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The colored American., 1901-11-23
THE yFEA TS.

gIeast Of the earth did the Lord God sprea
And he bade His children come;
Yellow. and black and brown, and red.
Even the fair had room.
There lay whatever of earth was good,
For them TO pick and choose,
Forunto the days of their death had God,
Given il them to use,
The great God set a feast for the souls,
Ofall the men who were dead,
The sucng souls set themselves at the side,
And the Lord God sat at the b -ad.
Su0ng and brave and Just and kind,
The greatsouls set them round,
Butthe little souls fought and Crept and whined,
And sTOve for place on the ground.
Calmly and sweetlv they ate and drank,
Those high souls. unaware
" the baby squabbleS # race and rank,
That babbled below them there.
Tor large are the laws of the Lord our God
A1dTanks are ranged thereby
ana nausht doth He care for the curl OF hair,
Who set the stars in the sky.
ESTHER GROVE,
October z, 1901 Kansas City Star.
The colored American., 1901-11-23
A Good Collector WANTED,

The COlored American desires to EN-
pIOy a young or middle aged man to
collect subscription and advertising
bills. FOr q man who wants stesdy
employment and who really wants to
work. this is a good and permanent pO-
sition. None hut experienced men and
those who are snxiOua to w"Ik ne d
make application. Call or aC dre's ] b
Colored American, 459 O ST., n. w,
The colored American., 1901-11-23
Sher E. E, Cooper.

Au"ara Electricity Cooper, to our mind
I-'A5s no mistake when he tells in the
''' 'Sue OF mis- paper what he has done
" IsKe Negro journalism q success
'D'0ushouE this broad land. We today
,'sA'u Ar CIoper as the most success
~ AIT1 American publisher in Ameri.
=, - Ihen, too, I'D is pretty true to his
,''lu' when he wants to be, and for
Use ana many other reasons we are at
,''' 10 see why some lesser newsps-
~, "a, 'isn's are eternalty trying to "kill
- .oe races most successful pnblish
"'-Tae Times-speaker.
The colored American., 1901-11-23
The Taylor Choral Society.

The meeting of the s COieridge Taylor
Choral SnCtetv. to effect a permanent Organt-
ZaiiCn n will be held at the residence Of Mr. A
r Hit er. 2 81 Ctr street n W., Tu esday even
ing November 5th at O'Clock sharp A cir
cuiar has De n is sued calling upon @llpersOns
IL teres ted n such a movement to attend the
meeting and assist in organizing the society.
The pur OSe is TO form q huge chorus ano
eng s c. ertdge Tay Ior's famous "Htawafha'
curing the con ing winter. When hs great
composed is expected IN Washington.
The colored American., 1901-11-23
an Enterprising Firm.

IT,, 10 advertisement Of Mr.. Jesse J.
b,.- 1usn and Company, whose place of
J.. ~'ueSS Is on the COZ ner of 8Ln and S
n. Northwest, appears in this is
s The c l)Ted American. The
J.. uaNes aspeclslty of timing, he, t.
-, p"lu'Ing, setting latrobas and al
= = VI general work of this chsTact-
- las been IN the business tWely g
The colored American., 1901-11-23
The Best of Them All

e. E Corner. ESQ. Dear Sir:-En
closed please find check for 80 for one
years subscription Of The COlOred
American The COlcred American is
without doubt the best Of them all. lp-
dulge me always rather than erase my
name from yonr liat of eligitl1s
Yours respectfully.
IL. NJ. St. G Cambridge, Md.
The colored American., 1901-11-23

Hereafter the Second 3 aptist Lyceum
wills meet every Sunday afternoon
prom oily at $50 Since the COM
pletlOn of the new auditorium the com.
muniOn services will not interfere with
the Lyceum exercises cn the second
Sunday in the month, which fact il
gratifying to that organizauOn's host Of
frien de.
The colored American., 1901-11-23
A Mission at st. Luke's Church

An advent mission "a series OF relig-
lo0' serviCes) will be conducted at st.
Llke's ?, E, church, 18th and Madison
streets, n. W. by Rev. DR.. Algernon
CIsP8ey, Of Rochester, n. Y, begin
l.og Deeemcer 4th and ending on the
DA following, Services as follows
0undays-6 s 2 80 and IL m. and 4
SlOSP, m Wetk dsys-HoIy COM
II0Ion 30 m, wOmen's devotional
''''ces z p. N, chlldren's services $50
? III mission pre- ching for al Z 80 p
H. Inc public is OEdielIy invited to
'''end these meetings. Al seats free.
The colored American., 1901-11-23

years and by close application, as well
as careful study Cf the growth of this
business, i is able to turn out the best
work, make repairs on short notice and
guarantee genersI atisfactiOn. Il makes
bid for the trade of the cOlored people
aud asks for a fair trial. It does the
work for Freedmen's Hospital Howard
U oiversity and number Of other pub
lie in ltitutions and refers t. the heads CT
these departments for reference.
The colored American., 1901-11-23
DO YOU KNOW ?

