The Afro-American Advance

VOL. I. NO. 52. TWIN CIT MINNEAPOLIS. under the auspices of the Wayman Home Circle, will be given on or about April 2nd, 1900, at some prominent place down town. Watch this paper for the exact time and place. The committee in charge has arranged to make the fair the red letter event in the church's history, and to this end they offer the following prizes to those selling tickets for the fair, or otherwise raising money to apply on the church mortgage fund. 1st prize, a fine upright grand Kimball piano, retained at $350; 2nd prize, lady's writing desk or its equivalent in value, at the option of the winner; 3rd, mahogany rocking chair, or its equivalent in value, at the option of the winner. The giving of the first prize is upon the condition that the aggregate amount turned in from all the contestants exceeds $200. All persons desiring to enter the contest will hand their names in to W. W. Tucker, secretary of the committee, or at the office of this paper, 603 North-western building, on or before Feb. 10. Go to Miller's, Fifth street and Nicollet avenue, for your photographs. For good cigars call at W. S. Conrad's, corner of First avenue south and Fourth hstreet. He will suit you. The Advance Restaurant, 214 Washington avenue south, is up to date in service and equipment. If you want a good meal in a clean place don't fail to go to the Advance Restaurant. Go to John L. Neal, Real Estate, Loans and Insurance, 622 Boston Block. Furnished rooms, 411 Fourth avenue south. Mrs. Lizzie Incas is very ill at her home. Mrs. R. S. Marshall is very ill at her home, East Eighteenth street. The A. W. E. O. C. met Wednesday evening. Refreshments were served. Mr. J. H. Moor is going Southwest to live. M. F. Dibble died at his residence, 707 Henpincet avenue, Tuesday and was buried Thursday afternoon from Gethsemane church. The Advance extends to his widow and relatives its sympathy. Mrs. Lizzie Noels is on the sick list. Little Ethel Myrick died Thursday afternoon, Feb. 8th, of seplecmaea, agted 11 years, at the home of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Myrick, 1808 East Twenty-sixth street. Rey. Hart, of Bethesda Bazotist church, has tendered his resignation, to take effect within a fortnight. It was accepted. AT REST Mr. William Grey died at his residence, 2819 Chicago avenue. Tuesday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock of heart failure. Mr. Grey had suffered for years from overwork in the railway mail service, he having been in the employ for a number of years. Mr. Grey was comparatively a young man, being only 42 years of age. He was chief clerk on his car, commanding a salary of more than $1,500 a year. He owned a beautiful residence at above number, and carried a reasonable amount of insurance. The shadow of death has deprived his wife and daughters, Ida and Edna, and other relatives of their much brilliant rays of life. Giving the Mr. Tray place for life at Gettisemane church, Friday afternoon at 2:30, Rev. J. I. Faude, officiating. The pall bearers were Messrs. W. R. Morris, Charles Davis, Chas. James, Geo. Brady, J. T. Fite, Harry Howard, St. Paul, Mr. Grey was converted a few days before his death. EDITOR J. L. CURTIS CALLED HOME. Editor Curtis received a telegram from Raleigh, N.C. the home of his parents, to attend the bedside of his dying father. He immediately responded. The Advance and pending legal business he leit in charge of a friend. Mr. Curtis will arrive at Raleigh at 10 a.m. afternoon. With the sympathy of his friends goes to meet the inevitable. RELIGIOUS NOTES. MISSION OF FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH, 405 FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH. There will be a chicken supper at the Mission Wednesday evening Feb 22d. Supper, 15 cents; admission, 5 cents. Rev. King will preach the long looked for sermon Sunday evening at the Mission. Subject, "There Will Be A Hot Time in the Old Town Ton- night. Mrs T. Turner will sing Pearl the word along the line. Mrs. Laura Petterford, of Marquette Mich. is in the city, the guest of Mrs S. Crawford. There will be preaching at the First church. East Side by the pastor at 11 a. m.; class, 12 m. Sunday. CORRESPONDENCE. Tuskegee, Ala., Jan 11, 1900. Editor Afro-American Advance, 500 Northwestern Block, Minneapolis, Minn. Dear Sir:—I beg to hand you here with an invitation to our Tuskegee Negro conference session which meets Wednesday, February 21. I desire to emphasize this invitation and to say that we shall be pleased beyond measure if you can see your way clear to visit us at the time of this conference session. We need the benefit of your presence and I am sure that you, yourself, will get something of value from the meetings. Yours very truly. Booker T. Washington. Principal. A Slight Misunderstanding. She—I suppose you were presented at court when this letter He—Yes, twice, but I was acquitted both times.—Chicago Evening News. --- Society CHE F TY NEWS. ST. PAUL. The Afro-American Advance. Mrs. John Godfrey has moved from 502 St. Peter street to 301 Sibley street, and is better prepared in every way to satisfy her regular patrons and to cater to new ones. The place is large and roomy. She can not only serve you with meals, but can accommodate you with a nice, clean, warm room. The Godireys are soon to give a house warming and they expect you, myself and all their friends to come out and help them. Watch the papers for the day and date. Miss Florence Drake, of Stillwater, was the guest last week of the Misses Coombs, of Sherburne avenue. Mrs. Rose Williams, mother of Mrs. Will Alexander, is on the sick list this week. Also Mr. J. W. Lucca. Mrs. H. B. Houston has been missed from the church and society lately. She is also sick. Mr. McCants Stewart, of Minneapolis, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Johnson, of Thomas street, Wednesday evening. The "Advance" is prepared to do your job printing of all kinds at reasonable rates. Remember the place .395 Thomas street. Kindly keep in mind that any item of news, social or otherwise, that you wish to publish will receive attention at .395 Thomas street all day. Godfrey's eating house, on St. Peter street, still holds first place as a clean, up-to-date cafe. Meals only 25 cents. Mrs. William Johnson, of Martin street, has her niece, Miss Smith, of Winona, with her for a week or so. Miss Joanna Graves, for years a resident of St. Paul, died at the City Hospital last week after more than two years' lingering sickness. Miss Graves came from Columbus, Missouri, where at present lives an aged mother and a grandmother. She is placed from Dauphin's Tuesday afternoon. THE ORIENTAL HAIR PAR-LORS, on the corner of Seventh and Sibley streets, room 205, Krahm block, is the place to go for all kinds of fashionable hair dressing, etc. Straightening hair and scalp treatment a specialty. Hair work done to order. Calls made at residences. Prices made satisfactory. Mrs. E. E. J. Allen, proprietor. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Palmer, Minneapolis were callers at the Petcard Museum were callers at the Minneapolis people noted at the Century entertainment Monday evening were: Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Weal, Mr. I. Crawford, Hon. W. R. Morris, Mrs. Ben Peere, and M. M. E. Singleton. The much heralded entertainment given by Minnesota Lodge No. 2 A. F. and A. M., took place on time at Twin City Hall Monday evening, Feb. 12, under very flattering circumstances. The people were there, in fact, there was a veritable crush. The affair can be easily counted "the affair of the city," but it is more fashionable on the fashionable side. Hon W. R. Morris, Minneapolis, was the chief speaker and very fittingly had for his subject "Lincoln," the name so dear to the Afro-American heart the world over. Mr. Morris is an ideal orator and held his listeners until the end of his interesting talk on Lincoln. "Lincoln was," said the speaker, "an ideal American, the perfect model of the new world's possibilities, the greatest character since Christ." Grand Master J. L. Weal of Nassau County will appear in our issue. Miss Clara Howard pleased the Masons present by telling how "Papa was Initiated." Miss Ella Charleston in a very sweet manner recited Lincoln's favorite poem. The singing of Mesdames Wilson and Minor was never sweeter. Master Parker came in for the second honors of the program. His rendering of "Black and White" was a surprising treat to his admirers, particularly to the "Advance Woman," for we enjoy the honor of having taught Master Freddie Hinton to read. The reading of the emancipation proclamation by Mr. J. F. Adams, then the announcement by Mr. J. H. Dillington as to how near Mr. Alex Payne and Mr. W. A. Lawrence came to getting the diamond stud; both missed, yet Mr. Payne brought in $26 and Mr. W. A. Lawrence reported $24. The committee report a financial success, a general good time and desire us to say through our paper to all who have been interested in the presence, added to the success of the Century entertainment that they thank you again and again. Some of our progressive railroad men are the advisability of organizing an association of railroad employees. They hope to receive the support of all right thinking men on the subject. They say it is not a "wild cat" nor a "gamble" but an honest, straight proposition, and invite your investigation. The Waiters' Aid and Protective Association of St. Paul, the object of which is to care for the sick and bury the dead of their fraternity, met Thursday evening at 366 Minnesota street to make more perfect their organization etc. The others are President, M. Watson, treasurer, D. E. Bealey; secretary, A. J. Beard; corresponding secretary, Curtis Kelly; chaplain, Joseph Strong; present membership 21. Mrs. Fielding Coombs chaperoned a party of young misses at a valentine social at the residence of Mrs. W. F. Hall. Seventh street. Wednesday evening. About forty young girls and boys were entertained with music, dance and song. Dainty refreshments were served by the hostess, who was voted everybody's valentine. An Extinguisher. Trump, thump! Rattle, rattle, crash! Young Perry Stonebrock rolled down the steps of the palatial residence of Mr. Goldbands. Mr. Goldbonds returned to the house, rolling down his sleeves. Papa, O, papa, what have you been doing? This question came in anguished tones from the ruby lips of Araabella Goldbonds. "Putting out the light of your life, you were a little eavesdropping in the hall the night before—Baltimore American. --- An Extinguisher. Ifro=A MINNEAPOLIS AND MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, MINN., SATURDAY, FEB. 17, 1900. IT GREATES SATISFACTION London Pleased with the Plan of Operations of Lord Rob- FEELING OF CONFIDENCE RESTORED. Will Force Boers to Fight Under Very Unfavorable Conditions or Abandon Their Heavy Guns and Stores—Chamberlain Announces That Natives Will Be Armed. London, Feb. 16. — Intense satisfaction continues dominant in consequence of Field Marshal Lord Roberts' plan of operations in South Africa, as revealed by the dispatches published Thursday morning. There is no further news of the British advance into the Orange Free State, or of activity at the Modder river, but a feeling of quiet confidence prevails that the strong hands of "Bobs Bahadur" and the hero of Khartoum are shaping matters toward a much-needed decisive victory. As the St. James Gazette says: "Lord Roberts, with his own line well guarded and having little reason to fear only a defense which would be deadly, viz., a counterstroke attacking his long arm, and a counterstroke attacking the Boers to fight under very unfavorable conditions or abandon their heavy guns and stores." A special dispatch to the Times from MAJ. GEN. LY. The First British Commander to Crown From a Photograph by a Corre MAJ. GEN. LYTTLETON, C. B. The First British Commander to Cross the Tugela River Toward the Boers. From a Photograph by a Correspondent of Black and White. Chieveley, Natal, dated Tuesday, February 13, says: "Gen. Lyttleton has succeeded to the command of the Second division during the invasion of Glen Canyon, who is suffering from blood poisoning. Col. Northcott, of the rifle brigade, temporarily commands the Fourth division." The fears regarding a Boer attack on Zululand are somewhat allayed by a special dispatch from Durban, which says that a column of colonial scouts, after a forced march, has arrived at Eshowe, in splendid fighting form. They were pursued several times during the march by the Boers, but succeeded in repelling them. Thursday from Mrs. Shillington, on Chicago, with the request that the flowers be placed on the graves of the victims of the Maine disaster at the Arlington cemetery. Thursday was the second anniversary of the destruction of the Maine in the harbor of Hirana. Mrs. Shillington's son was a member of the crew of the Maine and lost his life on that occasion. Give Final Reception. Washington, Feb. 16.