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The colored American., 1900-01-06
Le ctures at High School.

The High School lectures are proving
one of the most popular of the many
innovations introduced by Principal
Terrell. At the recent two days. ex.
ercises the speakers were gentlemen of
national reputation and delivered adj
dresses of the. most interesting and IN
structive character. Recorder Henry
p. Cheatham spok~ of the value of edu
cation to astTuggling people and showed
that the Negroes future would be deter.
mined by the readiness and eagerness
with which he grasped mental training
and The intelligence with which he ap
piled 1t in facing the problems of life
Attorney Edward Everett Brown spoke
of the dulles ana obligations OF the
government to its citzsns, and con-
uemned the present mania for super.
seeding The functions OF the courts by
the act1on of unauthorized assemblies
Of law breakers. Mr.. l. M. Hershaw
gave scholarly proirayal Of the life
and Literally achievements of BLACK
Byron" Alexander Poushkin. Due an
nouncement will In future be made OF
these splendid talks, and the public
should not fail to share them with the
students proper.
The colored American., 1900-01-06
Press Comments On The Colored Fmeriean.

The Colored American, Washington,
D G., comes to US this week changed to
a 16 page journal. American.
The Colored American has been boil
ed down from blanket sheet to con-
venlent pamphlet form; it sho VS. that
Bro. E. E Cooper, it's brilliant editor,
is up with the times.-The Free state,
(Miss.)
The Conservasor congratulates the
Coiored American on it's new dress.
Like the Conservator, it has risen to
the times, and is now we'll on into the
frcnt rank of Negro journals. Success
to you Brer' Editor. Conservator
The Colored American, OF Washing.
ton, D. c., has come out in 16 page
form. While we do not admire the
style we are candid to confess 1t is
more handy than the old style. The
Colored American is progressive-Bal
timore Afro'American.
The Colored American has been
changed to handsome 16 page sheet.
1t is one of the best edited cC lored jour
nails in America. 1t is always full Of
choice literature and the best reading
matter. We recommend this valuable
paper to the race as an able and fear.
less defender of it's right The Pro
gressive Age (La.)
The Colored American and Chicago
Conservator have broken away from
the old style of six column folio sheets
In their new form of four column, six
teen pages, shows that our esteemed
journalist Edward E. Cooper of the
American and Messrs. DeClelland and
Ramsey, publishers of the Conservator
ale progressive newspaper men. The
two papers are not only representative
in form, neatness and typographicsl
appearance, but their news depalt-
ments, pointed and interesting editor
ials on questions of q national and To-
cal character make these journals clean
cut publications of which Negroes in
all sections of the country should feel
degree of pride commensurate with
the journalistic ability Of these EDITORS.
The Florida Sentinel
The colored American., 1900-01-06
Twentieth Century g eeting.

Rev. w. Bishop Johnson is arranging
to hold series of educational ralll 8
known aa GA Twentieth Century
Greeting" to cover week, opening
Sunday January 81. Emlnen, sFeak-
ers have been secured for the several
days and evenings.
The colored American., 1900-01-06

Miss Vera Larene Baker, of North
Carolina, who fer two years served
eff lei tiy as copyist in the Record
er's office, has been appointed mem
ber OF the trained nurse register at
Freedmen's Hospital by DR.. A. M,
Curtis.
The colored American., 1900-01-06
DOINGS OF STAGE PEOPLE.
Sam Lucas is the Desn of the Afro.
American Stage.


