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THE GAZETTE. One Year. 81 80 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, the second-class master. All communications should be addressed: H. C. SMITH. Editor and Proprietor THE GAZETTE. Case Library Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Member Ohio Legislature, 1804 to 1898 1900 to 1902. CLEVELAND, OHIO. DEC. 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 cut of koscoe Conkling Bruce, which appeared in our last issue, was secured from The Press, one of our best local daily newspapers. A Christmast gift that will be appreciated by any of your friends, is a year's subscription. Send us one dollar and a half and we will do the rest. Send your friends and relatives The Gazette for a year. A splendid Christmas gift! Well! Well!! Well!!! "Willie" Pledger of the Atlanta Age and "Hen." Turner of the Atlanta Voice of Missions are saying "awful nawsty" things in their papers to and about each other. Stop it, brethren, and be the Hon. William A. Pledger and Bishop Henry M. Turner, veteran race men and workers "f'om Gawgah, sah!" It seems that the National Federation of Women's clubs, which turned down Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, of Boston, who represented the Woman's Era club of Boston at the organization's last meeting at Milwaukee, is in a fair way to have a hot time as a result. Mrs. Ruffin and the members of her club are members of the race. The president of the national organization is a Georgia woman (white), a resident of Atlanta, who has gone abroad for her health, leaving the first vicepresident, a New York lady, in charge. Mrs. Ruffin and her organization had been accepted as members of the federation before the Milwaukee meeting and we understand she has instituted suit in the courts for the purpose of securing redress and justice from the organization. The Massachusetts clubs (white) have taken up the cudgel in her behalf with the result that a hot time is slated for the near future. Mrs. Ruffin certainly has our best wishes, because she is fighting a battle which is of vital interest to the women of the race of the entire country. The National Afro-American council, which met in Indianapolis the latter part of last August, and which was supposed to have been a nonpartisan organization, seems, after all, to be an organization for the plucking of political plums for a few of its officers, as Editor Harry C. Smith, of the Cleveland Gazette, has intimated. The council will meet in Washington this month and ask of the administration political favors.—Omaha (Neb.) Enterprise. The Enterprise is wrong. The editor of this paper never said that the National Afro-American council was "an organization for the plucking of political plums for a few of its officers." We have never intimated that this is true. On the contrary, we desire it distinctly understood that there is absolutely no foundation for any such intimation, statement or belief. Furthermore, the sub-committee of the executive committee of the council, which will meet in Washington next week, is not convened for the purpose of asking the administration for any political favors for individuals. We make this statement as a member of the sub-committee, and, of course, as a member of the executive committee of the council also. ARE AFRO-AMERICANS TO BE THE REJECTED OF THE NATION? The president and the present administration may see things in their way and may feel themselves safe in the exercise of their best wisdom for the peace and happiness alike of all citizens under the government. Past and present conditions may dictate a conservative policy in the management of affairs so far as they concern that class of the people against whom discriminations are mostly felt. It may be predetermined that in the course of events those who share in these unjust discriminations shall be left to bide their time; when a growing sentiment of patriotism and fair play shall adjust differences and accord to each citizen the rights and privileges guaranteed under the constitution of our national government. Very evidently there is a manifest disposition to rest the matter in statu quo, rather than press it to a brave and manly issue upon terms of duty and justice. But the great principle of personal liberty and national honor admits of no ground of political expediency. Upon the adoption of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments the irrevocable die was cast with Americans. Our government was reconstructed upon the broad basis of equal rights and equal protection to all men and we dare not recede from that principle; we dare not tamper with a single measure of justice in which is involved the endeared rights of the people. We live in a far different period of our country's history and every recurrence to the fundamental law as it now exists is but a warning to the