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The colored American., 1903-07-25
THE TRUE REFORMERS.

The dedication, on Wednesday, the
18th instant in this city of Washing
ton Hall, the ornate and commodiouS
temple of the Grand Fountain of the
United Order of True Reformers, was
an event of more than ordinary sig
nificance. Elsewhere we give space to
a full account of the ceremonies and
a description of the building
Entering a field of business activity
in the District but a few years ago in
a tentative and modest manner, it has
found such encouragement as has jus
titled it in laying this magnificent
foundation for what promiess 10 be an
uneXampled and brilliant success. AL
ready the beneficial features of the
order have attracted a large member
ship here, though that field had appar-
emily been covered by other worthy
organizations
The success of the order, now sound
ly entrenched in the social and busi-
ness life of our community speaks
volumes for the business sense and
conservative judgment of the officers.
But it means much more to the COM
munity itself Other race institutions
with equally praiseworthy objects have
arisen heretofore, and though prosper
ing for a time have met the ineXOrable
fate of imprudent management or rash
speculation. The faith the confidence
of our people in race enterprises have
been rudely and repeatedly shocked at
the revelation that many of our al
legged business and financial giants
were but men of clay. But here enter
the True Reformers! Do they come,
hat in hand, with a subscription paper
in one hand and a declaration of race
platitudes in the other? Not so! They
come as business men come, with a
perfect knowledge of what they want
and. best of all. with the money in
hand to pay for it.
Where has there ever been before
race enterprise of such magnitude
with such a record? They ask no fa-
yors. They invest their money. They
build a sturdy monument to Negro
thrift and business acumen. They eX-
hibit to the District Negro the object
lesson he needs. Here" they say to
The colored American., 1903-07-25

al Negro Suffrage Association to coal
eSce with it. They should have main
tanned their separate organization and
then, unembarrassed by the restric-
tiOns of party or administration 10y
atty, they might have elected Mr..
Hayes their president and sent him
forth, not into the Southland for his
inevitably tragic finale, but into the
North East and West, where Dir vote
are cast and honestly counted, to IIake
propaganda against the iniquit1es of
Southern legislation and the brutality
of Northern Indifference. Mr.. Hayes
has his utility and he is the very man
for this latter quest, but as for the
Afro-American Council, may, nay,
Pauline,"
The colored American., 1903-07-25
THE COLORED AMERICAN.

him, lis your opportunity to make
good your oft-repeated promise to pat
ronlZe and sustain a really worthy
busines venture of your own people.
We are financially sound We have
the prestige of complete success
achieved already in more than one
community. Come up TO the altar of
duty and make your willing sacrifice. -
And we believe the response will be
hearty and generous. We think this
movement Will reawaken the conf
dence of our people and we predict en-
phatic and substantial success to this
grand company of earnest race-Ioving
souls, who have our warmest wishes
and fluctuations over this auspiciOus
undertaking.
The colored American., 1903-07-25
CLOGGING THE WHEELS OF
PROGRESS.