—The president and Mrs. McKinley gave the final reception of the season at the white Casualties at Rensburg. The official list of British casualties at Rensburg from February 10 to February 12 shows: Killed, four officers and seven men were killed, two officers and eight men. The officers killed were Col. Coningham, of the Worcester regiment, and Maj. G. R. Eddy and Lieuts. J. Powell and J. C. Roberts, all of Will Arm Natives. In the house of commons Thursday, during the course of a reply to a question relative to the probable Boer invasion of Zululand, the secretary of state for the colonies, Joseph Chamberlain, said that the government had decided that if the native territories were invaded by the Boers the natives "will be encouraged and assisted in every way in defending themselves." Recruits for Boer Army. New York, Feb. 16.—Fifty-seven men, nearly all young and stalwart, sailed on the French line steamship La Gascogne on their way to Boer lines in South Africa. Most of the men are Irish-Americans. The corps was recruited in Chicago by the United Irish societies there. They marched to the French line pier, led by MaJ. Edward T. McCrystal, of the Sixth-ninth regiment, and Patrick Egan, exminister to Chili. They presented a fine appearance and were frequently cheered as they marched through the streets. They carried the American and Red Cross flags. The corps is in charge of Dr. John P. MacNamara, chief surgeon. His associates are Drs. Herbert H. McAuley, James J. Slattery, R. D. Long, A. F. Conroy and A. D. Aderholt. Dr. MacNamara said they were going to aid the sick and wounded of the Boer army. They will go from here to some southern European port, whence they will sail for South Africa. Option on Hall Park. Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 16—George N. Kuntsch says that the American association has an option on Star park in this city. DE CASTELLANES SAIL. Start on Return to France—Declare They Have Had Delightful Time —Are Coming Every Year. New York, Feb. 16.—Count and countess Boni de la Caille trained thursday on the French line steamer La Gascogne for France. Both appeared to be in the best of humor as they bade good-by to the friends who were at the steamship plier to see them off. "Our trip over here was the count's first mission. My friend and I intend to visit the United States every year and we will probably be over again in the autumn." The count said that he and the countess were satisfied with the status of the latter's estate. At first he said that he would have nothing to say about his fight with De Rodays, the editor of Figaro, but later said; "I shall attend to the papers which have slandered me when I arrive in Paris. After my suit against the Figaro has been set, I will be in Paris. I don't think he will, but if he does not, I will break his bones. If he apologizes for the miserable way in which he slandered me, I will be there. George Gould, Edwin Gould and his wife, Frank Gould and Miss Helen Gould are among those at the pier to see the count and countess off. FLOWERS FOR THE DEAD. Anniversary of the Destruction of Maine Remembered by a Chicago Mother. Washington, Feb. 16.—A large box filled with roses and other flowers was received at the navy department TTLETON, C. B. as the Tagela River Toward the Boers. respondent of Black and White. Thursday from Mrs. Shillington, of Chicago, with the request that the flowers be placed on the graves of the victims of the Maine disaster at the Arlington cemetery. Thursday was the second anniversary of the destruction of the Maine in the harbor of Havana. Mrs. Shillington's son was a member of the crew of the Maine and lost his life on that occasion. Give Final Reception Washington, Feb. 46.—The president and Mrs. McKinley gave the final reception of the season at the white house Wednesday night, the guests of honor being the army, navy and marine corps. The attendance was large and the reception the most brilliant of the season. Colored Murderer Hanged Philadelphia. Feb. 10. — George Weeks (colored) was hanged in Moya-mensing prison for the murder of Alice White (also colored) on December 25, 1898. George H. St. Clair, who was convicted with Weeks for the same murder, was hanged last Thursday. Fire in Skyscraper New York, Feb. 16. -Fire early in the morning did much damage in the top floor of the ten-story Bradbury building on Fifth avenue near Nineteenth street. The firemen had difficulty in extinguishing the fire, being unable to get water to the roof. Refuses to Talk. Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 16.—There is no proof as yet that service has been made upon any of the defendants in the Frick-Carnieguit suit. When seen Mr. Scott, counsel for the Carnegie Steel company, refused to give out any information. Has All Money It Needs New York, Feb. 16.—From Dr. Moller, in Europe. Secretary Van Sielen of the Boer relief fund committee, has received a letter saying that the Netherlands Red Cross committee has all the money it needs at present. To Sell Russian Honds. New York, Feb. 16.—The Press says: It has been recently reported that $10,000,000 four per cent. bonds of a Russian railway, the Wladikawka & Southeastern, soon will be placed upon the New York market. Establishes Agency at Portland. Portland, Ore., Feb. 16.—It is announced that the Illinois Central railroad will establish an agency in Portland for the purpose of handling cotton shipments to the orient. PASSES FINANCIAL BILL Senate Adopts Measure with Committee Amendments by Vote of 46 to 29. MACRUM MATTER COMES UP IN HOUSE Secretary Hay Asked for Information in Regard to the Affair—Resolution Is Sent to the Foreign Re- tions Committee—Boutell Spends on Expansion. Washington, Feb. 16.—The senate Thursday passed the financial bill by a vote of 40 to 29. Last Day of Debate. Washington, Feb. 16. — Notwithstanding that Thursday is the last day of the debate on the financial bill in the senate, comparatively little interest seemingly was manifested in either the debate or the voting, and but few people were in the galleries. The routine business being concluded the financial bill was laid before the senate, the pending question being the amendment offered by the finance committee and reading as follows: "Provisions of this act are not intended to place any obstacles in the way of the accomplishment of international bimetalism, provided the same be secured by concurrent action of the leading commercial nation, the world and at a rate equal to that in the financial and of relative value between gold and silver." Senator Hoar (Mass.) said the double standard of gold and silver had not only been accepted by the people, but had been embodied in the constitution itself. But when, by the action of other nations, this country was forced to accept a single standard, it was forced to accept the most valuable metal. We should get the double standard when opportunity came. There was, therefore, no pretense or hypocrisy in the pending amendment. Senator Morgan (Ala.) denounced the pending amendment as "a miserable makeshift, which is intended to cover the lacerations of a wounded conscience." He declared the bill would return us to the British system of finance. The Teller amendment to the committee amendment was defeated, 27 to 45. The committee amendment was adopted, 45 to 30. Resolution on Macrum Again. Washington, Feb. 16.—Representative Wheeler (Ky.) Thursday introduced in the house the following resolution: "Whereas, Charles E. Macrum, late a consul of the government of the United States at Pretoria, in the Transnational republic, over his own signature, sheriff John C. McCormack, sent me after Col. Stowe, the American consul general at Cape Town, had secured its release. I had the humiliation as the representative of the American government of sitting in my office in Pretoria and looking upon envelopes bearing official documents, and officially swaked with a stalker, notifying me that the contents had been read by the censor at Durham," and "Whereas, He further states in the same article, 'when I accepted my post as consul I knew nothing of any secret alliance between America and Great Britain, "Resolved. By the house that the secretary of state is directed to inform the house of representatives if said Charles E. Macrum, as consul of the American government, informed the state department and read by the British counsel at Durham and if so what steps, if any, have been taken to obtain an explanation and apology from the British government. "Section 2-He is further directed to inform the house of representatives what truth there is in the charge that as a state state between the republic of the United States and the empire of Great Britain." The speaker referred the resolution to the foreign affairs committee. The first hour in the house was spent in passing some resolutions for additional clerk hire for committees, after which the house went into committee of the whole for the consideration of the legislative appropriation bill. Mr. Boutell (fll.) opened with some general remarks about the approaching presidential contest. He remarked upon the great transformation that had taken place in the democratic party in three years. Then he said the hall of the house rang with the defiant cry of the democrats that silver would be the issue again in 1900. But he noticed as that contest approached that we heard less and less of silver. Silver had been killed in 1896. It was buried in 1908, and he did not think that a single member of the minority honestly desired it resurrected. There had been an occasional eulogy of the departed, and an occasional rhetorical tear had been dropped upon the grave, but the lamentations lacked the zeal of real sorrow. It reminded him of an epiphath he had read last summer in Vermont over the grave of the wife of a man who had enjoyed a little of happiness and prosperity with her as the democrats had enjoyed with free silver. "Here lies my wife, All my tears cannot bring her back, I will never forget her." Continuing, Mr. Boutell argued that the one solemn duty of every American citizen at the present stage of the insurrection in the Philippines was to heartily and loyally support the president. Whoever insulted the flag of the United States must be punished. Whoever would treat with the United States must first respect her flag. Mr. Boutell proceeded to argue the constitutional rights of the United States to take and hold territory outside of the United States. He was given close attention and received a round of applause when he concluded. Mr. Underwood (Ala.) followed with some remarks in support of a resolution introduced by him to repeal the fifteenth amendment to the constitution (the suffrage amendment). Macrum's Statement Disreedited. Washington, Feb. 16. While state department officials were averse Thursday to discussing the published statement of ex-Consul Macrum, it was authoritatively stated that a search of the records failed to show that Mr. Macrum had ever reported to the department that his official mail was being regularly tampered with by the British authorities. It was said that he did, in a general way, report that both official and private mail, intended for American citizens, did not reach him punctually and asked that protest be made on account of this rather arbitrary proceeding on the part of the postal authorities. The department investigated the matter and learned that no unnecessary delay existed and does not credit the statement that any correspondence, official or otherwise, was opened, inspected and delayed by British authorities. Legislature Hears Secretary Wilson Des Moines, Ia., Feb. 16.—On invitation, Secretary of Agriculture James F. Wilson addressed the house Thursday. He referred chiefly to the needs of a state agricultural college, advocating a broad and liberal policy with regard to appropriations for such an institution. The house passed the Kendall mining bill by a vote of 84 to 4, requiring operators to pay for slack in the mining of coal. Want Him Put Out. Des Moines, 1a., Feb. 16.—A special committee from the State Unified Mine Workers' convention in session here called on Gov Shaw and protested against Mine Inspector Campbell claiming that he favored the operators and that he had been negligent in his duties, failing to enforce the law with regard to mine support in his district. They asked for his discharge. Is Not Exempt. New York, Feb. 16.