A subsciiber to TneCOl lred American
wants to know the name aDd address OF
some OF the principal publishing hous-
es in Europe. Any one who can give
this information will Obltge the editor
by sending it TO this Cfice.
The colored American., 1901-11-23
Get a Copy.

The COlOred American can be had at
aIl news stands, and persons desiring
copies of the paper ssu obtain them b5
asking the news desler for them. /
the dealer does not keep them, he can
gst them for you tt.
The colored American., 1901-11-23

The COIOred american qcW spring
q feaC 2oea0 surprises on ats ? eGders at
an early date.
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Abba.

Abba, June 4.--Del Duncan came
down from Washington, Ia, where he
has store, to spend few days with
Abba friends. He returned to Wash.
ington last night.
Robert Clapp is home from Kansas
City visiting his parents for a few
days. He has been away from here
two years and he says: Abba don't
look like the same old place"
Mrs. Tom Lockman was an Abba
visitor yesterday.
Mary Melone went to Des Moines
this morning on business. She is as
sisting her father in his real estate
work.
Bert Brown came down from Des
Moines last night to spend few days
at home.
Engineer G. q. Hyatt and son, DR..
Charles Hyatt, left this morning for
Oklahoma to be gone about month.
Tracey Vanschoiaok, who. travels
for supply house at Des Moines, Is
expected home to visit for few days
this week.
AL Lund, OF Burlington, passed
through here this morning on his way
to Denver, Col, to join his brother,
| Charlie
Emily Cameron, of Hiteman, visited
Abba friends yesterday.
The conductor on the Wabash, Geo,
lLnkens- of Des Moines, who was hurt
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Daily Doings ofSome of Q ttumwa's
Close Neighbors
PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to
the Philosophical Observation of
Sages, Are chronic!ed by The cour
Eer's Special Correspondents.
Charlton.

Charlton, June Mrs Hollie Swift
has returned to her home in Allerton
after a few days visit with her sister,
Mrs. John Layton of this place.
Miss Laura McElroy has returned
to her work in Charlton after weeks
visit with her parents at the old home
in Lacona.
Isaac McNay, one of the old and
highly respected citizens of Union
township has departed for Claysville,
Kansas, where he expects to make his
future home. Mr. McNay was well
known in Lucas county having resided
here for years, and has host of
friends who will regret his departure,
but wish him abundant success in his
new home.
Mrs. w. A. Badger is in Charlton,
called here by the serious illness of
her brother George Barlow, who is
not expected to live.
Mrs. ]. Lynch has returned from Au-
burn, Neb., where she went last week
to attend the funeral of her daughter
in-law, Mrs. G. j. Lynch, former resi-
dent of this place.
Miss Goldie Hickman has returned
to her home in Lacona after a week s
visit with her friend, Miss Katie Nc,
Gugart. of this place.
Miss Pearl Howard, who has been
conducting school of harmony and
voice culture in Charlton since her
graduation from the school of the blind
at Vinton, has departed for the home
Of her parents at Oakley, where she
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In view of the great multitude Of
women suffering from some kind Of
female disease, and yet unable to find
any cure, DR.. Hartman, the renowned
gynacologist, has announced his will
Hngness to direct the treatment of as
many cases as may make application to
him during the summer months with
out charge.
The treatment will be conducted by
correspondence. The doctor will pre-
scribe all medicines, applications, hy-
gionic and dietary regulations neces-
sary to complete cure. The medicines
prescribed can be obtained at all drug
stores. This offer will hold good only
during tho summer months. Any wo.
man can become regular patient by
sending written statement of her age
condition of life, history and symptoms
OF her arrangements.
ALI cases Of female diseases, including
menstrual irregularities ,displacements
alterations, inflammations, discharges
irritation Of the ovaries, tumors and
dropBy Of the abdomen, should apply Of
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once and become registered as regular
patients. All correspondence will be
held strictly confidential. No testimo-
malls of cures will be given to the public
except by the express wish Of the
patient.
AS is we'll known, DR.. Hartman is the
President of the Hartman Sanitariuni,
an institution which has department
devoted exclusively to the treatment of
female diseases. He is thus brought to
see thousands Of such cases every year,
the most Of whom return to their homes
to be treated by correspondence. The
principal remedy he relies upon in such
cases is Peruna, which every woman
shonld have, who has any affection OF
this kind. Those wishing to become
patients should address DR.. 8. B. HART
MAN, COLUMBUS OHIO.
| No one knows better than Dr.. Hart
man how much the women suffer with
diseases peculiar to their sex. No one
knows better than he does how many
OF them suffer with such diseases. Pa
! tiently, hopefully YEARLY, and often
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TO The WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES.

