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The colored American., 1902-03-29

Murray, Prof. and Mrs Jesse Lawson,
of Washington. d. c., and Bishops Tur-
ner, Grant. Arnett, Clinton, Harris and
Walters.
The council will end on the evening
of July II, with reception and ban
quet in the armory of the State Uni
versitv. Minneapolis. The colored peo-
pie OF Minneapolis will unite with those
of St. Paul in entertaining the delegates
and visitors who attend the two ST.
Paul conventions and the ST Paul peo-
ne will do their part in entertaining
those who attend the educational as
sociation meetings in Minneapolis.
The colored American., 1902-03-29

cial duty will remain special and can
only be performed by us, apart from
white colleagues.
No reasonable objection can be offered
to Mr.. Daniel Murray. He is honest,
upright, energetic and resOurceful, and
is full of the right kind OF public spirit.
In many respects he is the most infiu-
entail Afro-American in this communi-
ty. and is also one of the wealthiest,
standing high with the whites. He is
a race man to the core, and there are
any number of cOlored men now in Of
hce put there directly by him. The
people should hold up the hands of such
a leader, and by rallying around him
and making him strong, win the apprO-
val and confidence of those who Judge
races and men by their reason and re-
suits
The colored American., 1902-03-29
TIMELY TOPICS.

The Coiored American is pleased to
acknowledge an invitation to attend
the first annual banquet to be given BY
the Bay City Lodge, f. and A. NJ, at
Erie, Pa, April 10Th.
An immigration restriction league
has been placed in operation with head.
quarters in Bo.ton. 1t plans to check
the influx of undesirable foreigners
by app ying a. rigid educational test
1t may succeed. at any rate, some
policy should be adopted to keep a~ay
all persons who will not or cannot as
sist in making our institutions better
and stronger. and who are not friendly
To law a. ! nrl r
The colored American., 1902-03-29
A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH.


PEACH-LIKE complexion obtained ifused a
directed Will turn he skin of a black or brown
person fou- or five shades lighter. and q mulat!o
person perfectly white. In forty gh hoursa shade
or two will be noticeable . 1t does not turn the
skin 10 spots bp 1leaches out white. the skin re
manning bear al without continual use WI
remove VIZ -eS, free les. dark spots pimples OF
bumps or ack heads, making the skin very son
and smG n Small pox pits, tan, liver spots re.
moved without harm to the skin When you ge'
the color you wish, stop using the preparation.
THE HAIR sTRAIGHTENER.
that goes in every one dollar box is enough y
make anyone hair grow long and straight, ana
Keeps 1t from fal irg out. Highly perfuned Aho
makes the hair - and easy TO comb. MAN.
OF our customers ssy one of our dollar boxes :
worth ten dollars. yet we sell il for one dollar
box. THE N0-SHELL thrown in free
Any person sending Us one dollar in letter OF
PostOfh money order. express money oroet 0I
registered letter, will send IL through the nHIi
postage prepaid; or If you want II sent @. ". u.
1t will come by express 25c extra
In any case where itfails to do what we claim
we viii return the money or send a box free OF
charge. Packed so that no one will know con
tents except receiver.
CRANE AND CO.
IL west Broad StIvs.
RICHMOND VA.I
The colored American., 1902-03-29
AND HAIR STRAIGHTEHER.

both In box for 81. three boxes for 81 I'iarAn
ted 70 DO what we say and to be the "besL the
world One box is all that is required HL1S q as
directed
The colored American., 1902-03-29
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The National tribune., 1902-10-23

