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The colored American., 1904-10-01
Paid Brief Visit to Paul Lawrence
Dunbar.

Mr. Gerald Tyler. before leaving for
Washington, D. @, ran over to Day
ton yesterday to visit Paul Lawrence
Dunbar, the poet, who is still quite III.
The officials of the National Cash
Register company, on learning of his
presencs in the city, arranged an I'm
promptu reception for him and he
sarg and played several pieces for
them.
Mr.. Tyler goes to Washington this
morning to assume his new position
at the head of the piano department
of the Washington Conservatory of
Music Ohio State Journal.
The colored American., 1904-10-01
A LEGAL LIGHT.

The Successful Career Of Mr.. Edward
A. Johnson, Lawyer, Author,
Scholar and Leader A Business
Man of Standing and Large
Taxpayer.
Hon. E. A Johnson, the subject of
this sketch is native of r sleigh, N. Q.
He received a grammar school course
in the Washington School of Raleigh,
and subsequentlyfnished his education
at Atlanta Uniyersity. Returning tn
Raleigh, he was elected principal OF
the Washington School in which be
received his early training, with niue
teachers and some six EundTed pupils
After six years Of highly eff ,ient
work here, he was called 90 POSITION
IS co-instructor in the Lsw Depart
The colored American., 1904-10-01
SPECIAL PRICE ON BLACK-NO-
MORE FOR 30 DAYS.

In order to give the readers of The
COLoRED AMERICAN chance to try the
great black remover at reduced prices,
for the next thirty days Black-No-More
the celebrated skin bleach will be sold
at half price. AS this is less than cost
customers will have to pay expressage.
No goods viii be sent c. D. D., and no
free samples. Send 81 IN currency,
stamps, express money order, postal
money order or registered letter. Ad-
The colored American., 1904-10-01

work, having come out OF school with
cut penny, and is q most worthy
object lesser to those young men who
are ambitious and aspiring II all
our young men could catch hold at the
right place and gradually climb as he
has, the much discussed rsce problem
wou' d coon vanish.
The colored American., 1904-10-01
Wedding Bells.

The marriage of Mics Lille Jones to
Mr.. Harvey 9 nith, VIII Oh recently
took place, will be followed by the
Bill We. in the Spring. Mr.. BilloWs is
q prominent Masoa ard business man
of Pittsburg, Pa.
The colored American., 1904-10-01
ATTENTION, sUBscRIBEKsl

We are send1HE out o large number
OF bills each day TO delinquent SUB
scribers as we'll as % subscribers
whose subscriptions are just expiring.
We are striving 70 give the race a
clean, strong, newSy newspaper and
we hope every person who receives q
bill or who know themselves TO be in
arrears will send In their subsorip-
lions at snce. 6.
The colored American., 1904-10-01

Room For Rent-One single room,
baths and all modern improvements
reasonable rates. Gentleman pre-
ferTed.
The Press., 1904-07-27

Items OF local interest taken from the ColuEans
OF The Press, thirty years ago.l
July 20. Is7z.

The Methodists of this village are
about to erect large frame building
upon the camp ground at Willimantic
at cost of $3.50.
W. G. Ellis, late with Lord g. Tay-
lor of New York, has bought ont
Geo. o. Cleaveland's furniture ware
rooms in this village.
J. w. Dimock, with two friends,
caught at Square Pond ON Tuesday six
pickerel weighing Is pounds, also
two bass weighing three pounds each
The corporators of the new Home
Mutual Fire Insurance company of
Stafford Springs are: B. w. Patten,
George M. Ives, Julius Converse, J.
#. Chamberlin, L. w. Crane, r. s.
Hicks, w. Fl. Cooley, w. d. Head.
r. s. Beebe, E. A. Converse, Merrick
A. Marcy and e. A. Buck.
While cutting his fathers fruit
trees with his little Ratchet, last
Tuesday, in humble commemOration OF
that sublime event in the history OF
&c. w." L. X. Lord cut two fingers
upon his left hand, one of them bad.
ly. DIR. Newton happening to be in
attendance upon q patient at the
house, Immediately dressed the in.
jured members, and they are likely
to soon become nearly as good a
ever.
The Press., 1904-07-27
A Quaint Introduction.