silently, they exc out miserable exist.
ence year after year.
A woman confined to the house sew.
eral years with chronic female de-
rangement had finally given up all
hope OF being cured. She had tried
physician after physician, md remedy
after remedy, without any permanent
improvement. Her treatment had cost
her husband, who was poor man,
hundreds Of dollars. They had been
obliged to deny themselves many COM
forts OF life in order to got money
enough to pay the physicians.
Picking up the paper one day she hap
pened to read an item which contained
the news that Dr.. Hartman would treat
such cases free of charge by letter. She
Immediately wrote the doctor, describ-
ing her case, and giving him all her
symptoms. She soon received letter
telling her exactly what to do aud what
medicines and appliances to get. She
began the treatment (the principal REM
edy being Peruna) at once, and In
few weeks was we'll and strong again
and able to do her own work.
Another woman who used Peruna
without becoming one of Dr.. Hartman's
regular patients had the following ex-
pefience. Miss Ida Green writes from
Baldwinville, Ca: I" Peruna is wonder
ful and good, and q certain cure for fe-
male weakness. have been III and
have been taking doctors medicine for
several years, and found that none did
me any good.
Livery dayif was worry. fwaS
always sick. I had come to the
conclusion to give up, and not use
any more medicine I was sick
indeed for the past two years.
lust before began to take Peruna
was very weak, besides was
bilious and consfpafed.
~ had pains in my back and side and
falling Of the womb, with bearing down
pains.
"one day while reading my news
paper, came across an adj, read Of the
book for women entitled, "Health and
Beauty" and sent for 1t. Then began
to use the medicine. After using several
bottles am now thoroughly cured"
Send for free book, entitled, "Health
and Beauty Address DR.. Hartman,
] Colum bus, Ohio.
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What S. S. S. Does
J for TGkaEAMHsess

Children constantly exposed to all sorts of dis
The air they breathe is filled with germs sewer
gas and dust from the filthy streets inhaled the
lungs and taken into the blood AT the crowded school
rooms and other public places they in contact
almost daily with Others recovering from in the first
stages OF contagious diseases You can't quarantine
against the balance of the world and the best you can
do is to keep their blood in good condition. and thus
prevent or at least mitigate the disease You have
perhaps learned from observation experience that
healthy robust children (and this means of course
children whose blood pure not nearly liable
contract diseases peculiar to them and when they do it
is generally in mild form On the other hand weak
emaciated and scky to catch every disease
that comes along This is because their blood lack
ing in all the elements necessary to sustain and build
up the body. Posons of every description accumulate
in the system because the polluted and sluggish blood
is unable to perform its proper functions.
Such children need blood purifier and tonic to give
strength and vitality to their blood and S. S. S. being
purely vegetable remedy makes the safest and best for
the delicate constitutions of children S. S. S. is only
perfect blood medicine but is prominently the tonic
for chdren it increases their appettes and strengthens
the digestion and assimilation of food If your child
rem have hereditary acquired faint in their blood
give them S. S. S. and write to physicians for any
information advice wanted this will you moth
ing, and wall start the little weaklings the road to
recovery. Book Blood and Skin Diseases free
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
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sick relative in Guthrie county ar
rived at v. D. Bells Thursday. He
expects to find employment near here,
Mrs. Miliie Rime and children Of
Sherman Chapel are visiting here at
the parental Isaih Ware home.
Walter Mum and family visited
Saturday and Sunday near Ottumwa
with Mrs. Munn's sister.
Michael Ware and wife of Floris VS.
tied here Thursday with their daugh.
ter, Mrs. Walter Mum.
Arlie Mcintyre was most agreeably
surprised at her home Saturday even
lug by a large number Of her friends
coming in to spend the evening with
her. About ffty-seven guests were
present and an enjoyable evening was
spent.
Mrs. G. J. Mcintyre of Bloomfield is
visiting at the home of her son, w. H
Mcintyre.
John Allen and wife of Pulaski Wis
tied Saturday at W. H. Mc1ntyre's ant
Sunday at G. F. Eberline's.
Mrs. Ellen Livingston and daugh
ter Cythia of Bloomfield visited Sun
day at George Livingston's.
Laura and Hazel McCarty Of Ottum
wa attended the Children's day exer
cises at Sherman Chapel Sunday
night.
A good program and large crowd
are reported at the Childfen's day SER
vice at Sherman Chapel Sunday night
Jimmie Bolivar attended the Chill
dren's day exercises at Sherman Chap
ell Sunday evening.
Misses Bertha Mcintyre and Mssi,
Mcconnell of Sherman Chapel were
pleasant callers Monday evening a
the Hughes home.
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Beiknap.


