The Afro-American Advance

TWIN CITY NEWS. VOL. II. NO. 5. 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 avenue. So. The committee in charge has arranged to make the fair the red letter event in the church's history, and to this end offer the following prize: ticket 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; and prize lady's writing desk or its equivalent in value, at the option of the winner; 3rd, mahogany rocking chair, or its equivalent in value, at the option of the winner. The giving of the first prize is upon the condition that the aggregate amount turned in from all the contestants exceeds $200. All persons desiring to enter the contest will hand their names in to W. W. Tucker, secretary of the committee. The Howard Brass Band is progressing in a manner both pleasing and surprising to its many well wishers, and will make its initial bow to the public in the form of a concert at Plummer Post Hall, March 28th. Go to Miller's, Fifth street and Nicolet avenue, for your photographs. For good cigars call at W. S. Conrad's, corner of First avenue south and Fourt hstreet. He will suit you. The Advance Restaurant, 214 Washington avenue south, is up to date in service and equipment. If you want a good meal in a clean place don't fail to go to the Advance Restaurant. Go to John L. Neal, Real Estate, Loans and Insurance, 622 Boston Block. Furnished rooms, 411 Fourth avenue south. The members of St. Thomas Episcopal mission leased a church building on the corner of 5th avenue south and 6th street, which will hereafter be their place of worship. All are cordially invited. ENUE SOUTH. W. C. T. U. will have services at the Mission Sunday evening. All members of the society are expected to be present. The quarterly meeting at St. James East Side, Sunday, was well attended by the St. Paul people. Rev. J. C. Anderson came over with a good many of his members. Rev. Hearding preached at three o'clock a soul-stirring sermon that brought forth many hearty anecdotes. Rev. J. Bundy, P. E., preached at the Mission in the evening a sermon that was helpful to all who heard him. The choir rendered sweet music. A bass solo was sung by Mr. J. T. Monroe. The old-time Fish Frie will be given at the Mission hall Friday, March 6th. See Bill! Rev. J. Will King will preach "People Will Talk, and Don't You Forget It" first Sunday in April. Preaching Sunday morning, 11 a. m. class 12 m. St. James East Side. Rev. Orner, of St. Paul, preached a very interesting sermon at Bethesda Baptist church, Sunday morning. The funeral of Mrs. Carrie Crawford, the victim of the Hennepin avenue fire, was preached by Rev. Lena Mason. It was one of the saddest occasions ever seen in this city. Mrs. Mason spoke very feelibly. The paired carers were Very Friendly. Brown, the Paterson, Eller Vinegar, John. Samuels. The sympathy of the Advance is extended to the bereaved. Condensed Telegrams After a terrific battle with the ice, the fire boat Cleveland, carrying a large supply of Novisions, succeeded in reaching the two fishing tugs and the fire boat Farley, imprisoned in an ice field off Cleveland, O. Senator Penrose introduced a bill in the U. S. Senate authorizing the committee on Pacific railroads to investigate the reorganization of the Northern Pacific and declaring that all transfers of land to or by the Northern Pacific Railway Company be declared illegal and void. There is no truth in the report published in the United States that Osman Pasha, the hero of Plevan is dead. The famous Turkish general has been sick for a week past, but his health is now improving. The seperating house at the Hercules Powder Works at Lamotte, Mo., blew up and Peter Bucks and Edmond Carter were blown to atoms. One of the elevators in the seventh factory building, 247 Centre street, New York, broke its cable and fell seven stories, injuring three of its occupants. On Woolser's plantation in Houston county, Tex., four children of John Borden were burned to death. Oliga Nethersole, the actress, was indicted by the grand jury in New York for producing the play "Sapho." The old publishing house of D. Appleton & Co., New York, has assigned for benefit of creditors. Nearly 1,000 machinists at Cleveland, O., struck for nine hours a day with ten hours' pay. J. N. Wilton and J. W. Saunders, of Emporia, Va., were murdered and robbed by two tramps, one white, the other a negro. Wm. Glover and Tom McCain, colored, arrested at Hopkinsville, Ky., confessed that they wrecked the Louisville & Nashville train for the purpose of robbery. Lieut.-Commander Seaton Schroeder, at present secretary of the naval inspection board, has been selected to succeed Capt. Leary as naval governor of the island of Guam. Julia Arthur, the actress, announces she will leave the stage, for a time at least, on account of ill health. The Afro-American Advance. ST. PAUL. Correspondence, letters, etc., must reach us by Wednesday for publication. Mr. J. H. Dillingham lies sick at his residence, 569 Rondo street. Mrs. John Watson will move the first of the month to 442 Lafond street. William Anderson, son of Mr. Noah Anderson, after a long illness, died at the age of 88. Mary night. Mr. Peter Conway, of this city, is reported sick on his car down in Florida, where he had gone with a party of railway officials. Born—To Mr. and Mrs. William Green, at 506 Fuller street, a fine baby girl. All well and happy. Mr. J. J. Johnson has returned to the house been away the greater part of the year, cooking at a hotel in Sandstone, Minn. Mrs. Phil Reid left Tuesday evening for Louisville, Ky., called there to the sick bed of her mother. Mr. J. H. Dunn and J. W. Milton started Thursday night for Florida and other southern points, to be gone a month. Mose Johnson, the handsome man at the Minnesota club, is sick this week. His friends will find him at the corner of Fith and Seventh streets. Mrs. J. W. Koger, of Minneapolis, was in the city last Saturday, and Monday of this week, calling on friends. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. B. White, who have been at the Detention hospital for ten days, reported as having the small-pox, will be on the last of the week. Mr. C. S. Weber was initiated in Minneapolis, order of Old Fellows, on last Friday, with others present in last week's issue of our paper. Eddie Henry, only son of Mrs. Addie Henry Belleles, died at the home of his mother, Wednesday afternoon, age 24 years. Mrs. Anna Smith, after an illness lasting nearly five years, died at her residence on Atwater street, Tuesday night. Funeral from St. James A. M. E. church. Mrs. Valley, mother of Mrs. Thos. Morgan and Mr. Gilbert Valley, died Wednesday afternoon at the residence her son, 624 Aurora avenue. Funeral Station, from St. James A. M. E. church. Mrs. John Godiray has moved from 502 St. Peter street to 501 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 of printing all kinds at reasonable rates. Remember the place, 905 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 PARLORS, 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. Cells in residence. Prices made satisfactory. Mrs. E. L. Allen proprietor. Sunday, March 25th, will be quarterly review at St. James A. M. E. S. A very interesting time is promised. Among the features presented will be a paper, "The Life of Jesus Christ," as it appears in this quarterly's lessons, Mrs. J. E. Porter A paper, "The Life of John, the Baptist," as it appears in this quarterly's lessons, Miss Allen. The school will do some of its best singing. Come, you are welcome. JAS. P. ANDERSON, Supt. CORRESPONDENCE Pass Christian, Miss., Mar. 15, 1900. Editor of the Advance: I promised when I left St. Paul, to write to you now and then and tell you of the people and the sights to be seen passing through the "sunny south" and on to Old Mexico. Our first stop, of any length after leaving home, was New Orleans, La. I wasn't impressed with what I saw or heard. I had an occasion to go into the depot on an errand for General Manager Scott, the gentleman with whom I worked, to change my northern style for that of the southern servant if I wanted to light around there. Say to my friends, that St. Paul is good enough for me, although I was born down here. I have been away too long to appreciate the treatment one receives here. I met quite a number of Mrs. W. L. Johnson's friends, I refer to Mrs. Johnson of 414 Edmund street. I also met a nephew of my wife, Mr. Sidney Cates. I regret that I did not have time to attend church here. I am quite sure had I have gone to any of the churches, I would have had something of more I arrived in Pass Christian Mar. 14. This is not a large place, but it is so beautiful, and there are so many well-off colored people here. The young ladies are refined and cultured. The men are in business. There are three colored churches here, two Baptist and one Methodist; a Masonic society and an Odd Fellows' order. Mr. Marshall Dedeans keeps a livery stable. Mr. John Belino, dealer in coal and wood. Mr. John Williams is a real estate agent. Mr. B Adams has a meat market. Miss V. Jones, dress-making and hairdresser. I was introduced to over ten carpenters, who have all the work they need to do. All the carpenters and run by colored people, as also all the barber shops. Prol. J. Randolph is the principal of the high school; his assistants are Miss Howard and Miss Steward. Mr. E Sancier is the hand master. It was my good fortune to find a few "carpet baggers" down here, a Mr. John Lins, of Detroit, Mich; and Mr. Dan Webster, of the same place. Mr. Webster is head cook at the best hotel in the city, overlooking the Gull of Mexico. Mr. Webster is a brother-in-law to Mr. Phil Anderson, of Chemical Co. No. 4. St. Paul fire department. I leave to Belamy Miss, then to Mobile, Ala. Very truly yours. JOHN MARTIN. MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, MINN., SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1900. DEFEAT OF GEN. GATAGRE. Report from Kroonstadt Says That British Have Been Repulsed with Heavy Loss. THE NEWS NOT CREDITED IN LONDON. Last News Received from Gatencore Was on Tuesday When He Reported "All Well"-col. Plumer Harassed by Boers May Not Be Able to Reach Mafeking. Kroonstadt, Orange Free State, March 29 (via Pretoria March 23).—The Boers, commanded by Gen. Olivier, have engaged the British troops under Gen. Gatencore in the vicinity of Bethulia, repulsing the British with heavy loss and capturing many of them. London, March 23.—The report from Kroonstadt, Orange Free State, via Pretoria, that the Boers, under the command of Gen. Olivier, had defeated the British troops under Gen. Gatacare in the vicinity of Bethulie, is not believed here. A dispatch to the Daily News, from Springfontein, dated Tuesday, March 20, says Gen. Gatacare was "all well", and adds that he and Gen. Brahant had not lost a dozen men in the fortnight. The last advices also placed Gen. Gatacare about 30 miles north of Bethulie, where the Boer report says the defeat was inflicted. This, combined with the fact that no mention of the affair was made by Lord Roberts, in his dispatch of March 21, confirms the belief that the Kroonstadt advices are erroneous. Cause of Grave Anxiety. The reports of skirmish near Lobatsi, while apparently not inflicting any serious loss on Col. Plumer's columns, cause grave anxiety in regard to his ability to reach Mafeking. Further news from that quarter is anxiously awaived, for in the six days that have elapsed since the last messages were sent off a serious engagement may have occurred, though not of Col. Plumer's seeking. The Boers seem determined not to give up their prey at Mafeking without a fierce struggle. In reply to the mayor of Cape Town's request to make "Mafeking relief day" a public holiday, Premier Schreiner wrote: "May the holiday come soon, and may a spirit of general good will and kindly congratulate you." Can Continue the Struggle. The Times, in its second edition, publishes a dispatch from Lorenzo Marques which quotes President Steyn as saying, at Kroonstadt, that the Boers could continue the struggle for six months longer. While the Boers and British in the Orange Free State are taking advantage of the period of inactivity to enjoy a rest, those on the borders of Natal are beginning to show activity. A special dispatch from Duran says the town of Pomeroy, 30 miles east of Ladysmith, has been burned by the Boers. A British detachment, arriving at Pomeroy as the Boers evacuated the place, shelled the burghers, but they succeeded in taking up a strong position in the hills with a force estimated to number 5,000 men. Excitement in Commons. There was considerable excitement in the house of commons Thursday afternoon resulting from attempts on the part of the Irish members to secure more of the house's time, in which they succeeded, after noisy displays of passion on the part of both the Irish and their opponents. Only the tact of Mr. Balfour, the government leader, saved the uproar from developing into a scene of violent disorder. Queen Visits Hospital. The queen, accompanied by Princess Christian and attended by a large suite, visited Herbert hospital at Woolwich. Thursday afternoon, to see the sick and wounded soldiers who are being cared for there. Immense crowds awaited the arrival of her majesty at the station in Woolwich, and lined the route to the hospital. There were lavish decorations and unbound enthusiasm was displayed. The queen appeared to be in excellent health. She drove in an open landau through the arsenal grounds, where 20,000 employees were drawn up in line and gave her majesty a magnificent reception. The queen distributed quantities of Windsor flowers in the wards of the hospital. Flocking to Roberts' Standard. London, March 23. —Lord Roberts telegraphs from Bloomfontein, under date of March 21, as follows: "So many burgers have expressed a desire to surrender under the terms of the last proclamation that I have sent small burgers to the soldiers and their burgers and take over their arms. "A cavalry brigade has gone to the eastward to Thanachu, and a detachment from Springfontein has occupied Smith's camp. The soldiers and wagon with arms and ammunition were captured. The Scota guards are at Edenburg and Reddersburg. Gen Clement's brigade was way of way of Phillipopolis and Fauremist." Return to Their Farms. Alwal North, Cape Colony, March 23.