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lit 1 fBX IImIX UDC4HKD AKKRK5AR AW fUOAR 1 l1iry jfiy heights the 1 Negro baa h8 evinced a apatriotism apatriotism apatrlott patriotism patrlott that is the marvel of the theworld theworld theworld world Great was the soldier who ho fol followed followed followed lowed Alexander In the conquest of the theworld theworld theworld world or Caesar Car8 in the tbeeubjugatlon subjugation of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Ganls or the reat Xflaptleon In all alltte antte tte dszz Ing splendor splendorger of his histhe military militarygerina mlltaryget gerina get iua Ban greater was the colored coloredecldier coloredStldhr coloredeildkr ecldier wI 0 followed Grant to Appc Appcruattox AppCIIJsttox Appemattox ruattox EdtJbafter to Santiago The Theformer Theformer former fought ft ught for the glory of his general gen general general eral the lattter for the glory of a prin principal princlpal principel cipal as stateless as a star The former formerfought formerfungbt formerfIugbt fought for the spoils of victory the lat latter latter latter ter for a KI 2 geate eater eate justice to an alien peo people people people ple than he himself possessed No Nomonument NomODument Nomonument monument can set tff fl bis glory No NotnlnK NotblDK Nothing thing covers his fame but the he welled welledaiid weHedand welledand and vaulted skies skiesTHE skleBfIlE skiesTHE THE i QUO IN LITERATURE LITERATUREUnder LITERATURECoder LITERATUREPnder Under repubican rt influence the color colord colorrd olCr olCrd th the torms formsof tormsor tormsof rd zn is I mastering higher of thought and II lie attire The his histoj histo histoy JJ one em emuitrnt emImnt emit toy to of American poetry says uitrnt it llitraiv critic can no longer be bewilttpn beWJ beWI wilttpn WJ ittpn without wlthl ut the name of a Negro NegroPaul NegroPaol NegroPaul Paul Liwreooe wreuoe Dunbr Througb Throughout out the uutry the colored citizen sings singswith Bin singswith Bwith with Horn of the fall of Troy and andBighs andsighs andsighs sighs with Odyfsey in his wondering wonderingfor for the peace pesc of nome Be is borne bornewl borneI wl cI I Blirou upon the wings of inasgin inasginatif hD9gin8th imaginatu atif amid the choirs of ang 1 dis disconrmn discoor4lDg diacour conrmn cour tng upon the themes and mighty mightydestiny migbtyde8ttny mightydestiny destiny of the human soul EOU He lqcharmed is ischarmed I Icbarmed charmed by the matchless mat cbless allegory of ofDime ofDmle ofDante Dime describing amid the scenes of ofFlorence otFlorence ofFlorence Florence the march of a soul from sin sinto ainto sinto to perfection He ahndders with Mac Macbeth Macbetb Macbeth beth at the commission of murderlured murderluredby by the glittering prizes prjz of ambition to tothe totbe tothe the dreadful field of Dunsinane He Hefalla HefaUs Hefalls falls wtbLear upon the heightaof Dov Dovjrandfe DovIr Dovirand jrandfe Ir irand and fet fetli with Hamlet the fierce tu tunnlt tunolt tunult nnlt cf the storm which beat against againstbe be throne at Elsinore The Negros NegroslUtture Ne Negrostutture roe roelulture lUtture has increased his civic and so eoia soIa sota ia function and added to his pleasure pleasureie pleasureleis ie leis is edified as he walks along moun mounah mounai mounaia ah ai sides whose bOBe summits are lost amid amidbanders amidbunders amidhunders banders sullen roar or as he stand standy Btandb standeiy iy the fl flower jwer fringed banks of winding windingivera windln windlnIvers windingfivers fivers that flow to sunless seas He ap apireciatea aprecllit apireciates ireciatea recllit 8 tie tt beauty of evenings clod in inJl inJI indl Jl the glory lory of itterlng stars ar the thesplendor thE thE8llendtJr thesplendor splendor of rising and setting aunt auntwhich sunwhich sumwhich which mark waT the purple changing chBn lng on onthe onthe onthe the hills In his imagination he views 11 tho crystal cities of the heavens and andridea andrides andrides rides on lightenings fiery steeds which whichdrag wblohdrag whichdrag drag the