THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. i 11 fV4 THE NEGRO PROBLEM It Will Be Solved by Modern Indus trial Education. Some Lessons l.rnrnpil hy it Visit to Hampton Inatltnte nnth the j Only Sprtlnn Where Ne groes Inn Thrive. (Special Hampton (Va.) Letter.) HUMAN nature Is a queer thinp, nnd every man or wotnun living Ik more or less of a busybody. fVe are opt to work ourselves into a perfect frenzy of excitement over tiling which do not concern us nnd ore rvtr rendy to offer advice on questions about which we know absolutely noth ing. Take the negro problem f or example. One of the most rodlcal pleas In fuvor AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE:. (Colored Students Receiving Instruction tn bricklaying.) of political and uncial equality of ne groes which the writer ever hcnrl was :iittcred by a handsome little pcntle man who had never been outside the tatc of Massachusetts and who, nc eordiiicr to his own confession, had .never met more than three representn iives of the colored race his barber, bis neighbor's coachman and the fam Sly washerwoman. Personally he had no desire to associate with these esti mable persons on on equal footing, yet lie was honest in the belief that the people of the south should recognize the negroes us their equals. He be lieved the medicine he prescribed to be good, but his own stotnnch was not quite strong enough to swallow it. In summing up his argument he admitted cautiously and reluctantly that itbere were two sides to the question, his side and the wrong side. I eventually, there can be no doubt, rthe negro problem will settle itself; bat it is equally certain that well-nieiin-jlng mischief makers will retard rather than advance its solution. The colored ronn is destined to work out his own salvation, in his own way and in his lown-time. The only aid which white agitators cun R'v him. 's of nn educa tional and financial nature. In a so cial way they can do absolutely nothing- for him. Persons who talk about colonizing negroes in the n'orth are mistaken. The sonth Is the only section of the coun try where the colored race can pros per and grow in thrift and influence. This fact is recognized by such men as Hooker T. Washington and Paul Lnw Tence Dunbar as well as by the heads f the various institutions of learning ' for colored youth. In the north the negro cannot find employment as a me chanic or at ollice work. He is not wanted as clerk in a store nor in an of ficial capacity, For the educated col ored man there are three openings: he may become a preacher, a doctor or a lawyer among his own people. The uneducated man must either do nian iuiil labor, work for a railroad as por ter, polish shoes, be a waiter or a bar ter. In the south, on the other hand, AN OLD-TIME BARN. fThls Is the Way Negroes Used to Keep Their Block.) lie can find employment as a carpenter, bricklayer, shoemaker, tailor, harness suaker, stone mason, dairyman, farm overseer ond in a score of other fairly lucrative occupations. He is not dis criminated ogainst on account of his color, and in southern cities it is not unusual to see the colored mechanics lay brick while white helpers earry the hod. Such a state of affairs would not be countenanced by northern trades unions for a single duy. Hut the solva tion of the negro lies not so much in trade as in agriculture, and by nature and inclination he is adapted to tilling ouniern soil. The great forward strides made by the race during the .past decade can be ascribed to the fact .that progressive colored men nave turned their .attention to general furming ond have, in a comparatively .short time, acquired much valuable property and a sense of lndepen dence which has taught them to re ipect their calling and their people. ' AVe hear in these days a great deal about the advancement of the southern negro, and most of it, let us record it .with joy, is true; but we do not hear to a It e i) no ugh of the man who is pii (inarily responsible for this happy state ,l anairs ueu. a. j. Armstrong, who, tn 1888, founded the Hampton instl- ... JV v r- n f ' Pi v vTtY " tute, near