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The colored American., 1900-10-20
Mrs. TerrelI's Return.

Mrs. Mary Church Terrell has re.
turned from most successful lecture
tour in the West She has also just re.
ceived an invitation to address the
Anne rican Missionary Association at its
annual NEE ting which will be held
October s3d and 25th inclusive at
Springfield, Mass. No other weman Of
the race Is in such demand as Mis-.
Terrell as speaker and writer.
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TO THE DEAF,

A rich lady cured of her deafness and
Noises in the Head by DR.. N1cholson's
Artificial Ear Dluns, gave $40 GOO to
his Institute, SO that deaf PEOPLE unable
to procure the Ear Drums may have
them free. Address No. 1O429 The
Nicholson Institute, $50, Eighth Ave
nue., New York, U. 8. A.
The colored American., 1900-10-20
The story OF Captain Mltcheil's life is

The story OF Captsin Mltcheil's life is
an interesting one. He was born in
Hartford, Conn, at about the middle OF
{ he preseLt century. His father. Mr..
William M. Mitchell, was deacon in
one of the churches Of that city, and
the family is known as one OF the best
families of color in the state. At the
age of II the boy became an apprentice
in the printing ottice Ct MIR. William
H. Burleign, publisher Of Hartford
abolition paper entitled the Charter Oak
Two years later Mr., Burleigh sold his
office to Mr.. Baldwin, afterwsrd editor
and senior publisher of the Worchester
Spy, and for several years representa-
tive in congress of the Eighth Masss.
chusetts district. With him Mr.. Mitch.
ell completed his term of apprentice
ship.
In 1853 he came 10 Boston and worked
at bis trade in various offices, including
those of the Riverside press at Cam.
bridge and the LibeIator. He was re
garded by Mir, Carr son as one Of the
best compositol in the city. In the
congenisl aud inspiring stmC sphere of
such an office he nsturslly grew inte
vital touch with the principles Of uni
versal freedom proclaimt by lis pro
prietor, and when the days of strife
came and Massachusetts, led the vanIn
enlistlng colored troops, he united his
fate and his fortune with the Fifty
fifth regiment Of infrantry, Ole Ct the
two Massachusetts, colored regiments,
and enlisted as private July /, 1858.
He did not long remain private,
however, but was rapidly promoted for
bravery and meritorious service. One
month after entering the army he was
made corporal, and On July 90, 1864 he
became sergeant. For several months
lie served SIS sergeant major. His know
ledge of his trade opened up for him
temporarily wider sphere of useful
ness. In The early months Of the fall
of 1854 he was detailed for duty as post
printer at the headquarters OF General
John P. Hatch, at Morris leland, s. c.
In setting Up the orders issued Mr.
Mitchell saw that the union forces were
on the eve Of movement that would
mean active work in the field for the
command. He therefore urgently re
quested Major L. B. Perry, adjutant
general of the United States Vol, for
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Capital Savings
-Ra

5an X
6O9 F St. N. W., Washington, D. c.
Capital $4,000.
Hon. Jno. R. Lynch, President.
L. c. Bailey, Treasurer.
j. A. johnson, Secretary.
D. B. McCary, Cashier.
Directors:
Jno. R. Lynch, DR.. W. S. Lotion,
Whitefeld McKinlay, ] G. Bailey,
Robt, H. Terrell, W, S, Montgomery,
Wyatt Archer, John A. Pierre, henry
E. Baker, James Storum, j. A
johnson, DR.. A. w. Tancil, Howard
Fl Williams.
Deposits received from 10 cents up
ward. Interest allowed on $500 and
above. Collections meet with promP
attention. A general exchange and
banking business done.
Bank open from 8 a. m. to 4:3OI
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A Resignation.

DR.. E. D. Scott has rendered his res
1gnatloa as clerk in the ofice of the
Auditor Of the Post Office Department.
DE. Scott has an extensive practice in
the northeastern section Of the city
and finds it necessary to devote his
entire time to it,
The colored American., 1900-10-20

