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Busi ness letters of all kinds must be written on separate sheets from letters contaittinw news or matter for publication. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. Treat each man according to I his worth as a man. Distrust all who would have any one A class placed before any other. Other republics have fallen be cause the unscrupulous have substituted loyalty to class for loyalty to the people as a whole. President Roosevelt^ speech at Little Rock. Ark. $+$ SATURDAY. MAY 12, 1906. THE RACE AND THE MUCK RAKE. Every Afro-American should feel deeply grateful to the President for the prominence he has given to the man with the rake. It is true that the President did not allude to the fact that races as well as individuals are the victims of the muck-raker, but nevertheless, such is the case, and the Afro-American, for a long period, has been the favorite victim of the mem bers of the guild. In his case thero has been for a long time "an epidemic of indiscriminate assault upon char acter." The mass of the Afro-American population is composed of honest, in dustrious, faithful workers, but the muck-raking Associated Pres^ takes, great pains to pass over every credit able characteristic of the better class and to give great prominence to every action of the loafers, bummers and vagabonds. The race has given birth to artists, poets, orators and scholars, but their achievements receive very little atten ticn while the evil deeds of the crimi nal class are exploited with hysterical exaggeration. The President's scourging of the muck-raker is timely and needs to be applied in many directions not con templated by him. For instance, how strikingly it applies to such a freak as tomdizon. when the- President re rrarks: "The fool who has not sense enough to discriminate between what is good and what is bad is well nigh as dangerous as the man who does dis criminate and yet chooses the bad." THE RULE O THE MOB Upon the subject of lynching, prom inent Democrats entertain as widely divergent opinions as they do upon other questions of morals and .politics. Senator Tillman arises in the Senate and unreservedly justifies this form of atrocious lawlessness. On the con trary Governor Folk of Missouri, de nounces the Springfield lynchers ,as "cowardly assassins upon whom the extreme penalty of the law against murder should be inflicted by the law." Commenting upon this utterance of Gov. Folk, the Chicago Inter-Ocean re marks: "Not one circumstance of the case justifies, excuses, or even pal liates the murder that was done. Those who ,did the deed are simply murderers and brutal and cowardly murderers." And it will be seen that the Demo cratic governor is as emphatic in de nunciation of the crime as a strong Republican newspaper. This may be taken as an evidence that sensible men are rapidly coming to the conclusion that the country can no longer afford to be ruled by a mob of ruffans and thugs. Public sentiment is fast reach ing the point when it will demand and enforce the hanging of a few lynchers. ROSSWELL PAGE'S ROT At the Hampton commencement, Rosswell Page, a brother of Thomas Nelson Page said: "I stand here to congratulate you on being Negroes. You don't want to be white men. You want to be Negroes. I don't want the Negro to go. I want him to stay in Virginia and be a good citizen." Why Afro-Americans who live in Virginia and are subject to the in famous class of that infamous com monwealth, should be congratulated on being "Negroes" is beyond the com prehension of THE APPEAL. As well congratulate a soul on residence in the regions of the damned. In Virginia the Afro-American who is a good citizen is not nearly so well treated as a Caucasian. Criminal char acter in an Afro-American counts of nothing in Virginia. If Rosswell Page were a true friend of the oppressed he Vould use his voice against the wrongs heaped upon the people he congratulates. The Negro in Virginia is not a sub ject for congratulation. A MODERN ANANIAS. At the Virginia Day exercises at Hampton Institute, Governor Swanson of Virginia made a speech and had the supreme nerve to say: "I feel kindly toward the colored race and I am anxious to see the race get along well in Virginia. And I want to say too that the people of .Virginia have always felt kindly toward the colored race." The people of Virginia who happen to be in control have shown their kind ly feeling by endeavoring in every way possible to reduce to .pariahs the Afro Americans who constitute about one third of the population and contribute to the wealth and standing of the state. Swanson. has within three months as governor signed the infamous law which compels all of the common car- HON. JOSEPH G. CANNON. Celebrates His Seventieth