The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX VOL. VI. NEW SLAVERY. I address this to those few who are able to reason and who love the truth for the sake of the truth. The chuckle headed mob of fools, black or white, even if sude it is truth see no cause for obeying it. They do not know that the truth must be obeyed, is an invincible despot that punishes without mercy all rebels against it, enslaves them body and soul to the lie they prefer. Their ears are closed to the poetic seer's oracle—that, "he is the freeman whom the truth makes free; and all beside are slaves." You know that in the South your fathers were slaves. The slave owner, the landlord owned the laborer and took all the proceeds of his labor, giving to him a meager subsistence wherever his slave worked the master owned the products It mattered little as to the land, who owned it. Hence, there was no land speculation down South. If machines were used that to mattered little. The slave owner got the proceeds by owning the hands that did the labor. The distinction socially was between land and free. Color became a mark of contempt because the colored were slaves. Time was radicating the color prejudice. The census for 1850-60 shows some 21 black and 220 mulatto planters in Louisiana owning slaves. There were white slaves and some were owned by these planters as I personally know. The farther south the more the distinction between black and white disappeared. I cite this to show you that as a race your distiny is one with that of the whites. Nothing can change that. Slavery was abolished simply because it was behind the times. Tis idle to talk of humanity or religion doing it. Human invention brought it about. HAND LABOR WAS DISAPPEARING. The machine took its place on the roads and everywhere. Production and distrubution—(making and carrying) are being done by the machine more and more. The man who formerly owned the laborer now owns the machine. He owns all the land he requires. It will be as easy to own all of it as to own 200 thousand miles of Railway, Telegraph, etc. He owns the Banks, Insurance Co's.and everything he deems necessary in order to divert to himself all wealth that can be drawn from the soil, forests, waters, mines, by the labors of a few thousand men and boys supplemented by the machines of this continent. Once he owned the laborer down South. Now he owns the labor of the whole nation. You can not separate your race here from the lot that merits the whole people. Their fate must be yours. Nor can you do as ostriches are said to do when in alarmed flight from pursuers—hide the head in sand, as thinking the unseen to be nonexistent. You must face the plain issue. There can be but one question for man at this supreme hour of the 19th century—and that is—shall the Commonwealth be for the Commonwealth; or shall it all go into the possession of the owner of the machine? In fine, who shall own the machine, the people who invented, made and kept it in repair or the man who happens to own the ground on which it stands? Once more in the lapse of ages is heard the great voice of prophecy crying aloud—shall we live all equal and free, or shall we be all slaves? PROHIBITION Before the great secession war, a strong temperance advocate who remarked as to practical agitation for temperance that it was useless, saying "Intemperance is a mighty evil, but we have several cases of an equally grave character why reform individuals as to their personal habits when the whole state is covered with the ulcer of slavery. It is like curing a few pinnacles when one has the seven year itch." All our efforts to effectually supress intemperance are vain until the whole body of politics has been cleaned of other evils. In truth we do not want temperance while wars prevail. We need to bring up vast numbers as "food for powder, food for powder"—a la Jack Falstaff. Let war and some other evils be abolished and temperance will come of itself. C. Mr. Chairman and Members: The honor of being elected to the Board of Managers of the Men's Sunday Club of Quinn Chapel is such that any ordinary citizen should well feel proud of, and to be reelected denotes a reward for faithful services rendered in the past. As it has fallen to my lot to be thus honored along with a number of my colleagues. I can but feel profoundly grateful, and take the opportunity to tender to the members my sincere thanks as I understand it. We who are to be installed into office should in our inaugural addresses give somewhat of a forecast of what should be our years work. In order that I might be fully understood or rather not be misunderstood, I have reduced my thoughts to writing. My plan as a part of the years' work is that the club should engage in something practicable. For the past four years it has been our want to gather at the appointed hour and listen to papers read or subjects discussed by some distinguished person who had given time and study in their preparation so that something said might be seized upon by us and out in to practical use. But we have contented ourselves with giving rapt attention, stamping our feet, clapping our hands patting one and other on the shoulders and saying good. Great paper, wasn't it. And the next Sunday come back and go through the same performance, and after all what can we say that we have accomplished. Can we point to a single thing that we have done, that will live in history, aside from bringing to our rostrum the most distinguished american, President McKinley, and the most distinguished Afro-American Booker T. Washington. This has caused many other organizations to spring up and emulate our example. For this we have received and justly so the commendations of the press and pulpit throughout our broad land. But should we be satisfied at this. If we would keep ourselves in the van. We must enter fields of practicability and look for more worlds to conquer, as it were, one of the things this club should do along the lines of reform is to adopt some method condemning a practice that is much abused, and which in my judgment is doing more to degrade our people in the esteem of the thinking classes than any one thing else, and that is the habit of holding partisan political meetings in our sacred houses of worship and the preaching of partisan political sermons from the pulpits. This practice is not considered by other race save our own. The evil it works is that it has driven many a religiously inclined young man from the church, because he differed with his pastor on the subjects discussed. What degrades us more in the estimation of our white brother is because the doors of our churches are opened because of small contributions form partisan politicians the mouths of our ministers are opened because of a few paltry dollars given to them. The acceptance of which debauches his profession and degrades his race. Now I think if the Men's Sunday Club of Quinn Chapel could close the doors of our churches to the politicians, and at the same time time close the mouths of our ministers so far as politics are concerned, and this I concede to be the most difficult problem, it will bestow a blessing on our community, which will be emulated by other comumnities, and in the end the race with which we are identified will have been benefited manyfold. Now that Bryan is defeated and he is not assured of a job, Jule Taylor will probably force "The Negro and Political Parties," which has been running in his paper on the American people in book form.—Colored American Friend Cooper we are not looking fo any job at present, neither do we intend inflicting the American People with our articles "The Polftical Parties and The Negro," but form hence, if we live we will be in Washington and assist in helping induct the President into the White House and he will be a Democrat. In the meantime we would very much delight to hear of HEW TO THE LINE. you getting a front seat at the Piecounter. Bro. Cooper for you are deserving of something very fine from the hands of President McKinley. STILI AFTER THE PREACHERS. Editor Broad Ax: I see by your paper that the preachers have not killed you yet. Well, now the preachers can stop making political play-houses out of their churches, and begin preaching Jesus Christ to the men saved. A preacher who preaches the truth gets mad if you tell the truth about them. Well let the preachers stay where God called them to stay or where they say God called them. The republican party did not carry everything. They did not carry Texas. The Democratic party need never feel discouraged until we lose Texas. The Republican party by having control of every thing will kill itself in 4 years. Then there will be a big family fight. May they swallow each other up until there is nothing left but their tails. Kirkville. Ill. CHIPS. Lawyer James Todd will become the attorney for the Drainage Board and no better selection could have been made. Dr. Joseph Jeffrey the rising young physician of Chicago has opened a neat and attractive office at 3671 State st. where he is now ready to attend to all calls. The doctor will still retain his home office at 4903 Dearborn st. Sunday Dec. 2, at 4 P. M., Mr. William Nelson Burritt of Kimball Hall will talk before the Lyceum of Grace Presbytarian Church on music and at the same time a very eleborate musical program will be carried out. Mrs. J. B. Hart, 4841 Armour ave. has no superior as a first-class dressmaker, and some of the very best people residing in this city are numbered among her customers. Mrs. Hart is also one of the most active workers of the Phyllis Wheatley club. Mrs. W. R. Crampton, 2912 State st., always looks forward to