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THE GAZETTE. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. One Year $1 50 Six Months. 1 00 Three Months. 50 Subscribers are requested to rent 2 by post office money order or registered letter. Entered at the post office in Cleveland, Ohio, on 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, FEB. 3. 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. There are a number of our readers who, if they will, can very materially assist us in locating agents and correspondents. We sincerely trust that they will do so promptly without waiting longer. Does this mean you, reader? The following editorial note from the Columbus (O.) Press-Post is pertinent: "The bill of Representative White, of North Carolina, to make lynching treason, will hardly result in fewer cases of mob violence even if it becomes a law. Severity of punishment does not alone result, as has been supposed, in prevention of crime. There was a time when under the laws of England capital punishment was prescribed for half a hundred crimes, but those crimes were more frequently committed, then, considering the relatively small population, than they are now, when much milder punishment is administered. There may be a good feature in the bill in the clause that requires all trials to be held in United States courts, but so long as the trials are to juries and the juries are drawn from the same communities that contributed the mobs, it is not likely that the law will be rigidly enforced against the lynchers, and the severer the penalty the less likely will the accused be to be found guilty." TO MAKE LYNCH LAW TREASON. What is it but treason? It is an overt act done in open defiance of the state law and that of the general government. It is a betrayal of the right of citizenship and an assault upon the life of the nation. It aims to subvert authority and to overcome legalized power. It ignores the decrees of the courts and recklessly invades the most sacred obligations imposed upon communities to preserve, protect and defend constitutional government. Such defiance has stultified the proceedings of the tribunals, and lead law-abiding citizens to pause before a murderous element that has well high baffled the efforts of the nation itself. It has usurped the authority of courts and governments, and set at naught the highest powers of the state and nation. If this is not treason, then whatever charges have been preferred under that head are void of meaning. Finally, however, it is proposed in congress to make mob law treason against the nation. But congress will find little room to argue the case, unless it means to tamper with the cause of justice and make concessions to the enemy of the republic. It will have no occasion to question the authority of the constitution in establishing its right to suppress lawlessness and to restrain the hand of rebellion against the functions of government. It is an absolute and foregone conclusion, admitted in the very common sense of law and reason, admitted in our courts of justice, admitted in the common schools of America, that any attempt to cripple the powers of the general government or to supplant constitutional authority is not only a crime, not only a violation of the great principle upon which the republic was founded; but that it is open, high-handed treason tending to paralyze the arm of the nation and to sap the life-blood of our system of government. THE BOER GOVERNMENT There is a great hurrah now about the Boers and American statesmen are holding great mass meetings declaring their unfaltering fidelity to the cause of the people struggling for independence. But suppose the Boers were fighting for independence, suppose they do demand the rights and liberties for which Americans gave their lives in the Revolutionary contest, does that justify their claim to public sympathy? The world has greatly advanced along the lines of universal justice since the period in which our fathers were engaged. Times have changed and what was accorded to the colonists in their day cannot be justly claimed for the Boers. We may deplore the sad plight in which the conflicting parties are placed. But the great principle now involved makes it obligatory upon all Christian nations to ignore and repudiate any and every system of oppression. The Boers have among them their black subjects. They are ostracised, persecuted and subject to many cruel discriminations which at once render them unworthy the sympathy and encouragement which Americans are disposed to bestow. Considering their improved privileges and opportunities, public duty demands that the Boer people should first rectify an evil oppressive to its subjects at home, before they can justly claim the approval of other nations. Britain has long since established its reputation as a most liberal and magnanimous nation and it may be well that she assert her supremacy in the maintenance of her partial authority. The reconstruction of the Boer government is a thing of paramount necessity. The elimination of the evil of caste is essential to the growth, the prosperity and perpetuity THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1900. of that government, and whatever influence can be brought to bear at this time would be God-send to that people. Evidences are everywhere rife, showing the blighting consequences in this and other countries emanating from the evils of an oppressive and discriminating misrule. Let Americans demand that the Boers relieve themselves of those practices so hurtful to some of their own subjects before they claim American sympathy. CHANGE IN SCHOOL SYSTEM. The Rowan school fund bill recently introduced in the legislature of Mississippi is far-reaching in its mischievous effects to the colored people of that state. If the bill becomes a law, it will virtually imminar to a large extent the school privileges of the colored people in Mississippi. The colored people are enterprising, thrifty and progressive even against mighty odds and are doing much to enrich the state and develop her splendid resources. They are largely in the majority and are chiefly instrumental in preserving and fostering her great agricultural wealth. The state is a cotton-growing country and the whites have to depend upon the large Afro-American population in order to maintain its most substantial interests. The Afro-American constitutes the labor element of Mississippi and they contribute mainly to the wealth of the state. Very strange then that in the face of these facts that we find leading white citizens conspiring to embarrass and oppress the colored people instead of trying to relieve them. Strange that realizing the valuable benefits that are continually accruing to the growth and development of that commonwealth, yet we find those who would interpose against the needs and comforts of those upon whom they must depend. Disfranchised and oppressed, it is now asked that this poor despised race shall be denied what privileges of education are allowed them by the common fund. We have long recognized a show of magnanimity among the better class of the southern people, especially in the distribution of the public funds for the support of free schools and charitable purposes and we were persuaded that a spirit of fair dealing fully characterized that class in Mississippi. It is held that the Negro pays into the state treasury less than 10 per cent. of the taxes and yet receives 55 per cent. of the school fund and gets four months' schooling each year. This is the estimate from an official standpoint and still the figures will bear us out that in the extraordinary personal taxes imposed upon the Negro by his landlord, that he actually pays about all the taxes. The white man makes the assessments, levies his own taxes, exacts usury in a thousand instances, issues all orders, regulates fees and incidentals and keeps the books. The poor Negro must submit or do worse and now it is proposed to reduce him to a condition of absolute helplessness where, despite the most gigantic efforts, he can barely educate himself. Will Mississippiians prove themselves so unmagnanimous, so blind to their own interests, and so unjust? STRANDED IN INDIA. Pittable Plight of Destitute American Sailors at Bombay-Victims of an Unscrupulous Gang of Shipping Agents. Washington, Feb. 2.