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The colored American., 1900-07-21
The RECORD OF 4 BUSY LIFE.
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IN their infinite variety, and served as
an excellent preparation for the severe
mental tests which later years de-
msuded of him. The year 1881 saw The
beginnIng of his Work at Tuskegee-a
town then not on the map The struggle
drring the schools formative period,
the quests for help to meet growing
claims upon finances and space, the
enlargement of scope, the strong
friends enlisted and final guarantee of
nermanent existence are told in an en-.
gazing way, and no enc can read the
acoountI without feeling encouraged.
Had some Rip Van Winkle fallen
asleep at Tuskegee twenty years ago,
and remained so until today, he would
awaken amazed and incredulous that
such magic modern city-an edu,
cational Mecca could have sprung up
in that one time waste, and that the
eenius and industry Of one man and a
black man at that-was responsible for
its being. Is not such a magnificent
product of two decades an inspiration
to our young men. especially coming
rs it does from an ex slave with no OPP
portunities save those made by himself
and no capital save clear mind, and
honest heart and willing hands? Is not
The comparison between. Mr.. Washing
toms positive results and those Of the
average assisted youth today very
greatly discredit-if not shame OF the
latter? The story of Tuskegee's develop.
mont and the analysis OF the characteE
Of its protector and fitting companion
pieces-one supplements the other.
Mr.. Washington's career and achieve
ments are the best exemplars OF the
doctrine he so eloquently breaches.
AS means of preserving precious
race records and giving posterlty
store house Of rich thought, the volume
has value far beyond its market price.
1t contains the principal speeches and
letters delivered by Its author, and
each of them has proven an epoch
maker. Notable among them are his
famous Atlanta speech in 1895, which
set the country afire with ne wer and
loftier conception Of the race problem;
his address at Howard upon receiving
the degree Of A. M, his dedication OF
monument to Robert GeuId Shaw In
Boston; the Peace Jubilee speech at
Chicago, and several others, besides
his open letters to Senator Tillmsn and
to the Louisiana Constitutional Con
stitutional Convention, pleading In
firm and dignified terms for the rights
Of the Negro people. These productions
deserve q prominent place in the
library of every race-loving coloPed
nan in America.
The generous and wholly unseItish
character OF tina author is shown In the
liberal praise he bestows upon others
in connection with the work at Tuske-
gee.
He gives Miss Olivia A. Davidson,
who ofterWard became his second wife,
her fun measure of credit for the great
assistance which she rendered his now
famous school, in it's darkest hours OF
poverty and adversely. How easily it
would have been for him to have min
inized her work and thus giorlfied him-
self, Ia doing justice by her he has,
The colored American., 1900-07-21

