The Afro-American Advance

TWIN CITY NEWS. MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL. VOL. II. NO. 6. THE ORIENTAL NATIONAL FAIR OF ST. PETER'S CHURCH under the auspices of the Wayman Home Circle, will commence May 2nd, 1900, at St. Peters A. M. E. Church, 2nd St. and 9th Ave. So. The committee in charge has arranged to make the fair the red letter event in the church's history, and to this end they offer the following prizes to those selling tickets for the fair, or otherwise raising money to apply on the church mortgage fund. 1st prize, $100; 2nd prize, piano, retailed at $350; and 2nd prize, lady's writing desk or its equivalent in value, at the option of the winner; 3rd, mahogany rocking chair, or its equivalent in value, at the option of the winner. The giving of the first prize is upon the condition that the aggregate amount turned in from all the contestants exceeds $200. All persons desiring to enter the contest will hand their names in to W. W. Tucker, secretary of the committee. Go to Miller's, Fifth street and Nicoll avenue, for your photographs. For good cigars call at W. S. Conrad's, corner of First avenue south and Fourth street. He will suit you. The Advance Restaurant, 214 Washington avenue south, is up to date in service and equipment. If you want a good meal in a clean place don't fail to go to the Advance Restaurant. Go to John L. Neal, Real Estate, Loans and Insurance, 622 Boston Block. Furnished rooms, 411 Fourth avenue south. 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. Mrs. Hoag, of St. Paul attended service at St. Peter's Sunday morning. Mr. E. Danner, of East Nineteenth street has been on the sick list. Mrs. Sadie Williams is still very sick. The A. M. E. O. C. was glad to see one of her members, Mrs. N. Stone, out to the social Wednesday evening. Mrs. W. W. Tucker entertained Mr and Mrs. Baker, Sunday, at dinner. The Wayman Home Circle gave a reception in honor of Mrs. Lena Mason. Tuesday evening. Those that were present had a good time. The A. M. E. O. C. gave a penny social and a reception for Mrs. Lena Mason. Wednesday evening. A program was rendered. Mrs. Lena Mason solo; recitation, Annie Hagnestad. Several others on program. Everyone had and received a gift. A M. E. O. C. to give another entertainment. Mrs. Lena Mason will preach the honorary sermon of the G. A. R., Sunday, at 3 o'clock at the Bethesda Baptist church. She will also preach at St. Peter's Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. Mason has done wonderful work while in our midst. She preached for the Scandinavians and raised $2$ for the poor; preached for the Presbyterians and raised for the poor $2$.$5$. Raised for the poor and for the Presbyterians Mrs. Mason will Minneapolis for St. Louis. We all welcome Mrs. Mason to our city again. The citizens and members of St. Peter's gave a benefit entertainment for Mrs. Lena Mason, Thursday evening, and an enjoyable time was had. Mrs. Lizzie Noel is expecting to leave this week for Omaha. The colored men of Minneapolis organized a strong political club Thursday evening of last week. The club will be known as the Young Men's Colored Republican Club. This organization will be the leading one of the city. The following officers were elected: President, J. L. Neal; vice president, Henry Roberts; secretary, Robert Lee; treasurer, P. F. Hale. Several blood curdling speeches were made. J. L. Curtis in a fiery speech electrified his political constituents. Henry Roberts frightened the spectators by walking to and fro, up and down the aisle, during the course of his ringing speech. Harvey Burke "locked horns" with J. L. Curtis, on a technical point which aroused the men to great oratorical efforts. Schoolchildren right through the logical and logical attempts to calm the troubled waters. Lesserlights made applaudable efforts. The meeting was a success and full of enthusiasm. The Advance will be the official organ of the organization. The committee is arranging for a grand pow-wow, which will be announced in the dailies. Rev. J. Will King kindly let the St. James' Mission building to the members of the club, for a meeting place. The Law Enforcement League met at Bethesda Baptist church. Tuesday evening last. President Jasper Gibbs in a few well chosen remarks announced the object of the meeting which was of great importance. The League has been appealed to for aid in the prosecution of the test of the constitutional right, of the Louisiana Distranchisement Law. The Afro-Americans of Louisiana will be the right of Southern white men in the alley to vote in the election he will be heard in the near future. The Law Enforcement League will co-operate with the National Afro-American Council, in extending aid to the brave negroes of Louisiana. The League will hold a grand mass meeting at St. James A. M. E. church, St. Paul, about the latter part of April, the date to be announced later. Mrs. J. V. Kemp acted as secretary. The following committee on programs was appointed: Messrs. F. M. McGhee, J. Q. Adams, St. Paul; J. C. McGhee, J. Q. Adams, St. Paul; Minneapolis. A meeting will be held at Bethesda church the second Sunday afternoon in April, at 3 o'clock, to which all citizens interested in the welfare of the race are invited. Mr. Jasper Gibbs has added a new room to his restaurant in the Guaranty Loan building; a pretty coat of frescoing is now in progress in his main dining room. Mr. Carl Crawford, who was severely burned in the Hennepin avenue fire, died Tuesday. A sister of Mrs. Sadie Williams is expected in the city this week, to attend the latter in her illness. The Afro-American Advance. Correspondence, letters, etc., must reach us by Wednesday for publication. 395 Thomas street. Mrs. John Godfrey has moved from 502 St. Peter street to 148 East Ninth street, and is better prepared in every way to satisfy her regular patrons and in cater to new ones. The place is larger and more accessible. She can not only serve you with meals, but can accommodate you with a nice, clean, warm room. The "Advance" is prepared to do your job printing of all kinds at reasonable rates. Remember the place, 395 Thomas street. Kindly keep in mind that any item of news, social or otherwise, that you wish to publish will be attention at 395 Thomas street also. THE ORIENTAL HAIR PAR-LORS, on the corner of Seventh and Sibley streets, room 205, Krahm block, is the place to go for all kinds of fashionable hair dressing, etc. Straightening hair and scalp treatment a specialty. Hair work done to order. Calls made at residences. Prices made satisfactory. Mrs. E. E. J. Allen, proprietor. H. Branson and little sons James and Frank, have returned from an extended visit down in Concordia, Kan., with Mrs. Branson's parents. Mr. Jas. B. White is home from the Detention Hospital, looking the picture of health. Mr. W. R. G. Gamble, of Omaha, Neb., is in our city and is with Mr. Will Uttley, on St. Peter street. Mr. Gamble represents one of the best Omaha families, and has a charming daughter, who is a teacher in the Omaha public schools. A. A. Johnson has returned from a very pleasant trip down at Winona, Minn. Rev. Mrs. D. S. Orner has gone to her home in the south land. She had improved some in health, and was looking bright and cheerful when bidding her friends goodbye. A quiet wedding took place at the residence of Mr. C. G. S. Mills, Tuesday evening, when Mr. Joseph Patterson, of Minneapolis, nephew of Mrs. married Miss Della Comley, of Des Moines, Ia. Rév. J. C. Anderson officiated. Biddle Circle, Ladies of the G. A. R. entertained last Friday evening, March 23, at Garfield Post hall, a very large crowd of visitors while they rendered a pleasing program of ten or more numbers. Hilyard's Orchestra was in evidence with exquisite music. The Imperial Quartet was fine. Mr. J. H. Hickman was a revelation to his many friends while he read one of Paul Lawrence Dunbar's latest creations. Miss Bessie Mills pleased all in her recital of "The Baron's Last Battle." Mrs. Wilson was at her best. Oliver White and his instrumental solo was perfect. Fifteen minutes with Edison's phonograph was the hit of the evening. Special mention is made of Little Leslie Lawrence, an artist who successfully completed "Barbie the Fritchie." Considered it the best thing heard during the evening. Prominent among the visitors from other posts and circles of the city to be seen in the hall were: Com. Brookins, Adj. J. P. Lyons, Officer of the Day F. C. Mallory and Comrade Will Stafford, of Ord Post, G. A. R: Mrs. J. P. Lyons, Mrs. Kinghorn, Mrs. Twiss and Mrs. Pawley, of Elsworth Circle. Too much credit can not be given to the ladies for their very successful entertainment. Mrs. E. W. Linsay was the chairman. POLITICAL CORNER Warren H. Baker, of the Twelfth precinct, Ninth ward, is a candidate for the Republican nomination for constable west of Wabasha street. Mr. Baker is not; we know him, having worked with him more than a year as a stenographer. IN MEMORY OF MR. ED HENRY MARCH 21,1900. Death's mystic is here at last, Through mystic portals he has past Into the limitless unknown The journey each must take alone When the secret, dying brought Greeted him from the gates aar? For with that heavenly smile of praise. When his poor spirit found release, Bright angels from the azure dome Were sent to guide him safely home. Now to my waiting ear there seems A voice to come, as in my dreams. These are the words I seem to hear From the beautiful soul that hovers near. Life in the spirit world is sweet But needs you, dear mother, to be complete. Grieve not for that frail form of clay, Which mother earth enfolds today, To a far-fall heaven beyond the blue, Thought cannot bind this world so loos. It is many mansions are everywhere. And do not think because your sight Is wrapped in earth's gray mists of night. That I forget my promise, dear, To come again your heart to cheer, With soul to soul, and mind to mind A closer union we shall find. For lives on earth are lived alone. But here we know as we are known. known. — Miss M. E. Garner, St. Paul Her Modest Hint He—Were you ever caught beneath the mistletoe? She—Perhaps you had better come around on Christmas and see if I act like one who has had experience—Chicago Times-Herald. A woman's way is to get the best of an argument and then cry as though her heart would break because she has done so.—Philadelphia Times. It is only when she is poor and honest that a girl can be sure the man who woo her is really in love—Chicago Dispatch. If most men were as ape at starting bank accounts as they are at starting arguments the world would be full of capitalists—Chicago Dispatch. MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, MINN., SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1900. FAURESMITH IS OCCUPIED. Clements Finds Two Guns and a Large Quantity of Ammunition Buried. CONJECTURE AS TO ROBERTS' ADVANCE. April 2 Set by the Critics as Probable Date for Departure of the Main Army from Bloemfontein — Dr Leyda Charges Egypt with Breach of Neutrality. London, March 30.—The war office has received the following dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfontein, March 28: "Gen. Clements occupied Fauresmith today without opposition. One nine-pounder and one Martini-Maxim were discovered in a prospecting shaft of a mine, where a large quantity of ammunition was buried and the inhabitants are settling down. Col. Flicher visited Ladybrad on March 20. On leaving the town he was attacked by a party of the enemy, and one of his president was killed and five are missing. During the skirmish north of the Modder river on March 25 five men were wounded. Three are reported to be missing. Capt. Sloane-Stanley, of the Sixteenth lancers, and five men of that regiment were taken Future Movements of Roberts. Future Movements of Roberta. London, March 30.—Conjecture as to Lord Roberts' advance from Bloemfontein is the topic of the day and is likely to continue so if the British commander-in-chief in South Africa conceals his movements as carefully as he has done in the past. April 2 is set by various critics as the probable date of the departure of the main army from Bloemfontein. It is pointed out that there will then be over a week's hard marching before Kroonstad is reached, though there seems no certainty that Kroonstad will entirely occupy Lord Roberts' attention. The advance, when it does occur, will probably be made by parallel columns along a broad front. The movements of the cavalry force and part of the infantry towards Glen can scarcely be construed as an actual advance, although they undoubtedly point to the imminence of such a step. But only a small part of Gen. Gatacre's forces have yet arrived at Bloemfontein, and until that movement is completed it is not likely Lord Roberts will start for Pretoria. The latest news from Bloemfontein, contained in a dispatch published in the second edition of the Times and dated Wednesday, March 28, again dwells upon the necessity for not making a premature advance. This correspondent, who on several occasions, seemed to have been chosen as the mouthpiece of Lord Roberts, cables: "It should be clearly understood that the present halt in the vicinity of Bloemfontein is absolutely necessary as a military precaution. It should be borne in mind that we are about to enter on a new phase of the operations, with the main communications through a recently occupied hostile country, and that the recent successes necessitated a great expenditure of horse power. Here and in Natal we shall move on the commencement of the South African winter, and must be prepared to face the effects of the first frost upon such animals as may be affected with horse sickness. It would be suicidal to push troops forward till they are equipped to meet the exposure of winter. Horses, clothing and food we must have." The correspondent adds that the Boer forces have been reequipped, and he says he is fully convinced that 150-000 foreign troops have been landed to aid the republics. For this the inference might be drawn that the London critics have been premature in prophesying an immediate advance as at Kimberley and Paardeberg. The best based conjecture is well-nigh worthless as to when Lord Roberts contemplates moving. Regarding the Beer Prisoners. A deputation of Dutch ministers had an audience of Premier Schreiner at Cape Town Thursday. The ministers urged the separation of the sick and well Boer prisoners, and asked that the sick be not sent, to St. Helena. Mr. Schreiner replied that he had no power in such matters, but would use his friendly offices. He added that he had made strong representations to the imperial government against sending any of the prisoners to St. Helena, but without success. It is reported that the prison transports will sail to St. Helena at the end of this week. From Natal and Mafeking there is no further news as this dispatch is sent. Young Gladstone's Views. London, March 30.