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The colored American., 1903-09-19

The MetrOpole Club, the we'll
known social organization. will
inaugurate the fall season with a
billiard tournament among its
members:
The contest will begin October
Ist and the event promises to be
one of the most delightful affairs
yet given by this well known club.
Beautiful and appropriate Ist, end
and 3rd prizes will be offered for
the winners. To make the occa-
sion unusually interesting the
champion pool player of the Dis
triet of Columbia will be invited
to spend an evening with the club
and give an exhibition of fancy
shots.
The colored American., 1903-09-19

In view of John Temple Graves
assertion in his Chicago speech,
that the presence of the colored
man in the South hampers mater
ial DEVELOPMENT, deters agricul-
tral Improvement and Obstructs
and impedes progress generally,
we quote passage from the adj
dress of the Hon. ]. w. Lyons,
delivered at Kalamazoo, Mich, on
September 9TH, Labor Day, about
which so much has been said by
the western papers:
1t is said and the assertion ap-
pears to be founded in fact that
they, the colored people, do four
hfths of the agricultural labor OF
the late slave-holding states, and
about all of the un-ski1led labor.
Their share, therefore, in the pro-
ductiOn of the cotton crop Of TO-
OOO, 900 bales would be S,OOO,-
900 bales and this at the RoOse-
velt price of I2 cents per pound,
each bale averaging 500 pounds,
Will amount to $3.50, 900, 900.
Corn. 400, 900, 900 bushels. worth
SI4S.OOO,OOO. Wheat, 5S,4oO, 900
bushels. $46,72O,OOO, and oats.
1900, 900 bushels worth S26,-
100000 His share in the pro-
duCtion of rice amounts to ST.
40EO32. IS. Cane molasses crop,
S22,4O0,I5O.4O. Cotton seed oil,
SSO,OOO,O 900. Thus we see that in
the cotton, corn, wheat, rice and
oats and cane mOlasses, etc, the
cOlOred man produces annually
S0II.786,I a sum equal to
SII.O0 for every inhabitant of this
country, or, $9I.73 per capita for
every individual of the race. In
this connection I desire to call at
tention to the fact, that our gov
ernment has become one of the
great world powers, and ranks
foremost among exporting ma
tons of the earth. In the pro-
ducts exported, cotton is still
king; for it constitutes over 2I per
cent. or more than one fifth Of
the total exports. Now, when it
IS borne in mind that the colored
race by its labor produces over
four-hfths of this wealth, it can
be easily seen how indispensable it
is to even proud America.
This magnificent showing is
only in the agricultural field of
labor; but when their skilled me
chanics ctn get employment, they
are equally faithful in the dis
charge of their duties as thew are
on the farm. Some of the finest
buildings erected in the South tes-
tlfy to their splendid knowledge
of the trades.
H.
The colored American., 1903-09-19

DR.. T. V. Tunnell has returned to
this city after spending month
abroad.
The colored American., 1903-09-19

Mr.. A. J. Gaskins returned from 4
thirty-days' trip to California and 9TH
er western points last Tuesday.
The colored American., 1903-09-19
GRAVES AN
SWERED.

Extracts from the Address of
Hon. Judson w. Lyons, De
hyered at Kalamazoo, Mich,
on Labor Day.
The colored American., 1903-09-19
BILLIARD TOURNAMENT

October Ist, at the MetrOpOle
Club.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21
RoosEvELT's NEW RULE.