—Consul Fee, at Bombay, India, in a dispatch to the state department, speaking of sailors who have been thrown upon his care at the consulate because of utter destitution, says that he is inclined to believe that there is a gang located in New York City who make a business of procuring men by fraudulent means as sailors for foreign ships, and that in consequence of this many men are shipped on foreign vessels who are utterly unfit for such service, and who when discharged in a foreign port are absolutely helpless. He adds: "A great number of stranded Americans present themselves at this consulate for help. These men, unless cared for, must suffer untold miseries in their tramp life in India. Some of them deserve assistance from the consulate, while others do not. I have now here three deserving Americans who have been unfortunate. Two of them, Henry Meager of Bay City, Mich., and Charles Brown of San Diego, Cal., are young men for whom I have after great effort secured employment. Another is named George Hudson, of New York, also a stranded American, who came from South Africa to Bombay and for whom I secured admittance at the Strangers' home. He has no prospect of getting work. It is next to impossible to secure working passage on a vessel from this port. By reason of the low wages obtainable in India and the competition of native labor, a stranded American in destitute circumstances finds himself here in the face of starvation and the plague, and in a most helpless condition." Leyds Lobbles for Intervention. Berlin, Feb. 2.—It is strongly rumored in parliamentary circles that the chief political object of Dr. Leyds in visiting Paris, Berlin and St. Petersburg is to induce France, Germany and Russia to intervene if Great Britain should attempt to seize Delago bay. Count Von Buelow, the foreign secretary, has thus far refused to give a definite promise. There have been daily conferences between the emperor and Von Buelow on the subject. The German government regards the war as distinctly unfavorable to Germany's interests in Africa. Feared that All are Lost. Brownsville, Tex., Feb. 2.—Two bodies have been washed ashore from the wrecked vessel on the Mexican coast below the mouth of the Rio Grande. Papers found on one of the bodies prove it to be that of Capt. Anderson, of the schooner McInnes, leaving no doubt as to the identity of the wreck. The other body is supposed to be one of the sailors. Seven persons were on board. It is feared all are lost. A Chicagoan's Double Crime. Chicago, Feb. 2.—Nicholas Hotzler yesterday stabbed and killed Mrs. Louise Schaeffer in her home. Hotzler then shot himself, dying immediately. Hotzler had been very attentive to Mrs. Schaeffer and is believed to have become insane because of her refusal to marry him. LORD STRATHCONA. This well-known Canadian nobleman has just proposed to equip at his own expense a corps of 400 mounted volunteers, composed of British Columbians, for service in South Africa. Lord Strathcona is chancellor of McGill university, Montreal, and a director in several railroad and trading companies. He came to Canada as a poor young man, but plunged with vigor into pioneer business life. He grew up with the country and soon amassed a great fortune. His home is at Montreal and is one of the showplaces of that city. As a British peer he has a residence in England, which is none other than the ancestral domain of the Lyttons in Hertfordshire. This well-known Canadian nobleman has just proposed to equip at his own expense a corps of 400 mounted volunteers, composed of British Columbians, for service in South Africa. Lord Strathcona is chancellor of McGill university, Montreal, and a director in several railroad and trading companies. He came to Canada as a poor young man, but plunged with vigor into pioneer business life. He grew up with the country and soon amassed a great fortune. His home is at Montreal and is one of the showplaces of that city. As a British peer he has a residence in England, which is none other than the ancestral domain of the Lyttons in Hertfordshire. MAJUBA HILL, NATAL. This picture gives a splendid idea of Majuba hill, where so many gallant British soldiers were killed by the Boers in 1881. A great many of the officers now at the front with Gen. Buller and the other British commanders in Natal suffered in the disastrous action, notably Col. Morris, assistant adjutant general to Sir Charles Warren, who was so severely wounded there that he was at first returned among the killed. The English soldiers have made "Remember Majuba Hill" the slogan of their present campaign, and as they will probably soon arrive at the hill, the cut here given is of more than usual interest. A Woman in White—A Bleeding Fore finger—And a Ring Sold in Halifax. One of the grimmest legends of Sable Island dates from the wreck of the Amelia; and there is enough evidence of truth connected with it, writes Gustav Kobbe in Ainsieel's, to show what bloody deeds were added on that occasion to the terrors of shipwreck. Capt. Torrens, who commanded the gunboat which was dispatched to Sable Island after the wreck of the Amelia, was one of the survivors of the second disaster. A passenger on the lost transport was Lady Copeland, on her way to join her husband. The captain of the gunboat had been told that she wore on her forefinger a ring of peculiar artifice. The story has it that Capt. Torrens, wandering over the island one night in search of possible survivors, was attracted by the piteous whining of his dog in front of a small, open shelter, known to have existed at that time. This well-known Canadian nobleman has pense a corps of 400 mounted volunteers, in South Africa. Lord Strathcona is char- a director in several railroad and trading young man, but plunged with vigor into a country and soon amassed a great fortune of the showplaces of that city. As a Brit- which is none other than the ancestral de but long since toppled to pieces. Approaching the shelter, he was started to see the figure of a woman all in white and holding toward him the bleeding stump of a forefinger. While he was gazing at the apparition, it rose, silently glided past him and dove into the sea. But time and again thereafter the white woman with bleeding forefinger was seen wandering over the sandhills. It is probably only part of the weird legend that Capt. Torrens, feeling sure that a shocking crime had been committed, tracked the guilty pirate until he discovered his family on the coast of Labrador, and learned that the ring had been sold in Halifax. It is a fact, however, that many years after the disaster Lady Copeland's ring was discovered in a jewelry store in Halifax and was returned to her family. From that hour her ghost has ceased to haunt the island. Locking an Umbrella An umbrella that is useless to any one except its rightful owner may well be considered valuable. The New Orleans Times-Democrat says that a law- This picture gives a splendid idea of M. soldiers were killed by the Boers in 1881 front with Gen. Buller and the other British disastrous action, notably Col. Morris, and Warren, who was so severely wounded the killed. The English soldiers have made of their present campaign, and as they were given is of more than usual interest. yer in that city possesses such an article, which he describes as follows: "I bought it in Germany year before last, and nobody can open it except myself. Do you notice that little keyhole in the side? Here is the key on the end of my watch chain, and until it is inserted and turned, the thing is absolutely immovable. Anybody else would find it harder to raise than a mortgage. On at least a dozen occasions the umbrella has been stolen or taken away by accident, if you prefer that term, but it has always found its way home. You see, my name is cut on the handle, and the umbrella itself is well known to all the attaches of the building. When they see a stranger struggling with it in the door on a rainy day, they promptly confiscate it and bring it back. I wonder that such umbrellas are not made in this country." The Holy City. Jerusalem is now holding but