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The Afro=American Advance. TWIN CITY NEWS. MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL. VOL. II. NO. 20. TWIN CIT MINNEAPOLIS For good cigars call at W. S. Conrad's, corner of First Avenue south and Fourth street. He will suit you. Go to John L. Neal, Real Estate, Loans and Insurance, 622 Boston Block. 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. Mr. Calvin Aylor and Miss Jane Riley were united in holy matrimony last Tuesday evening. Only a few close friends were in attendance. Mrs. D. A. Graham, of Wilberforce, O., arrived in the city last Monday and is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Brooks, 2205 Ninth avenue south. There is no improvement in the condition of Mrs. Mary Johnson, and her friends will regret to learn that she is growing worse all the time. Rev. David Bruce, the camp meeting magnate, is the guest of Rev. J. Will King and Mrs. King. Gecko Ducktell were the guests at luncheon Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Palmer The pastor of Bethesda church is preparing to have a great rally on the rath of August. Editor Joseph Hauser, of the Negro World, is down at Kansas City attending the silver republican convention as the mayor of the city opposesocrat and free silver advocate. What does this mean? 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 Godfrey's, 148 East Ninth Street. A SNAP IN REAL ESTATE. Make an Offer. $100 cash will buy two lots 40x150 ft. one a corner lot, out on 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. THE ORIENTAL HAIR PARLORS, on the corner of Seventh and Sibleth streets, room 205, Kralher block, is the place to go for all kinds of fashionable hair dressing, etc. Straight-cut hair is the most fashionable. Hair work done to order. Calls made at residences. Prices made satisfactory. Mrs. E. I. Allen, proprietor. 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. Too Anxious. It was at a wedding, and as the soon-to-be wedded couple walked down the aisle of the little church embarrassment was plainly written on the face of both; but when, in response to the question by the minister if either of them knew of any reason why they should not lawfully be joined together, there was a discussion about it so, the evident embarrassment on their part was changed to one of real on the part of the clergyman—Harper's Monthly. Stumped the School Visitor. A visitor at a Columbia, Mo., school the other day asked one of the lower grade class this question: "What is the axis of the earth?" An imaginary line passing through the earth revolves," proudly answered a pupil, "Yes, said the examiner, well pleased, "could you hang a bonnet on it?" "Yes, sir." "Indeed." And what kind of a bonnet?" "An imaginary bonnet, sir." The visitor asked no more questions.-Chicago Chron- Behind the Scenes. Ham Lett—Are there any long waits in the piece you are playing? the piece you are playing? Sue Brett—Rather. I've been waiting ten weeks for a chance to look at my salary.— Chicago Journal. Funeral Directors & Embalmers 292 Wabasha street, Betw. 3d. & 4th Sts. Telephone 268. Day or Night.... St. Paul, Minn. Satisfaction Guaranteed. .. OLSON UNDER Funeral Director 1503 E. Franklin Ave., DIANO Roccalle CHE A TY NEWS. ST. PAUL. Now that your house cleaning is all over, suppose you visit THE ORIENTAL HAIR PARLORS, on the corner of Seventh and Sibley, room 205 Beahmer block, and get your hair cleaned. You will look good and feel good. Mrs. E. J. Allen, proprietress. Hello! I want to tell Madam E. Luverne Adams, the fashionable dressmaker on Wabasha street. No. 418, that I desire her to make me one of those summer creations, all over lace and tucks, that is so swell. I am going to Mrs. Newrich's musicale and I must have it. Correspondence, letters, etc., must reach us by Wednesday for publication. 395 Thomas street. 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 (moustairs) Have you attended the big Methodist camp meeting? If not, be sure and go out one evening. Mrs. J. C. Garner spent the Fourth in a delightful manner down at Hastings, visiting Mrs. Seth Austin. Mrs. Carrie Linsay entertained at the residence of her mother, Mrs. W. S. Moffit, Wednesday evening, in honor of Miss Florence Drake, of Stillwater. Mrs. Amy Carter desires to thank her friends who so liberally patronized her booth during the carnival period, and reports a nice little financial margin above expenses. Many of her white friends helped her in a substantial way. Through Mr. E. P. Wade she secured Gov. Lind's approval and free use of one of the state tent covers. Through Lawyer McGhee's influence she was as a member of the Club of Poet O'Connor. "All of which she thoroughly appreciates and desires through our paper to return thanks again and again." The "Advance Woman" had the misfortune to lose her purse on an Interurban car Saturday, and with it her little "all." Can you appreciate the situation? I am not begging, but you will make me forget a whole lot of my troubles if you come up with your subscriptions right away. We surely need it. Mrs. Nelson Russell and mother, Mrs. Epps, are at home with Mrs. T. E. Franklin on Elflett street until Mrs. Russell leaves to join her husband at Montreal, Can. Mr. E. J. Williams is enjoying a short vacation with his family on Charles street. The new Eastern Star chapter organized recently by Gr. Patron J. L. Neal, under Illinois jurisdiction, was completed Friday evening, and the following officers appointed: J. L. Neal, W. patron; Mrs. J. L. Neal, W. matron; Mrs. J. W. Koger, associate matron; Mrs. C. S. Turner, treasurer; Miss Mary Morgan, secretary; Mrs. Kitty Manning, conductress; Mrs. John Sellers, associate conductress; Miss Everts, Ada; Mrs. Caldwell, Ruth; Mrs. Rufus Deleo, Esther; Mrs. Chas, Davis, Martha; Mrs. Gee, Day, Winn sentimental, Chas Lee, warder; Mrs. Winn sentimental, After James, is a substantial interest was served to the visiting sisters. All had an enjoyable time. Little Miss Ruminea Smith, of Edmund street, has been visiting in Minneapolis all week with the Harpers. ST. PAUL, MINN, JULY 3d, 1900 ANNUAL PICNIC ANNUAL PICNIC A Union Picnic of all the Airo-American S. S.'s of the Twin Cities will be held at Minahaha Falls, Tuesday, July 10th. A splendid time is promised to all the congregations of the school churches and families are cordially invited to come out and let us enjoy a full day's outing. We expect to have amusement for all. Refreshments will be served free to members of the schools. There will be a game of ball between a St. Paul nine and Minneapolis. Boys' race, girls' race, young ladies' race, married ladies' race, fat men's race and possibly a tug of war. Come and bring your baskets well filled. Let's have a good time on the clock. Calling of events sharp 4 o'clock p. M. By permission of the committee of the schools. JAMES P. ANDERSON. St.upt. St. James M. E. S. S. N. B. St. James A. M. E. S. S. has changed the hour of session from 3 o'clock p. M. to 9 a. M. beginning July 8th. J. P. A. Supt. No matter what job it is, there is always somebody who wants it.—Washington (Ia.) Democrat. Some men need time locks on their ima- nation—Chicago Dispatch. Telephone Connection. IN EARL .. RTAKER for and Embalmer. Minneapolis, Minn. CABLE CONOVER KINGSBURY WELLINGTON, SCHUBERT And other Pianos less expensive but good for prices asked. MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, MINN., SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1900. Watch out for the republican ratification meeting by the Afro-American voters of the city. Watch this paper for the time and place. Speaking of a chairman of the state central committee, made necessary by the candidacy of Judge Steele for the district judginghip, what is the matter with Judge Jamaison or former Mayor W. H. Fattus? Fred MeGhee is in Kansas City in the capacity of an alternate from the Fourth district, helping the democrats to save the country from the demission bow-wows, and Joseph Houser represents the colored free silver republicans as a delegate at the white metal side-show. It is said that Mayor Gray will in a few days issue a public statement declining to stand for the renomination at the hands of the democrats, and yet there are people uncharitable enough to say that he does not look ahead. It is confidently whispered around that the candidates for special municipal judge are to organize a republican club-composed entirely of candidates for the republican nomination just as soon as the aspirants reach fifty in number. If "Teddy" Roosevelt is as popular in his home state as he is in the Northwest, the republicans need not be apprehensive about the way New York will cast its vote in November. The nomination by acclamation of Capt. S. R. Van Sant for the governorship by Minnesota republicans is a splendid illustration of what can be accomplished through persistence. The captain's nomination is the result of years of campaigning. He, as the defeated candidate for the nomination two years ago, came up smiling in the campaign and rendered valiant service to the party on the stump, and then after the disastrous election of 1898, began forthwith to organize his forces or another attack on the result stated above. He deserves the vote of every republican in Minnesota such party teatty should not go unrewarded. It is current talk in democratic circles that many law or the idea of the democratic state convention endorsing Justice C. M. Start for chief justice and C. F. Staples for railroad commissioner. This is a hopeful sign and shows that the democrats have begun to think. If their state convention is not called for a month, with such an excellent beginning, in that time they may see the wisdom of endorsing the entire republican state ticket. The withdrawal of P. G. Sjoblom from the race for secretary of state and the subsequent support tendered P. E. Hanson, the successful candidate, by his supporters, insures the solid support of the Scandinavian republicans for the state ticket. The meeting of the Eifth Ward Republican Club at the court house Tuesday evening was largely attended and many of the local candidates graced the event with valuable contributions. The enthusiasm and harmony that characterize these meetings bode no good to the democrats of this county. David F. Gorham, register of deeds, F. candidate to succeed himself, certainly has not injured his chances of success by the appointment of Miss Mary Morgan, an accomplished and estimable young colored lady, as one of his deputies. It is proverbial of colored men that politically they are not migrates. The Afro-American republicans of the state will be in evidence at the national convention of republican clubs at St. Paul the 17th inst., and help swell the crowd that with lend acclaim will welcome the nation's hero, our rough rider candidate for vice-president, to the state of Minnesota. There is a rumor to the effect that an Afro-American anti-imperialist club is being organized and will soon make its appearance in the political arena. The object of that gathering on Fifth avenue south last Monday has indvertently become known. Speaking of the anti-trust sentiment in both of the great parties, Richard Crown and Magen said that he won't trust Van Weyk to lead the democracy in the next mayoralty contest in New York city. Hon. Chas. A. Towne, in an inter view yesterday, admits that the public has long expected would come to light that is to say that he is no silver republican. He a genuine simon pure democrat of the Bryan stripe and posed as a silver republican in 1860 for the election of the first presidents not in consonance with the St Louis platform and leading them into the democratic party. Gin Sling for Gin-ger Some Americans not over familiar with French, while in Paris not long ago, entered a confectioner's shop and asked in English for some ginger. What they wanted was the candied variety, of course, common enough to be used in the first syllable of the word the Paris shop looked at each other in amazement and then at the women asking for it. After some parley it was made known to the Americans that though the ginger was not in stock it was available, and the procedure, judging from the gestures and exclamations and significant glances upon the part of all connected with the establishment. The Americans waited and waited; still the ginger was not forthcoming. They were just about to depart when the ginger were served in glasses with crushed ice, and it was gin—N. Y. Evening Sun. Too Frank. A clothing merchant in lower Broadway had a big lot of clothes that he had bought at a bargain, and by putting a price of six on each he thought they would sell rapidly. He asked the clerk for a price for that money. He put one of the suits on a form and set it in front of his store with a sign about its neck which one of his smart clerks had painted on a piece of cardboard. The clerk prepared to do a rushing business. The hours passed and no one came in to buy the suits. This caused the merchant to wonder, and at length he determined to go out and buy the suits. This is what he found on the sign: "These suits 81. They won't last long." Podestia assing by saw the sign and smiled at its frankness. The merchant tore down the sign and said he would sign it started out to look for another job - N. Y. Herald. Victory Assured "A speech! A speech!" yelled the crowd. In response to the popular clamor he mounted an empty beer keg and said: "Boys, I thank you. All hands step inside and have something." It was a brief specimen of oratory, but it touched the spot. -Chicago News News. A 16 TO 1 PLANK. A 16 TO 1 PLANK. Explicit Declaration for Silver Will Be Adopted by the Convention. Contest Won in the Committee by Vote of 26 For to 24 Against the Resolution. Conservative Element, However Succeeds in Having Imperialism Made