the coming of The Broad Ax with much interest and she never tires in reading it. Mrs. Crampton is a most excellent house keeper and her home always looks bright and cheerful. Robert J. Roulston, president of the old Hickory club of the 30th ward, can have the nomination for alderman if he will accept it. Mr. Roulston is connected with McNeil and Higgins Co., and there is no better business man in this great city than Robert J. Roulston. Dr. H. C. Faulkner, 6258 S. Halsted st. corner of 63rd st. has by his own perserverance and push built up a large practice among both races. Dr. Faulkner has proven to the world that a colored man can succeeded in any profession or business if he knows how to do it as well or alittle better than his competitors. John and Mrs. Mulkeen and Little Johnnie their bright son have returned to their home 5059 5th ave. after spending two months in the old country and they all enjoyed the trip nevertheless they were glad to return home for it is said there is no place like home although it may be ever so humble. Judge William H. Barnum 916 New York Life Bldg., is of the opinion that it is too early to talk about reorganization of the Democratic party. He believes that a little more time ought to be spent in shedding tears over the last defeat, that later on it will be time enough to lay plans for reorganization of the Party and prevent it from falling into the hands of its enemies. There will be an all around tencornered aldermanic fight in the 29th Ward next spring, it will be between Alderman John T. Russell, Ex-Alderman M. McInerney, Ex-State Senator D. F. Curley, James B. McDonald, Ex-Alderman John J. McCarthy, James J. McNerney, Thomas Wall and many others; those who claim to know how the cat is going to jump say that the fight will narrow down to Alderman Russelll, Ex-Aldermen McCarthy and McInerney and, James B. McDonald. If you desire live long "Longavita" will give you the power to do so. If you want to remain beautiful, "Longavita" will keep you so. If you want to enjoy continued health and vigor and be a young man when you are old in years "Longavita" will keep you there. If you long to be called old, decrepit, senine and crippled, if you want to becom a burden to yourself and to others, if you want to lose all the beauty, all the vigor, all the health you ever had, then you do not want to use this preparation. It is made for those only who love life and all its pleasures. "Longavita" is the result of many years labor by two of the best and well-known scientists the world has yet produced. Read ad. in another column While the last national campaign was in full blast we came to the conclusion that owing to the great amount of love expressed for the Negro by president McKinley and the Republican Party, that they would gladly favor all measures which would redound to his benefit but it seems that this is not true for the president has sent word out from Washington that he is opposed to reducing the Southern representation in the United States Congress. President McKinley's hostility to the plan of knocking out Southern congressmen will be very disappointing to the colored Republicans who have been foolish enough to believe that in case President McKinley was re-elected he would be more than willing to strike a blow at the South. But for business reasons the President is in favor of putting the gold dollar above the Negro Wednesday and Thursday the State Federation of Women's clubs convened at Institutional church and its sessions were largely attended by many of the most progressive women. The federation in connection with its business passed resolutions denouncing the actions of the National Federation of Womens' clubs for closing the doors against Mrs. Josephine S. P. Ruffin, it also condemned mob and Lynch Law. At the conclusion of all the interesting sessions the following officers were chosen: Mrs. M. J. Jackson, president; Mrs. Cordelia West, Mrs. Katherine D. Tillman, Chicago, Mrs. Mally Baker, Evanston, Mrs. Julia A. Gibson, Peoria, and Mrs. Julia Duncan, Springfield, vice presidents; Mrs. M. Anderson, Chicago, Mrs. J. C. McClain, Springfield and Mrs. M. Matheus, Champaign secretaries; Mrs. Sarah Floyd, Peoria, treasurer. On the whole the work accomplished by the Federation wkill be productive of much good. The fire of hate usually flashes in the pan. Man's weakness lies in his fancied wisdom. Love never turns back because it looks like rain. G is always in the midst of slaughter; it makes ghosts of hosts. It is far better to offend some people than it is to oblige them. Men who reckon without their hosts should be pretty good at figures. Heaven never helps the man who is too lazy to hustle in his own behalf. There are three ways of getting out of a scrape—push out, back out and keep out. "An empty purse maketh a full heart," according to the proverb. Yes, but how about the stomach? Society may set itself up on the top of a high mountain, but any donkey ladened with gold can reach it. A statistician says a man stands sixteen chances of being struck by lightning to one of becoming a millionaire. The man who marries a widow is duty bound to give up smoking. If she is willing to give up her weeds for him he should give up his weeds for her. In light housekeeping people sometimes have to cut magazine leaves with the can opener. When things don't go the way you want them to, quit resisting, and they will stop and go the other way. The way door keys act when people are in a hurry is another small matter which impedes the spiritual life. There are several other signs of high breeding beaside acting as if you have more money than you know what to do with. WITH THE SAGES. We owe no man higher succors than food and fire. We owe to man man. —Domestic Life. Milton was the stair or high tableland to let down the English genius from the summits of Shakespeare. —English Traits. I don't like your way of conditioning and contracting with the saints. Do this and I'll do that! Here's one for t'other. Save me and I'll give you a taper or go on a pilgrimage. —Erasmus. Neither is life long enough for friendship. That is a serious and majestic affair, like a royal presence, or a religion, and not a postillion's dinner to be eaten on the run.—Consideration by the Way. The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of a man, is to be born to some pursuit, which finds him in employment and happiness—whether it be to make baskets or broadswords, or canals or statues, or songs.—Considerations by the Way. How wearisome the grammarian, the phrenologist, the political or religious fanatic, or, indeed, any possessed mortal whose balance is lost by the exaggeration of a single topic. It is incipient insanity.—Intellect. I have seen manners that make a similar impression with personal beauty, that gives us the like exhilaration, and refine us like that; and in memorable experiences, they are suddenly better than beauty. But they must be marked by fine perception, they must always show self-control. Then they must be inspired by the good heart.—Behaviour. We think a man unable and desponding. It is only that he is misplaced. Put him with new companions and they will find in him excellent qualities, unsuspected accomplishments and the joy of life. 'Tis a great point in a gallery, how you hang pictures; and not less in society, how you seat your party. When a man meets his accurate mate, society begins, and life is delicious.—Social Aima. FORECAST OF FASHIONS. China silks of the pompadour period form some of the newest petticoats. Breast plumage is much in demand this winter for the making of toques. As to the length of skirts, there seems to be little change, in spite of conflicting rumors. Shades of yellow, with cream, play the part of accessories to the brown cloth gowns which are to be so much worn this season. Examination proves that the hats with their center of gravity on the front are the most popular. A rich buckle with two large plumes or breasts are the most attractive The tailor finished shirt w aists of soft, light wool or French flannel, although not as dainty in effect as the summer styles, have their own special attractions. In wool materials the smooth, fine cloths stand at the head for dressy gowns, ziblenes and rough, wide-twilled serges are very much used for plainer costumes. Double-faced Venetian cloths are also highly commended for traveling gowns. Hand-woven wicker furniture comes in the comfortable shapes and is thoroughly upholstered for winter weather. There are no cushions, for the upholstery is put in to stay, and even extends down the front of the chairs to the floor to add to their comfort. A gold-spotted black voile is enriched with ecru Russian lace, with great effectiveness, and makes a charming autumn model. The lace is used on the skirt in the form of a front panel to the tunic, which is shorter in front than behind, where it falls over a wide plaiting of the material. The little Eton jackets of fur, which looked so small and cold, seem to have grown smaller and colder, but there is great demand for them Fortunately, the back is not a delicate spot, and they manage to cover the lungs. If they shrink any more, however, there will be nothing left but the collar. RAM'S HORN WRINKLES. A doctor's hood will do a fool no good. A collection is often a selection of diminutives. The world is a hotel and not a home to the Christian. Expansion in soul is one of the laws of the leaven of Christ. The good seeds that fail of fruit are but a reproach to the soil. NO. 5. A Gilded Pill. One of the high Chinese functionaries committed suicide by swallowing gold leaf. If he was guilty then gilt was a very proper means to use to effect his exit.