a shadow of the magnificent city of ancient times. It is about three miles in circumference and is situated on a rocky mountain. A Boer Leader Who Occupies an Exalted Position in the Transvanal. The town of Lourenco Marques for some time past has been chosen as the head center of the Transvaal secret service. The spies and informers of that notorious gang, says the Cape Times, come and go with all the liberty, swagger and self-assurance, as if they were in the suburbs of Pretoria. Delagoa bay is a so-called neutral port, with a daily train and postal service direct to Pretoria and Johannesburg. There is also a telegraph service, which apparently is at the command of Mr. Pott, the Transvaal consul general and consul for the Netherlands and Free State. It has been said that the Transvaal consul general has a secret service wire directly connecting Lourenco Marques with Komati Poort, and it is well known in Delagoa Bay that Mr. Pott is possessed of the most reliable information of Boer "successes" many has just proposed to equip at his own ex-composed of British Columbians, for service captor of McGill university, Montreal, and companies. He came to Canada as a poor pioneer business life. He grew up with the one. His home is at Montreal and is one Irish peer he has a residence in England, main of the Lyttons in Hertfordshire. hours earlier than any man in Africa. This is extremely detrimental to British interests in South Africa. Mr Pott is the direct intermediary between Dr. Leyds at The Hague and the Doer-cum-Hollander regime in Pretoria. This worthy Hollander has a perfect knowledge of English, Portuguese, French and German. He is comptroller of Transvaal customs and railway, director of the Transvaal nationad bank and head of the Dutch East African company. By virtue of his long residence in Delagoa Bay, Mr. Pott is a persona grata in all Portuguese official circles. Some two years back the Portuguese newspaper, O Futuro, published in Lourenco Marques, dedicated a special article to Mr. Pott, in which he was eulogized as "King Pott of Africa." KAISER'S MUSTACHES Emperor William Played Haroun-al-Raschid in the Streets of His Capital and Was Discovered. The kaiser has been doing another odd thing, again illustrating the ver- Majuba hill, where so many gallant British A great many of the officers now at the British commanders in Natal suffered in the assistant adjutant general to Sir Charles here that he was at first returned among ade "Remember Majuba Hill" the slogan will probably soon arrive at the hill, the cut satillity of his character. On Christmas night he is said to have played the part of Haroun-al-Raschid, of "Arabian Nights" fame. Disguising himself as an ordinary civilian, he left his palace and made a tour of the streets of his capital. He filled his pockets with new florin pieces and distributed them to the poor people that he met, says the New York Journal. A fortunate coachman waiting for a lare suddenly found himself ten marks the richer, which were slipped into his hand as he sat disconsolately on his box. Before he could recover from his surprise the mysterious stranger had vanished. An old women who was hurrying home to a firel's garret found five marks in her basket in turning out her meager Noel fare. But the report soon spread about as to the identity of the mysterious stranger, and, much to his disgust, the emperor found his way back to the palace lined with supplicating beggars kumor says that he was recognized by his imperial mustaches. They are the only ones of their kind. [Continued from first page.] the writer. The last four, of Cleveland, Cuyahoga county. All of the Hamilton county members and Mr. Arnett served but one term (two years); Messrs. Stewart, Brown and Clifford served two terms, and Mr. Green and the writer three terms. It will be noticed that the Cuyahoga county members all served two or more terms. The only one who is not living is Mr. Harlan, who died some years ago at a ripe old age, and after a singularly interesting career. Since Mr. Williams' advent in the legislature, for he was the first Afro-American member, there have always been at least two members of color until this year. It is a little lonesome at times. I will admit, and I miss Dr. Frank Johnson, of Cincinnati, who was nominated but failed to be elected last November, owing to the split in the republican party of Hamilton county. I have received a number of letters from our soldier boys in* the Philippines, which will receive due notice in The Gazette as soon as I can reach them. More anon. H. C. S. FROM MANILA [Continued from first page.] so consequently every company in the regiment will be represented. This move is considered to be one of the best made on the island. The regiment will traverse country where the American soldier has never been. We have in our employ an insurgent captain who will lead our troops into the new territory. He is a man who understands his business. It was he who led us against O'Donnell. He receives for his services a reward of 100 pesos, amounting to $400 American. Regimental Sergeant Major Wm. Bryor has been commissioned second lieutenant in the Forty-eighth volunteer (colored), who are expected here soon. First Sergeant Russell, of H company, Twenty-fifth infantry, and First Sergeant Hoffman of M company, were commisisoned first and second lieutenants respectively. They will go with the Forty-ninth U. S. V. I. Chapain Stewart, of this regiment, arrived safely on the 1st inst. All were glad to see him. Find enclosed an item of flendish cruelty by the insurgents in which Company E took a part in putting down. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain, yours for the race. P. C. POGUE, Co. K. 25th Inf. New Brighton Pa. Provitler New Brighton, Pa., Brevities. New Brighton, Pa.—Miss R. Leland, accompanied by Miss Dodds, of New Castle, visited her sister, Mrs. Laura Smith.—Thomas Reed has recovered from his illness. — George Jackson has rented his restaurant to Samuel Webster.—Miss Alice Ford, of Mercer, is visiting her cousin, Frank Stewart.—M. M. society met Saturday at Mrs. Well's.—Miss Jessie Gardner, of Beaver, visited her parents, Sunday. —A street car jumped the track in Rochester, and ran into Mr. Wagner's barber ship. Mr. Wagner and Mr. Wright had a narrow escape from death.—Revivals are still going on at Zion and Bethel churches in Bridgewater. Zion church reports 32 converts.—The funeral of Mrs. Jane Carter Gust occurred at 3 o'clock Sunday from the home of her son-in-law, J. W. Butler. Among those present were relatives from Washington and Cannonsburg. Rev. Richard Brown, of the A. M. E. church, of which the deceased was a member, assisted by Rev. H. A. Grant, of New Brighton and Rev. J. E. Disharoon, of Bridgewater, officiated. The pall bearers were A. W. Tanner, Louis Ash, Sydney Freeman, William Ford, Martin Wells and Joseph Penny. The remains were interred in Beaver cemetery. The granddaughter of Mrs. Gust and her husband, William N. Burler, from Washington, Pa., also attended. — Jno, Cromwell, of 12 Joy alley, was called to Alleghany by the death of his mother. Active Persons Wanted. The old reliable Gazette desires at once an energetic and honest agent, and a good correspondent, in every city and town in Ohio having a number of Afro-American residents. We are especially desirous of hearing from persons in the following named cities at once: Piqua, Springfield, Steubenville, Toledo, Wilmington, Kenton, Ironton, Columbus, Circleville, Portsmouth, Lancaster, Xenia, Newark, Cincinnati, Urbana, O.; Pittsburg and Allegheny, and other western Pennsylvania cities and towns; Wheeling, Parkersburg and Charleston, W. Va. Address'a card to the editor of The Gazette, Case Library building, Cleveland, O. Send us the name of some good person or persons in any of the cities named above to whom we can write relative to the matter. This is a splendid opportunity for any person, male or female, old or young, especially students, to make some money, who has a few hours to spare on Saturdays. Steel-Hawkins. Akron, O.