The Afro-American Advance

TWIN CITY NEWS. ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS. PIANOS SOLD DIRECT TO THE PEOPLE CABLE CONOVER KINGSBURY WELLINGTON, SCHUBERT And other Pianos less expensive but good for prices asked. From the Largest Manufacturers of Pianos in the World THE CABLE CO., Minneapolis Branch, 56 Seventh St. So., Bet. Nicollet and Hennepin. FRANK B. LONG, Manager. VOL. II. NO. 14. Correspondence, letters, etc., must reach us by Wednesday for publication. 395 Thomas street. The "Advance" is prepared to do your job printing of all kinds at reasonable rates. Remember the place, 395 Thomas street. Kindly keep in mind that any item of news, social or otherwise, that you wish to publish will receive attention at 395 Thomas street also. THE ORIENTAL HAIR PAR-LORS, on the corner of Seventh and Sibley streets, room 205, Krahmer block, is the place to go for all kinds of fashionable hair dressing, etc. Straightening hair and scalp treatment a specialty. Hair work done to order. Calls made at residences. Prices made satisfactory. Mrs. E. J. Allen, proprietor. If you are living to eat, or eating to live, the Godfrey Boarding House is the place for you. The best is served at a price you can afford. 148 East Ninth street. Madam E. Luverne Adams' fashionable dress making parlors, 418 Wabasha street (upstairs). Mrs. C. A. Brown, sister of Mrs. M. A. Hopson, arrived in the city last Wednesday and will be pleased to meet her friends. Mr. and Mrs. John Martin are entertaining their sister, Mrs. Emma Hardin, of Canton. Miss. Mrs. Hardin is a prominent member of the Household of Ruth at Canton, and desires to meet the household of this city. Mr. and Mrs. P. Saunders, of Chicago, Ill., are the guests of Mrs. M. A. Hopson, 304 East Seventh street. Mrs. H. C. Simmons, of Anaconda, Mont., is in the city and will make this her home. She is at present with Mrs. B. Buckner, 399 Pleasant avenue. The friends of Mr. T. R. Morgan will be pleased to know that he is rapidly recovering from the painful accident received a couple of weeks ago by falling from his wheel. Mrs. B. R. Durant who was reported getting well from a very delicate operation performed at St. Luke's hospital about five weeks ago, took a relapse Friday of last week, and her condition was almost hopeless for three days. At this writing she is gaining and friends are once more cheerful and are hoping to see her well again. Perfect Ashlar Lodge, A. F. A. M., entertained the grand officers of Minnesota Grand Lodge. Tuesday evening in their new hall on Wabasha street. Grand Master J. L. Neal spoke in a happy vein of peace and harmony which was well taken. Grand Lecturer Goo. Day made a few timely remarks on degree work. After the speech making, refreshments were served in the dining room. Mrs. Goo had and Perfect Ashlar kept her standard high, in proclaiming themselves loyal and true to their superior officers. Biddle Circle, No. 38, Ladies of the G.A. R. will attend their annual meeting at St. James A. M. E. church, Sunday, May 27, 3 p. m., corner Jay and Fuller streets. Come one Come all. Old comrades are invited to join the circle, members in reserved seats. Order of president and committee. A RECORD BREAKER Sunday was a red letter day at Pilgrim Baptist church, at which time the membership broke all their past financial records. The program as published was carried out to the letter. There was a spiritual least in the morning, when Dr. Williams pressed the annual motto upon the hearts of the people, lifting them as it were to new life. In the afternoon, Rev. Stillwell, of the First church, preached a very acceptable sermon. The Rev. Pope closed the service of the day by preaching a sermon on the subject: "Victory by Faith." Pastors of several of the white Baptist churches were present during the day, also the beloved pastor of St. James A. M. e. church, Rev. J. C. Anderson. The pastor and members of the church return their hearty thanks to the friends who have assisted them so ably and willingly in making the rally such a signal success. Total receipts for the day: $912.80. It will be gratifying to the many friends to know that $1,500 has been paid on the church debt since the mass meeting held at the capitol, and it is the hope of pastor and church that $2,000 more will be paid by July 1st. Rally will continue until the 17th of July. Wm. E. Nagel. F. C. Listoe. WM. E. NAGEL UNDERTAKING CO. Funeral Directors & Embalmers 822 Wabasha street, Betw. 3d & 4th Sts. Telephone 508. Day or Night.... St. Paul, Minn. The Afro-American Advance. MINNEAPOLIS. While you are buying and spending your money spend it first among those firms that help you. See! Go to Miller's, Fifth street and Nicollet avenue, for your photographs. For good cigars call at W. S. Conrad's corner of First Avenue south and Fourt hstreet. He will suit you. The Advance Restaurant, 214 Washington avenue south, is up to date in service and equipment. If you want a good meal in a clean place don't fail to go to the Advance Restaurant. Go to John L. Neal, Real Estate, Loans and Insurance, 622 Boston Block. Great concert by the Twin City graduate to be given at Bethesda Baptist church, Monday evening, June 11th, 1900. An excellent and varied program will be rendered consisting of literary productions and music, among which will be the brilliant oration of Miss LuLu Blair, which she will deliver at the coming commencement exercises—this will be the event of the season. Don't miss it. Admission, 15 cents. There will be a strawberry social at Mrs. Sellers, 1828 Fifth avenue south, Thursday evening, May 31. Everybody invited. Mrs. Ellis, of Paris, Mo., is the guest of her son, Mr. Arthur Ellis, also Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Sellers, Mr. Ellis makes his visits short among the girls while mother is in the city. Mamma, I will be back in a few minutes. Miss Grace Williams is very sick. The J. K. Hyland and Anchor lodges visited their brother lodge in St. Paul, Tuesday evening. All had a good time. Mr. and Mrs. Stone entertained Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Sellers Sunday at tea. Mrs. R. J. Coleman and little Ruby, are quite sick at their home 322 East Franklin. There will be a strawberry social given at the residence of Mrs. J. N. Sellers, Thursday evening, at 18:28 Fifth avenue south, May 31st. All are cordially invited. Mrs. Minnie Terrell and little Bessie and Jennie Terrell, also Mr. F. M. Williams, left Thursday evening for Chicago. From there Mrs. Terrell and children start for Newark, Ohio, where she will reside. Mr. F. M. Williams will visit his mother at Birkley, Va. Miss Eva Morris is very sick at her home, 1723 Clinton avenue. JUST LOOK HERE We will not insult your intelligence. We think you know that no man can continue in business unless he receives patronage from the people. An up-to-date meal, or a cosy room can be had at John Godrey's, 148 East Ninth Street. WAIT A MINUTE Have you noticed that the Wm. E. Nagel Undertaking Company appreciates the business that you have been giving them by advertising in our paper. See their neat card at the foot of the column. A SNAP IN REAL ESTATE. Make an Offer. $600 cash will buy two lots 40x150 ft. one a corner lot, on or Grand avenue, the most beautiful residence portion of the city. It will pay you to look this up. Owner can give you clear title. Apply to Mrs. H. S. Jackson, 1212 Seventh street south, Minneapolis, Minn. IN MEMORIAM After a long and wasting illness, little Ethel Holder departed from this life, Monday, May 14th, aged 10 years. The touching grief of the large congregation who were assembled at the funeral services conducted by Rev. King, at the little mission where Ethel has long been a faithful attendant, spoke beautifully of the influence of her pure and Christ-like life. Of a very loving disposition she everywhere made friends, and for them all she always had a thoughtful enquiry and a hearty welcome, thus making all who knew her feel a personal loss. Her portrait, the Herman Avenue Mission, where she has also attended, her absence has been keenly felt, for our lot has been a blessed one. "To cherish that fair bud, and to share fragrance of its bloom." fragrance of its bloom. An intense sufferer, her patience and cheerfulness may well prove a fitting example to her friends, both old and young. Shortly before her death, she enquired about heaven of her mother, and then the little saint stepped into eternity supported by the Everlasting Arms, which she so delighted to sing of. Florence Lillian Sullivan (Her S. S. Teacher in Henn. Ave. Mis.) IN MEMORY OF ETHEL: One more little soul has winged its flight And is beyond this world of hardship and strife. One more little soul has gained new charms. And will rest forever on the Everlasting Arms. So patient and sweet was the dear little one. MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, MINN., SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1900. Whose pain is over and life work done. So kind and loving to one and all. So young to be beckoned by God's carnest call. The poor little body was racked with pain; But the patience shown was a laurel gained. And Jesus watching with heart full of love Saw fit to carry his lamb up above. And now with her Saviour she feels no more pain. And can sing on forever in glad joyful strain. Praising Jesus above all the heavenly throng. With gladness and happiness, glory and song. Oh, God! bless the children so gentle and kind. Who always in life some sweet pleasure find. And bring them at last to the heavenly fold. Where all are like children and none grow old. Grace Celeste Blood. IN MEMORIAM "No night, nor death can separate us from the love of God but rest in Jesus—no night there where I am going. The Lord is my shepherd, though I suffer in the morning, I will awake in his likeness." These are the words of Mrs. Sadie Williams, who departed this life, the 8th day of May, 1900, died in Zion Home, at Chicago, Ill., corner Twelfth and Mission avenue. Mrs. Sadie Williams was 37 years, 4 months, 8 days Born at St. Cadernus, Our, in 63, Jan 10th. She was a devoted Christian. She became a Christian worker in the church at the age of 12 years, as an organist. Ever since she had lived a consistent Christian. She was loved by all who knew her. The Advance extends much sympathy to the bereaved husband and sisters. ST. PAUL LOCALS Mrs. David Cotton is in the city visiting her daughter. She is stopping with Mrs. A. A. Cotton, of St. Anthony avenue. Mr. Geo, Foster, of Detroit, Mich., is in town. MINNESOTA NEWS. For the Soldier. The troops who leave Walker soon for the frigid climate of Alaska will be well supplied with reading matter for some time to come. Miss Gratia Countryman, secretary of the state library commission, has sent them a large box filled with books and the latest magazines which were purchased with what was left of the soldiers' fund contributed to the Woman's Council Library Committee during the time the state troops were encamped at Chickamauga. The demand for reading matter among the boys in blue is very great, and Lieutenant Barrows, of the Thirteenth regulars, now in service in the Philippines, has written friends in Minneapolis to the effect that the troops there are very anxious to be supplied with something to read. Companies Pay Because of the policy of refusing to grant licenses to companies which failed to comply with the Somerville law, the state is enriched by $11,175. While other classes of corporations have refused to file articles with the secretary of state and pay the required fee, insurance companies, with two exceptions, have qualified. The two in question are expected to come in under the law in a short time. In a list prepared Commissioner O'Shaughnessy figures that 220 companies have been given licenses and paid the fee asked. Had all corporations, exclusive of insurance companies, been compelled to comply with the law, the state, it is estimated, would now have an additional revenue of about $15,000. Seized the Body A party of Finnns direct from the old country arrived at Duluth on their way to Ely. The men are miners. Ten days ago on shipboard off the Nova Scotian coast a child was born to one of the families. On the train coming to Duluth the baby died. The parents were determined to take the little body with them to Ely and placed it in a basket covered with wraps. But the pitiful appearance of the mother and her constantly fondling and care of the basket aroused interest on the part of local authorities and the body was taken from her and buried. There was quite a scene when the authorities took the body from the mother, who could speak no English. Expect a Good Time. Previous announcements have scarcely done justice to the great carnival and exposition that is to be given by the St. Paul Lodge of Elks, No. 59, June 18 to 30. It develops that the carnival will be the most elaborate thing of the kind ever attempted in the west. Ten blocks of one of St. Paul's streets will be given up to it, entrances in the form of magnificent arches of staff opening at either end into a scene of bewildering beauty. All sorts of booths will display every kind of wares, bands will discourse sweet music and a great midway, rivaling that of the world's fair, will furnish entertainment for all tastes. News in Brief One of the dams on the Crow Wing river went out recently, leaving a large amount of logs tied up. The Thirteen Towns Old Settlers' Association is perfecting plans for its first annual picnic, to be held at Off's Lake, June 16th. A black fox was recently killed in Polk county by Chas. Bell, of Chester township. A. W. Bjornstad, who served with the Thirteenth Minnesota regiment as captain of Company H, has been wounded in the Philippines. ST.LOUIS EXPOSITION BILL Committee Orders Measure Reports ed Without Recommendation Favorable or Unfavorable. APPROPRIATES $5,000,000 FOR FAIR. House Continues Work on Alaskaan Civil Code Bill-Petition Offered in Senate from Ministers in South Carolina-Helatens to Negro Franchise-Thrust at Tillman. Washington, May 25.