—Spending at a breakfast of the liberal agents at Nottingham Thursday, Herbert Gladstone, son of the late William E. Gladstone, and member of parliament for West Leibals, declared that nearly all the liberals had agreed in regard to the settlement of the South African question, that it was the duty of the government to make a recurrence of the war impossible, and to show the world that British power in South Africa was predominant, and that the British flag must wave over the whole of South Africa. Dr. Lerda Entera a Protest. Brussels, March 30—Dr. Leyds, the diplomatic agent of the Transvaal, has drawn the attention of the Egyptian and Turkish governments to the fact that the British government, in the house of commons, has admitted that six Maxims were borrowed from the Egyptian army for use in the Transa- vaal war, and has demanded explanations for this breach of neutrality, declaring that unless the guns are immediately returned the Transvaal will consider the Egyptian government has abandoned neutrality and is lending its assistance to Great Britain. No reply has been vouchsafed to this protest, which was dispatched March 13. Duke of Norfolk to Go. London, March 33.—The duke of Norfolk has resigned the office of postmaster general, owing to the fact that he is going to South Africa with the Sussex yeomanry. TAYLOR'S PROBABLE COURSE. Republicans Not Likely to Vacate Offices on Adverse Judgment of State Courts. Louisville, KY, March 30. — Gov. W. S. Taylor was in town for awhile Thursday, on his way to Butler county, where a sister died Wednesday. While here the governor made a statement concerning his probable course in the event that the decision of the court of appeals is against him. While it has been generally understood that the republicans would not surrender the state offices on the judgment of that court, nothing official has heretofore been given out on the subject. Said Gov. Taylor: "The court of appeals has not yet taken up the case and any announcement from me as to my actions after their decision would be premature. The agreement of the attorneys for both sides, however, states specifically that there is to be no movement until the case is finally settled by the supreme court of the United States, and I think I will act by this agreement in every step I take and not give up any of the rights I hold by it." Frankfort, Ky., March 30. — South Trimble, speaker of the Kentucky house, Thursday announced himself as a candidate for the democratic nomination for congress in the Seventh district. Mrs. Emma Gray Cromwell, secretary of the ladies' Goebel monument fund committee, estimates that $10,000 has been raised by the ladies in the various counties for the monument fund so far. The subscription books will not be closed for two months, by which time the ladies' committee expects to have raised $50,000. DR. WISE LAID TO REST. Throngs Attend Funeral Services in Cincinnati and Mourn Loss of the Beloved Rabbi. Cincinnati, March 30—The funeral of Dr. Isaac M. Wise brought to this city a large gathering of rabbis as well as of other Hebrews. Over three columns of telegrams of condolence are published in the local papers, including cablegrams from Minister Strauss at Constantinople and others in Europe. In addition to those from rabbis, congregations and institutions there were many telegrams from Christians. The family funeral occurred at an early hour Thursday morning at the residence. Then the remains lay in state at the Plum street temple from 8:30 a. m. until ten a. m., where constantly-moving lines of people viewed the remains. A cold rain all the morning added to the feeling of gloom incident to the loss of this beloved father in Israel, but the services were carried out as planned. The temple was wholly inadequate to accommodate the throng that pressed for admittance. A psalm was sung. Rabbi Philipson offered prayer, Rabbi Louis Grossman delivered the funeral oration, and the services closed with the singing of another psalm. THEY WANT EQUAL RIGHTS. Women Organize the National Legis Intive League in New York- Officers Elected. New York, March 30. The National Legislative league has been formed in this city, with these officers: President, Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake, honorary vice president, Mrs. Eliza beth Cady Stanton; vice presidents at large, Mrs. Marilia M. Ricker, New Hampshire; Mrs. Josephine K. Henry, Kentucky, and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Patrick, Colorado; recording secretary Miss Margaret M. Parsons, Michigan; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Margaret Holmes Bates, New York; treasurer, Mrs. Victoria Conkling Whitney, Missouri. There are to be six important committees and the league will hold an annual convention in Washington, the date to be settled upon later. The object of this league is to obtain for women equality of legal, civil and industrial rights through action by the national congress and the state legislatures. Given Six Months Longer. Washington, March 30. — Secretary Hay and Duc D'Arco, the Spanish minister, Thursday signed a protocol extending for six months the period of time allowed Spanish residents in the Philippine islands to elect whether they shall remain Spanish subjects or surrender their allegiance and adopt the nationality of the territory in which they reside. The article in the Paris treaty hearing on this subject allowed the Spanish residents one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of the treaty within which to make their choice. That period expires on the 11th of next month. Chinese "Boxers" Planerad Peking, March 30. — About 100,000 Tien-Tsin coolies are leaving for New Chwang to build the Manchuria railroad. The situation here is quiet. The "Boxers," who have been causing trouble in the north, have been dispersed by the troops. BEVERIDGE HAS THE FLOOR Senator from Indiana Delivers an Elaborate Address Expressing His Views. FOR FREE TRADE AND RECIPROCITY. Vote on an Amendment Shows Which Way the Wind In Blowing-Proposition to Strike Out Provision for 15 Per Cent. Tariff Defended 10 to 33. Washington, March 30.—The conference report on the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was agreed to by the senate soon after it convened Thursday. A concurrent resolution offered by Senator Culbertson (Tex.) directing the secretary of war and the secretary of the navy to keep "seasonally advised" the families of wounded soldiers and sailors of the condition of the men was agreed to. Consideration of the Porto Rican tariff and government bill was then resumed. Senator Beveridge (Ind.) addressed the senate in support of the proposition for free trade between the United States and the island of Porto Rico. Mr. Beveridge's Speech. The keynotes of Mr. Beveridge's utterances were free trade and reciprocity for Porto Rico. He favored separating the civil government and tariff features of the bill so that the former might become a law, whether free trade is carried or not. Senator Beveridge spoke in part as follows: > To treat Porto Rico as we treat Hawaii and to deal with it as we deal with the Philippines, and to apply to all without delay the same fixed formula of laws which custom and intention of statehood has prescribed for our territories from which our states are located, is a proposition as mad as it is novel. > "More than any people of history events are placing us where we may command and compel the peace of the world. Porto Rico, Cuba, the canal, Hawaii, the Philippine islands, the power among the nations. I say make us the master people of the world, for I never will believe that we will surrender our possessions to others because we can control them. We will control our government and control. I will never believe that our constitution manacles our hands and narrows our vision and numbs our brain. I will never admit that our constitution is such a charter Issue Involves Keeping Islands. Issue Involves Keeping Islands. "The first issue under debate involves the keeping of our new possessions. For example, we have the right to believe that we have them by the decrees of a Providence, which, in all our history, has outrun the weak and halted wisdom of presidents and congresses. For one I accept the privileges, duties and the rights of our people, and I pressed to me by our great admiral, as we stood on the Olympia'a heroic heels and looked across the beautiful city to the blue mountains of Luzon, when he said to me: 'A higher power than mine was in this business, a higher will and a wiser mind.' This ocean empire, ours now and ours forever.' If we surrender them to more discerning and powerful peoples, succeeding generations will curse the folly and the crime that not only yielded our high admiration but also at the mercy of its possible future foes." Reciprocity and Free Trade. Reciprocity and Free Trade. After dealing with the constitutional question involved at considerable length Mr. Heverage came to the question of charity and free trade. He said in part: "Reciprocity with Porto Rico will help that island; it cannot hurt us. No, it will help us more than it will help Porto Rico. We will help us more than we can help our possessions at the very beginning of our experience as an administering power. For a nation of 70,000,000 people with an imperial continent for its home, and practiced in all the arts of industry, cannot suffer from poverty, but we cannot be than a single county of Texas, 1,290 miles from our shores, and peopled by less than one-seventieth of our number of inhabitants, poverty-striken and prostrate, ignorant of the meaning of self government, and unable to pass through a glass darkly. If the American republic, just embarked upon the grandest world career of all time, fears competition with the least of its possessions, let us strike our colors as a sovereign nation, and we will be able to by the high inspiration of great events, put back to the port of decay, go out of commission, and let the mighty voyage on which we started be sailed by bolder hearts, loftier faiths and eyes of clearer Measure of Economic Wisdom. "He reciprocity with Porto Rico is not only a matter of duty, it is a measure of economic wisdom. It is the reciprocity for which the great statesmen of the republic have planned and toiled. And it is reciprocity not with a foreign country, but with our own country. It is reciprocity of nature; Porto Rican products supply what we need and cannot so well produce; we supply what Porto Rican needs and cannot so well produce. When our markets are open to Porto Rican products industry will, and must of necessity, be developed. We will all through our island, the people will prosper, money will pour into their withered hands and Porto Rico, now desolate, will be placed in the position of prosperity justified by its resources, its location and its possibilities. And with her prosperity we will be able to prosper. We will exclusively be ours; for our tariff against Europe and the world will be her tariff against Europe and the world, and so our clothing and flour and corn and implements and all the products of our farms and mills and looms will have ex- Effect of Closing Markets "But to close our markets to our own possession or to make those markets dear and difficult is to take from our masses the necessities produced on our own territory, the dependency dear and difficult to our producers is to deny to ourselves the opportunity to sell our own products to our own possession. It is a situation which even the president of the United States could not render endurable to the government of the United States, and so the president of the republic, true to his faith, has instructed his constructive statemanship, has, through the legal and constitutional method of an executive message to the senate and the house, recommended the relief to him by the budget of $1,000,000, which, in turn, relieves the congress of the United States from committing an offense against statemanship to which it was directed, a absolute necissary of the islands, and that recommendation we have adopted." Senator Berry introduced the following amendment to the army appropri- ation bill: "The quartermaster's department in making contracts and purchases of articles and supplies for the military service shall give preference, all other things, including price and quality, being equal, to articles of growth, production and manufacture of the United States; and as between the producers, manufacturers, merchants and dealers of the United States, preference shall be given, all other thing being equal, to those producers, etc., who are not members of or in any way connected with any trust or combine framed to produce, manufacture or sell the articles which are being contracted for and purchased by the quartermaster's department for the military service." Senator Foraker introduced the following amendment to the Porto Rican bill: "That on and after the date when this act shall take effect wares and merchandise previously imported from Porto Rico into the United States for which no entry has been made and all goods, wares and merchandise previously imported from Porto Rico for payment of duty and under bond for warehousing, transportation or any other purpose, for which no permit of delivery to the importer or his agent has been issued, has been subjected to the duties imposed by this act and to no other duty, upon the entry or withdrawal thereof, provided that when duties are based upon the weight of merchandise deposited in any public or private bonded warehouse, said duties shall be subjected to the duties imposed of such merchandise at the time of its entry." Senator Pettus also introduced several amendments to the Porto Rico bill, as follows: Providing a duty of five cents per pound on all coffee imported into Porto Rico. Prohibiting the proposed Porto Rican legislature from enacting any law in conflict with the constitution of the United States. That the constitution of the United States and also the laws of the United States not locally inapplicable shall have the same effect in Porto Rico as in other territories of the United States. Restoring the original provision of the bill for a duty of 15 per cent, of the Dingley law on goods going both ways. **Amendment Defended.