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The Afro-American Advance. TWIN CITY NEWS. MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL. VOL. II. NO. 3. TWIN CIT MINNEAPOLIS. 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 9th 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 $350; 2nd prize, lady's writing desk or its equivalent in value, at the option of the winner; 3rd, mahogany rocking chair, or its equivalent in value, at the option of the winner. The giving of the first prize is upon the conclusion that the aggregate amount turned in from all the applicants exceeds $200. All persons desiring to enter the contest will hand their names in to W. W. Tucker, secretary of the committee. The young people of the Mission are arranging for a concert March 21st. Rev. J. Will King will preach from the subject "The Wonderful Woman." Sunday evening, March 11. Special music will be furnished by the choir. 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 Fourt histreet. 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. 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. To raise thirteen hundred dollars is the next popular thing in church circles. This enterprise has been undertaken by the Wayman Home Circle of St. Peter's. The amount mentioned is the mortgage, which, by faithful effort, they expect to raise the first week in May. Mrs. Lena Mason will begin a series of meetings next week. The members of St. Peter's A. M. E. church and friends of Mrs. Willie Gilbert, who will return to her former home in Chicago, tendered her a very pleasant surprise on Monday evening, March 5th. Refreshments were in abundance and a very enjoyable evening was spent. She will leave for Chicago Friday evening. Dr. R. S. Brown has purchased a new electric battery of superior quality. He is ready to extend application to any case which requires electric treatment. Give the doctor a call if you wish electric treatment. He is up to date The A. M. E. O. C. will have their first annual speech preached at St. Peter's church on Sunday. March 18, 1900, at 3 p. m. by. Rev. Mrs. Lena Mason. Mr. Wm. Smith and Missella Plunkett, of Baton Rouge, La, were married by Rev. King recently. Mrs. Smith will be remembered as being one of the ladies from the South who created discussion among local Afro-Americans. Mr. and Mrs. Smith reside at 913 Mary place, with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brooks. Rev. J. Will King will preach at the mission Sunday evening. The subject, the "Wonderful Woman." Mrs. J. T. Monroe will sing. Many on the sick list this week. Little Tolord King is quite sick with typhoid. Mrs. Joyce down with throat trouble. Mrs. Della Wright is quite sick also. There will be a green sash supper at the Mission Friday evening. March 10th, by the Green Sash Committee. Supper 15c, from 6 p. m. to 11 p. m. Come and have a good time. The Young People's concert, Wednesday, March 21st, at which time ten girls and ten boys will drill against each other, for the cake. Admission toe at the Mission hall, 407 Fifth avenue. Quarterly meeting Sunday, March 18th, at St. James, East Side; preaching at the Mission, as usual, at night. DIED SUDDENLY Mrs. Frances Brady, wife of Officer Mack Brady, died suddenly while attending services at St. Charles Catholic church, Friday evening, March 2nd, and Mrs. Brady arrived at above church at 8 o'clock, the latter apparently sound and healthy, but in 20 minutes after arrival Mrs. Brady passed away in the arms of her husband. Supposition, heart failure. Mrs. Brady was 77 years of age, yet she looked less than 50. Married 43 years, and one son the result of the union. Mrs. Brady's friends were legion, perhaps as many whites as colored. She was loved for her simplicity and not only her direct relatives will miss her, but the community at large will mourn the vacant place she has left in society. Mrs. Brady was buried from St. Charles Catholic church, Monday morning. Rev. Father Cleary, the eloquent and scholarly host, officiating. High mass was celebrated in this occasion. Deposed in St. Mara's cemetery at 1 o'clock all that remained of Frances Brady. To mourn her loss is left a devoted husband, son George and family, adopted daughter, Nellie, and family, and many others. The pallbearers were Messrs. Addison Davis, St. Paul; Cassius Harper, J. T. Fite, J. L. Neal, Jno. Cheatham, Editor J. C. Reid. The Advance extends to the bereaved its sympathy. Growwell (angrily)—"You know that a fool can ask questions that a wise man can't answer, don't you?" Howells—"I've heard so, but I never knew it until...now."—Boston Traveler. Correspondence, letters, etc., must reach us by Wednesday for publication. 395 Thomas street. Mrs. John Godifrey has moved from 502 St. Street, street to 361 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, 395 Thomas street. Kindly keep in mind that any item of news, social or otherwise, that you wish to publish will receive attention at 395 Thomas street also. THE ORIENTAL HAIR PAR-LORS, on the corner of Seventh and Sibley streets, room 205, Krahm block, is the place to go for all kinds of fashionable hair dressing, etc. Straightening hair and scalp treatment a specialty. Hair work done to order. Calls made at residences. Prices made satisfactory. Mrs. E. E. J. Allen, proprietor. 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. Mrs. Cora Smith has returned to the city from Duluth. Mrs. J. B. White, 507 Broadway, came in from the West quite sick. Rev. Lena Mason is holding meetings in the city under the management of the Salvation Army, at 266 East Seventh street. Mrs. N. Brown still remains sick at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Allen French, 178 East Tenth street. Mrs. H. C. Covington lies very ill at St. Joseph's Hospital, suffering from an abscess in the throat. Mr. James Thompson, for years employed at the Ryan Hotel as waiter, left Friday evening for the East. Mr. Thompson intends to visit Paris and the World's Fair before returning West. Biddle Circle Ladies of the G. A. R. are making preparations to give an entertainment of a very high order at Garfield Post Hall, Grand block, on Friday evening, March 23, admission 15 cents. Full particulars later on. The Circle has from time to time given little social affairs free to their friends. Now will be your time to return the compliment by coming out in large numbers and help a worthy cause. Mrs. J. B. Johnson has moved from Summit Place to 217 Carroll street, where she will be at home to her many friends. Sunday, March 11, will be quarterly meeting day at St. James A. M. E. church. Rev Jason Bundy, the presiding elder, will be on hand, and with Mrs. Myers and Rev J. C. Anderson, assisted by the Minneapolis force, Rev King and Brooks, a wonderful time is expected. The Rev D. S. Orner, of Pilgrim Baptist church, has tendered his resignation to the officers of said church, to take place immediately. The reason for his action at this time is on account of the sickness of his wife, who must be carried to a different climate if she would gain her health. Both Rev Orner and Mrs. Orner have a host of friends who will miss them greatly and will pray for their success wherever they go. The death of Rt. Rev. Mahlon N. Gilbert, late bishop coadjutor of Minnesota, was a sad blow to his church in general, but more particularly to his little mission on Rice street, known as St. Philips Mission. The bishop was universally loved by every member of the mission. He was more to them than anyone else. He was a friend and elder brother. His last talk with his "little mission" people was one of good cheer and high hopes of their new church, soon to be erected, etc. POLITICAL CORNER The political pot will soon be at the boiling point. Candidates are bobbing up here and there of all sorts and colors. If what we heard at a little committee meeting be the sentiment of the head pushers of the Eighth ward, we can positively say that there will be a couple of colored men in the race for constable; one a Democrat, the other a Republican. The Alderman fights are growing warm. Since the late J. K. Hilary was defeated for alderman at large, some ten years ago, has another "brother in black" had the nerve to want loud to be alderman. You give the white brother your vote, what is the matter with asking for his vote? CORRESPONDENCE Editor Afro-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 Cafe. 214 Washington Av. So MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, MINN., SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1900. INTERIOR PLANS OF THE JOHANNESBURG FORT. Showing the 23-Centimeter Quick Firing Gun In Bastion, Commanding the Pretoria Road. Machine Guns Are Also Emplaced in Each of the Circular Redoubts. ANXIOUS ABOUT TREATY. France to Be Asked to Extend Time for Ratification of Reciprocity Pact. TIME AS NOW FIXED EXPIRES MARCH 24 Believed That the Trenty Would Be Defeated If Fushed to a Vote at the Present Time—House Will Vote on Financial Bill Next Tuesday. Washington, March 9. — Several conferences were held with the president Thursday, on the pending reciprocity treaty with France, with the result, it is thought, that the French government will be communicated with on the proposition to extend the time for its final ratification or rejection. By the terms of the treaty, action must be taken thereon before the 24th of the present month, and it is the opinion of many prominent members of congress that if pushed to a vote at this session the treaty will fail, hence there is an effort being made to secure a postponement until the terms of the treaty can be more fully considered. Senators Sewell and Kean, of New Jersey, both opponents of the treaty, and Senator Platt, of New York, saw the President Thursday and later Secretary Hay called. Senate. Washington, March 9. — In the senate Thursday a concurrent resolution INTERIOR PLANS OF THE Showing the 23-Centimeter Quick the Pretoria Road. Machine Guns A cular Redoubts. offered by Senator Culberson (Tex.), directing the secretary of war to report a survey and an estimate of cost for improving the main ship channel in Sabine Pass, Texas, was adopted. When the routine business had been concluded Senator Mason (Ill.), in accordance with the notice he gave Wednesday, moved to discharge the committee on foreign relations from further consideration of his resolution introduced December 6, last, expressing sympathy for the Boers. Under the rules the motion went over until Fridar. To Vote Next Tuesday. Washington, March 9. - At the opening session of the house Thursday Mr. Overstreez (Ind.), in charge of the conference report upon the financial bill gave notice that he would call up the report next Tuesday. By unanimous consent it was agreed that the vote on the report should be taken at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon. The debate upon the contested election case of Aldrich vs. Robbins, from the Fourth Alabama district, which was interrupted Wednesday by the adjournment out of respect to the memory of the late Representative Harmer, of Pennsylvania, was then resumed under the agreement that the vote should be taken at 2:30 p. m. Mr. Hamilton (Mich.) addressed the house in behalf of the claim of the contestant, Mr. Aldrich. Robbins Is Unseated. The minority resolution declaring Mr. Robbins entitled to retain his seat was defeated, 134 to 138, by a strict party vote. The majority resolution declaring Mr. Aldrich the contestant, entitled to the seat, was adopted, 142 to 135. Bill Ordered Reported. Washington, March 9.—The house committee on merchant marine and fisheries held an extended session Thursday with a view to completing the shipping subsidy bill which has been under consideration for some time. By a vote of 10 to 5 the bill was ordered reported. Discuss the Meat Bill. Berlin, March 9.—The reichstag debated the meat inspection bill on its second reading. Paragraphs 1, 2 and 14 were taken up first and considered conjointly. Herr Gerstenberger, on behalf of the centrists, said he thought the measure unprejudicial to industry, while it was beneficial to the health of the people and agriculture. Herr Frise, radical-union, said he considered that no such blow had ever been struck at trade, industry and navigation as by the meat bill, the object of which he asserted was the exploitation of the working classes in favor of the agrarians. Mrs. Angell Seriously Ill. New York, March 9.—Mrs. J. B. Angell, wife of the president of the University of Michigan and ex-minister to Turkey, is seriously ill at the home of friends in this city. Mrs. Angell suffered a stroke of appoplexy while on a train on the way to this city from annapolis last Monday. STILL ON STAND. Cross-Examination of James P. S. Sovereign by House Committee Produces Nothing New. Washington, March 9—James P. Sovereign continued his testimony at the Coeur d'Alene investigation before the house committee on military affairs Thursday. Owing to Representative Lentz's absence in New York, Representative Skayden, of Texas, directed the examination and the cross-examination was participated in by all the members of the committee. Mr. Sovereign testified that the miners' union was not responsible for the publications written by him, which had been introduced as evidence. The cross-examination took Mr. Sovereign over the exciting events attending the blowing up of the Bunker Hill concentrator, and the witness was made to recite in minute detail the circumstances of the affair, the explosions, shooting etc. In the main this was an elaboration of the direct testimony previously given. He said the masks worn by the men were of ordinary cloth with holes cut out for the eyes. Mr. Sovereign said the "seabs" favorable to the mine showed cowardice and ran away, although a shot from them into the stock of dynamite would have destroyed it before the mob could have used it in blowing up the Bunker Hill mill. He declared that the "chip on the shoulder" attitude of the mine owners in discriminating against organized labor, had precipitated the trouble. The witness said the same aggra THE JOHANNESBURG FORT. Back Firing Gun in Bastion, Commanding Are Also Emplaced in Each of the Cir- vated conditions would cause a repetition of the trouble, and in anticipation of it the Banker Hill company had built a Morro castle with loop holes for Gatling guns. PARIS THEATER BURNED. The Magnificent Play House Is Destroyed by Fire=Firemen Unable to Cope with Blaze. Paris, March 9. The famous Theater Francais has been destroyed by fire. The fire broke out at about noon but was not discovered immediately, with the result that the theater was burning furiously before the fire brigade got to work. Even then the appliances were quite inadequate to cope with the conflagration, and by 1:30 p. m. the interior of the building was a roaring furnace. The dense column of smoke arising from the fire attracted crowds from all parts of Paris, especially when the news spread that it was the Theater Francais that was on fire, it being regarded as a national institution. The theater stands almost isolated, with a square in front and the gardens of the Palais Royal behind. Both of these spaces were thronged with people. After examination, belief is expressed that the fire was of incendiary origin. Plying Fox Sold. London, March 9.