American Stage.
The Colored American invites short
news letters from professionals bearing
upon the stage and the relations of the
Negro thereto. The race should keep
in touch with the development of our
people in this very important depart
ment Of artistic activity Our strides
in the past decade have startled and
amazed the Thespian world.
VIII the Negro theater solve the
pro blem of clean and wholesome amuse
ments for the colored people in the
South? The subject is worthy of serious
investigation. Thousands of well.to'do
colored people below Mason and Dix
on's line never ente theater because
of the humiliating and senseless dis
examinations on account Of color Some
enterpris1ng manager should gather in
this desirable "coin."
Isreal Zaugvill aimed In his "Chil.
dren of the Cetto" to treat the stage to
reform whereby the people Of this
and other countries could see the JEWS
character as it exists in real life. The
vaudeville stage in its desire 10 cater
to the fun-lovipg instincts OF humanity
has made the typical Hebrew a stoop-
shouldered individual, with ragged
beard aud unkempt locks, an impos-
slble dialect and prediction to the
sale Of "ole cloe g" and desire to get
the best Of everybody in business
transaction. The manly, noble'pur'
posed and hon orably am bilious IsreaI'
ite has been lost sight Of in this ques'
tionable attempt to promote humor at
the expense of truth. Zangwill and his
confreres are doing a service to history
in thus insisting that the Jew shall in
some place be depicted as he evists IN
the higher walks of life. Now, in the
same manner, why does not the Negro
author come forward and write the
great Afro American DANA wherein the
Negro ofthe last days of the nineteenth
century shall be painted in COLOR toned
by culture, manhood, education and
contact with the worlds most liberal
civilization? We have had the Negro
portrayed almost to the limit as the
loudly 'attired. banio'pfcker, the singer
of"coon" songs, the ignorant, shiftless,
dependent being, fond OF chickens,
oposum and 'poks chops" The Me-
gro may be her but we must not ignore
the fact that the frugal, paiI stalking,
tastefully dressed, well'bred and as
piring colored man is alec here, and
the new times demand that he be given
a hearing His loves and hates, his
joys and SORROWS, his struggles and tri
um phs are as fruitful subjects OF ro'
nance as those of the races that have
given to the min ie stage the stories Of
the Emmetts, the D'Artagnans, the
asars, Joan of Arcs, Becky Snarps,
Oliver Twis's, or the scenes Of the
Revolutionary and civil wars Of Amer
ca. Slave life offers its romances and
its tragedies, and freedom is potent
ar, ma for the exploitation of vital social
and economic problem, tinctured In
each phase with the richest and most
legitimate comedy. Wake up, ye men
behind the pens and draw for us the
new Negro and give him an enduring
The colored American., 1900-01-06


In to paycu
R.
of il o cuisines
7. REFoRMER, the Organ of the Order.
o
sample It published weekly Reformsr
The colored American., 1900-01-06
E Glass Policies are as follows:
CLASS E TABLE.

from the s.
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O collie
Of
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The colored American., 1900-01-06
5. THE TRUE REFoRMERs' BANK.

The Savings Bank of the G. F. u. o. T.
1888. Its capital stock is 100000. 1t conn
stock of this bank is sold to the membership
buds, and classes, and pays a dividend
lar Persons can deposit their moneys on til
pays per cent interest on all time deposits
hold S11hi to bo Of ba
The colored American., 1900-01-06
TUE GRAND FOUNTAIN.
United Order nf<
&1rue Reform
ORGANIZED January 1, Is
OFFICES 6O4, 6O6 and 6O8 N, End st., Ri

n
Read and learn what
moral character NNN'
in
IA 60 years Of age complete . ~ ~ - ~
al "ee T"'0' at w. F''i' F"o0'
80
Monthly Dues so
0'~N
Life
sperye
O.
m9unts Sl9 annually
of
OF andF
q. the ldrenl
The colored American., 1900-01-06
2. ROSEBUD FOUNTAINS (FC

Rosebud Fountains composed children male and
male, from 3 to ID of
Joining Benefit Fees, $150; paid
- 80 - ~ "
Death Benefts.-S2450 $500. Should death occr
within the first 50 after the first $37 will
to the parents guardians
- Sick Benefits From $1.5O $500 per paid weekly
90 cents 70 cents and 81 week. respectively The hgh
monthly dues purchase the highest
Monthly Dues and TaxesSThe monthly 10 cent
10 cents % CENTS respectively the
decide Taxes 10 cents annually paid semiannualy Janua
Ihe child allowed purchase shares
Stock which makes his policy selfsupporng, with
each year.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-20