—St. Louis Star. One Thousand Immigrants Daily. According to Commissioner of Immigration Fitchie, at New York, immigrants have arrived in this country at the rate of 1,000 per day from all countries since July last. A Vegetarian Kitten. A kitten has been brought up on an exclusively vegetable diet by a family of vegetarians. The result is that it will not touch animal food, and pays no attention to rats or mice. Woman's Advancement in Norway. Christine Bonnevie, who has been appointed as a curator in the Christiania University museum, is the first woman to hold a university office in Norway. Cost of Minnesota's Dependents Minnestota paid $164 for the support of each inmate in her thirteen state institutions during the fiscal year which closed on July 31. $4 per capita more than during the previous year. Goldfinches are getting very scarce. The price of them has nearly doubled in England, where they are considered a thoroughly British institution. Perhaps the milliners are at the bottom of the mischief. Laugh. L. To. Is Prosperous. Fifty-five car loads of coal are shipped from Lehigh, I. T., daily. The town has also bought 3,000 bales of cotton this season and expects to have electric lights in thirty days. New coal mines are being opened. Tall Prehistoric Men. Near Worms, Germany, a few days ago, a number of prehistoric tombs were laid bare containing skeletons of what must have been an exceedingly tall race of people, all buried in a stooping potsure. The relics are assigned to a period of 4,000 years ago. Suit of an Ousted Missionary. G. S. Smith, a missionary to Japan, lost his place, and now brings suit against the Foreign Missionary society of this country for $33,000, so much of it due now and so much on the expectancy of his life. He says his work was a life job. Emperor William Talks Fast. A journalist who has often been called upon to make a stenographic report of a speech by Emperor William, declares that the kaiser speaks slowly at first, but gradually gets faster and faster, until it is impossible to follow him ver batim. Hailed as the New tiosthe Gerhart Hauptmann, whom young Germany is hailing as the new Goethe, has of late years made his home mostly at Grunewald, on the outskirts of Berlin, but his best work is done at his villa on Lake Luganio, at Venice, and at his old home in Silesia. Snails Sold in Paris. Nearly 100,000 pounds of snails are sold daily in the Paris markets, to be eaten by dwellers in that city. They are carefully reared for the purpose in extensive snail gardens in the provinces, and fed on aromatic herbs to make their flavor finer. Cursions Rolls of Ancient Rome During some excavations in the Forum at Rome, the laborers unearthed the head and part of the body of a marble horse. It is a magnificent piece of sculpture, and great value has been placed upon it. According to experts, the relic dates from about the second century before Christ. Primitive Indiana County Invaded. Primitive Indiana County Invaded. Until a few days ago Brown county, Indiana, had neither railway, telegraph nor telephone facilities anywhere within its borders. It is still minus the two first mentioned necessities of modern life, but a telephone line has invaded Nashville, coming from Columbus, in an adjoining county. Big Stock Work Contract One of the largest contracts for steel-construction work ever let was given to the Pennsylvania Steel company a few days ago for constructing the approaches to the new bridge that is being erected across East river between New York and Brooklyn. The contract amounts to $2,411,000, and the work is to be completed in sixteen months. THE BROAD AX. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Catholics, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Indians, Mormons, Republicans, Priests, or any else can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the differential right to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention, its only on one side of the paper. One Year..... $2.99 Six Months..... 1.99 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Happiness is about the only thing a man continues to search for after he has found it. The air is so clear in Zululand that objects seven miles away can be distinctly seen by starlight. It is easier to preach than it is to practice, therefore it must be easier to be a clergyman than a physician. Said an Irish judge to a prisoner: "You are to be hanged by the neck until dead—and I hope it will prove a warning to you." If expectations are realized, the output of copper for 1900 will reach 325,000,000 pounds, valued at $42,250,000, the largest on record Henry Graham gives the following dates regarding the introduction of trees into Scotland: The lime, 1664; the laburnum, 1704; the larch, 1727. According to the views of a British sea captain, who was in the Gulf of Mexico during the Galveston tempest, the disturbance was partly volcanic. The British naval authorities are reported to be making experiments with a new submarine boat, which, it is stated, will be able successfully to encounter the largest battleship afloat. Lo, the poor Cherokee is in the latest fall fashion. He has been defrauded in the auditor's office of the territory to the extent of about $194,000. The auditor seems to have lived up to his somewhat limited opportunities. Monsieur Danysz of the Pasteur Institute in Paris has discovered a microbe which breeds pestilence among rats. He has had cultures containing the rat-destroying bacilli tested on farms and in warehouses with much success. In half of the cases the population of rats was completely destroyed; in other cases the number was greatly reduced. The people of Swarthmore, Pa., have decided to erect a monument to Benjamin West, the celebrated painter. West was born in Swarthmore 162 years ago, and became the painter to George III. of England and the greatest English painter of his day. He lies buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, in London, between Sir Christopher Wren and Sir Joshua Reynolds. Nothing has ever been done to honor his memory in America. A very popular Israelite died in the Tenth ward of New York city last week, and a number of mourners followed his remains on foot to Grand Street Ferry, intending to cross to Brooklyn and ride to the cemetery in the trolley cars. The gate keeper found seven thrifty gentlemen in the curtained hearse, serenely seated on the coffin, smoking cigarettes. They had adopted this means to save their ferriage. A new needle, which must be a delight to housewives, has been invented in Germany. It has a prolongation behind the eye of smaller diameter than the bored part of the needle, with groovs in it to receive the thread. The object of it is to facilitate the passing of the needle through the holes in buttons, when sewing them on. The thread lies in the grooves, and hence the needle passes much more easily and rapidly. A facetous paragraph writer suggests that it will soon be necessary for some one to start a daily geography in order to keep up with the changes going on in the world. He might with as much justification have said that we need a daily history, or a daily text-book in natural philosophy, for the same reason. Events now move so rapidly that any book of information gets out of date much more quickly than at any other period in the world's history. For the present, however, it will be the daily lesson in geography rather than the daily geography that will chiefly concern the rising generation. The search for convenient ways of transportation by which the products of the Sudan may reach the outer world has called attention to a remarkable phenomenon of vegetable life on some of the headwaters and tributaries of the Nile. This consists of enormous growths of papyrus and other plants, completely covering the streams and forming carpets of vegetation two or three feet thick, beneath which flows the water. Navigation by small boats is, of course, entirely interrupted by this obstruction, which is in places supplemented by vines and clinging plants which arch the streams from bank to bank. Heavy floods occasionally sweep away the accumulations of plants, but they are quickly A THUNDERSTORM. Its Formation Is Something Few of Us Understand. The formation of a thunder storm is one of the familiar things that few of us know anything about it. That sounds like a contradiction, but it is not, for while we are familiar enough with the impressive spectacle made by the clouds as they gather and with the sometimes disastrous and always startling effects of the storm when it breaks over us, how many of us can trace it back to its origin, step by step, and tell how and where it got its terrible power? Let us try to do this. There is no doubt that the electric charge of a cloud comes from an initial charge multiplied by induction. The initial charge may be acquired by evaporation, for we know that electricity may be generated in that way. Or it may be generated by the friction of vapor-laden air, which, moving as wind, comes in contact with objects on the earth's surface. This vapor is composed of very minute particles of water, each of which becomes electrified, the charge accumulating on its surface. Now, as these particles of drops come together and are condensed into larger drops the surface area is reduced in proportion to the volume and an increased electric accumulation is the result. In other words, when two drops are condensed into one, there is the same quantity of water and of electricity was when the drops were separate, but there is a good deal less surface, and the electric charge is