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The colored American., 1902-05-03
g. D. b.

The name of Samuel r. Scottron is
the one Oftencst heard upon the lips OF
every COlOrcd man and woman within
the confines of Greater New York since
The night Of April Is. Words of praise
come likewise from many Cf those of the
white race. who believe that justice TO
a prescribed race can best be assured
when 1t has a tried and trusty cOmrade
ON guard, and that taxation without
representation Is tyranny
Why?
On the evening mentioned, Mr.. Scot
tron was the guest of honor at a cOmpli-
mcntary dinner rendered him by the
teachers of the public schools of Brook
lyu. i'm recognition of his faithful ser
vices as member of the Board of EduCa-
ton. from which post he has recently re-
,ircd-hccause Mayor Low did not
deem the presence of a Negro upon the
Board necessary to the welfare of col
nrcd children. AS will be noted later,
NIr. SCottron is the third AfrO-American
,D hold this highly important office. hav-
.u" been preceded by DR.. Philip \.
White (now deceaSed). and T. Nc
lauls Stewart, who is winning laurelS
at the bar in Hawaii. Mr. SCattrOn
served through the storms and trials of
eight years, during a period when school
questions. in their relation to color, were
painfully acute, and his repeated victories
over the forces Of prejudice. have en-
dcarcd him to all the people of GOtham's
horoughS, particularly in the Borough
of Brooklyn
The dinner took place at the Prospect
Hotel. POS DeKalb avenue, Brooklyn,
and II was Mn Scottron's bold and un-
uuNocal stand for racial recognition,
100 response to DR.. w. l.. Buckeley's ad-
dress OF welcome. that caused the sen
-auon that has set everybody to talking
His speech, which follows below. IS a
~cathlng arraignment of Mayor Low for
lenoring the Negro in his appointments
upon the Board of Education and is a
truthful reflection of the unhappy frame
IN mind in which the ColOred citizens of
New York now find themselves The
effect Will probably not stop at the bOr-
der OF the Empire State Mr.. Scottron's
heroic and earnest appeal Tor fair play
may arouse III equal force the cOlored
EuzenS elsewhere, and reach, for our
retirement, the ears of appointing pow
gE- III every section of the land.
-Ir ScOttrOn spoke as follows:
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Mr. Chairman-I believe | should err
greatly were ! to regard this magnificent
-.>>embly as altogether personal and in
"Ndually complimentary. When
great work has been accomplished in
7.a!a 9r-cltyi or any 1T the departments
The colored American., 1902-05-03
WASHINGTON, d. c., MAY 3, 1902.
MAYORLOW'S MISTAKE
NO NEGRO MEMBER ON
BOARD OF EDUCATION

Mr.. Samuel r. SCottron Guest Of
Honor at atBanquet-A Ringing Defense
ef the Races Interests-Why Recoe-
milton is Needed and Desired.
The colored American., 1902-05-03

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The colored American., 1902-05-03

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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-27
Governor Fond of Children,

A reader Of the Philadelphia Press
IN Minnesota who was interested In a
recent story published about Buffalo
Bill and his delight In writing personal
letters to children who communicate
with him says that the same trait is
characteristic Of Governor Van SAINT.
Since the old Mississippi steamboat
captain was elected to the governor
ship he has received hundreds of child
ish epistles asking for his autograph
and Others from lads approaching the
adult age asking for advice on certain
points. Instead Of leaving the task OF
answering these letters to his secreta.
~, Governor Van SAINT makes auto
Ssaph replies and keeps up an inter-
change of correspondence with many
Of his Juvenile friends.
He usually devotes to this CORE
spondence the times that his clerks
take for a MONDAY luncheon. One Of
Governor Van SAINTS convictions, aside
from strict tectotalism, is that n lunch
con is an insult to a good dinner A
glass Of water and an apple or some
times pint Of peanuts is hearty
luncheon for him. "f1e works hard dur
Ing business hours and does not care
to be disturbed after that in the quiet
family hotel where he lives with his
wife.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-27
HORSES AND HORSEMEN.

