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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-12
Story Of a Slave.

To be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains of disease is the worst
form of slavery. George d. Williams
of Manchester, Mich. tells how such
a slave was made free. lie SAYS; My
wife hasbeen so helpless for'tive years
That she could not turn over in bed
alone. After using two BOTTLES of
Electric bltters, she is wonderfully
improved and able to do her own
work. This. supreme remedy for fe-
male diseases quickly cures nervous
ness, sleeplessness, Melancholy, head
ache, backache, fairting and dizzy
spells. This miracle working medi-
cine is Godsend to weak, sickly and
run down people. Every bottle guar
anteed. Only so cents. Sod by Peo-
ple's drug store and A. w. Foleman,
Druggists. DIV
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-12
CHARACTER In LETTERS.
car~ieAaness In Correspondence IL
surc 10 Make Itself Ap-
parent.


a letter may be ELUSIVE in words Of
regard. but shop-worn paper, pale ink
and sloyenly, illegible handwriting will
speak much louder Of carelessness and
discourtesy; just as carefully selected
paper, black ink and clear handwrit-
ing convey an impression of the courte-
sy, good breeding and refinement OF the
writer. The dotting Of an J. crossing of
I, careful punctuation mark, or a
stamp placed evenly and correctly may
be trifes in themselves, but they speak
volumes for the faithfulness and
thoughtfulness of the correspondent,
says Frances Bennett Galloway in
Ledger Monthly.
A young girl who received misera-
bly, scrawled note from her sweetheart,
asked herself with some forebodings:
'Can ! trust my happiness with a
man who writes like that?"
The handsome young lover, however,
was more persuasive with eyes and lips
than with his pen, and the girl finally
married him. The wife endured many
discomforts and vexations from the
heedlessness and 'thoughtlessness of.
her husband, and often remembered
the warning which had been given her
in his love letters
A reverse story is that Of beauty
whose betrothed adored her until his
absence required some correspondence,
when her scribbly, slovenly, heartless
letters wrought complete disillusion,
and the friendship was broken.
II took no pains with my letters, for
I did not care" she confided to friend.
"And now / would give the world to
have him back"
But it was too late. The impression
of her character sent forth in those
careless letters could never be recalled.
II helps one in character-building to
avoid even an appearance of weakness,
as, for example, profHse apologies,
which are so often insincere, and usual
ly indicate some defect in the writer's
character, such as Incidence, subtle
conceit or affectation.
A long, rambling, confused letter re-
yeals weakness either mentally or
physically, because il shows that the |
writer lacks the power TO concentrate
his thoughts. The man who has ther
strength and frmness Of character to
collect lis thoughts and send them out
with plain directness is the mar who
prevails in speech, either written or
spoken.
Fine, howery rhetoric, like vulgar
display in dress, springs from ignor-
ance and lack Of training, and gives the
impression of vanity and jnsincerity.
Simple sincerity is greatcharm in let
and we can all be simply
and sincerely true.
Fretfulness. melancholy and fault
finding should be avoided in letter-writ-
ing, if for no other reason than that
they portray the writer's selhshness
and weakness. In brightness and good
cheer, in the determination TO look for
light and not darkness, is revealed the
strongest character and it is the
bright, cheerful letter-writers who are
a spiritual power and force in the
world to-day.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-12

Elegant and artlstically printed
stationary bespeaks the methodical
and successful business man. There
isno economy in second class job
work at any price. This office is turn
ing out work every day that is its
best possible advertisements.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-12

Moore's pilules are guaranteed
cure for all forms Of malarial, ague,
chills and fever, swamp fever, malar-
ial fever, bilious fever, jaundice, Bill
iousness, fetid breath and tired,
listless feeling. They cure rheuma-
tism and the lassitude following
blood poison produced from malarial
poisoning. No quinine. No arsenic,
acids or iron. Do not ruin stamach
or teeth. Entirely tasteless Price
80 cents per box. DR.. C. C. Moore Co,
80 North Main street, ST. Louis, No.
Sod By Peoples drug store. dwly
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-12

Darling, your friend i-n't going to
lend US that money younsked him for.
He called to-day to say So"
II should like to know why not. He
knows me perfectly well-lnows all
about me-"
"He said that--that-was just the
reason why."-N. Y. World.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-12

Chronic Dyspeptic (also bore)- am
actually reduced to a wall.ing skeleton,
and
Heartless Man-That so? Why don't
you ride?-Puck
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-12

Economy In wireless TeIegraDhy.
In one case s260.0oO has been saved
owing to the establishment of wire
less telegraphy between the East
Goodwin lightship and the South
Foreland.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04
FAMILY NAMES LIKE THINGS.
Names Identical with and substan-
TALLY Like Those of Familiar EIe-

