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The colored American., 1903-01-03
DRESS MAKING ACaDPwv

tio1 III Se Lam Orton Famous French Psrt.o.
sole AaOf AHaOt !y system Mime j. A. smaIlwooaI
Mornin1ot toiS aio madison street, northwest.
Afternn6ore CLASS nom 8 a. m. to / o. M.
E1s1r moon class 2 to D. m. dai1y+
MondaVs ondnings WoD rom 7.SO to 10 O'Clock.
mqksrS and Gfu1nesdays and Fridays, dres
VI essmRktng. "ASn W uo tnslr ow
Lam n-4N TE5D-To learn the wonderful n.
SEQ - SonN aIon french Perfection Tailor Svstsn
seaIa ess Basques without one inch of ySsss,i.
shOnJdarr a. ituninR or goods, not even on ths
mncb ouccessful dressma king reouires a.
Iui vUorI LEST progressive study as succesr
is tno I'm IN any or the professions. NO DEAN
to MAKE kStr drIS 70 6s looked after. We teach You
guarantes nssss sSss win or without seam ana
course with a diploma Pis's your
fUpllS can enter at any time.
The colored American., 1903-01-03
LATE LOCALS.

| The Manhattan dancing class had
a swell gathering on Monday night
last at Masonic Hall on 18th street,
N. w. The instructors are constantly
introducing new features and the class
is always largely attended. The latest
dance is the Chicago Glide"
Col. w. A. Pledger and Attorney
Henry Lincoln Johnson returned to
Atlanta, Ca, last Saturday night, after
a pleasant stay in the city.
Mr.. J. E. McGirt, the North Carolina
poet is stopping in the city at 1904
11th street, northwest. He will give a
reading from his own works at an ear
ly date under the auspices of the Beth
ell Literary and Historical Associ-
alton.
Mr.. l. E. Williamson, an attorney
at law, of Des Moins, Iowa, arrived
here this week. He will be appointed
to desirable position in the Treas
ury Department, through the interven-
tion of his friend and patron, Secre-
tary Shaw.
On the 9th of January, Lawyer
Thomas L. Jones will reply to the ar
gument Of Senator Morgan that the
negro should be deported to the Philip
pines. February 5, Miss Lucy E.
Laney, the famous Georgia educator,
will be the attraction at Bethel.
Prof. E. A. Johnson, the historian,
was guest at the Southern this week. |
He left Wednesday for New York, to
spend Christmas. His next appear
ance here will be before the Second |
Baptist Lyceum, along the same line |
Of argument presented at Bethel Tues |
day evening.
The Tuskegee Negro Conferences at
tract the attention every year of the |
best thinkers throughout the country.
The coming conference, to be held /
February IS and succeeding days, will
be larger and more interesting than
it's predecessors. Our readers will be
duly apprised of the details.
Mr.. Elmer Pettiford, whose belief
n the Seventh Adventist religion led |
him to decline to work on Saturday
he Sabbath of his denomination
has been transferred to the Sixth
AUDITORS office. He is employed five
lays in the week, his salary being cut
rom 81 600 to $720 per annum.
The Educational Board of the Ma
ional Baptist Convention met here
asst week and many good words were
aid in favor Of the cooperative plan
lnder which the work is now being
arried on. Rev. G.. w. Hayes, of
Iynchburg, Va, is chairman, and Rev.
Y. Biship Johnson is secretary of the
Board. /.
Temperance reform, with its more
r less effestiveness against the sa- !
oon's open door, may make for good, !
1T reputable methods are necessary )
inspire respect for the cause and
The colored American., 1903-01-03
HISS WASHINGTON IN THE CITY.

O. 'iiSS MS Portia Washington, daughter
t1,o oHe principal of the Tuskegee Insti-
daI passed through the city last Fri
o., ana stopped over to do some
Win VII .SIinaS shopping, and to mingle
St Stln few old friends of the family,
Pos.l"a "asthe guest Of her cousin, Mr..
en+a.le simmons, at luncheon and was
lor,..lal lalled by Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Cal
h. at dinner at their V street,
o. s'.l5' -' Miss Washington took in a few
sb, 'Ie many sights here. after which
boI,soeIt ieIt for Tuskegee, to spend the
A,-GayS. Aoa'ly She returns to Bradford
--eauemy early in u- rs- year.
The colored American., 1903-01-03

Prof. J. Henry Lewis, with Mrs. Es-
telle Jarvis as accompanist. The sew
eral parts were we'll taken. Miss
Bertha Mason, soprano, appeared to
especially fine advantage in her solo.
"And it Came to Pass" and won much
praise for her effective work in the
tr1o-Misses Mason, Garrett and Payne.
An effort is being made to have the
Asbury aggregation fill a return en-
gagement soon at the Sharp street
church.
The colored American., 1903-01-03
j. s. Rawlings, Mgr.
t 9Th and Missouri Ave.

