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The colored American., 1901-08-24
NEWS FROM THE CONTINENT.
Mrs. WhetSel Visits London and Mentions
a Few Sights,

THE following extracts are taken from a per
sonaI letter of Mrs. Georeia Whetsel % the edi-
ter. Mrs, Whetsel is a lady Of large means and
for years conducted the largest ice business in ST.
Johns, N. b.
London, England, Special arrived
here July lst after very pleasant trip
across the ocean and my stay thus far
has been delightful one. A descrip-
ton Of the histOricsl buildings and
points Of interest that [ have visited
would take too much Of your time to
read and mine to write, but | must
speak Of Fail Court, which I consider
one OF the most beautiful sights [ ever
witnessed. It seemed like fairy lard
with its millions Of electric lights, love
ly lakes and bridges aud the repre-
sentatives Of all races. Through my
son, who has a large acquaintance
among the musical peoEle, have mel
a great many nice people and am hav-
ing delightful time. I attended 8
musical given by Mis-. Mathelson in
honor Of her son who is home from c. l.
lege and never enjoyed myself better
There is lack Of the racial Prejudice
here that one notices at every turn in
America and l could not but wish that
the colOTed people be treated as we'll in
every city | shall leave England
sooner than [ expected owing to busi-
ness interests that Gemand my attention
In st John, n. B. but viii leave here
with the most kindly thoughts OF the
English and the attention | have re-
ceived during my visit will long be re-
membered. | hope to visit Washing
ton during the winter and to have the
pleas ute Of v sting The CoIoTed Ameri-
can office. My paper comes regularly
and keeps me in touch with the doIngs
of the race. q. WHETSEL.
The colored American., 1901-08-24
Mr.. McMillin's PIYer.

.Arthnr Goodrich IN The Worlds Work.
A certain stock was selling at 80 when
one day Mr. McMIllin was chatting
with number of friends in brokers'
office, TIE talk swung around TO this
quotation, and all were unanimous in
saying that the stock was bad invest
ment, except Mr.. McMilIin.
"Wby do you have faith in it''? they
asked.
s'Pm not sure that know. don't
The colored American., 1901-08-24
HAIL COLUMBIA.
For The Colored Americana }

For The Colored American)
How art thou fallen, Cclumbial
No longer Freedoms gem,
The former hope of the oppressed
To-day oppresseth them!
Forgotten Washington,
Beloved Lincoln-well,
Pen, let them rest, make-no request,
Pen. let them rest; make no request
Shout Davis down in helll
Mourn. Ethiopia, mourni
Thy grief Is Just and great.
Robbed once of children, now of right
Zen God bewails thy fate
Thy rights are all denied;
But the yet the South's foundation
OF home and school, of power to rule
Lays in thy degradation
Thy rights of men no more
Columbias thoughts employ;
Their cherished hopes of liberty
Her guns and gold destroy.
There's Cuba tells US So
So do the Philippines,
Nomore the same in aught, save name;
Her past she now resigns.
An why, Columbia. why
Wilt thou thy birthright sell?
" ny leave the courts of righteousness
To with the wicked dwell?
Pray pause, please. nation, pausel
No guns and maximite
Can you employ to God destroy:
You cannot kill the Right
BY FRANKLIN HENRY BRYANT,
Battle Creek Michigan,
The colored American., 1901-08-24
CITY PAEPARAGHS.