statesman of a simple line of duty. Action upon this line demands cou THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1900. formity to the spirit and purpose of the constitution. No oversight, nor silence nor indifference can eliminate the existence of a public wrong, which looms out as palpable as the sun in the heavens. The president may be hampered and it may be that he is pondering over the mighty crime of lawlessness and political discrimination which serves as a curse to this nation. But there is no middle ground to be taken in this trying crisis. The government at Washington lives, and as sure as God lives, something must be done. The president is our chief executive, but he is also the mouthpiece of the nation, and it remains with him to speak with no uncertain sound touching every violation of the national law and every tendency to disintegration. He is the Lincoln of our times and he is called to confront a terrible emergency such as has never come upon the country. Will he meet the issue squarely, and will he tackle it with the nerve, the energy and heroism of Cromwell or will he drift with the current of popular feeling, that this is a white man's government and that only the great and the strong can command his service? Well enough does the president declare; "Our party records the unquestioned endorsement of the gold standard, industrial independence, broader markets, commercial expansion, reciprocal trade, the open door in China, the inviolability of public faith, the independence and authority of the judiciary, and peace and beneficent government under American sovereignty in the Philippines." This is a clear statement of what seems to be the mind of our executive and of what has been partially accomplished. But there must be no backing down from brave principles. The inviolability of public faith is to be maintained in its every relation to American justice and American citizenship. Peace and beneficent government are as essential at home under American sovereignty as in the Philippines, and since peace and good government are elements yet to be secured over those now in rebellion, is it not the part of widom to assure to those who are helpless and defenseless at home, that liberty and protection which are guaranteed under this government? Shall the loyal and faithful suffer and die an ignominious death at the hands of their own government, while the chief of the nation plead for peace and free government for those in rebellion? The American people stepped aside from party lines in order to secure an administration able to solve the great problems before them. To secure harmony and peace at home, freedom and protection to each and every citizen is the vital question at hand, and the false doctrine of class distinction cannot be overlooked in this moment of trial and danger. The election both in its negative and positive respects is a foregone conclusion. A new administration will soon be inaugurated and it devolves upon the aggrieved and the oppressed as well as upon the patriot and statesman to tire not till every wrong is redressed and that liberty shall not lose. The greatest glory of a nation is to protect to the fullest extent not its mightiest and influential alone, but also its humblest and most defenseless citizens. When the republic was born it was avowed that all governments derived their just powers from the consent of the governed. In the name of four million of American citizens and of the seven hundred thousand electors of Afro-Americans who have been called to share in the exercise of a franchise guaranteed by American law, God helping us, may we express the hope that the administration of our government entrusted to our present chief magistrate, may be under benignant Providence so ordered that a grand and imperishable heritage shall go down to posterity radiant with the triumphs of an everlasting peace and good will to all the races of men. REDUCED FARES Via Pennsylvania Lines for Christmas and New Year Holidays. Excursion tickets will be sold Dec 22d, 23d, 24th, 25th and 31st, 1900, and Jan. 1st, 1901, via Pennsylvania Lines account Christmas and New Year's Holidays. The rate for adults will not be less than 30 cents, nor less than 15 cents for children. Tickets will be good returning until Jan. 2, 1901, inclusive. For details about fares, time of trains, etc., call on or address nearest ticket agent, or address C. L. Kimball, A. G. P. A., Cleveland, O. Died in the Philippines. Piqua, O.—Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Reese entertained at dinner Monday afternoon Prof. R. L. Remley, of Toledo, Miss Minnie Reese and Homer Collins, of Piqua.—Cyrene S. S. Christmas tree and entertainment on Monday evening. All having presents should take them to the church Monday afternoon.—Jas. H. Wilson died in the Philippines November 26. His body will be sent here for interment.