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The colored American., 1900-12-08
wASHiNGToN's WORK,

Speaking If Booker T. Wsshington's
work the Bishop said;
'Booker T. Washingtor's institute
is dOir G as great work of real practi
cal utility as any one institute n in this
country 1 have visited this school
three times, and am to be there again
in 3 few weeks. His new project to
educate Guitars ard Filiplnos for the
obligations anu duties of citiz Ms end
the demands OF a hig her civilization
meets the highest popular favor.
NEGRo's RELATIONS TO COUNTRY.
much that is written and said about
the emigration of my race from this
country, colonization, etc, is but
waste Of energy when the following
facts are known: There are now on the
pay rolls OF this government 8 .e67
men and women of my race. OF these
2,500 are employed in The departments
at Washington. 5O0 In the army and
S25 in the navy, besides number Of
internal revenue collectors, consu's, re
ceiveTs OF public money, registers of
lande, surveyor generals In foreign
countries, recorders Of deeds, supervis,
ors census, secretaries of legations and
a register of the Treasury Department.
What would this class gain by leaving
the United States and going anywhere
else? Besides 1t is not known how man.
colored men and women hold positions
OF trust and prt fit with private CorpOr
ations and firms throughout the C. un
try. I was in Dee Moines q few weeks
ago and found that the leading shce
factory there has a colored man for
their chief bookkeeper. One Of our
lady teachers in our Sunday y'school in
Keokuk was promoted to the high po'
sition Of policy writer T r the leading
insurance company in that city. Two
OF the finest sleepers on he Chicago
and Dalton Railway have colored con-
ductors. In fact, In every city that
have visited l have found men and wo
men in excellent employment, requlr-
ing education and charaC ter as prere-
quisites to hold the same.
DWELLING TOGETHER N UNITY.
snow there is one thing, If true,
which I cannot understand. In the
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HUMOROUS.

6he-"I'm one of her oldest friends. =
He-"You look it."-Yonkers States
man.
'.How did you come out with your lit
tie flyer in the stock market?" THAT
wasn't flyer" answered the morose
friend. "That was a sinker."-Wash-
ington Star.
mike, can you define 'nothing?'
asked the affable employer. by CORY,
1 can show you pocketful Of it every
Soonday mornin'," answered Mike
indianapolis Press.
/ Mamma-"Did Mr.. Smiddle say any
thing that leads you to think that he
intends to propose?" Daughter-"He
asked me if there was mortgage on
the house" Boston Transcript.
A Long Step Neutrality-suspicious.
"Our friend Smith has become more
swell than ever" Fitzjohnson-"What
has he done now?'' Fitzwilliams-"He
has got to writing his name Smythe-
Smythe. Puck.
Mrs. Bloomfield-"So young Mr.,
Snaggs and Miss Southside are mar
ried. Do you think that their match
was made in Heaven" Mr.. Bloomfield
mo; it is a lucifer match. Pitts.
burgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Only Sure Way.-Country Doctor
(catechising)-''Now, little boy, what
must we all do in order to enter
Heaven" Boy-"Die." Country Doc
.tor-"Quite right; but what must we
do before we die?" Boy-"Get sick and
send for you!"-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
"Bixby is the most cautious man
about advancing opinions I ever met
1 asked him yesterday if he didn't think
Mrs. Flypp's rainy day skirt was pretty
short for woman of her dimensions
what did he say" HE said with great
hesitation that the fault might lie in
the fact that her dimensions were lit
tie long for the skirt."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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ID Another District.

Politics are absorbing; SO the gushing
young woman who had been talking to =
congressman at last decided.
See those distant stars?" she said, in a
soulful tone. did you ever pause to think
that they may be worlds?"
"Ye-es, l believe l have thought of il, -
was the somewhat dubious reply.
"And that they may be inhabited by hui
man beings that hope and struggle as we do, !"
continued the young woman, earnestly.
"Oh, did you ever give deep thought to those
people SO far away, unknown to US"
NO., was the unhesitating answer, Eve
never thought of them at all"
"Why. not?" demanded his questioner,
with sudden briskness of manner.
"Well," said the man, reaectively, II
suppose one reason may be that they don't
vote in my district" youths Companion.
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WILLIAM KEPT TAR
An Elevator Boy Who Was . Hegu'
lar Gustatory budget for the
House.

