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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

REPORT SHOWING THE CONDITION
OF
THE EIGCS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
uf the District of Columbia
81 the clCsc OF bU-ints December a, IS1p
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Subscribed and swvm to before me, this 81
EAIPH ". LEE. Notary Public
The colored American., 1900-02-03
The Gem OF the Antilles

Everybody who wi hes to better their con.
diticn will fl d that Cuba offers the best op.
portunities upon this hen fsphere. If you
have not less than (s4C0 tGur hundred dollars
ano are interested, end for Necessary banks
and enclose ;Socts) thirty cents n U. s.
postage stamps, to r. NJ. r. Nelson 20 c
Barraconne St., Santiago de Cuba, or Capt
Jno. l.. Waller, q Posodel Rey B@ia, Sal tt
ago de Cube, j E. Bruce. (Bl uce Grit II Con.
sress street, lbany, NY ,crE, E Coo, er
Col, red An erican, Washington, d. c.
@Sugar offers an opportunity to make
SsOC0 per annum, for eight years after two
years hard labor.
The colored American., 1900-02-03
al AcK SKIN REMOVER

This preparation, If used as directed, will
turn the skin of black person four or five
shades whittier and that OF mulsttoes perfectly
white ANY person using 1t can see the re-
suit in forty-eight hours.
1t does not turn the skin in spots but bleach
es out white. 1t Is very good thing for the
eyes if allowed to get in the eye while wash
ing the face.
One box Of this prepara tion is all that is
required if used as directed, the skin remain
perfectly harmless.
Will re move wrinkles, freckIes, dark spots,
and pimples from the face without harm to
the skin.
any address on receipt of s. 90. C. o. D.. or
send money order. Packed so that no one
can know contents except the receiver.
THOMAS B. CRANE,
12ax W. Broad St.. Richmond, Va.
The colored American., 1900-02-03

DIED.-MRS. JANE LOWRY, wife
of Alfred Lowry of Navy Yard, Janu.
ary 3lst 1900, age 81 years. The funeral
took place today at pm. from her late
residence 319 Ist Southeast.
The colored American., 1900-02-03

The National CoIored Teachers Bu-
reau is anxious to secure large list OF
thoroughly competent teachers for the
coming year. 1t costs you nothing to
register. There will be nothing to pay
unless you secures school. Register
now. See advertisement in another
column.
TIE 18th anniversary sermon to the
Y. NJ. 1. r. A will be delivered by
Rev. Dr. snowden, Zion Wesley church
D st, S. W., February 18Th, 1900. Every
young man who possibly can onght to
avail himself of the opportunity TO be
present as this is the most thrifty and
progressive organizations among our
young men and should receive every
encouragement.
Mr. George w. Swami, one of Charles
county, Maryland's, representative
young men, has been spending a few
days in the city. Mr.. Swami Is an up
to-date business man, highly intelli-
gent and capable, and is powerful
factor In the political affairs of Charles
county. 1t is likely that through the
revelations of the wheel of fortune he
may soon join Washington's bright
galaxy of official luminsrles.
Mr.. George P. Silence has resigned
his position at the Govern ment Print
ing Office, and on Sunday evening left
for Atlantic City, where he will embark
into business. He has purchased an
called "The Yale' at
1872 Atlantic Avenue IN that lively sea
eide resort, at a cost of So, 600, and will
deal in wines, liquors and cigars. Mrs.
Silence for the present maintains her
residence in Washington.
President Hewlett, of the District
Bar Association, bas appointed COM
N ittee to draft bill TO be presented to
Congress in lieu of the present vagran.
cy law and the disorderly conduct act.
Both of the said laws as are now in
force are believed to be ambiguous and
void. The committee Was Instructed
to insert a clause giving the accused
under each act the right of trial by
jury and to change of venue.
Hon. @. J. Jones, Of Greenville, Miss.
a contestant for his seat in the lower
house of Congress, is in the city and is
stopping at 1917 Madison street. He
was summoned here by telegram from
the Committee on Elections to ap
pear and argue his contest, which bear
ing was set for the Goth of January
Mr.. Jones was on time and gave good
account of himself
The colored American., 1900-02-03
City Paragraphs.

