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THE GAZETTE One Year. 81 50 Six Months. 1 00 Three Months. 50 Subscribers are requested to remit by post office money order or registered letter. Entered at the post office in Cleveland, Ohio, second-class matter. All communications should be addressed: H. C. SMITH. Editor and Proprietor THE GAZETTE. Case Library Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Member Ohio Legislature. 1 884 to 1 888. 1 900 to 1 902. CLEVELAND, OHIO, SEPT. 22, 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. The Afro-American council did not endorse the administration and has not "changed its mind." Was there anything in McKinley's message about the 400,000 black men disfranchised in recent months in four southern states? Correspondents will please remember that news for our current issue must not be mailed to The Gazette later than Monday of that week. As far as national politics is concerned this fall, it looks very much as if the northern Afro-American is "between the devil and the deep blue sea." Ohio will not give anybody fifty thousand majority or plurality this year. This fall's fight is going to be a bitterly contested and close one in this state. Statements to the contrary are nonsense pure and simple. While we do not endorse Bishop Turner's support of Bryan, we recognize a fact, and that is, that he is a dozen times more a loyalAfro-American than the paid hirelings who are heaping abuse upon him for exercising a right that is God-given as well as a citizen-right. Miss Lillian Clayton Jewett, of Boston, taught a much needed lesson to the servile Negroes of Richmond, Va., who refused to permit her to talk against lynching in one of their churches where a Baptist convention was being held, when she walked from the church to the street and addressed an audience which included most of those in the church and many others. More power to her! Don't be imposed upon! The national republican committee can pay J. E. Bruce to write letters to our newspapers and is also able to pay for their publication. It certainly is far more able and entitled to stand the expense of said publications than are our poor struggling newspaper publishers. Be men, and stand up for your rights! Don't be imposed upon! Our state republican executive committee must be in a bad way for Afro-American stump speakers when it imports such material as one T. L. Jones, Calvin Chase and John Green, of Washington, D. C. Only Afro-Americans close enough to the president to tell us why he refuses to even notice the wholesale attacks of four states upon the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the federal constitution and the consequent disfranchisement of nearly 400,000 black voters of North and South Carolina, Louisiana and Mississippi. should be brought to Ohio. The Cleveland, O., Gazette is "rum- miging" through the political record of the editor of the New York Age in such a way as to make Mr. T. Thomas Fortune squirm---Lexington (Ky.) Standard. Afro-American editors, aggressive republicans only when national campaigns are in progress, and loud-mouthed race advocates during other years, ought to be made to "squirm." The race press needs a little more consistency along these lines, just as do many of our alleged leaders who are such for political office only it seems. We yield to no man in our loyalty to republicanism. This, however, is secondary when race interests are involved. MOB VIOLENCE AND DEMOCRACY. It is rather a curious affair that William Richardson, the leader of the United Colored Democracy of the Twenty-fifth assembly district has to complain at police headquarters against Riley, a democratic police-man of wanton clubbing in the recent race riots in New York. The clubbing was done without any excuse or it was an indiscriminate clubbing of all colored men regardless of party affiliation which signifies most emphatically that the Negro in time of riots need expect no show of protection at the hands of democracy simply because its history must accord with the spirit of its long made record in the persecution of Afro-Americans. Bids are being constantly made by the democratic party for the votes of colored men, yet such murderous and unprovoked assaults against members of a race so long warned of the treachery and purpose of a party to ostracise, degrade and butcher them without the slightest show of justice, should serve as proof of the hatred and intent of democratic leaders to down the Negro at any cost. The teaching is inconsistent, with every principle of honor and betrays a perfidy that is at once villainous and unpardonable. Richardson is a Negro democrat and Riley is a white democrat, yet Richardson's democracy could not shield him from the dastardly rancor of a wretch professing loyalty to the same party. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1900. We do not blame Richardson for being a democrat if he chooses to be, but we do despise and abhor the villain who would join the mob and madly strike down the innocent and men of their own way of thinking only to gratify a feeling of hate and spite. Riley deserves to be taken out and hung for a crime so un-American and Richardson, like Cataline, deserves to be banished, if he longer clings to a party or that element of the party which seeks only his humiliation and death. 'KILGARIFF AND PECK Crime is prevalent and offenders must be punished, but the recklessness* with which extreme penalties are enforced seem rather a matter of revenge than one of absolute justice. All punishment should be tempered with mercy and the law is in no respect to be overreached. But the most of these extreme cases involve unpardonable discrimination. Peter Kilgariff (white) was recently convicted on the charges of intoxication and assault with intent to, rape a 4-year-old girl (white) and was fined and sentenced to the workhouse on both charges. The aggregate of fines and sentences embrace a term of imprisonment for four years. This is light punishment compared with the same meted out to Louis Peck at Akron, O. His confession was an enforced acknowledgment of a crime which challenges proof and admits of a reasonable doubt. First, because Peck was intoxicated, and secondly, because a drunken man is hardly, if ever fully aware of what he is doing. Kilgariff has received the short sentence of four years for the same crime of which Peck first acknowledged he was guilty and for which Peck is really sent to the penitentiary for his entire lifetime, thus betraying the absolute lack of justice for the Afro-American in American jurisprudence. It may be that Peck is an innocent man, as far as the charge on which he was convicted and sentenced is concerned, for his conviction is based solely upon his own forced confession; but the guilt of Kilgariff has been corroborated by a chain of circumstances which cannot be disputed. It seems passing strange that juries of twelve men should place themselves in such a contradictory light in forming decisions so at variance with the like cases in hand. If it were just to sentence Kilgariff for a term of four years, it was equally fair to hold Peck in confinement for the same number of years. But the one shares a cruel and heartless penalty in the face of doubtful evidence while the crime of the other is condoned even against the most criminating proof. From such a commentary of facts it would be well that the administrators of the law retrace their action as a matter of justice to the less favored of Americans. THE PRESIDENT'S DUTY The Crumpacker bill looking to the reduction of representation in congress of those southern states which passed discriminating laws against the Afro-American will be passed by the next congress. It will guarantee to the race political liberty.