Monday morning.
The passenger in the elevator OF the large
apartment house shifted the air..
Seems to me, William" she said, Il
smell cabbage -
"Yes'm," replied the elevator boy: The
Ferguson's, on the third floor back, is cook
in 'em fur dinner"
Tuesday afternoon.
IF I'm not mistaken, William, there ID
strong odor Of mutton here"
'sYes'm. They're havin' mutton fur din
ner at the Welkersons', on the next hoor,
about halfway back.
Wednesday.
William, where does that smell of onions
come from?"
Comes FIN the Cluppinses, ma am. Their
company's gone. and they don't have no
meat to-day.
Thursday evening.
II think notice q flavor of soap in the at
mosphere, William"
Yes'm. The Brinkmeyers is doin their
washin'. They do that every two weeks.
ssWho's having fish to-day, William"
The Swallingers, on the fourth floor, the
Biddlecombes an the Shadwells, on the Sec
ond floor, an the Jordleses, on the third.
The DoranS is goin' to have turkey, but they
hain't begun to cook it yit.
Do you know what We are to have for
dinner, William"
"Yes'm. Cold meat an turnips-but
won't tell anybody, ma'am. Chicago
Tribune
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A Modest Request.

Ambition is an admirable trait, BIZ, it ID
not the single qualification for success.
Among highly ambitious youths must be
had been apprenticed to cooper. The
young man felt that constant coopering was
not compatible with his hopes for the future.
Accordingly, after elaboration, few
months ago he addressed letter to the head
Of the great Rothschild banking house at
Frankfort, setting forth at some length his
strong dislike for his trade, and asking to be
accepted as IAN apprentice millionaire, y
promising diligence and Al application in
still a cooper.-Youth's Companion.
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BOO Reward e1OO.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
20 learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
Oil its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halle
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being . constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure i taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
.ygst en- thereby DESTROYING the foundation
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura.
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address r. j. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, o.
Sold BY Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Felt Smaller Than He Looked.

The dwarf of the new house is John l..
Burnett, from Alabama. An Albanian the
other day related this story, which will
best illustrate how the ,diminutivee member
his maiden speech. Burnett, commonly
known in his district as "the Jack of Spades"
is shrewd lawyer who has had much prac-
tice before the Alabama supreme court.
The greatest embarrassment Of his life was
suffered when he made his debut before that
dignifed tribunal. He was seated behind
high table, stacked with law books and
papers, and when he arose in his turn to adj
dress the court their honors were unable
to even see the top of his head above the
pile: The learned COUNSEL" said the chief
Justice, rapping vigorously with his gavel,
will kindly do the court the usual courtesy
of rising when addressing it." 1t is needless
to add that Burnett felt manifoldly more d.
minutive than he looked.-Philadelphia
IN
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CHARACTER IN ONES VOICE.
Perceptible ~ the Words
You Speak.