Mrs. Lizzie Sullivan OF the Rec ord
er's Office. has been quite i'll,
Miss Evelyn Carey, OF Massachusetts,
avenue, leaves for the West next month.
Mr., Albert Adams, a leading funer-
al director of Annapolis, Md, was lin
the city last week.
Heffmsn's orchestra of eight piece S
has a specially arranged program Of
dances for the A u nphions affair.
Take your best girl to Grand Army
hall next Friday evening to hear the
Amphlons present their fine program.
fhres cent car fare for Washington Is
''pipe dream" Quick cars and first
class service at five cents is coed
enough for Us.
Tickets are ON sale at the door only
ON the evening of the entertainment by
the Amphions. February 9, 's the date
and &. A. r. Hall Is the place.
Mr.. Nj. E EdN ards aud son were In
town few days with the special
Park Committee from Atlanta Ga.
Mr.. Edwards is in charge OF the beauti'
car alabama"
Mrs. Geo. Finnie Mack, the hair
dresser, has removed to 1704 10th ST
northwest, instead Of 1915 Cochran st.
She will be glad to have her friend
and customers call.
If you want to be stenographer and
typewriter, loan teach you in ten easy
lessons for five dollars. Send me a
card and I will call. Address Prof
anket, slOS U street, northW5st.
The finance committee Of Nationsl
Afro'Americsh Council has Issued an
appeal to the country fer III js and
some very attractive literature setting
forth the purposes OF the organization.
The Amphions concert and rece 2tion
OF next Friday, Feb'y 9, is the talk of
the town. Whatever the weather may
be, their entertainment will draw a
large large attendance. Go early and
hear the concert of popular selections.
Miss Jennie P. Swami, q handsome
and accomplished young lady who con-
ducts model school at La Plata
Charles County, Md spent Saturday
and Sunday in the city, the guest Of
Mrs. Mary F. Carroll and 9th Fl friend,
She was the recipient Of much social at
tention during her brief sujourn here.
Mr. ]. Edgar Smith, for several years
foreman of the Zion Publishing House
at Charlotte, N. c., has been appoint
ed to a position as compositor ID the
Government Printing Office and ar
rived this week to begin his duties.
Mr.. Smith is one of The most capable
printers In the country, and will make
an enviable record in the government
service.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

A writer in the Quarterly Review
makes powerful attack on the eth
les Of cremation" He regards it as
an improper corrective to the mis-
chievous practice of interment in
vaults and collins. He says: Little
or no difficulty appears to have at
tended the ready and efficient disposal
OF the dead till towards the close Of
Charles the Seconds reign. Not only
was the strong coffin-the fons ct origo
mali-till then unknown, but the
palmer sort of men were content to
be carried to their graves in the open
chests or Golfers which were kept in
every parish church for the occasion
and only employed to convey the body
from the house Of death to that other
house which hath been appointed for
all living" after which the chests were
returned to their accustomed place,
which was usually niche in the
church wall. Arrived at the grave the
body, enveloped at one time in coarse
linen kept together by bone pins, and
afterwards in woollen, was removed
from Its temporary case and buried"
resolution OF the body by the agency
OF the earth to which we commit it,
Is affirmed by the writer to be the nat
urdl and innocuous method. Earth
Is the most potent disinfectant
known The common impression
that graveyards pollute the air is
emphatically contradcted. Nothing
worse than carbonic acid carbon diox-
ide) and water are ever given off from
the surface OF burial grounds, and
these only in quantities so small as
to be even less than are naturally
present in the superintendent atmos-
phere; and, further, that even this lit
tie Is at once taken up by vegetation
and returned to the air, not as a source
of peril to the health, but as a neces-
sary increment of atmospheric re-
newal." The two hundred disused
burial grounds in London now used az
recreation grounds and health resorts
are cited as proof. 1.-The air of the
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

Two instances showing how tenac-
ious Of life Holsters and cod are are
related in Q bulletin of the United
States Fish Commission. In the fall
of 1889 about twenty Holsters were left
in a car in the basin" at a fish COM
mission wharf. Near the end of March,
1900, when the car was opened, all
seemed to be in perfectly healthy
condition. On the conclusion OF the
fishing for brood cod in the fall of
1899 fourteen cod weighing from four
to six pounds, taken with hand-lines
off Nomans Land or Nantucket, were
Inadvertently left in the we'll OF the
Grampus and not discovered until
April, 1900. These fish were placed in
the well not later than November 1S,
possibly some days before. During
this time they had not been fed and
had only such food as came through
the holes in the we'll. When released
in Gloucester harbor on April IS they
were found to be lively and strong,
although somewhat emaciated, and it
was noticed that their backs and sides
were much darker than normal while
the belly was unusually light colored.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30
EUROPE TO AMERICA.
Norwegian Making the Trip In Thirty
Foot ROAt.