—Mrs. Jas. Johnson attended her brother's funeral at Pomeroy Wednesday.—Cyrene church aid society will hold Christmas dinner.—The fair begins on Tuesday.—Luke Johnson has returned and will remain till spring.—Geo. Bowles is improving.—Freddie Wilson and Mrs. Taylor are ill. Fine Restaurant. Sewickley, Pa.-Mrs. Katie Kirk, cor. of Beaver and Little streets, has the best equipped restaurant in this city or county. It is large and commodious and nas both electric and gas light. Rev. Kirk, her husband, is pastor of the Antioch Baptist church here. A fair and bazaar lasting one week will be held at the church. Pulles Out in the Cold Again. Washington, D. C.-L. W. Pulies is no longer a clerk in the United States pension office here. He served only two months. Pulies used to live in Cleveland some years ago and fought The Gazette bitterly. He has been "down" ever since. SOME PLAIN TALK. Outlook of the Democracy as Viewed by an Old School Democrat. Cpl. Watterson has been looking over the election figures, and he grasps truth which he expresses with characteristic plainness. He finds that, in comparison with 1896, there was a falling off in 1900 in the Bryanite vote in nearly every southern state except Kentucky. The aggregate decline in that section he puts at 225,000. "It should be borne in mind," he adds, "that these losses were made notwithstanding the material increase of the south's population and qualified voters during these four years. Without the south the democratic party of to-day is nothing. Is it not time that the democratic party were getting back to democratic principles?" Of course the colonel is correct. Outside of the states classed as the old solid south Bryan carried only Colorado, Montana, Idaho and Nevada, with 13 electoral votes. If there were no south the only interest that there would have been this year in Bryan's candidacy would be as to whether he would beat Woolley, the prohibitionist, and Debs, the social democrat, or be beaten by one or both of them. He would not have been in the presidential race at all. Nobody would have coupled his name with the presidency except in a facetious way. Several other southern men besides Col. Watterson are also asking if it is not time for the democratic party to be getting back to democratic principles. But the Bryanite leaders are not impressed with this talk. Bryan himself says he will remain in politics until he dies. Stone and the rest of the Bryanite chieftains are declaring that the democratic party needs no reorganizing, and are saying that if any reorganizing takes place it will have to be done by the men who nominated Bryan. Here is the old irrespressible conflict of 40 years ago revived in the democracy. There is a broad a gulf between the element for which the Macon Telegraph, the Louisville Courier-Journal, the Memphis Commercial Appeal and the Chicago Chronicle speak on the one side and that represented by Bryan, Stone, Jones, Altgeld and Bailey on the other as there was between the Buchanan and Douglas factions of the democracy from the beginning of the Lecompton constitution fight in 1858 and the Charleston convention convulsion in April, 1860, onward to the election in the latter year. Nobody need be surprised if there should, as in 1860, be two democratic tickets in the field in 1894.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. AN AMERICAN POLICY. Even the Democratic Organs Praise the President's Policy Towards China. President McKinley must be credited in full with the legitimate distinction attaching to the signing by all the interested powers of an agreement with regard to a united course in China which largely does away with the menace of war that has existed in the Chinese situation up to date. This agreement formulates a policy which has oeen the definite policy of the American government since the development of the Chinese crisis, and which has been urged upon the other powers by the United States through Minister Conger with consistent earnestness. Its general acceptance cannot but be regarded as a signal triumph for American diplomacy. The especial satisfaction for Americans contained in this achievement lies in the fact that the policy thus agreed upon is in consonance with the best American tradition. It holds China properly responsible for the outrages committed during the period of the Boxer rebellion. It insists upon the punishment of the guilty leaders of that movement. It rightfully demands indemnity for the assassination of foreigners, for the destruction of the property of foreigners and for the expense attaching to the relief expeditions pecessitated by the besieging of the foreign legations in Peking. With true American spirit, however, it refrains from making this outbreak in China an excuse for the dismemberment of that empire and the division of the spoils of territory among the great powers. It goes only so far as to insist upon certain reforms in Chinese diplomatic methods as shall justifiably increase foreign influence for the protection of the rights of all the powers in China. It promises in effect the salvation of China as a nation and the averting of a general war which was at one time imminent and which, without such an agreement, would continue as a peril likely to develop at any moment. Fair play is a jewel, and fair play demands that Mr. McKinley be credited with this great diplomatic and truly American achievement. All Americans can join in praising the president for his work in China.