oidl AinstionS 8, OUT mat lG haQ been
advocated by Frederick Douglass, as
far back as 1853, when, in letter to
Harriet Reecher-Stowe, he advised
her to use some funds which she de :
sired to devote to the uplifting of the
coiored people, in erecting and equip
ping college which should provide an
industrial as we'll as literary educa
ton.
Modesty is another distinguishing
quality portrayed in this volume. He
wrote not to distinguish himself, but
st the behest Of his family-particulaf
ly his beloved daughter Portia. In re.
counting his own successes, successes
which well might turn tho head of any
ordinary man, Mr.. Washington modest
ly lets others speak for him and quotes
extensively from reports and editorials
which have appeared in the daily press
of the country. He draws as lightly
a possible upon the upper case 81 "
Mr.. Washington's book contains
numberless bits Of timely logic, trfte
aphorisms, and glimpses into the realm
Of deep philosophy. They are happily
placed and 60 far to Undue the work
with the effervescent individuality Of
The writer He takes his reader thor
oughly into his confidence. a scrap
indicative of his conscientiousness, is
worthy of quotation here:
"I have, says he, "always made it
rule to keep engagements Of public
nature where 1 have once made prom
ise to do so. On one occasion 1 had an
appointment to speak in small coun'
try ch lrch not far from Boston. Just
before night a severe snowstorm came
up, and although L knew this storm
would keep everyone from the meeting
l made it point to be present. When
l got to the church there was no one
there but the sexton. The minister
himself did not come, and when [ saw
him later he was surprised to find that
I had been at the church On the night
appointed, and told me he felt SIRE |
would not be present on account of the
storm" Mr.. Washington is stickler
for punctuality and p1omptness. Eight
o'clock with him, means eight o'clock
to the dot.
His inexhaustible energy is in evil
dence throughout the book, when the
reader observes how much ground Mr..
Washington covers in a short time,
and what distant points he reaches,
without intervals of rest. There have
been occasions where the carrying out
OF a lecture schedule made it necessary
for him to sleep In three beds in the
same night. His 1ndomitable courage
in the face of difficulties is also faith
fully brought out. Stormed at by the
Jealous, scoffed at by the unthinking,
unsupported by the small'minded, and
reviled by the incompetent because he
dared to tell the truth, he stuck to his
text, he stood 1t all like man, and has
seen the world inch by inch, roll around
to his position. He has proven bis case.
He SAYS, with grim humor, that he
has always found 1t easy to find people
who can tell him how thing could
not be accomplished but very hard to
find any one who could tell him how
thing could be accomplished. He Is OF
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FROM MANILA. GEORGE DARBY, A PINE BLUFF BOY, WRITES TO
 HIS MOTHER.
MAJOR LOGAN'S DEATH.
Says the Fi1ipinos Were Piled Up Like Cross-Ties.---
 Likes the Country.

The following letter was received Saturday by Mrs. George Darcy in this city, from her son, George, who is member of the 33rd regiment, which is now ln the heat of battles in the Philippines. It is self-ex- planatory:
 SAN FABIAN, P. l., Nov. F, 1999- My Dear Nother-It gives ne the greatest pleasure to let you know that l am we'll and all right. We had one of the biggest battles yes- terday that was ever fought on Phil ippine soil, and our brave Major Logan was killed and Capt. Green was wounded in the leg. There were nine killed and eleven wound ed out of our regiment; three were hurt out of our company. The Eli. pinos loss was great, they were pil- ed up by the side of their trenches like cross-ties. Frank McClain kill- ed the enemy thatsbot Maj ajLogan. He was up in a cocoanut tree and when Frank shot be came down like a son of brick, and a Go. M boy named Downs killed the one who shot Capt. Green. It. is estimated that the 33a fought two thousand of the Filipinos in the trenches, They were guarding the city ot San Jacin- to. The report today brought ln by one of the Iieutenarts is that there
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TRAMP BADLY BURNED.
John Harper, Tourist Painter, Rolls
 Into Fire While Asleep.

Friday evening last, Jno. Harper, tramp banter of Philadelphia, Pa, ], met with a peculiar as well as pain ful accident in this city.
 Harper cooked contributed meal 0n the bank of the Arkansas river just back of the Cotton Belt shops and, after enjoying same, he laid down alongside the fire to take map" In his slumbers. be un- fortunately rolled too near the fire with painful results. Ills clothing caught fire, and before aid reached him he was badly burned about the face and upper part of the body. Negroes living in that vicinity dressed his wounds the best they could and some white people living in the same section, gave him enough money to secure medica. attention.
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CLEVER ENTERTAINMENT.
Ii7en by MT. and Mrs. Chas. T. Tay-
 Tor and Assistants.

A small sized audience greeted the ntertainment given at the Merrill Institute last Friday eve hing for the benefit of the Ladies Hospital Assoclatlon by Mr. and Mrs. Chas. T. Taylor, of Little Rock. assisted by local talent. The few people that were in attendance went away much pleased, and to sa e4the least were doubly pald for thes visit. Several numbers on the program were omitted, owing to absence of participants, but Mr. Taylor, who has several Tong suits, filed them in person.
 Mr. and Mrs Chas. T. Taylor are Exceptionally clever artists in their lines. They highly entertained the audience on this occasion and re sceived rounds of applause. Mr. Taylor, next to Hermann the Great, is one of the cleyerest slight of
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APPOINTED TAKE CHARGE OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE
 cos BUSINESS
w. D. HEARN APPOINTED.
A Peculiar Case and One of the First of It's Kind Since the
 Bankruptcy Law.