Foot Boat
Many adventurous sailors have
crossed the Atlantic from this country
to England in small boats, but never
until now has there been a man daring
enough to start from the other side
and try to reach America in a skiff.
A Norwegian is trying this journey.
Captain Johansen has sailed from Glib
raltar in thirty foot boat with the
intention of making the coast Of Flor
ida. He is naturaliZed British sub
tect and his boat flies the Union Jack.
He did not try the northern passage.
it will be observed, but intends to keep
well to the south of the track of the
fall cyclones. The name of his boat
is the Lolita, and she is provisioned
for fifteen days. She has outside bal
last and was built under the captains
supervision at Yokohama. He brought
her to England and then took her
down to Gibraltar, where he has taken
his point of departure for the new
world. The Lolita il sloop-rigged,
with forestaysail and jib and gaff
topsail. Captain Johansen has along
with him a spinnaker which he intends
to use when he gets into the trade
winds, which he expects to strike be-
tween Madeira and the Canary Islands.
His first port on this side, if every
thing goes we'll. will be some port in
the West Indies, and from there he
will strike up along through the BAHIA
mas and so arrive on the Florida coast.
With the captain is sailing his little
son, IL years old.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30
METHODS
OF BURIAL
BOTH
FURNACE
AND COFFIN
CONDEMNED

open cemetery is absolutely inodor
ous.' Sir Seymour Haden reports
from experiments carried on for II
years in the burial of animals that
bodies buried four feet deep require
more than four years for their com
plete dissolution; three feet deep, three
years; two feet deep, two years; one
foot, one year. while bodies not buried.
but simply covered with foot of earth
disappeared, all save their bones, in
less than year; but in all cases with
out injuring the purity of earth Or
air. The Prussian government has
also made notable contribution II
our knowledge on this important part
OF the subject. In 1928 a secres
commission was issued by it to asceI-
tain the condition of the dead in the
battlefieds of the Vosges. Two years,
or Whereabouts, having elapsed since
those battles were fought, it was fear
ed, as many dead bodies were known
to have been only specifically buried
that epidemic disease might result
What the commissioners found, how
ever, entirely dissipated any such
fears. In cases in which as many as
eight hundred bodies, in the hurry in
cident to rapid military movements,
had been thrust into one shallow exca
walton, these bodies it was found, had
already disappeared, their bones ana
accouterments alone being left. But
to this disappearance there was re-
markable exception; the bodies of Of
ficers, having been buried in mackin-
toshes (the action Of which resembled
that of coftins) had not so disappear
ed" Against the testimony of Sir
Henry Thompson, the writer quotes
the authority of Koch and Klein to
show that the bacilli of anthrax bein 8
aerobic, or dependent on air, are, when
buried four and half feet. incapable
Of reproduction. The rest of the pa
per is occupied with the argument that
cremation, by making elimination i'm
possible, prevents the detection of muir
| ders.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30
Mrs. M. A. Theatre, Minneapolis, MINI.


Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o.
Gentlemen-"As a remedy for ca
tarrh can cheerfully recommend Pc
runa. l have been troubled with
chronic catarrh for over six years.
had tried several remedies without re-
lief. A lodge friend advised me to try
Peruna, and I began to use it faith
fully before each meal. Since then I
have always kept 1t in the house I
am now in better health than | have
been in over twenty years. and feel
sure my catarrh is permanently
cured"
Peruna cures catarrh wherever To-
Gated. AS soon as Peruna removes
systemic catarrh the digestion becomes
good, nerves strong, and trouble van
ishss. Peruna strengthens weak
nerves, not by temporarily stimu-
lating them, but by removing the
cause OF weak nerves-systemic GA
tarrh. This is the only cure that
lasts. Remove the cause; nature will
do the rest. Peruna removes the cause
Address The Peruna Medicine Conn
ps1y, Columbus, Ohio, for book
trssfiag Of Cafarrh In its different
phases and stages, also book en-
titled "Healfh and Beauty" written
especially for women.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