—Exchange. The anti-franchise amendments to the state constitutions of North and South Carolina, Louisiana and Mississippi, adopted during the past year or two, should be declared either constitutional or unconstitutional by the Supreme court of the United States before any action is taken in congress looking to reduction of the representation in that body held by the south. President McKinley ought long ago to have instructed the attorney general of the United States to institute proceedings in some United States court to secure the result referred to. This is a duty that devolves upon the chief executive of this nation. When being inducted into office, with uplifted right hand he swears to uphold and protect the Constitution of the United States. The anti-franchise state constitutional amendments are attacks upon the federal constitution in that they abrogate the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments of the same in the four states mentioned. Therefore the president has a duty to perform, before the matter should be touched by congress. Should the Supreme court of the United States adjudge constitutional the anti-franchise state constitutional amendments referred to, it will then be time for the Crumpacker bill or some other measure which will secure the results it is hoped it will obtain as a law. The passage of such a bill before a decision by the Supreme court, in a large measure places the seal of congress's approval upon such discriminating attacks upon citizens' rights and upon amendments of the federal constitution. Why refuse longer to recognize this fact? It is by far too serious a matter and vital a question, not only to our people, but to the entire country, to be allowed to pass without the serious consideration it is surely entitled to. Our newspapers, leaders and ministers ought to see to it that it is thoroughly understood by all our people and others with whom they come in contact. It certainly overshadows all party interests. The St. Paul Appeal's statement that Afro-Americans in the service of the United States government draw more than four million dollars in salary every year and that nearly all of them were appointed by McKinley is simply ridiculous. The Omaha Progress very pertinently calls attention to this fact. A number of McKinley Afro-American appointments, especially those in the military service, lasted only a few months. A number of others included in the Appeal's list are dead, still others, and many too, hold positions that they secured as a result of civil service examinations and for which the present administration is not entitled to any credit. The real fact in the case is, and we are sorry to be compelled to say it, that the present republican administration has appointed fewer Afro-Americans to paying positions, as well as those of all other kinds, than any republican administration since the close of the war. Many of the Afro-Americans who are supporting McKinley and Roosevelt do not seem to realize that such a course is possible without issuing false statements. We have neglected to call attention to the fact that there are names of persons in the Appeal's list of Afro-American officeholders who have held office constantly for years prior to the McKinley administration. A "Hot One" for Geo, E. Myc A "Hot One" for Geo. E. Myers. To the Republicans of Cleveland: The undersigned officers of the colored republican clubs of this city desire to announce that the alleged Colored Central League, organized recently, will not "supplant all existing colored political organizations of the city," and that each organization will retain its independence and autonomy, just as if the alleged Colored Central League had never materialized. We regard it as rather officious as well as ridiculous that any person should arrogate to himself the authority to announce, without consulting our organizations or their officers, that the alleged league would "supplant all existing colored political organizations in the city." Signed, Onward Foraker Club, J. E. Reed, president; A. T. Abbott, secretary. Young Men's Progressive Club, Edward Beatie, president; Walter Brooks, secretary; A. T. Boyd, chairman of executive committee. Twenty-first Ward Republican Club; J. C. Warrick, president; John Brown, secretary. Afro-American Republican Industrial League: Wm. Nelson, president; Dr T. J. Jones, secretary. An Interesting New Work. Washington, D. C.—The History of the Medical Department of Howard University, announced some time since, will be ready about the 25th inst. It will comprise also a History of the Hospital and of the Training School for Nurses; biographical sketches of the general officers of the university, the medical faculty, graduates and non-graduates, and much other information; and over a hundred portraits, besides many illustrations of the university and college buildings, including the laboratories, etc. The book is printed on heavy paper and in the best style; beveled edges; nearly 300 pages. Price $3.00 in cloth, $3.50 in morocco; 25 cents additional per copy if sent by mail or express; mailing to nearest post office, express to any railroad point in United States or Canada. Books will not be sent C. O. D. The subscription price must be prepaid; preferably by post office or express orders. Address Dr. F. J. Shadd, 901 R street, N. W., or Dr. D. S. Lamb, 800 Tenth street, N. W. Griffin-Hill Lockland and Wyoming, O.—Rev. Coleman held a basket meeting last Sunday at Fox's grove. Rev. Upshaw preached at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.—Maple Street church held its rally last Sunday. A neat sum was realized.—Edward Lee, sr., was buried from the A. M. E. church last Friday, the funeral being conducted by Rev. Coleman. Mr. Lee was one of the oldest members of the church. He leaves a wife to mourn his loss.—Miss Carrie Hill and Mr. William Griffin were married last Wednesday evening.—Wm. Gray is very sick.—The festival at the Tabernacle and also the lawn fete were well attended.—Mrs. Frazier and daughter, of Walnut Hills, were guests of Mrs. Rebecca Williams last Sunday.—Mrs. Mary James is visiting her brother and his wife in Indianapolis.—Mrs. Demont, of St. Louis, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Harriet Lee.—Mrs. Hannah Graham has returned from Chicago. Help Us to Get Correspondents. 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: Dayton, Springfield, Steubenville, Lorain, Toledo, Wilmington, Kenton, Lima, Columbus, Chillicothe, Delaware, Circleville, Portsmouth, Lancaster, Xenia, Newark, Cincinnati, Urbana, O.; Pittsburg and Allegheny, and other western Pennsylvania cities and towns; 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. Nominated for Congress. Raleigh, N. C.-The republican executive committee of the Second North Carolina district met at Weldon on the 14th and nominated J. J. Martin, for congress, it having been decided not to hold a nominating convention. D. W. Patrick (white) was the opposing candidate. There were eight members of the committee present, three white and five colored. On the first ballot one of the latter voted with the white members for Patrick, making a tie. On the second ballot all the Afro-Americans voted for Martin and all the whites for Patrick. The Second is the district now represented by Hon. George H. White, the only colored member of the house of representatives. White was not a candidate. Black Cnbans Victorious. Santiago De Cuba.—The elections for delegates to the constitutional convention have resulted in favor of the black party throughout this entire province, and the whites now openly declare themselves to be annexationists. Case of "sour grapes." There will be no annexation, however. Ten thousand colored men paraded through the principal streets of the city last night, carrying tallow candles and torches. A mock funeral of the republican party was held and was attended by about 1,000 persons. The white people are cautious and are avoiding conflicts. So nice, isn't it? A Result of the Biot Akron, O.