inOffensive citizen was to hide his gun and
ammunition and come into our lines with
that Oriental smile that Bret Harte says
is "childlike and bland" This they did
in large numbers. Notwithstanding the
large numbers of surrenders there must
be great many guns hidden away some
| where, or manywheres more likely, wait
ing to be brought out again when wanted.
SO far did the Filipinos carry this come
dy of being soldiers and citizens alternate
ly at short notice, that even those Regu-
lar troops. who were in uniform carried
a white suit in roll on their backs, to
be used upon occasions of scouting and to
be donned quickly if in danger of being
captured. l have come upon dead and
wounded men on the field, each with this
white suit slung over his back. l have
seer others in white with an old uniform
or parts Of it lying near, and l have seen
them with about half of each, not having
had time to make complete change This
mattered little, except to increase our an
ger and disgust about the ''amego" fraud,
for by this time We sent no more prison
ers to Manila, releasing them all. 1t was
customary to keep them under guard over
night, when the commanding officer or
members of his staff elected q lot of mis-
information from them. In the morning
they were given square meal and lee
ture, telling them how kind and gentle the
<Amciie WcIt anu uOW Detf ar IL
would be for the Filipinos if they should
stop fighting and accept American rule.
Then they were dismissed with bless
ing by the Chaplain and "cussing" by
the men. Sometimes the same ones were
captured again, and the program was re-
peated.
Dressed in white, and without arms. it
was easy for the Filipinos to scout as
much as they chose. If they came across
a scouting party of our own they could
play themselves off as peaceful citizens.
and tell US how much they disiiked
Aguinaldo's soldiers. They could even
come into our camps to see what was GO
ing on and confide to us their opinion that
the insurrectos were "mucho malo"
AS for our own scouts, they had no such
advantage. They had to go out in uni
form, because a white man was Just as
safe in uniform as in citizens clothing.
The minute scouting party left camp it
was known and its progress watched and
heralded in advance. When they came
to house the women were very polite
and hospitable, Offering them water and
cigarets, but at the same time the man
OF the house was probably skurrying
through the brush to notify the nearest
insurgent outpost of the progress and pres
ence of Los Americanos soldados. This
certainly put the American scouts at a
decided disadvantage.
----~ Go be cOntinued.)
The National tribune., 1902-10-23
THE RING.NECKED LIZARD.
Pugnacious Little Fellow Who Makes His
Home in the Deserts of Arizona.

Two lizards of the desert are described
by Dane Coolidge in The October number
of Country Life in America These liz
ards are the Chuck-walla and the Ring
necked lizard. The latter is found in
greatest numbers on the washed powders
of the canyons of the Pinal Mountains of
Central Arizona. This lizard would at
coloration. Its scientific name is Crotap-
bytus Collaris. His back is colored Il
greenish or blush brown, dotted and cross
lined with white and from head to tail
his entire body is a blending and contrast
ing of rich hues. Withal he is proud and
bold and Il most pugnacious fighter. His
favorite hunting-place is on some red-hot
bowlder in the sandy bed OF n canyon or
dry-wash. There he will sit by the hour
watching for his prey. Ii some grasshop
per or beetle alights near, he will dash
from rock to rock and seize it, often leap
ing high into the air to bring it down. If
smaller lizards perch OH the neighboring
rocks, trying to exc out a living ON flies,
the burly Ring g-necked lizard will chase
them with such eagerness that there is
no mistaking his intentions. even if he
were not often found gorged with their
carcasses, together with spiny horned
toads and the bodies of his own unfOrtun-
ate relatives. After he has devoured some
victim, perhaps twO-thirds his size, the
Ring -necked lizard crawls into some hole
and lies in torpOr until the process Of
digestion enables him to move about again.
Then he resumes his post on the rock and
notes with quick eyes every movement
within the radius of his sight, perhaps a
hundred feet.
The National tribune., 1902-10-23
News From Winners.

Comrade A. T. Somerby, E. Boston,
Mass, winner first prize, reports as fol-
lows: Born at Ellsworth, Me-, 1889.
l was the first man in Ellsworth to re-
spond to President Lincoln's first call for
troops, enlisting April 20, 1861, in Co. B,
9th Me. Was stationed at Chain Bridge.
with Motifs Battery. during the first bat
tie of Bull Run. Discharged in October,
1861. Appointed First Lieutenant by
Gov. Israel Washburn, July, 1862, in Co.
X, 10th Me. Served i'll First Corps until
March, 1869. when resigned on account
of disability, as shown by Surgeons GER
tificate. Moved to Boston, 1872. Joined
the Grand Army. 1889. Have held the
offices from Guard to Commander, the lat
ter in 1893: since which time have been
Adjutant except one year. Many thanks.
Your contests have benefited many old
comrades
Comrade Somerby was not strong
enough to attend the Encampment, but
Mrs. Somerby paid us the compliment of
call.
The National tribune., 1902-10-23

