME VI. Officians of and educators in colleges and educational institutions, including all school teachers, college graduates and perhaps, high school graduates. The above classification is subject to change and the number of volumes published will depend upon the amount of material sent in. We want to get as many volumes of these books as possible into the waiting rooms of offices and hotel lobbies in order that white people may know what we are doing. And there can be no doubt that we, ourselves, would be greatly benefitted by having placed before us a pictorial representation of the progress of others of our people. The object of this publication is to benefit our people; and we hope you all will do your part by sending us immediately the name and address of as many people as you can think of. Liberal terms to reliable agents everywhere. Our history and literature should be preserved. Writa to-day to WESLEY ROBBINS, M.D. Flint., Mich., Rooms 100-101 Paterson Block. THE COLORED AMERICAN. Mozart had a wonderful memory of musical sounds. When only fourteen years of age he went to Rome to assist in the solemnities of holy week. Immediately after his arrival he went to the Sistine chapel to hear the famous "Miserere" of Allegri. Being aware that it was forbidden to take or give a copy of this renowned piece of music, Mozart placed himself in a corner and gave the strictest attention to the music and on leaving the church noted down the entire piece. A few days afterward he heard it a second time and, following the music with his own copy in his hand, satisfied himself of the fidelity of his memory. The next day he sang the "Miserere" at a concert, accompanying himself on the harpsichord, and the performance produced such a sensation in Rome that Pope Clement XIV. requested that this musical prodigy should be presented to him at once. A Story of Whistler. One day Whistler entered the ateller of his class in Paris and found that a red background had been arranged behind the model. At once he directed something of a duller tone to be substituted, and he scraped the red paint off the canvas of one of the pupils, putting in its place another background. But the red would show through. He scraped, studied and worked laboriously to get something that pleased him. The rest of the class surrounded the easel and eagerly watched the master. He looked up finally and said, "I suppose you know what I am trying to do?" "Oh, yes, sir!" they all chorused. "Well, it's more than I do," he replied grimly and left the place. What Puzzled Him. A well known clubman entered a police station and said to the sergeant, "I would like to have an interview with that burglar you arrested for breaking into my house last night." Sergeant—I don't know that I can allow you unless you first tell me what you want to see him about. Mr. Clubman—Oh, there's nothing secret about it. I just wanted to find out how he got into my house so easily; it's more than I can do at night.—Kansas City Independent. Cheerful and Hopeful. The men whom I have seen succeed best in life, says Charles Kingsley, have always been cheerful and hopeful men, who went about their business with a smile on their faces and took the changes and chances of their normal life like men, facing rough and smooth alike as it came, and so found the truth of the old proverb that "good times and bad times and all times pass over." Legal Eloquence. A young lawyer concluded his argument in a case with the following sublime burst of eloquence: "If, gentlemen of the jury, the defendant's hogs are permitted to roam at large over the fair fields of my client with impunity, then—yes, then, indeed, have our forefathers fought and bled and died in vain!" Logic. Teddie—Pa, where do we get our milk from? Father—From cows, my son. Teddie—And where do cows get their milk from? Father—Why, Teddie, where do you get your tears? Teddie (after a long, thoughtful pause)—Do they have to spank cows, papa?—Judge. A Man to Be Avoided. Briggs-Here comes Gidson. Let's cross over. Griggs-Why, I thought he was a friend of yours. Briggs-He used to be, but now he's my deadly enemy. He's the unspeakable villain who recommended a place for me to spend my vacation.-Brooklyn Life. PHELPS HALL BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL OF THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE Tuskegee, Alabama. ESTABLISHMENT.—The Tuskegee Institute, realizing that the demand for an educated ministry is growing throughout the South, opened the Pheips Hall Bible Training School in 1893. To enter the Bible School it is not necessary to have a special call to the ministry. Those who desire to do missionary work only, or to become intelligent Sunday school teachers, as well as those who intend to preach, will be greatly helped by taking the course. OBJECT.—The chief aims of the Bible Training School are to give to young colored men and women a comprehensive knowledge of the entire English Bible, and to implant in their hearts a noble ambition to dedicate their lives to the elevation and Christianization of their people. The students are required to do missionary work in the various churches and Sunday-schools near the institution. In this way they have been very helpful to the neighboring communities. ing communities. The teaching in the Bible School is wholly undenominational, the intention being not to oppose or antagonize any theological work now being done, but rather to assist all denominations. THE BUILDING.—Phelps Hall, the building in which the School is taught, was given by a generous New York friend. It is a frame structure, three stories high. On the first floor are the Chapel, Library, Reading Room, Office of the Dean, and three Recitation Rooms. The two upper floors, containing forty rooms, are used for sleeping apartments. TEACHERS AND LECTURES.—Rev. Edgar J. Penney is the Dean. He is assisted by Rev. B. H. Peterson and Rev. J. H. Gadson, Rev. C. O. Boothe, D. D., of Selma University, Selma, Ala.; Rt. Rev. George W. Clinton, of Charlotte, N. C., and Rev. H. T. Johnson, Ph.D., of Philadelphia, Pa., deliver a regular course of lectures during the term. Dr. Frank K. Sanaders, Dean of the Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Conn., delivered a special course of lectures during the current year. EXPENSES.—The teaching is free. The cost of board, including furnished room, light, fuel, washing, etc., is $8 per month. Students will be given an opportunity to work out from $2.00 to $3.00 of this amount, thus leaving only $5.00 to $6.00 to be paid in cash. In some cases arrangements may be made so that a few may work out the whole amount. Lack of means need debar none. STUDENTS AND GRADUATES.—There have been twenty-six graduates from the Bible School. Some of these are actively engaged in ministeral work; other, with the ministry in view, are pursuing further studies in other institutions, while still others are teaching. The total enrollment in the Bible School for last year was fifty-three; fifty-two males and one female. Four are ordained ministers, twenty-one licentiates, and the remaining twenty-eight are laymen. These students come from ten States, the District of Columbia, and the West Indies. Seven denominations are represented. For further information address BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Prin. TUSKEGEE, ALA. The Arctic Ice Cream Co Makers of all kinds of AMERICAN and OYSTERS served in all styles Our motto, Service." Charges reasonable. "Rem Arctic Ice Cream Co. and Oyster all kinds of AMERICAN and FRENCH CREAMS served in all styles Our motto, "Purity of Goods and Charges reosonable. "Remember the Arctic Ice The Arctic Ice Cream Co. and Oyster House. Makers of all kinds of AMERICAN and FRENCH CREAMS and ICES. OYSTERS served in all styles Our motto, "Purity of Goods and Promptness of Service." Charges reasonable. "Remember the Arctic Ice Cream Co." I. E. WILLIAMSON, Successor to J. J. Johnson, 601 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C. Phone Main 1048m. FOSTER CATERER 1120 20th St. N W STER TERER HORNER & H Attorneys at La Real Estate Webster Law Bldg. 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 --- HORNER & HARLAN Attorneys at Law Real Estate Brokers Webster Law Bldg. 505D St. N.W. A number of desirable houses for sale on terms to suit. Money loaned in any amount. Telephone East 515Y. WHY DON'T YOU PATRONIZE THE Capital Shoe Store We are prepared to show you a better assortment of Shoes than here to fore. Our High-Grade Shoes for Men, Women, and Children are priced for quick selling. Come and profit by our..... * Special Sales Every Friday.