the Paramount Issue. Placed First in Platform and Declares That "Imperialism Strikes at Very Existence of the Republic." This Proves Acceptable to All and No Fight Will Be Made in Convention on Silver Issue. Kansas City, Mo., July 6. - The platform committee has changed the order of the presentation of subjects and placed the question of imperialism in the front place, making it in this way, and also by actual declarations. While other issues are vital, the question of imperialism strikes at the existence of the republic. The committee on resolutions completed the vote on the amendment and adduce sine die. The vote on the adoption of the report was unanimous. The conservative element of the committee on platform are highly pleased over the importance of reference to the rata would be greater benefit to them than the omission of reference to the rata would be greater benefit to them. The Vote in Committee. Kansas City, Mo., July 6. - The resolutions committee has decided for an ex- WILLIS D. OLDHAM (Nebraska Delegate Who Will Nominate Cot Bryan) There will be no minority report on the platform, the opposition having decided that such a report would be useful. The opposition will resolution to substitute a 16 to 1 declaration for a simple reaffirmation of the Chicago platform: Ayres, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Alabama, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming, Missouri, North Carolina, Territory, New Mexico, Hawaii-28 Noes-California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Alaska- The Plank Agreed Upon. The plank agreed upon is as follows: "We reiterate the demand of the government to establish a national system made by the American people for themselves which shall restore and maintain a bimetallic price level, and as part of such system the immediate restoration of the national currency, silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation." A subcommittee consisting of Jones, Bornburn, Metcalf, Lerner, Vie, Weyk Stone, McGee-Gilbert and Killman was appointed to draft a platform. Woman Whipped by Whitecaps. | Louisville, Ky., July 6.—A special to the Times from Elizabethtown, Ky., says: Mrs. Sallie Scott, a white man, was taken from her home in the East View section of this county at midnight by a gang of whitecaps and whipped with hickory switches until the blood trickled from her feet and she was rendered unconscious. Mrs. Scott swore out warrants against her husband and his brothers, charging them with assault. Not Exhausted by Celebration Canton, O., July 6—President McKinley was about the house at the usual hour Thursday morning. He was apparently none the worse for the heavy demands made upon him Wednesday. News from China similar to the press reports came from Washington, but there has been no official work to occupy him. Not Enough Hearses New York, July 6. — A large number of unidentified bodies recovered from the Hoboken steamship fire were buried in that city Thursday. There were not enough hearers in Jersey City and Hoboken to carry all of the dead and the coroner was compelled to carry some on trucks. Join Vorees. London, July 6. — The war office has received the following dispatch from Gen. Buller: "Standerton, July 5—Clery, from Greylingstad, joined hands yesterday, at Zulkershosch Rand river with Hart, from Heidelberg (all in the Transvaal). Met with but slight opposition during the march." FALLS SIXTY FEET. Car Plunges Off a Bridge at Tacoma and Thirty-Five Persons Are Killed and Many Injured. Tacoma. Wash., July 6.—The most appalling accident ever known in the history of Tacoma occurred Wednesday morning when the 8:30 Eulson car, loaded with excursionists to see the parade, was dashed down 60 feet over the bridge at the gulch where the track runs from Delin street,burying the passengers, among whom were many women and children, under the wreck of the car. The car turned completely over and mangled the unfortunate victims into unrecognizable shapes as the debris crashed down the steep side of the gulch. By a correct count 35 men, women and children were killed in the accident and 18 were injured. Of these latter fully one-half will die. Where the car went off there is a sharp curve, at the foot of a steep grade. Just how the accident occurred will never be known, but as the car strack the curve, instead of following the rails, it whirled completely over and pitched from the bridge, striking on its top, the heavy trucks and body of the car crashing the frill upper works to splinter and smashing down upon the mass of men, women and children with which the car was loaded. The car, which is one of the big box-like affairs, was crowded to the doors, and every inch of space on the platform was taken. Men hung on to the railings and were glad to be able to get a ride to the city, or, like those inside, they were anxious to arrive early so as not to miss any of the Independence day exercises. The car ran merely along, the passengers chattling with each other, for they were nearly all acquainted, and everything was pleasant until the car reached the Apexa still, just beyond Tacoma avenue. From this point the stories differ. One is that the motorman, after starting down the hill, turned on his current instead of shuttling it off, and when the car had gained such a momentum as to threaten, en to get away from him, he turned off the current, but it was then too late, for the car was going at lightning speed, and there was nothing to bring it to a standstill, for the inline is steep. OIL TANK EXPLODES. A Peculiar Disaster at Parkersburg W. Va., in Which Six Men Lose Their Lives. Parkersburg, W. N.am., July 6.—M 5:53 Wednesday morning at the Ohio River railroad shops in this city one of the most horrible accidents that ever occurred in the history of the town took place. A yard engine was coming down the track at a good rate of speed, bound for the lower end of the yard, and on nearing the shops the switch was found to be open, and before the train could be stopped the engine struck a large train of gasoline. The officials of the road happened to be there Wednesday morning, and, as usual in an accident of this kind, they fired a cannon through the remaining tanks of oil in order to let it out. Instantly after the shot had hit the tank it exploded. The smoke rose hundreds of feet into the air, and after it had cleared away the most horrible sight ever seen in the city the gaze of those present. Everywhere were to be seen pieces of human flesh. Dead bodies were scattered here and there, and the injured were lying all over the surrounding territory. The dead are: J. H. Hamilton, general superintendent; Bradley Reeves engineer; Edward Shannon, telegrapher; Yardmaster Carr, Master Mechanic Lalime. — Bradford conduct or. Besides this list of dead there are from 25 to 35 seriously injured. OIL, TANKS BURNED. Fire Started by Lightning - Loss of Standard Oil Company Will Be New York, July 6.—The fire in the Standard Oil company's plant at Constable Hook, Bayonne, N. J., which was started early in the morning by a stroke of lightning continued until over 30 of the oil tanks had been destroyed. The financial loss is variously placed at from $1,000,000 to $2,500,000. The first figure, which is the company's estimate, is probably as nearly correct as is possible before a complete list of the destroyed property is made up. William Mahon, a boy 11 years old, was severely but not fatally burned, and five laborers, James Thompson, Thomas Devine, John Feathers, Charles Sauer and John Rook, were seriously burned. Kotal Clear to Their Fourth Flora, Ind., July 6—A carriage containing Noah Blickenstaff, his wife and three children was struck by a switch engine running from Loganport backward to Cutter late Wednesday night. Mr Blickenstaff, a six-year old boy and a one-year-old child were killed and a three-year-old child so badly injured that it is not expected to live. The Blickenstaffs were returning from a Fourth of July celebration. 9. Aeronaut Killed. Santa Ana, Cal., July 6. — Emil Markenberg, an astronaut of long experience, fell from a height of 500 feet, while making a balloon ascension, and was crushed to death in the presence of thousands of spectators. The accident was caused by the breaking of a strapt to which he was hanging by his teeth. Young Alger Badly Hurt. Montreal, July 6.—A telephone message from Grand Merle, Quebec, states that Russell A. Alger, Jr., who is general manager of the Laurentine pulp mills, had his right hand blown off by the premature explosion of a giant firecracker at ten o'clock Wednesday night. His arm is also badly injured, THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AT KANSAS CITY. A Newspaper Men Rushing Press Dispatches Into the Telegraph Operating Room. FORGED TO KILL HIMSELF. The Emperor of China Is Given Fatal Dose of Opium by Prince Tuan. EMPRESS TAKES DRUG BUT STILL LIVES. A Dispatch from Shanghai Under Date of July 4 Announcements That British Legation at Peking and 1,000 Refugees Were Safe—Rumors of Massacre. Shanghai, July 6. — Emperor Kwang-Han committed suicide by taking opium under compulsion of Prince Tuan, June 19. The empress dowager also took poison but is still alive, though reported to be insane from the effects of the drug. The above had been officially reported to the German consular staff. Safe on July 4. London, July 6.—A dispatch received Thursday by a news agency of this city from Shanghai, under date of July 4, announces that the British legation at Peking, with 1,500 refugees, was still safe when the mess sage was sent. Another Reassuring Dispatch Paris, July 6.—The French consult at Cheffo telegraphs that a Chinaman, who left Peking June 23, reports that all the ministers and residents were then assembled at the British legation, the French, German and Japanese legations were guarded by their own detachments, and M. Pi THE DEMOCRATIC CONVE Newspaper Men Rushing Press D ating chon, the French minister, and his wife were well. The other legations, the custom house and missions had been burned. The foreign troops had lost six men killed and had six men wounded, including the commander of the British detachment. Resist Repeated Attacks. Shanghai, July 6. — A messenger with official advises who left Peking June 27 says that over 100,000 Chinese soldiers and rioters surrounded the legations, but, in spite of fierce attacks they had not then succeeded in breaking through the wall. The messenger also said that all persons connected with the palace were pro-Boxer, even the princess and dukes and everyone worshiping the god of the Boxers. The gates of the inner city, it was added, were open for half a day. Dianatch from Kempff. Washington, July 6.—The navy department has received the following cablergum from Admiral Kempff: "Chefoo-Myera, of the Oregon, commands force Peking, Capt. Hall and Lippitt also there." KEMPFF." Homers of Massacre London, July 6. — The oft-repeated story of the massacre of all the whites in Peking is being retold with circumstantiality that almost convinces those who have hitherto refused to credit the sickening details. The only hopeful feature of the evil news is the fact that it comes from Chinese sources at Shanghai, but it is realized even if the tragedy has not yet been enacted it cannot long be delayed unless help comes from unknown sources. Even the holding of Tientsin against the overwhelming hordes now seems to be a very remote possibility, while the safety of other treaty ports is seriously threatened. A dispatch from Chefoo dated Wednesday voices a fear that, in view of the imminence of the summer rains, it will be impossible for the joint forces to advance to Peking until autumn. According to reports from Shanghai the Chinese army, on a march southward from Peking, has reached Lofa. This is presumably Gen. Nieh Si Chang's force en route to attack Tientsin. Another force of 35,000 Chinese from Lutai has appeared northeast of Tientsin and is reported to have been driven back by the combined forces of Russia and Japan. The losses of the internationals were heavy. A Horrible Spectacle. The native city when captured was a horrible spectacle, Chinese bodies lying thick around the guns. PRICE FIVE CENTS. The situation in Kwang-Tung (or eastern province) grows worse. Li Hung Chang is said to be trying to raise a force of 200,000 militia. Anarchy is widespread in the province of Shan Tung, in spite of the efforts of Yuan-Shikai, the governor, to control the revolt. Happily a band of 35 American and other missionaries reached Tientsin safely July 3. Viceroy Liu is reported to be freely executing disturbers of the peace at Nanking. Warning to Emperor William. The German chamber of commerce of Shanghai has warned Emperor William not to underestimate the gravity of the situation, but to send troops proportionate with the forces of the other powers. A statement is published in Berlin that the Chinese have already taken Tientsin, a cable dispatch from Shanghai, dated July 4, 1935 p. m., shows that according to the latest advances the city is still in the hands of the international troops, though the Chinese forces continue their attempt to isolate them, as they did at Peking. They were receiving constant accessions, many troops arriving from Manchuria. The dispatch adds that Col. Wogack, commanding the Russian at Tientsin, was almost exhausted. He had been three days and nights in the saddle, directing operations. Jans Came in Nick of Time. London, July 6. A news agency dispatch from Shanghai, dated Wednesday, July 4, after reiterating the statement that there has been heavy fighting at Tiensiu, adds that only the arrival of 900 Japanese prevented the capture of the town. Russia Not at War with China. London, July 6. — According to a St. Petersburg dispatch the senior Russian ENTION AT KANSAS CITY. Dispatches Into the Telegraph Oper- Room. naval commander at Taku recently telegraphed to St. Petersburg for instructions as to the disposal of the Chinese prisoners in his hands and the reply he received is said to have been indefinite and to the effect that Russia was not in a state of war with China. TO LEAVE CUBA Three Regiments of United States Troops to Be Brought Home as Soon as Possible. Washington, July 6.