** Senator Pettus (Ala.) move 1 to strike out the provision for the 15 per cent, tariff. The motion was defeated 16 to 33 Washington, March 30. Some preliminary routine business was transacted in the House Thursday. A bill was passed granting to the Minnesota & Manitoba Railroad company right of way across the ceded portion of the Chippewa and Red Lake Indian reservation. When the consideration of the army appropriation bill was resumed Mr. McRae (Ark.) attempted to secure an amendment to the provision giving officers and men serving beyond the limits of the United States ten and twenty per cent., respectively, extra pay, which would limit the extra compensation to those serving in the Philippines. He thought there was no reason why those serving in Porto Rico, Cuba and Alaska should receive additional compensation. The paragraph to which the amendment would have been pertinent had been passed, and Mr. Hull, in charge of the bill, refused to return to it. AMERICAN PORK EXCLUDED. Turkish Porte Notifica United States Legation of Prohibition—Energetic Protest Entered. Constantinople, March 30.—The porte has informed the United States legislation that in future the importation of American pork will be prohibited, giving as a reason for the prohibition that the meat is injurious to the public health. Mr. Lloyd C. Griscom, United States charge d'affaires, protested energetically, demanding the annulment of the measure. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson said Thursday that he had no official information that Turkey has prohibited the importation of American pork. If any steps were taken in the matter by this government, he said, the state department would conduct the negotiations. "If it has been decided to bar out all pork," said the secretary, "there can be no cause for complaint, but if American pork is discriminated against we will have good cause to protest, as there can be no valid reason for excluding it, as it is the best in the world. It is probable that the action of the porte was taken on religious grounds, as the religion of the Turks prohibits them from eating pork. Statistics on file in this department show that during the past five years the value of hg products exported from the United States to Turkey has averaged $13 a year." MAY BE LOST AT SEA. British Four-Masted Bark Dunnstaff ange in Bad Shape When Last Heard From. Philadelphia, March 20. Fears are expressed here regarding the safety of the British four-masted bark Dunnataffnage, Capt. D. S. Forbes, which sailed from this city February 9 for Hirogo, Japan, with a cargo of refined oil in cases. The last heard of the Dunnataffnage was the information that on March 6 she collided with and sunk the British steamer Verona, just north of the equator. After the collision Capt. Forbes reported to the captain of the German steamship Pernambuco, which rescued the Verona's crew, that he would endeavor to reach Barbados. It is thought that her collision bulkhead, all that kept her affloat, might have collapsed, and that she sank with her crew of 30 men. Cotton to Be Rear Admiral. Washington, March 30. - The presi dent Thursday nominated Capt. Charles S. Cotton, U. S. N., to be a rear admiral. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SAWYER IS NO MORE. Former United States Senator Expires at His Home in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. HE HAD BEEN LONG IN PUBLIC LIFE. Was Confined to His Bed Only One Day When Stomach Trouble, Suddenly Aggravated by Other Disorders, Causes Death-Brief Sketch of His Life. Oshkosh, Wis., March 30.—Former United States Senator Philletus Sawyer died Thursday morning at 9:15 o'clock at the residence of his son, E. P. Sawyer, in this city. The illness resulting in his death became serious at four o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The attack at first affected the stomach, but later other organs became involved. Mr. Sawyer had been confined to his bed only a day and as he was subject to similar attacks no particular alarm was felt. He rested fairly well Wednesday night and seemed to be feeling a little better Thursday morning. The members of the family are all absent except Mrs. Phil Sawyer, Jr., wife of his grandson. Asking her to remove his shoes and stockings, although he had none on, he settled back with a long sigh and was dead before she realized it. The funeral will probably be held next Sunday, provided the relatives can reach here in time. Mrs. W. O. Goodman, of Chicago, a daughter, accompanied by Mrs. Edgar P. Sawyer and her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Chase, are now in Washington. The remains will be placed in the family vault at the Riverside cemetery, erected a few years ago at a cost of $10,000. Mr. Sawyer was a member of the masonic and old fellows fraternities. He was known as the Grand Old Man of Oshkosh and was universally loved and respected. As soon as his death was announced flags were placed at half-mast all over the city and expressions of sorrow were general. Brief Sketch of His Life. Ex-Senator Sawyer was born in Rutland county, Vt. September 22, 1816. When about a year old he moved with his parents to Essex county, N. Y., and in 1817 he settled in the section where he has lived since. In 1813 he embarked in the limbo of the American colonies and amassed a fortune estimated from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. His first political honor was his election as an alderman to the city council, and afterwards he was chosen mayor. In 1814 he was elected to congress, and in 1817 he was elected to the United States senate, which position he held for three terms. He was always a stalwart republican and his counsel was eager sought both in state and national politics. His career was marked by numerous, amounting annually to thousands of dollars. There was scarcely a public or charitable movement in which he did not head the list of donors. It is believed large bequests will be provided by his will to educational and philanthropic purposes. SHOWS FRIENDLY ATTITUDE. France Will Offer No Opposition to Our Securing the Danish Maritime Zone Paris, March 30.—The foreign office authorities make the following statement regarding France's attitude towards American acquisition of the Danish West Indies: "France will place no obstacle whatever in the way of the success of the Danish-American negotiations. On the contrary, in view of her cordial relations with both the United States and Denmark, she is willing to waive her rights over Santa Cruz, as France values her friendship with these two countries far more highly than any claims she may have in the Danish Antilles." A New Oil Concern. Columbus, O., March 30. — A special to the Dispatch announces the incorporation at Charleston, W. Va., of the Thomas Oil company, of Lorain, O., with a capital stock of $1,000,000. The incorporators are: Hon. Charles L. Kurtz and Ell M. West, of Columbus; James A. Davis, Fred F. Thomas and Clayton Chapman, of Elyria. The company has leases on 67,000 acres of ground and has 53 producing wells. Five Men Killed. Spokane, Wash, March 30. — Five men were killed and several seriously injured by a cave-in on the Great Northern right of way track on Washington street. A Masson brick weighing hundreds of tons toppled over without warning, burying a whole gang of workmen. A dozen physicians are at work. Resigns a Public Position New York, Mureh 30...A special to the Tribune from Washington says that Prof. Henry S. Pritchett, superintendent of the coast and geodetic survey, has resigned his place to accept the presidency of the Massachusetts institute of technology, at Boston. Will Be Arraigned Later. Frankfort, Ky., Mareh 30.—H. E. Youtsey was brought before Judge Moore Thursday morning, but was not ready for trial and the case was passed. He will probably be arraigned again Friday. Lord Curtzon Off to Shoot. Calcutta, March 30.—Lord Curtzon, of Kedleston, viceroy of India, and Lady Curtzon left here Wednesday for a tour, which will begin with a week's shooting in North Bareilly. The Plague in Calcutta. Calcutta, March 30.—The deaths from the plague here on Tuesday numbered 217 and the new cases reported 157. The total number of cases is 301. Minneapolis, - - - - - - - Minnesota. Entered at the Post Office, at Minneapolis, Minn., as second-class matter. Subscription Rates: One Year - - - - - $1.00 Six Months - - - - .60 Three Months - - .35 Subscription Always Payable in AU- vance. Advertising Rates. Religious Notices (not over five lines), free, "Want" and "To Let" advertisements, 8 cents per line for each insertion. Display, 40 cents per inch each insertion. Special rates will be given for space by the year. Editorial Announcements. To secure the return of unsolicited manuscript postage should be enclosed. Communications must reach the office by Wednesday morning, preceding the issuance. All communications, enclosing news matter for publication, must bear the writer's name, not for publication, but as an evidence of good faith. Contributions and items of news concerning the progress of the colored race are reserved for the public. Reserve the right to reject any communication unsuitable for publication. Subscribers ordering addresses of their former employer or former as well as their present address. Address all communications and make all remittances to THE AFFO-AMEI-CAN 405 Northwestern Building, Northampea, Minn. MRS. J. B. KOGER, City Collector. EDITORIAL SOUTHERN LYNCHINGS SOUTHERN LYNCHINGS The lynching of the colored manCotton, at Emporia, Va., for the alleged murder of two white men, a few days ago, adds another page of blood to America's supposed (?) law and order rule. We doubt not the guilt of the accused, who adds another penalty of his crime, which we do not question. But the spirit of lawlessness which moved the bloodthirsty mob to disrespect the law, demonstrates no sign of justice for the negro. Indeed the future is dark. Speedy action on the part of a judge, who resides in said city, by telegraphing to the governor for troops, to prevent the lynching of Cotton, was greatly applauded. Also the prompt action of the governor. But alas, the citizens of Emporia pursued the superiors to withdraw the troops, yet they all agreed that Cotton would be lynched. Queer, isn't? Ah, the alleged laws of America's Southern states is a laughing stock of the world. It is better to be a bold sinner in the prosecution of a hellish hatred against a defendant to do justice by making laws and practicing mobocracy. The troops left at 11:25, and Cotton was lynched and his body riddled with bullets at 12:45. What excuse to offer for this act of criminal negligence? Under these conditions, how can the negro ever expect his life to be protected? What a disgrace to civilization, that the good people of this country have to stand side by side with the murderers. The doctrine of an "eye for an eye" will bring no ultimate good to the negro. But can he do otherwise at this present time? It is either retaliate or sneak off like a dog and hide. If the good white people would suppress these mobs, no hatred of the white man would ever enter the negro's heart. We note that the necromancer of one O'Grady, a white man accomplish of Cotton. It is well that the fire of Southern "white manhood" should burn in the negro's breast, that he (the white man) might see the reflection of his own fiendish acts. Law and order can be had in the Southern states, and it must be. If Congressman White's bill becomes a law, we will sing halleujah. The right will prevail; death to all who oppose law a nd order. Divorce! Divorce! Divorce! seems to be the watchword of unhappy couples. Each day furnishes the word with numberless divorce cases. The newspapers are even advocating a divorce colony. This infamous divorce law is a curse to civilization, an indefatigable enemy to good morals. The result is that such corrupt monopoly of the law by the free and independent contestants make women of questionable characters and men of bad repulse. If this cursed divorce law were abolished, men and women could endure to be looked at cross-eyed, without crying out divorce. Once joined together means forever, until death shall cause a separation. If the contracting parties knew that they were compelled to live together, after accepting each other as life partners, they would be happy under any and all circumstances. Our divorce laws only add to the coercion of the alleged injured complainant. The sphere of life will guarantee pleasure and happiness without untold inate suffering. Divorce law cannot remedy the case. Oh what a curse to marital happiness, that the law has made it possible for self-destruction. The church which prohibits divorce is the organization of the hour. All churches should stipulate the same. Away with the cursed law. Lawyer Frederick L. McGhee, of St Paul, seems to be very prominent in the Democratic circles. Racism is greater than partyism. If Mr. McGhee can persuade the Democrats to give offices to colored men as Democrats, so much the better for the race. For the good of the race it is well that we divide our politics. Nothing will arouse to duty the leaders of the Republican party, to recognize the latent power of the negro vote, but a threatened dissolution of the vote which they can count on without any effort to secure. Undoubtedly. scended from a monkey. Giles—And the monkey, I suppose, descended from a tree.—Chicago Evening News. New Wife—"I wish to get some butter, please." Dealer—"Roll butter, ma'am!" New Wife—"No! We wish to eat it on biscuits." N. O. Times-Democrat. Do you want to be unique? Learn to tell the facts in a story without any embellishments.