* 733 Seventh Street, N. W. Phone Main 1048m 2 A GRAND BAPTIST RALLY. (Continued from Page 1). in Boston, one of the oldest and largest colored churches in the New England states. It was organized in 1805 and he remained its pastor until its name was changed to St. Phillips Baptist Church. He is a southern product; was born and reared in the south, but spent some years of his young manhood in New York City and State. He came out of one of the best families and was a seventh son. He attributes his great success as a minister of the gospel to the sympathy and fullest cooperation of his life, Mrs. Clara B. Drew who has already joined him in this city. The deacon board of the church consists of Messrs. George W. Smith, chairman; Mr. William Trice, vicechairman; John B. Ruffin, Smith Lawson, Joshua Johnson, Burrell Hill, Giles Baker, Charles Webb, William Price, John Holmes, George Davis, Charles Bolton and Anderson Hogan. The trustee board, Mr. William Howard, chairman; Mr. William Strother, vicechairman; Mr. Anderson Hogan and Mr. William Bolden, church clerk. During the rally last Sunday Miss Lizzie Johnson was the Secretary for the children's services and the following special secretaries acted for Dr. Drew. Misses Mamie Anderson, Estelle Robinson, Alice Harrison, Rosina Alexander, Rosa Minor, Maggie Jordan, Mrs. Hattie McWill and Mr. Theodore Lewis. A few of the special donors were Messrs. J. W. Winslow and David L. Stewart, undertakers, the free use of a carriage each, indefinitely, for Mrs. Drew. Two large photographs by Messrs. Jerome and Mila, value $25. Mr. O. D. Morris, printer, printing to the church and Dr. Drew. The Colored American, The Record, and The Bee were liberal contributors. The church has voted that Mr. Drew take the active management of the church, and he has planned a grand rally for the first Sunday in May to continue until May 8th, to be known as the $23,000 rally, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the church. THE PASTOR'S RECEPTION. A grand reception was tendered Dr. Drew last Thursday night at the Metropolitan Baptist church and it was crowded to overflowing. The church has a seating capacity of 2,000 and standing room was at a premium. A most interesting program was rendered by the Metropolitan special choir of 100 voices, Mr. Thomas Miller, director. A duet was sung by Misses Estelle Robinson and Alice Harrison. Select reading by Miss Maggie Johnson, duet Misses Mamie and Nellie Bowler, and the following well known gentlemen occupied seats in the pulpit and on the platform: Rev. Walter H. Brooks, D.D., pastor of 19th St. Baptist church, presided. Rev. Geo. W. Lee, D.D., pastor of Vt. Avenue Baptist church; Oscar J. Scott, D.D., pastor of Metropolitan A.M.E.; Rev. Owen Meredith Waller, M.D., rector of St. Luke's Episcopal church; Rev. Sterling N. Brown, D.D., pastor of Lincoln Memorial Congregational Temple; Rev. S.L.D. Corrothers, D.D., pastor of Galbraith, A.M.E.Z.; Rev. J. Anderson Taylor, D.D., pastor of Shiloh Baptist church; Rev. Geriah Lamkins, D.D., pastor of 10th St. Baptist THE COLORED AMERICAN church; Rev. J.W. Howard, D.D., pastor of Zion Baptist church and Rev. M. W. Clair, D.D., pastor of Asbury M. E. church. Prof. L. B. Moore, Howard University; Hon. Geo. White, Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Register of Treasury; Hon. John C. Dancy, Recorder of Deeds; Judge Robert H. Terrel; Gov. P. B. S. Pinchback, Dr. W. S. Mongomery, Asst. Superintendent of Public Schools. Soloist, Prof. John T. Layton, Mrs. Stewart and others. Newspaper: Mr. John N. Goins, Business Manager of The Record; Mr. E. E. Cooper, editor of The Colored American; Mr. C. Chase, editor of The Bee. Last Sunday was Grand Rally day for the benefit of Dr. Drew and the incomplete list below will give an idea of the amount as well as the nature of the contributions: Those who gave $10 or more: Mrs. H. S. Smith, Mr. James Winslow, Mr. David L. Stewart, Mila & Jerome. Those who gave $5 or more: Mrs. Josephine Brown, Mr. John Drew, Those who gave $2 or more: Malinda Bundy, Julia Brooks, Simon Brooks, Fannie Coleman, Miss Lena Drew, Mrs. Ellen Johnson, Deacon Joshua Johnson, Miss Edith Ivory, Mr. Richard Trice, O. D. Morris, Mr. Richard McDonnell, Mrs. Lucy Mitchel, Alice Roosevelt, Miss S. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Bowler, Julia Delan, Julia Nelson, Marion Williams. Those who gave $1 or more: Miss Nellie Archer, Elizabeth Addison, Mr. M. E. Aider, L. Ammos, Miss Ruth Alexander, Miss Belle Alexander, Mrs. Allen, Annie Atglen, Thomas Armstead, Mrs. Emma Boughton, Aubrey Brown, Sister Martha E. Bundy, E. Butler, Mrs. Nellie Bolden, Rose Brown, T. H. Baltimore, Mrs. Mary Brown, Mr. Ed Bunday, Augusta Brooks, Mrs. Julia H. Brandy, Mrs. Banks, Mr. James Bland, Mrs. Emma Braxton, Mrs. J. F. Bagley, Robert Best, Mrs. D. Baker, Julia Brooks, Angelen Brooks Henry Barber, Alice Fleming, Lucind Fagan, I. Goodwin, Virginia Garnet, Ellen Gordan, John Banbridge, Leon Brooks, Miss Annie Brichebrak, May Buchner, W. Blaine, E. Cambell, Victoria Curtis, E. Coleman, Mr. Coleman, Miss Nancy Coleman, Mr. Theodore Cox, Miss Agnes Clark, Mrs. Bertha Coleman, Chas. Chase, Lucy Davis, Carrie Dobbins, Mrs. Lucy Davis, Mrs. Alice Delancy, Sadie Depew, Rosetta Delany, Mary Davenport, Martha Dowlington, George Dent, Maud Dickson, Eliza Evans, Mrs. Annie Elkins, Mr. Samuel J. Ellis, Alena Exsin, Mr. Jno. K. Ellis, Christina Ellis, Moses Ellis, Joshua Ennice, Sophia Field, James Frazier, Louisa Green, A. Griffin, Lucy Goings, Deacon Holmes, Deacon Hill, Wm. Howard, Agnes Harris. A. Holmes, Lelia Henderson, Deacon Hogan, Mrs. William Howard, Mrs. Mary Holmes, Abraham Knocks, Mary Henderson, Lucy Hill, J. Haminy, Mrs. Ellen Johnson, Cornelia Johnson, Maggie Johnson, Henry Jordan, Mrs. Geo. Johnson, Penny Jackson, Mr. Silas Johnson, Abraham Knocks, Olive Knowing, Lewis Johnson, W. Jones, Susie Johnson, Henry Jordan, Lucinda Johnson, Julia Johnson, Annie Jordan, Miss L. Johnson, Mrs. Rosa ohnson, Mrs. P. Jones, Clara Johnson, Mrs. R. Johnson, Mrs. Ellen Lee, Deacon Lawson, Marie Little Lanston, Lottie Lewis, Amos Lewis, Mary Lindsay, Geo. Long, J. N. Lyons, Mr. Chas. Long, Mr. Jno. Lee, Mr. Chas. Lampkins, Mrs. A. Lucas, Miss Alice Long, Mrs. Geo. W. Lee, Jplia Long, Mr. Thomas Littlejohn, Mary Love, Jno. Lawston, L. Littlejohn, Ada Longing, Sarah E. Miner, Maurice Myers, F. Morris, R. F. Morlon, E. Madison, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchel, Mrs. Morris, Miss Ruth Moore, Mrs. Bertha Mason, Mrs. Hattie Medley, Eliza Mason, Henry Madison, Lula Munsfield, Ella Mackintoch, Joe McBec, Moses Mucell, Henry McDonnell, Samuel Morse, Edith Moore, Ada May, Mr. J. Moore, John H. Nelson, Miss Newton, L. Nelson, Nathaniel Nutt, Caroline Pollard, George Newton, Geo. Paris, Anthony Peyton, Mary Palmer, Josephine hillipps, Sister H. Price, Lizzie Price, Mr. Vinginia Peyton, Miss C. A. Patterson, Miss Annie Patterson, Cora Payne, Joe Long, Ruth Robinson, Henry Ruffin, Adine Robbinson, A. E. Robbinson, Mrs. B. Reed, J. C. Reed, Mrs. Isabella Rivers, Agnes Robestage, Deacon John B. Ruffin, Daisy Roberts, Lizzie Robbinson, Mary Robinson, Wm. S. Robbinson, Thomas Robinson, Geo. W. Roosevelt, Mr. Theodore Reed, Mr. Thomas Robinson, Mr. J. T. Robinson, Mrs. Maud Robinson, Lewis Ramsey, Daisy Robinson, John Rang, John Rich, Mary Ruffin, Agnes Rang, Mary E. Scott, Mrs. Fannie Standard, Celia Steverson, Alice Strother, Jennie Steward, R. Stakes, Samuel Smith, W. H. Strather, Mr. William Scott, Deacon Geo. Smith, Mrs. Geo. Strother, Mrs. Sallie Smith, Phillis Scott, Miss Daisy Taylor, Mrs. Mary Taylor, Dora Thompkins, Mr. and Mrs. Tolson, Deacon William Trice, Miss E. Thompson, Miss Georgia Thomas, C. H. Thomas, Mrs. Frances Thomas, Amelia Thompson, Henry Taylor, Julia Tillian, Mr. Henry Tolson, Julia Tyson, Harriet White, Martha Whitfield, Mrs. Lizzie Walker, Mrs. Virginia F. Winslow, Alice M. Walker, James H. Winslow, Geo. W. Williams, Mrs. Anna Watts, Margaret White, Mrs. Emma West, Katie Wright, Mrs. Anna White, Lasum Washington, Katie Williams, Victoria Weaver, W. Washington, Mrs. E. Williams, Mrs. L. Walker, Blanch Wren, Marion White, James H. Wyles, Stephen Watt, Mrs. Eliza Washington, Mrs. Rosetta Wiggins, Miss Mary Williams, James West, Mr. Geo. F. Watkins, Miss Leana Webb, Miss Annie Willington, Miss Rachel Wilson, Mrs. Catherine Walker, Lucinda Washington, Deacon Webb, Alice Young, Mrs. Bertha Coleman, Julia Long, J. F. Mason. Mrs. Hester Armstead, Margaret AnThose who gave 50 cents or more: derson, Hattie Anderson, Elsie Alexander, Mamie Anderson, Edward Alexander, Miss Silver Acherson, Mary Anderson, Amelia Armstead, Mrs. Octavia Adams, Miss Mattie Brent, Joseph Barber, Ida Bronaugh, Mrs. Jessie Bolden, Chas. H. Brockenbrough, Henry Brown, C. H. Brown, Sims Booker, Cora Bolton, Mr. Bud, Florence Brown, Mr. D. Bogby, E. M. Bunley, Amanda Broadus, Mr. C. Breverly, Bro. Hiram Brown, Mrs. Alice Bagby, Miss Estel Brooks, Mr. John Brown, Lottie Brooks, Lewis Brooks, Miss Jessie (Continued on Page 3). [Image of a woman with a dark hair styled in a bun, wearing a light-colored dress with a decorative border]. 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Grant, Miss Maud Gibson, Lena Goodwin, Mary Crab, Mr. Leroy Handey, Miss Hattie Hocket, M. Harvey, Mrs. Sophia Harris, Fannie Harrod, Beatrice Hall, Maria Holmes, Alice Harriston, Lula Hillard, Belle Harkins, M. Hocket, Fannie Hamilton, Mamie Holmes, Florence M. Hurd, H. J. Hacket, Mrs. Ida Harris, E. Hedma, Mrs. M. S. Hall, Siseer Amand Hamilton, Mildred Harvey, Samuel Henderson, Lizzie Holcomb, Dorah Johnson, Mrs. Annie Jackson, James Johnson, Mary James, Lizzie Johnson, F. J. Jordan, Sis. Eliza Jones, Bertha Johnson, Mr. Johnson, Joshua Jordan, M. Johnson, Miller Johnson, Mrs. Robert Jenkins, Emma Jackson, Mrs. Jane Johnson, Melvin Jordan, Miss Jankins, Miss Ella Johnson, Miss Maggie Jordan, Miss Mary Jackson, Mrs. Lucy Johnson, Martha Johnson, E. Jackson, Sister Jefferson, James Johnson, Lucy J. Jordan, Mr. Mack Jordan, Henry King, James Lewis, Albert Lee, Joseph Landon, Louise Lewis, Annie Lewis, Mrs. Mamie J. Law, Mary Lawrence, James Lee, E. Little, Mrs. Francis Lucas, Miss Sarah Lewis, Martha Moore, Miss Bertha Monroe, Jon. Miller, Elen Madison, James Mason, Rosa E. Miner, Mamie Moton, James Morse, Emily Matton, Chas. Maek, Miss Mary Metton, Mrs. Aleen Macket, E. Mansfield, Alfred Mill Jr., Mrs. Fannie Moseby, F. H. Mansfield, Olie Morris, Joseph THE COLORED AMERICAN was celebrated in the South—the land of Murrich, Mr. Thomas Niller, Maude Nelson, Mrs. Bell Nelson, L. Newton, Mildred R. Nalls, Sister S. Norman, Estell Nelson, A. Overton, B. L. Overton, E. Overton, Mrs. R. Payne, Laura Pride, Rev. Solomon Pollard, Lillian Peyton, James Pondester, William Posey, Mary J. Pork, Lucelia Pryor, Mrs. L. Patterson, Julia Palmer, Mrs. Laura Pum, Miss A. Palmer, Arthur Phillips, Isaac Pyor, Annie Patterson, Miss Ida Robinson, Sarah Richardson, Rosetta Ruffin, Miss Mary Richard, Wm. Richardson, Pauline Roberts, Mary E. Roberts, John Rich, Lizzie Rich, Baby Bernard Ruffin, G. R. Robinson, Bertha E. Roberts, Mrs. Mamie Roberts, Wm. 