The Afro-American Advance

TWIN CITY NEWS. VOL. II. NO. 2. THE ORIENTAL NATIONAL FAIR OF ST. PETER'S CHURCH under the auspices of the Wayman Home Circle, will commence April 2nd, 1900, at St. Peters A. M. E. Church, 22nd St. and 6th Ave. So. 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, retailed at $150; 2nd prize, lady's writing desk or its equivalent in value at option of the meritorious, red, 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 amounts 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. Rev. J. Will King has been on the sick list for the past week. Mrs. P. F. Hale is quite sick, confined to her bed. The choir will render another sacred concert Sunday evening. March 4th, at the Mission. All are welcome. The young people of the Mission are The young people of the Mission are arranging for a concert March 21st. Mrs. Lou Thomas returned to her home at Kansas City, Mo., last week, after a two months' stay with her sister, Mrs. J. Will King. The choir at the Mission Sunday evening sang as if they had struck some of the harps of gold. Many of our white friends were present. Rev. J. Will King will preach from the subject "The Wonderful Woman," Sunday evening, March 11. Special music will be furnished by the choir. General class at the east side church Sunday at 11 a. m. Sacred concert at the Mission in the evening. The W. C. T. U., colored, will render a program at the Mission Sunday evening, March 25th. Master Raymond Plummer is on the sick list. Quarterly meeting at St. Peters next Sunday. Mrs. Myers, the evangelist, of Chicago, will speak at 3 p. m. Rev. Jason Bundy will preach at 8 p. m. 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 street. 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. Rev. Hart, of Bethesda Baptist church, preached his farewell sermon Sunday, evening last. The members of St. Thomas Episcopal mission leased a church building on the corner of 6th avenue south and 4th street, which will hereafter be their place of worship. All are cordially invited. The Lucy Thurman W. C. T. U. will meet at Mrs. I. Newton's, 3343 21st avenue south, March 5th. All members are requested to be present. A gospel meeting will be held at the mission 51th avenue south. 405, March 28th. Members of the W. C. T. U. will participate. St. Patrick's Day in the Morning the Wyman Home Circle will give one of the most elegant green lattes ever served in the church, in honor of St. Patrick's Day, with an elegant program on Friday evening, March 16th, 1900. Fill the church and have a nice time. Rev. Hart, of Bethesda Church, preached his farewell sermon to a crowded house Sunday evening last. He preached in able sermon. All seem to be pleased with his final effort. The Ladies' Guild of the E. P. Mission met at Mrs. J. T. Monroe's, 415 Fourth street south. Thursday afternoon. After they were through discussing business they were served with a delightful lunch by the hostess. CORRESPONDENCE. Editor Afro-American Advance: Editor Airo-American Advance: Dear Sir—It has come to our notice that quite a few people are under the impression, owing to the location of our place of business, that it is unfit for their patronage, or, is run by men not worthy of their patronage. Please permit us, through your paper, to say that our place is one of the most respectable places in our city. And we can furthermore say that we have some of the most prominent and respectable men and women to visit and patronize us. We want all persons to bear in mind that we are here to stay with the intention to do business in a business way. That is, to treat all alike. If we fall let us fall trying to do right. If we rise we intend to rise in the right. So as we have done in the past we intend to do in the future. Extending our invitation to the public to visit and patronize us. Respectfully yours, MANN & KOGER, Props. Advance Cale, 214 Washington Av. So Professional Curiosity "Yer honor," said the prisoner to the judge, "I should like to have my case postponed. My lawyer is sick and can't come to court." The judge took two or three minutes to converse, the case may be postponed," he said, at last, if you desire it. But I see here that you were told to the act your counsel have to say your behalf." That's just what I want to know, yer honor, said the prisoner—Collier's Weekly. The Afro=American Advance. ST. PAUL. Correspondence, letters, etc., must reach us by Wednesday for publication. 395 Thomas street. Mr. Ed Henry still remains on the sick list. Mrs. Lizzie Morris is convalescing from an illness of three weeks. Patronize your own people who are in business, as far as you can. Mr. John Martin left Monday afternoon with General Manager Scott, of the Omaha, for an extended trip through the "Sunny South" and Old Mexico. It would have pleased us to have seen Miss Farr, our Afro-American teacher in the city schools, have a chance in the "trip to Paris contest." Granting her chances were not good to succeed, was there any effort made? Did we do what we could? Ten thousand votes could have been easily secured, thus together when it comes to a question of race pride. Oh! my people, you are away behind in this glorious Northwest. Slowly but surely you are being swallowed by the "majority." 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 "Advance" is prepared to do your job printing of all kinds at reasonable rates. Remember the place, 305 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 also. THE ORIENTAL HAIR PAR-LORS, on the corner of Seventh and Sibley streets, room 205. Krahmer 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. J. Allen, proprietor. Word has been received of the death of Mr. Albert Plowdin, the young railroad porter who went home to die. He lived only two weeks and five days after his arrival in Memphis, Tenn. The young man had been away from his home and mother over nine years, and during that time he had not written one letter back home, yet when his home coming was known, great preparation was made for his welcome. A loving man with open arms and all was forgiven; her son had come home to die. St. Paul is full of splendid men away from home. When have you written to mother? Revival services at St. James A. M. E. church are growing in interest, many are being converted and coming into the church. The meetings will continue for some time yet. Editor and Mrs. J. C. Reid, of Minneapolis, were over Sunday evening visiting the Johnson and the Dickets, at 375 Thomas st. Mr. W. L. Whielding is enjoying a vacation with his family this week. Mr. Whielding is with the Great Northern, and runs between St. Paul and Seattle. Mr. O. D. Clabourne was accompanied by his little son Carl on his trip to Duluth Saturday evening. The little man is not in sympathy with the "Advance," and says we are "always putting things in the paper about somebody." Lady members of St. Phillip's Mission met Monday afternoon at the Mission to perfect plans for the second entertainment of their regular series for 1900, which will be given May 10. Further particulars will be given later. Watch the papers. OH. THE POOR GIRLS! New England Daughters Who Have Had Unpronounceable Names Saddled Upon Them. Yankee ingenuity is proverbial, and is a trait of which New Englanders may fairly be proud. Nevertheless, there is one field of invention in which they do not shine—the invention of proper names, says Youth's Companion. This was often practiced in New England in old times. It has now become a distressingly popular habit in the west. Of course, it is easy to understand how a proud parent may think no name in all history, tradition or romance quite good enough for her own particular baby; but that baby, when she grows up—it is almost invariably a she—will seldom thank her parents for their effort to distinguish her with something novel and original. Yet greatly daring parents, quite recently the records show, have afflicted innocent infants with the names of Venustine and Oriette; Rovilla, Syrenola and Zulea, Zinda, Lucilline and Hyanthe, Doriaciana and Avelaura. The poor babies! And they will not even have the satisfaction of commemorating great events, which may some day practically reconcile to their fate these young ladies, the Misses Deweyette-Olympia Jones, Philippina-Victoria-Ciewey Brown and Deweyline Manila Robinson! Indeed, the first two of this trio being of the colored race, whose taste in names is usually a little florid, may perhaps wear their honors as proudly as they were bestowed; but it would not be a rash prophet who should venture to predict that little Deweyline Manila, by the time she has been plagued through the primary school, and called after in the grammar school, and laughed at through the high school, will, once she is fairly entered upon her teens, fall back on her initials, and face a cold, hard world as plain Miss D. M. Robinson. The great virtue is industry; all the other virtues follow in its train — Achievement Globe. MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, MINN., SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1900. WE STILL LIVE THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN ADVANCE. A Coterie of Prominent Minneapolis who Figure Conspicuously in the History of The Advance. This issue of The Advance marks its first score—the second issue of volume number two. Not unlike other new enterprises of the race. The Advance [Name] struggled with a few actual supporters while the "crowd" looked silently on awaiting with bated breath the predicted downfall of their only champion in the journalistic world. The "cuts" produced are of those who faithfully contributed their time, money and energy to the establishment of this paper. The people of the Twin Cities will vividly recall the circumstances and diligence of the chief promoters of this THE MAYFIELD THE WOMAN WHO WAS THE LADY OF THE WORLD race organ, and their friends. A quartet of prominent citizens organized a company, known as The Colored Citizen Publishing Company, J. C. Reid president; Chas. Turner, treasurer; E. H. Hammonds, secretary; Jos. Shepard, soliciting agent. The paper was issued and proved to be a winner, the president acting as editor-in-chief. At resigned at Citizen Co. Reid as chatee, Steward sequently failed and a Mr. Reid, sponsibility latter finding THE MASTER one time a semi-weekly greeted the surprised public with negro news, but for reasons which soon answered its purpose. The Twin City American, a creditable race journal, made its debut shortly after the Colored Citizen, with J. M. Griffin as editor, a classmate in the university law school of Mr. Reid, thus placing the two friends in a pe- J. M. GRIFFIN cular attitude toward one another. McCants Stewart, a graduate of law from the same school, acted as Editor Griffin's manager. Ere long common M. CHARLES TURNER. sense began to show its golden colors and a secret meeting between the principals was effected, and consolidation was the result. Abolishing the two former names and substituting "Afro American Advance" the actions seem to greatly please the public. Chas. Miller a talented young man, and Miss Bessie Mills, a graduate of the St. Paul high school, who composed the St. Paul contingent of the Citizen and American DUCKETT. resigned after consolidation, also the Citizen Company dissolved, leaving Reid as chief editor, Griffin as associate, Stewart business manager. Subsequently the health of Mr. Griffin failed and he disposed of his interest to Mr. Reid, who then assumed the responsibility of editor and proprietor; the latter finding it quite a task, disposed of one-half interest to Mrs. Geo. Duckett, of St. Paul, a graduate of Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo. Recently Mr. Reid disposed of the other half conditionally to Lawyer J. L. Curtis, of this city. The Advance stands upon solid financial basis. It cannot fail to remain in the minds of the Twin City people as living history. J. C. REID Accomplished at Last by Gen Dundonald—Gen Buller Visits the City. SAYS COUNTRY IS CLEAR OF THE BOERS London Goes Mad with Joy at the News—Bells Rung at Windsor — Queen Sends Telegraphs of Congratulation—Roberta Reports Occupation of Colema. London, March 2. — Gen. Buller wires from Neithorpe, under Thursday's date, that he has just returned from