tween Berlin and the French towns
cost i've marks. except in the case OF
Bordeaux, Orleans and St. Etienne, for
which 61A marks is charged. Both the
lines between Paris and Berlin and
Paris and Frankfort are double, and
are constructed with bronze wire five
millimeters thick. It was originally
the intention of both governments that
the telephone should be ready at the
opening of the exhibition. The Ger
man part of the wire was brought to
the French frontier in March The
French portion, however, was not
ready until June.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30
FREE IF YOU WRITE AT ONCE.

An illustrated catalogue of 264 pages.
and $500 engravings. has just been is
sued which must interest all who read
this notice. 1t is issued by the Msrmod
4 Jaccard Jewslry Co.. Broadway, cor
ner Locust St, St. Louis. and 1t Is full
of new and desirable articles suitable for
Christmas gifts, ranging in price from
Is cents TO 81 900. 1t Is SO complete that
one cannot buy Christmas goods to ad-
vantage without consulting IT, especially
rs the house is known by the well-earned
title of The Lowest Priced House in
America for Fine Goods All that IL
new and desirable in diamonds. watches,
stlverware. cut glass, clocks, china
wares, umbrellas, art wares. optical
goods fine stationery, etc, are contained
in this great catalogue. and st. Louis is
brought right to your doors. the Arm
sells at St. Louis prices and pays express
charges to any part of the United States.
To each of the first 10000 who send in
their names and addresses, a copy of
this catalogue will be mailed, postage
paid. Write at once to insure receiving
IT.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30
Paris to berlin by Phone.

The telephone line between Paris
and Berlin, which has been but re-
Gently inauguratsd, was completed in
June last. The French and German
ofhcials, however, would not ave the
line over to the public until it had been
thoroughly tested. A conversation be-
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

FITS PermanentIyCuresi. fits nervousness
krst day use of Dr. kline's Great Nerve Kestorer
send for FREE S2.OO trial bottle and treatise
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

When you want bluing buy Russ Bleach
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

All the authorities agree that crime in
creases with cold weather. No coal deal
err however, should take this as personal
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

A wicked Photographer says 1t Is re-
markable with what patience a woman
trims her dress with buttons, while
man has 20 much trouble getting the few
seWed or that are necessary.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

To Promote GOOD DlResIon.
II after Thanksgiving Day the appe-
tite is poor, take Garfield Tea, it will
cleanse the system and stimulate the
appetite.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

A woman never knows what she
hasn't found till she knows what she
has lost.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

John-Tve got piano-player's cramp
Jane-You don't play. John-No; the
girl next door gives it to me.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BRoMO QuININE TABLETS. AL
druggists refund the money il it fails to cure.
E. w. Groves signature is on the box. 25c.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

It is now acknowledged that the candi-
dates who encountered the specter of
defeat never had a ghost of a show
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

OF course the governor of North Caro-
lima has been invited to the irrigation con-
Vention.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

Lnxuriant hair with Its youthful color assured By
oanR PARKER's HAIR BALsAM.
HiNDxRcoRNs the best for corns. 15cts.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

"How do you feel about trusts?' "I'd
like to start some new ones to break up
the old ones"
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30
A PROMINENT LADY

Speaks In Highest Terms of PernBa
Is q Catarrh Cure.
Mrs. M. A. Theatre, member Re-
becca Lodge, lola Lodge: also member
Of Woman's Relief Corps, writes the
following letter from 1888 Jackson
street, Minneapolis, Mimi:
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-30

nnVINI CVjcTRICK ENVELOPE. How he fooled
MGkINlCI Bryan Get and fool your
friends. Sample i5c silver DOSNELLf MFG. Co,
SIT south Weber St, Colorado Springs Colo,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-05-13
PARTIAL VIEW OF HARPOOT. SHOWING AMERICAN MISSION
BUILDINGS IN BACKGROUND

