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The colored American., 1903-02-07

Negroes credit more than two hundred
years Of unrequited toll and his loyal
service and protection to all the fami-
lies and homes of these men while they
were engaged in the supreme effort to
throttle the best government on earth.
They now confess their error and their
satisfaction that their damnable here
sy received its death blow at Appa
mattox. Did not the Negro shed his
blood freely, and was not his bravery
fully tested on many fields of carnage
during that Titanic strugglef Has not
the black man himself won his right t.
ali the rewards of good citizenship by
his own admirable conduct, by his love
of country and of peace, his obedience
to her laws and his Unsuitable desire
for the higher and nobler places in
the economy of life? He is entitled to
to them and he is going to have them
sooner or later. Let there be no mis-
take about this If the situation were
not in its entirety almost tragical, we
might laugh at few of its phases.
AS for example look at this tempest
in a tea pot raised by some of the
southern newspapers over the Visit
one night not long since of a few color
ed ladies and gentlemen to a White
House Reception. It does not seem to
he considered that, they were invited
by the President and had therefore per-
feet right to be present at the function
or that visits by colored ladies and
gentlemen to the White House have
not been uncommon since the DAYS of
President Grant One paper whose
prejudices are more apparent than is
the accuracy of Its information grave
ly informs its readers that no colored
woman ever before attended a White
House reception Yet a great mauy
people know differently and we need
only to remind our blinded friend,
"Milt Saul" that there is a very
amiable and cultivated colored lady
even now reading in great retirement
but with proper dignity in the state of
Mississippi. who was a welcome guest
at all White House functions during
the term of her distinguished husband
as United States Senator an who at
tended them quite regularly. Nor
does 1t appear to matter that the gen
tlemen in this party hold commissions
as fedezal officers at the Capital of the
Nation. given them by the President
following confirmation by the United
Stats SENATE after the application of
the most rigid tests as to their charac-
ter and capacity. They are men whom
We all delight to honor They are at
least the peers of '-Milt Saul" and
his kind and yet neither their DO
sitions nor their personal worth could
stay the shafts of prejudice or the NAL
evidence of elaborate and deliberate
mlsinformation.
Of course the real race question in
The colored American., 1903-02-07

The Negro newspapers are in har-
mony on one subject at least-Mr. Jas.
H. Hayes is being excoriated in great
style.
The colored American., 1903-02-07

The Tillmans are still in the public
eye. Are they to remain the joke of
the American press?
The colored American., 1903-02-07

Can morality ever be too highly
pitched? There can be no two stand
ards: One for the clergyman and the
other for the layman.
The colored American., 1903-02-07

Industry, economy, and self-denial,
are the secrets of success. The honor
able man who goes in debt for a home
soon realizes this fact.
The colored American., 1903-02-07

A man whose social standing can
be lowered by the employnleHI yer
which be makes a HYennooh' non
had much solid ground to stShu
in the first place
The colored American., 1903-02-07

The peaceful methods of solving the
race problem along industrial lines
seem after all the best
The colored American., 1903-02-07

OF course the real race question in
volved is of higher significance but the
incident shows clearly the animus.
Why do southern white men have
these sudden attacks of the horrors
whenever Negro is found in q parlor
as guest. are they afraid us? Are
we more engaging? Are we their su-
perlors IN the social arts? Are they un
willing to measure swords with us In
intellectual requirements? 1t must be so
and it #ould appear to the logical mind
that this race which has chad az
unbroken civilization for thousands OF
years Is not quite too sure ofits prima-
cy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-06

The Columbian government boldly
demands $2J.0o0.000 for the Panama
canal concessions and gives the reason
for not accepting our offer OF $40 .000. 900
that they need the larger amount. The
Colombians evidently think that as We
allow ourselves TO be held up by most
any smooth American and defrauded by
our Office holders and others at home,
that we will stand for a good round
squee re from our South American neigh
bors. Why does rot President Roosevelt
see their blum and at once CONNIE nee
negotiations fer the Nicaragua route
which has many advantages over the
Panama. Is the administration waiting
until the transcontinental railroads give
permission to go ahead and build the
canal or cease 70 oppose It? The people
Of the United States long ago decided
that they wanted the Nicaragua canal
built and were defeated in their purpose
by a senatorial coteris led by Senator
Hanna. Has President Roosevelt Joined
forces with them. or is he opposed 10 the
building Of any canal? The law author
lied and required him to proceed to ac-
quire the Nicaragua route. II the Colon
bans rejected our proposition. but he has
done nothing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-06
A COMMON TYPE.