Ladysmith. He adds that the whole country south of that place is cleared of the Boers. "Neithorpe, March 1. I have just returned from Ladysmith. Except a small guard, north of Surprise hill, the whole of the town is still tired in hot haste, and to the south of the town the country is quite clear of them. "The garrison were on half a pound of meat a man per day and supplementing the meat ration by horses and mules. The nurse nursing before being fit for the field." The other dispatch from Buller reads: "Lyttleton's Headquarters, March 1-9-89 Morning—Glen Dundonald, with the Natal tender Lady硫 with the Natal tender Lady硫 last night. The country between me and Lady硫 is reported clear of the onemy. I am moving on London Mad with Joy. London, March 2. — When the news of the relief of Ladysmith became generally known London literally went mad with joy and throughout England the scenes witnessed have no parallel in the memories of this generation. The pent-up pubilation at the relief of Kimberley and the defeat of Cronge could no longer be controlled, and with Thursday's crowning triumph the national trait of self-restraint was thrown to the winds. The lord mayor of London immediately telegraphed his congratulations to Gen. White and Buler. Chimes Rung at Windsor. When the queen received the newat Windsor the bells on the curfew tower of the castle were rung in honor of the event. This storm of jubilation centered around the Mansion house and by noon thousands of persons blocked the many approaches to the grim building. It was a dense, black mass, composed chiefly of business men, the majority of them carrying little union jacks. Never before was there such a sale of flags as Thursday. Through this cheering throng there was only one avenue open to traffic and this was utilized by the busses going from east to west. All traffic in other directions was stalled for hours. At the Stock Exchange. Nothing could be done at the stock exchange except sing "God Save the Queen," and cheer. Business at the Baltic (wheat market for cargoes) closed at one c'clock. One wanted to trade on such a day as this. The stores put up their shutters and gave their employees a holiday. Great ensigns floated in the sunlight from hundreds of buildings and little union jacks lit up the murky city windows. The lord mayor wired Lady Buller as follows: "My sincerest congratulations on your gallant husband' a achievements." Schools Closed. He also ordered a holiday for the city schools. Later he answered the demands of the crowd, that increased as the day wore on, by a speech in which he said: "This news makes our hearts leap for joy. We now are satisfied that our sacrifice of blood and treasure is not in vain." Orders were given to ring the great bell in St. Paul's. The West end is as enthusiastic, though not quite so demonstrative as the city. The statety foreign office so far forgot itself as to display large union jacks from the windows. A cabinet meting was held and as the members met at the entrance to the foreign office they exchanged the warmest congratulations. Crowds at War Office. Crowds blocked the war office lobbies, struggling to see for themselves the announcement of the glad tidings and cheering for Gen. Buller, Lord Dundonald and other heroes of the hour. Outside Marlborough house, the London residence of the prince of Wales large and jubilant crowd assembled. Briefly, from one end of the metropolis to the other, joy reignited hope. Joy All Over Kingdom. All over the United Kingdom these scenes were duplicated. At Glasgow, Liverpool, Birmingham, Edinburgh and, in fact, in all the cities, big and little, flags floated everywhere, whistles tooted, bells chimed and crowds paraded the streets, singing patriotic songs. Business was given up for the day, the schools were closed, in the harbors all the vessels dressed ship, and at the military and naval depots scenes of the wildest enthusiasm prevailed. Exultation of Papers. the afternoon newspapers voiced the exultation of the nation. The Globe says: "The night is passed; since Havelock and Outram fought their way, inch by inch, through the crooked streets and alleys of Lucknow, no such thrill of excitement has gone through the nation. The empire has suffered and sorrowed by the tidings of Tuesday and to-day have made it all seem like a gloomy nightmare, the shadow of a night that is passed. The credit for our success rests with Lord Roberts, as fully as if he himself had ridden into Ladydam's house, and the empire tendered a tribute of gratitude and admiration to Gen. White and his immortal garrison." The Pall Mall Gazette says it believes it is impossible to forecast the result of the relief of Ladysmith on the duration of the projected struggle on Fretoria. a projected struggle on Fretoria. The Westminster Gazette says: "The news this morning obliterates for the moment full memory of the long and costly, and we fear we must add, wastiful operations that have gone before. In ten days, thanks to the admirable strategy of Robbins and Katherine, the whole situation is revolutionized." The queen has telegraphed her congratulations to Gen. Buller and Gen. White, and the prince of Wales has telegraphed his congratulations to Gen. Buller. At Portsmouth the naval commander in chief announced the relief of Ladysmith by a general signal, the great dockyards and war vessels greeting it with cheers. The Next Move. What the next move will be remains as much a conundrum as prior to the receipt of Gen. Buller's dispatch. Lord Dundonald is assumed to have made a wide turning movement eastward, skirting Bulwana hill, and Gen. Buller may reasonably be expected to be in Ladysmith with the bulk of his forces by night. Whether, like Roberts at Kimberley, he will be able to turn the tables on the retreating Boers remains to be seen; but opinion here inclines to the belief that no aggressive movement can be immediately undertaken by Gen. Buller's and Gen. White's forces, hence Lord Roberts is likely to soon have to face the enemy strengthened by large reinforcements from all sides. Hard Task for Roberis. While it is generally realized that Lord Roberts' strategy is mainly responsible for the relief of Ladysmith, there is a feeling of anxiety lest his plans suffer from the hordes Gen, Buller might let slip into the Free State. Evidently Lord Roberts is awake to the situation. It is reported in London, but the news is not confirmed, that Gen. French has already reached Bloemfontein, which is not improbable, as the Boers are scarcely expected to make a stand there. The significance of Gen. Kitchener's presence at Arundel is not yet explained. But wherever he goes something is likely to happen and developments may shortly show strategic plans as interesting as those which culminated in the defeat of Gen. Cronje. Lady White, in a message in reply to congratulations, says: "All the world is in sympathy with me to-day, and I am in sympathy with all the world. I am delighted at the joyful news of the relief and am happy at the intelligence that my husband is well and safe with me. I am very much more. What happy wife could say more?" Joy at Cape Town. Cape Town, March 2.—The news that Ladysmith had been relieved was officially promulgated at about ten o'clock Thursday morning and spread like wildfire. The town became wild with delight, the residents parading the street and flags and bunting being displayed everywhere. Throngs of people crowded in front of the government house, burrahing and singing. Dispatch from Roberts. London, March 2.—The war office has received the following dispatch from Lord Roberts: “Paardberg, Monday, Feb. 28—Gen Clemente reports that on hearing Coleberg had been evacuated he sent a force to occupy Coleberg Junction and rode into the welcome. He secured a certain amount of ammunition, arrested several rebels and then returned to Rensburg. He reported the railway line clear and working to Lanwei-wan's adding. He will report the situation to the police and have been blown up. Coleberg and Coleberg Junction are held by our troops.” Asks for More Troops. Melbourne, Victoria, March 2. — The secretary of state for the colonies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, has cabled to the Australian governments, asking whether they would be able to send additional troops to South Africa, in the event of imperial troops being required elsewhere. Mafeking Hard Pressed. London, March 2. — A special from Cape Town says that a telegram has been received there from Mafeking announcing that the Boer5 made a severe and protracted assault on February 17, but were driven off at all points. The truce which is usually observed Sundays was broken February 18 by another fierce attack, but after determined fighting the Boer5 were repulsed with a loss of 40 killed and wounded. The defenders, who were able to take advantage of the shelter of earthworks, lost only two killed and three wounded. Depted at Berlin. Berlin, March 2. — In reply to a question the foreign office told the correspondent of the press that, in spite of newspaper reports to the contrary, Germany neither knows of any project for intervention in South Africa nor intends such herself. The New Cabinet. Victoria, B. C., March 2.—The new premier, Martin, has announced his cabinet so far as completed. The premier himself will direct the attorney general's department. J. Stuart Yates, of Victoria, has been made provincial secretary and, for the present, chief commissioner of lands and works; Smith Curtis, of Rossland, Premier Martin's law partner, has received the portfolio of mines and, temporarily, that of finance. Banker Dreyer Convicted. Chicago, March 2. — Edward D. Brayer must go to the penitentiary as punishment for embezzling the funds of the West park board. At 11 o'clock the jury in Judge Waterman's court returned its verdict of guilty. This is the second time since 1896 that the former banker has been convicted of withholding $16,000 of the park funds from his successor as treasurer of the board. May Be Reduced Berlin, March 2—Dispatches from Kiel say that the German battleship Sachsen, which stranded I off Bueik, near the lighthouse, during a fog, may be reloaded at high tide. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MAKE REPORT ON TRUSTS Preliminary Statement from the Industrial Commission Submitted to Congress. CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE Larger Corporations Should Be Required to Publish Annually a Properly Audited Report Showing Assets and Liabilities and Profit and Loss. Washington, March 2.—The industrial commission Thursday submitted to congress a preliminary report on trusts and industrial combinations, together with testimony, review of evidence, charts showing effects of prices, etc. The commission makes the following recommendations based on such information as it now has; Promoters and organizers of corporations or industrial combinations which look to the public to purchase or deal in their stocks or securities should be required to have the necessary for safe and intelligent investment. Any prospectus which fails to give this information or which gives false information should be held legally responsible. The nature of the business together with the powers of the corporation should be indicated by the certificates of incorporation, which should be open to inspection. The directors or trustees should be required to report to the members of such corporation its financial condition in reasonable detail; to give information about their meetings or otherwise and to furnish them before annual meetings with lists of members, with their addresses and their several holdings, and to provide in whatever other ways may be named in the certificate of incorporation whereby the members of incorporation means whereby the property by directors or trustees Should Publish Annual Reports. Should Pakistan Annual Reports, it is recommended that the larger corporations should be required to publish an annual report in reasonable detail their assets and liabilities, with profit or loss, such report and audit to be under oath and to be subject to government inspection. With regard to the interstate commerce commission, it is recommended that it be given authority to make and to demand accounts of railroads and to demand reports in such detail as it may require, but also to inspect and audit such accounts; that the decisions of the commission be made operative at a day fixed in the decisions and to remain no unless reversed by the commission. The commission be authorized to prescribe classifications of freight articles, and to make rules and regulations for freight transportation throughout the United States, and that penalties for violations of the interstate commerce act should be applied to the carrier and not imprisonment of officials. Awalts Further Testimony. Commissioner Lorimer states that he concurs in all the recommendations, but withholds his judgment on transportation corporations until testimony now being given to congress with recommendations. Commissioner Clarke concurs in all recommendations except that he believes rates fixed by the interstate commerce commission should not go into effect in case of appeal or appeal to the court that trial on appeal should be expedited. AMERICANS AMBUSHED. Ten Men Escorting a Provision Train Attacked by Filipinos and One Militant Manila, March 2.