John A. McKerron Is named in the
Mcdowell stake at Lexington.
Henry Ernest thinks that Birchbud
2:11ha, will reduce her record.
Peter Tahany Of Corning. N. T., has
three-year-old colt that with limited
handling can show 2:OS gait.
Uncle" Dave Cahill thinks he has
qualified as driver as we'll as trainer
and may handle the ribbons over Char.
ley Herr, 2:07, this year.
John I. McKenna, Aspan, CAL, has
fred Dandy Boy. 2:141a. and the horse
is going so we'll now to wagon that "a
will be trained and raced next season
William Clark of Yonkers, N. Y. has
purchased the chestnut PAGER Prince
Tell, 2:231a. and with Giles Moves,
2:ooA, will have two good horses for
speedway and matinee purposes.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-27
More Nurses Wanted !

All nurses with good credentials are
invited to register at the Nurses
Home, before September 18th, This
is the headquarters for trained nurses
nd it is the place where people first
inq' ire when they want to EMPLOY one
MR.. c. C. PAIGE.
6tf q Jefferson Street
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-27
-
Hood
Farm
abortion
Cure

! gave her Hood Farm Abortion Cure as
directed for three weeks. The swelling all
LETT her and two months later she dropped
the best calf on the farm. l had mare
that showed signs OF abortion. Gave her this
remedy and she foaled a:living colt" r. c.
THOMPSON, Bows, Iowa.
Two sizes 81 and $3.50. Large four times
dollar size. Call for treatise on Abortion
and Failure to Breed.
Hood Farm Remedies are for sale by
u. A. DROWN & Co.. Barre, Vt.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-27
TIVE Nlefo1t0nan.

"xou have killed my husband"
walled the woman - the chauffeur
Wrought the automobile to q stop
Yea and the jolt has broken Tie
nont axle Of my auto" said the
chauffeur Indignantly ~ b climbed
OUk-Ohio State Journal.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-27
His Kind Of Income,

Lawyer--W What is your gross income?
Witness-I have no gross income
Lawyer-No income at all!
Witness-No gross Income | have
act income. am in the fish business.
New Orleans Picayune.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-27
A Stupid Fellow.

Flaherty-Hes not smart at all, at
all, is he?
Flanigan-Smart? Faith, he's that
dumb We could talk behoind his back
roight before his face an he'd not
know it.-Philadelphia Record.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-27
Willie's Trouble,

whats the trouble, Willier' said
Mn Brown to her small son, who was
Wy1nS.
my Kite won't ny," sobbed Willie,
and made It out Of dy paper too."-
Brooklyn Eagle.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-27
Abortion Prevented
q Calf Saved q Foal.

Il lost four calves and
had three more cows that
showed signs OF abortion.
One lost her calf the year
before at a little over 8
months. She was about
7 months along and her
udder was badly swollen.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-01
CLIFF-DWELLERS' TOWER.
Interesting Relic of the Strange Peo-
PIE That Was Built On a Noun.
e tain Point.

Nothing in this country so fascinatcs
the explorer and archaeologist as the
ruins of the cliff dwcllers in New Mex
leo. Many of these remarkable ruins
are situated in the vast Mancos can.
yon, within days ride of Durango,
Col, on the Rio Grande Southern rail
way, says the New York Herald.
Perched zoo feet above the valley, on
ledge of the mountain, stands two
story house, made of finely cut sand
stone, each block about IA by inches,
accurately fitted and set in mortar,
now harder than the stone itself. The
floor is the ledge of the rock and the
roof the overhanging cliff. There are
three rooms on the ground floor, each
one six by nine feet, with partition
walls of faced stone. Traces of a floor
which once separated the upper from
the lower story still remain. Each of
the stories is six feet in height, and
all the rooms are plastered and paint
cd Il dull brick red, with white band
along the floor.
Near this house, on a lofty hill, ris.
ing 500 feet above the valley, stands
the ruined fortified watch tower,
which plainly demonstrates that the
strange people who in ages remote
built these houses were prepared to
resist assault. Traditions arc few
concerning this lost race and history
throws no light on the subject.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-01
NOT so ABsENT-M1NDED.
British Soldiers in south Africa
Saved $5,OOO,OOO for the Folks
ut Home,