Its agents. There are few worthy
movements that can be promoted by
ways that are dark and tricks that
are Yain.''
Capt. D. J. Gilmer, whose splendid
record in the Philippines has been
lauded by all of his commanding Off
GERS, has been recommended by Sena-
tor Pritchard for appointment to
captaincy in the regular army. 1t
would be recognition of the entire
race, as well as of the competency of
worthy individual, should Capt Gil
mer be so chosen.
Rain last Sunday caused two post
ponements of lyceum offerings. The
Thomas B. Reed memorial, planned
by the Second Baptist Lyceum, is set
for the second Sunday in January, and
the adress which Editor w. Calvin
Chase was to have delivered at the
Metropolitan A. NJ. E. Zion church,
goes over until the third Sunday in
the new year.
The colored American., 1903-01-03
MRS GRANT S KINDNESS,
An Incident Which Tells Of 5be
kindne~s to Mr. Hrrrison Ter
rell Gen. Grants Old Body
Servant

Editor Colored American:-The
death of Mrs. U. S. Grant recalls an
incident that occurred at the tomb of
Gen. Grant, at Riverside Park, New
York, on the 9th of April, 1897, the
day preceding the Grant Memorial Ex-
| erc1ses, which may prove of interest to
your many readers as we'll as to dis
t1nguished residents of your city.
I The writer. upon the day named,
upon approaching the Grant Monu-
ment encountered soldier, guarding
the monument, in an alteration with
an old gentleman who was pleading to
be permitted to view the tomb of the
great soldier, alleging the impossi-
bllity, owing to the crowds, of doing
so ont he succeeding, Memorial, day.
He was roughly informed that it was
contrary to orders for any one to en-
ter the monument on that day. Motto
ing the earnestness of the old gentle
man, the writer volunteered his assis-
tance, and in reply to question,
was informed that the aged man had
been one Of the nurses to Gen. Grant,
at Mcgregor and could establish his
identity by a letter from Mrs. Grant /
to Gen. Dodge, who was in charge of |
the memorial ceremonies. After |
much difficulty we were able to reach |
the officer in charge of the monument, /
who, hearing no more Of our mission !
than that my companion desired to !
view the tomb was emphatic in his
declaration that Mckinley himsely T
can't see that tomb to-day" It WAS
gently suggested that he would modi-
fy his refusal when he knew whom the
applicant was. This appeared to
anger the officer until the old gentle
man produced a letter which read,
substantially, as follows:
McGregor, N. Y, April 26th, 1897.
Gen. Dodge, New York, N. Y.
Dear General al:-This will be handed
you by Mr.. Harrison Terrell, one of
Gen. Grants nurses, who is attending
he Memorial Services. Will you
kindly extend, him all possible courte-
sizes and oblige, Sincerely,
Mrs. U. S. Grant"
It is unnecessary to state that the
order was issued permitting us to en-
er the monument and view the tomb,
he workmen opening a roll of carpet
o protect the marble floor as we encir-
led the we'll in which the sarcOpha-
rus reposes, and to which the finish
ng touches were being given.
The venerable gentleman was the
ather of Judge Robert H. Terrell, Of
Washington, D. G.
Respectfully,
Hersche1. 1
Huntsville, Ala, December IS, 1902.
The colored American., 1903-01-03
We GIVE ANY LADY

splendid chance to earn spending
money very easily working for us in
their leisure time; the wOrk is not hard,
snd any Woman or girl who has a little
spare time will do well to avail them
'eTes of this great opportunity to earn
money. Send US 25 cents (slIver) and
We Will at once send you the CIoth will
lul directions, prepaid by us anywhere
Id 'he U..S. so they can commence
Sofk at once. Address BRILLIANT
Ma GO u 3)ROxbury Mass.
The colored American., 1903-01-03
AsBURY CHOIR IN BALTIMORE.