—A hundred insurgents seven miles from San Fernando de la Union ambushed ten men of the Third cavalry, who were escorting a provision train. The Americans scattered, and while returning to camp one man was killed. The insurgents captured four horses and a quantity of provisions. A subsequent reconnaissance of the locality developed the fact that there were intrenchments there, and a force of Filipinos, estimated to number 800 men. The Third cavalry is preparing to drive the insurgents out. The recently purchased naval transport Alava sent to Regia, in the Gulf of Liberate, for Spanish prisoners, has returned here bringing 500 persons, including priest, officers, soldiers and civilians and ten Americans. The navy officials, being informed that the prisoners were carelessly guarded, hurried the Alava to Ragay, manned by 20 blue-jackets. Six officers from the Brooklyn and 50 marines accompanied the transport. His Paper Was Confiscated. Washington, March 2. — Wilbur Stewart, the newspaper publisher at Mullan, Idaho, Thursday continued his testimony before the house committee on military affairs concerning the labor troubles in Idaho. He said that on June 8 his newspaper plant was confiscated by two civilian officials accompanied by a detachment of soldiers, causing him considerable loss. The witness said that throughout his detention he was given no trial except before "the kangaroo court." Kills Sister-In-Law Chicago, March 2.—A man named Lutz entered the office of the Amee Copying company at 504 West Madison street early in the afternoon and shot his brother and the latter's wife. The woman is dead, and the man, seriously wounded, has been taken to the Presbyterian hospital. Summoned to Washington. Berkley, Cal., March 2—Prof. Bernard Moses was hastily summoned to Washington by a telegram from Senator Perkins, to consult with President McKinley in regard to his anticipated appointment upon the new Philippine commission, and the professor will leave for the capital. In Unantisfactory. New York, March 2.—A special to the Herald from Washington says: Secretary Long has received a report from the board of inspection and survey stating that the torpedo boat Somers is in many respects unsatisfactory. Published every Saturday by the ADVANCE PUBLISHING COMPANY Office, 603 Northwestern Bldg. Tel. Main 440-1-1. 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We reserve the right to reject any communication unsuitable for publication. Subscribers ordering addresses of their paper changed are requested to give their former as well as their press address. Address all communications and make all remittances to THE AFRO-AMERICAN ADVANCE. 605 Northwestern Building, Minneapolis, Minn. JAMES L. CURTIS, Esq., EDITOR MRS. GEO. DUCKETT, Associate Editor. EDITORIAL GREAT MEN We cannot gain anything by pointing out with great eloquence the acts and accomplishments of great men. Such can only console us by knowing what can be done. Every individual must perform his own task in life, and to boast of others' acts and deeds is folly. Our duty is to do our best to bring to the surface that which is within us. No one can find happiness except it be in his own labor. We find it a perpetual task for the individual to understand himself, and when we usurp valuable time watching the development of our wise brother, we neglect ourselves. We should develop according to our own perceptions, and take pleasure in comparing our labor with the wise brother. Men can excel in quantity, but all men can boast of a chance to produce in quality. What gives value to our work is quality. Thus the pride of those who produce little is as great as those who produce much. OUR PAPER The unique history of the Afro-American Advance up to this time, according to public concession, has marked a period of progress among our citizens that no other local negr organ has ever accomplished. The independent policy of this paper, to deal just and equitable by all regardless of circumstances or conditions, has caused the most sanguine to acknowledge its true worth and invaluable mission. As a bold and fearless champion of truth and right, we have always removed the shield of selfish dignity, and allowed the enemies and admirers of the truth to justly criticise the self-sacrificing policy of this paper. To the thoughtful, and those who delight in dealing with human facts, unvarnished, we feel safe in expecting your support. PERFECTION No man attains perfection in this life. The greater power one possesses to conquer imperfections the more numerous they become apparent. If a man believes himself to be perfect his deception of himself destroys the light of his life, and the pivot of existence will direct the reason nowhere. The very acknowledgment of our imperfections makes us eligible to higher conceptions and fit us for things uncommon among men. We should admire a person's perfections, but never believe that he or she is without faults, though they might have an appearance of perfection. It is incumbent and a duty owed by those who are advanced in the art of perfection, to conceal all imperfections from the weaker, that they might be inspired to a higher plane of civilization. MARRIAGE When we object to a man's matrionial choice we seek to destroy his individuality. It is all wrong to believe that the contrast in nationality accords the masses the privilege of dictating a man or woman's choice in the sacred secret alliance, which mutual admiration alone can form. The effections manifested by a white woman is nothing less than that of a colored woman. Why should society ostracize a Caucasian woman? Tate alone will prove that the sacred chord which signals the kindred of the entire human race, regardless of unjust customs of men, will ere long be caught up by the masses. SOCIAL LIFE We need additional force to those of the race who adheres little to the social side of life. We want that quality among us who thirst for knowledge in the world of progressive thought, and power in the commercial world. Our social ambition continues to deprive the race of its power to organize for commercial benefit. Let the social side adjust itself. The enemy which destroys the vital principles of our peace and material advancement is the spirit of rivalry for social position. Our fostered ambition must rise above that of social combatants if ever we expect to become a power among men. QUALITY There is a specific quality in the makeup of a human being which never fails to bring about voluminous conjectures in the form of vile epithets. This qual- ity was possessed by Christ. A man should never become alarmed at the bountiful and pre-existing freaks in human nature. It is nothing but a "bow-wow." Good characteristics never fail to breed numberless enemies. Sound thinkers laugh to scorn the sneak who attempts to secretly undermine a pure character, knowing that the hatred of his contemporaries will ultimately claim him as a victim. Since the resignation of Rev. Hart from Bethesda Baptist Church, the usual number of gossipers with their tongues tied in the middle (principally people who are disinterested in the welfare of the church), are making monkeys of themselves by unintelligently discussing what they know absolutely nothing about. These people ought to mind their own business and let Rev. Hart and his affairs alone. We suppose Rev. Hart will exist even at the forfeiture of his home in this city. These gossipers had better seek other occupations than prying into something which does not concern them. The Twin Cities will be favored with a Democratic colored newspaper in a few days. We welcome in advance our new visitor. A CORNER DEVOTED TO POLITICS. Political bees are beginning to buzz, and it is not a strange sight nowadays to see groups of men trying to out talk the other, concerning the merits of this one or that; how much pull he has, or what would be the outcome if elected, etc. The coming Republican convention that is soon to be held, will settle a good many random guesses, and satisly a good many ambitious office seekers. Probable candidates are as thick as women at a W. C. T. U. convention. Everybody is up and around casting about for the surtest winner, from his point of view. * The conviction is stealing over a good many of the Republican voters that they have found their man in the person of C. K. Sharood, the big shoe king down on Fifth and Broadway. And they purpose to make him mayor if he will allow the use of his name. Mr. Sharood is public spired. He is above petty prejudice. He is helping the people in a way that few know of. He is all right. HARRY SHEPHERD Harry Shepherd, the colored photographer from St. Paul, has been dismissed from service in the negro exhibit department of the Paris exposition. Shepherd has been in the southern states for some time securing photographs for use in his department, but he took occasion while there to preach anarchy and advised the negroes to combine against the United States in the event of war with foreign powers. This, he says, is the only solution of the race problem. When taxed with his misconduct he made no denials and after his discharge openly boasted to a reporter of a local paper of circulating inflammatory circulars while in the South. Shepherd has left Washington for New York. We regret to learn that Mr. Harry Shepherd has lost that "fat position". This race problem is a delicate question to deal with, particularly when a good position is at stake. Fortunate people are not without an army of enemies and conservatism ought always to be the watchword of the lucky. WHY WE SIT ON TABLES. The Scientific Fact Is They Are More Magnette Than Chaires, Says This Writer. About 10,000,000 women are exasperated every day by men sitting on tables. So far as I am aware, says a writer in Criterion, women do not pay for the furniture, and it is none of their business how it is used. The habit of men sitting on tables has led to the invention of the cushioned billiard table and will no doubt ultimately result in other clever notions. At one time it was supposed that men chose to sit on tables because they could get exercise without exertion by swinging their own legs and by kicking the legs of the table. The scientific fact is that tables are more magnetic than chairs. If three men walk into a room where there is no woman, two of them will make for the table naturally. The third one will try two or three chairs and finally give up in despair and join the others. The source of this magnetism is the friction that women create by polishing tables so frequently. Of course, women say that they only polish tables because men sit on them and spoil them, but this is illogical and feminine. No really clever men sit on chairs. They use their chairs for keeping their papers and things on, also their feet. Chairs are notoriously immoral. You will notice that a well-bred man, when he finds himself loosing his temper, invariably gets up from his chair and makes a direct line for the nearest table. This enables him to keep his temper and to argue reasonably. SNAKES AS HOG FATTENER West Virginia Farmers Make Use of the Reptiles That Overrun Their Lands. "Snakes as food for hogs heat cheatnails, acorns or any of the fancy food-stuffs," says Mr. Henry Arbuthnot, in the Washington Post. "Of course, you know that in some parts of Europe pigs have killed out the viper. I was in West Virginia some months ago and found there a novel industry had been undertaken by a number of men whose lands were overrun by the small variety of snakes that infest that section. The snakes were so numerous as to be a nuisance. One farmer tried the hog as an exterminator. He succeeded so well that he found the drove of animals he had turned loose on the plantation had not only decreased the number of snakes, but that they were actually thriving on them. He told his neighbors about it, and now the whole valley is one large hog pen, in which hundreds of the animals are feeding literally on snakes. Formerly one would buy land there, notwithstanding the beauty of the place, because of the snakes, but now that the remedy has been found, and at the same time big money is made on the pigs that grow fat on snake food, the land is destined to be in great demand, as it is the most fertile land in West Virginia. This may sound like a fairy snake tale, but I assure you that it is correct, and that hundreds of pigs are sold from that valley every year that have literally become fat snake snakes." Probably the most difficult man in the world to please is the one who doesn't know what he wants.