Hampton, Vo., for the prno tleal education of negro youth and de voted his life to tli e upbuilding of this Institution from which proceeded Tuskegre, Calhoun and oilier indus trial school of a siuiilnr cliiiriii-tti'. (Sen. Armstrong's Idea was a noble one nnd has borne rich fruit. His motto was "learning by doing." lie did not wan I to make while men mill women out of colored boys and girls. Ilis one niin was to educate lliem systematic ally and teach them n trade so that they might be able toelevnte their peo ple along educational lines. While the academic features are not neglected at Hampton, the students are constantly j kept in an atmosphere of busy industry and taught that labor is divine. His training at Hampton made Hooker T. Washington what he Is, and if the In stitution hod turned out no other graduate but this truly great man its mission would still -have been a great one. Although orlginolly founded as a school for colored youth, Indians have been admitted to Hampton since 1K7S. In ('apt. Pratt brought 15 prison ers of war from St. Augustine to Hampton. He remained one year, bringing in the meantime other Indi ans from the west. So successful wag this experiment in Industrial educa tion for the Indian that the now fa mous Carlisle school was established. Some fi.OOO young people of the negro ond Indian races have had the advan tages of Hampton's training, and have gone out as teachers, farmers, me chanics and business men to lift their people to a higher level and It Is a fact universally recognized in the south that whole counties have been trans formed by their work; tumble-down cabins have given place to cozy homes and dirty harnynrdsconve rted into up-to-date dairies with site's and other modern Improvement s. At the present time Hampton has about 51)0 negro scholars and 135 In dian boys and girls, who are under the supervision of so officers and teach ers. Fifty-five buildings accommodate this busy army. These include dormi tories, school buildings, library, church, hospital, gymnasiums, saw and planing mill, various shops, a well equipped trade school and a large building for domestic science and agri culture. Military discipline is main tained and the boy students are re- MODEL. BARN WITH SILO. (Built on His Farm by a Hampton Insti tute Graduate.) quired to wear the substitute uniform They are divided into companies and batallions, have formed a baud and glee, football and other clubs. The trade department includes thorough courses in carpentry, cabinet making, bricklaying, plastering, paint ing, whechvrighting, blacksmithing, uuichine work, steam engineering, tailoring, shoe and harness making tlustnithing and printing. A trade course occupies three years the tirst in the trade school; the second in one of the production industries, to get on idea of the commercial value of the work, and the third again in the trade school, where the course is completed. The agricultural department is fully equipped lor class-room, luuoruioi-y, farm-engineering, dairy and green house work, and hus several grain, vegetable and stock farms and or chards, on which the students have instruction and practice. The domes tic science department furnishes in struction iu sewing, dressmaking, laundering, cooking and housekeeping, thus preparing the girl graduates ta teach their people the art of home- making. The impression has gained ground thut Hampton institute is a govern ment school. Much is not the case however. The Institution is a private corporation, undenominational in character, controlled by 17 trustees and managed by Principal If. H. Fris sell. Its income is derived from nn endowment fund, which is just one fourth as large as needed, from the sule of goods manufactured in the workshops, farm und dairy products and from the receipts of the glee clubs which visit the north during the win ter season. For the deficit in running expenses, aggregating about $O,r)O0 per year, the school is obliged to up- neul to the public. One thing which impresses the vis itor to Hampton more thun anything else is the self-reliaace of the students The vounir men and women