The well-trained choir of Asbury
NJ. E. church were greeted by a big
audience last Sunday evening at Sharp
street Memorial church in Baltimore
Notwithstanding the downpour of rain.
Every seat was taken and standing
room was at a premium. The stately
Oratory Emmanuel" was rendered in
mastery style under the direction of
The colored American., 1903-01-03

boT'sa iEDoReliable coIored help for yspsro,
GooJ WI WmoLK' &C IN good homes in New EngIanS
~ 10 LEes TLaEes Apply with references as TO abII;-
N, w usAe " hite' I747 Oregon Ave
The colored American., 1903-01-03

rem, % % 1ave spare room that you would Ike =,
Coiors5 aaSsirsoIe parties, advertise them in Ths
The colored American., 1903-01-03

FOR RENT-One large fron+
caIlty with all modern improvements cnnn Eooa 10
10 cars and herdicks I6zs CorcoTsn e. W H1ient
ply to Mr. ]. b. Patterson, IT. W. W. ap-
The colored American., 1903-01-03
Please Help Me Find Nv ar..,

seyaI arnA royce was sold in Mecklenburg Virginia
Naa al ears before the civil war to Cunniean
on Sk Iaoer. His mother Willie was slave
Ea,til Gn tne Joyce plantation. He had one sister
fCety' f VINO Is very anxious to find him Any in
loTma ton will be gladly received any III
+, 1arLar 49,. MRS GETTY REYNOLDS
The colored American., 1903-01-03

FOR RENT~Furnisbe5- -,,,,,
rear. all modern improyemenIs Gsntia ui ana
co. $40 Elm street. n. W.. Le Droit rark
IT,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-07-04
The Signs OF the Times.

The year 1903 has broken all records
in the way of floods, fires, droughts, cy-
clones, and accidents. and the loss Of
life and the destruction of property has
been unprecedent in the annals of the
history of the United States. Add to
this the clashing of interests between
labor and capital, and the disruption Of
society generally, the multiplicity OF
strikes, scandals, divorces, the detection
of crime among the high and the low,
all together make the first half of this
year an exceptional one for catastroph-
les, disturbances and misfortunes Of
every kind. This makes US pause and
inquire whether are we drifting and
what is the next calamity which the
fates and the furies have in store for u.s.
As we remember in our boyhood such
things as earthquakes and cyclones were
things unheard of in this country !;
strikes were rare, divorces were seldom
applied for, and trusts were unknown.
Surely We are not approaching the
meimum, or if we are not drawing to-
ward it very fast and the lion and the
lamb are no more disposed to lie down
together now than when the world was
young, when Adam delyed and Eve
spun. 1t is time for reflection, time
to ask the question wherefore all this
disturbance in the earth and air, and
among the masses of our people.
Has religion lost its hold upon the
race and ceased to act as a restraint up
on their thoughts and actions? Have
the conjunction of the planets anything
to do with it? The astrologers say it
has, and some have foretold many ofthe
calamities which have fallen upon us.
Is it coincidence, or is it founded in
any degree upon the principles ofscienc.
partially understood, and of which we
are to learn more and more as the years
roll on. Will science ever be able to
solve these problems, and account for
this unseemly riot of the elements which
Overcome us like summer cloud with
out our special wonder" The truth is
we don't know much about it.
These questions, and thousand more,
arise for our solution as step by step We
pursue our pathway through life. But
to all of them we can only bow our heads
in humiliation and the only reply we
can make is to say, eve don't know"
We came into the world without our
consent, and we leave it without our
consent, and what we came for, or why
we should 60 away, we don't know. But
this much we know that there are rules
of life which it is profitable for US to
heed if we would live happily, and that
is, learn all we can Of the laws ofnature,
to be true and just and to help each
other.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-07-04
Soldiers and sailors Reunion.

The Black Hills Soldiers and Sailors
Association, which is planning for its
annual reunion at Piedmont, August 26
and q, has invited two troops of the
Sixth cavalry from Fort Meade to be
present, and has also extended an invi-
tation to the Black Hills Battalion of the
South Dakota Militia.
The reunion is to be held at the Cap
tain c. V. Gardner, one of the most IA
vorably situated places for such a camp,
to be found anywhere in the west. Cap
tain Gardner has fine groves, abundant
spring water, and fine level stretches OF
territory for camp and maneuver pur'
poses. There are four companies and
one troop of the South Dakota National
Guard in the Black Hills, and these have
not participated in the annual encamp'
ment. Other companies and troops oi
the state went into camp at Lake Kam'
peska near Watertown, for five days
The Black Hills companies were omitted
owing to tine long distance necessary fol
them to travel. The Adjutant Genera
of the state has been communicates
with, at the request of the old Soldiers
and Sailors, and asked to give the Blacl
Hills Battalion its annual encampmen
at Piedmont, at the time Of the reunion
II is believed that this request will b.
comp piled with.-Independent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-07-04
A Warning Letter.

