The Gazette

THE GAZETTE PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. One Year 81: 0 Six Months 1 90 Three Months 50 Subscribers are requested to read 5 by post office money order or registered letter. Entered at the post office in Cleveland, Ohio, the second-class matter. All communications should be addressed: H. C. SMITH, Editor and Prop. THE GAZETTE, Case Building, Cleveland, Ohio Member Ohio Legislature. 1894 to 1898. CLEVELAND, OHIO, JAN. 27. 1900. THE GAZETTE is the oldest, and has the largest bona fide circulation, double that of any newspaper in the interest of Afro-Americans, published in the state of Ohio, and comparison with any will immediately establish its rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST in the country. Mrs. C. O. Keeler, of Washington, D. C., who has an exceptionally interesting letter on our first page to-day, is one of the best life-long white friends the race has. The republicans of Louisiana have held no state convention since 1896. They will convene soon for the purpose of electing delegates to the next national republican convention. Louisiana is not the only southern state that becomes active in politics every four years. The white regimental officers of the Forty-ninth United States Volunteer infantry after fraternizing with the colored company officers in this country, immediately after the ship that is carrying them to the Philippines moved out of the harbor at San Francisco, drew a color line, the white regimental officers eating at the first table and the colored company officers eating at the second table. President McKinley has been fully informed of this outrage and insult. What will he do about it? An "officer" and a "gentleman" are synonymous terms in popular estimation at least, and one officer and gentleman cannot refuse to dine with another officer and gentleman when occasion requires it, without being guilty of an offense unbecoming an "officer and gentleman." THE NEGRO IN THE TRADES. The Courant-Guardian, New Castle, Pa., in answer to the inquiry made by the American Manufacturer: "Is the Negro becoming a fixture in the iron and steel trades of the country?" argues to the contrary. On this contention the Guardian undertakes to show that he is used primarily and chiefly as a strike breaker, and as time moves on the white man is invariably taken back, and the Negro is discharged, thus showing that the Negro is not equal to the white man, in the trying ordeal. But it must be admitted that the colored man is now filling positions in these places a hundred to one since thirty years ago. In the north, as well as in the south, he has been gradually enrolled as an elemental factor in the trades owing to the growing demand which, by fitness and adaptation, makes him necessary. But the fact that he is used as a strike breaker only proves that he has been trained in some of the labor departments, and as a reserved force is called to meet an extreme emergency. Conditions may have changed, and the white men may have been recalled, but this is no proof that the colored man is in no instance the equal of the white man, and was not in that particular a successful competitor in that line of business. Numerous instances are at hand to show that the Negro has fairly outrivalled his white brother; and we doubt not that in a fair and equal contest, all things considered, the fact can be established upon a universal principle. Let the whole truth be known, and it is altogether possible that he was dismissed on account of the old feeling—colorphobia. What other feeling has so completely governed and dominated the spirit and conduct of Americans, north and south, as that of prejudice to the entire Negro race? Cases have been adduced again and again where the Negro has excelled the white man, even as an artist and a skilled mechanic. Though uneducated in many instances, yet by a law of adaptation and talent he has excelled. It must not be forgotten that even now what the colored man needs most is a chance, the opportunity to demonstrate his powers, his capability and competency in meeting those responsibilities entrusted to his hands. To be more tractable, and to stand abuse may be a part of his life habit, owing to his former condition as a slave, but it is no reflection upon his native capacity, nor is it a discredit to his race. It seems quite probable that the public at large might derive untold advantage did a more liberal sentiment prevail among the masses, and among all classes. The restraints which environ the colored man certainly must hinder him along the lines of progress and development, but he has attained substantial and undisputed distinction as a successful competitor with his white brother. He has achieved for himself more by far than what is credited to him, and that which justice would concede has been grudgingly done. In this contention, the Courant has no ground of argument upon which it may wage a triumphant fight against its black brother, but in utter shame of the wrongs imposed upon him by the superior race, it may well blush in its audacious presumption to offer a single syllable against him. If he comprehends not the value of organization, or feels no concern for the trades union, it will not be denied that even in this respect he has been rejected and denied the right to unite his influence with those mighty powers among the people where his force and usefulness might be most availing. It is nothing of which to boast that the north evinces superior advantages over the south. The north has long THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1900. enjoyed these privileges because of its freedom from slavery, while the south was writhing beneath the curse and blight of the domestic institution. It seems quite unmagnanimous that the Afro-American should be challenged in this yet unequal contest to measure his triumps with those of the white man. It may be true that the Afro-Americans at the Etna MiH Co. will one day be supplanted but it will be because the company had never determined to retain them, but to hold them temporarily until they could more duly satisfy that feeling which is in accord with the tendency of the popular mind. If white men can be pacified, and will agree, they of course will be preferred over colored men, even though they be better paid for work done no better than that of Negroes. It is in keeping with the very logic of things that white men of inferior ability and capacity shall be preferred over colored men. Taking on the whole what the Negro has done and is doing to-day in the north, as well as in the south, he has in many respects eclipsed the white man in the promise he now offers. In the mines and at the mills he is is a commendable factor, and a fixture, and a worker in the iron and steel trades, showing conclusively that the Courant needs to be better informed before it indulges in ideas of fancy and idle speculation. Be it known that in America to-day the Afro-American constitutes the labor element of the country, and a balancing force in the trades. GOT WHAT HE DESERVED. The governor of Maryland, in his heartless refusal to grant a reprieve for a few days in order that the innocence of a poor colored man might be ascertained, has been in the face of the confession of the real murderer guilty of a perfidy that stands without a parallel. Armstead Taylor, the murderer, had implicated John Humphrey Brown, but upon the scaffold confessed that he had sworn falsely and declared that Brown knew nothing of the murder which he alone committed. The confession was reiterated, and his excellency, Gov. Lloyd Lowndes, a professed republican, was appealed to. He declined to interfere. The innocent man was launched into eternity declaring to the last that he was not guilty of the crime for which he was executed. Cold-hearted, obdurate and merciless in the extreme Gov. Lowndes sent the poor victim to his death. Pleading to the last, and declaring his innocence, Humphrey Brown forfeited his life, while his blood is charged ever to the stolidity of a cruel and unfeeling governor. Upon no ground whatever can the governor palliate the enormity of his terrible offense. Rash, reckless and patronizing, he tampered with the life and freedom of a man who was as innocent as himself. He did it as a mark of decision and courage, and he did it to evince to the Negro-hating element of Maryland his malignity and lack of sympathy for those despised and persecuted in their own country and by their own countryman. The case in no way admits of any apology. Gov. Lowndes himself has been guilty of downright murder. He becomes a party to a deed unpardonable and shocking. In no way can this matter be condoned. Gov. Lowndes, in exercising his authority, could have determined the nature