—Mrs. Lily Wade (white) has brought suit for $5,000 against the county, under Hon. H. C. Smith's anti-lynching or mob violence law, for the death of her 12-year-old son, Glen Wade, who was shot to death on the night of the recent riot. She alleges that her son was killed by a bullet fired from the city building. A railway with wooden rails has been constructed near Quebec for the transport of persons and light goods. The rails are of maplewood, the line is about 30 miles long, and the running is smooth. Among the representatives of foreign countries at the famed Chautauqua assembly, Chautauqua, N. Y., none attracts more attention than Miss Carrie Rousseau, of Kenilworth, South Africa. She is a cousin of President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, over which British dominion is now established. --- New surgical instruments operated by electric motors are coming into use. The most wonderful is an electric saw, which cuts through bone and tissue with lightning speed. This machine has already found an extensive use in large hospitals, and has proved of value in severe operations, where the shock attending the use of the slower hand saw would have frequently proved fatal to the patient. Women live longer than men. Statistics of the various countries are remarkable on this point. In Germany only 113 out of 1,000 males reach the age of 50, while more than 500 of 1,000 females reach that age. In the United States there are 2,583 female to 1,398 male centenarians. In France, of 10 centenarians, 7 are women and only 3 men. In the rest of Europe, of 21 centenarians, 16 are women. Excavations were recently made at Cripplegate, London, to determine whether the medieval bastion covered any remains of the old Roman bastion, supposed to have existed in that neighborhood. The first excavation revealed a Roman wall five feet below St. Giles' churchyard, which is 16 feet below the street level. The average height of this old wall was 25 to 30 feet, but so far only about seven feet have been exposed. Women are reveling in a Japanese craze. Milady must have her Japanese morning room, and, if you are a fortunate intimate, you may perhaps obtain a glimpse of this coveted apartment. The Japanese morning room is hung with light, figured matting, the floor is covered with matting and there is a wide divan upholstered with the same material. A few cushions are permitted on the divan, but not many, and there are no chairs. Among those who accompanied the new Japanese minister to Washington the other day was Mr. Yamada a prominent young judge of Tokio, who will make his headquarters in Philadelphia the coming year. Additional interest is attached to Yamada in that he was the first native Japanese to join the society of Friends in Japan, where a number of Quakers, including several from Philadelphia, opened a school some years ago. Gov. Stanely, of Kansas, while practicing law, defended a negro charged with murder. His client was convicted and Mr. Stanley wrote a strong indorsement of the convict's application for a pardon. Now he has been called upon to pass upon another application on behalf of the same man but, like his predecessor, refuses to grant it, even though backed by his own letter, saying that as governor he views the matter "in an entirely different light." The treasury department is awaiting the return of Chinese missionaries, some of whom, it is believed, will not be able to go back to China, in the hope of getting from among them some Chinese interpreters. Those now in the service of the immigration bureau are Chinese, and it is said that the bureau places little confidence in them because of their friendships and their supposed liability of bribery in connection with the illegal entry of other Chinese into the United States. The engineering feat of transporting a steamboat of 550 tons from Scotland to Lake Titicaca—the most elevated lake in South America—has just been accomplished. The vessel is the Coya. It was constructed in Scotland and then taken in sections to Mollendo, Peru, from which place it was carried in twenty-two cars to the railroad skirting the steep sides of the Andes to the lakeside, nearly 13,000 feet above the sea level. There the sections of the vessel were put together again and the boilers and engines installed. England and most other countries are complaining bitterly at the rapidly increasing price of coal. But if the coal famine leads civilization to adopt electric or sun heating it will save Europe and North America alone a little bill of $315,000,000 a year loss to buildings and personal property by fire. London alone has ten fires a day on an average, and spends $750,000 a year on her fire brigade. New York has 18 fires every 24 hours, and expends $3,510,000 in putting them out. Every time as alarm is sounded in London it costs $200. The twentieth century will have 24 leap years, the greatest number possible. February will have five Sundays three times—1920, 1948 and 1976. The earliest possible date on which Easter can occur is March 12. The last time it occurred on that date was 1818. The latest date that Easter can occur is April 25. It will occur but one time in the coming century on that date—7943. The middle day of the century will be January 1, 1951. There will be 380 eclipses of the moon and sun during the coming century. A story comes to New York that London rejoices over the probable downfall of the high hat—and very sensibly—many leading Englishmen declaring it to be inartistic at all seasons, but most unhygienic and uncomfortable in hot weather. But what do you suppose is the reason given for the high hat becoming unfashionable? Nothing more or less patriotic than that Kruger wears one. Oom Paul's image and effigies, always in high hats, have so long afflicted London, that they have aroused feelings of dislike. Numerous Personal References. Martins Ferry,O.-The seven weeks old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Beasley was buried last Thursday. Mrs. Elmer Walker and son Harold, of Toledo, are here.-Miss Williams, of Youngstown, is at her brother-in-law's. S. D. Newsome, of Aetnaville.-Mrs: Carrie Davis and sister, Miss Anna Branson, attended the Virginia state fair on Wheeling Island.-Misses Maggie Murphy, Alice Seipio, Mary Logan, Anna Branson, Blanche Love and Mesdames Carrie Davis and Alice Branson spent Sunday in Wheeling.-Misses Mary and Julia Gilmore attended Rev. G. W. William's reception in Bellaire.-Mrs. Ella Jackson, of St. Clairsville, visited her sister, Mrs. Ida Seipio, last week.-Mrs. Jobe Murphy has returned from Barnesville and Cambridge.-Mrs. Mattie Dyer is sick.-Mrs. Hannah Curtis leaves for Columbus Tuesday to spend the winter with her son, Mr. Thomas Curtis.-Miss Ella Cochran entertained Misses Gertrude Grandson and Ilanche E. Love at a five-course supper Friday evening.-Mr. and Mrs. Mires have returned from a two week's visit in Cleveland and Lorain.-James Bingham has accepted a position in Wheeling.-Messrs. John Scales, William Fry and Eugene Coleman were here Saturday and Sunday.-Rev. James H. Love is assisting Rev. C. T. Lewis, of Steubenville, in a ten day's meeting.-Rev. Charles H. Beone, of the A. M. E. church, will preach his farewell sermon Sunday evening and will leave Monday morning for Danville, Ky., to attend the annual conference.-The third M. E. church of Bridgeport has been given to Revs. J. H. Love, of Martins Ferry, and G. W. Williams, of Bellaire. Why Bishop Turner is for Bryan. Savannah, Ga.—Bishop H. M. Turner, of the African Methodist church, who has declared for Bryan, says in an interview: "I am one a democrat, never have been one and never expect to be, and I have no intention of stumping the country for Bryan. I dislike Mr. McKinley and the attitude which he has assumed toward the Negro, and I intend to vote for Mr. Bryan in the belief that any change is better than none. "This is no new change of heart with me. For 16 years I have been cooling toward the republican party—ever since the decision of the supreme court which practically held that a Negro had no civil rights. From that date to this the decisions of the supreme court have been against the Negro where a question of his political or civil rights was involved. I have heard of one instance where the court held in the case of a Negro from Texas that he was entitled to trial by a jury of his peers—that is, one composed at least partly of Negroes—but I have not verified this. "The supreme court has practically decitizenized the Negro and has nullified the amendments to the Constitution. I don't know what Mr. Bryan's views are on these questions which affect the Negro race, but I believe that he is a man of sufficient honesty to use his influence in behalf of right and justice. Mr. McKinley has done nothing for the Negroes, except to appoint a few of them to offices." A Pleasant Surprise. Piquan.