A CCORDING 20 Private Secretary
n Loeb, who ought to know, Presi-
dent Roosevelt has adopted an entirely
new rule with regard to receiving gifts
from admirers in this and other Coun-
tries. Not long ago a young Boston
girl made a beautiful American flag
With almost endless care and trouble
she put into it 10000 stitches from her
needle, and the, result is said to have
been a very handsome production. Then
she sent it to the president with her
compliments.
To her deep chagrin, within a few
days her gift was returned, accompa-
MED by a note from Secretary Loeb in
which he said that President Roose-
Welt has felt obliged to adopt a new
rule, which precludes him from accept
ing gifts from any one" The. presiden.
has been sharply criticised for refusing
the flag from the Boston girl but The
Herald has no disposition to say any
thing unkind about him on this score
1t is unfortunate that the first refusal
should be that of a flag from a patriot
lie girl but that cannot be helped.
Unfriendly CRITICS of the president
may say he is beginning rather late.
True. he has accepted everything that
has come his way up to date. Some Of
his presents cost good deal Of money,
too Such things as special trains with
all manner of entertainment provided
free of cost come high to somebody.
but they don't cost the president any
thing; at least they haven't so far cost
him anything. Then he has had fine
horses and saddles ana things like that
almost beyond counting.
We fear the unfriendly critics Of the
president may. say he has adopted his
new rule because his admirers have al
ready given him everything he wants.
Surely this cannot be true, however.
For instance, Thanksgiving day is not
far distant A certain gentleman in
Rhode Island has been sending all of
our recent presidents every year a no
bic turkey for the Thanksgiving board.
This year Mr.. Roosevelt cannot accept
the Rhode Island bird.
Next year q campaign is on. 1t seems
settled that Mr.. Roosevelt viii be the
nominee of his party to succeed him
self. He may want to make a speech
making tour. II he does he will. of
course, pay his way over every railroad
he uses in his travels. In view OF his
refusal Of the Boston flag he can do
nothing else. About the only things nc
cannot refuse, and he probably would
refuse them if he could, are the thanks
OF the citizens he appoints to federal
offices.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21
TO MAKE Us GIANTS.

A CHICAGO university doctor-some-
Il how nearly all the freaks have the
Rockefeller university labeI-has come
forward with a discovery which he
says viii produce a race Of giants. His
name is Shinkishi Hatai, which sounds
rather "fakey" to begin with, but that
is the doctors real name. for he halls
from Japan and is professor Of
neurology. The stuff out OF which he
expects to make giants is called leci-
thin, an neutrality-suspicious. containing
body found in various animal tissues.
it IS a brown, butter-liSe substance
with an odor like that Of rancid fat
The results Of some of DR.. Hatars
experiments are summarized in the
American Journal OF Physiology as fol-
lows:
THE white rats that received leCi-
thin. either by fntramuscular injection
or by the mouth. gained in body
weight more rapidly than those which
did not receive this food, the average
gain being so per cent greater than
was noted I'm the rats fed on plain
grain diets. The relative weight of the
central nervous systems Of the rats
treated with lecithin was normal.
THE nervous systems of the rats
treated with lecithin contained the
same proportion Of water and solids as
those Of other rats. The professors
experiments show. therefore. that the
growth induced by lecithin is normal
ard healthy. IL stimulates all parts
and organs OF the body exactly alike.
thus acting unlike other stimulants.
81 hich affect different organs Of the
body i'm different ways
New York scientists are not particU-
larly enthusiastic over DR.. Hatars dis
covery. They say it is not a recent
discovery at all. but that it was used
for a time and then discarded ia Ger
many something like a dozen years
ago. At that time the announcement
caused a great fad for eating FISH.
apple parings. eggs in quantity and
beefs blood, the chemists all declaring
that these articles contained lecithin.
Nobody became very large or very fat
as a result of the treatment unless
they were predisposed to largeness and
fatness.
1t would be unfair to iecithin TO close
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21
New Testament.

He was attired as G. A. r. veteran
and entertained everybody on the train
with stories Of his close calls during
the Rebellion. Among other tales was
one that his life had thrice been saved
by a Testament his mother had given
him when he enlisted. Three bullets
had been stopped by the volume, he
said. which he always carried over his
heart The first bullet came during the
early part Of the war and lodged in the
book. a year later a second bullet
struck and lodged about half an inch
from the first. Toward the close Of the
war a third bullet came. - The rifles
meanwhile had improved greatly and
had more penetration, he said, and the
veterans who listened nodded assent,
This third bullet, he narrated, would
undoubtedly have pierced the Tesla
ment and killed him had it not CHANGED
to strike right between the two bull
lets already in the book. The two for
mer missiles sufficed to check the
course of the third, which badly
mashed, remained In the Testament
with the others. That book. he ex-
planned, was more precious to him
than gold or silver. So dear was it to
him, in fact that he never left fl at
home and had it with him all the time.
He drew a bundle from his pocket and
carefully extracted from its tissue pa
per wrappings the bullet-pierced Tesla
ment. Here was the absolute conirma-
ton OF his story, and the book with
its accompanying leaden missiles was
duly examined and commented on by
the veterans. The story and book suf-
feed TO make him we'll acquainted with
the old veterans. who treated him with
great consideration until one Of them
discovered him trying TO open a grip
belonging to a member of the party.
The conductor was notified and
searched the man, finding much plum
der belonging to veterans on the train.
The fellow was put off the train at the
next station. An hour Or so later the
conductor found time to examine the
precious testament. which he had re-
tanned. and on opening the title page
discovered that the book had not been
published until 1893.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21
WHY ENGLAND IS LOSING.