—Commandant Olivier left Smithfield two hours before the British scouts arrived. He only succeeded in inducing about 150 men to accompany him, mostly insurgent colonists. The Free Staters refused to go with him and are returning to their farms. Netherlands Replies to Kruger. The Hague, March 23.—After mature deliberation the government has dispatched a reply to Presidents Steyn and Kruger regretting that it was unable to comply with their re- quest for intervention in the South African war, after the formal declaration of the British government that intervention would not be accepted. It was added, however, that the government of the Netherlands would always be ready to support steps tending to the restoration of peace Renches Cape Town. Montreal, Can., March 23. The steamer Milwaukee with the last of the second Canadian contingent, composed of Toronto, Kingston and Montreal mounted rifles, has arrived at Cape Town. SCENES OF WOE Correspondent of a New York Paper Tells of Sad Conditions in Porto Rico. San Juan, March 23. James Creeelman cables to the New York Journal: It is impossible to express the agony of despair with which the people of Porto Rico received the news that the republican majority of congress did not intend to extend the constitution over the island. The people are too weak to resist our bayonet rule, but their love for the United States is changing to apathy or fierce hatred. In San Juan one can hear on every street half-naked children singing the American national hymn. The scene is pathetic. It is almost incredible, but from one district comes a message that more than 1,000 women in that neighborhood cannot leave their huts because they have no clothes. The same reports come from other districts. There are probably 80,000 naked women in the mountain districts. Thousands of children cannot attend school because the teachers refuse to receive them stark naked, as they present themselves. These are not savages, but gentle, loyal, civilized people. Mass-meetings are still being held all over the island to protest against the proposition to make the Porto Ricans subjects instead of citizens. The federal party, representing four-fifths of the wealth and education of the island and a great majority of the voters, have formally indorsed the demand for civil government and free trade. Iowans Oppose Porto Rican Bill. Des Moines, In., March 23. — Just before the adjournment of the lower house of the legislature at noon Thursday a resolution was introduced by Representative Kendall declaring "That the people of Iowa are unalterably opposed to the Porto Rico tariff bill passed by the lower house of congress." After considerable debate the resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote. Schooner Is a Wreck. Victorin, B. C. March 23—The steamer Cottage City, arriving from the north, brings news that ends the uncertainty and anxiety felt for the overdue schooner Lizzie Sorensen. She is a total wreck not far from Killinnoo, where she was caught while beating out on the 12th inst. It is reported that the crew is safe and well. Anpleston Fall. New York, March 23. - Justice Bischoff, of the supreme court, appointed J. Hampden Dougherty receiver for D. Appleton & Co., publishers, on the application of Daniel Pritchard, a stockholder. The bond of the receiver was fixed at the $150,000. The liabilities are $1,100,000. The assets consist of stock and outstanding accounts. Causes Bitter Digestion. Kington, Jamaica, March 23. — The legislative council, composed of government nominees, passed a law through the council appropriating over $3,500,000 to cover the expenses of the government during the current year. The press and people are bitterly dissatisfied with the action taken. To Observe the Eclipse San Francisco, March 23. - William H. Crocker has offered to defray the expense of sending out a party from the Lick observatory to observe the total eclipse of the sun on May 28. The party will be headed by Astronomers W. W. Campbell and C. D. Perine. Bird of H: Wounds St. Paul, Minn., March 23. - A Hele na (Mont.) special to the Dispatch says: The remains of the late Col. R. B. Wallace, of the Thirty-seventh infantry, arrived here from Fort Huehua, Ariz., where he died Friday, as a result of wounds received in the Philippines. Go to Macon. Savannah, Ga., March 23. — Admiral and Mrs. Dewey left on a special train for Macon. Hundreds of people gath ered at the depot to bid the guests fare well. The trip includes a visit to Jack sonville and Palm Beach. In Dying. Springfield, IL. March 23—Judge Samuel J. Cummings, well-known democratic politician, jurist and Knight Templar is dying at his home in Astoria, Fulton county, IL. at the age of 82. Volney, Y. Ashford, Dear Oakland, Cal., March 23. Volney V. Aksford, formerly a prominent Hawaiian political agitator and revolutionist, is dead at his residence in this city. He had been ill for some time. Elevator Falls. New York, March 22.—One of the elevators in the seven-story factory building at 247 Center street broke its cable and fell seven stories, injuring three of its occupants. No Hopes of Recovery. Santa Barbara, Cal., March 23. Early in the morning the condition of Sherman Rogers. of Buffalo, N. Y., was unchanged. The family have no hope of his recovery. GOVERNOR ON THE STAND Idaho's Chief Executive Testifies in the Coeur d'Alene Investigation at Washington. THE OTHER SIDE NOW TO BE HEARD. The Governor Tells of the Trouble Leading Up to the Blowing Up of the Mill and of His Call Upon the President for Federal Assistance. Washington, March 23. — Unusual interest attached to the Courd d'Alene investigation Thursday, as the prosecution, after presenting testimony almost uninterrupted for five weeks, closed its case and gave way to the defense. Gov. Steenmenberg, of Idaho, was the first witness called to rebut the charges which have been made. He is a type of the sturdy far west, of massive build, and his indifference to conventionality is shown by his refusal to wear a necktie. As he took the stand he spread before him several hundred telegraph dispatches. The examination was conducted by J. C. Cheney, one of the counsel for the defense. Gov. Steenunenberg said he was elected governor of Idaho in 1896 on the people's-democratic ticket, having accepted the nomination of the democratic convention. He read a number of telegrams dated several days prior to the blowing up of the Bunker Hill mill on April 29, and leading up to that event. On April 26 Frederick Burbridge, of the Bunker Hill mine, telegraphed that an armed mob had stopped the Bunker Hill men from working and calling for protection to the property interests. He also read many telegrams to and from the sheriff and others showing the steps taken to maintain order. Suggested Arbitration. The governor suggested arbitration of differences, but in answer Mr. Burbridge stated there was nothing to arbitrate, and again called for protection. On April 29, the day of the blowing up of the mill, Gov. Steunenberg said he received at 10:37 a.m. a dispatch from Mr. Burbridge stating that all the miners of Canyon Creek had laid off and were coming to Wardner to menace the Bunker Hill men. This was accompanied by another request for dispatches were received from A. L. Mohier, of the O. R. & N. railroad, first stating that an armed force had taken possession of the railway tracks at Wardner, and then, at four p.m., stating that the rioters had set fire to the Bunker Hill mill, and that it would be blown up. Sheriff Young also telegraphed him from Wardner that the mill was blown up giving the gravity of the situation. At six p.m., the governor said, he sent a dispatch to the president calling for federal aid, as the Idaho troops were absent in the Philippines. Advised to Rush Troops. The governor said he had been III prior to the Coeur d'Alene excitement, and being unable to go in person he sent a representative, Bartlett Sinclair, to the seat of disorder. On April 30 Sinclair telegraphed urging that the president be advised to rush troops from the nearest available post. He also telegraphed that he had thoroughly investigated the need of mortal law; that nine-tenths of the citizens favored martial law; that the local administration of the law was a force and amounted to maladministration; that people were afraid to testify, and that masked men were prowling about the town terrifying people. Many like telegrams showing the exciting developments from day to day, the arming of the citizens, the making of arrests, etc., were read by the governor. On this information, the governor said, and from his own knowledge of affairs for six years, including repeated outrages with apparently no effort to apprehend the guilty parties, he proclaimed that a state of insurrection and rebellion existed at the scene of disturbance. Gov. Steenenberg said he cautioned Sinclair not to align himself with either side, employers or employees. Sinclair had made speeches in New York for Henry George, so that the governor said he regarded him as qualified to give fair consideration to the labor situation. Lentz Objects. Representative Lentz objected at this point to the line of inquiry by Mr. Cheney and also questioned the propriety of having private counsel direct the investigation. Chairman Hill replied that the prosecution had selected Mr. Lentz to direct its side, Mr. Robinson, an attorney for the miners, had assisted, and the defense was entitled to have counsel. The committee voted to permit the question to stand as the attorney propounded it. As there were frequent objections to questions, the committee agreed to a motion by Mr. Sulzer that the governor be allowed to tell his story in his own way without interruption. Gov. Steenberg then related in detail the steps taken to carry out the proclamation. The arrests were made, he said, of those reasonably suspected of complicity in the disturbance. Took Precautions. The governor said he took such precautions as were possible to look after the prisoners. But the conditions of insurrection were most unusual, and at every point the authorities were embarrassed by the insurrectionary element. He visited the barn and the stockade occupied by the prisoners, and sought to have the stockade, or permanent quarters, completed. He said he talked with the prisoners, who told him that the bread was too light, but everything else was all right. The chief commissary of the state informed him that the parties who furnished bread had been waited upon by a committee, and warned that they must not continue the supply. A bakery was therefore built by the authorities, and good bread supplied. An Insurrection Since 1892. Gov. Steuenerberg was asked where the insurrection had its inception and what mining camps engaged in it. He said that, in his opinion, the mining district of Shoshone county had been in a state of insurrection since 1802. The insurrection of April 29, he said, started at Burke, where a meeting was held in the hall of the Western Federation of Miners. The participants proceeded to arm themselves and went by train to Wardner. At Gem, he said, a similar meeting at a similar hall was held and arms and masks were distributed. He described the gradual concentration of the men at Wardner, where, he said, they waited in a disorganized state until a single engine arrived from Wallace. Then systematic orders were given, the first being "Wardner to the front." A party secured dynamite, which was placed under the mill and fired. Firing began discriminately and one of the invading party was killed. Some of the Bunker Hill employees were taken prisoners by the masked men. BIG SUIT SETTLED Carnegie and Frick Said to Have Come to an Understanding- Big Steel Combination. New York. March 20.