—The house committee on the Louisiana Purchase exposition, to be held at St. Louis in 1903, Thursday afternoon voted to report the exposition bill to the house without recommendation, favorable or unfavorable. Mr. Steele, of Indiana, first moved to postpone action for the present session, which was defeated two to four. Mr. Joy, of St. Louis, then moved to report the bill favorably, which was lost on a tie vote, 3 to 1. In view of the tie a motion prevailed to report the bill without recommendation, in order that the house may act finally on the subject. The bill as perfected pledges the government to an appropriation of $ 5,000,000 and allows the government a proportionate share of the proceeds of the enterprise. Consider Alaskan BILL. Washington, May 25. - The house met at 11 o'clock Thursday and proceeded forthwith to resume consideration of the Alaskan civil government bill. Amendments to the mining provisions were adopted to authorize the secretary of war to grant permits to dredge for gold below mean low water and to provide that nothing in the act shall be construed as nullity claims hereafter legally located. Mr. William E. Williams (III.) offered an amendment to provide for a territorial delegate from Alaska. It was adopted by 71 to 21. Anti-Trust Legislation After conferring with Speaker Henderson and the members of the committee on rules, Chairman Bay, of the house judiciary committee, Thursday introduced a rule for the early consideration of the anti-trust measures. The rule makes the anti-trust constitutional amendment a special order as soon as the rule is adopted, with a final vote on June 1, at five p. m. The anti-trust bill is to follow immediately with a final vote June 2 at five p. m. A Thrust at Tillman. Washington, May 25. — Senator Chandler Thursday presented a petition from 16 ministers of South Carolina calling attention to the political conditions in that state, declaring that the colored residents of South Carolina are disfranchised. It refers to the speech of Senator Tillman in which he acknowledged that the white men took control of the state of South Carolina and "buldozed the niggers" and were "not ashamed of it.7 The petitioners "are exceedingly pained to think that in the chief lawmaking body of the nation our state is represented by one who makes such an unabashed and blunt avowal of high crimes against the constitution of his country, while outraging the feelings of 10,000,000 citizens of this republic." For correction of abuses the petition asks for legislation to reduce the representation of states in congress where the colored vote is nullified and the appointment of a committee to investigate conditions in South Carolina. Senator Bacon, in the senate Thursday, called up his resolution directing the committee on relations with Cuba to investigate the receipts and expenditures of money in Cuba, and addressed the senate in reply to the speech delivered Wednesday by Senator Platt (Conn.). After he concluded the resolution went to the committee on contingent expenses. The Montana senatorial case went over until Wednesday next and Senator Spooner then resumed his speech on the Philippines. Natural Gas Explosion Muncie, Ind., May 25. - At one o'clock in the morning at Middletown, the residence of Duff Watkins was shattered by a natural gas explosion and the building fired and burned. Mr. Watkins is a roller at the tin plate mill and was at work. Neighbors awakened by the report rescued Mrs. Watkins and three little children from the burning building, but the woman will die from sickening burns. Body of Girl Found Evansville, Ind., May 23. — The body of the murdered young woman found anchored to a rock in a creek here Wednesday has been identified as Nora Kifer, of Eberfield, a small town near here. The girl disappeared from home several weeks ago. She was seen with a man in a buggy near the place where her body was found; he is supposed to have murdered her. The police promise to make arrests soon. Discase Women's Support Des Moines, In., May 25. With only one day remaining at its disposal the national mothers' congress has not yet taken formal action on any of the subjects under discussion. In the committee on resolutions Thursday a protracted debate was carried on behind closed doors over the woman's suffrage question. Arizona Democrat Phoenix, Ariz., May 24.—The democratic territorial convention held here selected delegates to the Kansas City convention, indorsed the Chicago platform and denounced trusts, imperialism, and the policy of the administration with respect to Porto Rico. CENSUS TAKER'S BADGE. No Person Not Wearing One Is Enclosed to Pry Into the Affairs of American Citizens. Washington, May 25 - On June 1 the census enumerators appointed by all parts of the United States will begin their work. Citizens who have any doubt concerning the identity of these officials are entitled to see their badges, which are of silver, just like that shown in the illustration. To confer upon the enumerator all the UNITED STATES CENSUS 1900 CENSUS ENUMERATOR'S BADGE powers of an officer of the United States government, and as such he is entitled to all due respect. When his labors are over Uncle Sam generously is going to allow him to keep the emblem of his authority as a souvenir. MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE. Canonization Ceremony by the Pope in Presence of Vast Audience at St. Peter's at Rome. Rome, May 23. There was a magnificent spectacle in St. Peter's Thursday on the occasion of the canonization of Jean Baptiste de la Salle, the founder of the order of Christian Brothers, and Rita di Cascia, a nun of the Augustinian order. Of the 60,000 spectators, about 30,000 were foreign pilgrims. After the Pope had taken his seat on the pontifical throne the solemn ceremony of canonization was proceeded with. The pontiff, after the usual prayers, pronounced the canonization and intertorted the Te Deum. At that moment the bells in all the churches in Rome rang out and the pope solemnly blessed the congregation and returned to the vatican amid the prolonged cheering of the very large audience assembled, which left the cathedral and dispersed. DANGERS OF IMMIGRATION. Discussed Before the Baptists at Detroit-Cities After Next Year's Meeting. Detroit, Mich., May 25.—Immigration and its effects, both upon this country and the immigrants, was ably presented before Thursday's session of the American Baptist Home Mission society by Rev. T. J. Villiers, of Indiana. "These are critical days, because they are criminal in their tendencies," said Mr. Villiers, "and the hand that shapes the next few generations will be the hand that shapes the future of America." Philadelphia and Springfield, Mass., are candidates for next year's anniversary meetings. Minneapolis has asked for them in 1902. A delegation is coming from Kansas City to urge its claim to next year's gatherings on the ground that at the meetings in 1899 it was promised that the 1901 sessions would be held in Kansas City. Falling Off in Attendance St. Louis, May 25. — There was a perceptible decrease in the attendance at the Presbyterian general assembly Thursday. Some of the weightier matters having been disposed of, a number of commissioners have left for their homes. All of the principal reports have been submitted, and, with the exception of the Peoria overture, which occupied the time of the assembly in the foreword, the remaining business will be mainly routine. Little Interest in Cuban Elections Havana, May 25. — Except among Cuban politicians there is comparatively little interest in the approaching elections. This is shown by the very light registration. One of the worst features of the situation is the fact that, as soon as a party sees it is not likely to win in a particular quarter, it withdraws its candidate and declares that everything has been arranged unfairly with a view to defeating him. Make No Change Chicago, May 23. — To prevent the drawing of the color line in the benevolent societies of the Methodist church it was decided in the general conference Thursday morning that the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education society remain as it is. The organization will retain two secretaries, who are coordinate in authority. Fleet Officers Cinnati, May 25. — The election of officers of the Lutheran league resulted as follows: President—W. C. Stoever, Philadelphia; treasurer Adolph C. Cloz, Cleveland; assistant general secretary, C. G. Grauer, Buffalo. To Connect Over Wage Sca's. Indianapolis, Ind., May 25. — Representatives of the Republic Iron and Steel company arrived here for a conference with the wage scale committee of the Amalgamated association, now in session. GOV. STEPHENS AROUSED. Declares Trouble at St Louis Is Fomented and Extended by Democratic Politicians. BOUND TO END DISGRACEFUL SITUATION Will Use All the Powers of the State to Maintain Order—If Sheriff is Not Able to Handle Situation, Militia Will Be Called Out—Saya Cura Must Run. St. Louis, May 25. This is the seventeenth day of the great strike inaugurated by the employees of the St. Louis Transit company, and a settlement seems further away than ever, neither side to the controversy seeming willing to advance any proposition to end it. The Transit company has resumed service on all of its lines except the Broadway, Northern Central, Southwestern Union and the South Sixth street divisions, and attempts may be made to run cars on some of these. On the lines in operation, the street railway officials assert they are daily running more cars and carrying additional passengers. Nounlion men continue to come in from other cities, and as fast as they arrive the company puts them to work. Word was received from Cleveland that 42 ex-employees of the Big Consolidated street car system had been sent here to take the places of strikers. Union Labor Shows Sympathy. Thus far no general sympathy strike among labor unions has been called, as had been expected there would be. The different trade and labor organizations are showing their sympathy with the strikers in another way, by contributing to their support and passing rules fining members for riding in the street cars. World's Fair Question Up. Union labor has brought the world's fair question into the strike controversy. At a mass meeting held at night a resolution was passed to the effect that all union labor throughout the United States be asked to instruct their representatives to oppose the passage of the world's fair appropriation bill unless the St. Louis Transit company settles the strike satisfactorily to its former employees. The resolution has been spoken to John B. Henderson, speaker of the house of representatives. Since the strike began 200 arrests of persons alleged to have violated the law in its connection have been made, 25 warrants have been issued, ten indictments reported by the grand jury, and the remainder of the cases have been taken to the police and United States courts, where many of them are still pending. Comparatively few of the cases have yet been tried, for the reason that the police have been so busy with the strike that they have had little time to appear in court. For their coned from time to time that they venience the cases have been continiumight remain out on duty. In most of the cases which have been tried in the police courts, the defendants have been discharged. Some few of the prisoners have been released without trial, the police failing to collect the evidence for prosecution. Holds Politics Responsible. Holds Polities Responsible. Gov. Stephens, who was in the city, talked freely of the strike situation. Just before a conference held by him at the four courts, with the board of police commissioners, a representative of the Post-Dispatch secured these remarkable expressions from Gov. Stephens: "I am satisfied that the trouble along the street car lines and the whole spirit of anarchy which I find prevails so largely in the city of St. Louis at present is being made more difficult by the tensions of a certain coterie of democratic politicians who hope by their course to in some manner make gains in the approaching party primaries. This element is sending out a message to the police sympathy for the strikers all over the city, and if not counseling disorder it is at least materially encouraging it. "These persons are responsible for the many crimes which the police commissioners which I find dangling from poles and trolley lines on many streets. It is as a result of their movements that I have received many letters threatening my life should I continue to do my duty and not be a victim." "I desire you to say further, that if, as governor of Missouri, with all the power vested in that office for the purpose, I can put an edt to the disgraceful-I may say abominate this edt to the disgraceful-I may make small emploi in every lot of that power. The first step would naturally be to call on the sheriff for assistance, the second to call on the military of the state to assist, the third to confer with, if after further conference with the daily delegated authorities in the city, I shall come to the conclusion that other and lesser means cannot restore the city to Cars Must Run at Night. "The cars are not running at night; they should be. The cars are not running on a number of the lines, and are not running in full complement on any of them; this cannot be allowed to continue. The shooting down of innocent citizens; the stoning of cars; the cutting of wires; the loading of lines with engines; riot and disorder of every unlawful kind must ensue." A statement compiled Thursday shows that since the strike began three persons have been shot and killed, 16 wounded by bullets and 31 otherwise injured. Smallox on Board. New York, May 25.—The German steamer Albano, which arrived from Hamburg and Havre, is detained at quarantine with two ences of smallpox among the steerage passengers. Dice in Illinois. Dixon, Ill., May 25. — William Mulligan, aged 77, twice a member of the state legislature of Massachusetts, died here. The body will be taken to Worcester, Mass., for burial. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HEAVY FAILURE. Price, McCormick & Co, New York Stock Brokers, Forced to the Wail —Heavy Losers in Cotton. New York. May 25.—Announcement of the failure of Price, McCormick & Co. was made Thursday by the chairman of the New York stock exchange. The firm consists of Theodore H. Price, W. G. McCormick, R. M. Stewart-Wortley, Walter W. Price and George Crocker, the latter a special partner. The firm was one of the most active, and has large out-of-town connections. The special partner, Mr. Crocker, is of the wealthy California family of that name. The announcement of the suspension created great excitement on the cotton exchange and led to general selling under which August dropped from 833 to 840. New Orleans and Europe were conspicuous sellers on the break. Thursday's development on the cotton exchange mark the culmination of one of the biggest bear movements ever recorded. While it is impossible to get any definite figures, various firms in Wall street place the firm's loss in cotton at from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. Mr. Crocker, as special partner, it is understood, contributed to the firm $500,000 special capital. The present firm was organized January 2, 1897. Up to half-past one oclock 17,200 share of stock had been sold and bought under the rule of the stock exchange for account of Price, McCormick & Co. Mr. McCormick is a member of the Chicago family of agricultural implement fame. R. M. Stewart-Wortley is a son-in-law of Reard-Admiral Schley. The firm has a large out-of-town business. WILL TURN OVER RECORDS Republican Auditor of Kentucky Will Not Wait for Action by Court of Appels. Frankfort, Ky., May 25. — Republican Auditor Sweeney sent for Democratic Auditor Coulter Thursday morning and notified him he was ready to turn over the state records and possession of the office in the state house without waiting for action by the court of appeals. The transfer will be made at once. It is understood the other republican officials will do likewise in the next day or two, and that by next week the state house will be offered exclusively by the democrats. The democratic state executive committee meeting here at one o'clock in the afternoon had drawn a big gathering of democratic leaders here. The convention to nominate delegates to Kansas City will be held the last week in June, and the committee is said to be nearly evenly divided on the proposition to hold a separate convention later to nominate a candidate for governor. SENSATIONAL PARIS STORY. Reported There That Americans Recently Lost 500 Men in Battle in Philippines. Paris, May 25.—A special dispatch received here reports a stubborn fight on the island of Catubig, one of the Phillipines. The American losses are reported as 500 killed or wounded. The above dispatch is undoubtedly a Filipino account of the battle which occurred at Catubig on May 20, and in which there were about 20 American casualties. It will be remembered that Agoncillo, the representative of Aguinaldo, is in Paris, and that he, from time to time, gives out alleged dispatches regarding events in the Philippines, which have always proved to be exaggerated accounts of occurrences that have been fully published. Bank OffMetals Sentenced. Rutland, Vt., May 25—Charles Moussey pledged guilty in the United States district court to an indictment charging him with the embezzling and misappropriation of the funds of the Merchants' national bank of Rutland, of which he was cashier, and was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. John C. Farrar, the former cashier of the Waterbury national bank, also pleaded guilty to abstracting $20,000 of the funds of that institution, and was given a term of six years. Again Postponed. New York, May 25. -The examination in the case of Charles F. W. Neeley, charged with misappropriating $36,000 of Cuban postal funds, which was to have come before Commissioner Shields, has been adjourned until Monday next pending action in the requisition proceedings before Gov. Roosevelt, which are to take place at Oyster Bay. Ticket Nominated. Sloux Falls, S. D., May 23.—The republican state convention adjourned sine die at four o'clock Thursday morning. The ticket was completed with the nomination of George A. Snow as lieutenant governor. Delegates were instructed for McKinley. New York Democrats. New York, May 25. The following are statistics concerning the delegates to the New York state democratic convention: Total number of delegates, 150; necessary to instruct, 226; elected to date, 300; for Bryan, 171; uninstructed, 129; to be elected, 150. Thousand Men Idle. Joliet, Ill., May 25. Nearly 1,000 men were thrown out of work, when, at noon, the converter and billet mills of the Illinois Steel company were closed for an indefinite period. Only the blast furnaces and merchant mills are now running. AFRO-AMERICAN ADVANCE. Published every Saturday by the ADVANCE PUBLISHING COMPANY Office, 214 Washington Av. So. Tel. Main 2415-L-3. Entered at the Post Office, at Minneapolis, Minn., as second-class matter. 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DUCKETT, PUBLISHER AND MANAGER MRS. J. B. KOEHN, City Collector. EDITORIAL GREATEST NEED OF THE HOUR It is an established and well accepted fact that no nation can rise higher than their women. If I were to state what I think the greatest need of the hour—I would answer, exalted womanhood. No race can afford to neglect the enlightenment of its mothers. If you would have a clergy without virtue or morality, a manhood without honor, and a womanhood frivolous, mocking and ignorant, neglect the education of your laughters, and discount your power to coward every intellect, big, and woman you meet. The white man uses the lie of "supremacy" to intimidate the negro, the negro uses the lie of "apron string government" to intimidate their ambitions women; tell me who is the greater enemy to the race? White men educate, help and encourage their women; they educate to make powerful, help to make independent, encourage to make famous. But it seems that some of our men never think they are in their glory unless they are always entailing at some women of stern qualities who are trying to lift themselves and by so doing lift their race. Why should it be thought immodest for a woman to practice medicine, need law, edit a journal, or in a word make any legitimate pursuit of life. Let our men learn what it means to a race to have women of brain, pluck and virtue, and let them do as other intelligent nations; educate, help and encourage and thus we will inspire our young girls to aspire for high stations in life. What we need is high cultured, intellectual business women who have brains to think independently of men, and with virtue enough to compel men to respect them, though they walk the highways of the business and professional world. The very reason that so many of our young women quit school before completing the high school course, say nothing of a collegiate course, is because our men do not encourage them, or appreciate them after they have become competent. Women of mental power will not succumb to men their inferiors, hence if we would educate our girls and encourage them to step out, not for a husband, but for a history, we would in this way set a standard for our young men, and thus they would be a gift to the race of many men 'and a womanhood such as the world has always admired and honored. Why should not a physician's wife know enough about medicine to not only be in sympathy with her husband, but to be of help to him? Why not have clergyman's wives so efficient in Biblical studies to be of material help to her husband in his study? Lawyer's wife, who can prepare a brief; journalist's wives who can manage his paper? Why not have women prepared in all the professional walks of life? Despise your women, intimidate them, discourage them by your sarcasm of "apron string" and "petitcoat" government, hold them in bondage to ignorance and cowardice, and twenty years hence you will reap a harvest, greater than you want of virtueless, irvulous womanhood and dishonorable, untrustworthy, debased manhood. "There are two things," said Socirates, "that the magistrates of Athens should be careful, to keep out of the city, 'ignorance' and 'idleness'. Ignorance because it engenders crime, idleness because of baseness, both because they become the parent of immorality and revolution." This should and can be applied to our day. Ignorance plus idleness produce immorality, the enemy that has destroyed many nations. Intelligence plus industry produce virtue, the backbone of any and all nations. And just so far as we have intelligent, virtuous, ambitious, progressive women, we are preparing for the future strength of our race. id5"hcoal"t...-p ,wizilanns A Perfect Bird. Dealer—Here, sir, is a very superior bird. It will mimic anything! Purchaser—Polly, want a cracker? "Yes. I'm a hollow mocker!"—N. Y. Press. There should be little or no pity for the man who has deliberately gone and got rich, knowing all the time that his wife had social aspirations—Detroit Journal. Y.—"Have your wages gone up?" C.—"I guess so; the boss made an assignment today." —Yonkers Statesman. "Oh, yes, he hates all women." "I wonders, how the man he began with?" —Indianapolis Journal. Corns are about the only things that will cure a young man of the small boot habit. —Elliott's Magazine. It isn't so easy to collect as to recollect what men owe you.—Chicago Dispatch. History has to repeat itself because people are so forgetful.—Chicago Daily News. PATIENTS WHO ARE STINCY. People Who Need the Offices of Physicians Sorely But Object to the Fees. Probably few patients have carried parsimony to the height pursued by a certain baronet, Sir William Smyth, who, although immensely rich, was never happier than when trying to evade doctors' bills. For instance, says the New York Herald, lie once made a bargain with a great gallist to couch both his eyes, agreeing to pay 60 guineas if his sight was at all restored to him. The operation was made and proved so successful that he was enabled to read without glasses. No sooner, however, was this state of affairs reached, than the miserly baronet began to grieve at the thought of paying the promised fee, and he therefore pretended that he could see nothing distinctly, and, to sustain the pretense, he submitted to wearing the bandages for some weeks over the usual period. When the time expired he still contended that he had only the faintest glimmering of light, with the result that the badgered physician compromised the business by accepting 20 guineas instead of 60. Cases of this kind are by no means rare in the experience of medical practitioners. A doctor attended a patient for influenza of a rather bad type, and when the cure was completed sent in his bill at the ordinary rates. It was, however, returned to him with a note from his late patient hinting that, as the influenza was at the time in the nature of an epidemic, and the doctor had doubtless reaped considerable benefit from it, he ought to make a considerable reduction in his bill in view thereof. However, the physician did not fall in with this eccentric and stingy proposition, and eventually the bill was paid as it stood, though not without many more protests from the payer. Another patient, who prided himself on his medical knowledge, was in the habit of making suggestions to the doctor who attended him during illness, which suggestions the doctor would sometimes good naturally adopt, more for the sake of gratifying the patient than for any other reason. Judge of the medico's astonishment, however, when the amateur Hippocrates actually refused to pay more than half the bill on the grounds that at least "50 per cent. of the cure had been due to his unpaid suggestions in the treatment." Audacity and penuriousness could hardly have gone further than this, and under the circumstances it is not surprising that the physician not only insisted on full payment, but refused to attend the gentleman further. Specialists can tell many tales of parsimony in the people who consult them. An eminent lung physician once received a visit from a Sussex farmer, whose trouble proved to be merely imaginary, and whose mind was soon at rest. On his departure he offered the specialist five shillings, and on the latter pointing out that his fee was two guineas, the worthy agriculturist scratched his head and said that he considered such a sum far too much for "telling a man he had nothing the matter with him." Another gentleman of similar tendencies, who consulted an ear specialist, was thunder stricken when asked for a fee of one guinea, as he averred that scarcely three minutes had been consumed in the consultation. The doctor pointed out that it had taken him over 30 years to obtain the experience which condensed a consultation into three minutes, but the obstinate consultant refused to take this view, and eventually prevailed upon the physician to accept half the sum named. It may be added that this parsimonious person was in receipt of an income that ran into many thousands per annum. BOER BURIALS SECRET. Little or No Information River Given the Relatives of the Deceased Soldiers. We have casually become acquainted with a Boer lady now in London, whose sympathes are, of course, with her own race. But she is very discriminating and very candid. In the first place, says the Methodist Times, she earnestly sought permission from her own government to return at once to the Transvaal in the capacity of a nurse, but they, not unnaturally, are unwilling now to be responsible for the maintenance of anyone who cannot fight. In the second place she had no idea whether her husband or other relatives were dead or alive. She says that it has always been President Kruger's policy to conceal from his own country, as well as the world at large, all facts with respect to Boer losses. Whenever a Boer dies in battle his body is weighted and thrown to the bottom of a river, or in some other way concealed as quickly as possible. No information of any kind is ever given the relatives of the deceased. They never know what has become of him, and all they can do is to assume that he is dead. This custom throws a flood of light upon the statements constantly received from Boer sources with respect to the small losses they have endured. The lady with whom we had a conversation fears that the losses of her country are very great. In the next place she speaks in strong terms of the unscrupulousness and unrighteousness of the Kruger party. She says, as we all knew, that before the raid the more liberal and enlightened party, represented by Gen. Joubert, was rapidly growing, and for but for Dr. Jameson's insane and unpardonable conduct the performances of President Kruger and his ruthless military oligarchy might have needed before now. Many of the quiet Boers are totally opposed to his methods of government, his mendacity, his political unscrupulousness and his scandalous misuse of public money. But this lady tells us that President Kruger is supported by a clique who have made immense fortunes out of his corrupt government and by the seum of Europe. Certain of It. Father-You must make sure that you really love her. Son—Oh. I have gone to the bottom of that. "And the result?" "She has $300,000 in her own right."