muttering thunder atbwai atbwaithe atbwB1the atbwaithe the sky His aesthetic nature rejoices rejoicesIn In contemplation of bespangled plains plainsand plaIDsand plainsand and verdant meads where summers summersBun Bumwerbsun summerbban Bun sifts through interlacing boughs bonghewhere bougbElwhere boughswhere where soft and sombre zerhyr sigh sighactt sighana sighacs ana music throated birds enchant the thelistening thelistening the1latening listening air Who will keep such a apeople apeople apeople people from an equal opportunity in inthe inthe inthe the glory and destiny of the American Americanpeople AmerIoanpeople Americanpeople people peopleKEPDBLIOAN peopleREPUBLIOAN peopleItEPUBLIOAN KEPDBLIOAN A OJHETEMENT8 AID MHINLEY MKltfLEY MKINLEY KltfLEY KltfLEYThe KINLEYThe HINLEYThe The republican party is the glory of ofAmerica otAmerIca ofAmerica America the flower of civilization civmz tlon and andthe andthe andthe the hope of the world A long side the theNegros tbeNegros theNegros Negros wonderful progress Is the un unparalleled unparalleled unparalleled paralleled achievements of the republi republican 16publican r6publican can party It began by freeing four fourMillion fourmillion fourmillion Million bondsmen and conferring up upon upon upon on them the opportunities and duties dutiesof of citizens It secured forever the un union unIon union ion of states developed our reaourseb reaoursebtod reSQursBband resourseband and planted the American flag upon uponthe uponthe uponthe the Islands of the sea seala seaIn seaIn In this thought thong bt I am reminded of ofthat ofthat ofthat that world structure the Vatican of ofBorne ofRome ofBorne Borne where here throng the Pilgrims fromevery from fromevery fromevery every quarter of the globe On its wallwhere wall wallwhere wallwhere where hang the therlpest ripest and richest fruits fruitsofthegeniuaof frnitsoCthe fruitsof ofthegeniuaof oCthe of the genius oC Raphael and and Aug Anglo lo tob 18 8 a presentation of asauae a muse She is Ieeated IsI 1 I Bated on a throne of marble Her feet feetrests feetfeats feet1t8 rests 1t8 upon the cloud Her ontetrt outltrotb otu ed arms find laurelled head extend fai faiinto fa faInto fanto into I nto the Empyrean while about her hermaiden hermaiden hermaiden maiden throat throat8 is a circlet eoamellec eoamellecwith ellBmelleoWItb enamelledwith with unage ng stars Sue was the inspiration in inspiration Inspiration spiration to Dante when wh he wrote hit hitDiviua hj hjDivUJa hitDtvnia Diviua Uomedia Jomedi As Dante repair repaired repaired repaired ed here her to renew bis inspiration scbe sIhc sthe the republican party 8hal repair foi foiInspiration fOI1nplratlon fotiinplration Inspiration to the life and services oWilliam 0V oViliiam William lIJlam McKinley who beat typifies typifleius us i ts principles and executed its put puxposts putposes Ul UlpOSt8 posts to meet the UUt uutolved 01 olved problem problemof of the present and future unaimmeby unaimme unaimmeby unalmmelby by his death and unsullied by his sud sudden audd sudden den tragic taking off offIlOOSEVIiET offnooSEVLET offIt009EYLET IlOOSEVIiET HERO OF SAN JUAN JOANWe JUANW JUANWe We turn from the new made grave at atCancon 8tCaution atCwnton Caution to the Hero of the Whit WhitHouse aN WhitHouse hit hitHouse House Theodore Roosevelt His schol scholarship SCholarsbJp scholarship arship and fearless advocacy of the thiright lh lhrIght theright right have won for him the admiratioi admiratioiof of the world His he is au iuspirano iuspiranoto to cue high manhood of the globe globeEverywhere 210be1verywhere globek Everywhere his courage has addei addeinevviusture addeDewlu addetnewluyture nevviusture Dewlu ture to American arms and hi hiprivate hiprivata hiprivate private and pUbIC life have stiengthen stiengthened ed the civic virture of the world tilt tLupresidency tiltpre81denry tii tiipresidency presidency will give ne nov fame to tht thtgrtndner th thgrtnduel thgrrndaer grtndner cf the the he republic Under hi hiril tllllndid htdI ril llndid 1 udid leadership le derthip we take up the ui uiflatbed udUBbed