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Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-23
HEARD IN PASSING
Soft coal is hard to get.

Soft coal is hard to get.
 Mr Rf ckefeller is seldom referred to az Oily Cannon. ~
 Tie crown princess of SaxoJy las achieved sufficient publicity to launch an actress on the sea of fortune.
 Unless Colombia awakes to its op. portunity promptly the isthmian ca nal will be built along the Costa Rican- Nicaraguan route.
 The effect of the Boer war is being felt in England in the increase in pau perism and the stringency of the times. War is waste and waste brings want
 A Japanese inventor has discovered a compound which will remove natur- al and artificial blemishes in the skin. Birth marks and tattooing disappear after one application.
 It is said that the present year will see a whiskeyy famine and prices will be doubled. It is said there is only four million of gallons of seven-year- old whiskey in bond, and the people of this country use seven or eight mill lions annually This will scarcely be regarded as a public calamity.
 The following, marked stolen" is published in Missouri paper: ''How dear to my heart is the steady sub. scriber, who pays ill advance at the birth of the year; who lays down his money, and does 1t quite gladly, and casts around the office a halo of cheer He never says Stop 1t, cannot afford it. nor Pm getting more papers thai now I can read;' but always says Send it, the family likes it; in fact we all think 1t real household need How welcome he is when he steps in the sanctunn, how he makes our hearts throb, how he makes our hearts dance We olitwardly thank him, we inward. " bless him, the steady subscriber Thp pays in advance
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-23
VIRGINIA ROMANCE
Groom Failed to Steal His Bride and
 Was Finally Compelled te Ask Papa.

Because he didn't wish to ask the consent of the father of his intended, MT. Burton, of Scottsburg, Va, was put to good deal of unnecessary trouble in trying to have the matri- n4bg.iaI knot tied, and at last had to adopt the usual course in such mat ters and ask for the hand of his bride. He got her and the two were married, but the red tape to which he said he objected had to be unwound just the same. ~
 The young lady who becomes his wife was Miss Henderson, of News Ferry. The young couple first went to South Boston last Sunday and asked
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-23

Tn the case of the Transvaal, says one writer, in speaking of England $ attitude toward the Boers, ''they should have been in every way generous in their dealings with the Boers, and care full not to offend their sensibilities. They have managed to take exactly the opposite course. They haggle over the sum needed to effect some sort of resto- ration of the ruined farms. They have cut off two districts, and added them to Natal, for no imaginable purpose except to show how insulting they can be to their people. And, worst of all, they refuse to grant any general am- nesty. Those Boers from the Cape Colony and the Natal, who fought on the side of their countrymen, have been guilty of technical treason in talk ing up arms against their own sov- ereign. The generals who finally sur rendered to the British asked for an amnesty for this offense, and they got a kind of assurance that the govern ment would not make any trouble for them. But no amnesty is to be had for them. They go about with the rope around their necks-the rope that hung Riel in 1867, and would have hung Washington in TITS, if they had caught him. Their farms are open to seizure at the instance of any greedy English man who should take the trouble and the odium of prosecuting them. Under British law even their children cannot inherit their lands"
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-23
FRIDAY, JANUARY 2s, 1903.

Every spring and fall large numbers of birds are killed by. the Washington monument The city of Washington seems to be directly in the route taken by many of the migratory birds in the flight between the north and the south, and twice a year thousands of feath- cred songsters meet their death by flying against the tall marble shaft in the night.-tHartford Post.
 Electricity is plenty and cheap at present; why wouldn't it be good plan to light up'' the monument and save the birds?
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-23

large limbs are broken under their < weight. s#@
 A few days ago a black cloud of these birds was seen crossing the Erie railroad tracks when the smoke of a passing engine blinded them. They flew against, the sides of the swift moving cars, and persons who had watched the strange sight counted nearly 200, crows that had met death. :. A party. of six Deposit hunters armed ,themselves with shotguns a few days since and visited the roost with the avowed intention of ridding it of the shiny, black pests. They killed 175 birds in six hours,, but at the end of that time the diminution of the birds was not noticeable and 4he hunters retired from the mountain
 In the late blizzard the birds, mad dened by hunger, attacked cattle in the barnyards and were driven away with difficulty. The horse of a ped- dler from Honesda2e was attacked on the highway near the state line and the peddler saved the steed by furious driving and by throwing bundle Of sheepslSins from his sleigh to appease the hunger of the black horde.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-23