lie tretted as a boy.
lie worried as "a man.
lie criticised and ausstiofsed
The universal plan.
he made all lives burden
Through his everlasting Why
Was ever man ere ated.
Since he's only born 10 Ole!
He prospered In his business.
But Was always In the dumps
Because the stocks he carried
Were liable 10 siumps.
when he made "a strike he srumble4.
Now. tell me. what's the use
OF heaphg up great riches
When TO live we've no excuse?
He was married and was happy.
Till he CHANGED to- think that fate
Might take away his loved ones
And leave him desolate-
Beneath "A cloud OF darkness
He always would abide.
And he never turned II over
To see the other side.
After years Of this depression
lie has riches and TO spare.
But he cannot take his pleasure
There Is danger In the air.
So he worries and ne worries
As he turns ilfe's middle page.
For now he's looking forward
To a penniiess old age
M L. RENE. in Chicago Record-Herald
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-06
BLUNDER OF REPUBLICANS.
lie adcrs Are Nearly All COus mitsed 60
the Notorious shtp-sub.idy
scheme.

The incompetence Of the administers
tion in many matters Of great import
ance. especially 10 the Philippine Islands,
is shown by provision Of the act OF
March s. 1902. which was prepared by
the war department and enacted by con-
gress almost verbatim as II came from
the president and Secretary Root. The
act provides that. after July /. 1904. all
ships engaged In trafic among the
islands. or between island ports and the
United States. must have an American
registry. The entire internal commerce
OF the islands is now carried on In ships
built and owned by foreigners and II will
be physically impossible TO secure Amer
lean vessels by July. 1904. There are
over $4,000 vessels and boats engaged In
this inter-island trade and the enforce
ment of the law will completely paralize
she commerce OF the archipelago. After
July !. 1904. however, unless the present
law is amended. the only ships which
will be permitted to touch at the six
ports OF entry In the Philippine islands
will be those with American registry or
with Spanish registry under the terms
of the treaty of Paris.
As no ship can obtain American reg.
istry unless built in the United States
or allowed registry by special act OF con-
gress. we may expect to see stubborn
fight by the American ship building In
terests against a change in the law.
The republican leaders are nearly all
committed 10 the notorious ship subsidy
scheme. or In place Of that discriminate
ing duties in favor of American built
ships. TO bolster up our merchant ma
rine, which has so sadly declined under
the protective tariff and the republican
policy. With the tariff reformed and the
enormous protection that the steel trust
and the other trusts enjoy. reduced OF
abolished. the price of the material that
enters into the construction Of modern
ships would be vastly decreased. With
the tariff reduced on commodities that
include the necessaries Of life. the cost
of living for all would also be lowered
and our artisans and workmen would
be quite willing to have their wages
proportionately decreased and thus an.
other part Of the great cost of building
ships would be reduced. Monopoly
backed by high protection is the cause
of most Of our economic troubles.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-06
BREAKDOWN OF PROSPERITY.
IL Has Never Been Real Prosperity
for the People. Hut for the
Trusts.

The republicans are still shouting
prosperity" on the stump. Their bu-
reaus 1T Washington are busy sending
out prosperity statistics and their
newspapers are faithfully printing
these facts and figures"
The Boston Transcript of October %
cNeins some Of this prosperity mat
ter. The headlines OF one column read
Prosperity Will Increase" of another
column they read Prosperity Is Based
on a Firm Foundation" But in an
other column. or rather two columns
are some news matter of another kind
Here are some extracts from one col
umn.
Chicago October 22.-Organized la
Dor is facing the greatest wage crisis
since the panic CT 1893. IL the forecast
of its leaders is correc. Indications
of retrenchment are seen on every
hand. II has been estimated that be-
fore the close of the year the big EN-
ploying concerns Of the country will
have discharged nearly 100000 men
most OF them laborers and general
utility workers. OF this number the
railroads are expected to drop from
employment 100000 men. the mine OPP
orators $4,000. the machine shops and
iron. steel and tin plate plants $50. 900,
and the building trades not more than
10000
The prosperity" which has now bro
ken down so conspicuously and which
is the result of crop failures or OF low
prices for farm products. has never
been real prosperity. 1t has been pros
perity for the trusts only. The people
were better of when prices were lower
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-06
The Dinley tariff has been a boon 10