—N. Y. World. ENJOYED LONG RUNS. Jacob Litt has found a most profitable current season's attraction in "Ben Hur." Two years ago Maude Adams gave New York an entire season of "The Little Minister." Joseph Jefferson presented "Rip Van Winkle" 140 consecutive performances in 1871 at Booth's theater, New York. From the protracted stay of "Erminie" the Casino gained its reputation, and the operettas under the management of the late John A. McCaul enjoyed a favor of a long stay on that stage, and subsequently found equal favor at Wallack's. Early in 1869, when Edwin Booth was playing in New York, we had the first instance of a remarkable run of classic plays. In 1864 Edwin Booth played "Hamlet" in New York 100 consecutive times, one of the extraordinary records of America. Deman Thompson kept "The Old Homestead" for nearly two months at the Academy of Music, and now that enterprising young manager, W. A. Brady, has "Way Down East" at this historic house with nearly 500 performances credited in its favor. The buccoli type of play seems to please the grand army of patrons at this theater, and "Way Down East" seems to run on like the proverbial brook. Among long runs that became famous in the theatrical history was Rice's production of "Adonis," with Henry Dixey in the title role. It began at the Blijoh theater September 4, 1884, and continued until April 17, 1886—603 times. The next longest run in the next smallest theater in New York was Hoyt's "A Trip to Chinatown" at the Madison Square theater. It was presented November 9, 1891, and run until January 22, 1893—604 times. One of the earliest protracted engagements in New York was the famous spectacle, "The Black Crook" presented at Niblo's September 12, 1866, holding the stage until January 4, 1868—recording a total of 475 performances, says the New York Telegraph. Following this, at the Olympie theater, was a pantomime of "Humpy Dumpy." It was produced March 10, 1868, and it held the boards until May 15, 1869—483 consecutive performances. WOMEN WHO ENTERTAIN WELL Mrs. Astor has a table service of solid gold and a table cover of old Honiton. Mrs. Frederie Coudert's table display of French empire glass and silver is unique. Mrs. Theodore Havemeyer displays the rarest old Vienna porcelain, each object worth a small fortune. Mrs. Franklin MacVeagh, of Chicago, has the rarest Venetian glass service ever brought to the United States. Mrs. Frederick Nielson's guests at great entertainments are served from a service of antique Royal Worcester of fabulous cost. Mrs. C. P. Huntington has the finest collection of Dutch antique silver in America and the choicest collection of silver tankards in the world. "The Heart of Maryland" spent an entire season at the Herald Square, and Mrs. Carter was equally as successful with "Zaza" at the Garrick, where William Gillette is running the season out. 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. W. H. WELLER. 3030 STATE ST. FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Chicago. Fashionable Dressmaker. Cutting, Fitting and Making Over a Specialty. New York and Paris Fash- lions Always on Hand. Fartors, 628 Fourteenth Av. South. DR. R. S. BROWN, Physician and Surgeon. Office: 403-6 Reeve Ridge, 408 Nicollet Av. Telephone 2734-J-5. Office Hours: 9:30 to 12:30; 2:00 to 4:00 p. m.; 5:30 to 7:00 p. m. Sundays: 9:30 to 11:00; 12:30 to 2:30. Residence, $899 Portland Ave. Tele- phone 817-L-South. MR. L. A. JOHNSON. The gentlemanly and obliging Porter at R. De Leo's Barber Shop, 200 Washington Av. 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Restaurant and Lunch Counter MANN & KOGER, Proprietors. SOCIETY DIRECTORY. Officers and Standing Committees of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Minnesota and juridiction: Grand Master-John L. Neal, Minneapolis. Deputy Grand Master—Wade H. Hampstead Grand Senior Warden—H. B. Howard, St. Paul. Grand Junior Warden—J. C. Gerner, St. Paul. Grand Treasurer-Daniel Roy, St. Paul. Grand Secretary-William H. Morris, Grand Lecturer-G. W. Duy (7). Minneapolis Deputy Secretary-G. D. Howard Grand Junior Deacon-R. D Leo (1), Minneapolis Grand Junior Steward-J. H. Dillingham (2), St. Paul. Grand Junior Steward-Wm. Stevens (3), St. Paul. Grand Tyler—T. Bush (3). St. Paul. Grand Marshall—C. H. McDowald (5). Grand Suspensal—G. W. Duckett (4). St. Paul. Grand Sword-Bearer—J. Adams (1). St. Paul. Grand Standard-Bearer—G. J. Charles- son. Grand Registee—J. G. Steret (6). Minneapolis. Deputy Grand Master-First District—James Woodfork (1). St. Paul. District Deputy Grand Master-Second District—E. H. Hamilton (6). Minneapolis. District—J. H. Hamilton (6). Minneapolis. District—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. A. H. MYRICK, N. G. JAMES A. SCHNEIDER KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Nat. Turner Lodge, No. 2, K. of P. Meets the second and fourth Thursdays in each month. Brothers in good standing and Eighth avenue south. RALPH WATSON, K. R. and S. Pride of Minnesota Lodge, No. 1, K. of P. Meets the first and third Thursdays in each month. All members in good standing welcome. At Flummer Post Hall, First avenue north and Washington. At JAMES Lodge, C. C. W. C. JEFFREY, K. R. and S. J. K. HILYLORD Lodge. Meets first Tuesday in each month at Wicklow Block, Second avenue South and Washington. Meets first Tuesday in each month always welcome. W. LILLARD, W. M. JASPER GIBBS, Sec. Guaranty Joan Restaurant. Anchor Lodge, No. 7, A. F. and A. M. Meets first Tuesday in each month at Wicklow Block, Second avenue South and Washington. Masons in good standing welcome. SCOTT, W. M. A. B. LEE, 703 Aldrich avenue South. ODD FELLOWS. Mars Lodge, No. 2202. Meets each and fourth Wednesday in each month at Odd Fellows' Hall, 325 Wabash street. T. R. HICKMANN, P. S., 422 St. Anthony. D. PARKER, N. G., 395 Edmund St. Household of Ruth, No. 5, G. U. o. F. of O. F. Meets first and third Monday in each month for business, second Monday for instruction, at Odd Fellows' Hall, 325 MRS. SARAH C. KIRTLEY, M.N.G. MRS. 1DA JACKSON, W. R., 374 mount place MISSIONHOPPLE GRAND LODGE OF MINNESOTA, A. P. and A. M. J. L. NEAL, Grand Master. WM. R. MORRIS, Grand Secretary. 81 Guaranty Loan Bldg. Minneapolis. ST. PETER CLAYER'S SODALITY. Meets the first and third Mondays of each week. Sec. A. Davies, Treet S. H. HADLEY, W. M. W. A. HILYARD, Sec. 124 Atwater. Minnesota Lodge, No. 2, A. F. and A. M. Meets on the first and third Tuesday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Masonic Hall. Masons in good standing always welcome. H. B. HOWARD W. M. J. S. STRONG, Sec. 12th and Robert at. WM. STEVENS, No. 3, A. F. & A. M. Meets second and fourth Monday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Masonic Hall. Masons in good standing always welcome. WM. JOHNSON W. M. D. E. BEASLEY Ryan Hotel. Perfect Ahlfer Lodge, No. 4, A. F. A. M. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Masonic Hall. Masons in good standing always welcome. R. K. DURANT W. M. B. K. DURANT 461 Carroll. Bethel Chapter, No. 28, R. A. M. Meets the first and third Thursday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 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. Cor. 22d st. 9th, age. South Sunday; 8:00 p. m.; 11:00 a.m. ; Sunday School, 3:00 p. m.; evening services, 8:00 p. m. General prayer meet- ing, Thursday evening, 8:00 p. m. Way- man Home service, Tuesday evening at residence, Parsonage, 220 Ninth avenue South. BETHESDA RAPSTEPT CHURCH. Davis School, 12:30 p. m.; Christian services; Preaching, 11:00 a.m. ; Sunday School, 12:30 p. m.; Christian Endeavor, 7:30 p. m.; evening services, 8:00 p. m. evening general meeting, 8:00 p. m. Parsonage, 12th Eighth street South. ST. THOMAS MISMON. Rev. W. S. Brooks, Pastor. 615 Sixth avenue South. Sunday service, 4:00 p. m.; Sunday School, 3:00 p. m. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH. Between First avenue and Second street Southeast, near Exposition Bldg. Southeast, near Exposition Bldg. Sunday School, 3:00 p. m., evening services, $30 p. m. General prayer meet- ing, $30 p. m. Weekly meetings debating club. Rev. J. C. Anderson, Pastor, Cor. Fuller and Jay streets, Sunday services: 11:00 a.m.; 7:00 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting: 8:00 p.m. $T. PETER CLAYER'S. Father Printon. Cor. Farrington avenues. Sunday services; Mass 8:00 a.m. High mass: 10:30 a.m. Evening service at 7 e'clock. PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH, Rev. D. S. Orner, Pastor, Cor. 10th and Cedar. Sunday services: Preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. Sunday School at 12:00 e'clock. Wednesday evening general prayer meeting. ST. PHILIP'S' EPIISCOPAL MISSION. $3$ Rice street, beaumurra and Uni- sity. Sunday services: Morning prayer, Lit- ST. PAUL. ST. PAUL. any and Sermon. 11:0 a. m.; Sunday School and Children's Vespers 3:0 p. m. Evening Prayer and Lecture, 8:00 n. p.; Friday; Choir Rehearsal and Brotherhood of St. Andrew. 8:00 p. m. All are cordially invited. Seats free. NOTICE—Changes and corrections will be made upon notifying the office. If we have neglected to place a notice of any society in the above directory it is be- cause we do not know of it or have not seen it. If any of any Lodge, place and time of meeting, name of officers and it will be inserted. OLSON EARL, ..UNDERTAKER.. Funeral Director and Embalmer. Open Day and Night. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 1503 S. Franklin Ave. - Minneapolis. PATRONIZE THE BEST! Free Delivery to All Parts of the City and Lake Minnetonka. S. P. EGGAN, Crayon, Pastel and Water Colors a Specialty. 251-253 Cedar Avenue, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. SEEDS OF FLOWERS Plants and Cut Flowers. We ship funeral flowers on the appropriate orders any time, day or night. Budding or House Plants in their season. Cut Flowers. fresh and fragrant. Seeds that are good and suitable for a petri packet. Our catalogue is FREE, send for it. MENDENHALL, FLORIST, 414 Nicollet Av., Minneapolis, Minn. KLAFFKE'S WHITE SEAL FLOUR. 119 Central Ave., Minneapolis. TEL. 2701-J-3. NEXT TO YERXA'S. 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TON"Crom human bray and brags Ry sometimes in hls. bark, Rs ee ae, Loud We dollars well content Jhaueh deapining not a "scent ste to sleek and he tn shy, Regaich twinkles in his eye, Rotek co know and gulek to s0@ CiSt nay Please oF comfort met Sure true triendabip in his paw Rin In words from Buman jew. ever doth he @rop a. sneer [Some eager, Htching ear, Rpted with some malice-word Shit he has in whispers heard Othe trlen who exve him crust But to feel bin dagger-thrust. Honest, open, clean and clear Krevhis eres, and not a fear Sica'one have that tow or igh is heart harbors lurking ie Love unwarpea by change or chance, Fortune, tate or circumstance Faith hath he unmixed with fear Though disgrace or death draw near, Sympathy and truest trast Trough my bopes, ail Cura to dusts Few the naman friends who cling Like this ome through every hing. {ehat though thoughts he cannot speak Tove ts long and words are weak: Hite not airy, empty creeds, Hie-retigton one of deeds He shail live though death bells tol, Like myself though aces roll, Love proves that he hath & 20u Ste Ste: Making of a Revolutionist A SS I IS ET. tragic Incident reveals to him the chasm Vetween the aspirations of his yout and the moral lethargy of his manhood. With that incident. "the free spiritual being which alone is true, alone eternal, was Twakened in him, and from that moment there began for him a new iife.”