—Miss Theresa McCune and Mr. Wilson Crowder were married Thursday evening by Rev. T. W. Woodson. They will reside on Chestnut street.—Miss Bessie Taylor visited in Lima on the 20th.—Rev. Foreman, of Troy, preached Sunday afternoon and Rev. Maxwell, P. E., Sunday evening, at Cyrene chapel. Collection, $19.87.—Mesdames Stotts and Watson, Robert Elam and Rev. Gibson, of Troy, attended services here Sunday.—Chas. Moss has returned from Detroit and is employed in Geo, Bowles' tonsorial parlors.—Lewis Collins has returned to Springfield.—Mrs. Geo, Wilson, sr., is improved, but her husband is still ill.—Taylor Madison and family visited in Springfield last Sunday.—Mesdames M. J. Kinney, Madison and Lindsay are in Delaware.—Mrs. Rogers will go to Athens soon to attend her son, John Harris, who is very ill with consumption. —Mesdames Clay, Freidlech, Halloway, Carter, Taylor and Westbrooks are ill.—A surprise party was tendered Mrs. Pettiford last Friday evening in honor of her birthday. Several speeches were made. A solo was sung by Mrs. Woodson and a trio by Mrs. Aletha Johnson, Mrs. Anna Williams and David Kendall. A beautiful lamp was given by Mesdames Giles and Williams. Refreshments were served. New Brighton, Pa. Brevittier Miss Molly Early, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Early, of eHaver Falls, died September 15th, of typhoid fever after an illness of two weeks and was buried at Grove cemetery. The funeral took place at Wayman's chapel on the 17th. Rev. H. A. Grant assisted by Rev. J. D. Brown, of Rochester; Rev. Richard Prown, of Bridgewater; Rev. Harris, of Beaver Falls; Rev. Weirs and Rev. Caliman, of New Brighton, officiated. The choir sang several selections. Messrs. James and William Bolden, William Palmer, Hiet, James and Lewis Penny were the pall bearers.—Rev. Disharoon preached his farewell sermon Sunday evening and left Tuesday for conference at Mt. Pleasant. It is hoped that he will return to this charge again.—A large number attended the services Monday. Also Mrs. J. H. Lee and daughter.—A. H. Evans will lecture on the 20th at Wayman's chapel.—Mrs. Joseph Johnson attended the reception at Sewickley September 18th.—Miss Mary Swan has returned from the East End.—Sunday was Endowment day at Wayman's chapel. Rev. Disharoon, of Zion church, preached.—Rev. Richard Brown held his fourth quarterly meeting Sunday.—A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith. Two Weddings. Wheeling, W. Va.—The Household of Ruth will have its annual sermon preached to-morrow, the 23d, at Simpson M. E. church.—The grand order of Odd Fellows paid their first installment to the widow of Thomas Louis. She received $160.—Miss E. Washington and Mr. Jackson will be married on the 25th of this month and Miss Mamie Jennings and Mr. Coffman will be married on the 27th.—Wait and get your Christmas books from G. W. Hull.—The Wheeling concert band is getting along nicely.—Miss Jennie Waters left September 18th for Charleston, W. Va., to attend school. She is missed by her parents and friends.—William Woods left for his old home to spend a week or so.—Hen, H. C. Smith is expected to spend a few days in our city.—It is rumored that Miss B. McCulia is engaged to be married soon. M. B. $1000 REWARD. DR. SHEA. MARVELOUS MEDIUM. Gives the names of dead and living friends, tells who and when you will marry, also of business, journeys, lawsuits, absent friends, health or anything you wish to know, no matter what it is. He can call up your spirit friends and show them to you. Can make them rap all around the room. He asks no questions to you. You can pick him for him. Don't try to pump you in any way but tells you right off. 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She tells whether your present sweetheart will be true to you and if will you; if you have a sweetheart, she will tell you when you will have, and his name, business and date of acquaintance. Clairvoyantly ALL YOUR FUTURE will be written in an honest, clear and plain manner, and in a dead trance. Mothers should know the success of their husbands and children: young ladies should know everything about their sweethearts and sisters; and married or go into business until you know all; do not let silly religious scruples prevent your consulting. Macamie is the only one in the world who can tell you the FULL NAME of your future husband, with age and date of marriage, and tells whether the one you love is true or false. Reader, do you ever notice that some people seem to have good luck all the time, and no matter what they do they seem to prosper, while others, yourself may be, have such a hard time to get along, and no matter how hard they are, you never have no better off than when they started. This is because they have not consulted the right Medium, while the successful people, in all probabilities, have been to one of the genuine Mediums and obtained advice. If you are unsuccessful in business, have bad luck, things go wrong with you, then you should consult Mrs. Marth. She will tell you what your trouble is, as she understands the spells and evil influences. She has spent years helping distressed persons and has brought thousands to success. For advice by letter $1.00. All letters must contain stamps. MRS. M. B. MARTH. NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. 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 BIG FOUR ROUTE THAT NEW TRAIN "THE ST. LOUIS LIMITED" VIA "Big-4 Route." Leaves—CLEVELAND, 8:00 A. M. (Daily). Arrives—INDIANAPOLIS, 3:05 P. M. Arrives—ST. LOUIS, 9:45 P. M., same night. Arrives—KANSAS CITY, 7 next morning. With Fine Vestibule Coaches, Drawing Room and Dining Cars to Indianapolis and St. Louis, also Coach and Parlor Cars to Columbus and Cincinnati. One of the fastest and finest trains in the country. 5 Fast Trains to Columbus, 4 to Cincinnati, with Sleeping and Dining Cars. Trains from Cleveland to Leave. Arrive. *Col.*, Inc., & St. Louis. 3:35 a.m. 1:50 a.m. *Galton & Intermediate.* 7:00 a.m. 7:30 p.m. St. Louis Ltd. Ind., Col. Inc., 8:00 a.m. 9:55 p.m. Springs, Day, Clin. 12:35 p.m. 2:55 p.m. Indianapolis & St. Louis. 1:00 p.m. 6:45 p.m. Galton to Cleveland. 9:45 a.m. Galton and columbus. 4:00 p.m. *Col.*, Spring, Day., Clin. 8:30 p.m. 6:45 a.m. *Daily.* Get Tickets at COLLVER'S, 116 EUCLID Get Tickets at COLLVER'S. 116 EUCLID AVE Phone Main 910. Cleveland Union Station. Pennsylvania Lines Foot of Bank Street. TICKET OFFICES at Union Station, Euclid Av. and Washington St. Stations. New City Ticket Office, No Euclid. Cor. Public Sq. THROUGH TRAINS RUN AS FOLLOWS BY CENTRAL TIME * Daily. (Daily except Sunday. From Cleveland to Leave. Arrive Pittsburg & Bellaire. +7 00am +11 15am Salem & Pittsburg. +8 00am +8 30pm Pittsburg, Bellaire & East. +3 10pm +6 25pm Pittsburg & Philadelphia. +4 10pm +6 2pm Baltimore & Washington. +3 10pm +6 55pm N. Y., Balt. & Washington. +1 10pm +11 30am Ravenna & Alliance. +5 15pm +8 1am Wellsville & Pittsburg. +11 10pm +4 30pm Philadelphia & New York. +2 10pm +11 30am Baltimore & Washington. +2 10pm +11 30am From Cleveland to Leave. Arrive. Akron Columbus & Cincinnati. *8 25am *5 40pm Indianapolis & St. Louis. *8 25am *5 40pm Mil larsburg & Columbus. *1 40pm *1 05pm Col. Cn. Ind. & St. L. *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 189 Superior 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... 4 46 am 4 56 am No. 5. Standard Express... 7 09 am 7 20 am No. 3. Nickel Plate Ex. 11 12 am 11 20 am Local Freight. *2 50 am *6 40 am *Daily arrival Sunday.* Daily, except Sunday. All express daily. Though sleepers on all trains, Chicago, Buffalo, New York, Boston. Unexcelled dining cars and depot restaurants operated by the company. THE GLEVELAND, TERMINAL & VALLEY R. R. GO. Depot foot of South Water street. City office. 241 Superior street. Arrive. Depart. Valley Jc. & Way Stations.....*5 45 pm *7 25 am Wheeling & Chicago.....