The Dinley tariff has been boon to
the trusts. How has II treated you?
You pay tariff taxes to 500 trusts-"In-
fants." the republicans call them. Why ?
Your tariff taxes are 800 year. 10
you get your moneys worth?
Don't blame the trusts! You voted
for high price. when you voted for q
high tariff.
One Of our 800 protected trusts mas
more capital than have all OF the so
called trusts in free trade England.
Equal rights 10 all. and special Iriv.
ileges to none" has been good demo
cratic doctrine for 100 years.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-06

II succeeded in developing sp'en-
did negative in a strong light yester-
day. said the amateur photographer.
How did you manage IT." queried
his friend.
Il asked Miss Millyuns TO marry
me- replied the snapshot artist Gin
c.nnati Enquirer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-06

calls the name, or TOW lney pIOuoauSes
ii.
.Leastways, after he'd finished that
there college trainin o hisn, there
vas high old doins all 'round-the
New York mansion in the winter time.
with balls an parties an dancin. an
this here place on the sound in sum
mer. an SIGH a place. A p'latial resi-
Gence-that was wha; them city sweils
called it-with smooth. sheered grass
all round it. a gate house big enoug II
for a ordinary family, a conservatory
with glass windows. an a army q
servants 10 keep the common herd out
o. the gate an often the grass.
His old blue eyes. faded 10 the color
OF the sea. gazed straight ahead for
SPACE. Then he continued:
I'VE was the common herd-me an
81 Slocum an the rest. an Beth. the
cal that Jean, his son. had been raised
with. bafhin' in the same hollow pool,
swimmin' in the same sea, an fshin
for the same sort o. fisA since they
was ODD enough TO know row TO sims
ont n line or fasten bait onto hoo&'
SOS IL would stay. I'm. We was the
common herd"
In spite Of his resentment II seemed
,haf he felt the necessity Of finishing
the story. now that he had begun IL
-rron, the commencement o The
summer bis voice presents wheeze%
on. ITO the end o II that biz hcuss
va filed with city folks classmates
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-06

The Nurse-The Doctor has come 10
Ia Se your temperature.
The Convalescent-l suppose It's al
| have leit-PUek
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-06

All the protected trusts which fatten
under the Dingley tariff, while selling
goods cheaper to foreigns than to Amer
leans. are with the republican party.
uurrah. for the g. o. p!
There are 500 trusts with s14. 900 600. :
600 capital whew. No wonder II costs
money to live during these Dinghy days.
The workingman sells his labor in the
cheapest and buys his goods in the dear
,st market. Cause. tariff on goods but
ooDe on labor.
rhe cost OF living Is 3'per cent higher
than in 1897. when the Dingley bill was
passed. Are your wages 81 per cent.
higher
The manufacturers and the trusts get
the protection and the profits 81 the
tariff-the farmer gets the husks and the
humbug Hon. Ben Dutterworth, May
II. 1890
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-06

!. vacant mind IS open 10 all sugges-
lions. az the hollow mountain returns
'echoes) oil sounds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-06

Riches come better after poverty thar
ooverty after riches.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-06

III deeds. whether sown by saint or
sinner. produce a large crop Of evil re-.
suits.
The end OF wickedness is destruction
and infamy.
As David felt toward Absaom. 70 does
the Heavenly Father feel toward eact
one Of His rebellicus rons.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-06

lesson IN the International series
1os November =, 100s-Das id's
Grief over Absalon.
THE LESSON TENT.
q sam. n:a-aa.,