Those citizens of South Dakota who
are thinking of disposing of their lands
in order to 60 to Canada to make for
tune would better, before completing
their arrangements drop letter to ]. NJ.
Scott, formerly citizen of South Dakota
but now at Hermantin, Alberta, Canada.
Mr.. Scott has tried the glittering state
ments of the immigration agents by the
tests of experience, and his words of
warning ought 70 DO rood by every South
Dakotan to whom this literature has
been sent.
Mr.. Scott writes that be sold his good
farm in South Dakota and went to Can
ada because he was persuaded by the
smooth-tongued immigration agent that
he would better himself His only sor-
row now is that he hasn't money enough
left to get back to this state.
Mr.. Scott saws there are large districts
in Alberta which will grow no wheat.
He says that in the winter the mercury
goes down to so below, and that there
is frost every month in the year. Oats
yield about 25 bushel to the acre of a
grain of poor quality. The farmer with
whom he is stopping planted thirty
bushels of potatoes last year and got
back only one hundred. Last year a
heavy snow fell upon the barley and
oats when it was nearly ready for the
harvester, and ruined the crop. Corn
cannot be grown there and pasture is
poor so that the raising of stock on a
large scale in that portion of Canada is
out of the question. Mr.. Scott says he
was tempted there by "false literature"
and writes his letter of warning so that
others should not not get Caught as he
was caught" II am here" he concludes
land have spent my all; I would be
only too glad to get back to South Da-
kota. ARGUS. Leader.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-07-04
Weather forecast for J uly.

1st to 4th-Hot wave. Advanced heat
from Georgia to New Mexico. General
prostrations from hot wave over Ohio
and Tennessee river valleys and Atlantic
slope.
5th to 9th-Great storm wave. Des.
tructive thunder and hail over lower
Mississippi valley. Heavy rain and
floods in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennes,
see and Kentucky.
10th to l4th-Warm period. Droughty
in N. W., Upper Lake region and Can
adian provinces. Hot and sultry over
Central, Gulf and South Atlantic states
18th to l9th-Storm wave. Storms o.
wind, rain and hail in Kentucky, Ten
nessee, the Carolinas and Virginias
Heavy thunder storms in Illinois, Indi
ana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
goth to 24th-Cool period. Coolnighti
over Central and Eastern section. Sea
sonable throughout Middle Atlantic and
New England States. Drouth in extreme
West and Northwest.
25th to 27th-Tornado period. Dam
aging wind storms and tornadoes il
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama ant
Georgia. Destructive hailin Iowa, Mimi
and the Dakotas. Heavy rainfall ii
Central Mississippi and Ohio river val
leys.
2Sth to 3lst-Sultry period. Intens'
heat with great prostration from sun
stroke in s. w., Central and Middle AT
lantic States. Tempt. l03 at Ft. Smith
100 at Vicksburg, 9S at Chattanooga, l0
at Cincinnati, so at Pittsburg and 9S a
Philadelphia.
Both the temperature and the rainfall
will be at about the usual July normals
except in Tennessee and the Carolinaf
where there will be some marked ex
cesses in rainfall,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-07-04
The London Group.

Mr.. J. n. Wright and family. who
have been away in Denver for the last
ten days, returned on Tuesday. Mr..
Wright while away purchased the ma
chinery for the new mill which his COM
pany is erecting on the London group,
two miles west from town. The mine
will be equipped with stamps for crush
ing the ore to the proper 6neness,
which will be passed over the copper
tables to save the free gold. The pulp
will then be run over a card concentrate
ing table, (Which is considered by some
to be superior to the Wilfey) the pro-
duct from which it is designed to ship
to smelter. The rest of the pulp, to-
gether with the shines, will then be
treated by a teaching process, either
cyanide or chlorination, which has not
as yet been determined upon. We are
of the opinion when both are tried upon
this ore on commercial scale, that the
chlorination will prove the best We
say this upon the strength Of some tests
we had made on this ore some fifteen
years ago, by Mr.. S. R. Porter, when it
was found that chlorination far exceeded
the cyanide process at that time on this
particular ore.
However, there have been made many
improvements on the cyanide process
since that time, and nothing but thor
ough test can determine their relative
merits at this time. But the matter is
important, and we are assured by Mr..
Wright that he is not influenced by any
predjudice in favor of any particular
process, and that each process will be
tested thoroughly, and whatever is found
best will be adopted. The mine will be
equipped with 80 horse power engine'
and an so horse power boiler. which will
be ample power for all purposes. 1t is
possible that some of the high grade tel
luride ore may require preliminary
roast before treatment, but as that char
acter of ore runs into the hundreds OF
dollars per ton, the extra expense will
cut no figure in the treatment.
They will soon have the mill up, and
as this has always been known as one OF
the very best mines of the district, we
look to see it 80 rich a producer of the
precious metal that it will settle the
question of the kind of process which is
required to save the gold from the veins
| in the southern Black Hills. The com
pany who own this property will excuse
us for the more than usual interest we
take in it, as SO much depends upon its
success, which concerns us all.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-07-04
Very Remarkable Cure of D,arrhoes.