after months in the hospital, got home,
October, 1865. am well pleased with
my prize, and got all that my figures en-
titled me to-"
Comrade VIM. H. Hartley, Arcadia,
Ind, winner 33d prize, reports as follows:
MANY winners say they are always sur
prised when they win. l am always most
surprised when 1 don't win. As 1 have
been in every contest, and this is my first
winning, have been surprised quite fire.
quentIy. But it is all right. 1 have i'm
plicit confidence in the management of
these contests. 1 know they are fair, and,
if you will believe me, it does me about as
much good to hear of some other old vets
good luck as to win myself. Plenty of
them need it. 1 have myself been con-
testing n claim for 20 years. They keep
showing it off. A short time before Mr..
Evans stepped out, he notified me the ori
ginal evidence was incomplete, because
one of the witnesses died. Don't know
what Mr.. Evans wanted me to do, unless
The National tribune., 1902-10-23

engaged in photographing Ring-necked
lizards his subject would frequently es-
cape from him; and as he spun away over
the powders, often against the skyline,
the writer became convinced that his fore
feet never touched except now and then to
cling for moment as he landed on some
rock. 1t seemed is if he simply stood up
high on his hind legs and sprinted like a
man. The enormous development of the
hind-legs would amply justify such the
Ory. But the camera is not built which
could catch a movement that battles the
human eye with its burr of speed, even
if ingenuity and patience could induce the
lizard to run across the field of focus, and
so no photograph of the lizard in action
was secured.
This curious lizard is creature of the
desert, having much the same range as the
Chuck-walla, except that it is rarely found
below an altitude of 4,500 feet. 1t al
ways lives among rocks and is most COM
monty found in the canyons and dry
washes of the desert ranges. Although
carnivOrOus in tendencies, the Rins-necked
lizard is chiefly vegetarian in his diet, feed
ing on the blossoms and leaves of plants
along with the mild-mannered Chuck
walla.
The National tribune., 1902-10-23

Discharged after three months service.
Moved to Wisconsin, Spring, 1868. Re
enlisted in Co. G., 32d Wis, in Fall of
1863. Was at Vicksburg, Meridian, up
the Tennessee to Decatur, at Chattanooga,
Atlanta and on the March to the Sea.
Then up through the Carolinas and on to
the Grand Review at Washington, 1860.
Discharged at Louisville, July, 1865. Had
four brothers in the service. One killed
at Peryville; another crippled for life"
Comrade S. L. Shaw, Ypsilanti, Mich,
winner 49th prize, reports as follows: Il
had the honor to belong to one of Michi-
gan's fighting regiments, the 1st Mich.
SharpshOoters, Co. c. In the last mix-up
we had with the Johnnies, about April
Fools Day, 1866, my Captain and few
of the boys were cOrnered and captured.
They asked ME to stop too, but l just
'scoOted and escaped. The boys returned
in few days, nearly starved to death.
l was never away from duty until after
the Grand Review. Then sunstroke and
fever laid me low, and / was sent to
Douglass Hospital, they said, to die. But
The National tribune., 1902-10-23

The Ring-necked lizard is not mere de-
voufer of weakiiGgs. He is always ready
to fight, whether he is challenged by an
other of cOrnered by man. When
brought to bay in some hole he opens his
jaws and dashes bravely out, swapping at
everything which opposes him; and so fierce
and sudden is his rush that it is impossible
to face it without tlinching. BY catching
two Ring-necked lizards. holding them
loosely by the small of the back and allow
ing their heads to clash as they struggled
to escape, the author was able to induce
combats such as must occur every day in
the desperate lizard world.
Forgetting that they were captives they
would seize upon each other and vent
their thwarted rage to the, utmost in q
fight which. but for timely interference,
would doubtless lead to the death of one
or the other. Such bulldog pugnacity is
rather unlOOkedfOr in lizards, but a stu
dent of character could easily read in the
set jaw and pouched throat of this species
the signs of fighting blood.
1t is the common custom of the Ring
necked lizard, upon the approach of dan
ger, to hide beneath his bowlder, but if on
peering out he sees he is being hunted, he
dashes off over the powders at such phe-
nOmenal speed that only a quick eye can
follow his course, to say nothing of mark
ing him down when he flashes into some
well-knOwn Granny. MIR. Coolidge was
once told by a keen-eyed desert man that
these lizards run with their hind legs only,
and, while scientists would naturally be
slow to accept such statement, the au-
thor believes that in running over rocks
this is true. By examining tracks where
one had run through the dust it was made
evident that on the level the Ring-necked
lizard runs with all four feet But in run
ming over rocks he assumes a different
posture: head up, body thrown back and
tail raised on high, after the manner of
various other iguanian lizards. In this
connection Mr.. Coolidge states that while
The National tribune., 1902-10-23
ROAD COST MILLIONS.
Russia's Investment in Siberian Railway
Represents Little Earning Power