—Chicago Daily News. BABIES IN PRISONS. The Innocent Little Strangers Are Tenderly Regarded by Women Convicts. Very few people outside official circles know what a large number of babies are born every year in the infirmaries of prisons and penitentiaries, the little people always causing quite a flutter of attentiveness and excitement among female warders and prisoners alike, says a Philadelphia exchange. The general body of the women prisoners make the most pathetic efforts, by means of all manner of trifling scraps and odds and ends, to fabricate articles of wear and ornament for the out of place little stranger. Quite three-fourths of the women volunteer to tend it, and it is often the case that the most refractory and difficult of the prisoners soften and greatly alter by being allowed to do little things for it; indeed, it acts throughout like a veritable ray of sunshine among the whole of the poor prisoners, who generally manage to get themselves into great good humor by suggesting as volubly as the prison rules will permit fantastic names for the child. Within a certain period of their birth these children are taken away from the mother and are tended elsewhere with the utmost care and humanity. LONDON'S BATHS Facilities for Ablution in the City Are Many and Are Being Increased. It is no fault of the authorities of the metropolis if any considerable proportion of the people of London continue to merit the description of "the great unwashed." Facilities for ablution are many, and these are yearly being increased. At present there are 35 parishes in London where the bath and washhouses net has been adopted, and in most of these there are one or more of these establishments in full working order, says the Newcastle Chronicle. In 1898 the number of bathers and washers reached the respectable total of 5,000,000, and of these 4,463,100 were bathers who used the private or swimming baths, and the remaining 627,881 women using the washhouses. The number of hours paid for by the latter were 2,054,393, or an average of 3.3 hours per washer. Of the bathers using the private baths 18 per cent. were females, and of those using the swimming baths ten per cent. In no instance is any establishment carried on so as to produce a surplus over expenditure, though in a few cases there is no actual charge on the rates. The total expenditure of the whole is £158,671, and the total revenue £75-311, so that the baths of London altogether cost the ratepayers an annual sum of £83,360. The Kaiser's 111th House. The emperor of Germany possesses 110 residences, and has just bought another house at Bonn, a pretty villa in the Coblenz strasse, the property of a professor in the university. The kaiser has given 500,000 marks for his new acquisition, which is to be, after undergoing complete renovation, the residence of the crown prince and his brothers during their studies at the Bonn university. Use for Tarantulas Tarantulas are being used in Australia for the sake of their webs, the filaments of which are made into thread for balloons. They are lighter than silk, and, when woven, lighter than canvas. Each tarantula yields from 20 to 40 yards of filament, of which eight twisted together form a single thread. The Wily Peanut. Four million bushels of peanuts are used annually in this country. In behalf of the peanut, remarks the Chicago Tribune, it can be said that no successful adulteration of it has ever yet been sprung upon the public. PATRONIZE . . . W.I. JENKINS, ROOMS FOR RENT FIRST CLASS. We Guarantee Superb Service. Prices moderate. Tel. 2737-L-3 Main. No. 9 Second St. No. Minneapolis. J. GARNER. W. H. WELLER. The Elite Buffet 3030 STATE ST., FINE WINES. LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Chicago. MRS. J. B. WATSON, Fashionable Dressmaker. Cutting, Fitting and Making Over a Specialty. New York and Paris Fash- ions Always on Hand. Farmlers. 628 Fourteenth Av. South. DR. R. S. BROWN, Physician and Surgeon. Office: 405-6 Reeve Ridg, 408 Nicollet Av. Telephone 2734-J-5. Office Hours: 9:30 to 12:30; 2:00 to 4:00 p. m.; 5:30 to 7:00 p. m. Sundays: 9:30 to 11:00; 12:00 to 2:30. Residence, 2839 Portland Ave. Tele- phone 317-L-South. MR. L. A. JOHNSON. The gentlemanly and obliging Porter at R. De Leo's Barber Shop, 200 Washington Av. South, is Always Ready to Dress Your Shoes in a thoroughly artistic manner, that is sure to win. JAMES L. CURTIS. LAWYER 603 Northwestern Bldg., Minneapolis. Cor. 4th St. and Hennepin Av. Telephone, Main 2460-L-1. MRS. W. F. HALL, Furnished Rooms TABLE BOARD IF DESIRED. Prices Reasonable. 246 East Seventh St. Up-Stairs. St. Paul. Minn. THE ADVANCE CAFE 214 WASHINGTON AV. SOUTH. Restaurant and Lunch Counter MANN & KOGER, Proprietors. SOCIETY DIRECTORY. Officers and Standing Committees of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Minnesota and jurisdiction: Grand Master-John L. Neal, Minneapolis. Deputy Grand Master-Wade H. Hampton, West Superior. Grand Treasurer-Daniel Roy, St. Paul. Grand Secretary-William R. Morris, Minneapolis. Grand Lecturer-G. W. Day (7), Minneapolis. Grand Secretary-O. D. Howard (4), St. Paul. Grand Chaplain-Isaac 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 Steward-Wm. Stevens (3), St. Paul. Grand Tyler-T. Bush (2), St. Paul. Grand Marshall-C. H. McDonald (5), St. Paul. Grand Pursulvant-G. W. Duckett (4), St. Paul. Grand Sword-Bearer-J. Adams (1), St. Paul. Grand Standard-Bearer-J. J. Charles-Laurent, St. Paul. Grand Register-J. G. Sterett (6), Minneapolis. District Grand Master-First District-James Woodfork (1), St. Paul. District Deputy Grand Master-Second District-E. H. Hamillon (6), Minneapolis. District Deputy Grand Master-Third District-Fork (5) MINNEAPOLIS. G. U. O. O. O. F. St. Anthony Lodge, No. 2877. Meets the first and third Wednesday in each month for the transaction of business, 1st avenue in Houston A. H. MYRICK, N. G. JAMES A. SCOTT, P. S. P. O. Box 33. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Nat. Turner Lodge, No. 2, K. of P. Meets the second and fourth Thursdays in each month. Brothers in good standing welcome. Labor Temple, Fourth and Eighth avenue Washington. T. B. PARKER, C. C. 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 of Washington. JAMES BOBERTS, C. W. C. JEFFREY, K. R. and S. J. K. Hilyard Lodge. Meets first Tuesday in each month at Windom and in Washington. Masons in good standing always welcome. GIBS, W. LILLARD, W. M. JASPER GIBS, Sec. Guaranty Loan Restaurant. Anchor Lodge, No. 7, A. F. and A. M. Meets the first and second Monday in each month at Windom Block, Second avenue South and Washington. Masons in J. A. SCOTT, W. M. A. B. LEE, 2701 Aldrich avenue South. Mars Lodge, No. 2202. Meets second and fourth Wednesdays in each month for Odd Fellows' Hall, 3225 Wabasha street. T. R. HICKMANM, P. S. 422 St. Anthony. O. PARKER, N. G. 326 Edmund St. Household Ruth, No. 543, G. U. O. of O. F. Meets first and third Monday in each month for business, second Monday for instruction, at Odd Fellows' Hall, 3225 MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF MINNESOTA, A. F. and A. M. J. L. NEAL, Grand Master. J. L. NEAL, Davies University. 817 Guaranty Loan Bldg., Minneapolis, ST. PETER CLAYER'S SODALITY. Meets the first and third Mondays of each month. W. J. Gardner, Pres., J. S. Harris, Sec. Davies University. Meets the Grand Lodge No. I, F. 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. W. H. HADLEY, W. M. W. A. HILYARD, Sec. 12 Atwater. Minnesota Lodge, No. 2, A. F. and A. 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 wel H. B. H. HOWARD W. M. J. S. STRONG Dec. 12th and Robert W. M. STEVENES F. & A. M. Meets second and fourth Monday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest cor- corner Fifth and Robert streets. Master Masons in good standing always welcome. W. D. E. BEASLEY Sec. Ryan Hotel. Perfect Ashler Lodge, No. 4, A. F. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner Fifth and Robert street. Master Masons in good standing always welcome. W. D. E. BEASLEY Sec. Ryan Hotel. J. H. SHERWOOD, Sec.. 461 Carroll. Bethel Chapter, No. 28, R. A. M. Meets the first and third Thursday in September in the West corner of Fifth and Robert streets. Royal Arch Masons in good standing always DANIEL ROY, H. P. W. T. GASSAWAY, Sec., Capitol. CHURCH DIRECTORY. ST. PETER A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. W. S. Brooks, Pastor. Cor. 22d st. 9th ave. South Sunday School, 3:00 p.m.; 12:30 a.m. ; Sunday School, 3:00 p.m.; evening services, 8:00 p.m. ; General prayer meet- ing, Thursday evening, 8:00 p.m. Way- mah school; Tuesday evening at Ninth home residence, Parsonage, 220 Ninth home South. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH. Between Eleventh and Twelfth Sunday School, 2:30 p.m.; 11:00 a.m. ; Sunday School, 12:30 p.m.; Christian Edeavor, 7:30 p.m.; evening services, 8:00 p.m.; Wednesday evening general prayer service, 8:00 p.m. ; Parsonage, 1120 Eighth street South. ST. THOMAS' MISSION. Rev. John J. Paunde, in Charge. Sunday service; 4:00 p.m.; Sunday School, 3:00 p.m. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH. Between First avenue and Second street Southeast, near Exposition Bldg. at 10 a.m. Sunday School, 3:00 p. m. evening services, $30 p. m. General prayer meeting Thursday, 5:00 p. m. Weekly meetings bringing club ST. PAUL. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. J. C. Anderson, Pastor. Pastor: J. C. Anderson, Pastor. Sunday services: 11:30 a.m. m; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting: 8:00 p.m. ST. TETER BAPT'S. Pastor: Printer. Cor. Farrington and Aurora avenues. Sunday services: Mass. 8:00 a.m. High mass. 10:30 a.m. Evening service at 7 o'clock. PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev. D. S. Orner, Pastor. Pastor: D. S. Orner. Sunday services: Preaching at 11:30 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. Sunday School at 12:30 o'clock. Wednesday evening general prayer meeting ST. PHILLIPS' EPISCOPAL MISSION 463 Rice street, bet. Aurora and University Sunday services: Morning prayer, Lit- any and Sermon, 11:0 a. m.; Sunday School and Children's Vespers 3:0 p. m.; Monday Evening Prayer and Lecture, 8:0 p. m.; Friday; Choir Rehearsal and Brotherhood of St. Andrew, 8:0 p. m. All are cordially invited. Seats free. NOTICE—Changes and corrections will be made upon notifying the office. If we do not know of it or have not society in the above directory it is because we do not know of it or have not any Lodge, place and time of meeting, name of officers and it will be inserted. Funeral Director and Embalmer. Open Day and Night. Satisfaction Guar- dance. 1503 S. Franklin Ave. - Minneapolis. PATRONIZE THE BEST! The Fuller Laundry Co. Free Delivery to All Parts of the City and Lake Minnetonka. Our Motto: First-class Work and Moderate Prices. Crayon. 