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Wilkins, Miss Rachel Wilson, Miss Louisa Weston, M. Qualls, Mrs. F. Qualls, Julia Tillian, Elizabeth Jackson handkerchief. Those who gave 25 cents or more: Eva Aterander, C. H. Akers, Chas. the free and the home of the brave. Akerson, Sadie Bronaugh, Mr. Bets, Eugene Blair, Mrs. Keith, Alice B. Blair, Henry J. Barber, Lucy L. Barbour, Lucinda Brook, Master Raymond Clark, F. F. Carter, Eliza Carpenter, Elsie Dorggett, Sarah Denton, Little Elnor Davis, Myer Dennerson, Mary Dennerson, Joseph Fairfax, Mary Ferguson, Christina Griffin, Esaw Galaway, Vondell Ghassaway, Mrs. P. Grims, Lancewell Gassaway, Nathaniel Harris, Charles Holmes, Rosa Harris, Mrs. Howard, John Hill, Bessie Holecome, Mr. George Holmes, Mrs. Priscilla E. Harris, Miss Maggie Johnson, Rebecca Jordan, George A. Johnson, B. Keller, Mr. Robert Jordan, Preston Lindsay, O. Little, Dora B. Linner, F. Little, Geo. Lee, Mrs. Fannie McDaniel, Nancy McHill, Hattie F. McMill, Mrs. Morse, L. E. Murry, Miss Louise Moley, Henry Nickins, J. Price, Lucy Philips, L. P. Robb, Mr. M. Smith, Mildred Smith, Mr. Wm. Shields, Carrie Strother, Austin Shands, Katie Steward, Mrs. Mamie Strother, Josephine Shands, Laura Thompson, Hattie Taylor, Mr. Wilson Waring, F. Warring, Annie Wear, Louisa Warring, Mrs. Tomey Winfield, L. H. Winfield, Miss Sadie Wright, Miss Lena Washington, L. B. Williams, E. W. Wormley, Mrs. L. Walker, E. L. Williams, L. D. Rest, Walter McDonald, Mrs. Mary Jones, Carrie Thomas, Druisilla Simpson, Mrs. Maggie Raymond. Those who gave 5 cents or more: Louise Clark, Mr. Garfield Lee, Marie Waring. NOTICE! Persons sending articles to The Colored American for criticism, inspection or publication should always send return postage or we can not be responsible for the return of manuscript --- NOTICE! SALOONS. Chris. Xander's QUALITY HOUSE, 909 7th st. NW. To the enormous stock of truly good wines and distillates (free from all fusel poison) there has just been added by request: Beri Medicinal Niza Olive Oil he thinnest pressing easily assimilated by delicate stomachs. To preserve its freshness and curative virtues imported only in small (4 ounce) bottles and sold at 25 cents by the sole distributor, Chris. Xander, 909 Seventh Street. Jas. F. Keenan. RECTIFIER AND WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER. Elegant Club Whiskey a Specialty Importer of Fine Wines, Brandies, Gins, Etc. 462 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest Fritz Reuter's Washington, D. C. Hotel and Restaurant. 451, 453, 455, 457 Pennsylvania Avenue. 202, 208 and 210 4 1-2 St Northwest. W. M. DRURY'S Restaurant, 1100 20th St., Corner L. N. W. MOORE & PRIOLEAU. Sparta, Buffet, and Cafe, 1216 Pa. Ave. Washington, D.C FINE WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS Hot Free Lunch every Day. Ladies will receive special attention in Dining Room upstairs. C. H. NAUGHTON LIQUORS and SEGARS Harper & Wilson a specialty. 1916 Fourteenth Street. Northwest. NOW DEPOSITED IN THE BANK $75,000.00 IN CASH GIVEN AWAY. To arouse interest in, and to advertise the GREAT ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR, this enormous sum will be distributed. Full information will be sent you ABSO- LUTELY FREE. Just send your name and address on a postal card and we will send you full particulars. World's Fair Contest Co., 103 N. 8th Street St. Louis, Mo. --- 4 A FINE SHOWING. The National Benefit Association Makes an Annual Statement Over Ten Thousand Members—Officers. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the National Benefit Association was held at its Home office, 609 F Street, this city, on the 17th inst. New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and the District of Columbia was especially well represented. The National Benefit Association is a business corporation, chartered under laws enacted by Congress, with ample capital stock, every dollar of which is fully paid in and the stockholders have received dividends regularly each year. The phenomenal growth of this enterprise is one of the notable successes of modern Negro business methods. This business establishment has accomplished something beyond the ordinary magnitude in its wonderful growth, for that reason it has attracted wide and favorable attention and may now be classed among the foremost Negro Industrial Insurance Societies in the world. The president, Dr. Robert W. Brown, is his annual address said: "The National Benefit Association is legally admitted to do business in the various states in which we are operating. The reports of the Secretary and Treasurer will show, that the receipts and disbursements for the year have been more than $28,000, and that we still have left more than $10,000 in assets as a guarantee of our ability to meet our obligations. It took hard work, energy, enthusiasm and square dealings on the part of the management, to build this organization up to its present size. Among the most important recommendations of the President was, that a building be secured as soon as possible to be used as a Home office of the Association. The Secretary and Manager, Mr. S. W. Rutherford, in his annual statement briefly reviewed the history of the Association, giving a detail statement of the spread of the National Benefit Association during the past year; he also gave an itemized statement of the receipts and disbursements for the year. We copy the following from the Secretary's report: THE COLORED AMERICAN. $13,415.02 $10,557.38 $10,557.38 organization $84,696.90 The Secretary said: Our motto is, Give a full and honest value for every dollar received from the public, and courteous treatment to all of our members by our representatives; with this as our slogan, backed up by courage and pluck, we were bound to win. The following officers were elected for 1904: Dr. Robert W. Brown, President; Dr. A. J. Gwathney, D.D.S., VicePresident; Mr. Robert G. Gratton, of Newark, N. J., Second Vice-President; Mr. S. W. Rutherford, Secretary and Manager; Miss S. P. Robb, Assistant Secretary; Mrs. F. E. Taylor, Treasurer; Mr. R. H. Rutherford, N. G. Agt.; Mr. J. H. Braxton, S. G. Agt. All of the above were elected members of the Board of Directors, as was also Rev. J. Anderson Taylor, Mrs. M. B. Wood and Miss Ida S. Plummer. This organization is giving employment to more than one hundred agents and clerks and would be glad to secure more representatives in the States of Virginia, New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia. GREAT NEGRO DAILY. A powerful Negro daily newspaper established at the Nation's capital with writers such as Cooper, of The Colored American, Mitchell of the Planet, Fortune of the Age, and Isaacs of Baptist Union.—Miss. Demonstrator. While the state of Maryland is planning to take away from the colored man the ballot God comes along and with the breath of his nostrils sweeps away many millions of Marylanders' wealth, much of which is the accumulation of profits accruing from Negro labor. We can but sympathize with these people in their distress and doubtless many innocent people are among the sufferers but they could not be separated. God works in mysterious ways.—Ga. Baptist. Mr. Roscoe C. Simmons, a well known newspaper correspondent is now located in Mound Bayou, Miss., and the columns of the Mound Bayou Demonstrator gliter with many of his bright effusions. Mr. Simmons can not only write, but he can talk on his feet and is one of the brightest young men in the Press Gang. MAKES MEN VIGOROUS. Valuable Prescription by Which any Man Can Make His Own Remedy to Cure Himself at Home Sent Free to All. Write for it. WILL MAKE A MAN OF YOU. For the return of that youthful feeling of manhood a prominent Detroit physician and savant is in possession of a receipt which he has himself used in his T own extensive private practice with the most startling success. Though the years have passed its equal has never been found and with it thousands of weak men have brought about the cures they so much longed for. The doctor willingly sends the formula entirely free to any man who writes him for it, and they will find it a gift of lasting value. It is good for sexual weakness, lost manhood, nervousness, weak back, emissions, varicocele, lack of force, prostatic trouble, night sweats, inability and the many other embarrassing conditions that befall the sexually imperfect man. It creates an immediate social feeling, warmth and good nature, forces active blood to the muscular tissue, tones the nervous system and arouses bodily confidence. It makes the man of 65 as good as at 35, and the young man again eager for society and fit for marriage and parenthood. Satisfactory results are produced in a day's use, and a perfect cure in a few weeks, regardless of age, or the cause of your condition. If you need such a remedy send your name and address today to the Dr.Knapp Med. Co., 867 Hull Bldg., Detroit, Mich., and in an unmarked envelope the doctor will at once send you the receipt, as promised, explaining in detail what ingredients to use and how to compound them so that any weak man can cure himself in his own home without being under obligations to anyone. It costs you nothing and the sooner you write the sooner you will be cured. ...THE... Municipal Buffett An up-to-date Cafe and Buffet, a full line of the oldest and best brands of cigras and tobacco. Ladies dining room up stairs. J. H. Montgomery, Mgr. A. L. SATTERWHITE, Prop. 1310 E Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS. Opal and Kara diamond rings one and two stones sent prepaid for 25 cents; 50 cents fire opal pin for 25 cents, both sent on receipt of 50 cents. Address: WM. WARD, 157 Waldo St., Providence, R. I. ATTENTION, SUBSCRIBERS! We are sending out a large number of bills each day to delinquent subscribers as well as to subscribers whose subscriptions are just expiring. We are striving to give the race a clean, strong, newsy newspaper and we hope every person who receives a bill or who know themselves to be in arrears will send in their subscriptions at once. tf. FINANCIAL DO YOU NEED Financial Assistance If so, come to us. We are always ready to loan you any amount you may need. You can repay it in small monthly payments to suit your convenience. We make loans on Furniture, Pianos, &c., without removal or any publicity in any way. All business is private. 