and A. R. Hart. The charter mem bers are Dr and Mrs Frank A. Abbott, Mr and Mrs E. J. Brady, Mrs B. Hope Norton, Miss I. A. Youngs, Miss D. D. Ferguson, Miss Lillian Holbrook, Mrs Homer $. Cummings, Miss Marks. Miss Lucy M. Marks, MT and Mrs Frank Palmer Mir and Mrs William N. Travis, Mrs Julius Copperburg, Mrs ChampMn, Fred M. Houghton, Clay ton s. Purdy, N. R. Jessup and A. Rus, sell Hart.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-23
MILLIONS OF CROWS.
DEaddened by Hunger, Great Flock of Birds AittacIxs Living Horses
 and Cattle.

Crows to the estimated number of 5000 are swarming on the mountain above Gulf Summit, Pa., feeding on the barnyards in the vicinity in the daytime and collecting at night in the trees on top of the mountain.
 About dark these birds gather in from the surrounding country in myriads and the noise they make by their shrill "Cawi caw!" is almost deafening. Frequently they alight in such vast numbers on the trees that
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-23
NOW IS YOUR CHANGE
PROF HoLLEY

Teaches every pupil to write . fine fapid. business hand. In course of 10 private lessons and no failures All kinds, of pen work executed in tho highest degree of art.
 1eT BANK STREET.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-23

S1,oOO Worth of Umbrellas, Trunks and Bags, Dress Suit Gases at your own price. Our rent in our present location has been doubled, and to en- ah,e us to maintain our reputation for good goods and small profits we are +o move any more of our present stock than we can help, so have placed the nrices at very low figures. "SeII cheap and sell heap." Every ar ticle fualy guaranteed. Never mind how we sell at such prices; you get them; that's sufficient. It will pay YOU to come to us. We can and will save you money this time. Umbrellas recovered and repaired in best man. ner. This is the place.
 179 Bank, corner Brand St. Waterbury Umbrella and Trunk MT.
 Trunks and Bags repaired.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-01
Men Who Laid the
Foundation Are
Present.
Talk by Leading Citizens on the
Good Work of the
Association.

Even standing room was al q preEni-
UNI at the 7. II. G. A building. last
night The Association was celebrat-
ing the thirty-fourth anniversary Of lis
organization in Honolulu. and IL felt
that It had done much. very much. IN
that time TO be proud Of. So did It's
friends feel and they gathered IN great
numbers. ladies and gentlemen, to par
ticipate in the celebration.
The ham OF the 7. ii. C A, occupy
ing the upper floor OF tie building AZ
Hotel and Alakea streets. wherein the
principal exercises were held. had been
beautifully decorated for the evening.
There were two large American flags,
very large ones indeed. draped along
the wall back Of the stage, and in 'front.'
Of these was hung the picture OF the
man in whose brain. busy for the good
Of humanity. there was conceived the
idea of the organization. He has lived
TO see it carried out to a most glorious
successes. The hall was hung with
japanese umbrellas. moreover. and
there were clusters Of MALE leaves
about the electric chandeliers, and a
profusion Of flowers on the stage,
where were seated the officers of the
organization and a number Of distin-
guished guests.
The exercises of the anniversary
began with a prayer by Rev
W. D. westeryeIt. followed by song
from the Dillingham; auartette. Then
the general secretary. Henry C. Brown.
read his annual report, prefacing it
with a few pertinent remarks upon the
foundation of the society and its gem
eral scope. and paying deserved trib-
ute TO the memory Of the late president
Of the association, Joseph 3. Anterior
Your paid workers said Mr..
Brown, feel that the past year has
proved a better one than it's predeces-
sor, for the reason that they have had
experience On the ground, have better
grasp Of the situation, a better knowl-
edge Of and hold upon the young men
Realizing that the number Of young
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-01

ST LOUIS Mo- pril
ing of the Louisiana Purchase place
mendous
dent Roosevelt with national City
part IN the imposing decaory
was with President Roosevelt the speakers
him the paudts of the
Cleveland and
pronounced by Bishop Potter Of New York
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-01