—Atchison Globe. MINNEAPOLIS (Continued from First Page.) W. C. T. U. Gospel meeting at the Mission last Sunday evening was a success. Mrs. Gould, the vice-president, addressed the meeting. She plainly outlined the work of the society in a manner that was interesting to all. Rev. J. Will King made a few remarks touching along the line of the need of the people taking hold of W. C. T. U. J. T. Monroe and Mrs. D. Wright sung a solo each. The réport of the secretary shows that the society has done some good among the needy people of our city. Rev. King will preach on the subject, "People Will Talk, and Don't You Forget It," Sunday evening at the Mission. Presaching at the St. James church, Ease Site, Sunday at 1 a.m. Rev. J. Will King has moved to 415 Fourth street south, where he will be glad to meet members of his church and friends. ST. PETER'S CHURCH The Twelve Tribes of Israel for the purpose of assisting in raising the $1,300 for the church are organized and actively at work. Mr. Samuel Crawford, head waiter at the Nicollet Hotel, is captain of one of the tribes. The Oriental national fair, to begin May 2, gives promise of great success, the contestants for the grand prize piano are in evidence in all sections of Minneapolis. The plans under way for lifting the mortgage from St. Peter's church, with rosette prospects for success, are a high testimonial to the executive ability of their well known pastor, Rev. W. S. Brooks. Condensed Telegrams May pork sold for $12.50 in Chicago the 28th, the highest since May, 1895. The bill repealing the boxing law passed the New York senate, and with the governor's signature will become a law. General Joubert, commandant general of the Boer forces, died the 28th of stomach trouble. He was 68 years old and was a descendant of a French Huguenot family. The first international cat exposition will open at Berlin, Germany, next month. Po seemen Kirkly and Adams were shot and seriously wounded at Birmingham, Ala., by two men supposed to be safe crackers. Over half of the 300 strikers who walked out of the Knoxville, Tenn., woolen mills have returned to work. Non-union labor has been put in place of the strikers still out. The night express on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad collided with a freight train at Whitney, Ind., killing Engineer Richard Reniman. The tobacco trust will close the great Scotten factory at Detroit, Mich., throwing out 1,000 employees after May 1. Geo. R. Sands, who for 20 years impersonated "the old woman who lived in a shoe" in Barnum's circus parade, died in New York. W. J. Rainey, the millionaire coal and coke operator of Ohio, died in a hospital at Cleveland. United States Consul Hay and his secretary have gone to Kroonstad to make necessary arrangements for United States representation in the Free State. Unknown parties blew up the residence of L. L. Patrick at Kisaw by dynamite. Patrick represents a Montreal mining syndicate, and the miners there allege he jumped several claims. No lives are believed to have been lost. It is reported at the navy department that Rear Admiral Howell, the senior in his grade, is about to seek retirement. He is at present on duty as the head of the naval examining board. Lieutenant Commander Rose, who who recently applied for retirement, has instead been given six months' leave of absence, at the expiration of which time his case will come up for further consideration. Secretary Root will establish a military prison in the Phillippines. Mrs. Langtry was not allowed to produce her play, "The Degenerates," in Pittsburg. Five men were killed and several severely injured by a cave-in at Spokane, Wash. A mass of brick weighing hundreds of tons keeled over, burying a whole gang of workmen. Ex-Senator Philuset Sawyer died at his home in Oshkosh, Wis., the 29th, aged 84 years. The Shah of Persia has appointed Mofakham ed Dowleh minister pleni-potentiary of Persia to the United States. An immense mass meeting in New York passed resolutions condemning the Puerto Rico tariff bill. The porte of Turkey has informed the United States legation that in the future the importation of American pork will be prohibited, giving as a reason that the meat is injurious to the public health. Mr. Lloyd C. Griscom, United States charge d'affairs, protested energetically, demanding the annulation of the measure. The foreign embassies at Constantinople have sent a collective note to the government declaring in positive terms that they will consent to no increase in the import duties without a previous understanding being reached between the powers and the porte. According to the Delagona bay railroad award, Portugal is condemned to pay 15,314,000 francs. The British cruiser Payche has gone to uefields. Nicaragua to protect Britain. MARKETS. Minneapolis, Minn., March 29. Wheat—No. 1 northern, @4@63c; No. 2 northern @64@c; May 44¹c. No. 2 northern, No. 31c, 31c. Corn—No. 3, 30. Cattle—Steers, $3.15@4.25; cows, $2.75 @3.25. Sheep-Muttons, $4.50; lambs, 22@23; Hogs- $4.50; @4.75. Poultry- Tuukeles, s@10c; spring chickens, 13a. MINOR NEWS ITEMS. Kansas may celebrate its semi-centennial in 1904 by an exposition. Shamrock seed is to be planted on the graves of Irish soldiers in Africa. Locomotives built on American designs are proposed for German railways. President McKinley has given $1,000 to the American university (Methodist) at Washington. President McKinley will attend the launching of the battleship Ohio at San Francisco in May. A colony of 400 Missouri farmers is to eb established in the valley of the Concho river in Mexico. Siegfried Wagner, son of the great composer, announces that he will visit the United States and give concerts. Representatives of the commercial interests of 125 German cities protest against exclusion of American meat. Possibility of war with France causes the British public to favor a heavy increase in naval preparations. Wade Crowder, a negro, thought he was a slave and ran away from a Mississippi plantation, going to Chicago. Ab Ak, a Boothbay (Me.) fisherman, claims to have the shortest name on record. It is not abbreviated either. Minnie Botha, the 11-year-old daughter of Gen. Botha, of the Transvaal army, is a pupil in a school at Highgate, London. M. Mercadier, a French inventor in Paris, claims to have solved the problem of sending a number of dispatches simultaneously on a single wire. The Topeka Capital will adopt one of Rev. C. M. Sheldon's ideas by collecting 1,000,000 bushels of Kansas corn for the starving in India. John R. Haines, the Topeka (Kan.) ticket broker recently convicted of murdering Charles Watson, was sentenced to 50 years in the penitentiary. Marie Reting, who shot Edward Grafe on the street in Cincinnati after he had refused to marry her and legitimate her child, was acquitted by the jury. The steamship Switzerland arrived at Philadelphia with 200 Finns who are said to be the first of many thousands fleeing from the cruelty of the government of the czar of Russia. The party will locate in Minnesota, Iowa and Montana. ELECTRICAL NOTES. Electric traction will be used on the Berlin elevated railroads. It has been found that alternating currents of high frequency and low potential may be used to sterilize liquids. A resident of Philadelphia has recently obtained a verdict of $15,000, through the instrumentality of the X-rays. The plaintiff was injured on a street railway car. Dr. M. K. Kassabian was the X-ray expert in the case. The work of the signal corps of the army in the Philippine islands has been excellent. The corps has handled an average of 2,500 dispatches each day since the American army landed at Manila, and the maximum was 4,000 on November 6. The plans for the new Philadelphia mint call for a large equipment of electrical machinery including 14 45-horse power motors for the coining department, 16 five-horse power cutting motors, six 25-horse power finishing motors; and one five-horse power hydraulic motor. An electro-refining equipment is desired for the melting and refining departments. PATRONIZE... WM. JENKINS, ROOMS FOR RENT FIRST CLASS. We Guarantee Superb Service. Prices moderate. Tel. 2737-L-3 Main. No. 9 Second St. No. Minneapolis. J. GARNER. W. H. WELLER. The Elite Buffet 3030 STATE ST., FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Chicago. MRS. J. B. WATSON, Fashionable Dressmaker. Cutting, Fitting and Making Over a Specialty. New York and Paris Fash- ions Always on Hand. Chicago Parlors, 628 Fourteenth Av. South. DR. R. S. BROWN. Office: 405-6 Reeve Bldg. 408 Nicollet Av. 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Deputy Deputy Grand Master--First District--James Woodfork (1), St. Paul. District Deputy Grand Master-Second District--E. H. Hamilton (6), Minneapolis. Master-Third District--J. K. Polk (5), Duluth. MINNEAPOLIS. G. U. O. O. O. F. St. Anthony Lodge, No. 2877. Meets the first and third Wednesday in each month for the transaction of business, last week. A. H. MYRICK, N. G. A. H. MYRICK, N. G. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Nat. Turner Lodge, No. 2, K. of P. Meets the second and fourth Thursdays in each month. In good stand- ard, at Labor Square, Fourth and Eighth avenue south. Meets the first and third Thursdays in each month. All brothers in good standing welcome. Plummet North Hall, First avenue north Washington. First avenue JAMES ROBERTS, C. M. W. C. JEFFREY, K. R. and S. K. J. HILKY Lodge. Meets the first and second avenue at Window Block, Second avenue South and Washington. Masons in good standing always welcome. S. W. LILLARD, W. M. JASPER GIBBS, Sec. Guaranty Loan Restaurant. Anchor Lodge, No. 7. A. F. and A. M. JASPER GIBBS, Sec. Guaranty Loan Restaurant. Each month at Window Block, Second avenue South and Washington. Masons in good standing welcome. SCOTT, W. M. A. B. LEE, 701 Aldrich avenue South. ODD FELLOWS. Mars Lodge, No. 2292. Meets second and fourth Wednesdays in each month. Old Fellows Hall, 225 Wabasha street T. R. HICKMAN, P. S., 422 St. Antoine. F. D. PARKER, N. G., 355 Edmund St. Household of Ruth, No. 553, G. U. O. of O. F. Meets first and third Monday in each month for business, second Monday for instruction, at Odd Fellows Hall, 225 MKRs, S, AUH C, KIRTLE, M.N.G. M. KIRTLE, A JACKSON, W, R., 774 mit place. MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF MINESOTA, A. F. and A. -- J. L. NEAL, Grand Master. W. J. BURKE, Grand Master. S. GUARANZY Loan Bldd., Minneapolis. ST. PETER CLAYER'S SODALITY. Meets the first and third Mondays of each month. J. Gardner, Pres. J. S. Har- Sec. A. D. Bldd., Minneapolis. Pioneer Lodge, No. 1, F. A. and A. M. Meets the first Monday in each month at Masonite Hall, southwest corner Fifth and Sixth Street. Masons in good standing always welcome. H. H. HADLEY, W. M. W. A. HILTON, Sec. 12 Atwater. Minnesota Lodge, No. 2, A. F. and A. M. Meets on the first and third Tuesday in each month at Masonite Hall, southwest corner Fifth and Robert street. Masonite Masons in good standing always welcome. H. B. HOWARD, W. M. J. S. STRONG, Sec. 12, A. H and Robert st. WM. STEVENS, No. 3, A. F. & A. M. Meets second and fourth Monday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner streets. Masonite Masons in good standing always welcome. WM. JOHNSON, W. M. D. E. BEASLEY, Sec. Ryan Hotel. Perfect Ashler Lodge, No. 4, A. F. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday in each month at Masonle Hall, southwest corner Fifth and Robert street. Master Teacher of the Month welcome, B. K. DURANT, W. M. J. H. SHERWOOD, Sec., 461 Carroll. Bethel Chapter, No. 28, R. A. M. Meets the first and third Thursday in center. Fifth and Robert Hall, southwest center. Fifth and Robert Hall, southwest Arch Masons in good standing always welcome. DANIEL ROY, H. P. W. T. GASSAWAY, Sec. State Capitol. CHURCH DIRECTORY. MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PETER A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. W. S. Brooks, Pastor. Sunday services: Preaching, 11:30 a.m.; Sunday School, 3:00 p.m.; evening prayer meeting, 8:00 p.m.; prayer meeting, Thursday evening, 8:00 p.m.; man Home Circle, Tuesday evening at different residences, Parsonage, 2:00 p.m. Near the church. BETHELSA BAPTIST CHURCH. Between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues. Sunday services, teaching, Christmas, 12:30 p.m. Endearer, 1:20 p.m.; evening services, general prayer meeting, 8:00 p.m. prayer meeting, 8:00 p.m. P. Marionage, 1120 Eighth street South. VISION Rev. John J. Faude, in Charge, 151 Sixth avenue South. Sunday, 3:00 p.m.; Sunday Sunday, 3:00 p.m. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH. 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M.; 6 TO 7 P. M. AND NIGHTS. HENRY MOSLEY, PRES. Minneapolis, Minn. PHOTOGRAPHER Finest Work. Prices Right. MINNEAPOLIS, 427-429 Nicollet Ave. Over Yeran's. THE TOMB OF THE MISSING MEN AND WOMEN IN THE TOMB OF THE MISSING MEN AND WOMEN THE HARD-WORK PLAN. From the lowest depths of poverty To the highest heights of fame, From obscureness of position To a bright and shining name, From the mass of human beings Who comprise the common clan, You can learn your way to greatness By the hard-work plan. Twas the key to Lincoln's progress. Twas the route to Webster's fame; And landed by this method To distinction laid his claim; And all earth's noblest heroes. Since this old world first began, Have earned their way to honor By the hard-work plan. I knew a rich old banker's son Who had no aim in view But just to sit round and loaf; Twas all he had to do. The man, he said, "will keep me," a key to do his pay." He earns his bread and butter now At fifty cents a day. And then I knew another lid; His folks had money, too; He didn't sit around and "loaf", but found some work to do that he would prove of him; Said they: "He'll make a man." He earned his way to greatness By the hard-work plan. Go read the lives of men of note, Consider their success; What gave them wealth and eminence? Did luck or genius bless? Bell tell them that he was The race through which he ran Was the contest known to history As the hard-work plan. Don't worry over genius; Don't say you have no brain; Don't sit and watch the stars of hope Till the clouds bring up a rain; And up and toil along the road, And the vine, And earn your way to greatness By the hard-work plan. Jonathan Jones, in Success. THE rushing water brought down the coffee berries from the hills, and the ever-turning wheels crushed and tore away their red husks, throwing their acrid clean scent out into the air. A man and woman looked on listlessly, for they had seen it all so wearily often before. They had got into the habit of strolling about together, these two, and of talking of all things under the sun—but especially of her husband. She was the manager's wife and not at all in love with the big-nosed young fellow beside her. But the manager was a bully, and rough with women, and—there were other troubles. At first the compassion in young Kepler's eyes had stung and shamed her. Then he fell ill, and she had tended him—soft-handed and low-voiced, though her husband raged or whimpered—and being so often near him it became a sort of comfort to feel that the aching silence between them was electric with his pity and indignation, and with something else, that pulsed like a third presence. So she called the something sympathy—and the silence broke into whispers. And the woman's lot seemed harder when the man painted it before her tired eyes. He never asked himself what he meant or planned. He just lived on from day to day in a dull rage with fate, and the manager, and the utter hopelessness of it all. He didn't want to love the brute's wife; and yet, and yet—life wasn't worth a cent without her—especially on a coffee plantation at the back of the Molukos. Kepler had lost his money in Java, and gauged the worth of his friends. So he had taken himself in hand, and determined that work was the order of the day; and at first he had set to with a will, and written letters home to his mother, which she called "answers to prayers." But the poor old lady would have lifted up trembling hands again, had she seen her boy standing by the crushing machine, with his hungry, miserable eyes fixed on his chief wife. "It can't go on," he said—"it can't! This new insult is too dreadful." She looked round nervously. "Re member the coolies," she whispered. "Ah! they don't understand—besides the machine is making an infernal noise." Still her rebuke had shamed him, and he glanced at her guiltily. She had adopted the native sarong and cabaja; her fair hair was tied loosely with a ribbon—her bare feet twinkled in her little gaudy slippers. She prodded at the red slimy pulm ameliorously with her paper parasol. She really wished that he would go on talking. "Oh! do let you go!" "Oh! do let us get into the shade!" he groomed at last. She turned quickly, and they disapeared behind the glistening bushes. The coolies looked at each other and grinned. "What's the good of it all?" he demanded, impetuously, when they were alone. "I wish you wouldn't keep on asking riddles!" she retorted. "Eva!" He had never called her by her name before. He had not meant to do so now. "Well, do talk sensibly," she pouted, with a petulant movement of her shoulders. Then her voice changed suddenly. "I am in awful trouble," she faltered. As she stood under the shadow of the trees with her drooping red flowers he thought she had never looked so beautiful. "What is it now?" he asked, under his breath. "It's money." she wailed—"money—money; and it means ruin," "Money!