are perfec In their deportment, courteous in manner, conscious of their man and womanhood, but never "fresh." They are the hope of their race and of fa more value to the nation than the su perficially-educoted northern negro whose display of learning usually i ludicrous, if not pathetic. They will also be mighty factors in the readjust ment of southern polities and Institu tions; but they will never be accorded social equality in the south, where th prejudice against the negro is a social factor let it be saia in a Lmcago wnis- ner is almost as strong as In the north. O. W. WICIPP1ERT, 1 Where (he Moon Is Jlrlsht. In Zululand, when the moon is a, the full, objects are visible nt a din tance of seven miles. Hy starlight one can read with ease. The ORIGINAL and MOST SMOKED long cut tobacco In all the United States, manufactured with the express purpose of blending the two qualities, that of a good smoke and a good chew, i It is made of ripe, sweetened "Burley," the only tobacco from which a perfect combination of smoking and chewing tobacco can be made. ' Gail Q Ax Navy Is known by the distinctive character of its blue wrap per (which has many imitators), it being to-day identically the same as forty years ago. and it now stands for the quality that it did then. You get the very best, and take no chances, when you buy Gail 6 Ax Navy. National Specialism la Medical Treat- meat. Almost every community has some one physician vt-no nas naa remarKnuie success in the treatment of certain diseases. Oiher doclois envy him and sometimes malign him. But he doesn t give the other doctors the secret of his cures, lie worked to win that secret. lis discovery demanded time, thought and brains. He keeps the secret he won, goes on curing these special dis eases and presently develops into a special ist. I'eople come at last thousands of miles to be treaicd by him and to take the medi cine which has cured so many others of a similar disease. 1J... ..an.l n rvmn 1 1. nn.. fW 1 B tif mllfl must be rich, and the number of patients who can be personally treated must be limited. Let us suppose this successful another view of specialism. Let us suppose that he says: "If I treat only the few who are near me or can afford to come to me and pay large lees, i can icacn nm lew people. , TU...A mum ikniuinni HiA urlinm IhnH nthfi" 1 .i, . n-r ,.,,r- i., n,ise i h-v haven't mv secret and because they can't reach me, nnd n many cases don t know me. Why not co out to the people instead ot tnetr coming to liter lly li Ul IZivc my uicuiviuw ii nt. many at a smalt cost rather than to the few for fat fees? Why not put up my successful preparations, place thenj in every drug store within reach of the sick, and tell the people through the news apers what this medicine will do?" That is the thought that came to Dr. K. V. Pierce, of Buffalo. N. V. He had suc ceeded with two prescriptions in a remarka ble way. lie came to ihe place where the call for his services along ihe lines of the he HiTccted compelled him to become a specialist. He could no give time to the treatment ot otner iurms ui uiscusc wniv-n any another physician could cure as well as he. He w-as compelled to specialize ms work along the lines of his success. Mow the question came, shall I be a narrow spec ialist or a broad one? Shall 1 he a local specialist or a national specialist? Shall I take the few fat fees and know that theie are thousands who can't pay me or reach my treatment, or shall I put up this medi. cine, send it all over the country and sell it at a price within the reach of all? Dr. Herce decided to be a National Specialist, to accept for his put up prescrip tions the odious title of "patent medicines " and trust to their successful cures to vindi cate his action. How thorough this vindication has been is witnessed by thousands nnd hundreds of thousands of healthy men and women who owe health and even life to Dr. Tierce's Golden Medical Discovery, which cures dis eases of the stomach and olher organs of di gestion and nutvition, and Dr. Pierce's Favorite I'rescription, which cures womanly diseases. Modern conditions