—Surrogate Fitzgerald handed down a decision denying the application of Henry B. Anderson for a court order declaring the trust fund of $5,000,000 created by the will of the late William H. Vanderbilt exempt from inheritance tax. The surrogate directs that the tax be assessed against the fund. Meet and Adjourn. Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 16. The house and senate met at 11 o'clock and at once adjourned to the same hour Friday. The state canvassing board took up the cases of the minor officers on the state ticket Thursday morning. It is not expected that any decisions will be rendered inside of three or four days. Shipping Plasters: Bordenux, Feb. 16. The French steamer Ernestine, of 417 tons, from Nantes, has been wrecked at Palmyra(?). Part of her crew were saved, but 13 others lost their lives. The French schooner Notre Dame des Dunes, of 127 tons, is ashore at La Coubre(?). Four of her crew have been lost. Names of Kansas Man: Washington, Feb. 16.—The president sent to the senate the nomination of James Allison, of Kannas, to be commissioner to the international exposition at Paris; also a number of army nominations, including Lient. Cot. A. S. Cummins, of the Twenty-seventh infantry, to be colonel of that regiment. Passes Repeal Bill. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 16.—The bill repealing the so-called Horton law, which permits boxing matches in the state, was passed in the assembly Thursday, the vote standing 92 years to 36 days. The bill has now gone over to the senate, where it will be considered by the codes committee. Body Heaches Home New York, Feb. 16.—The body of Sergt. Morris J. Cohen, of the Twentyth Kansas regiment of volunteers, who was killed in the battle of Callaoon. Philippine islands, arrived in Jersey City. Buy More Mules. New Orleans, Feb. 16.—The British army agents have let another big contract for males, which amounts to 2,500 head, to be delivered at this port as fast as the animals can be purchased. To Go to Sing Sing Friday New York, Feb. 16—Sheriff Grell has decided to remove Roland B. Molineux to Sing Sing prison Friday afternoon, after sentence of death has been pronounced by Recorder Goff. Killed by Falling Down Stairs New York, Feb. 16—John B Olitman, a broker, was killed at the New York Athletic club early in the morning by falling down the marble stairs leading to the main floor. For Military Post at Den Moines. Former Merchant Dead. New York, Feb. 16. - James L. Spaulding, who formerly conducted a large wholesale tobacco business in Louisville, died at Sayville, Long Island, aged 69 years. Hanged. Pottaville, Pa., Feb. 16.—Thomas Brennan, of New Philadelphia, was hanged for the murder of Harry Elliott, a neighbor and fellow-workman in a colliery. Listen to Reports. Philadelphia, Feb. 16.—Thursday's session of the national assembly of the League of American Wheelmen was devoted entirely to the reading of reports. Married at London London, Feb. 16.—Lord Chesterfield and Miss Enid Wilson were married in this city. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Sensational Testimony Before the Senate Committee in the Clark Case. AN OFFER OF $100,000 WAS MADE. Judge Hunt, of Montana Supreme Court, Tells of an Effort to Subvert Justice in the Welcome Disbursement Case-A Helena Physician Involved in the Affair. Washington, Feb. 16.—The senate committee on elections Thursday resumed its inquiry into the election of Senator Clark, of Montana, after a respite of 36 hours. When the committee was called to order it developed that at least two of the justices of the Montana supreme court were present, having been summoned by the committee to throw light upon the Welcome disbursement trial. Justice Hunt's testimony created a profound impression. He detailed four different conversations he had had with his family physician, Dr. William Tracey, of Helena, in two of which he believed the doctor had attempted to lay before him a proposition to bribe him in the Wellecome disbarment case, which was at that time before the court of which the witness was a member. And when bribery failed the doctor tried to make the justice feel that his health demanded that he resien and go abroad. "When I went to his office," said the witness, "Dr. Tracey invited me to a back room. The doctor said: 'I have a funny kind of a proposition which has come up for you.'" The doctor then went on to tell, according to Judge Hunt's statement, that he (the doctor) was taking an interest in the Wellcome case, which he said he understood was not like ordinary cases in court. He had been told, he said, that it was largely a matter in the discretion of the members of the court, continuing that he understood the disbarment proceedings to be a political fight largely, and adding that, while he did not know Mr. Wellcome, he understood that he was a decent fellow. Offered $100,000. Judge Hunt said that he had replied to all this to the effect that, while there was a certain amount of legal discretion permitted, the case would have to take its course just as any other case. He himself felt that it was a painful duty, because he knew Mr. Welcome's reputation, and, altogether, he would gladly avoid it if he could. Dr. Tracey then said to him, according to the witness: "I don't suppose, then, there is any use to lay my proposition before you?" Without, however, waiting for any formal reply, the witness said the doctor had proceeded as follows: "There is a party here who has got $100,000 and who wants to put it up if that case can be thrown out of court." Justice Hunt said that he was not certain whether Dr. Tracey had used the singular or plural pronoun in speaking of the party—not sure whether he said he or they. Nothing further had been said concerning the subject until Sunday night, February 4. At that time Dr. Tracey had asked him to come to his (the doctor's) office late in the evening. When he went in Dr. Tracey showed him what was apparently a copy of a telegram which informed him (the doctor) that some one had told the senate committee in Washington that the justice would testify before the committee that Dr. Tracey had offered him a bribe of $100,000 in the Welcome case. The doctor then said to him: "You know I never offered you a bribe and that I was only joking in our conversations concerning the Welcome case. You know I had no $100,000 with which to bid and I am not one of that kind of fellows." Justice Hunt said he had replied to Dr. Tracey that he wished he could believe that he was only joking, but that he could not put that construction on his proposition. He did not, however, believe that Dr. Tracey meant actually to bribe him, but simply to lay the proposition before him. Mentioned Mr. Clark's Name In answer to questions from the members of the committee, Justice Hunt said he thought Dr. Tracey had mentioned Senator Clark's name in the first conversation when he had spoken of the Wellcome case as merely a political fight between Mr. Clark and Mr. Daly. He had first related the fact of the propositions being made to him on the night of August 5, when his associate, Justice Piggott, had come to his house and related that he had been approached on the same day. At the close of the direct examination, which had been conducted almost entirely by Chairman Chandler, Mr. Faulkner, on behalf of Senator Clark, made a formal motion to strike the testimony of Justice Hunt out of the record because it had failed to connect the name of Mr. Clark with the proceeding and was entirely collateral. The motion was overruled and the cross-examination proceeded. Mr. Campbell asked only one question, which brought out the fact that Justice Hunt is a republican, as is also Justice Brantley, who has been summoned to appear before the committee. Justice Hunt was then excused and the committee adjourned until 7:30 p. m. His Second Operation. New York, Feb. 16.—Roland Reed, the setor, who has for some time been a patient at 81 Luke's hospital and who submitted to a second operation, was reported to be resting comfortably. Minneapolis, - - - - - - - Minnesota Entered at the Post Office, at Minneapolis, Minn., as second-class matter. Subscription Rates: One Year ..... $1.00 Six Months ..... .60 Three Months ..... .60 Subscription Always Payable in AB- vance. Special rates if ordered by the dozen. Orders for current issue should reach the dozen. Orders for future issues should reach the dozen. Advertising Rates. Local Reading Notices, 10c per line, each insertion. Religious Notices (not over five lines), free. "Want" and "To Let" advertisements, 8 cents per line for each insertion. Display, 40 cents per inch each insertion. Special rates will be given for space by the year. Editorial Announcements. To secure the return of unsolicited manuscript postage should be enclosed. 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Of course, the "Jim Crow" car will be the special provision for colored people. Drunkards, convicts and rowdies of all kind will be lordly received in this "Jim Crow" car, with our teachers, clergy, etc., and the wives and children of all respectable colored people. We wonder while this infamous law passed by American Christians remains in force, will the white men of the South stop winking at our girls, etc., and remain separate in fact and cease "gagging at a nat." Oh, such hypocrites! who have forced amalgamation upon our unfortunate and unprotected women, and to remain degraded the men who mean to our ladies and gentlemen in our are at. Brother Editor Mitchell, "Be patient, ete." Oh, Brother Mitchell, patience ete." Oh, Brother Mitchell, hearts stand open with manly impulses to close with the seed of humiliation and degradation, deposited there by our Christian(?) white? (white?) brother. The bitter fruit belong to the guilty white enemy of human rights, which he shall in the future inevitably eat. Brother Editor Mitchell, with the good citizen of Virginia, made a noble fight against the infamous law, but without avail. The Christian legislators failed to heed the cry of the just, and decreed that all negroes belong in the same class—and the infamous good morals, wealth, etc. We warrant morals, wealth, etc., will guarantee the negro ultimate consideration in all things. It's all bosh! The white men who pass such laws will never have any use for the negro, it matters not what his accomplishments might me. All the negro can do is to get money and always be ready to fight for his rights. HUMAN PROGRESS HUMAN PROGRESS. Human progress is the vitality of existence and man's objective point in life, and human minds tend in the direction of human minds toward the Mecca when reached (so far as we know) seems to satisfy the innate cravings of human beings. We ask the question: What denotes human progress? Is it a development of material things, or spiritual aspirations or a combination of the two. Let us reason. The source of all professions are extracted from material things. The application and product of these various professions are for the specific purpose of giving ease and comfort to our existence, with we live upon this earth, with a cessation of extended application at the termination of our brief stay in what we call the world. Thus we know that progress of value does not imply accumulation of wealth, brilliance in science, nor scientific giants. But the beginning of progress is the thorough consciousness of spiritual discernment and profound knowledge of things which will continue to nourish the growth of the mind even after we pass this object in the course of our existence, called death. These things which give real life to progress are born out of resistance of this material ambition to overcome the spiritual. And the greater the resistance the more brilliant the road of eternal progress is apparent. A failure to make the ambition, born of material things, secondary in our struggle to understand true progress, means that the progress of life will be the body, it will also claim the spiritual portion. Thus we see all will be lost, and no progress after all. The beginning of progress is our acknowledgment and pursuance of innate discernment of that which appeals to the mysterious spiritual part of us, which continues to grow through death with no apparent end, to those who seek spiritual aggrandizement. EDUCATED MINISTRY The universal demand of the hour, by the intelligent and progressive negro, is an "Educated Ministry." It needs no reflection to say that all other professions have been graced with the noblest efforts that human energy can generate, that the individual might stand par excellent among his fellows. But for some unknown reason the masses do not seem to demand that a minister should be well equipped intellectually as well as spiritually. That we can count by the hundreds among the race spiritual giants and intellectual degenerates need not be questioned. That the intelligent minister is largely responsible for the maintenance of these "unphilosophical howlers" needs no consideration. The very act of his toleration of these men because of spiritual affinity, instills the germ of competency where, in fact, they are incompetent. The result is that a thorough intellectual development implies a thorough intellectual man as well as spiritual, to guide and interest an intelligent congregation. We must admit that our white contemporaries are our superiors in the selection of men to represent the highest calling under heaven. Believe any man accepts such divine guardianship he ought to be well developed morally, spiritually and intellectually. The latter, while not the most essential of the invaluable resources of the successful persuasion, and ultimate capture of the modern soul. We want men of learning who can expound the doctrine of the Bible to scientific men with effect as well as to the man who reads no other book but the Bible. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON It can be truthfully said that Booker T. Washington is the greatest living negro—a distinction indeed to be proud of! Mr. Washington's greatness is embodied in his success, not as an orator nor as an educator, but as a producer. He has been successful in establishing and manipulating the most famous nogro industrial institute in the world, and each year leaves its mark of improvement. Already this year a building called forty forty called Slater-Armstrong trades building, was dedicated. A magnificent structure! What lover of human progress can say aught against Booker Washington. We understand that it is the aim of this great man to establish a permanent endowment fund for the maintenance of Tuskegee, and many thousands of dollars have already been subscribed to the requisite amount. If the race had a few more Booker T. Washingtons soon be settled. To be producers are the first steps of independence. Will the colored people of the United States take Mr. Washington's advice? The death of Mr. William Grey deprives this city of one of its most thrifty and respected colored citizens. Mr. Gray being the only representative of the race from Minneapolis in the railway mail service, will doubtless be missed. His efficiency in the service for nearly 20 years demonstrates a marked degree of competency of Afro-American brain. His attentiveness to duty placed him at the head of his profession. As a practical economist, he is an example. Safe to say that his widow and two daughters are well provided for. We extend to the bereaved our heartfelt sympathy. FAILURE OF PHILANTHROPHY. Poor Results of Government Provisions for the Betterment of the Indians. Under the advice of the best and most courageous of the friends of the Indian, an act for the allotment of their tribal lands in severity to the Indians, under certain conditions, was passed by congress in 1884. Since that time many of the tribes have apportioned their lands to their individual members, and have given up the tribal life, says Youth's Companion. As the Indians to whom lands were so allotted were forbidden to sell or otherwise alienate their land under 20 years, and as steps were taken to start them as farmers, it was supposed that the measure would do more to civilize and make them self-supporting, under existing conditions, than anything else has done. Fifteen years have gone by since the first allotment of lands, and the public men who were the authors and most earnest advocates of the severity law have lately expressed deep discouragement with the result. Although the Indians cannot yet sell, they can and do lease their allotted lands to white men. There are reservations in the west where practically all the farms are rented to white men, while their owners and their families retire to unassigned parts of the reservation and live in the old wild way. Meantime the vices of the white men are communicated to them more readily than ever before, and they are without the tribal government and the restraint of strong men of their own race which often went with it. As a whole, the condition of the Indians is undoubtedly improving, but there are some cases in which, under the allotment system, they have actually retrograded. The fact is now apparent that it is difficult to make a self-supporting farmer of the Indian in one generation. The Indian still needs safeguards against corruption, and above all he needs practical and simple instruction, at his home, in the few industrial occupations which he may be able to follow. YANKEE INVENTION TO WIN. Vast Territory In Asia, Africa and South America Lies Fallow for American Machinery. It is a happy fact that Yankees are so quick to invent and so skillful to use machinery of all kinds, says Ainslee's Magazine. Within the next few years there will be tremendous opportunities for civil, mechanical and electrical engineers in Asia. When the Chinese cast the first railway from Shanghai to Woosung into the river they were only preparing themselves for a network of railways over the whole of China. When the Coreans in Seoul destroyed the new electric line and burned the cars, they exhausted the forces of conservatism, and before long concluded that the electric railway was the best scheme for saving extra exertion in walking that had ever been devised. Large portions of South America and South Africa may be undeveloped and possessed of great material resources, but nowhere else does such a combination of human and natural conditions tempt industrial activity as in China. Nowhere else are so many hardworking and temperate men and women, waiting only to be taught, such wealth of coal and other minerals, such fertile soil, such splendid rivers and harbors. Were the field small, it would not be so tempting. But China is in area larger than the United States, and has a population four or five times as large. For the last quarter of a century prospectors have been studying the provinces of the interior, and yet our knowledge still seems to be most limited. Somehow baldness is far more contagious than goodness.-Chicago Daily News. RAILS MADE TOO HASTILY. The Old Ones Cannot Withstand the Wear of Present-Day Heavy Traffic. A high authority on railroad says that with locomotives weighing 140 tons and upward and freight cars of 100,000 pounds capacity and a steadily increasing speed, the time is fast approaching when all the old rails will have to be taken up and heavier rails laid. For some reason the steel rails made now are not as durable as those made 20 years ago. One reason is that the blast furnace iron, instead of being cooked and run into pigs, is run fluid from the furnace to the mixer, thence to the converter, where it is cast into ingots. Eleven passes through the rolls turn an ingot into a bloom, and the bloom, before it has a chance to know it, is tossed into a heating furnace and turned into a rail with only nine passes through a train of rolls running at a terrific speed of 900 feet a minute. The rail is, it is said, finished too hot and too quickly by the last passes through the rolls being made with the rail at a temperature of 2,000 to 2,200 degrees, while 20 years ago it was not hotter than 1,400 to 1,600 degrees. This lower temperature allowed the steel to take a certain "set," and it was, therefore, stronger. Acorns as Duck Food. According to a writer in a French scientific paper, ducks fed on acorns, which they will eat revenuously, not infrequently lay black eggs. The reason is that their eggshell is naturally rich in iron, and this combines with the tannin in the acorn to produce a good, fast black. The same paper states that if fowls are fed on boiled lobster shells they will lay bright red eggs. Easy. But Not Free. Philip Hale, of the Boston Journal, has an affinity for oddities in life as well as in books. He once inquired of a patriarch after an old schoolmate. "O, Jake? Jake isn't here much now; to tell you the truth he's in state prison. You see, Jake's manners was always easy." Cora: "Do you like to hear a girl whistle?" Merritt: "No, but I like the way her mouth looks when she gets ready to try."—Town Topics. PATRONIZE . . . WM. JENKINS, ROOMS FOR RENT FIRST CLASS. We Guarantee Superb Service. Prices moderate. Tel. 2737-L-3 Main. No. 9 Second St. No. Minneapolis. On Sights and Scenes of the Campaign in the... Philippine Islands BY BENJ. OHRMAN. Of the 13th Regiment, Friday night, January 29, at ST. PETERS CHURCH. Admission 15c. Children 10c. J. GARNER. W. H. WELLER. The Elite Buffet 3030 STATE ST., FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Chicago. BIJOU TRUNK FACTORY WM. LORENZ, Prop. Trunks & Traveling Bags Sample Trunks and Cases Made to Order. 18-20-22 Wash. Av. N., Minneapolis, Minn. Branch: Fifth and Niellet. Cutting, Fitting and Making Over a Specialty. New York and Paris Fashions Always on Hand. Parlors, 628 Fourteenth Ave. South. DR. R. S. BROWN. Physician and Surgeon. Office: 405-6 Reeve Bldg., 408 Nolelct Av. 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Grand Treasurer-Daniel Roy, St. Paul Grand Secretary-William R. Morris, Minneapolis. Grand Lecturer-G. W. Day (7), Minneapolis. Deputy Grand Secretary-O. D. Howard (4) St. Paul Grand Captain-Issaac Crawford (6), Minneapolis. Grand Senior Deacon-John Martin (1), St. Paul Grand Junior Deacon-R. De Leo (7), Minneapolis. Grand Senior Steward-J. H. Dillingham (2) St. Paul Grand Junior Wm. Stevens (3), St. Paul. Grand Tyler-T. Bush (3), St. Paul. Grand Marshall-C. H. McDonald (5), Dallas. Grand Pursuivant-G. W. Duckett (4), St. Paul. Grand Sword-Bearer-J. Adams (1), St. Paul. District Deputy Grand Master-First District Deputy Second Master-Second District Deputy Grand Master-Second District-E. H. Hamilton (6). Minneapolis. District-Martin Third. District-J. K. Dolu. Dulu. MINNEAPOLIS. G. U. O. O. O. F. St. Anthony Lodge, No. 2877. Meets the first and third Wednesday in business. 11st avenue N. and Washington, 20th street. JAMES A. SCOTT, P. S. P. O. Box 33. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Nt. Turner Lodge, No. 2, K. of P. Meets the second and fourth Thursdays in each month. Brothers in good standing Fourth and Eighth avenue south. RALPH WATSON, K. R. and S. Pride of Minnesota Lodge, No. 1, K. of P. Meets the first and third Thursdays in each month. All brothers in good standing welcome. At Plummer Post Hall, First avenue north and Washington. J. M. WATSON, C. C. W. C. JEFFREY, K. R. and S. J. K. HILYD Lodge. Meets first Tuesday in each month at Window Block, Second avenue South and Wellington Avenue, always welcome. W. LILLARD, M. L. JASPER GIBBS, Sec. Guaranty Loan Restaurant. Anchor Lodge, No. 7, A. F. and A. M. Meets the second Tuesday in each month at Window Block, Second avenue South and Washington. Masons in good standing welcome. SCOTT, W. M. A. B. LEE, 701 Aldrich avenue South. ODD FELLOWS. Mets Lodge, No. 2202. Meets second and fourth Wednesdays in each month at Odd Fellows' Hall, 235 Wabasha street. T. R. HICKMANN, P. S., 422 St. Anthony, F. D. PARKER, N. G., 326 Edmund St. Household of Hobson No. 553, G. U. O. O. F. F. Meets first and third Monday in each month for business, second Monday for instruction, at Odd Fellows' Hall, 325 Wabasha, SARAH C. KIRTLEY, M.N.G. MRS. IDA JACKSON, W. R., 374 Summit place. MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF MINNESOTA, A. F. and A. M. H. B. HOUSTON, Grand Master, W. M. MORRIS, Grand Secretary. 817 Guaranty Loan Bidg., Minneapolis, ST. PETER CLAVER'S SODALITY. Meets the first and third Mondays of each month, W. J. Gardner, Pres., J. S. Harris, Sec.; A. Davis, Treas. Pioneer Lodge, No. 1, A. F. and A. M. Meets the first Monday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner Fifth and Robert streets. Master Masons in good standing always welcome. S. H. HADLEY, W. M. W. A. HILYARD, Sec., 124 Atwater, Minnesota Lodge, No. 2, A. F. and A. M. Meets on the first and third Tuesday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner of Fifth and Robert streets. Master Masons in good standing always welcome. H. B. HOUWARD, W. M. J. S. STRONG, Sec., 12th and Robert Street, Perfect Ashler Lodge, No. 4, A. F. and A. M. Meets second and fourth Monday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner Fifth and Robert streets. Master Masons in good standing always welcome. ANDREW JACKSON, W. M. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday in each month at Masonle Hall, southwest corner Fifth and Robert street, Master Masons in good standing always welcome. JOHN Q. A. WILSON, W. M. E. W. CRANCUM Sec. 35 Cedar. Bethel Chapter. No. 28, R. A. M. Meets the first and third Thursday in each month at Masonle Hall, southwest corner of Fifth and Robert streets. Royal Arch Masons in good standing always welcome. DANIEL ROY, H. P. W. T. GASSAWAY, Sec., State Capitol. CHURCH DIRECTORY. MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PETER A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. W. S. Brooks, Pastor. Sunday services at 9th ave. South Sunday services at 3:00 p.m.; m.; evening m.; Sunday School at 3:00 p.m.; evening prayer meeting. Thursday service at 3:00 p.m.; evening man Home Circle; Tuesday evening at different residences. Parsonage, 225 Nine eleven street South. BETHELSA BAPTIST CHURCH. Between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues. Sunday services: Preaching, 1:00 p.m. Prayer meeting, 1:00 p.m.; evening services. Endearment, 7:30 p.m.; evening general prayer meeting, 8:00 p.m.; evening parsonage, 1120 Elkhorn street South. MONDAY Rev. John J. Paude, in Charge. 635 Sixth avenue South. Sunday services: 4:00 p.m.; Sunday School at 3:00 p.m. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. J. W. King, Pastor. Between First avenue and Second street Southeast, near Exposition Bldg. Sunday services: Preaching at 11:00 a.m. m. Sunday School, 3:00 p. m. evening m. Sunday School, 4:00 p. m. General prayer meeting Thursday through Weekly meetings of the Debating Club. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. J. C. Anderson, Pastor. Cor. Farrington and Aurora avenues. Sunday services: Mass. 8:30 a.m. m. High mass. 10:30 a.m. m. Evening service at 7 o'clock. PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev. D. S. Orser, Pastor. Sunday services: Preaching at 11:30 a.m. m. and 7:45 a.m. m. Sunday School at 12:30 o'clock on Wednesday evening general 467. PHILLIPS' EPICOPAL MISSION Rice street, bat Aurora and Universal Sunday services: Morning prayer, Lit- ST. PAUL. any and Sermon, 11:00 a.m. m.; Sunday School and Children's Vespers 12:00 p.m. Evening and Sermon 8:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening Prayer and Lecture, 8:00 p.m. Friday; Choir Hearegal and Brotherhood of St. Andrew, 8:00 p.m. All are cordially invited. Seats free. NOTICE--Changes and corrections will be made upon notifying the office. If we have neglected to place a notice of any notice in the notice book, it because we know of it or have not seen its officers. Send name of any Lodge, place and time of meeting name of officers and it will be inserted. OLSON EARL, ..UNDERTAKER. Funeral Director and Embalmer. Open Day and Night. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 1503 S. 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An' pick the set up, honey, an' go travel along. You may hab fears o' troubles dat'l ith go, hadda some day. an' some 'is slow, but 'at' dat's looked foh from you is to do An' feer fever 'n' an' de laughn', or be hoofh feet up, honey, an' go travel ilin' along. Washington Star. Return of the Disinherited MISS ACTION stood by the center table in the library with a match on her hand. The big room was as dark as a cave. She could see absolutely nothing, but what was it she heard? Surely some one was moving softly over the heavy carpet. "Who's there?" cried the girl. The only answer was a sound of scurrying feet. Some one was hurrying toward the door communicating with the conservatory. Instantly the knob clicked sharply, but the door did not open because it was locked, as Miss Action well knew. The girl had an impulse to scream and another to run away, but her strongest desire was for light. She cared darkness more than the mystery but it hid. It required less time than the tick or a clock for her to turn on the gas in the drop light and strike the match that was ready in her hand. The gas was ignited with explosive suddenness. All that was in the room seemed to hop into being out of the vanishing shadows. With his back against the conservatory door and his outstretched hands upon the wall, as if to steady him, stood a young man, tall, lean and pale. He wore a long black overcoat, but it was hung open and revealed the garb of a convict. "Do not be alarmed," she said. "I know who you are, and I will not betray you. Sit down, and we will decide what it is best to do. "I read in a newspaper that you had escaped," she said, "but I did not suppose that you would dare to come here. Yet I believe that your father expected you and that he went away to avoid the risk of meeting you." The convict said nothing, but the intensity of his facial expression was a distinct contribution to the conversation. "You don't understand," said the girl. "Probably you don't know who I am. Let me tell you the whole situation in a few words. You knew of your father's second marriage?" "Certainly." "He married my aunt, and I came there to live with them by your father's great kindness. We knew that he had a son, and that his name could not be mentioned in this house, but neither my aunt nor myself had the eighth knowledge of the cause of the estrangement between you and him. It was only by accident that I found out where you were." "How did it happen?" he asked. "Through your letter to him last spring—the one that he returned unopened. I noticed the Sing Postmark on it when it came. Of course, I did not then know it was from you, but he wrote the return direction upon the envelope. He sat at this table, and afterward I saw upon the blotter a part of the address reversed, of course, but legible: 'The State Prison,' and your middle name: 'Irving.'" "Arthur Irving Vane. Well?" "Then I knew that you were a convict, and it was easy to guess that your crime and your disgrace had caused your father to renounce you. But let me tell you a secret; he loves you I know it; I am sure of it; and that is why I am going to help you to-night though he would never forgive me if he knew it." "And you read of my escape?" "Yes; I read a few days ago that a convict named Irving had escaped with two others. I knew, of course, that you had dropped your last name for your family's sake when you were arrested." There was a moment's silence. Then the young man leaned forward with his face close to hers, and asked in a low, intense voice: "What are you going to do for me?" "What do you need?" she asked. "Food? A hiding place?" He sprang to his feet so suddenly that the girl was frightened almost to the point of crying. "Money, money!" he whispered. "That's what I need. With money enough I can get out of this country and begin a new life on the other side of the world. If I go back to prison it will kill all the good that's in me. If I don't—if I get 'ean away—who knows what I can make of myself?" "I believe that there is much truth in what you say," she replied. "If I could have advised you before you broke out of prison I would have told you to serve your sentence and then begin life anew. But I know that if you are captured now you will have to serve years and years in addition to your original sentence. I cannot ask you to do that. It is very wrong of me, but I shall help you to escape. How much money do you need?" "More than you can get, I'm afraid," said he, gloomily. "I must make Australia somehow." There was a safe built into the wall of the library. Miss Acton walked up to it, turned the knob of the combination lock and swung open the iron door. Within was a second door of this metal, which the girl opened by means of a key that she took from her pocket. There were books of accounts on each side of the safe within, and between them three little drawers, with pigeonholes above and below. Miss Acton took a roll of money from the lowest of the drawers and handed it to the captain, who counted it rapidly. "Four hundred," said he. "I can never do it with this." "It is all that belongs to me," she said. "Of course, we cannot touch your father's money." An inward struggle convulsed the young man's slender frame. "Why not?" he said, at last. "You said that he still loves me." "It would not be honest," she replied. "It would be theft. Can't you make this do?" "Australia is a long way off," said he. "I think my father ought to contribute something." "No," said she, firmy. "I will not consent, and you should not ask me." "I'm afraid it all up with me," said the convict, sinking into a chair. Miss Acton reflected deeply. "It is possible that if I asked my saint she might do something for us," she said, "but I can't get to her now, because there are people in the hall. They might look in here if I opened the door." "There certainly are people cut there," said he. "I've heard them talking for the last few minutes. But I could hide, you know." "True," said Miss Aeton. "and perhaps that's the best way. Get behind those curtains at the window." The convict rose hastily. Miss Aeton closed the inner door of the safe and put the key into her pocket. As she turned away she saw her companion standing with his face in his hands, while his form was shaken by convulsive sobs. "Why, what's the matter?" asked the girl in tones of sympathy. "It's nothing," he replied; "only—only you locked that door. You didn't trust me. Why should you? And yet if there was some one who did, some one in all the world who could see the little good there is in me—" Miss Aeton took the key of the inner safe door from her pocket and laid it upon the table. "You see that I do trust you," she said. "Thank you, thank you, a thousand times," he murmured, and so strong was his emotion that he positively staggered as he made his way toward his place of concealment. Miss Acton passed out into the hall—which was now light—and was greatly surprised to see in the reception room on the other side her aunt in conversation with a young gentleman. He arose as Miss Acton approached, and she was the better able to admire his exceptionally fine physique. His face matched his form, being remarkable for strength and beauty, and, moreover, it had for her an aspect of familiarity. He looked as much like the master of the house as was possible, considering the difference of their ages. "Mildred," said that young lady's aunt, in a voice betraying considerable agitation, "this gentleman is Dr. Vane, my husband's son." Mildred knew that Mr. Vane had but one son—and the other things that she knew or suspected in that moment will readily occur to the reader. Without a word to the visitor she darted back across the hall. The library door was locked. In another instant she was back again in the reception room. "Dr. Vane," she cried, "there's a thief in the library. I have given him all my money and the key of the safe. I thought he was you." "Thought he was II!" exclaimed the young man, astounded. "Yes; I thought you were in Sing Sing, and that you escaped, and—" "Thought I was in Sing Sing!" he cried. "So I was. I am assistant to the prison physician, and I have escaped a couple of days. But this thief! We must catch him. Has he locked the door? Then I'll break it down." "No, no!" exclaimed Mildred; "rur around to the window. He will escape that way. Auntie, call the servants!" She flew to the outer door, dragging Vane after her. In a moment he was racing around the house. Mrs. Vane had run through the hall to collect a pose of male dependents. Mildred, left alone, hastened to the library door and listened. Instantly the door was opened and the convict sprang out into the hall. "I'm much obliged to you for sending the others away," he called out as he fled by her. "You're a pretty bright girl-I—don't think." Mildred sat down on the steps and burst into tears of rage. She paid no attention when her aunt, with the servants in her wake, rushed to join in the pursuit. Not till she heard the voice of Vane, returning, did she raise her head. "You will beg the young lady's paron for all that you have said and done," was what Mildred heard. Looking up, she saw Vane holding the culprit by the collar. "I recognize this fellow," the young physician continued. "His name is Irving. His home is only a few miles from here, and it is not strange that he should have selected this house for a robbery that should help him in his flight." "He need not apologize to me," said Mildred. "I don't deserve it." * * * When the elder Mr. Vane returned to his home on the following day he heard the story of his son's adventure. It lost nothing by Mildred's telling. The young man appeared as her rescuer from the clutches of a desperate brigand. It transpired that the quarrel between father and son turned upon a question of marriage, Vane, Jr., objecting to uniting himself for life to the bride selected for him when both were children. As a matter of fact, the father's views had somewhat altered in the course of years, and he was ready to seize upon the adventure here narrated as a pretext for the beginning of a reconciliation which became complete a few months later, when the young physician, with Mildred's full authorization, suggested her as a substitute for the daughter-in-law that the elder Vane had originally chosen. -Columbian. Explieit. "He done look kinder queer like when I met him on de road," Mr. Erastus Pinkley was explaining. "He wouldn't look me in de face." "You means," said Miss Mianqi Brown, "dat he looked sheepish. "When you looks sheepish does you look like you had been stealin' sheep?" "Dat's de ide." "Well, he didn't look sheepish. He looked chickenish, don't what he looked."