intensified to that extent. The drops so formed attract smaller drops by their greater power, and thus condensation, with continual increase of power, goes on rapidly and a thundercloud begins to form. As the cloud is sent forward by the wind it affects the earth's surface by induction, and the earth's surface affects it in the same way, the cloud becoming positively and the earth negatively charged. This goes on rapidly, electric energy being continually drawn to the cloud from the air, and the same quantity being repelled from the earth below. Thus it is that the thundercloud forms so quickly and acquires so great an electric power. BATTLE OF CITIES. Sharp Rivalry Between the Middle West and the Southwest. It is not so much, however, the question of the rapidity with which Galveston or Mobile bay may advance, as compared with New Orleans, that promises to influence the standing of the western cities. It is rather the question of how much the enterprise of these two cities—with the aid of the new port and town of Port Arthur—may stimulate co-operation among all the cities of the gulf and thereby line up a strong force in a fight against the North Atlantic and the great lakes. Within five years Galveston has pulled away from New York, Boston and Baltimore the supremacy in the handling of cotton, and is rapidly taking from all other points the first position in the handling of the southwestern corn and wheat. Mobile is gaining an iron and steel and woodwork business which formerly did not fall south of Baltimore, and it has some promise ahead of developments in shipbuilding. Many great influences are at work, including that of the powerful Illinois Central, to compel the exports of the Mississippi Valley to take the natural and water level route to the ocean via the "Father of Waters," rather than to climb the mountains that intervene between the west and the Atlantic. A more or less sectional feeling has grown up, extending westward to Denver, favoring the diversion of western products of all sorts to the gulf. If it should so develop that sufficient inhabitants and sufficient wealth concentrate in the Gulf cities, it seems likely that the Atlantic cities will find their aggregate of traffic seriously impaired—or at least their source of it seriously diminished—and that such places as Kansas City, St. Louis, Memphis, and perhaps Omaha, will be materially aided in their efforts for growth and greatness by the additional and shorter route to the sea afforded by flowing down the natural drain of the continent to the mouth of the Mississippi.—Ainslee's Magazine. MANY RARE PEOPLE. We Seldom Form Acqualntance with One, However. It makes one homesick in this world to think that there are so many rare people he can never know, and so many excellent people that scarcely any one will know, in fact. One discovers a friend by chance, and cannot but feel regret that twenty or thirty years of life maybe have been spent without the least knowledge of him. When he is once known through him opening is made into another little world, into a circle of culture and loving hearts and enthusiasm in a dozen congenial pursuits, and prejudices perhaps. How instantly and easily the bachelor doubles his world when he marries, and enters into the unknown fellowship of the to him continually increasing company which is known in popular language as "all his wife's relations." Near at hand daily, no doubt, are those worth knowing intimately, if one had the time and the opportunity. And when one travels he sees what a vast material there is for society and friendship of which he can never avail himself. There are faces of refinement, of quick wit, of sympathetic kindness—interesting people, traveled people, entertaining people—whom you constantly meet and pass without a sign of recognition, many of whom are no doubt your long lost brothers and sisters. The matter of personal liking and attachment is a good deal due to the mere fortune of association—Charles Dudley Warner. BILL PRITS One of the most remarkable characters of the mountain region of Western Pennsylvania is Bill Pritts, who was convicted of moonshining in the United States district court at Pittsburg last week. He has long been a resident of Fayette county and was notorious far and wide as one of the most daring men in his line of business. His two sons, John S. and Henry Pritts, were also included in the information, but they did not appear. The case excited great attention on account of the numerous efforts to capture Pritts in his mountain home and his numerous successful escapes from the revenue officers. He was finally captured at his home last May. Against the Pritts family the following charges are made, on all of which the United States grand jury found true bills: William Pritts, John S. Pritts and Henry Pritts, as distillers who failed to give bond and as distillers carrying on business with intent to defraud the United States; William Pritts, retail liquor dealer, failing to pay special tax. Ignored bills—John S. Pritts and Henry Pritts, retail liquor dealers, failing to pay special tax. John and Henry Pritts were arrested in October, 1899, but the old man made his escape, being wounded BILL PRITS. in the heel during his flight by a bullet from the revolver of United States Deputy Marshal Frank Campbell. The two boys stood trial at the May term of court and the jury disagreed. Their bail was not renewed, but a stay was granted until this term of court, when they were told to be present. When called yesterday afternoon neither of them was present and the father was the only one who responded. Attorney R. B. Kennedy of Uniontown, their attorney, was unable to explain their absence. The court advised Mr. Kennedy to have his clients appear. The case against Pritts was opened by Assistant United States District Attorney J. N. Langham. Deputy Collector of United States Internal Revenue W. J. Dickson was the first witness called. He described how, while he and two others were engaged in demolishing a still on Pritts' farm in October, 1899, father and sons were seen approaching along a path. They stopped their work on the still and waited their arrival, when the three leaped out at the men and covered them with their revolvers. "Bill" Pritts escaped. Deputy Collector Dickson said that the still was then in operation. Hot embers were lying beneath the affair and a mess of something was in the still. Six barrels of mash, he said, were in the stillhouse. "Bill" Pritts, he said, was captured the following May by himself and Deputy Marshal A. McBeth. He was found near a house of one of his neighbors. The officer said that when he caught the defendant the latter denied being "Bill" Pritts and said that at any rate he had done nothing wrong. Frank Campbell, ex-United States deputy marshal, and Emanuel Custer, who followed Dickson on the witness stand, corroborated Dickson's testimony. A plan of the farm of "Bill" Pritts, with the location of the house and the still, was submitted in evidence when W. B. Horton, a surveyor, was called. "Bill" Pritts first came into prominence with the killing of Tony Hochstettler several years ago. Robert Miller, one of the party implicated, gav himself up and served four years in the penitentiary. The others were never apprehended. The history of his numerous encounters and escapes has several times been printed, and ```markdown ``` romance has placed famous old "Bill" near the top of the list of the queer characters developed in the mountains of western Pennsylvania. Like all men of his class, Pritts had many stanch friends among his neighbors, and these assisted him frequently in eluding the officers of the government. Among the people of the mountain region it is not regarded as a crime to cheat Uncle Sam out of the tax on whisky. Men otherwise honest would not scruple to traffic in whisky that had paid no tribute to the government, and those who endeavor to collect it have a rocky time of it. The moonshiner is seldom without notice of the presence of revenue officers in the vicinity of his still, and he has ample time to conceal all evidences of his illicit occupation. His patrons can never be induced to testify against him, and the officers, even though they may be morally certain of the guilt of a suspect, have a hard task to procure the evidence necessary to convict. Bill Pritts was fortunate in having the good will of his neighbors, and on that account he long enjoyed immunity from arrest. The officers now claim to have proofs of his guilt and are confident of being able to give him a long term in the penitentiary. During his trial Pritts manifested the greatest unconcern. He admitted that he drank all the whisky he could get PRITS. and made the admission as though it were a good joke and it tickled him. He admitted, however, that he had done so twenty years ago. He was as delighted as a youngster when United States marshals told of the trouble they had experienced in capturing him. Like many another man, Bill Pritts is a mixture of simplicity and guile, but the proportions are hard to determine. COAL CONSUMPTION. Per Capita Increase Fifty Per Cent in Ten Years. In spite of continued effort to increase the efficiency of engines and boilers the progress of invention is such that coal is becoming each year a more and more important article of commerce. So short a time ago, viewing the history of the world, as 1831 the annual coal production of Great Britain was 24,000,000 tons; for the year 1901 the coal production will probably be 240,000,000 tons, an increase of 1,000 per cent. In 1831 the population of Great Britain was 24,000,000 and the next census, 1901, will probably show about 40,000,000 in that country, an increase of 66 2-3 per cent in seventy years. Therefore the production of coal has increased from one ton per capita to six tons, and the rate of increase has been fifteen times as great as the rate of increase in population. In 1840 the production of bituminous coal in the United States was between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 tons, and the production of anthracite was 1,000,000 tons-say a total of 2,500,000 tons, says the Engineering Magazine. At that time the population of the country was 17,000,000, so that there was probably less than one-sixth of a ton used per capita. Compare that with the present tonnage of 220,000,000 and a population of approximately 75,000,000, and it will be seen that America is now using per capita eighteen times as much coal as she did sixty years ago. In fact, since 1890 the per capita increase has been 50 per cent. Rural Pennsylvanians Great Readers. Private contributions secure at least thirty traveling libraries in the rural counties of Pennsylvania this fall and winter, the legislature having made no appropriation for their support. A Noted Knight Templar Owes His Health to Peruna Dr.Bull's COUCH SYRUP Cures a Cough or Cold at once. Conquers Croup, Whooping-Cough, Bronchitis, Gripppe and Consumption. Quick, sure results. Dr.Bull's Pills cure Constipation. 