—St. Louis Republic (Dem.). War Taxes. Tremendous pressure will be brought on congress by the interests affected by the war taxes to influence the removal of those imposts. Some of the taxes necessarily will have to remain for a few years, but just what these are will not be ascertained until after the bill runs the gantlet of both houses. A hard fight will be made by each interest to secure favors in the remission of the imposts. Congress would be glad to be able to get rid of all these troublesome taxes, but unhappily some of them will have to be retained for the time. In these days of republican prosperity, however, the tendency is for the government's income to increase, and this circumstance will hasten the day when the country can fall back on the revenue system which existed just prior to the Spanish war of 1898.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Bryan, in his latest epistle concerning the result of the election, calls it a "temporary reverse." If this means that Mr. Bryan hopes to try again, we invoke the aid of the Red Cross society, which exists to give relief in times of national calamity.—Buffalo Express. Bryan Will Again Turn on His EJoquence at a Fixed Figure. On December 25 William Jennings Bryan will again open his mouth and permit articulate sounds to flow therefrom. In other words, he will make a public speech. The occasion will be a banquet to be given by the Jeffersonian club of Lincoln, Neb., which, it is believed, is intended to be the first step toward the organization of strong opposition to the proposed reorganization of the democracy on anti-Bryanism lines. It is expected that Mr. Bryan will state his position relative to the reorganization, proposition in forceful and unequivocal terms. This announcement strengthens the theory that the recent appeal to the "reform forces" to rally around Mr. Bryan, which was sent out by Mr. Washburn, of Boston, was part of a plan formed by the Bryanites and approved by Mr. Bryan. Their idea seems to be that if there is to be reorganization they will "do it first" and thus frustrate the scheme of the anti-Bryanite democrats. Nearly all the prominent members of Mr. Bryan's immediate following have been invited to the feast. Among the names mentioned are Altgeld and Alschuler, of Illinois; Stone and Webster Davis, of Missouri; Towne, of Minnesota; Blackburn, of Kentucky; Johnson and Overmeyer, of Kansas; Cato Sells, of Iowa; Patterson, of Colorado, and Campau, of Michigan. Those who will eat will be assessed $1.50 each, while those who may come merely to sit in the gallery to see and listen will be required to pay only 25 cents. It begins to look as if preparations are being made to begin at once "the campaign of 1904," and to start Mr. Bryan on another period of four years of continuous candidacy. But it will be found impossible to induce or force another democratic national convention to accept him as a candidate. If he runs again he will do so as a populist and a third candidate.—Albany Journal DEMOCRATS TURNING. The "Paramount Issue" of the Presidential Campaign Is Being Deserted. All through the campaign it was easy to perceive that some of the sound money democrats who supported Bryan, either as public speakers or as editors of newspapers, did so mainly for the sake of holding or gaining good standing in their party. They could not altogether disguise their dislike of Bryan or their opposition, at heart, to some of his most cherished policies. There was least concealment in regard to the money question, because several of the most conspicuous and powerful of these democrats had gone on record too openly in 1896 to permit dodging, if deception had been desired. To hide their true opinion of the expansion issue was easier, and it was carried farther because the Kansas City platform made that the paramount question of the campaign, as far as it could do so. Now, however, the opponents of Bryanism who supported Bryan for policy's sake are showing their true colors. They are taking the sides of various questions which he has most fervently condemned, and they are evidently seeking to turn the democratic party as far as possible from his doctrines. That is done, in some degree, no doubt, for the purpose of making his influence as slight as possible henceforth, and of preventing his candidacy for a third campaign. It was Bryan's personal control of his party, more than anything else, which brought about democratic opposition to "imperialism." It is evident that the breaking down of Bryan's domination of his party would be likely to involve the collapse of democratic antagonism to the republican policy of expansion. Bryan is the hope and dependence of the anti-imperialists. That statement may not suit many of them, but it is true as to practical politics.