The post Office is throwing some
side lights upon the character of the
British soldier which will be read
with interest. 1t appears that Tommy
is not such an absent-mindcd beg
gar as he is made out to be. Tommy
himself has always resented the SOU
briquet, and the fact that he has
sent a million of money home from
the Cape in postal orders during the
past year is IL colossal testimony to
his thrift and thoughtfulness of
home needs, says the London Ex-
press.
This useful public service has a
section with every column for tel
egraphic and postal work, and not
only do they get letters safely
through Boer-ridden territory, but
they manage to preserve government
stock from capture with great skill
and foresight. OF course some postal
dispatches have fallea into the en-
emy's hands, but the check upon be-
lated mail bags is so keen that tine
misuse of postal orders is rare.
Mail running from columns of
the railway is a dangerous game, and
the army post office man requires
not only to be an efficient postal
servant, but n strategist, in so much
as to know when not to send. Sew
cral deaths have occurred in the de-
Tense of the mail bags, so that he
has to be combatant ut times.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-01
TOWNS MADE BY RAILWAYS.
nent Factor in the Creation
Of Provinces.

To-day towns do not grow mere.
ly because OF their location, and this
factor of location will become less
and less important as the years 60
by. Chicago is situated upon the most
impossible and unlovely of all places
of human habitation. She is simply
a city of transportation, and is no
better than her rails and boats,
by her rails and boats she
lives in every western state and ter
ritory, says the Century Magazine.
The same is true Of St. Louis and the
vast southwest. One railroad re-
Gently planned for western extension.
and laid out along it's lines the sites
of So new towns, each of which was
located and named before the ques-
ton of inhabitants for the towns
was even taken up. And her rail
,vay in the southwest has named so
cities that are yet to build. and still
others have scores of communities
which in time are to be the battle
of human lives, and stages
of the human tragedy or comedy.
The railways have not only reached
but create provinces; they have not
only nourishcd, but conceived com.
munitieS,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-01
WITH THREE EYES.
New Zealand Creatures That Have a
Third Optical Organ ON TOP
Of the Head.

Nearly everyone has heard OF the
tuatara, the curious. iguana-like look
ing creature, now found on only one
or two islands off the coast of New
Zealand, and supposed to he the old
est living type Of animal on the face
of the globe. One of the most curious
features is an organ on the head, which
at one time was spoken of as the pineal
gland, but which DR.. Dendy discovered
to be in reality third eye, says the
Melbourne Argus. His paper on the
subject caused the greatest interest
in the English scientific circles, and,
us an illustration of the way i'll which
research is specialized nowadays, it
may be mentioned that while DR.. Den
dy devoted himself to the study of the
third eye one distinguished English
biologist is working ont the skele-
ton, another the Kidneys, and so
forth. In u short time, therefore, our
anatomical knowledge of the tuatara
ought to be complete.
More recently DR.. Dcndy has dis
covered another New Zealand creature
possessing third eye. This is the
New Zealand lamprcy, a favorite arti-
Gle of food among the Maoris. The
third eye is situated right on top of
the head and is covered with a thin
coating Of skin. 1t is doubtful wheth-
er it is now of any practical use for
seeing, but Dr., Dendy believes that ut
one time, far back in the worlds his
tory, there were two eyes on the back
of the lamprey's head. He is further
of the opinion that at one time the
tuatara also had two eyes where now
only one remains. In the tuatara it
is the left eye which has survived,
while in the lamprey it is the right one.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-01
POST CHECK MONEY.
Safe TransmissIon Of Currency
Through the Mails.