50 pills 10c. DO YOU COUGH DON'T DELAY TAKE KEMP'S BALSAM THE BEST COUGH CURE R Cures Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Croup, Influenza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain cure for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advanced stages. Use at once. You will see the excellent effect, after taking the first dose. Sold by dealers everywhere. Large bottles 25 cents and 50 cents. Boys and Girls. We trust you. Send no money, simply your name and address, and we will mail you at once a Solid Gold Ring, guaranteed for 5 years' wear, plain or with fancy setting. Be sure and write at once to Take Supply Co., Box 10, Faxes, Ill. "VAN'S" BUCKWHEAT Finest Flavor. Buckwheat All Through Get a Package From Your Grocer. PENSION JOHN W. MORRIS Washington, D. C. Successfully Prosecutes Claims Late Principal Examiner U. S. Pension Bureau 3 yrs. in civil war.15 adjudicating claims. atty. since DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY; gives cases. Book of testimonials and 10 DATS' treatment FREE. DR. H. H. GREEN'S SOSS, Box R, Atlanta, Ga. Afflicted with sore eyes, use W. N, U. CHICAGO, NO. 47, 1900. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION Dark as Egypt's Night. The origin of "Dark as Egypt's night" is to be found in Exodus x:21- 22-23. "And the Lord said unto Moses, stretch out thine hand toward heaven that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness that may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings." You Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease Free. Write today to Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y., for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures sweating, damp, swollen, aching feet. Makes new or tight shoes easy. A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All druggists and shoe stores sell it; 25c. Bright People Little Known. The lasting regret that we cannot know more of the bright, sincere and genuine people of the world is increased by the fact that they are all different from each other. Coughing Leads to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist today and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous. Let every eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.—Shakespeare. Colonel T. P. Moody, a prominent Knight Templar, is well known in every city in the United States west of Buffalo, N. Y., as a Jeweler's Auctioneer. In the city of Chicago as a prominent lodge man, being a member of the K. T.'s and also of the Masons. The cut shows Colonel Moody in the costume of the Oriental Consistory Masons, 32d degree. In a recent letter from 5900 Michigan avenue, Chicago, Ill., Mr. Moody says the following: "For over twenty-five years I suffered from catarrh, and for over ten years I suffered from catarrh of the stomach terribly. "I have taken all kinds of medicines and have been treated by all kinds of doctors, as thousands of my acquaintances are aware in different parts of the United States, where I have traveled, but the relief was only temporary, until a little over a year ago I started to take Peruna, and at the present time I am better than I have been for twenty years. "The soreness has left my stomach entirely and I am free from indigestion and dyspepsia and will say to all who are troubled with catarrh or stomach trouble of any kind, don't put it off and suffer, but begin to take Peruna right away, and keep it up until you are cured, as you surely will be if you persevere." "My wife, as many in the southwest can say, was troubled with a bad cough and bronchial trouble, and doctors all over the country gave her up to die, as they could do nothing more for her. She began taking Peruna with the result that she is better now than she has been in years, and her cough has almost left her entirely. The soreness has left her lungs and she is as well as she ever was in her life, with thanks, as she says, to Peruna. Yours very truly. T. P. Moody. Catarrh in its various forms is rapidly becoming a general curse. An undoubted remedy has been discovered by Dr. Hartman. This remedy has been thoroughly tested during the past forty years. Prominent men have come to know of its virtues, and are making public utterances on the subject. To save the country we must save the people. To save the people we must protect them from disease. The disease that is at once the most prevalent and stubborn of cure is catarrh. If one were to make a list of the different names that have been applied to catarrh in different locations and organs, the result would be as- There Is a Class of People Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a newpreparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over one-fourth as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 cents and 25 cents per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O. Germany Patronizes American Inventors The Electrical Engineer of London is authority for the statement that the German government has just paid $500,000 to a Chicago concern "for the patents and rights to manufacture and use the automatic telephone switch" owned by the company. The deal was made on the basis of the results obtained with a 200-instrument exchange test by the government for six months which were entirely satisfactory. you will be able to enjoy Mince Pie, Plum Pudding and other good things if you use Garfield Tea now—it promotes good digestion. Cannon are known to have been used a thousand years before Crecy. A 500-year-old magazine rifle has recently been unearthed at Nuremberg. Each package of PUTNAM FADE-LESS DYE colors more goods than any other dye and colors them better, too. Cattle are dumb animals, but by getting together they manage to make themselves herd. Colonel T. P. Moody, of Chicago, had Catarrh Twenty-five Years and Was Cured by Peruna. tonishing. We have often published a partial list of these names, and the surprise caused by the first publication of it to all people, both professional and non-professional, was amusing. And yet we have never enumerated all of the diseases which are classed as catarrh. It must be confessed, however, to see even this partial list draws up in battle array is rather appalling. If the reader desires to see this list, together with a short exposition of each one, send for our free catarrh book. Address The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. The Submarine Terror. Within the past six months several additions which have been made to the fighting strength of Uncle Sam's sea forces have brought it up to a high place among the navies of the world. Among these are some of the largest and most powerful vessels in the world and the submarine torpedo boat Holland, which, according to the naval experts, is one of the most formidable weapons yet added to the naval list, and which is said by them to be the beginning of the end of the construction of heavily armored vessels for coast and harbor defense and the means of revolutionizing the methods now employed in blockading harbors and other close to shore work. While the Holland is new so far as her number on the naval list is concerned, she is old enough to have proved beyond any doubt her ability to keep out of the way of the rays of the searchlights and the heavy gun fire of the large ships, which in time of war have made a reputation for Uncle Sam's navy which will be remembered for years to come by the nations of the world. Besides being capable of keeping away from these GOING ! dangers the Holland has shown her ability to crawl up to the larger ships, deliver her missile of destruction and then move away to a place of safety to watch the result of her work. During the maneuvers of the fleets off Newport recently many attacks of different sorts were tried for the purpose of developing the usefulness of the several classes of vessels employed. Night attacks on the forts and running the blockade were the favored maneuvers. Then came a night attack by the torpedo boat fleet upon the blockading squadron. Most of these little vessels were "picked up" by the powerful rays from the searchlights of the battleships and quickly put out of action. One after another these frail craft fell victims to the guns of the larger vessels. With the Holland it was a