—Washington Star. GOLDEN CAPE NOME. Richest Mining District Ever Found on American Soil. Its Discovery, Although Made But Two Years Ago, Shrouded in Romance—Lights and Shadows of Life in Arctic Lands. [Special Chicago Letter.] CAPE NOME! Few know where it is, yet thousands are already making preparations to reach its golden coast as early as possible. Stories of vast fortunes to be picked up have reached the Yukon and Klondike mining districts, and are now being repeated in the United States, in Canada and all over Europe. Although the first discovery of the yellow metal in the Nome district was not made until September, 1898, yet at the close of 1899 the mining town of Nome had a population of 5,000; and a wide awake city had been firmly established on a barren and desolate beach. By next July the town will no doubt have 25,000 inhabitants, to say nothing of scores of populous suburbs, which will attract another 20,000. Neither the inclementity of the climate nor the high cost of living will deter men from wooing fortune where, according to common report, gold nuggets are within the reach of all who are willing to take the trouble of appropriating them. "The story of the discovery of gold in the Nome district," said Mr. Olaf Olson, who has recently returned from the district, to the writer, "sounds somewhat romantic. In fact, it sounds queer; yet it has obtained currency and credence among the miners; and is, I believe, destined to become history. It is to the effect that two Swedish missionaries, sent out from the United States, had been exceedingly kind to the natives, who were well acquainted with the mineral wealth of the Nome district. In token of their gratitude the natives im- ```markdown ``` ON THE BEACH AT THE CITY OF NOME parted to the preachers the secret which they had scrupulously guarded for years; and the two missionaries, Rev. N. O. Hulbert, of Chicago, and a Rev. Mr. Anderson, left their mission stations at once to convince themselves of the truth of the startling information they had just received. "They arrived at Nome in September, 1898, just before the freeze, and although they had but a few days to pursue their investigations out from $1,500 to $1,800. Under the direction of Mr. Hulbert, the missionary society with which he is connected took up a mine which, during the season of 1899, yielded a profit of $75,000. He also took up a claim on his own account—as did Mr. Anderson—and both have made lots of money. "Another story of the discovery of the Cape Nome gold fields is that it was made by three Swedish prospectors named Brintesen, Lindblom and Lindeberg. Some say that these three adventurers were merely the agents of Hultherg and working under his direction. I arrived at Nome last June with a party of miners and explorers, and when our vessel landed we found 120 men who had spent the winter there, and a few others who had come across from St. Michael on the ice to share in the first season's spoils. "After June miners began to arrive in regiments. Town lots and claims jumped in value from tens to thousands. Lumber—and poor lumber at that—was sold at $200 per 1,000, and skilled mechanics in the building line were paid $15 for eight hours' work. Nome is not a pretty town. It runs MINER AT WORK ON THE BEACH. along the beach for a distance of two miles, facing the water. The tents and wooden buildings have absolutely no protection from the cold winds of Behring sea, and the man who braves nine months of winter in that dreary country deserves to accumulate a fortune. "I was one of the pioneers at Dawson, and the first winter I passed there seemed horrible; yet the country around Dawson is paradise when compared with Nome. In the Klondike country the miners could always obtain plenty of fuel, but in this new Eldorado trees are unknown. Firewood, as well as all sorts of lumber, has to be brought in by boat, and that is why everybody who can afford it leaves the town in winter. In summer, which lasts about three months, the climate is not so bad, the only distressing feature being damp, cold fogs which sometimes envelop the shore in darkness for days at a time. The working season cannot be prolonged beyond four months. In the gulches along the mountains the diggings are coarse gold, but along the beach the gold, owing to the action of the waves, has been reduced to the size of bird shot. --- "The Nome gold belt is divided into a number of districts, known as the None, Bonanza, Eldorado, Discovery, Blake, Big Four, Sinnock, Cripple Granite, Fairview, Cape York and Norton Bay districts. The entire country covered by these fields is rich in gold, but the prospectors who go up there this spring will find that all of the good claims have already been taken up, Cape Nome, moreover, is no place for a poor man. Everything is expensive and competition is fierce. No one should attempt to go there unless he has enough money to pay his passage back to the United States, because nineteen out of every twenty new arrivals will make a failure. Anybody that starts with less than a complete outfit and at least $500 in cash is taking chances which no wise man should take. "I have some good claims which I shall work this year; but nothing as good as Brintesen, Lindblom or Lindeberg, each of whom is worth half a million dollars; nor quite as good as the fellows who are running the saloons of the town, who are getting rich at the expense of fellows that haven't sense or resolution enough to hold on to what they work for. Whisky kills more men in cold countries than exposure or disease, and not until its sale is prohibited will our mining camps prove really prosperous." It is Mr. Olson's opinion that last year's gold yield at Nome amounted to about $3,000,000, which is $2,000,000 less than the commonly accepted estimates. This year, he thinks, all the claims opened up in 1899 will be worked thoroughly, assuring an output of about $15,000,000. The exact location of the Cape Nome district has puzzled many otherwise well-informed citizens. According to Mr. C. F. Schrader, of the United States geological survey, it is situated on the northwest coast of Alaska, on the northeast arm of Behring sea, at the entrance of Norton sound. It is the southern promontory of a large peninsula, extending westward toward Siberia between Kotzebue and Norton sounds. Cleanliness than in the done in a he washed with Ivors should not statues, parted, sure a sup Little —Foder, McLubut? Sure tombstone aw thim at The la pawnbro great man redeemin No man woman a considers herself— and largely separates Behring sea from the Arctic ocean. Westward this peninsula terminates in Cape Prince of Wales, the most westward extension of the American continent, which is here separated from Asia by Behring strait, not more than 60 miles in width. The Cape Nome gold fields lie about 100 miles northwest of St. Michael, and just outside of the Fort St. Michael military reservation. By steamer route Nome is nearly 2,200 miles northwest of Seattle, Wash., and about 750 miles from Dutch Harbor, Unalaska. The Cape Nome region extends from the cape, the apex of the promontory, 30 miles or more northwest along the coast and about 20 miles inland to the north. In the middle of this shore line, at the mouth of Snake river, the city of Nome is located. The mining in this district is all placer mining. Gold is found in small quantities, scattered throughout the beds of streams, in the earth adjoining, and in the sands of the sea. The pay streak lies near the surface, and the actual labor of securing a fair yield is less than in the Klondike. Moreover, under Canadian mining laws the frontage of a claim is limited to 200 feet, while under American laws a prospector can have 1,120 feet. This is probably one of the principal causes why so many miners have forsaken the Klondike, which is under Canadian administration, for the Alaskan fields. Geologists are of the opinion that the entire northwest peninsula of Alaska is gold-bearing, and in support of their statements point out that since last August several new discoveries of rich gold fields have been reported—one at Cape York, 128 miles northwest of Nome, and another at Morton bay, 80 or 90 miles southwest. The entire region is a continuation of the great Yukon gold belt which according to scientists, crosses Behring strait and extends for hundreds of miles into Siberia. Surely all of William H. Seward's dreams, who in 1867 concluded with the Russian government the treaty by which the United States acquired Alaska, have been more than realized, for unless all signs fail, our arctic territory will supply the money markets of the world with yellow metal for many years to come. G. W. WEIPPERT. He Knew the Sex. Instantly his demenor changed. From the dephs of despair he was raised to the pinnacle of hope. "Then," he said, "you will be mine. For a time I feared you were merely indifferent to me and that consequently I had no chance." —Chicago Post. Man's Persuade "Life holds no further charms for me," He said with many a sigh: "Since you have spurned my love I long To just lie down and die." He hurried off to pile away. She sighed: "Alas! Too bad!" Bella was a day away. And that's what made her mad! -Chicago Times Herald Chance to Get Even Young Bridegroom—Darling, I think I should like to take your little brother with us to Niagara falls. 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No touch from Tacitus, and then took up sparing a burly member from the heist to be been an Indian agent, and he began to voce a welcoming harangue in Chocau. After while the speaker called him to order. "I will give the freedom of speech should be abridged," he said, from Massachusetts run on, and I didn't understand the first word of his lingo any better than he does mine." The scene was comedic, but it struck the death knurl of further quotations in congress.—N. Y. Telegram. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by the loss of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out by medical intervention, the condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. In the United Dollars for any case of Deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cards, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Johns Hopkins, 725 Hall's Family, Inc. the best. Owned It All. John I. Blair in his earlier days owned a western railroad along the route of which he established a series of lunchrooms at which employees of the road were to be charged 50 cents and all passengers 75 cents. Mr. Blair once dined at one of these places, and, concluding his meal, laid down a bad dollar to the road. "I was long to be along this road!" 