demand that we do not class medicines like Dr. Pierce's with the "patents" of the past, but call them in proper terms, pul -up prescriptions. What the Strike Is Costing. The strike is now in its fourth week. Allowing the miners six days a week of labor, which thev would have had in the condition of the coal market, the loss to the miners for the three weeks of idleness is $t,8go,ooo, the loss to the other employes put out of work because of the strike is $900, nnn, th loss to the operators is $7,800,000. Thus the loss to date bv the strike to employer and em ployes is $12,594,000. The business men of the region estimate their loss at approximately $3,225,000. Salt will cure catarrh if used per ststentlv. Make a solution as strong as can be easily borne and snuff it up into one nostril at a time, retaining it there a second or two. It should be used three times a day, and the water must be slightly warmed. fMIIIIUUIIIUIUIIIIIIIISA J0,W.GAH4AX. it iUTtMoaV.a ,lHiiiiimi('iiiiiiiimiiii Pure Food Laws Enforced. More Grocers Fined For Selling Alum Baking Fowders. The St. Louis papers report several more grocers brought to trial upon the charge of sellinc baking powder containing alum in violation ot ihe law. The parties were all convicted and each fined $100. Several baking powders which have been found by analysis to contain alum have been offered in this mark- et. 1 hey are called 1JAVIS U. Js.., CROWN, GOLDEN SHIELD. In nlaces similar powders, under these or other names, are offered for sale at from ten to twenty cents a pound Q j taking powder is One Of the ' ... most useful things in the kitchen There are several good powders On tne market: housekeeoers will help (ne authorities jn their etforts t0 pro- 111 mote the sale of pure and wholesome food, if when buying baking powder tnev wji jnsjst upon having some one f h fc bran(s of cream of " 1 . tartar powders, which are pure and healthful beyond a doubt. Bo Danger from LocuBts This Year. Professor Alvin Davidson, of Lafayette College, says it is probable the insect "wrongly termed tne 17 year locust, will not cause any trouble, as the country is full of English sparrows which eat them ravenously. Under the trees ot the college camp us one may see hundreds of cicada wings, which the birds have torn from the insects while devouring them. The laree sand wash, or cicada killer also carries vast numbers during June and Tulv. On account of the pres ence of these two natural enemies, entomologists predict that the 17 year locust will become extinct during the present century. A. Koyal Arcanum Ruling. A number of important changes and decisions were made by the bu preme Council of the Royal Arcanum at its deliberations at Atlantic vuy. In the future the executive commit tee will pass upon paying policies of suicides who may have been clement ed at the time of their self-destruction and the policies of men who take their lives will be forfeited if they had not been at least five years in the order. Counterfeit Ooia About It is said that a number of towns hereabouts have been for the last few days fairly flooded with counterfeit money. It is in the denominations of silver dollars, quartets and nickels Where the money is coming from is. of course, a mystery, but the author! ties are investigating the matter. A sack of flour dumped into th empty flour chest of a cheerless home will bring more solid comfort to an I empty stomach than a cottage prayer J meeting. ROADS IN GERMANY. How Ther Are Kept In Itepnlr With, ont Any A pprcclnlile Tout to Ihe Taxpayers. Americans concede that rondinnking in (iermany is a line art. Few, how ever, realize that road repairing has been reduced to a comparat ivcly cheap art as well. I wish devotedly that local societies could be former in order to study it, and apply the results of the study to country roads in America. I spoke once on the subject to an audi ence of lenilisg cit izens in I'lster coun ty in New York, an ideal county to ex periment In, having all the three chief things for success. I mean stones, paupers nnd fruit trees. (iermuns, I namely, find that It pays to encournge I