DR.. w. s. Lotion is spending few
days in Atlantic City.
Mr.. James r. Moore and family a. g
spending their vacation in Maryland.
Mr.. A. J. Gaskins visited points in
Pennsylvania and Chicago this week.
Mr.. J. w, Van Brake OF the Chevy
Chase club, was in Atlantic City this
week.
Mr.. Mckenzie Scott, the undertaken,
is still seriously i'll at his residence on
2nd street southwest.
Mis-. Helen A. Henderson, accOmpa-
MED by friends, spent few days in
Atlantic City this week.
Mr.. Van Brake left Saturday morn
ing for Boston and Atlantic City to
spend two or three weeks.
Miss Lille Boles of 42S I street, u. W.
left last Saturday for Luray, Va, to
spend the remainder of the month,
st, Luke's P. E churce will give its
annual Fete Champetre at Lake View
park September 10Th. See PARTICULAR
later.
Mrs. Ella DeLOng and her daughter
Beatrice are spending the month OF
August at Natural Bridge, Va, the
guest of her sister Mrs. jamie Watts,
Messrs. Walter w. Williams, Robert
w. Mckinley and E. J. Wilson, all Of
the Pennsy lvanis r. r were in the
city sst Saturday shaking hands with
their many friends.
Ctl James w. Gray and MIR Thec.
jackson left the city last Saturday fo
Saratoga They Will take in the Pan.
American Exposition and other point
In Northern New York.
Hon. M.fin w. Gibbs, Consul t,
ramatlve, MADAGASCAR, M left the ci
last Saturday to see the President. =,
Will attend the National Negro Busi
ness League in Oh csgO.
Miss Lucretis Mcdowell who ba
been visiting relatives and friends Il
Wilmington aud ElizabethtOwn, n. G.
returned Sunday aud T, ports havip,
spent very enjoyable time.
Mr.. l. o Posey, attorney and ooul
eelor at law, whose office is at 600 F 81
northwest, in the Capital Savings Ban
building, is doing q successful business
He is popular with his patrons henc
the increase in his business,
The grand union excursion of tn
Odd Fellows Hall Association, whic
was dated for August 18th, has bee
postponed until Friday Septembe
18th. ALI the members of the craft 3
we'll as the general public are invited
Among the many Washingtonisr
estivating at Uncle Bob Marshall
Fauquier w White Sulphur Springs. Va
Is Mrs. Blanche Moore of h street !
, n, Mrs. Name Miles Of Eckipgton.
@. and ME. Z. F, Streets of the Pate,
t lOf5ce.
The colored American., 1901-08-24

o Summer Resort on
and
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SUNDAY Schooi anu
ursiOns LARGE HALI.F
Ooiie'p0'O PAY SHORE HOTEL COMPANY, 4, Va
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-12
LAW MAKERs MUsT LEARN

Every year that the legislature meets
there are a lot of men who come to To-
peka thoroughly convinced that they
viii introduce bills which win do some
good for their constituents and maybe
for the state at large; and every year
that the legislature adjourns these same
men go home with the feeling that they
have done their duty and have not only
earned their salary but have earned the
lasting gratitude Of the voters in their
districts The fact that a great major
ity OF the men fail to be elected the sec
ond term shows that the legislator not
only deceives himself as to the amount
of good ne has accomplished, but that
he fails to deceive the people who elect
ed him If he can really deceive them,
ana can at the same time stand in with
the home machine. he may return
When he does he is a valuable man.
There are any number Of men who
would do good work If they were elect
ed for a longer term, who cannot get
into the method of doing business by
attending one session of the legislature,
and who would be Of a great deal more
value to their constituents and to the
state if they were allowed to remain
in the position they are elected for at
least four years. The men who talk for
longer terms Of Office have not a better
example to show than the legislature
A man who viii watch the workings
OF the legislature for one term cannot
but be convinced that the new member
is at a great disadvantage in everything
he undertakes from getting a bill
through to getting a friend appointed
assistant to some minor officer If the
representatives and all state officers
were elected for a term Of four years,
as the senators are, the business Of the
state would be facilitated and it would
Be run much cheaper and better than
il now is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-12
IAYHAwKER JoTs.