—As a result of recent consultations of the secretary of war with Lieut. Gen. Miles, commanding the army, and Maj. Gen. Wood, commanding the division of Cuba, orders were Thursday issued for the return to the United States from Cuba as soon as possible of the Second, Fifth and Eighth regiments of infantry. These regiments are scattered over the island and probably will not be able to start home for a week or ten days. They will be brought to the port of New York and their water stations will be determined before they reach that port. Western Tennis Champion. San Francisco, July 6. — George F Whitney has retained the tennis championship of the United States by defeating Summer Hardy in a series of ten games. He is now the permanent possessor of the championship cup. He will go east to participate in the season's matches. Widowed Mother's Crime. Cincinnati, July 6. — Mrs. Mary T Leamish, widow, killed her baby boy with chloroform and attempted to kill her three-year-old son by gas. She then jumped from the Chespenke & Ohio railway bridge into the Ohio river. Her body has not been recovered. Japanese Railroad Opened. Yokohama, July 6. — The Seoul and Chemulpo railway has been completed and is being operated. Marquis Ito is making progress in the formation of a new political party with the ultimate object of forming a new cabinet. Cadets Overcome by Hent. West Point, N. Y., July 6. -- At dress parade 15 cadets, including a lieutenant and a color sergeant, were overcome by heat and fell in their tracks. They were removed to the hospital. Victims of the Fourth. Philadelphia, July 6. - The list of fatalities resulting from the explosion of fireworks in the Italian section of the city Wednesday now numbers eight. Minneapolis, - - - - - Minnesota. Entered at the Post Office, at Minneapolis, Minn., as second-class matter. Subscription Rates: One Year - - - - - $1.06 Six Months - - - - .60 Three Months - - - .32 Subscription Always Payable in Advance. Special rates if ordered by the dozen. Orders for current issue should reach the office by Wednesday evening. 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KOOP, City Collector. National Republican Ticket... FOR PRESIDENT: WILLIAM McKINLEY, OF OHIO. FOR VICE PRESIDENT: THEO. ROOSEVELT, OF NEW YORK. OUR STATE TICKET. Governor ..... S. R. Van Sant Lieutenant Governor ..... L. H. Smith Attorney General ..... W. B. Douglass Secretary of State ..... P. E. Hanson Chief Justice ..... C. M. Start Associate Justice ..... L. W. Collins Railroad Commissioner, O. S. Miller and I. B. Mills (four years) and C. F. Relative to W. A. Roberson's Appointment as Clothing Inspector at the Government Depot in Jeffersonville, Ind. The Louisville Dispatch of July 21 has the following to say concerning the appointment of W. A. Roberson, of St Paul: There is a ferment among the republicans of Jeffersonville that promises to end in an open rupture, and many of the leaders are declaring that the "fire is out" with them so far as lending any assistance to the ticket this fall is concerned. A NEW INSPECTOR. There are two fundamental principles at the Jeffersonville depot that prevail at all times. There are civil-service rules and secrecy. There is such a regard for the latter that it was not until last evening that it leaked out that a new inspector had arrived. Probably it would not have come out then only for the reason that the offended republicans could not hold in longer. The story goes that on Friday afternoon a dudish-looking, copper-colored citizen of St. Paul, Minn., called at the government depot and asked an audience with Col. C. R. Barnett, quartermaster, in charge. He exhibited the proper creed and was asked into the colonel's presence. He then tendered order from the war department for W. A. Robinson to report at the quartermaster's depot in Jeffersonville, to be assigned to duty of chief inspector of clothing. This formal call being made, Robinson retired, and returned yesterday morning. He was then told he had better go down to the clothing rooms and familiarize himself with the duties previous to becoming lord of all he surveyed on Monday morning. Robinson is about thirty years of age, and of rather good appearance, but this cut no ice with the whites he is to be over, and they got out their smelling salts to hold them together until they could get away from the building and give vent to their wrath with words. This they did manfully last evening. The place is one of the most important at Jeffersonville and pays $100 per month. The inspector is over a large number of assistant inspectors, and has direct charge of several hundred sewing women, who earn a living by making the other stresses are touchy, and what the staff will do when Col. Robinson begins to condemn their work is hard to foretell, but from street talk last night it is evident his appointment is not to their liking. Those who claim to know say Robinson had had no practical experience whatever as a tailor or a handler of cloth, and that his sole recommendation was to study and studied himself to be having a bright mind, secured the best marking in a civil service examination. The appointment of W. A. Roberson may not meet with the approval of some of our Hoosier friends, especially as they are so closely connected with the "corn cracker" state; but as we see the administration, the appointment will be backed, and the worst his and our enemies can do is to grin and bear it, for if he be not capable (which he assuredly is), then your laws of civil service will be like some of your laws of federal states, corrupt in every part. Now, as we are aware of the fairness of civil service laws, we hope sincerely he will be sustained against a few narrow-minded, prejudiced, hungry politicians. The article states that there is no possibility of Mr. Robertson resigning. It is the hope of the Advance that he be appointed with honor and credit all advantages gained. Artillery. Artillery is becoming all the time a more important branch of the military service. In a sense war is already almost as much of a shell game as is diplomacy.—Detroit Journal. BRYAN NOMINATED Democrats at Kansas City Name the Nebraskan as their Leader. WILD CHEERING FOR THE PARTY IDOL Receives the Unanimous Support of Every State in Convention--Platform Declares for Free Silver, Against Imperialism and Trusts. Kansas City, July 6.—William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, was last night unanimously placed in nomination as the democratic candidate for president of the United States on a platform opposing imperialism and trusts and specifically declaring for free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. The nomination came as the culmination of a frenzied demonstration in honor of the party leader, lasting 27 minutes, and giving utterance to all the pent-up emotions of the vast multitude. Already the main feature, the 16 to 1 principle, had become known to the delegates and there was little delay in giving its unanimous approval. It followed also a fierce struggle throughout the last 36 hours concerning the platform declaration on silver and on the relative position which the silver question is to maintain to the other great issues of the day. It was late in the afternoon when the convention was at last face to face with the presidential nomination. WILLIAM J. BRYAN. Earlier in the day there had been tedious delays, due to the inability of the platform committee to reconcile their differences and presented a report. When the call of states began for the purpose of placing candidates in nomination, Alabama yielded its place at the head to Nebraska, and Oldham, of that state, made his way to the platform for the initial speech placing Mr. Bryan in nomination for the presidency. The orator was strongly voiced and entertaining and yet the delegates and spectators were but once impressed with his speech, and that was the stirring period which closed with the name of William J. Bryan. This was the signal for the demonstration of the day and in a common purpose the great concourse joined in a tribute of enthusiastic devotion to the presidential leader. A huge oil portrait of Bryan, was brought down the main aisle before the delegates. At the same time the standard of the state delegations were torn from their sockets and waved on high, while umbrellas of red, white and blue, silk banners of the several states and many handsome and unique transparencies were borne about the building amid the deafening clamor of 30,000 yelling, gesticulating men and women. When the demonstration had spent itself the speeches seconding the nomination of Mr. Bryan were in order, Judge Thompson, of California, giving the tribute of the Pacific coast to the Nebraska candidate. When Colorado was renched that State yielded to Senator Hill, New York. Mr. Hill was in fine voice, and his tribute to the Nebraskan touched a sympathetic chord in the hearts of the audience. He pictured Bryan as the champion of the plain people, and of the working men, strong with the masses, with the farmer and with the artisan. When Hill declared with dramatic emphasis that the candidate would have the support of his party—a united party—there was tremendous applause at the suggestion of democratic unity. Aside from the brilliant edulogy of Bryan the speech of the New York leader was chiefly significant and attractive in its plea for unity. State after state recorded its vote in behalf of the Nebraska candidate, and giving him the unanimous vote of all the states and territories. The convention managers had already agreed that this was sufficient work for the day, and the vice-presidential nomination was allowed to go over until tomorrow. Next to the nomination of the party candidate the cheering that greeted the announcement that imperialism was to be the paramount issue of this campaign was the most spontaneous and significant of the day. POSTAGE STAMPS. Of new Mauritius stamps the Philatelic Journal of India reports a six cent green and rose, 15 cent green and orange of the "arms" type and a 15 cent blue, large size, having a picture of an old man with a white wig. The diamond jubilee of postage stamps is at hand in Great Britain. Sixty years ago the first postage stamps were issued in that country, and the collectors think that something ought to be done to commemorate the year. A country postmaster, near Philadelphia, has got into trouble through not understanding his business. A young lady employed in the city, who had a great many letters to mall, bought all the stamps at the small office, thus swelling its receipts, and in return he gave her a small commission on the stamps. The sudden increase of receipts attracted attention, and a post office inspector soon discovered the cause. Both the postmaster and the speculative young lady claimed that they did not know they were doing wrong. HOW TO HUNT DEER. An Experienced Hand at the Sport Gives Some Valuable Hints to Tyros. The common deer has the widest range of any member of its family in any part of the world. Its range is from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Mexico to north Canada. It can to-day be found in every state and territory of the United States, says the Chicago Chronicle. Probably they are as plentiful in Wisconsin and Michigan as in any other states east of the Rocky mountains. The common deer inhabits alike dense woodland and open plains, the highest mountain and the lowest valley and the dryest plain and marshy swamps. There are many ways of successfully hunting them. The principal way is to strike tracks or hunt in canoes. It is illegal in some states to use a dog in pursuit of deer or to follow the murderous practice of jacking or firing hunting. One of the most pleasant ways of hunting deer is either in the early morning or late evening to follow around the edges of lakes or ponds in a canoe or up slow-running streams, thus running across them while they are feeding or resting at the water's edge. An old hunter says he has counted as many as eight or ten around a little lake only a mile square at one time. An experienced guide will generally succeed in paddling the sportsman up to within shooting distance of anyone thus showing. Should anyone be in a canoe without a guide, the old hunter says, he will give him a few hints how to approach one: "First, don't attempt to paddle up to one with the wind blowing from you to him; always paddle up against the wind to the animal. He will not then seent you. Paddle toward the deer very slowly and do not let the paddle make a particle of noise in entering or withdrawing from the water. It is more than possible that the deer will sight you and look up. At once cease paddling and hold yourself absolutely rigid. Do not move a muscle. In a short time he will commence feeding again, and after he is well at it again go on paddling once more. He may look up three or four times, but creep up on him gradually and he won't leave the water. Should you make any noise with your paddle or move when he looks up he will leave the water and go back into the woods a little distance, and when your canoe gets up alongside of where he was you will probably hear a weesh-oo, weesh-oo, weesh-oo, and on looking in to the catch of his white flag triumphantly waving as he is disappearing through the brush and undergrowth. On looking around the lake you will see it has been completely deserted by any others that you may have seen. He has given the danger signal and they have all acted on it