—At the sale of the late duke of Westminster's string of race horses, which took place Thursday at Kingsele, flying Fox winner in 1899 of the Derby, the 2,000 guineas, the Eclipse stakes and the Doncaster St. Leger, was purchased by Edward Blanc for 37,500 guineas (about $160,000). Blanc is the son of the founder of Monte Carlo and brother-in-law of Roland Bonaparte. Three Sons Drowned. St. Louis, March 9.—A special to the Post-Dispatch from Champaign, Ill., says that three sons of Jacob Zeigler, a farmer, living north of there, fell through the ice in a creek and drowned while looking for stovewood. The bodies of the children, all of whom are less than nine years of age, have not been recovered. Revolt in Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, March 9. — The government has apparently discovered that a political movement in opposition to it is in progress. Gen. Pepin, the former governor of Santiago de los Cabelleros, has resisted against the government and government troops have been sent against him. Renominated. Richmond, Ind., March 9.-The republican congressional convention of the Sixth district renominated Representative James E. Watson by acclamation. Whipping Not Favored Berlin, March 9. The reichatag has tabled the motion to reintroduce whipping as a legal punishment. QUEEN GOES TO LONDON Most Enthusiastic Demonstration by City on Her Arrival at Buckingham Palace. GEN. ROBERTS CAPTURES A KRUPP GUN Continued Success of His Forces with Small Cannalties—Depolarise Conditions Said to Exist at Macking—Sickness, Short Rutations and Boer Bullets Make Life Miserable. London, March 9.—The queen's arrival in London and the commencement of her visit to the metropolis were marked by scenes of enthusiasm unparalleled since the jubilee celebration. Throughout the demonstrations there predominated a note of triumph and the cheers that made the murky streets ring were almost as much in honor of the British victories in South Africa as they were voiceless tributes of a loyal people to a monarch whose womanly sympathy has been so strikingly shown since the war began. The royal party's departure from Windsor was marked by more than usual interest. For hours before the queen started for London crowds gathered in the streets, which had been announced as her route through the metropolis, and which were decorated with flags. It was foggy and cold, but no one seemed to care. At Paddington the railroad station had been cleared of the general public, but outside thousands of people waited patiently. When the train from Windsor arrived at 12:30 p. m. a tremendous cheer went up. Her majesty came down the sloping platform leaning on the arm of a turbanned Indian attendant, and entered an open landau, in which also sat Princess Henry of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. They all wore black, and round her neck the queen had a sable collarette. From the packed sidewalks and from every available window came a continuous rour of cheers, while hundreds of little flags were waved all the way to Buckingham palace. The side streets were packed ten, 20 and sometimes 100 deep. But it was around the palace itself that the chief throng gathered. By nine in the morning carringes, cabs and vehicles of every sort, people from the city and the west end and distant parts of the country congregated In St. James park, which the palace fronts. By noon it was estimated that 50,000 people were gathered about the queen's town residence, waiting patiently. Shortly after noon the duke and duchess of York drove into the courtyard and received an ovation. Mr. Chamberlain, the secretary of state for the colonies, joined the distinguished throng in the courtyard unnoticed. Later the Duke and duchess of York appeared on a balcony in front of the palace. As time passed the crowds outside grew more dense and the peers and members of the house of common trooped out of sight into the inner quadrangle, where they waited to receive the queen. **Wild Demonstration at Palace.** Then from Constitution hill came the dull roar of distant cheers and the cry: "She is coming," was passed from mouth to mouth. Now the roar was taken up by those within the precincts of the palace. Back on their creaking hinges flew the great gates and up went the royal standard. A patrol of police went by, there was a flash of steel as the life guardsmen and outiders trotted through the gates, and then all hats flew in the air, a mighty cheer arose and slowly there passed a carriage on the back seat of which sat a little black figure, heavily veiled and nodding right and left. Suddenly, for the first time in the day, the sun came out from behind the clouds and shone over the shouting thousands, and, piercing the veil, it showed happy smiles lighting up the aged monarch's face. It was a repetition of the scene of the jubilee queen's weather in the truest sense of the words. Still nodding vigorously, her majesty passed out of sight into the quadrangle. There the peers and commoners assembled, sang "God Save the Queen" and her majesty entered the palace. Those who saw the queen unveiled said she looked remarkably well. The journey from Windsor and the long ride through the deafening din exposed to the keen east wind was a trying experience for anyone, yet in spite of her great age the queen apparently did not suffer any unusual fatigue. CAPTURES KRUPP GUN Roberts Reports Further Success—Clements Occupies Norval's Pont. London, March 9—Lord Roberts telegraphs that he has captured a Krupp gun and a number of tents and wagons. The general also announces that Gen. Clements has occupied Norval's Pont. The following is the text of Lord Roberts' dispatch: "Poplar Grove, March 2—Two brigades of cavalry, with horse artillery and Kelly Kenny's division, marched to-day ten miles eastwards. Horses were quite taken by surprise yesterday. They moved so burried that they left cooked dinners behind. We captured a Krupp gun and several tents and wagons. The total casualties were KILLED—Lients, Kewick and Friesbick. "WOUNDED—Lients, Bailey, of the Twelfth lancers, and Dearnipleguy, of the Twelfth were captured by Lieut. Smith, of the Shropshire, who is believed to have been picked up by a Boer ambusher. Two men were killed, 46 were wounded. "Gatare reports that he intends occupying Burgherdorp to-day. pying Burgersdorp to-day. "Repairs to the railroads towards both Stormberg and Steynsberg are being planned." "Clements now occupies Norval's Pont, on the south bank of the Orange river, the Bridge was blown up March 6 and the enemy are holding the north bank of the river, but not, it is believed, in any great length." The full extent of Lord Roberts' success of Wednesday is not clear, but the best informed appear satisfied that it brings peace perceptibly nearer. Experts anticipate that the burgers will make no further stand west of the Free State capital, and some of them even deduce from the fact that the Boer forces are divided and have retreated in different directions; that demoralization has set in, and that the Transvaal forces will next be found carefully entrenched in positions north of the Vaal river, while the bulk of the Free Staters will abandon the contest and sue for peace. Boers Not Discouraged. Pretoria, March 9. — Secretary of State Reitz has issued war bulletins saying the Boers are not discouraged by reverses and will fight to the death. Gen. Dewet is now in command of the Boers north of the Molder. President Kruger has gone to Bloemfontein, presumably to settle the differences between the Transvaalers and the Free Staters. Occupy Burghersdorp. London, March 9.—A special from Molteno says that the British occupied Burghersdorp anoposed on Wednesday night. Mafeking in Sore Diatress. Mafeking, Feb. 19.—What may be typhoid malaria has broken out in the women's langer, and dysentery, due to the absence of vegetables, is rife among the garrison. We are thrown upon our own resources. Such luxuries as we had are exhausted or have been commanded for the hospitals, which are filled to overflowing. The children's graveyard, close to the women's langer, grows weekly as the young lives are cut short prematurely by shell and fever. We look with hope deferred for relief. The cheerfulness which was characteristic of the early days of the siege has almost deserted us, the men preferring to remain at their posts rather than move about and work up an appetite which cannot be satisfied. The natives are in the worst plight. Those who are unable to obtain work are allowed a small handful of meal daily. Many braving the danger wander about the town with gaunt and hungry faces in search of work which entities them to an extra ration of meal. If they find work, they are generally too weak to perform it. From their advanced posts the Boers rake the streets and market square. It is impossible to dodge their bullets. We have taken remarkable precautions, however, and the casualties, though heavy, are not what they might have been had able men been at the head of affairs. Even the headquarters mess fares scantily. Like mints under the altar we cry, "How long O Lord, how long?" Two hundred and ninety-two persons have been killed, wounded or died of disease. The garrison is so small that it would be criminal to make its weakness public, but there is never so much as a whisper. If anyone suggested the possibility of surrender, it is because we do not mean to get beaten, and we are cheerfully enduring the hardships of today rather than to make a surrender in any degree possible to morrow. TO UNITE. Socialist Labor Party and Social Democracy to Join Hands and Nominate Debs for President. Indianapolis, Ind., March 9. — At the opening session of the national social democratic convention Thursday the conference committee, composed of three representatives from the socialistic labor party and three representatives of the social-democratic party, reported in favor of the amalgamation of the two parties. The report declared that a union was necessary and expedient. The amalgamation seemed to indicate the unanimous nomination of Eugene V. Debs, of Indiana, for president, and Joseph Harriman, of California, for vice president. Harriman said the arrangement would be satisfactory to him. MOB THE CONSULATE Students at Bordaux After Attending a Pro-Boer Mass Meeting Visit British Consulate. Bordeaux, March 9—Late Wednesday evening a number of students and others issuing from a pro-Boer meeting marched to the British consulate, battered down the doors, shattered the windows with stones and then proceeded to the consul's private residence, where they indulged in a similar demonstration. The police dispersed the mob and arrested several of the leaders. The prefect of the Gironde, the mayor of Bordeaux and the commissary of police called on the consul Thursday and expressed their regret at the occurrence. Passed a Good Night. New Haven, Conn., March 9—The physician in attendance upon Edward J. Phelps, ex-minister to England, who has been ill for several weeks with pneumonia, said that the patient passed a good night and was resting comfortably. While there was no change for the worse in Mr. Phelps' condition, it could not be said that he had gained any strength. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FAVORED BY GEN. WHEELER He Would Give the Philippines a Territorial Form of Government. THINKS NATIVES ARE READY FOR IT. The General Gives His Impressions of Trade Possibilities in Orient—Believes They Are Unlimited —United States on Edge of Era of Unprecedented Prosperity. San Francisco, March 9.