The Brunswick, Ga, Herald has late
ly been playing the usual role of the
envious and malicious Negro who is
very, very numerous indeed in this
country and who is a curse to the race.
With sweeping generalfties and disdain
ing to state a single specific occurrence
or fact upon which to base his state
ments he attacks the editor of The
COlored American in his capacity as
recording secretary of the National Ne
gro Business League aud makes the
most undefensible charges against him.
1t is probably as we'll, and no doubt
entered into the Herald mans cOnsid-
Grafton before this publication was
made, that he lived nearly a thousand
miles away from Washington and
could not therefore be held to a direct
personal responsibility for his Scurril-
ity Yet when our just Indignation re-
spends to the rudder of reflection we
perceive that violence is no less repre-
hensible than vulgarity.
And so we say to this gangrened,
this animated outrage upon the news
paper profession, that if he have valid
charges or causes of complaint against
the recording secretary of the National
Negro Business League, the correct,
the manly thing to do will be tC put
them IN coherent shape and present
them to the League for consideration
at its meeting at Nashville, Tenn, next
month.
The fact is, the Herald's man has no
cause of complaint and no charges
which can be sustained against the re-
cording secretary of the League. He
is the f1ippant echo of a few irrespon-
sible, disappointed and envenomed bar
nacles upon the journalistic profession.
Why have we so many negative men
among us who do nothing but sit and
sneer at the activities of positive char
acters?
The recording secretary, like all the
other officers of the League, is strongly
convinced of it's great beneficial feat
ures and he has for three years worked
with enthusiasm towards the accom-
plishment of its purposes. He has
done this in a distinctly altruistic
spirit, at an appreciable cost of time,
| thought and money, and it is crafty
ing to know that his efforts have the
appreciation of the really influential
people of the country. Of the course
of The Colored American nothing need
be said. 1t speaks for itself. Testi-
| mony accumulates from all parts of
the country and indeed the civilized
world, that as race paper it is easily
the leader and essentially inapprOach-
able. To abuse it is to confess it's su-
| periOrity and we are content with the
situation and its reputation.
The Herald man would better copy
| The Colored Americans features of
conceded excellence and profit by them
than exhibit himself as he does, as the
very antithesis of that. high race char
acter which we assume he, in common
with all other Negro newspaper men,
is essaying to develop among our peO-
pie.
The colored American., 1903-07-25
ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. DISTRICT
MILITIA. LEESBURG, VA.

Sunday. July 26, 1908. will be the
banner day at Leesburg Camp Ord
way) during the annual encampment
of the District Militia. July 23-August
1. and the SOUTHERN RAILWAY will
furnish ample accommodations for all
those wishing to visit their friends in
camp. A fast limited train will leave
Pennsylvania station Sunday at 9:01
a m There will be room for all. and
the r"+e for the ROUND TRIP will be
only 81.
The colored American., 1903-07-25

Mr.. w. L. Houston, "our Will" was
busy man at the reception last tues
day evening, given in honor OF AttoI-
ney General of Liberia. Richardson
Some of Mr.. Houston's Introductory
speeches were gems, being both hurnOI-
Gus and witty.
The colored American., 1903-07-25
ADVERTISING RATES.

Reading notices SO cents per line.
Display advertisements, 50 per square
inch, per insertion. Discounts made
on large contracts.
Entered at the Post Office as second
class matter.
All letters, communications, and bus
mess matters should be addressed to
THE COLORED AMERICAN.
EDWARD E. COOPER, Manager,
459 ST., Northwest,
Washington, D. G.
Sold by all News Dealers.
SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1903.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10
Big Guns Too Cumbersome.

Lieut.. H. Williams. who is in
charge of the naval recruiting sta.
tion in the federal building, fought on
the battleship Iowa during the Span.
ish-American war and declares the
one thing that was demonstrated by
the war was that the most effective
work can be done by small guns. The
naval officer says that in the famous
fight off Santiago the execution was
done by the small cannon, the great,
much-advertised guns being entitled
to very little credit for the victory.
"The trouble was tnat the large guns
didn't hit" said the lieutenant THE
turrets carrying those guns weigh 100
tons, the guns themselves weigh
thirty tons more. That is SO great q
mass to move in aiming that it is diff
ficult to bring it accurately to the
proper place. Then the large guns
can be fired only once in two minutes.
The six-pounders were discharged ten
or twelve times minute and the
five-pounders as often again. Sioux
City Tribune.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10
COSTLY STONE IN OREGON.
Discovery Of Mine Of Jade in the Far
Northvvestern State