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There was the anme rugged axpect to the country then as now, and the huge, moss-covered granite bowlders, the ‘wooded hillsides and winding valleys, and beyond all the glistening waters of the sound, provided a landscape upon which Mistress Fisher never tired of gazing. But the young people were not to be left to the peaceful enjoyment of their new home. The war clouds which had long been gathering broke in a storm, and among the first to respond to his country’s call was Mr, Fisher. Enrolled in Maj. Paulding’s band of patriots, he speedily became one of the most trusted of Washington's scouts in the so-called neutral ground, But bis young wife, left to herself, ‘wan as bold of heart as her husband, and soon found many methods of dis- playing ® courage and loyalty as strong as his, After the battle at White Plains she had gone to the camp and nursed the wounded continentals with a care whieh endeared her to all the soldiers, and when Washington himself had en- = : = “naps oe, a ee en” alg VAN on mS NE AN, ee lb SeFT TJ ANS ee” 1. i A | ere ie = LLIN? See r § eamped near her home she had pro- vided for his table in such a manner ‘ax to call forth the thanks of the great commander in words which were long after cherished in the family. When the army had departed she returned to her home, but the stirring expe riences in the camp were to be fol- lowed by still more stirring expe: riences in the neutral ground. Prowl: ing bands of tories and Hessinns sent out from New York soon created a veritable reign of terror. Possessions were stolen, homes were burned, and in the awful rage which was begotten of the war It almost seemed ax if every man's hand was lifted sgainat his neighbor, Still young Mistress Pisher remained alone in her home, cheered by the oc conional visite of her husband, and on rare occasions fleeing to the shelter of Coney hill with her nelghbors when 4t was reported that a larger hand of marauders than usual was approach: ing: but for the most part sho atayed behind to guard her few possessions and defend her home, And she well Anew that her presence was demand: ed, At one time a force of red-coats Kind carried away with them the roan colt, which was her own special pride and property; but, undismayed, she had mounted the other horse, which had been left behind, and ridden straight to the British camp at Mor risania, and with flashing eyes had de- manded of the captain the return of her possessions, The offleer had laughed, and, moved perhaps by her very boldness, had granted her re: quest. Sho had left the camp leading the roan colt behind her. Of Inte matters had become steastity worse. The visits of the marauders had Increared, while those of her hus band were less and less frequent And, indeed, twice had he had such &n experience that, eager as she was to see him, the young wite had tear fully begged of him not to make the attempt again At one time he had been traced by the redcoats, hoping to capture the bold scout, and not long after he had entered the hoose his enemies had surrounded the place and boldly ealled upon him to surrender. Mistress Pish- er, terrified but undaunted, had lifted the rough boards of the kitchen floor and concealed her husband beneath Theme und then, with an appearance of boldness she was far from feeling, had faced the soldiers and biden them search the house—a search which proved unavailing. At arother time—and the young wife could never repress the shudder which crept over her at the recollec- tion—he had been surprised by the and of Blindberry, the most detested of all the tories in the neutral ground, and unable to excape had been seized by the men and biden to give over the gold which he was supposed to have concealed somewhere about the place. When the young patrict had seertily ond slesdiiy refued, be exp had led him forth into the yard and throwing a halter over one of the lower limbs of a tree had suspended tim from it. Upon his repeated re- fusals to reveal the hiding piace they at last seft him hanging dead, as they supposed, and departed. The grief- stricken young wife had eut down the body of her husband, never once thinking that he was still alive, but to her inexpreasible Joy she had discov- ered a faint fluttering in the heart, and through her careful nursing he was soon restored and more deter mined than ever to do his part in de- feading bis home and country agalnst the attacks of the Hessians and the Inwless bands which bad been quick to turn the struggle to their own ad- vantage, And now Mistress Fisher was again expecting a visit from her hushand. Jt was true, abe had not received any direct word from him, but it had been long since she had seen him and some- how she could not shake off the feel- ing that he would come that very aft- ernoon, Again and again she had left her work and gone out on the low piazza to gaze up and down the road, but the sun had sunk lower in the sky, the night would soon come and still he had not appeared. She must be mistaken, she thought, and resolute- ly strove to drive her fears and hopes alike from her mind, But with all her efforts she could not succeed, and ns the long shadows began to lengthen she once more left the house to take her stand outside and satisfy herself that no one was in right, ‘As she passed through the doorway she suddenly stopped and peered in- tently before her. Down the rond just lanes it left the woods she could see a ‘man running awiftly toward her house, Her first thought was that it must be her husband, but why was he in such haste? He was running desperately, and the frequent glances he caxt behind him showed that he was in fear of some: tos coming from that direetion, In tun agony of suspense Mistress Fisher ‘olasped her hands and watched the -man. She was tempted to seize the one ‘gun In the house and go to his ald, but ‘restraining the impulse, ax she realleed that the man was coming toward her, she paused and walted. Once he stum: died and fell and a low ery ercaped ‘the waiting womnu’s lips, but in an Anatant he had regained his footing and ‘dashed forward with incrensed speed. ‘On and on ran the man, stil! easting occasional glances behind him, and ‘soon she could see that he was not ber ‘Wunband, but a neighbor, Mr. Mutter, one of the stanchest whigs in all the re- ‘gion. It was evident, however, that he was in trouble, and Mistress Bisher, relieved as che wan to discover It was not her husband who was being pursued, walt- ed with almont breathless eagerness for him to approach, He was near now, and she could easily see that he was la: boring under great excitement; — the ‘perspiration poured in streams down ‘his face and hin alarm was evident in ‘every movement, Me was soon near ‘the house, and as she thought he was oing 10 pans without recognizing ber, “Miatrens Fisher cated: “Mr. Butler! Mr, Butler! What ts ie? What is it? ‘The fleeing man glanced up, and in- stantly changing his course, darted into the house after her, “What in it?) What is it?" repeated the exeited woman, “The tories! the tories!” gasped the almost exhausted man. “They're after me. They're close behind me! They'll get me sure, Mistress Fisher, if you don’t hide me!™ Ars, Fisher stepped to the door again tand gazed down the road, Just emerg- ing from the woods she could see a band of men coming awittly up the road, and her neighbor's words needed no further confirmation, Had they seen him turn Inte her house? She could not tell, but, satintied that in any event they would atop there to make inquir- tes, if nothing more, the courageous woman instantly turned and once more faced the panting man in the room, “Hide met Hide me somewhere, any- where!” he pleaded. “Don't let them get me!” Mistress Fisher glanced hastily about the room, What could she do? Throngh the kiteben door she could see the bens uttering in the aah heap. Beyond was the barn, and it was useless to think of Diding there, And the tories were al- ready approaching and would soon be in the house, “Here!” exclaimed the undaunted woman, selzing a brush made of goose quilts lying om the table, Taking a Knife she quickly cut several of the Quills loose, Then, cutting the feathered Parts away. she blew the “nth ont of cach and joined four ef them in the form of « long tube. She worked rap- idly and with @ desperation bora al- $$ -- — most of Gespair, the man meanwhile watching her and not uttering a sound. ‘As soon as she had the tube ready, she grasped the shovel, which wan near the kitchen door, and said: “Come! De quick! We haven't « minute to spare.” ‘The man followed her, not perceiving her purpose, but too frightened to ques- tion or protest. Quickly Mistress Fixh- er ran to the ash heap and begen todig with feverish haste. Every moment was precious now, and the labored desper- ately, knowing that the fate of a life depended upon her efforts. As soon as she had made a hole large erough to satisty her, she dropped the shovel, and, taking the quill tube, said to her eom- ‘panion: — “Ifere! keep this in your ‘mouth! Now jump in asd I'll hide you. Be sure and keep your eyes and mouth close’. Quick!” Her purpose was clear now, and in- stantly the man obeyed. Then Mistress Fisher covered him with ashes, being careful to seo that the end of the tube was left free, and ax soon ax the labor was completed the flung the shovel to one side of the house and entered the kitchen, just as the tories eame upon the piazza. Her heart was trembling, though her countenance was bold, as the advanced to meet the band. “Who are you? What wish you here?” the brave woman demanded. “Give up that rebel, Joe Butler,” sald the lender; “we saw him turn in here.” “Think you I would give him up it he were bere?” “You've got him here somewhere, Now, give him over!” shouted the lead er, flourishing a pistol ax he spoke. Mistress Fisher felt strangely sick and faint, but, still striving to keep up her bold appearance, said: “Keep your pistol to frighten ehildren with; you shall not intimidate me! Ifyou want to give up your chase and look for my neighbor Butler here, it is your priv Slege. "Tin not the first time defense- less women in Westchester county have ‘had thelr homes invaded by hirelings!" "Come on, boys!" enlled the leader, restoring his pistol to his belt and turning to his followers as he spoke. “She bid that rebel husband of here ‘under the kitehen floor, and perhaps Joo Butler ix there now!” In a moment the search was be- gun. ‘The loose boards of the tloor were torn away, but no “rebel was found beneath them, Then into the cellar, Into every room and closet, tearing apart the beds and overturn: ing chairs and tables in their efforts, The men searched the house, but the missing man could not be found. “Some of you go out to the barn.” said the leader, at last. “I'M stand here and keep my eye on both places," he added, as he stepped upon the ash heap. In en agony of fear Mistress Fiche er watehed and waited, Would he dis cover the presence of the man cone ceated beneuth his fect? The mos ments dragged on like hours, but at last the search was abandoned and with inany threats against her “rebel husband” and the whig who for tho present had escaped them the men ds» parted. ‘The woman waited until a half hour had gone and then, taking her shovel, began to dig into the ash heap again, Soon she had freed her neighhor from his hiding place, but What a spectacle he presented! le most too exhausted to stand, streaked with the ashes, and almost islinded ne well, it wax long before he was te: stored, Hut at Inst, by the aid of soap ard water and such simple means as were In the house, he was made ready to return to his home or go to the comp, ax he deemed best. Ax ‘ie stood on the piazza he eaid: “I thought L was a dead man when I crawled into that ash heap. 1 was thinking of the words of the preach+ er—"Dust to dust, ashes to ashes,’ “Out of the ashes you came to life again,” responded Mistress Fisher, solemuly, "So may it be with our country and wifh us all” And tho true-hearted woman stood In the doore way and watetied her neighbor untit he disappeared in the forest.—Everett f. Tomlinson, in Congregationallat, S. NHERE » a Ge CRN A 6 TIONOR 1S DUE | a 5 Ear ee fi may luca George es Aa (the man who won | ARMS) You inay ett of hin eps. AB from the wrong hue ht toc ers nocd 16 le mi 2 pages acs sot its cases Hine cae ee na Lett us hone. the “a) vcricaaet tht ) softhiisris:, a ttnough thie way ee.) ee ae ~ Gio Licht ee 6S ait Letts ‘boner the a) dulllerwho drew c out the pian, ff And adied, through ‘ years of innate (ie Small stone upon & Re stone. Grmiy tx: (CD y ing them there, OR%e Andthous this may C6 AB de bat a Kits “NAREN point of view Lat us nive crediGwhere it is certainiy dua, And pluck from Bin laurels one leat for ane Sher, Bo three cheers for our George, and four for his mother Margaret 8, Uederwood, in Youth's Com Pee ee Could Mave Shot Washington. “It was once in my power to have shot Gon, Washington,” saida British soldier to ab American as they were discuss- Ing the events of the great struggle After the concluding of peace, “Why @id you not shoot him thea? asked the American, “You ought to have doue so for the benefit of your countrymen.” “The death of Washington would not have been for their beneilt,” re- plied the Euglishman. “We depended upon him to use our prisoners kindly, and we'l sooner have shot an officer of our own!"—N. ¥. Herald, Ail Keyboles Inok alike to the be feddied clubman ta.