very hemarkabie Cure OF DIarrhoea.
"About six years ago for the first time
in my life had sudden and severe at
tack of diarrhoea," says Mrs. Alice Mil
Ter, OF Morgan, Texas. "Igot temporary
relief, but it came back again and again,
and for six long years I have suffered
more misery and agony than can tell.
1t was worse than death. My husband
spent hundreds of dollars for physicians
prescriptions and treatment without
avail. Finally sgmoved to Bosque
county, our present home, and one day
I happened to see an advertisements OF
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarr-
hoea Remedy with testimonial ofa man
who had been cured by it. The case was
SO similar to my own that 1 concluded
to try the remedy. The result vas won-
derful. could hardly realize that was
well again. or believe 1t could be so after
having suffered so long, but that one
bottle of medicine, costing but a few
cents, cured me-" For sale by all drug
Qists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-07-04
Important Land Ruling.

In recent contest arising in the State
of Washington, the Secretary Of the In
terror holds that when the field notes
and surveyors returns make no notation
whatever of minerals in the public lands
that have been surveyed, such lands are
considered and treated as given a non
mineral classification by the surveyor.
Further, that lands classified as non.
mineral at the time of the Government
survey are of the class of lands subject
to selection in lieu of lands relinquished
within forest reserves, and the character
of the lands so classified and selected
will not be Investigated on protest pre-
sented after the survey and selection,
and alleging the present mineral char
acter Of the lands.
The Importance Of this decision is
manifest. In the case at issue the
Northern Pacific RAILWAY Company re-
linquished tract in the Rainer Forest
Reserve and selected in lieu thereof
tract of equal area in Montana. One
year after the filing of this lieu selection
a coal declaratory statement was offered
by an individual for the tract selected,
and was rejected because of the prior
selection by the railroad company. In
vestigation of the records disclosed the
fact that while adjoining lands has been
reported by the surveyors as containing
coal deposits, no such reference was
made to the tract in controversy. There
fore the Secretary held the land to be
classified as non. mineral. The man FL
ing the coal declaratory statement went
80 far as to allege that the land he sought
would produce coal in commercial guam
titles. His allegations, however were
overruled, as the prior selection by the
railroad company could not be affected
by filing made one year later. Hence
the lieu selection was approved, notwith-
standing the apparent mineral character
of the lands. Had the lands been orig
inally classified as coal lands, the rail-
road selections would have been reject
ed
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-07-04
Cholera Infantum.

This has long been regarded as one of
the most dangerous and fatal diseases to
which infants are subject. 1t can be
cured, however, when properly treated.
All that is necessary is to give Chamber
.ain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem.
edy and castor oil, as directed with each
bottle, and a cure is certain. For sale
by all druggists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-07-04
For Over Sixty z ears

An Old and Well-Tried Remedy
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over sixty years by millions OF
mothers for their children while teeth
ing, with perfect success. 1t soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays all
pain, cures wind collie. and is the best
remedy for Diarrhea. Is pleasant to
the taste, Sold by Druggists in every
part of the World. Twenty-Five cents a
bottle. Its value is incalculable. Be sure
and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup, and take no other kind.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-07-04

The Rapid City Journal thinks it very
curious how a man will swell up with
pride and Importance when he is inform
ing his friends regarding the vastness OF
his lands and chattels, but when that
humble servant of the county appears,
the assessor, how he becomes the most
AFFECTED and oppressed person. Oh, how
those estates and chattels dwindle into
insignifcance. Why, the poor man
hasn't enough to clothe and shelter him
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-07-04
A Pierre dispatch of recent date 81

A Pierre dispatch of recent date says
State Treasurer Collins is following the
line of work ofhis professor, has been Sc
curing state bonds before they are due,
and thus saving the state large amount
of interest. He has just secured SAT 800
of an issue of 100000 of 81 per cent
bonds which will not be due until 1912
and this amount will be taken up the
first of July. The chances are favorable
for securing the balance of the issue
and clearing up the registered bonds Of
of the state leaving only coupon bonds
outstanding.