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We deal direct and deliver everywhere. The Monumental Bronze Co., 360 Howard Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn. --- --- THE FOX RAZOR FOUR MACHINE MAKE THEM WOW GOOD STATEMENT J. E. STEWART, SEC'Y. DR. J. E. PORTER. OFFICE HOURS: 9 TO 10 A. M.; 1 TO 3 P. M.; 6 TO 7 P. M. AND NIGHTS. PHOTOGRAPHER Finest Work. Prices Right. MINNEAPOLIS. 427-429 Ncollet Ave. Over Yerra's. --- T HENRY MOSLEY, PRES. Duncan Hall KOTELMANN is a man with whom I have no sympathy. He is, undoubtedly, a very clever fellow, but the uncanny expression of his face when he looks up is to me positively repulsive. For all that, he is excellent company. I have spent many hours, many an evening, in his society, and must, in fairness, own that I have never found him wearisome or dull. Not long ago I took a walk with him. As we sauntered through the stubble fields we discoursed of this and of that, and at last we got upon the topic of the latest murders which had been reported in the press. Kotelmann, as we talked about these things, had the look that always makes my hair stand on end. We were discussing the question of circumstantial evidence and its value. "In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred," I remarked, "there is nothing else to be done but to convict the criminal upon circumstantial evidence. No man in his senses would perpetrate a murder in the presence of an eye-witness." "Probably not," returned Kotelmann, slowly. "That kind of thing is usually done in private. It may so chance, however, that an eye-witness is present of whom the murderer has no cognizance." After making this remark he walked by my side for awhile in silence, apparently deep in thought. Then he began again, in his characteristic fashion: "One may travel all round the world and yet never witness a murder. I, however, have seen one." "What-you-you have seen one!" I exclaimed, almost terrified. "Explain yourself, man! Was the murderer caught? Was he punished?" "It was no 'he' a 'she.'" said Kotelmann, with a laugh. "And as she was not caught it stands to reason she was not punished." "Yet you—" I began. My companion interrupted me. "I had nothing to do with it. My evidence was not called for nor required. The thing was accomplished in the neatest, most refined manner possible. If you like, I will tell you the whoie story." I pricked up my ears. "Four years ago I was spending my summer vacation at the little watering place of B—. This quiet, retired nest suited me well, and I stayed there for some time. In the house where I found a lodging there were already a number of other visitors—a fact which, to a sociable individual like myself, was in no wise distasteful. "Among others I made a slight acquaintance with a family consisting of an old gentleman, his young wife and his daughter by a former marriage. The girl, a slim, delicate creature, apparently about 20 years of age, was blind. She could not be termed pretty, but her personality was indescribably attractive, gentle, and, I may say, pathetic. The wife was a beauty. She had a splendid figure and a pair of gray eyes not easily to be forgotten. I should judge her age to have been about 28. These people seemed to be in very easy circumstances and kept themselves as much as possible apart from the other visitors. "I can boast, as you are aware, of some small gifts of observation. Although my acquaintance with this family was, as I have already stated, but a slight one, I yet took some interest in studying the different members which composed it. For, wherever I go, I make it a rule to study all the new characters I meet. It was not long before I discovered three things concerning this trio. Firstly, that the old man was passionately in love with his wife, but had for his daughter neither eyes, ears nor heart; secondly, that the daughter had an almost idolatous reverence for her father, but a secret dislike for her stepmother; thirdly, that the wife had a downright hatred for the other two. "None of the other inmates of our villa, however, had any suspicion of this state of affairs; to the superficial observer these three persons appeared to be living together in perfect harmony. "One morning the old gentleman did not appear, and in answer to inquiries his wife said that he was ill. In the course of the day a physician was summoned to him, and in the evening our host imparted to me in confidence the distressing fact that the old man had been attacked by typhus fever and lay now in a very precarious condition. "The honest Thuringian well-nigh shed tears of chagrin; one would have thought to hear him that the poor gentleman had taken the fever out of sheer wickedness and spite, on purpose to give the house a bad name. There was some cause for this lamentation. The secret could not be kept long, and as soon as it became known that typhus was in the house the visitors decamped with all speed. Only two or three, more reasonable than the rest, remained. "I have no fear of infection, and when I told our host so I rose prodigiously in his estimation. I even ited the invalid and tried to cheer him. On one occasion, when only a hired nurse besides myself was present, he startled me by a fit of delirium, in which he implored me to save him from his wife. I did my utmost to pacify him and soon his mood charged and he began to speak of his wife in the most pathetic and endearing terms. Ten days after the beginning of the old gentleman's illness I chanced to encounter the doctor, who was just descending the staircase. "Well," said I, 'how fares it with your patient?' "Oh, answered he, the symptoms are very favorable. The crisis is over—or all but over. We know, of course, that he is an old man, and his constitution is weak—extremely weak. If he pulls through, as I trust he will, he will have his wife and daughter to thank for it—especially his daughter. The girl is a born nurse! He is asleep now and upon this sleep depends all. If he awakes of himself in three or four hours' time, then, humanly speaking, he will be out of danger. Everything depends upon this sleep! I have impressed upon Herr K——, your landlord, the strict necessity of absolute quiet; he will give orders to the servants. Should the patient be frightened, startled out of his sleep, there will be a catastrophe. His nervous system is so greatly depressed that the slightest noise in his proximity—such, for instance, as the slamming of a door—would, in all probability, prove as fatal as a bullet shot into his head or heart. I have warned his wife. Sleep is now everything!' "With these words the doctor put on his hat and departed. As I stood for a minute in the hall, thinking over what I had heard, Herr K—— crept toward me on tintoe. "Listen, Herr Kotelmann," said he, in an undertone, "Frauelin von P—" who was so brave at first, because she has been a Sister of Mercy, left my house early this morning. She took herself off because she was afraid of catching the fever. Are you, then, somewhat superstitious?" "I laughed. "All right," he said, triumphantly. I came to tell you that, if you please, you can have the frauelin's room. You will like its situation so much. It overlooks the whole valley, right away to the forest. You shall have it for the same price as you have been paying." "I was delighted. "Can I take possession at once?" I asked. "This very moment," replied the landlord. "The room stands empty. Ah! he added, I forgot. It is next to the sick man's chamber. Will that make any difference to you?" "I launched and shook my head. "Very good. The room has been cleaned lately, and is quite ready for your reception." "I thanked him, and was ascending the stairs, when he softly called me back." "I pardon me, Herr Kotelmann, I forgot again. The doctor has given orders that on no account must any sound he heard in the neighborhood of the sick room. He says that the old gentleman's life depends upon his sleep being undisturbed. Perhaps you will be so very kind as to defer moving your things until this evening." "I expressed myself perfectly satisfied with this arrangement, but as I felt curious to behold my new habitat, especially the belaunded view from its windows, I—when the host had left me—stole with light steps along the corridor, opened the door with caution and entered noiselessly. "The room had a friendly look and was large. The view was magnificent. After duly admiring this I threw an approving glance over walls and furniture. I have already alluded to the fact that I am an observer of things as well as of persons. I possess the true detective's eye. "This being the case, I very speedily remarked a weak spot in one of the walls. It was a tiny slit or hole, such as would have been discoverable by most persons only after a whole day's confinement in the room. A small nail just above it appressed me that the late occupant, Fraulien von P—, must have been accustomed to hang some garment there. "I approached this hole and peeped through it into the sick man's chamber. The room contained three human beings. On the bed lay an old man in deep sleep. Beside the bed knelt his blind daughter, with clasped hands and bowed head, her whole attitude expressive of intensely earnest prayer. Behind the daughter I saw the wife; she alone was moving. The hired nurse was not present, and had doubtless retired to enjoy a well-earned rest. "In perfect silence, without producing the slightest sound, she was drawing along over the smooth surface of the wax-polished floor a small table, whose marble top was laden with quite a dozen medicine bottles and a number of glass vessels of various shapes and sizes. "I did not at first comprehend her design. I knew very well that she had received the strictest injunctions to make no sound. But when I caught sight of her face! It was the face of a friend! Never should I have believed it possible that human face could wear stamped upon it such a horrible expression of murderous hate. In an instant I understood. "She was in the act of sliding the table into such a position that the least movement of the kneeling blind girl, absorbed in prayer for her beloved father, would be sufficient to overturn it with its fragile burden. "I am, as you know, a somewhat cold-blooded fellow, but I can assure you that for the moment I was rigid with horror. I would have given the whole world to have been able to warn that poor child. But what could I do? A call from me might be as disastrous in its consequences as the catastrophe itself. "I stood in dumb terror, as if turned to stone. There was no time for thought. Before my whitling brain could suggest any expedient the deed was done. "The unhappy girl rose from her knees; with bands still clasped, she stood up. I saw the table reel and toter, and as, half swooning, I averted my eyes, I heard the thud of the table and awful crash of the breaking glass, followed immediately by an ear-piercing, blood-curdling scream." Here Kotelmann made a pause. After a few moments of silence he said: "Give me a light, friend." When he had lighted his cigar I asked him: "Did the old man die?" "He was as dead as though he had been shot through the head," he replied, calmly. Presently he continued: "I had left the room before the com- motion in the house began. It was never known that I was there. It was now to me a terrible thought that must spend the night in that chit wubber. I am not superstitious, but I must con- fess that it was long ere I closed my eyes that night. "And when I did so! Ten times at least I started up from evil dreams with the crash and the fearful ery ring in my ears. It was a full week before I could get any rest." We walked on in silence until I spoke again. "Have you ever heard what has be- come of the woman?" "Oh, yes. She has married again, but her daughter, poor thing, died about a year after her father."