different story. With less than half the speed and equipment of the surface torpedo boats, this submarine wonder moved from her position in the inner harbor and, while running on the surface, passed near enough to three of the hostile fleet to have ended their careers, and returned to her station without having been seen. The methods employed in operating the Holland are entirely different from those used in any other fighting vessel. She lies so low in the water while running on the surface that little is exposed to the searchlights, and when the vessel is completely sumerged there is not even a ripple on the surface to indicate her whereabouts. She is less than half the length and displacement of the surface torpedo boats and, while her equipment is less, she is better able to send her torpedoes to their destination without fear of being destroyed, as there is no way for the attacked vessel to locate her. While on the surface the motive power used to operate the Holland is generated by a gas engine, and when Russian Superstition Leads to an Act of Flendish Atrocity. A crime which brings one back to the middle ages in its barbaric superstition has occurred at a village called Lepeshy, about two miles from Kobrina. A few days ago a fire broke out in the village, which, rapidly spreading along the thatched houses, consumed eight or them instantly and destroyed many sheds and barns. A report soon spread that it was the work of the devil and the villagers set to work to find his human representatives. A man was soon spotted, an old resident, in whose house some mysterious goings-on were alleged to have taken place, and he was brought forth, his eyes burned out with a red hot iron and his body scorched, and, although a crowd of yokels arrived on the scene, no one interfered. Suddenly a more brutal peasant came up and, seizing a chopper, hacked the poor victim's head off. A strict inquiry by the authorities is now proceeding.—Cincinnati Enquirer. A German scientist with all kinds of knobs on his head has discovered that yawning is a healthy pastime. It is wholesome, like oatmeal and brown bread. Yawning, it is said, stretches the muscles of the grain, maybe, or the tendons of the head, sends the blood to the jaws and sharpens appetite and intellect. It is a cheap remedy, accessible to young and old, rich and poor, and if it is as efficacious as our Teuton says health is surely within the reach of every one in this country. ```markdown ``` in the submerged position, motors, driven by a series of powerful batteries in which electricity is stored, are used. Fresh air is supplied to the crew from flasks stored to a pressure of 2,000 pounds to the square inch. This is let into the boat at a reduced pressure, obtained through a system on valves. Air is used in operating the diving and steering engines, by which the vessel is guided in both the horizontal and vertical planes, and also to discharge the torpedoes from the tube in the bow. When the Holland moves to an attack, after getting the range of the vessel to be destroyed, she is placed in the "awash" position. This is done by allowing a sufficient volume of water to enter the system tanks in the bottom of the boat. The valves GOING are opened and the water allowed to rush in until the dial indicates that sufficient has been taken. The vessel is then ready to dive. At a command from the cap- tain the man operating the diving engine turns the wheel until the horizontal rudders are in position to carry the craft below the surface. She is kept on "even keel" through a system of "trimming tanks." and also by use of the rudders. While submerged the vessel is kept on the desired course by means of a compass which is fitted in the conning tower, from which place the movements are controlled by the captain. A system of telephones and telegraphs to the several sections is also installed in the conning tower. In all, five men operate the vessel, being stationed, respectively, at the engine, at the diving apparatus, at the tanks, at the torpedo tube and in the conning tower. When "in service," the vessels of the Holland type, carry five of the smaller type of whitehead torpedoes. When ready for action, word is passed from the captain to the men forward to place the torpedo. The cap over the forward end of the tube is closed and the breech opened. The torpedo is then placed in the tube, and the breech is closed. The gauge is then set, and at the word of command the missile is sent on its mission of de- FOREIGN CEMETERY IN CHINA. THE ANGEL OF GREAT BRITAIN If there were no other proof that the foreigner has been in China for many years, it could be shown by the cemeteries, which are in some instances almost as populous as the quarters assigned to living foreign residents. The reverence of the Chinese for the graves of their relatives and ancestors is well known, and it is a reasonable assumption that they would respect the sentiment in the foreigners that moves them to dedicate enclosed and beautified sections to the last resting places of those who have gone over to the "great majority." There are at least three different places in China in which an American might be reminded of the home country—the legations and consulates, the mission quarters and the cemeteries, --- struction. The weight of the discharged torpedo is then taken up through the "compensating tanks." To bring the vessel to the surface, the water is forced out of the tanks by air, and the position of the diving rudders is changed. During the last session of congress an appropriation to construct six boats of the improved Holland type was made. These vessels are now under construction and all will be completed in about a year. The new plans have many improvements over the devices in use in the present vessel. The new plungers will be sixty-three feet over all, with a diameter (beam) of 11 feet, 9 inches. The cost of each will be about $170,000. F. A. VERDU. THE HOLLAND GONE! Revolution in Automobiles. A new automobile has been invented by a Russian named Hutal Serky. He has discovered a new system of locomotion based on the use of a certain kind of salt, the composition of which is as yet his secret. Two pounds of this salt placed in the box of the automobile and subjected to a certain heat forms a gas which puts a cylinder in movement. The automobiles that were tried in Moscow produced the best results. The emperor of Russia, who takes great interest in this invention, intends to send Serky to Paris to make known his secret. The Russian press is of the opinion that it will cause a great revolution in the trade. O. Dio of Lisbon. Lady Colebrooke a Carpenter. Lady Colebrooke is a clever carpenter. Besides a perfect pillar box which stood in the hall at Abington she has made many beautiful pieces of furniture. She has a large class of women and girls each week from the district surrounding Abington to whom she teaches needlework and carpente-ing the last named being carefully tended and preserved so far as possible from violation. Curfew Law in Richmond. The city council of Richmond, Va., is at present very much divided over a contemplated curfew law. The ordinance was introduced at the last session of the council and it caused the most heated debate. The question of constitutionality was finally raised, and after a lengthy argument the ordinance was finally referred to the city attorney to pass upon its legality. The city attorney was instructed that if the ordinance was not constitutional to frame one that was to accomplish the same ends. The mothers and fathers and the children of Richmond are very much intersted in the proposed law and nearly every one in the city has lined up for or against the ordinance. St. Petersburg Loses Able Journalist. St. Petersburg has lost an influential journalist in the death of Camillo Cavos. He served in the war of 1866 as an officer in the Italian army. Returning to his city he entered newspaper work, and from 1875 was editor of the Novoe Vremya, his specialty being foreign politics. To Perpetuate Wilson's Memory. It is proposed by the friends of the late William L. Wilson and the alumni of Washington and Lee university, of which he was president, to raise by subcription a fund of at least $100,000 to maintain a professorship in the university, to be known as the Wilson endowment. LADY LETTER CARRIER. Daughter of a West Virginia Farmer Eulogy That Distinction. Uncle Sam has formally received into his service, as a United States mail carrier, the 18-year-old daughter of a West Virginia farmer. Miss Dora Wolfe had served a little apprenticeship to the duties with which she is now officially invested, by carrying the mail between Ripley and Sandyville, W. Va., during the illness of the former postman, and when the latter resigned she made successful application for the vacant position. The trip which she must make daily—one journey each way—between the above-named points is through a somewhat lonely region. Miss Wolfe makes it upon horseback. As her father, besides being a farmer, conducts a livery stable, she has good mounts at her disposal, and carries also two bags of mail. People have not yet quite accustomed themselves to the sight of the young letter carrier as she passes daily by their fields and farm houses from her home at Ripley and back again. No one would doubt the chivalry of the West Virginian mountaineers, especially when a handsome girl is concerned, but Miss Dora Wolfe always goes armed when she transports the United States mails in her charge, if merely as a measure of ordinary precaution. NEARLY A BREAK DOWN. Mrs. Olberg, a Prominent Minnesota Lady, Tells a Remarkable Story. Albert Lea, Minn., Nov. 19.