Names Identical with and Substnn-
t.Itv Liz r.hos,. or t,,,,i,;.r uto
menus
New York, Feb 1T Is curious how
many family names are substantiaUv ike
,bo-, - ,,ut. a,..
iO' -"
stance tNe seasons. Ihtrc Is spring, also
Winter, and If there Us no summer there
Is a Summers. uud though There be no Fan
tbore ls 81 NAN. ,rt,..... tt,.4 Gill;. .h..
80 ''''' I'm" '''e
'lo'i'n7 are 'iuu"i9' March ana May
AS to names like those Of the smaller sub
divisions of calendar time. Dsy ia well
known also yv.aks while. tboueh tbora
r,.., a., 49,, ..,,..,. .... ~. NJ, ...-..,. -
'''' '''-'"' "' ~ '''0' wv '"V'9
Is IaihiY name Morrow As for familiar
things in nature, take for instance Dew.
Frost Snow, cloud, Storm and Gales.
Raines and Hale To family names like
those OF minerals II Is easy to think of
Flint Cole, Rock, stone, Garnet, Dia-
mond and Jewell; and OF metals. Gold,
ana silver aud steele. Aver and Waters
suggest the elements ana Mould and Clay
are not unlike earth. AS to things in the
heavens there Is Moon and Starr. and OF
the compass, West as we'll as North
There Is considerable number of FAM
lily names like those Of colors as White,
Back, Green Blue, Purple, Violet Scar
lett, Brown and Gray. Like names of va
riouS members or features Of the body ara
Hand, Armes, Legg, Foote Bone Chinn,
Hare, Beard, and there Is also family
name Man. Like those Of names borne
by animals are: Bun, Bullock, Lamb,
Kidd, Colt Badger Ilogg, Hare ana
Wolf. There are many family names that
are exactly like or similar to things in
plant me or thor productions, as for ex-
ample the name Plant Rose and Flower,
budd Rice, Wheat, oates, Cotton. Berry,
| Bean. Plum and Cherry; and Cakes, Ashe,
| Pine and Maple. familiar family name
| IS thRt OF Root ana others are Branch
| stem ana Twiggs.
| Bird, Wing Heron and Wrenn sug-
gest themselves, also Crane, Crow and
| i.arke, rush Is n family name and others
that might be mentioned here are Had
| dock Pine, Roach Bass ana Crabb. Fam
| lily names suggestive OF titles OF rank
are; King, Queen, Prince. Duke, Marquis,
Lord, Baron and Knight besides Pope
and Deacon. Next take military titles
Marshall. Major ana Sergeant; and peo-
pies, English. French Welsh, Norman
and Dutch while among family names
| like those of countries, there are Eng
| land, ireland. France and Wales. The
ones that resemble buildings are: Church,
| Temple, Abbey and Tower Another fam
! lily name Is House; another is Mills; and
the name OF Barnes Is familiar. There Is
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04
An excentlonal az has heen nresent.

AN exceptional gift has been presents
ed to NJ. lola for his defense OF Alfred
Dreyfus by a group of Antwerp Journals
lists II consists Of a copy Of the famous
letter "Jaccuse" and OF the decree Of tho
Court of Cessation re revision, printed by
the Plantinian Press. so named from the
Frenchman Claude Plantin. who settled
in Antwerp toward the middle of the six
teenth century. The album or book con-
sists OF forty-eight pages. and the print
Ing was carefully superintendent by M
Buchanan of Antwerp, the type being
that known as gros canon. which was em-
poyed by Plantin in 1874 for his "Commun
Sanctorum." The letters are In black and
red. the borders of the pages being en-
graved with the Lobel rose, SO called from
a naturalist Of that name. The volume
was bound by NJ Mossly IN sixteenth
century style. with the antique ornament
taton being blended the national colors
Of France, the portrait Of lola, the letters
"J'aecuse," the lion OF Belgium, and tho
arms Of the city.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04
MozLEY,s LEMON ELIxIn.