—The Commercial Advertiser says: Authoritative confirmation was obtained Thursday of the report of a settlement of the contest between Andrew Carnegie and H. C. Crick. They have agreed to drop all suits and have signed articles for a great steel and iron combination, the details of which are to be arranged at Pittsburgh. The capital of the concern will be $200,000,000, or perhaps a little less. Pittsburgh. Pa., March 23.—The persistent reports that a compromise is being considered by the warring factions in the Carnegie Steel company, limited, received a new impetus Thursday day with the arrival of Henry Phipps Jr., fresh from his conference with Andrew Carnegie and other stockholders of the company. Mr. Phipps had not been in the Carnegie building long until he called at the office of H. C. Crick, whose side of the controversy he is advocating. Consults the Pong. Rome, March 23. — Archbishop Walsh, the object of whose visit here was to consult the vatican regarding the course the Catholic clergy of Ireland should pursue on the occasion of Queen Victoria's visit to Dublin will return to that city in time to be present on her majesty's arrival. Claims Settled. Washington, March 23.—Secretary Hay and Senior Correa, the Nicaraguan minister. Thursday signed a treaty providing for the settlement by arbitration of the claims of the two American concerns against the government of Nicaragua. Junta Hears of Filipino Victory. Paris, March 23.—The Intransigent has a telegram received by Aguilcoro Aguinaldo's envoy, announcing that the Filipino Gen. Pava has routed the Americans near Cubat and taken the town. THE MARKETS. Grain, Provisions, Etc. FLOUR-Quiet and steady. WHAT-Lower and unsettled. May 66%66%; July, 66%66%. CORN-Weaker. Cash quoted at 36%66%. May sold at 36%67%; July at 27%67%; September at 37%67; and 27%67%. OATB - Steady. May, 23%@24c; July, 22%@23c. RYE- Was dull and easy. No. 2 was 56 and No. 3 about 53%. No. 2 by sample, 56 %19%. May delivery, 56. BARLEY- Heated and in-good demand, screenings. 32%19%. common barley, feed screenings. 32%19%. common barley, feed screenings. 37%19%. good, 38%40%, and choice, 41%42%. MESS PORK- Offering fair and the demand rather active. Prices quotable at $11.49%11.60 for regular, and $10.89%11.60 for old, $11.49%11.60 for May, $11.27%11.60 for 40 for July. LARD- Demand fairly active and offerings not large. Prices quotable at $6.79% 6.12% for regular, $6.69%10 for choice old, $6.12%12% for May and $6.79%14 for July. HORT SIDE SIDER- Offering moderates and demand fairly active. Prices quotable at $15.49%40 for cash, according to weight, $6.29%45 for May and $6.29%45 for July. PATATOES- Firmer. Demand better, Burbanks, 35%40%, Rurals, 38%40%, Hebrons and Kings, 35%47%, mixed, 36%35% EGB- Peeling easier. Loss off, cases fresh eggs, quotably 9%18%; strictly fresh, at mark, new, cases, quotably 11%19%12%. BUTTER- Ruling quiet and easy. Creameries, extra, 25% per pound firsts, 22%28%; imitation creameries, 18%28%. LIVE POULTRY-Chickens farmer Turkey, kayaks, chickens! chickens! chickens! Turkey, kayaks, chickens! chickens! Live Stock HOGH-Market active and firm. Prices 50 higher than yesterday's closing figures. Sales ranged at $ 42964.45 for pigs, $ 4896.50 for light, $ 4896.54 for rough package, $ 4996.15 for mixed and $ 6096.15 for rough package. CATTLE-Market moderately active and feeling steady. Prices unchanged. Quotations ranged at $ 4096.70 for choice to extra steers, $ 4096.25 for good to choice steers, $ 4096.40 for butchers' steers, $ 4096.30 for fed western steers, $ 4096.40 for feeding steers, $ 2394.45 for cows, $ 3994.75 for heifers, $ 3994.45 for bulls and oxen, $ 75.75 for cattle, $ 3994.75 for steers and $ 6096.75 for val calves. SHEEP-Market rather active. Feeling firm. Prices 10c higher. Quotations ranged at $ 4796.65 for westerns, $ 4096.60 for western lamb and $ 6096.70 for native lamb. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SEEKING AN AGREEMENT. Effort in the Senate to Unite the Republicans on Porto Rican Tariff Bill. OPPONENTS OF THE BILL STAND FIRM. A Possible Basis of Compromise May Be to Give President Authority to Remit Duties on Goods Going to Island—House Closes Debate on Loud Bill. Washington, March 23.—Renewed efforts were made Thursday to secure an agreement on the Porto Rican bill. The friends of the measure are still confident, but the opponents on the republican side stated positively that the house tariff provision could not go through. Several propositions for a compromise have been made. One is to place in the hands of the president the authority to remit duties on goods going into Porto Rico and to retain the 15 per cent. duty on goods coming to this country till the Porto Rican legislature can convene and prepare a system of raising revenue for the island. It is said this proposition will be accepted by a number of the opponents of the present bill. Senate Proceedings. Washington, March 23.—At the opening of Thursday's session of the senate the following resolutions were passed: A resolution by Senator Allen requesting information as to the tariff rates in force in the Philippines, Guam, Porto Rico and Cuba, and the amount collected in each instance since the American occupation; a resolution by Senator Butter asking the senate to grant information as to the bank charters granted since the passage of the currency bill, and for other information concerning the operations of the bill. Senator Pettigrew introduced a resolution calling upon the president for an itemized statement of the expenses of the Philippine commission and each of its members, but Senator Davis objected to present consideration, and it went over. The senate then took up the conference report on the Porto Rican appropriation bill. Senator Bacon (Ga.) objected to the changes made in conference. The report would, he said, indicate that mutual concessions had been made on behalf of both the senate and the house, but he held that an analysis would show that the senate had yielded practically everything and the house nothing. Foraker Springs & Surprise Senator Foraker, accepting a challenge from Senator Allen, offered to separate the tariff bill from the government bill in the Porto Rican measure now pending in the senate and vote on the tariff bill at five o'clock. At the request of several senators on the democratic side, Senator Foraker offered to have the vote taken Friday. Senator Proctor (Vt.), speaking for those on the republican side who were opposed to the tariff bill, said this was a surprise and wanted more time. They would be willing, he said, to vote Thursday. Senator Foraker modified his request and asked that the vote be taken Wednesday of next week, and while this was being discussed Senators Morgan and Pettus demanded the regular order, which cut off any opportunity for agreement. Debate on Loud Bill Closed. Washington, March 23.—In the house Thursday the special order—the Loud bill—was taken up immediately after the reading of the journal. This is the concluding day of debate on the measure. Mr. Moon (Tenn.) opened the discussion for the opposition. Mr. Loud, in charge of the bill, announced that Mr. Moody (Mass.) would close the debate for the supporters of the bill in an hour's speech. Increase Number of Officers. Washington, March 23—The senate committee on military affairs Thursday favorably reported a bill to add six officers to the subsistence department of the army, one colonel, one lieutenant colonel and four captains. The committee also reported a bill to authorize the payment of traveling allowances to enlisted men of the regular and volunteer force when discharged by order of the secretary of war and stated by him as entitled to travel pay. Want It a Life Office St. Louis, March 23 — Three of the leading commercial bodies of St. Louis have adopted a memorial to congress favoring a change in the law which will give to the interstate commerce commission a life tenure of office, the only condition attaching thereto being the power of removal in event of incompetency or malfeasance in office. Bounty for Dead Highwaymen. Kansas City. Mo., March 23. — R.J. McKierland, chief of the Kansas City (Kan.) police department, has hung up a bounty of $25 for the bodies of all highway robbers killed in the city while in the act of committing robbery or directly thereafter. Is Not Dead. Constantinople, March 23.—There is no truth in the report published in the United States that Omaa Pasha, the hero of Pleva, is dead. The famous Turkish general has been sick for a week past, but his health is now improving. Princess Marries. Vienna, March 23.—Crown Princess Stephanie and Count Lonay were married in the chapel of Miramar castle, the court chaplain officiating. —THE— AFRO-AIMERICAN ADVANCE. Publichea every Saturday by the ADVANCE PUBLISHING COMPANY Office, 608 Northwestern Bldg. Tel. Main 2460-1-1. Minneapolis, - - - - - - - Minnesota. Entered at the Post Office, at Minne- ‘apoliz, Minn., as second-class matter, Subsertption Rates: OneYear - - - - $1.00 Six Months = ~- + + 0 Three Months - = ~~ 8 Subscription Always Payable in Ad- vanes. 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Calvin Chase, editor of the Wash. ington Bee, wan elected a delegate to the Philadelphia National convention Editor Chase is an able man, We received at our office the Chris: tian Organizer, Lynchburg, Va, and National Pilot, Petersburg, Va., both are excellent papers and a credit to Se ern The Goebel tragedy, which occurred in ney has been boiled down to a@ hegro. ‘he latest report is that a negro shot Goebel, It is hard for the Segre shot Goe Beware of the person who vents his wrath with impure motives, This per- son cannot be trusted. A person who deals in personalities rather than gen- eralities belongs to that class of people who are to be shunned. Only the ma- fare mind knows the polished and dead- ly work of the deceiver who deals in personalities, When Mrs. Lillian Butts Franklin, the young white lady who eloped with Albert Franklin, a colored man, was confined to jail to await action on part of the grand jury, om entering the ‘wo men's ward, one woman charged with larceny tured up her nose and said: "Oh, 1 am better than she is, anyway.” The deep conceit of this woman dem ‘onstrates that she belongs to the defunct class of hypocrits, and is a disgrace to her sex G, Stewart arrived from Washington last Saturday and was the quest of ev Scott, Mr. Stewart is to be census official in the Hawaiian Islands. Me Stewart to a wraduate of Tuskegee and in & dairy expert. For some time he had charye of large dairy interests in South Dakota, but he has sold these to £2." ltomotulu, where his father is v, Scott is an Old acquaintance of his father and the meeting between the two was very pleasant—Feb, a4, Den- ver Official, Money is indeed a great gowes in the world.” Modern people declare by them acts that money is the greatest need of mankind. If money was the power that people would have one believe, the negro would be a useless creature << earth, antes to say, but now-a-day, if you are without money you are wee: ‘out friends, In this case the weakness of human nature 4s strikingly corrupt The man who thinks money will ive him the feeling of a. true man, is false ‘The value of a pure character must pre. see, the, value, placed upon money. i manhood would be attained, True manhood must be sought in character and not. money The vilest creature in human form is the man or woman who attacks a per. ‘son's good name and character for per- tonal rematance, Civilization aught to frown out of human action such fends among them. “They attempt to shield their yp ‘by feeding their minds ‘the stigma of what they heard abou their arene The poisonous venom hurled from ear to ear has a tendency to destroy the very foundation of @ moral community. ‘The. moral classes should arise in the power of te- futation against the vicious class who ik not a good word for any one, We thall. umow thew ‘by their actin end ee, Houghton, Mich, March 17 —Indig- ‘Rant citizens of Laurium, the finest residence suburb of the big copper mining camp, have appointed a com. mittee to rid the town of negroes. They object to having it called a vigilance eaceable "and. legal methods will "2 rt al methods wil eed, but the negroes must or Col. cored men were ‘creo unknown there until the sewer contractor brought in several eatloads of Tennessee and Ala: bama coons eighteen months. ago. Several white girls have cloped with negroes, and constant trouble has led the ‘etter classes to nite in ridding community tough darkies who are making lle unbearable, there. hypocris “peace: Saeed faoal tated to sok clon cl their rights is enough to make the devil blush. are worse than the Klu- kiux of the South. But no vigilance committee will ever compel white wo- men tu hate colored wen. The white poonle might as well learn, this rat as I. Intermarriage cannot suppress- ad whenever contact is in evidence. ENEMIES