peasants to free their fields of stones; the property rises in value taxing alue. The stones thrown into heaps iv the roadside are purchased by the district road-repairing commission. Poor men, who otherwise would have to be supported in aimsnouses, are hired to break these stones, and then are trained to the work of repairing he roadbeds. The money to pay the men 1s maoe oy biuiiommiK w the highest bidder the crops of the fruit trees that were planted on both sides of the highway when it was built, nnd which ore nourished well by the manure that falls along the road and is pushed at Intervals by a road tender noon their roots. The purchaser of the crop sees to it that his fruit is not stolen. The rond commissioners have no bother about thnt. And although the sale is by auction, it brings in con siderable'. Kvery burgher knows how much, because the sales of highwuy fruit crops are published in the local newspapers. Countess von nrocKow, in Chicago Tribune. CHARTER NOTICE. Nntina Is herebv elven that an application will be madi) to thu Governor of the state et 1'ennsylvanln on Monday the tlitrtlentli day ot June, l'Mfi. by J. Lee Harman, William H. (.'wr iter, W. D. lim-kly, anrl H A. McKtlllp unnrlli Act of Assembly of thn commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act to provide for the Incorporation und. Hfffiilatlcn of certain Corporations," approved April -Jf, 74, and the supplements thereto, for the charter of an In tended corporal Ion, to be called "The Harman Coificer Co.,'-the character and object whereof Is the manufacture of Iron and steel, or both, or of any 01 her mot nl, or of any article of com- mcice rrom nietai or wooo, or mini, muiui these purposes, to have, possess and enjoy all the rlKlus. benefits and privileges of the BUld Act of Assembly and Its supplements. II A. MOKUlipi Hollcltors. 6-i 4t. W. D. Beckley ! 801ILU0rs- CHARTER NOTICE. vntteo Is herebv irtven that an application will be made lo the Governor of Pennsylvania on Friday June Bth, l'.ioa, under thn Act of As- iunihiv eniu.ien -An Act. to nruTHiw mr inn in corporation and regulation of certain corpora tions," approved April , 1WI, and the supple ments t nereiu, oy tllllltlll II. JUu, rnr.7 n. Hharpless, Keilben .1. niiuman,weorne 11. nnnwii and Charles K. Kandull for the charter of an liueneded cornoratlon, to be called tne-t ara wihhh car and Foundry Comnany."the character and object of which Is the manufacture of cars of all kinds, car wheels and any article of com merce trom wood or iron or Doin.anu nrr i.ihiwi purposes to have and possess and enjoy all the rliflns. benents and privileges of suld act of As sembly and supplements thereto. Q.l,r4t. w . 11. lllll v ounuiiui. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. In re-estate of Louisa Ann Yowo, late ofOrang tutensMp, Col. Co. Pa., Oeoeasea. Kni lee in herebv irtven thnt letters of adminis tration on tuo estate ot Louisa Ann Younu, lute of Oranire township, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned administrator to whom all parsons Indebted to said estate are requested to maxe payments, and those bavlnK claims or demands will make known tho same llhout. delay to .w, C'LINTON USBKINO, B. F. OADMAN, Atty. Administrator EXECUTRIX' NOTICE. Estate of Kll Jones, late of Bloiyinatmro. Pa. Notle.e Is herebv alventliat letters testament ary on the estate of Kll Jones, late of the town of BloomsburK, count y of Colombia, Pa , deceas ed, have been granted to Mrs. Lavlna Jones, resident of said town, to whom all persons In debted to said estate are retjtiested to make pvment, ana tnos navinif claims ur uenmuua will make known the sumo wit hout delay. Executrix, 6-8 6t" Bloomsburg, Pa. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Harriet Roan, late of Bloomtburg, Pa., deveasea. w.irien la hnrehv trlven that letters of adminis tration on the estate of Harriet Hoan, late of the town ot Uloomsburg, county of Columbia, Pa., deceased, have been granted to the under slifned administrator to whom all persons In debiedto said estate are requested to make pavment, aud thoso having claims or demands will make known the same wlihout delay to Admlnlst rator. G-8 et Hloomsbarg, Pa, -PROFESSIONAL CARDSJS- N. U. FUNK, ATTORMCT-AT-LAW, Mrs. Enf 1 Building, Court Hoom A.IW7, BLOOMSBURG, PA. A. L. FRITZ, ATTORNEY AT LAW. omce uloomsburg Nat'l Bank lildtf., Sd floor, BLOOMSBURG, PA. J. II. MAIZE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENT, Office, in Lockard's Building, BLOOMSBURG, PA. C. W. MILLER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Wirfi Building, BLOOMSBOKO, rA, J0UN O. rKISIS. JOHN 0. BARMAN FREEZE & HARMAN, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Offices: Centre St., first doorbelowOperaHouie A. N. YOST, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Wirt Building, Court House Square, BLOOMSBURG. PA. II R. STEES, ATTORNEV-AT LAW. Offilce in EntDldg, Bloomsruro, Pa II. A. McKII.l.U'. ATTORN EY-AT-LAW Columbian Jiuildinjj, tn Ho BLOOMSBURG, I'A. RALPH R. JOHN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hartman Building, Market Square, Uloomsburg, Pa. IKELER & IKELER, ATTORNEY AT LAW Office back of Farmers' National Hank. BLOOMSBURG, PA. CLYDE CH AS. YETTER, attorniy at-law, Bloomspuro, Pa. Office In Wirt's Building, W. H. IUIAWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office, Corner of Third and Main St CATAWISSA,. PA. CLINTON HERRING, ATTORNEY-ATLAW. Office with Grant Herring. BLOOMSBURG, PA. C?T Will be in Orangeville Wednesday o each week. WILLIAM C. JOHNSTON, ATTORNEY-ATLAW. Office in Wells' Building over B. A. Gidding's Clothing Store, Bloomsbnrff, P Will be in Millville on Tuesdays. II. MONTGOMERY SMITH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office : Wirt building, over Alexande Bros. 11-16-99 EDWARD. FLYNN, ATTORNEY AT LA Wj CENTRALIA, PA. rvofuce Ltddlcot building, Locust avenue J. S. JOHN, M D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and residence, 410 air Si 3-7o-iv BLOOMSBURG, PA ONTOCR Td.lrnONK. Bit I, I, TKLirBO SYKS TISTIO, GLASSES FITTSO. H. BIERMAN, M. D. HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND 8CVOB orrici hours: Office & Kesltfejce, 4th et ., 10 a. m. to p. m., 6.-30 to 8 p. m. lH-UOlMfiUUKt!, FA J. J. BROWN, M. D. THE EYE A SPECIALTY. F.yes tested and fitted with classes. No Sunday work. 311 Market St., Bloomsburg, Pa. Honrs: 10 Telephone. DR. M. J. HESS DENTISTRY IN ALL ITS BRANCH IS, Crown and bridge work SPECIALTY. Corner Main and Centre Stre-1 . bi.oo- sunn pa Columbia & Montour Telephone connection. Dr. W. H. HOUSE, BURGEON DENTIST, Office Bartnn'g Building, Main below Mark Bloomsburg, Pa. All styles of work done in a superior munne anu an work warranted as represented TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIH, by the use of Gas, and free of charje wh artificial teeth are inserted. "To be open all hours during the day C. WATSON McKELVY. FIRE INSURANCE AGENT. (Successor to B. P. Hartman Henresents twelve of thn nt es in tne world, among which are; CASH TOTAL BUBPLVt CiPITif.. aaaiTy. nvmm a Franklin of Phtla.. $400,000 .t,iiw,6vti i.cja. I'enu'a. Pblla 400,000 s.Ba.wo 1,4 ICi vuucn.oi . X, 600,000 8,538,!6 1,081. Westchester. N. Y. Hno.min i.7ssm N. America, Phlta. S.ooo.ooo 9,73li,riSl 2,ii, Office First Nat'l Bank BUg., ad floor. WLosses promptly adjusted and paid. M. P. LUTZ & SON, (8UCCESSOK8 TO FREAB BKOWH) INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND BROKE S. N. W. Corner Main and Centre. Strt, Bloomsburg, Pa. O Represent Seventeen as good Compaa ics as mere are in tne world and all losses promptly adjusted and paid at their Office. SADE T. VANNATTA. ( Successor to C. F. Knapp.) a EXE HAL INSURANCE Office 238 Iron St., Bloomsburg, Pa, Oct. 31, 1901. tf CITY HOTEL, W. A. Hartzel, Prop. No, 121 West Main Street, 8j"Larpe and convenient sample rooms, bat rooms, hot and cold water, nnd modem co veniences. Bar stocked with best win an A liquors. First-class livery attached. EXCHANGE HOTEL, G. Snyder, Proprietor, (Oppositethe Court House) BLOOMSBURO, Fa. Large and convenient sample roomt. Rath rooms, hot and cold water, and all mode conveniercei. 1
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