—Cleveland Leader. DRIFT OF OPINION. Bryan says "the republican victory was due to money, war and better times." This is probably true as far as it goes, but he should have included Bryan in his list of reasons. —Chicago Times-Herald. The democratic party is evidently doing a good deal of thinking these days. It is time. Oratory, demagogy and impassioned appeals to the baser instincts of the people cannot save it. —Indianapolis News (Ind.). The way that sensible Bryanites like Stewart, Nevada Jones and Kyle are coming over to the republicans these days is significant. Even Hill has stopped saying "I am a democrat."—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The democrats in congress apparently do not know what they want or why they want it. The republicans will have to be their own political conscience, for it is evident that no opposition will worthily perform that useful office.—N. Y. Tribune. The announcement that the Bryan leaders are going to maintain a headquarters in Chicago during the next four years must be a disagreeable warning to those who have had high hopes of a party reorganization that would retire Mr. Bryan from the leadership. — Indianapolis Journal. Bryan majorities were small in the south this year, compared with the record of 1896. The democrats knew they could not lose such states as Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and South Carolina, and they did not vote for the mere fun of it to vent their overflowing joy in the apostle of free silver, as they did four years ago. That exuberance had evaporated.—Cleveland Leader. European as well as American papers are commenting on the brilliant diplomatic victory which the McKinley administration has won in the Chinese case. It has saved China from the rapacity of the continental European powers, has preserved the open door to China's trade with the rest of the world, and has removed a fruitful cause of trouble for the great nations. If this triumph had culminated a few weeks earlier it would have added some hundreds of thousands to Mr. McKinley's unexampled majority. St. Louis Globe Democrat. KILLED AND SKINNED! The Fate of One of Our Soldier Boys in the Philippines-A Cleveland Boy Writes an Interesting Letter. San Jose, Luzon, P. I., Oct 26, 1900. Hon, H. C. Smith, Editor Gazette: Dear Friend:—It has been a long time since I have heard from you, but nevertheless it takes time for me to drop you even a few lines to let you know all that goes wrong. However, I am still fighting against the blood-thirsty insurgents whose cry for independence is answered by shot and shell. On October 10th 20 men from my company were sent nine miles to fix the telegraph line. We carried one Filipino to climb the telegraph post and fix the wire and were attacked by nearly 700 insurgents who charged our 20 men from ambush on both sides of the road. As the grass here grows ten feet high, a man can easily conceal himself in it. Our men fought like demons. The Filipinos overpowered 14. Six of us got away. We got back to camp at midnight and told the story. Three hundred men reinforced us the next day (100 Maccabee scouts and 200 of our own men). We went to the battlefield. Private William H. James, of our company, was riddled with bullets and skinned. They cut nim all to pieces; even cut his throat. He had fought hard while life lasted. We buried him with military honors. The doctor preached the funeral. The other 14 men have never been seen. We sent out 90 men on a three days' forced march to overtake the insurgents, but to no avail. Just six weeks ago we lost one sergeant and two privates who fought against 400 insurgents. Two escaped, three killed, two captured. The two who were captured were let go. I would like to say more, but I am shaking with the chills and fever which is common here. Give my oest to your mother and other kind friends. I will now come to a close. So, good-bye. I hope to hear from you soon. My address is Frank Mann, Company I, 24th Infantry, San Jose, Luzon, Philippine islands. VICTIM OF A BLIZZARD. Prospective Speaker of Minnesota House of Representatives Has Neither Hands Nor Feet. Most remarkable among active politicians is M. J. Dowling, who will be elected speaker of the Minnesota house of representatives when that body meets in a few weeks. Years ago when Mr. Dowling was a poor farm boy he got caught in an old-fashioned Minnesota blizzard. When the blizzard got through with him he was so badly frozen that he lost both feet, his left hand, and almost his right hand. Starting with this tremendous handicap, Mr. Dowling M. HON. M. J. DOWLING. (Minnesota Political Leader Without Feet or Hands.) has succeeded in making himself felt as one of the keenest and most influential politicians in the state. He has served two terms as chief clerk of the Minnesota house and also has spent a term as secretary of the National League of Republican clubs. Mr. Dowling lives at Renville, Minn., where he conducts an insurance business. He is said to know personally more influential men in Minnesota politics than any other man in the state and is almost universally popular. 