. The vory telly of the maturing of thie fe, Po ‘of the light In which existing social Feututions appear to Nekhludoft trom fea eck Er oC problem novela'n that it deals with the fundamental. problem—man's relation {o'man. Asn introduction to the follow- ‘ng reading, it may be stated that Nekhiu- Gift hay followed a gang of political pris- cers and conviets Into Siberia, because tion them faa woman called’ Katusha ‘ehom he had once: wronuged and to whom te Would atone. Kryltzoft, who Cells the ory, Is a political prisoner.” EYHLUDOFF grew especially fond of Kryltzoff, a consumptive young man condemned to hard labor, who was going with the same gang as Katusha, Nekhludoff had made his acquaintance already in Ekaterinburg, and talked with bim several times on the road aft- er that, Once, in summer, Nekhludoft spent pearly the whole of a day with him at # halting station, and Kryltzof, having once started talking, told him his story and how he had become a revolutionist, Up to the time of his mprisonment his story was soon told. He lost his father, a rich landed pro- prietor in the south of Russia, when still a child. He was the only son, aud his mother brought him up. He learned easily in the university, as well as the gymnasium, and was first in the math- ematical faculty in his year. He was offered a choice of remaining in the university or going abroad, He hesi- tated. He loved a girl and was think- ‘ng of marriage, and taking part in the nral administration. He did not like jving up either offer, and could not sake up his mind. At this time his fel- ow-students at the university asked him for money fora common cause. He id not know that this common cause was revolutionary, which he was not interested in at that time, but gave the money from @ sense of comradeship end vanity, so that it should not be suid that he was afraid. ‘Those who re- ceived the money were caught, a note was found which proved that the money had been given by Krytizoff; he was arrested, and first kept at the po- ice station, then imprisoned. “The prison where I was put,” Kryltzoff went on to relate (he was sit- ‘ing on the high shelf bedstead, his el- hows on his knees, with sunken chest, the beautiful, intelligent eyes with which he looked at Nekhludoff glisten- ing feverishly)—“they were not special- iy strict in that prison, We managed 0 converse, not only by tapping the wall, but could walk about the corri- éors, share our provisions and our to- bacco, and in the evenings we even tang in cherus. I had a fine voice: yes, If it had not been for mother it would have been all right, even pleas- tnt and interesting. Here I made the ‘equaintanee of the famous Petroff- he afterward killed himself with a piece of glass at the fortress—and also of others. But I was not yet a revolu- tionary. I also became acquainted with my neighbors in the cells next to mine. They were both caught with Polish Proclamations and arrested in the same cause, and were tried for an attempt ‘0 escape from the convoy when they were being taken to the railway «ta- tion. One was a Pole, Lozinsky; the ether a Jew, Rozovsky. Yes, Well, this Rozoveky was quite a boy. He said he "as 17, but he looked 15—thin, small, active, with black, sparkling eyes, and, tke most Jews, very musical. His voice Nas still breaking, and yet he sang beautifully. Yes. I saw them both taken to be tried. They were taken in the morning. They returned in the ening, and said they were condemned edeath. Noone had expected it. Their ‘se was so unimportant; they only tried to get away from the convoy and ‘ad not even wounded anyone. And then it was so unnatural to exgeute teh a child as Rozovaky. And we in Prison all came to the conclusion that it wes only done to frighten thém, and Nould not be confirmed. At first we Bre excited, and then we comforted rete, and life went on as before. ell, one evening, @ watchman {ems to my door and mysteriously an- Semnees to me that carpenters had ar- a 3P@ were putting up the gallows. {Lfa" I did not understand. What's that? What gallows? Bat the wateh- SE Nas to excited that T saw at once **s for our two. I wished to tap and Saaymicate with my comrades, but Sfraid thone two would hear. The (oErades were also silent. Evidently eghets ecw. In the corridors and tells everything was as still as tap the wall nor sing. At ten the watchman came again And announced that a hangman had arrived from Mos- cow. He said it and went away. I be- gan calling him back. Suddenly I hear Rozovsky shouting to me across the corridor: ‘What's the matter? Why do you call him? I answered some- thing about asking him to get me some tobacco, but he seemed to guess, and asked me: ‘Why did we not sing to- night, why did we not tap the walls? I do not remember what I said, but f went away so as pot fo speak to him. Yes. It was a terrible night. Iistened to every sound all night. Suddenly, to- ward morning, [hear doors opentng and somebody walking—many persons. 1 went up tomy window. There was a lamp burning in the corridor. The first to pass was the inspector. He was stout, and seemed a resolute, self-satis- fied man, but he looked ghastly pale, downcast, and seemed frightened; then his assistant, frowning but reso- lute; behind them the watchman. They passed my door and stopped at the next, and T hear the assistant calling out in strange voice: ‘Lozinsky, get up and put on clean linen.’ Yes, ‘Then I hear the ereaking of the door; they entered into his cell. Then T hear Lozinsky’s sttps going to the opposite side of the corridor, T could only see the in- spector. He stood quite pale, and but- toned and unbuttoned his coat, shrug: ging his shoulders. Yes. Then, as if frightened of something, he moved out lof the way. It was Lozinsky, whe passed him and came up to my door. A handsome young fellow he was you know, of that nice Polish type: broad shouldered, his head covered with fine curly hair as with a cap, and with bean: tiful blue eyes. So blooming, #0 fresh so healthy. He stopped in front of m3 window, 50 that T could see the whole of his face, A dreadful, gaunt, live face. ‘Kryltzoff, have you any cigar ettes?” [wished to pass him some, but the assistant hurriedly pulled out bis cigarette case and passed it to him, He took out one, the assistant struck ¢ mateh, and he lit the cigarette and be gan to smoke, and seemed to be think ing. Then, as if he had rememberec something, he began to speak. ‘It is ernel and unjust. [have committed ne crime, I I saw something quiver ir his white young throat, from whict 1 could not take my eyes, ane he stopped. Yes. At that moment 1 hear Rovovsky shouting in. his fine, Jewish voice. Lozinsky threw away the cigarette and — steppe¢ from the door. And Rozovsky appearec at the window. His.childish face, with the limpid black eyes, were red anc moist, He also had clean linen on, the trousers were too wide, and he kep' pulling them up and trembled all over He approached his pitiful face to my window. ‘Kryltzoff, it’s true that the doctor has preseribed cough mixture for me, is it not? Tam not well. I'l take some more of the mixture.’ Ne ‘one answered and he looked inquiring ly, now at me, now at the inspector What he meant tosay I never made out Yes. Suddenly the assistant again put ‘on a stern expression, and called out in a kind of squeaking tone: ‘Now, then, no nonsense. Let us go.’ Rozovsky seemed incapable of understanding what awaited him, and hurried, almos ran, in front of him all along the cor ridor. But then he drew back, and 1 could hear his shrill voice and his cries then the trampling of feet, and genera! hubbub. He was shrieking and sob: bing. The sounds came fainter an¢ fainter, and at last the door rattled and all was quiet, Yer. And so thes hanged them. Throttled them both with a rope. A watchman, another one saw it done, and told me that Lozinsky did not resist, but Rozovsky struggled for a long-time, so that they had to pul him up on to the seaffold and to force his head into the noose. Yes. ‘This watchman wax a stupid fellow. He said: “They told me, sir, that it would be frightful, but it was not at all fright- ful. After they were hanged they only shrugged their shoulders twice, like this.” He showed how the shoulders couvulsively rose and fell, “Then the hangman pulled a bit so as to tighten the noose, and it was all up, and they never budged.”” And Kryltzoft re- peated the watchman’s words: ‘Not at all frightful,’ and tried to smile, but burst into tears instead.” For a long time after that he kept silent, breathing heavily, and repress: ing the choking sobs. “From that time I became a revolu- Monist. Yes," he said, when he was quieter and finished his story in a few words, He belonged to the Narodovoltzy party, and was even at the head of the Gisorganizing group, whose abject wax to terrorize the government so that it should give up its power of its own ac- cord. With this object he traveled to Petersburg. to Kiev, to Odessa and abroad, and was everywhere successful. A man in whom he had full confidence betrased him, He was arrested, tried, kept in prison for two years, and con- demned to death, but the sentence was mitigated to one of hard labor for life. He went into consumption while in prison, and in the condition he was now placed he had searcely more than a few months longer to live. This he knew, but did not repent of his action, but said that if he had another life he would use it in the same way to destroy the conditions in which such things ax Why One Man Married. Gen. Gordon once said that the reason why he did not marry was that he had never found a woman who was prepared to accompany him to the ends of the earth. Such a woman Sir Henry M. Lawrence did find. She wept with him, says his biographer, into every difficult und dangreous place where his great work ‘of India called him. One day Lord Jobn Lawrence, Sir Henry's younger brother, was sitting in his-drawing- room at Southgate, when, looking up from the book in which he had been ‘engrossed, he discovered that his wife Thad left the room. “Where ix moth- fer?” he asked one of his daughters. “She's upstairs,” returned the girl Lord John went to his book; but looking up again, a few moments later, put the same question to his daughter and received the same am- swer. Once more he returned to his Teading; once more he looked wp, with the familiar inquiry -apon his lips. ‘Thereupon hix sister broke in “Why, really, John,” she said, “it would seem as if you could not get eae Ore ninalen | withont yore wife!" “That's why I married ber,” the old statesmaa replied. ‘MINNESOTA JUDGE ARRESTED.| TAMALES AND He Wax Accused of Meing « Russian | tow, According to Soy tm Japan and Hated Tweis the Mente Inco Court. oune In & conversation the other day] “Down in my sect with some friends in Minneapolis | States there ix muc Judge Canty, late associate chief jus: | observing man,” sale tice of Minn ota, said he remembered | of Nogales, Ariz.. t¢ with anything bat pleasure an experi- | Star man, “but thet ence he hac’ in the quaint little | which you don’t ha Japanese city of Modje, when he was | an important part on his way ( China a few months | life of a portion of ago. He wa) suspected by the mili- | and for the sake of s tary authorivies of being a Russian | 1 will designate ther spy and subjected go great annoy- | tamales, ance and humiliation, says the Chi-| “The Mexicans eago Chronicle. fond of red peppers His account of the affair was that) enormous size, comp he was a passenger on a steamer | see here, and in th which anchored a short distance from | the eaves of the pore Modje bay, Having untinited curi-| ican habitation, be i osity and conxiderable time, he went | in Mexico, Arizona a ashore and found much to” interest | will observe strings him. He became enthusiastic, and de- | red condiment hang termined to see all that could be seen. | of the stasx twisted Finally he wandered into a parklike| “The mexican mi place and against the august person-| pers with his food WHEN WASHINGTON WAS A BOY. TT A IMU Mm ii bi (Hi ll y oe HITT Za MI HAAN MM Hi 0 es ae | |W Be Cit ih We ee uah|||\)|)) || IME Nn > aint Hi | Pai ertteeet||||\IA ye Wn a Wa EB ARSE | y HT “a \ BSS! | HAAR \ — SHROSS ATA A VAN Va AN WANS NS \ WA Xe Ai W/E! iG an ‘ven by Washington: to is Re een eet Soe te een gee eee Fae ie ma ee irmoon'isHigat Bt alee mR a age of s representative of the mikado, @ military ofticer of high. degree. Without offering any explanation the officer unceremoniously hustled the judge off to the military court and ehourged bim with being in the employ of the Russian government ‘The news spread and the courtroom soon filled with natives, Further more, # mob outside suggested in or- der to expedite matters that the prisoner be exeeuted flest and tried afterward, ‘The judge wax arraigned and plead- ed not guilty. Me asked for a change of venue to the captain of the steam- er, where he could prove that he wax ap American, The motion was de- nied, but after walking him over the territory he had traversed during the day at 1 o'clock wt night they al- Jowed him to depart, hungry, mad and cold. Naming the Prince of Waten, About 600 years ago there wasa king of England Edward J.—who subdued the people of Wales. After conquer- ing the Welsh, he was anxious to get their good will, and xo, when it hap: pened that his first baby: prince was born ia Carnarvon, in Wales, he had bright idea, He announeed that his PATH OF THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF MAY 28. LY eden | ae | aloe Wy \ | I ec pai) “y- f, f_ Semen Sd th y o | BA iy SV ea pa| fea a OR repeat ae ee “ ne wrt A coe eke | Af Tag aS | s iH = pet emer mm | UA tg ea ~ fs 2 a IE (eb rFeTEN —. Aen’ a | iPr HY Glee "= i} soapy arsastic Nei ergre “Tad ocean! | i A £. a ——} «| Eee L Zt : nd touches, Portuenl, Ales boy was a native of Wales—one who could apenk Welsh just ax well as any other tongue (this was frue, ax the baby was but a few weeks old), and he rhould therefore be the people's own prinee, Edward, printe of Wales, say Forward. Twenty-three years after this baby beeame king of England, and about 50 years Inter his grandson had assigned to him, ax the third prinee of Wales, the erest and motto whieh has been borne by all the Engtish kings” sons who have since that day bad:the title. “The crest in three ostrich fenth- ers, and the motto is the sentence, “leh. dien”—"I serve.” It was given to the Mack Prine, a boy of great promise, ‘who fought bravely at the battle of Crees. Invented the Ave binht, A patent record whieh hae been un- earthed at Toronto shome that the original inventors of the electric are light were to Toronto men, Henry Woodward, a medical student, and Matthew Exans, a saloon keeper. ‘The invention. completed in 1472, was the fruit of thelr joint experiments. It was patented in the following year. TAMALES AND BUZZARDS, Mow, According to Bellet, One Pree (wets the Mextoam from (he omer. “Down in my section of the United States there ix much te interest an observing man,” said Alfred J. Smith, of Nogales, Ariz. to a Washington Star man, “but there are two things which you don't have here which play an important part in the every-day life of a portion of the inhabitants, and for the sake of a brief description 1 will designate them a* buzzards and tamates, “The Mexicans are inordinately fond of red peppers. ‘They grow to enormous size, compared to those you see here, and in the houses and te the eaves of the porches of every Mex ican habitation, be it ever so humble in Mexico, Arizona and California. ove will observe strings of