—Clarence A. Hawkins and Lulu E. Steele (white) were married last week in Justice J. H. Thomas' court. The groom is 22 years old, while the bride is but 16 years of age. Asa K. Steele, the father of the girl, gave his consent, and a license was issued to them in probate court. The father is sick in bed, and the young people secured the services of a notary public to take the acknowledgement of his consent. Hawkins and his fair bride fell in love with each other while he was boarding at her father's house, and they determined to wed. Hawkins is a good looking mulatto. The girl's mother has been dead several years. Miss Gladys Pickett was married recently, so rumor has it. To Make Raised Muffins: For raised muffins scald a pint of milk and when lukewarm add one compressed yeast cake dissolved, half a teaspoonful of salt and two cupfuls and a half of flour. Beat thoroughly and stand aside until very light—about two hours. Then add the yolks of two eggs well beaten, and fold in the well-beaten whites. Stand aside for thirty minutes, and bake in greased muffin-rings or gem-pans.—February Ladies' Home Journal. Endorses Elder Bundy's Good Work. Mr. Editor:—It is with the greatest satisfaction that I call attention to Rev. Charles Bundy, pastor of St. John's church. I am not a minister nor a member of said church but simply a citizen. After listening to his discourses, I am forced to acknowledge his ability as one of our best preachers. It is unfortunate that more people do not get the benefit of such discourses as he delivers. R. Mosely. CURRENT TOPICS Java furnishes two-thirds of the quinine used. It costs for food about $30 a week to keep an elephant. Prussia has begun appointing female factory inspectors. Grmany has twenty-three boats of over 17,000 tons' capacity. There are 6,003 pieces in the modern high-grade locomotive. The height of the atmosphere is supposed to,be about 50 miles. The average amount of sickness in human life is ten days per annum. Human life is ten days per annum. In China, the members of a man's family are held responsible for his debts. There are as many shades of face powder as there are shades of color, almost. The agricultural implement trade in Russia is practically controlled by America. Our lead pencils, the most common of all writing implements, is over 200 years old. The percentage of recoveries in the Milwaukee hospital for the insane last year was 33. Miniatures of their pet dogs is the very latest affectation among New York women. Illinois monument dealers want a law enabling them to seize tombstones for bad debts. In consequence of Russian usurpations there is a great exodus of the people of Finland. Vienna policemen are required to understand telegraphy and to be able to swim and row a boat. There are 10 Harvard graduates in the diplomatic and consular service, not counting secretaries of legation. If our southern states alone were as densely settled as Germany they would have a population of over 190,000,000. The brass candlesticks used by Burns in his little parlor at Ellesland were sold at auction recently for $57. Texas is the greatest pecan-growing state in the union. It produces two-thirds of the pecan nuts that are marketed. During the last 12 months, at least a dozen elephant trainers have been killed—more than have been killed in 10 years previous. But three states in the union pay their governors an annual salary of $10,000. They are New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It has been discovered that the bark of the acacia tree which will grow in almost any soil, is an excellent tanning material. Omaha, Neb., has a labor temple in which 35 local unions hold their regular meetings. It has six halls which are under constant rental. China's new railroad from Canton to Hankow, which, with its branches, will be 1,000 miles long, is to be built entirely by American capital. America sells nearly three times as much as she buys; Germany buys over £50,000,000 worth more every year than she sells; while Great Britain last year bought twice as much as she sold. William Jackson, who died in northern Montana the other day, was one of the most noted Indian scouts in the army. He served under Miles, Cook and Gibson on most important campaigns. The authorities of Algeria gave $40,-500 toward fighting the grasshoppers. In one section 3,200 camels were employed to carry the material for burning over the places where eggs had been deposited. The American and British governments are bidding against each other in the bean market. Beans are prominent in the diet of soldiers and sailors, and an abundant supply of them is considered essential. Candy has been added to the regular ration of the American soldier. One New York firm has shipped more than 50 tons of confectionery during the last year for the troops in the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico. Horses are suffering everywhere this year. Pink eye is prevalent in Ireland, horse- sickness in South Africa and America. Some disease is killing off horses in the northwest at an alarming rate. A veterinary surgeon says the disease is rare, and is caused by eating oats which have been damaged by rust. The solidified alcohol which a Berlin firm has been sending out in a tin vessel intended to serve as a pocket lamp and stove, is reported to consist essentially of 62 per cent. of alcohol. 20 of soap and 18 of water. A similar product is readily made by dissolving scraped tallow soap in warm alcohol. A large percentage of the present day india-rubber dolls and other children's rubber toys are manufactured from discarded bicycle and vehicle tires. Germany is the home of this class of toy-making industry, and large quantities of old rubber are consequently shipped there. A French naturalist asserts that if the world should become birdless man would not inhabit nine years, in spite of all the sprays and poisons that could be manufactured for the destruction of insects. The insects and slugs would simply eat up our orchards and crops. Twelve pounds only, is the weight of the new automatic machine gun under experiment in the United States army. It fires 450 shots a minute and can be carried by one man. President Loubet of France says that when his term of office ends he will not seek re-election, but will retire to his old home farm, and there end his days in peaceful retirement. President Burt of the Union Pacific, has presented the University of Wyoming, at Laramie, with six blocks of valuable land just north of the present university grounds, and embracing about 20 acres. The healthiest spot in the world seems to be a little hamlet in France named Aumone. There are only 40 inhabitants, 25 of whom are 80 years of age and one is over 100. 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She has spent years helping you to overcome, by brough the sands to success. For advice by letter $1.00. All letters must contain stamps. MRS. M. B. MARTH. Hours: 10 A. M. to 8 P. M. Sittings. Mention THE GAZETTE. TRAVELERS' REGISTER Trains on all roads run on Standard Time which is the same as BALL'S CITY TIME. CLEVELAND CINCINNATI CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS NY BIG FOUR ROUTE Solid vestibule trains run daily to Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis. Parlor Car and Wagner Sleeping Cars. Best line in the West, South and Southwest. Ticket office, 115 Euclid Ave. Bell Tel. Main 910. Home Tel. 853. *Daily. No. 11. Southwestern Limited. *3 *10 am No. 2. Col. & Clin. Express. *7 15 am No. 33. Col. Clin. Express. *11 40 am No. 35. Ind. & St. Louis Express. *12 00 am No. 37. Columbus Accommodation. *4 00 pm No. 37. Col. & Clin. Express. *8 30 pm *Daily. No. 28. Clin. & Col. Express. *6 45 am No. 26. Gallon Accommodation. *9 45 am No. 36. Ind. & St. Louis Express. *2 30 am No. 38. Clin. & Clin. Express. *4 55 am No. 24. Wellington Accommodation. *6 35 am No. 2. Col. Clin. & Ind. Express. *9 25 am No. 18. Southwestern Limited. *1 50 am Nos. 11 and 18 do not stop at Erie Ry. depot. No. 37, leaving at 8:30 p. m., has local sleeper for Cincinnati. Nos. 33 and 46 have dining cars. For tickets call on D. JAY COLLVER, city passenger and ticket agent. No. 116 Euclid Ave. (Colonial Acrede). Cleveland, O. WARREN J. LYNCH. O. Ticket Offices at Station. Euclid Av., Woodland Av., and Weddeel House corner. Through Trains run as follows by Central Time. *Daily. *Daily except Sunday. From Cleveland to Leave. Arrive Pittsburg & Bellaire. *+7 00am *+12 10pm Salem & Pittsburg. *+8 00am *+8 30pm Philadelphia & New York. *2 10pm *+11 30am Baltimore & Washington. *2 10pm *+11 30am Salem & Pittsburg. *2 10pm *+11 30am Pittsburg, Bellaire & East. *3 10pm *+6 25pm Salem, Bellaire & Alliance. *3 10pm *+6 25pm Ravenna & Alliance. *5 10pm *+8 30pm Philadelphia & New York. *11 10pm *+4 30am Baltimore & Washington. *11 10pm *+4 30am Wellsville & Pittsburg. *11 10pm *+4 3am MT. VERNON & PAN-HANDLE ROUTE. From Cleveland to Leave. Arrive. Columbus & Cincinnati ... *8 33am *5 40pm Orrville & Columbus ... *8 35am *5 40pm Orrville & Millersburg ... *13 10pm +12 10pm Columbus & Cincinnati ... *7 35pm *7 30am NICKEL PLATE. The New York, Chicago, St. Louis R.R. All trains stop at Euclid avenue. Broadway and Pearl street. City ticket office 100 Superior rior street. Tel. Main 218. All trains arrive and depart from Van Buren St., Union Passenger Station, Chicago. Eastward. Arrive. Depart No. 6, Standard Express... 