610—F Street—610. Some Men Pay $10,000 For an expert to manage their advertising. There are others who pay $5.00 for an annual subscription to printer's ink and learn what all advertisers are thinking about. But even these are not the extremes reached. There are men who lose over $100,000 a year by doing neither one. For sample copy send 10c to Printer's Ink, No. 10 Spruce Street, New York City. WE HAVE A BAR'L W of money to lend on furniture, pianos, &c. No delay. Goods are not disturbed. You return the money in small payments. If you have a loan and need more money, we can fix you up. Business confidential. 'Phone, M, 3042. SURETY LOAN COMPANY. Suite 1, Warder Building, cor. 9th and F. 523 9th. Loans of $10 Loans of $10 and Upwards Made on Furniture, Pianos, Wagons, etc., at lowest rates and in the day you apply. We are loaning on the Building and Loan Asociation plan, which makes the cost of carrying loans much less than you pay elsewhere, and allows you to pay it off in any size notes you desire, running from one to twelve months. you only pay for the use of the money for the length of time you carry it. If you have a loan with some other company we will pay it off and advance you more money if desired. Rates cheerfully given and no cost to you unless the loan is made. Loan made anywhere in the District. Call and get rates. Front room, first floor, Scientific American Building. National Mortgage Loan Company, 625 FStreet N. W. HERE IS A CHANCE To get the money you want. Wee have more than we need. We will moke loans to everybody without delya. If you want money see us to-day. You will not be disappointed. Loans made on furniture, pianos, organs, etc., without removal. Loans to salaried employees without endorsement. 502 F STREET, - - Cor. 6th St Capital Loan Guarantee Company. OUTSTRIPS ALL. The Colored American of Washington, D. C., Ed. Cooper, proprietor, still outstrips all of his competitors with 64 columns of original reading matter and good, live advertiseing makes The Colored American the national journal of the colored people of the country. We admire push, energy and good common sense and wish him success. Illinois Idea. LUCKY DENVER WOMAN. Found a Valuable Diamond in the Street Where She Had Lost It Five Years Before. The luckiest woman in the west is Mrs. Anna M. Scott, of Denver, Col. Five years ago, in returning from a party, she lost a diamond earring worth $200. In looking for something else a few days ago she found the diamond in the street where she had dropped it so long before. Hundreds of persons had passed over the spot in the meantime. Rain and A snow had buried the jewel in the sand, and at just the right time the rain again washed the diamond clean for Mrs. Scott to find it. Other persons had looked in vain, when it was lost years ago. "I was not looking for it," said the owner. "I was looking for a little ring that my daughter thought she had lost. As I could not find the ring, I went over the ground rather carefully. "Suddenly something sparkling caught my eye and then I cried right out loud: 'Why, there's my diamond!' "I was so surprised to see it that I could really hardly believe that I was awake, or that it was 1902 instead of 1897." ODDEST OF ALL FADS. 'Sovers of the Day Seek to Have Their Pictures on Their Sweet-hearts' Shoes. It is said that the fashionable girl of the present day carries the picture of the young man she loves in her shoe, and the secret of her heart may, therefore, be learned by looking at her feet. There is nothing occult about it. Hypnotism, mental telepathy and things of that sort are not concerned. If the girl is up to date, all you have to do is to look at her feet, for there you will see the picture of the happy man, says the Chicago Chronicle. She wears it in the buckle of her slipper, so that the best time to learn the truth is when she is at a dance. At a function of the kind in Wissahickon recently a half-dozen of the girls had their sweethearts at their feet, which, according to amatory tradition, is right and proper. When the miniature fad originated the modish girls were pleased to wear the counterfeit presentments of their courtiers at their necks. Then they moved to the belt buckle, but it is the prerogative of woman to change her mind, and man is once more lowered. Already the new fancy is gaining supporters, and many slipper miniatures are being made with the portraits of "matinee idols." This is for the accommodation of those girls who have not yet succeeded in finding a man to admire at close range. THE COLORED AMERICAN A Clever Fish. The salmon seems to be gifted with much intelligence, or "hereditary foresight," as it is occasionally called, which is more particularly acute when danger signals are abroad, says William G. Harris in Field and Stream. They have been known, when congregated in the upper pools, to become frightened by poachers approaching them with net or spear and to immediately dash down stream to a distance of thirty miles in one night, not stopping until they had reached pools so deep that they could not be taken with the appliances of the poacher. They seemed to know that if they went higher up the stream their doom was sealed. When coming from the sea in schools and on entering the estuary they have been seen with an old leader at the head of the school, the rest forming a triangle about two and a half feet below the surface of the water, and on calm days, guided by the old patriarch, they would swim around the fishermen's nets, never approaching them nearer than ten or twelve yards. Standing an Egg on End. Any fresh egg can, without being boiled, be balanced on either end by any one possessing patience and a steady hand. In order to save time the egg should be placed for a short time on the end upon which it is desired to balance it, so as to allow the yolk to settle; then both forearms of the person making the experiment should be rested on the edge of the table and the egg should be taken between the three fingers and thumbs of both hands and slowly turned around until the center of gravity is found. This experiment may at first require a little time, but after a little practice it will be found very easy to do. It would be well to try it first on the tablecloth and then on the bottom of a plate. It is conceded, of course, that the present century is far more advanced than that of Columbus, so it is only to be expected that different ideas should have been formed, even as to the balancing of eggs. Why People Stammer. Stammering depends on a want of harmony between the action of the muscles (chiefly abdominal) which expel air through the larynx and that of the muscles which guard the orifice by which it escapes with that of those which modulate the sound to the form of speech. Over either of the groups of muscles by itself a stammerer may have as much power as other people, but he cannot harmoniously arrange their conjoint action. Nervousness is a frequent cause of stammering. It is possible that the defect in some instances may result from malformation of the parts about the back of the mouth. The fact that stammering people are able to sing their words better than to speak them has been usually explained on the supposition that in singing the glottis is kept open so that there is less liability to spasmodic action. Fontenelle's Presence of Mind. The distinguished French author, Fontenelle, was fond of asparagus cooked in butter. Cardinal Dubois was equally in love with the vegetable served with white sauce. Being once invited to dine together at the house of a friend the effort was made to gratify the palates of both by preparing half the asparagus with butter and half with white sauce. While the preparations were in progress the news was brought in that the cardinal was dead. Fontenelle did not wait a moment. Rushing to the door of the kitchen, he cried to the chef: "Jean, Jean! You may cook all the asparagus in butter." I hope this will awaken in the colored people a just pride for the Order of Knights of Pythias. Its past faults 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 togeher 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. In this 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. Phone East 347. WM. L. POLLARD. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW Collections, Real Estate and Insurance All matters given prompt attention in the District of Columbia. Member of the Washington Real Estate Exchange. 609 F St. N. W., Washington, D. C. 5 If you have a spare room that you would like to rent to desirable parties, advertise them in THE AMERICAN. If you have anything to sell, rent or exchange, put a small "ad." in this column. The results will be assured. Try it. DRESS MAKING ACADEMY. The de Lam Orton Famous French Perfection Tailor System, Mme. J. A. Smallwood, sole agent, 1513 Madison street, northwest. Morning class from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Afternoon class 2 to 5 p. m. daily. Evenings from 7:30 to 10 o'clock Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays dressmakers and ladies who wish to do their own dress-making. WANTED.