OF THE BOERS. Natives of South Afrion Have an In- tense Hatred of Thetr Long Time Oppressecs. ‘The Boers owe their political exist ence to thé nation against which they are now engaged in war. At any movement during the past decade the Diack hordes of Swasiland, Zululand Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Mate beleland, who have fornworn the asse gai for the Krag-Jorgensen and Lee Metford arms, could have overrun the ‘Transvaal and exterminated the Dutch Usurpers whodinpossessed them of their domain. England has held the re straining hand, for the black races both respect aid fear their imperial conqueror and protector. ‘The natives entertain Sinplacable hatred for the Boers, for by them they have been robbed, beaten and enslaved; but to- ward the British, who have organized the tribes and given them forms of self-government, the Kaffirs on the whole are friendly, In 1868 the great Lasuto race sought refuge from Boer aggression by voluntary submission to England, One of the secrets of the Great Trek ‘yas a determination on the part of the Tioers to establish a sytem of slavery which in British territory is forbidden, ‘The treatment of the blacks by the Towers in a tragic story of injustice and cruelty. In Johannesburg and Pre- toria to-day a black man ix not per- mitted to walk on the sidewalk; he must keep in the middle of the xtreet with the oxen and the horses. If went on an errand which makes it necessary for him to enter « building, he must crouch ax he hurries from the gutter to the store or stairway to which he is bound. ‘One day in my office in Johannesburg the door was pushed open by a Kafiir prose on’ the fooh dragging Rime y his elbows. Thinking he was wound: ed, 1 rose to annitt him, He grinned and handed me a letter. It was from & government oficial, and the Kafr wax merely an apprentice messenger delivering @ public document, I made him get up und take a chair while 1 anewered the menage, When I gave him the note he slunk away, trembling aml much mystified, Afterward 1 spoke to the Hoer official about the epi- vole, He protested that T had done very wrong. “I always kick them ax they go out.” he explained; “than they know who is the superior,” Another law prohibits Kaffirs from whistlingsor singing in the streets; and as the spirit of the black man, however much he ix oppressed, finds expression in melody, thin statute is constantly violated; and for their musical indiscretion Kaffirs are dragged in great numbers to jail and beaten mercilessly en route, The Hoers explain that this law was passed to nuppress the exasperating independ: ence and jubilant bravado of the blacks and to instruct them in the ways of true humility. Possibly the law in also due to the ereed of the Doppers, the party long in control of the govern: ment, who regard all music ax a profa: nation, and who have accordingly re nounced even the intoning of the psalms in their dolemn services, ‘The drastic subjugation of the blacks has produced a deep determination mong the tribes to be avenged if op- portunity ever occurs.Harold Boles, in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. THE CAP FITTED. Mr, Ricketts Was Too Familiar and Got What He Wasn't Look- tau Short, fat, red-faced and wheezy, he wulked Into a down-town restaurant with an alr of proprietorship, re- moved the chair next to his at the table no ax to have plenty of room, snapped his pudgy fingers for a waiter, gave a high-priced order and then reveled in the attention he had Attracted, ‘Two minutes later a gen: tlemanty, well-groomed Detroit bank. er quietly took a seat at the opposite side of the table and gave a modest order. “Cold,” declared the big man in hin digg voice. ‘The banker did not remove his eyes from the paper he was scanning oF Utter A sound, “Cold.” repeated the irrepressible; “devilish cold. Coldest snap we've had, Say, do you know anyone in Plunk: ton?” “We have a correspondent there,” without neglecting the paper. “Can you tell me anything about « ‘man naimed Rickets out there?” “Only by hearsay. 1 understanc that he is @ mighty fine fecler; sort of an overgrown toad in the local puddie, I tmagine that it would be ‘eany to lone him anywhere else.” “Say,” exclaimed the big man, “I'm Ricketa, Yeu, sir. .ou've insulted me, sir, You're nothin’ but a bloomin’ bristocrat,” “It atrikes me,” sakt the banker, steadily, looking up for the first time, “that you are a delightful study in cardinal gnimality, fats, oils and steaming selfesteem.” Others laughed, the big man hur- ried out into the “devilish cold," and the banker went on with his paper.— Detroit Free Press. Marked Likeneas, ‘The trials of a Chinese portrait: painter must be many and varied it he often has critics of the sort whose remarks were recorded by a recent sojourner in the land of “Chop-sticks, bombs and gongs.” The artint had finished the portrait of « prominent man, and summoned his friends te give their verdict of its success, “The cap is very like," said the first one. “The dress is very like,” anid the sec- ond, “But it ix not the eap or dress ‘that makes the likeness,” said the art int. “How in the face?” The three friends stared solemnly at the por trait in silence for a moment, ‘Then up spoke the one who had not give his opinion before, “The beard is very like,” he said, gravely, and with that the artist was obliged to be content, Youth's Companion, Minate Microbes, A microbe so small that, as we are told, 250,000,000 of them would be re- quired to corer a square inch of nurtace, is declared {0 be the primary cause of the plague. In it not one of nature’ marvels that what is almost in@nitesi maily minute may enuse terror more widespread and prostrating than the ‘slarm created by earthquake coavul sions ?—Yeath's Companice. LIKE A FAIRY TALE. A Dinner That Came to Suow-Nount Soldiers When It Was Least pe craig “You mightn't believe it,” said on army lientenant, “but once upea a time when three of us officers were out ‘on the plains starving in the snow, 50 miles from any town bigger than a watertank, we were suddenly drepped into a feast of champagne, oysters turkey and roast beef, and all the good things you ean imagine a starving man would like to encompass. Of course, you don't believe it, but let me tell you. “A force of 50 men with five officers were doing detail work in Montana ‘one winter, and ax amusements of all Kinds were scarce, we were rendy for almost anything. One day three of us started out on a hunt and when night eame we were caught by a snowstorm in an old eabin out on the glains. There was nothing to do but stop where we were, and making a fire with such parts of the eabin as we could spare, we made ourselves comfortable ax pos- sible for the night. We had nothing to eat, and as soon ax morning came we faced the storm which was still bad and started to find headquarters. We were in fairly good spirits at first, but as we floundered around through the snow, able to make very little prog- Tens, and that in a direction we were hot certain of, matters began to look serious, and when the shades of even- ing came on and we were completely Jost and without shelter of any kind, we began to droop and to wonder how Jong it would be until our friends found our bodies in the snow. “Of course, we didn't mention any- thing of this kind to each other, but T will admit that we were not very cheerful, and when it had become so dark that we held hands so that we khould not be loxt from éach other, 1, for one, felt that it. wax our last hand clasp on earth. We had become very silent now, and were struggling along aimlessly, growing a little weaker all the time, and colder and leepier, Ax a sudden blast stronger than the others swept by, I turned half round to shield myself, and gx 1 did so T xaw off to the left the glimmer of alight, It seemed to be rising from the snow, and we thought it might be rome cabin half covered by the drift with a roaring fire inxide xtreaming up through the chimney. Inany event, we let loone the strongest shout we had left and made for it, still clinging to each other. It was not more than & quarter of a mile away—if it had been farther we never would have seen it through the storm-.and when we got to it we found it wax a Northern Pacifie railroad train xnowed in. It wan digging its way slowly through the drift, and When we came down over the snowbank onto it the trainmen thought it war a ‘hold-up,’ but we told them pretty soon what the matter wax, and they hustled us aboard. It was just after the second call for din- ner, the dining-room ear was in full operation, and there in the midst of the cold, the desolation, the distance from civilized homex and the howling ftorm, we at down to a dinner which 15 minutes before weemed to be farther away from ux than heaven. It was like a fairy tale, I tell you. We spent the evening telling our story to all the passengers, went to bed early; slept like moles, and the next morning the train had worked through and we got off at the first station to take the next train back to headquarters.” Washington Star. PATRONIZE... WI. JENKINS, ROOMS "X= RENT FIRST CLASS. We Guarantes Superb Service. Prices moderate, ‘Tel. 8767-1-8 Maint No. 9 Second St. No. Minneapolis, ‘GARNER: w. H. WELLER. The Elite Buffet 9030 STATE ST., Five wines, AND Cioans. Chicago. MRS. J. B. WATSON, Fashionable Dressmaker. Cutting, Fituing and Making Over a Specialty. New York and Paris Fash- jous Always on Hand. Partors, 028 Fourteenth Av, Houth. DR. 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Pride of Minmenstn Lodge, No. 1, K Meets the frat and third, Thursdays. tn each month. "An Wrothers in wood stand ing welcome. “at Pumensr oat tail, Fiat avenue natty and Waxhingion, Ixttis Ronen TS Cc, W. C. JEFFREY, Ie ie and 8. J. K. Mityard Lodue. Moete nin Mivegday jm vane. qonth at iindom ilock,‘Becond avenue South and Washington, “Masons: tn good’ standing alwaye welcome th W. LILLARD, W. at. JASPER arisiis sec), Gantehty Loin entaurant Anchor Lodue, No. 7, A. F. and A.M. 2a ttn Wo lc, Ratan al sig Boul nd Washinton Miao i food standing weleome nye ete, A. B. LEE, stot Aiarlen sven Bouth: ST. PAUL. opp FELLows. Mare Lodue. No, 2202. Meta carn knit fourth Wednesday In Sach’ month at Odd Felows ial 3 Sebastian wtreat. TORO HICRMANN, P. 8, a2 Bt. An- FD PARKER, N. G., 2% Edmund Bt, Household of Huth, No, 653, G. U. 0. oor Meets first and third Monday in each month or tusinens."necand. Monday” for thetructlon, "at "Odd "Pellows Dall, ‘3b “MRS. SARAH C. KIRTLEY, MN.G. Mitt IDA'ACRSON, W. i, HH Bum mit place MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE (OF MINNESOTA, A. Fund Av M. JL, NEAL. Grand Master, wir ‘ic. MORig 8 Gent Secretary. ‘af uisennty Loan Dida. "Minneapolis, ST. PRTER CLAVER'S SODALIFY. Meets the fret snd third Monday af ench month. W. J, Gardner, Prem, J. 8. Hae: ia" Bee.2 A. Davia, ens” Pioneer Lodue, No. 1, A, F. and A.M. Mots thelfirat Monday in each month at Masonic ftalt xouthwent corner Fifth amd Robert’ streets” 'Master Masons tn ood Sanding aiways welcome BH ADLEY, Ww. Mm. W. A. HILYARDy, Sec. 1st Atwater, Minnesota Lodge, No: 2 A. F. and a > Meets on the frat and third Tuesday tn Sch mondh at ‘Maginict Hall outhwest Sorner of Fitth and Robert streets. Mar fer'Masons in good standing always wel- lazer H. B. HOWARD, Ww. M 3.8, STRONG, Bee. Hith and Robert at WM, STEVENS, No. AF. @ A. 