9 55 am 10 12 am No. 4, Eastern Express... 2 06 am 2 16 am No. 2, Nickel Plate Ex... 8 12 pm 8 21 pm Westward. Arrive. Depart No. 1, Western Express... *6 am 4 56 am No. 5, Standard Express... 7 90 am 7 20 am No. 3, Nickel Plate Ex... 11 13 am 11 20 am Local Freight... *3 50 pm *6 40 pm *Daily, except Sunday. All express daily. Through sleepers on all trains, Chicago, Buffalo, New York, and Boston. Unexcelled dining cars and depot restaurants operated by the company. THE CLEVELAND, TERMINAL & VALLEY R. R. GO. Pulman palace vestibule sleeping cars between Cleveland and Chicago, also between Cleveland and Philadelphia. J. E. GALBRAITH. Traffic Manager. Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling R'y. VALLEY DEPOT. Depart. Arrive. Cleve. & Wheeling Ex..... 7 10 am 11 40 am Cleve. & Wheeling Ex..... 1 00 pm 7 15 pm Cleve. Unirichsville Ac..... 5 10 pm 8 30 am Sunday trains between Cleveland and Unirichsville arrive at 9:35 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. Depart at 7:10 a.m. m aid 6:25 p.m. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—Subscribers not receiving THE GAZETTE regularly should notify us AT ONCE. We desire every copy delivered promptly. We advise our patrons to carefully examine THE GAZETTE's advertisements before making purchases. Business men who advertise in this paper should be liberally patronized by Afro-Americans. The fact that they advertise is assurance that they want your trade. Local reading notices cents a line (six words to a line) CLEVELAND, SATURDAY, FEB. 3. 1900. WHERE "THE GAZETTE" IS SOLD: PUSHAW's News Store, Cuyahoga Building 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. ALLIED PRINTING TRADE'S LABOR COUNCIL CLEVELAND Mrs. M. C. Brown, the evangelist, gave a stereonticon lecture on the Holy Land at Woodliff hall last week Wednesday evening. Ed Manley, of Tiffin, was in the city the first of the week. He left Wednesday for Arizona to enter into United States regular service. Mrs. John Male, of Harmon street, entertained Tuesday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Douglass, who left for New York City Wednesday. Mr. John Wills has resigned his position as conductor on the Central avenue street car line. Motorman Bridges has been suspended indefinitely for colliding with another motor. Rev. Luke White, of Youngstown, was in the city the past week. Dame Rumor says that William Green and Miss Agnes Bolden will soon wed. Mrs. Taylor and sister, Miss Reaushow, of New Orleans, La., are stopping with Mrs. Alberta Gamblee. The latter is attending Central high school. The Robeda club met and effected a permanent organization last Monday evening. The following named officers were elected: J. Reed, president; Gilbert Price, vice president; A. T. Abbott, treasurer; Henry Davis, secretary. The club has a membership of 20. It is hoped to make it 50 before long. Mr. J. Martin, of Painesville, was in the city Wednesday. Mr. Geo. Johnson, recently of Ann Arbor, Mich., but now with the Cleveland Fencing club, recently fell heir to $3,700 by the death of an uncle, before his death, a rich lumber merchant in Saginaw, Mich. Mrs. Nellie De Forest, of Erie street, has been quite sick with pulmonary trouble. Ed Turner, motorman on the Central avenue line, was one among the many motormen who were arrested for running their cars too fast. Mr. Dennis Stokes is still confined to his home. A meeting of the Afro-American waiters of the city was held last Sunday afternoon at $344½ Outario street, and the advisability of organization discussed. There is talk of forming a union. There are about 250 Afro-American waiters in Cleveland. Clarence White has been sick the past two weeks. The funeral of Moses Simmons was held Wednesday afternoon from St. John's church, Rev. Chas. Bundy officiating. Interment was at Woodland cemetery. Mason Brown, of Central avenue, is suffering with Bright's disease. He is slightly better at present. Mrs. Nettie Edwards, of Hackman street, is confined to her home by sickness. Gabriel Murry, of Hackman street, is again able to be out. Mrs. W. P. Elsner has been ill the past two weeks. It is reported that Chas. Marshall will run for the city council from the First district. Mr. Chas. Webb, of Chicago, was in the city last week. Rev. J. S. Jackson, of Mt. Zion church, began a series of sermons on the book of Psalms last Sunday night. Officers for the Sunday school for the ensuing year were elected last Sunday. Mrs. Rosa Johnson returned this week and reports the missionary work of the N. O. conference in a very prosperous condition. Moses Simmons, a well-known republican politician, and one of the oldest citizens of the city, died at his home, No. 428 Erie street, at 8 o'clock Saturday night. He was over 80 years old, and was born in North Carolina, coming to Cleveland when a boy. After many years' service with the Lake Shore railroad he served in the department of public works as catchbasin inspector under the administrations of ex-Mayors Rose, Herrick and Gardner. "Mose" Simmons was one of the best known men in the city, and among his friends were many of Cleveland's most prominent citizens. At St. John's A. M. E. church to morrow Rev. G. Prosser, the evangelist, will preach at both morning and evening service. The revival meetings still grow in interest. They will be continued another week. There were several accessions to the church last Sunday on account of the revival meeting. Allen day will not be celebrated until February 25. Sunday school to morrow at 9:30 a. m., and C. E. meeting at 6:30 p. m. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. THE undersigned has been duly appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Moses Simmons, lato of Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, deceased. CARLES BUNDY. ALEX H. MARTIN, Attorney. 501 American Trust Building, Cleveland, O. Pittsburg, Pa.—Walter E. Billows, esq., has entered suit against Wm. H. McCarthy, a prominent restauranter, for $5,000 damages for refusing to serve Hon. Geo. H. White, of North Carolina (our only congressman) and himself with dinner. The 1900 Calendar issued by the Nickel Plate Road will be mailed to any one sending address to the General Passenger Agent, Cleveland, O. Oberlin.—At the completion of the new bridge there will be a celebration the Fourth of July at Lorain.—There were four converts during the week of prayer at Mt. Zion church.—Miss Ethel Marshall and Frank Godette were married.—Ollie Vaughn is sick.—Mrs. Quinn is better. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1900. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. One pound of sheep's wool is capable of producing one yard of cloth. Vienna's street railway system cost $40,000,000 and it is estimated that it will pay for itself in ten years. One thousand bricks made by machine take 13.5 minutes, instead of two hours and four minutes when made by hand. Americans prefer electricity for running automobiles, the French petroleum and the Russians wood alcohol, costing in that country eight cents a gallon. Steam shears cut into lengths the steel for 56 buggy axles in 30 minutes. The blacksmith without machinery did well to do the job in 18 hours and 40 minutes. The art of paper making has reached the point where it is possible to cut down a growing tree and convert it into paper suitable for printing purposes within 24 hours. Coal mining is developing rapidly in Canada. In Nova Scotia both the areas worked and the number of mines show a great increase. The coal areas of Canada are estimated at 97,200 square miles, not including areas known but as yet undeveloped in the far north. More than 500 men who were working at the barbers' trade in St. Louis prior to the enforcement of the new state license law have left the city. These could have registered within the 90-day limit for one dollar each without passing an examination, but under the law the board can in its judgment revoke the license of any barber unable to pass the examination. Fearing the latter, the 500 inferior workmen preferred to go elsewhere. THE GIRL OF TO-DAY. She Is No Longer Relegated to the Shelf After Passing the Thirty Mark. One of the most remarkable social developments of these latter days is the evolution of the mature heroine of romance. Formerly this post was allotted to the young girl or the young married woman. In those times, moreover, the adjective of youth would not have been applied to the maiden who had passed her twenty-fifth year, and only in the spirit of the grossest flattery to the matron who had seen her three decades. It is typical of the age that this explanatory note should be necessary. Now the expression "young" is purely relative. The period of middle age has been entirely abolished. Where almost everybody is younger than somebody else, it is only the few who are proud of their extreme antiquity who can be regarded with any degree of certainty as old. At 30 the girl of to-day no longer retires on the shelf as a failure, to pass the rest of her life in the humiliating position of the maiden aunt who devotes herself to the children or revenges herself on the poor. She is merely preparing to start on a new phase of life with a more definite plan and a clearer vision. Very often she marries and begins afresh at 40. Sometimes she has been known to be so greatly daring as to enter matrimony for the first time when she has passed her fiftieth year. For the matron the range is even more extended. At 30 she is quite a young thing—gay, frivolous, skittish, to whom society and flirtation are the chief objects in life. Ten years more bring her to her prime. It is the period of fascination, of adventure, of impulse. The woman of 40 is capable of anything. She is the object of the wildest plans, the center of the most daring romance. At 50 she is probably marrying for the second time. Three-score will find her approaching the altar for her third wedding, and if she lives long enough, she may even reappear at a later date to bring her record up to four.—London World. CONFECTIONERY IN RATIONS. It Has Been Introduced in Army Provisions in America, England and Germany. Candy has been added to the regular ration of the American soldier. One New York firm has shipped more than 50 tons of confectionery during the past year for the troops in the Philippines, Cuba and Puerto Rico. The government buys candy of good quality, which would retail from 30 to 40 cents a pound. It consists of mixed chocolate creams, lemon drops, coconut maroons and acidulated fruit drops. These are put in sealed one pound cans of a special oval shape, designed to fit the pockets of a uniform coat. The use of candy as an army ration originated in some experiments on the diet of the troops conducted by the German government some ten years ago. They showed that the addition of candy and chocolate to the regular ration greatly improved the health and endurance of the troops using it. Since that time the German government has issued cakes of chocolate and a limited amount of other confectionery. The queen sent 500,000 pounds of chocolate in half-pound packages as a Christmas treat to the troops in the Transvaal. American jam manufacturers are considering a movement to add jam to the army ration. It has been found so wholesome for the British army that 1,450,000 pounds have been dispatched to South Africa as a four-months' supply for 116,000 troops.—N. Y. Post. AGENTS WANTED Enclose 2c stamp for reply, and we will send particulars telling how you can make from $75 to $50 per month, and also be presented with auto Gold beach card. R. E. COOTT, REVEREND CO, LOUISVILLE, KY WRITE FOR FREE TRUSS CATALOGUE which shows all of trusses, including the $10.00 Lean Truck that covers almost any case, and which we sell for $2.75 & address SEARS, ROEBUB & Co. CHICAGO J. $1000 REWARD. DR. SHEA. MARVELOUS MEDIUM. Gives the names of dead and living friends, tells who and when you will marry, also or business, journeys, lawsuits, absent friends, health or anything you wish to know, no matter what it is. He can call call up your spirit friends and show them to you. Can make them rap all around the room. He asks no questions; don't ask you to write the names for him. Don't try to pump you in any way, tells you right off. He is thoroughly endorsed by leading Spirits who received from them the gold medal and special license to practice his wonderful powers; credentials no one else can show; can give thousands of references to both white and colored patrons. Twenty-five years practice—seven in Brooklyn—will show you that he can do all he tells of. Can tell you what business is best for you and where. Can tell you how to win speedy marriage with one you love. How to be successful in all your doings, in short what is best to do. He succeeds when all he asks for he has and satisfaction or no pay. Call and see. You will be able to consult this refined Christian gentleman. He has a medicine that will cure drunkenness; can be given patients not knowing it. Thousands through him are now. Rich, Happy and Successful in all their undertakings, while those who neglect his advice are still laboring against poverty and adversity. Through his perfect knowledge of chemistry he can impart to you a secret that will overcome your enemies and win you friends. His aid and advice have often been solicited: the result has always been the securing of speedy and happy marriage and all your wishes. In love affairs he never fails. He has the secret of winning the affections of the opposite sex. It is the curse of Spiritualism that in all large cities there are a class of men and women who claim powers they do not possess. They have neither gifts, credentials nor references. Surely the colored people are not so wanting in sense 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 Wm.兰 av. and Arthur Scewell, shipbuilder. 48 Wm.兰 av. and Arthur Scewell, shipbuilder. All are him for the past seven years. He gives a free test of his power to all. The Doctor has practiced 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: "BROOKLYN, June 3, 1892.—This is to certify I came to New York from Albany. I was a stranger in a strange city out of work and I had no money to buy anything undertook. What to do I did not know. A friend advised me to go and see Dr. Shea. I did; he told me the cause of all my trouble; he took me in and treated me like a brother. Through him I got a good position that very week. I had been to others; they took my money and did me no good. I bless the day I first met Dr. Shea. I would advise all in bad debt or in trouble, to go to him at once. Sincerely, ALBERT AYERS, 2937 Atlantic avenue." "BROOKLYN, Aug. 15, 1891.