—with this harvest?" "Yes; the books are all wrong!" Then — as she looked away, he saw how her neck flushed darkly—"you know his temptations," she added. "Yes, yes, I know! I wish I could strangle them," he replied, savagely, yet a joy joy bumped and banged in his heart. If, after all, his chance were coming! She drew very near. Her hand lay bee-ceedingly on his arm. "He says it is your fault," she whispered. "That he is injured—innocent; and—" "And you believe him?" "No! Ah, no!" "Then I don't mix." Thank God, I can prove my case." "And the children? Oh, the poor children!" "Oh, bother the children!" is what he would like to have said, but didn't The children were always getting in his way. Besides, they were just like the head manager. Eva began to cry—miserable tears. "And things were going so well," she sobbed. "So well?" He started from her and held her at arm's length. "Why, your life here is a hell!" he gasped, giving her a little shake. "Oh, no! it is better since you came; sometimes I have been quite happy—and" "And?"—he bent down to look under the paper sunshade; he wasn't thinking much about the errors in book-keeping."And?" "It was Van Berg's last chance," she sighed, "and I thought he had taken it." The under-manager straightened his back. "Yes, I thought he had taken it," he repeated, stupidly. And they wandered on again through the sweet, prim coffee groves. Eva was very quiet—fearing that the strong current of the man's passion would carry her where she would not. And the man was only conscious that he wanted to take her in his arms—and mustn't. The suitty air had madness in it, and they both remember that walk. A muttered execration from Kepler—a child's cry—a grinning baboe. Eva caught her little son to her heart, kissing him passionately. As a rule she was not effusive with her children. It was starlight and the calm of rest brooded in the shadows. Only some tall palms and torn bananas stood out clearly against the sky. When the night-wind rustled through them they stirred softly, to sleep again, like children dreaming of fairies. There had been high walls in the office. The manager hectoring and kicking things about — till the younger man, arising, spoke his mind. Some one from somewhere was on his way to "look into matters." And some one else would "have to go." Now, Van Berg wanted to stay. As Eva said, the plantation was his "last chance," and he had hoped to shift the trouble on to young Kepler's shoulders. It was most inconvenient now to have the truth flashed over his figures with ill-concealed scorn. Kepler was six feet high, and as his anger waxed he seemed to turn into a giant. His dummy, tipping superior felt that the interfering "some one" would believe Kepler. So he pretended to think of Eva and the children, and wept—a pitiful bully—conquered. And the under manager, rejoicing fiercely, left him to his tears and joined Eva in the back gallery. "Don't go on crying like that," he said, roughly. She did not look up nor speak, nor even sob audibly. She was just a mute lump of humanity, with the leaven of happiness left out. Kepler took the limp little hand and held it tenderly. "Don't, deam!" he prayed. "You'll break my heart." Still she was silent. Outside, the tangled stars hung in the blue stillness. "Era," he whispered, "can't you trust yourself to me?" She looked up at him. And her eyes were twin with the stars. She had never so nearly loved him as now, when she realized what hurting him would cost her, and a chill vision of the long future without him caught her breath for a moment. She threw out little fluttering hands. Then, though knowing that she would repent when she had rung down the curtain, the good in her conquered for his sake—almost against her will. "Don't, don't talk like that," she said. "You know better than anyone what my life here is. Yet I can't leave my husband—because I love him." And young Kepler dropped her hands and turned away. For he knew that she had spoken the truth. And after that nothing mattered—much. So, when the "some one" came, the under manager left. Van Berg said it was lucky that he did not go with a policeman! And Eva watched the mailbottit it had faded into a breath of smoke. Then she crept homewards. And her husband cursed her white face and marveled he had ever found her fair. Kepler's mother still prays. Her faith is great. And she needs it.—Pall Mall Magazine. How He Proposed. The diffident young man had wanted to propose to the girl, but for the life of him he did not know how to go about it. He read books on the subject and sought for information from men who had experience, and while the theories were admirable in every instance, he found that the practice thereof was a very different thing. He was walking with her one evening, thinking of these things, when her shoelace became untied. She stuck out her pretty little foot with a smile, looked down at it, and he fell on his knees and tied the lace. Then he walked on with her, and the shoe became untied again. "See if you can tie a knot that will stick," she said, as he worked away at it. He looked up at her tenderly. "I know a man who can," he said. She jerked her foot away. He smiled to himself. "It's the parson," he said, as he arose to his feet and finished the work.—Spare Moments. Beecher's Advice as to His Successor. One evening three months before his death Mr. Beecher turned to a leading member of his congregation and began talking about his successor. "When I'm gone—and, of course, I soon shall go," he said, "I want you to be careful as to the choice of my successor. Don't get a man like me, physically or mentally, or one who expresses himself as I do. Don't have any man who could be compared with me. If you do, some will say he is better than Beecher; others, that he is not so good. In short, get my antipodes." — Ladies' Home Journal. Where He Failed. Wife--You seem to be able to read me like a book. Husband--Yes, I wish I could shut you up as easily--Brooklyn Life. RICHARD YATES. Among the five or six prominent Illinois republicans who want to be governor of the state of Illinois, young Mr. Yates occupies a commanding position. He is the son of a war governor of Illinois, Dick Yates, and was born in Jacksonville in 1925. He received a bachelor's degree in 1949 and a college youth was winner in many oratorial contests. He has since his admission to the bar, held the office of city attorney of Jacksonville, and now holds the position of internal revenue collector for the Springfield district. He has been very active in the Republican Party. Among the five or six prominent Illinois republicans who want to be governor of the state of Illinois, young Mr. Yates occupies a commanding position. He is the son of a war governor of Illinois, Dick Yates, and was born in Jacksonville in 1925. He received a bachelor's degree in 1949 and a college youth was winner in many oratorial contests. He has since his admission to the bar, held the office of city attorney of Jacksonville, and now holds the position of internal revenue collector for the Springfield district. He has been very active in the Republican Party. A Sir William MacCormac, the eminent surgeon, was one of the first of his calling to volunteer for duty in South Africa. He has since his arrival been constantly at the front, and by his skill and heroic work has made himself beloved of the soldiers. He reports the arrangements for helping the wounded from the front to the field hospitals as being admirable. Sir William, instead of using a horse, makes a runabout to the hospital, where he is running in runner, and considers this mode of transportation an ideal one for that country. Sir William MacCormac, the eminent surgeon, was one of the first of his calling to volunteer for duty in South Africa. He has since his arrival been constantly at the front, and by his skill and heroic work has made himself beloved of the soldiers. He reports the arrangements for helping the wounded from the front to the field hospitals as being admirable. Sir William, instead of using a horse, makes a runabout to the hospital, where he is running in runner, and considers this mode of transportation an ideal one for that country. LONG-DELAYED PUBLICATION. Gov. Bradford's famous "History of Plymouth Plantation," sometimes erroneously styled "The Log of the Mayflower," which is now proudly sheltered by Boston's gilded dome, is despite its age and wanderings, clear and as legible as print, and, withal, much of it is so fine that no type of ordinary size will reproduce it line for line, says Truth. Since the days of printing, probably no author has waited longer for a publisher than did Gov. Bradford, or furnished more legible, precise and accurate copy when the allotted time came. Twenty-five years were devoted by him to writing this history, which, although well known at the time, and used and quoted from by several historians, mysteriously disappeared at the time of the American revolution, and was believed to be as irrecoverable as the lost books of Livy. In 1846, however, Bishop Wil RICHARD Among the five or six prominent Illinois of the state of Illinois, young Mr. Yates is the son of the war governor of Illinois, ville, Ill. 20 years ago. He is accounted as a college youth was winner in many mission to the bar, held the office of city position of internal revenue collector for active in the Methodist church, of which berforce, of Oxford, made quotations from a manuscript said by him to be in the library of the lord bishop of London, at Fulham place. These were recognized some years later by an American scholar as probably of Bradford's authorship, and subsequent investigation identified the manuscript, which was for the first time printed in 1556, more than two centuries after it left the author's hands. This immortal manuscript consists of 280 large folio pages, written on one side of the paper-only, the whole strongly bound in vellum; it was recently restored to the custody of the state of Massachusetts by the bishop of London. BOER LAAGERS Camp Defenses Formed from Wagons Placed Axle to Axle with Poles Outward. In South Africa, whenever travelers "outspan" for the night, they invariably form the wagons into a defensive work called a laager. Provided BRITISH SURGEON M Sir William MacCormac, the eminent s- ing to volunteer for duty in South Afri- city at the front, said by his skill and heroi- salty soldiers. He reports the arrangements the field hospitals as being admirable. S his tours of inspection in a Japanese fir- and considers this mode of transportatio- there are enough wagons, this is either square or oblong, the latter shape being preferred. When each ox is allowed 26 square feet the smallest lager that will hold the oxen is that formed by 60 wagons. These are formed in single rank in a hollow square, touching, and with the poles outward. This renders the improvised protection easily removed when the order to "inspan" is given. Each wheel should be locked and fastened securely to its neighbor, to prevent an enemy from dragging out one of the wagons and thus gaining access to the square. Every human being and animal must be within the inclusion before dark, or they may run serious risk from being fired upon by their own friends. If time permits a shelter trench should be dug all around the lager, so that, with men lying in them, the others posted on the wagons, a double tier of infantry fire may be maintained. Growing Purchases Abroad. The United States imported more merchandise last year from every quarter of the globe than it took in 1898. THE SHORT STORY. Some of the World's Great Novellas Have Made Themselves Masters of It. With few exceptions, the world's great novelists have been masters of the short story, says the International Monthly. They hammered at the short story until they perfected it as a literary form as distinct and self-contained as a sonnet or a ballad. They found that the ideal short story, like the ideal lyric, can deal with only one main emotion or experience—that the slightest irrelevance is fatal—that every detail must be bound with living cords to the heart—that every word must bear on the creature; every man, he he but a street scavenger, is a whole bundle of men, and every one of them of varying moods. Where is the chance to paint a man in a short story? At best there can be but a glimpse of one passing experience, one isolated emotion. Imagine "Tom Jones" in a single chapter, or "Le Pere Goriot" in a conte! There have been of late few strenu NO YATES. nois republicans who want to be governor occupies a commanding position. He is "Dick" Yates, and was born in Jackson-on an orchard of more than ordinary ability, and oratorical contents. He has since his ad attorney of Jacksonville, and now holds the attorney of Jacksonville, and