of the circumstances, and have become the grandest exemplar of mercy and benevolence. He could have exemplified the beauty of the golden rule, and enrolled himself among the noblest men of his time. It was his duty to have respected the petition in the light of the solemn fact that the startling confession was made. But what cared Lowndes for the life and freedom of a poor black man? Glory had lifted him to the highest plane in the state, and the votes of a poor and despised people aided in bringing this about. His grand triumph had come, but base ingratitude added the brain of this tetrarch of our time. Doubtless, he scorned to note the prayers of this humble people. Brown dies, and there is no atonement for this unholy and heartless sacrifice. Warned and entreated, yet like a very Herod upon his throne, he thinks he was more than pleasing the idle notions of that element that eternally hunts down the Negro to his death. Mr. W. E. Belt, of Chicago, the playmate and companion, pleads for the respite, but in vain. The execution comes, and over the wires the terrible telegram flashes upon the ear of the imbecile governor: "I hold you and McSherry responsible for the death of an innocent man. Let this be heralded throughout the United States. Note confession of Armstead Taylor on scaffold." Gov. Lowndes, in offering himself for reelection, was defeated. His act recoiled upon him. He is a dangerous man, and the end is not yet. A man's work must follow him. A GREAT PROJECT. Red River of the North Is to be Made Navigable to Lake Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 26.—The construction of locks at St. Andrew's Rapids, 15 miles north of this city, by means of which the Red River at the North will be made navigable to Lake Winnipeg and the rich timber and mineral country surrounding it will be opened up, has been decided upon and Z. Malhiot, the Dominion government engineer, has received from Ottawa the plans for the work. Bids are to be asked for at once. There is to be a dam across the Red river 800 feet long, one set of locks 215 feet long and dredging of the river for 400 feet. The locks will be massive masonry 4 feet broad and the solid concrete, granite-faced walls will be 38 feet deep. There will be solid steel gates and side sluice culverts for emptying and filling. A canal 1,500 feet long will give approach to the locks and its embankments will be faced with granite. The dam to regulate the water will be of concrete, granite-faced and 32 feet thick at the base, and 15 feet 5 inches at the top. The work is to be completed February 15, 1903. New York, Jan. 26.—The trial of Roland B. Molineux was yesterday adjourned until Monday next, Juror Brown being ill. EARLY STEAMBOATING. An Early Down-East Skipper's Invariable Rule in Case of Collision. The steamboat line between Bangor and Boston is the oldest in point of continuous service in America, the first steamers having been put on in 1824, 17 years after the first practical application of steam to the propulsion of vessels. Among the early vessels on the line was the Chancellor Livingston, in which Commodore Vanderbilt had an interest. She was built in New York in 1816, and was considered the masterpiece of Fulton. She had three smokestacks, three masts, a bowsprit and jibboom, and carried a huge squaresail on the foremast, with fore-and-aft sails on the main. The Bangor, built in New York, was the first new boat that ever came to Maine. She was about 400 tons, well fitted for her time and did a profitable business, generally carrying about 120 passengers on a trip at the rate of six dollars each, between Bangor and Boston. She ran on the Bangor and Boston route until the fall of 1841, and in 1842 she was taken to the Mediterranean, where, for some time, she was engaged in carrying pilgrims from Alexandria on their way to Mecca. When she arrived over there, being painted white, not a Mussulman would step foot on her, white being their mourning color; so she was painted black, and then business flourished in the pilgrim trade. The Bangor was purchased by the sultan of Turkey and added to his navy. Another steamer named Bangor, a propeller, made a few trips between Bangor and Boston, and was then purchased by the United States government and sent out to take part in the attack on Vera Cruz, where she won fame. She was the first iron steamer ever built in America. In 1863 the steamer Katahdin appeared. The Katahdin was in many respects the most remarkable sidewheel steamboat ever produced in the United States. She is as good a sea boat as most of the propeller steamers, fast in her day, and was followed by the most surprising good fortune. Other boats were wrecked in the storms that she went through without the least trouble, and others would strike on rocks along the dangerous coast of Maine that the Katahdin always dodged. She never lost either a passenger or any freight, and, in short, such was her luck, that down east people, especially sailor men, came to regard her as having a charmed existence. She continued to run between Boston and Bangor, with the exception of a few winters on Long Island sound, until the summer of 1895, when she was broken up for her metal. Steamboating down east is a very different thing now from what it was in the old days. It is related by old travelers that, before the war, and even later, the bill of fare on the boats consisted chiefly of ham and eggs. There was nothing much to eat, but a great plenty to drink. Now there is a great variety to eat and not so much to drink. Capt. Charles B. Sanford, who for many years was the ruling spirit of the Boston and Bangor line, was one of the most picturesque characters on this coast. He was at one time worth about $250,000, all made in steamboating, but he lived high and at the time of his death, a few years ago, had very little property. He was absolute master of his boats, and his word was law in everything. Some of his sayings and doings are related to this day, although he retired from steamboating in 1875. Once the steamer Cambridge ran into a schooner in the Penobscot river and sent her to the bottom, cutting her in halves. Capt. Sanford was below at the time, at dinner. Feeling the shock, he rushed up into the pilot house and asked what had happened. "We've sunk a schooner, sir," responded the quartermaster. "Where is she?" asked the captain. "Well, the forward part of her is over here to starboard, and the after part of her to port," was the reply. The quartermaster expected that the captain would rake all hands over the coals, but Capt. Sanford seemed rather pleased than otherwise. "That's the way!" he roared, "that's the way—when you hit 'em, cut 'em right in two!" Then he went below and finished his dinner as though nothing had happened.—N. Y. Sun. In the Melon Patch Attorney General Patterson tells this story, which he says he got from a drummer: The pastor of a colored congregation, he relates, was warming up to the climax of his sermon, and his auditors were waxing more and more excited. "I wahns yer, O my conggashun!" exclaimed the exhorter, "I wahns yer aginst de sin uv crap shootin'! I wahns yer against de sin uv whisky drinkin', an' de sin uv chicken raisin', an' I wahns yer, my breddern, against de sin uv melon stealin'!" A devout worshiper in the rear of the church jumped to his feet and snapped his fingers excitedly. "Whuffo does yer, my brudder, r'ar up an' snap yo' fingers when I speaks uv melon stealin'?" asked the preacher. "Kaze yo' jes' 'minds me whar I lef' mah overcoat," replied the devout worshiper, as he subsided into his seat.—Memphis Scimitar. Hin Pe Wax Right. All the seats in the car were taken. He stood up near the middle and read a paper, paying no heed to what was going on around him. He was the only passenger for whom there was no place to sit. He started to turn the pages of his paper. Suddenly the motorman saw an obstruction on the track ahead and reversed the current. After the passenger who had been standing succeeded in getting upon his feet again an old man who seemed to know him said: "Well, John, your pa was right." John looked dazed, and the old man continued: "He always said you was a-goin' to the front in a hurry some day if you only kept your health." — Chicago Times-Herald. Isaacs—I see vere a man vent undt tought his own tombstone. I don't understandt vot anybody vants to do dot for. Cohenstein—May be he t'ought tomb- stones vos goin' up.—Puck. [Continued from first page.] Oberlin.—Mrs. Solomon Quinn, who was called to Lorain on account of her daughter, Winnie Cooly's sickness, was herself taken sick and had to be brought home.—Miss Luella McGee, who was sick, is better.—Mrs. Anna Hughes has gone to Cleveland for the winter.—Mrs. Henry Taylor, of Elyria, will live here.