—This is to certify that my husband had gone away and been absent two years. I mourned for him night and day. I gave him up as dead. Hearing of the wonderful things DR. SHEA was doing, I resolved to consult him. He told me my husband was alive and well and where he was; told me he would come home and when. To my joy all of it came true. He is home now; came back like one from the dead. I also wish to say that this month lost the sum of $2.00. I want to DR. SHEA and I will most insane. I want to DR. SHEA and he told me my money and to my intense joy I did find it as he told me. I thank God there is a man so gifted in our midst that can help people and tell them what to do. Sincerely, Mrs. MARY MILLER, South Plainfield, New Jersey. DR. SHEA can show thousands such as the DOCTOR SHEA has been carefully educated in the Homeopathic and Eclectic Medical Schools of Medicine His success is wonderful in curing paralysis, Rheumatism, Asthma, Sore Eyes, Tumors, Cancers, Constipation, Ague, Dyspepsia, Tape Worm, Liver Complaints, Deafness, Catarr, Dropsy, Piles, Nervous Debility, Heart Disease, Consumption, Diseases of Women and Children, Fits, Kidney Diseases and all strange and mysterious diseases which others don't understand. All diseases, no matter, what they may be. Nothing but honorable treatment. He will honestly tell if you can be cured. Has all new remedies and new successes. Has had ample experience in public hospitals and private clinics. No trifling with human life. Call at one. Do not delay. Diplomas hang in parors. Is a registered physician. And hence for rheumatism just discovered, not in linen. Hopeless cases and those that others cannot cure solicited to call. A perfect and radical cure warranted. 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Even when I was a little child I had an idea that eyes could tell me things, and I particularly noticed the eyes of the tall, pale lady, because they did not tell me anything at all. The lady seldom spoke to me, and when she did it was in a cold voice, but from the time she entered the room her eyes were fixed upon me. She reminded me of the picture of a lady down in the reception room, in that, which ever way I went I could not escape her gaze. "So you have not found a home for this strange little girl," she once said to the matron, looking at me. "No, ma'am," the matron replied; "She is a bright child, but she will not make up to any one. She is haughty, ma'am. That's the only fault I find with her. She will not kiss the strange ladies who ask her to, and she does not dance about and seem pleased the way the other children do when some little pleasure is given them." But for the fact that the eyes of the lady told nothing I should have said that a gleam of approval came into them. The matron waited a moment, expecting. I suppose, that the lady would make some remark. But she did not. "She is a singular child," added the matron, and turned away. My life, in spite of the sameness of the days, was not without its surprises. Sometimes I had a gift coming from an unknown source, and the odd part of this fact was that these gifts were always exactly suited to my needs, although I may not have known of the existence of the articles before I saw them. For example, I once, when I was eight years of age, received a little dressing table supplied with all the articles necessary for the making of a dainty toilet. This gave me great pleasure. It seemed to me that I had been longing all the time to brush my long curls and to polish my little nails. The delicate perfume of the soap gave me a feeling of freshness and delight. I felt happier now that I was able to make myself dainty, and I did not mind the plainness of my clothes. Usually the gifts which came out of the sky for me were in the way of books. They were of a different sort from those given the other girls by benevolently inlined persons, and at first they were hard for me to understand. But it was, somehow, a conviction with me that I ought to enjoy them, and after I had patiently read them the world began to seem different to me. The truth was, I had been made acquainted in simple ways with the story of Midas, of Pandora, of Pegasus, of Siegfried, of King Arthur, of Miranda and of Perdita. Having discovered romance, I was no longer lonesome. The matron told the tall lady of it one guest day. "Really," she said, "the child acts more like a human creature than she did. She used to remind me of a hawk my brother caught that sulked itself to death." "Are you quite sure it was the sulks?" I heard the lady say. "Perhaps it deliberately chose death in preference to slavery." "O!" shrilled the matron, "do you imagine that birds think, ma'am?" "I'm quite sure birds think," replied the lady, as she moved away. From his intention I perceived that there was someone who did not think, and I wondered who it could be. Perhaps—but I recognized the thought for a wild one—it was the matron. A short time after this I was adopted by a widowed lady, whose two sons had married and gone to far distant parts of the world. I cannot tell whether I was made less unhappy or not by my new condition. I had always been terribly conscious of my condition. One form of charity seemed to me, young as I was, almost as bad as another. But I delighted in the beauty of my adopted mother's house. I was amazed at the number of books on the shelves of her library. And it gave me pleasure to be clothed in garments that were of gay colors, and made as those of other children were. I had a playroom to myself, and a governess, and a little pony and cart, but the curious part of it was that it did not seem at all strange to me to have all these things. It seemed to me in a few days after I came into possession of them as if I had always had them. I had not been two weeks with my adopted mother when I heard the voice of the tall, pale lady in the parlor. I knew it at once. It always made me think of a bright winter day, with the hoar frost glittering in the sunshine. "We have been neighbors a long time, Mrs. Thorneycroft," I heard her saying. "I have come to make amends for my unneighborliness." There did not seem to be anything in common between these two, and the conversation often drooped, yet the visitor staid on and on. I got weary sitting on the stairs—I was waiting to go for a walk with my adopted mother—and so I walked boldly downstairs and into the parlor. The moment my eyes met those of the tall, pale lady I knew she was going to pretend that she had never seen me before. So I looked at her as strangely as she did at me. "Your daughter, Mrs. Thorneycroft?" asked the lady. "My daughter," said my adopted mother—and said no more. "What is your name, dear child?" the lady questioned me. Her tone had never before been so tender in speaking to me. I suppose she pitied me because she thought my name had been changed. "It is the same as it always was," said I. "It is Madeline." I saw the lady turn pink at this. "What a strange answer," she said. "But it is a beautiful name. Naturally, your name is the same as it always was." "Naturally," said my adopted mother. "You may run out and play, Madelaine." I played about the doorstep till the tall lady came out, and then I said, going up and taking hold of her hand: "If you do not live far away I will go with you and see what your house is like." "Thank you," said she, smiling, and led me on. We turned a corner and stopped before a tall, dark stone house, with curtains like frost-work at the windows. "Will you come in?" she asked. "Not to-day. My mother will be waiting for me. But I will come to-morrow, if you like, and bring my doll. I can come after my lessons." "At three?" "Yes," I agreed. But that evening, when my adopted mother held me on her lap, she said to me: "Madelaine, you are never to go to see the lady who called here to-day, even though she asks you." "Why, mother?" "I hardly know why myself. But you must not go." "I promised her I would go to-morrow." "You must write her a note and tell her you will not be there." But still we met sometimes. Once in a terrible storm of wind and rain, when I was running home, she called me into her carriage. "You are all dripping," she cried, hanging over me. "Oh, me! Oh, me! You will catch cold! Give me your hands and let me warm them." And she chafed my hands, and even held them to her cheek. She was at my coming-out party, years after, and sent me a great armful of lilies, and after that I met her quite often at different places—teas or dinners or the opera. Sometimes, when we met in the dressing-room, she would give a little touch to my hair, or tie my ribbons afresh, or say whether or not she thought a certain color becoming to me. On a certain day of every year I received a gift from an unknown donor, and I concluded, after much thought, that this day was the anniversary of my birth. Of the giver of these gifts I had no doubt. My adopted mother had not the heart to forbid me to keep and use the things I received in this manner, though