—(Special)—There are few men and women in this state or indeed in the whole northwest, who have not heard, or do not know personally Mrs. Henriette C. Olberg of this city. Mrs. Olberg was Judge of Linen and Linen Fabrics at the World's Fair, at Chicago, and Superintendent of Flax Exhibit at the International Exposition at Omaha, Nebraska, in 1898. Mrs. Olberg is Secretary of the National Flax, Hemp and Ramie Association, and Assistant Editor of the "Distaff." Her official duties are naturally very onerous, and involve a great deal of traveling and living away from home. She says: "During the World's Fair in Chicago, my official duties so taxed my strength, that I thought I would have to give them up. Through the continual change of food and irregular meal hours, and a poor quality of water, I lost my appetite, and became wakeful and nervous in the extreme. My Kidneys refused to perform their usual duties. One of my assistants advised me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills, and sent for a box. I am pleased to say that I derived immediate and permanent benefit. I used three boxes, and feel ten years younger. "I have great confidence in the efficacy of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and am always glad to speak a good word in their favor. "Dodd's Kidney Pills are weak women's best friend." All Dealers, 50 cents a box. Electric Road to Plateau. An electric rack-railway has been built at Laon, France, to connect the railway station with an elevated plateau 672 feet above the station, where most of the inhabitants live. The overhead trolley system is used in combination with a rack-rail track. Ordinary street cars are used, seating forty passengers. The total cost of the line, which is a mile and a quarter long, was nearly $90,000. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. (SEAL) A. W. GLEASON. Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best The "Newsle" Worth $40,000. During a period covering fourteen years, Thomas Dalzell, of Allegheny, Pa., has saved between $40,000 and $50,000 from the profits made in selling newspapers. He began when a 9-year-old boy, saved his money, invested it until, at the present time, he probably stands at the head of the wealthy newsdealers in the country. November Success. Best for the Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. CASCARETS help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. Hot Bath for Fatigue. When nervous, tired and irritable, get into a hot bath for a few moments, then rub yourself down well and rest in bed from twenty minutes to one-half hour. You will be surprised and pleased at the result.—American Journal of Health. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. The Myrrh Tree. Myrrh has been known from the earliest times, but only in the present century has the tree from which it comes been identified in Arabia and Persia. HOLE FOR OKLAHOMA! 8,000 acres new lands to open to settlement. Subscribe for THE KIOWA CHIEF, devoted to information about these lands. One year, $1.00. Single copy, 10c. Subscribers receive free illustrated book on Oklahoma. Morgan's Manual (210 page Settlers' Guide) with the sectional map, $1.00. Map 21c. All 10c. Addressee Dick T. Morgan, Furry, O. T. FADED IN HER YOUTH Pretty faces and graceful forms of young women! Why is it they are so soon replaced by plainness and lankness? It is because the young girl just entering into womanhood does not know how to take care of herself and has no one competent to instruct her. It is not necessary that there should be anything weakening or wearying about the obligations of a female organism. Parents of young girls should inform themselves and prevent their dear ones from making costly errors. attractive are not possible when the female organism is out of order, as is surely is when discomfort and pain are always or even periodically present. It is only necessary to look in the faces of young women everywhere to see that this must be so. Else why are they so pale and thin? GET FREE ADVICE FROM DR. GREENE Real beauty is rare. It belongs to perfect health. It is possible to every woman who takes the matter in hand intelligently. Get advice from Dr. Greene, the great specialist in these matters. He will tell you why all this is so, and show you how to avoid the stumbling blocks that bar woman's way to happiness. You may consult Dr. Greene without cost by calling or writing to him at his office, 35 West 14th Street, New York City. Don't throw away your beauty. Write to Dr. Greene to-day. Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Very Dangerous. "It's danj'us," said Uncle Eben, "to git into de way o' complainin'. A man kin allus stop workin' to kick, but it comes hahd to stop kickin' to work."—Washington Star. Lane's Family Medicine Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. In the archaic vase room at the British Museum anyone can gaze upon babies' feeding bottles of sun-baked clay which were antique when Joseph went into Egypt. Thanksgiving Day. If your system has been cleansed with Garfield Tea, you may be able to digest comfortably your Thanksgiving dinner. The mineral output of Canada for 1899 was placed at $37,000,000, of which $21,019,000 was gold. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on the box. 250. Have you ever noticed how much individuality there is in a footstep? Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. Speaking of has-beens, partridges are among the things that whir. Some articles must be described. White's Yucatan needs no description; it's the real thing. Don't brood; a gnat of trouble soon becomes a camel of calamity. DON'T EXPERIMENT DON'T EXPERIMENT With your health. Use Batt's Caps for Colds. Prompt cure guaranteed. 25c at druggists. He does not guard himself well who is not always on his guard. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces in flammation, always pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Good shoes and good gloves are the beginning of good dressing. MARRIAGE PAPER. Best Published—FREE. J. W. GUNNELS, Toledo, Ohio. An indolent man is a dead loss to himself. in the oldest and best. It will break up a cold quicker toan anything else. It is always reliable. Try it. He who laughs can commit no deadly sin. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM is the favorite for dressing the hair and renewing its life and color. HINDERCORNS, the best cure for corns. 15cta. A great talker is a great liar. FADED IN Pretty faces and graceful forms soon replaced by plainness and lank en tal in be lig gi de attractive are not possible when the surely is when discomfort and pain It is only necessary to look in the that this must be so. Else why are the GET FREE ADVICE Real beauty is rare. It belongs to woman who takes the matter in her Greene, the great specialist in these so, and show you how to avoid the to happiness. You may consult Dr. ling to him at his office, 35 West 14th away your beauty. Write to Dr. Gre We are ashamed of our fear; for we know that righteous man would not suspect danger nor incur any. Wherever a man feels fear there is an avenger.—Thoreau. DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS? Pen Picture for Women. "I am so nervous, there is not a well inch in my whole body. I am so weak at my stomach and have indigestion horribly, and palpitation of the heart, and I am losing flesh. This headache and backache nearly kills me, and yesterday I nearly had hysterics; there is a weight in the lower part of my bowels bearing down all the time, and pains in my groins and thighs; I cannot sleep, walk, or sit, and I believe I am diseased all over; no one ever suffered as I do." This is a description of thousands of cases which come to Mrs. Pinkham's attention daily. An inflamed and ulcerated condition of the neck of the womb can produce all of these symp- 1890 MRS. JOHN WILLIAMS. toms, and no woman should allow herself to reach such a perfection of misery when there is absolutely no need of it. The subject of our portrait in this sketch, Mrs. Williams of Englishtown, N.J., has been entirely cured of such illness and misery by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and the guiding advice of Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn, Mass. No other medicine has such a record for absolute cures, and no other medicine is "just as good." Women who want a cure should insist upon getting Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound when they ask for it at a store. Anyway, write a letter to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., and tell her all your troubles. Her advice is free. What Shall We Have for Dessert? This question arises in the family every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try Jell-O a delicious and healthful dessert. Prepared in two minutes. No boiling! no baking! add boiling water and set,to cool. Flavors:—Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. Get a package at your grocers to-day. 10 cts. forms of young women! Why is it they are so lankness? It is because the young girl just entering into womanhood does not know how to take care of herself and has no one competent to instruct her. It is not necessary that there should anything weakening or wearying about the objections of a female organism. Parents of young girls should inform themselves and prevent their ar ones from making costly errors. That young woman has a just cause of complaint, who is permitted to believe that great periodic suffering is to be expected, that severe mysterious pains and aches are part of her natural experience as a woman. These things are making