A very important mineral discovery
has Just been made in the Althouse
district of Southern Josephine county
consisting of the finding in consider
able quantity of the sacred and rare
stone, jade. Several miners visited
Grants Pass recently, bringing sam
pies of the stone with them, says the
Kansas City World. These samples
were positively identified as jade by
United States Mineral Surveyor H. c.
Perkins. of this city. The discovery
is of great geological importance, from
the fact that jade has never before
been found in any place in any of the
mineral districts of the North Ameri-
can continent. The miners who have
come in from the scene of the discov-
cry report that many large pieces of
float jade of beautiful color and fine
texture have been and are being found
both on Althouse and Indian creeks.
Jade is the sacred stone of the Chi
nese and is used by them in making
bracelets, rings, vases, etc. 1t is a
tough, compact stone. Its color varies
from an almost pure white to a dark
or pale green. Jade was one of the
first materials used in the making of
weapons and utensils during prehis-
toric times. There is a coarser or
more common variety of the stone
known as jadeite that was used in
making axes and weapons. The jade
was and is highly priced by the peo-
pie of the Orient for ornamental pur-
poses and carvings. The Chinese name
for 1t is 'yu-shih," which means Jade
stone."
For ages past the main and principal
supply of jade has come from the Kara
Kash valley of Eastern Turkestan. 1t
is also found to some extent in New
Zealand, the islands of the Pacific and
South America; but this is the first
time that it has ever been found on
the North American continent The
discovery in Southern Josephine coun-
ty will be thoroughly investigated by
interested parties. 1t is of especial
interest to the geological world
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10
SHE CHOSE THE WRONG MAN.
Tale Told of a D. A. r. Who Prided
Herself on Ancestry.

An amusing story is told by the
New York Press of the wearing of
miniatures. A newly rich woman
who had seen her friends exploiting
great-grandmothers and grand-aunts
on ivory, blossomed forth with an
amazing portrait. surrounded by en-
eralds and pearls, and dangled her
new-found ancestor at the end of a
costly chain. Mrs. Suddendough glib
ly informed her friends that the man
with the inspired eyes and the shock
of glowing red hair was her paternal
grandfather. One day she was in a
gathering in Boston and exultingly
displayed the portrait, telling the old
story. One bespectacled dame stared
and, after Mrs. Suddendough's de-
parture, she of the glasses said,
What do you think of that? 1t was
Patrick Henry's portrait and he was
a bachelor!"
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10
SHE WAS NOT SATISFIED.
Little American Girl Not Pleased with
Nobleman's Appearance,

There is a certain English peer who
is noted for his LONELINESS. He is al
most ugly enough, as some people
would say, to stop clock, and al
though he is aware of the fact it gives
him no uneasiness. Indeed, he is
rather inclined to make merry over
his ugliness. He tells the following
story, which seems to amuse him very
much. though he says the child COM
pietely dumbfounded him at the time.
He was travelling in America, and at
dinner party little girl after eye.
ing him intently came up and said
"Are you the British lord?"
81 am certainly lord, my dear"
Really and truly; bet your bottom
dollar?"
"Yes, my dear, really and truly Are
you satisfied, now?"
NO. said the child decidedly, I'm
not satisfied. I'm kinder disaI,.
pointed"
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

Have you got nerves Well, you ought
to have nerves. But they ought to be
strong nerves, good nerves. Does your
hand tremble You are living too fast.
Does your heart futter at times You had
better call halt. Americans live too fast.
They crowd too much into single day.
They have too little leisure. The hospitals
and insane asylums are filling up. The
quiet, pastoral scenes of yore are be-
coming rare. It's time that we quit this
sort of business
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10
Plant Drives Away Mosquito..

Leaves Of q plant alleged to drive
away mosquitoes have reached Eng
lish botanists from Africa. The pres
ence of q single plant is stated to clear
q room of the pest, and an infusion of
the leaves has been found an effective
substitute for Quinine in the treat
ment of mosquitocOnveyed malarial
fever. The plant proves to be kind
OF q basil
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

taking Peruna 1 grew steadily better, my
nerves grew stronger. my rest was no long
er fitful, and to-day 1 consider myself in
perfect health and strength. My recovery
was slow but sure. but Persevered and
was rewarded by perfect health. Mrs.
Lulu Larmer.
If you do not derive prompt and satisfac-
tory results from the use of Peruna, write
at once to DR.. Hartman, giving full state
ment of your case and he will be pleased
to give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. Ohio.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10
Manila Telegraph Cable.

The most hazardous part of the
work of the Manila telegraph cable is
that completed between San Francisco
and Honolulu, in which the sea bed is
precipit0us. with valleys 31,600 feet
deep. The next two sections will lead
across plains of mud at depth of
$4,000 feet. while the last section will
be laid oyer series of mountains.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10
1t is reported that Mr.. H. Owler is
to marry Miss Ella Cution.
STATE OF ONO. CRY OF TOLEDO.
Lucas CouSuy .