Dinhtheria has reached Horton.
Two men are seeking the will o'wisp
gold in the shifting sands Of SheTTn.lA
county.
There is a suspicion out that c. !
Devlin is the modern old King Coal
OF Kansas
An Atchison man is dwelling on"Easy
street through the sales of frogs caught
through the ice
What's in name? Mr.. Forester OF
Pottawatomie county was so unskilled
as to allow a falling tree to MAIN him
DR.. Gamble has fed from Leonardville
to avoid arrest for a breach OF the law.
He palmed off two jacks and a king for
three of a kind
The Museotah Record protests most
vigorously against customer, VINO
owes several years subscription, paying
out cash for whisky
The new century housecleanings must
have been Of a meager nature IN Xxi e
county as the broom corn market IS re
ported at a standstill
An epidemic of dognapping is in force
at Arkansas City and thieves make 10
distinction between CANNES OF bluest
blood and common ours
A Leavenworth "F'agin' rewards
young boys with marbles for stolen fuel
then wins the agates and potteries back
by shaking loaded dice.
Scandal and Belleville are so elated
over having smallpox cases on their cal
endar that each accuses the other OF
harboring a spurious brand.
A Peabody man wears little glass
house for a watch charm, with the re-
minder, You Live In One. Too" neatly
engraved on it. says the News
A Clay Center man parades the fact
that he has in his collection. of curios 800
pipes But, of course he is in the tObac :
co business and has them to sell
A Goodland burro. which had surviv-
ed being tossed by an engine and a fall
from a mountain top has at last sue-
cumbed to an attack of the pinkeye.
A Republican City man who split the
kindling in order that his wife might at
tend a social, will lose an eye by the up
ward flight Of an obstreperous stick
Peabody mothers hush their crying
children by boyle tales of the mysteT-
ious woman in black who is at present
haunting the town and making goo goo
eyes at the men,
Postmaster Detwiler Of Wamego h IS
abandoned his stamp canceller and dailv
searches himself for silver dollars. The
puzzle is why he falls to find any where
Hermann discovered so many.
Editor Morgan Of the Hutchinson
News modestly admits that one of his
ancestors in the battle of MarSton Moor
managed to dodge all flying cannon
balls But Billy isn't a dodger however
A Chase county boy who prides him
self on being a lover OF thoroughbred
stock. trudged YEARLY along afoot a
miles on a foraging expedition rather
than have the news reach home that he
had ridden a mule
Promoters of a Barton county wolf
hunt suggest to participators not to
mistake their neighbours dog for a coy
ote and furthermore that jack rabbit
scaIps viii require trimmed ears to be-
come admissible 10 bounty payment
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Experience of Opera Singers.

New York Cor Chicago Inter Ocean
Speaking of mis- experience on the
road" the manager of an opera COM
pany said recently:
Some of the company's experiences
on its travels seem amusing in retro
spect, although they were trying enough
at the time The changes Of tempera-
ture were violent occasionally. The most
striking instance of this kind Of discom-
fort came when in one western city a.
performance was given in a large ex-
position hall. There were no dressing
rooms, beyond the compartments Gre
ated by canvas, which divided part of
the cellar into square booths It was
so cold in this part of the building that
the singers prepared for the opera wrap
ped in fur coats and wore these to the
wings, and none of them dared to step
out Of sight of the audience and remain
for a moment without some protection
Trunks were stored outside the building
and as snow storm had come up dur
ing the day they were covered with
snow when the time came for the per-
Torrance. A valet would clean the
snow from the top of a trunk. take out
some article of apparel required and
bring it into the dressing room, only
to have the snow once more cover the
trunk.
1.-THE following evenings performance
was given in another large building In
order TO light this properly it was found
necessary to put in an elaborate electric
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moNuMENr pLAnE.


TFrom the Indianapolis News-l
Tread by James Whitcomb Riley I'm In
dianapOlis last week.
A monument for the soldiersf
And what viii ye build 1t OFF,
Can We build At Of marble or brass, Or
bronze,
Can ye glorify 1t with legends
AS grand as their blood hath writ
From the Anmost shrine Of this Land Of
TO the uttermost verge OF tn
And the answer came: We would build it
Out Of our hopes made sure,
And out Of our purest prayers and tears
We would build it out Of the great white
Their death hath sanctihed.
And the sculptured forms OF tha men IN
And their faces ere they died
And what heroic figures
Can the sculptor carve in stone?
Can the marble breast be made to bleed
And the marble lips to moanz
Can the marble brow be fevered2
To look their last as the nag floats past,
On the country they have saved1
And the answer came: The figures
Shall all be fair and brave,
And, as betting, as pure and white
AS the stars above their gravel
The marble lips and breast and brow
Wherein the laurel lies,
ReQueath us right to guard the dight
OF the old nag In the skies.
A monument for the soldIersI
Built Of peoples love,
And blazOned and decked and panop1ed
With the hearts We built It of
And see that We build it stately
In pillar and niche and gate,
And high in pose as the souls of those
1t would commemorate!
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TROUT ON TAP.