and gone back into the woods. Don't go home disappointed and down-hearted; draw your canoe into a quiet, spot covered underneath some brush and sit there and wait. It won't be very long before some of them come back again, and maybe one will come within range of your rifle. "If any day while you are in the woods you feel tired and exhausted from the previous day's work, don't think that there is no sport for you that day. Take your rifle and go and sit on some log or bowler alongside of some tote road—there are sure to be some near your camp, wherever you may be. If you have a taste for sketching, so much the better; it will help to kill time. Select some romantic spot—you can't go far in the woods without finding one—then sit down. Go on with your sketch until you hear a rustle among the fallen dry leaves; look up, and see a fine buck come to you, instead of you legging after him. Then comes an opportunity to shoot the buck and take his head back to adorn the hall or dining-room of your home." SHAD ARE TOO PLENTIFUL. The Delaware River Has Become Overstocked and the Fisheries Do Not Pay. The fishermen along the Delaware river are despondent over the prospects of the present season. Nearly 1,000 families have heretofore subsisted upon the products of the shoal fisheries, but this year they find themselves without a market, for the shad have become so plentiful that they have become a drug and are practically unsalable. Never in the history of fisheries have nets produced so much on each haul—5,000 for large nets, while small nets have yielded 400 and 500 in a single haul. During the past week the height of the season was reached, and from imperfect reports received from the fisheries from Salem creek to Lambertville the catch amounted to over 100, 300 shad, the biggest catch for one day on record. Ever since the shad season opened the run of fish has been so large as to border on the phenomenal, says an eastern paper. The small fishermen, out of sheer necessity, have continued to fish, particularly where two or three men were in partnership, but the larger fisheries, where men were employed and a pay roll had to be faced, the nets were early abandoned and the season declared off. Twenty-five years ago a six-pound shad created much admiration. Gradually they have been getting larger, until now a ten or twelve-pound shad ceases to be a curiosity. The argument of the fishermen, particularly those of the upper Delaware, now is that it would be well, to insure them any profit in the future, to suspend for a few years the propagation of shad, so as to get the supply down to the demand and enable the fishermen to get some return for their labor. Many threaten to forsake the vocation of their fathers if artificial propagation continues, because it ceases to secure them a livelihood. Another question which is bothering fishermen is the decline in sturgeon fishing. There is now a general demand for the United States government to take hold of the sturgeon problem and see if artificial propagation cannot be accomplished in some way. Sturgeon fishing is more profitable than shad, but the sturgeon are fast disappearing from the Delaware river, yet there is upward of $500,000 invested in boats, arks, fertilizing and oil plants. To Make Both Euds Meet. One way to make both ends meet is to tie them together.—Chicago Dally Newa. ENGLAND'S ASHANTI ROW. The British are new sending a few hundred troops from the coast to Cumassi, the old capital of Ashanti, to punish the natives there who have taken up arms against their white rulers, killed and wounded a number of the British police and prevented the missionaries and other whites from leaving the town. An official report received at the coast says the uprising is due to the efforts of the British to obtain possession of the golden stool of Ashanti, says the New York Sun. At the time King Premph surrendered to the British expedition which defeated him four years ago, it was asserted that the king had buried the golden stool with thousands of dollars' worth of other valuable property, hoping that some time he might be able to regain these treasures and use them to his own advantage. The golden stool was the Ashanti substitute for a throne, and it was reputed to be made for the most part of gold. It was a large article of furniture and was perhaps worth some thousands of dollars. The British have been searching for this valuable relic, and, in fact, have been digging holes far and wide under Cunassi in the hope of unearthing other treasures. A great deal of gold was produced in Ashanti for many years and most of it found its way into the hands of the king and the nobles. The precious metal was worked up into rudely fashioned jewelry or adornments for the attire and furniture of the wealthy classes, and a great many of these products of the native goldsmiths were buried with every man of importance. The natives say their fathers have believed for hundreds of years that burial of gold in their graves assured them of great blessings in the next world; and white men who have visited the country say that gold to the value of $5,000 or more is hidden in many a grave. Perhaps these stories are exaggerated, but at any rate there has been in the past three years a good deal of sort of gold mining near Camassi. It is possible that the whites in their efforts to bring the golden stool to light have been getting quite near the object of their secreth, and this fact may have incited natives who are in the secret to begin this quarrel with the foreigners. King Prempech is now in exile in Sierra. Lone, far from his native land, and though he promised, when he begged the British to make peace with him, that he would reveal the hiding place of his buried treasures, he did not keep his word. He is still permitted to retain the rude but valuable jewelry which was in his possession when he surrendered, and he is quite a gorgeous object when he shows himself in state at Freetown wearing his yellow satin trousers and a weight of gold ornaments that makes him appear like a beast of burden. PEDIGREE HUNTERS. A Thirst for Information That Is Not In Every Instance Easy to Gratify. Officers of some historical societies say they have been given considerable trouble lately by inquiries of persons looking for proof or disproof of family matters. In their weariness they generally refer these anxious inquirers to some professional expert in American genealogy or local history. This is a long-standing difficulty, but it grows more serious every year. The price of information is constantly going up, like the paintings of the old masters. The more careless our colonial and revolutionary ancestors have been, the more acutely we are now made to smart for it. Three members of one family have recently been searching old church registers (when they could get a look at them) for confirmation of a name and date which, they assert, are the only obstacles to their possession of a fortune awaiting them in England. In many respects their case is typical, and the number of acutely disappointed people hunting for lost dates is constantly increasing, says the New York Commercial Advertiser. There seems to be an inequality in the privileges extended to those who want to find out about these matters. Take the case of the man who, for some reason, wants to examine the records of an old Dutch church which has long since been removed. He searches the libraries, consults the file of an old newspaper that started just before the church disappeared, examines everything he can think of in the hall of records, and is finally informed that a certain historical society has those church records. But on going to the proper person he is informed that the objects of the society are not those of an intelligence office, and is discouraged in his search. It is strange that the inexinguishable thirst for certain kinds of information that has resulted in founding our genealogical and biographical societies has not found some better way of making the information available. In the meantime the searchers for these precious hidden facts can only deplore the laziness or indifference that caused all the trouble. These worthy people of bygone times were thinking of their own needs too intently to bother about lists and records for future use. And such as they did leave behind them were forced out of them by law. The custodians of these records seem to have been almost as careless. Equine Losses in War. In all protracted wars the loss in horses from disease is terribly heavy. In Napoleon's campaign across the Niemen, out of 60,000 horses no fewer than 45,000 succumbed in six months. At the siege of Pleva the Russians lost 30 per cent. of their draught animals, and in the Egyptian wars of 1882 the English horses were disabled, of which 600 died from sickness and only 60 on the field of battle.—Pearson's Magazine. Crime Prevalent in Berlin Crimes of violence, whose perpetrators have remained undiscovered, have become so common in Berlin and its neighborhood that the Prussian ministry of the interior has given orders that all violent deaths shall be reported at once to a special bureau, which shall decide whether the local or the Berlin police shall take up the case and in certain instances shall set it own detectives to work.—N. Y. Sun. JAMES L. 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Wt. 5 boxes. $1.60 GET RICH BUILTLY. Send for Bord. "Invitation" Wanted. BRAZIL TATE $1.60, $25. Bord, New York. SOCIETY DIRECTORY ODD FELLOWS. Mars Lodge, No. 2202. Meets second and fourth Wednesdays in each month at Odd Fellows' Hall, 322 Wabasha street. T. R. HICKMANN, P. S., 422 St. An. F. D. PARKER, N. G., 396 Edmund St. Household of Ruth, No. 553, G. U. O. of O. F. Meets first and third Monday in each month for business, second Monday for instruction, at Odd Fellows' Hall, 322 Wabasha. MRS. SARAH C. KIRTLEY, M.N.G. MRS. DLA JACKSON, W. R., 744 Summerville MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF MINNESOTA, A. F. and A. M. J. L. NEAL, Grand Master. WM. J. GARDNER, Secretary. Guaranty Loan Blvd., Minneapolis. ST. PETER CLAYER'S SODALITY. Meets the first and third Mondays of each month. W. J. Gardner, Pres., J. S. Harper Porter Lodge, No. 1, F. A. and A. M. Meets the first Monday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner Fifth and Robert streets. Master Masons in good standing always welcome. S. H. HADLEY, W. M. W. A. HILYARD, Sec., 124 Atwater. Minnesota Lodge, No. 2, A. F. and A. M. Meets on the first and third Tuesday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner Fifth and Robert streets. Master Masons in good standing always welcome. H. R. HOWARD, W. M. J. S. STRONG, Sec., 22th and Robert st. WM. STEVENS, No. 3, A. F. & A. M. Meets second and fourth Monday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner Fifth and Robert streets. Master Masons in good standing always welcome. WM JOHNSON, W. M. D. E. BEASLEY, Sec., Ryan Hotel. Perfect Ashler Lodge, No. 4, A. F. & A. M. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday in each month at the Mason and Robert street. Master Masons in good standing welcome. B. K. DURAN, Sec. 41. Carroll. Bethel Chapter, No. 28, R. A. M. Meets the first and third Thursday in each month at the Mason and Robert streets. Roy Masons in good standing welcome. DANIEL ROY, H. P. W. T. GASSAWY, Sec. State Capitol. MINNEAPOLIS. G. U. O. O. O. F. St. Anthony Lodge, No. 2877. Meets the first and third Wednesday in March, 1977. 1st avenue N. and Washington, 2nd avenue N. of St. Anthony. JAMES A. SCOTT, S. P. P. O. Box 33 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Nat. Turner Lodge, No. 2. K. of P. Meets the second and fourth Thursdays in each month. Brothers in good stand- ing, and many in simple, Fourth and Eighth avenue south. T. B. PARKER, C. C. BALPH WATSON, K. R. and S. Pride of Minnesota Lodge, No. 1, K. of P. Meets the first and third Thursdays in each month. All brothers in good standing welcome. Jummah and Winston Hall, first avenue north and Winston Hall, James Roberts, C. C. W. C. JEFFREY, K. R. and S. W. C. JEFFREY, K. R. and S. Meets first Tuesday in each month at Windom Block, Second avenue South and Washington. Masons in good standing always welcome. G. W. LILLARD, W. M. JASPER BIGSEE, Sce, Guaranty Loan Restaurant. A. Massey BIGSEE, No. 7. A. F. and A. M. Meets the first and second Monday in each month at Windom Block, Second avenue South and Washington. Masons in good standing welcome. G. W. LILLARD, SCOTT, W. M. A. B. LEE, 701. Aldrich avenue South. Officers and Standing Committees of the Marian Mission of Great Grand A. M. M. M. M. M. Jurisdiction: Grand Master-John L. Neal, Minneapolis. Deputy Grand Master-Wade H. Hampton, West Superior. Grand Senior Warden—H. B. Howard, St. Paul. Grand Junior Warden-J. C. Gerner, St. Paul Grand Treurer-Daniel Roy, St. Paul Grand Secretary-William R. Morris, Minneapolis Grand Treasurer-G-W Day (2) Minne Grand Lecturer-G. W. Day (7), Minneapolis. polls. Deputy Grand Secretary-O. D. Howard O. D. Paul Grand Junior Steward—Wm. Stevens (3), St. Paul. Grand Tyler—T. Bush (3), St. Paul. Grand Marshall—C. H. McDonald (4). Diana Pursuivant—G. W. Duckett (4). St. Paul. Grand Sword-Bearer—J. Adams (1). St. Paul. Grand Standard-Bearer—G. J. Charleston (2). St. Paul. Grand Register—J. G. Sterett (6). Mitchell. District Deputy Grand Master-First District District Deputy Grand Master-Second District Deputy Grand Master-Second District-E. H. Hamilton (6). Minneapolis District-M third District-J. K. Folk (4). Duluth CHURCH DIRECTORY. ST. PAUL. **ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH.** Rev. J. C. Anderson, Pastor. Sunday services: 11:20 a.m.; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting: 8:00 p.m. **ST. PETER CLAYER'S** Corr. Farrington and Aurora avenues. Sunday services: Mass; 8:00 a.m. High mass; 10:30 a.m. Evening service at 7 o'clock. **PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH.** Rev. D. S. Orner, Pastor. Sunday services: Preaching at 11:30 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. Sunday School at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday evening general prayer meeting. **ST. PHILLIES EPICOPAL MISSION.** $71. PHILLIPS' EPISCOPAL MISSION. Rice street, beaura, and Universi- ty of Texas. Sunday services: Morning prayer, Littany and Sermon, 11:00 a.m. m.; Sunday Evening and Sermon, 8:00 p. m.; Wednesday Evening Prayer and Lecture, 8:00 p. m.; Friday: Choir Rehearsal and Mass, 8:00 p. m. All are cordially invited. Seats free MINNEAPOLIS. Sunday School, 2:00 p. m., evening services, 8:00 p. m. General prayer meeting. Thursday evening, 8:00 p. m. Wayman Home Circle, Tuesday evening at different residences. Parsonage, 226 Ninth avenue South. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH. Sunday Eleventh and Twelfth avenue South. Sunday School, 12:30 p. m., Christian Edeavor, 7:30 p. m.; evening services, 8:00 p. m.; Wednesday evening general prayer meeting, 8:00 p. m. Parsonage, 125 Eighth street South. ST. THOMAS' MISSION. Rev. John J. Faude, in Charge. 615 Sixth avenue South. Sunday service, 4:00 p. m.; Sunday School, 3:00 p. m. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. J. W. King, Pastor. Between First avenue and Second street Southeast, near Exposition Bldg. Sunday services: Preaching at 11:00 a. m. Sunday School, 2:00 p. m., evening services, 8:00 p. m. General prayer meeting Thursday evening. Weekly meetings of the Debating Club. 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- seen in its office. Send name of any of these, place and time of meeting, of course and it will be inserted. THE TIPPING HABIT A Species of Legalized Robbery from Which No Man or Woman Who Is Fond of Comfort Can Escape Nowadays. [Special Washington Letter.] THIS might be called a story of highway robbery, or, better, a story of legalized larceny. So long as a man is robbed, and systematically muleted, it makes little difference to him what form of operation may be adopted by the robber. The purse which contains a dollar may be taken at night by a burglar, or it may be taken at midday by a bandit, at the point of a pistol; and the method makes no difference to the one who owns the purse, but is obliged to give it up. "I am paying $22 every year in order to secure civility and fair treatment," said a permanent guest at one of the leading hotels of this city this afternoon. "I hand a silver dollar to my waiter every Saturday night. Because of that fact the waiter looks out for me, gets my meals ready for me, anticipates my wants and makes things pleasant for me in the dining-room. If I happen to take a friend to dinner with me my waiter is promptly on hand, bowing low and doing his best to help me entertain my friend. Other boarders at our hotel receive only such service as the waiters are compelled to give them, and often they suffer numerous discourtesies, which are exceedingly disagreeable in the presence of others." A dollar every Saturday night is not much money, but it amounts to a fine suit of clothes every year, with shoes and hat thrown in. To the negro waiter it amounts to half of his house rent; and every waiter usually has four or five guests who pay about the same amount for special services, although the hotel proprietors pay from $12 to $20 per month, and board, to good waiters. The saloons and hotel bar-rooms in this city are closed on Sunday, by law, but regular patrons of hotel bar-rooms are always served with liquor, on the quiet, and the police department seems to be unable or unwilling to seal those places. On last Sunday afternoon the writer observed two colored highwaymen collecting tolls from these drinking men. There is a door in a prominent hotel which opens the way to a small dark room adjoining the barroom. On either side of that door stood a bell boy, in the hotel uniform. When each drinking man approached one of the bell boys opened the door and escorted the visitor to a seat in the private room. Then, taking his order, the bell boy would bring him the required drink and a card with the price marked upon it. The customer in each instance not only paid for his drink, but gave the bell boy five or ten cents for his service. If any man should neglect to give up this "tip" to the servant, on the following Sunday he would be told that the bar could not be opened, or some other discounty would be shown him. Now everybody will be disposed to say that it serves a drinking man right to be muted that way, for violating the law as well as for drinking on Sunday, but that is a separate thought altogether. The fact remains that the "tip" is required for that kind of service, and it is robbery. The hotel guest referred to above gave a further bit of information which was interesting. He said: "For some time I could not get my rooms put in order early in the day. The chambermaid on my floor assured me that it was impossible for her to get around to my apartments earlier than noon; she had so much work to do. But when I began giving her a two dollar bill at the end of each month she gave my rooms earlier attention, so that now I am well fixed and comfortably enter FIGHTING FOR A TIP. calmed. I pay the hotel $250 per month, but I am obliged to pay for every attention which I receive. Even the barber, whose price for a shave is 15 cents, expects a quarter of a dollar; and he gets it, because if he did not I would get butchered instead of barbed." The system of giving "tips" prevails to a greater or less extent all over the world, but in no city is it more rigorously and extensively practiced than in this national capital. All of the servants are negroes, and they work together with the view of getting all of the extra money the guests can be harried into giving up to them. Not only in the hotels, but in the restaurants, they expect and practically demand extra pay for services rendered. The man about town who takes his meals regularly at any particular restaurant is soon singled out by all the waiters; and if he doesn't freely give he may sit in loneliness at a table, without having even the courtesy of a bill of fare being handed to him. As soon as the waiters know that the guest will, even occasionally, give up a dime or a quarter, they hasten to attend to his wants as soon as he enters the door. There was a great railway magnate stopping at one of our hotels a couple of years ago during an entire session of congress. He was interested in legislation involving many millions of dollars. Whenever his bell rang the bell boys made great gaste to answer it, because on every call he gave up half a dollar. One evening two of the bell boys had a night in the hotel office on that account. The magnate's bell ring, and two boys started to answer it. Each claimed that it was "his turn" to answer that bell, because each of them wanted the half dollar which would be forthcoming. They wrangled and finally came to blows, and both of them were discharged. Meanwhile another bellboy answered the call; and the magnate, being particularly in a hurry, gave the lucky fellow a dollar. Everybody knows that this condition is wrong, and some good people declare that they will pay their hotel bills, and will pay nothing to the servants. But, no matter whether it is wrong or not, the fact remains that the condition exists, and those who decline to surrender to the servants receive scant courtesy. In the barber shop of a hotel one day recently the writer noticed that the shop boy failed to brush the coat of one of the customers, although he diligently brushed the apparel of others. The proprietor of the shop was asked about it, and he replied: "Of course the boys cannot live without money. I pay them no salary, and they live on what 'tips' they can pick up. That man has never given one nickel to the shop boys, and they needn't brush him if they don't want to. He is too mean to live." What do you think of that? The proprietor backs the boys in their work of preying on the public. He considers him a mean man who does not give away money to support the boys who ought to be paid by their employer. Moreover, the hotel proprietors wink at the conduct of their waiters, chambermaids and other employees. When any guest complains "MEAN MAN" IN BARBER SHOP. at the hotel office he is smilingly assured that all faults shall be corrected, but nothing is done. The proprietors, and head clerks, and room clerks, and head waiters all conspire to continue the system of larceny. One of our prominent statesmen, who is a man of great wealth, will attend the Paris exposition, accompanied by his family, very soon after the adjournment of congress. In private conversation concerning the proposed trip he said: "The robbers in Paris will reap rich harvests this year. In addition to my regular expenses, which will be rather large. I have set aside $1,000 to be used in 'tips' for the garcons. That will probably be enough to cover expenses of that character. I not only免 the waiters and all employees in sight, but I give money to the head cook and assistant cooks, whom the general public never see. My waiters will then tell the cook for whom the orders are given, and my meals will come upon the table in perfect condition to tempt the appetite, and everything will be clean. Men who can afford to travel can also afford to pay for cleanliness. Hotel kitchens are not always scrupulously neat, even in the best hotels. In giving away money for comforts the cooks should never be overlooked." Thus, you see, the people recognize the evil, and pander to it, because even the wealthy seem to be powerless in the hands of these robbers who stand at aftward the highway and demand your money or threaten your discomfort. There is a senator of whom mention has often been made in these columns as one of the bravest of brave men, who resides at a hotel with his wife and two daughters. He pays $750 per month for rooms and board. But the bell boys of the hotel know that whenever his bell rings, no matter whether it is the senator or a member of his family, a silver quarter will be forthcoming every time. Only by thus pandering to the rascally condition can he be always sure of prompt and faithful attention. Take the advice of experience, and when you come to the national capital be prepared to be robbed. It will be useless for you to set your foot down and declare as emphatically as Mr. Bowser that you will never submit to such extortion. It will be useless for you to complain to the hotel proprietor or manager. If you want prompt service and courteous treatment over all circumstances, you will submit meekly. Otherwise you will have cold rods and lukewarm coffee or tea, cold roast or overdone steak or chops, and exasperatingly dilatory service. SMITH D. PRY. Why She Was Afraid Emily—But you don't appear to be very happy over it. Rose—I am not. There is a gathering doubt about George in my mind. Emily—You surprise me. On what account, Rose? Rose—He didn't appear to be sufficiently nervous about it. (Throwing herself into her friend's arms and bursting into tears.) Oh, Emily. I'm afraid George has proposed to some girl before!—Boston Traveler. Placing the Credit "How beautifully her eyebrows are arehed." "Yes. Her father is an expert draughtsman, you know."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Soothing Admission. He—Look here, Matilda, I'm not quite such an idiot as I look! She (soothingly)—No, dear, I'm sure you're noll—Tit-Bits. T. M. ROBERTS' SUPPLY HOUSE, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. SAID CHRIST HAD BROTHERS. Because she told her scholars that Christ was one of ten brothers and sisters, Miss Anna B. Hasbrouck, an instructor in history, was dismissed from the Holyoke (Mass.) high school faculty by the school committee. Miss Hasbrouck was asked to resign, and her letter was accepted without a dissenting vote, says an eastern exchange. The incident which cost Miss Hasbrouck her position happened in the medieval history class a few days ago. The discussion drifted as to the parentage of Christ, and one student wanted to know if Christ was the only son. Miss Hasbrouck replied: "No; He is one of a family of ten brothers and sisters." A second student doubted Miss Hasbrouck's statement and wanted to know her authority. "I cannot tell you accurately just now," she replied, "but I have the impression the statement is made in the Bible." Some of the students, still skeptical, repeated the assertion at home. One of the prominent clergymen of the city, Rev. P. J. Harkins, took occasion to denounce the teacher in his sermon at St. Jerome's church. "Pupils," he said, "should be withdrawn from the school if incompetent teachers are to misinstruct students as this one has." Miss Hasbrouck declined to make a statement. She was appointed a teacher in the Holyoke high school in January, 1860. She is a graduate of the New York state normal college. CANNON BALLS FOR SALE. Extracted by the Hundred from the Walls of an Old Safety Vault in New York. Workmen engaged in demolishing the 48-year-old five-story building at the southwest corner of Wall and William streets have found a number of eight-pound iron balls let into the joints of the graffite slab forming the outer wall of the street vault in what was the basement of the buildings. About 200 of the balls have been found, reports the New York Sun. One of the workmen was sure he had discovered some "revolutionary relics," and succeeded in disposing of a number of the "cannon balls" at 50 cents apiece. So many of the metal spheres were discovered that the price soon fell to a tin of beer. The discovery and sale continued Tuesday and yesterday and as there are a few slabs still in the place there will probably be more "relies" for sale to-day. The demolished building was occupied by the Atlantic Mutual Insurance company and by the Plenx bank. The vault measures perhaps 15 by 20 feet. The granite slabs which form its outer wall are 18 inches thick. The top of each one was hollowed out to receive half the iron ball and the bottom of the next higher was hollowed out to receive the other half. Possibly the metal halls were put in to bother any burglar who might seek to dig through the wall. What Will Become of China? None can foresee the outcome of the quarrel between foreign powers over the division of China. It is interesting to watch how great the power of the progresive race. Many people in America are also going to pieces because of dyspepsia, constipation, blood, liver and stomach diseases. We are living too fast, but we still have a chance to be reined if we keep off our diet to the movie releases with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It Would Depend. Employer--According to your credentials you are a man of unimpeachable honesty. Honest Applicant--That depends. If you have a cash register in the shop I should have to ask $25 per week. If there is no reg reason to be satisfied with $15--Boston Transcript. Horrors of War. The hardworked humourist sat at his desk, and without the slightest apparent effort he demanded. "Why do you do kepere here?" asked Tsi Ann of the Russian general, who was reconnoitering in the imperial neighborhood. "Because I am going to Taku," was the rejection. Yet such things as this were not mentioned among the horrors of war discussed at The Hague conference. — Baltimore American. Homeseekers' Excursions Via Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad. On the first and third Tuesdays of June, Jerry Johnson and his noisier Railroad will place a sales Homeseekers' Excursion tickets to various points in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee. One Fare (plus $2.00) for the Round Trip. Tickets are limited on going trip fifteen days from date of sale with stop over projections. Turning tickets are limited twenty-one days from date of sale. Remember that we now have in service a new wide vestibulated train between Chicago and and Chicago daily at 1:50 P.M. Through Pullman Sleeping Cars and Free Recruiting Chair Cars. For further particulars on or on admission any agent Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad or C. L. Stone, G. P. and T. A. Chicago. In spite of the fact that the varieties of stamps now current in the world number 13,811, every now and then another small boy starts in to make a complete collection. —Somerville Journal. Piao's Care for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds. —N. W. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. Clark—"How did the alarm clock work? I suppose you got up the moment it went off?" Blake—"Yes, I had to. Didn't have anything in bed to throw at it." Boston Transcript. A Colonel in the British South African Army says that Adam's Tutti Frutti was a blessing to his men while marching. Men admire women because they are women and anything that makes them less womanly makes them less charming. —Philadelphia Times. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally. Price 75c. Protect us from our friends; our enemies let us drink our tea or coffee the way we like it. - Indianapolis Journal. True charity never waits until it is asked. - Chicago Daily News. The humorist gets his butter from the cream of his jokes. - Chicago Daily News. One Woman's Letter SAYS "I dootored with two of the best doctors in the city for two years and had no relief until I used the Pinkham remedies. "My trouble was ulceration of the uterus. I suffered terribly, could not sleep nights and thought sometimes that death would be such a relief. "To-day I am a well woman, able to do my own work, and have not a pain. "I used four bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and three packages of Sanative Wash and cannot praise the medicines enough."—MRS. ELIZA THOMAS, 634 Pine St., Easton, Pa. Mrs. Pinkham advises suffering women without charge. Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co. Lynn, Mass Table of the Small Bird. Once upon a time there was a bantam rooster with an immense opinion of himself, and as he stood in the barnyard he said: "I will make a stir in the world. I will attract attention." Wherefore he began to crow loudly, although he had nothing much to crow about. Now it happened that far above the bantam a hawk was wheeling in the circumambient air. The hawk had not seen the bantam, owing to the latter's diminutive size, but it was the hawk heard and in about 43 seconds had his claws full and was contentedly winging his flight homeward, while all was still below. It is not a profitable thing to try to make a noise in the world without a reason, excuse—Chicago Times Herald. VERY LOW RATES TO TEXAS, Via M., K. & T. Ry, from Kansas City Low rate excursion tickets and one way tickets will be sold by the M., K. & T. from Kansas City, July 7th, 8th and 9th, to Texas. The excursion rates to the more important points will be: Denison, Sherman, Gainesville, Wichi ta Falls, Round Trip.....$10.00 Dallas, Ft Worth, Round Trip.....12.00 Waco, Round Trip.....13.00 Temple, Belton, Taylor, Round Trip.....14.00 Temple, Belton, Taylor, Round Trip.....14.00 One-way tickets will be sold same dates at $2.00 less than the above. Not by the Piece. Merchant—No. I tell you, I have absolutely nothing for you to do. Applicant—Well, I be willing to do that, on salary—Philadelphia Press. Best for the Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. Cascareta help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 dollars. Cascareta Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. When a man does you a favor, repay it in your own way as soon as you can; otherwise the chances are ten to one that you will have to return it in his way later—Somerville Journal. Do Your Fee Ache and Burni Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes, gut or New Shoes Feel Easy, Cure Corn, Itching, Swollen, Hot, Callous, Smarting, Sore and Sweating Feel. All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it. 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address, Alien S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. "Fine show," remarked the first-nighter at the close of the new comic opera. "The comic fisherman was a realistic character, don't you think, he didn't," replied his finger, "his wounds were too catchy."—Philadelphia Press. Time Wasted. It is said of a certain learned man that he spent half his lifetime acquiring fluency in ten different languages, and then went on to learn a new language with a chance to get a word in edgeways—Tit-Bits. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromine Quinine Tabits. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 28c. You never meet some men that they do not ask you to take a chance in a rille— ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of Brant Wood See Fac-Simile Wrapper Below. Very small and as easy to take as sugur. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. FOR HEABACHE. FOR BIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION * Prices 10 cents Purify Vegetable. CURE SICK HEADACHE. 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS: CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Optium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed - Almond Seed - Ribbonelle Salt - Asparagus Seed - Pumpkin Seed - Milk Thistle Salt - Warty Seed - Cinnamon Balm Mint Green Tea A perfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and Loss of Sleep. Fac Simile Signature of Chaet H. Fletcher NEW YORK. A 48 months old 35 Doses - 35 CENTS EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Chaet H. Fletcher In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE GENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. WINCHESTER FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS "NewRival,""Leader,"and"Repeater" Insist upon having them, take no others and you will get the best shells that money can buy. ALL DEALERS KEEP THEM. FINE RANCH PROPERTY 800 acres in the best part of North Dakota. Good buildings, protected by timber; 600 acres of unfailing hay land; large lake; part of land can be broken and cropped for feed. Ranch will accommodate 500 head of stock. This offer is limited in time and must be taken advantage of at once. For maps and particulars write immediately to C.A.GRETTUM. Use A. N. Kellogg Company's Stereotype Plates. DOLLARS SAVED By buying your Doors, Windows, Nails and all kinds of building material from us. Light grained windows at $70 per inch, 4 panel doors at $0.00 each. Other goods in proportion. Fund for prices or send us your estimate and we will quote you our prices. BOOFING and BIDING. We have several cars bought at a low price and while they last will sell at the following prices. FORD, INTL. Brick Hiding, per square $2.75. Corrugated, Knotting, per square $2.75. Headed Ceiling, per square $2.75. Standing Beam Knotting, complete. $3,00. Rooftop, complete. $3,00. In lot of five squares or more, see square loss. These prices include one pound of paint and one pound of paint with each square. WANTED. The names and postages address of all who wish to buy goods at retail at wholesale prices. We will mail our 28 page Grocery Catalogue FREE every two weeks to buy person who sends us the orders and address of 11 or more reliable farmers and other consumers. CATCH FISH. We have everything in fishing out of and sporting goods. Bend two cents for our SPECIAL CATA LOCUE of Gains and Tests containing 50 pages, size 9 x 116 inches; is will be sent postage paid. FREE. JOKE GAINED HIS POINT. A Michigan Statesman's Clever Russ Worked on a Committee of the State Not long ago Congressman "Hank" Smith, of the Second Michigan district, worked a joke off on the house committee on pensions. It should be explained, says the Chicago Chronicle, that this committee is not the one who grew out of the civil war, says a correspondent. Its functions appertain to the granting of pensions to the widows and veterans of the Mexican and Black Hawk wars and the Civil War, the pension which also be pointed out that one of their rules is that no widow's pension shall be larger than $8 a month. This proceeds upon the theory that any widow who survives a veteran of the Civil War must be a woman and that she must have married the veteran in his dotage to get his pension. The new member from Michigan appeared before the committee at its last meeting and in an incidental and smiling way alluded to: "That is a fine rule," said he in a gulletless sort of way. "I sympathize with its purpose and believe it should stand. But just to show good faith I am going to propose an amendment to the law, read 'except in the case of widows over 100 years of age.'" The members of the committee are always in favor of a joke and the proposition was made. And thereupon "Hank" produced from his pocket a bill to grant a pension of $12 a month to Mira Hixon, of Clinton, Miech. She had just passed her one hundredth year. It was not necessary to explain that her husband had served to within one day of the pension. To get a pension in the regular manner. The committee reported the bill favorably. The Lost Thrill "Have you ever felt the thrill that comes from having a sweet girl look up into your eyes and tell you that she loves you." It was the nearest approach to it. It was when the love knew not knew put her arms around my neck, and with her sweet lips close to mine, said: "George, I adore you." And you weren't thrilled by that." You were just about to be thrilled when her father, who happened, without our knowledge or consent, to be standing back of me, got into action. I wouldn't insult the feeling I had by calling it a mere thrill." Chicago Times Herald. 