—To learn the wonderful De Lam Orton French Perfection Tailor System. Seamless Basques without one inch of visible seam, in lining or goods, not eeven on the shoulder. Successful dressmaking requires as much earnest progressive study as successful work in any profession. No detail is too small to be looked after. We teach you to make dresses with or without seam and guarantee perfect fits, and complete your course with a diploma. The Best Prescriptions for Malaria, Ague and Fever is a bottle of GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. It is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay. Price 50 cents. tf AN ADVERTISING SOLICITOR WANTED. Wanted—An active man, who understands soliciting advertising, to take a position on The Colored American. It is a good paying, permanent position for the right kind of man. Apply at this office. BOARDING By The Week or Month. Apply to— MRS. M. J. BUNDY, 941 T St., N. W. Room For Rent—One single room, baths and all modern improvements at 1731 Tenth St., N.W., for rent at reasonable rates. Gentleman preferred. Jennette Carter Lottie V. Wallace MISSES CARTER & WALLACE. Dressmakers and Ladies' Tailors. Evening and Party Dress a Specialty. Dry Goods and Milline.y. H. K. Fulton's Loan Office. 314 Ninth St., N.W. Established 1870. watches, diamonds and silverware for sale. Old gold and silver bought. The most reliable place in the city for borrowing money. $6.00 FREE to every person who will send their address we will give particulars how you can secure the above sum. Write to-day. Address: Scott Remedy Co., P. O. Box 570, Louisville. Ky." WE WANT AGENTS! Good active hustlers can make big money handling our line. No capital or experience necessary. We furnish you with a complete outfit and give you exclusive territory. Suits to Measure $9 up Trousers $2.50 up Express Prepaid. Excellent opportunity to establish a BUSINESS OF YOUR OWN Send 2 cent stamp for samples and fn ther particulars PROGRESS TAILORING COMPANY 195-T Market Street, CHICAGO 6 IN OLD KENTUCKY. It is not generally known that the "Pickinninny Band" which is on the boards at the Academy theatre this week "In Old Ky." originated with Captain J. Harry West, of Cleveland, Ohio, who holds an important position in the committee on Rivers and Harbors at the Capitol. Mr. West organized this band in New York in 1893, playing at the largest theatres in New CAPT. J. HARRY WEST. York City nine months on a run. He has retired from the profession, but was one of the most interested spectators this week, hearing his own band and noting the changes and improvements. Although quite a young man, he was made musical director of this company and brought the band to a high state of efficiency. DR. RIVERS SURPRISED. The increasing popularity of Rev. D. F. Rivers, pastor of Berean Baptist church was pleasingly exemplified last Monday night, when both members of his church and other friends united intendering him a surprise shower party in honor of the completion of his sixth year of pastoral work in this city. Nearly a hundred of his friends broke in upon his studies about 8 p. m. and literally filled his parlors with useful household articles, including furniture, linens, etc. On behalf of the guests Mr. Arthur S. Gray, one of the trustees and superintendent of the Sunday school, made a few remarks, in which he expressed the high esteem in which both the pastor and his wife are held by the church and the community and pledged to both the loyal support of the members in the carrying forward of the work in which all good citizens must always feel a deep interest. The evident surprise of the pastor momentarily deprived him of utterance, but his lack of words was more than compensated for by the beaming countenance which eloquently attested the gratitude of the soul within. At the conclusion of the impromptu exercises refreshments were served by the ladies of the church, and all departed leaving Rev. Rivers and his family deeply conscious of the love and esteem entertained for them both by the immediate members of the church and the community. THE COLORED AMERICAN. On Sunday, March 6, special services in honor of the sixth anniversary of Rev. Rivers' pastorate will take place at the new church 11 and V St., N. W. In the morning brief addresses will be delivered by Mrs. C. E. Pierre and Messrs. Warner, Gray, Syphax, and Petway, and in the evening the Pastor will deliver a sermon in keeping with the occasion. Special music has been arranged for the choir under the leadership of Mr. Clarence C. White, director. EARNEST HOGAN, THE COMEDIAN. This office is in receipt of a very unique matchholder, the gift of Mr. Earnest Hogan, the premier comedian. Mr. Hogan has been the generator of new ideas for the comedy stage for the past fifteen years, and in getting up something new in the way of a matchholder, he has broken the record. This holder consists of an eliptical cut of hickory wood about a half foot in diameter with a half tone of the great comedian on the front, with a burnt border and name, "Ernest Hogan," in conspicuous letters. There is a small holder for matches made from a small limb of the same wood and a sand paper surface for the ignition of the match. It came by express prepaid. It is a thing of beauty. DOINGS IN TROY. Troy, N. Y., Special.—On last Wednesday evening, Mrs. Ishmuel Palmer entertained a number of friends at her residence 1640 Sixth street, it being her wedding anniversary, the couple had been married three years. They received the hearty congratulations of their many friends. The evening was pleasantly spent in dancing and solos and card playing, music by Zitas orchestra of Albany, N. Y. Refreshments were served during the evening. Many useful presents were received and a joyous evening was spent. Mr. John James Epps, Miss Gertrude Evans, and Mr. Edward Taylor who have been on the sick list are out again, Mrs. Joseph L. Sullivan and Mrs. Cora Trily are still confined to their homes with illness. Mrs. J. R. B. Smith and son Joseph P. Smith left Sunday for Hudson, N. J. to visit her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Albert C. Smith, who is seriously ill and is not expected to recover. The We-No Social Club will give their second annual ball and concert at Germania Hall, Troy, N. J., March 30th. An excellent programme has been arranged and an enjoyable time is promised. The Junior Choir of the A.M.E. Zion Church gave a grand concert and fancy drill on last Monday evening at Red Man's Hall and it was grand, every character was suitably trained to the second, the selection was fine, and drill a perfect constellation. A large audience attended owing to the stormy night, proceeds for A.M.E. Zion Church. Dr. Booker T. Washington came out in a very timely article to the Birmingham Age and Herald last Sunday, denouncing lynchings and the burning at the stake of colored people in the South. His letter was a strong and manly one. A BOY W C. We will send free of cost ten brig ORED AMERICAN, which you may neighbors at the rate of 5 cents per like to bring them the paper in the lowing them to stop when they ple get up a route of twenty to a hund to $1.00 to $5.00 a week. Of this as your profit. This means that or a clear profit of 20 cts., or two d you sufficient papers, free of cost, try the plan. We pay the postage ask for anything better or make m and reserve territory in your town. THE COLORED AMERICAN We will send free of cost ten bright new copies of THE COLORED AMERICAN, which you may sell amongst your friends and neighbors at the rate of 5 cents per copy, and tell them you would like to bring them the paper in this way from week to week, allowing them to stop when they please. It will be easy for you to get up a route of twenty to a hundred papers, which will amount to $1.00 to $5.00 a week. Of this amount you may keep two-fifths as your profit. This means that on every ten papers sold you have a clear profit of 20 cts., or two dollars a hundred. We furnish you sufficient papers, free of cost, to start you and enable you to try the plan. We pay the postage and run all risk. Could you ask for anything better or make money more easily? Write today and reserve territory in your town. Address THE COLORED AMERICAN, 459 C St. N.W. YOUR HAIR MADE It will cost you nothing Hair Preparation, so so JOHNSON'S HAIR --- YOUR HAIR MADE TO GROW FREE! YOUR HAIR MADE TO GROW FREE! It will cost you nothing to test this wonderful Hair Preparation, so send for a FREE box of JOHNSON'S HAIR FOOD to-day. WE do not claim that our Hair Food will straighten the hair, for any preparation that is made up so powerful to do that will injurious to the scalp and will cause the hair fall out instead of benefitting it. We do CLAIM and GUARANTEE that will make the hair grow long, soft and gloss stop it from falling out and will prevent a cure Dandruff, Itch, Tetter, Scurf and Eczer It is also an agreeable dressing for the have great confidence in our Hair Food it is the best hair preparation on the m a full size box absolutely FREE. In order to get a free box, cut out with your name and address and 10 c etc., and we will send you a free box a Good Agents Wanted. Address JOHNSON MFG. CO., 699 It is also an agreeable dressing for the hair, it being highly perfumed. We have great confidence in our Hair Food and in order to prove to you that it is the best hair preparation on the market, we are willing to let you test a full size box absolutely FREE. In order to get a free box, cut out this advertisement and send it to us with your name and address and 10 cents to help pay postage, packing, etc., and we will send you a free box at once. Address JOHNSON MFG. CO., 699 Washington St., Boston, Mass. The Blue Mountain POOL PARLOR. CHARLES CUTCH, Proprietor. An up-to-date Pool and Billiard Parlor with all of the latest balls, cues, etc., connected with the profession. A full line of cigars and tobacco. A first-class orderly place. Nothing has been omitted to add to the comfort and pleasure of the patrons. 