d ERHAPs ONE REASON why Eng
/ land is so rapidly losing. her trade
supremacy to the United States is
found fin an article by Frank Fagant in
the Review of Reviews on THE Plight
of the English Worker" Mr.. Fagaut
tells us something we already knew
that the drink habit is the curse of the
English touer-but he presents his
facts in a new and strikingly convinc-
ms way In this connection Mr.. Fa-
CANT says:
"The American workingman in Eng
land is amazed by the amount Of
drinking done by the English worker.
Two months wages OF the average
English workers yearly income goes
TO the public house" In no country
i'm the world is there so much drunk
enness among the common people. That
this abnormal indulgence in drink is n
serious tax on industry, is undoubted.
English manufacturers whom I have
met al tell me that could they keep
their workmen sober there would be
less to fear from American competi-
ton. The drink bilT of England, the
tax on which produces three-eighths Of
the total revenue OF the government is
about SSOO,O00OC a year. OF this huge
amount. it is estimated that the work
ms people spend $3.50, 600, 900. In pro-
portion 90 his earnings, the English
worker spends four times as much
money on drink as does the American"
The commission of English working
men brought over to this country a
year ago by Alfred M6seley Of London
found considerable fault with Ameri-
can workmen for spending money on
recreation, but they never considered
that the American workers recreation
is not of a character that units them
for labor. The average American who
tolls with his hands is steady, sober,
industrious and competent
It Is true that he INDUCES I'm intoxi-
eating beverages when it pleases him
to do SO. If he wants beer with his
lunch or his dinner he has it and if the
idea strikes him that drink Of whisky
would be satisfactory, he drinks the
whisky. But the excessive drinker is
the exception, not the rule, and will
be the exception for a long time to
come. Now, Mr.. Fagants observations
would seem to indicate that the reverse
Of this proposition is true in England.
No man can spend one-sixth Of his
yearly income on ihtoxicants which he
consumes himself without interfering
seriously with his capacity for work.
He cannot do as much work under
such circumstances, nor can ne do as
good work. Mr.. Fagant is right when
he says. this abnormal indulgence in
drink is a serious tax on industry"
The wonder is that England has not
lost her supremacy long since. I'm
less a reform of widespread proper
tions is Immediately inaugurated things
cannot fail to go from bad to worse
with the English workman.
And while America profits in pc
cuniary sense by this unfortunate habit
that has fastened itself on the bone and
sincw of a sister nation, true Ameri-
cans cannot fail to regret that the habit
has been formed. We want trade su-
premacy but we do not want it badly
enough to wreck the lives Of our com
petitors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21

without a reference 10 one of its COM
ponent parts. This is distearyglycero-
phosphoric acid. It was worth all the
trouble involved in DIR. Hatars re-
searches just to discover. a name like
that DistearyglycerophOsphoric has a
hne, large, healthy ring to it, We
don't know what it means and we won't
be unSind enough to say we don't be-
lieve the doctor knows, either. but we
are very grateful for the word.
Hereafter when the debate wakes
hot wen have something to wrap
around the other fellow that ought TO
keep him standing tied for a little
while, anyway.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21

The announcement that the councils
committees on streets and municipal
laws has decided to recommend that
the depot and trackage franchise de-
sired by the Short Line be granted, will
be gratifying to nearly all the citizens
of Salt Lake. There seems TO be a
hitch in the matter of the Rio Grande
application for a similar franchise, but
a few mutual concessions will doubtless
be made so that that improvement can
also be started at the earliest possible
moment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21

A member Of the union to which Sam
Parks, the convicted bribe-taker. be-
longs IS quoted as saying the union
would be better Off il it had more men
like Parks. It is evident that the
gentleman was misquoted. The inter
viewer stopped too soon. What he in
tended to say, in all probability, was
that the union would be better of if it
had more men like Parks in the peni-
fanriarv
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21
shop Talk on Advertising.

