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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

Rev. DR. w. =. GRAHAM's success in
entertaining the NATIONAL BAPTIST
CONVENTION 10 being discussed sbrough,
out the country. The gold-hesded
umbrella given him was fitting trio.
ute to his fidelity to his lsbors for the
great organization with which he IL
identified,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29
"a THING OF BEAUTY Is A JOY
FOREVER"

Do you know that Mr.. O. NJ. Steward
BOZ Monroe Street, the celebrated
gr amer and sign PALMER. will grair,
your doors or number your transoms
artistieally and beautifully so that is
will always be Joy thereafter to look
at them, and charge you no more, and
In some instances, not as much "a
those who spoil them and render them
objects OF displeasure to you ever aft
erwards7
You have only to see his work to be
Convinced. Call on or drop him .
POSTAL. 8 lS-1m
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

TEE death of Miss ELIzABErH Var
Lew 1t her picturesque home in this
city Tuesday morning last removes
from the scene of action one Of the
great figures Of the late wsr. She Wal
zealous and true and as representa-
tive of the Union won the respect and
esteem Of ner bisterest enemies.
Peace TO her ashes
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

MANY white man is influenced 10
the support OF q colored man on &C.
count Of his wife's or daughters influ
ence. When colo red men by their
fsithfulness, respect and goodly con
duet win the approval OF the white
womsuhood OF che southland. the Ne
gro -hsters may howl, but "Sambo'
will live in clover.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

TEE lynching of American citizens
of eolor is baresrous practice which
no civilized community should tolerate
The crime alleged forms no excuse.
The state should punish criminals and
net the individual citizens. This ID
the basic principal Of all civilized som
munities.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29
Heavy snow in the Rocky Mountain,

Denver, Sept 26.-Dispatches from
various points in the Rocky mountains
show that there has been q heavy
snowfall. At Red MountLm, near
Ouray, snow is reported three feet
deep. At Leadville there are about
two inches of snow on the level. The
snow was accompanied by high wind,
which made the weather decidedly dis
agreeable
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

WE have never understood why
wealthy white psople Of the sou ara
chsritably inclined toward our p "ule
und aid them In ali worthy enterpri- 8
unless Il 10 besause they know tha ID
improving his condition t ee' q
brother adds to HIS value ~ ~'emNe'
Of the body polite and e. r-'y aid'
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29
INVESTIGATING MIELf0NAIRE.s DEATH.

The Presentation OF Cheeks After
DEATH Arsuses suspioioa.
New York. Sept. 2s.-At the sug-
gestion OF District Attorney Gardiner
and Chief OF Detectives AcCluskey
Coroner Hart II Investigating the
death Of William Marsh Rice who
died Sunday night from natural cxures.
according to DR.. Curry's certificate, at
the Berkshire apartment house On
Madison avenue, Mr. Rice was MIL
iionslre. a yeafs old who retired
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

OoLoRED men, we should not become
discouraged. Read your Bibles and
you will see that the plight of the
children of Israel at one time was
much worse than ours seems to be.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

PovERTT is our greatest drawback.
II we had the money, the public would
overlook many OF our faults which it
now rolls under its tongue as Q sweet
morsel."
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

TIE Negro. haters are here. But
thank God, the grsve-yards are filling
Up and others more friendly to as are
taking their places.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

IT is gratifying to come across white
friends who sympathiza with US in our
troubles and wish Us God-speed in
our sndeavors to better our condition.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

The action OF Chairman N. A. ham
xA in taking the stump is one of the
most remark able features of Q most
remarkable campaign.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

1. straus,

L. Straus, 90
Subscriptions can be left with Thom-
as M. Crump, Treasurer, 504 N. 2nd st.
The amounts subscribed and the
names or the donors will be published
each week in the columns OF this pa
paper
Executive Committee:-W. 81. Wal
ton, James w. Thompson. Willis Wv
ats, b. A. Graves. James L. Thompson :,
Louis L. Crawford. Isham Mann.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