—Arthur J. Corbin starts for Wilberforce university Thursday the 25th. All wish him success. Piqua.—Revival services are being held at the A. M. E. church. There were three accessions Sunday.—Lima was visited by quite a number of our people Sunday.—Mrs. J. D. Singleton, en route to Van Wert, visited her mother and Rev. Woodson and family last week.—Sunday will be rally day at the Baptist church. Rev. Woodson will preach in the afternoon.—Rev. Woodson and wife and Mrs. Huggard were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Ross Collins Tuesday.—Mesdames Minerva Hall and Luvenia Giles met the juvenile band of the Women's M. M. society Sunday afternoon and arranged a programme for an entertainment to be given in February.—Mrs. Mamie Johnson will visit her home in Lockland Sunday.—A select party was given at Rev. and Mrs. Wilson's in honor of Misses Carrie and Josie, and a pleasant evening was spent.—Miss McCowan, of Dark county, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Huggard.—Freddie Huggard and Freddie Wilson are not well. Elyria.—Gerald Tyler, of Columbus, is attending Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Mr. Tyler is a musician of great ability, having been organist of Trinity church in Columbus.—Mrs. W. C. Joyner, of Cleveland, visited here recently.—A romantic wedding occurred here the 7th, the contracting parties being Miss Martha Thompson and Mr. Charles A. Brown. The bride and groom were the recipients of many beautiful presents.—Mr. Tyler rendered a piano solo at the Auditorium of the Elyria High school Monday. He also participated in a musical at St. Andrew's church Friday evening.—Miss Addie Davis, who is at a hospital in Cleveland, is convalescent.—Mrs. Richard Green, of Cleveland, was in this city last week, and Miss Jennie Wilkinson, of Shepardstown, Va., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Cramer.—Mrs. Kidd, of Norwalk, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Jackson.—Mr. Fred Micheal, Daisy, Emma and Gracie have the typhoid pneumonia.—An Afro-American newsstand has been opened on Mechanic street. DOINGS OF THE RACE. As yet there are no Afro-American clerks in the census bureau at Washington, D. C. A "Jim Crow" (separate) car bill has passed one branch of the Virginia legislature. Preston Howard has discovered a rich bed of iron on his farm in Barrer county, Kentucky. Kansas City Afro-Americans have fifty churches representing nearly every denomination. A Washington Afro-American, a clerk in the tax department for 20 years, has been promoted to assistant assessor of the District of Columbia. There is no race question at this moment in Jackson, Miss. Alderman Smith Robertson died a day or two ago and the white mayor and Aldermen acted as pall bearers at the funeral. In the state of Maryland there are 5,000 Afro-Americans engaged in mercantile business on their own account. Many are successful farmers in the various counties of the state—some are engaged in blacksmithing, as wheelwrights, carpenters, etc. The Negroes of North Carolina have published an address to the white people of the state, urging them not to adopt a constitution which will disfranchise our people of that state. The address goes on to say, that if the whites persist, Afro-Americans will leave the state. Only 107 persons were lynched in America last year, which is 20 less than the year before, and the smallest number in any one year since 1884. Of the 107 lynchings, 103 took place in the south and four in the north; of these 84 were colored. Over 60 per cent. of these lynchings were in four southern states as follows: Georgia 28, Mississippi 14, Louisiana 13, Arkansas 11. An agricultural colony is now being formed by two young men, who, realizing that the future of the race lies in agricultural lines, have purchased a tract of land in New Jersey, 16 miles from Camden, for the purpose. It is proposed to make a specialty of poultry, fruit and vegetables, for market, and each lot owner, of whom there are not to be more than 12 owning a lot 40x100, is to participate in the profits of the enterprise. NEW YORK'S CANALS. Decline of Their Commerce Is Shown in a Report Made to the Legislature by Gov. Roosevelt. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 26.—Gov. Roosevelt, in transmitting to the legislature the report of the New York commerce commission appointed in 1898 and the canal commission directs especial attention to the way in which the railroads, and especially the railroads of this state, discriminate against the city of New York in the interest of competing ports. He says: "New York has seen of recent years a steady relative decline of her commerce compared to that of other ports. This has largely been brought about by railroad discrimination, but there have been other factors at work. Among these decadence of canal commerce has been the most prominent. A new danger is now added by the upbuilding of the Canadian canal system, which was completed last fall." The commission's recommendation is the bonding of the so-called canal counties for the cost of improvement. The city of New York would pay two-thirds of the amount, or $40,000,000. The governor endorses the recommendation of the commission that there should be no further money spent upon the canals unless accompanied by measures which will secure their management upon an absolutely business basis. A Vaudeville Combine. Chicago, Jan. 26.—Methods of the theatrical syndicate have been closely copied in the formation of a vaudeville combine, the details of which were consummated in Chicago Thursday at a meeting of leading managers. As the combine now stands it will be possible to book attractions straight for a season of 25 weeks, and this time may be extended to the entire season should the magnates conclude to double on drawing attractions. Cincinnati is the only city in which the syndicate will find opposition. CURRENT TOPICS. Hungary leads in glass jewel production. Paris has the biggest quill toothpick mill. The German empire had in 1898, 31,639 post offices. The lighter all chocolate is in color the more free it is from impurities. Miss Edith J. Enswood of New York is the only woman patent attorney. The collar bone is more frequently broken than any other bone in the body. The total candy output of the United States last year was at least $75,000,000. The present season has been one of particular benefit to the oyster farmer. The total number of paid employees of the New York state government is 9,321. The young king of Spain is reported to be a great student of history and geography. The salesgirls in a New Jersey town hate started a crusade against the use of slang. One year's sweepings of the British mint yielded over $5,000 in particles of gold and silver. Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal, is a small city of about 8,000 white population. Nearly 50 per cent. of the people of France and Germany are engaged in farming pursuits. A miner's lamp, using acetylene gas, has been introduced into the Selback mines, of Germany. There seems to be a veritable craze for some sort of "physical culture" in New York this winter. The last was the greatest year for pears that the New Jersey farmers have had for a decade. The largest city in the country in Washington's time was Philadelphia. It had 69,000 inhabitants. New York park commissioner is issuing permits to automobile owners to the number of two or three a week. Competent judges have estimated the number of deer slain by sportsmen in Maine in one season to be 10,000. A pioneer sheep feeder of Ft. Collins, Col., is feeding 25,000 sheep—the largest number ever fed by one individual. There are sixty-two lawyers in the present legislature of New York, less than one-third of the membership of the two houses. Omaha is making strenuous efforts at Washington to secure the proposed new mint, to be located somewhere in the middle west. The average number of horses killed in Spanish bull fights every year exceeds 5,000, while from 1,000 to 1,200 bulls are sacrificed. Kamschatka may soon become as popular resort as the Klondike, as gold has been discovered there in promising quantities. During last year 1,465 persons were inoculated for hydrophobia at the Pasteur institute in Paris, and of these only three died. This year the United States will export about 200,000,000 bushels of its wheat crop, about 80,000,000 of which will be in the form of flour. Skating has been taken up with unusual zeal this winter by that portion of the community of New York generally referred to as "society." Coal mining is developing rapidly in Canada. In Nova Scotia both the areas worked and the number of mines show a great increase. Frost has a variety of effects upon different products. Under the same influence eggs