\ one merchant says: MY stock Of Z
' goods is just as clean and up-to- 4
= date as my competitors, vet people 4
= pass my door and trade with him" Z
y Exactly. and they viii continue 10 4
y do so until you begin to see the 4
= virtue in advertising. Even If YOU Z
y should cut prices on Jour goods one =
= half. and fail 10 inform the public I
= OF the fact. the chances are they 4
y would continue 20 pass by your door. 4
y In these days Of keen competition. 4
= the successful merchant. you will mo- 4
y tice. is the one who tells the public 4
4 OF his bargains through the medium 4
y of the newspapers. The Herald Of 4
y fers unequaled facilities to the I
y shrewd business man who desires to- I
, extend his business. can up phone I
y $751; 4
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21

Postmaster General Payne is grieved
at the suggestion that the civil service
rules should apply to Miss Todd who
was thrown out of a Delaware postof-
flee at the request Of Addicks' man,
Alice. We beg Mr. Payne's pardon.
There is no question Of civil service in
the incident. The objection decent peo-
pie throughout the country have been
making is based on the old-fashioned
theory that a great government de-
partment should not be guided by a
notorious corruptionist like Addiclxs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21
He Lost Out.
Chicago NewsO

They had been trotting in double har-
ness for only three short months, when
the young wife began 10 work the in
terrogation point
George, dear she said, " when you
proposed to me did you think 1 would
accept?"
s'No," replied truthful George. Ito be
honest about it, I really didn't think
you would the first time"
THE second?'' queried her lady
ship.
"Once was my limit" answered the
victim Of a mistaken theory.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21
The Important Question.
CPhiladeIphia Press.

What was the matter with that Gus
toner" demanded the proprietor Of the
high price restaurant.
why" said the waiter, excitedly,
when he was through his dinner he
asked for his check and when 1 gave
it to him he just simply went crazy"
But did he pay as he went?'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21

FL Paso wants the next convention Of
the Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers.
II Salt Lake has no chance to land it
again for next year FL Paso ought to
get il. She has taken away about
everything else that wasn't nailed
down and some things that were,
thanks to Judge Gavin
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21

In spite OF all the protests Bishop
woolley Of Idaho has landed the Job Of
assayer at Boise. The incident is not
calculated to lessen the Democratic hi
larity in Idaho.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21
Mistake somewhere.

Editor-This stuff isn't poetry! It's
the worst rot I ever saw.
Poet-Oh, coma nOwi I tried to sell il
to a popular song house and they
wouldn't take it,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21
-. SPARKS.