this brilliant red condiment hanging with the ends of the stax twisted Into braids “The mexican mixes the red pep: pers with his food with a lavishness Indicating bis extreme forlness for its hot, burning flavor, and in a man ner that ix unacceptable to the Amer: jenn palate. It enters into the eon position of M11 his dishes “Now for the buzzards These just ly named seavengers of the air are very giumerous in the section 1 have naméd, The association — between Mexicans and gbuzzards Hex in this The former's flesh js so saturated with red peppers that when he ix overtaken by death on the plains or desert buzzards will not eat the body At least, thix ix the common under. standing in the section . hall from,” AMERIGAN SOLDIERS’ WIVES. ‘They Mast Walt Louw, Weary Weeks for Letters from Thete Loved Oven, Yet, terrible ax war ia, with tt weary marches, battles, sickness, wourds, slaughter, death, and. know ing that the soldier must endure it all, yet, L repeat, my heart sheds not ite keenest blood af sympathy — for him, writes Mex, US. Grant, in Har: per's Bazar, No, it is for the woman he leaves behindthe woman whose province it in to wait, and who, in that waiting, must rodure the tor- tures of @ lost soul to whom my keenest sympathy erien out. There “are no braver wonen in the world to: day thon the wives of our army off- cers, and those of our private soldiers ‘as well, for the benet wader the rough woolen jacket can ache am plercingly ‘as that under the silken robe To ‘their honor, be it anid, that in the path of duty no sacrifice is too greut for them, no loved ove too dear to yield Six seemingiy interminable weeks must elapse before a letter from the Philippines ean reach (ie eastern part ‘af the United States. andvevery sole dier’s wife knows wher he resda the letter that in the Ibtervening weeks since it was written the loved hand that penned the words may bave fallen padsied by = Mauser bullet, What, too. of the wowien who have bo more to walt for. why wit no longer at the window of hope, they trom whom wart cruel avariee has robbed all that life held dearest—the widowee ‘wives, thé bereft mothers and the sor- rowioe sisterm eee ae ee PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. A man and a woman left a small Tox quarantine in St. Louis to get mar Hed. An audacious rogue asked a con Suctor on @ Boston street car to helg ‘nim on with his overcoats White th ‘polite conductor wae engaged in thi ervice, the artful passenger picked th conductor's pocket, \ mman went into a store in Fairfield Me. the other day and remarked that everything except the boots he had om Vita stockings. shirts, underelothes outside clothes and ep, were spun woven and made by hie mothers Mime. Sada Veco, who. has been Playing in New York, ls the fest Jap were actress to play in a company 0 men. ‘Though formerly one at the mon noted geishan of Tokio, she is of a ttm ily noble and tich and is exceptionally well educated M. dutes Gambon, the French ambax salor to the United States, mate speech at Columbia university the oth erday in which, apeuking of Ameriom wonten and meaning to be very. gal lant, he aad that theie taste Ix second only to that of born Parisienness Morton Rosell Cotes, of Bourne mouth, England, has presented to the United States, through Ambassade Choate, a bust of George Waxhington made of black baxalt weigwonl. Pres ideut Mokinley. has retested. Seere tury Hay to weite to Me. Cotes thank ing. him for the pitt, The recent death of a member of Sedalia (Mo,) firin disclosed the fae That for 30 years the frm had kept me aecount-books. It did a strictly cas Tusiness, divided the dey'x receipt ach night, share and share glike, Wher bill of goods wan purchased, eael member of the firm pail onechall 0 the money, carried in his pocket, Jonathan Groves, of Hurtington June tion, Mo. hax a unique rerord, Dur ing the civil war he was 4 prisoner a Andersonville, Gin, where. disenn raised iy lega:to become temporarily tieelens. He eneaped from an amb lance and erated on his hands anc Knees from Goldsboro, N, Cy. to New tere, where there was a tion camp The distance ix 00 miles, and he mad the trip in 17 days. When he starter the weighed 173 ponnds, when he ar | sived he welated onte 66: CAPTIVE WILD ANIMALS, The Author of OWA Animate Eatays Keown” Accounts fer Thele aucune Ernest Seton-Thompson writes in- cidentally of the restlesnesy of cap tive aninals in the Century, ax fol lows: “It is a common saying among keep: ers that, averaging one animal with another, « menayerie must be renewed every three years, Yet L know of one thanager who kept moxt of hi ani- tunis, thoxe of Woodward's Gardens, San Franciseo, alive, healthy and happy from the beginning of hie time to the ud, 1 years Tater, when the estat: lishment wax broken up, and the ani mals were ordered to be shot in thelr cages, ‘The great aceret of Nix aecers, fie Cells ne, sas caring for thelr minds te well as for theit bodies Many a man shut up ina cet hax raved hit mind by inventing some trifling amusement. It ly reeorded that one vet a daily wateh on the moves ments of a spider, Another tried how anny timer he had to tows five. pins before they fell fn just the suane way | Asarthee tried to run ten nites eweh day in his narrow limits. Yet another “busied himself inventing new arrange [ments for the two or three articles of Ifurnituce in his eet, Many have paced fp and down ench day fora number of hours, And whatever they did, all alike were seeking to put in time, to “while away the awful tedium of thelr [monotonous tives, to respond to the natural cravings for exereive, aad to save thelr minds and bodies frat ae- tually withering from disse “Hf Instead of ‘human cuptives’ we read ‘wild animals’ in all this, we salt huve w very fair portrait of what wo may Kee every day ih an ordinary me nugerie, Why does the elephant swing te und fro forever from his ehain plek st? Why does be gather from the floor all the xtraw he ean reach, throw it over hin buck and over the «table, to be reguthered later? Why does the syuireel enter and work for hoses the himlese treadwheel, and the marten Jeng lintlensly bulf a day from point to Pointfloor, perch, slat, box: floor, feted, slat, box again und again, with Monotonous sameness day after day? Why does the lone ostrich waltz far more than does bis wild kinaman that hax many admiring spectators of hie own kind, and why do the fox and the wolverene trot miles ant miles of eae front every day? Why does the bear roll and. tumble ror woure over the same old wooden ball ae If it were a new-found chum, or, ine ball bm wep: plied, swing back and forth om pivotal hind foot for hours eweh day? Why does the rhinoceros keep on forever nosing at some projection that his horn can ulmont fasten under, 1H it get more and more elusive through the smoothing of perpetual use? Why do wolves and mamidys ut bn hours and hours over humble duties that jn their wild state were the work of m few minutes at most? To all, the anawer le the anme as to the similar query about the maw prisoner. ‘They are putting in time, ‘They wre responding to the tatural erasing for exercise, They tre trying to pase the tedium of their hopeless lives: they are doing any- thing, everything, their poor brains ean suggest to while away the weary drag of dull, eventlese dayn. “Theit bellies are well eared for, oF at lenst fare always plentifully cored for, bat how few keepers have learned that in cach animal ine mentality. large or mall, that ought to be considered.” Sevel Verm of « Witt. A nove! method of making « will was revealed in a suit which Count Moore, M. P., a0 Irishman, brooght in London to net aside the testament of hin sie ter, a» woman of large wealth. Sbe was paralyzed, and war unable to x- prea, herself by words, says the Washington Times, though when the saw the words written she knew thelr meaning. Mer lawyers printed two rete of cards one set showing her various properties, the other the mames ef her relations. The cards were shut- fird and dealt out, and ax abe come to each name she inileated by sign the property che assigned to the owner of ht. The jadge upheld the will. TOO STRONG TC WORK. She Mad Her specinity and Could Not Be Induced to Depart from It tad fer, daye age a wellhown Washington iy, being unexpectedly. bereft. ol her Kitchen ‘smiatance, advertised for a colored ‘woman capable of performing general house: Work, aaya the Star, ‘The first caller in response to the adver tisement was a mulatto damsel, bedecked with ribbon and finery,” From her airs and races she might have been a graduate Ol 8 Feminaty. ‘She announced that she had no- ticed the advertiement and was desirous ‘of, securing employment, was ood cook?" inquired the lady ‘of the house. “eNO, indeed, don’t cook,” was the reply. 4, Are you # good washerand ironer!” was then query 3 te Nault ae wanhing and ironing: i’ too hard on the hands,” declared the caller. Can you sweep?” the housewite then “wanted {0 know. Tee wae ihe answer, and it, was 6 pox tive ope. “T's not strong enough for that.” | “Well, in the nate of koodness, what can you do?” aid the lady Of the house, exe Derated. The placid teply was: “T dusts.” Curiosity Saves Lite, A package marked quinine was secretly exnt fon Urght womaty but being cura | she took it toa druggist Who said it was not imine, but amen "ike inquiry "int tome of ihe medicines offered wil certainly detect the false trom the true. For hall & gutory Hlostetens “atomach Rittery has en cUFitg ieeligestion, constipation, dye Pepma, liver ant kidney. trosles and hae Bever nice failed. “Try it if yow feel weak and tired Miatsteane tunssebabeee. Ty was during the performance of “Quo Vadin''at Eureka, end'Vinielus was Uegalog Vetroniae to forget hie reproaches, 250g, weal ‘Ah, how can you ever forgive me?” “Witictunrephied Petrone, with, ereat cqrorgtncen, tha arty olf enter ead Whereupon the audience, which was not dead, vat oniy ured, ure into age euge ter-Ransas Uity Journ oY | Catareh Cannot Be Cured with Local Applications, a they cannot each {he teat at the digeuse. “Catarrh ie & Blood or eanstitutional disease, and an order torcare it yor must take nero remedies HiaiPe'catavrh Cure tetaken intergay, and guia dents the Blu nnd eons a {cen Tails Catarsh Cure tu nots, quack elicine. It was preaceibed by one ol the Fer nivietaes inthis country fo" beara abd in a regular preecriptian. {U iecomposed ae et ue then amb, with ye Heat losnl paritery Setiog directo fhe mucous surfacen” he. pentet | com [alten i fogredignte ie what pt fuces euch wonderful rexulte. in curing Cer Br cane ge eon re 2, GHE SEY COO Pron Toledo, O, Y si, price Hall's Hemily Wf are the beat. Matter of Memory. ‘The man who wan attempting suicide was pot wikiog for the thied te ‘Ot‘coures, was beceenatyhereupon that hhe recall everything In bie pant lite in the tage of one tant Ths he filed to ds “Again, my cursed memory!” he bimed, awed ase mh hgh wk ‘rar js nowise teavemed by the dertuve jaughe | Tardl ke spanstiee Chiral doervak eee ane reer eras ad | eon 2am wont a epectnl inside price om Cane er twine, either Sinah Standard oe Maula, out this notice out and mail it to Sears, Roe: Wek &'Co" inden Twine Department) Ch igo, atating about how much twine ys wil Tequlre aud. how soon you will wand Ye a0 they will save. yo money’ by quoting sou price that willeeither areure sour onder OF Compe! the party who supplies yom Uo well to youlmt a lower price thaw he otherwise | ould 4 A Different Declaration, “he is very proud of the fact that ehe han an ancestor who was one of the signers ‘of the Declaration of Independence “Thay nothing tobe progl of, “here ‘divorce ‘in our family, too." —Vhiladelphia Bulletin. , Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot ase, ‘apowder for the feet, It makes tight or New Rhoew ‘Feel Kasy. 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Hobbins” Maple Bureet, Norwich, N.Y Keb 17, io00. 11 js aid that doctors never ake thet own medicines yet. they baunlly promt by thee ie sdtea tha ale dees All goods are alike to Porxam Fannines Dres.as they color all bers wt one boiling Bold by wil droggiats An old bachelor says (hat when a man hasn't enough worry he should marry Chicago Daily News ‘To Cure @ Cold im One Day ‘Tako Laxative Hromo Quinine Tablets, Al Grugyiota refund money if iefulletocure. Sx ‘The hundeed-yard runner is alway dashing tellow.-Chieago Dernoerat, For disorders of the feminine organs have gained their great renown and enormous sale be- cause of the permanent good they have done and are doling for the women of this country. Mf all ailing or suttor- Ing women could be made to understand how ab- solutely true are the statements about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, thelr suffer- ings would end. Mrs. Pinkham counsols women free of charge. Her address ts Lynn, Mass. The advice she gives Ie practical and honest. You oan write treely to her; she is a wo- man. Genvine Optimism. «The Pessimit™—That waiter navfally slow ‘mith thove cheese sandwiches,» TheGpimie-Oh never mind, The longer wwe wait the better growe the cheeeer—Tone Tnspulis reas ‘The Golden Rule tm exes, When tet lear fo do ante others an :hey would have others do unto them, norve ta Ing will have become one of the lost arta Gniveaton ewes There wax Michige ie who, while hype notized, borrowed $001, Tf she ill kindly fend the mame of the hypmotie school that farmed the trek she will onter'e fever on Auxious ReaderIndianapolia News: Teacher—"What is » synonym?” Bright Boyeeit's a word you chm uke in plese of Souther one. woes Jou Son's taawrhote | spell the other ‘oue."--Sydney Town, and Ciotty' Journal Mrs, Buat—The new ,tenante sent door arenot a tit newhboriy.”" Mr. fhantessNos TThotice they Leep their confounded pane ing almoteebnstanly.” hada Rorth Aimencan, Some men seem (o {Rink Becaute sit pres ervation tthe Brat law of patare net itte Becenenty to Keep (hemositen tanasiig toaked in alcobel-Chicage Dally News Te a serious complaint, It'an warning that should be heeded. 