FRANK, n. w t. reports indicate thar tie
supposed volcanic disturbance Turtle Mountain
following subtcrranean The
displacement of land to be
Minor andsides continue
of the miles wide
property estimated million and half dollars
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-01

China, Government that
its refusal of Russias will
formal refusal of the demand will
up by the naval and military force of the Powers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-01
AFTERNOON DISPATCHES
FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
(AFTERRooN AssooIATED PRESS oABLEeRAMs)

HOLLIDAYBURG Penn. April 30-An explosion the
mite works wrecked property and killed nine workmen
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-01

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3O.-F. P. Sargent chief of
ton Bureau sailed Honolulu in the Picking leaving
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-01

VIENNA Austria april 30Eighty
battle with reported
Semitic riots.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-01

ROME, Italy, April 30Kng Edward took departure
after his brief visit with King Victor
of the notable for the marked
King Edward bestowing kiss Emmanuel
view
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-01

CONTINUED on page -
The colored American., 1903-09-12
MAI. DOUGLASS HOME AGAIN.

Maj Charles r. Douglass, who left
this city on the 11th of August, to at
tend the g. A. r. encampment at San
Francisco, Cal, has returned. He re-
ports a most pleasant journey to and
from the great western metropolis and
recalls many incidents and courtesies
shown him while away. In company
with Mr.. A ]. Gaskins and others he
visited Los Angeles, Oakland, San Jose
and many other places, where they
were rovaIly received. The colored
people are making great progress in
that section of the country and are
given a fair opportunity and an equal
chance in the race of life. Mr.. Doug
lass among other places visited Pixies
Peak and brings many pictures and
"reminiscences from that noted noun
tain. He is now sojOurning at High
land Beach, Md.
The colored American., 1903-09-12
DRESS MAKING ACADEMY.

The de Lam Orton Famous French
Perfection Tailor System, Nine. j. A.
Smallwood, sole agent, 1913 Madison
street, northwest
Morning class from a. m to 1 p. IN.
Afternoon class to p. N. daily
Evenings from 1880 to 10 o'clock
Mondays Wednesdays, and Fridays.
dreSsmakers and ladies who wish TO
do their own dress-making
WANTED.-To learn the wonderful
De Lam Orton French Perfection
Tailor System. Seamless Basques
without one inch of visible seam, in
lining or goods, not eeven on the
SHOULDER. Successful dressmaking re-
quires as much earnest progressive
study as successful work in any pro-
fsSsion. No detail is too small to be
locked after. We teach you to make
dresses With or without seam and
guarantee perfect fits, and complete
your course with a diploma.
The colored American., 1903-09-12
WHY WE SHOULD NOT DESPAIR.

God still reigns
SheriffS are developing back bone.
Wealth is acumulating among us.
Negroes worth 100000 are numer-
Gus.
Our ministers are now educated
men.
Hope is the steadfast anchor of the
soul.
We have learned to boycott Jim
Crow cars.
Our churches enjoy unprecedented
prosperity.
Every opening finds a capable Ne
The conscience of the country is
awakening.
We have no black beggars on our
city streets.
Our physicians are attending white
millionaires.
The race has gilt edge collateral to
offer to banks
Only a fraction of crime is commit
ted by the race.
Fellowship in suffering is develop
ing race unity.
The conservative press of the land
is with the race.
The spirit of Beecher still lives in
Plymouth church.
Old Cyclops Tillnan is being Kissed
in the Northwest
The infidel, the ascetic, the atheist,
are all white men.
There is but one ElIWood in the
Presbyterian pulpit.
Northern phHanthrOphy Stints not
yet it's benefactions.
The black spy of the white man is
losing his vocation.
White audiences seek wisdom from
our accepted orators.
Our patience under wrong wins the
country's admiration
Our youth win intellectual triumphs
at white universities
We have produced one Negro who
accumulated $2.OOO0OO
We are teaching the whites that
prejudices are 1uXuries.
Up-to-date Negro business houses
find many white patrons.
Lands, tenants, and hereditiments
are even now in our grasp.
The white criminal with a blacken-
ed face is being discovered.
Increase in our population goes hand
in hand with decrease in illiteracy.
Bank-loOterS, assaSSinS, of Presi-
dents and dynamiters, are not Negroes
The lyncher and the mobocrat are
being treated to hot lead and cold
steel.
Invested capital of white men is
clamOring for the repeal Of Jim Crow
legislation.
Not many years and a black Reose-
velt will be telling of our Winning Of
the South.
Even our women are being elected
Presidents of banks and other financial
institutions.
The weapons of victory are being
forged at Harvard, Tuskegee and kim
dred schools.
The bane of slOth in one community
is offset by the antidote of race en-
The colored American., 1903-09-12
M Nnur.O IN rOn.IO rlICO.