CoLoRED people. we must engage in
butiness and handle finance. God
gave US brains and the public eiuca-
ton. We must use both to win.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

MONEY spent in frolic is often money
thrown away. 1t does not bring with
it experience &c does that lost in BUSH
nPes.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

QUE people are progressing although
it has been thought otherwise by
those who did not know.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29
Russian. Captured Chau L.u chsn

st. Petersburg, Sept. 26.-The war
ONCE announces that Gen. Scharon
(tAe chief OF the Russian general
stanp captured Chau Lau Chen. near
the Sungari river, Sept. IL. putting to
flight 5000 Chinese. 1t is added that
the Russians sustained no casualties.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

We must be friendly with those
white peopls who are disposed to be
friendly with us.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29
Lscomotiv. rxpiod.., Two Knrea.

Benton, Ills. Sept. 26.--The engine
OF o Chicago and Eastern Illinois local
frd&kht, northbopnd. blew up at Johns
ton CITY. ten miles south Of this place.
yes tday. Engineer pogGett, OF Chi
ca and Fireman Hardy Raias. Of
FI kfort were killed
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29
SATURDAY. SEPT. 20, 1000

PoLlrENxss viii aid as much. Lei
rs practice il.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

Yzs. we are ashamed of some OF
our people and proud of some others.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29

Smallpox Stamped Out at Cape Nome
Washington, Sept. 26.-The surgeon
general of the marine hospital service
has received q report from Assistant
Surgeon Baylis H. Earle, at Port Nome,
Alaska, announcing that the epidemic
of smallpox there has been stamped
out. There was a fetal OF "a cases and
only one death during the epidemic.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-29
GaIveston's Mayor For Congressman

Houston, Tex, Sept 26.-Waltar C.
Jones, mayor of Galveston, was yester-
day nominated for congress by the Re-
publicans of the Tenth district, to sue
coed Congressman Hawley. letter
from Mr.. Hawley announces his retire
ment from politics.
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Published every Saturday by John Mitchell
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The colored American., 1900-06-09

one TO the Columbis, the olbe, 70 -.
Missouri one to the Paeifi.. the o,h..
10 the rough Atlantic. A binea :.
little thing for great door to svIna
upon. DO cDll -giate education mon
seem unnece: :sary and q waste Of lin,
Tor many, but ii is the all ll.potent f,,o.
which bears the same relation 70 .nr
ana every vocation, Just as SURELY ..
does the link to the chain, the grain q,
sand to the raIndrop, or The hinge 70
The door.
The great maj ority of mankind ara
very reluctant about taking a colIepi.
ate course for their particular calling
along professional lines, the lswye,
foT example, VINO is wanting of tha
higher education, asks II theIe il anv
dlHerenee between the "colIege bredn
lawyer and himself? Again, aIopp IN.
austrial lines the farmer lacking this
element, like wise asks if there ia snv
difference between the "eol,ege BRED
farmer aad himself. We will answer
these gentlemen by asking them
there is any difference between the
brilliant glow Of the electric light and
the dim flicker of the tallow candle
The farmer must cultivate his brains
thst he may the better cultivate hls
corn, for the ''college bredn farmer
can make two blades of grass grow
where one grew befNe. On the other
hand the professional man the lawyer.
doctor, minister, chemist, dentist and
every other man, because of continual
growing com petition, needs first q
sound collegiate education, and upon
tdis and this only as foundation, may
ne build the supeistructure Of bis par
ticular bent or profess sion. Finally We
would have sveEy man know that to.
day the places Of trust and respOnsl.
bilIty are being filed by educated men
only.
In conclusion, how superior is the
man who Las drunk deep at that elixir
fountain, the higher education he
has grown TO harmonious human viz
tue and capacity, just a common ore
is metamoTphosed to tae finest qualify
or metal in the needle or the hair
spring of the watch. He Is the indiyid
ual purified and pobestlsted. Dunn
Tivimus V.vsmus. He lives while ne
lives In an exalted atmosphere where
he swsys the world by his great anc
splendid actions. He thinks and
rightly thinks, as the poet says
Were God not God, | were not |,
Myself in Him myself decfy."
and $50 long az have lived, have
1ied to live worthiIy."
Finally. let us give heed to the higher
education, and then take Msckay's sd-
vice
eff thou canst plan a noble deed
And never flag till it succeed,
Though In the strife the heart shou!d
bleed,
Whatever obstacles control,
Thine hour will come, 60 on, true soul
ThOu'ib win the prize, tBOu'lI reach ths
goal ~
*Based on StOry's "The ImE ortancS
of Classical Studies"
ROGER W. WAITE
The colored American., 1900-06-09