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SFpsethitice oe SHEE Beaact { rasghaty i; Hb s Serhitehizict 2a2 ALLEN S !RON TONIC BITTERS Ba | Sei LE DROPSY fn auc Bowe “ie i Taree ek oars cee eye or mn raren ecearnty ninco tocar om avin, Sheer ae row tc, | gat Dar a a4 Giumaixs MEMORIAL DAY. pagar oon nen aga Sagi ‘beneath thes su their emerald follage spread ‘And 'the rivers seek ‘the ocean, seer Columbia's here dead. Nobugle blast awakes thers now. ho war ery shakes the Pe NM 2 ayes seom to guard the silent battle lines. ‘O’er all the land, from sea to sea, the gar lands softly’ fall On those who sleep upon the plain oF or ‘the mountain wall: ‘The gentle ringdove nottly coven where ‘once the grans was red, And tears and blossoms mingle o'er the Nation's sacred dead. For them no more the stirring fight, for them no chargers neigh. ‘The diades they drew where Death was King a Nation wreathes to-day: ‘The bushes in Virginia's vales wave o'er them fair and free, And seraphs guard thelr blvouse from At- Tanta to the sea; A common country hastes to pay its trib- ‘ute fate of flow'rs, For May for them her treasures ylelds from all her fragrant bow'rs, ‘The Southland and the Northland meet be- ‘side the eryatal rill Beneath the flag that woo the day on grim San Juan's Hilt Columbia's heart beats fast to-day o'er ‘every silent line ‘As she mingles the palmetto with the ranches of the pine: She looks and in a vision sees a marching . line of eray ‘And on each funk a dash of bive, and then he turns aways “My children" cries Columbld, “eet In bonds of love they come, Thear ngain thelr martial tread, 1 hear the ‘muffled drum: No North! No South! One Union ‘neath ‘the fing that made us free ‘They crown thetr hero comrades sleeping now ‘twixt soa and sen.” ‘The oceon wings & requlem to the land's im- ‘mortal brave, ‘The rome of pence blooms aweetly upon every acted Krave: ‘They fought and died beneath our ax trom Sacramento's pines” To where the war-clood hovered o'er Ma- ‘ita’s battle Hines: ‘They sleep the soldier's dreamions sleep ‘whore clear the rivers run ‘Through lands of peace and plenty to the MIGhIY wens Of pun; ‘The bide-bird trille her matchless lays wnse2M,2ut she gunnan'e mouth ‘guarded grimly lon ago the gate- way of the Bouth, In pence they rest thin holy day~Colum Din's gallant dead, For them awain the banners wave, for them the tenr in shed; ‘Their campfires burn no longer on the ‘mountaln and the plain, But where they sleep beneath the flag the blowsoma fait ike rain: To them the Nation's houndiens love goes ‘Out from shore to shate, ‘They fought the fieht. they kept the faith, they're ours forevermore, A gratetul Nation bows her head beneath ‘the skiew of May, ‘And Columbia strewn her warlands on her. ‘own Memorial Day. <T. C. Harbaugh, in Ledger Monthly, FoR LITTLE BENJIEL Decoralion Day Story. we “Thirty-seven: eight—thirty-nine!” Diantha Berry tried, delightedly. ‘The level rays of the inte afternoon sunshine sifted through the close branches of the great tree geranium and made an. ee- centrlo tracery in lines of light on her plain face. The splendid plant stood head aud shoulders above her, and ite topmost leaves swept the whitewashed ceiling, It» clusters of rosy pink petals peeped out blushing: ly, all over dt ‘Across a narrow space of yard little Leah Swallow put on her glasses and tried to count the blossoms, too, Her pale, lean face wax wisttab with long: ing. On her own window-sill a pot of Stunted cactus grew, It was late May, and the tiny village Shand” down the street @ little way waspractioingthe "Star Spangled Ran ner” ambitiously. It was hired to go to o little distant town to play on Memorial day, ‘There was only one soldier's grave at home, and the peo- plo had never made any observance ‘of the day there. It was of that one soldier's grave that little Leah Swal- low was thinking—and Diantha Ber- Fy, across the yard. Tut it wa Leah who was orylig Hy and by the great tree geranium’s Petting ended: Diantha went back to yor wewing at the other window “L declare, { believe Lean smelt link mety,” she sald, aloud. “Leah's got another of her spells of rheumatism, 1 guess. She uses dreadful smelly Hiniment, and the wind's this way. | oan smell it ax sure ax I live.” A sudden memory made her grim features relax into a amile, She wa: thinking how Lal sed to say—whes they were bits, Knee-high-—that she could smelt Mis’ Job Daggett's bolled Ainner round two corners. Her talent for amelling had developed early, ‘The band struck up the “Red, White and Blue,"and the faint thythm of the music set Diantha Berry's feet tap ping. Across the strip of brows gran, it sent Leah Swallow's head down into her open hands. “Not that—L can't let ‘em play that!” she sobbed. desolately. “Tha was Benjie’s tune, It don't seem a if anybody else had any right to { but Benjie. Me used to sing it wher he wasn't but a speck of a knee-high boy and ‘played soldier.” ‘Then, after ward, when-—when it wasn't play, be marched to that tune away from me Why do they keep on playin’ it) Don't they know It wakes me se Benjie right before me now, with hh soldier things on—the hardsomes oy that marched away? Am, ther don’t they remember? Why don’t remember that Menji never marched back to me again?” ‘The tree geranium was well alony In years, as geraninms grow old. anc {te history was minutely told in Dian MrT iet the aunber 0 had had last year—any the year before—was set down ther with euxiliary remarks. “Twenty-three’s the most it's eves had to one time—or, let me see, was i 26 it had last spring? I declare, I'm losin’ my memory, and that'll be some- thin’ new for a Berry!” ‘The diaries were piled in a neat row on a shelf over the table. The year of each was printed in careful figures on a bit of white paper on the back. It was easy to find the right one at once. She opened it and read aloud, monot- onously: “April 7—m-m-m—, that ain't it. It was nigher the last of April it bloomed Jest year, ‘April 12—13-—17;—here ‘tis! ‘April 20. ‘The tree geranium's all bloomed out splendidly. It looks handsome. I turned the best side out 40 the soldiery could see it, goin’ past Taaw Little Ben fie looking’—he's dread- fal fond o' flowers. His mother'é got a cactus blossom pinned onto his coat, among the brass buttons. Tean't bear a enctux blossom, If things hadn't been just 40, I'd have sent Little Ben- jit off to war with plenty o' my pink geraniums on his soldier coat,” Diantha Berry's voice came to » stop with a jolt. She had forgotten to see how many blooms the tree gera- nium had last spring—when Little Ben jie went to war. Little Henjie! she had a clear vision of him hefere her eyes; Little Benjie in his brand-new soldier suit, with Ws brown, curly head up in the oir, tramping away like a veteran. How plainly she saw him! 7) Nae Ae i | tee yy I ee wD | Me) ae elie” ag nh Mi S Vein se ||| ae i alae a pita mh 4 ( ti RIS lh: ? = TM His @ SA i KE) rf Fy | aN 7 2 {=e ke | ___ iii: ‘The way the morning sunshine had played with his brass buttons—how Plainly she saw that! Was it the daz- ais of It in her eyes that made them water? Diantha Berry was old—if 60 years is old-~and lonely and grim. There had been few shadows—or sun- finshes—in her life. Little Benjie had been more to her than, in her heart, she would confess, He had been to her almost what’her own son might have been, ‘She sat back in her chair now, rock- tng fereely, and “remembered “many things, Little Benjie was in them all. ‘They filed before her mind in steady, relentless succession—the time when Little Benjie put on his first bits of trousers and stumped across the yard to show her the pockets in them-ythe time when he first went to school and she tucked a pair of his beloved atraw- berry tarts, unnoticed, into his lunch basket, for surprive—and the time. Diantha Berry drew ‘in her breath sharply, with the pain of reméember- ing--the time when, in his brave sol dier clothes, he marched away to war, to the tune of the “Ked, White and Ble.” ‘That memory hurt her, She ‘wondered, in dull misery, if mothers ‘could feel worse than that, If.Little enjie's mother—but she would not finish that thought out, Her thin lips clenched. What had she to do with Little Henjie’s mother? It was only Little Benjle that mattered to her, “Hut Vd pity her—'d do that, if ‘twarn't for the way she treated me when they brought home Henjie’s body. Vd have forgot all the rest then. wasn't L ready to? Wasn't I the first one to give in? Do you suppose I'd have let a miserable little quarrel stan’ between us then, when Little Ben. Sle lay dad in the house? But Leah felt different, She wouldn't make up even then—thent If ‘twarn't for that, Td pity her, settin’ acrost there, all alone, I'd be sorry for the mother o° Little Benjie. I'd go acrost and see how her rheumatism was, and 4d run down the street where the band’s practicin’ and make ‘em stop goin’ over that tune of Little Benjie’s. I'll tell 'em to have pity—it hurts his mother so to hear it.” But now" She turned the pages of the diary iu her hand, searching for something. It was not there—of course not! It was in the next little book further along in the rum, She took it down and found the page she wanted. “They brought Uttle Benjie home, dead, today, Little Benjie dead! 1 saw ‘em take the box out of the hearse and carry it i to Leah—poor Leah! My heart isachin’ for her, She's feelin’ the way I would have if they'd brought my boy home to me dead, wearin’ his worn-out sollier clothes. I know how Leah feele—poor Leah! I'm goin’ perost to comfort herve got to, I can't help it, You wouldn't expect a quarrel-to hold good when Little Ben- Jie was layin’ dead? ‘The next days emtry was short enough, Hurt pride and sensitiveness Marked between the lines of It. “TL couldn't make up my mind to go, uninvited, and so 1 kep' waitin’ for Leah to send acrost for me, I made certain she would, but when she didn’t, even then 1 couldn't give it up. I was so sorry for Leah, and my heart was so sore to look at Lit te Benjie's face again, [couldn't stan’ it, so T wrote a note to Leah, askin’ if I could come—it she'd for. get the quarrel as T would, and let us begin again beside Little Renjie. ‘Oh, the Lord in Heaven knows I tried to say it right! He knows I warn't uppish a mite, nor anything but hum- ble and sorrowin’. I sold: ‘Forgive me, Leah, and not a word about my forgivin’ her—not a word, thongh “twasn't me began the quarrel. Well, Leent the note acrost by Mis’ Dag: get's little boy. I've been waitn’ all day for an answer. It hasn't come yet, but T haven't give up.” “The little room was quiet save for the soft rustle when Diantha Berry turned a leaf. At the top of the new page she began again: “Eve give up. Leah ain't goin’ to anewer iy letter. It's most night now, and I sent it acrost yesterday mornin’ when Mis Daggett's little boy went past to school. She don't want me to come over—and to-mor- row mornin’ they'll bury Little Ben- jie! Ishan't ever see his face again!” It wax like a ery of pain, in little neat set letters, there on the page It seemed to echo through the room. The diary slipped tg the floor with a gentle thud. It lay there, unno- ticed, a long while. ‘The twilight dimmed to-night while Diantha Ber- ry sat musing. The darkness crept about her like a soft mantle and wrapped her in. The low creak of her chair, ax she rocked monotonous- ly, wax the only sound in the room. After awhile she began to talk again aloud, ax lonely women do. “Tuesday's Decoration day—28, 29, 29, yes, Tuesday. To-day’s the 27th o' May, Well, I'm goin’ to cnt off some o' my geranium tree blooms and carry ‘em down to Little Renjie Tues: day. They'll look so beautiful—and Benjie was dreadful fond o° pink flow- ers. There'll be enough to make oo wee Ot ae aeee. 5 gee 5 ean spare w lot of them to Little Benjie! 1 shall have him all to my- self—Leah’s got a spell of rheumatism, If ‘twarn’t for that, [ couldn't go at all” She experienced a flerce joy, and the sound of it was in her voice. ‘She was glad that Little Benjie's mother was sick, Across the yard there was no glimmer of light. Little Benjie’s mother sat in the dark, too, and mused. A faint remnant of daylight kimed her wan face gently se it van- inhed. “He wax such a little mite of a boy, Benjie was, when I put him into pants,” her thoughts kept on, with relentless cruelty, “and [sent him over to Dinntha’s te show ‘em to her. When he came back, all his little pockets were full o' goodies. I can sce just how he looked, struttin’ acroat the yard, takin’ long steps like @ man. And L can hear how Diantha laughed, She couldn't have been much fonder of Little Benjie—she al- ways called him Little Benjie—it he'd have been her own boy. But after: ward—afterward, when he laid still and cold, in his blue clothes, abe for- got she'd ever loved him. She forgot then. If he'd been her own boy, would she have forgot? Would she have kept away from him then be- cause of a little foolish quarrel?” In the bitterness of her soul, Leah Swallow flung out her arms and cried out sharply, ‘The rough motion tor- tured her pain-racked body, but she scarcely felt it. “Benjie! Henjie!” she moaned. “Renjie—mother's boy, why didn't I hold you back? T need you so. Why did Elet you go? Weren't there other Boys enough? Weren't there boys whoxe mothers had other boys at |home? And you were all Thad, Ben- Jie! We thought it was so fine, dear— | the soldier clothes and the sound o' | the band playin’ the ‘Id, White and Blue, and the glory of settin’ Cuba free. I thought it was fine, too, but now-—oh, Henjie, my little brave sol- dier Benjie!” ‘The kind mantle of the dark shut in the poor little moter, with her erie, ‘The 29th of May was raw and wet, bat the morning of the 20th dawned clear, ‘The world, washed clean of its stains, shook off its raindrops, like Jewels, in the sun. A choir of little Dirds sang a high, sweet song—the “Star Spangled Kanner,” was it—in the apple orchard, and the little boys, trudging by, whistled war tunes, ‘The Day of Rethembrance found no one forgetting. ‘The old, old graves, and the new ones—so terribly new! awaited their flags and flowers, side by side, Diantha Berry cut off her pink blossoms early before the sun touched them and laid them, one by one, in the Little basket Henjie had liked. She cut with unstinted hand, choos: ing the fullest ones aud the most per- fect. One-—two—three-—ahe counted them aloud, as the scissors snipped through their slender stems. She had made up her mind to give little Ren jie [1s ‘of the beautiful clusters. Benjle {had put om long pants when he was |15—oddly enough, that got into her thoughts when she eut the fifteenth flower off. Then she cut another. smiling whimsically — Little Benjie had gone away to the high school when he was 16 She could see him now—the tall fellow!