2007 K Street, Northwest. The Henrique DeVegue Billiard and Pool Parlors. We have just opened up these magnificent parlors which have been fitted up in the most up-to-date way with the very latest fixtures in the pool and billiard line. We invite the public to give us a call. Everything first-class. CHAS. CUTCH & CO., Props. Cor. 11th & U Sts. N. W. --- In every town and hamlet in the United States and Canada who is willing to sell TheCOLORED AMERICAN on a liberal commission. Any boy with push can easily get up a large list of weekly customers and make considerable money. The work is pleasant and agreeable, and need not take up more than a few hours each week. HERE IS OUR PLAN: send free of cost ten bright new copies of THE COL-ERICAN, which you may sell amongst your friends and get the rate of 5 cents per copy, and tell them you would bring them the paper in this way from week to week, al- on to stop when they please. It will be easy for you to route of twenty to a hundred papers, which will amount $5.00 a week. Of this amount you may keep two-fifths fit. This means that on every ten papers sold you have fit of 20 cts., or two dollars a hundred. We furnish print papers, free of cost, to start you and enable you to run. We pay the postage and run all risk. Could you anything better or make money more easily? Write today to territory in your town. Address COLORED AMERICAN, 459 C St, N. W. Washington, D. C. HAIR MADE TO GROW FREE! cost you nothing to test this wonderful Preparation, so send for a FREE box of JOHNSON'S HAIR FOOD to-day. WE do not claim that our Hair Food will straighten the hair, for any preparation that is made up so powerful to do that will be injurious to the scalp and will cause the hair to fall out instead of benefitting it. We do CLAIM and GUARANTEE that it will make the hair grow long, soft and glossy; stop it from falling out and will prevent and cure Dandruff, Itch, Tetter, Scurf and Eczema. agreeable dressing for the hair, it being highly perfumed. We confidence in our Hair Food and in order to prove to you that hair preparation on the market, we are willing to let you test it absolutely FREE. to get a free box, cut out this advertisement and send it to us home and address and 10 cents to help pay postage, packing, will send you a free box at once. Food Agents Wanted. Large Commission. JOHNSON MFG. CO., 699 Washington St., Boston, Mass. Good Agents Wanted. Large Commission. --- KIN-KILLA A wonderful preparation for straightless. Will positively render the coarsening kinky hair. Absolutely harmest hair soft and wavy. Once tried always called for. Large size bottles sent on receipt of 50 cents in stamps or money order. Send 10 cents in stamps for generous sample to S. T. WORCESTER, 65 Thomas St., Agent Kin-Killa Co. Portland, Me. Please mention paper when ordering. Mr. William Moten, the steward at that popular hostelry, Gaskins & Gaines, is a favorite among the patrons of that place. Mr. Moten's bill of fare is always toothsome and inviting and he is never so happy as when he is busy catering to the public. FARMERS' CONFERENCE (Continued from Page 1). in play. I was interested in the home decorating department where the girls make all sorts of designs for use in the home, out of half barrels, kegs, boxes and broken chairs. The girls at first required the boys to do the sawing and nailing in this line but have not dispersed with the boys' help and handle the hammer and saw themselves, and make their own framework on which to place the desired trimming. This work can of course be put to excellent use in the rural districts by those who go out from the school to live and teach. All pupils have to do some work, but the amount of manual labor is regulated by the trade or calling he is seeking. Those who work all day study and recite at night, some work part of the day and study during the other part. While at work the pupils are not allowed to study otherwise than consult the books, if necessary, in the line of their employment. The school is run on the departmental system, and each department has a chief and sufficient subordinates to make the discipline and instruction sure. The literary department, as is well known is under Mr. R. C. Bruce. Students in this are drilled in English, the sciences, history, and mathematics as far as trigonometry. Mr. Lamont of the New York Evening Post said he had been on the examining board of schools of Rhode Island, and was once a teacher in Harvard College, and that the teaching at Tuskegee, would be classed as excellent in any school in the North. He said that the idea prevailed North that the schools in J. PROF. E. A. JOHNSON, Raleigh, N. C. the South generally were not up to date, but he had found the contrary true, and that modern and scientific methods were being used in the Southern schools and that the teachers were right up to date with everything. This is a very high testimonial and speaks loudly in emphasis of the fact that industrial schools can be greatly assisted by the graduates of those schools which are pronouncedly literary; for nearly all the teachers at Mr. Washington's school are products of such schools as Fisk, Atlanta, Shaw, etc. The industrial schools can be best managed by men and women who have both head and hand trained, and this is the idea on which Tuskegee is run, from its distinguished principle down to the superintendent of the pig pens. A word about the Farmers' Conference. THE COLORED AMERICAN This reminds one of an enlarged Methodist class meeting where those present give their experience in temporal affairs rather than spiritual. Mr. Washington with his efficient secretary, Mr. E. J. Scott, presided at all these meetings, and first states the object, insisting that each one who speaks should stick to the truth—if conditions are bad in his community, say so, and if they are good, say so,—paint the picture as it really is. Both men and women rise up in different parts of the large assembly room from time to time to tell whether the people are buying homes, how long the schools run, what has been done to supplement the State fund and lengthen the term, what kind of teachers they have, what kind of ministers they have,—if the teachers and preachers are moral—if the people are growing better in morals or worse,—how much land the speaker owns, how many rooms to his house, is it painted or whitewashed—is it mortgaged, how much land has he is it mortgaged—does he make lien bonds or raise his own supplies—is he giving anything to the cause of education? These are the subjects touched upon by the various speakers. The majority seemed to see some improvement along various lines and cited instances of progress. One man stated that the people on the large plantations could not be reached on the subject of fornication and adultery because the white landlords would not allow the colored preachers or any one else to interfere with those colored people who were thus living. The landlord would not have them indicted by the grand jury for fear they might run away and thus deprive his plantation of hands, and tolerated anything the colored people did along these lines provided they were good "hands for work." This man said he could tell more, but flatly refused to go into details saying that he might get "into a hole." One of the best speeches and accounts were given by a Miss Bowen of Talladega County,—she showed how the people of her community—had contributed six or eight hundred dollars to supplement the public school fund, and that she was teaching the people to get homes, and that they were getting them and placing over the door a prohibitory sign forbidding the presence of the disreputable. A man from this same section, eight miles away from Miss Bowen, stated that the Negroes in his community were absolutely worthless, and he didn't see one that was worth educating. He thought it was throwing away money to try—he also scored the school teachers and preachers as being worthless. He stated that he had children but he didn't have one fit to educate—and didn't believe much in education anyway. Some one asked this man if he owned any land, he said no. He was asked by an old time "brother" from the opposite part of the room how much money he had in the bank, and the reply was that he wasn't telling his business to everybody,—that Mr. Washington wouldn't tell his business, and he wasn't going to tell his either. Mr. Washington then asked for suggestions to remedy the conditions in this man's community,—and as quick as a flash one man said, "De best thing to do dar is to put dat nigger out 'n it." The large chorus in the rear of the rostrum led by a lady graduate from Fisk furnished music at intervals during the sessions of the Conference. Both plantation melodies and classical selections were rendered. Inflammatus Ascensus at the evening session was especially well rendered, also my Old Kentucky Home. The music, like all else at Tuskegee, was first class. The Workers Conference occupied the second day, and subjects pertaining to reaching the people through the teachers otherwise than in the school room were discussed, the idea being to keep the people in touch with the school and break the growing tendency of the school to be considered as separate from the interests of the people. Various methods and plans were gone over in this meeting to show what teachers could do towards helping the people buy homes, improve