Belknar, June 5.-AMisses Hattie and
Ora Thompson visited in Ottumwa last
week at the w. L. Thompson home.
Mesdames |. Ware, V. d. Bell and
little daughter Bernice and T. e. Put
nam and daughter Wanneta attended
Decoration services at Drakeville
Thursday
Mrs. j. w. Bolivar and daughter,
Mrs. Charley Skinner visited near
Drakeyille Thursday at I. e. Kneed-
ler's.
Gail and Gladys Patterson accom-.
panied their grandfather, ]. B. Laf-
ferty, to his home at Alexis, III J,
Thursday night for a short visit.
Tom Cameron has begun wolx an
his house. He has had it turned
around and set farther back from the
street, which greatly improves its ap-
pearance.
Rev. G. w. Barber of Drakeville was
here Thursday evening for the prayer
meeting and the election of new Ep-
worth League officers.
e. A. Patterson, wife and little
daughter. Delpha, visited Sunday near
Drakeville at M. F. Pattersons.
| The Children's day service for the
Congregational church is announced
| for Sunday evening. June 16.
Owing to the Decoration day serv
ice Thursday the Ladies Aid society
met Wednesday at the Will Monroe
home with Mrs. Jane Morris. Mrs
Morris and daughter, Mrs. Monroe, are
good entertainers and very pleasant
day is reported. Those present We're
Mesdames /. Ware. j. w. Miller, V. D.
Bell and daughter Bernice, T. c. Cree,
Carl Guile, j. b. Eberline and Elmyra
Morris, Misses Belle Cree, Ola Wells
and Allie NJ. Morris.
The Children's day service for the
M. g. church is announced for Sunday
evening June 9
Dillon Bell visited at the grand.ner.
entail J. T. Mum home near Bloom.
| field last week.
Jeff Galloway and wife of Eldon Wis.
tied here Friday with their daughter,
Mrs. Sherman Dillon.
John Dawson OF Nebraska who has
! been spending couple of months with
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Prof. H. B. Knight. dean of Parsons
college, advertises his property for
sale and will not be connected with
the college next year but will leave
for other fields of labor. Prof.Knight
has been a most worthy official, and
the good people of this city regret thai
very delicate nature as to make him
think best to resign.
Clarence Leeds left this morning
for Des Moines. He will go from
there to Hot Springs, Ark, TO take
| treatment for the rheumatism with
which he has been afflicted for the
past few months.
Announcements are out for the
marriage OF Miss Ida Raney and David
| Hepkirk to be held at the home of the
former on North Court street Thurs
day, June IS.
Rev. w. A. Mast and wife of Great
Bend, Kansas, are visiting at the
/ home Of the latter's parents in this
city, Mr.. and Mrs. Hochuly.
Prof. Luce's Military Reed band gave
their first open air concert at the VIM
Louden lawn last evening. This band
| has been organized but few months
| but 1t has hrst class lnSlTu
ments and disperses excellent music
4 A large attendance was present and
ice cream and cake were served by the
Y. w. c. A. girls.
Mrs. Zelma Let's returned to hel
home in Anaes yesterday after an ex.
tended visit with her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Shirk have re
turned from California, where they
have been spending the winter ant
will take up their residence again II
this city.
Quite a number Of the old Alumni
and friends of Parsons college are il
this city to attend commencement ex
ercises. Nearly all the board of trus
tees were present at the meeting yes
terday whne the students are leavint
for their homes and by Thursday night
all will have gone and successful
college year will have closed.
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SOUND
SLEEP