unless the voice SOUNDS cOr0lauLy,
words are powerless; unless the voice
attests self-confidence, protestations
do not convince; unless the voice
speaks sincerity, the apology is USE
less. 1t is necessary that we should
control the voice to a reflection of
that phase Of mind and mood which
we desire to present. When we would
convince people. of our efficiency we
must not permit a weakened voice
to stagger under the words. When
our hearts go out in warmth and affec-
ton it cannot get far in a brass-lined
iron-bound voice. Cancellation is vain
when the voice rings defiance.
Imagine yourself at telephone
when the instrument whirrs and
wheezes. The most impassioned APP
peal to John to come home to dinner
and meet Cousin Mary is likely to
prove Intellectual. A message to "that
brute of dressmaker-man" who
wants his money may be divided into
the receiver with all dignity of tone
and choice of word, but the wobbled
reproduction at the other end does
not go. You may use all your words
when you are talking through the
possessed wire to the business man.
ager, but if the possessed wire is ir
creaky fit the business manager
does not get the right idea at all.
The truth is that most of us are
always talking through a telephone.
The honest will, the courteous intent,
the high heart of courage, speaks clear
and sweet and strong, but the muffled,
wheezy, creaky, thin, unnatural col
orless result at our lips misrepresents
us, and John doesn't, the dressmaker.
man insists, and the business man
ager gives the other fellow the job.
What can we do about it? The diff.
ficulty is almost always first voice
habit-a color the voice has taken on
from some prevailing tint in our life.
This is SO with almost everyone. This
stain of the natural voice color is not
voice individuality; it is a modifying
of voice individuality, an obscuring OF
it. 1t is a habit-not characteristic.
1t must be gotten rid of.
Only just what you want must 20
into your voice. Think of that lit
tie. When you call to the child who
stands on the edge Of a fall, shall
your panic go into your voice, or just
the reassuring note Of gentle author
ity that you know will bring the child
to you, instead of starting him over
the dreadful edge? When you inter-
view the insubordinate cook, shall
your sense that she very well deserved
to be thrown out of your back door
and her trunk on top of her prevail in
your voice, or your earnest desire to
keep her in hand till after the inn
pending dinner? When you face Just
the personality in your world who
holds at the minute your fortunes in
his gift, shall your sick sense that he
does not know and may not believe
in your fitness for what you are 60
ing to ask, color your voice, or shall
your firm belief that you can fill the
place characterize it? That is the
whole question. Shall your voice vi
brate to such quality of your mood
as you choose. or shall it be at the
mercy of just what will do you inius-
tice in the mind Of those who hearR
Werner's Magazine.
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small Diamonds the Benz.

There are more perfect small dia.
monds than there are perfect large
ones, and where man gets together a
collection of perfect diamonds he is
most likely to have collection of small
ones. Thus the diamonds owned by
Americans are not. as rule. so large as
the ones owned in Europe. Artificial
light enables the European diamond
wearer to wear his big stones that are
not altogether perfect.-N. Y. Sun.
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II All Depends.

81 suppose you are believer in harmony"
said the garrulous barber.
Sometimes am and sometimes l am
not" replied the local politician.
How is that!" queried the knight of the
lather brush.
"Well, take your business for example"
answered the ]. p. II fail to see just why
you and your razor should pull together
Chicago Evening News.
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I,he Pacinc and Oriertal Naail

Leaves Grand Central Station, New York.
BY the New York Central, every night in
the year at 9:l5, and the fourth night there.
after this mail is at San Francisco, ready
for delivery or transfer to the steamers for
Hawaii, Australia, Philippines, Japan and
See the new Ground the World" folder
just issued by the New York Central Lines.
A copy will be sent free, postpaid, on re.
ceapt Of three cents in stamps, by George 81.
Daniels, General Passenger Agent, Grand
Central Station, New York.
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Unconscious Plagiarism.

Crimsonbeak-.How history does repeat
itself, doesn't it?
Yeast-What now?
why, in our town we hao piano con-
cert the other night and the artists name
was Prof. Gridley. When the manager was
ready. to start the show he shouted: You
may bang, away when ready, Gridley!' -
Yonksrs Statesman
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The Best Prescription for Chills
and Fever is q bottle Of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quinine in
atasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, Soc.
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ArtfNcIal sight.