1t is told of the late Clarence King.
the ethnologist, that he met John Rus
kin in n picture shop. and his COM
ments were SO delightfully."- phrased
that Ruskin took him to his heart, in
viting him to Coniston- and Offering
him one of his two greatest water col
ors by Turner. Zone good Turner"
said King. deserves another" and
took both.
King once wrote from San Francisco
to John Hay the following letter of in
PRODUCTION: My Dear JOHNNY friend.
Horace F. Cutter, in the next geolog
ical period will go east. 1t would be a
catastrophe If he did not know you.
You will swarm in as the Germans
say, when you meet. Lest l should
not be there to expose Mr.. Cutters
alias take this opportunity to divulge
to you that the police are divided in
opinion as to whether he is Socrates or
Don QuiXote. I know better; he is
both
The Press., 1904-07-27

Edward Young, the author of might
Thoughts" was man of the world
and shrewd and caustic wit as well
as a poet and the rector of st. Mary's
church at Welwyn. 1t was there, IN
the garden of the rectory. that he com
posed some CT tho hest impromptu
verses known. He was walking with
two ladies when SoI.3c one summoned
him to the tousc. Eut his companions
were agreeable. and he was in no
haste to leave item. Turning as ne
reached the gate. he said:
Thus Adam loo. cd when from the gard
driven
And thus disputed orders sent from
heaven.
Like him 1 go. and yet to go am lcath;
Like him go. fer angels drove us both.
Hard was his fate, but mine still more un-
kind -..
His Eve went with him. but mine stays
behind.
The Press., 1904-07-27
KILLS GERMS OF cATARRH.
Hyomei Goes to the Root OF the Dis
ease aud Makes Astonishing Cures.

0yomei 1oes 70 tine root OF tine DIS
ease aud Makes Astonishing Cures.
Catarrh cannot be cured by the use
of pills, liquid medicines and So
called system tonics. Under such
treatment the germs of the disease
will still live in the air passages and
increase and multiply.
Hyomei is the only scientific and
thorough way to cure catarrh. KILL
ing the germs in the air passages, it
enters the blood with the oxygen, de-
stroys the microbes in the blood and
effectually drives from the system all
traces of catarrhal poison. Probably
the strongest evidence that can be
offered as to the powers Of Hyomei to
cure catarrh is the fact that w. ID.
Head will agree to refund the money
If you say Hyomei has not cured you.
The complete Hyomei outfit costs
but 81. 90 and consists of an inhaler
that can be carried in the vest pock-
ct, medicine dropper and a bottle
of Hyomei. The inhaler lasts a life
time. and If ONE bottle does not cure,
an extra bottle of Hyomei can be OBJ
tanned for so cents.
The Press., 1904-07-27
now nerve Energz l. wasted.

SO many people needlessly and reck-
lessly waste their nerve energy. They
drum the chair or tie desk with their
fingers or tap the floor with their toes:
they hold their hands: they sit in a
rocking chair and rock for very dear
life. II they go upstnirs they make
the whole body do the work that was
intended only for the legs: if they write
or sew they get down to it with a
vengeance and contract their brows
and wrinkle their foreheads and grind
their teeth.
If they have an unusual task to do
they screw and contract and comfort
every muscle Of the body, making
themselves tense and rigid all over.
when the work perhaps requires but
one set of muscles or perhaps the mind
only, as the case may me.
Wasting nerve energy; frittering it
away.
Little things, to be sure. But little
things have a way of adding them
selves up into big things. = Medical
Talk.
The Press., 1904-07-27
A Jealous ARe.