—Gen. Joseph Wheeler favors giving the Philippines a territorial form of government. He said: "I believe the people are ready for a certain kind of self-government. They could be given the power to make laws under such a system of government as the United States has under the municipal governments are all in the hands of the natives, and they get along without trouble or friction. Under a territorial form the islands could be best ruled." Trade Possibilities. He reviews his impressions of trade possibilities in the orient as followed: "England, Russia, Germany and France have braved war and pestilence in efforts to secure a share of the wealth which will come to them by commercial relations and to secure a share of the wealth which cast upon us the responsibility of sovereignty over from 9,000,000 to 11,000,000 people, together with the islands which they inhabit, containing an area three times that of the United States, in question among the Americas." "Very naturally there may be honest difference of opinions as to whether everything has been conducted during the two years in accordance with the highest wisdom and best possible judgment, but there are many people who are not people as to the duty and wisdom of now uniting in a determined effort to take the situation as it stands and to so conduct the affairs of our country as to add the value of our people to the purity. It is a friendly struggle for commercial supremacy, in which our rival nations are using their best efforts, and I say, let us in a friendly but determined way." Face to Face with Orient. "Our Pacific cities are now face to face with the eastern shores of Asia. The Nicaragua canal will bring our gulf ports nearer to them than those of the Atlantic coast." "With Manila as a great depot steamers from that emporium could reach the commercial ports of eastern Asia as readily as it can be done by English steamers for Hong-Kong." We understand that about one-third the population of the earth is concentrated in the eastern half of Asia and that the vast multitudes are rapidly learning to appreciate the advantages, and I might be able to teach them that they are also learning to realize the comfort which is enjoyed by the people of the most civilized nations, in the possession and use of the products, manufactures and mechanical developments which are Need Products of Orient "Europe and America must purchase the ales, tea, coffee, chew, spices and products of the handwork of the people of the orient, and this immense population of workers and factories are producing cheaper and better than those which are produced anywhere else on earth. Cotton cloth such as is manufactured in southern cotton mills is needed by the people of the east to the enormous value of $4,000,000 to $10,000,000." "England with her navy has approached China by the sea and has established firm footholds at favorable locations on the coast. France has acquired possessions in the north and has been as great, and an area nearly ten times large, as that of our Empire state. England's dominions and dependencies in Asia now extend over an area of 1,000,000 square miles and contain a population of nearly 100,000,000 people. Military exceeding in area 5,000,000 square miles and containing over 19,000,000 people." "Port Arthur, the great commercial and war port, is firmly in her grasp. This gives Russia a power over Corea which will add much to her strength. The completion of the railway network across the branches, the opening of the Nicaragua canal and the annexation of the Pacific islands to the United States will more thoroughly revolutionize the commercial relations of the world than has ever been done by influences combined during the last three centuries." "It seems to me that there is but little limit to the possibilities which are before us, and we are certainly justified in the belief and hope that the United States is on the edge of an eru of unprecedented SIMPLE BUT IMPRESSIVE. Funeral of the Late Archbishop Hennessy-An Entire Absence of Music. Dubuque, In., March 9. — In a vault beside the remains of his predecessors, Bishops Loras and Smyth, lie the remains of John Hennessy, first archbishop of Dubuque. The obsequies occurred at ten o'clock Thursday morning and were of the simplest character. There were no flowers and no ornaments whatever, even the high altar being stripped of everything except what was necessary in the celebration of mass. The same order was carried throughout the church, nothing appearing except the black and purple mourning drapery. There was also an entire absence of music, only the voices of hundreds of priests being heard in the Gregorian chant; this was in accord with the dead prelate's wish. Rather Chilly. Dublin, March 9.—The newspapers of this city give rather a chilling reception to the announcement of the proposed visit of Queen Victoria to Ireland next month, although the comments are perfectly courteous. Received by President Washington, March 9.—The president received the members of the pure food and drug congress, now in session here, to the number of 200 or more. The presentations were made in the east room. Sandusky on Rampage Columbus, G., March 9—A special says: The Sandusky river is on a rampage and already great damage has been done. The stream is the highest it has been for 15 years. Tel. Main 2460-L-1. Minneapolis, - - - - - - Minnesota. Entered at the Post Office, at Minne- apolis, Minn., as second-class matter. Subscription Rates: Advertising Hetero Local Reading Notices, 10c per line, each insertion. Religious Notices (not over five lines) free. Editorial Announcements. To secure the return of unsolicited manuscript postage should be enclosed. Communications must reach the office by WYOMING, in the sutch in which they are to appear. All communications, enclosing news writer's name, for publication, but as an evidence of good faith, contributions and reports of news concerning the colors of the colored race are requested from our readers. Any communication unsuitable for publication. Subscribers ordering addresses of their paper changed are requested to give their former as the address of all communications and make all remittances to THE AFRO-AMEI-CAN ADVANCE. 603 Northwestern Building, Minneapolis, Minn. J. C. REID. EDITOR. MRS. GEO. DUCKETT. Associate Editor. EDITORIAL BUTTS-FRANKLIN ELOPEMENT WHAT SAY US AT HOME? Are we progressing? Behold we at home incidentally encounter others and we stand still. We progress not materially nor intellectually. A population of nearly 3,000 Afro-Americans and not one of our own citizens in the University of Minnesota. Several high schools, and not over a half dozen Afro-Americans in attendance. If by chance Bishop Lee's daughter and Mr. Benjamin Steward were not pupils of the U. of M. (with a daily attendance of 3,000 advanced students) the Afro-Americans of this city would be a total blank in the minds of the faculty of higher education. Should we not feel ashamed of our gross negligence to take advantage of so great an opportunity? When recognition of survival of the fittest takes place (which must soon come) we must grumbling* away in the rear of intellectually attainments. Our southern brother, whom we claim is not advanced, will display a superior education to our shame. We probably maintain a "bold front" with ourselves back of it? We only deceive with ourselves. Why not note our incompetency and attempt to become competent by fitting ourselves for the great battle of brains which is now beginning to indentify men as men. Let us not claim what we are not, for the test will soon find us out. As to our material condition we should not wait for the "other fellow," but those who have money should enter into some kind of business, even on a small scale. The white man takes his chances, and why not we. If we had business obligations of our own we would not find time to say what we ought to do—but what I am trying to do. We must learn to appreciate and encourage the man who tries to do and contemptibly ignore the man who talks against and abuses those who attempt to do. Let the "wind bag" among us be exiled from memory. Let him find his place among others of his kind. There are no places in progress for such a man. And he is only an impediment to those who desire to better their material condition. The actual product is the only proof of our discipleship of material progress. We cannot be convinced that the "wind bag" is equal to the producer. Let us detest him for DOTS AND DASHES Oberlin college has received gift of £50. 000 for gymnasium. The donor of $10,000 for "Hall of Fame" is Miss Helen Gould. Speakers at Chicago Woman's club advocated teaching kids art of cooking. vocated teaching boys art of cooking. Dr. Harper denies that Chicago university has a program that invites and says big gifts have been unsolicited. DEATHS HARVEST— Rev. William G. Bell, aged 73, dropped dead at Lincoln, Neb. Remains of 66 soldiers who died in Cuba were buried at Arlington. Two men were killed at New York by iron pipe which fell from a six-story building. Dr. John Friedrich, publisher of American Swiss Gazette, of New York, is dead, aged 55. Boardman Shaw, father of Gov. Shaw, of Iowa, died at his home at Morrisville, Vt., aged 84. George W. Drake, famous mountain detective, and a man named Ford shot dead near Torrent, Ky., by William St. John. PETER BARNHARDT has visited Duke of Albany will visit the keeper. Gen. Cronje may be sent to St Helena. The queen will visit Ireland next month. Ola Nethersole has asked for a jury trial. Sarah Bernhardt has cut her hair short to act as a masculine part. The queen will direct a memorial to Nancy Harkis Lacobin at Spencer, Ind. Ex-President Harrison's friends resent insultation to Porto Rican interview was a bid for renomination. FOREIGN: Smallpox is spreading in Paris. Rising in western Cape Colony spreading. France will "close door" in Kwang Chow. Paper papers consider war with England as probable. Thousands of Porto Ricans reported on verge of starvation. The change Schleswig for Danish West Indies. London is eating American asparagus, oranges and prunes. Calcutta, 41 deaths occurring last week. Floods in department of Maquagun, Peru, caused loss of $300,000. Chicago's mayor says he will not prohibit "Sapho." Palmist arrested in New York under witchcraft law of 1769. Big irrigation canal in Big Horn basin, Wyoming, is to be built. Illinois democratic state convention will be held at Springfield June 26. Porto Rican free list may be extended to include breadstuffs and meat. Porto Rican says but one-sixth per cent of Filipino men. One battalion of every regiment on foreign service will be kept at home. Michigan Central likely to absorb Flint & Pere Marquette railroad system. Chicago packers shipped 700,000 pounds of ham and bacon to army in Philippines. State banks in all sections of country are preparing to take out charters under national system as soon as currency bill becomes law. SOCIAL DEMOCRACY DEMANDS:— Reduction in hours of labor. All useful inventions to be free to all Auset inventions to be free to all. Adoption of initiative and referendum. Public ownership of mines, and oil and gas wells. Equal civil and political rights for men and women. Abolition of war as far as United States is concerned. Labor legislation to be made national instead of local. Public ownership of railroads, telegraph and telephone. Public ownership of all industries controlled by monopolies and trusts. System of employment services and improvements for employment of unemployed. National insurance of working people against accidents, lack of employment and want in old age. National constitution attenuated federal constitution to allow complete control by people irrespective of sex. A Cocking Main. Zanesville, O., March 9.—Possibly the greatest cocking main ever known in Ohio occurred here. Sportsmen of the whole state were present. Twenty-five thousand dollars changed hands, most of which was lost by Zanesville people, as the home birds were worsted. No police interference was attempted. Forty Buildings Burned Lead, S. D., March 9 - Fire destroys S. D., March 9 and entailed a loss of $50,000. THE MARKETS FLOUR-Dull but steady. WHEAT-Higher. May, 65%@66%@c; July, 60%@67%@c. CORN-Stronger. Cash quoted at 342%@343%@c, sold at 343%@346%@c, and 35%@351%@c; September at 354%@357%@c, and 35%@362%@c. OAT8-Steady. May, 22%@23%@c; July, 22%@22%@c. BARLEY-Market rather dull. Screening rather dull. Shirley, feed or export trade, 35%@362%@c, Low. 35%@362%@c; good, 37%@380%@c, and choice, 39%@400%@c. MESS PORK-Offeringes moderate and demand rather active. Prices quoted at 10.87%@10.72%@c for regular, and 6.92%@6.83%@c for good, 37%@380%@c, and choice, 39%@400%@c. LARD-Demand only light and offerings rather small. Prices quoted at 5.77%@5.78%@c for regular, and 5.72%@5.80%@c for old; 5.82%@5.83%@c for good, 37%@380%@c for July, and 5.72%@5.80%@c for offeringes limited and demand very low. Prices quoted at 5.76%@5.80%@c for cash, according to weight, and 5.82%@5.80%@c for May, and 5.82%@5.83%@c for July. BARLEY-Market strong. Prices better. Burbanks, 384%@494%, 429%@494%, Kings, 37%@380%, mixed, 344%@494%. EGGS-Market easier. Loss off, cases returned, at mark, fresh eggs, 9$16; held fresh eggs, quotably, 9$16; strictly fresh, new cases included, quotable at 15c. LIVE POULTRY-Firm. Turkeys, 10%f glove, 10%f per pound; leave, $3.00 per pound; glove, $3.00 per pound. 12$_{16}$; western do; 12$_{20}$; factory; 12$_{24}$; 14$_{16}$; HIERSE-R firm; fancy large white, 13 12$_{20}$; HIERSE-R firm; fancy large white, 13 12$_{20}$; fancy small white, 12$_{16}$; fancy small colored, 12$_{16}$; choice grades, 12$_{16}$; EGGS-Weak and lower. Western, at mark, 14$_{16}$; southern, at mark, 14$_{16}$ Live Stock Chicago, March & HOGS—Market active with prices steady to a shade higher. Sales ranged at $4.10 $4.75 for Pigs; $4.75@4.25 for light; $4.73 $4.85 for rough packing; $4.75@4.75 for mixed, and $4.85@5.00 for heavy packing and shipping lots. MINOR NEWS ITEMS. Great Britain's naval estimates amount to $30,000,000. Buffalo Bill says 30,000 Mormons from Salt Lake will found a city in Wyoming. Steamer Prairie, with American exhibits for the Paris exposition, has arrived at Havre. The superintendent of Indian education suggests that attendance be made compulsory. Sir William Van Horne and the Bank of Montreal are planning to buy up the Cuban railroads. The government of New Zealand provides work for all applicants at the rate of two dollars a day. It costs $4,400,000 a year to maintain the 24 royal palaces of Emperor William throughout the German empire. Dr. W. D. McKim, of New York, favors killing of confirmed criminals, idiots and imbeciles to improve society. At a meeting of the De Beers company Cecil Rhodes said annual profits of diamond mines in Kimberley are $10,000,000. Public sentiment in England insists upon absolute supremacy of Great Britain in the Boer states after the war's end. A private cablegram from Port of Spain, Venezuela, says the British consul at Bolivar, named Lyons, has been assassinated. The newly-elected senator from California, Mr. Bard, is an enthusiastic gardener, and has produced two new varieties of roses. The steel steamer Orlando M. Poe for the Rockefeller fleet was launched at the Globe yards in Cleveland, O. It is 400 feet long and will carry 9,000 tons or iron ore net. Gen. A. D. Shaw, national commander of the G. A. R., announces himself as a candidate for congress to succeed the late Charles A. Chickering from the Twenty-fourth congressional district of New York. J. G. Schurman, recently of the Philippine commission, says the plan of the government for the Filipinos recommended to the president and accepted by him was substantially that devised by Pedro A. Paterno, formerly Aguinaldo's prime minister. THE FEMININE OBSERVER The latest society fad is to give trimmed hats as cotillon favors. What a lot of trouble we could avoid if we only learned not to worry. The average young man of the day thinks himself about 50 years ahead of the times. Many really worldly women cannot overcome their nervousness at the arrival of a telegram. A woman is quick to believe a mat cares for her, but a man never seems to be quite convinced that a woman loves him until she wearies him with her affection. A woman can write the most exacting essay in an awfully cramped position and with a perfect terror of a pen; a man, on the other hand, must have the most felicitous environment to be able to even receipt a bill.