them, raise poultry and supplies,—and supplement the school terms where the state fund ran them for only two and three months. One young man in this meeting showed how he had formed a stock company and established a school and white people contributed, and in two years he had raised about $14,000, and his school was running nicely with two hundred and fifty pupils. The work of reaching the native preachers by Bible classes at Tuskegee was also outlined, showing how all denominations were attending these classes. Many of the preachers cultivated their farms during the day and studied at night. All kinds of doctrines were discussed and there was no bad feel,—each one gathering from what went on whatever was of interest to himself and his work. The result was better preaching and better pastoral work in the communities where these ministers labored,—many of whom have two and three churches. Tuskegee is helping the Negro to reap some of the fruits of his toil for himself and check his tendency to build for others exclusively by the practice of vicious habits and extravagance. The work at Tuskegee itself is a grand one, but coupled with the idea of the Farmer's and Worker's Conference, it is still grander. In the first place it is reaching a people who need it,—in the second place it is reaching a people who would not get such help otherwise. The children of these people who would not get such help otherwise. The children of these people until the fourth generation might grow up in ignorance and serfdom but for this help. Some of our friends have attempted to classify Booker Washington as a "sham." To those who are engaged in the great work of uplifting the Negro in the South, Washington appears as a most powerful reality, and without discounting the work of any one else, we may all join in the wish that there were ten thousand shams like him in all the benighted places of the South to help finish the emancipation that Lincoln began in 1863. Mr. R. Watts, our enterprising coal merchant at 212 C Street, S.W., reports good business. He is an enthusiastic race man and believes that more men of the race ought to be engaged in business enterprises of some kind. E. A. JOHNSON. EDUCATIONAL THE COLORED BUSINESS Preparatory and Elementary . . . Night School OLD TRUE REFORMERS HALL. Cor. Fourth and N Sts., N. W. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. Special courses—Business, Preparatory, Elementary, and Lecture. Shorthand and Typewriting. Free Information given from 4 to 5 p. m. Subjects—Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry. J. W. BOTTS, A. B., Ph. B., Manager. Howard University WASHINGTON, D.C. Incorporated March 2, 1867. Gives opportunity of Higher Education to all without regard to creed, race or sex. Ten departments—Theological, Medical, Dental, Pharmaceutical, Legal, Collegiate, Teachers, Commercial, Preparatory, Industrial—conducted by one hundred competent Professors and Instructors. Rev. JOHN GORDON. D. D., President. Mr. GEO. H. SAFFORD, Secretary. THE MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE, LAUREL, HOWARD CO., MD. Situation beautiful; climate unsurpassed; work thorough and efficient Courses: English, Normal, Agriculture Practical and Scientific, Stockraising, Dairying, Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Domestic Science, Carpentry, Mechanical Drawing, Dressmaking and Millinery. $7.00 per month covers tuition, furnished rom, heating, lighting, washing and board. Fall term opens October 1, 1903. Winter term opens December 28, 1903. Further information, address M. J. NAYLOR, A. B., Acting President, Box 190 Baltimore, Md. OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG MEN. The demands in all parts of this country, and in several foreign countries, for well trained men of our race in the direction of scientific and practical agriculture are so great that this institution is willing to offer exceptional advantages to young men who wish to come here and take either a regular or post graduate course in agriculture. We cannot begin to supply the demands that come to us for trained men in the direction of agriculture. The positions for which these trained men are wanted are those in most every case which pay high salaries. For further information address, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Prin. Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama. 8 Published by The Colored American Publishing Company. A National Negro Newspaper Published every Saturday, at 459 C st. N. W., Washington, D. C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year, $2.00 Six Months. 1.10 Three Months .60 Invariably in advance. Subscription may be sent by post office money order, express or 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 should reach this office by Wednesday of each week to insure insertion in the current issue. Agents are wanted everywhere.—Send for 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. EDWARD E. COOPER, Manager, 459 C St., Northwest, Washington, D. C. Sold by all News Dealers. SATURDAY, MARCH , 1904. "MANHOOD" IN WASHINGTON. The Afro-Americans in the District of Columbia deserve a great deal of credit for the disinterestedness which they are constantly manifesting through their various literary and other organizations, in the welfare of their breathren throughout the country, and in mankind generally. There are two things, however, to which we wish to call the attention of Washington Afro-Americans. One is that in spending so much of their thought, energy and time in bewailing the condition of their people, we much fear that they neglect their own interests and comfort; for example, the Civil Rights bill is just as much in force in the District of Columbia as it was the day after its enactment in the Congress. No set of people are more loud in stating that the untoward condition of the race to-day is largely the result of the action of the Supreme Court in declaring this Civil Rights bill void than is true of the people in the District of Columbia. Notwithstanding the fact that the Washingtonians have the full benefit of all the provisions of the Civil Rights bill, it is a noteworthy fact that, with one or two exceptions, an Afro-American cannot go into a decent restaurant or hotel or boarding house which is kept by the members of the white race without being insulted or driven out. It is an equally noteworthy fact that an Afro-American cannot go into a decent theatre in the District of Columbia and be accommodated without being rushed into a peanut gallery or having his ticket refused or otherwise being insulted. Would it not pay the Afro- --- THE COLORED AMERICAN. Americans of Washington to cease for a few weeks from giving so much attention to outside matters and individual abuse of race leaders and take up seriously these matters which are right about their doors and see if they cannot set an example for the rest of the Afro-Americans in righting their own condition? Seriously, if the Washington friends would talk less and do more to benefit the race their words would have more influence with the rest of mankind. Cannot the Bethel Literary Association devote an evening, for example, to devising practical means by which the Afro-Americans of Washington will see that the Civil Rights bill is enforced in theatres, hotels and restaurants? In doing this we also hope that they will not forget that a Jim Crow street car actually runs into the District of Columbia from Virginia. Will L. M. Hershaw, John P. Green, John W. Cromwell, and other race leaders of the district, lead off in this move? The race will watch. It is easy to condemn people in the South, who are doing the best they can for the elevation of the race, but here is an opportunity to act right at home with the full protection of the law. If these Washington people really want to exhibit, in a practical way, the "manhood" about which they talk so eloquently, here is a chance for them to do so. Let one of them go into a restaurant, hotel or theatre and be put out, or be incarcerated, and thus exhibit his courage in standing up for what he terms the "manhood" rights of the race. Talking about manhood and exhibiting it in a practical manner are two different things.—New York Age. SOME NEWSPAPER FIENDS One of the greatest pests that annoy and embarass the colored editor, is the "sample copy fiend." He lives everywhere and he belongs to no particular class. He has no visible means of support but usually has a strong voice and a good pair of lungs. He is not confined to any particular sex, for his ranks are recruited from all classes. Not a single newspaper but receives daily and weekly requests for sample copies from this army of brigands. His purpose is usually covered by the soft and hopeful plea that he wants to become a subscriber. If you keep tab on him you will find that you will hear from him from three to four times a year, and sometimes oftener. He is a nuisance, but like the mosquito, there is no way of exterminating him. The colored people of Washington are beginning to realize the great opportunities they have permitted to escape them in neglecting to engage in business. A very strong mercantile Company has recently been organized for the purpose of engaging in business and of controlling some of the thousands of dollars being spent each year in this city among white merchants. Think of it! Fifty thousand dollars are being spent by the colored people in the District every day of the year for the necessities and luxuries of life and yet not a white merchant will give employment to a colored person to a higher position than that of a menial. The Charleston Advocate confesses that it does not understand a short editorial squib which appeared in The Colored American recently. We had