eiplinary studies always yield large
results In life, whether profeesio nal,
Industrial or what not. A celebrated
publicist says, 'If knew I had only
ten years 20 live, I would spend nine OF
them IN getting ready for the TENTH"
and again. the president OF Oberlin
College says, "When G5d wants to
make squash He taxes about six
wet ks; but when he wants tc make an
oak He takes a hundred years" These
denunciators take the classic languages
as their hobby when they complain IF
time wasted *We shall not speak OF
the over Of L attn and Greek in rsfin-
ing the taste, or in discipiing the judg-
m eut, or In invIgOrating the under.
standing; we shall not say how the
treasures of antiquity, the wreck of
empires and dynasties, the monu'
mental trophies and triumphant
arches, the palaces of princes and
temples Of the gods would be totally
lost to US without those finished hfsto'
ries which still enlighten and instruct
governments In their duty and their
destiny; neither shall we mention, las
Story puts iD, "these matchless ora
tions which aroused nations to srms
and chained senates to the chariot.
wheels Of sll-eonqaering eloquence;
but we beg to remind our orthy
critics that until the eighteenth century
the mass of science in its principal
branches was deposited Ia the dead
languages, and much of Ii still reposes
there, and that the classics are the only
keys that will unlock the vast treasure.
house stored with the accumulation Of
ages Furthermore, let them imagine
the jurist ignorant of the maxlms of
law and equity that adora tbe Roman
Codes; or the physician without the
snowledge OF centuries hesped up in
the latlnity of continental Europe; or
the divine content to trust his faith
and hopes for time and eternity 10 the
dimness of inadequate trauslations
which often destroy the beautiful spIEit
OF the text, q misinterpretatIdn Of
which due 10 ignorance is almost as
bad as misbelief aud may lead him
and his folio wers TO Robert Ingersolrs
hereafter. But, Our honorable enthusi-
asts. who try to make up IN noise what
they lack in common sense, May yet
claim that one can understand the
original text from the translation. Yes,
understand 1t according to Story) sas
one listens TO the tale of dream twice
told; or catches the roar Of the ocean
In the ripple OF q rivulst; or sess the
blaze OF noon in the first eIimmer OF
twilight" Some of the factors of
higher education may seem trivial and
. waste Of time, but they are as potent
to success Ia life as a single link is TO
the entire chain. As an Illustration,
there is . place IN the Rocky Noun
tains " here the waters Of the Colum bia
and Missouri flow within a mile of each
other; and there is spot between them.
where q single grain Of sand may
change the course of the raIndrops,
90 they fall, Ia sitkar direction sending
The colored American., 1900-06-09