The reading public has seen good deal
about the great Russian enterprise. the
Trans-Siberian Railway, in the magazines
and newspapers. 1t is magnificent en-
terprise, both on account of its physical
magnitude and its political possibilities
But as financial undertaking it does not
seem to have been economically built or
TO give any promise of adequate returns.
In an article in a French financial paper
written by Arthur RaffalOyitch, Financial
Agent of the Russian Government in
Paris, the cost Of the railway is set forth
IN detail. Thenmain line to the Chinese
boundary has cost $279, 1000, 600; the East
Chinese or Manchurian portion brings the
total, with very moderate supply of roll
ing stock, to $440,O0O,0OO. The cost of
construction for over 5000 miles has been
$3S,OOO mile, while for 5000 miles
around Lake Baikal. the cost has averaged
$1S,333 mile, which suggests to the
journal of Commerce incapacity or cor.
ruption. or both 1t is impossible that
such road sOsexpensively SO built through
such territory as it traverses should
ever prove a profitable investment. The
interest on the capital would now amount
TO $l7,25O,0G0 annually. The operating
expenses of the road are $24OOO,0OO.
In Russia they reckon weight by the
pood. which is 31.1 pounds In pools the
heaviest traffic of one of the Pacific roads
in this country was 326,OOO,OOO in 1897.
The great Russian road has only 10000
600 poods in 1889, and only ~ ZOO. 900
in 1890. Before it can pay its operating
expenses it must carry 37O,O0OO00 pools.
and before it can pay interest on its cost
6oO,WOOO0. The prospect is therefore
anything but encouraging.
Although this great railway has been
built on modern plans. the present speed
of trains is only IA 1-2 miles an hour. 1t
requires Is days to go by it from Western
Europe to Port Arthur. Why greater
speed is not possible is not stated. No
one not compelled to travel in that terri
tory would endure Is days steady rail-
way riding at such snail's pace. 1t is
evident that Russia has great deal to
learn yet about building and operating
railways, although a more stupendous
plan has never been developed by any peo-
pie than this Trans-Siberian line, plan
whose ultimate benefits to the Eastern
world It would be difficult now to over
The National tribune., 1902-10-23
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful il is in Pre-.
serving Health and Beauty.

Nearly everybody knows that charcoal
is the safest and most efficient disinfect-
ant and purifier in nature, but few realize
its value when taken into the human sys-
tenn for the same cleansing purpose.
Charcoal is remedy that the more YOU
take of it the better; it is not a drug at
all, but simply absorbs the gases and i'm
purities always present in the stomach
and intestines and carries them out of
the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating onions
and other odOrous vegetables
Charcoal effectually clears and improves
the complexion, it whitens the teeth and
further acts as a natural and eminently
safe cathar:ic.
1t absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; it dis
infects the mouth and throat from tbe
poison Of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal in one form
or another, but probably the best char.
coal and the most for the money is in
Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges; they are
composed of the finest powdered willow
charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics
in tablet form or rather in .he form of
large, pleasant tasting lozenges, the char.
coal being mixed with honey.
The daily use of these loZences will
soon tell in n much improved condition of
the general health, better complexion,
sweeter breath and purer blood, and the
beauty of it is, that no possible harm can
result from their continued use, but on
the contrary, great benefit.
Buffalo physician in speaking of the
benefits of charcoal, says: 81 advise
Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges to all pa
tients suffering from gas in stomach and
bowels, and to clear the complexion and
purify the breath month and Throat. r
also believe the liver is greatly benefited
by the daily use of them; they cost but
twenty-five cents a box at drug stores
and although in some sense patent preD.
aration, yet ! believe get more and bet
ter charcoal in Stuart's Absorbent
Lozenges than in any of the ordinary char
coal tablets"
The National tribune., 1902-10-23