comes from sweet stomach, pure
blood, strong nerves and hearty health.
The surest way to acquire these is by
an honest use of this famous medicine,
Hostetter's Stomach BitterH. For fifty
years 1t has never failed to cure stom-
ach disorders, beginning with consti-
patton and ending with kidney or liver
trouble. See that Private Revenue
Stamp covers the neck of the bottle.
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sent for, arrived here yesterday morn
ing and accompanied the remains to
Eddyville for burial.
Hedrick.
Hedrick, June Wv. N. De Almond
was in Hynes yesterday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Phelps and Mr..
and Mrs. q. Hawk left last evening
on the Milwaukee for Dubuque to at
tend the G. A. r. encampnent.
DR.. L. A. Wilkinson Of Winfield has
been spending a few days with his
parents.
p. r. Cheese is in town again for a
short stay.
Hedrick is assuming a new aspect
in the way of progression. Work was
begun yesterday on the excavation for
three new brick business houses 2ax70
to be erected on Main street Just
south Of the postof1ce. DR.. q. Quinn
has excavation completed for the erec-
tion OF . new brick on north Main
street. Contractors are also at work
on the cistern preparatory to the com.
pletior OF the hew gas plant, which
is to be in operation within Few
weeks.
Jas. and Miss Jessie Ward spent
Sunday with relatives ip qttuinwfa.
VIM. Gullett OF Hayesyille was ID
Hedrick yesterday.
Henry Fuller Of COMPETING was in
town Monday.
r. w. Ritter was in South Enarsan
Saturday on business
keb.
Keb, June mir. and Mrs. George
Holt visited at the home of Mt. and
Mrs. q. A. Holt in ottumwa Sunday.
Victor johnson and Mike Sueir of
| Ottumwa are worlsing here.
Thomas Cary last week purchased
| the Walden property on Maple
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Conner spent
Monday in Ottumwa.
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are bound to meet with such an excel
lent company Of players.
John Sharpe returned to his carpen-
ter work in Warren township Monday
after an over Sunday visit with his
family in Charlton.
Miss Minnie Alexander has return
ed to her home in Ottumwa after q
| few days visit with her friend, Mrs.
Jas. Knox, of this place.
Mrs. Fred Waight has returned to
her home in Charlton after weeks
visit with her parents in Leon.
G. e. F'roggart, who has been spend
ing few days at the old home in
Knoxville, has returned to Charlton
/ and is at work again in the furniture
store.
| The postmaster of Charlton is in re.
| ceipt of circular from the postoffice
department in regard to the payment
of money orders that rescinds a form
er ruling on the same question. Prior
| to March, 1900, a postmaster was not
| allowed to cash a money order drawn
upon any other postoffice than his
| own, but at that time a change was
made allowing money order to be
Lcashed at any postoffice regardless of
| year of the new order the department
has concluded that 1t was not only a
source OF much inconvenience but also
gave more chance to perpetrate a
| fraud upon the government and they
have accordingly issued another order
restoring the old proceedings g allow
ing money order to be paid only al
the office of payment or designated OF
I l1 fa Dc@ h. oplN na,Nt !, I.
is an open mistake of the issuing post
master. This will greatly simplify
the keeping of the money order state
ments and will be greatly appreciated
by all postmasters.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Ministerial association was held Mon
day afternoon and proved equally a:
, interesting and instructive as its pred
ecessors. Rev. Mills of the Baptis
church opened the discussion on the
question How Can a Better Observ
ance of the Sabbath Be Secured ans
nearly all the ministers took part.
Miss Marie Lolita has advanced II
first place in the Herald's Pan-Americ
an contest while Miss Carrie Case
has dropped back to seventh place
There are but few other changes thi
week. Miss Lolita is the woman wa,
represented Charlton in the recen
Ottumwa Press voting contest an.
stood we'll up to the head when it wa
, called off by the failure of that paper
Leila Holden of Osceola is spendini
5 a few days in the city visiting ne
friends, Miss Grace Yengal.
Leroy McMains, the auctioneer, me
with quite a serious accident Tuesda
afternoon. He was riding in a car
when his horse became frightened a
}, the train and started to run, THROWN
him out and breaking his arm, cuttin
: a deep cash In his head and sevefl
S bsuising him up in other ways. A do,
: tor was called who Immediately too
e care of the wounds and aside from b;
ing laid up for few weeks, no ser
0 Gus results are expected to follow.
S DR.. and Mrs. A. l.. Yocom departe
$ Tuesday for three weeks vacatio
/ trip through Colorado, and Utah.