wooden leg of oak never produces
acorn.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-20
OTHER COTTON MARKETS.
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York. Oct. 19.-There was a very
active market for all classes of stocks
today, in which the bull element early Sc
cured the upper hand and maintained
it with growing success throughout the
day. The rise in prices was so consider
able as to invite free profit taking dur
ing the closing hour of the market But
new stocks were picked out for an adj
vance with such good effect on the gem
eral list that it was able to absorb a
very large amount of the offerings before
any effect began to be produced. Prices
ran off somewhat in the final dealings,
reducing extreme gains to a considerable
extent and carrying few stocks, includ-
ing some of the leading industrials be-
low last night. The closing was thus
made irregular and very active, but the
average level of prices was considerably
higher as a result of the days trading
The advance was contested during the
early part of the day, but not SO vigorous
ly as yesterday. No further effect was
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-20
AN ACTIVE DAY IN
THE STOCK MARKET
The Bull Element Obtains the
Upper Hand
AND HOLDS IT ALL DAY
Prices Rise High Enough to Invite
Free Profit Taking.
THEY RUN OFF A LITTLE AT THE CLOSE
But the Average Level Of Values Was Consider
able Higher as the Result Ct the Days
Trading Bears Efforts Caused
M Active Decline,
No Active Decline.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, Oct 19.-There has been
nothing new of any Importance in the
market for cotton goods today. The de-
mand has been of an ordinary charac-
ter for all descriptions Of staple lines
with continued fair demand for spring
specialties in both printed and woven
patterned goods. Regular prints and
gnghams are firm but quiet. Print cloths
are firm but sell slowly. Linens are
in fair request. Market firm with adj
vancing tendency. Burlaps very scarce
and higher by and eighth of cent in
face of quiet business.
COTTON.
New York, Oct. 19.-Operations in cotton
futures today fell considerably below the
recent average days transactions and the
variations, while of fifteen points range,
lacked significance. The opening was
steady with August four points lower and
the other months unchanged to six points
higher, this being quite out OF line with
strength and activity in the Liverpool
market. For a time prices followed a
zig-zag course with the trade at sea as
to just which way to turn. Bearish ideas
eventually prevailed, and prices slowly
tapered off under selling of outside long
cotton and over sales by the pit con-
tingent. Europe sold sparingly here on
the decline, and the South offered small
amounts of the January and March op-
tions. The extra Government report
bearing upon the Texas crop damage by
the storm of September Sth, produced nc
special effect upon sentiment, the infor-
nation having been pretty thoroughly dis
counted here. During the afternoon the
market was listless with a weak under
tone; January fell slowly to 9.15, subse-
quently rallying on light covering by
shorts. The week end statistics were
fully as formidable as anticipated and
helped to depress the market after the
noon hour. At the close the market ruled
steady with prices net unchanged to two
points lower
NEW. YORK.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 Cotton futures opened
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-20
NEW YORK
New YORK. Oct. 10 Cotton futures open
LJv-HPOOL

SPOT cOstOn Closed quIFI; IHIuuHH8
OF: middling gulf 10, sales - bales.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-20
NEW vcpK MONEY

Nsw YORK, Oct. 9-s P. M.-Money on call
firm at S0i per cant; las: loan per Gent
/, ing .xchanye heavy with actual business in
ban hills at 8,1l for demand aud at sLS1A
for - Gays. Po3tAd E, ties ete9D4 S2h ana
e4SiX Cu.mmere,a uils S4601S@L8l. Silver GER
tIfi ,atas 62Hnf4 Bar silver 81 Mexcsn do :
tar. 4aSs government nds strong; safe oonda
s.rong; .aliroad bonos inactive.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-20
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Ills, Oct. 19.-Wheat closed
shade higher today under the influence
of higher cables and light Argentine ship
ments. Corn closed Nc and oats Bc. I'M
proved Provisions closed 71Rc. to 1Oc. TO
171b to zoe higher.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-20

Liverpool, Get. I9.4 M.-STet cotton
moderate blsiness prices steady; American mid
ding I-321 good mi1dling ills; midding
5ssd low mid ling 5 7-l6, good ordinary 4%d .
The sales of tie day were 900 bales, Of viii N
500 we're for speculation and export and includ
ID $500 American. Receipts 5000 bales, in
GLIDING 78 O American.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-20
NAVAL STORES.


Wilmington, N. c., Oct. 19.-Turpentine
firm at 391bGD40; receipts az.
Rosin quiet at 81 la0l ~; rscelpS 20
Crude Lurpentine steady at u'4oG24o' iecoip''
80 barrels. c-,
Charleston, S. c. Oct. l9.-Turpentlne, firm OK
31Ib; receipts -; sales so; exports =.
Rosin steady: receipts =: sales =: exports-.
Quote b, G, d, 81.20; E, s125; F, 11.40; G, LAO;
Fl, S15O; |, S155; K. eI.65, Nd, el.75; N, 90; W
2.l5; w w, $3.50.
Savannah Ga, Oct. l9.-Turpentine firm al
3ol. receipts sol; sales f8l; ex ports 23l.
Resin h+m: receipts 2,S7l, sales -; exports
. quote; A, b, C, D, sl.35; E, $40; e, BIAS;
G, l.5O; h, 6l.i5; |, SL85; X, $3.50; M, e2U;
81 80; VIC, 81 so; WV s2.i5.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NoRFc--, Va, Oct. 1a-Pesnuts steady; new
fancy, ~; strictly prime, ~ prime, 2&02A
common, lhQ2.; Spanish. 9oc DER bnshe
, 1900-12-20
The Westinahouse Corner