Won Real RlguCs-HOW Deserving
>,zrUUS erS ReCoSnIL0u In TofIO
,-Inere Is NOLnInS 10 rloIdru
o,s pro6l esa-1> uIIinpoO d. L4-o COL-
,ulUno rreVaIIIns III Uncle SaiI .
us ISIduu rOSoeSSkOn.
The colored American., 1903-09-12

Mr.. William Douglass, of Chi
cago. and Pittsburg, has patented
an ingenious automatic straw
binder. which will revolutiOnize
the binding of grain and dispense
with wire and binding twine.
The colored American., 1903-09-12

san JUAN, p. l., Speclal.-Since the
,ls.s anu stripes nNe years ago sup
ylalteu me reu anu yeIiow banner VI
,Jalu III rorCo nIcO, mucn mas peen
wnrten about the cndrses Wrought ~
american occupation. OInSuIdfiy,
however, one rarely seen in PRINT any
ming concerning the status OF the col
oreu race IN the island, where II is a
great factor, and where problems dlf-
rerent from those in the States must
constantly be cOnfronteaA TO solve
these problems in a manner promls-
ing the greatest good to the greatest
number is the earnest effort of Cover
nor Hunt and his American colleagues
and the loyal natives, black and white,
associated with them in the admins
tration of public affairs.
Whatever complaint the colored
man may have in the States because
of unfair discrimination against MS
race. he could not make honestly such
a complaint in Porto Rico. His po-
litical equality is absolute. The
strongest politician in the island, DR..
lose c. Barbosa, of whom l hope soon
TO write for The Colored American,
is a Negro, and many of his brightest
IieHenants are Negroes or murattoeS:
The Republican, party, the dominant
political power, is composed largely
of cOlOred men. In business and IN
all the professions the Negro is rep
resented and pushes to the front even
more rapidly than does his so-called
white" Porto Rican brother. In the
government departments the Negro Is
everywhere in evidence, often holding
a good position. The secretary &c
General Elliott, Commissioner OF the
Interior, is a Negro and receives
1900 a year salary. Scores of others
are employed at good salaries IN al
branches Of the service, and several OF
the brilliant native Negroes are mem
bers Of the House of Delegates and &c
their full share toward making the
laws of Porto Rico.
In the Porto Rico Regiment hun
dreds of colored men have beer
trained into soldiers of which any
nation might well be proud, and hun
dreds more are in the Insular Police
one of the finest police bodies in the
world. In the military and police
bands they have developed into excel
lent musicians. In the professional
ranks there are many bright Negroes
and mulattoes.
But it is in the schools that the
Negroes are showing what they can dc
as pupils and as teachers. The coaol
line is not drawn by the Department
of Education of Porto Rico, and ii
the normal school, the graded and ru
raj schools, the agricultural school:
and the industrial schools the coloreC
boy or girl sits alongside the white
pupil and enjoys an absolute equality
of advantages. All these things ar'
signs full of promise for the future
1t now only remains for the Negro u
live up to his opportunities.
But there is, too, a darker side t(
l.
The colored American., 1903-09-12