—Philadelphia Times. The privilege of erecting bootblacking stands in the large downtown office buildings of New York is valuable, and even the right to go from office to office with a bootblacking box is assessed in some of these buildings. PATRONIZE..... WM. JENKINS, ROOMS FOR RENT FIRST CLASS. We Guarantee Superb Service. Prices moderate. Tel. 2737-L-3 Main. No. 9 Second St. No. Minneapolis. J. GARNER. W. H. WELLER. The Elite Buffet 3030 STATE ST., FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Chicago. Chicago. MRS. J. B. WATSON. Parlors, 628 Fourteenth Av. South. DR. R. S. BROWN. Office: 403-6 Revere Rldg., 408 Nollect Ar Telephone 232-434-5. Office Hours: 9:30 to 12:30; 2:00 to 4:00 p. m.; 8:30 to 7:00 p. m. Sundays: 9:30 to 11:00; 12:30 to 2:30. Telephone 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. LAMB'S Throat Candy, one of the best Confections for Vocalists, to LAMB MFO. CO., Ottawa, Canada, for sample box. DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY; gives cases. Send for book of testimonials and 10 days' treatment Free. Dr. R. H. K. 68335 808, stuents, 6n FREE A BOOK TREATING ON CANCER AND TUMOR by a description at home. No PAIN, CURE PERMANENT. Dr. MASON, Chatham, New York. THE ADVANCE CAFE 214 WASHINGTON AV. SOUTH. Restaurant and Lunch Counter Officers and Standing Committees of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Minnesota and juridication: Grand Master-John L. Neal, Minneapolis. Deputy Grand Master-Wade H. Hampton, West Superior. Senior Warden-H. B. Howard, St. Paul. Grand Junior Warden-J. C. Garner, St. Paul. Grand Treasurer-Daniel Roy, St. Paul. Grand Secretary-William R. Morris, Minneapolis. Grand Lecturer-G. W. Day (7), Minneapolis. Deputy Grand Secretary-O. D. Howard (4), St. Paul. Grand Junior Deacon-R. De Leo (7). Minneapolis. Grand Tyler-J. Bush (3) St. Paul. Grand Marshall-C. H. McDonald (6) Duluth. Grand Pursuit-vant-G. W. Duckett (4) St. Grand Sword-Bearer-J. Adams (1) St. Paul. Grand Standard-Bearer-G. J. Charles- ton (2) St. Paul. Grand Register-J. G. Sterett (6). Minneapolis District Deputy Grand Master—First District James Goodfort District Master—Second District E. H. Hammison (6) Minneapolis District Third District-J. Fok District-Duluth 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. A. H. MYRICK, N. G. JAMES A. SCOTT, N. 2873 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Nt. Turner Lodge, No. 2, K. of P. Meets the second and fourth Thursdays each month. Brothers in good stand- ing and Eighth avenue south and Eighth avenue south. RALPH WATSON, K. R. and, C. C. Pride of Minnesota Lodge, No. 1, K. W. C. JEFFREY, K. R. and S. W. C. J. FREYKLE, K. R. and S. J. K. HILBERT Lodge. Meets first month at Window Block, Second avenue South and Washington. Masons in good standing always welcome. W. LILLARD, W. M. JASPER GIBBS, Sec. Guaranty Loan Restaurant. Anchor Lodge, No. 7. A. F. and A. M. Anchor Lodge, second Monday in each month at Window Block, Second avenue South and Washington. Masons in good standing welcome. SCOUTT, W. M. A. B. LEE, 7101 Aldrith avenue South ST. PAUL. ODD FELLOWS. Mars Lodge. No. 2202. Meets each and fourth Wednesdays in second each and fourth Folk Hall, 525 Wahaha street HICKMAN, P. S., 422 St. Anthony. F. D. PARKER, N. G., 296 Edmund St. Household of Ruth, No. 553, G. U. O. of O. F. Meets first and third Monday in each month for business second Monday for instruction, at Odd Fellows Hall, 225 MRS. 8ARAH C. KIRTLEY, M.N.G. MRS. IDA JACKSON, W. R., 374 Summit place. MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF MINNESOTA, A. F. and A. M. J. L. NEAL, Grand Master. WM. R. MORRIS, Grand Secretary. 817 Guaranty Loan Bldg., Minneapolis, St. PETER CLAVER'S SODALITY. Meets the first and third Mondays of each month, W. J. Gardner, Pres., J. S. Harris Sec., A. D. Davis, T. A. Ponemon Lodge No. 1, A. F. and A. M. Meets the first Monday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner Fifth and Robert streets. Master Masons in good standing always welcome. S. H. HADLEY, W. M. W. A. HILYARD, Sec., 124 Atwater. Minnesota Lodge, No. 2, A. F. and A. M. Meets on the first and third Tuesday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner of Fifth and Robert streets. Master Masons in good standing always welcome. H. B. HOWARD, W. M. J. S. STRONG, Sec., 12th and Robert St. WM. STEVENS, No. 3, A. F. & A. M. Meets second and fourth Monday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner Fifth and Robert streets. Master Masons in good standing always welcome. D. E. BEASLEY Sec., Ryan Hotel. Perfect Ashler Lodge, No. 4, A. F. A. M. 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. B. K. DURANT, W. M. J. H. SHERWOOD, Sec. 461 Carroll. Bethel Chapter, No. 28, R. A. M. Meets the first and third Thursday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner of Fifth and Robert streets. Royal Arch Masons in good standing always welcome. DANIEL ROY, H. P. W. T. GASSAWAY, Sec. State Capitol. CHURCH DIRECTORY. ST. PETER A. M. E. CHURCH, Rev. W. S. Brooks, Pastor. Cor. 22d st. 9th ave. South Sunday services: Preaching, 11:30 a.m.; Sunday School, 3:00 p.m.; evening services, 9:00 p.m.; General prayer meeting, Thursday, 8:00 p.m. Waysman Home Circle, Tuesday evening at different residences. Parsonage, 2200 Ninth avenue South. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH. Between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues. Sunday services: Preaching, 11:00 a.m.; Sunday School, 12:30 p.m.; Christian Enderavor, 7:30 p.m.; evening services, 8:00 p.m.; Wednesday evening general prayer meeting, 8:00 p.m. Parsonage, 1120 Eighth street South. ST. THOMAS' MISSION. Rev. John J. Faude, in Charge, 615 Sixth avenue South. Sunday service: 4:00 p.m.; Sunday School, 3:00 p.m. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. J. W. King, Pastor. Between First avenue and Second street Southeast, near Exposition Bldg. Sunday services: Preaching at 11:00 a.m.; Sunday School, 2:00 p.m., evening services, 8:00 p.m. General prayer meeting, Thursday evening. Weekly meetings of the Debating Club. ST. PAUL. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. J. C. Anderson, Pastor. Cor. Fuller and Jay streets. Sunday services: Mass. 8:00 a.m. p. m. Wednesday prayer meeting. 8:00 p. m. ST. PETER CLAYER'S. Father Printon. Cor. Fartington and Aurora avenues. Sunday services: Mass. 8:00 a.m. High mast. 8:30 a.m. Evening service at 7 oclock. Sunday services: Preaching at 11:30 a.m. m. and 7:45 p. m. Sunday School at 12:30 eck. Wednesday evening general prayer meeting. ST. PHILLIPS' EPISCOPAL MISSION. 403 Rice street, bet Aurora and Univer- sity. Sunday services: Morning prayer, Lit- any and Sermon. 11:00 a. m.; Sunday School and Children's Vespers 3:00 p. m.; Eisenberg School and Children's Vespers 3:00 p. m.; Evening Prayer and Lecture, 8:00 p. m.; Friday; Choir Rehearsal and Brotherhood of St. Andrew, 8:00 p. m. All are cordially invited. Seats free. NOTICE—Changes and corrections will be made upon notifying the office. 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And he knows naught of ancient lore, And naught of old lore than But faith in the heart, and when Tis dark the kneels to pray, And what is all the lore of men— The fairest fruit of brush or pen— Against the faith he has—the faith I, too, could claim one day? Beside the great cathedral door A poor old woman stands, A stranger unto worldly lore, Wind hands to hands! But faith is rooted in her breast, She hears the bell above, And on the Book her lips are pressed, And when 'tis night she goes to rest Trumphantly believing in her Saviour's holy love! O sage, what is the lore you teach? O man of science, all O wise voice, that you reach Are pitiful and small Beside the faith of him who plays About upon the floor— Beside the faith of her whose days Were sinless if she might not raise The lords of lips that say an avo at the door! -S. E. Kiser, in Chicago-Times Herald THE end had come. The old firm name which had been carried like a banner above the commerce of the city was down. It was dragging in the dust, Arthur Wilkinson, last of his line, heir to his father's fortune and responsibilities, who had made a mucker of affairs too large and far reaching for him to manage, attained the conclusion that the simplest thing for him to do was to put a sharp quetus to a life whose life had been misplanned. There were, of course, complications. There always are. To begin with, there was Winnifred Inderrierden. He had expected to marry her—the they had, in fact, had an unusual courtship, the particulars of which it would be a pleasure to relate, if there were time. Which there is not. He knew what her expectations were. She had always been surrounded by luxuries. It would hardly occur to her that there could be any other conditions—for Winnifred Inderrierden. She loved him, he thought, but after all, it had been a love that fed on the beautiful and on the luxurious. They had usually met in the evening, she exquisitely attired and in her best mood, he eager for the diversion which her vivacity afforded him, and the delight which her loveliness gave. They had eaten in the stately Inderrierden dining-room together. They had driven abroad on the boulevard at the gayest hour, in the most fetching of carts; they knew the opera together and the orchestral concerts. Their love had "fed on the roses and lain in the illies of life." How would it weather storms of poverty and self-denial and social oblivion? The simplest way out of his difficulties, Arthur Wilkinson assured himself again, was to make the sharp quietus. Why could he not stop thinking, having made his resolution? Why must he remember these hideous details that brought the blood in hot rush to his jaded face? Why must he recollect old Effinger, for 20 years the manager of the house, whose careful savings had gone up with the rest? Effinger impoverished, and in his old age, and because of the fatuous folly of an incompetent ass who lacked the ability to run a concern himself, and who had not the sense to ask advice of his elders! There were other things which were no less distressing to remember. There were the men and women who had counted on steady employment from the firm, some of whom had every reason to suppose that their vocation for life was fixed. He knew some of the young men who had married upon this supposition, men who had been his friends for years, and who trusted him entirely. He was, unfortunately for his peace of mind, acquainted with the private life of many of his employees. He knew what their responsibilities were. He thought of Maggie O'Neill, who cared for five brothers and sisters and who had no one to help her in the fight—patient Maggie, whose eyes had always looked into his with frank good-will and gratitude. He calmly set a date for his decisive act, and counted the days with something like anticipation. The burden of chagrin and regret upon him was so heavy that the thought of rest was heavenly indeed. He had no doubt, he told himself, that the grave meant absolute oblivion. When that ingenious piece of workmanship, the brain, ceased its restless labors, there was nothing—no knowledge, no fears, no joys. Oblivion was best. Still, what if his reckonings were wrong? What if he found himself plunged yet more irretrievably into a sea of remorse? What if—but what childish folly. The grave was the grave. It was the period. When one achieved death, one wrote "finis." "This is the day of my release," said he, and the heart which had dragged at him till it seemed an unsupportable physical burden was eased a tride. He lingered long over his bath and took note of all the comforts he enjoyed in his pleasant rooms. Then he made an inventory of the furniture and brie-a-brace and laid it where it could be easily found. He took his watch, which had been a gift from his father, pawned it for all that it would bring, and sent the money to Maggie O'Neill, giving her no hint of the donor. He wrote a note of object apology to poor old Ehnger—an apology such as a dying man writes to one he has ruined. Then he called on Winnfried Inderrieden. It was late afternoon and she was receiving, so when he went in he found her with many others. "Is there no hope that I can see you alone for a moment?" he managed to say, getting close to her at the tea table. She looked up smiling. "I'm afraid not, Art. What made you so stupid as to come to-day? Don't you remember that Thursdays—" "I haven't been remembering anything very well recently," he said, and moved away. "But you are coming back?" she called. "He shook his head, bowed ceremoniously to the ladies near him, and left. What a bright, elate, unophisticated face his sweetheart had! She dwelt in a world apart from his. She had known nothing but sunshine, and could not even guess at such travail of the spirit as he was enduring. It was just as well, no doubt. He wondered that he did not suffer more acutely at his parting with the woman he loved, and suspected that he was not living up to the full opportunity for pain. But it seemed a little thing to make a personal sacrifice after what he had endured. If it had only been within his power to give up more and so retrieve the disaster for those who had trusted him, then it might not be necessary to do the dreadful thing that remained to be done that night. He looked at his watch. Dinner had taken him a long time. It had been a good dinner, consisting of the things he liked best. That particular waiter had served him for two years and they silently enjoyed each other's society. Arthur arose now and held his glass in his hand. "Dixon," said he, "have the kindness to fill that glass over there and to drink with me to—to the past, Dixon." "But that will do no good, sir," said the colored boy, looking worried. He did not like the gentleman's manner. "Nothing does any good, Dixon, but drink." So the man did as he was bid. After he had paid for his dinner Arthur laid a little pigskin purse upon the table. "Dixon, I have often tipped you. To-night I am not going to do so, because you seem like a friend—the last friend I