—Chicago Her ald. COFFEE $5 CUP MEALS AT ALL HOURS LUNCH $100 WHEN EATING WAS AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY AT RICHMOND TALK WITH HUNTON. Venerable Virginia Ex-Senator Tells Some War Stories. Would Cheerfully Surrender the Presidency to Avert Civil War—Confederate Bills at a Tremendous Discount. EX-SENATOR EPPA HUNTON, of Virginia, is one of the most entertaining gentlemen that visits this capital city. He resides at Warenton, only four hours' ride from here, and every session of congress brings him to Washington several times during the winter. Those who know him well always seek his society because they find not only entertainment, but instruction or information in his ordinary conversation. "I am the sole surviving member of the electoral commission," said Gen Hunton this afternoon. "There were 15 of us, and one by one they have gone hence while I have been permitted to live thus long and enjoy good health even until now, although I am almost 79 years old. The electoral commission was created by congress in order that there might be a peaceful settlement of the contest for the presidency, in January, 1877. "Whether that commission was constitutional or not has always been a mooted question. But that makes no difference; the representatives of the people agreed upon the commission, and its conclusions were accepted. It is a singular fact that the learned judges and lawmakers composing that commission were swayed in their conclusions by their partisan inclinations, rather than by calm, cool judgment. Eight republican members of the commission voted in favor of Hayes, and seven democratic members voted in favor of Tilden, on all controverted points, and Hayes was declared elected, and he was inaugurated. "The people of the entire country were greatly excited, and there was some danger that civil war might ensue. I don't think the presidential succession is worth a civil war. Neither political party should ever stir up the pre- COFFEE $5 per cup MEALS AT ALL HOURS WHEN EATING WAS AN EXPE ple to such an extent again. Having been through one civil war, and having known by experience all of its horrors, I would surrender the presidency even if I felt that I had been elected, rather than have a civil war over it. Many people blamed Mr. Dilgen at that time for not insisting upon his inauguration, but he was patriotic and wise in declining to carry his contest to the arbitration of war. "Speaking of civil war reminds me of hundreds of scenes and incidents in that four years of fighting. During the greater part of the time I was on Virginia soil with Hunton's brigade, and we were kept busy all of the time. With plenty of money and unlimited resources, during the first two years of the war, we had plenty of supplies, food and clothing. Even then the hardships of army life were severe enough. But when our cause was failing, when we could get no money from abroad, when our confederate paper money was depreciated and depreciating, when our ports were blocked and our supplies exhausted, our sufferings were as intense as those which were suffered by the continental army under Washington at Valley Forge and elsewhere. Moreover, our soldiers, believing in their cause, were as patriotic and noble as were their ancestors, the heroes who fought for the liberty of the 13 colonies. "There are thousands of living confederate soldiers who will freely admit that the cause was wrong, and who will say that it is a blessing to all of us and to our posterity that we have a great united country, but no self-respecting confederate soldier will say or permit anyone to say that the confederate soldiers were not as patriotic, self-sacrifice heroes as ever carried arms for any cause in the history of the world. And on many a battlefield we learned to respect the soldiers of the north. No soldiers on earth but southern men could have made such a charge as Pickett's men made at Gettyburg. No soldiers in the world but northern soldiers could have withstood that charge and rolled our shattered columns back from those heights. "At the beginning of the war with Spain I received letters from scores of the old members of Hunton's brigade, begging me to blow my bugle and call them together. They wanted to fight for our common country just as freely and patriotically as they fought for the confederacy. Some of them were more than 60 years old, but the fire of youth was kindled in them, and they were ready to leave their families and march under the stars and stripes against the foreign foe. Of course, they did not get into the army, but their sons enlisted, and I have been told that upwards of a thousand of the sons of veterans of Hunton's brigade offered their services to the federal government." Gen. Hunton's references to the vicissitudes of the confederates during the latter part of the civil war reminded a friend of an old scrap book in the treasury department which mutely but eloquently tells the story of the failure of the cause. It was shown to the writer to-day. It is filled from cover to cover with samples of confederate money. The first bills issued by the confederacy bear the inscription: "Two years after date the confederate states promise to pay," but very soon thereafter, when it was seen that a long war in- stead of a short one must enqueue before the confederacy could be established, the notes were issued with the inscription: "Six months after the ratification of a treaty of peace between the confederate states and the United States," and this wording was continued to the close of the war. In 1861 and 1862 the paper money of the confederacy was maintained at par. Gen. Hunton referred to those days as days of comparative case for the soldiers and for their cause. But in 1863, when Vicksburg surrendered and Lee was defeated at gettysburg, the confederate money fell to 50 percent of its face value. At the close of that year the money was held to be worth 45 per cent. of its face value. In the spring of 1864, when Grant mobilized his army in Virginia, Sherman at Chattanooga, and Sheridan in the valley of Virginia, the value of confederate money depreciated so rapidly that it became practically worthless. The union armies encircled the confederacy with walls of steel and fire, and the financial world would give no recognition to confederate promises to pay. Then it was that the confederate soldiers suffered many privations, while their families at home suffered for the necessities of life. The women and children lacked clothing and shoes, and often deprived of food. No wonder that the old soldier and statesman now says that the presidential succession is not worth another civil war. The old scrap book referred to containing samples of all issues of confederate money, with a companion in the last check book used by the querrmaster general of the confederacy. This book was opened January 26, 1865, and during the few remaining days of January the sum total of $347,217 was checked out, for transportation of troops. The stubs of the check book show every transaction until the close of the war. The largest check drawn was for $800,000 in favor of the Richmond and Danville Railroad company; but a marginal note shows that the company accepted $16,000 in coin in lieu of the $900,000 in confederate checks. To such an extent had the value of confederate money depreciated. The total amount of paper money issued by the confederacy was $1,500,000,000. That is an immense sum to template, and all of it became value LUNCH $100 ENSIVE LUXURY AT RICHMOND. less. Towards the close of the war milk brought $50 a quart in Richmond, in confederate money. Lunch at a restaurant cost $100. Coffee was five dollars per cup, and it was not good coffee either. Gen. Hunt says that these conditions were brought about not only because the confederate money of lawful issue had depreciated, but because that money was counterfeited, and hundreds of thousands of counterfeit confederate money flooded the south. The confederate government was powerless to stop this practice, because the counterfeiting was done in the north. Northern speculators bought cotton with this counterfeit money. Inasmuch as it only cost them the price of printing, they could afford to pay fabulous prices for the cotton, and then the money was circulated throughout the south by its innocent holders. It is not generally known, but it is a fact, that previous to the civil war this government had a mint at Dahionege, Ge., where gold to the amount of about $7,000,000 was minted; and most of the gold was taken from mines in that vicinity. But when the war began the mines were deserted, and they have never since been operated. Because of the scarcity of gold within the boundaries of the confederacy, that government was never able to establish a mint, and hence was obliged to depend upon its issues of paper money. All these interesting facts resulted from the brief conversation with dear old Gen. Hunton, who in speaking of the electoral commission, made earnest and feeling reference to the war between the states which has been aptly termed "The Irrepressible Conflict." BERMUDA LILIES Experiments With Them Conducted by the Department of Agriculture in the South. An interesting experiment is now being conducted by the United States department of agriculture in South Carolina and in the southern states with the Bermuda lily so popular at Easter as a gift and for decorative purposes. 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During a recent visit here she often talks about her experiences and tales about him that seemed to indicate that little Wu at times gently gives his Christian schoolmates. "He is awfully cute," she said, "and speaks very correct. English. French. German. Spanish. What he likes best to eat, he says, is milii. That is young mice, dipped in honey and swallowed raw. A horrible thing, isn't it? That is squishy and slimy as raw oysters. His mother's feet are so tiny that he can hardly walk at all. She is pushed about in a wheeled chair. I asked Wu once he didn't have ladies' feet like that. He said: "Virginia, my papa says that whenever any person asks me that question I must make the following reply: "It is not more cruel than for ladies' feet like that. His corsets steelets their noses are beet red and their shapes like an hour glass." Then he gave a loud laugh and walked away with hands in the pockets of his boggy brocade hoods. He didn't gratefully graze and funny." -Philadelphia Press. Hard on the Doorkeeper. the opening day of the session of the Fifty-sixth congress, a tall, gaud man, shambling of gait, with "high water" trousers, a slouched hat mashed in any way, and an overcoat that needed brushing, preening, and washing. He was a house of representatives. He started to walk right in, but was stopped by one of the doorkeepers, who said to him, "Say, don't you know you can go in there?" No, he didn't. "You could," he said, mildly. "Nobody but members allowed in to day." "Well, I'm a member," Congressman Cushman, of Washington, "Oil I beg your pardon, walk right through the door," he said. "The astonished doorkeeper looked after him for a moment, and then, turning to his assistant on the door, said, "Say, Bill, you see that? Well, after that I am not the nerve to stop anything." -Criterion. Silent neighbors make a desirable neighborhood.-Chicago Daily News. Dr.Bull's Cough Consumption. 