*9 25 pm *7 25 am Akron, Canton & Chicago.....*8 05 am *9 4 pm Akron, Canton & Wheeling.....*10 30 am *2 35 pm Akron, Canton & Chicago.....*8 05 am *6 35 pm Akron, Canton, Marietta.....*8 10 pm *11 00 am Wash, Balto, and Phila.....*10 5 am *3 5 pm *Daily except Sunday. *Daily. Pullman 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 20 am 12 00 am Cleve. & Wheeling Ex.....1 35 pm 6 01 pm Cleve. Uhrichsville Ave.....5 10 pm 9 50 am Sunday trains between Cleveland and Uhrichsville arrive at 9:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Depart. *7 20 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. --- LOCAL DEPARTMENT. 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 have the patronage of Afro-Americans. The fact that they advertise is assurance that they want it. Local reading notices (advertisements) ten cents a line. CLEVELAND, SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, 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. ALEX. O. TAYLOR. J. EDWIN DUNJILL Local Reporters. An entertainment will be given at the East End mission on September 27th, by the different auxiliaries of the church (on Hudson street) for the benefit of the pastor. President, Theodore W. Cole; secretary, Miss T. Jackson. The editor of The Gazette has received from Messrs. Baldwin and Dorsey, real estate brokers, of Cambridgeport, Mass., a small hand mirror, on the other side of which is a small card enclosed which reads as follows: "See yourself, then see us." A good advertisement. Two leading citizens, Capt. C. W. Posey, of Homestead, Pa., and Mr. Wm. Simpson, of Irwin, Pa., arrived in the city last week Friday evening en route to Detroit and Mt. Clemens, Mich. Capt. Posey is a charter member of the Leinda club of Pittsburg, an organization composed of professional and business men. Its rooms are among the finest in the country. Mr. Ray, of Asheville, N. C., sang a very pretty selection at Shiloh Baptist church Sunday. He will leave tomorrow (Sunday) to resume his studies at Salisbury, N. C. Rev. R. F. Comback, pastor of Zion A. M. E. church, on Central avenue, has gone to Mt. Pleasant, Pa., to attend the A. M. E. Zion conference. He will doubtless be appointed to another charge. He is a man of superior education and ability. Some one imposed upon the daily press of the city last week in securing the publication of a story of an alleged "face riot" on Sterling avenue that week. There was and is absolutely no truth in the rumor, and it is only calculated to encourage such affairs—something Cleveland does not want, and will not have. A white brute abused the sister of the editor of The Gazette and was green a few good thumps over the head with a cane, by the last mentioned, for doing so. The trouble arose as a result of Mrs. Stafford's trying to save a little Jewish child, hardly 6 years of age, who was being roughly handled by the brute. Possibly 50 people witnessed the punishment of the child and man (?) and no one interfered, knowing the scoundrel but got what he deserved. It seems that he has a mania for abusing women and children. Winter will soon be here and you will have especial need of The Gazette. Why not subscribe now and have the mail-man bring it to your door every week on Friday or Saturday morning? You will want to know the news. Mr. C. P. Lancaster, of this city, now in New-York, formerly of Akron and Ravenna, is representing the Browning Engraving Co., of this city. He was also with the Excelsior Iron Works. Mr. Lancaster will leave New York City in two weeks for Philadelphia to erect a machine in the navy yard. He is the only Afro-American machinist in the country thus engaged, that we know of. Gilliam & Howland's orchestra will open their fourth annual season by giving a ball at Forest Street armory Thursday evening, October 4th. Admission, gents, 50 cents; ladies, 35 cents. Gilliam & Howland will begin their dance programme at Forest Street armory at 9 o'clock and continue till 2:30 a.m. Let every one come and have a good time. Gilliam & Howland will have eight pieces in their orchestra at Forest Street armory Thursday evening, October 4th. Refreshments will be served during the evening. Do not forget the date. The editor of The Gazette has received a letter from Mr. W. R. Harris, formerly of this city, stating that he resigned his position as head-waiter at the Louisville hotel, Louisville, Ky., to accept a position at the Gladstone hotel in Philadelphia, his old home, but on reaching Cincinnati en route to the "Quaker City," he was offered still better terms by the management of the Burnett house to remain and take charge of its dining room. This he has done, and is very much pleased. He left his nephew, C. Harris Mason, his second waiter, in charge of the Louisville hotel's dining room. Mr. Harris is pleased to get back into Ohio again. Mrs. Charles Hunt, of Sterling avenue entertained as her guests the past week Mrs. Samuel Brown and Misses Emma Jones and Mattie Wilson, of Columbus, the latter being a sister of Mrs. Hunt. Mr. Warren G. Richards, a son of Mr. Joseph Richards, who for years kept a restaurant on the Public square, and was one of the best friends of our people this city has ever known, is a fine reader and impersonator, giving a good clean, wholesome, yet amusing, entertainment. His character sketches are of the finest. Mr. Richards is a splendid violinist and uses the instrument freely in his entertainment. He will appear at St. John's church a week from Monday evening and we urge our readers to not fail to be present and enjoy a rare treat. Our older residents ought to turn out en masse to greet their old and true friend. Joe Richard's son. Miss Minnie Jones, of Dayton, O., who has been the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Sides, of Central avenue, for the past three weeks, returned home Sunday. Andrew Edwards spent Sunday in Akron. Illustrious B. M. Shook, 33 deg., of Cleveland, O., has been spending his vacation in Chicago, Ill. He writes that the higher degree department in Ohio is in good condition. Illustrious Shook is prominent in Pythian order as well as being a leading Royal Arch Mason and Knight Templar. Washington (D. C.) National Leader. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1900. We want lady or gentlemen Agents in every town in the United States. You can earn big money if you will work for us even in your spare time. Write to us to-day. This may be the chance of your life. This offer is open to ladies or gentlemen--white or colored. Miss Irene Hardy left Sunday for her home in Zanesville. Rufus R. Harris, who has been in Detroit a month, returned last week. The benefit given for Harry O. Brooks by the ladies of St. Andrews church, Tuesday evening at Woodliff hall, was a decided success. The programme was as follows: Piano solo, Miss Ella Alexander; vocal solo, Mrs. Beulah Griffin-West; reading, Dr. G. Harry Wilson; vocal solo, Mr. Trap: selection, Florence and Gertrude Fairfax and John Fairfax. He will leave next week for Washington, D. C., to resume his studies at Howard university. Dan R. Fairfax left Saturday night for Windsor, Can., where he will be the guest of Miss Ada Christian. Charles Bundy, who has been confined to his bed for the past two weeks, is slightly improved. Howard Hodge, of Oberlin, spent Sunday in Cleveland. Wm. Bryant, of Newton street, who has been confined to his home for the past three weeks, is able to be out again. At St. John's church to-morrow Endowment day will be appropriately celebrated. In the morning Rev. Chas. Bundy will preach an appropriate sermon on "Christian Education." In the evening a literary and musical programme will be rendered. Mrs. Rose Holmes, of No. 40 Laurel street, after a two weeks' visit with her son in Chicago, has returned. "The Liquor Traffic Seen Through a Camera," an illustrated lecture by Rev. S. A. Cornwall, was enjoyed by the congregation at St. John's church last Sunday evening. Miss Dora Lucas, of Youngstown, is in the city. Rev. Iyrd will leave to-night for Buffalo and Niagara Falls to spend a few days. On his return he will go to Wilberforce and resume his studies at Payne Theological seminary. Geo. Johnson was in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sunday. Miss Agnes Bolden and William Green were married at Niagara Falls Wednesday evening. The bride's mother lives there. Mrs. Julius Lomac left for Detroit Saturday night to join her husband, who is employed there. Miss Nora Harper, of Toledo, was the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Scott, of Harmon street, the first of the week while en route to Willoughby. Miss Minnie Cooper, of Newark; Misses Lulu Anderson and Jones, of Washington C. H., arrived in the city the past week to join the Tucker-Thomas Jubilee and Entertainment Co. Miss Ida Anderson has returned from Oberlin, where she had a very pleasant visit with Miss Flossie Symons. Mrs. Dennis Bridges and children have returned from Chattanooga, Tenn. Challenged Miss Jewett. Richmond, Va.