Sir Harry Johnston, the English ex-
plorer, once travelled on a ship with a
pet ape. 1t was a great favorite with
all the passengers until there came
aboard at Madeira a lady with an in
FAINT. The latter received a good deal
Of attention and the ape In conse-
Quence became neglected and Jealous.
Str Harry Johnston followed 1t on deck
one day just in time to prevent trag
edy. The child had been left unguard-
ed for moment I'm Its cradle The ape
had made for 1t, pulled 1t from the
cradle and was In the act of throwing
1t overheard when the traveller bounced
upon It. Says Sir Harry, 1T would
certainly have hurled it into the sea
had not my. arrival caused the guilty
ape to drop the child on the deck and
scramble away" Tke3ap was relegat-
ed to strong iron cage for the rest Of
that voyage.
The Press., 1904-07-27


Then the guard called 'All aboard"
and as she waved her hand in gay
farewell. the train pulled out of the
station.
The world seemed suddenly fat to
him. 'And didn't get her London
address, he exclaimed alouu, as his
stupidity dawned upon him. well, I'll
be hangedr'
Two years later the servants at Fair
acre received notice from their young
mistress of her intention of opening
the house for a few weeks. The old
place had been closed since her early
childhood.
She had travelled far and wide; been
courted and admired. But after awhile
one got tired-so tired. In the very
midst of the season, when gayety was
ut its height, thoughts of the dear old
days haunted her mind. They were
gone forever, those wonderful childish
days, but at least she would so back
and have q bit Of make believe all
to herself.
Tears rose In her eyes as she was
driven up to her own door. How well
she remembered the quaint support
ing pillars and the broad veranda! The
sun was just dropping out of sight, but
its faint golden glow fingered lovingly
on the place. In the darkness of her
old room that night she thought with
wet eyes Of the little girl Of other days.
At 8 o'clock the next morning she
stole down to the stone fence once
more, smiling foOlishly to herself as
she did so. There was no need to hide;
the boy would not go by. And so she
~ Of the past.
A weird buzzing aroused her, and
she looked up to see big, red touring
car spinning down the road toward
her. For a moment she watched it in
differently. Then as it drew nearer
and the outlines of it's occupant be-
came clear her heart jumped with de-
light.
Its he; it really ISL she exclaimed
excitedly.
At the same moment the automobile
slackened speed, and the man inside
lifted his hat with flourish and sang
out joyously: Hello. little girl! What
you staring at?" AS of yore she drop
ped suddenly down out of sight.
But isn't 1t strange that you should
happen along this very first morning
that I'm homer she queried when.
their nonsense over. they stood talk
ing across the wall.
"Well. not SO odd as it would have
honr II had not known vOn yvA.rn
coming" he admitted laughingly. Then
n queer look came into his eyes.
"Whyr haven't you marricdY' he de-
manded abruptly. She opened her lips
to reply. but something in his face ar
rested her She flushed furiously. He
laid his hand on hers
Haven't we been a pair of idiots?'
he asked with Il happy laugh
The Press., 1904-07-27

A lecturer who had very fine lee
ture on The Decadcnce of Pure Eng
fish" gave his address before a wo-
mans club. At the close of the talk a
very much overtiressesi woman Of the
'.fuss and feathers type came MP to
him and said: i did enjoy your talk
ever and ever 81 much. and I agree
with you that the English language h
decading awfuIly. Hardly M one talks
proper nowadays. and the land only
knows what the next generation win
taIk Ike II nothing amt done about IA
The Press., 1904-07-27
where stock Deals Are secret.


'New Workers look on Washington as
one of the best towns in the United
States in the matter of trading in the
market" said resident of the capital.
'There is more secret buying and sell
ing of stocks going on in Washington
than in any other city in the country,
for the reason that so many of the
men operating are in the employ of the
government and are afraid to be seen
in the brokers' offices. Many of these
men are under bond, and one of the
conditions of their bond Is that they
must refrain from specializing and
from playing the races. But this pro-
hibition doesn't keep them from taking
flier in stocks. only they do it in such
a private way that few people know of
their deals. which are transacted be-
fore and after regular business hours
-WaSfinptOn Post
The Press., 1904-07-27

WEAK HEABTs are caused by isdiges.
ton. II you eat little too much, or II
you are subject to attacks Of indigestion,
the stomach expands and puiis
up against the heart This crowds the
heart and shortens the breath. Rapid
heart beats and heart disease is the final
result. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digesta
what you eat, takes the strain on the
heart, cures indigestion, dyspepsia, sour
stomach, and contributes nOurIshment,
strength and health to every organ Of the
body. Sold by w. ID. Head.
The Press., 1904-07-27
EDISON'S PLUCK.
The InyentOr's Hard Battle For q
Suitable Carbon FiIament.