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It is Indeed a wonderful extablish- ment, ‘The housewife who dove her lit- tle washing and ironing, John China- man with bis “no-tickee-no-washee” fystem, aud all thove who are aecur- tomed to xee an ordinary sized laundry ~{n operation ean hardly appreciate thir. ‘The engineer, the chemist, the phy- alcian and other students of relence have cooperated to bring about a com- plicated system for the most effi cient results in nothing more than cleaning dirty #lothes, Jet us step into one of the great steam laundries and accompany one or two articles as they paxe from room to room. ‘There are not many of there great Inundries in the country, by the way, but there is one in New York which occupies a six-story building Heated, lighted and ventilated like w model factory, + ‘On the first floor front Is the office with a row of bookkeeper, blll clerks and stenographers, We pass through ‘& long corridor and enter the laundry Proper. ‘The first room is the one in whieh the dirty linen tx recetved. It fs thrown in like loads of coal from & big Window that leads to the alley. And much londs of it! Bundles and bun- dies, shirts, collars, cuffs, bed sheets, table linen and shirts again, Five girls are employed day after day doing noth- ing but unpacking the bundies, mark- Angeach piece with its appropriate num- der in Indelible ink, which in refreshed every time it fadea; sorting the stock ‘and throwing it into huge baskets, All the starched goods are then placed in baskets by themselves: the fancy laun- deg, Indes! walate and) gowns, are an- other xpecialty, while large, plain piers ate aauin sorted out from band- erehlefs, towels and similar parapher- Balla, “Make room there!" ‘Two burly young fellows are coming up, ‘They take hold of one of the baskets, drag it over the floor and dump the entire con- tents into a vault, the disinfecting ehamber, an it is called, Here all the fe ny | bis an <q oh Gi eon ‘ COLLAR AND CUFF IRONER. finen is stirred around for severe! hours with the fumes of microbe kill- Ing disinfectants parsing to and into them. ‘Then the same two men take the linen ont of the chamber and begin some tore sorting. ‘There are now three piles of it, the dirty linen, the very dirty, and the dirtiest, fithlest of all. You ought to sce some of the stuff in ‘Wat third pile, Kasentially the process of cleaning the clothing in the three dtrty heaps Is the samme, “But each Is aubjected to a correspondingly severe process, while tn the washing of the dirtiest, chemicals are thrown in sometimes In profusion And the clothes are tosted about like the football of an eastern co.lege team, First these clothes are placed ina washer,” ao calied. This inns different from John Chinaman's washtub as a locomotive from a horse cab. There is & row of 12 washers ran by a series of belts, which lead down to an electric machine in the basement. — Cireular Doxes about six feet In diameter revolve ata rapid rate, tossing the clothes In- side from aide to aide, On the inside there are spokes and broad lays, which eatch hold of the linen and shake it thoroughly in the inside of a foam of soapy water, The time for washing is differently regulated, according to the dirtiness of the linen. After awhile, the soapy water is drained off and clean water is put in, the revolutions continuing at a lower rate. When at last the water comes out clear, the ee ae Another gang of hustlers pow ap- roe. dips baskets of snow-white, ripping clothes out of the c!reular tub, and taken them to the so-called dry: ing coambers. These again are mon- ster affairs, In the laundry I visited there were long narrow compartinents, stretching slmost the Pull length of the building, with beams on which the civthes hung. On either side these chambersare lined with steam coils ¢ov- ered with asbestos, which- keep the clothes at a moderate, perfectly dry and ‘even temperature, Now comes the mangle or the plain froner or the fancy irover, and here the wisdom of having sorted the clothing in advance when the starch was still in it becomes apparent; for a process of sorting at this stage with ali the erumpled-up wares in the drying eham- ber would be & most laborious task. ‘The mangles are used for plain {ronings they are of different sizes, some of them over a story in height, and resembling in many ways a great printing prese ‘The linen !s fed in at one end, passer over a series of steam-heated roliers, ir and out and over again, wntit it ir caught up at the further end, and neat ly folded in the shape desired. Like the press in a printing office, the mangle is the largest and most expensive piece of furniture in a laundry, costing some- times thousands of doilars. Smaller mangles are used for amalier pieces, ‘though sometimes these are fed dozens at a time juto a iarge machine. Starched goods go from the drying room to the starcher. This is a simple machine, which takes one pirce at a time, floods it with starchy fluid, and then presses it down with a fine glows. In the finest steam laundries hand work is used in addition, From the starcher, the shirt or collar goes to the ironer, the moistener, the collar turner, the button-hole opener, and sometimes to several ather machines, which put the finishing touches on the finest work, Then the marks on every piece are again examined, sorted by number,and on Saturday night you get your bundle, never stopping to think of the many perambulations your shirt and your Handkerchief have taken since you laat saw them, ‘Of course, we should add that only few Inundrien are 0 elaborately fur- nishedas the one described above, Laun- dries thronghout the United States fig- ure their business on the basix of the number of shirts they turn out. ‘Ten thousand shirts is the maximum, The ferent Inundries in the vicinity of Bos- ton do the largest business in the eoun- try, New York, San Francisco and Chi- cago have several large ones, but the concentration of the industry in the hands of n few large firms has but just begun, In this direction much has been done Within the lust ten years by the manufacture of wonderfully Smproved laundry machinery. ‘Troy, No Yo and Boston, Mans. are the great centers, and from them machines are new be- > rire ing shipped almost every month to Eng- land and to the continent, One day about three years ago ® Boston manu- facturer told me that he had received an order for a mangle to be shipped to Pretoria, then an unknown village in the Transvaal, Tunderstand that since then dozens of American laundry ma- chines have been shipped to South Africa, to southern Europe and even to China, In this connection one might men= tion the many profound problems Which the simple proces of washing clothes has developed, For instance, the study of chemistry has aided great- ly in making combinations of starches, and to-day the American laundry starehes alko are sent to ail quarters of the globe. To some extent our Inun- Ary soaps are also in foreign demand. Just now the study of disinfectants ix occupying attention, and the board of health in different parts of the countey are planning to fore all laundry extab- lishinents to adopt safeguards against the aprend of disease through Infected linen, _B.T GUNDLACH. POINT TO POINT HURDLING. A Popular Roulish Sport That Ofer “Opportunity for Daring Ridtes. A point to point steeplechase is for members of the hunt only. ‘They are started in the center of a fléld, and a place some eight of ten miles distant te hamed, generally some chureh with a Ateeple—hence the origin of the word steeplechase—to which the riders make their best way. To know the country is of great advantage, ax after getting over the first fence the fleld spreads out inalldirections,each member having his own idea of the quickest way of arriving at his destination, ‘There are prizes of silver plate for the first three horses im, Every year members of the house of lords have @ point to point, for which the fashionables turn out in great num bers, ‘This winter, however, will be de- void of all these pastimes; in fact, it la awful to think of the hundreds that will never again be acen in searlet, “WIL the Hurlingham elub open this seanon?” is a question often asked, and “AVI there be any polo? Ove thing is certain, there will be no hunt balls, ‘The warlike energy of the nation fs stripping the country quarters of many pleasurable associations. ‘The usual shooting parties have been but few, and as before stated the hunt fixtures have been poorly attended, the best men, in many cases, including the master of the hounds, being engaged in recruiting for the Imperial yeomanry, an tulle She—You are the very nicest fellow on carth, He—Mut 1 am not on the earth. She—No? He—No; becacee your admiration lifts me quite to the stars, doe't you know.—Detrolt Pree Press. ‘They Ave Haceptions, “There seems to be a general lmpres- sion that fat men are always content- a “It can’t be true. Some fat men are married.”—Cieveland Piain Dealer. ‘Comsiderate. “They say be is a very careful, com scientious husband.” “He is, Whenever he is going to be home to dinner he always lets his wile know betorchand.”—Puck. ‘WIT AND WISDOM. ‘The average man makes a different kind of a fool of himself each day —Chi- ‘eago Daily News. Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the state— Southey. ‘The collegian always remembers bir father in the day« of his youth. Where else would he get bis remittances ?— Chicago Dispatch. Every really able man, if you talk sincerely with him, considers his work, however much admired, as far short of ‘what it should be—Emerson. Askit—"Dauber is paluting a picture to keep the wolf from the door. I won- der where he can place it with the best results." Tellit—"On the door." —Bal- timore American. Native—"Yes, that's where the light- house stood; but the big storm last fall swept itdown.” Lady Visitor—"I don't wonder, It was foolish of them to build it in such an exposed place,”—Philadel- phin Record. Mamma—"I shall tell your father to- night when he comes home. You've been fighting again.” Bobby—“Piease don't tell him, mamma, I'm licked bad enough now, without having another scrap with papa."—N, 0. Times-Demo- erat. Clerk—"You can't get a room for him here; he's drunk.” Wytte (supporting his “weary” friend)—"I know he is. What of that?" Clerk (scornfutly)— “This ina temperance hotel.” Wytte— “Well, he's too drunk to know the dit: ferenee."~Piilcdsinhia Frese: AN ENGLISHMAN’S VIEW. He Says Other American Cities Do Not Compare with Wash- Seiden, “I add my praixes to those already sung of the beauties of Washington,” suid Archibald Fitzmaurice, an English gentleman of leisure. “I always linger here when in America, and never tire ‘of walking or driving about the beauti- ful avenues and boulevards. “New York is remarkable for its brown-stone fronts. Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington are red brick cities, red brick being the pre- dominating building material. — In Washington the sameness is relieved by the granite publie building and mar- ble business structures. “San Francisco, however, is unique among the great cities, It is beautiful- ly situated on its hills overlooking the Golden Gate, It ix a modern city, ite Duildings, with the exception of a small distriet downtown in the busl- ness quarter, within the fire limita, be- Ing constructed of California redwood ard every houxe has one or more bay windows. The great palaces of the mining and raijroad kings on Nob hill, including the Stanford, Mark Hop- Kins, Charies Crocker, Colton and oth- er thansions, are all-of wood. The Colton house is one of the finest private resklences in America, “Lhe Crocker mansion occupies an entire square, except n 25 by 100 lot facing the street running parallel to California street, upon which all of these houses face, This lot is sur- rounded by a board fence 90 or more feet in height, just inside the line of the Crocker property. Its owner re- fured to seli when offered by the de- weased railroad magnate a sum far in excess of its value, and a0 was walled in, ‘The tot Ix now worthless. The late A. T. Stewart, under similar eir- cumstances, built a brick*wall around a lot in the park-like grounds of the Grand Union at Saratoga. “The elder Flood, of the bonanza firm fame, imported from New York, by way of the Horn in salting ships, brown atone, and erected n palace on the square adjoining the Colten man- sion on California street. It ina dark- colored. elegant, thongh somewhat gloomy structure, and igconsplenous as being the oniy stone mansion of the entire lot."—Washington Star. TO KILL EAGLES. Skun Gulla Are Hained hy the Natives of Fouin stand, tn the Shetlands, The great Skua gulls have been reared by the naives of Foula, one of the Shetland isles, to kill eagles These birds breed in the Shetlands, and the inhabitants of the faraway and lonely Island carefully, rear and preserve these titde In oor to rid the island of the eagles, whieh commit so many depredations. The magnifi- cent red sandstone cliffs that skirt the nerikwestern coast became favorite haunt of the eagles, and in that in- accessible spet they increased 10 rap- idly that they became a terror to the farmers and fishermen who dwett on this isolated spot. The Skua gulls are aixo strong and flerce afd have be- come the inveterate foe of the eagles. In battle the gulls are nearly always victorious, and so the inhabitants of Foula made provision for feeding and caring for the Skua gulls, which, though formidable to their feathered enemies, are very peaceful and docile when brought into contact with man. The great Skua-is a splendid example of a robber gull, deriving its food chiefly by vietimiaing or even killing other vea fowl. It measures about two feet im length; the plumage is. pre- dominantly brown, with white bases to the quills, conspicuous in fight.