STATE OF Ono. CRY OF TOLEDO. 90
LUCAS County. %
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior
partner of the finn of T. j. Cheney & Co. doing
business in the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid and that said firm will pay the sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case Of CatarIh that cannot be cured by the of
Halls catarrh Cure. FRANK J, CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December. A d. 1886.
rc, A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Send for testimonials free
f. ]. CHENEY Co. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills the best.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

Miss Helen Whitman aos Grand Milwaukee Wis., writes:
"1here nothing like Peruna that tired feeling which
ambition work After prolonged Illness
felt unable health but four bottles of Pc
wonderful change restored perfect health
As blood condition you
and Peruna fiji veins with heathfH
thoroughly it," MISS HELEN WHITMAN.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10
How to Get Strong Nerves.

First. repair the injury already done
to your nerves. The way to do this is to
do exactly as did Matte b. Curtis, Sec
retary of Legion of Loyal Women. Hotel
Salem, Boston, Mass. She said in a re-
cent letter: Il suffered for over year
with general weakness and debility n'an-
ifested in severe headache and backache.
1 took four bottles of Peruna, and for two
months have been entirely free from these
maladies."
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10
Nothing Robs One of Strength Like Spring
Catarrh-Sprir,e . Spring Catarrf1
Nervous ProsfrafiOn.

Thousands of cases might be quoted in
which Peruna has been used to rescue
people from the perdition of deranged
nerves, and put them on the good solid
foundation of health The County Audi
tor of Erie County. New York. Hon. John
w. Nef, in a recent letter written at
Buffalo, New York, stated: Il was per
suaded by a friend TO try a bottle of your
great nerve tonic Peruna, and the results
we're SO gratifying that / am more than
pleased to recommend it.
A Spring Tonic.
Almost everybody needs tonic in the
spring. Something TO brace the nerves,
invigorate the brain and cleanse the blood.
That Peruna will do this is beyond all
question. Everyone who has tried has
had the same experience as Mrs.
Timberlake. of Lynchburg. Va. W 1
recent letter, made use of the following
Words II always take dose of Peruna
after business hours, as it is great thing
for the nerves. There is no better spring
tonic, and have used about all OF them. -
Cafarrh in Spring.
The spring is the best time to treat ca
tarrh. Nature renews herself every spring.
The system is rejuvenated by spring
weather. This renders medicines more
effective. A short course of Peruna, assist
ed by the balmy air of spring, will cure old.
stubborn cases of catarrh that have resisted
treatment for years. Everybody should
have copy of DR.. Hartman's latest book
on catarrh. Address the Peruna Medicine
Co.. Columbus. Ohio.
Mrs. Lulu Larmer. Stoughton. Wis.
says:
"For two wears I suffered with nervous
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

II don't understand how Miss Mllyuns
man. He's nothing but 'gilded fool -
That's So and yet the chances are ter
10 one this will be a case of "a fool and
her money soon married.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

Yes. am going to be a baseball um-
pire the coming season" But you know
people say some very harsh things to
nmplres." "Oh. / won't mind that. I'm
a coal dealer at present"
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

What" asked the would-be funny
man, is the difference between me and a
groundhog!" Not much" replied the
snake, editor at whom the query had
been hred. only in speaking of you I'd
cut out the ground. "
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

What q mistake it is to judge men by
self-made millionaire in this town who
dresses Just as well and with, as much
taste as any of the clerks in his estab-
lishment."
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

Trouble, like cayenne pepper, is not
very agreeable in itself, but it gives
zest to other things, says the Pitts.
burg Press.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

trouble ana Stonl-
! ach disorders until
! it seemed that there
! was nothing to me
| but a bundle of
! nerves. l was very
irritable. could not
! sleep. rest or COM
'pose myself. and
, was certainly unfit
!, to take care of a
household. 1 took
nerve tonics and
pills without bene-
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

All Up to Date Housekeepers
use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because II
is better, and OF. more of 1t for sams
money.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

Do Your Clothes Look Yellow?
Then use Defiance Starch. it will keeI
them white--16 OF. for 10 cents
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

1t is best to. stick to your fiannels In the
spring until they begin to stick to you
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

1T beats ALL how good cigar you can
buy for cents II you buy the right brand
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