—Miss Lillian Clayton Jewett left the city for the north on the 14th, but not before she had received a letter from a young Virginia attorney, John S. Eggleston, challenging her to a public debate on her favorite theme, anti-lynching, with an admission fee for the benefit of Galveston sufferers. It is not known whether a reply was sent or not. Miss Jewett showed a threatening letter and postal advising her to leave. Will Complete His Law Course. Lornin. O.—Charles A. Pully left the past week for Cleveland where he resumes his studies in the law department of Western Reserve university. He would have graduated last June had it not been for illness and time lost last winter when he was a candidate for engrossing clerk of the house of representatives. He thinks of locating in Cincinnati on the completion of his course. Thirty-five Alleged Blotter Arrested. Akron, O.—John Wilbur was arrested at Barberton the 17th in connection with the riot of the night of August 22, in this city. This makes about thirty-five arrests so far in connection with the riot. The grand jury is yet at work, and the end is not yet in sight. Jones-Johnson. Dayton. O.—It is currently rumored that Miss Mamie Jones, a popular young lady of this city, and a Mr. Johnson, were quietly married Sunday morning. Miss Minnie Jones, her sister, and a graduate of our high school, has returned to the city from Cleveland, where she had a delightful visit of several weeks with her aunt Mrs. Charles Sides. The Nickel Plate Road announces to the public that Euclid avenue station is now open for all trains. Passengers may now secure tickets and have baggage checked for all trains east or west bound, at this station. No. 204 Boutelle Improves Rapidly. Bangor, Me., Sept. 20.—A report sent officially from the asylum in which Congressman Boutelle is receiving treatment, states that he is rapidly improving. The brain obstruction which, by allowing a physical pressure upon certain parts, made it impossible for him to properly control his nerve centers, has so far been absorbed under the treatment he has been receiving, that he is now only slightly troubled in thought or speech and in general he is practically himself again. "The Wizard" challenges Slosson. Chicago, Sept. 20.—Jacob Schafer has challenged George Slosson to play two games of billiards for the championship of the world. One of the games is to be at 18-inch balk line and the other at cushion caroms, both games to be played at New York. The stipulation regarding place is made because Slosson has frequently refused to come here to play. Schafer has posted a forfeit of $250 and will be ready to play in 60 days. 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Cash on hand, June 15, 1900. $ 44,100.60 Mortgage loans. 423,547.88 Stock loans. 4,500.01 Furniture and fixtures. 5,300 Real estate. 60,005 Insurance and taxes, advanced. 845.27 Sundry accounts. 444.88 Books and supplies. 725.72 Permanent stock (inc. div.) ..... $ 20,556.25 Prepaid stock (inc. div.) ..... 1,155.30 Paid up stock (inc. div.) ..... 122,825.02 Installment stock (inc. div.) ..... 301,966.40 Bills payable ..... 11,000.00 Building account ..... 11,632.20 Deposits ..... 500.09 Contingent fund ..... 931.70 "Money at Interest is a Good Silent Partner." STATE OF OHIO, CUYAHOGA COUNTY J. A. Blodt, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the Secretary of THE GUAR-ANTEE SAVINGS & LOAN COMPANY, of Cleveland, Ohio, and that the foregoing is a true report of the affairs, and business of said company as shown by its books at the close of business on June 15, 1900. J. A. Blodt. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of June, A. D. 1900. day of June, A. D., 1900. 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These rove, a countless throng of infants fair; Dim through the twilight gleams the golden hair Of little ones long dead. And here are saints who lived and prayed of vore, With heroes, who the martyr palm-branch bore; Now they are names to us, and little more, Though holy, honored Dead. And warriors, who to save their country died. All human souls who lived and laughed They stretch mute hands to us across the years; We answer back with helpless, yearning tears; Life's tide rolls up, and swift it disappears, That vision of the Dead! Peace! they are free of human slight or wrong; Patience! the crowning moments speed along. Soon, soon, we, too, must join the swelling throng Of the forgotten Dead! Forgotten! yet be sure they understand, Whom God forgets not in the Quiet Land, And holds within the hollow of His Hand, His dear, remembered Dead. —E. L. Thomas, in Boston Watchman. The Turtle Handicap By E. J. Webster. "AFTER Eben Brown sold his farm," said Deacon Todgers, reminiscently, "time hung pretty heavy on his hands, and he got into the habit of coming down to the tavern and bet-ing with the boys. "The moral element of the community being against cards and dice, the good old man had to stir up the sporting blood of the boys by getting them to bet on races of various kinds, horses, fast dogs, and finally matches between donkeys. "Eben could generally hold his own in the betting game, but Squire Rogers, who was a pretty smooth old codger himself, ran in a ringer donkey in a race that Eben thought he had all fixed. The result was the transfer of a wad of bills to the squire, and a bunch of experience to Eben. Eben felt sore at this." "For an elder of the church to run in a trick circus animal in a race supposed to be limited to nonprofessional Pike county donkeys is enough to curdle the milk of human kindness,' observed Eben sadly. 'I'm a good man and a pious, but I'll get even with the squire if I develop paresis trying to think up some plan.' "Eben always had been given to fussing with electricity, and magnets, and scientific foolishness, so when he didn't show up at the tavern for a spell everyone thought he was busy with what he called his 'inventions.' But one Saturday afternoon he came to the tavern carrying a big overgrown land turtle. "It's only a poor, homeless turtle I picked up and tried to make comfortable,' he said in answer to the boys' questions. 'No candidate for first prize at a beauty show, but an animal with good points, despite his unassertive appearance.' "And beyond his good looks, what might be the particularly prepossessing qualities of that new pet of yours?" inquired Squire Rogers. "He's a turtle, an honest, open-faced turtle, and no galloping Bucephalus disguised as a donkey,' answered Ebem, sort of tart like. 'But while he don't look like a sprinter, I will back that turtle in a race against any turtle in Pike county.' "Eben's turtle looked too fat and too heavy to carry off any honors in the racing line, and the turtle match being a new game, all the boys took to it. Eben made a few small bets. I thought he had things fixed and was looking to see his pet win, but when Eben set the turtle down it blinked its eyes and acted more as if it wanted to go to sleep than engage in a turtle running match. Eben seemed heartbroken. "How much sharper than a serpent's tooth is an ungrateful land turtle," he groaned. 