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We used to stroll, long years ago, About the same old way; You were a blushing maiden then, And I a laughed gay. I sold you how my heart was yours, Boy you were it true, Twas an old, old tale I told you, Kate But ah, we thought 'twas new. And as I stand and watch them here It all comes back to me; The shady walks, the loving talks, In days that used to be. There they go walking slow, absorbed, Just as we used to do, It's hard to do, telling Kate, But, ah, they think it new. But can it be that I am wrong, Have I grown crabsbed with age? Let me turn back life's closing book, I'll turn back life's closing book, I'm partly wrong, I'm partly right, Love's story's old, 'tis true; But though 'twas born in earth's firs But though 'twas born in earth's first morn, Love's self is ever new. Paul Laurence Dunbar, in Good House LET me endeavor to describe the camp and its surroundings, so that the reader may become a participant in the thrilling events, and share in imagination the feelings of awe and wonderment with which I gazed upon a scene such as few hunters have witnessed. A clear, limpid stream, 20 yards wide, flowing over a smooth sandy bottom, between low banks covered with reeds, ten to twelve feet in height. On the right bank the reed fringe, dense but narrow, separates the stream from a wide level terrace, covered with short grass, struggling bush, and here and there a fine spreading incangena tree. This terrace—in flood time is covered with water—runs back for a distance of 30 yards to the real flood bank of the stream, 20 feet above its present level. On the top surface of the present bank, my camp is pitched. Forest trees surround it, and in the branches of those nearest to the tent are hung masks and skins dry or drying, skulls and horns finding a resting place in some trees at a greater distance from the tent, while on a platform of logs, under a grass that is a pile of tusks. Beyond park stretches an extent of park-like forest. Across the river there is no open bench between it and the flood bank but a broad and almost impenetrable area of reeds, growing on the sandy ridges and in the intervening hollows, through which at times branches of the stream flow. Above, on the opposite high bank, the forest is excessively dense, full of low, thick jungle, and lacking the park-like appearance of the country on the right bank. In the light of day the views a color-scene of great brilliancy, for it is now nearly midsummer, and the green reeds are in flower, the acacias in blossom, and hung with sweet-scented balls of pink and gold flowers, many of which give forth delicious perfumes, are spread in clustering spangles through the vivid green of the young grass, or hung in festoons of color from the larger trees. The forest itself is a wealth of foliage and color, to which my descriptive powers cannot do justice. Brilliant butterflies flit from flower to flower, while every now and then a black and yellow swallow-tail darts through the forest openings, skimming past the tent into the forest beyond, and dragon-files of startling color dart on gauzy wings among the reeds. Kingfishers seek their food among the arching branches, sweet-voiced birds at morn and evening court admiration, while myriads of insects swell the murmuring voices of these solitudes even in the intense heat of noonday. But now the sun has set in the glowing west, and the threatening thunder-clouds have passed away; the troops of the "monkey-people" have drunk their fill and frankolins uttered their cheer good night; the brief twilight is past, and the moon is over all, hanging like a silver shield in a sky of blue, studded with stars, whose brilliance the dweller in northern latitudes cannot in the open it is still as light as day, but in the shadows is the darkness of night. It was a moonlight night, as might be experienced in any other part of the tropical zone, and confirmation was yet required that the scene was that of a hunter's camp in the wilds of Africa. About 9:30 p.m. I had finished the various little duties which have to be attended to in the day after the day's sport is over, had cleaned my rifles, written my diary, and having smoked my evening half-pipe of tobacco, had turned into my mosquito-net, both ends of the tent remaining open. Perhaps there was less talking among the boys that night—at any rate the camp seemed quieter than usual—and in half an hour I was asleep. Suddenly I awoke, conscious that a loud, hoarse sound like—yet unlike—that made a lion when seizing its prey, was ringing in my ears, followed by a rush, a crash and a plaintive cry, such as a buffalo calf utters when deprived of its dam. I sprang up in my cot, listening, and saw a dark form creeping toward the tent, and then Dolambi, one of the carriers, crouched at the open doorway, "A lion, master; a lion! It has caught a buffalo!" he whispered excitedly. We listened again—no longer could we hear the bleating cry, but twice or three guttural sounds were borne on the gentle wind. I jumped out, courting the attacks of myriads of mosquitoes, which placed through and through my pajamas, and, taking refuge in the smoke of the fires with the awakened natives, listened intensely. The sounds appeared to emulate from a spot about a mile up the river, and the boys said that a couple of lions had seized a young buffalo out of a troop in the reeds, and, hav- ing dragged it on to the opposite bank, were devouring it and growling between whiles. But I was not satisfied, for I had never before heard a lion without recognizing the sound beyond all doubt, whereas in this case it had many doubts. Later on we heard a renewed crashing among the reeds, and grunts I failed to recognize. "That's no lion," I said; "buffaloes would never continue moving about and feeding contentedly in the reeds close to where a lion had attacked them. I believe it's a troop of elephants," I ordered the boys to remain quiet, and keep the fires low, as it was evident some big beasts were advancing in our direction. A quarter of an hour later and the question as to their identity was decided, as the slumbering forest rang with the shrill, trumpet-like notes of an elephant; then a brief pause, during which the echoes still vibrated on the calm night air, and once more pealed forth the shrill, defiant-challenge. How that sound electrifies a camp, and what a thrill of excitement it sends through the heart of the hunter! The grand music of the lion's voice has its special and unequaled, but it silences a camp in a wonderful way. The boys cluster round the fires, speaking with bated breath, and glancing fearfully behind and around them into the darkness or the deceptive moonlight, as they strive to make the dying fires blaze up, hardly daring to look one another in the face if the beast be close at hand. But the shrill challenge of an elephant excites and exhilarates, for every one realizes that mighty though his strength is, hinge his bulk and loud his voice, yet the merest child need not fear. To slip into my tent for two rifles and ammunition and back into the fire smoke to await events, was the work of a moment; and how anxiously I watched that wavering smoke as it blew sometimes straight across the river, then in the opposite direction, responsive to the shifting currents! The elephants were still leisurely feeding toward us, the bulk keeping in the reeds and the bed of the stream, but a few apparently moving through the forest on the other side, still I had hopes that as the bank on our side was above the stream, fortune might favor us, and the elephants come within sight, so that I might have the novel experience of tackling them by moonlight. We had not long now to wait, for every moment the crashing of reeds and branches as the huge animals passed through became louder, till at last we could hear the splashing of the water as they walked down the stream, some collecting it in their trunks, throwing it over their bodies, and blowing through their trunks with a sharp, rattling sound. As I took up my position on the bank in the shadow of tent and trees, with my ten-bore rifle at hand, and with my double mordford—on to which I had slipped the enamel sight—on my knees, there enters the first of a vast troop of mighty creatures. With my eyes fixed on the spot among the moonlit reeds, which stretched away like a silver band between the somber forest, where the constant crushing and deep rumbling indicated the advance of the elephants, I marked the waving of the lofty stems, among whose feathered heads several black, sinuous objects, twisting and twinging about like great snakes, were visible. Then from the stream bed rose a dark mass and stood on a high sandbank, a huge figure, deep black in the shadows, glistening gray in the high lights, with two small points of white where the moonlight shone on the tusks. She was only an ordinary-sized cow, but in the spectral light she looked like a monster, standing for some moments with trunk uplifted testing the air, then outstretched it in front of her she sounded a low call, heard doubtless by every member of the troop, and simultaneously all moved forward. The scene becomes grand beyond words. One by one, and in compact black and gray masses, the huge creatures seem to glide into view, till the whole stream-bed is alive with their massive forms, and their gray shadows pass across the open moonlit spaces in the otherwise dense forest on the other bank, while the whole air is full of deeply reverberating sounds, and the crackling of the reeds and crash of the branches fall sharp and clear on the ear. Once when the leading elephants were abreast of the camp a trumpet, loud and clear, rang out from among the dark masses a hundred yards back in the reeds, the forest caught up the sound and carried it to the stony slopes of the Piri, and thence to the gorge-rifted heights of the range, which reechoed it in eversoftening cadences. I seemed to live a lifetime in that brief hour during which these mighty creatures visited our moonlight encampment, and I felt when all was over that there was nothing more to live for.—From Sport in East Central Africa. Search for Extinct Monsters Search for Extinct Monsters. The party of geologists, paleontologists and botanists who were invited last summer by the Union Pacific Railroad company to visit and explore the fossil fields of Wyoming, spent 40 days in the rocky wilderness. Within 20 days their number had dwindled from 60 to 14 men, the majority having given up the undertaking en route. About six tons of the fossil remains of ancient animals were collected and shipped eastward, but no complete skeleton of a dinosaur was discovered. Much of the exploration was in a rough country resembling the "Bad Lands" of Dakota. The bones were found cracked into innumerable pieces, and had to be bandaged and set in plaster before removal. Writing on the decline of the French language, M. Jean Finot points out that at the end of the last century French was the language spoken by the greatest number of civilized people, whereas now it stands fourth. English is spoken by 116,000,000. Russian by 85,000,000. German by 80,000,000 and French by 58,000,000. Motives and Manifestation Mrs. Wipps—I hate winter, but my husband revels, simply revels in cold weather. Mrs. Dipps—Oh, he doesn't look full-blooded. "Oh, he doesn't enjoy winter because he is so full-blooded, he enjoys it because he's so full of contrariness." —Washington Star. 40,000 SHIPS World's Merchant Marine They Would Make a Line of Ships From New York to San Francisco if Placed One Behind Another 12.507.904. UNITED KINGDOM. 2.448.677 UNITED STATES 2.113.901 GERMANY. 1643227 NORWAY 1179.515. FRANCE PICTORIAL COMPARISON OF THE TONNAGE OF THE MERCHANT MARINE OF THE LEADING MARITIME NATIONS. WHAT a mammoth fleet is neces sary to carry the world's com merce on the oceans. More than 40,000 sea-going vessels, exclusive of the smaller ones engaged in the coasting and fishing trade, are engaged in it. Figuring from a general average of the length of an ocean-going vessel, and this mammoth fleet would make a line that would stretch from New York to San Francisco, or more than from Liverpool to New York. In net tonnage this mammoth fleet reaches a total of more than 20,000,000. To be more exact the total number of vessels reported by the marine agencies are 40,503, of which number 11,155 are steamers and 29,348 are sailing vessels. The steamers have a net tonnage capacity of 12,761, (25 and the sailing vessels 9,135,560. While our own legislators are discussing the subject of a maritime bounty, it is interesting to study the marine interests of other countries 12.507.904. UNITED KINGDOM. 2.448.677 UNITED STATES 2.113.901 GERMANY PICTORIAL COMPARISON OF THE TRAVEL OF THE LEADING MARKET and the methods employed in developing them. England, with her enormous marine interests, naturally comes first in a consideration of the subject. The combined steam and sailing tonnage of England is 12,587,904, or more than one-half of all the tonnage of the marine interests of the world, while in addition to this her colonies have a net tonnage of 1,077,408 tons under the British flag. While in point of tonnage the American marine comes second to that of Great Britain, yet the difference is so great as to scarcely be of value as a comparison. We have a net tonnage of 2,448,677 tons in steamers and sailing vessels combined. When considering steam vessels only Germany beats us by about 500,000 tons; but Germany has comparatively few sailing vessels in her merchant marine, her entire tonnage of both sailing and steam vessels being by 2,113,981. Norway is fourth in the list in point of tonnage, her merchant marine having a net tonnage of 1,643,227, and France is next with a net tonnage of 1,179,515 tons. Spain has a tonnage of 621,143 tons, Russia has 594,434 tons, Italy has 855,478 tons, Sweden has 552,789 tons, Holland has 444,450 tons, Denmark has 422,856 tons, Austria-Hungary has 349,814, and the remainder of the nearly 20,000 tons made up by nations that fall so far below these figures that a comparison is practically worthless. While tonnage is the most important factor in considering the maritime interests of a nation, and while in that point we are so far behind England as to make a comparison odious, yet it is a satisfaction, at least, to know that in point of number of ships we can make a much better showing, and that, aside from Great Britain, nearly 1,000 more ships are sailing the seas under the protecting folds of "old glory" than can be found under the flag of any other nation. In this list as in the tonnage account England is far in advance of all