Comrade II. p Cross, Uniontown, Pa,
winner 42d prize, reports as follows:
| Born in Maryland, 1899. Enlisted early
| in 1862 in 18th U. s. Inf, and was in
McClellands campaign. Re-enlisted in
1863, in I'd Nd, and served until end of
war. L saw hard service The arrival
of this prize has set Uniontown wild. 1
expect to send in a big club in the next
contest, and hope to make that old bull
jump. These contests are the means of
making many comrades happy, and hope
you will keep it up''
Comrade A. l.. o. Johnston, Lima, O.,
winner 10th prize, reports as follows:
Born in Wisconsin, 1897. Enlisted
Spring of 1862, in Co. 1, 21st Wis
Wounded at Perryville, and again at
Stone River. II there had been bulls
eye prize tackled onto me the Johnnies
would have won it twice. In battle of
Chickamauga and other hard-fought en-
gagements. Have lived here 20 years."
The following notice appeared in one of
the Lima papers:
'COMRADE JOHNSTON GETS PIECE OF
IhE NAI1ONAL TRIBUNE PRIZE.
"One Of the old and valued subscrib-
ers of the Gazette is Albert Johnston, of
Harrison Avenue, tool dresser at the Lo-
cOmOtive Works, a veteran of the civil
war, and a member of Mart Armstrong
Post, G. A. Il. Comrade Johnston
knows a good paper when he sees it, and
is subscriber also of The National Tri-
bune. In the guess on the U. S. Treasury
receipts for Monday, Sept. 10, COmrade
Johnston sent on some guesses, and yes
terday received letter from the editor
of that paper, stating that he was the
winner of the 500 prize.
1.-The 'bullseye,' or the exact amount Of
receipts on that day, was 1850 503. OF,
and Mr.. JohnstOn's guess was $2,360,-
5O1.OO, being within $2.92 of the precise
amount. Mr.. Johnston will be 66 years
old next March, but it can be seen that
his eyesight is keen, when at such dis
tance he can SO nearly hit the target"
Comrade Alfred Mosher, Erie, N. Dak,
winner 6Sth prize, reports as follows:
Born in New York State, 1884. Learned
the trade of carpenter and joiner. Mar
ried, 1854. Moved to Illinois, 1855. Re
sponded to the first call for troops, enlist
ing in April, 1861. in Co. II, 10th Ill.
The National tribune., 1902-10-23

lows: "Born in Ireland. Moved to ILL.,
nois when two years old. Enlisted in Co.
G, 18th Ill. Cav. Served in the Price
campaign through Missouri. Discharged
January 80, 1866. After discharge NOV
ed to Minnesota. Occupation stationary
engineer. Hope you will keep up the
contests"
Miss Josie Camp, of Fostoria, o., was
not winner in the recent contest, but
she won the good will and admiration Of
thousands of comrades during the recent
National Encampment, and she added
greatly to her collection of badges. She
has attended six National Encampments,
and has collected 600 badges. She intends
to make quilt with these badges She
was great favorite of President McKin-
ley, and was at Buffalo when the assas-
sin struck him down.
The National tribune., 1902-10-23

ly throw open their shirts to look at their
right shoulders, often finding them black
and blue from the kick of gun. Not
holding their pieces firmly against the
shoulder as we did, they received these
marks more quickly. Yet with these evil
dences of hostility plainly upon them We
were permitted to do nothing, and these
spies went and came at will.
Others came through the lines and went
out again with baskets of rice to feed
those who remained away, either their
families or insurgents or both.
ABUSE OF THE WHITE FLAG.
The white flag was in evidence every
where. Every party passing along pub
lie highway carried one or two, some
times one for every individual. They had
learned that the queer Americans would
not shoot at any person having white
flag. Why this was so they did not know
nor care. They exhibited it for their own
safety and they shot at us from beneath
its protecting folds as freely as without
it. 1t meant nothing to them except pro-
lection from us. All Filipino soldier
had to do to become an exemplary and