reference to a matter which has appeared in the Advocate's news letters several times lately. Some of this matter has come up pretty close to the "live wire," and should it manage to get on the "wire," The Advocate will be wiser. The Guardian pretends not to know where Washington City is. For the benefit of our effete contemporary, we will state that Washington City is the place where an honored father made his money to send his son to an Eastern college to become an educated fool. It is also the place where the money was made to purchase an estate that is now being tied up to print a boiler-plate newspaper. If this will not suffice, we can give some more information as to the location of Washington, D. C. Mr. Walter H. Cohen, a leading young republican of New Orleans, wrote a very timely article to the Daily Picayune of that city, on the 7th inst., defining his position in regard to Senator Hanna and President Roosevelt. The letter was very much to the point, made his position clear, and put an end to the matter. Mr. Cohen can always be relied upon to act at the right time. If the Boston Colored Citizen will keep its eyes open and it ears close to the ground, it may understand to whom the reference was made in The Colored American which seems to interest it so much. One of the best edited race journals in the country is the Odd Fellows Journal, whose opinion page is contributed by Mr. J. C. Asbury. In the parlance of the street, there is always "something doing" on the editorial page of the Odd Fellows Journal. The publishers of The Boston Guardian and the Chicago Conservator are now known as the "Jim Crow" editors of the colored Press. The colored politicians in Des Moines, Iowa, are said to be more actively engaged in selling policy tickets than they are in looking after the interest of the race. The American Eagle, published in St. Louis, Mo., ululates as follows: "The white politicians all over the city are meeting every evening shaping affairs for the coming campaign. The Negro spending his time in good time seeking or staying at home. When the campaign is on and all preliminary arrangements have been made, he will begin to cry for recognition in the organization. The colored editors of Virginia have organized a Press Association; have elected their officers and start out under bright auspices. There used to be a National Negro Press Association, but it dwindled down to nothing through its self-elected officers. A number of Spanish American veterans are talking about raising a squadron and offering their services to Japan. As a soldier the Negro is without a peer. Hon. John H. Smyth, President of the Virginia Manual Labor School, Broad Neck Farm, Hanover, Va., spent a few hours in this city last Saturday, where he has many friends. Mr. Smyth has built up his work in the past three years in a way that has touched the pride of the State of Virginia. He is an enthusiastic admirer of Prof. Booker T. Washington, and was for four years U. S. Minister to Monrovia, Liberia. The Colored American will have more to say of Mr. Smyth and his work at a later date. The National Baptist Publishing House, of Nashville, Tenn., is one of the few colored printing establishments in the United States which use the linotype machines. THE MEDLER. Our boiler-plate contemporary, The Guardian, reminds us very much of the peripatetic campaign sheets that spring up just before election times. Their "ready print" is usually supplied by newspaper unions conducted in the interest of the democratic party, while the "home print" is made up in the office as it were. On the front pages of these sheets are usually large headlines with long articles commending the policies and principles of the democratic party, while the "home print," in its weak way, struggles to defend the principles of the party of Lincoln. A careful scrutiny of the columns of the Guardian will show that the "boiler-plate" matter has a trifle the better of the "home print." Brother Trotter seems too busy meddling after other people's affairs to watch his make up. The storm center of humor is located somewhere in Chicago, and the generator is one Rev. (?) Wilkins, better known as "Whiskers." Wilkins is really so dumb that he is funny at times, and while he may be a judge of "soda water," he certainly has no intelligent idea of the ethics of journalism. Under the caption of "Amenities of the Press" The Colored American quoted from an editorial in the St. Joseph Spectator. It quoted also an editorial from the Omaha Enterprise, commenting on the Spectator's article. Brother Wilkins swallowed the whole thing and comes out in the defense of the Spectator. Instead of being at war with the Spectator, The Colored American is on the most friendly terms with it, and regards it as one of the sprightliest newspapers published in its section of the country. We advised the Spectator at one time to quit "knocking," and the Spectator could just as consistently give us the same advice. Brother Wilkins you are too funny. The people of this city are making great preparations to entertain Dr. Booker T. Washington who speaks in this city on the evening of March 18th. They do themselves credit in giving this leader the greatest our race has produced, the honor due him. SPARKS FROM THE ANVIL Little Japan is giving big Russia a run for its money. Gen. Charles Dick is the logical successor of Senator Hanna and his State has done well to elect him as the great Roman's successor. Will some one of the Press Gang tell Puddin' Head Wilkins of The Conservator what is meant by a "local newspaper?" Mr. Joseph H. Douglass is booked to appear before a large audience in Nashville, Tenn., Monday night, March 14th. The Maryland Legislature has succeeded in passing the Jim Crow Car Bill. It was a strictly party vote. The next step now, we presume, will be the disfranchisement of the Negro. It is abad plan to put off what you can do to-day until to-morrow. It is an old saying that delays are dangerous. The race is making history now and it is high time that it made some money and owned a little soil as well. Dr. Booker T. Washington very properly took the birthday of the father of his country, George Washington, to call the attention of the South to the growing evil of lynching and of burning at the stake. One, R. H. Love, who contributes to Washington Monday's Post, advocates the running of Jim Crow cars in the city for the alleged purpose of separating the races. He might as consistently urge special cars for the Chinese, for the Jews, for the Dagos and for the poor white trash in Washington. Free speech in America is becoming a nuisance and an abomination. Editor W. D. Johnson of the Kentucky Standard is a candidate for delegate at large to the next Republican National Convention, which meets in Chicago. Mr. Johnson is one of the strong men in Kentucky and has won a place for himself near the head of the list of leaders. The great pull-back among so-called educated Negroes is the petty jealousies and social strifes. It is sometimes a question whether much education benefits some people or not. We have around Washington a hand-full of half-educated smart alecks whose whole time is devoted to "knocking" somebody who is doing something. Their hands are so idle and their heads so empty that they knock one another. The colored people of Arkansas are entitled to great praise. They are developing the business instinct in a way that is most gratifying. Just the other day in Little Rock the Baptist Christian Relief organized a grocery company. At the first meeting a goodly sum was paid in and in a few days they had bought a grocery store, rented by a white man and opened up for business. It was a success from the very beginning. It his come to pass in the South that then when a few half grown mischievous teach THE COLORED AMERICAN. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS Reveals That "Pe-ru-na is Calculated Tone up the System, Restore the Functions and Procure Health." SO SAYS PROF. L. J. MILLER, CHEMIST. PROF. L.J. MILLER. Prof. L. J. 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His home and effects are destroyed and his family either killed or driven away. Just how long the patient Negro will turn the other cheek when he is smitten, we cannot say. The worm has been known to turn. The latest information from the Philippines Islands is to the effect that there is a great demand for college teachers. They give more satisfaction and they are more thought of by the natives than are the white teachers who go there. Of the thousands of teachers that have been sent from this country, only three colored teachers have been sent. The policy of sending Negro-hating Southern white men to the Philippine Islands to teach a dark race is neither good sense nor wisdom. Think of Judge Wright, a Tennesseean, being sent to govern twenty millions of dark skinned people. A subscriber to The Colored American, residing in Thibodaux, La., who has secured a number of subscribers "Builds up the System." Hon. Joseph H. 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That it is a prompt and permanent cure for catarrh of the stomach the above letters testify. 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. for The Colored American in that vicinity, writes as follows: "I am not making the success I ought to make in getting subscribers for the paper. The colored people seem to prefer to pay 5 cents a copy for the white newspapers which abuse them in every way, call them chicken thieves, black brutes, rapists, etc., instead of a good colored paper which shows the bright side of the race. One lady whom I canvassed, said she preferred the white papers because 'she could put them on her shelves and mantelpieces, etc.' And so it is; we stand in our own light.