trical appliance, which he Claims win enable
the blind to see.. This will bring much hap
piness to those who have defective eyesight.
Another great discovery which will bring
much happiness to those whose storachs
have become deranged is Hostetters Stom-
ach Bitters. 1t has made world wide repu-
tation for itself as a certain cure for such all.
m men Is ndgesS9n 'dyspeRsa, con
Due to Anxiety.
Guest-Ouch! You've spilled some soup
down my neck.
Waiter-Ps orful sorry, sab; but you see,
sab, rs SO in doubt if you is gwine to CUB
me tip er not, it makes me nervous.-What
To Eat.
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Athletic Ardor. - Bertie-"Mother. will
you take me to see the football game THU
afternoon!' Mother-"No, darling: but II
you are . good boy mother will let you help
her clean her bicycle. Fun.
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Niippon-"Hear about Clark being in a rail.
road accident? Badly hurt, too" Tuck
Will be recovery" Nippon-"Well, don I
know. His lawyer says he can, but his doc
tor says he Town Topics
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Sunday School Teacher lin Chicago)-
why did the wise men come from the
east Bright Scholar-"Because they were
wise men. "-Philadelphia Record.
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Points of View.-"The SOIL" remarked
the economist, "is what supports u.s." Here
the lawyer admitted that land is the cause
Of three,fourths of the litigation, while the
doctor did not deny that effluvia from the
ground leads to much sickness-Detroit
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Lots OF young men get into bad deals be
cause their fathers have lots Of money tf
help them into them. = Washington ia
Democrat
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Undoubtedly.

Miles-Man, according to Darwin, de.
scended from monkey.
Giles-And the monkey, / suppose, de
scended from q tree.-Chicago Evening
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Anticipated wise saws do not turn to san.
dust, but 1t would be good thing If some Of
them did.-Chicago Daily News.
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1t il mistake to mark the silverware with
the family name. An Atchison man eats Die
with his fingers because when he uses his
fork, be is reminded that his wife's second
husband was named Burris, and when be
uses knife. he sees Smith, the name Of her
first husband. on the handle. Atcbison
: Globe.
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The great objection to hypocrisy is, that j,
IL not necessary. No man ever practiced il
Observation-Disclosures Globe.
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The love of money is said to be the root OF
all evil-and the lack of money produces
many branches of the evil.-Chicago Daily
News,
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1t IS doubtful if anyone ever had real
friend, therefore be your own friend, and
take care Of your interests and your reputa
tion.-Atchison Globe.
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What's the matter with your head Biz
BY" Been backing the line" What!
At your age? yep. Somebody let it Out
al night in the back yard and I didn't Sc,
it."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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never talk through the newspapers"
said great man: GU prefer your hat,
perhaps, suggested the reporter-Phila-
delphia North American.
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Creatures of Habit.
Many a man now, when he starts to date
his letter, makes it '99, and then he uses
0-y, 0-y Observation-Disclosures Record.
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To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AL
druggists refund money ifi fails to cure. 25ic
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Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A No.
Asthma medicine.-W. r. Williams, An
tioch, ILL.,, April II, 1894.
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PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are fast to
sunlight, washing and rubbing. Sold by all
druggists.
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1t is good to know we cannot give happi-
ness without receiving it.-Eliott's Maya
zine.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-02

zone day last winter a lady came 10
my drug store and asked for a brand Of
cough medicine that / did not have In
stock says Mr. c. X. Grendin, the
popular druggist OF Ontario. y. Y.
"she was disappointed and wanted 20
know what cough preparation I could
recommend / said % her that I could
freely recommend Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and that she could take a bot
tie OF the remedy and after giving Il a
fair trial II she ala not find 10 worth
the money 10 bring back the bottle and
/ would refund the price paid In the
course OF a day or two the lady came
back In company with a friend 10 need
Of cough medicine and advised her 10
buy q bottle Of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy ] consider that very good
recommendation Tor the remedy The
remedy owes its great popularity and
extensive sale 900 a large measure TO
the personal recommendation Of peo-
pie who have been cured by To use.
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JO-day'S Metals
SHVfR, Bar 63 ~
lead, $500
CASING C0fPtR IS 81 cents %.
LOCAL BRIEFS.