Mr. George Westinghouse Of Pitts
burg and Washington, the great brake
millionaire, has a small son n heir
of whom he is very proud.
This pride is only Of recent develop
m"nt. me boy mas always been the
mothers idol, but the father has till
lately concentrated his interest in life
in his electric I'M mechanical appli-
Young Westinghouse was amusing
himself in his playroom, n day, with
Il train OF cars. when his father looked
in on him. He asked the boy what he
would like to be when h" grew to be
a man.
The youngster looked at the toy
rOupllng-pin he had in his hand and
said: An inventor or an engineer
Imagine how that delighted the faith
err since that day the boy has ofteA
been taken to the great Westinghouse
+ and is allowed to investigate
every pleceof machinery with a faith
iul guide. Mr.. Westinghouse is now
entirely wrapped up in him. Taciturn
as he is to outsiders, he Will talk to
TINS boy for hours, n never tires of
showing MN the uses OF machinery.
They are great comrades.
At the approach OF the boys birth
day while they were at Washington,
he was asked by ms mother what he
would likek to do. 60 to Pittsburg,
he said, and see the works. The
family left at once and took possession
OF their Plttsburg home. The rather
Went. too, and the night before the
, 1900-12-20
How Little ! Knew.

How little | knew. when I first saw
You.
Nnd your eyes for a moment Ques-
toned mine.
II amounted to this-that the dawn
and the dew,
The m%idnights dark, and the mid.
Moons shine,
The aw" Of the silent. soaring peak.
The h~arebell's blue. and the cloud
in the blue,
And all the beauty | sing and seek.
Would come to mean-just you,
Vet ! might have known For that
one deep look
Which you gave me from under your
hats low brim
Years afterward in my pulses shook
And made my memory swim.
1t will burn in my heart the long years
through.
And when this life Of the flesh is
done
will open my heart and show it to yor
In the worlds beyond the sun.
Charles G. d. Roberts. in The Sat
urday Evening Post.
, 1900-12-20
SHOPPING IN CHINA.


Lengthy Ceremony.
When a man or woman goes into a
shop in China. a clerk with much cere-
mony brings fragrant tea, which is
served in fine style. The compliments
Of the season are exchanged, there are
talks about the weather-in fact, every
/ of evasion is employed to keep
away from the real reason of the visit,
which is to buy something. The pro-
prietor solemnly watches these pro-
~ceedings from afar. The style of COM
pliment is of this order: In what
celestial country did your exalted eX-
ceilence purchase the superine gar
ments upon which | feast my eyes?
Surely in no miserable and unworthy
land like our own" When tea and
talk are exhausted, the little pipe bear
er, who always attends his master or
mistress out of doors. lights a pipe for
his employer, say the Philadelphia
Times. There are only a few whiffs in
each pipeful, SO that process has to be
frequently repeated. Then business be-
gins. The shopper asks the price of
me required article. ana makes an Of
fer fer it that is much lower. This is
promptly refused in language that is
courteous n polite beyond descrip-
ton. Then the possible purchaser de-
parts with great dignity and elegance.
When a bargain is completed the pur-
chaser never pays for it himself. The
chief steward is called. notified that
the article has been accepted, and
when the bill comes in the boy" set
ties it, giving an account quarterly to
his master of money disbursed for the
household. Money. as we have it, Is
unknown in China. There are no sill
yer dollars, no fractions or dollars, as
quarters and ten-cent pieces, no paper
bank notes. There is a coin called
cash." with a hole punched in the
middle, that is used for small transac-
tons. Cash" can be strung like beads
on a string. 1t takes 100 pieces to
equal the value of one standard cent.
Gold is used only for ornaments in
China. never for current coin.
, 1900-12-20
A Good Thing.

German Syrup is a special prescripr
ion of DR.. A. Boschee, a celebrated Ger.
man physician, and is acknowledged
to be one of the most fortuneate dis.
ccveries in medicine. 1t quickly cures
coughs, colds and all lung troubles of
the %severest nature, removing. as it
does, the cause of the affection and
leaving the parts in a strong and
healthy condition. 1t is not an ex
detrimental medicine, but has stood the
test for years, giving satisfaction in
every case. which it's rapidly increas-
ing sale every season confirms. Two
million bottles sold annually. Bos-
chee's German Syrup was introduced
in the United States in 1868, and is
nov sold In every town and village IN
the civilized world. Three doses will
relieve any ordinary cough. Price rs
cents. Get Green's prize almanac. F.
II Eggeston, druggist.
, 1900-12-20
USE o. OLD PEOPLE.
CANNIBALS DEVOUR THEIR
AGED RELATIVES.
Economical Custom Prarticed In South
Americs-FIeSh of Women Never Eaten
A. 1t Is Considered Poisonous An Odd
Religious Rite.