The Inventors Hard Battle For .
Suitable Carbon FiIament.
Few true stories of merited CONNER
cial success illustrate the value of
pluck and perseverance more clearly
than that of Mr.. Thomas A. Edison and
the incandescent electric light. Tt was
ON Oct 16, 1879, says Casters Maya
zine, that Mr.. Edison decided he had
reached conditions under which a car
bon f1lament might be made into a
lamp. Accordingly a cotton thread was
nickel pie. put in a nickel mold and
covered v charcoal and cooked five
hours. 1t then thoroughly carbon
lied, but PLY 1t broke to pieces
when the lr attempted to take 1t
from then
Repeated 1ments brought SINH
lar failures ! late at night ON the
18th one " escued intact, but it
broke while fastened to the con-
Quoting wire her Mr.. Edison nor
his assistant, Nj Charles Bachelor,
had had any sleep ice beginning work
two days before, they determined
to keeP4at work ALL make a lamp be-
fore they slept.
On the 10th they several fla
ments, but all broke in the clamping
process. On the Goth one was success
fully clamped and hope ran high that
the lamp would soon be done, but as it
was being carried from the shop where
1t was made to the glass blowing room
to be sealed in a globe a breath of wind
caught 1t and blew 1t away. ..-
Mr.. Bachelor was dismayed and dis.
gusted. Both men were exhausted and
almost discouraged, but they kept at
work. At last, ON the morning of the
21st, the flfth day since. they had slept,
they had the happiness Of seeing a
lamp finally completed and lighted.
The two men then went to bed and
slept several hours. When they awoke
the new lamp still burned. Mr.. Edison
increased the current, and the lamp
burned more brightly-far more bright
" than they had dared anticipate. 1t
was the first modern incandescent
lamp. Mr.. Edison believed it was a
successful one, but it lasted only two
days and then burned out.
At once a host of employees went to
work carbonizing every available sub
stance In search Of better filament.
In the midst Of the work passage in
one OF Humboldt's books, describing
q certain kind Of bamboo fiber, sud-
denly occurred to Mr.. Edison and sug-
gested to him that the vegetable strand
would be just the thing. At once he
hunted up the passage and reread it.
Then he began a search for the proper
bamboo.
A corps Of trained investigators was
sent out all over the world on this
search, and scarcely a region Of the
known surface of the globe was left
unvisited. A hundred thousand dol
lars was spent In this way before Mr..
William Moore found the proper bam-
boo In northern Japan. To insure
good supply he bought tract Of land
and put 1t in charge Of two native
farmers.
Then with the bamboo fiber began
new experiments, and in the spring of
1881 the first really successful mean
descent lamp was made. 1t burned at
sixteen candle power for nearly 1,6OO
hours, and it's success was thus assur-
ed. Notifications and improvements
followed until absolute success was at
tanned.
The Press., 1904-07-27
w. ID. HEALD

ask the readers Of this paper who are
suffering with indigestion or dyspepsia ta
call on them at once and get q bottle of
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. II you knew the
value of this remedy as We know IL. you
would not suffer another day KodoI
Dyspepsia Cure is q thorough dIgestant
and tissue building tonic as we'll II 10
endorsed personally by hundreds Of people
whom It has cured Of indigestion, dyspep-
sIa, palpitatiOn of the heart and stomach
troubles generally. KodoI Dyspepsia
Cure digests what you eat. II is pleasant,
palatable and strengthening.
The Press., 1904-07-27
Wills and words.