wOElus oOW " maAc udu DS q, auu
bat one answer: Education. B=eAus-
education is ne develop n1snt OF The hui
man faculties tending toward the per
feetibility OF the human race, tue high
est metive, and bringing man nearest
to God. Therefore, tducalion Is the
feree which answers the only question
"A thi. world, and it behooves as who
have been engaged ia educational pur
suits and whose duty 1t is hereafter TO
endeavor to make man better to censld.
sE well thls answer, al p 1tent force At
cur parting and farewell.
Our purpose IL 60 show whereia the
high education contributes to the az
grsgste Of qualities which oonstituse
manhood calls into play ike highest
pSwers Of n ans being, and best fits
hlm foE his life work. II his vocation
Ia to be professional one, he needs the
Alghsr education; If 1t 1t is to be along
Industrial liaes, he can do better after
STRIVING long sratuitess apprentice
ship IN The higher schools. TkIs rule
applies to every man alike in his re
specttve class, and not as DR.. Warner
weuid havsus applyit TO the Caucasian
and deny 1t the Negro. ia short We
wish to show bow the higher q. ucaIion
tells most powerfully on any and every
mans life, Irrespective of his rate.
Every man has or ought to have q
mission. Hsn of purpose have some
thing b live for, and Ii the object be q
high and noble one, something to die
fer, secondlY-msn was made for. man
and his one God like function il to take
knowledge from the eternity of truth
and put Ii iaio the eternity of human
life; thiTdiy-every nobler creature is,
ss it were, the basis and support of
muItitudes that are his interiors, con-
sequsntly there sheald be more nobler
creatures TO support and elevate the
multitudes Of interiors, and thus to
make man and the world better. Now
the question arises, what dees man
Sd In this particular age of mateIial
pros peTity, whom only men of great
genius and character and training can
meet with distinguished success, 10 beet
perform the duties incumbent upon
him? He needs possession of and con-
tIol over his whole nature. He needs
enduring fiber and lasting sinew."
He needs latent power 10 deal with men;
hureulsan strength, mex haustive vim,
great intrspldity OF heart, and the high
est powers of min0. How is he to de
vsiope these powers? By the, higher
education; that which seeks soul, brain,
and Drawn; moral completeness or VIZ
tse; intellectual perfection or wisdom
physical excellence or health. The
mind snd will are the truly Regal part
OF maH's nature; and the higher eduea.
tion seeks not only to develope Rsound
mind In sound body, but to stimulate
the will snd train the heart, brains aud
hand 30 obey it. Thus 1t inspires the
stout hears 50 love, whioh lis In itself the
very wine OF existence; the cultured
brains 90 perform wonders untold; the
skilled hand, If 1t be Of the painter, to
elothe lifeless canvass with enhancing
form and bewitching beauty; Of the
sculptor, TO breathe into senseless mar'
bic the breath of life of the musician.
% rsvish The ear with strains of delight
fai music Ia aword, educ alton brings
out Of man what there Is in him IN the
wau a. ohi1ifu and nnUar and m nolroa
The colored American., 1900-06-09
Al some psrion of life, the average

n higher educated man, the coi0esi
dlfficuI lies and viees of life fall away,
as The Brisons did bsfore the sword of
William OF Hastings 1t wss this all
potent force that trained the powers Of
uIterance Of ID :mosthenes In q cave BY
The sea, after he was hiss I'd from BsDa,
and made him Iogica giant and the
greatsss orator OF antiquity. Ii aims
to send the man to hIs life work, 8
nigh minded, far'seeing resolute mae,
able to cope with anything either In
thought or deed. The higher education
is in itself (te use the W ords OF Ransom)
"'s victory nobly wo 1.-THE corner stone
of state. ~ In it are eentered all the
avenues Of the worlds progress. Hence
1t Is prereq uisite to distinguish sue.
cess Ia asy vocation Of life, and is sc
important to the successful man as the
propeller and rudder are to the steam
ship. Bulwer Lytton says; "thers
lives not man on earth cut of the la
natlc asylum, who has not In him the
power 10 do good" and the higher ed
ucatiou Is the ali'potent force, ''the
angel OF promise aad bow Of hope
that both inspires and enables Us TO
press onward and upward toward the
mark of our higher calling It is as the
IS ing granite foundation which sus'
tains any superstrustute that may be
erected upon 1t; and 1t is sorry struct.
ure without the foundation.
Take into confederation the high type
OF civilization of today and ask your
self II highly educated people could
be content 90 suffer the idleuess of an
cG6nt times and the ignorance and su'
persiision OF medlksval sgss. Gould
this day and time stand witness te such
shameless crimes as were pepsrtrated
IN the early sges of a more limited In.
tellsctual development? Gould we be
content to see Socrates condemned to
drink the fatal hemlock. or to see the
Savior pushed barefoot over the pave
ments of Jerusalem bending beneath
his cross? No, we could not! Could
we be contented 10 surrender the fair
Virginia as a slave. or denounce Calico
as hereto, force him through a ban
tlsim Of persecution, and worst of all
compel him to solemly deny that the
earth moved around the sun? Not In
The name Of hig her education.
Let ma h hoS k,o
today without the founders of the high.
ep education? Without Phidias, and
art-wlthout AeschyIus, Homer and the
author OF the book of Job, and poetry
-Wllhout David and Isaih, and religion
without Pericies, and statecrsft.-
Without P.ate and Bacon, and moral
phllosophy-without Thales, Pytha.
oras and Newton, and natural philoo.
ply without civilization which has
dfaWn permanent truths from these
fountains OF learning; has drawn learn.
ing, that which changes, sustsins. dis.
solves, creates and Eears, and makes
man better? I ask whal the world
would be without this benediction of
the higher learning; and [ answer th at
IL would be. as 1t has been clouds and
darkness overhAnglng whiriwfnds and
countergusts Of calamity-an emnlpo.
tens mass OF nonentity-meerly an
abstraction from chaos.
BY seme, the higher education hss
oeen denounced as an impractfcabIe
| co0su IA ption of tina Let ma rano;us
The colored American., 1900-06-09
HIGHER EDUCATION.