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She chanced to trip past where he loitered one day, Heigh-ho, my laddie, And she shuddered head in a heart- breaking way. Heilgho-ho, poor laddie! "Men are many; until they are love-lorn!" Ah let The suffer go hang! Love is mandler yet. There is erase on the door where the bachelors met— Heigh-ho. brave Iddle! - S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times-Herald. I HAD vowed never to enter the Dormers' house again; but when they sent word that Malie was dying I went there as fast as a hansom would carry me. We had always been such friends—the child and I. She was propped up in bed with pillows, and her pretty face was pale and drawn, but she smiled when she saw me. I took her wasted hand in mine and kissed her cheek. "I was sure you would come," she said, in a faint, pleased voice. "Of course," I answered, "Of course, my dear child." She was only 14. "There is no quarrel between you and me." We had remained good friends when the rest of the family cut me dead. "We never have quarreled," she said, holding my hand slightly. "There is not much time to quarrel now. You won't, will you, Fred?" I shook my head. A lump in my throat kept me from speaking. "Promise me before I tell you—something." "My poor little Maisie!" I cried, brokenly, "I promise," she had been a pet of mine from the days when she was a toddling baby and I a big, awkward boy. "It is very secret," she stated, in a slow, far-off voice. "My dear—it is only for Fred." Her mother shocked up the pillows and left us alone, but Maisie seemed unable to make up her mind to speak. "You know I would do anything for you, little girl," I said, soothingly. Her eyes brightened, and she nodded, but the smile died gradually away. "Turn me over a little," she entreated, "and pull the corner of the pillow over my face. I can't tell you if you look at me." So I turned her very gently and waited, but she still said nothing. "Well, May?" I asked. "You used to be fond of me?" "I am fond of you. I shall never have anyone to replace you, dear." "Suppose I had done something dreadful? Something that hurt you?" "I should know that you could not help it." "Something mean?" Her voice almost broke. "You couldn't." "Ahl but suppose I had?" "Then," I said, firmly. "I should know it was just a slip, like we all make—like I make sometimes. I should not blame you, little one." I stroked her long, silky hair and thought how I should miss her. I had never fully realized before how very fond I was of my fanciful little friend. "Will you promise to forgive me, dear Fred?" she added, pleadingly. "If there is anything to forgive." "There is." "Then, whatever it is, I forgive you. So you need not tell me now." "I must," she said, resolutely. "It is about you and Lucy—when you quarreled." She stopped abruptly. "Yes?" Lucy was her elder sister. We had been engaged. "You wrote her an explanation—a satisfactory explanation." "Apparently she did not think so. She never answered the letter that I gave you to deliver." "She never had it," said Maisie, with a sob. "Malsie!" "I—I kept it." She buried her face in the pillow. I was too astonished for words, but I kept stroking her hair. "I read it first. Then I burnt it." "But—why?" "Because I was a coward," she sobbed; "because I—oh. Fred, forgive me! Don't despise me more than you can help." A light flashed into my mind. I bent over her and kissed her cheek. "My little Maisie," I said, tenderly. "My poor, loving, little girl! You cared so much as that for me!" "I thought, perhaps, if you didn't marry Luay, and we were good friends, and I grew up—oh Fred. I shan't grow up now!" I put my arms round her and held her close to me. "If you get well, May," I said, "and grow up I shall like you better than anybody." She laughed faintly. "I believe I always did." I wiped her eyes. "I shan't," she said. "So—you will like her again, now, won't you?" I hesitated. My affection for Lucy died a natural death. It had never been very deep. Neither, I fancy, had hers for me. "Time will prove," I said, slowly. "I doubt if she—" She does," said Maisie. "Has she told you so?" "Yes." I frowned. "You have not told her—about the letter?" She shook her head. "Then I never will. It is useless your asking me to do so." "I do not ask you to. I am not brave enough." She buried her face. "I want them to think well of me," she cried, piteously, "when—when—I—" "Oh Maisie, don't!" The tears were in my eyes. "But you will be good to her? You will make it up—won't you? You need not tell her about me—only say that you are sorry and want to be friends. Then you can be engaged again, and—and some day—" Her lins univered. "Marry her?" She nodded. "But if I no longer care for her? If I know that I can never love her as I could love? My dear little fellow and friend, I am not half so fond of Lucy as I am of you." "Ahi!" She looked at me with big, deep eyes. "I am only a child. There are different kinds of fondness, dear Fred." The wistful affection in the child's face touched me to the heart, and I kissed her frail hands. "Get better, little one, and see," I said, brokenly. Then we sat in silence for a long time, holding hands. "I am getting sleepy, Fred," she murmured. "Kiss me." I kissed her several times, and she went smilingly to sleep, with her cheek against my arm and her hand in my hand. Mrs. Dormer came in, but I sat motionless for an hour, till the child's grasp relaxed, and I could draw myself away without awaking her. "I shall come to-morrow morning," I whispered. Her mother nodded constrainedly, and I went out on tiptep, Lucy met me at the bottom of the stairs. "I have something to tell you," she said, "if you will spare me a minute." I bowed and followed her into the empty dining-room. She sank into an armchair by the fireside, and I stood by the mantelpiece, looking down upon her. It seemed strange to be so near to her and so indifferent to the fact. For one thing was clear to me—that if I had ever really loved Lucy Dormer, I loved her no longer. We were quite unsuited to one another, and if I married her it would merely be a useless sacrifice of two lives. "I treated you badly," she said, abruptly. I raised my eyebrows. After Maisie's confession there seemed no reason for the admission. "There were things," I said, slowly "that needed explanation." "Some things are beyond explanation." "Perhaps they are better left so." "One can ask forgiveness." There was a faint note of entreaty in her voice. I fidgeted impatiently with a little ornament on the mantel shelf. If I asked for forgiveness she would give more. "If one desires forgiveness," I said, at length. It sounded brutal, but it might avoid worse things. "Oh!' she cried, "I do." "You!" I said, with astonishment. "You! What have I to forgive you?" She toyed with her handkerchief. "I thought Maisie would tell you. The child was always fond of you." So she knew. "Maisie has told me," I said, gravely. "Lucy, it is right to be frank. I have discovered that my little play-fellow, child as she is, has the best love that I can ever give to anyone." She looked at me in surprise. Then she laughed scornfully. "I see," she said. "You want an excuse. You might invent one without taking my poor little sister's name in vain." "It is no excuse," I said, firmly. We looked at one another for a minute in silence. "Then," she said, "I did not hurt you. I am glad." She stamped her foot passionately. "No, no, I am not. I am sorry, do you hear?" I shrugged my shoulders. "There is no more to say?" I suggested. "No more to say," she echoed faintly. I walked to the door. "Fred!" she cried, abruptly. "I must say it. Listen to me, if you will not forgive." "Forgive?" I asked. "What have I to forgive?" She looked at me in apparent bewilderment. "Do you not know that I never told my people of your explanation? That I let all the blame rest on you?" "My letter!" I cried. "My letter?" "The letter you sent to Maisie?" "She gave it to you." "Of course she gave it to me," said Lucy, opening her eyes wide. "Why not?" I ought to have known. My brave little girl! "Maisie told me that she never gave you the letter, Lucy; that all the blame was here." I walked to the window and looked out for a time in silence, broken by Lucy's sobs. "She told you—that—just to—screen me," she said, brokenly. "Yes. I could not say more for the moment. Presently I walked back to the fire. "God bless her!" I said, softly. "Let us say no more about it, Lucy, and be friends for her sake." Lucy wiped her eyes and looked into the fire. Then she spoke with her eyes averted from me. "When she quarreled it was only what I had, for some time, intended." "Your reason?" I asked, mechanically. I did not really care. "Some one else was a better match. I— did not like him so well." I bowed. It was immaterial. "I knew that my people would disapprove of my breaking our engagement for this reason. They were fond of you." "I was fond of them." Their behavior had hurt and surprised me. In the letter I had particularly asked Lucy to show them my explanation, whether she accepted it or not. "Consequently I was glad — or thought I was—when I heard something about you which gave me an excuse to quarrel." "It was false, as I told you in the letter." "As you told me in the letter. Therefore I did not answer the letter or tell my parents, but let the blame rest on you." She shivered. "Do not trouble about it any more." I said, not unkindly. "The bitterness is over now." "Yes," she said, "it is over. I refused him, after all. You do not ask me why. Perhaps you do not wish to know?" I shook my head. "I do not wish to know." She nodded to the fire. "But I forgive you, Lucy." She nodded again. There was nothing more to say, since I could not say what she wished. So I turned to go. But there was a knock at the front door, and I heard some one say "The doctor." So I waited to hear what he pronounced. After a few moments he came down the stairs talking to Mrs. Dormer. The tears came to my eyes at last, and Lucy came and put her hand on my shoulder. "You can win her back to life, Fred," she said, "our little girl. Stay till she wakes." I had already resolved to stay. "Lucy has told me all. Fred," she whispered. "You--you will not tell the others?" "I will not." I promised. When my little girl awoke, she was not looking toward me. "Better, dear?" asked her mother. "Why, yes," she languaged, feebly. "It must be Fred. Do you know, I believe he would make me grow well! If he were often here with me." "He will be, little sweetheart," I said, softly. She turned to me with a happy cry, and I whispered in her ear what I knew, and other things that were only for her and he. They were the things that won her back to life, she says, when we talk of such matters. We do not talk of them very often, for Maisie is young and shy and still at school. But her people understood and leave us alone together, and now and then our thoughts peep out. I remember that they did so upon the night of Lucy's wedding, for she married the "better match," after all, Maisie came to see me out, of course, and helped me into my coat, and tried laughingly to shake me, and I put my arm around her and kissed her several times, instead of the usual once, and not quite in the usual brotherly way. "There will be another wedding one day," I said. "Won't there, little sweet-heart." She buried her head on my shoulder, and whispered, "I hope so." Meanwhile people speak of me as a confirmed bachelor, and laugh when I tell them that I am waiting for "Miss Right" to grow. But "Miss Right" is 16 now, and done growing, and wears her hair up and her dresses long, and our good-nights are steadily growing longer and less fraternal. Dear little Maisie!—Chicago Herald. GOOD ROADS FOR WHEELMEN. Much Interest Being Taken in the Movement by Wisconsin Counties. Patrons of the bicycle will be glad to know that the spirit of highway-improvement manifested in most of the territory between the Alleghenies and the Missouri river has already advanced to practical results, says the Chicago Chronicle. In southern and eastern Wisconsin the interest taken in this movement has crystallized into numerous county organizations for the carrying out of plans determined upon. The crusade in that state was begun by Senator James H. Scott, of Menominee, who, working with Gen E. T. Harrison, United States government road expert, built a section of road at his own expense and at an auspicious time gathered several hundred farmers to inspect it. Last fall the state fair management took up the idea and constructed a stretch of improved road at Milwaukee. In connection with this enterprise a convention, at which over 1,000 delegates were in attendance, was held. As a result of this initiative the several counties of the Badger state organized last winter, Waukesha leading with a Good Roads and Improvement association. The new counties seem to be taking the lead in this matter. Efforts of this nature give the most substantial encouragement to the national movement for better roads and greatly advance the interests of cycle touring. Conscious of increasing public support, local interests are about to make vigorous campaigns for the passage of radical highway improvement measures in several states. A Letter from W. Johnson. Teacher says I am a bad boy. I dunno wat she calls me bad for cos I most always no my lessons and I aint never late. Praps she means that I licked sissy Wilson thats wat I call Jonny Wilson hes a good boy I spouse. I dont want to be a good boy if Iva got to be a sissy like him hes a sneak an a telltale an a galboy but you bet he wont tell on me agen even if I do put burdur in his hare. Ive been reeding I have reed lots cos mother makes me Ive been reedin Esps stories say old Esop new a lot of stories I remember one about a kid on a roof makin faces an callin a wolf names and the wolf said he wouldnt dast do it if he wassent on the rooft an it was just the same as if the rooft called him names an I ges thats so he dident tell wat the kids name was but lle bet it was Sissy Wilson. An theres another story about a fool dog that pinched a piece of meat an he had to go over a brook an he saw in the water wat he thought was another piece of meet biggern hien so he leggo his plece and grabbed for the other but he dident get it cos there want no meet there an this fabel teaches us that we cant most always sometimes tell good by ile write again some day—W. Johnson.