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Cash on hand, Sept. 15, 1900. $ 11,260.24 Mortgage loans. 482,187.06 Stock loans. 12,100.00 Furniture and fixtures. 2,148.02 Real estate. 600.00 Insurance and taxes, advanced. 891.83 Sundry accounts. 444.87 Books and supplies. 1,236.58 Permanent stock (inc. div.) ..... $118,500.00 Prepaid stock (inc. div.) ..... 1,750.00 Paid up stock (inc. div.) ..... 88,875.00 Installment stock (inc. div.) ..... 275,013.05 Bills payable ..... 11,000.00 Unfinished loans ..... 13,788.85 Deposits ..... 1,000.00 Contingent fund ..... 951.00 Total liabilities ..... $510,888.69 "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 STATE LOAN COMPANY, of Cleveland Ohio, and that the foregoing, as true report of the affairs, and business of said company as shown by its books at the close of business on Sept. 15, 1900. J. A. BLODT. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of Sept. A. 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Y., Feb 17, 1900. It is a remarkable thing how many societies at their meetings waste hours in making minutes.—Ally Sloper. Each package of PUTNAM FADELESS DYES colors either Silk, Wool or Cotton perfectly. Sold by all drugists. THE SHUT DOOR. Lord, I have shut my door— Shut out life's busy cares and fretting noise; Here in this silence they intrude no more. Speak Thou, and heavenly joys Shall fill my heart with music sweet and calm— A holy psalm. Yes. I have shut my door Yes, I have shut my door Even on all the beauty of Thine earth— To its blue ceiling from its emerald door, Filled with spring's bloom and mirth. From these Thy words I turn, Thyself I seek. On earthly passion-all its yearning love. Its tender friendships, all the priceless store Come Thou and visit me: I am alone! Come, as when doors were shut Thou cam'st of yore And visitedest Thine own, My Lord! I kneel with reverent love and fear; For Thou art here. -Mary E. Atkinson, in Boston Watch- man. (Copyright, 1000, the Authors' Syndicate) MOTHER TUBBS and I were the only passengers in the heavy, old stage coach as it slowly crept up the steep and rocky ascent of Golden pass. It was a raw cold November day or we would have ridden outside with Shorty, the driver, but as there was a fine, chilling mist in the air, we were glad to wrap ourselves up well on the back seat of the inside of the coach. Mother Tubbs was already in the coach when I entered it at Silver Gap camp. She greeted me quite as if I were an old friend, although I had never seen her until that moment. She was a large, motherly, comfortable looking woman of about 65 years, and she was loquacious to the last degree. "My man he says that my tongue is loose at both ends," she said, merrily, soon after I had seated myself by her side in the coach. I had thought that she might prefer to have the back seat to herself, and I was about to take the front seat when she said: "You'd better set here by me, for it's more comfortable riding forwards than backwards, and then there ain't but just this one robe in the stage, and we can both use it if you set here. Much as I've trailed 'round in stage coaches in the last 25 years, it makes me dead sick to ride backwards." "Have you lived here in the Rockies 25 years?" "Indeed, I have, my son. And I ain't ever been out o' sight of 'em in all that time, either. Oh, I'm an old-timer, I am. My land! the booms I've lived through, and the camps I've seen go up and down in that time! I went all through the Leadville boom, and the Gunnison county booms, and here I am on my way to another one over here in Poverty gulen, where I reckon you are bound for. Some of the boys they say a boom wouldn't be wuth anything if Mother Tubbs wa'n't in it. That's what they call me—Mother Tubbs. And land knows I have mothered enough of 'em to have earned the title." We had ridden about ten miles, and Mother Tubbs' tongue had run incessantly in a very entertaining way. Presently we rode down into a narrow gulch, where five or six log cabins with sunken roofs and fallen doors indicated the existence of a little mining camp in days long past. Mothe. Tubbs glanced out of the window in the door of the coach, and said, with