have—and one does not tip one's friends. But kindly take this little purse and in it put the tips of other men, remembering me." "But are you going away, Mr. Wilkinson?" "No, Dixon, I don't know that I can say I was going anywhere. Some folks would think I was about to take a long journey. But it seems to me that I am making myself stationary. It depends upon how you look at it, Dixon. Good night." "Good night, sir. If—if I can be of any service to you—" It was strange that the world would keep up its unseemly roar when a man sat preparing himself for death! Why did the streets not grow quiet? They would certainly be quiet before dawn. He would wait till there was silence. A soul ought to have that much consideration shown it when it passed from being. The young man sat in his most comfortable chair in the darkness of his room. He could not endure the glare of the lights, and the sight of material objects distracted his thoughts. He endeavored to forget the things that tortured him—tried the experiment of concentrating his thoughts upon one idea, and that idea, oblivion. To be extinguished—what more could a weary man desire? To forget the betrayed trust, and entailed misery, the bad judgment, the foolish prodigality, the uneager love, the self-seeking friends, the easy scorn, that was the best thing. And in the grave was forgetfulness. The night passed feverishly. He had no idea whether it was hours or minutes that were passing. He was merely waiting for the noise to cease, and presently there was silence. "Now," said he, and lifted a glass in his cold and steady hand. But something came between him and the faint light from the distant street lamp. There was an unexpected darkness at the window. Involuntarily he withheld the glass from his lips. A second later a masked man stood in the room. He could not see Arthur, who was in a black shadow. But Arthur took note of him—of his height, his width of shoulder, of the position of his arms, and then with a cry that was half a laugh he sprang at him. A deep, inarticulate sound, almost a sob, came from the man's throat. He made an effort to reach his weapon. His arm was pinioned to his side. The strength of the young man who had attacked was peculiar and unnatural, like that of a madman, and as he wrestled and clutched and struggled he laughed. The mask came off, and the two looked each other in the eyes. The burglar shrieked. "You're crazy!" he gasped, white and horrified. "Will you go?" asked Arthur. "Say you will go and I'll let you loose." The man made a sign, but Arthur would not trust him. He was unarmed himself, and the man had a weapon. He had no intention of losing his life through mere lack of caution, so he backed the burglar to the window, and with one terrible push sent him headlong through it. Listening and still smiling he heard the heavy fall on the pavement below. "It's only 30 feet," said he aloud. "If ongn'tht to hurt him much." Then he sat down in his chair and trembled violently. "That was certainly a narrow escape," he said to himself. "How it was that he didn't get the drop on me I don't know." His foot hit against the clinking pieces of the shattered wine glass, and he recollected his intention of a few moments before. Then the humor of the situation struck him. He threw back his head and laughed till the crippled burglar heard it and dragged his injured body away as rapidly as he could. "I think I'll toddle back to the fighting line," mused Arthur Wilkinson. "No one need know I was a deserter. I stand by my guns—if there are any which the enemy have not taken. And meanwhile I'll send another letter to old Efinger. I'll ask him to come here and take pot luck with me—play I'm his son—till better days come. He'll give me good advice. I win out. I've got to. And I will. As for Winnifred, wouldn't it be more decent of me to leave her to some one who will love her better? We can live without each other too easily, Winnifred and I. Then to work, to work, to work." The moon came up and was flooding the room. Arthur looked at it appreciatively. "You are pretty," he said to Cynthia, in his most complimentary tone. He took a drink of water. "What is there in all the world so delicious?" he commented. Then he undressed and looked at the warm rotundity of his young body with something akin to reverence. "It's a mystic temple," said he. "Who am I that I dare devastate it?" And then he flung himself on his knees and breathed in contrition: "Surely the hand of Providence was here!" He slept like a child, and sometimes in his sleep he laughed like one who has a pleasant dream.—Chicago Tribune. THOMAS B. BARD. NEW SENATOR FROM CALIFORNIA. Michaels After a protracted struggle, the California legislature has elected this gentleman to succeed Stephen M. White as United States senator. Mr. Hard was born in Franklin county, Pa., in 1841. Although scarcely of age, he enlisted in the union army, taking part in the Civil War. He was sent to the United States to take charge of Col. Thomas A. Scott's large interests in Ventura and adjourning counties. At present he is largely interested in the petroleum industry of southwestern California. He is president of the Bank of Huevene and director in other financial concerns. After a protracted struggle, the California legislature has elected this gentleman to succeed Stephen M. White as United States senator. Mr. Hard was born in Franklin county, Pa., in 1841. Although scarcely of age, he enlisted in the union army, taking part in the Civil War. He was sent to the United States to take charge of Col. Thomas A. Scott's large interests in Ventura and adjourning counties. At present he is largely interested in the petroleum industry of southwestern California. He is president of the Bank of Huevene and director in other financial concerns. BOER SOLDIERS SINGING EVENING HYMNS. THE TRAVELLER'S TRAINING George Lynch, who sketched this picture from life for the London Illustrated News, says that about 15 men, mostly about 30 to 40 years, were crowded into a room where candles were stuck in bottles placed on empty tables. They had been squatted around, two men standing behind them, two men lying behind them, beside them, and their riders were stacked about the tent pole. They sang well in lusty, clear voices. The effect was picturequeque, the earnest faces in the candle room, and the riders showed behind. Similar scenes are to be witnessed at each Boer laager every evening. HORSES IN THE WAR. A Good Idea of the Characteristics of the Different Types in South Africa. There are many different kinds of horses employed in the present campaign and the following gives a very good idea of the characteristics of the various types, says the South African Press. The heavy horses of the royal horse artillery are magnificent animals, towers of strength every one. They are splendidly trained and combine immense power with great activity. It is a grand sight to see them in action. The dragoons and hussars are mounted on great heavy chargers, which thunder over the plain, but they are lighter than the artillery horses. The Australians have fine, serviceable steeds, upstanding and by no means light, and kept in excellent order. The New Zealanders brought their mounts with them direct from the Britain of the south and an exceptionally shaped lot they are, showing breed in every line. They have done a great deal of THOMAS B. BARD, NEW SE After a protracted struggle, the Californi to succeed Stephen M. White as United S in county, Pa., in 1811. Although scarcely ing part in the battle of Antietam and oth 185. to take charge of Col. Thomas A. Sce ing counties. At present he is largely inter ern California and is one of the chief offi ident of the Bank of Hueneme and directe trying work since their arrival, really more than their share, in fact, and have shown themselves thoroughly reliable nags. They average about $15\%$ hands and are perhaps a little lighter than the Australian mounts. A number of South American horses have arrived from the Argentine and they are in remarkably good condition, as sleek as moles. They are thick-set, strongly built little horses, too large to call ponies, but nothing like the height of the chargers above mentioned, and it is likely that in the field these "big little" South American cobs should prove as serviceable as any. Last, and least in stature, are the horses of the mounted infantry, South African horses, light, active, strong. Small though they are, compared to the majority of the mounts, they are by no means to be despised, for they do their work well and keep up remarkably. They are nimble over the strong ridges, and fleet of foot across the native flats, and if well cared for will get through the campaign in as good order as any. An Eye to the Main Chance. When the Inverness-shire militia was mobilized at Aldershot, over 1,000 BOER SOLDIERS SING George Lynch, who sketched this picture News, says that about 15 men, mostly al- tent. Two candles were stuck in bottles p around, two or three reading from the s beside them, and their rifles were stuck lusty, clear voices. The effect was picture light thrown out against the dark back scenes are to be witnessed at each Boer is strong, and its members exhorted to volunteer for the South African war, there was no response, and at last one man stepped from the ranks and addressed the officers, saying that his comrades would go to war if they were promised a share in the Transvaal gold mines when the country is conquered. Soldiers in a Panic. All armies are liable to night scares, which, at times, almost amount to a panic. On one occasion a British regiment in India, marching over the ghanta on its return from maneuvers at Chinchwud, was thrown into temporary confusion by the bolting of a couple of pack oxen laden with cooking pots. That Unlikely Thunder. A Webster (Mass.) man died in the dentist's chair the other day while having 13 teeth pulled. The Chicago Times-Herald says that here is more good working material for superstitious people. THE PRESENT CENTURY. It Has Seen the Largest Number of Great Men Ever Living at One Time. It is certain that there is a period to rival the first years of the nineteenth century in its number of great men, no period even to compare with it except the fifth century before the christian era. In the year 1821, the year in which Napoleon died, the following were alive: In literature, Ryon, Shelley, Keats, Coleridge, De Quincey, Wordworth, Lamb, Landor, Tennyson, the three Bronte's, Victor Hugo, Heine, Goethe, Holmes, Dickens, Thackeray, Clough and Blake. Among soldiers were living the duke of Wellington, Napoleon and Moltke, besides a number of great generals who had either seen the Napoleonic wars or were to see the Crimea and the Indian mutiny. Among the philosophers and men of science were Hegel, Darwin, the two Herschels, Owen, Cuvier, Daguerre, Wheatstone Faraday and Simpson. The painters included Wilkie, Landseer, Turner and NATOR FROM CALIFORNIA. nia legislature has elected this gentleman states senator. Mr. Bard was born in Frank- of age, he enlisted in the union army, tak- er engagements. He went to California in its large interests in Ventura and adjoin- rested in the petroleum industry of south- ers of the Union Oil company. He is pres- or in other financial concerns. Meissonier. Medelsohn. Beethoven and Wagner represented music, Lessseps, Brunel, the two Stephensons represented engineering. Among states men or orators were Gladstone, Bright Pismarek, Russell, Cavour, Garibaldi Abraham Lincoln, Thiers and Victor Emmanuel. Among historians were Grote, Niebur, Mommsen and Guizot and of a countless host of men who were famous in other directions were Sir Richard Burton, Spake, Le Verrier Rowland Hill, Cornelius Vanderbilt John Walter, Wilberforce and Macauley. HAVE A DIFFICULT TASK. Spies in the British Army Run Many Risks and Are Ever Known to Each Other. One of the most difficult tasks of the British commanders in South Africa is to secure the services of trustworthy spies who can furnish reliable information of the situation and movements of the enemy. Out of every ten spies employed by the British officer commanding a war district he is fortunate if one gives him truthful information. It is a most important thing that spies EVENING HYMNS. ere from life for the London illustrated about 30 to 40 years, were crowded into a placed on empty cases, the men squatted some hymn book. They had laid their pipes about the tent pole. They sang well in resque, the earlent faces in the candle ground of the shadows behind. Similar eager every evening. should not be known to each other. Great care is taken by officers that each one shall imagine that he is the only one which is employed. It is very necessary that all genuine spies should have about their person some means of proving themselves really to be what they represent. For this purpose a coin of a certain date, a Bible of a certain edition, a Testament with the ninth or twentieth leaf torn out are generally employed. By this means a spy who was employed by an officer in a neutral state, making his way to the headquarters of the army in the field, could at once make himself known to the intelligence department there. In some instances it is considered that a password or sign should be employed, as it is less compromising. Carefully Trained Horse. Carefully Trained Horse. The Boer depends entirely on his horse, which is often beautifully trained, and stands unwatched behind him while he firea. DINNER-TABLE NOVELTIES White Is Now Used Almost Exclusively by Fastidious Hostesses— Points of Etiquette. One among the new touches that have been lately observed in well-served dinners is that various condiments are no longer separately passed with raw oysters. Instead, in the middle of the plate on which they are handed is seen a lemon. It is open at the top, and its contents have been entirely removed. It has been filled with a sauce made of tomato catupus, horseradish and similar things to those used in an oyster cocktail. Before eating them each oyster is taken up on the fork and dipped in the sauce within the lemon. It renders them very tasty, and the service is much more agreeable than the old way. One trip around the table is also saved in its service, and this is not a matter of small consideration. The carving now, even at small home dinners, is generally done at a side table