rF'rom the Cleveland Plain Dealer.1
In the days when the only means of
rapid communication with PASSPORT, NJ
was by steamboat from Portland and
ST. John, N. 3. Bert Bean, a CONNER
cial traveller from Boston, paid a visit
to Campobello sland, which belongs to
New Brunswick, though only a short
distance down the harboF Bean had a
little money, and liking the island he
bought a tract of land on top of the
hill His purchase contained about 100
acres, in the middle Of which was a
small pond in a hollow about 200 feet
above tide-water, which washed the
shore less than rs rods away. AS the
pond was fed by springs Bean had it
stocked with trout, which were caught
in brooks on the mainland and brought
over in pals. Then he went away for
four years. On his return the pond was
swarming with fine trout Though the
place had been fiSlled by expert anglers,
they had never met with any luck, be
cause there were 50 many caddice worms
and other insects in the water that the
fish had no need for taking the hook
Bean consulted a lawyer and found
that as his pond contained less than
ten acres it was his to hold and pro-
tect against all corners. He waited a.
few years longer and sent down crew
of men, who bored a hole from the shore
through the bank facing the ocean, in
serting a water main in the opening.
When he had put a turn tap IN the pipe
so far inside the hill that it would not
freeze in winter he was ready to supply
fish to order. Orders were taken in
Boston and other large places for as
many trout as he could furnish. Then
Bean came to Campobello turned the
stop cock. drew off the water, and
picked up his fish as easily as he could
kindlings- He always left enough to
stock the pond with young fry, after
which he closed the faucet and allowed
the springs to fill the pond for the grow
ing Of more trout.
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plant, and the dynamo was stored under
the dressing rooms. It was so intensely
hot in these rooms that the perspiration
poured from the faces Of the artists,
and they were with difficulty able to
make the necessary paint and powder
stick.
I'm Lincoln, however, the most re-
rnarl1aIle performances of the entire road
season took place Faust was to be
sung at 2 .. m The train was late and
the performance did not begin until $780,
The baritone solo in. the second act was
entirely cut out. as were also Mephis-
topheles' serenade and the entire church
scene. BY means of these cuts 1t was
found possible to end the opera little
before O'Clock, and that was necessary,
SIS another performance was TO begin at
o'clock"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-12
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record
The girls don't find it SO easy to love
a poor man as they used to.
The fellow who drops into poetry
seldom gets on his feet again
You seldom danpen a mans ardor
by inviting him to take drink
NO, Maude, dear; the fish known as
smelt is not caught in the Dead sea-
During the first year of the new
century we should all look out for NO l.
The optirnist always believes that
the best years of his life are those he
has yet to live.
when there is bent pin on the
chair. one should not sit down on the
spur Of the moment
Tommy-"Pop. what is the greatest
force in local politics?" Tommy'E Pop
The police force, my son.
A South street butcher displays a
sign which reads: Don't be cheated
by others. Buy your meats from us
mo man is too old to learn says the
Manayunk Philosopher, and no man
IS too young to think he's too old to
learn
First Crook-"Judge sendeznup IS a
rive found him to be a man of pretty
long sentences"
When a convict has served half his
term Of imprisonment and is pardoned
for good behavior he looks upon his rec
ord with pardonable pride
Nell-'.TTow old-fashioned Ma.ude is, .
Believes; her costumes make her
look as though she had just stepped out
of the nineteenth century period
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Eastern newspapers are ahowering
congratulations upon Mrs. Lease. be-
cause. a. they Ray. she has decided to
return to her husband and care for
her children IN the future AS a matter
OF fact Mrs Leases children have been
cared for much better since she entered
public life than they were before. be-
cause her means have been more ample.
She has been able to give them the ad-
vantage or the best schools and there
has been little OF the time that she has
not had one or all Of them with her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-12
woRK "a ooMMERcIAL oLUB.

The Topeka Commercial club has
completed another year of its labors
and President Holman's annual address
shows that the organization has not ex-
listed in vain.
The Commercial club is essential to
Topeka's progress A strong and COM
pact organization Of business men Is
really. necessary to any city. There must
be unity Of purpose IN a city as in pri-
vate business and the municipality
which lacks that unity OF interest and
purpose will be at a standstill.
Had it not been for the Commercial
club there is every reason to believe
that Topeka would have lost the Santa
Fe shops extension which would not
only have meant the loss Of a $550,000
improvement but would have marked
the limit OF the growth OF this great in
dustry in topeka There will probably
be places for 200 or 800 more men when
this shop extension il completed and
that means much to Topeka There are
business men who can not see the ad-
vantage that would accrue to a city
from such an Improvement but they are
not numerous in Topeka
The capital city of Kansas has entered
upon a new commercial era and the
Commercial club deserves the credit for
inaugurating the movement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-12