a little sigh: "Dear me! Here's all there is left of old Camp Fancy, and when them cabins was built it was thought it would be the biggest minin' camp in the country. That's what the miners think about ev'ry new minin' camp. There was as many as a thousand miners in this gulch one summer, and there were tents and cabins all up and down the gulch. Then the minral veins all petered out. You see that cabin up by that big bowlder?" "Yes; I see it." "Well, I kep' a lodgin' house there 20 years ago, and sometimes I kep' 30 people over night in the three little rooms that cabin had. I never think of them days without callin' to mind something that happened one night along the first o' the boom, when there wan't a great many folks in the gulch yet. I'll tell you about it if you say so." "O please do." "Well, it was one real cold and stormy day in November when the stage come along and dropped a single passenger at my house, and I'd never had such a passenger dropped there before. She was a yaller-naired, blue-eyed, innocent lookin' young thing of about 19, whose pa and ma had no bizness to let her be trav'lin' round alone, even if she was on her way to marry the fellow she was engaged to. But it was like this: The girl was inclined to be weak-lunged, and the doctors in her home back east had said that the thing for her to do was to git out to the mountains as soon as she could. Well, it so happened that she was engaged to be married to a young feller who had come from her home out here to seek his fortune. He had got the minin' fever, and had come to this gulch, thinkin' here was to be a big boom here. He had a little money, so when the girl writ him what the doctors had said about her, he sent word for her to come right out here, and they would be married. He was full o' hope about the future, and he knew they'd git along all right. Well, she'd got here a day or two ahead o' time, so he wa'n't here to meet her. He was back on the hills prospectin', so I just mothered her, and told her to make herself right at home there at my house, and they could be married there if they had a mind to when her beau showed up. She was such an inercent lamb that I took right to her, and she was head over heels in love with this fellow. She showed me his photograft before she had been three hours in the house, and I reconized it as the face of a young chap who had stayed a day or two at my house a few weeks before. His name was Harvey Briggs. "Well, the girl was all played out after bein' on the stage all day, and I bustled her off to bed right after supper. The night had set in awful stormy and bad, and I was settin' by a roarin' fire hemmin' some tablecloths 'long about ten o'clock and thinking that I hoped no one was out in that storm when all of a sudden my door opened and in dashed a tall, slim young feller without any hat or overcoat and lookin' skewed out of a year's growth. "O Mother Tubbs!' he says, with his voice all of a tremble and his eyes stickin' out of his head with fright. 'They are after me! What shall I do?' "Who's after you, son?' says I. 'And what are they after you for?' "The men up in the gulch," he says. "They say I have jumped a claim, but if I have I didn't know it! I thought it was an old claim that some one hadandoned. But they can't be made to think so unless you can make 'em think it. What shall I do?" "Well, I recognized him in a minnit as Harvey Briggs and I held up my hand for silence, fearing the girl in the other room would hear him, but she was too worn out and slept too soundly to be easily 'wakened. I told the boy—he wa'n't over 22—to set down, and he kep' beggin' me to hide him, and I was about to send him to the loft overhead when the door swung open and in come about as many men as could crowd into the room, and the young feller give a yell and run into a corner like a skewed rabbit. Well, I just jumped right in front of him, and I held up my hand and I says, says I: "‘Stand back, boys; stand back! There ain't one of you that wants to lay hands on a woman, and you'll have it to do if you try to pull him out. Stand back, I tell you!’ “I knew more than half of 'em, and, I tell you, they stood back. It'd been mighty rash for one of 'em to of laid hands on Mother Tubbs, for there were boys there that would have fit to the death for me, and one of them boys was Bill Hodge, the leader o' the gang. He says, says he: “Yes, stand back and hear what Mother Tubbs has to say.” "I got this to say, says I: 'There's a young gal in the other room who has come nearly 2,000 miles to marry this boy, and just as sure as you take his life hers will go, too, for she is just that far gone on him. You don't want her blood on your hands; no, nor you don't want any human blood on your hands. This boy says he didn't mean to jump that claim, and even if he did he is a young, inexperienced boy, and it ain't for you to jedge him. I don't believe that he meant to do wrong, and I tell you right flat that you don't take him out o' this house to his death. I'll shoot first!" "There was a loaded rifle on the wall back o' me, and I grabbed it and held it out before me." "Bully for Mother Tubbs!" says Bill Hodge. "Just at that minnit the door of the cabin's other room opened and the girl come out. She had on a long, loose, blue wrapper and all her yeller hair hangin' down her back. The young feller screams out 'Lucy!' and she was in his arms in a minnit. Then, in a minnit or two, she says: "What are all these men here for?" "La, child,' says I. 