Two Wills were filed with the pro
bate judge In Atchison county.
One read. will give all my prop
erty to my wife"
The other read, II give, devise and
bequeath all my property. real. per
sonal and mixed. together with all ten
ements. Entertainments and appurte-
nances thereuntO belonging or other
wise appertaining to. wherever s;fuat-
forever" etc.
And the fist IS as good rs the last
Kansas City Journal
The Press., 1904-07-27

PILES UPoN Tor OF PILEs.-Piles upon
top Of piles Of people have the Piles, and
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures them.
There are many different kinds of Piles,
but II you get the. genuine and original
A. Tisdale, Of Summerton, 8. g. says.
II had piles 20 years and DeWitt's Salve
cured me after everything else failed.
Sold by w. ID. Heald.
The Press., 1904-07-27

A SOVEREIGN" That CosTs ONLY ONE
DOLLAR.-Dr David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy, of Rondout, N. Y, is ''SOver-
eign' medicine for Nervousness, Rheuma-
tism, Kidney and Liver Complaints, and
all the Ills peculiar to women. Il drives
the poieon from the blood. and restores
the patient to the bloom of health. You
will never regret the exchange Of one dol
lar for a bottle.
The Press., 1904-07-27
Tn. one VINO WASN'T Whipped.

1t was in large school. and one Of
the boys had committed some grave
infraction of discipline. The teacher
announced that he would thrash the
whole class IL some one did not tell
him who had committed the offense.
All were silent. and he began with the
first boy and thrashed every one in the
class until finally he reached the last
one. Then he said, Now, II you VIII
tell me who did this I won't thrash
you" "All right, sir, did IT," was the
reDIy.
The Press., 1904-07-27
prompt reply

TIE new song, Lights Of Home" by
Al. Trahern, founded on LOttie Blair
Parker's latest play Of the same title, l.
very popular In New York Local music
dealers Say they have many calls for THE
splendid song. The melody In excel. nj
and the words tell q splendid story.
Lights Of Home" Is on sale at all music
stores.
The Press., 1904-07-27

Tommy was visiting a neighbours.
At dinner the hostess apologized to him
because the table linen was soiled at
his plate. ...
"Oh, that's nothing" he assured her
promptly. "Ours is worse'n that at
home"- BroOklyn Life
The Press., 1904-07-27

Mrs. Minerva Smith Of Danville, Ill,
writes: Il had bronchitis for twenty
years and never got relief until l used
Foley's Honey and Tar, which is a sure
cure" Sold BY e. K. Taft, druggist.
The Press., 1904-07-27

Here is an old Turkish riddle which
has been handed down for many cen
turtles and yet has never been an
swered: There was once a beggar
who always dreamed he was pasha,
and there was a pasha who always
dreamed he was a beggar. Which was
the happier?"
The Press., 1904-07-27

Phyllis-Charlie Short told me the
other day that he preferred blond girls
Isabel-You must be mistaken. He
proposed to me last week. and am a
decided brunette. PhylIis-True. dear,
but then you have n fair incOme.-St
Louis Republic. ...a
The Press., 1904-07-27

And you say you have trader
asked the kind lady ut the door.
"Yes'm," said the tramp. I'm a work
er in precious metals and stones"
Indeed! And can't you get anything
to do"
"No'm. de perIice and de jewelers. are
all on to me-"
The Press., 1904-07-27

DR.. Blunt-We must wake her, be-
cause / want to ask her IL she has
obeyed my orders. The Patients Hus-
d-Er-ah-doctor, it might be as
we'll to-ah-put that question in a
somewhat different FORM
The Press., 1904-07-27
sometn,nx =. G,ve Them.

'Mary," said the invalid to his wife.
when the doctor pronounced it a case
Of scarlet fever, "if any Of my creditors
call, tell them that am at last in a
condition to give them something"
The Press., 1904-07-27
Mhe,e Shc Eel, wor.,.

A little girl came to her mother one
morning and said, Mamma. ! don't
feel very we'll" well. that's too
bad" said mamma where do you
feel worstY TN school," was the
prompt reply.
The Press., 1904-07-27
Two Bottles Cured Him.

was troubled with kidney complaint
for about two years." writes A. Fl. Davis
of Mt. Sterling, Ia, "but two bottles of
Foley's Kidney Cure effected a perma-
nent cure" Sold by e. K Taft, drug
Oiaf
The Press., 1904-07-27

When Other Medicines Have Failed
take Foley's Kidney Cure. 1t has cured
when everything else has disappointed.
Sold by e. K. Taft, druggist.
The Press., 1904-07-27