strength Of the Turk at the present
time.
The sultan is a capricious and I'M
reliable fellow and one never can tell
just what turn things will take. For
this reason such a glance at the mar
tial strength of the government at
Constantinople issof especial value.
Turkey is a powerful fighting nation.
The Turk, whatever his failings, makes
one of the best fighters to be found,
and his record has always been a good
one. The forces Of the Turkish army
are organized on the territorial system,
and for this purpose the entire empire
is divided into seven military dis
tricts
All Mussulmans are called upon for
military service. Christians and cer-
tain other dissenting sects in default
Of service are allowed to pay an exemp-
ton tax, though many of the Kurds
and Nomads and the wilder tribes of
the mountains manage to escape mil
itary duty. The sultan's agents always
do their best to bring these nonserving
men into the ranks of Abdul Hamid,
and it is only by flight and hiding that
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naval reserve and 81, 210 active seamen
in his fleet. To this he can add nearly
1000 marines. Turkey also has one firs-
class battleship, one second-class ard
seven third-class floating fighters. 1t
has, as well, five coast defense ships,
six cruisers and four gunboats, to say
nothing of 80 torpedo boats of first and
second-class and two torpedo boat de-
stroyers. This is not huge navy, it is
true, but, acting in cooperation with
the sultan's well drilled and more or
less efficient army, which on peace
estimate is figured 1T 213,910 men, it
constitutes no insignificant military
force.
AS is well known, the claims of the
United States against Turkey had their
origin in the destruction of eight
buildings of the Euphrates college at
Karput and of several buildings be-
longing to American missionaries at
Marash. These outrages took place
during the Armenian massacre ct 1896.
Abdul Hamid has three times made
promises to different American repre-
sentatives at Constantinople to pay the
indemnity demanded, which amounted
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-05-13
THE SULTAN AND HIS FAVOR
TIE HORSE.

isfied, though both Minister James b.
Angel and Minister Straus have in
turn pressed for a settlement, and the
breach of faith on the part of the sui
tan has been further aggravated by
his refusal to grant permission for the
reconstruction of the destroyed build
ings. Under one pretext and another
the granting of this promised trade"
or permit has been delayed.
Under the circumstances the case Is
not one that lends itself to arbitration,
for it is all simply a matter as TO
whether or not Abdul Hamid is to keep
his solemnly pledged word. Consider
ing that the American buildings de-
stroyed were attacked and burned by
the connivance. if not with the actual
assistance, of the troops OF the sultan,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-05-13
THREE YEARS-THIRTEEN HUS-
BANDS.

When one reflects that in the opinion
of certain estimable ladies one husband
is quite sufficient for a lifetime, one
scarcely knows whether more to adj
mire the courage or deplore the folly
of girl who has crowded thirteen hus
bands within the compass of three
short years. The most curious feature
of this matrimonial record is that the
number thirteen, which ought, accord
ing to the superstitious, to have
crowned her misfortunes, has, in fact,
brought her happiness and husband
who promises to be permanent.
The first chapter in this strange ro-
nance opens only three years ago in
Santa Barbara, where Clemente Ruiz,
its heroine, was living in poor home
with her parents, who are Spaniards,
and eleven brothers and sisters. AT
this time CIemente was a beautiful
girl of seventeen, fair and fresh as an
English rose, with the dark eyes and
hair of Spain, and the carriage OF a
| queen.
Her beauty, the more marked for her
almost squald surroundings, was a
| theme and toast for hundred miles
round Santa Barbara; and, young as
she was, she counted her lovers by the
legion" But Clemente has no mind
| for rustic wooers, and ii was only
when Count Talfskow, a Russian noble,
who was middle gade when Clemente
was in the cradle, came TO WOO her,
that Clemente thought of capitulation.
Her family naturally favored a sutton
who brought a coronet in one hand
and wealth in the other; and Clemente
was soon induced TO give him her hand
while retaining her heart. But May
and November are sorry mates; and
| after a few weeks of very qualified
happiness, the young Countess went to
Los Angeles, with tears in her eyes,
and procured a divorce. A girl who
could thus be wooed, welded and di-
vorced in two months was not likely
1 to loiter on the matrimonial road.
Her second sutton was also noble
| but he added to his rank both youth
and ardor. and within few weeks
Clemente Countess Tolfskow consent
ed to become Baroness Baldry.
For a second time, however. beaut,