The Golden Eagle Company, against whom a petition of involun- tary bankruptcy had been filed some two weeks ago in the Federal court, and who has been in possession of the stock of goods situated in the store room on Main street next door to Talbot and Company. on Saturday afternoon agreed with their creditors that the stock of goods be placed iE the hands of 8 receiver, pending trial as to their insolvency, which is set for January 18th next, and accordingly Mr. w. D. Hearn was appointed receiver and qualified as such.
 The proceedings filed against the Golden Eagle Company in this mat ter was one of the first of it's kind since the passage of the bankruptcy law, and its operation and effect has been the subject of interest on the part of our citizens, who could not understand how the company re, tained possession of the property after the fling of the petition.
 The store on Main street is closed at present.
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hand men eyer seen in Pine Bluff. His work is quick and puzzling. Mrs. Taylor in her mind reading act is indeed a wonder. She accom- pIished some mind reading Friday night, taat if told you, you would doubt the truthfuIness of lt. She is a very handsome and bright young woman aLd naturally held the strict attention of the audience through out.
 The speeialties of all the local ar lists who assisted in the program, were clever and received enthusias- tic receptions.
 MT. Tavlor worked hard to get a good crowd and the worthy cause for which it was given, should. alone, have drawn out good crowd.
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were oyer 800 of them killed, besides the wounded. Go. M boys know of 1l0 that they counted in the trench. es. They had six of them aud they would fall back from cue to the oth CT.
 Cos. G H and E had a skirmjsh with the enemy on the 10th aud two Of the boys were wounded aud the enemy's loss was unknown.
 This is a beautiful place if it was not for the war. You have all the fruit you want and it don't cost anything The night w. landed here after the war vessels sheled the place, the whole regiment had chicken for supper.
 Just few minutes before Major Logan was killed, Capt Green told him to get back, IS be was making target of himself and would get killed, He said that was what he was here for, and in short time he was shot through the brain.
 We are the first Americans to land this far north on the island. The newspaper correspondents who Were with us and also in Cuba. say that It was a harder fought battle than the one at San Juan bill.
 We'll 1 must close, with love to all. The Pine Buff boys are all well, none of them hurt. l think we will all get through all right. We'll good bye till the next time. Witt love from your affectionate son,
 GEORGE. Address mail to Manila and l will get it.
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POOR MAN SHELTER"

The good work of the Poor Mans Shelter or the Mission Work" con ntinues with the sn me zeal with which 1t started. Over 100 free meals were furnished last week. a6tzour citizens lend their aid and support in t'e way of small con- tributlons. Any old clothing. quilts, cots etc.. will be giadly received by Rev. Holcomb.
 MT. James Mullen,o of Scranton, pa.. u worker of experience, has arri d in the city and will assist Rey. Hol-- comb in conducting his work.
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Southwestern Telegraph and } Telephone Co.

the windows and almost struck a lady passenger in the face. The window glass was crushed and flew into the ladys face, badly frighten- ing her.
 This low down practice Of rocking trains will be stopped. There are now several sneaks la the peniten- tiary for such dirty work, commit ted In this section of the state, and there will be a few more, if the rocking" does not cease.
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AT THEIR OLD TRICKS.
A Rock Thrown Through Window
 of an Iron Mountain Train.