will burst, apples contract and potatoes turn black. One dollar and seventy-five cents a day has been adopted by the New South Wales government as a minimum wage to railway laborers. Up to 1752 the 25th of March was the beginning of the legal year, though the 1st of January was universally recognized as New Year's day. Many Yankee farmers in Connecticut were swindled recently by a sharper that secured advance payments on a cornsheller which proved on delivery to be the iron-shod board made and used by farmers years ago. Russia has still many old and curious marriage customs. One is for the bride and bridegroom to race madly down the aisle as soon as the bridal procession enters the church, because of the belief that whoever places a foot first on the cloth in front of the altar will be master in the household. At Mascali, near the foot of Mt. Aetna, is to be seen the largest tree in the world. Its trunk is 304 feet in circumference. The largest tree in the United States is said to be the gigantic tree near Bear creek, on the north fork of the Tule river, in California. It measures 140 feet in circumference. Adm. Von Diedrichs, who was in command of the German warships at Manila at the time of Dewey's victory, has been appointed chief of the German naval general staff. Mr. Gielgud, the native commissioner at Sebungwe, Africa, reports that the very rare white rhinoceros still roams the veldt in the district between the Sanyati and Zambesi rivers. German emigration has fallen off rapidly. In 1881 there were 220,900 emigrants from Germany; in 1887, there were 104,780; in 1891, 120,090; in 1895, 37,490; in 1896, 33,820; in 1897, 24,630; and last year, 20,960. A New Yorker, just returned from London, says that so many young men have gone to the war that the scarcity of them in London streets is noticeable. The horses which the Boers ride are very much like the Welsh or Scotch ponies, being very sure-footed, and with a power of leaping from rock to rock that is phenomenal. After five years of strenuous efforts to establish the lyceum system in the southern states, gratifying success has been attained. The larger, and many of the smaller, cities of the south now have their lyceums. MINNESOTA FARMER DOES WELL IN CANADA. Virden, Manitoba, 18th Nov., 1899. Hon. Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior, Ottawa, Canada. Sir—Thinking that my experience in Manitoba might be both useful and interesting to my fellow-countrymen in the United States who may be looking to Manitoba and the North-West with the intention of settling there, I have much pleasure in stating that through information received from Mr. W. F. McCreary, Immigration Commissioner at Winnipeg, I was induced to visit Manitoba in February, 1698. When I called upon Mr. McCreary he spared no pains to give me all the information, &c., in his possession, the result of which was that I came here with a letter of introduction from him to the Secretary of the Virden Board of Trade. That gentleman provided me with a competent land guide and altho' there was considerable snow on the ground, I had no difficulty in selecting three homesteads for myself and sons. Having made the necessary homestead entries at the Land Office in Brandon, I returned to my home in Lyon County, Minnesota, and came back here in May following accompanied by one of my boys, bringing with us two teams of horses, implements, &c. Our first work was to erect a temporary shanty and stable, after which we broke and levelled 75 acres and put up 30 tons of hay. I went back to Minnesota about 20th July, leaving my son here. I returned in October bringing my family with me. I found that the land we had acquired was of good quality being a strong clay loam with clay soillo. Last Spring I sowed 100 acres in wheat, 50 acres in oats & barley (75 acres of this grain was sowed on "goback" plowed last Spring.) My crop was threshed in October, the result being over 2700 bu. of grain in all. Wheat averaged 13 bu. p. ac. and graded No. 1 hard but that which was sown on land other than sod ("goback") went $24½ bu. p. ac. To say that I am well pleased with the result of my first year's farming operations in Manitoba does not adequately express my feelings, and I have no hesitation in advising those who are living in districts where land is high in price to come out here, if they are willing to do a fair amount of work. I am 10 miles from Virden, which is a good market town, and 9 miles from Hargrave where there are two elevators. This summer I erected a dwelling house of native stone and bought a half-section of land adjoining our homesteads for which I paid a very moderate price. There are still some homesteads in this district, and land of fine quality can be purchased from the Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. at $3.50 p. ac. on liberal terms. Good water is generally found at a depth of from 15 to 20 ft. I have 175 ac. ready for crop next year. The cost of living here is about the same as in Southern Minnesota. Some commodities are higher and others lower in price, but the average is about the same. I remain. GAVE HIM A TONIC. The Over Zealous Bellboy Gets a Suitable Reward for His Cheek. A well-known drug drummer, who is paying his regular holiday visit to New Orleans, took the train last Monday evening for a little side trip to Baton Rouge and in the hurry of his departure left a handsome bone-handed umbrella hanging on a hook in the lobby of the hotel. It was a tempting prize, but probably every kleptomaniac who saw it supposed the owner was seated near at hand. At any rate, it remained undisturbed and was still there yesterday when the drummer returned. "By the way," he remarked, after he exchanged greetings with the clerk, "I've managed somehow to lose my new bone-handed umbrella. Have any of you seen such a thing living around the office?" A quick-witted bellboy heard the question and, glancing around, saw the missing article hanging within a foot of his head. Supposing it had been there for only a few moments, he promptly grasped the ferrule. "Is this the one?" he inquired. "Yes!" exclaimed the traveler, delighted, "and I must say I'm surprised nobody has nipped it!" "Aw, they couldn't do that," replied the bellboy. "I've been holdin' on to it fery' ever since y' hung it up." The drug drummer stopped with his hand half way down his pocket and a whimsical smile overspread his countenance. "Well," he said, slowly. "I was intending to give you half a dollar, but if you've been holding that umbrella for three consecutive days you're more in need of a tonic. Here is a capsule of quinine and iron." The gloom which settled down upon the bell bench might have been hewn with an ax.-N. O. Times-Democrat. HIS MISTAKE. An American Girl Gives an Englishman a Little Light on Ladies. A Louisville girl, who was recently in Germany, met a young English officer who was in the same city, and, in fact, in the same house with her for two months, studying German for his promotion. Like most Europeans he had the usual absurd ideas about the girls of this country, who, in the minds of the untraveled foreigner, are rather hoyden creatures who smoke and have other masculine traits. After dinner one day, in the early acquaintance of the couple, the officer offered the Louisville girl a cigarette, and, upon her refusing it, he said: "Why, I thought all the girls in the United States smoked." "So we do," replied the girl, "but never cigarettes; only pipes. If you will get that pipe off the mantelpiece in the next room I shall be charmed to smoke with you." Not suspecting the joke she was playing on him, the officer brought the pipe and filled it, and it was not until he saw the wry faces his friend made in attempting to carry out the joke that he appreciated the situation. He was continually telling the American in a tone of surprise that she was just like the girls at home in England, and her rejoinder was: "Lieutenant, don't you think a lady is a lady the world over?"—Louisville Courier-Journal. A Historical Fact. Miss Vassar, of Boston—Which do you consider was the more heroic, Mr. DePunster, Joan of Arc or Maria Antoinette? De Punster—Maria Antoinette, of course. "Why? She surely did not have to undergo the torture at death that Joan of Arc did." "Oh yes, she did; much more. Joan of Arc was given a hot stake, while Maria Antoinette was obliged to be contented with a cold chop!"—Harlem Life. New Wife—"I wish to get some butter, please." Dealer—"Roll butter, ma'am?" New Wife—"No! We wish to eat it on biscuits."—N. O. Times-Democrat. If most men were as apt at starting bank accounts as they are at starting arguments the world would be full of capitalists.—Chicago Dispatch. M. $1000 REWARD. DR. SHEA. MARVELOUS MEDIUM. 