A clenr-headed business man has put
his practical mind to work and evolved
sensible plan for postal currency
which has been embodied in the Nc
Millan-Gardner bill now before con-
gress. 1t seems to be altogether the
best suggestion yet put forth for Sc
curing safe and convenient method
of sending money through the mail.
In brief, it is proposed to reissue all
one, two and five-dollar treasury notes,
coin or silver certificates now in circu-
lation and have the faces of the new
bills provided with blank lines. This
would be the ordinary money Of the
day. When one wishes to send money
by mail, say $500, he takes such a bill
from his pocket book, writes on its face
the name of the person or firm o whom
it is to go, the city and state, attixes and
cancels two-cent stamp in the square
indicated (one-cent stamp for frac-
tional bills), and signs his name on the
back. The bill which previously was
negotiable money now becomes per-
sonal check on the United States gov
CA AACAAU lOA p..OO, as SAlC III SAAHS-
mission as any bank check. 1t is en-
closed in a letter to the person or firm
desired and is collected by the receiver
upon Identification at the post Office
named, new bill being given for the
old one.
The scheme would be Of great benefit
to farmers, business men and publish
ers; ladies would appreciate it's con-
venience. Business houses now receive
large quantities of postage stamps
through the mails. One Chicago pub
Usher reports the receipt of $3.50, 900 in
stamps in one year, nearly 1000 per
day. Others have this same experience
on a smaller scale. With post check
money this nuisance is avoided as well
rs the tiresome and time-consuming
trip to the post Office to secure a money
order; convenient, safe and instantly
available form of money is supplied
with which the public can safely
transact mail business which now ag-
gregated in small sums upwards of two
billion dollars a year. The small fee
charged would probably aggregate Il
larger revenue to the government than
is received from the present money or
der system. The continual retirement
and re-issuing of these bills would in
sure clean money and keep the circula-
ton at par.
The financial policy of the govern
ment is not disturbed, the only change
being in the form OF printing upon the
bills. The inventor offers the govern
ment his patent free of cost upon adop-
ton. The acceptance Of this system
would be fastened if all who desire it
would write their senators and repre-
scntatives in Washington urging its
adoption.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-01
A Noted Knight TempIar
Owes His Health to Peruna.

Colonel T. p. Moody, a prominent
Knight Templar, is we'll known in every
city in the United States west of Buff
falo, n. Y, as jewelers. Auctioneer.
In the city of Chicago as prominent
lodge man, being member of the X.
IT'S and also of the Masons. The cut
shows Colonel Moody in the costume
of the Oriental Consistory Masons,
32nd degree.
In a recent letter from 5000 Mich
igan avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, Mr.. Moody
says the following:
"For over twenty-five years !
suffered from catarrh, and for
over ten years 1 suffered from
cafarrh of the stomach terribly.
"Ihave taken all kinds of knedi.
cines and have been treated by
all kinds of doctors, as thousands
of my acquaintances are aware
In different parts of the United
States, where I have travelled, but
my relief was only temporary,
until q little over q year ago I
started to take Peruna, and at the
present time I am better than I
have been for twenty years.
1.-THE soreness has left my sf0m-
ach entirely and I am free from,
Indigestion and dyspepsia andwiI
say ia all who are troubled with
catarrh or stomach trouble of any
kind, d0n't put II off and suffer,
but begin to take Peruna rigf:
away, and keep 1t up until you
are cured, as you surely will be If
you persevere.
"My wife, as many in the southwest
can say, was troubled with a bad
cough and bronchial trouble, and doc
tors all over the country gave her up
to die, as they could do nothing more
for her. She began taking Peruna with
the result that she is better now than
she has been in years, and her cough
has almost left her entirely. The sore
ness has left her lungs and she Is ds
well as she ever was in her life, with
thanks, as she says, to Peruna. Yours
very truly, I. 2. Moody.
Catarrh in its various forms is rapid
ly becoming a general curse. An I'M
doubted remedy has been discovered
by DIR. Hartman. This remedy has
been thoroughly tested during the
past forty years. Prominent men have
come to know of its virtues, and are
making public utterances on the SUBJ
ject. 70 save the country we must
save the people. TO save the people we
must protect them from disease. The
disease that is at once the most preva-
lent and stubborn of cure is catarrh.
If one were to make list of the diff
ferent names that have been applied
to catarrh in different locations and
organs. the result would be astonish-
ing. We have often published a pa rtial
list of these names, and the surprise
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-01
Dummy Weapons for Omcers.