Messfs. A. B. and J. B. Christian, of
shaw ard Slater schools respectively,
stopped over few hours recently " bile
on their way South, having spent the
sum mer with their parents in Brad.
dock, Ps.
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permission to rejoin bis company in the
Fifty. fifth for the purpose of taking
part in the expedition that terminated
in the battle of Honey hill, s, G. Per
mission was granted reluctantly, hecaue
it would br difficult 10 fird successor
to SO valuable man, ard Mr.. Mitchell
rejoine bis company on the eve of its
departure for Hilton Head.
It was in The battle Of Honey hill, one
Of the most disastrous conflicts on the
southern main in which one-balf the
officers and one-third of the. men in
action were killed or wounded, that
Sergeant Mitchell, while charging
battery IN aiding General Sherman in
cutting through the rsil1osd, received
the cannon shot which deprived him
OF his tight foot.
The tortitude with which he bore his
wound was equal to his bravery. AS
they were carrying him Iast his lieu
tenant colonel on streeher the young
sergeant, forgetting 1t sll as he saw 8
str ong regiment go by to make fresh
charge rose up, saluted and cheeTed
HIM, and bade him "go ahead" For
this display Of gsllantry, which created
much favorable comment in the nation
al press at the time, he received from
Governor Andrew, at the request of
his SUI erlor fficer, asecond lieutenant
cy. Mr.. Mitchell was one of the lew
colored men upon whom this distinc
tlol wss conferred.
During the war he seryed also in the
siege OF Charleston, 3. G. In the battle
of James Island he assisted in capturing
two Napolean guns and turning them
upon the fleeing enemy with their own
amm uDiticn. He was placed in com
mand Of the detachmen is to serve these
guns, which were afterwards placed as
trophies at headquarters of the Fifty
fifth regiment. He was hon orabIy dis
charged from service Oct. 20. 1865.
Returning to Boston, with as Wen.
dell Phillips said in describing him
"that added grace, the hating which is
the ststliest step of the soldier" Lieu.
tenant Mitchell received from Collector
Russell an appointment in the Boston
custom house TO the inspeetorship fer
merIy held by the Rev. ]. G. LoveYjoy.
Jubse quently Collector A. W. Beard
promoted him to elerkship at an in
creased salary. For so years he has been
employed in the custom service .snd
his efficiency Intelligence and fidelity
to principle have won for him much es
TEEN.
In 1865 hereceived fitting recognition
OF his services and suffering for his
country in the Republican nomination
as representative to the Massachusetts,
The colored American., 1900-10-20
Mr.. CHARLES L. MITCHELL.

A Hero of Two Wars-The Idol OF Gar
rison and Phillips-a Man of Many
HonorS-BoSton's Most Representative
Negro-An Interesting Life and Char
acter.
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acme of Governor Andrew, and the
wealthIest ward In the state embracing
''Within It's limits more literary culture
an d more literally educated men thar
any other representative district
known. He was cordially supported by
the union papers of Boston. and wai
elected by a handsome vote. UpoI
him and upon his colleague, Mir. E. q
Walker of Chsrlestown, "devolved the
duty not only of representing the dis
tricts from which they came, but the
far higher and more responsible duty
Of representing a race about ente ring
upon career Of equal citizenship"
Capt. Mitchell enlisted in sixth Mas
sachusetts infantry and was made cap-
tain CT Co. L. The recollectlons of the
struggles of the Union forces in the 60:
to liberate the oppressed slave, made
the desire even greater to help Cubs
free herself of Spain's yoke Of slavery.
The Captain was prominent figure
at the Boston meeting, being chairman
OF the committee on reception. His life
is ore which has in 1t every phase of q
good life, from the drsmaticsl to the
to the general common place every day
sphere of life; an inspiration to the
colored youth of the land as well as
those Of any other hue or nationality.
Several years ago Mr.. Mitchell was
married to Misc Nellie Brown Of Dover,
N. H., whose prestige as musician
and whose ability as teacher have
made her as dear and as familiar to the
public as is her hus sbsnd. Her voice
has received enthusiastic comment from
the press throughout the country, and
among her delighted auditors have been
General Grant and others of quail note
Not the least of Mrs. MitcheiPs
achievements is the invention Of the
phoneterion, silver device for the use
Of those among her vocal pupils whose
purity Of tone is impaired because they
cannot keep the tongue in place while
singing. Mrs. Mitchell's modesty has
made her husband the nominal invent
or and patentee Of this instrument, but
the title is nominal one only, and the
right OF discovery lies wholly with Mrs.
Mitchell herself. The device was awsd
ed the prize medal and diploma at the
18th exhibition of the Massachusetts
Charitable Mechanics association in
1887, and was exhibited by Mrs. Mitch
ell at the 10Th anniversary of the Music
Teachers National association conven
ton in New York last year. 1t is much
used by musicians, and is especially
helpful to those inclined to a throaty
intonation. The instrument is destined
to be more widely known. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mitcheli's policy IN recommend.
Ing 1t only where they know it ia need
ed, rather than In promiscuously adver
tising it, has made it advance in public
favor slow and certain, but has also, as
their friends assure thsm, obscured 6
light which is just beginning to shine,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell have delight.
ful home at "a Sherman street, and
their charming hospitality has been ex
tended to many. Capt. Mitchell holds
his custom house place and is one OF
the fixtures there.
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The New Conclave.