'Raw meat and affection and good advice have always been that turtle's portion, and now he settles down and sleeps as calmly as if his owner's good money hain't been wagered on his recreant legs and lazy disposition." "Eben took the turtle up, turned him upside down and seemed to be giving him a most powerful shaking. "The boys felt it was just like finding money to bet against that fat turtle. This time Eben held the turtle in his hands until everything was ready for the start. Then he placed the turtle on the ground and gave him a little moke. "Talk about racing turtles! The fat turtle simply galloped over the course. He didn't stop at the end, either, but kept on at an increasing speed until Eben ran and picked him up. Eben collected his bets, this time taking about all the money in the crowd. "That turtle isn't a ringer donkey,' he said to Squire Rogers, 'and he's no express train, but viewed as a turtle he's very fair on the gallop." "Squire Rogers was clean puzzled. "I don't mind losing my bet,' he remarked to me in a perplexed way. 'But what gets me is the actions of that turtle. Man and boy, I've known Pike county turtles for years, but this is the first time I ever saw one gallop.' That evening Eben called at the theme and began to gloat over the victory of his turtle. "That's a turtle in a million," he stated, emphatically. 'The only galloping land turtle in the country. Your Uncle Eben's name will be thundering down the ages as the trainer and fos- THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1900. ter father of that turtle. I'm going to get up a grand turtle handicap, open to all Pike county turtles of good reputation. That will increase my fame, and, if any benighted owners of vagrant, untrained turtles are looking for bets they will be accommodated. "You've made a good thing of it, already," I warned him, 'and now is the time to stop. Even a turtle that adopts a joyous gallop as its means of travel may go up against the real thing. It's the pitcher that goes too often to the well and the owner of sure things in racing that get broken.' "But Eben wouldn't listen, and kept booming up his turtle handicap scheme until nearly every one of the boys had a turtle entered. The committee in charge of the race handicapped Eben's turtle back nearly half the distance of the course, but Eben didn't seem to care and kept plunging until he brought the odds on his turtle down from three to one to less than even money. "The day of the race Squire Rogers, who had been growing more and more suspicious of Eben's galloping turtle, managed to get Eben in the tavern, and filled him up with Pike county applejack. Eben had been toting his precious turtle about in a basket all day, but, growing careless under the seductive influence of applejack, he put the turtle on the bar and let the squire have a chance to examine it carefully. The squire came out of the tavern fairly boiling with indignation. "No wonder that turtle gallops when he's put on the ground,' Squire Rogers sputtered wrathfully. 'That's a regular electric automobile turtle. Eben Brown has tucked a tiny storage battery under the back part of that poor abused turtle's shell. When he puts the innocent creature on the ground the circuit is complete, and, tortured by the electric current, the poor animal has to gallop. It's cruelty to animals and an outrage on unsuspecting men who thought they had an easy thing betting against a fat land turtle.' "Then an idea seemed to strike the squire. "Seeing that abused turtle is used to electric racing,' he sort of murmured to himself, 'maybe it would be cruel to take that battery out altogether, but it must be monotonous for the poor creature to have it in the same place all the time. I will just tuck that little battery in under the front part of his shell. That's the least a humane man can do to aid a poor, dumb animal which has undoubted gifts in the sprinting line.' "So, while Eben's attention was distracted, Squire Rogers managed to take out the little battery from the back of the turtle and slip it under the shell near his neck. "At last the time came for the race. All the other turtles were on the ground, but Eben held his carefully in his hand until the word was given to start. Then Eben put the fat, lazy-looking turtle on the ground and watched to see it gallop. "And that turtle did gallop. But it was a backward sort of gallop, as if the animal was trying to get away from itself. Eben, of course, didn't understand that his pet was trying to back away from the electric current, which was getting in its work under the turtle's neck. "I've heard of alternate currents,' said Eben, amazed like, as his turtle backed out of sight in the bushes to the rear of the handicap course, 'but this is the first time I ever really saw electricity working backwards. The wonders of science are past finding out.' And Eben shook his head like a man who has made a great scientific discovery. "Just then Eben saw Squire Rogers doubled up with ribald laughter. Then Eben understood what had happened to his galloping turtle. For a church member and a man who had been a professor of religion two score and ten years, Eben's language was fluent and shocking. But Squire Rogers took it calmly. "I never dreamed such a respected man as Eben Brown put that battery in so as to win a race unfairly,' replied the squire. 'Knowing you for a kind-hearted person, I thought you would be pleased at my endeavor to make life less monotonous for that big turtle. And judging from the efforts he was making to trot backwards as he disappeared in the bushes, my humane attempt to introduce variety into his life was meeting with unqualified success.'"—Boston Globe. MARK TWAIN, CAMPAIGNER. His Active Part in a Political Campaign and His Introduction to Gen. Hawley. Only once did Mark Twain appear in public as a political speaker, writes Will M. Clemens, in Ainslee's. As a conscientious republican in his political preferences, Mr. Clemens took an active interest in the presidential campaign in 1880. While visiting in Elmira, N. Y., in the fall of that year he made a short speech one Saturday night, introducing to a republican meeting Gen. Hawley, of Connecticut. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Clemens said: "Gen. Hawley is a member of my church at Hartford, and the author of 'Beautiful Snow.' Maybe he will deny that. But I am only here to give him a character from his last place. As a pure citizen, I respect him; as a personal friend of years, I have the warmest regard for him; as a neighbor, whose vegetable garden adjoins mine, why—why, I watch him. As the author of 'Beautiful Snow,' he has added a new pang to winter. He is a square, true man in honest politics, and I must say he occupies a mighty lonesome position. So broad, so bountiful is his character that he never turned a tramp empty-handed from his door, but always gave him a letter of introduction to me. Pure, honest, incorruptible, that is Joe Hawley. Such a man in politics is like a bottle of perfumery in a glue factory—it may moderate the stench, but it doesn't destroy it. I haven't said any more of him than I would say of myself. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Gen. Hawley. The Point of View "Ah!" sighed the old bachelor, "this world is but a gloomy prison." "Undoubtedly," responded his pretty sister-in-law, "to those in solitary confinement."