constant war on her health, her disposition and her beauty. It is a wanton sacrifice, absolutely unnecessary and cruel. It is more—it is criminal. Dr. Greene's NERVURA for the Blood and Nerves Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, is the right medicine for every young girl who is just entering the first stage of womanhood. It prepares the system in every way to act normally. It enriches the blood supply, and keeps the nerves calm and steady. Fortified with this great medicine, all the womanly duties may be undertaken and experienced without the slightest jeopardy to health. It preserves the gifts of nature and assists their development into glowing, healthful beauty. MRS. MARY FRANCES LYTLE, of 2 Hunter Alley, Rochester, N. Y., says: "I was very pale and delicate—had no color. I took Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, and now I am well and strong, my face is plump, and cheeks red, and my complexion pure." Mrs. WILLIAM BARTELS, 239 East 87th St, New York City, says: "Dr. Greene's Nervura made a wonderful improvement in my health, and that dark, sallow look left my face. My friends hardly know me. I have gained flesh and am like a different person." The nervousness in women which invariably comes with pain is of itself certain to stop the development of beauty in face and figure. Excited nerves make sharp lines and hasty speech. The beautiful curves which make women so when the female organism is out of order, as it had pain are always or even periodically present. In the faces of young women everywhere to see they are they so pale and thin? ADVICE FROM DR. GREENE belongs to perfect health. It is possible to every order in hand intelligently. Get advice from Dr. of these matters. He will tell you why all this is hold the stumbling blocks that bar woman's way ult Dr. Greene without cost by calling or writ- West 14th Street, New York City. Don't throw Dr. Greene to-day. THOUGHTS ON RELIGION. The Lody of all true religion consists in obedience to the will of God, in a confidence in his declarations, and an imitation of his perfections.—Burke. True religion teaches us to reverence what is under us, to recognize humility, poverty, wretchedness, suffering and death, as things divine.—Goethe. Religion consists not so much in joyous feelings as in constant devotedness to God, and laying ourselves out for the good of others.—Stewart. Over all the movements of life religion scatters her favors, but reserves the choicest, her divine blessing, for the last hour.—Logan. Many would like religion as a sort of lightning rod to their houses, to ward off by and by, the bolts of divine wrath.—H. W. Beecher. Religion's home is in the conscience. —Its watchword is the word "ought." Its highest joy is doing God's will.—T. L. Cuyler. It is only religion, the great bond of love and duty to God, that makes any existence valuable or even tolerable.—Horace Bushnell. None but God can satisfy the longings of the immortal soul; as the heart was made for him, he only can fill it.—Trench. The flower of youth never appears more beautiful than when it bends towards the sun of righteousness.—M. Henry. The Bible represents religion, not as the latest fruit of life, but as the whole of it—beginning, middle and end; it is simply right living.—H. W. Beecher. You have no security for a man who has no religious principle.—Cobden. Nothing can be hostile to religion which is agreeable to justice.—Gladstone. Religion belongs to every day; to the place of business as much as to the church.—H. W. Beecher. There never was law or sect, or opinion did so magnify goodness as the Christian religion doth.—Bacon. Where true religion has prevented one crime, false religions have afforded a pretext for a thousand.—Colton. SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY. The fire of hate usually flashes in the pan. Man's weakness lies in his fancied wisdom. Love never turns back because it looks like rain. G is always in the midst of slaughter; it makes ghosts of hosts. It is far better to offend some people than it is to oblige them. Men who reckon without their hosts should be pretty good at figures. Heaven never helps the man who is too lazy to hustle in his own behalf. The man who is able to keep his mouth shut has a knack of appearing wise. There are three ways of getting out of a scrape—push out, back out and keep out. "An empty purse maketh a full heart," according to the proverb. Yes, but how about the stomach? Society may set itself up on the top of a high mountain, but any donkey ladened with gold can reach it. A statistician says a man stands sixteen chances of being struck by lightning to one of becoming a millionaire. The man who marries a widow is duty bound to give up smoking. If she is willing to give up her weeds for him he should give up his weeds for her. FOOTNOTES In light housekeeping people sometimes have to cut magazine leaves with the can opener. When things don't go the way you want them to, quit resisting, and they will stop and go the other way. The way door keys act when people are in a hurry is another small matter which impedes the spiritual life. There are several other signs of high breeding beside acting as if you have more money than you know what to do with. Another beauty of living in the country is that, if you want to, you can keep your wood pile on your front porch. It is claimed that women will purify politics. If she really wants a field for beneficial effort, let her first straighten out that discreditable exhibition known as "the social struggle." Now and then what we call "taffy" is really any sugar-coated advice.—Indianapolis Journal. Four kitchen cupfuls one pound. A pint of liquid weighs a pound. One cup of butter, half a pound. A quart of sifted flour, one pound. A tablespoonful of liquid, half an ounce. A solid pint of chopped meat, one pound. A pint of brown sugar, thirteen ounces A dash of pepper, an eight of a teaspoonful. Three kitchen cupfuls of cornmeal, one pound. SPANISH PROVERBS. God does not smith with both hands. There is no thief without a receiver. See that you tie so that you can untie. You will not be loved if you care for none. A little loss frightens, a great one tames. Trouts are not caught with dry breeches. It is not the load but the overload that kills. He who has lost his oxen is always hearing bells. You can't make pancakes without breaking eggs. There is no better patch than one off the same cloth. For all one's early rising, it dawns none the sooner. No king was ever a traitor, nor pope excommunicated. Through not spending enough, we spend too much. I do not tell thee what thou art,thou will tell it thyself. May God not so prosper our friends that they forget us. There is no beast so savage but sports with its mate. Set a peasant on horseback, and he forgets both God and man. Never ask of him who has, but of him you know wishes you well. Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old yours will be new. It is a bad hen that eats at your house and lays at another's. It is not in the pilot's power to prevent the wind from blowing. There is no pleasure but palls, and the more so if it costs nothing. He who pours water hastily into a bottle spills more than goes in. Give me the ass that carries me in preference to the horse that throws me. Neither sign a paper without reading it, nor drink water without seeing it. Nothing is lost on a journey by stopping to pray, or to feed your horse. Go not with every alliment to the doctor, with every plea to the lawyer, or with every thirst to the can. EPIGRAMS OF A NOVELIST. "In Kedar's Tents," by Henry Seton Merriman: Fqr all women there would be no politics if there were no politicians. The happiest women are those who live in a small world. How wise was the great God when he made a human life short! His whole existence was an effort to do without those things that make life worth having. It is easy to be wise without being learned. It is easier still to be learned without being wise. She had been enabled all through her life to satisfy her own desires—the subtlest form of misfortune. The past only sleeps, and we carry it with us through life slumbering. Those are wise who bear it gently, so that it may never be aroused. She imparted a vast deal of information, and received none in return, which is the habit of voluble people and renders them exceedingly dangerous to themselves and useful to others. He was one of those men who are happy in finding themselves when they are wanted. So many have, on the contrary, the misfortune to be always absent, when they are required, and the world soon learns to progress without them. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. Prayer is a private key to the King's chamber. The warm-hearted church never has a cold hand. The grasping hand cannot grasp God's hand. A picture-perfection in religion prohibits progress. The violent partisan knows only the big "I" plank. The only limit to God's gifts is the bag in which we fetch them. God may break hard hearts, but He will never break into wicked ones. The perpetual protest of Christianity is the only thing that saves this world from ruin. There is no danger of conforming to the world without when you have Christ within. God is as much glorified when he stoops to man as when men bend before Him in worship. HERE AND THERE. Michigan holds title to over 500,000 acres, most of it school and tax homestead land. The public buildings of England alone are valued at a sum approaching £250,000,000. The smallest coin now current in Europe is the Greek lepton. It is worth one-tenth of a penny. 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