uH flatbed Isbed work of McKitley McK ley We wil wilnot wilnot wilnot not faler we chad not tail fU I For non nonknow nonknow nonknow know better thau he that thatAll thatAll thatAlt All merits comes from braving the unequalAll unequal unequalAll unequalAll All glorylcomes from darinclto begin beginFame beginFame beginFame Fame loves the state that reckless of the seque sequeFights sequeF segueFights Fights Ehts for the theright right whether it lose or win winBETHEL winBET winBETIJEL BETHEL BET tiEL LITERARY SOCIETY SOCIETYAn SOCIETYAn SOCIETYAn An Interesting Irteres ing Program for forThis forThis forThis This Year YearThe YearTbe YearThe The fir flat it half of the twentieth seaPon sea sespon Respon pon of the Bethel Bethe17IU3rary BethelLtta LUerary racy Society Societjclosedllpst Soclets108ednpst Societylosedllpst closedllpst Tuesday December 17 witl witlnn wittn wit witNn nn address addro 8 on the Ecumenical Confer BISHOP LEE LEEence LEEence LEEence ence at London by Rev Benj FLee FLeeBishop FLeeBishop Lee LeeBfsbop Bishop A Church who described describedthe ddCribethe hecribeothe the proceedings of that convention of ofMethodiat ofMethodlat ofMethodist Methodist notables and the generali1nBend general generaljlanand generaJII jlanand II ansnd purpose of the Methodist Methodisicbnich MethodistchnJch Methodistchnrch cbnich in such a graphic gIRpbioaLd ax thought thoughttul tnoughlful thoughttul tul etyle as to awaken the earnest rneab at attention attention attention tention to elicit the hearty apslaus apslausfrcm apshmBft apsiausfro frcm ft fro his heirers het rare Much enthusiasm enthusiasmhas has been shown by the large audi audience audleuceIn nl eIn In the meetings of the Society up to todate todate todate date interesting subjects have resulted resultedand resultedand resultedand and a loyal oyalsupport support has been extended extendedby extendeaby extendedby by officers members and ar friends tPresident tf tfPreAldent try tryPresident President Cardoza in his eflcrts to con continue continue continue tinue at Bethel tee good work done Ii by bya bya bya a long line of eminent predeesbfs predeesbfsWith plbd prodessoreWith ss rs rsWith With their aid an excepUo exceptional 1 pro program pre pregram program gram has been arranged for the the currentmonth current currentmonth cUrrentmonth month monthTuesday monthfuesday monthTuesday Tuesday January 7 Lecture Recital RecitalMiss RecitalMiss eoital eoitalMi8S Miss Harriet Gibbs etc notice elee eleewhere eJEiewhere eleewbere where Tuesday January 14 Jjhn JjhnMitchel JhnMUcbe Jahni1ltche Mitchel 1 Jr Eq Editor Richmond RichmondPlacet RlchmondPlaDet RichmondPlanet Planet Subject Judge Lynch and andHis andRle andRis His Victims Tuesday esday January JanusrY21 JanusrY21Prof 21 21Prof siProf Prof Sanders Pres Biddle Uni University Un1vennty IIniveraity versity Charlotte SalvjeotTb Subject Su jeotTbe Tie CONtiRESSMAN OGDEN DEN SAYS SAYS II For those thosewho tl10sewho thoseh who need needgood 3 3ing agOoil good shit shitmedicine catarrh catarrhxnedicine medicine medicineknow I Iknow know of ofing noth nothing ing ing better betterHonH betterthan betterthan than PerlJfl1B PerlJfl1BBon HonH Bon EL Ogden Congressman from fromLouisiana fromLouisiana fromLouisiana Louisiana was elected to the 53d 53d54th 53d54thand 54th 54thand 54thand and 55th Congress In a letter written writtenat writtenat at Washington he says the fol following following following lowing of Poruna the national catarrhremedy catarrh catarrhremedy catarrhremedy remedy remedyI I can conscientiously recommend recommendyour recommendyour recommendyour your Peruna as a fine tonic and all round roundgood roundgood roundgood good medicine to thoso who are in need needof needof needof of a catarrh remedy It has been com commended commended commended mended to me by people eoplo who have used usedIt usedIt usedIt It as a remedy particularly effective inthe in intho inthe the cure of catarrh For those who need needa a good catarrh medicine I know of ofnoth ofnothng nothlug noth nothing lug ng better betterMr betterMr betterMr Mr Virgil Rowlee