Birthday at Washington. Everybody who represents official lif e" in" Washington, from the President down, united in the great birthday pa rty at the Arlington Monday evening, which celebrated the seventieth anni versary of the birth of Speaker Can- non. The Speaker, standing at the iddle of a reception line of his col- leagues of the House, a miniature the Capitol at his back, and with the receiving line flanked by a display .flowers that covered the entire end of the receiving .parlor, greeted, probabl 1,200 friends who came with their tributes of affection and their shower of congratulations. The guests talked a good deal abou the Speaker for President, and it was noticed that everything was for him Democrats and all. riers in the state to provide Jim Crow cars for the people towards whom he "feels so kindly." Governor Swanson is evidently a direct descendants of Ananias. THE SUWANEE RIVER. In a recent address Prof. Kelly Mil ler says: "What song yet ascribed to the glory of Hail Columbia, equals in power of pathetic appeal and strength of local endearment the yearnful quest of the slave for his home land. "Way Down Upon the Suwanee River!" If the professor had been properly informed, he would have known that "Way Down Upon the Suwanee River" is not a slave song, but was composed by S. C. Foster, an accomplished Cau casian musician of Pittsburgh, Pa., who was closely related by marriage to President Buchanan. The song was played at Mr. Foster's funeral. To suppose an ignorant Afro-American or ignorant man of any race to have been the author of such a masterpiece is as reasonable as to suppose him to be the author of Newton's Principia, or of a treatise upon Integral Calculus. Ex-Mimster to HaitiOwner of Immense Plantations in Cuba. PRESIDENT THIRKIELD. The Rev. Wilbur P. Thirkield, D. D., has been elected president of Howard University to succeed Rev. John Gor don who was allowd to resign several months ago. Dr. Thirkield is well known in educa tional circles. He is the founder and former president of Gammon Theologi cal Seminary for which institution he obtained an endowment fund, of. a half Million dollars. During the past four years Dr. Thir kield has been corresponding secretary of the Freedman's Aid and Southern Edlication Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The trustees of Howard University are to be congratulated on the selec tion of Dr. Thirkield as he is a man of learning and character and is absolute ly without race prejudice. UNCLE JOSEPH CANNON. Illinios is proud of her adopted son, Joseph G. Cannon. The reception tendered the Speaker in honor of his seventieth anniversary, Monday night at Washington, shows that the people of the whole country without regard to creed or party, love and revere Our Uncle Joseph. A man is as old as he feels and, judging by that standard, Uncle Joe is about forty. Joseph G. Cannon is a type of the rugged honest American citizen. If Uncle Joseph wants to be presid ent. Illinois is with him. A month ago, a lot of Italians and Greek laborers was imported from Chicago to Kentucky to construct the Hopkinsville branch of the Illinois Central Railway. At the end of the month a majority of the force struck for higher wages. They walked off in a body, leaving the company with out sufficient number of men to pros ecute the work. Such is the usual re sult of the attempts to displace Afro American labor in the South. The business men of that section show very little sagacity by paying heed to the gab of a lot of two-by-four politi cians. MTEJIEPOSE FRIENDLY ADVICE TO THE FID- GETY SCHOOLGIRL. Serenity One of the Most Charming of Girlish TraitsAnger a Foe to Health and HappinessThe Art of Sitting Still Gentle Courtesy Bobs Life of Its FrictionAs a Na tion, We Are All Marching on the Double Quick. BY MARGARKT E. SANGSTER. I doubt very much whether girls be tween 13 and 16 ever appreciate ths importance of knowing how to sit still. This is one of .the lessons we learn at school, and it is fully as valuable as any lesson in science or literature, or any other department in which we are instructed. Girls are often fidgety, jumping up and rushing about when there is no need for restless activity, and changing their posture until look ing at them is fatiguing to other peo ple. Unless we learn how to sit still when we are young, we Seldom, master the art successfully when we are older. I can think of a famous man whose name is honored Wherever it is heard. He has one fault of manner that he has never overcome he cannot sit still. In a drawing rqpin he wriggles and fidgets and actually when excited bounces up and down like a ball, and wise hostesses invariably take the pre caution to seat him in their strongest chairs. In church he slips down in front of the