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Surely the colored people are not so wanting insense as to throw their time and money away on such. DR. SHEA refers to the Hon. Charles Miller, capitalist, 2481 Atlantic avenue; the Hon. Wm. Denmore, architect and builder, 47 Cleveland av. and Arthur Sewell, shipbuilder, South Brooklyn. All have known him, the past seven years. He gives a tree of history to the Dean of the university-ticed five years in New Orleans, St. Louis, Memphis and Louisville; understands thoroughly the diseases, spells or influences the race is subject to. He is now and always has been a true friend to the colored people and always had a large patronage from them. Please Read the Following Please Read the Following: "BROOKLYN, June 3, 1892.—This is to certify I came to New York from Albany. I was a student at Albany. I was out of money. I had no luck in anything I undertook. What to do I did not know. A friend advised me to go and see Dr. Shea. 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PUSHAW'S News Store, Cuyahoga Building, opposite the Post Office, Open Sunday. OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. Open Sunday. N. HEXTER'S News Depot, City Hall Building, cor. Wood and Superior streets. Open Sunday. S. H. MOODY'S News Store, No. 387 Superior street, second west of Bond street. Open Sundays also. GOODMAN'S News Depot, 586 Central avenue cor. Sterling avenue. Open Sunday. ALLLED PRINTING TRADE'S COUNCIL CLEVELAND Charlie Hunt, of Sterling avenue, visited Lockland last week, the guest of his cousin, Miss Sarah Rue. Clarence White arrived from Oberlin last week Friday and will study under Prof. Sontum. The Coral Builders "dumb" party Wednesday evening at Mr. Geo. Carroll's, was a success. Miss Hattie Scott, of Scovill court, who has been confined with rheumatism for some months is improving slowly. Howard Hodge, the plumber, of Oberlin, was the guest of Carroll Scott the first of the week. Henry Jefferson is improving slowly. Holiday week while washing windows, he lost his balance, falling from a second story window of the Forest City House, sustaining two broken legs and serious internal injuries. Queen Esther's Temple and the U. B. F.'s gave a successful social Tuesday evening in Sterling avenue hall. Mrs. De Moville, of Sterling avenue, entertained a few friends Wednesday evening in honor of her guest, Miss Ella Killian of Niagara Falls. An entertainment, entitled "A. 19th Century Harmonious and Literary Convocation." will be given in St. John's church, Feb. 27th, in the interest of intellectual and religious development. Allen Day will be celebrated Feb. 11. A program is being arranged for the occasion. Star of Bethlehem Lodge, No. 29, I. O. G. S. and D. of S. has elected the following named officers for 1900: Daniel Fields, P. C.; Mrs. W. Powell. W. P. D.; Dr. Howard, W. V. C.; Mrs. Julia Long, D. of F.; Mrs. Curry, F. S.; Mrs. Carrie Ross, R. S.; Mrs. Prudence Jones, W. T.; Mrs. Eliza Martin, Prelate; Mrs. F. Smith, P. D.; Mrs. E. Williams, O. S.; Mrs. Lizzie Johnson, I. S.; Mrs. Jessie Bolden and Mrs. F. Jackson, R. S.; and Mrs. Ellen Winslow and Mrs. E. Chumblin, Conductresses. Carl C., the 15-months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Drew, of 41 Laurel st., died last week Thursday and was buried Saturday morning, Rev. Bundy officiating. In Justice Morrow's court last week Friday, Minnie Chew, of 38 Academy street, was bound over to the Court of Common Pleas on a peace proceeding, under $200 bond. She was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Anna Marquette who lives at the same place. It is alleged that on the 12th inst., the Chew woman told the other that she would shoot and kill her. Monroe Ernest, of 40 Bright street, drew a sentence of $10 and costs in police court, Monday. Ernest is alleged to have slashed at a woman on Bright street with a razor Saturday evening, while intoxicated. He only cut a gash in her mackintosh. Let intelligent young Afro-Americans out of employment apply immediately for positions as census enumerators, to Mr. Ted. Batt, in the republican committee of 15 headquarters, Arcade. The Robeda, the new social club organized by some of our best people, gave a very enjoyable card party and hop at Woodliff hall Friday evening. It was largely attended and was enjoyed by all. Last Sabbath afternoon, at 2 o'clock, Mr. Hiram Gilbert's orchestra, of the A. M. E. Zion church, 434 Central avenue, rendered very fine music. We are to organize a literary society Thursday night. A business meeting was held Tuesday night, and the second Sunday in April we hope to raise $500. Dr. Banks presented our church with 150 "Bright Gems," for which the church voted thanks last night. We had two accessions Sunday night. The East End Mission is in a prosperous condition. The third Sunday in April will be rally day, and at 11 a. m., Rev. O. E. Jones of Payne Seminary, Wilberforce, will preach for us. Rev. C. Bundy, D. D., will preach for us at 3 o'clock. The Ladies' Perseverance Society has elected the following named officers for the ensuing year: Mrs. Prudence Jones, president; Mrs. Mary Jefferson, vice president; Mrs. N. Fox, secretary; Mrs. L. Gregory, treasurer; Mesdames Cora Brock and Sarah Chambers, banking committee; Mrs. H. A. Brown, chaplain; Miss G. Roller, Mesdames S. Brooks and Stafford, sick committee. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Scott gave a card party last week Thursday evening in honor of their guest, Miss Maggie Richards of Emlenton, Pa. Mr. Dennis Stokes is very ill at his home on Forest street; also, Mr. Gabriel Murray, with pneumonia. Lucius Stewart, of Flushing, is employed in the barber shop of Mr. Geo. Buchanan on Independence street, as apprentice. The party given by Miss May Sutton, at her parents residence on Hosmer street, Monday evening, in honor of her 18th birthday, was a very pleasant affair. About 50 guests were present and enjoyed dancing and games until a late hour. She was the recipient of many beautiful presents. Mr. Jesse Tyler, of Columbus, who is attending the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, was the guest of Clarence White and Alex O. Taylor last Saturday. He is an accomplished pianist. Robert McKissick, porter in the Forest City House bar room for the past two years, died last week Thursday. Funeral services were held Saturday. Rev. Bundy officiating. Provisions were made for the burial by friends of the deceased who work at the hotel but his father telegraphed from Memphis, Tenn., to make no disposition of THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, JANUARY 27. 1900. the remains until he is heard from again. The body is still at Black & Wright's morgue. B. F. Gales caused the arrest, last week, of Burt De Mont (white) for swindling him out of $10. Before DeMont was able to spend the money he was arrested, tried in police court, found guilty and fined $25 and costs. The money was returned to Gales, who arrested him. At St. John's church to-morrow, Rev, G. T. Prosser, the evangelist, will preach morning and evening. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Memorial services will be held in honor of deceased members of the school. C. E. meeting at 6:30 p. m. The revival meetings will continue through next week. The M. M. Society will give a valentine social Feb. 14 and the Coral Builders a "Martha Washington" tea, Feb. 22. The funeral of Mr. Chas, Moore, husband of Mrs. Sarah Moore, took place from St. John's church Tuesday afternoon under the auspices of Red Cross Commandery and Ezekiel Lodge of which he was a faithful member. Rev. Bundy officiated, assisted by Rev. Viney, of Wilberforce. The auditorium was filled with friends who had gathered to pay their last respects to the deceased. The floral tributes were beautiful and profuse. The wife has the sympathy of the community in her demise. Common Court, No. 10, I. O. O. C., will give their first concert and entertainment at their castle hall, 354 Ontario street, on Wednesday evening, January 31, 1900. Mrs. Prudence Jones and her committee will spare no pains to make it a pleasant affair. Programme: Selection, Buckeye Mandolin club; invocation, Rev. D. Johnson; selection, Buckeye Mandolin club; address, "The Calanthas," Mrs. Edith Jackson, G. P. W. I.; vocal solo, Miss Mattie Sands; address, Rev. Chas. Bundy; vocal solo, Miss Lulu Mead; piano solo, Miss Myrtle Means; selection, Mandolin club: reading, Mrs. Lillian Powell, Atlanta, Ga.; vocal solo, Mr. Jay Noble; baritone solo, Mr. William Taylor; selection, Mandolin club. Rev. T. L. Ferguson conducted quarterly meetings at Cory chapel. The revival services closed Sunday evening. Eight members were added to the church. F. W. Corbin was elected superintendent of the Sunday school. The cabinet members of the Epworth League will conduct religious services here the first Sunday in February. Epworth convention will be held in Elyria Wednesday and Thursday. Quakers are Slow Producers. Philadelphia, Jan. 26.