q sam. <e.-t-11.b
u And David sat between the two gates.
and the watchman went UP 10 the root
over the gate unto the wall. and lifted
up his eyes. and looked. and behold man
running alone.
-. And the Waterman cried. and told the
king. And the king said, II he be alone.
there Is tldings In his mouth. And he
came apace, and drew near.
d. And the Waterman saw another man
running: and the Waterman called unto
the porter and said Behold another man
running alone. And the king said. lie also
brlngefh tidings.
q. And the watchman said. Me thinketh
the running OF the foremost Ii like the
running OF Ahimaaz the son OF Zacok
And the king said He IL a good man. ana
rom<sh with good tifings.
q. And Ahimaaz called. and said unto
the King. All is well. And he fell down
TO the earth upon his face before the king.
and said. Blessed be the Lord thy God.
which hath delivered up the men that
lifted up their hand against my lord the
king.
g. And the king said. Is the young man
Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered.
when Joab sent the kings servant.
and me thy servant. / saw a great tumult.
put knew not what II was.
%. And the king said unto him. Turn
aside. and stand here. And he turned
aside. and stood still.
o.. And. behold. cushi came: and crshi
said. TidIngs. my lord the king: for the
Lord hath avenged thee this day OF all
them that rose up against thee.
g.. And the king said unto cushi. Is the
young man Absalom safe: And Cushi an
swered, The enemies OF my lord the king.
and all that rise against thee 10 do thee
hurt. be as that young man -.
SO. And the king was much moved. and
went up to the chamber over the gate.
and wepi: and as he went. thus he said.
o my son Absalom. my son. my son Abb
salon. would God l had died for thee. q
Absaiom. my son. my son.
GOLDEN TENT. foolish son 10 q
grief 20 his father.-Prov. ~ s2S.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
Dav!d's Fiight............2 Sam. i5:l5-i1:29
The Battle and Death Of Absaom......
Sam. lSI-3
| Waiting for the Sews........2 Sam. ls:Zi-H
| TIE Fathers Grief for his Son.........-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Sam. Is .3-sS
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-25
WHIPPANY.

Mrs. William F. Agar is visiting her
son Morgan in Trenton.
a number of young folks went for
skating Saturday night to Hanover.
Miss Sara Agar has been spending
several days with relatives in Morris
Plains.
George McEwan, infant son of Rich
ard McEwan, died on Wednesday
morning.
Willard Mills is harvesting an ex-
cellent crop of ice from ten to eleven
inches thick.
DR.. White, of Summit, occupied the
Presbyterian pulpit on Sunday morn
ing and evening.
The Presbyterian Sunday school will
hold it's Christmas festival in Whip
onong Hall next Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Fassett, of
Troy, n. Y, and Ralph Snowdon, of
Cornell University, have been visiting
at w. w. Cooks.
Mrs John McGrath, who was stricken
with apopleXy week ago, died on Sun
day without regaining consciousness.
She is survived by a husband and
several children.
Mortimer Haslam, who recently re-
turned with his bride, nee Miss Theo-
dosia Watt, was pleasantly surprised
last Friday night by a number of
young people. An enjoyable evening
was spent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-25
PERSONAL.

William E. Coils, of Chester, has
been staying in town for a day or so.
Charles Armstrong has taken a
position as bookkeeper in Arlington.
Miss Margaret Behr is back from
school to pass the Christmas vacation
at home.
Gordon Hoxsey is at home from Ho-
bert College, Geneva, N. Y, to spend
Christmastide.
A. Fl. Lephron left early in the week
for Cleveland, o., where business
needed his attention.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Winters, of South
street, expect to be at Union Hill, the
home of Mrs. Winters parents, for the
holidays
The boys of the Hazen School
started on their vacation last Friday
and expect to return to their studies
on January 4.
The Princeton boys are back again
for the Christmas recess. They are
Edward Little, W. w. Cutler Jr., and
Leland GarretSOn.
The position of wire chief at the
local telephone exchange has been
filled by the selection of A. r. Nc
Cray, of Paterson.
The Summit Hockey team triumphed
over the representatives of the Morris
town Field Club on Saturday last
with a coopa of ID to
The Christmas recess at DIR. Lyl-
burns school on Washington avenue,
began Tuesday morning, December %,
at 10 o'clock and lasts till January 4.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Collins cele-
brated the fifteenth anniversary Of
their wedding on Saturday evening
last by reception given to host Of
friends
Miss Frances Nesbitt, of Maple
avenue, has returned from Wheaton
Seminary, at Wheaton, Mass, and is
staying at the Goliath House, as her
home is still quarantined
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-25
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.