I could see she was not well pleased that I should be the recipient of them. I was quite 20 years old when one day, as I walked in the park, a woman came up to me, begging that I would come with her quickly. She said that her mistress desired above all things to see me. I knew the woman to be the maid of that lifelong mysterious friend whose influence had always surrounded me, though we had never lived under the same roof nor enjoyed intercourse together. "I am forbidden to go to her house," I said, remembering the old forbiddance. A swift fear winged my feet. I ran as fast as I could to the dark house with the frost-like curtains. Up the stairs I sped, past the servant who opened the door for me on to the front chamber. The nurse made way for me. There were two men in the room, but I brushed by them. She raised herself from her pillows with a tremendous effort. "Madam, madam," called the physician, "if you are so reckless you will end your life at once." She caught me to her arms and we wept together. "I thought I was never going to be kissed by you," I sobbed. "Why did you wait so long?" "Do you love me, little Madelaine?" she whispered. I kissed her on the eyes and on the hair. "Dearest! dearest!" I answered. She relaxed in my arms. "My dear young lady," said the physician, gently, "she is dead." I laid her on the pillow and then stood and looked at her. "If only she had sent for me before," I said over and over with dry lips. "You ask no questions," said the man who stood at the foot of the bed. I lifted my burning eyes and looked at him. He was a masterful man. "I am not curious," I said, coldly, and I kissed my pale lady long on the lips and went away.—Chicago Tribune. No Claim to Sympathy "Horses are such sagacious creatures, aren't they?" said the young woman. "Yes, indeed!" answered Col. Stillwell. "I have heard that a racehorse sometimes shows unmistakable signs of grief and humiliation after he has lost." "I don't see why he should take it so much to heart. He can sleep out there at the track. He doesn't have to walk home."—Washington Star. Correcting a Misapprehension. "Was that your dog that was howling all night?" "I guess it was." "Why in thunder don't you feed him?" "Heavens, man, it's indigestion that makes him howl!"—Cleveland Plains Dealer. Why He Was Put to Bed. Tommy—Pa, was time invented in Ireland? His Father—No, my son. But why? Tommy—Then why did they name it O'Clock?—Jewelers' Weekly. If It Does He Will Rise. Meanwhile, says the Philadelphia Times, Cecil Rhodes won't care how much diamonds go up so long as Kimberley itself does not do so. WESTERN CANADA. One of the Choice Spots on the Continent Open for Settlement. The following extracts from an interesting letter to the Mason City (Iowa) Republican, written by Mrs. S. A. Brigham, late of that place, but now of Ross Creek, Alberta, Canada, so nearly describes most of the districts of Western Canada that we take pleasure in presenting same to the attention of our readers: WESTERN CANADA. Crop Prospects and Climate About Edmonton, N. W. T. Ross Creek, Alberta, N. W. T. Canada, Aug. 7, 1899. Dear Sir: We are located in the Beaver Hills, 30 miles from Ft. Saskatchewan and 50 miles from Edmonton. To the east of these is an immense area of bottom lands, which furnishes abundance of hay for the settlers. It is dotted with small lakes, the largest of which is called Beaver Lake, 16 miles in length. There is shelter for the cattle and horses now feeding there. The Beaver Hills are covered with small green willows which are easily gotten rid of before breaking up the land. Here and there poplar, birch and tamarack trees abound. Small meadows are numerous. The soil in these hills is much richer than the bottom lands, being a kind of black leaf mould. There is no tough sod to break and it is very productive. Wheat, oats and barley do finely, and vegetables are the finest that can be grown. Potatoes especially are large and solid, easily producing from 200 to 300 bushels per acre, and best of all never a "taty bug" to wrestle with. Wild fruit—strawberries, gooseberries, saskatoons (or pine berries), raspberries and cranberries—are found in the hills. Small tame fruit does finely; the red and white currants in my garden are as large again as common sized ones. We have long days during the months of June and July, one can see to read many evenings until 10 o'clock in the twilight. Some nights less than 3 hours of darkness and the birds are singing at 2 o'clock. Then again, it rains so easily. You look toward the west and see a little cloud coming up, a gentle shower follows, the sun shines forth again, and in a little while you forget it has rained. Cyclones are unknown here and the thunder and lightning is very light. We had two storms this summer accompanied with wind and hail, but nothing to lodge the grain. The average heat is about 78 degrees. We had three or four days in July at 90. The nights are always cool. The winter season is one of great activity. All the fencing is gotten out then and logs for the farm buildings. By paying 25 cents you are granted a permit at the land office to cut logs upon vacant lands. The roads are good and smooth, for the snow never drifts, not even around the buildings, and this is a great saving of time to the farmer. Hay is hauled from the bottom lands all winter long, and a man can work outside every day as far as the weather is concerned. There are cold snaps when it reaches 40 and 48 below zero, but the lack of wind prevents one realizing it and the mountains 150 miles west of us are a great protection. Our neighbors are mostly Canadian, Scotch, Swede, and we have a nice sprinkling of people from the States. The creeks abound in small fish. We are now in the midst of haymaking (Aug. 7th). Wheat will not be cut until early September, this being a little later season than common, but the crop will be immense. I send you a sample of wheat and barley--its height is almost even with my shoulders, average 50 inches. Newcomers lacking binders can hire their grain cut for 75 cents per acre. Prairie chickens are here by the thousands. The water is good. We have a fine well 15 feet deep. In the creeks the water is soft and of a yellowish colour. water is soft and of a yellowish colour. Then again we are surrounded with bachelors; we have no less than 18 single men in this neighbourhood, on matrimony bent. When a feminine gender of any age between 14 and 40 visits these hills we pity her, so great is the demand for her company. In conclusion, if the remainder of cur loved ones were here with us, we should better enjoy life on Ross Creek, and unless the unexpected develops, consider this will be a pretty fair place to end our days. WILLING TO TRY IT. No Lineage Necessary as Long as He Had a Sufficiency of the Colin. "I suppose," she said, "that you had an ancestor in the celebrated little party that 'came over' with William the Conqueror?" "Perhaps," he replied, "but I have never looked the matter up." "Of course you are a lineal descendant of some one who came over in the Mayflower?" "I don't know. It is possible that I am, but I have never hunted up the records." "Well," she went on, "you are descended from an officer of the revolutionary war, aren't you?" Finding himself cornered he broke down and confessed. "My father's name was Szfchzerskeudowski, which he changed to Dows with the sanction of the court." She sat for a moment, almost crushed Then hope seemed to return to her and she asked: "How much did you say you expected your father to leave you?" "I figure that my share of the estate will be about $2,000,000," he said. be about $20,000,000, the same. "All right," she answered briskly, "we can worry along without the lineage and still be happy, dear."—Chicago Times-Herald. A handsome brooch of gold is set with an unusually large opal, surrounded by diamonds. These are all in separate settings, as shown in the illustration, and extend about an eighth of an inch from the opal. Jewelers' Weekly. A butterfly has knobs on the end of its antennae and flies by day. A moth has no knobs on the end of its antennae, which are sometimes feather-like, and flies by night or in the evening. 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