1t is most improbable, next to impossi-
bic, that non-Italian cardinal should be
elected. Not only is the majority in the
concIave composed of Italians born, the
totals being thIrty-hve to twenty-six, but
there are grave reasons, almost over
whelming reasons, why no one who is not
of that nation should be elected. The old
reason that the church is centralized in
Rome, and that the congregations or COM
mittees which govern 1t would feel them
selves out Of touch with a foreign pope,
Is still operative, and rather stronger than
weaker, because the new dogma has COM
PEELED them all to exalt their chiefs spir-
itpal rights. Infallibility cannot be in
trusted to a barbarian. International en-
mites have become more bitter. and no
German or Englishman could be elected
because Frenchmen would believe him
hostile, while the choice of a Frenchman
would rouse suspicion in all who think In
German, or possibly I'm Magyar. There are
but two SAv cardinals Ledochowski and
Missia, and, though the former would be
worthy candidate, he would be disliked
both in Russia and Germany. as sure to
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FRIENDsHIPs.

It seems an age of time has flown,
Full sixteen years I'm safe to say,
And now I look into your face
And think twas only yesterday.
For sure I felt within your thought
The dear old trace of memory slung;
You bring an added charm to me
Yes. more than when our hearts were
young.
And so ia roll the scroll of time
Apace back to the old dear spot,
And all the pain that interviewed
In sixteen years I'd have forgot.
How vain my dream, dear friend;
know that all this magic could not be,
But In your fondest thoughts I'D cling
In old times sweet memory.
Nor have 1t bring us less of joy
Because the flush of youth had flown
In friendships purest chain of gold
I'd bind my soul unto your own.
CECELE.
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FATHER TIME HEARD FRom.

Old Father Time the weil-filled boat
Still piled with steady oar,
AS cross the far-famed Lethean stream
The vanished years he bore.
His boat, well-named The Century,
Might hold nor more nor less
Than just the round one hundred years,
However men might guess.
Across the stream since Christian times
Just eighteen loads had passed;
And for each one, one hundred years,
From first load to the last.
The nineteenth load was most complete,
Years ninety-nine on board;
And but the last and hundredth one
Was waiting for the word,
When Father Time was shocked. to hear
Some erring mortals call:
Pull out, put out, Old Father Time!
The ninety-nine are all;
Your century load Is now complete,
Though one place vacant be;
And ninety-nine one hundred are,
We now henceforth decree"
Old Father Time In wrathful mood
Turned round and sharply said:
Zone hundred Is one hundred still.
Whate'er the books you've read:
The ninety-nine are not enough,
Nor will I make the trip,
Until the last and hundredth ono
Has stepped on board my ship"
+ JAY GEE.
Port Townsend.
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of Denver that makes the hair Of the folks
that live there turn gray, along with add
Ing breadth to their shoulders and spring.
mess to their gaits.
Fasteners who have gone out to the
coast have often commented upon the
sweetness of the average well-fxed San
Francisco man in the matter of clothes.
The San Francisco man with an income
certainly gets himself up proper as we
say, and he's got the right kind of a.
makeup for every OCCASION. Take the
race tracks around San Francisco. for ex-
ample. Every man who goes to the races
out there goes in regular racing rig,
from paddock coat to field glass and from
the top of his fiat-crowned derby to the
soles Of his Downs boots-and SO do the
Frisco women. for the matter of that.
Another thing: I'll venture to assert that
nine out OF ten men in San Francisco
whose incomes are $1,000 ia, year or over
rig out in evening clothes every night in
the year. summer included. A great many
more men of moderate incomes In Wash
ington don evening clothes than of SINH
lar incomes in New York. The men of
Washington dress with singular neatness.
many with quite notable elegance. The
excellence of the Washington average. l
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THE sPoT on WHICH SHE STOOD.