— Cinciniati Enquirer, thie Iasi tieteds Meine For pevere! years attempts have deen made at Omaha and Los Angeles to hatch the egg of the ostrich arti- ficially, but so far these attempts have been unsuccessful, the diflieulty being the application of moisture. Now, Dowever, an ostrich farm in Florida can boast of the first ineubstor- Hatched ostrich in the United States. ‘The incubator required 41 days of careful watching; the thermometer was kept at 110 degrees, and the moisture was applied at intervals, — Chicago Chronicle. Maneal Training t» Germany. ‘Thece are im German, distributed in 6¢2 places, 861 schools and institutes wherein manual training is carried on fm 1,514 workshops, Of this number 836 schools and Institutes conduct the training on a basis caleviated to teach ‘the art of imparting the knowledge of manual training. Prussia has 370 ‘magmal training schools, spread over as ‘and distributed among 396 —¥. Y. Pres in, WANila LAO ROU oho = vt U . a Le * = Friendly Critictam, Dr. Thirdly—How did you enjoy my sermon this morning, deacon? Deacon Jones—Lenjoyed a portion of it very much indeed. Dr. Thirdiy—What portion of it did you enjoy most? Deacon Jones—That part where you slat “Apt oe, Uretioes, one word more and I have finished.”—Chicago Record. The Fonens tow forgets0 oe Your bande rite tna stron” ‘She murmured, wilt & coy, averted head: anes ar Soo Be is spear 7 ale wide! F my welll] $I [= Ws aS — LEE p! Ry Pe! GZ a te Sera Ti if Gage a) * \ Yl ip A \ Uf i SS - Q SS : Pi Md. = = J ee ee ew She—Do you know you remind me of a Mesiecky Girerpibeed: Be news peart She—You have such good staying qualities SHaslew Ute ‘ns ieamen wens. She—Isn"t that a dugk of a bonnet Dr. Cubeb’s wife has on? He—Yes, and it’s very appropriate, too. Sher-How #0? He—Her husband's @ quack.—Chica- 0 Daily News. A Solution, He—I wonder why it is that married women are so much more interesting than single ones? She—Probably because they have learned how to conceal their opinion of men.—Puck, South African Item. Newspaper Man—I should like to tel egraph home that the commanding general is an idiot. ~ Censor—T regret to inform you that we can permit the transmission of no “military seerets.—Tit-Bits, A Pedal Organ. Bho plays with her hands the piano, ‘And nome say aweet melody flown: I preter, thouwh, the noiseless music | When my baby plays with her toes, Judge. A REASONABLE REQUKST. —_LA_ eZine \s Lee AA Ow WY, te \ ban Nes eo hae! P Z LR. Z iy a Reo Jessie—Mamma, can't Roy stop pray- ing so loud? He's shouting so I can't hear myself say “amen,” and I don't know whether I'm through or not!—N. Y. World. le Nextecied Rawcation. Teale etn cate, om —Ehisage Daily News errr “I bate him!" she exclaimed. “I would do anything I could to make him miserable.” “Then why don't you marry him?” asked her dearest friend sweetly.—Chi- cago Post. Nigh Schoo! Progress. Mrs. Church—Has your boy learned anything since he has been going to school? Mra, Gotham—Oh, yes; he's learned to amoke cighrettes—Yonkers States: man. Not the Only One, “Skinflint is gifted with second aight.” “I didn't know that.” “Yes, he always looks at a dollar twice before he spends it."—Town Topics. ‘A Prana. Miss MeCarlem--Thot piano lamp ye sold me is po good, an’ Oi want yez to take it back. Dealer—Eh? Why? Mrs. MeCarlem—Divil a chune com we git out of it—N, Y. Weekly. A MisAt Proposal. Mis love she coldly wet aside, ‘And dished was Cupid's plan: Kis quality she viewed with pride, ‘But he was not the man. Chicago’ Record. ‘ition Seca Ds Bien “Whose new silk umbrella is this you've brought home?" “I don't know.” “Don't know?" “No; and what's more, I don't want to know."—Chiengo Record, Why, Indeeat Bramble—I see Kanter is down on the programme for an imitation of a second-rate actor reciting Hamlet's so- Mloquy. Tho-ee—I wonder why he calle it ee iw'tation.—N. Y. Jourval. Couldn't Live with Him. “What are your grounds for seeking ‘a divorce?” asked the lawyer. " “Incompatibility of temper,” re plied the woman. “Do you quarrel?” persisted the law- yer. “Oh, dear, no,” replied the woman. “That's just the trouble. He always agrees with me on every subject, and the monotony of life with him has be- come absolutely unbearable.”—Chicago Post. A Far-Secing Youth. ‘The father wanted the young map to go into business and the boy want ed {0 be a lawyer. “Which would you rather be,” ar gued the father, “a lawyer or a mil lionaire?” “I'l be both if you'll give me half chence,” replied the son, and the fa ther hurried him away io a law school —Detrcit Free Press. ‘Teo Great a Contrast. Father—I don't see why you can't like Mr. Chubleigh. His habits are excellent. He doesn’t drink or smoke or play the races. What's your objec: tion? Daughter (who loves another)—Ot art don't know. (Suddenly bright ening.) I'd be so awfully homesick with him, papa; he’s so unlike you— x Y. World. ee ee “You take me by surprise,” she ex: claimed, after he had finally put the question. “Well, I'm gind to get you in any way,” he replied, pursuing his advan- tazes. And she let it go at that—Philadel- pia North American. Lending Up to tt ‘Miss DeMuir—Papa, this is Mr. Gal- loper—tto, 1 mean Mr. Pacer. ‘The Young Man—I beg pardon, but my name is Trotter. Miss DeMuir—So stupid of me. 1 knew it had something to do with horses, though—Chicago Tribifne. Lotus Eaters, Youth dreams of the future, Age dreams of the past, ‘Their life-days far off thus adorning: But the life of to-day wears no glamour, and they Hoth hate to get up tn the morning. Puck. ATWENTIETHCENTURY CEREMONY, Ilys eu an eA AN yo WEG tee A Be Ba WS \ ¢ 2 ¥ { \ a a hy \ Wey, f She (hypochondriac)—You'll remem tier sity fstrnoticns; Aear, aboes my funeral, won't you? “lave L lett out anything?" “Zen Kou hares requested ta be arlsa ling, ao; thal yon ton saies the funeral.”—Harlem Life. aera fies nhiprars tert rs Me peskcs centered cet ahares, ise aoa, cineca bax nti es Win me et egies anne Was aiusgt he hed anved —thidugo Prbene Lc aa Re Bill—Jimson went down in a coal ‘cle oeng for 8 ane ck wie 8 lighted candle Sill—Aed when be, found the len ttn candle went out, I suppose? “Yeni 40. aid dlmaon”—Youket Gtatooman Way He Declined. ipebapet hie eattten's Satter declip ing: to ke ‘condinale for sonaoown Si don't know that anybody had asked him to be a candidate” “That is the Teason why be hes de clined."—Town, ‘Topics. <n Sica ss eae cena dean he Biloute Megssine WHAT HE WouLD vo, a d se ee re oS Ve im: ee C- ieee ‘Ss [Soest ANS ee TTY LASS ae GaN. — an 4 bot Ss best a d MS Professor of Anatomy—This subject, in addition to having bis jugular vein severed, was shot twice through the heart, in consequence of which he died. Now, what would you doin a case like this? Student—I'd die too—ChicagoChron- iele, Haman Nature. Some folks take things as they come, Rut "tis a fact, you know, ‘That pickpockets ard shopilfiers ‘Take Unings as they #0, Chicago Dally News. Got What Ke Asked For. The Prisoner—Your honor, I trust you will allow me a little more time— The Judge (interrupting bim)—Au right—six months, Officer, call the next ease.—Chicago Daily News, Sis anata, “Weill, Perey Dibbs bas leaped into fame, hasn't he? “I dont know. I thirk it would be safer to say that notoriety bag fallea op him.”—Brooklyn Life. - adn io He—It's reported that we're en- ‘She—Well, I'm not to blame for the fact that it ls only « report-—Cricage ‘Satie Gotan, We need your assistance in announcing to the world the GREATEST REMEDY that Sie? hes ever produced, and you need our assistance to secure relief for yourself and irieod* Sreags sWanson's "s bub A REMEDY SUPREME frruy os smear ecrendec ott geen eae i, so will “S DROPS" unfailingly conquer all diseases like Rhewmatisa, Sciatica, Neursisis: tame, cater oa tiny ASTHMA, Dysnepsn, Baca Senna er seme Tua Wananen Yutheran, Eats Csepin Nase ron titer and Kame Troi ene S'S fear fesmena te, DROPS" tetas wo Re deme SED 9 we fey barman ot ota Sayin of Sota wo Ga 7 teat "Ghia amma asp tie kick ; Teg enrfy ate ant 1 Dad Springs 7 we te an ih Marian ‘Bowers, of Caraghar, Oba, 1A Nitrate Dea NEURALCIA Asoc coe ee ret Sere fruvemimes, Sones Saseeest ae eee sea ata tes ce irucrerugmtiet roa" ROR tesltaln greta at aes as SSS Serratia peer eee Tis pubeaY ottawa Mav Seat jar tb buh nfivena ave Sai RHEUMATISM [xij 2norn secrete tmerann Tipat nner sirtomesttarabetat ss i Fh seatetre meray eiaeiats coon pict at Dee nsr ean mops s em mrameominas sr wand four dlterent binds of toe for RAEN SOK a "ao relief wottl Yours PROFS. Silo Teueane strana eA wow eae fe 20 DAYS srvamrsce races cena meee os, Sp recece bat canal sete air wate kr eae ee ea ro He esi oc noid Crean aneain, Achat WANTED fa Sow Towacry. Dom's wait! (W/* For Wireless Steering. An Englishinvention for steering any craft, whether rubmerged or otherwise, by means Stan ether wave on the wireles telegraph Dribeile basteen perfected. in naval wart ‘Shvected to mate the orpedo bout a: ey eta 2 i. tere Stomach tere ich ‘never fails to cure constipation, Indigest : ‘Filiousnest, malaria fever sad afae’ Every: fone needs ft and all drugginta eel, ‘A Competent Defense. ‘The homeliest man in congress is Bay, of snes Bene forerte tlio Hon of ughiness, especially ax all his other characteratics ate enviable, During his last fampaign he enemien of Mr. Hidy charged Sim with being doublefaced. He met the charge in a manner that disarmed all erit: Sciam “Great heavens,” said Br, Eddy to ‘his audience, “do you think that if Thad two faces | would wear the one Tam showing you now?” Argonaut. ‘To MEET STEAMSHIPS. A New Service by the New York Cem= tee by the How George H. Daniels, general passenger agent of the New York Central knd Hud ton River Railroad, bas added a. steam- thip bureau to the equipment of the passen- fer acevice of the road.” He bas engaged Sepia’ Louis Togwerien tnd F- £%G. Echultze to superintend the bureau, and one of their duties will be to meet all incoming trans-Atlantic and the principal cosstwise Meamihipe to, tint paseengern, who wish to leave the city via the Vanderbilt aystem. apts Ingwersen will have charge of the American, Cunard, White Star, Atlantic ‘Transport, Wilson, Anchor and Allan-State lines, and Capt. Schultze haa been aasigned to the North German Lioyd, Hamburg. American, French, Rotterdam, Red Star ‘and ‘Thingvalla lines, "They wi meet all incoming steamships, and will be prepared to. furnish. railway Hekets, parlor and sleeping ear accommo- gations dnd to aunt patuengera with thei begage and check it Ko poate on the lng of he ralroad, after, ie” has been pasted by the customs’inspectors. “They wil also fUrniah passengers with cabs operated by the fallroad’ company, apd furnieh time tables fra general iforiaton to passenger, The two ‘men have also been directed to assist Bamengers wo, come to this ty with Hew of going abroud, and such pasengers will be met at the Grand Central Station bh incoming traing and conducted to the feamlip. Their beggage will be attended to, and sicamsbip tickets can be procured In’ advance by communicating “with Mr. DanielaFrom the New York Commercial ‘Advertiser. He Fell Into the Trap. ‘Wife—Did you mail that letier I gave you this morning’ Husband*0f course, I did. *Hfow provoking! I’ wanted to add a post- erip Tiroducing the letter)—""Well, here it ia. why didn't you fell me that in the first place?” Chicago Evening News. panies ms The Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Ark., opens March 1, 1900. A most desirable, at. thactive and convenient resort for health and pleasure seekers. Idea! elimate, pure sparkling water, beat aceommodatons Hhrough Sleepers via Frisco Lane. Write for particulars to Manager Hotel or 0 any representative of Frisco Laine. “Ye, he brought out his history of the Regiment Tor pmvate ireulation. “Indeed, atin strange” st done thi wo, Bvgry fivate in the regiment se Bieta Pua Beater. * SPY Growells cangrily)—“You know that fool can atk questigns that a wise man can’t Anewer, don't you?” Howells"L've heard ‘90, but 'T never knew it until now.”—Boston Traveler. | "To Gare « Cold ta One Day Take Laxative Bromo Qulcine Tabet. 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