—awinging down j the road in the morning, and back again at night, She could see him stop at the crooked elm to awing his hat twice—once for Leah and once for her. She could hear his voice [coming in at her window—"You make splendid spice cakes, Miss Diantha |" ate one once.” ‘The big, hungry, flattering boy? Seventeen, 18 blossoms dropped inte the basket Little Benjie had liked Mis Diantha had a new idea. “Til cut off 22 for Little Benjie— one for every year that the Lord le him stay. I'm glad I thought of it Yes. I'l cut off 22.” ‘The great tree geranium, shorn o most of its glory, stood in the window ‘alone. Diantha had taken her little basket of flowers and had gone away down the road. It was at the crooked elm che stopped. Little Benjie had always stopped there, years ago With sudden distress Diantha thought of the poor little mother he would never wave his cap to again. “Poor Leah!” she eried, aloud. The fountain of her pity was unsealed at last. ‘The bitterness and anger were swept away-—she forgot, for the mo ment, everything but Little Benjie’s mother, alone in her pain. She re |membered how it had always been her part to comfort Leah, when they were little girls together. She would go back now and comfort her. “Leah.” she called at the door. a minute Inter. “Leah, I've come. You didn’t answer my letter, and mebbe you don't want me, but I've come. 1 couldn't help it.” The suffering woman's face was a study of joy and wonder. ‘The won: der prevailed. “T never got any letter, Diantha,” she said, slowly. Diantha sprang to- ward her eagerly. “Not my letter askin’ If T could come over to see little dead Benjie? Didn't you get that, Leah Swallow? I sent it aerost by Mix’ Daggett's lit- tle boy—and the Lord knows how eager [waited for the answer! I couldn't keem to give it up.” “L never got it, Diantha. Do you think I wouldn't have answered? You don't know how I waited, too!” “Leah, Leah—dear child, what a dreadful mistake it all was, and how we've be'n sufferin’ for it! I might have comforted you a little mite—and I needed comfortin’, too, Leah. Ix it too late now? See, dear, I was goin’ down to decorate Little Benjie’s grave with my geraniums. There's 22—one for every year he lived. Put your face in ‘em, Leah; see how sweet they are? Til carry them down for you, denr— they're yours, now. You can send mg, because you can't go, and Little Benj will understand.” She had drawn the slight figure into her arms, and was rocking it back and forth as mothers rock babies. ‘The long misery was over. After all, it had only been the forgetfulness of a little ebisd. After awhile she took up the basket of flowers and started again for the cemetery; but at the door Leah called her back, hplt timidly. “There's something I'd like, Dian- tha,” she said. “It—if you wouldn't mind arranging the flowers kind of in the shape of a fing. I wanted to, Penjie was 40 fond of his flag.”—An- nie Hamilton Donnell, in Country Ganiinnius A GENTLE REBUKE. A Thoughtless Man's stupid Practienl Joke Played oma Lindy | aia The following little aneedote, says the Philadelphia Times, Is told by a man who, while spending spme time im the different cities of Mtaly, used to frequent, in one particular place, a certain coffee house, In the center of the main room was a large marble slab, whieh covered the pipes that heated the place, and the tables were arranged around this, ‘There waa always fine music there in the evening, made by a man and his wife. She played on a stringed instrument and after several selections she carried around a little filigree sil- ver basket, in which she collected coins from the guests One night, as the music began, a man seated at one of the tables held ‘up a gold coin, The woman smiled, and the man dropped it on the mar- ble slab that covered the hot pipes. When she made her collection she went last for the gold coin, but as she picked ft up, she gave a cry and dropped it again, for it had become heated on the slab. The husband glared at the man, but did not say a word. | ‘The next evening, when the musi- clans appeared, the woman’s hand was bandaged and she had some difficulty in managing her instrument, When she made her collection, she avoided the man who had played the practical joke on her; and night after night, she did the same thing. In vain he offered her apologies, and other coins, but she merely bowed and smiled in passing him, and never allowed him to give her the slightest donation. Of course one can imagine the offender's feelings; but who ean find fault sith the wom- an’s gentle yet digniitied rebuke ?— Phil- adelphia Times. | HALLOW THE DAY, LAY sh Sa | oa ip Fs “ RAN | \ a \ 8 Ni i —! Te) qi Cs fj \ ms ’ | ke, mo A i | Wl hic, | cel gr amet RAs eR ir. oT ee «ae * x “What is a library, pa?” “A ibeary. Jimmy, te what © mam sa whee be gets together aa ated Wop ot books that bernever hes tw to read.”—Chicago Record. tie G Gulaiieeee tenets. |. The glory we remember we are to hand down unimpaired. The next generation needs the example of fa- here as well as forefathers —Bostos ‘Congregetionaliat, or Fight on for wealth, old “Money Bags,” ss 3 ¢@ » veneer a copes up and pas al S YALA iy Bek entre we Gey alaed for (@) att re i health, fleting al your weal »_ but you TT aes wi i ture LTB mel, in.your mad rush to get gold No matter rm) ue | ep. 19; | what you do, or what ails you, to-day is Fy (7 Re fs the day—every day is eer 0 keep crt Y Y watch of Nature’s wants—. help your an Ve Be bowels act regularly ~CASCARETS will wl Thao Nature tele porn,” Nesta eeane bie a SL Ny in the bicod, foul breath, and awful pains a Ee in the back of the head with a loathing [2h A &. ‘ and bad feeling for all that is good in life. RS | NN Don’t care how rich or poor you are, you can’t be well if have bowel trouble, h Y \f ou will be rae you take CASCA- 8 RETSpetheo-day”CASCARETS._ : Ry 4 in metal cost 10 cents; take one, eat | (4 it like candy and it will work gently while y you sleep, he cures; that means it strength- gives them new life; then they act regular! dee ee oe a a al _ it is guaranteed to be found in— 7 a seen THE IDEAL LAXATIVE : CANDY CATHARTIC 10c. SEsy — BOWE gaa 25. 50 FORTH DRUGGISTS eae etee Neal: Comes een rn Tae be CASCARETS ws aie free. oo ; Per INIA in = . i ae 4 5 «Weg ) iS aS FOR WOMENS The debilitating drains and Aischarges which weaken so many womenare caused by Ca- tarrh of the distinctly feminine organs. ‘The sufferer may call her trouble Leuchorrhoea, of Weakness,or Female Diseaseor some other name, but the real trouble is catarrh of the female organs and nothing else Pe-ru-naradically and perma- nently cures this and all other formsof Catarrh, Itisa positive specific for female troubles caused by catarrh of the delicate lining of the organs peculiar to women. It always ctires if used persistently. It is prompt and certain. CARTER MEDICINE CO. WINS. Obtains Injonction In Cane Involving Simulation of Labels. Brent Good, president of the Carter Medicine Company, yesterday received a telegram from his lawyers in Chi- cago, Informing him that a final in- junction, with costs, had been granted against the Chicago Label and Box Company. This company makes a spe- cialty of manufacturing 1abels, boxes, ete, for druggists. The Carter Com- pany has been following them through ‘the courts for two years on the com- Plaint that the label company was making simulations of the labels of Carter's Little Liver Pills. They have now obtained a final injunction, with costs, and the costs are very large, as the case has been submitted to a Mas- ter in Chancery for a final accounting. ‘The Carter Medicine Company has been the first and only one to prosecute printers or engravers who have pre- pared such labels and wrappers. It marks a new departure in infringement cases, and their victory is one of great importance to the whole “proprietary trade,” and also of interest to retail druggists.—N. ¥. Press, May 2, 1900. ‘aie had Miata Malan er ie A publishing firm recently received the following offer from an anxious autobiog- ne who probably had been reading bes be eons Nights: “I wish to te my life Before the puBlic if I can ‘Anuf Out of it to give me a start in the ond. Cted Criminal life 31 Yours Are ed 20 times shot at 27 times Released on @ baBis Corpas Warents. Broke 13 Jales Convicted 7 times Broke i pen and taken 27 Convicts with me, Waylaid and shot my filers ate twice martied seperated an Bivona ir Iran get tart the World putting my life Before the puBlic wil doo s0%hondon News. Art in Pennsylvania, Our community has received a social and profemional addition in the person of Mr. “Bill’” Jones, who returns to his native town an accomplished artist. In Philadelphia he was sopced as one of the best men ia the Hotel Tank's barber shop, He has now ‘accepted a position in “Tom Johuson's ton- orial parlors.—Mountville (Pa,) Clarion. ‘The Shriners nt Washington. ‘Un May 19¢h,20th and 2tst the Big Fourand © 0. wlll sell round tripexcurion sickets to Washington at one fare for round trip, For. ae anes. ete., address J.C. Tucker, GNA, Clark St, Chicago. Fortune keeps up such a see-saw that the pe. a —— a on. ae is oe to found in ‘the poorhiouse 20 years later. a ore Cc i A news ink that IS CHEAP is manufactured by | The Queen City Printing Ink Co., I Cincinnatt, Ohio H | Who have hail 40 years’ experience in making NEWS INK | TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS E | Such as, the Speed of the Press—the Texture of the Paper the Temperature of the Press Room, ete. it goes FARTHER ADDS | to the look of a paper—and IS CHEAP or atleast ECONOM!. { | CAL, which is THE TEST for the word CHBAP. { A | 7s ted wth THAT { P NEWS INK 85% LOOK THE PART | VO EUR a ee 7 WANDERING IN DREAMLAND. How an Apsent-Minded Woman Created a Laagh in Street Car. ©The young woman's mind was probably ‘way off in the land of cut-on-the-bus, and Yokes and flanings, Snd platings, and applique, and raffles, and things like that, whatever they may mean, says the Washing: Ton Post. ‘Anphow, when she got om, am uptown Ninth strtel car the other afternoon, she dreamily opened her pocketbook when the conductor tame arguid Yor her fare, stuck Sgloved finger and thumb into one’of the compartments of the same, extructed ¢ couple of foulard samples and, with that faraway expression still im her eyes, handed them to the conductor. ‘The conductor was 3 middle-aged man. He smiled and waited for the young woman to come out of her trance. "But she held the foulard samples out to him with her eyes on vacaney, until the conductor, still grinning, had to fetch her tmck to earth. “Yes, they're pretty, miss,” he eaid, “and Td like to get my wife’a dress off that piece on top, but she's ‘The young woman blushed tke red hot stove lide dog into another compartment of her pocketbook for a car ticket, and ahe Yooked real embarrassed when. the brutal male pervons actow the car aisle grinned, to she did. BARBER GOT IT MIXED. Im Relating @ Little Joke He, After the Manner of His Kind, Tarned ‘then ae Henry Lamm, an attorney of Sedalia, told a story at the reception to the Missouri Bar ‘Association recently which caused a, great Inugh, saye the Kansas City Star. Mr. Lamm ype ced on to make an impromptu speech le said: This is taking an unfair advantage of me. Ihave a paper in my pocket which I am to read at the meeting to-morrow. It ina very dey paper and it wall take me an hour to read it. If Tam given the slightest en- couragement I will rad it night now. That would be one on you, wouldu't it? “And that reminds me. I was in Texas recently and there they have a new joke. ‘A man asks you: “Have you heard the story about the two dirty callara?”™ You are sup: posed to angwer: 'No.’ And then the man sags: “That's one on you.’ “A Dutch barber who had been sold on this joke concluded to try it on the next customer who came into his shop. So.as be WS getting ready to save the best caller he asked him: “Hat you heard dot story about the two dirty collars?” “2No,’ anawered the customer, “ Vell, dot’s one you got on.” > “aeeidead Mean ane eae tobert Frank, the well-known artist, is a Robert Frank, the well-known artist, is selfemade ‘man, and, not until he ‘become telfaupporting’ did he. have a chance ta Pursue the regular studies which ‘most peo pie have in earlier Ife, says the Philadelphia Posts “When he began raving for a tin his. workmanship was. so excellent that he had “no dithcukty in securing orders. On day he delivered some sketches to. an em: ployer, who said: "By" the by, Franky 1 Want a picture drawn in'a great Surry. Iti Tigre thing» boxing kangaroo" {Sa whit ‘answered the artist, “T wil have it'ready to-morrow for you.” “You know whata kangaroo it of cours.” Frank must have beet thinking of ar ostrich, because he answered with a com Page, getuatich. Tt ing long, tal thing mi “Ja, gewisatich. Tt i a long, tall thing mi lots of feddars.”” And “Feddarw” has beet Ris pickname ever since. Willing to Show ‘Em. ‘An honest young man, who had escape: ‘8 great peril by an act of heroism, was mucl complimented for his bravery” yaoi lady, oud: "Twin I ould ave ge fe Whereupon he blushed and stammered td all pinting 9 is pedal extremes aid: "Well here they. ‘bey mum. "—st ‘Louis Globe-Democrat. NONE SUCH Shans SORENESS STIFFNESS St. Jacobs Oil LABASTINE te the orien and only durable wa (7f%t entirely different from at it somines. “Ready for wy te or, fourteen wat tints’ by""aading cola wi! ADIES naturally preter BASTING for wells angst Gurable “Put up iss Gered form, In five-rossi se. } ages, with full directions’ ‘LL kalsomines are cheap, tom. 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