I have been a great sufferer from diva.
nensia for about fifteen years, my trouhIm
being my liver, stomach and bowels. with
Terrible headaches, Lemon Elixir cured me
NV appetite IS good. and ] am wen I haJ
taken a barrel of other medicine. that done
me no good. Charles Gibhard.
No. 1915 Jefferson street, Louisville. Kv-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

tered into the spirit Of the thing, and are
poisoning their hands by wearing brass
rings that the dealers in cheap soap give
out As premiums.
The soap fad has caused some social es-
traugemspt. few hostesses have taken
the stand, considered unreasonable, that
select functions should not be turned into
"iather exchanges" at which hue-b blood
ed women make football scrambles after
desirable customers
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04
MoZLEY,s LEMON ELIxIR

Cured me of indigestion, .lad suffered for
ten years. mad tried almost every medi-
cine. but aH failed. Since taking Lemon
Elixir / can eat anything / like.
Reevesville. S. c. W. A. Grifith.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04
MozLEY,s LEMON ELIxIR

Cured me of enlarged liver, nervous indt.
gestion and heart disease. / was Ifnabia
10 walk up stairs or do any kind Of work
/ was treated by many physicians, but eos
no better until l used Lemon Elixir / ann
now healthy and vigorous.
e. II. Baldwin.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04
MOZLEY'S LEMON ELIXIR.
A Pheasant Lemon Tonic,

Cures Indigestion headache. malaria.
kidney disc ase, fever, chifs, loss of appe-
tite, debility, nervous Drostration and
heart failure, by regulating the liver,
etomache, bowels and kidneys.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

MozLEY, LEMON nor Dnops

Cures all coughs, colds. hoarseness. sore
throat, bronchitis, hemorrhage, and an
throat and lung diseases. Elegant, relia.
BILE
Csc at druggists Prepared only by DR..
H. Motley. Atlanta. Ga.-ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04
MozLEY's LEMON ELIXIR

cured me Of indigestion and heart disease
after years of suffering when an otbes
remedies. and doctors had failed.
Beulah, 8. c. N. d. Coleman
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

IL wonder why Miss Rittenhouse never
got married. She must have had chances.r
"Oh, yes; but she says she's so thorough-
~ American that she doesn't like to give
up being Il liberty belle ."--philadelphl
Bulletin,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

inquiries, but hurried home with the chair
put it in a loft and, rolling themselves up
in their beds, slept the sleep of the just.
In the meantime the bridegroom heard
the bridal party arrive. but had 10 await
the stroke of the ausptcous hour before
welcoming the bride, At last the cam
dies We're lit incense sticks We're lighted,
the new rice and viands for entertaining
the bride We're served, the parents-in-law
put on their best suits and so did the
bridegroom, and, with much pomp and GER
emony the door was thrown wide open;
but as far as the lanterns light would
reach, 10! there was not trace of the bril-
dal chair or bride, nor a single soul to he
seen. Great was their CONSERVATION, and
il became greater still as they concluded
that bandits must have Kidnapped the
bride and would hold her for ransom. The
district officer was aroused the case was
reported TO the village justice of the peace
and search parties were sent out in every
direction. The bridegroom, though dis
tracted, had sense enough 90 rush to the
city and make inquiries of the chair bear
ers. The coolies were dumbfounded and
explained what they had done. Together
they climbed to The loft, opened the door
of the chair and found the demure-loOk-
ing bride, long imprisoned and half-starv-
ed but still appearing TO her best adVan.-
age in her beautiful bridal gown. The
bride appeared to have known that she
was being carried backward and forward,
but could not protest, because 1t is tho
custom for brides not to open their lips
till the marriage ceremony IS performed.
Hence all the trouble.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

A new fad has sprung up In the best 60
clal circles Of New Brunswick, N. j. The
women, says the New York Journal, have
gone into the business OF selling soap ana
perfumes. and they all move about armed
with samples.
AT afternoon teas, balls and receptions
the blue blooded drummers talk of very
little but the soap and scent trade.
do you know" said the hostess Of a
pink luncheon the other day. that four
teen of my sixteen guests tried to sell per-
fumes to me?" OF course, / had to buy
them. one must be polite to ones friends. 8"
The game began when merchants offer
ed extraordinary premiums 10 the woman
who could sell most scent and soap In the
town. One firm hung up" a golf set, an
other a horse and wagon and a third a
Paris dress. Chairs and piano lamps ar
given out by the dozen, and prizes are Of
fered even to the women who deal in
laundry soaps.
one result of the campaign is that every
one IN New Brunswick is perfumtd 70
remarkable degree. The effect Of the soap
Is not so evident, but It Is understood that
a great deal more is being used than IN
former days.
The mill girls aud the children have en-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

If Knew
If / knew the box where the smiles are
kept
No matter how large the key
or strong the bolt. l would try so hard
'Twould open, / know for me.
Then over the land and the sea, broad
cast,
ia scatter the smiles to play.
That the chldren's faces might hold them
fast
For many and many a day.
II I knew box that was large enough
To hold all the frowns | meet
] would like 10 gather them every one,
From nursery, school and street;
Then folding and holding, I'd pack them
in,
And turning the monster key,
Ia hire a giant to drop the box
To the depths Of the deep, deep sea.
From the Philadelphia Times.
The colored American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-15
The Lane That Had No Turning.