—Chicago Evening News. CURRENT TOPICS. A $50,000 oil mill is under construction at Thomaston, Ga. Strange to say, Turkey and Greece are without telephones. It is said that irregular eyebrows are an indication of insanity. Illinois apples were awarded the first prize at the Paris exposition. A chateau near Prague has been lighted by 1,300 jets of acetylene gas. Carnegie company will establish eight ocean liners for the export trade. Two thousand gallons of air are a grown-up person's allowance for 24 hours. Only citizens of Canada will be employed on government work on contracts. The number of languages and dialects spoken in the world amounts to 3,064. There are 1,000 vessels which cross the Atlantic ocean regularly every month. Two steers ran amuck at Roger's Ford, Pa., and terrorized populace Sunday. In South Australia a mine of natural India rubber has been lately discovered. John Brisben Walker ascended Pike's Peak to the timber line on an automobile. The Indiana insurance agents have formed a protective union for mutual benefit. In proportion to its size, Great Britain has eight times as many railways as the United States. The building trades of Omaha are enjoying a prosperous year, all men being fully employed. A German doctor finds that only in one case out of fifteen are both eyes in good condition. United States government will colonize lepers on a group of small islands in the Philippines. Andrew Schlake, lost in a swamp, near Pana, Ill., was tormented by mosquitos until he went mad. There are no living descendants of Shakespeare, Cowper, Dryden, Swift, Chaucer, Pope, Shelley or Byron. Hawaiian planters are importing Louisiana Negroes to work on their plantations, paying $20 per month. At Whakarewarewa, New Zealand, there are geysers, hot springs, boiling pools, mud volcanoes and hot waterfalls. The queen is said to have derived more physical benefit from her brief residence in Ireland than she ever enjoyed in Riviera. A London bankrupt has been ordered to pay a debt to a grocer at the rate of $1.25 per week. It will take him 37 years to do it. In Manitoba and northwest territories during the year 1899 there arrived from European countries 20,364 settlers and from the United States 9,839. There are about 125 corset factories in Germany, most of which are located in the Rhine provinces—Hesse-Nassau, Berlin, Hamburg, Saxony and Wurtemburg. Caterpillars are said to be so thick in Colorado that they are obstructing traffic on the railroads near Florence. They swarm upon the rails in great numbers, and when crushed make the tracks slippery. When Dr. Murray's new English dictionary is completed it will contain about 500,000 words, of which one-half have come into use during this century, and of these the larger part are technical or scientific terms. The London Telegraph notes that there has been of late a notable decrease in the bands of Negro minstrels who go about the streets of London singing for coppers. The public cares at present only for war sones. During the sixty years that Judge Reagan, of Texas, has been in public life he has kept up his farm. He now has a fine ranch of 800 acres near Palestine, Anderson county, to which he will retire when he surrenders his office of railroad commissioner. Those nations who are figuring on a fight with the czar of Russia of course understand that he has overwhelmingly great armies and navies. Two hundred and forty ships are now in service. The Russian army figures in grand totals, 52,100 officers and 2,798,000 men. In 1891 there was printed in St. Petersburg a book containing interviews with many prominent persons on the position of Hebrews in Russia. The authorities interfered, and apparently every copy was destroyed. One, however, found its way to Berlin. It has been translated in German, and the original presented to the British museum. The Italian duke of Abruzzi has come nearer getting an introduction to the North Pole than any explorer who has ever undertaken the task. While he has the gratification of traveling farther north than any one else, he has not, so far as reported, added to the world's stock of useful information. However, the full account of his arduous voyage has not yet been rendered. In Zululand the atmosphere is so clear that objects can be easily seen by starlight at a distance of seven miles. Capt. E. S. White, of Columbia, S. C., an old confederate soldier, will erect a monument to the dead Indians who helped the confederate cause. A man in Keokuk, Ia., committed suicide the other day by hanging himself to a rafter in a barn. The event was chronicled in the Quincy Herald under the heading, "By Rafter to Hereafter." The packages sent from Dublin castle to Windsor show that the queen's purchases in Ireland were largely presents for her wounded soldiers. There is such a variety of climate in Costa Rica that, by going a few miles north or south of a given point, any kind of climate may be enjoyed. There is a big demand for Mexican silver dollars in China. During the past few days 18,000 pounds of white metal have been shipped to HongKong from Mexico City by the WellsFargo Express Co. WANTED TO TELL HER. His Circuit Was Disconnected, But Love's Current Was Soon Flowing Smoothly. "Millie!" The young lineman twirled his hat in his hands in an agitated manner and spoke in a voice that seemed to have a tendency to get away from him, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. "Millie, the fact is, I—I—there's something I've been wanting to tell you for a long time, but I can't seem to fetch it. When you look at me like that, you know, it breaks me all up. I've been coming here so long that I oughtn't to be afraid, I reckon, but—you know how it is—or maybe you don't, either. I thought you're a little the livest wire I ever—I didn't think it would be so hard when I—" Here he came to a dead stop. "Millie!" he exclaimed, in desperation, "I'm short circuited! I've burned out a fuse!" "Jerry, are you trying to ask me to marry you?" "Y-es!" "Why, of course I will, you foolish boy!" And love's current flowed unobstructedly again, lighting up with its pure radiance the rose-embowered pathway that, etc. etc. WERE MEN OF FEW WORDS. They Managed Pretty Well, However, to Make, themselves, Un- There is a little settlement of New Hampshire people in Kiowa county, Col. Among other things they brought with them the New Hampshire aversion to using any more words in conversation than are absolutely necessary, says the Philadelphia Record. Two of them met on the road recently and indulged in the following dialogue: "Mornin', Si." "Mornin', Josh." "What'd you give your horse for bots?" "Turpentine." "Mornin'." "Mornin'." A few days later the men met again, and here's the way a hard luck story was told in mighty few words: "Mornin', Si." "Mornin', Josh." "What'd you say you gave your horse for bots?" "Turpentine." "Killed mine." "Mine, too." "Mornin'" "Mornin'" PRESENCE OF MIND. Little Bit of Bluff That Failed to Work with a Wide Awake Man. If there be one thing that I more than another admire it is the having one's wits about one—perhaps because I never had mine. To be possessed only of l'esprit d'escaliers is simply an aggravation, writes John Paul in Harper's Magazine. As illustrative of ready-witted men I recall an incident that I have often told but never published. Let me do that now in justice to one that is gone. In company with the late J. R. Osgood I once of an evening dropped in at Wallack's old Fourteenth Street theater. We could get no seats, as there was standing room only. At the end of the first act two orchestra seats were vacant in front, and we walked down and took them. Barely were we seated when two gentlemanly-looking young men came down the aisle and addressed me. "Beg pardon, but have you checks for those seats?" I was on the point of rising, when Osgood replied: "No. Have you?" replied: "No. Have you?" They didn't. It was merely a bit of supreme blucc. But how few would have had the readiness to meet and parry it. FELT HIS SUPERIORITY. Considered Himself Far Ahead of the Police in One Respect at Least. "This man, your honor, was abusing every policeman he came across," testified an officer before Justice Martin in prosecuting a hungry-looking individual who had been taken into custody the previous evening. We tried to avoid placing him under arrest, but he continued his abuse until it could not be endured any longer." "What was the worst thing he called you?" inquired the court. "He said, your honor," was the officer's reply, "that he was so much superior to any officer he had ever seen that he would not notice them." The justice looked at the hungry-appearing individual before him and asked if he had uttered this slander against the police officer, says the Chicago Chronicle. "Yes, your honor," said the prisoner, "and I repeat it. I never knew a police officer that was not a scoundrel, and in this one respect I am superior to all of them. I can give them all cards and spades when it comes to separating an individual from his money." 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