pew, leans his head on the raijing, contorts himself in queer fashion, and furnishes entertainment for his neighbors and annoyance to the minister. All this could have been al tered had anybody taken pains to teach the man how to sit still in his boyhood One of the most charming things in girlhood is serenity. It would pay a father should he spend much money in having his pretty daughter taught outward repose. "How can I be calm and placid?" asks Josephine, "when I am bubbling up and effervescent inside? How cavi I look tranquil when I am angry and disturbed?" The questions are well put, although they touch opposite aspects of the case. It is natural that girls should be bub bling up with gaiety and high spirits. A dull, stupid girl, who Has no fun in her and who does not care about good times is so exceptional that we are sure she is ill and, if we are sensible, send for the doctor to look her over and tell us what do But one ma be brigh and cheerful, may laugh and merry v] i- 4 HON. JOHN S. DURHAM. ^:':''l^4r*\ J4 i 1 '3^ i-**? yettbe so. self-restrainedy an that she will not let her fun break in upon the quiet of her friends, or so far forget herself as to force it upon them. if they are in a different mood. A girt who has learned to sit still controls her fun just as she does every other act and state of body and mind. As to being angry and disturbed, I must say plainly that such tempers in girlhood are very' unwholesome. Anger in most circumstances is a foe to health and happiness, and is like a snake in the grass or an enemy within the gates in i^^'ect upon character. Very few peOplj^ can afford to indulge anger. It is^ the'most poisonous and upsetting of passions, and leads to no end of misery. Neither should a girl let herself be disturbed when things go a little Wron^. They are bound to go wrong now an then, and when they do we must be philosophical and make file best of it.. You remember Charles Dickens |n jhis "FIve-and-Twen'ty Tattycorum." "JThe absurd name be longed to a charity child, who lived in the house ol a [philosopher, and when she threw herself jnto a fit of frenzy, as she sometimes did, the good man told her to count five and twenty be fore she said a single word. Some of us would have to county five and twen ty several times before we had quite conquered our vexation, especially if we had never learned how to wait and be patient. The wise man said in the Proverbs, "Better is he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city," an no timer word was ever spoken. One advantage given to girls who learn to dance and to boys who are taught military tactics is found in the control they gain over their muscles, and the flexibility and poise that come through movement in harmony with rhythm and law. An equal advantage would be gained should girls and boys practice sitting still. As, however, we hardly expect so much repose in tne brothers as in the sisters, the latter must try to set the finer examples. In the art of sitting still may be com prehended the low tone that is so de lightful a thing in speech, and the, gentle courtesy that robs life of fric tion. I am constantly hearing people say that they are too busy to do this or the other thing, that they are so hurried that they cannot get through the day's tasks, and that they are tired before the day begins with the mere thinking of what they have to do. Hurry has intruded into the air w-y breathe, arid we go whirling through the world as if we were horses on a race track. When a ferry boat is abour to arrive at the dock, or a train ap- proacb.es the station, the passengers spring to their feet and hasten out pell mell, as if life depended on their crowding out together and not losing an instant's time. As a nation we are aR marching on the double-quick. It is fortunate for school girls that they are obliged to enter and leave class rooms with order arid moderation. The good habit thus formed taay .stand them *in stead by-ahd-bye. A good deal of illness, headache, and nervous ness would be saved if only we could take our time, wait a little, be consid erate and win what a clever author nas called "power through repose." When I was a schoolgirl I had two intimate friends, one of. whom was very beautiful and very mercurial, with as many changes in her face as an April sky.t Every passing emotion brought its* corresponding facial ges ture. She was never the same for two minutes. When she was talking her whole face seemed alive with move ment. The other girl was quiet and dignified, not so responsive to every breeze as*her companion. Yet, never theless, she was sympathetic and charming. She was a. rather plain girl. No one thought of her as having any claim to beauty. Twenty years after we fhad JUST HER STYLE. S#, p^&'Will you show