Friday afternoon as tbe north. bound Iron Noun tain passenger train was pulling out of Fairfield, a station about seven miles east of this place, some sneak. who is too low to enjoy the company of man gy dog, threw a rock through one of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14

Wamsutta and New York mills domestic witb 2200 linen bosom shirts laundried made to measure for $1200 half dozen at J. B. Simon Co. S7
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14

"Deeds Are Fruits. words are butleaves." The many wonderful cures effected by Hoods Sarsaparllla are the fruits by which it should be judged. These prove 1t to be the great reme- dy for all blood diseases.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. Non-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-14

D seasionaliy you will find store, or other place of business so far behind the times al to be without A telephone.
 The telephone facilitates the transactlon of business and draws custom, as nothing else can.
 People like to deal with those wh, consider no appliance too expensive, so long as fl adds to the comfort patron.
 To which class do you belong?
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pie to such an extent again. Having
oeen through one civil war, and having
Known by experience all of it's horrors,
would surrender the presidency even
felt that had been elected, rather
than have a civil war over it. Many peo-
ole blamed Mr.. Tilden at that time for
lot insisting upon his Inauguration,
cut he was patriotic and wise in declin-
ng to carry his contest to the arbitra-
nent of war.
Speaking of civil war reminds me of
hundreds of scenes and incidents in
that four years of fighting. During the
greater part of the time was on Vir-
ginia soil with Hunton's brigade, and
We were kept busy all of the time.
With plenty of money and unlimited
.esources, during the first two years of
he war, we had plenty of supplies, food
md clothing. Even then the hardships
If army life were severe enough. But
when our cause was failing, when we
could get no money from abroad, when
our confederate paper money was de-
oreciated and depreciating, when our
ports were blockaded and our supplies
exhausted, our sufferings were as in
tense as those which were suffered by
the continental army under Washing
ton at Valley Forge and elsewhere.
Moreover. our soldiers, believing in
their cause, were as patriotic and noble
as were their ancestors, the heroes who
fought for the liberty of the IS colonies.
There are thousands of living con-
federate soldiers who will freely admit
that the cause was wrong, and who will
say that it is blessing to all of US and
to our poste.;ty- that we have a great
united county, but no self-respecting
confederate soldier will say or permit
anyone to say that the confederate SOL
diers were not as patriotic, self-sacrific-
ing heroes as ever carried arms for any
cause in the history of the world. AND
on many a battlefield we learned to re-
spect the soldiers of the north. No SOL
diers on earth but southern men could
have made such charge as Pickett's
men made at Gettysburg. No soldiers
in the world but Aorthern soldiers could
have withstood that charge and rolled
our shattered columns back from those
heights.
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CrOss-Eyed Women.

All soldiers share the common SUI
perstition against meeting a cross
eyed woman. \ reservist who re-
Gently journeyed to Aldershot to re-
join his regiment under orders for
South Africa, wrote to friend on the
eve of his departure for the front:
81 shan't come back this trip, old fell
low; there was a crOss-eyed wench
in the train as I came down to Join.
She looked at me all the time, con-
found her, and you know what that
means. I shall get the knock this
Journey" The poor fellows gloomy
foreboding came true-he was one of
the Grenadiers who fell at Belmont,
and his fate has strengthened in one
or two minds at all events the belief
that the sight of a cross-eyed woman
is inimical to the safety of soldier
going on, active service. On the con-
trary, 4 cross-eyed man is not anath-
ema to Tommy Atkins, for the
sight of him is supposed to bring
good luck.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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TALK WITH HUNTON.
Venerable Virginia Ex-senator Tells
Some War Stories.
Would Cheerfully Surrender the
Presidency to Avert Civil War
Confederate Bills at n Ire
mendOuA Discount.
Especial Washington letter.