by the maid or butler. The dish should, however, first be presented to the hostess that she, and in fact all at the table, may see that it is in perfect condition. By a slight movement of the head she indicates to the butler that it is to be carved. This custom seems to be an American one, and it would here be considered bad form to have it omitted. In England, where also the carving is done at the sideboard, it is not observed. The idea of having set places at the home table appears to be vanishing; and, with the exception of the hostess, members of the family stroll in and sit just about wherever they please. Often the heads of the house only sit opposite to each other on occasions of large dinners. White is at present the ultra fashionable color for table decorations. It is seen in the flowers, the lamp shades and in almost all places where bright colors formerly reigned. This feature was noticed to be prominent at a dinner recently given at one of the most fashionable New York houses. The plates and every piece of china that was used had been especially made in England, and they were of a fine, pure white ware, with a high luster. The only bit of color about them was the arms of the family, done in green. The table was profusely decorated with white roses and maiden hair fern; and quite a sensation was created by its pure, refreshing aspect. The only sweets that were seen upon it were deep green and glistening. They contained a creme de cerdial. In shape they were oval, and not very large. They are extremely good to the taste, but much caution is necessary when biting into them; for, unless handled judiciously, the fluid escapes, and is apt to fail and soil the gown—St. Louis Globe Democrat. EAGLES AND THEIR PREY. A Giant Bird Whose Race Has Happily for the Patagonians Become Extinct. There is at the Natural History museum a model of the skull of an eagle so gigantic that the imagination can scarcely fit it into the life of this planet at all. The whole head is larger than that of an ox, and the beak resembles a pair of hydraulic shears. Unlike most of the giant beasts, this eagle, which inhabited Patagonia, appears from its remains to have differed little from the existing species. Its size alone distinguishes it. The quills of the feathers which bore this awful raptor through the air must have been as thick as a walking stick, and the webs as wide as our blades. It could have killed and torn to pieces creatures as large as a bison, and whirled up into the sky and dropped upon the rocks the gigantic carapaced animals of prehistoric Patagonia as easily as a modern eagle of California does the land tortoises on which it feeds. Even to day there are few carnivorous animals, whether birds or beasts, which have so wide a range of prey as the eagles. Like the winged dragons of old story, they can ravage earth, air and sea, and feed promiscuously on the denizens of all three elements. From serpents on the burning deserts to seals on the everlasting ice, from monkeys in the tropical forests to marmots on the Alpine slopes, from dead sheep on highland hills to peacocks in the Indian jungles, no form of fish, flesh or fowl comes amiss to them, and the young eagle, driven by the exorable law of his race, from the home where he was reared, finds a free breakfast table wherever he wandered. -Cornhill Magazine. "Cordially Yours." Interesting conclusions are drawn from a study of the different ways writers subscribe themselves. The curt "Yours" and "Yours truly" are found not only in business letters, but in personal notes as well, for there are plenty of correspondents who don't believe in gushing, and who think that "Yours truly" or "sincerely" means about all they wish to convey. Opposed to these sensible and essentially practical persons is that class of writers, made up of young and enthusiastic individuals, usually of the gentier sex, who throw words about as careless on paper as they do in conversation, and those who sign themselves "affectionately yours" even when writing to casual acquaintances. "Cordially yours," by the way, is seen more and more frequently now in notes between acquaintances who are on distinctly friendly or cordial terms. After all, "sincerely yours," when it can be used truthfully, is a simple and satisfactory way of ending friendly letters. Some people have the habit of not prefacing their names with any set of form of words at the end of letters. They stop when they get through and simply write their signatures, this being an easy way out of the difficulty. - Meall's Magazine. A Street of Cairo The spacious public square of Cairo, Egypt, is called the Ebakeyeah. It contains nearly half a million square feet and is surrounded by the principal hotels and prominent buildings of the city. In order to prevent its foundation by the rise of the Nile, a canal was built around it, but this has become filled in. A portion of the square is now used as a public garden, and there are theaters, cafes and other places of amusement on it that make it easily the center of life of the city.-Detroit Free Press. HIS HOUSE HOODOOED. A New Orleans Man Reluctantly Pursues Chases Exemption from an Unlucky Spell. "I have just paid two dollars cash and a pair of second-hand trousers to have a hoodoo removed from my residence," said a St. Charles street retail merchant. "I know that sounds funny, but it was really a perfectly sane, sensible business transaction. I'll tell you how it happened. We have an old-time 'mammy' for a cook, and one of her pensioners has been a venerable darky known as Uncle Gabe, who came hobbling around once a week or so for cold victuals. He was an impressive-looking old rascal, with white hair and whiskers and deep, hollow voice, and he has the reputation among his race of being a great witch doctor. "About six weeks ago I caught Unee Gabe in the act of stealing a new hatchet which was lying near the kitchen, and ordered him off the premises. A few days afterward he came back, either to make peace or get the hatchet, and that time I helped him out with a kick. Next morning we found two small bags of red flannel, full of pieces of stick and bone, pinned to the front and back gates, and Aunt Rachel, our cook, informed us that Unee Gabe had 'done put er hoodoo on de house.' "I laughed heartily, but I could see the women folks were impressed, and it was certainly an unfortunate coincidence that both our children should be taken down with measles the very next day. Then followed a series of those domestic mishaps that often come in streaks and would never have been regarded as extraordinary had it not been for that hoodoo. My wife fell and sprained her ankle, the parlor lamp exploded and ruined a hundred-dollar rug, the cat drowned in the cistern, the bathtub sprung a leak and brought down some piaster, a loose shutter knocked over a $75 Japanese vase, and at each fresh disaster old Aunt Rachel would roll up her eyes and declare the hoodoo would be the death of us all. "Well," continued the St. Charles street man, "the thing finally got on my nerves, and while I knew perfectly well that nothing had happened that was out of the ordinary course of events, I couldn't help feeling that we were living under a sort of blight. I have mentioned our principal misadventures, but there were a hundred and one minor accidents and annoyances, all of which were religiously credited to the hooodo, and at last I saw clearly that something would have to be done to prevent the household from becoming utterly demoralized. "The only course that seemed to be open was to effect some sort of compromise with Uribe Gabe and persuade him to declare officially that the evil spell had been removed from the premises. So much as I hatched to parley with the old villain, I commissioned Aunt Rachel to go out and find him and invite him to a peace conference. After considerable difficulty she finally ran him down and induced him to come as far as the front gate, where he waited for me, evidently suspicious of a job of some kind and ready to bolt on first alarm. "Our conversation was brief and to the point. He denied vociferously that he had put any hoodoo on the house, but I cut him short and asked what he would charge to take the hoodoo off, irrespective of how it got there. 'I will kill de spell for five dollars,' he replied. 'I give you two dollars and a pair of striped pants,' said I; 'but if you don't take it off for good I will have you arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses.' "On that basis we came to terms, and he went around to the back yard, performed some kind of incarnation, burned a piece of rag, and announced that the hoodoo was lifted. Since then we all breathe easy, and if disaster comes our way now we will attribute it to common, old-fashioned bad luck instead of the machinations of a malignant spirit. It will be a bitter cold day when you catch me giving any more swift kicks to professional witch doctors." N. O. Times-Democrat. QUEER HUMAN REMAINS Many Prehistoric Relics Have Been Found in Various Places Lately. During the last few years the government has dug up some queer human remains in various places. From a prehistoric mound in Alabama was obtained a skull that was completely filled with small shells, though for what purpose cannot be imagined. Near Chillicothe, O, were unearthed several skeletons wearing copper masks—another unique discovery in archaeology. Most remarkable of all was a human skull of iron—not produced by artifact, mind you, but so made by nature. It was found imbedded in a mass of iron ore, and evidently it was included in that way originally by some accident. In the course of centuries the bone was disintegrated gradually by the action of water, each particle being replaced by a particle of iron, until at length the skull was no longer bone, but metal. Its structure in the iron is perfect in every detail, save that the top of the head and the lower jaw are missing. This is one of few human fossils that have been disallowed up to date. Gen. Kitchener's successes. In the Soudan seem to have affected the skeleton market of the world in a marked way. Dervish skeletons are now a special high class line, and it is said that these athletic furnish the finest human bones that have ever been put on sale.-Chicago Tribune. Her Face Was Her Misfortune "You claim you were insane when you proposed to Miss Autumnleaf," said the lawyer to his client, who posed as the defendant in a breach-of-promise suit. "Can you prove it?" "No proof will be required," replied the victim of circumstances. "Why not?" asked the limb of the law. "Because," answered the other, "the minute the jury gets a gimmie of the plaintiff's face the case will be dismissed." —Chicago Evening News. A Shrewd Photographer. Photographer (toyou lady)—There is no need of telling you to look pleasant, miss. Such a face cannot be otherwise than pleasant. Young Lady (graciously)—I will take two dozen, sir, instead of one dozen. Ohio State Journal Our Increase of Insanity. Much discussion has been aroused lately by the alarming increase of insanity. Our high rate of living is the cause assigned. In the rush for money, both men and women neglect their bodies until the breakdown comes. The best way to preserve health is by a faithful use of Hostetler's Stomach Bitters. By the stomach blemish, this remedy prevents nervous breakdown. It is also an excellent medicine for constipation, dyspepsia and biliousness. The Crowning Slight. An Atchison man has been henchpecked during the greater part of his life by a wife and five daughters. Against his will he has been oblived to take little homeopathic pills when he would have preferred quinine, to attend the Episcopal church when he preferred the Catholic church when he followed a pumpeled him to be vaccinated by a woman doctor—Atchison Globe. "Oh. How Happy I Am;" Writes Mrs. Arbise Young, 1817 Oak Ave, West Superior, Wis. "That I am once more free from that terrible Neuralgia pain I had been suffering with over five years. I am so thankful, and pleased to say your 'DROPS' is the best medicine I ever got in my life. I am grateful to you for helping the first dose helped me. Many a day I thought I would die before my husband returned from his labor. Since I am free from pain many of my friends are surprised, and say they will send for some of the 'DROPS' receipt of 25c. Large bottles, containing 300 doses: $1.00. For information write, Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., 164 E. Lake St., Chicago, Ill. Corns are about the only things that will cure a young man of the small boot habit.—Elliott's Magazine. $1,000,000 in 13 Years! Read the story of the Million Dollar Potato, also of Rape, Bromus, Speltz, 3-eared Corn, etc., all great money makers for the farmer, in John A. Sizer Seed Co.'s La. War, catalog. Sized the same and 10 rare samples of farm seeds. Largest Vegetable Seed Growers in the United States. [a] Deaf and dumb married folks should certainly be unspeakably happy. — Chicago Daily News. The M. R. Roberts Supply House, Minneapolis, Minn., found elsewhere in this issue, should be accepted at a local nursery. 