Since adventurlng into Egypt in
quest of the raw material Of which fic.
ton is made, Mr.. Gilbert Parker's Can
adian fields have been lying fallow.
He returns to them. however, with new
vIgor, and even fuller power; and the
serial which he has just CON pleted finds
him at the highest dramatic level to
which he has yet attained.
The Lane that Had No Turning is
remarkable for its honest strength,
thorough originality, and absorbing in
terest. The scene of the story is Pom
tiac (whither Valmond came), and the
period the middle fifties. The leading
characters are Madelinette a famous
singer, and her husband, seignior Of
Pontiac. for whom she dares all and
risks all. The story gains interest as
it progresses and concludes with strik'
ing and wholly unexpec led finale.
The Lane that Had No Turning will
begin in The Saturday Evening Post
for September 20, and run through five
number.
The colored American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-15

The Negro Exhibit at the Paris Exhibition
THE Academy" the leading literary
paper In England, speaks most enthusi'
astically of the Book exhibit by Negro
authors at P arts, and pays high trib'
ute to Mr.. Daniel Murray of Washing
ton Library Of Congress. for the thor
oughness IN which he did the work on
the eleven hundred titles represented.
The notice is very fattering one, one
third of column is devoted to it. Mr..
Murray has added fully three hundred
additional titles, to the number men.
toned above.
The fact that fourteen hundred titles
all of them identified as representing
books or pamphlets by American
authors have been found, speaks vol
umes for the progress OF the race and
reflects equal credit On Mr.. Murray by
whose untirlng energy and knowledge
OF the fountains of literature, such a
marvellous exhibit is possible.
That the Afro American is rising can
not be doubted by the most Negro hat
ing pessimist, when The Academy the
leading book authority IN the literary
world, designs to accord him the mead
of praise in its columns, as it does in It's
issue Of August 18th, 1900.
The colored American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-15
THE coLoRED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. Q.

nameless solos which would have been
much more enjoyable if she had taken
the precaution to oil her vocal tubes
before perpetrating them. Mr.. Polly
Ace wont make bloomin success re-
citing Shakespes until he has studied
Shakespeare and elocutlon or elocution
and Shakespeare. Look out for another
Ira Aldridge. He's coming down the
pike. BRUCE GRIT.
The colored American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-15
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The colored American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-15
CAPITAL
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Directors:
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The colored American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-15
DI0kISlUS III

''''''''' LII lW'W
The selection of Mr.. Charles w. An
derson as committeeman at large by
the state committee of New York will
give very general satisfaction to the
rank and file of the colored voters OF
the Empire State. Mr. Anderson is
eminently qualified for the duties OF
this position and we are sure that under
his direction the nterests OF the Negroes
of the state will not suffer.
The unanimity with which the white
republicans of New York got together
at Saratoga during the recent conven-
tion there to nominate governor and
state officers is an object lesson to COL
ored men in the party in the state who
have q weakness for cut throat politics
and whose inordinate ambition end
trans parent lncompetency as leaders
are the true reasons why the New
York Negro makes no substantial pro
gress IN state politics, added to these Is
jealousy and the New York Negro is
not altogether alone, there are others.
II they have read the papers they will
have seen how the whi'e republicans
of the state stoop to conquer and if they
have any political sense worth ueing
they will initiate the methods of the
white republicans at Saratoga and get
together this fall. The Hon. Timothy
L. Woodruff who has the unprecedented
honor Of being nominated for third
term as Lieutenanl Governor Of New
York is as fine gentleman, and as
thorough republican as ever lived
Like General Grant he remembers
his friends aud will 60 out of ais way
to do them a favor. He will be three
times winner.
That sterling republican the Hon.
John T MeDonough secretary of state
of New York was re-nomin sted by &C
clam alton to succeed himself. Mr.. Nc
Donough will be held IN grateful re
membersnce by the Negroes of this
state and of the country for his bold,
vigorous and masterful excoriation Of
the South at EImirs some time since,
which excited so much favorable com
ment by the press. Mr.. McDonough
still believes that the danger to the
republic is not past while the rights Of
any citizen are denied by force or
fraud or arbitrary legislation. And Mr..
McDonough is right. Pretty soon the
war of rebellion will have to be fought
over again. If this thing keeps up.
Senator John Raines Of the 42d dis
trict is respousible for the following
paragraphs in the splendid platform
adopted by the republicans of New
York at Saratoga, September 4th:
"But, conscious of the weakness of
relying on the theories that have been
exploded and Of ignoring facts that are
self evident, the democrats are under
taking to push into cons picuous po-
sition before the people an Issue which
they describe and stigmatlze by the
word imperialism
In this course they are characteristic
calIy dishonest; first, because there is