THE very spot on which you. stand"
He said. ''is dear to me-.
He held the gentle maiGen's hand,
And pressed 1t lovingly
She looked up In his eyes-he heard
Her sigh a sigh or two.
And heaven. though she spoke no word,
Was opened to his view.
"Ah. yes. the spot beneath your feet
Is dear to me- he cried
THE place on which You stand Il sweet.
By you tits sanctified!'
She sighed again. but ere she spoke,
Without the least ado.
The Ice on which they loitered broke
And both of them went through!
-Chicago Ttmes-Heral1.
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A coNFtIcT OF PRAYER.

Unieashed the British war dog bounds,
In Africa his baying sounds;
He greets the Beers with lyddite fire,
The armies close for fatal fray,
In Jesus name the Beers pray,
God save US from the Lions ire!
Still praying, while they mustered still.
Each army placed its guns with skill
On NataPs rugged plain.
Brave foemen met in bloody clash,
Thousands fell amid the crash:
Good men for freedom slain!
On the royal armies came:
They also prayed in Jesus name,
God crush them with our might
Boer met Briton. blood for blood,
And stayed him by Tugela flood;
Each fought as only freemen fight.
Does heaven answer such prayere
Or is 1t men who do and dare,
Must men and arms decide?
Each prays for "liberty' to hold
A land of rarest gems and gold.
With the owners thrust outside.
The owners Yes. the sullen blacks,
With anguish scars still on their backs,
Now lowering round the fray.
For liberty!" the Dutchman cries,
For liberty" John Bull replies.
Whose liberty. I pray?
J. MARION GALE.
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Cacti VIII Grow in . sealed bottle.

Growing cacti In bottle Is new and
simple method that was recently discov-
cred in the Botanical Gardens at Berlin. A
cordial bottle Is about right for the purpose.
Clean 1t. cover the bottom with ground
an inch Deep wet 1t thoroughly and throw
in two or three cactus seed. Cork the bot
tie, close 1t with sealing wax and hang 1t
in a window where the sun strikes It for
several hours every day. In cold weather
the bottle must not be exposed to the air.
The opening and roofing Of the seeds and
the development of the plants will be al
most as II by magic. The plants will -four
ish for years. statement proven by the
fact that those at the Berlin Botanical Car
dents have been sealed up for five years.
Growing cacti in this way should prove
an excellent scheme for schoolroom or in
a house where children would find the de-
veIoping plants an unfailing source of In
terest.
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SHE CUT THE PRINCE OF WALES.
Mistake Made by n Naughty Count
ess-The shock Killed Her.

House No. on the Promenade des An
glais. In Nice, has been bought dispatches
from Europe say, for a Miss Cough. "a
wealthy American lady" Miss Cough. 1.-THE
wealthy American lady" therefore Is the
proud owner Of house with history
which, next to q haunted house, probably
Ii the most romantic thing in houses. In
that house lived for many years the Cont
esse Colloredo, which must not be con-
founded with Colorado-there is nothing
American about Colloredo. The countess
was the wife Of the ambas sador of Rome
and was most proud and fanatic about
etiquette. One evening at an entertain
ment In the Palais Borghese. i'm Rome, she
saw sitting in her chair a lady of rank
The Comtesse Colloredo--or countess. if
you will-walked maJestically to her chair
and. Pumping into the lap Of the crushed
but innocent intruder and offender, as If
she had been invisible. proceeded calmly to
arrange the folds OF her dress.
This story. however. is Offset by one on
the naughty countess.
While In Nice she was in the habit of
spending an hour every day before dinner
on the terrace of the Kursaal:
: She was seated one evening In an easy
chair. with little pet dog in her lap and
with liveried funkey In attendance when
a stout, rather elderly and faultlessly clad
his hat, said In excellent French: MA
dame. am glad to see you"
The countess stared at him and asked
with an accent on the "you''-"And, pray,
who are you. sir?'
II am afraid 1 must have changed very
much since last / saw you." said the
other. trife of vexation evident In his
voice. You do not know me?"
"No, do not know you. nor do wish to
know you. monsieur" retorted the lady,
and zip she got and sailed away majestic
ally
The eyes OF the elderly. stout person
age twinkled with malicious fun. "Ahw
he said. "But--pardon me! have already
been introduced to you, madame. However,
allow me to renew the formality. l am
the Prince of Wales"
The countess tainted into the arms of
her footman.
There is melancholy sequel to this
amusing story, for the countess died in
her home. No. on the Promenade DIES
Anglais. about six weeks later, and. in the
opinion of many Of her friends, her death
was "superinduced by shock" She never
recovered from the blow OF having unin-
tentionally cut the Prince Of Wales.
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W)itb tbe Pet.
THE MOTHERS HOUR.
. S~~S