Fulton Oswego Oswegocounty Oswegocounty Oswogocounty county writes I am an old sol soldier soldier soldior dier and have doctored with five differ different different different ent doctors for stomach trouble for three throeyears threeyears threeyears years I could get no help I took yourPoruna your yourPoruna yourPeruna Poruna and now feel foellike like a new man I Ican Icnn Ican can recommend it to anyone suffering sufferingwith sufferingwith ufferingwith with catarrh of the stomach A great greatmany greatmany greatmany many people want to know what I tookthat took tookthat tookthat that helped me so much I tell them itwas it itwas itwas was Peruna One year ago I could couldhardly couldhardly couldhardly hardly do anything and only weighedtoo weighed 100 pounds Now I weigh 140 and can cannot cannot cannot not say too much for your medicine asIt as asit asIt it has done me so much good goodSo goodSo goodSo So many people think catarrh affectsthe affects affectsthe attcctsthe the head only This is a great mistakeThe mistake mistakeThe mistakeThe The stomach is liable to catarrh The Thekidneys Thekidneys Thekidneys kidneys are also very liable to catarrh catarrhproducing catarrhproducing catarrhproducing producing all tho symptoms of kidney kidneylUsoase flisoase Most cases of weak back are areNewPoufcb aroNew areNew NewPoufcb New South Tuesday January 28 JC JC JC Asbury A sbury EFq Editor Odd Ft Ftllows FtllowsJournal Hows1 Hows1Journal HOWBJournal Journal Ph la Pa Subject Sut ject TheNegro Tbe TbeNegro TbeSe Negro Se ro and the Ballot Among late Jatevlsttfnl latevisltincr latevisttint visltincr speaker are Prof 8 Scar ScaroorouRh Scaroorou2h Scaroorouszh oorouRh and nd Bowen BOW Bowen and ardJno andrno andino Jno Dancy DancyThe DancyThe DancyThe The public is cordllly welcomed and anddiscussion anddisoussion anddisoussion disoussion is invited at all of thesemee these theseoaee tbesEmeeiogs oaee meeiogs iogs which during January are to tobe tobe tobe be held in the Lincoln Memorial Tear Tearpie Temple Tetrrple ple 11 11h di Streets Northwest Beginat Begin Beginat Beginat at 8 oclock sharp sharpDr sharpDr sharpDr Dr Jordan SailsRev Sails SailsRev SailsR Rev Jordan secretary of the theNational theNatIonal theNational National Baptist Foreign Mission MissionBoard 1rIiss1onBoard MissionBoard Board with headquarters at Louisville LouisvilleKentucky LoulEvilleKentucky LouisvilleKentucky Kentucky sailed saIled for the Dark Continent Conti Continent Continent nent last week Dr rdan is one of ofthe oftbe ofthe the most ac ive forces in the baptist baptistdenomination ij3ptistdenommatJon aptist aptistdenomination denomination and the mure than 01 01million emInion emillion million Baptists wish for him a sue suecessful 8UCeessful sueceesful cessful and a peasant voyage on his bistrip bi9tirfp histrip trip to the Faiherland FaiherlandLecture Faher18ndLecture FatherlaudLecture Lecture Recital RecitalLecture RecitalLecture RecitalLecture Lecture Recital at Lincoln Memorial MemorialTempe MfmrialTempe MemrialTempe Tempe 11 11h and Streets North Northwest Northwes Northwest west wes 8 oclock PM Tuesday TnesdayJauu TnesdayJauuar Janu Januar Januarc ar arc 7 by Miss Harriete Gibbs AssistantDirector Assistant AssistantDirector AssistantDirector Director of Music Public Schoos Schoo DC DCassisted DCsslsted DCassisted assisted by byMIs8 Miss Lula Guilders a gradhate grad graduate graduate uate of the he Oberlin Conservatory of Mu Mulc Music 11 sic lc and Jld ft contralto of pure a find rio Ctfneresaman Oe O6 gressman es8man Henry He HeOgden Ogden of Lou IxmIsiana LouIslam Islam Isianadue Islamdue i due to catarrh of the kidneys Catarrh Catarrhof Catarrhof Catarrhof of the bladder is a common disease and andia a ands ia i rapidly becoming more and more moracommon morecommon morecommon common It produces the hest of dis distressing dlatressingsymptomswr diatressingsymptomswltichfollowbladdert tressing tressingsymptomswr tressingsymptomswltichfollowbladdert tressingsymptomswltichfollowbladdertdisease symptoms wh ich lchfollowbl follow oladdet oladdetdisease ddel ii iidisease