other nations with 1,1043 vessels sailing under the union jack. This country has 3,150 vessels carrying the stars and stripes; under the Norwegian flag there are 2,663 vessels; under the German flag 1,604; under the Italian flag 1,162; under the Russian flag 1,159; under the French flag 1,151, and under the Swedish flag 1,273. The policy of the various governments of Europe towards the national merchant marine varies considerably. Taking them alphabetically the following facts are found: Austria exempts ship owners from taxation on the vessels flying the Austrian flag which were owned by citizens of the country prior to January 1, 1894, and on all vessels built in Austrian shipyards since that time. In addition to that boundies for long voyages are paid either in the form of an annual state bounty, or a tonnage and distance premium for each long voyage. Subsidies are paid by the government to steamers for mail carriage to the extent of $1,000,000. Belgium cannot be said to have a marine policy, and nothing in the way of encouragement is offered the marine interests of the country. The merchant marine of Denmark consists principally of old vessels and but little public interest is taken in --- the subject at the present time. The government pays on subsidies excepting for mail carriage to and from the continent and to Iceland and Faroe islands. France pays a bounty, both on vessels built in French shipyards and a smaller bounty on vessels purchased abroad but sailing under the French flag. Germany pays liberal subsidies, and offers encouragement in every other way possible and with excellent results. Italy is paying liberal subsidies to all vessels sailing under the Italian flag outside of the Mediterranean sea, and to these a two-thirds bounty is paid. Bounties are also paid on vessels built in Italy under the construction bounty law. The Netherlands makes no effort to promote the merchant marine of the country by legislation. The United Kingdom does not pursue any particular line of policy for 1643227 1179.515. NORWAY FRANCE DOWNAGE OF THE MERCHANT MARINE MARITIME NATIONS. the purpose of promoting the interests of its merchant marine, and it is hard to find a reason for the supremacy of English ships on all oceans. Encouragement is given a certain class of vessels in the form of subventions paid for their use as armed cruisers in case of war, and large amounts are paid for carrying English mails. Very close to $250,000 a year is paid in the form of subventions to these vessels belonging to the auxiliary navy of Great Britain, and for ocean carriage of mails the government expends between $3. 4,600,000 4,000,000 3,600,000 3,000,000 2,600,000 2,000,000 1,600,000 1,000,000 500,000 A COMPARISON OF THE 6-EM FLEETS OF THE WORLD. A COMPARISON OF THE 5. EAM FLEETS OF THE WORLD. 000,000 and $4,000,000 each year, and always to English vessels. Vessels flying the English flag are to be found all over the world, eng- aged in the trade of all nations. Asia, Africa and South America give employment to hundreds of English vessels that while sailing under the union jack now serve as naval brigades. Where a Pull Counted. "Those two dentists have had a contest to see which one extracted the most teeth in a month." "How did it come out?" "Oh, it was a draw."—Philadelphia Bulletin. Knew His Business. Mrs. Platt (angrily)—Ob, you think you know a lot, don't you? Mr. Platt (calmly)—Well, I ought to, my dear. I've been in the real estate business nearly 20 years.—Chicago Daily News. Why: Certainly. He—How is it, I wonder, that women always have the last word? She—I don't know, I'm sure—unless it is because men usually have the first one.—Ally Sloper. The measure of a man's learning is the amount of his voluntary ignorance.—Thoreau. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS Johnny—"Paw, what is a problem novel?" Father—"One of the kind that you can read clear through without finding what it's about."—San Francisco Call. Editor—"Ah! here's a contribution from a poet of the right stump" Assistant—"Good stuff, eh?" "No; but he incloses return postage"—Baltimore American. "Please, papa, give me a quarter to see the big snake in the menageric" Morris, my dear, here's the magnifying glass. Go look at an angle worm."—Flegende Blauer. "It is a pity so many children look so stupid, isn't it?" "Yes, it is." "Just see that one across the road?" "Hold on. That may be one of mine."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. No Substitute—The Missionary—"Why do you drink this awful Biquor?" Hungry Nod—"Gy肥, parson, it's the only licker in the camp. We have to."—Philadelphia North American. Magistrate (kindly to prisoner)—"I'll give you another trial!" Magistrate (to same person next morning)—"What are you here for?" Pearly Sam—"I *spees* 'I be here to get dat udder trial!" -Green Bag. "My visit, sir, may be a little ill-timed," remarked the poet, "but I trust you will hear me out." "Of course I will," replied the editor, graciously; "in fact, you can be sure of it if you just bang the door a little as you go." -Philadelphia Record. He—"Here's a collar I bought for the dog. isn't it a beauty?" Only cost $1.50. She—"What! for that worthless cur? I thought you wanted to get rid of the beast?" He—"That's my idea. Somebody will be sure to steal him now with this collar on him." N. O. Times-Democrat. COFFIN FOR A TRUNK. A Massachusetts Nonogenarian Travels with a Queer Baggage Box. Anthony Simpkins, a nonagenarian of Launesboro, Mass., started one day lately for Hopkins Station, Mich. The nearest railway station to Launesboro is in Pittafield, and when Anthony arrived in that city, with his blooming wife of 27 years, he created a sensation of considerable magnitude. It was neither the nonagenarian nor his wife, however, that was the real cause of the excitement, but a peculiar article of baggage which the aged traveler had with him. When the baggagemaster came to look over the traveling equipment which Mr. Simpkins unloaded from a wagon and offered for transportation he was somewhat surprised to see, in the midst of bandboxes and carpetsings, a coffin, with all the usual funeral adornment. The coffin apparently contained a body, for the sturdy old man handled it as if it were heavy, and with the greatest care. The baggagemaster at once asked for the death certificate. "I guess I don't need none," said Mr. Simpkins, grinning. "We can't take the body unless you show a certificate of death," said the baggagemaster, firmly. Simpkins grinned again. "There ain't no corpse in there," said he. "There's jest some of my wife's dresses, and some chiny and tinfoar, and the big Bible and some of my things. I guess I don't need no certifikit for them, do I? I'd jest as soon show yer what they be." The baggageman admitted that he would like to look into the coffin, and straightway Anthony unfastened the lid and exposed the articles which he had mentioned, and many others as well. The controversy had attracted the attention of the people who were waiting in the station, and by the time the owner had raised the lid of the coffin he was surrounded by a large and curious crowd. Somebody asked the old man how it happened that he used a coffin as his trunk, and he explained the matter in this way: "Three years ago I had an idea that I won't goin' to last much longer, so I thought I'd better make sure of a good coffin while I had money to buy it. I bought this coffin then, but I also had no chance to use it until day 'fore yesterday. Then Mary told me there won't room enough in the trunk for all the things we wanted to take out west, so I said that coffin would make a good trunk. I wanted to take it along, anyhow." Despite Mr. Simpkins' plausible explanation, the rulers officer refused to accept his coffin trunk, and with a good deal of grumbling he and his wife transferred the contents to a dry goods box.—N. Y. Tribune Fox Cubs. They were delightful and amusing creatures, their ears ever alert, their bright eyes always on the lookout, and their sharp little noses sniffing the air eagerly. So precisely alike were they, from tip of nose to tip of tail, that not even their owners could tell the one from the other. They took kindly to petting and fondling but firmly though gently refused to learn any tricks whatsoever. Very soon they had the run of the whole house; patter, patter went the little feet; serach, serach, rap, rap. if a door were shut, and the two bright-eyed little rascals did not have to wait long for admittance. The next step was to the lounge or bed, where they cuddled close among the soft pillows with great satisfaction. If ever dislodged they protested vigorously with tooth and claw, and a sharp little bark that said as plain as words: No, no, no. Alas, even baby foxes cannot always stay babies. Box and Cox were without doubt growing, and their powers of mischief grew also. A breakfast of young chicken without as much as "By your leave, madam," was the climax of a long succession of misdeeds. They were restored to their native peaks, where they could find a warm and sheltered burrow, and as foxes eat field mice, grasshoppers and crickets, they were in no danger of starving.—Our Animal Friends. She Did. "Of course you take cream in your coffee?" said Miss Knickerbock to her visitor from Colorado. "Yes, Miss Knickerbock; I prefer my coffee emulated," replied the fair western-er.-Judge MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Stammering is practically unknown among uncivilized people. The animal that first succumbs to extreme cold is the horse. Stammering men are four times as numerous as stammering women. For calling another man a liar through the telephone, a citizen of Boone county, la., had to pay a fine of two dollars. Architects of the big steel frame sky-scrapers do not allow for contraction or expansion by cold or heat. The metal frame is not exposed to the outside variations in temperature, as the columns are entirely bricked in. Therefore, their temperature practically never changes. Enchanting smiles brightened the face of a divorced woman in Kansas City when she was able to renew the acquaintance of her former husband, from whom she had been separated two years. He wooed her ardently for a few months, and then abruptly ceased his visits. Now she is suing him for breach of promise. An agricultural expert ventures to prophesy that before the twentieth century reaches middle age farming in England will be mostly carried on by syndicates. His conclusion is that the laborer's dislike to the soil is rooted and permanent, and that the only way to get on will be by cultivating large areas and making a free use of machinery. The smell of pure prussic acid is always fatal, the discoverer of the poison himself having been instantly killed by one whiff of it. It kills the instant it enters the lungs as gas. Pure prussic acid is never sold not handled. Atropine, though it has not a harmful odor, is so deadly that as much of it as will adhere to the end of a moistened fore-finger will instantly cause death. Nitric acid will burn wood; eat through iron plates; in fact, it will destroy whatever it touches. MAN NEVER WEARS A HAT. The Eccentric Freak of Joseph Dietz, Living at Pine Bluff, Maine Joseph Dietz, of Pine Bluff, Ark., is probably the only living American who has not given a morbidly curious public occasion to make frequent inquiries of "Where did you get that hat?" Dietz has gone bareheaded for 30 years. He is now 56 years old, having come to this country from Germany when he was a boy. Rarely does a day pass but that some person with kind intentions offers Dietz a hat, mistaking his condition for one of poverty. Dietz is a wagon maker of great skill. At present he is with the Sawyer & Austin Lumber company's plant near this city. It is probable that he will remain with them in the position of wagon maker. Dietz wears a heavy suit of hair the year round. When he arises in the morning, regardless of the condition of the weather, Dietz thoroughly dampens his hair. In summer, it quickly dries; in winter, it freezes to his head, and, according to Dietz, keeps it quite comfortable. Thirty years ago Dietz suffered intensely from neuralgia. He discovered that by leaving off his hat he heaon became much more comfortable, and the pain ceased. Neither the snows of winter nor the torrid sun of summer have any effect on Dietz. He refuses to wear a pair of gloves or an overcoat. His work compels him to spend most of his time in the open air, and despite this his complexion is quite fair. Of temperate habits, Dietz enjoys exceptionally good health. Throughout the vicinity of Cedar Rapids, In., where Dietz lived before coming here, he was widely known for his eccentricity. At one time but few theatrical entertainments passed through the city without making some jocular remarks about Dietz's failure to wear a hat. At various times he was presented with a hat by actors and on one occasion, when De Woit Hopper made his appearance in the town, he addressed some lines to Dietz from