now holds the Springfield district. He has been very he is a devoted member. ous and interesting attempts at a cross between the novel and a short story. The resulting hybrid has been sufficiently alarming to prevent, it is to be hoped, further experiments in this direction. It is worth noting, however, that the hysterical and emotional novelette is less painful to encounter than the amorphous and hydrocephalic short story. In the matter of literary forms the mixture of blooms and grossing of strains seems less successful than biologists declare them to be in the animal world. COWBOY BLACKSMITHING The Holes for Bolls Were Made by Firing Bullets Through the Tires. "Up at my camp near the Four Peaks," said Jim Bark, reports the Arizona Graphic, the well-known cattleman, "the boys are all handy with a rifle. We've a lot of guns up there. The old-fashioned black-powder Winchester has been discarded and nothing but the best goes. Most of the new MAKING THE ROUNDS. surgeon, was one of the first of his calla. He has since his arrival been constant- work has made himself beloved of the or helping the wounded from the front to help William, instead of using a horse, makes Arkisha drawn by a native African runner, on an ideal one for that country. guns were bought during the Spanish war, when we would experiment all day with tree trunks and rough trenches, learning the art of war at home. We found that a bullet from one of the new Winchester, driven by smokeless powder, was good for four foot and more of pine timber and for more than an inch of iron. I thought the boys had done about everything in the shooting line that could be done long ago, but I was mistaken. I sent them up a wagon. In hauling down some firewood they broke the bolsters all to flinders. The bolsters hold up the wagon bed, you know. Well, the boys figured out all right the rebuilding of the wood parts, but came near being stumped on the iron fixings. They got some old iron wagon tires and cut them in proper lengths, but hadn't a way that they could see to punch the necessary bolt holes. Finally the question was solved. One of the boys carefully marked the pinces for the bolts, stood the pieces of tire against a tree and put a bullet, 30 caliber, through the tire at each place marked. It was a novel sort of blacksmithing, but it worked." --- FRILLS OF FASHION Dainty Blits of Finery That Are Now Popular in Ladies' Costumes. Lace straws which are dainty reminders of the old-time hats worn by our grandmothers are revived again, and in the same old patterns in some cases. In fact, all kinds and conditions of fancy braids are already in sight, says the New York Sun. The new artificial flowers are dreams of beauty in pastel colorings, delicate shadings and exquisite daintiness of texture. Many of them are made of gauzy silk and chiffon. The hydrangea, not a specially dainty flower in its natural state, is a charming exponent of the season's scheme of coloring, but every imaginable flower is reproduced in tints which almost surpass nature itself. There are chiffon roses, the daintiest silk poppies and the most beautiful foliage of all kinds, including shaded leaves. Certainly flowers must have the lead in hat trimmings this season or all this beauty would be lost. Lace will be a prominent feature of millinery as well as tulle and chiffon and we are promised hats all of lace, with lace strings. Feather boas in the flat instead of round shapes are the correct thing, especially in the mother-of-pearl shapes of marabout mixed with ostrich feathers. The craze for buttons on cloth gowns seems to be increasing and it must be granted that they give a pretty touch in color to a costume. Buttons set with real gems are the thing if you can afford them; if not, the very latest fancy is camoe in either stone or shell. Rather long hairpins with real jeweled heads are a new fancy. The inevitable summer shirt waist is here in full swing and with such charming variations in style and price that it is all more alluring than ever. The most fastidious woman can gratify every whim of fancy this season. Between silk, wash silks, embroidered batisties and cotton madras, there is every conceivable kind and condition of shirt waist. The last mentioned material is being made up into waistfs for wear during the spring before the weather is warm enough for lawns and batisties. The newest shirt waist has no yoke in the back, a decided improvement on that of last season, as it removes the one objectionable masculine feature. It is made both with and without stiff cuffs, and worn with dainty feminine stocks of silk and lace quite as much as with linen collars, so ruinous to the beauty of a pretty throat. Another feature of the stylish tout ensemble of the new shirt waist is the belt which must be narrow in the back and rounding down low in front to accentuate the long line from the bust to the hem of the shirt. Tucked taffeta silk makes pretty belts of this sort. High-heeled shoes seem to be coming into vogue again, and the buildog toe, except for strictly walking purposes, is out of it altogether. The medium round toe is the fancy of the moment, and if you would be quite up to date you must have embroidered satin slippers to match your evening gowns and tea gowns as well. One of the novelties in material for separate waistis is a plaid silk, either pale blue or pink and white, divided in diamond square with narrow Valenciennes lace insertion. THE GOLDEN TEMPER May Be Regarded as the Philosopher's Stone of a Woman's Domestic Life. The art of being companionable is a secret worth finding out, even if it takes time and patience to learn it, affirms Mary Stuart McKinney, when writing of "The Companionable Person," in *Woman's Home Companion*. Some people are born with the happy knack. There is a spontaneous gaiety that you expect women to have, just as you expect the birds to sing and the sun to shine. Many a very bad quarter of an hour has been averted in the domestic circle by a bright laugh qr a gay rejoinder. The laugh may be saucy and the rejoinder a bit of verbal buffet, but if it is only done good naturefully it will be all the more effective. It used basely to be said of men that the only way to make them happy was to feed them well. That could only have applied to a small and commonplace minority. Of course, no one wants an uninterrupted round of even the most brilliant smiles any more than the most meringues and biscuits glues, but it is safe to say that countless numbers of willing and delighted musculine captives may be led to the lightest chains that gayety and good humor can forge. This a great deal of the imperfect education that is dealt out by the handful nowadays is that some women are apt to undue value on more book learning and the gift of controversy. This kind of a person looks upon your little joke as beneath her dignity, and she treats you to a somber harangue on the necessity of having serious views of life at the moment when you are striving to look at things cheerfully in an effort to forget cares and anxieties. It is a woman's privilege to lighten the shadows and be all that is gracious and bright on the ornamental side of life. It is a good plan to let much learning sit as lightly as possible, and to get into the habit of making "little troubles pass like little ripples in a sunny river." Thawing Out Frozen Plants It not infrequently occurs that plants shipped late in the fall or during the winter season, in mild weather, are caught by severe weather and become frozen. Many persons would think them perhaps fatally injured and of little value; but exposure to frost is not harmful provided the plants may gradually unexposed to light and heat. The best plan, therefore, is to let the box remain unopened, and put it in a cool cellar. It may take a week or more to thaw out; but under proper conditions there will be no harm done. - Mechat's Monthly. CHANGE OF GOVERNORS The Queer Way It Was Effected in the Province of Amasonas, Brasil. A recently returned traveler from Brazil gave to a Washington reporter an interesting account of some of the peculiar systems of that country. He said that the people of the interior states, especially along the upper Amazon, were so far removed from the central authority at Rio that they paid little attention to the federal government and were almost independent states or provinces. Politics in this region means simply a contest between the "ins" and the "outs," and as soon as one set of politicians is installed in office all the combine against them to force them out of office. It is a constant warfare, with "Furn the rascales out!" as a battle cry. Sometimes this procedure gives rise to amusing complications, one of which came under his notice. The province of Amazonas recently had as governor a very enterprising and popular statesman, who lined his pockets with gold, and by his business ability and acumen accumulated a large fortune. His political followers and associates, however, did not share his fortunes to a satisfactory extent, and hinted at him, rather broadly, perhaps, that he should retire and give some of the others a chance. "This did not appeal strongly to the governor," said the traveler, "who was well satisfied with his corner on the public crib, and did not intend to relinquish his place to anyone. Finding their appeals of no avail, a most ingenious plan was finally evolted, having for its object the retirement of the governor and the selection of the lieutenant governor as his successor. "At a meeting of the legislature, or congress, as it is called, of the state of Amazonas a bill was passed providing that the governor should make a year's tour of Europe for the purpose of interesting European capitalists in the industrial and agricultural enterprises of Amazonas and to study the conditions of commerce, banking, etc., in Europe. "It was believed such a trip would greatly benefit the state, and in order to provide the governor with funds sufficient for him to make a suitable impression on the monarchs of Europe a fund of $70,000 was allotted to him for traveling expenses. So carefully did the conspirators guard their plans that the governor did not for a moment suspect their intention to oust him, but he did fear that if he started out without his money they might forget to hand over the $70,000. "The consecientious curcles of the governor were overcome, however, by his friends, who informed him that to make certain he would receive his traveling expenses they were prepared to hand them over in advance. All objections to his departure being thus removed, the governor prepared to sail without delay, and arrangements were made for his departure amid pump and ceremony. Just before the sailing the lieutenant governor pushed to the governor and pressed him to sign some important papers. "The governor hastily scrawled his signature on the papers and was about to rise, when the lieutenant governor bethought himself of one more document which it was absolutely necessary the governor should sign, probably a receipt for the $70,000. He suggested that the governor write his signature at the bottom of a blank sheet, and he would fill in the paper later. The scheme met with the approval of the governor, who wrote his name, as requested, at the bottom of a blank sheet of paper. "Amid the wild buzzes of the admiring populace, the governor set sail, and a few months afterward word was received of his safe arrival in Europe. On receipt of this information the lieutenant governor, who was acting as chief magistrate, summoned an extra session of the congress and laid before them the resignation of the governor. The wily lieutenant governor had filled in the blank sheet of paper with the formal resignation of the governor. At this astounding piece of information the members of the congress at first refused to believe their own eyes, but, after considering the matter and verifying the signature at the bottom of the resignation, they came to the conclusion it was genuine and accepted it. "The lieutenant governor succeeded to the vacancy and assumed the reins of office immediately. The intelligence of his deposition was conveyed to the ex-governor in Europe, and his tour was cut short. "He hastened homeward with the avowed purpose of taking vengeance on the new governor and all his friends. The ex-governor landed at Rio and was about to proceed up the Amazon to his former capital when he was met with the polite message that if he attempted to ascend the river the steamer which carried him would be met by a gunboat from Amazonas and be sent to the bottom with all on board. This not only tended to cool his arder, but made cold chills run up and down the back of the steamer's captain, to whom he applied for transportation. Consequently he did not succeed in getting away from Rio, and the last I heard of him he was cooling his heels in the anteroom of the federal administration, imploring its assistance to regain the governorship of Amazonas." Not a Case of Suicide "Plunk a man straight through the heart every time!" exclaimed the apparent tenderfoot, leaning easily against the bar. "Why, there ain't one in this crowd o' lazy boners can do it!" The bartender instantly ducked and two seconds later 26 bullets pierced the stranger's coat. But he never turned a hair. "Gents," he said, smiling pleasantly, as he began to unbutton his coat, "i apologize. I am selling the Amea Eureca Excelsa Woven Wire Undergarment. Weight only two pounds, and warranted bullet-proof. Now, let's all licker up and talk business!"—Puck. Was He Sincere? Hicks—How did my friend Dr, Sealipel impress you? Wicks—To tell the truth, I hardly know what to think of him. I don't know whether he is a humbug or only just a humorist. When you introduced us he said: "I hope I see you well, sir."—Boston Transcript. Washington, D. C.