A New York woman who lost her
voice three years ago has had her
speech restored by the application OF
electricity. Every effort was made 70
cure her, as she was not married.
If John Clarke. Democratic candidate
for the senate in Ohio, had proposed
matching dollars instead Of a joint de-
bate. ne would receive a more enthu-
.siastic acceptance from Senator Hanna.
Some OF the men indicted in connec-
ton with the Dostofice trouble may
find the time recorders they sold the
government useful to keep tab on their
own sentences.
The fact that the present bill board
ordinance is found TO be unconstitu-
tional does not imply that a new ordi-
nance cannot he drafted and passed.
Other cities have adopted effective
laws that were found constitutional
It is understood that the wife who
slashed her husband across the face
with a razor had got tired Of trying 70
induce him to shave.
OF course. the lesson is very splen-
did, but it would have been much bet
ter If Utah could have secured the
cup and the lesson, too
The people who stole the coal were
evidently patrons Of the company VINO
wanted to get the best Of the weight
for once, anyway.
The Idaho Republican machine seems
10 have been greatly affected by the
roar caused by the suggestion thaS
WoOllev be made assayer at Boise.
Accordingly they sent the appoint
ment in.
Believing two good things should go
together. the El PasO people have IN
vited the electrical workers to meet the
irrigation congress in Texas next year.
Did you ever notice how a street that
had never been opened and never
needed for many years suddenly be-
comes of great Importance when some
body asks to have it permanently
closed?
Beginning tomorrow, we shall have
| that ball team at home again for
awhile. so that we can say just what
we think Of them If they do not win
/ games.
/ Those national guardsmen who are
( scoring the sheriff in Colorado will
/ need to be careful how they cOmport
| themselves in the vicinity Of that
| dignitary when they get off duty again.
/ From Mr.. Chamberlain's announce
! ment that he will not be able to leave
q England this year, one might imagine
] he figures the British nation could not
/ get along without him.
/ Although considerable is going on in
other ways, let US not forget that. ac-
/ cording to the renoTts. war is and is
not raging in the Balkans.
It is natural that the noble red men
should object to miners working IN
( Oklahoma. Nothing pains an indian
more than to see someone working.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21

The equilibrium Of the country viii
shortly be restored. Those Washington
correspondents are now on their way
home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21
The Reason-


ATLANTA COnstituuon)
John blames all his troubles on the
devil"
Yes; they've been running together
fer some time"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21

It is natural that the noble red men
should object to miners working in
Oklahoma. Nothing pains an indian
more than to see someone working.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-21

Although considerable is going on in
other ways, let US not forget that, ac-
cording to the REPORTS. war is and is
not raging in the Balkans.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-09
Arrested for Whitecapping Homesteaders

Six prisoners charged with in
timidating a government home-
steader, better known as whiteeap-
ping, were brought to the city last
evening by Deputy United States
Marshal Edgar S. Wilson, J,r.,
and when arraigned before Conf
missioner L. B. Moseley were ad.
mitted to bail in tbs, sum i Nlll Of Of 800
each ffor. their Appearance at she
November fern pf the Federal
court ID jackson.
Fhis Is the second time the gov
ernment has taken hand in
whitecapper outrages in Missis-
Isippi, several prisoners having
been before the Federal court al
the May term in this city, but
were released for lack Of evidence.
The six prisoners brought ir
last evening are white men, and
are welI-to9do citizens living near
Raleigh, in Smith. county. The
affidavit charges them With having
| intimidated. wounded, beateR an1
llI treated q negress Aamee
/ Georgia MeLsa4rin, who entered ;
Ihemasetad tract OF land In smitl
county In 1900.
/ Eight other PEI sons - obaroa,
Wisn ..rticipating in the offens
and will he placed under arres
within a few days. The coveg Q
prisoners brought to the city las
Il evening readily gave bond and r.
turned to their homes on the morn
ling train. Tkeil names are Lig
Canterberry. Sr.. John Cantel
berry, Jr., Gus Martin, Lee Maj
tin and G. W Finley alias Georg
Thompson Clarion Ledger, Sep
4th.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-09

All aristocracy of morals should
Be established in BrUokhaVen.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-09
Public School Opening.

The public school opened Mon;
day morning with pupils pres
emf. Since that time the number
has grown from day to day. The
exercises on Monday were opened
with prayer by Rev. r. III. Pur-
ser; apt remarks following by
Principal Scott. Impromptu adj
dresses were made by Rev. r. Fl.
Purser, Prof. James Y. Rowen.,
the first graduate Of Che Public
School, a. 4. Cohn, one 9f the
most talented alumni, p. p.
lsSSiyer, General Secretary Of the
IY. M. q. A., John B. Nalty, our
prominent lumber man, i II.
Hartman, member0f the h- ard !.
Control, s. z Oliver. Circuit
! I, and Prof. @. S. Hopkins
assistant principal.
| The school has opened auspic
liously and we hope for pleasan
lard profitable session.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-09

\ Don't place youself on a pedes-
tai and expound principle coldly
to the passers by. Get down
among them and show your love
and sympathy for them while
upholding the banner of truth and
right. If that doesn't win, the.
responsibility rests alone on them