50 bag packets of seeds for a few cents, and a fine knife free. When you write them mention this paper. Blood Humors Are Cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla "I always take Henry's place in the Spring and it is the best blood purifier I know of" Miss Miss Griffin, Baddaw It Purifies the Blood "Eruptions tha came on my face have all disappeared since I was born. Narasarapila. It cured my father of catarrh." BOSTON, Bostonian. Inc. Cures All Eruptions. "I had sorrowful sora all over my back and face. I began taking Hood's" Sarsaparilla and in a few weeks I could not see my sign in the moon. I Moons, Mount Hope, Wis. Eradicates Scrofula. From Factory to USER. The MELBA OUE PROFIT, Our HONOR ARM MELIA has the ability to date attacks, necessary Attach- ments, and Accounting and Acquisition units. Our unit is furnished with the latest improved READING MACHINE, and it is equipped the ablity to ready for service. TAKE-UP, Automatic BOBIN WINDER, and a COMPLETE set of best-sized attachments, carefully packed in a handcans VELVET fined case. Weight of the machine, weather wrapped and crasted, is about 10 lb. It is shipped at first-class rate. The freight will average about $1.00 within 30 m. of the Chicago. The cabinet work is ornamental, the seven drawers and cover being HAND OARVED and highly finished, having the heavy NICKEL-PLATED Ring Drawer Suits, etc. Each machine is carefully tested before leaving our factory. A MELBA sale to us means a new friend and customer for our general line of EVERYTHING you KAT, WEAR and USE; therefore we can afford to sell it on a close margin and fully GUARANTEE it for TWENTY YEARS. We will ship this machine C.O.D., with examination privilege, to any point in the U.S. on receipt of $2.00 with order. Price of 1 drawers OUR SPRING CATALOGUE of 1,000 Illustrated pages will be sent prepaid on receipt of 10 cents, which pay any expenses charged, and will be reissued of first order. This catalogue contains wholesale prices on EVERYTHING. We sell U.S. Established 1907, John M. & Myth Co. 150-100 W. Madison Rt. Order by this No. 11 B. CHICAGO, IL. "Reversible LINENE" Collars & Cuffs Stylish, convenient, economical; made of fine cloth, and finished in pure steel on both sides Turn down collar are reversible and give double service. No Laundry Work. When soiled discard. Ten cuffs or five sizes of cuffs pail. By freshly wring, in stains and sample collar or pair of cuffs. Name size and style. REVERSIBLE COLLAR CO., Dept. 18, BOSTON FARMHILL, MAKE, ART, MARK, ARCHITECT W. L. DOUGLAS $3 & 3.50 SHOES UNION MADE. Worth $4 to $6 compared with other makes. Individuals need. 1,000,000 wearers. The genuine have W. L. Douglas' name and price are guaranteed. Your dealer must claim that no substitute claimed to be as good. Your dealer must have a pair of socks, not, will send a pair on receipt of price and sgc. retail for sale. Please contact or author, staff member, or cap to cat. Cat. GALLERY19 W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Mass. Dr. Bull's Cures all Throat and Lung Affections. COUGH SYRUP Get the genuine. Refuse substitutes. IS SURE Dr. Bull's Pills cure Dyspepsia. Trial, 20 for 50. GREGORY'S SEEDS For 40 years the favorite with practical gardeners and florists. The new 1900 catalogue describes all varieties. Send for it. 2. J. H. GREGORY & SON, Marblehead, Mass. FISO'S CURE FOR COUGH WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use to time. Sold by drugstore. CONSUMPTION WOMAN WHO DIDN'T WORRY. she was a member of a club She was the best in the hoolaow! And daily to her "hovibah"哭! She sweetly said: "Don't worry!" "Your hair," she told her mate one day "Is falling out and getting gray— How fast the seasons pass away! But never mind—Don't worry!" "We haven't much put by," she said, "For rain days—Don't worry!" The peopleope here are wrecked—Don't worry! A few years more and you'll be told To step aside because you're old. And then some younger man will hold The place you fill—Don't worry! "They tax us more from day to day And year to year—Don't worry! They'll take our little home away, Don't worry! We won't worry! Your overcoat will never last Another year—its style is past— My seakalink, too, is going fast, But what of that?—Don't worry!" "When you are 55 and I Am 50—there, don't worry! We'll have no hope but to dis them. Don't worry. There's nothing for us on ahead, No help to be inherited— their bread Implied him not to worry him, and impaired him not to worry him, From dawn till dark she harped away, And, worried and worn out, one day, His spirit, feeling, heard her say Unto his corpse: "Don't worry!" -S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times-Herald. Mr. Jobson's Generosity AT NOON the other day Mrs. Jobson received, per messenger boy, a large, fragrant bunch of double violets, with Mr. Jobson's calling card attached thereto, and his affectionate felicitations scrawled on the back of the card. Mrs. Jobson couldn't understand it. She turned the violets upside, down and sideways, and studied them from all points of view. Then she scrutinized the card as if it were written in Arabic and the job of translating it were difficult and slow. "Violets!" said she to herself, wonderingly. "And from Mr. Jobson! Let me recall how many years it has been—" But she couldn't recall. "I wonder if there's anything the matter?" she mused. "Violets! And from Mr. Jobson!" Another messenger boy rang the bell about three o'clock and handed Mrs. Jobson a box of chocolate creams, nicely done up. Resting on top of the candies was Mr. Jobson's calling card, his affectionate felicitations scrawled on the back of the card. Mrs. Jobson, a flustered by the receipt of the violets, was now completely flabbergasted. "There's something wrong; I'm sure there is!" she said to herself, excitedly. "It can't be that he dr—? No, that is out of the question! Perhaps, though, his mind is wandering a little—he was flighty when he had that return of the gripe in December! What can the matter be? If he has become a little flighty again as the result of the gripe, maybe his flightiness has taken the form of 'the delirium of grandeur' that I was reading about somewhere not long ago. I do wish that he'd come home, so that I could put him to bed and send for the doctor. Goodness gracious me, there surely is something wrong!" Thus Mrs. Jobson worked herself up to a high pitch of nervousness. Violets and candies from her husband, all in one day! It was all very delightful —but it was too delightful. Mrs. Jobson had a foreboding of trouble. However, she put on her prettiest tea gown, pinned the violets thereto and waited anxiously for Mr. Jobson's familiar step. Mr. Jobson got home at the usual hour. He wore an expression of benignity as he entered the vestibule, where Mrs. Jobson, in saluting him, found out that he hadn't drank a drop. "Why, you dear old extravagant thing, you!" she said to him. "I never saw such lovely violets in my life, and as for those candies, why—" "Tut, tut, little one," said Mr. Jobson, amiably, "don't speak of 'em. Just happened to think to speak 'em up to you, you know, and they're no more'n you deserve, at that. I tell you what, if I were a rich man, you'd have everything—" But Mrs. Jobson scarcely heard what he said. "Little one!" she was saying to herself. "Why, it's been years and years since he—" "Have you been speculating in stocks, my dear?" Mrs. Jobson asked him, timidly. "Stocks? Who, me? Me, Well, I'd like to see myself!" said Mr. Jobson, good naturely. "No, ma'am; no stocks for me!" Mrs. Jobson looked him over carefully, but he was all right, so far as she could see. His extraordinary good nature sat on him as naturally as if that were his everyday manner. He stepped out into the hall for a moment, got a package that he had dropped on the rack in coming in and opened it. "Happened to remember, as I was coming up, that you wanted some books," said Mr. Jobson, in an off-hand way. "Brought you up a few. Hope you'll like 'em." Mrs. Jobson took the books and looked them over in a dazed kind of way. They were just the books she had had been wanting for a long while—all good, substantial editions, too. She couldn't refrain from giving him a hug. "Why, you generous, silly old thing?" she said. "Just the books that I've been pining for for ages. Won't you please tell me what it is all about—what I've done to deserve all these lovely pre—" "Never you mind." said Mr. Johnson, smiling amiably. "I only wish I were as rich as some of these pinheads that don't know what to do with their money—if you wouldn't have thumb rings and automobiles and a couple of thousand skil skirts, and—oh, by the way, that reminds me. Saw a taller made dress in a window as I was walking downtown to-day that I want you to have. Sign on it says that it's a Paris model and that it's been marked down from $5 to $30. Don't know whether that's true or not, but it's a dandy, and I want you to get your things on after dinner and well go down and have a look at it. It's made out o' some kind o' black stuff, with a lot of this here frizzy-wizzy, spangley stuff splattered all over the waist and skirt—I dunno if I can give you any idea of it, but I'll bet a hat you'll like it. We can look it over this evening, and to-morrow you can go down and buy it. It'll just about fit you. I should say, from the looks of it." "By the way, you might as well tog out in your best to-night," said Mr. Jobson, interrupting her. "Got a couple of seats for the theater, and after the show we'll have a bite at—well, any place you want to go. We'll just make a little night of it. How's that?" Mrs. Jobson went upstairs and put on her things in a trance. She was almost in tears. "I don't know what in the world I'd do if anything was the matter with the dear, lovely old—" Here her mind wandered into speculation over the strange happenings of the afternoon and evening. She got herself up in her best, and when she descended the stairs Mr. Jobson, himself decked out in his evening clothes, rewarded her with a gaze of admiration. "By Jove, you do look nice, my dear!" he exclaimed, quite enthusiastically. "I'll bet there won't be a woman in the theater looking half so spick and span," and he gave her a regular old-fashioned kiss. Mrs. Jobson spent the next few hours like a woman in a dream. The play was excellent, and Mr. Jobson was the soul of good nature. He said clever things to her, and even made surreptitious love to her between the aets. After the play they went to the hotel cafe and had Newburged lobsters, with sparkling liquid accompaniment. Then Mr. Jobson put her into a stylish rubber-tired hansom, and they bowled home. "My dear," said Mrs. Jobson, pleadingly, "won't you tell me now why you've been so perfectly love—" A foxy expression crept into Mr. Jobson's face, which she caught as the hansom passed under an are light. "Well, I'll tell you, my dear," said Mr. Jobson. "I was rummaging in the trunks in the storeroom last night, wasn't I? Member that navy blue sergeusit that I wore when we went to Atlantic City last summer? Well, I digging through the pockets of that suit I found two twenties and a ten that you'd overlooked. The bills were in an inside pocket of the vest. I missed that money when we were down at the beach, but I thought I lost it, and so I didn't say anything about it to you. Well, seeing as how you'd overlooked all that real, sure-enough money," concluded Mr. Jobson, with a crafty smile. "I thought that you were entitled to a good time out of it, anyhow, and—" ! Mrs. Jobson's face during this recital was a study. "Well," she said calmly, when Mr. Jobson hesitated in his enjoyment of the situation, "I have had a perfectly lovely time, and I have no complaint to make. But those two twenties and the ten were the bills that you gave me to put in the bank the day before yesterday. I didn't go to the bank, because it was raining too hard, and I put them in that vest, for safe keeping!"—Washington Star. A. Drummer. Judge Clark, of the North Carolina supreme court, had to open court at Oxford one winter. When he got to Henderson he found a deep snow on the ground, and the railroad from that place to Oxford in those days did not run in such weather. So the judge set out in a buggy, with a driver whose customers had therefore been commercial tourists. He took the judge for a drummer, and tried to beguile the tedium by talking over the hardware line. Not finding him exactly well posted on that he took up the dry goods business. Not doing much better with that he successively tried him on notions, groceries, liquors and others. Having exhausted all the "lines" he could think of, he finally asked: "You are a drummer, are you not?" "Yes," said the judge, "I am somewhat in that line." "Well, what is your line?" said the driver. "I am a drummer for the state penitentiary." The driver, saying to himself, half aloud: "You are the first one in that line that ever came along here," drove the rest of the way in silence. When the conveyance drove up to the hotel in Oxford the landlord ran out to greet his guest. When the driver heard his passenger called "judge" the point dawned on him, and he dashed around the house, scattering a cloud of snow with his wheels.—N. Y. Tribune. A Diplomat's Pug One almost forgets how long ago it is since the muzzling order was first issued, but shortly after the inception of that order a housemaid "attached" to a foreign legation took a pug dog also "attached" to the same legation out for a walk. She was stopped by a constable who asked her why the dog was not wearing a muzzle. The housemaid replied that the dog did not possess a muzzle, because it was a diplomatic dog. The constable responded that the dog was a dog, and that he was not a fool. The constable took the name and address of the housemaid. A few days later a summons arrived at the legation. The housemaid did not present herself at the court, and the magistrate imposed a fine on her. At last the foreign minister went to the marquis of Salisbury about the matter. The result was that all the officials connected with the case were reprimanded and a "note" was addressed from Lord Salisbury to all the legations in London, in which note Lord Salisbury said he had the honor to call attention to a certain order entitled the "muzzling order," by which it was enacted that all dogs, when taken into public places, should wear a muzzle over their head—Chambers' Journal. Eminently Antifreeze Mrs. Caller--You have had the same physician a long time, haven't you? Mrs. Groceree--Ten years. Mrs. Caller--He must be very satisfactory. Mrs. Groceree--He is; he always takes his pay in groceries from our store.—Detroit Free Press. FUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. He—"You needn't be angry. I could have kissed you two or three times then if I'd wanted to." She—"Yes, I know it"—N. Y. Press. Teacher—"Make a sentence containing the word 'pursuit.'" Bright Boy (who reads the papers)—"Were ten dollars, now $7.99 per suit."—Philadelphia Record. Gaswell—"I hear that women barbers are becoming quite numerous in some places." Dukane—"Well, most women possess the conversational qualification."—Pittsburgh Telegraph Short Road to Popularity—Hingo—"That doctor is very popular with society people." Jingso—"Yes; he gives Latin and Greek names to sick headaches and the like." Syracuse Herald. Willie—"Now that sister is going to marry Mr. Jenks why is it called an 'engagement,' pa?' Mr. Undrethum—"Probably because the real battle comes later, my son."