disease In short short all urinary urlnaryand and pelvla pelvlaorgans pelvis pelvisorgans torgans organs are subject to catarrh and Ilndca ca catarrh catarrh tarrh is more frequently the cause ol oldisease ofdisease fdisease disease of these organs than all other othercauses othezcauses oth I 1 1causes causes combined combinedMr combinedMr flIr Mr Edward Williams of Lebanon LebanonOBos LebanoDt OBos 0 Box 438 was cured of systemic ca catarrh eatarrh tarrh by Peruna Systemic catarrh Ifl Iflthat idthat iit that condition in which catarrh catarhhasper hasper haspermoated has per permeated Kh Khmeated meated the thew1lOlesystem thewhole whole system Mr Williams Williamssays i1 i1says fsays says I took Peruna for acute catarrh catarrhof catrrrhof i iof of the entire membranous process processsuffered ff tI 611 I suffered every conceivable evil evilthat viJ I 1l 1ltbst i ithat that can accompany chronic catarrh catarrhin I I Iin hin in Its most aggravated form I Icoughed tcoughed 1 1coughed coughed Incessantly My stomach stomachrefused 1 ti tirefused refused to do Its duty at all The in intestlnes Intestlnps 1 11 1 testlnes became inflamed the kidney kidneywere kidneYI4were i twere were paralyzed the bladder lost Its ttstonlcJty il tf ry tonicity 1 began with Perunat Perona and andrealized andrealIzed andrealized realized a steady Improvement from fromthe fromthe the first until I was entirely cured curedDr curedDr 4 Dr DrHartman Hartman thodlscovercrof the discoverer of Peruna Perunahas I shas has written a book on the different differentphases i 5 5phases phases and stages of catarrh This book bootscontains bookcontains gt contains the doctors opinion as to the thetreatment thetreatment 1 1treatment treatment of catarrh from an experience experienceof tof of over forty years Address The Peru PeruMedicine ni i iMedicine Medicine Co Columbus 0 for forafrecj a fref frefcopy i icopy copy of this bookquality book bookquality fi fit ficopy 1jt 1jtqna1ity quality who has achieved an enviable enviablerepu env1ab1erepuatirn enviablerepu repu repuatirn atirn as an artist MiFF LA Hfy Hfyw Hi yw COd accfmrarit ac ror arht assisted apFob fed alto by byt tt Hr i Jt he Treble Cef Silver Offering at the thedoor thedoor tdoor door Proceeds for tbe benefit of the theBethel YBethel 1 1Hetbel Bethel Hetbel Literary Socitty Soc tty A generous re resporse rl rlspor rspot sporse spot se is asked from the friends and andsupporters andsu andsutporters supporters su Porters of good music and the so society BOciety society ciety cietyA i jJI 4 4A I JI JIA A Hcwarditc in vw est Virginia VirginiaDr irginitJc i de deN Dr JBarnettof Barnett of Hrward Hr ward Medi Medical tit titf cal College is the latest Medico to COY COYer COTer ter er er himself with glory He is if to be bacon bacongratulated con congratulated con congratulatEd gratulated upon entering the state ex examination ex exa ra urination a at Huntington West 8t Virgin Virginlast Virginlast Jl last November and walking away awaywith awaywith ii iiWJth with a certifigate cf such high standing standingas fkt fkta8 bas as might well weUinvite invite the envy rf many manynother I cpother pother Dr Barrett was personally personallycomr personallycorn rttf i icomIlImcnted comr comIlImcnted corn limented by the Board of Erami Eraminers if ifners ners on his excellent effort If he hashould rshould rt rtshould tnets should follow cut his intention of go goinj ji ting inj in ing out there to practice no more ar ardent Sdent dent well wishes 11 follow him than thanthose tf fr those of the Colored American AmericanMr til LMr i Mr Paul Lawrence LIJwrenceDunbar Dunbar Amerl Amerlcas I Ieas lcas cas poetlaureate is spending his JB hell holldnys helldays 1 1 I days In the city Paul seems to pos possess possees i fSPBS sees all of the brigr bi bialtness tness wit and virtue virtueof virtueof tor of Burrs of Poe of RIley and GeneFields Gene JFields If fFields Fields He rag Ia the poetic poetic genius genfu80tall ofall of Uof iw iwof 1 1oCtbem oCtbem of them and a personality that is pecu peculiarly pecullar1y pecullarly liarly Bunbarian.