LdIOI4 the chicago News
Some men are afraid Of nothing but
danger.
An egotist is a man who enjoys talk
ing to himself.
Analogy IS merely a method Of con-
vincing without proof.
A mans shoes may get tight by i'm
billing water, but he doesn't
Ambition often prevents man from
making success Of small things.
Seven days make one week, but it
often takes months to make one strong.
When some men entertain an idea it
is a fair idea Of cheap hospitality
The successful blacksmith can either
shoe a horse or make a horseshoe
Married men have many cares, but the
old bachelors have few pleasures.
When you see a love-sick couple. COO
ing like a pair Of turtle doves the
chances are that 1t viii prove to be
mock turtle.
The man who lives for himself alone
is apt to be neglected by the world at
large
The milk of human kindness would be
a good deal richer il it wasn't SKINNED
SO often
A woman always loves those who adj
mire her. but she doesn't always love
those she admires
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-12
WEEK OF CONVENTIONS.

The Kansas COW and the Kansas hen,
Kansas wheat and Kansas corn, haven't
had such an inning as were accorded
them this week in this city. Contem-
poraneous with the arrival OF the legis-
lators came dairymen, poultrymen,
stoclmen, agricuIturists and even the
postmasters to hold shows and conven-
tions.
II the last named aggregation has
found a solution of the problem how to
make local mail travel faster than a
block a day they will have accomplish
ed something to be proud Of
In the midst of their discussions, their
awards Of premiums and a little poll
tics and legislation on the side the men
of the dairy, the farm and the ranch
have done proper honor to the states
noted products. Their presence Is in
spiration enough that morning omelets
taste better, milk seems creamier. The
thought Of their prize Berkshires makes
the breakfast bacon more crisp and
when a full look is secured at the per-
sonalfties Of the people themselves that
constitute these associations and are in
attendance upon them, almost anyone
is willing to be corn-fed and happy in
the state of Kansas.
They all represent the opposite Of city
lire ana the interests OF lne O1lIeFeHl
branches are so interviewer that it IS
hard to tell which product has had the
most attention-the Herefords, Berk-
shires, Cochins or Leghorns, Belgian
hares or King Corn. This community
Of interest has made it very convenient
for all to assemble at the same time and
exchange ideas for the securing of the
best results in their several lines of
endeavor.
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oUrprD NEW YoRKERs.

a. new Lochinvar has come out Of the
west 10 astound New York's four hun
bred. This is no less a parsonage than
Mr.. Dan Hanna. the bright young son
of the junior Ohio senator. In harmony
with the spirit OF entertainments OF the
present age this Cleveland genius evolved
a society. event which was SO success
fully carried out and 20 clever that H.
was actually the talk OF a day among
the Astors and Vanderbflts.
The entertainment was in the nature
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EVANSTON FOR THE GOVERNOR


Since the Kansas farmer is so pros
porous that sod houses in the thort-
grass country are giving away TO sub
stantiaI and palatial homes and, in the
more naturally favored sections or the
state, he is installing telephones and
pianos in his home with great prodi~
gality. and buying automobiles as well.
it might not be amiss for the states
executive to be provided with a local
habitation.
It l. a matter Of state pride aa well
as local interest to SEE to s0 prcs
housing Of the governor. Nearly every
one who has had the experience will
say that living at hotels no matter how
convenient they are and how complete
their arrangements are for comfort, IS
not all that it is cracked up to be. It
must be especially irlxsome to a public
official to live publicly in and out OF
business hours.
From the standpoint Of sentiment at
least. the proposition to provide an ex-
ecutive mansion for the governor Of the
state Of Kansas is a timely one. It viii
come eventually, and be a welcome con-
venience to whoever in future occupies
the gubernatorial chair. as well as an
additional ornament to the capitol
rrqn~a
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TIE LEGAL HOLIDAYS

Topeka, Jan 3. 1901.
In order to settle a dispute ask You
TO kindly give us all the legal holiday >
Al a year. SUBSCRIBER
Answer.-sThe legal holidays IN kan
aas ares January ], New Years day,
February e. WashinGton'a Birthday
Nay 80. Decoration Day: July 4. Inde-
pendence Day: first Monday OF Septem-
her. Labor Day Tuesday after the hrst
Monday OF November. Election day. last
Thursday or November. Thanksgiving
Day: December %. Christmas Day. A.
Dor Day Is a legal holiday Ina Kansas,
the governor names the date. Sundays
and fast days whenever appointed are
legal holidays In nearly all the states