The new war Office regulations will
Law down that an officer is still to
carry revolver in his belt, but is
also to be equipped with a carbine.
Some wiseacre has induced the au-
thorities to add that no carbine am
munition whatever is to be allowed.
The carbine is to be merely dummy
weapon, the idea being to make the
officer as little distinguishable from
his men as possible, but at the same
time to prevent him from yielding to
the temptation to shoot when he
should be looking after his men,
Allahabad Pioneer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-01
the sentinels without every now and
then gave grim tokens Of sleepless Wig

the sentinels without every now and
then gave grim tokens Of sleepless Wig
lance.
Suddenly there came the whip-poor-
Wills Gala whistle he himself had
taught to Ellen. He was at the window
in a quarter of second. There was nc
moon, but continuous play of light.
ming relived the darkness. In the
weired light he saw figure in white,
in midair, coming slowly toward the
cabin. An exclamation fell on his
uncomprehending brain and he knew
that one of the men saw it also. Then
came a brighter fash and he saw one
of the guard fall prone to the earth
and three rush headlong toward the
valley. The other two of the six gave
short, inarticulate cries. Then God was
good. For as the remainder of the
guard ran around the house, vivid
dash revealed the white figure sway
ing Is feet in the air with it's light
l.eard, its haggard face, it's shaggy
hair! Moriarty's ghost! The men
made simultaneous rush for the shell
Ger of the cabin.
At that moment the light was extin-
guishcd and the storm burst over the
"Forget-me-not."
Every newspaper in the country told
the story of how these lovers fed away
into the storm and all the west rang
with admiration of Ellen's daring ex-
plot. Her plan was at once the sim
plest and most natural. She attacked
the great weakness of the enemy-su~
perstition,a and as Moriarty's ghost she
conquered. The rope on which she
walked was one of wire stretched from
the trestle of an ore track to tree
near Moriarty's house: In the west
trestles are often partly strengthened
in this way. How she ever planned the
escape, how she managed to pass the
guard unobserved, how she kept her
footing on the rope, and how she
dropped nnhurt to the ground she
could never tell and the only explana-
ton is that all things are possible to a
woman who loves. Faith may remove
mountains. Hope may build castles,
but--love-love. All, that accom-.
plishes all things.
The little Ellen Gold Mines" are
the richest in Idaho, but all the wealth
that lies waiting there is not half so
precious to Philip, who will one day
own so much of it, as is the love of his
wife.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-01
A CASE OF PROVIDENCE.
Right So There Was Nc blame
Coming tn Him.

II have heard more or less about
the ways of Providence" said Il De-
troiter who was in reflective mood
the other day, relates the Free Press,
land 1 can cite what looks like Il fair
instance of it. 1 was in the western
part of the state this last winter,
and business took me out to a farm
where a portable steam engine was
saving wood. Things were running
at high pressure, with half dozen
men at work, and | sat down on 4
log with my man to talk business. An
engineer might have noticed by the
hiss of the steam that the water in
the boiler of the engine was low, but
of course had no suspicious. ] had
been talking for perhaps ten min
utes when u big rat ran out from
under a pile of wood and made for
the barn. Some one raised II veil,
and we all jumped UP and grabbed
clubs and started after the rodent
The snow was deep enough to bother
him, and we overlook him about 200
feet from the engine. We were in a
circle and whacking at, him when
there was roar like n cannon and
every man was knocked fiat. The
boiler had burst, and if we had kept
our places not man of us would
have escaped death. AS it was, no
one was even hurt. n justice of the
peace came along just then and said
he thought he'd better hold an in
quest.
"'As no one has been killed, what's
the use Of an inquest?' was asked.
"'ro fix the blame for the burst
up he replied.
"'Bat how are you going to do it?'
you'll see. Now, then, Jones, you
was running the engineer
81 was
"'You know all about engines and
boilers?'
"I do
"'Steam wasn't too high nor water
too low in this case?'
emo. SIR
Everything just as IL should be
when she took a bust, and you can
swear to it"
eyes, sir
"'All right. When 4 biler busts
either Jones or Providence is to
blame for it, and as Jones has
cleared himself there's nothing to do
but to lay it on to Providence and be
burned glad it was no worse!'"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-01
Hearing Suicide by 'Phone.

A cheerful telephone story is re-
ported from Vienna. \ young wom-
an of Magyar-Czernya, in Hungary,
was called up on the long-distance
telephone by her sweetheart in the
town of Taba. He said: Would you
like to hear how I shot mysclf?'
Then she heard the sound of a shot.
1t was found afterward that the
man had really killed himself.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-01
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