Just plain, Ordinary stubbornness
often masquerades as strength of char.
acter.-Atchisou Globe
The Press., 1904-07-27

Ask for Aliens FOOt-Ease. A Powder
To shake into your shoes. 1t rests the feet.
Makes walking easy. Cures Corns, Buni0ns, In
growing Nails swollen and Sweating feet. At
all druggists and shoe stores, CSC. Don't accept
any substitute. Sample FREE. Address, Allen
8. Olmsted, Leroy, Y.
The Press., 1904-07-27

A. r. Bass, Of MorgaDtown, Ind, had
to get up ten or twelve times In the night
and had severe backache and pains In
the kidneys. Was cured by Foley's Kid
ney Cure. Sold by e. z. Taft, druggist.
The Press., 1904-07-27
Sour
Stomach

No appetite. loss Of strength. nervous.
mesa. headache, constipation. bad breath.
general debility. sour risings. and catarrh
Of the stomach are all due to indigestion.
Kodol cures indigestion This new discov-
cry represents the natural juices Of diges-
don q they exist In q healthy stomach.
combined with the greatest known tonic
and rsconstructive properties Kodol Dys-
pspEa Cure does not only cure indigestion
and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy
cures all stomach troubles by cleansing,
purifying. sveetening and strengthening
ths mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr.. S. S. Ball cf Rayenswood. W. Va. says
" was troubled with sour stomach for twenty ysaEe.
Kodol cured mo and ne arc nov using q in MIN
sor baby"
Kodca Digests What You Eat.
Boktiss only. $I.oo Sine holding az times ths tzal
size, which sells for so csnts.
Prepared bs Z. O Dewitt CO.. CHICAGO
For. sale by W. ID HBAID-
The Press., 1904-07-27

Sound kidneys are safeguards OF life.
Make the kidneys healthy with Foley's
Kidney Cure. Sold by e. K. Taft, drug
OiaG
The Press., 1904-07-27
a,o.drnw Has own.

"'St1ngy, isn't he?
you've said it! Why, he holds fast
to everything he gets his clutches on
and even bolts down his dinner!
The Press., 1904-07-27

Foley's Kidney Cure purifies the blood
by straining out impurities and tones up
the whole system. Cures kidney and
bladder troubles. Sold by e. K. Taft,
druggist.
The Press., 1904-07-27

The Rsvistrnrz 20 rhe FTrut varsnx nsuars~s.
Town % stanoFst. wnI ~ m sr-zaaa a. wtwaa-
MAS Carvings saap On FFiaay. Aaxuus sth. an.f
FnaAy. AawuAs rarh. fsam ~ m- mm1m n m
ana N the seeaaa votfnw ptmrrset "a a. q
Aoeis sters. % tns ~anns dafes sd nanls hsazs
Ior the puFpa~e % ma&fnw eaarua enEuum~u2
Iomw o. wnmmrwam.
MnMHAw a. Wanmn1nasm
y. - ASIA heW1zHrMFm
u4vfB unzNHrT
stamarsk CsnnA. Iuly N IN
The Press., 1904-07-27

She had reached the mature age Of
twenty-five on a gray day in Novem-
Der, and the girl and her companion
paced aimlessly up and down the plat
form of the little Scottish railway sta
ton, waiting for the sOuthbound train.
A handsome young man who had
been taking turn up and down the
opposite platform, waiting apparently
for train to the north, glanced across
ut the people who, like himself, paced
back and forth impatiently. AS his
eyes fell upon the tall, graceful girl
with face like a brilliant flower, he
paused in establishment. Then a wave
of warmth and excitement surged over
him and he dashed across the tracks
and advanced with boyish eagerness
toward her.
1t was pretty bit Of comedy spar
king with pleasure, surprise, eager
ness. Then the big black engine swept
down upon them with a wild, trium-
plant shrek as much as to say: mo
more of this nonsense. Come with me
to London, young lady" And in the
midst of their excited greetings, they
were obliged to part.
Not marriedY' she laughed as he
stood at the door Of the compartment
mo, I'm waiting for tile lady fair
he answered gayly. And your
waiting for the gentleman dark"
she replied archly. S