The cinematograph is being put to
novel use by Paris surgeons in teach
| ing students how to perform various
surgical operations.
To show the shadows cast by some
of the brightest stars, M. E. TOuchet
places some object in long box black
ened inside and closed by ground glass
The shadow cast by Sirius on the glass
has been photographed.
Speaking electric arcs acting as
telephone receivers through connec-
tion to microphone have become
somewhat familiar, and ordinary
flames have now been made to speak
by Gabritschewski and Batschinski,
two Russians.
Its hand and its wonderful intelli-
gence give the monkey advantage over
all other lower animals 1t cannot
we'll endure cold and temperate eli
mates, and this fact, it is suggested,
has prevented the close association
with man that would have made the
monkey the most useful of domestic
animals
The winter whitening of animals is
Explained by Captain Barrett Hamil-
ton, OF the Royal Irish Academy. as
an effect of poor OF uneven nutrition
of the skin. Atrophy of the pig
ment cells occurs in winter over
the parts that accumulate fat in sum-
mer and autumn, and in very cold
countries may extend over the entire
body.
In the experiments of Prof. John
TrowEfidge, a powerful electric cur
rent is passed between terminals of
wood and cotton wool saturated with
distilled water, and a gap of four
inches is bridged by torrent of
bright sparks, with deafening noise.
This is thought to prove that thunder
is largely due to explosions of hydro
gen and oxygen from ASSOCIATED water
vapor.
Describing volcanic phenomena, Prof.
E. j. Garwood, of London, divides the
eruptions into two classes paroxysmal
and assure. The Giants Causeway is
| 0ii SAULPiO VI eIQpUIO0,
and the assure type was represented
in New leland in 1888, when the
famous pink and white terraces were
destroyed. The cone varies much in
shape, the crater ring of Vesuvius
illustrating the perfect one. The pre-
liminary earthquakes indicate that
eruptions are an effect instead of a
cause.
! Appendicitis is attributed by d.
Lucas Championnier to the eating of
much meat. He finds that in Eng
land and America, where the consump-
ton of meat is large. appendicitis is
five or six times as frequent as in
France, and in two localities where no
meat is eaten the disease is unknown.
NJ. Channel shows that in the army
the disease is much more rare in
Algiers and Tunis than in France,
while among the native African SOL
diers-almost exclusively vegetarian
the cases are very few.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-25

The cause of Biblical research, and
of religious knowledge in general, can
not fail of a positive and large bene-
| fit from the generous prizes offered by
Miss Helen NJ. Gould for the best
written articles on the origin and
history of the two versions of the
Bible, used respectively in the Roman
Catholic and the Protestant churches.
The prizes offered are sufficiently
tempting, and the conditions Of the
competition of a nature to stimulate
the endeavors of the best Biblical
students and writer's of the day and
the result will be anticipated with
the keenest interest. Only good can
come from such study and research
as this competition will set on foot,
even though the prizes to be won are
necessarily restricted to three persons.
The whole truth, so far as ascertain
able, in regard to the origin and
history of the two versions of the
Bible now in use by the two great
divisions of the Christian church Will
be OF benefit to both. 1t is clearly to
the advantage Of every professed be-
lever in the systems of religion
founded on the Bible that he shall be
able to give a reason for the faith
that is in him, and never so much so
as at this present time, when the
spirit of skepticism is rampant and
so many insidious attacks are being
made upon the foundations of reli-
gious belief. Ii is certain that the
world can never know too much
about the Bible; the more it is studied
and understood the more firmly it
will stand, and the wider and the
more LOYAL will be the allegial ce it
commands -Leslie's Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-25
OBITUARY.
MELRoY.

MELRO6.
Mrs. Joseph Melroy, of Hillside place,
Newark, while here on visit with her
daughter, Mrs Andrew G. Hixon, of
200 Water street, this city, was taken
sick and died at about IL o'clock on
Friday morning last.
Mrs Melroy was born in Phillips
burg, this State, the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. William Eastland, about
sixty-tiye years ago. She was twice
married, leaving progeny by both hus-
bands. One of her daughters married
Andrew G. Hixon, an old and we'll
known employee OF the Lackawanna
Railroad, at whose home she departed
this life, and where funeral services
were conducted by the Rev DR.. Erd-
man, of the South Street Presbyter-
ian Church, on Sunday last. Interment
was made at Phillipsburg on Monday.
Mrs. Melroy was of social DISPOSE
tion and a great favorite with children,
for whom she ever had a kindly word
and always ready to help them with
pleasant word and advice.