—"When our boy was about 16 months old he broke out with a rash which was thought to be messies. In a few days he had a swelling on the left side of his neck and it was decided to be mumps. He was given medical attendance for about three weeks when the doctor said it was scrofaula and ordered a salve. He wanted to lance the sore, but I would not let him, and continued giving him medicine for about four months, when the bunch broke in two places and became a running sore. Three doctors said it was scrofaula, and each ordered a blood medicine. A neighbor told me of a case somewhat like our baby's which was cured by Bood's Sarsaparilla. I decided to give it to my boy and in a short while his health improved and his neck healed so nicely that I stopped giving him the medicine. The sore broke out again, however, whereupon I again gave him Hood's Sarsaparilla and its persistent use has accomplished a complete cure." Mrs. Nettie Chase, 47 K St., N. E. One of Glen McDonnough's jokes. In one of his faves Glen McDonnough had written two or three lines to be spoken by a chorus girl. The lines were given to a green, heavy amateur, who looked well and would do. At the rehearsal the girl made her way to the stage, where she booked, "Mr. McDonnough, I have a friend, in the first act and one in the third. Couldn't you write me one for the second act, too?" McDonnough thought a minute, looked at the girl and said: "Yes, in the banquet scene you enter and I have the hum" "Oh, I am the hum with me" "No, my dear, it is not a speech, it is a concession." Chicago Chronicle. Signal Signal "I was much amused," said Cawker to Cumso, at what a returned Klondiiker told me of the customs of the gold mines, "of the men who said that in his shanty six men slept together. They all lay in a row, like spoons in a case, facing one way, to keep warm, and they would call off of lying on one side he would call out, Lawyer, and they would all turn at once." "Why did they use the word 'lawyer'?" that meant 'lue on the other side." — Judith A. Literary Help: Cannibal King (to poet laureate)—What's wrong with that coronation ode? Can't you finish it? Laureate—I can't get enough feet in the last stanza. King—Other of the guard, go out and cut enough off those slaves to supply the postie's needs. said that King Oumalebakskage did not encourage literature to the limit—Baltimore American Great Social Forces. We believe it will be found that, next to electricity, flattery is the greatest force in the world.—Achison Globe. The man who cracks his fingers several times while nailing down the carpet knows what it is to take pains with his work.—Philadelphia Record. "Trigly, does your club play whist regularly?" "No, the women talk regularly, and we men play whist when conversation flage."—Indianapolis Journal. You can ride a broken horse, but it is different with a broken wheel.—Golden Days. Everyone thinks he works for a man who is mighty unappreciative.—Achison Globe. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of Brew Food See Fac-Simile Wrapper Below. Very small and as easy to take as organ. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION Price 20 Cents GENERAL USE. DO NOT MAKE SIGNATURE. Purity Vegetable. CURE SICK HEADACHE. 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Should be used in leather, size, and width, plain or cap toe. Cat. fat. CAT FELTLE. W. L. DUOGLAS SHOE CO. Brockton, Mass. THE STORY TELLER A DISAPPOINTMENT An' revel in the sweetness of ambition realized!" An' I've jest about concluded, as I think it o'er anew. That there ain't much fun in loafin'—cept- in' when there's work to do. —Washington Star. A Fish and a Bear Superior Truthfulness of the Man Who Does Not Tell Fish Stories. AS FEE me," and Caleb, the mountain guide, who knows the forest fastnesses of the Cascade range as no other man knows them, "I ain't given to tellin' what nait' so and I d杰 as soon as not take my affidavit to anything I have to say as if I was on the witness stand. In fact I'd a mite ruther, for no matter how honest a man is there is always somebody around suspicionl of him. What I tell is reliable and could be wrote right into a history. But 'tain't everybody is willin' to go on record over a so-help me. "Fer instance, there was Sam Rogers, that used to be my pardner before he got rich and killed himself livin' too high in Frisco. Sam used to tell how he was fishin' one day down in Floridy. He had a nigger feller feller him and they pulled out in a sailboat about a quarter of a mile from shore to ketch a mess ferr supra. They was busy fishin' and didn't notice a squall comin' up till it had 'em, and before they knew what was happenin' they was bein' blowed out to sea at the rate of about 40 miles a minute or so. They tried to git the boat turned round and go the other way, but the wind blowed so they couldn't do a thing but let go and they give up at last and put themselves in the hands uv Providence. The wind blowed a gale till midnight and wound up by blowing their mast and sail away, leaving them on the bosom uv the deep, as Sam used to say, at the mercy of the waves. They laid down in the little cabin of the boat and give up fir gone coon-skins, but they was alive when mornin' come and clean out of sight of land, they didn't know how fer. They didn't have anything to eat either, nor to drink, not countin' on a long voyage, and when they got their senses in the mornin' they was hungry and dry. "To make things wuss, the sun come out about six s'clock and got hotter'n a red-hot store lid. They drifted around all day hopin' to see some vessel er other, but they didn't, and when night come they was in a powerful bad fix that was wuss the next mornin'. Sam said he was going to kill the nigger and eat him, but he never did like the dark meat, so he held off awhile and the nigger thought mebble they might ketch a fish. The boat was a fishin' craft with all kinds of tackle on board, and the nigger rigged a big book and line and said mebble he might catch a tarpon. That's what he done, too, after a long time, and he was a big one weighin' over a hundred pound. It was a job landin' him, but Sam said desperite men could do anything when they tried and Sam and the nigger didn't let that tarpon git away. There was a little oil stove in the cabbin, and they went right at the fish to git a piece of him as soon as they could. The nigger held the fish on his back and Sam ripped him open, and when he did, by gravy, his knife hit some-thin' hard and Sam give it another rip, when out dropped a black bottle." The listeners were on the point of making a demonstration. "No, gents," said Caleb, holding up his hand for quiet. "It wasn't liquor. It was a quart bottle, though, tight corked, and Sam had the cork out in about two winks of a cat's eye, and it was full up to the neck with nice mineral water. It was cold, too, as the inside of a fish, and when Sam and the nigger seen it they forgot all about the prejuicee of color and actually hugged each other. They took a good drink apice, Sam and the nigger, right out of the same bottle, and et some of the fish that they cooked, then they braced up to their situation, feelin' a good deal more chipper. About noon they took another nip, and that evenin' when they was about to take their last one, they sighted a vessel that come along and saved their lives. Sam always sailed he reckoned that the fish had picked the bottle up somewhere in his travels and that it had likely been drapped overboard from some ship or other sailin' in them waters, for it wasn't very likely that he'd come and git it out of a barroom." The listeners applauded. "Don't do it, grets." begged Caleb. "Ta'n't the truth. I don't believe, never did, and you oughtn't to encourage lyn' under no circumstances. Now my story ain't that kind at all. It's got the truth stinkin' out all over it like pork on the frell quillupine, as the poet says. Mine happened on land where there ain't no fish to tempt a man. It happened out in the Rockies when I was about 20 years old. Me and my brother Jim was minin' out there and we had a cabin about five miles from the nearest camp where there was a store. I was over one day after a few supplies, includin' of a galouf of coal, what you call kakrose nowadays. As I was coming along home about two o'clock in the afternoon, a big grizzly bear, that I thought was an elephant, come tumble' out of the thicket along the trail and stopped facin' me not 50 yards away. We both kinder skeeerd each other, I guess, we we stood lookin' at each other for a second, and then the bear comes for me, I drapped everything, except the coal oil, and I would a 'drapped that, I reckon, and I had it hung round my neck with a string, and started down the trail. Jest a little ways back there was a pole about 20 feet high up put by some surveyors four or five years before that for some kind of a signal station and when I got to it I skinned up it like a cat, knowin' that the grizzly couldn't fell. I made it jist in time, too, for when I got to the cross beam, 15 feet up, he was at the bottom reachin' for me, and so close I could feel his breath on me. "I was so bad skecer that I jist hung acrost the beam and couldn't move a hair, but I come to purty soon, and wormed around till I got straddle of it and put my arms around the pole to hold on by. Then I began to yell fer my brother er anybody else that might be in sound, though there wasn't much chance of that, seein' that I was anyways a mile from our cabin. The bear was busy all the time pawin' at the post and shakin it till I was sure he would pull it down or shake me out. You see, it had been there till it was gittin' rotten at the ground and allfired wobbly. I kep' a yellin' an' the bear kep' a-growlin' and a-pawin', but I was gittin' kinder used to it, now, and thought I could stay up the stump as long as he could stay at the bottom of it, with a mighty fine chance of his gittin' his skin full of 48-caliber bullet holes whenever my brother showed up with his gun. "But I wasn't going to enjoy myself long, for present I begin to notice that the pole was beginin' to swag under my weight and was leanin' over a little. Not very much, gents, but some, and a mighty little counted for a good deal under them circumstances. When I saw what was bound to happen it took all the holler out of me, and I couldn't yell loud enough for the bear to hear me. I could feel myself goin' goin', goin', as the pole swagged a little more every minute, and I could feel myself hit the ground and the next minute have the bear jump on top of "HE LOOKED LIKE A HAYSTACK AFIRE." me, I thought I would stand up on the cross beam, so when I struck the ground I would have a chance to light on my feet, and so I squirmed around, the coal oil can in my way and I was about to yank it off and hit the bear one good clip with it when I was struck with an idea that made me feel so good that I fairly whooped. "The bear was a little quieter, now, but I flung some loose shot at him that I had in my pocket and he reared up and come a growlin'. I was afeered he'd shake the pole down, he was that mad, but I grinned at him, and got my coal oil can around where I could handle it, and takin' off the cap I poured it down on him in a nice big stream. That made him madder'n ever, and he snapped and showed his teeth and pawed the tree, and me pourin' the oil down on him and all over him just as long as it lasted. Then as quick as I could I took the手kerchief chief that I wore 'round my neck, poured what oil was left in the can on it and set it itre affer with a mate. It flashed up in great shape and seemed to make the bear was than ever, and when he was reearin' right up at me I dropped it snack over his head. "He made an ugly grab at it, but only one, for the next second the coal oil on him blazed up like a bonfire and that bear give a scream of fear and agony. I reckon that's what it was that mighty near made me feel sorry for him. He looked like a haystack afire and the way he went down the hill beat any Fourth of July fireworks percussion you ever seen. As he went down the mountain, I came down the pole that was swaggin' way over by now, and I went up the hill as fast as the bear was goin' down it. I found my brother as soon as I could, and then we went back and down the ravine we found the bear deader than a skinned hog, and part of him roasted too done to be good eatin'. That's a fact, gents, but if you want my affluvy, you kin git it in a minute." But not a listener in the group had the shadow of a doubt of Caleb.—N. Y. Sun. Mary's Record A good little girl of olden days was Mary Osgood Sumner, whose "Monitor," or diary, contains a black list of her misdresses, which does not disclose any very serious fault, and a white one showing what duties she performed. She writes: July 8. I left my staise on the bed. July 9. Mispaced Sister's sash. July 10. Spoke in haste to my little Sister, spilt the cream on the floor in the closet. July 12. I left Sister Cynthia's frock on the bed. July 16. I left the brush on the chair; was not diligent in learning at school. July 17. I left my fan on th bed. July 19. I got vexed because Sister was a going to cut my frock. July 22. Part of this day I did not improve my time well. July 30. I was careless and lost my needle. August 5. I split some coffee on the table. The white list, which is a very long one, shows her as saying her catechism, making tarts and pudding, and being "middlin Diligent."-Youth's Companion. A Man's Opinion of Himself. A man never thinks he is as bad as he really is.-Chicago Daily News. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. There are a great many caves and prehistoric mounds in Iowa. Winter suspends the activity of certain microbes, but does not destroy their life. In a suit to recover the price of a bicycle sold on the installment plan. an Albany court has decided that a bicycle is not a necessity to a girl under age working out as a domestic. Britannia ware is still on the market, but Sheffield plate is an old-fashioned ware of silver plated on copper. If you have a piece of it, it is valuable, even if much worn, and should by no means be plated again. In Santiago in the better class of houses the bedsteads are surrounded with a close kind of netting, beginning at the floor and gathered at the top. This is intended as a protection against tarantulas. Brooklyn spends annually $1,593,750 for kindling wood. In addition to this $135,000 is expended each year for oak and hickory stove wood, making the total annual expenditure for this old-fashioned fuel $1,728,750. Descendants of Lord Baltimore still live in Maryland, and among their most valued possessions is a portion of a rosary which formerly belonged to Lord Baltimore himself. The wood of which the beds are carved came from the Mount of Olives. The sweet bay tree, or laurel, was sacred to Apollo, and in both Egypt and Rome its leaves were used to decorate the victors in games in the war. These leaves are much used now in the culinary art, the practice having been borrowed from the French. TO CURE NERVOUSNESS. Self Restraint in Women a Mark of Gentility and Good Training. An obvious remedy for the nervousness born of hurry may be trite and commonplace, but it is sensible not withstanding. Haste inevitably makes waste in human experience. Delightful as is the last nap on the drowsy pillow, difficult as it seems to waken a little earlier, to get the bath and the dressing and the little interval for quiet thought which should be the prelude to every one's day, a small sacrifice, a trifling degree of resolution will enable any person in normal health to secure an extra half-hour in the morning. The extra time, so easily secured, so precious in the gifts it bears in its hand, will make you and me the world-wide difference between dignity and irritation, between composure and fussiness, writes Margaret Sangster in Harper's Bazar. A woman should face the situation, whatever it be; discover, if there is any flaw, what has caused it, and then calmly and gently, as her province is, see about setting it right. Half our worries spring from some occult occasion which we may overcome, and much of our so-called nervousness, it is acknowledged, is born in worry. Some of it comes from subtle springs which are located deep in the fountain of our being, and these are often so incomprehensible to our friends that they survey our weakness with little patience. Generations of us, from Mother Eve down, have shrieked in every note of the gamut at such of our pet aversions as have crossed our pathway, and the woman of the twentieth century has in her brain the wayworn tracks made for her by her forebears. From knowing that a course of action is unwise and inconsiderate to seeing what may be done to rectify it is often the step which costs most and counts for most. Every time when we remain silent, though the desire to speak beats in insistently at the door of our lips; every time when, though ready to rush or to fly or to exclaim with vehement, we are simply quiet, holding ourselves in with bit and rein, we make a real gain in self-restraint. And self-restraint in women marks the line of divergence between the untrained person and the thoroughbred, between the gentlewoman and her low estate. Voluble self-pity, emphasized dislike, exaggerated statements of emotion, unreasoning terror, all help to demoralize the nerves and make the woman a sort of nervous degenerate, and her power to control herself—her power to shut off steam, to sidetrack an annoyance or conquer a fright—grows as she practices it. By every act of calmness she gains in the essentials which keep her spirit calm and free from agitation. Evil of Fried Food No one who has taken the trouble to scan the average American bill of fare can fail to recognize the importance of the frying pan with us; fried ham or bacon and eggs, fried oysters, fried potatoes, fried steaks, and so on, ad nauseum, seem to be staple articles of food. What can be done to lessen the fried-food nuisance? Perhaps nothing so long as present conditions exist; so long as the highest ideal of the people is to accumulate dollars rather than to develop and preserve healthy bodies which shall be the servants of healthy minds. Yet if those who teach physiology in our public and other schools understood their subject and its practical applications as they should; if there were more schools in which wholesome, economical cookery were taught as it should be; if physicians took every opportunity to impress such facts of practical hygienic importance as they should, there can be no doubt that by some sensible and well-informed people the fried abominations would be avoided.—Philadelphia Medical Journal. Wounded "Unbeknownst." One of the colonial war correspondents narrates a curious incident that came under his notice at the Rietfontein engagement. A private of the Natal mounted rifles had his horse shot, and immediately cried out: "I'm hit." "Nonsense, man; it's only your horse," cried a comrade, and the man, accepting the assurance, went on fighting. He returned to camp with his corps, strolled about in the evening, suffered during the night from what he called spasms, and only next morning discovered that a Mauser bullet had gone clean through his body. Then he collapsed, and was taken to the hospital. The moral would seem to be that ignorance is bliss on the battlefield as elsewhere, and that the consequences of being perforated by a Mauser bullet are not worse than in the case of a Lee-Metford performing the operation—London Chronicle. LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS WILL CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY A STATE STREET SCENE ON A STORMY DAY. NOTE—Laxative Bromo-Quinine which is advertised on the large banner over State Street, Chicago, as represented above, is the only exclusive cold prescription sold by every druggist in the United States, Canada and in England. This is the signature of the inventor and plainly appears on every box of the genuine article. It is sold for 25c a box, and all druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. THE TEEMING WEST. The Prairie Lands of Western Canada Being Filled with Excellent Settlers. The salient fact that presents itself in taking a bird's-eye view of the Canadian West, is that of intense activity in every department. Whether the glance be turned upon the district east of Winnipeg, the Red River Valley south or north, the Dauphin and M. & N. W. district, the Southwestern, or whether it take in the great central division along the main line of the C. P. R. stretching away out to the Rockies and from there bending north and south to Prince Alberta and Edmonton, Meleod and Lethbridge—whether the examination be made in any of these directions the same activity, growth and hopefulness is observable. The Canadian west is not only a good place to locate permanently, but it is also a good place to invite their relatives and friends to come to. This is the spirit that seems to animate the west at the present time and its effects are to be seen on every hand. To enumerate the towns where handsome and substantial blocks and residences have gone up this year would be simply to give a list of the towns and villages along the railway lines. And this movement has not been confined to these centers of population, but in many cases it has been overshadowed by the improvement in farm buildings. So far as one can see, this is no passing phase, no repetition of any temporary boom following a period of good crops and fair prices. It is a movement more spontaneous, more general, more marked than anything that has gone before, and seems to indicate that the Great West, like Samson, bursting the encompassing bands, has awakened to a period of activity and development that will surpass anything we have known in the past and which will only be paralleled by the opening out of some of the most fertile of the western states of the union. Look at some of the figures. Over a thousand schools in Manitoba and the number going up by leaps and bounds. Something like five hundred schools in the Territories. Winnipeg as representing the gateway of the west, the third city in the Dominion in regard to bank clearings, postal business and probably in regard to customs: the custom return at Winnipeg running about thirty to forty per cent, greater month by month than in the fiscal year of 1897.8, the largest previous year for actual business entries, when over $900,000 was paid through the Winnipeg office for duty. The C. P. R. and Canada Northwest land sales together running over $1,500,000 for the year. These, and a thousand more signs show how the west has leaped into new life. This is an inspiring and cheering spectacle, but it brings with it great responsibilities. The business men realize this, the banks realize it, and have spread their agencies through every bustling little town clear out to the coast, the churches realize it, and one denomination alone has opened an average of about thirty new stations in each of the past two years, and will increase this in the year now entered upon the government departments realize it, and there is talk of redistribution and additional members. The educational branches realize it and new schools are springing up everywhere. Over 12,000 settlers came from the United States alone last year, and these with the people who came in from the east prove the most rigorous Westerners. They lose no time in developing their farms, in filling their grazing lands with stock and in every district is to be found evidences of thrift and prosperity. Was All Face. The governor general of Canada, while enjoying a drive in the keen, frosty air, met an Indian who was very lightly clad. From an Indian who was very lightly clad, from an opposite the Indian and asked him how it was he could withstand the cold under so light a covering. The Indian, without a mask, responded by asking: "How your face not cold?" The governor general explained in his simplest English how it was that, the skin was covered, it was exposed to the weather always, it natural coldness. The Indian waited till the white man was through, then, with an utterly expressionless countenance, he said: "I went and went his way." -Cincinnati Enquirer First Results He—What's the matter, dear? You look as if there was something troubling you. She—There is, I've joined a "Don't Worry" club, and I don't know how in the world I am going to pay my dues.—Yonkers Statesman. 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It has completely cured me, but I very highly, I thought I would more bottles for fear I will get into the same fix I was before I sent for '5 DROPS," writes Mr. Alexander Futrell of Vandale, Ark., Feb. 6th, 1900. Is the most powerful specific known. Free from opiates and perfectly harmless. It gives almost instantaneous relief, and is a positive cure for RHEUMATISM. It is often used in the treatment of the pain from the back of the head. Neuralgia, Dynepsin, Backache, Asthma, Hay Fever, Catarrhia, Hbpain, Cough, Bleechness, Nervousness, Nervous and Neuralgia. Headache. Headache. Nervous, Drowsy, Molaria. Creeping Numbness, etc., etc. 30 DAYS to enable sufferers to give "5 DROPS" at least a trial, we sample bottle will send a 56-sample bottle, prepaid by mail for 16e. A sold by us and agents. AGERTS WANTED is New Territory. Write us today to EASILY TOLD. He Could Judge of the Passage of Time with the Greatest It occurred in Judge Lawlor's court a few days ago. There was a murder trial on and a policeman named Riley was on the witness stand relating the details of the tragedy. Said Mr. Ferral, who was acting as defendant's counsel: "How many minutes after the shooting did the man die, Mr. Riley?" "Two minutes, sir," answered the witness without the least hesitation. "You seem positive about the time," remarked Mr. Ferral, with the air of one who has the upper hand. "Now, I'm going to test your ability to judge time. I will hold you in a room, and when I think the time is up, say when. The defendant's counsel held the watch on the witness and stood examining the hand carefully. The policeman, however, did not notice the hand. He sent his mental apparatus. He sat staring viciously about the room, and at the exact second when the two minutes had expired, remarked: "Now!" and smiled like a ticked dog. Mr. Ferral was staggered at the unanny accuracy of the witness, and Gen. Solomon, who was prosecuting, was delighted proportionately at his opponent's discomfure. He was staring at the rest of the session. At the noon recess he called Riley to him, and, slapping him on the shoulder, said: "How did you do it, then? Do it!" replied Riley, pointing to a big redwood clock on the opposite wall, "why, that was dead easy!" be promoted.—San Francisco News Letter RELEGATED THE HASH. The Landlady Could Not Withstand the Onslaught of the Face-ious Feeders. In a certain boarding house, where variety was not the spice of life, and where hash was so frequent an occurrence that it would have been missed, missing, lived six boys, who were battling with a cold world and a cooler landlady. This perpetual hash grew monotonous, and the boys determined to banish it from the room. They were intently, when they filed into the dining room on Monday morning and recognized the Sunday's roast served up in hash the first bed, the low bow and said: "Why, go morning, sir; I think I've met you before!" The second shook his head mournfully and exclaimed: "The last sad state of Mr. "Ah, yes," said the third, "the poor fellow is all out up." "The remains of a close friend," sighed the fourth. "Yes, closer than a brother," assented the fifth. "The victim of a terrible grind!" finished the sixth, as they took their places at table. The landlady wore a haughty don't-know what you mean air, but hash has no more been seen in their midst.—Memphis Semitah No Wonder He Smelled It. A commercial traveler whose wife is one of those women who borrow trouble indiscriminately had occasion to make a trip east recently. His wife was very anxious about him and felt certain that he would fall a victim to small acts of theft. He reported to be lent in the city to which he was going. She begged him to carry a little lump of asafetida in his pocket to ward off contagion. Naturally he objected and positively refused to be made the permanent abode of such a persistent odor. When he came home from his trip he said to his wife: "It is wonderful, the power of the imagination. Why, don't you know I imagined that I smelled asaetida the whole time I was gone." It wasn't imagination at all" quietly replied the wily little woman. I sewed a bit of asaetida in the corner of your coat before you went away!"—Memphis Scimitar. You Can Get Alen's Foot-Ease FREE. Write to day to Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy N., for Y. A, for sample of Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to shake into your shoes. It cures chiblains, sweating, damp, swollen, aching feet. It makes New or tight shoes fit better. It works on all lions. All druggists and shoe stores sell it. $250. Kept Awake Listening. "What makes Mrs. Henpeck look so worried these days, I wonder." 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Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury. as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucus in the nasal cavity. It is not except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is often ten fold to the good you can possibly manufacture by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying mercury, it is not used in mine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co., Testimonials free. Magistrates, price 75 per bottle. Halls' Family Pills are the best. Out of the Question. Mrs. Flyabout—Oh, dear me! I suppose I must give up something during lent. Mr. Flyabout—Why not give up talking so much. What! And have you got gay and worldly? What, hardly."—Judge. Dropys treated free by Dr. H. H. Green's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. 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