the stage—Chicago Inter Ocean. MERINGUES AND CUSTARDS. Directions for Cooking Them in the Most Approved and Palatable Way. It seems hardly necessary to repeat that all dishes containing chiefly the white of eggs should be slowly and steadily cooked. It requires 20 minutes' cooking in an oven so "slow" that at the end of that time the meringue will be only delicately brown, to bring it to perfection. It will then be risen to nearly double its original bulk. If it rises slowly in this way it will be firm and tender and will not shrink back. If the meringue is cooked rapidly, as meringues usually are, in a "few moments" the meringue will rise and fall after it is taken from the oven. Some people consider this to be the legitimate way to have a meringue, and do not apparently know that such meringue is as much a culinary blender as heavy cake or "blued" custard. Custard "wheys" for the same reason that meringue falls—too great heat. The only way to bake a custard successfully is to put it in cartenh cups and set them in a pan of hot water which reaches nearly up to the depth of the custard in the cups. If the fire is quite hot the water will prevent the custard from separating or forming whey. When a boiled custard "wheys" it is because it has been cooked too long. The egg separates from the milk and hardens as it does when the egg is boiled in the shell. Not only does a boiled custard "wheys" if it is cooked too long, but it "wheys" if it is not stirred all the time it is boiling and after taking it up until it has cooled a little. In a few moments it will "set" by cooling, so that the eggs cannot separate—N. Y. Tribune. Love's Young Dream. "Wouldn't it be lovely, George dear," murmured the romantic maid, as the sleight started off and he tucked the robes about her, "if we could only go through life to the end in this manner?" "I'm not so sure about that," replied the matter-of-fact young man. "It wouldn't cost us much for 'coal', but just think of the livery bill." - Chicago Evening News. Wireless telegraphy Wireless telegraphy and demonstration for usefulness by the patient's lightshield, who used it after ordinary signals had failed to notify the shore authorities of a ship's approach to Hatter's Storm when all other medicines fail. Its superiority is quickly felt in the renewal of strength, and improves the appetite, and cures indigestion. Went to Sleep Quickly. The mother of a little three-year-old had been away from home overnight, and on her return asked: "Did my little girl get to sleep last night without mamma?" "Oh," she replied, "papa tipped to sing to me like you does an an" I dived to sleep wealktick so I didn't hear him."—Cincinnati Enquirer. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, LOUISIANA Frank K. J. Chueny, co., doing business in the city of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of catarch that be cared for by the City of Toledo Cure. FRANK J. CHENY. 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Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Blood Medicine. ```markdown ``` "Rewarrable LINENE" Collars & Cuffs stylish, convenient, economical; made of fine cloth, and finished in pure elast on both sides silk Turn down the furs are great silk and give double service. Miada’ Never wus much of a feller fer gittin’ over grown’: ‘Thar's Moily, a-pickia’ the banjer, an’ me p_ Sent bangin’ eroun'! ‘The other fellers alr dancin’—keepin’ time to the sour": But as fer me, I'm a feller Jost made fer hangin’ eroun't An’ ain't them fellers jolly ‘Bhakin’ the sbinglen down! What's he thinkin’ of—Mol y— ‘With me Jest hangin’ eroun’? I'm Jest the backwardeat feller that ever the country seen! Never a banjer moves me—iddic, of tam- boureen: Ain't F lovin® of Molly? That's how they wet it down! But allus—ferever an’ ever I'm jest a-hang- ta" eroun't . ‘An’ ain't them fellers Jotly, Shakin’ the shingles down? Mow does {1 look 19 Molly, ‘With me jot hangin’ eroun'? £ Jost can't muster the courage to enter the lively race: I'm allux feelin’ an’ lookin’ out o° my rightful piace ‘The marriage belly'il be Fingin’ alt over the merry town, Aa’ when Molly's led to the altar 1" still be hangin’ ¢roun't An’ Molly will look her westent, ‘Drested in the weddin’ gown; ‘They'll dance to the weddin’ munte, ‘An’ leave me hangin’ eroun’! =F. L Stanton, to Atianta Constitution She Had Smith's Money. My Uie Wome ole hs Lam Qearcer EES, CF BVOCEIya, BAS Been OU 2 paying bills. He had netted with the butcher, the’ baker, the bieyele maker and « variey of department stores, which combined practically all ‘the other functions of trade. At the end he found himself possessed of a sensation of temporary contentment and 25centsineash, Thesensation was distributive, but the cash was all in ‘one piece, and its proud proprietor held it in his band as he waited for the trol- ley car whieh should bear him home Tor ‘one five-cent fare, To be able to re- turn to Mrs, Smith, tell her that all bills were settled, and heap the minted richness of 25 cents’ surplus in her lap, ‘would be indeed « proud achievement. ‘Trolleys loomed and neared and passed, but not Smith's trolley, One of the Virtues that goes with residence in Brooklyn i patience, and the trol Jey ayntem door much to foster it. Smith waited patiently. . Presently a tall young woman of majestic but din- tincily ornamental presence — ap- pronehed with no little speed, and Smith, chancing to make a wide-ntep at the moment, she came im contact with his back with such foree that he was jolted into the gutter, Look- ing up with some wrath Smith met a pair of serene eyes, ond on the spur of the moment apologized humbly. ‘The next moment he wondered why Ite should apologize for being knocked off the curb by a young woman who could Jost as well have had oll the rest of the sidewalk. The apology didn't seem to have taken, either, The young wom: ‘an looked at him ax if he were a bug. Then she turned her back without | deigning to respond to hie apology, marched out to the track and stood waiting, says the New York Sun, Amith marched after, not that he particularly yearned for proximity, but becaune he saw down the street a trol ley car whieh looked like the one he wanted. No nooner fad he come to a hait behind the young woman than she turned and ewept him from head to foot with a look that chilled and amazed him. He pondered what he could have done to merit auch treat: ment and presently it flashed upon him that she wae one of those curl- ous female phenomena who pass through o troubled existence under the painful oppression that every man in wight is trying to flirt with them. This theory no natiafled Smith that he chuckled. He would have sworn that he heard a low but penetrating snort of contempt in response, The car came and it wann't Smith's after all, Neith: er was it the young woman's. They both stood waiting and the car passed on, ‘To fidget is human. In Smith fldget- ting took the form of manipulating whatever chanced to be in his hands ‘at the time, Me began to flip the lone quarter in the alr and entehing it, At the third or fourth triat he miattipped and the coin, soaring easily over the ‘edge of the high turnup collar upon | the young woman's coat, disappeared from view. The young woman started and turned. Smith hastily looked the other way, and began to perspire Could he get tt out without her per: ceiving It? Certainly, he couldn't, a» Jong as she kept her basilisk eye upon him. To make matters worse, another ‘car was approaching, and he was sure ft was his. He mustered up his cour- age. AC bee your pardon” he began, “ar “Sir!” Interrupted the young wom: ‘an with such ferocity that the unfor- tunate man fairly jumped, Mut it was & two-mile walk home, and he tried again, “If you will let me explain—" “Sir—r—ei* “Madam, Iam very sorry—" “Sir—e—r—rt" The young woman vas baginning to look around as if for help. “Goodness!” said Smith to himself. “This ina't a girl, She is one of those automatic dolls. If I'd touch the right Dutton she'd play a tune; [know she would.” “Just a word,” he said aloud. “I @ou't wish to" “Birr orth “Ob, blazes!” cried Smith in utter exasperation. “Do you think I'm pending all this time trying to fish up fan acquaintance with you? 1 want my quarter.” A look of fright came over the face of the young woman She began to fumble at her purse, “Oh, Fs aot & beggar growied the raged Smith, “I dow’t want you: money; I want mine.” ‘street car! All aboard!” ‘excitement Smith hadn't uo: ileed the arrival of the ear—his car ‘The young woman hurried aboard Smith followed. He took s sent across from her and she glared at him, but Smith is a pretty good glarer bimsel when he gets mad, and he was very mad now. Her eyes dropped and she moved along. To Smith's great thank- fulness, there were few other passen- gers. When the conductor came to him he pointed at the tall young woman. “She will pay my fare,” he said. “Sir—r—r—r-!" gasped the young woman. “She has every cent Ihave in the world,” pursued Smith, doggedly. “Oh, dear, The man is crazy, He followed me on the car. He's crazy, conductor. I don't know him.” “D've touched the other button,” anid Smith, grimly. “I thought there must be something besides ‘Sir—r—r in her.” “Laily says she don’t know you,” anid the conductor, who waa somewhat puz- sled, Smith didn't look either drunk or erazy, or the kind of man to throw off a car without well substantiated res- sons. “She doesn’t,” said Smith; “but she’s got a quarter of my money.” “Where? How?" demanded she. “I don't know where it is now, and 1'@ hate to guess,” said Smith. “Conductor,” said the young woman, in tremulous tones, “this man came up to me on the corner and tried to engage me in conversation, I never saw him in my life before.” “I thought #0,” said Smith, com- posedly. “Because I ventured to ad- ddrese a Indy who had first thrust me into the gutter and then absorbed my last cent, you immediately jump to the conclusion, you yourself being the lady in question, that I am so overcome by the attractiveness of the performance as to try to get upa flirtation with you. ‘That's what you think, iwn’t it?” “Sir—r—r—rt” said the young wom- an, but this time she said it without any enthusiasm, ax if, rather, she couldn't think of anythingg else to say. One of ‘the passengers was a youthful ercature, who now conceived that here was his grand chance to play the part of hero for a damsel in distress, Ac: cordingly he arose and approached Smith from the rear. “What right have you to annoy this lady?" he began, and then stopped, for Smith had whirled so suddenly as to make him blink, “Oh,” remarked Smith, in pleawed we- cents, “You're a man, aren't you? Anyway you wear trousers and the rest of the garb.” “What do you mean, sir?” demanded the other in flerce accents, “Why, you see, I've been laboring under the disadvantage of argument witha lady, But you're different. My friend”—here Smith Iaid a hand, none too lightly, on the shoulder of the | | eae l E | [ae | i Uy earn /, Yj ta I — ATEN aa N= Ne = Pige\ Ve other—“unless you wish to experiment with m usually placid temper you will #0 back to your seat and make money usinding your business.” ‘The young man sat down, aided allghtly, it may be, by the gentle prew sure from the hand of Smith, Then the conductor asked Smith if he wouldn't rather pay his own fare than make lot of trouble, “Ofcourse I would,” answered Smith, “if 1 could, but my last cent is now helping to keep that lady warm." Here the conductor turned to get the young woman's fare and she, in her hervousness, dropped It on the floor. Then she stooped over to recover it. Ax she stooped she gave a little exela- mation of alarm and put her hand to her neck, ‘Tho next instant a quarter rolled out from the front of the collas and fell to the floor. Sinith pointed to it and smiled aweetly. “Do you commonly carry loose change in the back of your neck, mad- am?” he asked, “It inn’t mine,” she gasped. “I don'e know how it got there.” “No; It's mine,” said Smith, annexing it, “and you'd have found out long ago that it got there by slipping out of my hand as I was tossing it im the alr if you hadn't been so afraid that 1 was trying to take adeantage of your un chaperoned youth und beauty.” The young wouan turned very red Smith handed the quarter to the con: duetor. “Take two out of that,” he said, “Let me out at the next corner,” said the young woman, with vast dignity and ahe went, leaving the eoin whe ha dropped under the tloor-grating. The youth who had interfered went out too Smith got his change ane said to the conductor, pointing to the deserted coin under the grating “that's your rake-off." Then he went out on the platform and contemplated with glee the tal young woman standing on the cornet ‘And reputsing the advances of th would-be squire of distressed ¢amsele Mis Gradge Against Ram, “Ab, my friend,” aighed the returw- er, “rim causes lots of trouble in this work.” “Indeed it does,” agreed the listener, “No doubt you or I would be happier were it not for the rum demon,” wem