—Philadelphia Press. Visitor—"What a dreadful smell of smoke." Hostess—"O, it is only George burning his weeds, as he calls it." Visitor—"I didn't know he went in for gardening." Hostess—"Neither doe he. He has been smoking some cigars I gave him last Christmas."—Judy. Negroes are unconsciously humorous. The other day two roubauts were overheard talking. They met on the levee, after one had been absent from the city for several weeks. "Hello, Bill. How is yer?" asked the first. "Well, was the reply, 'doctor is give me up, but de police ain't." Memphis Scimitar. Couldn't Say It.—Mrs. Rambo (on the inside of the front door)—"Absalom, you have been drinking again!" Mr. Rambo (on the outside)—"No, m'dear, I—"Mrs. Rambo—"Say 'Prompt payments patiently pursued produce payments'." Mr. Rambo—"Prompt payments patiently prosued pos—"Mrs. Rambo—"Absalom, you can go up to your room by way of the back door."Memphis Commercial Appeal. SOME NEW CRIMES. Singular Infractions of the Law That Have Recently Come Every point of view which affords an extended retrospect, makes plain the wonderful progress of civilization to which this century has contributed so much. The United States members of the international prison commission finds such a point of view in the penal laws which the states of the union have enacted during the last few years. He imagines Drueco and Solon, the great lawgivers of the Greeks, making a tour of our prisons and reformatories, and asking the various inmates what offenses they had committed. A man in a Virginia jail replied: "I killed a partridge on the 2nd of February." A Massachusetts drugsperson says: "I sold cocaine without a doctor's prescription." In Tennessee a man is found to be serving a term of three years for killing fish with dynamite; a Wisconsin baker has had to pay a fine and spend six weeks in jail for sleeping three nights in his bakery; a New York man tampered with an automatic ballot machine; a California nurse neglected to report to a doctor that a baby's eyes were inflamed. "I was convicted for watering a bicycle path," says an Ohio street-sprinkler, "I tapped a telegraph-wire," states another, "and I sold kerosene that was not up to the fire test," declares a third. If the old lawyers were to extend their tour of investigation still farther, they might learn of men fined or imprisoned for dropping advertising matter in letter chutes; for gambling by means of "slot machines"; and for countless other offenses, the very means for committing which were unknown 100 years ago. Thus the statute-hooks record the march of civilization, proclaiming the increased richness of life, and suggesting opportunities and responsibilities unknown even to the preceding generation. Young men of to-day are apt to hear much about the growing fierceness of competition and the increasing difficulties of making a living; but the student of progress will not need to far into the past to find an answer to the argument. "Youth's Companion." First Conches in London. Riding was the only alternative to walking at the beginning of Elizabeth's reign, and a lady never rode without six or seven serving men to carry attire suitable to all contingencies, and the means to repair a toilet which might suffer on the journey. To diminish this cost coaches came into use. They were introduced in 1564 by a Dutch coachman of the queen; but we are told "a coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of it put both man and horse into amazement; some said it was a great erabshell brought out of China, and some imagined it to be one of the pagan temples in which the cannibals worshiped the devil." But at length these doubts were cleared and coachmaking became a substantial trade. So rapid was the increase of coaches that in 1601 an act of parliament was passed "to restrain the excessive and superfluous use of coaches within this realm." In spite of this innovation, no method could be devised which made locomotion pleasant through streets which were alternately torrents of dirt finding their way to the Fleet ditch, and thick deposits of black mud, which furnished a ready weapon to anyone who wished to express disapprobation. It is difficult for us to picture London without either cabs or omnibuses.—Cornhill Magazine. Chances in War War is not such a dangerous game as people think. In spite of all efforts to annihilate each other, enemies do comparatively slight damage. During the Franco-german war, with its scores of battles on a vast scale, only $19\frac{1}{2}$ men in each 1,000 were killed and 108 wounded, while $4\frac{1}{2}$ per 1,000 were missing. Thus any soldier engaged had about nine chances to one that he would not get a scratch, and over fifty chances to one that he would not be killed. Most of the wounds received were slight—that is to say, one-fourth of all the wounds were severe, and three-fourths were slight. But it is surprising how small a wound disables a man and knocks him out of the ranks.-Cincinnati Enquirer. CURRENT TOPICS. The first newspaper advertisements appeared in 1652. There are 219 national banks in operation in Illinois. During the last two years 41,375 men have been killed in battle. The present season has been one of particular benefit to oyster farmers. Cape Town is ordinarily calculated as 22 days distant from Southampton. A lawsuit which has lasted over a century has come to an end in Ireland. The number of languages and dialects spoken in the world amounts to 3,064. There was less poultry buying in London at Christmas than for many years. In 1850 Texas raised 58,072 bales of cotton. Now she raises 12,000,000 bales annually. There are 38 yoemanry regiments in England, with a muster exceeding 10,000 men. The sales girls in a New Jersey town have started a crusade against the use of slang. It is supposed that the average depth of sand in the deserts of Africa is from 30 to 40 feet. The queen of Greece is said to be the finest needlewoman among European royalties. The first attempt to manufacture pins in this country was made soon after the war of 1812. Forty-three per cent of the fruit trees in southern California are orange and 15 per cent lemon. Female boothblack are increasing rapidly in France. They wear a costume not unlike that of nuns. The name of Shakespeare can be spelt 4,000 different ways. The poet himself spelt it 22 ways. President Eliot of Harvard is something of a pedestrian, and never rides when time and distance permit him to walk. The longest continuous run of a railway train in Europe is that from Paris to Constantinople, 1,921 miles, in 64¼ hours. The olive crop of the past year of southern California, including pickled olives and olive oil, was estimated at $100,000. The number of Irishmen who have been prominently associated with the crisis and the war in South Africa is remarkable. Pottery makers in Great Britain and the United States of America are drawing up a price list to govern prices in both countries. Mrs. Gladstone attained her 88th birthday recently, and the bells of Hawarden church were rung in honor of the occasion. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward, for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Chester for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly. We have seen his transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Tolio, O. 10, the blood is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials from Hall's Family Pills are the best. Not So Sure. At a dinner in Rottlingden lately, a royal Academician stated to the company the curious fact that sugar and sumac are the only two words in English where sa is pronounced shu. There was much interest shown in the discovery, when Ruddy Kappi learned from the other end of the table: "But, are you quite sure?"—Chicago Chronicle. 6.434 Letters a Day: The John A. Saizer Seed Co., La Crossie, Wis., receive 6,434 orders Feb. 26, which is a monster day, but they expect to double in sales this year. The firm is having a great trade in its specialties, potatoes, spelt, Bromus Inermis, Rape, Big Four Oats, Three Eared Corn and earliest vegetables. There is a wonderful demand for these crops in the United States year. Early Bird Radish and Lightning Cabbage, the earliest of this kind in the wide, wide world, are having a tremendous sale. The firm above mentioned is a large advertiser, we are weekly newspapers—that tells the story. Honeless Bachelor "What did Mr. Cummings say to you when he was trying to butt him in?" "Why, he said any man who made gloves that wouldn't button easier than mine ought to give up the business." Well, dear, take my advice and don't waste more time in that direction." — Stray Stories. **You Can Get Alien's Foot-Ense FREE.** write to *day to Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, Owen Ease, a powder to shake into your shoes. It cures chalines, sweating, damp, swollen, aching it. It makes New or tight shoes easy. A certain cure for Corns and Buntus. All druggists and shoe stores sell it. 22c. Charged to Account. — Father="You are altogether too extravagant, sir. Now, what did you pay for that suit you on your" Son="Oh, say, pop, you must think I'm a chump." — Detroit Free Press. **Low Rate Home Seekers' Excursions.** The Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route are now running a series of excursions to the West and Southwest, with stops at the Rocky Mountains, Boulder, and 17th, at very low rates. Maps, time cards and illustrated pamphlets on the various states mailed free on application to H. C. Townsend, G. P. & T. A., St. Louis. You can't tell how strong affection is by its nails. — Chicago Dispatch. Fortify Feele Lungs Against Winter with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. One vice gathers others like a rolling snowball.—Atchison Globe. Thirty minutes is all the time required to dye with PUTAM FADLEEN DYES. Sold by all druggists. "First come first served" isn't saying how well.—Chicago Dispatch. Pice's Cure is a wonderful Cough medicine.—Mrs. W. Pickert, Van Sicken and Blake Aves, Brooklyn, N. Y. Oct. 26, 94. Wee are the people—the Buahmen.—Yale College The proper size for a lazy individual is exercise. - Chicago Daily News. POSTED ON FINANCE At Least That Was the Impression She Gave Her Sister Club Members "It is simply impossible to keep posted on everything," said a club woman to a daughter of the American Revolution. "Yes, indeed, it is," admitted the D.A. R. "But, indeed, it is quite a quoted position, you can wriggle out of a difficult situation without seeming so very ignorant. For example, I was just saved by my presence of mind at a D.A. R. meeting the other day. I was not a very good reader, I read a lovely paper on 'Governeur Morris, Financier of the American Revolution.' "Who is this Governeur Morris?" said a friend of mine from the Fortnightly club. "Sweet, sweet," said the friend. "There were half a dozen women around, and I was frightfully embarrassed. I never had heard of Governeur Morris, either, but, you know, a D.A. R. is supposed to know all those things." You remember? I said. Morris was the man who financed the government and borrowed a lot of money to do it." "Thank you," said my friend from the Fortnightly. "The fact is, you know, dear," continued the D.A. R. "I really knew nothing of it whatever, except that Prof. Sparks subject said that the man had financed the government, and I knew if he did that he must have brought a lot of money." He went to the Inner Ocean. SCORE FOR THE MENU. He Guessed at the French and Struck Nothing But Eggs and Toothpicks. Gilson—Next time I take a girl to a French restaurant I won't be so all-fired smooth. I don't care a durn whether she believes I talk French in my sleep and take a French newspaper, or whether she thinks I don't know what I'm talking about. Willets—What's the matter now? "Last night I thought if I'd go right down the card and pick out something every couple of inches I'd strike it about right. If there's one thing I can't eat it hen we got wats with a dropped egg in it." "Well, you didn't have to eat it!" "The next prize package I drew was a plain omelette. I fought shay it and said I was waiting for the real solid dishes." "Well, next I got eggs broiled in butter and then egg sandwiches. I couldn't play off forever, and I had to eat 'em." "Poor old chap!" "Go and go mound and clear to the chap on the list for dessert. And what do you think the waiter brought us? Toothpicks?" —N. Y. Press. Could Change His Mind. Prof. Hendershott is well known in Pittsburgh as a man of affable temper, and it is rare that he shows even impatience. One day while traveling on a suburban trolley car to call on a friend, he asked the conductor to transfer him to the city street car. He was surprised that the car stopped and he was surprised to see outside the very friend he was seeking. He started to leave the car, when the conductor accosted him. "You can't change for your car here," he said, brusquely. The professor passed him, taking no notice. "Can't you tell me what happened?" the conductor again. The professor, deep in conversation with his friend, merely waved his hand to signify that the car might go on without him. "Here," cried the man in brass buttons, angrily, "don't I tell you that you can't change cars at this place?" He was not sure of the severity: "But I can change my mind at this station, can I?'!" -Golden Days. Map Puzzle Educator. Is Iowa as large as Maine? Which is the Pan Handle State? What state is bounded by four straight lines? These and many other questions relating to the geography of our own country answered by the map puzzle sent out by the Chicago Greenman of the United States printed on heavy cardboard and the puzzle consists in putting the pieces together so as to form a complete map. It will be found interesting and instructive to old people as well as young. It will be sent to our readers sending 10 cents to F. I. Lord, Chicago, Illinois, the Great Western Railway, Chicago, Ill., mark envelope "Puzzle Department." Was It Suicide? Brakeman—The trainbow dropped dead in the baggage car a few minutes ago. Conductor—Poor fellow! Heart trouble, I suppose. "I don't think so. He had one of his own cigars in his mouth at the time."—Chicago Evening News. The International & Great Northern railway are sending out a map of Texas, Mexico and surrounding territory that is an excellent production of the map engraver's art, both artistically and geographically. 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