No matter what high ideals man may
have they will not serve to advance him
unless he also has ideas.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

What" asked the inquistive person
do You find to be the hardest problem
of your existence?" Getting my own
consent to crawl out of a warm bed on Il
GOLD morning. replied the sage from
Sagevlle
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

The mildest tobacco that grows is used
In the makeup of Baxters Bullhead D.
cent cigar. Try one and see
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

y Denver paragrapher says that eating
u quail for lunch every day for thirty
days is easy compared with trying to
write new jokes every day for a year.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

When the amateur sign painter dots his
capital is II may be called a tiagrant case
of over capitalization
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

The deacon, when he hits his thumb.
Never swears. but says. II snum!'
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

riLo's Cure for Consumption is An infallible
medic. ne for coughs and colds.-N W. SAMUEL.
Ocean Grove N. j.. Feb. II. 1900
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

To Cure Cold in One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

1t is hardly necessary to ask a man II
his face is for rent. just because it has a
vacant look
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

A smile of satisfaction goes with one O,
Baxter's "Bullhead" scent cigars
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

Defiance Starch
should be in every household, none so good.
besides 4 OF. more for 10 cents than any
other brand of cold water starch
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

Money refunded for each package of
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES if unsat-
tsfactory.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10
The Best Results in starchlns

can be obtained only by using Defiance
Starch, besides getting or more for same
money-no cooking required.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

II you have smoked Bullhead scent
cigar you know how good they are: II
you have not. better try one.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

When You Buy Starch
buy Defiance and get the best, 16 oz for 10
cents Once used, always used
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

When Maude discovered on her head
The first gray hair, she cried;
But soon she wiped her tears away
And then went off and dyed.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children.
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
in the Children's Home in New York, cure
Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30, 900 tes-
timonials. At all druggists, 25c. Sample
FREE. Address A. 8. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10


Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-04-10

For two years 1 suffered with nervous
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-08

terday and read on the plaza to the
assembled inhabitants. The news was
received with enthusiastic cheers for
the junta and the republic The mu-
nIcipanty Of Porto Bello declared two
days of holiday making.
The United States cruiser atlanta,
which has just finished charung Porto
Beuo harbor and erecting q signal eta
ton on a hin on the north side Of the
harbor. left Porto Bello yesterday for
the coast Of San Bias. intending 20
open Communication with the san Bias
Indian citizens for the purpose Of as
certaining me condition of the trails
leading along the coast toward the Co
lOmbian frontier, and whether they are
available for the movement Of Colon
bian troops on Panama.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-08
wOoLLEY in WASHINGTON.
Idaho Man Denies the Charges Made
Against Him.
special @ The Heraldl

lopecl4 70 Inc hefalu.l
Washington. Dee. 7.-H. Smith Wool
ley. recently appointed assayer of the
Boise mint, is in Washington at the
request Of the secretary OF the treas
ury. TO answer charges against him
relative to his Official acts while serv-
ing as deputy internal revenue collector
for Idaho. IT is charged that Woolley
acted without proper authority in COM
promising various claims against in
dividuals in his district for infractions
of internal revenue laws Mr. Woolley,
accompanied by Senator Hepburn,
called on the secretary Of the treasury
today and made a specific denial of the
charges. He states he had written au-
thority from his superior officers to
make every compromise in question.
Estimates of appropriations for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, were
submitted to congress today by the sec
rotary Of the treasury. In addition TO
the regular annual appropriations for
conducting Indian service, land offices,
etc. an appropriation of $4,000 was
recommended for a public building at
Ogden, $4,000 each for Evanston and
Laramie, Wyo., and $500 for i'm
provements for Yellowstone park.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-08
HoME FoR cHRTgTlIAs.

Chicago. Dec. Several hundred
Scandinavians from the west and
northwest passed through Chicago to-
day en- route TO their native hearths.
where they VIII spend the holidays.
This is the annual pilgrimage of the
NOrwegiaus. Swedes and Danes, many
of whom deny themselves much TO
make the trip. The travellers left for
New York I'm a special train. In New
York they viii be Joined by 500 more
of their countrymen from other parts
Of the United States and viii sail on
"Wednesday