w. w. Baker. the railroad fireman
who was shot and beaten by two ruff
ans at Leadyille Junction, Colorado. Is
slowly improving at 81. Marks hospital
The nickel slots have been placed 10
the drug stores In this city, and those
who wish 20 use drug store telephones
will have 10 part with one OF their cher
ished nickels before t,ey can talk.
Private John Mcguire, company !.
Twenty-thlrd lnfanry, Fort Douglas,
Utah. has been discharged from the
army without honor, on account Of gem
eral worthlessness, by order Of the act
ing secretary Of war.
At the regular meeting Of the Humane
society al the home OF Dr. Beatty last
evening, Il was decided TO prosecute
the case against John Corbelt Of Dra-
per, a young man who Is said 10 have
literally ran his horse to death.
Harry Sullivan and George Goddard
added their names 20 the roster OF the
new company, II, Of the National Guard
last evening. There are now fifteen
sworn IN, and as soon az there are
twenty-one officers will be elected.
William Il. Harris, teller OF the Utah
Commercial q Savings Bank. has been
appointed assistant cashier OF that
concern by the unanimous vote OF The
board of directors The regular quar-
terly dividend Of ~ per cent has also
been declared.
Alexander d. Hocl the Vernal drug
glst. died al the Holy Cross hospital
yesterday afternoon from injuries suS
tsined ten days ago by a horse falling
upon him. He has relatives az Pueblo,
Colorado. and his remains viii not be
disposed OF until word Is received from
them.
The benefit ball rendered August
Lynberg. the volunteer who was IN
jured al Calders Park last summer
during the representation OF the battle
between the Monitor and the Merit
mac" at Christensen's last evening.
was successful IN every particular. The
proceeds amounted % about $50.
MRS Sarah stevens, died at the home
Of her son, Thomas Is. stevens, yestcr-
day afternoon. after spending 70
useful years in this sphere Of action.
She was q native o. England and emi-
grated Co California in 1852 She went
10 Australia and came % Salt Lake I'M
1873 She has another son, Alfred
Stevens who lives al Albuquerque, y.
NJ
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Observation-Disclosures
WEATHER REPORT,

Observations taken at o. m. today
for previous a hours; ...-
Salt Lake City Utah-Bafohe W. ~
2440 inches Current temperature, y2,
maximum temperature. l, m'lll''u 1i
temperature.'5 mean temperature w.
which degrees above normal
Accumulated excess OF temperature
snce first of month. . degrees.
Accumulated excess ot temperature
snce January lsl. ts2 degrees.
Accumulatad deficiency of preclplth-
tlon since frst 0f month. 90 inch'
Accumulated deficiency OF prlcipiIa-
since January lst, 5.5i inches,
FORECASTS TILL 6P. NJ. wEDNEs-
DAY.
Local forecast for salt Lake City and
Conditions continue favorable for oc.
casional Ught showers tonight and
Forecast made az san Francisco for
Utah
Rain tonlrht and Wednesday
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The area of Iow pressure has made no
eastward progress ana now forms a
trough extending from Portland TO SAT-
Lake city The highest pressure con-
tlnues over the iube region. Rain has
fallen over northern Nevada, Mime
gata Wisconsin. and iu the vicinity Of
San Francisco and Omaha. and snow
over northwestern Montana. The heaV-
esq precipitation WAS 1872 Inches, at ST.
Paul Ii Is colder over Nevada, and
warmer owe. Idaho and the lower Mis-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-02
THERE WAS 80 MEETING.

The meeting OF the canal presidents
representatives Of the Salt Lake city
Water q Electrical Power company,
civ Engineer Kelsey and the Council
committee on Jordan canal irrigation
dId not come of today according 70 ar,
.sncenents. Councilwen Canning ana
Hewlett and city Engineer Kelsey We're
the only ones that showed up AZ tnle
Mayors office. and after waiting aWhlle5
tbsv adjourned. subject 10 the call OF
chairman Canning The meeting was
called Tor the purpose OF arranging Tor
iGint action i'm the matter Of dredging
,bs Jordan river from Utah lake TO the
upper dam. TO draw of additional water
from the lake.