majority Of Negroes in the Antilles
have had no reason to nourish ambi-
tions. The coming of the American
has changed these conditions, but time
alone can accomplish needed reforms
The Latin racial traits, mingled with
those of the Afro-American and Carib
Indian, predominant in the masses
Energy is lacking and morals are low
The example set by the Spaniards was
| generally bad. For hundreds of years
| the poverty of the poems, white and
black, has been extreme and it is to-
day. Only the lavishness of nature
| has kept them from starvation. The
greatest need now is more capital for
| the island and the employment of
| these poor people. Unskilled labor is
paid from 25 to 60 cents a day and is
worth no more. The majority of the
| Negroes who do find work are en-
| ployed on the sugar and tobacco plan
| tations or in road building. Skilled
labor is of course better paid. In
San Juan, in the largest tobacco fac
tory, some expert cigar makers earn
as much as $22 week. They proba-
bly, average 81 a day, while women,
girls and boys earn from Sc to SO
week as stripperS, cigarette packers,
ETC. From personal observation 1 CON
slider the condition of the working
Negro in Porto Rico better than that
of his brothers in the other islands
of the West Indies-and that it is
Ibound to improve under American
guidance there can be no doubt.
The total pure Negro population of
Porto Rico is $4,000, equally divided
between male and female. The mulat-
toes, who are termed mixed" num-
Der more than 100000, also about
Iequally divided as to sex. At the last
census the total population of the
!, island was 953, ,00O, hence colored and
} mulattoes number about SO per cent
} of the total inhabitants. Of these,
) only four per cent could read and
) write five years ago. Now the Amer
lean public schools are speedily re
moving the curse of illiteracy and the
University of Porto hIco which has
} ljust been established invites the black
!. man to higher things
| Morals are low. Only 15S,000 people
in the island, black and white, are
married, but 100000 more openly live
together as husband and wife by mu-
tual consent. Two months ago in
some districts the number of ilIegiti-
births exceeded the number of legiti-
, mate, and the figures were about even
throughout the island. The prevail
ing religion is, of course, the Roman
Catholic but professionalism has gained
a strong foothOld and a majority Of
, these converts are colored people
l. In a letter like this l can merely
touch upon prevailing conditions.
Any or all of them will stand interest
ing analysis. But perhaps l have writ
ten enough to show that in adopting
; as sons and daughters the colored folk
of Porto Rico along with the white
, population of the island the United
States has made no serious mistake.
THE ONLOOKER
The colored American., 1903-09-12
WANTED
For the E FameusT Troubadours
Company,

Three Chorus Girls, with strong
Soprano voices. Must be good booking,
good dressers On and off the Stage.
State salary expected; we pay rail-
road and Hotel expenses. The 2eason
Of 1S03-04, beginning Sept, 18th. Ad-
dress all communications to e. w.
Dale, Cape May City, N. J.
The colored American., 1903-09-12

Hyou have a spare room that you would like
rent to desirable parties, advertise them In The
Colored American.
The colored American., 1903-09-12

Mr.. J. H Webb, Of New York, is in
the city, where he will open up real
estate Office in a few days.
The colored American., 1903-09-12
SUMNER RESORTS.
PIease Help Me Find My Brother

Saunk Joyce sold in Meckienburg. Virginia
several ears before the sivil to Cunnig
Negre trader. His mother. w dle, was slave
on the Joyce plantation. He had One sister
Betty. who is very anxious to find him. ANY in
ferma tion will be gladly received.
Mrs Berry REYNOLDS.
- Parker street. Atlanta. Ga.
The colored American., 1903-09-12

The Colored American for all
Newsv matter, of interest to the
race. For sale at all news stands,
price 5 cents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-05
A TRIBUTE TO"DAD."

The editor of The Stevens County
Reveille has got tired of hearing moth
err praised and lad neglected, and has
scratched off a few ines of glowing
tribute to dad. I'VE happened in a
home the other night he says, land
saw the legend worked in letters of red
What is home without a mother?"
Across the room vas another brief. God
bless our home
Nov, what's the matter with God
bless our dad?' He gets up early.
lights the fire, boils an egg, grabs his
dinner pail and wips off the dew of
the dawn with his boots while many a
mother is sleeping. He makes the week
~ hand-out for the butcher. the grocer
the milkman and baker, and his little
pile is badly worn before he has been
home an hour. He stands off the bailiff
and keeps the rent paid up.
IF there is a noise during the night
dad is kicked in the back and made to
go down stairs to find the burglar and
kill him. Mother darns the socks, but
dad bought the socks in the first place
and the needles and the yarn after
ward. Mother does up the fruit: we'll.
dad bought it all, and pears and sugar
cost like the michief. Dad buys chick
ems for Sunday dinner, carves them
himself and draws the neck from the
ruins after else is served.
What is home without a mother? Yes,
that IS all right. but what is home
without a father? Ten chances to one
it is a boarding house, father is under
the slab and the landlady is the widow.
Dad. here's to you: you've got our
faults-you may have lots of 'em-but
you's all right. and We will miss you
when you're gone.'-kansas City Jour
nal.