The pleasant and economical Gus
tom OF eating Old and affirm relatives
is still common among many native
tribes of South America. The Mayoru-
mas do not stick eve at eating their
own parents and children. Indeed.
they look upon this disposal of the
unfit as a sort of piods duty. The
traveller OsCulati speaks OF finding 4
baptized member OF this tribe very
sick and weeping bitterly, When
asked the .eason Of his grief. the In
dian replied hat in a little while he
would be food for worms. whereas II
he had not been baptized his nearest
relatives would have eaten him.
Clearly he preferred this method of
sepulcher. The Yamuas of the upper
Amazon suck the marrow from the
bones of their dead and thereby, ac-
cording to their belief. transfer the
souls of the departed to their W
bodies. The Kashibos on the Pachitea
river apparently combine a religious
rite with their eating of the old. When
an old man is told that his last day
is at hand he exhibits signs of great
satisfaction, saying that he will soon
see his old friends once moro Tben
nreDaratiore are made for =, big raost
and the old man is knocked IN tho
haad with , cr,h ,rd dororrod hod,
and homes for, .vor tho hores arc
crushed to nou.der stewod into ,
broth and swallowed. No waste is al
lowed In tho Eosbibos. ki+cbon Tboso
gen+lo aav,g,s royor oo+ tbo eosb ~
women nc NOV corsider II ,oisono,s
and ,lso attribr+o 10 II tbo rronor+r
of MAILING i+s o,+or osfor,iroto ava
couord1r nonr ,ho po.o,uao,
,notbors moved h,. rrro uo,orno, ,f
,ootior 90, .boir obiIa.on r,ha Nv,
diod ro,ur,I do,,b, U-hor sotho.
hoe booomo o,d and mail. - ell,
tho tr;ho In q. m,naa,innn 10
treats bic so, 10 I'm htn M 90,
ohors "a IL. ha., T. -. 80
aoton h., ~ 49, mur - -.
oomn,nuon - ,a,a u,a 49,,
sbriaE. - nn,, -. ~
Mild ,rihna o. - C .La.
tho husbana oota 49, ,so .ha". hi.
fot,or ,na w. huathou ~, huotSar ~
sistar IN rm 49, nas.iho,isu, T.,
nmas h. - ~" $50
, 1900-12-20
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10. 100
UNCONSTITUTIONAL

In the United States court at CAey-
enne this week. Judge A. Riner prcsid-
ing, the Wyoming migratory stock
law was given n Knockout blow. the
court declaring the law to be uncon-
stitutional.
The lew was passed in 1899 and was
designed to make parties driving
stock through the state pay a tax 1t
was believed it would go a long way
toward preventing the trail business,
particularly hat portion of it which
consumed months while owners were
bringing sheep from Oregon. Idaho
and Utah, feeding off the ranges of tho
state while on the way.
The state supreme court has passed
upon the question and decided the law
to be constitutional. The case was
brought before the state court under
a different state of facts, but the prin-
ciple involved was the same. \ band
of sheep was driven clear through the
state from Idaho to Nebraska and the
supreme court held that they must
pay the tax provided by the law. that
the law was not in violation of inter
state commerce.
In the United States court the case
was brought by Newman Bros. & Ma
tons Of Kansas City, Mo. against Con
verse county. In May. 1900. plaintiffs
brought into the state 400 head of
cattle and unloaded them from the
cars at Grin Junction. The treasurer
ment of the tax and was refused. He
%thereupon destrained 200 head of cat
tie to secure the county. Most of the
cattle were driven to Moorcroft and
nearly all of them We're disposed of in
this state. Before the court evidence
was adduced showing that il was the
intent of the owners at the time of un-
loading at Grin Junction to AXE the
cattle through and beyond the limits
of Wyoming, and the court held that
the intent must govern and that the
law as applied to such cases was in
violation of interstate commerce.
1t is probable that the only way such
stock can be prevented from passing
over and destroying the valuable
ranges of the state is through police
regulations. A strict quarantine may
be established and the matter reached
in that way.