on the reformer, “Indeed we would,” again agreed the patient listener, “And how has it caused you unhap- piness?” asked the reformer, “Years ago a woman told me that it T stopped drinking she would marry me.” “And you could not stop? “No,” roared the pationt listener; “no, I did stop!" Baltimore Ameri ‘ean, Japanese Rallway Pans, ‘The Japanese government decided sesoe \tme ons te lnnrenne the pee railway tickets by one-third. ‘The re sult was @ loss instead of a gata in re. ecipta, Wealth and Society and Other Things in Gotham Not in New York alone, but wherever in the country men are gathered to- ee ore find them discuns- ing the extraordi- nary revelations ot Henry C. Frick, as a step in his great lawsuit against Andrew Carnegie. The profits of the Carnegie Steel company for the present year are estimated by Mr. Carnegie himself at $40,000,000; by & $00,000. Mr. Carnegie owns fifty-three- jone hundredths of the stock. His in- “come from this source alone, therefore, will be $24,500,000, upon Mr. Frick’s fig- ures. ‘The Standard Ofl company has re- cently declared a dividend at the rate of 20 percent. a year. This means the disbursement in dividends of $80,000,- 000, of which Mr. John D. Rockefeller ‘gets $32,000,000. And Mr, Rockefeller ‘has many more sourees of income, out- ide of the business by which he is ‘chiefly known, than Mr. Carnegie. He ‘dabbles in iron, in lake ahipping, in gan, | in electricity, in street car lines, in rail- road stock. ‘He has just bad his son elected a Delaware & Lackawanna rail- road director; he is himself a power in ‘the Vanderbilt lines. His ineome tor ‘thin one year may very likely be $50,- 000,000, Mr. Carnegie hax more nearly put all his eggs in one basket; it is not ‘Iikely that his total income will reach $80,000,000. ‘These two men are with- ‘out doubt the two richest, not only in the country, but in the world. ‘The one was the son of a very poor and rather shiftless farmer up in cen- tral New York. The other began busi- ness life ax a telegraph messenger in Pittsburgh at three or four dollars per week. How Wenlth Has Grown. ‘The recent death of the duke of West- minster has given a convenient op aa aS Pare the world's richest men. Old William Ht. Vanderbilt was perfectly within the truth when he sald, the year be- fore he died, that he was the richest man in the world. He compared him- self with the duke of Westminster, saying that the London real estate of the latter might 2 Te ae one care greater in value than his railroad stock, but that it did not produce so large an Income. He might have said, with equal justice, that the Grosvenor extate of the dukes of Westminster does not belong to one man, but isan institution descending in trust from heir to heir. ‘Aw a matter of fact, the Inte duke's will has just been probated. He left exnotly $3,000,000, which he could per- sonally dispose of by will. The estate was entailed; the $3,000,000 was his pri- vate property. Powerful as jn the name and prestige of the Rothschilds, there is no one of them who alone can compare in wealth with the new American millionaires, And of all the Vanderbilts, there is only one whose entire entate is larger than the yearly income of either Carnegie or Rockefeller. That is William K, Young Alfred, sometimes erroneously called the head of the family, will have Jess than $30,000,000, in all probability, when he comes Into his extate. Far better than stocks and money- lending, if one is in @ hurry to get rich quickly, Is the control of some natural wealth of the soil or the sea or the in- ner earth. The wealth of Rockefeller is represented by every can of kero- sene that is lugged home from the grocery, Carnegie takes toll of steel and all that is made from it, The Kothachilds lost money heavily upon their investinents during the Franco- German war, and again during our own war with Spain; but the Almaden quicksilver mines in the latter country. which were long ago pledged to them as security for a debt that Spain will probably be unable to pay, have never failed to pay a rich return. Hams te Build a Rattrond. Meanwhile, there are the bums, The city is full of them. Every winter they come to New York to enjoy the sea- non, ‘They ean live ma along the Bowery 2 a bite for about 80 cents (eee a day, which they RGVeere easily secure by CEPR ZS evcing or by an yD a i] occasional job,and a at there is plenty of <j thx stale beer to be NSS TE had for: two or 1 MAREE threecents aglass. - a ‘These men do not as arule at- mee Wink, ct Meine OS tUle to enjoy the sea- won. They ean live arnt along the Bowery BAR for about $0 cents (Eee a day, which they ASEeeA easily secure by (Eee begging or by an GOS ah ocscisattrant — aw there is plenty of <a tRxty stale beer to be We ai PUM had for: two or ™ MAREE threecents aglass. See ‘These men do not as a rule at- One Way of Mullding tempt to work, ® Ratiroad —" patabright young fellow has just succeeded in carrying off. 150 of them to build a railroad in Virginia, To do this in the dead of winter was quite a feat, The con- tractor did it by faviting all the men to drink at his expense, and by assur- ing them that the excellent whisky with which he provided them was com- mon and cheap where he came from. Aino, he said that every man could have a dollar and a quarter a day for two years; but that was a minor con- sideration. Acting on the theory that the bum is as fond of dirt as he ia of whisky, the school authorities of the city are ‘about to try an experiment in one of the most squalid tenement districts. by equipping @ school with baths. i/ the scheme works, 88 other schools aro to be similarly equipped. For there are eo many great schools in the city, each having more than 2,002 scholars om the average, whose pupils mostly come from homes which provide no fa- cilities for bathing. By this means the teaching force expect to reduce the army of the great Unwashed by some 70,000 or so. And, if the experiment works, they will hare reduced the army of tramps and vaga- bonds as well. Lent Begins; Season Ende. AAs Lent begins, the season ends. ‘The New Yor idea of Lent has for a good while not ineluded much of the old notion of sacrifice. Of course no weddings -oc- cur in Lent; and ' there are no large balla or festivities. Butthere is plenty going on, just the same. It all grew out of “the Lenten class.” These i classes were very fashionable ten O% orm of Lenten cy oH ae LV. prey Fi oe a Jearned in them sewing, history, ge- ology; you listened to lectures on American history and other improving topics. Perhaps you helped the heathen or the poor by taking part in something more frivolous at two dollars per ticket for charity. Or you took a course of lessons in fencing or gymnastics, which was lots of fun, and yet very Lenten, because “different, don't you know.” ‘The times change. The Lenten amusement now most popular tx to see the Filipino dancers, or the Jap- anese jugglers, who have become the society peta of the moment. A state of society so giddy that going to a cir- cus seems appropriate to a season of mortification of the flesh is rather re- markable, But most society people now like to be amused without too much exertion on their own part. Or it weary of New York, there is the casy device of going abroad until Lent is over. ‘The other day a Mediter- ranean steamer ‘set out from New York with 260 passengers, of whom only 12 were men. All the others were women and children, Probably more than ‘half were women of moderate tneans who go to infest the cheap boarding houses of Italy; who shiver over the microscopic fires provided by ‘Tuscan landlords, and spend their days in visiting picture galleries. For there is this difference between women and men: ‘The former will visit picture galleries and the latter won't. ‘This sort of economical absenteetam of the women of the moderately well to do is getting very common in New York and its vicinity, and it is produe- ing some much-regretted social results. Capt. Marton Crawford. type ot the fan ssore, foreign Ainscigan in BUtarion Ceuvtona, he isa Jait returned te his. beloved SS Htaly after a brief MME visit to the land RO or tis ashore contort to ca f seshen ot date Ward Wome. aad the son of Rea craters the (IMM scuiptor. Me i) eae Tra enough by his love MOMEMTLIWIMD for teats? tor ne : lived aoa litle Cae arte be eS ne Pe . eee Soe: ee had his studio, and talks the lingo like a native, Mr, Crawford is the true type of the cosmopolitan, He has traveled much in India. He lives, when he is at home, in a splendid pal- ace on the lovely curving slope of the plain of Sorrento, where you can go out in your backyard in midwinter and pick up oranges under the yel- low-dotted trees.” ‘Mr. Crawford is not only @ yachts- man, but a sea captain. He carries with him a certificate of the United States government authorizing kim to command any ocean steamship. Mr. Crawford is the most prolifle of writers, He had long periods of idle re- ‘creation on water or on land. But when he works he works, writing as much as 6,000 words per day upon his novels, his life of the pope, or what- ever he may be doing. I should say that 500 to 1,000 words per day is nearer the average of most of other “writers whose work is worth reading. and still selling steadily. Crawford must make a larger in- come from his books than almost any other American author, His “Via Crucis” has sold more than 100,000 ‘copies already, indicating a sale of probably twice as many inthe long ‘run; and he has his royalties from a ‘full soore of novels already published. OWEN LANGDON, TO GET A “REST.” Crutner New York to Be Replaced by Kearsarge as Fingship of North Atiantic Squadron. It ia said at the Brooklyn navy yard that the nary department has decided to retire the armored cruiser New York as flagship of the North Atian- tie squadron and replacs her with the new battleship Kearsarge. The New York has been the flagship of the squadron since before the war with Spain and has seen much hard service. ‘The reason given for the change that the cruiser is in need of an over- hauling and a “rest.” It was said that in addition to the Kearsarge the new battleship Kentucky and the re- constructed cruiser Atlanta will be added to the North Atlantic squad- ron. The New York is now tn West Indian waters. She is due at Hamp ton Roads on Mareh 23, and it is ex pected will come to the Brooklyn yard in Aprit, when Admiral Farquhar Will tranafor hia flag to the Kearsarge. Nearly §,000 cats were received last year at the London Institution for Lost and Starving Cate The Chicf Justice of Samoa Says Peruna is The Very Best Catarrh Cure 7 i cHier C ——— saree Gael ee Cola BEAK EES 5) pa) PAA ee CANS ge) Ws SM SA Py ZA SN) RE a eaek enemroe age ime “TI have tried one bottle of Peruna, ae I can truthfully say it is one of the best tonics I ever used, and I take pleasure in recommending it to all sufferers who are in need of a good medicine. I can recommend it as one of the very best remedies for catarrh.”’ W. L. Chambers, THE PLACE FOR A POOR MAN. Alameda, N. W. T., Canada, Dec. 22rd, 1899, Mr. B. Davies, Canadian Government Agent, St. Paul, Minn.: Dear Sir--As I promised you about ‘two years ago that at some future time I would let you know what I thought ‘of Western Canada and the chances of a ‘poor man making a start and support- ing a family at same time, so will write 8 few facts concerning my own expe- beer the past 21 months, ond what I have done, any able-bodied man can do, provided he will work. I left Traverse country, March 20th, 1898, Innded in Alameda at noon the Zist, with $3.55 in my pocket, o stranger and among strangers, and when my family came in Oct., 1898, my wife had nearly $10, or barely enough to pay freight on her stove, sewing-ma- ‘chine and clothes and beds. I com- /meneed work March 25th, also made en- try for homestead same day (the man I started work for loaning me $15 to pay entrance fee), and I have earned or at least received $478.10 in wages since then, and have been idle at least 2 months of the 21sinceIcame. The homestead I took had 12 acres broke by a former occupant. I paid $20 to have it replowed in July, '98, and the ‘seed wheat for it cost me $8.25. I let it toa neighbor for ¥ in elevator clear of all expense except the seed, and this fall I received $70.10 for my part of ‘the crops off of the 12 acres, so my total receipts the past 21 months has been $548.10, and my expenses besides living for self and family have been as fol- lows: Entrance fee ($5.00 being paid | “for cancellation)......++.++++.8 15.00 Summer fallowing 12 acres.... 20.00 Bed forsame...sesseeceesseces 8.25 Gost of house, besides my own labor On SAmMe.....6-csceeereees 75.85 20 acres of breaking and double iscing SAME ..esecessesesnes 60.00 | $179.10 “My half of wheat ..esemsesssees 70.10 Net expense on homestead ... .$109.00 We moved on our homestead July 10th, 1899, have 32 acres in good shape for crops in 1900. My wife joins with me in sending best wishes to you and yours. 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