—A conference bearing on the national republican convention was held Thursday between Mayor Ashbridge, Henry Burk, president of the Citizens' Convention association; W. S. P. Shields, chairman of the executive committee, and Richard G. Oellers, of the finance committee. Mr. Burk informed the mayor that the movement for raising the $100,000 pledged the national committee was not meeting with success and he urged the mayor to appoint a committee of citizens to take the matter in charge. Mayor Ashbridge said he would consider the situation. Pittsburg, Jan. 26.—The directors of the American Window Glass Co. met here Thursday and ordered another cut of 5 per cent. on single strength and 5 to 10 per cent. on double strength. A 10 per cent. cut was also made on large brackets of double strength. The last cut, about a month ago, was 33 1-3 per cent. Will Have a Million Left. 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THE GAZETTE The most healthful signs of life and a high the existence of the above-named paper. That it can not be doubted when the fact is remembered communications from the wisest and best mien FOR THE PEOPLE it represents, and can be a colored man, though his face may be of ebony his demonstration of what can be done by the y editor is a young man who, by dint of INDUST DEALING, has succeeded in giving to the c country a PAPER WORTHY THE PATRON reader of THE GAZETTE since its first appear course, I feel that in justice to the paper, the ed upon the people generally, to support the identified with the COLORED people, and is in success of all without regard to Complexion. At a Leading Minister, Rev. J. W. G. Pittsburg, Pa., says: THE GAZETTE of healthful signs of life and a highly useful career as of the above-named paper. That it is a paper of Brass rubbed when the fact is remembered that in its colour comes from the wisest and best minds of our race. 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The woman is wearing a dress with a high collar and a large apron. The children are wearing similar dresses. The room has a window and a mirror. OLD MORMON PRINT—BRINGING HOME A NEW WIFE. Mormons Will Engage in a Titanic Struggle for Existence. Tenets of Their Faith Not Fuliv Understood by Eastern People Polygamy the Keystone of the Church. [Special Salt Lake City Letter.] To eastern people it no doubt seems very strange that the Mormon church has such a strong hold upon its members, especially the women. Therein lies its greatest power. There are fewer female than male apostates, and not many of either. The secret of the power of the church over women is found in the "Book of Mormon," which teaches that a woman's chances for eternal glory depend upon the number of wives her husband has. If her husband has only two or three wives he does not stand so well as he who has seven or eight. In taking these wives the husband is, according to these baneful teachings, obeying the Divine command, and, through him, his wives receive salvation. An unmarried person, especially a woman, is held to be of little consequence in this world, and the creed teaches, by implication, that an unmarried woman cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. That people should believe such odious doctrine in this age of civilization is indeed strange. And those who do believe it are as fanatical as were the persecuting fanatics of the dark ages who murdered those who differed from them. In addition, the wives of a numerously married man become queens and rulers in the next world, while those of a man not so numerously married become only servants. Of course all women want to be queens and rulers. It is necessary to make this plain in order that "gentile" readers may understand why women can sink all feelings of jealousy, love and humanity and con- OLD MORMON PRINT—BRI sent that another woman, or women, should share her husband's affections. They are more zealous than the men. They not only consent to the husband taking an additional wife, but urge him to do so. There are exceptions, but they are few. The power the husband holds over his wives is equally strong. According to the false teachings of the Mormon church, a wife cannot enter the kingdom of heaven except through her husband's mediation. In the marriage ceremony a veil is placed over her face, and also upon her death. And on the morning of the resurrection he raises that veil, otherwise she cannot be raised from the grave. This not only compels obedience, but inspires fear, and, if her husband so wills it, she is doomed to eternal death and damnation. Such teachings as the foregoing would be amusing, were they not so sacrilegious. Can it be any wonder that people so stifled with ignorance as to believe such teachings are so defiant and fanatical? People here who understand the Mormon people also understand that the trouble with these undemocratic and un-American institutions has just commenced. In the first place, the Mormon church teaches that the "saints" are the "chosen people of the Lord," that the church is destined to rule over the United States, and, eventually, over the entire world; that this is the "true" church, and that, in order to carry out its destined work, the N ALONZO SNOW. (President of the Church of Latter Day Saints.) church should rule the state. That is why the Mormon church interferes in politics. Of course, the leaders deny this, but their teachings prove the contrary. In short, they claim that the church is vested with both temporal and spiritual power, with the church-head as the supreme ruler. It is well to understand this subtle teaching, for behind it lie the frequent "agitations" and political troubles of which easterners do not get a very clear idea. This is why Utah made so many efforts to get statehood, and why a polygamist is wanted in congress. Perhaps Utah furnishes a solitary instance where statehood was promised in consideration that the people would cease violating a moral law. About three-fourths of the population of the state are Mormons, and while many of the Mormons do not live in polygamy, and have not, they believe in it, nevertheless. If they did not they would not be Mormons, for that is the main tenet of their creed. Since the recent agitation began those who wereukewarm in the faith have rallied to the support of the church. It has solidified the church, and those who think 1. that Mormonism is dead, or even dying, are greatly mistaken. It is believed, and on good grounds, that polygamy is as much practiced now as ever. There is no way to prove the marriages, which are celebrated in secret in the temple, but common report and circumstantial evidence support this supposition. It should also be recollected that the Mormon church officials never promised the government to permanently renounce polygamy. Had they done so they would have renounced their church. Furthermore, the officials claim that they have not the power to do so, as it is a "Divine command." Consequently they only "suspended" its practice. As no definite time was stated, the "manifesto" suspending it can be repeated whenever the "prophet" has a "vision" to that effect. Of course, the gentile world will not know of this; such orders are issued secretly. During the past year about 60,000 converts were added to the Mormon church—a greater increase than during any previous year. The total number in the United States, according to official church reckoning, is 300,000. In addition to controlling Utah, the Mormons now hold the balance of political power in Idaho and Arizona. In an interview a leading church official stated to me that the church was pushing its "colonies" into every state and territory and that fewer immigrants are being brought to Utah than heretofore. The reason, he stated, is that Utah is "pretty well filled up and other fields must be prepared." In other words, the Mormons have political control of Utah and are colonizing other states and territories with the view of controlling them. Considering these facts, it is not likely that the Mormons will give up the political fight, no matter what congressional legislation may be had. Believing that their "divine mission" is to rule spiritually and temporally, they may continue even to the point of resisting the government, as they have NGING HOME A NEW WIFE. done before. Just before our civil war, when they numbered only 60,000 in Utah, they assassinated United States officials, drove others from the country, defied the courts and with an army of 5,000 met the United States army, which had been sent out to quell the celebrated "Mormon rebellion." The same defiant spirit prevails now. They do not believe that any human government has a right to interfere with them—that theirs is a "divine government." It is with this view that the Mormons emigrated to the then far west, where they could establish a government, and, though their scheme for an "independent" government failed, they furnish the only instance in this country wherein in a state grew out of the colonization of a religious sect. The Mormons have no politics, as a principle—their first duty is to the church, and they vote for the "church candidate," irrespective of politics. In this union lies their strength. This unit system always has prevailed, and no doubt will so continue. It was thought by many that Mormonism would soon "die out under the influences of civilization." But it is not affected by surrounding civilization. On the contrary, Mormonism grows in spite of it. They claim that no "commission, no law or earthly power, can destroy plural marriages." It has been tried and failed. In spite of the anti-polygamy laws of congress, polygamy still exists. It was thought that statehood was the remedy, but that has also failed. An amendment to the constitution is proposed. But in order to disfranchise a polygamist the crime must be first proven. Under the Edmunds law many poylgamists swore that they were not living in polygamy, and, consequently, voted. It will be as difficult now to prove a secret plural marriage as it was then. Furthermore, there is a sufficient number of Mormons not living in polygamy to control all elections. In an issue between Mormon and gentile they are a unit, and this, with their communistic principles, gives them a power possessed by no other sect of equal numbers. Very few "gentile" women vote, but the Mormon women never miss a chance, and it is invariably a vote for the church theocracy. Strangely, where a woman's vote is most needed, the gentile women, now that they have got suffrage, seldom exercise it. What shall be done with the Mormon hierarchy in Utah, and how can polygamy be suppressed, are questions that will agitate the country for some time, and will be live issues in congress more than ever. The Mormon trouble has just begun. J. M. SCANLAND. His Truthful Statement. "You told me," she said, tearfully, "that I was the only girl you ever loved." "It's true." he asserted. It's true, he asserted. "But I have just learned that you were once engaged to Maud Muggins." "Well," he replied, "I never told you that you were the only girl I ever thought I loved, did I?"—Chicago Post. Spring Chickens. "Did that farmer guarantee this to be a spring chicken?" "Yes, he did. He said he could hardly catch it to kill—it was so springy."—Philadelphia Bulletin. Hadn't Had a Tip. "This room is very close," said the patron. "So are the people in it," replied the waiter.—Chicago Post. NEEDED THE SOAP. The Amiability of Women Shoppers in a Bargain Store Rush Is Truly Fetching. It was at a department store bargain counter for odds and ends. Women squeezed and elbowed and shoved to get alongside the counter. Frequently two of them happened to pick up the same bargain at one and the same time, and then they both retained their clutch on it and looked daggers at each other until the stronger of the two won the victory or the bargain was rent into ribbons. A haughty matron with an electric seal coat picked up a box containing three cakes of imported soap for eight cents at the same moment that an humble-looking little woman in a faded tan coat had fastened her grasp on the box. "I believe I was the first to take hold of this," said the matron in the electric seal coat, freezing. The humble-looking little woman held on for a minute, studying her antagonist, then she slowly relaxed her hold on the box. "Well, you can have it," she said, amiably. "You look as if you need the soap." The bargain counter is the place to observe how they love one another.—Washington Post. English as She Is Spoke. Mrs. Brown—Our language is full of misnomers. For instance, I met a man once who was a perfect bear, and they called him a civil engineer. Mrs. Smith—Yes, but that is not so ridiculous as the man they call a "teller" in a bank. He won't tell you anything. I asked one the other day how much money Mr. Jones had on deposit, and he just laughed at me.—Collier's Weekly. Alcoholic or Not. Customer—My room is full of rats, and—Drug Clek—Yes, sir. Do you want bromo or strychnine?—Philadelphia Press. If men would cease trying to get something for nothing the bunko man would be out of a job.—Chicago Dispatch. It is doubtful if anyone ever had a real friend, therefore be your own friend, and take care of your interests and your reputation.—Atchison Globe. Nippon—"Hear about Clark being in a railroad accident? Badly hurt, too." Tuck—"Will he recover?" Nippon—"Well, I don't know. His lawyer says he can, but his doctor says he can't."—Town Topics. Points of View.—"The soil," remarked the economist.—"is what supports us." Here the lawyer admitted that land is the cause of three-fourths of the litigation, while the doctor did not deny that effluvia from the ground leads to much sickness.—Detroit Journal. It is a mistake to mark the silverware with the family name. An Atchison man eats pie with his fingers because when he uses his fork, he is reminded that his wife's second husband was named Burris, and when he uses a knife, he sees Smith, the name of her first husband, on the handle. — Atchison Globe. "What's the matter with your head Bixby?" "Been bucking the line." "What! At your age?" "Yep. Somebody let it out all night in the back yard and I didn't see it." — Cleveland Plain Dealer. The great objection to hypocrisy is, that it is not necessary. No man ever practiced it successfully. — Atchison Globe. Lots of young men get into bad deals because their fathers have lots of money to help them into them. — Washington (la.) Democrat. Athletic Ardor. — Bertie—"Mother, will you take me to see the football game this afternoon?" Mother—"No, darling; but if you are a good boy mother will let you help her clean her bicycle." — Fun. Sunday School Teacher (in Chicago)—"Why did the wise men come from the east?" 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EVERY CHILD born into the world with an inherited or early developed tendency to distressing, disfiguring humors of the skin, scalp, and blood, becomes an object of the most tender solicitude, not only because of its suffering but because of the dreadful fear that the disfiguration is to be lifelong and mar its future happiness and prosperity. Hence it becomes the duty of mothers of such afflicted children to acquaint themselves with the best, the purest, and most effective treatment available. That the Cuticura remedies are all that could be desired for the alleviation of the suffering of skin-tortured infants and children and the comfort of worn-out worried mothers has been demonstrated in countless homes in every land. Their absolute safety, purity, and sweetness, instantaneous and grateful relief, speedy cure, and great economy leave nothing more to be desired by anxious parents. 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After my former experience with the cure of my little girl with CUTICURA remedies, I did not bother with the doctor in this case, but gave him the CUTICURA treatment which completely cured him in four weeks. As a rule, my four children are very robust and healthy, these two, the baby and the eldest boy, being the only ones ever troubled with anything like this I mentioned, but thanks to CUTICURA remedies they are all now in perfect health." What can be more convincing to a mother than the following graphic letter from Mrs. J. C. Freese of 300 South First Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.:— "My baby was about four weeks old when he began to suffer from that terrible disease, eczema. I tried every remedy I thought would do him good. I even called in the doctor, but I used his medicine to no account. I did not know what to do with him. He cried all the time and his face was equal to a raw piece of meat. It was horrible, and looked as if there never was any skin on it. I had to carry him around on a pillow. I was fairly discouraged. I was then recommended to use CUTICURA remedies. The first time I used them I could see the change. I used about half a box of CUTICURA Ointment, and not one half cake of CUTICURA SOAP, and at the end of one short week my baby was entirely cured. There has never been a trace of it since. To-day his skin is as smooth and soft as a piece of silk." Another remarkable instance of the effectiveness of the Cuticura remedies is found in the terrible experience of the baby daughter of Mr. R. A. Lapham, $111\frac{1}{2}$ West Side Square, Springfield, Ill. Mr. Lapham writes as follows: — "Our little daughter was troubled from her birth with eczema. Her face, arms, hands, and neck would break out with red pimples which would swell and become terribly inflamed, water would ooze out like great beads of perspiration, finally this would dry up and the skin would crack and peel off. She suffered terribly. Had to wear soft mittens on her hands to keep her from scratching. We gave two of our leading physicians a good trial, but neither of them helped her in the least. I purchased CUTICURA SOAP, CUTICURA Ointment, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT. She improved at once and is now never troubled, although we used less than one bottle of RESOLVENT, three boxes of CUTICURA, and CUTICURA SOAP." In a few forceful words, Mrs. C. Brand of Conesville, N. Y., vividly portrays an experience common to many mothers, and her letter, which follows, is full of comfort and encouragement for anxious parents: — "Two years ago this winter my boy began to break out with a scaly rash. It nearly covered his back and calves of legs. I heard glowing reports of CUTICURA remedies and thought to try them. Three cakes of CUTICURA SOAP, two boxes of CUTICURA Ointment, one bottle of CUTICURA RESOLVENT cured him. I think them wonderful remedies." Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O! Ask your grocer to-day to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomachs receive it without distress. 1-4 the price of coffee. 15 cts. and 25 cts. per package. Sold by all grocers. The Old Man's Query. "So you want to marry my daughter?" "Y-es, sir." "Do you smoke?" "N-o, sir." "Take her! I've married off six daughters, and all the husbands have a particular fondness for my brand of cigars. You're a novelty."—Syracuse Herald. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall'sella Bills, 75c. The other day a man walked up to the cashier's desk in a large stockbroking concern and asked for a pen to indorse a note. To his disgust, the pen sputtered, blotting his signature, and he threw it aside with the popular exclamation: "Hair on it." "No wonder," one of the bystanders remarked, "when it is shaving all day." —Chicago Chronicle. Lane's Family Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. 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The Queen & Crescent is the shortest line South. The man who has nothing to do but clip coupons cuts quite a figure.—Chicago Daily New. Explosions of Coughing are stopped by Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. Pikes's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. A bachelor says that widows weep not because of the loss of a husband, but because of the lack of one.—Chicago Daily News. Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. H. Green's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. 'The greatest dropsy specialists in the world. Read their advertisement in another column of this paper. Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal as a Cough medicine.—F. M. Abbott, 383 Seneca St., Buffalo, N. Y., May 9, 1894. Calling terms—telephone rates.—Philadephia Record. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if!' fails to cure. 25c WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES Regard Peruna as Their Shield Against Catarrh, Coughs Colds, Grip and Catarrhal Diseases. M. MRS. BELVA A. LOCKWOOD, LATE CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. Mrs. Belva Lockwood, the eminent barrister, of Washington, D. C., is the only woman who has ever been a candidate for the Presidency of the United States. She is the best known woman in America. As the pioneer of her sex in the legal profession she has gathered fame and fortune. In a letter to The Peruna Medicine Company, she says: "I have used your Peruna both for myself and my mother, Mrs. Hannah J. Bennett, now in her 88th year, and I find it an invaluable remedy for cold, catarrh, hay fever and kindred diseases; also a good tonic for feeble and old people, or those run down, and with nerves unstrung." Yours truly, Belva A. Lockwood. Catarrh may attack any organ of the body. Women are especially liable to catarrh of the pelvic organs. There are one hundred cases of catarrh of the pelvic organs to one of catarrh of the head. Most people think, because they have no catarrh of the head, they have no catarrh at all. This is a great mistake, and is the cause of many cases of sickness and death. "Health and Beauty" sent free to women only, by The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Send at once for this TWO-STEP MARCH. It has the full swing and the air is catchy and equal to Sousa's. Send Ten Cents in money or stamps to GEORGE C. JOHNSTON, Allen Bldg., Cincinnati, O. The economy of the Cuticura treatment is shown by the letter of Mr. W. M. Nichell, of Lexington, Okl., who spent one thousand dollars with doctors, specialists, and medical colleges in a vain attempt to find relief for his little son. A friend recommended the use of the Cuticura remedies, and he gives the following account of the cure:— "My son, when he was six weeks old, had a breaking out on the top of his head. It spread all over his head, and then his arms broke out from shoulder to wrist. Around his body and around his legs from his knees to his ankles, was a solid scab. My family doctor treated him for eighteen months, but no good was accomplished. I tried four more, and then a medical college in St. Louis six months. No good yet. Spent not less than a thousand dollars in money and time. Old Mr. Barney Clap insisted on my trying Cuticura remedies, telling me he had a spell like my child's himself. By the time my wife had used the Cuticura Ointment up, he began to improve and got so he could sleep short naps, and gave me and my wife some rest. Thank the Lord, he is now well, fat, hearty, and stout as any boy, after six long years of itching, crying, and worrying. Cuticura remedies cured him." Three children in one household suffering simultaneously from eczema. Such was the distressing condition of Mrs. Annie Ring of 515 East Thirteenth Street, New York City, who tells her experience in these words: — "My second child got eczema when seven months old. Three months later my first child got it, and following him the last one, two years old, fell a victim. For twenty months they suffered fearful agony. Their whole bodies, especially their faces, were so sore and raw that the little ones were blind half the time. No words can describe the suffering of my second child, whose whole body was one bloody mass. He was constantly crying, could get no sleep, and he actually did not look human. I tried doctor after doctor, but none afforded the slightest relief. I decided to try CUTICURA. The first application brought relief in each case, and after fourteen days' treatment with CUTICURA SOAP and CUTICURA Ointment, the worst case was cured, and the whole neighborhood is surprised at the wonderful effect of CUTICURA." One of the most wonderful of cures is that of the little daughter of Mrs. G. A. Conrad of Lisbon, N. H., whose sufferings from eczema were so intense that her hands had to be tied to keep her from tearing her flesh. The mother writes: — "When my little girl was six months old, she had eczema. We had used cold creams and all kinds of remedies, but nothing did her any good; in fact, she kept getting worse. I used to wrap her hands up, and when I would dress her, I had to put her on the table, for I could not hold her. She would kick and scream, and, when she could, she would tear her face and arms almost to pieces. I used four boxes of CUTICURA Ointment, two cakes of CUTICURA SOAP, and the CUTICURA RESOLVENT, and she was cured, and I see no traces of the humor left. I can truthfully say that they have saved her life." It will afford us pleasure to have parents whose little ones are afflicted with any form of skin, scalp, or blood humor, write to any one of the above addresses for corroboration of the facts given, and we have no doubt that such an appeal will elicit still stronger testimony regarding the wonderful curative properties of the CUTICURA remedies. The full set, for complete external and internal treatment, costs but $1.25, and consists of CUTICURA SOAP (25c.), to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales and soften the thickened cuticle; CUTICURA Ointment (50c.), to instantly allay itching, irritation, inflammation, and soothe and heal, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT (50c.), to cool and cleanse the blood. A single set is often sufficient to cure the most torturing, disfiguring skin, scalp, and blood humors, rashes, itchings, and irritations, with loss of hair, when the best physicians, and all other remedies fall.