me one of those straight-frpnted. cprses4 please?" i fz Chicago Journal. J' 'iZtff&:'-' all left school the first girl had grown thin, angular and home ly her brow had lines that ought not to have been there, and her eager eyes flamed in a hollow face. The other was by this time beautiful. She had gained something lovely from every year that had gone over her head. She had known how to sit still and let tho repose of her spirit illuminate her countenance. (Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowle*, A SENSIBLE COSTUME., Neat Frock Made of Gray Tweed Trimmed with Red Velvet The Hat a Bed Straw. A very dark gray tweed is em ployed for this costmue. The skirt is cut with a narrow front and wide circular sides joining up the center back. The foot of the sides and back is trimmed with two shaped flounces, the upper one being sewn on under a stitched strap, the fends of wbicli curve up each side the front. The bolero is tight-fitting and double-breasted it is trimmed! witlt FOR THE YOUNG GIRL.. stitched straps, and is fastened anil-, ornamented with tiny gun-m^tal but tons. The collar is faced with dark red velvet. The deep waistband is also of red velvet worn with a red silk blouse.. The hat is: of red straw, trimmed with ribbon velvet. Material required: Five yards tweed, three and one-half yards skirt lin ing, three yards silk for lining bolero, and three'-fourths yard velvet. ETIQUETTE FOR THE BRIDE. Unless something prevents, a bride should return her first calls in two weeks after receiving them. If no. "day" is given, suit your own con^ venience. It Is better form for a husband's and wife's cards to read the same way, but if expense is an item to be con sidered the cards may be used as they are, for everyone understands- what makfcs the difference. Two of the husband's cards are al ways left when it is a first call, after that, unless it is a party call, they need not bo left. The cards from out-of-town people need not be returned. The Big Leghorn. One of the most welcome of the re turned fashions is the big Leghorn pic ture hat, than which nothing better was ever invented. Such a beauty was seen this week. The wide brim was draped with a white gauze scarf, bro caded with a large gold figure, while the low crown was eovered with shaded pink roses without foliage. The under brim was lined with pink satin ribbon. In the back was a huge bow of the ribbon. Knowles ^uildin*. n Chris PrePa"atory 11 WuUwiS^JSS'* LOCATION In the Black Belt of Alabama where the blacks outnumber tuewhites three to one. ENROLLMENT AND FACULTY Enrollment last year 1,253 males, 88V females, 371. Average attendance, 1,105.~ Instructors, 88. COURSE O STUDY English education combined with industria'. training 28 industries in constant operation. VALUE O PROPERTY Property consisting- of 2.267 acres of land. SO buildings almost wholly built with student labor, is valued at $350,000, and no mortgage. NEEDS $50 annually for the education of each stu. dent ($200 enables one to finish the course $1,000creates permanent scholarship. Students pay their own board in cash and labor.) Money in any amount for current expenses and building. Besides the work done by graduates as -las room and industrial leaders, thousands ."a reached through the Tuskegee Negro Confer ence. Tuskegeeis40miles east of Montgomerv and 136 miles west of Atlanta- on the Western'Ratl roa Alabama. Tuskegee is a quiet, beautiful old Southern town, and is an ideal place for study. The cli mate is at all times mild and uniform, thus making the place an excellent winter resort. SCOTIA SEMINARY CONCORD, N. C. This well known school, established for the higher education of girls will open for the next term October 1. Every effort will be made to provide for the comfort, health and thorough instruction of stu dents. Expense for board, light, fuel, washing, $45. for term of eight months. Address Rev. D. J. Satterfield, O. O., Concord, N. C. AVERY COLLEGE TRADES SCHOOL ALLEGHENY, P. A A Practical, literary and Industrial Trades School for Afro-American Boys and Girls. Unusual advantages for Girls and a separate building. Address, JOSEPH D.MAHONSY Principal. Allegheny, Pa KlorristownNormaICollege 1 FOUNDED I N 1881. Fourteen teachers. Elegant an! commodi ous buildings. Climate unsurpassed. Depart* ments: college Preparatory Normal, Eng. lish, Music, Shorthand, Typewriting and In dustrial Training. FIFTY DOLLARS I N ADVANCE Will pay for board, room, light, fuel, tuition and Incidentals for the entire year. Board 6.00 per month tuition f2.00 per term. Thorough work done in each department Send for circula.