Little figures robed in white.
Mellow glow OF candleiight.
Little hands appraised in prayer.
Roses sweet and fair.
All the work and play and fun
For the happy day are done.
All the little faults confessed,
All the troubles set at rest.
Childhood sweet as dawn and flowers
Drifts through many changeful hours.
But one hour, the mothers own,
Must belong TO her alone.
When she sees each sunny head
Safe and coy In its bed.
When the world may do its worst.
God and she have had them frat.
And her BARNS are folded fair
In the tender Shepherds care.
Where the dimpled dariings bloom
In their lovely innocence,
Warding every evil hence.
From the little ones who dwell
Where the mother guards them well.
God and she about them stand,
They are safe on every hand
Kneeling for them at the throne,
They are hers and Gods alone.
And each child. tender flower.
Blossoms in the mothers hour.
Margaret e. Sangster, in Harper's
Bazaar.
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keep up tho sentiment. partly csllgiors
and partly national, which prevents Poiss
from being politically forgotten. An
American cardinal might no doubt be
elected without exciting much internatioE-
al feeiing--thouGh 5panish-Am II
must be remembered, Ii a great division
of the Catholic world, and both detests
and breads the North Amerfcan--but thu
election of Cardinal Gibbons would seem
to the congregations q revolutionary pro-
cceding. and ono, moreover, forbidden by
the grand obstacle Of all. 1t would be IA
tai to the last chance OF the restoration
OF the temporal power.-The Spectator.
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Many OF our garden herbs. still In COM
mon use for purposes or seasoning, are
IN reality British plants. Among them
may be mentioned mint and marjoram,
and thyme and caIamint, all OF which
may be found in their native haunts.
Fennei II abundant on sea cliffs in many
places In the south Of England. Wild
hyssop In perfectly naturAtixed on the
picturesque ruins OF Beaulieu Abbey, ana
Wild balm used to be found within the an
cient walls Of Portchester Castle. the
garden parsley was formerly abundant
on the shingly beach nj Hurst Castle,
where II used TO be gathered for domes-
tic purposes. One native herb, however.
much IN use among our forefathers, IL
now seldom seen In kitchen gardens-we
mean Tanncetum yulgare. the common
tansy. the dun yellow flowers OF which
are often conspicuous by the side OF
streams. The young leaves and juice OF
this plant were formerly employed to give
color and flavor to puddlngs, which were
known a. tansy cakes or tansy puddfngs.
In medieval times the use of these cakes
was specially associated with the season
of Easter, and 1t Is interesting to notice
that in the diet rolls Of ct. Swithin's
monastery at Winchester, which belong
to the end of the fifteenth century, We
come across the entry 'tansey tarte." IT.
has been said that the use Of tansy cakes
at this season was to strengthen the d.
gestfon after what an old writer calls
"the idle conceit of eating fish and pulse
for forty days In Lent" and It IS certain
that this was the virtues attributed to the
plant by the old hcrbahsts. 1.-THE herb
fried with aggs, which Ia called tan
sy,'" says Culpeper, helps to digest and
carry away those bad humors that trou-
BILE the stomach" 1t seems, however.
more probable that the custom of eating
tansy cakes at Easter time was associ-
ated with the teaching OF that festival.
the name 'tansy" being corruption of a
Greek word meaning "immortality."-
Longman's Magazine.
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LOVES CASTLE.

Key and bar key and bar,
Iron bolt and chain!
And what Will you do when the king comes
To enter his domain?
Turn key and lift bar,
Loose, oh. bolt and chain!
Open the door and let him In,
And then lock up again.
But. oh, heart, and woe, heart,
Why do you ache so sore?
Never a moments peace have YOU
Since Love hath passed the door.
Turn key and lift bar,
And loose bolt and chain;
But Love took in his esquire, Grief.
And there they both remain
Paul Laurence Dunbar. In Truth.
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edition,
the Times
collectors 1t
he
probably
the
another OF
Mr. Quarch 1919
ranslatns have ghned Of
college students Although Mr. Quartch
Quarch
the sale Of the Aburnham library alone he bid in 100000
two Of the books went to him The stock Of books Of the famous p
From early in the morning until or at night he always
and talk did the old
Gladstone
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VHE SEATTLE SUNDAY JANUARY 2 1900
on0wTH OF GARDEN HERBS.

suppose, = 70 BE accounted for b. the alb
sence Of large lsboring class here"