A Howard Graduate Contends For II and
Delivers Some Powerful Blows In Its
Defense beautiful Word Painting and
MCSt Eloquent Perorabion.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-05-04
FOR WOMAN'G HE TIL
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-05-04

Executive council finds that the.
cincs Building s. Construction
my submitted. the lowest bid for
pmpletion Of the historical build
Its figure was 80, 400. The other
bids we're respectively $4,000 and
81, 100. The contract covers the
hpletion Of the third story, the
Hiding Of sidewalks, CURLING, etc.
lie work will be begun at once and
soon as completed the contracts will
L let for furnishing the building.
twenty-one thousand dollars was APP
bropriated by the legislature for this.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-05-04
No. 40.
NECKTIES.

Here u sossething ever,
man likes. In the ASetl
| stylish patterns ADd mad
| Of the best silk, tsfxe lined
assorted COLOR: come IN tb<
| following dssigns: teck,
four.in- hand. string tie and
bow tie. b sure to men
| ton which desisa you want
sent postpaid on rcceips Q!
| 3 &c. nostAse stamp and ~
"l6eLs" cut from the face Of
xxx coffee vr1ppeN.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-05-04
Chroa,s Sore Reg.

Mr.. J. Richardson had runnipg
sore on his leg for 20 years. Tried
doctors and medicines without end or
any permanent good. Mr.. L. b. Nun
nally. druggist. Hartford. L.. recon-
mended Morley's Sarsaparilla aud Iron
to cure the cause Of the sore and make
it heal from tho inside. A few bottles
cured my leg. and put me In better
health than have been for 20 years.
Sold by agent in every town.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-05-04
FILlPINOs. KILL TWENTY.
american Garrison At Catubig, Island q


american Garrison ut Cstubig, Island Of
a sa mar. Attacked.
MANILA, May 3.--The American
garrison at Catubig, island of Samar,
consisting OF thirty men, belonging to
the Forty-third regiment, was attack
ed by rebels. Twenty Americans were
filed. The remainder were rescued.
The Willy Old sultan.
LONDON, April 2s.The CONSTANT
pple correspondent Of the Daily Mail
lys: ! X ...s
n addition to rebuilding the Amer
m structures at Kharput, the sultan
s found q way Of paying the indem-
w by orderingsa cruiser built in the
lited States, the cost to include the
900 claimed. BY this adroit move
hopes to shelve the question of prin-
and avoid giving the powers q
H for pressing their claims
kre are thirty mil1ionaires in Mr..
hegic's new steel company.