II EX-SENATOR EPPA HUNTON, of
T. Virginia, is one of the most en-
Pertaining gentlemen that Wis
is this capital city. He resides at War
:enton, only four hours ride from here,
md every session of congress brings
linn to Washington several times dur
ng the winter. Those who know him
veil always seek his society because
hey find not only entertainment, but
instruction or information in his ordi-
larry conversation.
Il am the sole surviving member of
he electoral commission" said Gen.
Hunton this afternoon. There were Is
IT us, and one by one they have gone
hence while I have been permitted to
i've thus long and enjoy good health
wen until now, although 1 am almost
70 years old. The electoral commission
vas created by congress in order that
there might be peaceful settlement of
he contest for the presidency, in jan
larry, 1877.
whether that commission was com
;titutional or not has always been
nooted question. But that makes no
difference; the representatives of the
people agreed upon the commission,
Ind its conclusions were accepted. 1t is
! singular fact that the learned judges
and lawmakers composing that COM
mission were swayed in. their conclu-
lions by their partisan inclinat atoms,
'ather than by calm, cool judgment.
Eight republican members of the COM
mission voted in favor of Hayes, and
seven democratic members voted in IA
For of Tilden, on all controverted
points, and Hayes was declared elected,
and he was inaugurated.
"The people of the entire country
we're greatly excited, and there was
some danger that civil war might ensue.
{ don't think the presidential success
sion is worth civil war. Neither polit-
cal party should ever stir up the peo-
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"At the beginning of the war with
Spain received letters from scores of
the old members of Hunton's brigade,
begging me to blow my bugle and call
them together. They wanted to fight
for our common country just as freely
and periodically as they fought for the
confederacy. Some of them were more
than 60 years old, but the fire of youth
was kindled in them, and they were
ready 10 leave their families and march
under the stars and stripes against the
foreign foe. OF course. they did not get
into the army, but their sons enlisted,
and I have been told that upwards of a
thousand of the sons of veterans of Hun
tons brigade offered their services to
the FEDERAL government"
Gen. Hunton's references to the vicis-
STUDIES of the confederates during the
latter part of the civil war reminded a
friend of an old scrap book in the treas
ury department which mutely but elo-
quently tells the story of the failure OF
the cause. 1t was shown to the writer
to-day. It is filled from cover to cover
with samples of confederate money.
The first bills issued by the confeder-
acy bear the inscriptions: 1.-Two years
after date the confederate states prom
Use to pay" but very soon thereafter,
when it was seen that a long war in
stead of short one must ensue before
the confederacy could be established,
the notes were issued with the inscrip-
ton: "Six months after the ratifica-
ton of 4 treaty of peace between the
confederate states and the United
States" and this wording was contin-
ued to the close of the war.
In 1861 and 1862 the paper money Of
the confederacy was maintained at
par. Gen. Hunton referred to those
days as days of comparative ease for
the soldiers and for their cause. But
in 1868, when Vicksburg surrendered
and Lee was defeated at Gettysburg,
the confederate money fell to so per
cent. of its face value. At the close Of
that year the money was held to be
worth As per cent. of its face value. In
the spring of 1864, when Grant mobil-
lied his army in Virginia, Sherman at
Chattanooga, and Sheridan in the valley
of Virginia, the value of confederate
money deprecated so rapidly that it be-
came practically worthless. The union
armies encircled the confederacy with
walls of steel and fire, and the financial
world would give no recognition to con.
federate promises to pay.
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Carving tho Go,pcl.

There are 4,671 ordained Protestant
missionaries. assisted by 2,O75 laymen.
-A705 missionary wives, and 3,421 I'M
married women, total missionary
force of 15,O19, reinforced by 64,193 ma
tive helpers. carrying the gospel to
the world. About 1000 of the native
helpers are themselves ordained minis.
tiers. The total evangelistic army
numbers so, 500 souls and the annual
income of the societies supporting
them is. in round numbers, $4,000,
600.
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To Give Cuban Troop. Com mand.

April IL has been tentatively Sc
ton of Cuban for American troops
shall commence. There are now 5000
American troops in Cuba, and it is I'M
likely there will be more than 5000
by the LIST of May. The troops to be
withdrawn will consist mainly of cav
airy and infantry. The artillery troops
Az havana are all needed for the care
and Hnlice of the Notifications of that
city wh.. CHI they garrison.