- to the president, RET. (JDSON 8. HILL, D. D. ttc'lgtown. T""v Newfhglant CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC BOSTON, Mass. All the advantages of (be finest and most completely equipped Conservatory building in tbe world, tbe at mosphere of a recognized center of Art and Music and association with the masters in the Profession are offered student"! nt tbe New England Conservatory of Music. Thorough work in all departments of music. Courses can be arranged in Elocution and Oratory. C-EORGE W, CHADWICK. Musical Director. All particulars and ytar book mtl be lent on application uC,I COLLEGES NB SCHOOLS. la^^alA^ci?nt1flc- fiPh^Kr^U,^c1te*i.f 1 and matKa for little $ Monday in Septembei. Tenn to^K^ 8- boftrd 5iKfL"^l a i BOYS' Hall. S:one Han. Girls' mil. Modfel Borne- Mottl TUSKEGEE tal a i Mitt TUSKEGEE A1UAB&MA. (INCORPQRA.T.BD) Organized July 4 1881, by the State Legis. Iatre as The Tuskeg.ee State Normal School. Exempt from taxation. BOOKER T. 'WASffiliN.&TON, Principal. WARREN IOG-A.N, Treasurer. UNIVERSITY, Atlanta. Ga.1g|,g tta Institution, devoted .especially to advanced education. College Ncj and Eng.ish H'gh School courses, with Industrial Training. Supert't advantages tn Music and Printing Ath ^i for boys. Physical cui* ire for girls Home !i4 Bd iraimng. Aid given to needjc and descrvfrfe students. Term begins the first Wednes^lfg October. For catalogueajd information, address Pfetideat HORACE BUMSTEAD. D.D. S?1"*?1?- ^r1fo**tleTtoysfrom6 1 ioal .eDtember send sor catalogue WssMeut o* Knoxvule CtoUca^ nox7ilU of in this Seminary address J\LL, TRAINS VIA WASHINGTON &>4 Sk. Virginia Normal GoJfegsfe PRTESBUGv VA. ^epartmietrts- -Nbrittal and Cof'j* jj-feaie Special attention to'Vocal an Instrumental Mueie,Taeocetical AgR culture, Sewing andjTooking. Hirfwhy location ,heated stea.t lurhtect by "'^ctricity:- roomy boax* tuition, light an&Snat, $60 For Catalog and Partlcriara write to J. H. JOHNSTON, President- Agricultnral. Mechanical Normal an Common Pilty-flve_Dollars a Year to 15"yeare-.uTernxbtgin&las tuition." *riel %ht and furnished roon Separate home tfAMMON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ATLANTA, GEORGIA AIM& AND METHODS The aim of this school is to do prac tical work in helping men towards suc cess in the ministry. Its course of study Is broad and practical its ideas are high its work is thorough its methods are fliesh, systematic, clear and simple. COURSE OF STUDY The regular course of study occupies three years, and covers the lines of work in the several departments of theological instruction usually pursued in tne lead ing theological seminaries of the country. EXPENSES AND AID Tuition and room rent are free. Th apartments for students ilre plainly fur nished. Good board can be had: for seven dollars per month. Buildings heat ed by steam. Aid from loans without interest, and gifts of friends, are granted' to deserv ing students who do their utmost in the line of ,self-help. N young- man with grace, gifts, and energy, need'be deprived the advantages now opened to him For further particulars L. G. ADKINSON, Di D:, Pres. Gammon Theological' Seminal V, ATLANTA* GEORGIA. BRAINERD INSTITUTE CHESTER, S. A normal end industrial school with a English education, and lay a solid foun~ dation for success and usefulness in every vocation of life. Board and boarding haB graded course of study, designe.1 to give a thorough, symmetrical and complete HOWARD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL. DEPARTMENT (Including Medical, Dental: ank Pharmaceutic Colleges* INCORPORATED 1867 Thirty-eighth session will' begin, Oc tober 2, 1905, and oontinue eight months. Students matriculate for Day Instruction. 4-Years' Graded Course in Medicine. 8-Years' Graded Course in Dental Surgery. 3-Years' Graded Course in Pharmacy. Instruction is given by didactic lec tures, quizzes, clinics and practical lab oratory demonstrations. Well-equip 6ed laboratories in all departments, nexcelled hospital facilities. All students mutt register before October 14, 1905. Fo further information or catalogue, apply to F. 3. SHADD, A. M., M. D Sec'y. 01 Street, N. W.. Washington, D. C. TIUOTSON COLLEGE, AUSTIN, TEXAS, The Oldest and Best School ir fexas for Colored Students. Faculty rr -^ly gradu ates of well known colleges ij_ north. Reputation unsurpassed. Manual train ing apart of the regular course. Music a special feature of the school. Special ad vantages for earnest students seeking to help themselves. Send for catalogue and: circular to REV. MARSHALL GAJNRS,.*. M^ PRBS-IDRST, SAMUEL HUSTOK COLLEGE, A Christian School 1&ti22 BALTIMORE, OHIO R. km 1 raouJtl Prosrreshive in all departments, best Method! Of Instruction, Health of/ Students carefull* looked after Students taught to do manual labor as well as think. Po catalogue an other information, write to the president, R. S LOVINGGOOD, AU8TIN, TSKA9- i 1" Lf*\*\ 3r 1 &i Sa^-I8f "5^ w*