—Boston Globe. Memory. "I suppose you find a good memory of great assistance in your work?" "No, sir." said Senator Sorghum. "Remembering is all well enough in its way, but a good forgetter, who can change his opinions on short notice and not worry over promises is the man who gets on best in my part of the state." - Washington Star. CHINA IS MORIBUND. Nothing Can Save the Empire from Ultimate Disintegration. For Years the Country Has Been Terrorized by Secret Societies of Which the Boxers Have Not Been the Worst. THE chief point to which the interest of the world is at the THE chief point to which the interest of the world is at the present time directed is, of course, the Chinese empire. Opinions regarding its future seem to be divided correspondently with the ambitions of those nations who jointly and severally, as the case may be, are desirous of becoming the arbiters of its coming fate. It is useless for the politicians whose machinations have so materially aided in bringing about the present deplorable condition of affairs to try to impress the public with the belief that the origin of the disturbance was primarily of an internal nature, due entirely to the ignorance and MAIN GATE TO TIEN-TSIN degradation of the people themselves. In an un-Christian nation, with a population estimated at from three to four hundred millions, covering a territory considerably larger than the United States, excluding Alaska, 30 times as large as France and 24 times greater than the German empire, with a million villages and towns, besides 1,750 walled cities, some terrible customs prevail and dreadful crimes are frequently committed; but the same state of affairs has existed for centuries. Missionaries for years have been doing a great work for individuals, but the "little leaven" has not, thus far, seemed to accomplish much for the "whole lump." Yet things might have improved gradually had not outside greed for money, land and power waged too active a warfare against the traditions of the slow-going Mongolians who are so little susceptible to change and whose civilization has been the almost imperceptible growth of ages. Whatever the cause, the record of recent events transpiring in that unhappy country does not make pleasant reading. There are a great many Chinese societies, and there are few Chinamen who are not members of one or more of them. An innocent man, because he cannot help himself, may belong to one of the most criminal. He must join or be killed. The dues are heavy and the larger the membership the greater the income of the chief officers. Some of the associations are entirely harmless. Some correspond to our trades unions, others are of a political character, while there are some little better than bands of robbers. Many of those whose origin was for a landable purpose have degenerated. The society of Boxers is said to have originated 250 years ago and to favor the overthrow of their Manchu rulers and the restoration of the revered Ming dynasty. The secret societies accompany the Chinese wherever they go. European governments have made great efforts to stamp them out at all points where they have jurisdiction. A great struggle was made at Singapore, where it is believed they are practically suppressed. That many of the crimes committed on our own Pacific coast may be traced to these organiza- PRESBYTERIAN MISSION. (Located in the Walled City of Wel-Hien, Shan-Tung Province.) PRESBYTERIAN MISSION. (Located in the Walled City of Wel-Hien, Shan-Tung Province.) tions is well known. It is impossible to imagine the terrible events transpiring in China at the present time, which are ascribed to the Boxers. But a whole nation cannot be judged by the acts of a part of its worst members. While millions are in a state of deplorable ignorance in a country with twice as many inhabitants as North and South America, Africa and Oceania combined, the Chinese as a whole are far from being barbarians. The last half century has added materially to our knowledge regarding China, which had previously managed to keep her affairs pretty well to herself, requiring nothing from the outside world and certainly contributing nothing to its welfare. Europe and America cannot absolutely look down upon people whose real history is contemporary with that of legendary Rome, and whose fabulous history so far antedates that of all other nations, except, perhaps, Egypt, that its fantasies bear a certain mark of dignity. Heathen China was a civilized power long before the Israelites were delivered from bondage in Egypt, was 700 years old when they crossed the Red sea, and had a settled constitutional government in the time of Abraham. The Chinese are not such navigators as might be expected of a people with 4,400 miles of coast, yet they invented the compass 3634 B. C. over 400 years before Babylon was said to have been founded by Nimrod, the grandson of Ham. The Chinese were carrying on, very much as they do at the present day, their pursuits of "agriculture, commerce and literature" when Joshua's trumpet sounded outside the walls of Jericho, while the "chosen people" were waging all their fierce battles, when the Psalms of David were first sung, while the temple of Solomon was in process of construction, when the great seer, Isaiah, was pouring out his prophecies, while Daniel stilled the lion's roar and the three young men walked unharmed through the fiery furnace. They had a grand canal 1,200 miles long before Columbus discovered America. Their great wall was built 22 years before the birth of Christ. This is not the first time anarchy and confusion: have reigned in this country, which numbers centuries as we do years, but heretofore affairs have seemed to adjust themselves. For a period of over 100 years ending A. D. 420 conditions were much worse than at present. Now representatives of many nations are transporting munitions of war into this hoary old land, that their own "citizens resident there may be protected." The Chinese have progressed so slowly that the masses are totally incapable of utilizing our modern artillery, should some of the guns fall into their hands, yet they were familiar with the use of arms and gunpowder 2,000 years ago. We consider the introduction of printing as one of the most important landmarks of the progress of our civilization. The Chinese practiced the art 500 years before the birth of Caxton, and manufactured paper 150 A. D. They were engravers 1000 B. C. China's population is so great that it is impossible to realize the numbers as we speak them. It is said that all the citizens of Canada could be placed in one Chinese city. The daily death rate is 33,000, or about 1,000,000 per month. Equal mortality in this country would nearly bury the whole United States in a year and a half. The appearance of the great walled cities is very interesting to occidental eyes. Picking, the capital, perhaps more so than any other. It is in two sections, the Tartar and Chinese towns. The latter was, at first, a suburb and was enclosed during the sixteenth century. It is rectangular in shape, its walls measuring ten miles in length. The Tartar city joins it at the north, is A TERRIBLE WARNING. (Heads of Boxers Executed for Murder on Public Exhibition.) square and surrounded by high walls 14 miles long. Inside the latter is the Imperial city, also with high walls and gates through which foreigners are allowed to pass freely. In the heart of the Imperial city is the home of the emperor, the "Forbidden City," into which no foreigner may be admitted. The legations are situated near each other in the southern part of the Tartar city. Peking is adorned by numerous temples representing Confucianism, Buddhism, Mohammedanism and the resting places of numerous Chinese idols. Although there is said to be power in numbers, large bodies are apt to be very unwieldy. The Chinese empire in its integrity seems fast becoming a thing of the past. Demands which a few years ago would have been treated with disdain are now acceded to in the most servile manner. Seaport after seaport has been ceded to different nations. Corea has entirely escaped from the jurisdiction of China. Russia practically rules Manchuria and has grasped her interior borders in Iii and Turkestan. The Japanese have acquired the camphor forests and lofty mountains of picturesque Formosa, while the French have secured control of Annam. The fate of India is a fair index of what would happen should England gain control of China, and the conditions of the masses in Russia faintly indicates what the Greek church would be likely to accomplish if grafted on to Confucianism. EDWARD JULIAN. Her Champion. Fay—That Miss Snapp is just hateful, isn't she? May—Yes. You were present yesterday when she told me I was "the homeliest girl in our set," weren't you? Fay—Yes; and I gave her a piece of my mind about it afterward. Fay—Well, I told her she ought to remember how sensitive you must be about it. — Catholic Standard and Times. A Conditional Order Sweet Girl—Have you any parlor shades that won't break loose and fly up all of a sudden when you least expect it? Dealer—Yes, miss. Sweet Girl—Well, I wish you'd send a man around and see if he can't talk ma into buying one—N. Y. Weekly. Feminine Charity Bess—Here comes that young Sapleigh. He nearly worries the life out of me with his attentions. Nell—Oh, don't be too severe on the poor fellow. He never did have much sense. Chicago Daily News. Expeditions. His Painful Duty. Groom—I suppose you marry folks here, squire? - Magistrate (a woman later) - Yes; I have to if they insist on it!-Puck. WITH THE FUNNY FELLOWS "What do you mean?" "The way the baby shouts. I can shut my eyes and imagine that we are at a ball game when our side has just scored a home run."—Washington Star. **Advice to Tender Swains.** A summer girl is lovely. Upon her hammock throne; A N D A summer girl is something You'd better let alone. —Detroit Free Press. Tommy—Uncle Ned, what's the difference between firmness and obstinacy? Uncle Ned—Merely a matter of sex, my boy—The King. And some it meanly freckles. —Puck. The Enryl Arrivnl. And still Mr. Staye remained in the parlor. "Edith!" called a gruff voice from upstairs, "tell Mr. Staye if he meets the milkman as he goes out to order two quarts for me." This had the desired effect.—Chicago Daily News. Know Something About It. "You have this word wrong," said the man who had been dictating, "I said 'marital,' and you have written it 'martial.'" "Oh, I guess that's all right," answered the stenographer, with conviction, "I've been married myself."—Chicago Post. Slow Work. "But, mamma, you told me I must give him time to propose." "But five hours!" "Why, mamma, you know he stutters."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. He Now Peddles Ksox "I must quit—for I have no more krox" —Puck. A YOUNG WOMAN'S IDEA. Prof. Bore—Ah! Cutting! what a blessing is the changing of the seasons! Miss Cutting—Yes, indeed; about the time one gets tired of oysters ice cream comes in—Chicago Chronicle. Costume. With dignity he takes his ease— Nor cares, since all the rest admire, How much his clothes bag at the knees. -Washington Star. No Hunt for Business. "He isn't much of a business man, I understand." "Business! Say! that fellow is just a big enough fool commercially to go into the ice business at the north pole if he had a chance." - Chicago Post. No Danger. Harold—If I should attempt to kiss you do you think your dog would bite me? Ethel—Well—er—he has never bitten any of my other gentlemen friends—Judge. Not Invited Mother—I think we'd better not, he's so absent-minded. He might chafe it in the bill—N. Y. Weekly. Reversing Things After six long years of courting, She to marriage did consent; They courted at their leisure, but In haste they did repon* Chicago Daily News. Why They Quit. Mr. Billus—I am glad to see, Martida, that you and your woman friends have quit taking flowers, novels and fruit to that wife-murderer in the jail! It was over time you got over being such sentimental idiots. Mrs. Billus—Yes, and besides, it is now generally believed that the man is nothing but an impostor, and didn't kill her, after all!—N. Y. World. **Mennt Just What He Said.** Mrs. Smythe—What is poor Mrs. Perkins going to do now that her husband is dend? Smythe—Take in boarders. Mrs. Smythe—No? Why, she can't cook? Smythe—Precisely! Didn't I see that she was going to take them in?—Harlem Life. Stickler for Properties Tess—She is the most precise and circumspect girl I ever met. Jess—In what way, for instance? Tess—She had been lounging about in a loose wrapper to-day, when she suddenly remembered that she must write to her fiance. So she went and got dressed up before she did it—Philadelphia Press. A Game Two Could Play "An early settler!" said the pilot, who had landed hard on the jaw in the second round and sent his antagonist to grass. "Not quite," responded the other jumping briskly to his feet and newing the contest. "I'm an early riser." -Chiengo Tribune. A Fearful Example "Well, Evelyn, how did you get through with your club paper on "The Purification of Spoken English" "Oh, all right; but before I began I was so nervous I thought I should have to pick up my traps and scout out of the back door."—Indianapolis Journal. Acceptable. "Where are you going, my pretty maid? "I'm going a-wheeling, sir," she said. "May I go with you, my pretty maid? "Yes, rubber is good for tires," she said -N. Y. World. LETTING WELL ENOUGH ALONE. Customer—You enlarge photographs don't you? Photographer—yes, madam. Customer—Well, I wish you'd en- large this one, but you may leave the nose as it is! Fliegende Blauer. The Deager. "It is a perfect little lamb." One often hears it said; And, many a time, the little lamb Grows up to be a "mutton-head." —Radford Review. A Contradiction. "Do you believe every man has his price?" "No, sir," answered Senator Sorghum; "that's a libel on human nature Every once in awhile you find a man rich he doesn't need any more money" —Washington Star. Better Than a Outcasting Mrs. Hatterson—I should think you would be afraid to trust your children on the street with that nurse. Mrs. Catterson (sweetly)—Oh, no I know that if anything happens you would run and tell me—Town Tips. Social Note. Miss Mental Pabulum, of Boston who is an enthusiastic yachtwoman has given orders that, during the en suing yachting season, the crew of her yacht, the Trigonometry, should refer to "a spanking breeze" as "a maternal zephyr." -The Smart Set Considered Fastidious. "Mrs. Clump says her second hus band's awful fussy about his eatin." "Don't her cookin' suit him?" "Tain't that, but good land! he wants a clean napkin twice a week and another plate fr his pie." -Philadelphia Bulletin. The Voice of Experience. "Do hogs pay?" wrote the anxious inquirer to the editor of an agricultural paper. "Not if they can help it," replied the editor, who had just been looking over his list of delinquent subscribers. -N.Y. Journal. Their Secret. "Oh, yes, they had been secretly en- gaged for at least a year before their marriage." "Who told you?" "Why, everybody knew it!"—Chi- cago Times-Herald. **Scandal.** From mouth to mouth The scandal swiftly goes. And the more of it each swallows. This move grows. —Detroit Journal