¢ reteraiag. STICK STAMPS ON STRAIGHT. Attention Is Called to the Irrever~ ‘ence of Standing Great Mem on Their Heads, “Did you ever happen to think,” sald A. ¥. Rawlon, of Kansas City, to the New York Tribune man, “of how much better it would be if people would af- fix stamps neatly and in upright posi- ion upon their letters instead of in the helter-akelter manner which is so gen- eraily prevaleat? Besides, is it treat- ing in fitting ‘manner the memory of those great ones in the history of the republic whose features are held in liv- ing memory by means of the post? The father of his country has not come down to us historically ax one likely to enter the presence of a Indy on his nore, or even when carrying you a ngtifica- tion that your bank neconnt ix over- @rawn to do so while skating along on his left eyebrow. “Do you think that he who wrote the sayings of Poor Richard and drew up the articles of confederation for the Al- bany convention would stand on his MAJ. GEN. SIR FREDERICK CARRINGTON. f S “4 a *) Ds RSS ; Par Sa Lf PZ ee ee f Ui LEZ) i \ s LE 1/1" Lonfon dispatches announce that this well-known Rritish general has been re leased from hix command at Teifast for the purpoe of assuming command of a come pany of Irregulars to be furnished by Cecil Hhodes and the British Chartered South African company. Gen, Carrington has served in all parts of the worid and is kuowa Aya, maa of remarkable courage and Uaparaileled cruelty. With the adventurers to be placed at his disposition he will conduct. a guerrilla warfare on the borders of Rechuanaiand and the Orange Free Stato which may appall the elviiized world by ite wavawery. head, even were he conscious that it was] What does he do? If he is a raw his lot to carry around patent medicine | “boy,” and not used to it, he runs off advertisements and book notices?| with'a terrified lool on his face: if be Would the conqueror of Appomattox,|is used to it he retires precipitately after hia wonderful trip around the] with a satisiied smile, not necessarily world, rest easy if he knew he was re-| because he has got the thrashing. but peating that triumphal progress every | because he no longer has it to look day and entering the uttermost corners | forward to, of the earth on his ear, hiseyeorflaton| ‘The only explanation for the sys his back? Or, agnin, is it betitting that | tematic lying of the native in face of the stern and rugged conqueror of New | the most convincing proof is that the Orleans and uncompromising opponent] native mind is totally unable to form of the United States bank should enter |a conception of what we understand your presence prone upon his right or | by truthfulness left side? 1 shudder even to think of — him os standing on his head, on account | THEY ALL PLAY THE GUITAR. ‘of the agony this position would cause —— him, due to his spikelike hair. ‘The Portuguese Are Always Accom- “Dy all means stick your stamps on plished Manipulators of straight, It looks betier, and besides the Strings, pays a more fitting tribute to the na- — tion's dead.” In Portugal men play upon the — guitar as naturally as Yankees whis- No Doubt of @ Personal Devil, | ile. The peasants are. universally ‘The assertion which was made re-| given to the instrument, chiefly as an cently in England by a military expert | accompaniment to the voice. In towns that among the Boers there is a com-| and villages the artisans are often ex- mon belief that the Bible was written | pert guitar players and walk in groups originally in Duteh, has called out from | to and from their work, enlivening the ‘a correspondent of the London Daily| journey with music and song. The BRITISH ARMY AMBULANCE WORK. A ei a i Ra ~ —__4 et ,) Ss - DP erity SSH te ye ty a ee ~ me a Ber a: fa ayy) Wy pi ee Ee ee” SS 1) - — i Pere oN S fh ; Fe. Sy) en ag i} “on h) y i —= a. re PON ae if 4 ee SS + Oe gee ESS A ee i] vr r ———— 7 NC IN <= 4) ee er a iv F Wine a we os a ee +B ton Ait i Sue sus Ue habe na nh of. semnpitt slo Scere ase ten bette caatee tottae coeeetins bn geet a,Teah St picture hore reproduced wan chetched neat Golvase hate special arid ef Tonien Bical ‘and Wile ond skews Rew tbe wocaded ate fouseel itm tar, kaiont Ge ¢ Vas eondiors wtueeea'is thin Buide haa's hatin tage Pitas arent atc Gi satored Als anon has eieuieel or ces Nineh eae ae tena atte A ee recovery: and suiare seihing trom the tecribie’ wound hepthd'ah seseeoan heal roan News the fovowing anecdote: “A Duteh minister, lately arrived in the ‘Transvaal from Holland, was rebuked by an old farmer for having expressed doubts of the reality of a personal devil, “I can show you his portrait,’ sald the Boer; and, taking down his family Bible, which was adorned with wood cuts of an antique type, he turned to @ presentment of the conventional evil one, with horas and tail, “There!” exclaimed the Boer, triumphantly; ‘you have doubts about the existence of the devil. There is a picture of him, and that Is the word of God.’ The Boer fuliy believed the artist, as well as the writers, to have been inspired.” Arteteerets tn Frioea, According to an apparentiy authen- tic article fa a Frewen. periodical not less than 20,000 aristocrats are at pres- ent confined in the prisons of Europe. Russia stands first with 12,000 biue- blooded law breakers, while Italy de- serves to be accorded second position, her places of detention hashoring thou- sands of soblemen, ! ) ADEPTS AT LYING. Pertinneious Untruthtainess Ie @ Dominant Trait of the South Afriean Kaflirs, , The koMfir makes an interesting study. You cannot understand him all at once. It requires time, and a good deal of it. A new arrival thinks the ‘kaffir is a born prevaricator of the truth,and has his reasons for so think-| ing, says the London Mail Suppose you catch a “boy” commit- ting a misdemeanor. Ask him what he has been doing, and he will look up in your face, a picture of innocence, and reply: “Ikona, baas"—plump de- nial, ‘Tell him you saw him do it, threaten him with punishment, he will still persist in maintaining his inno- cence. He will still plead ignorance of the misdeed and mutter in astonish- ment or fear: “Ikona, bass.” In fact, ‘he knows nothing whatever about it. If the offense be one that cannot be ‘overlooked you proceed to administer ‘reproof—with the foot, if you are not ‘particular and wish to be impressive. What does he do? If he {s a raw “boy,” and not used to it, he runs off with a terrified lool on his face; if he is used to it he retires precipitately With a satisiied smile, not necessarily Because he has got the thrashing, but because he no longer has it to look forward to, ‘The only explanation for the sys tematic lying of the native in face of the most convincing proof is that the native mind is totally unable to form a conception of what we understand by truthfulness. THEY ALL PLAY THE GUITAR. ‘The Portuguese Are Always Accom- plished Manipulators of the Strings, In Portugal men play upon the guitar as naturally as Yankees whis- tle, The peasants are universally given to the instrument, chiefly as an Accompaniment to the volee, In towns and villages the artisans are often ex- pert guitar players and walk in groups to and from their work, enlivening the journey with music and song. The carpenter who comes to your house to executs @ small job brings his guitar with his tools and the blackamith is a far better performer on the guitar than the anvil. When Portuguese day laborer of workmen has finished his jong day's toll he does not hie him to a wine shop to squander the few cents he has earned; he does not even lean against A,post and amoke, nor whittle a stick while swapping yarne with his fellows, It he did not bring his guitar with him he goes straight home and gets it, rests and comforts himself with the rustle while supper is being prepared. Afterward he spends the evening sing- ing doggerel songs to a strumping ac- companiment, tilted back in a chair against his own house wall or on the doorstep of a neighbor. Mas les Advantages, Queen Victoria always has her new shoes worn a few times by one of her maids. After all, there is some advan- tage, thinks the Chicago Times-Herald, in being a monareh, even tn England, MATTER OF DOUBT. ‘The Train Doy Knew People Pretty ‘Well, But He Had a Guess Coming. “One day last fall,” said » wellknown Montana man, “I was riding on a train in may state and got to be on pretty fair terms yuh the train boy by buying few of the things he had to sell. It was not a very formal kind of a train, and when the boy bad daished big rounds he came over to sit with me and ‘chin a bit/'as be said. 1 was willing enough, as he was a sharp ind and there was nobody else to talk to, and he went right at things. "Dy you know,’ he said, ‘that I can tell by looking at a man mighty near what he is, Now, there's that fellow over there in the corner; he's a Chicago” drummer. I can tell him by the way he lets his money go and the fip style he has when he talks ko people, And that ebap over there with the’ aie hat om, he's a preacher from country town, I'm dead ‘sure, and T'll go ask him if you say 80. “I didn’t say 40, because T didn’t care a contisental, and the boy went on with bis Gescriptions of the people on the train. At Inst ‘T'asked him what he thought 1 was, Tad ons pretty ashy wut of ight stuf and wae thinking I was looking pretty well, so I was willing to risk the boy's venture. He looked me over for a full minute very COAVG! he anid, at, lant, 4 “Well” he said, at, last, ‘you've got a 100 of money, but F ain't dead sure whether you area cattleman or a gambler.’ "—Wash- ington Star. WIT AVERTED A STORM. ‘The Capital Device of n Congress. man to Cool His Wite’s beni, In the seclusion of the house cloakrooms 2 story is being told on a western member. ‘There are 357 men in the house. Three hun: dred and fifty-six are hereby released from any, connection with the story. The other man—and the other man’s wile—will recog: ‘Rize the toath of what is here recorded. ‘The western member went home at a very sari, hour in the morning: “He had made a ight of it with some friends. Heknew that his conduct would be considered reprehensi ble by his better half, and so as he ascended fhe, meps of his modest home he racked his brain for some plan to avert the lady's wrath, “Aw he entered the hall he saw an umbrella. Tnetantly it oceurred to him that the umbrella might be his salvation, He carried the umbrella upstairs, Seating himself on a chair in the corner of the bed- room, he raised the rain guard over his head and then coughed loudiy: Tis wife awoke and saw in the dim gaslight her liege lord Siting solemnly under th raised umbrella, “What are you doing?” she asked in nat. ural surprise, “It is three o'clock, my dear,” said and Yam waiting or tredorn ot ‘The conareseman’s ready wit saved him from a Caudle lecture. He is worrying now, however, to find an equally effective act for the next tlme he stays out late.—Washing- ton Post. A CAREFUL BRIDE. She Didn't Give Hubby a Chance to Make Any Deciaration of Setetinn:: eet cl tite car elie eek gratulations of friends and relatives, and Sere. being whitled tpidiy towards the Tailway sation, betore the bridegroom bee i fuity to realize that the vision of love fintem at his ade was indeed his own. ‘Adena aote of what he had gone and done and of the sacred cherge that was how committed to his eare. begin to creep upon his besumbed faculties, driving. the Fore of health from his downy cheek and Substituting therefor the pallor of haunt Ing respons, : *Dusling,” he whispered, softly, “it will ever be my mcred care in life to? She in terrupted hin somewhat brusquely. Nowy? said. ale, “don’t eit on your cont: tails at way aud et them all wrinkled up, fn for wadneu’ ee dont ly your ebow Figlt in that dust!” Teaven only knows how Tong it'll be efore ‘you get another au, a9 that you better take care of this one, Now, wen weget tothe ation, youd bet ier eta couple of sandwiches ‘in ease. we set net i the (rain, and two baniboiled Seas, amd don't forget‘a umall paper of pe per and sait’—TieBits, a A LESSON IN COURTESY. Neat Rebuke Given a Haughty Wom fan by « Man in Working Gaaume. One stternomn s stylishly dred women boarded at Hinels Central tran at Forty seventh street, She sat down in the only Vacant seat, beside a young workman, who Woe reading « book. ‘The man wore bine Overalls and ‘carried a dinner pail. The woman drew herselt together superclioualy Rnieevated her eyebrows. In getting Le tieket she dropped her purse, and the young fellow picked i up and offered it to her Politely’ She took it, without a word of thanks,” All the way up town she hugeted and behaved so unpieasantiy that the atten: Hon of the other passengers in the car was Attracted to the little drama When the train stopped’ at Randolph sgreet the woman, in crowding pont knocked the book from the workman's hare. SV hog your pardon,” ahe condewcended. “Not af all; mam,” responded the young fellow, cheerfully. It's quite in keeping with the text of Your conduct.” ‘And veversbody thonght it served ber right —Chieago fater Ocean. favtorial Comment. “Poor old Jones, the grocer, died, ear! this morsing” mid the vlagesditor’s bet er halt. “Hubt exclaimed the local-opinion molder, “he's been dead for years:” Hise dead 9p. yeara!™ ected the ag tonished wile, “Why, what do you mean? “ust what T maid," fephed thev-e. “Any san in byunes who docrn't advertise i dead one.”—Chieago Evening News. 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