'they have come to your wedding. We'll have the ceremony performed right now. Come, parson, marry 'em right off.' "You see, I had a parson that had just come to the camp lodgin' with me, and he had been routed out by the noise and had just come into the room. He come forward and the girl kind o' objected to bein' married in a blue wrapper, but I told her that she couldn't look purtier in the finest white satin and that it would be a pity to send the men away without seein' a weddin' when they had come fer that purpose. So she give in, and they was married, and if Bill Hodge wa'n't the first one to shake hands with the bridegroom, and he kissed the bride! I flew around and made coffee and cut a big fruit cake I'd made for Thanksgivin', and we had a gay time. And the young fellow turned out real well. He is a prosperous man and he and his wife have four lovely children. I visited 'em last week. But I reckon that was the first and only time a lynchin' was ever turned into a weddin'." SANG DESPITE MISFORTUNE Sims Reeves' Appearance on the Stage After He Had Lost a Fortune. The late Sims Reeves, the famous English singer, is the subject of many anecdotes in the British newspapers. During the evening preceding the day fixed for the first performance of Arthur Sullivan's sacred cantata "The Prodigal Son" at the Worcester festival of 1869, the principal part in which admirable work was to be rendered by Sims Reeves, the illustrious tenor received a dispatch forming him that he had lost £11,000 by the sudden failure of a bank in which he had invested a considerable part of his professional earnings. The following passage may without indiscretion be here textually reproduced from a letter by Mr. Reeves a few months ago: "The news of this terrible catastrophe prostrated me completely at first. I sent for Sullivan and explained what had happened. He was very much cut up about it and so was I, for I had taken the music to my heart. Sullivan came in again the next morning, begging me to sing the part. He looked green and I looked both green and gray. After drinking some very strong coffee and having a chat over the work I determined to put on my armor and fight the fight. I did so and succeeded. It was a great effort, but it really did me good." Skilled and trustworthy musicians who were present at the performance that ensued have since warmly testified to the super-excellence of his interpretation of the role assigned to him, that of the prodigal son, and are unanimous in asseverating that his singing of the principal solo. "I will arise and go to my father"—a veritable wall of heartbroken, remorseful agony—drew tears from a large majority of the audience. Naturally Made Him Suspicious. "I've given a little attention to that new clerk of yours." remarked the man who wanted to do the clerk a favor, "and I want to say that I consider him a youth who will succeed. I notice he is the kind who puts something aside for a rainy day." "Dear me! and I've missed two umbrellas already." returned the merchant. "Much obliged for your tip. I'll watch him."—Chicago Post. TROUT ON TAP. A Commercial Traveler Who Got Into the Fish Business in a Queer Way. In the days when the only means of rapid communication with East-port was by steamboat from Portland and St. John, N. B., Bert Bean, a commercial traveler, came here from Boston and paid a visit to Campobello island, which belongs to New Brunswick, though only a short distance down the harbor, relates the New York Sun. Bean had a little money, and liking the island he bought a tract of land on top of the hill. His purchase contained about 100 acres, in the middle of which was a small pond in a hollow about 200 feet above tidewater, which washed the shore less than 75 rods away. As the pond was fed by springs, Bean had it stocked with trout, which were caught in brooks on the main land and brought over in pails. Then he went away for four years. On his return the pond was swarming with fine trout. Though the place had been fished by expert anglers, they had never met with any luck, because there were so many caddie worms and other insects in the water that the fish had no need for taking the hook. Bean consulted a lawyer and found that as his pond contained less than ten acres it was his to hold and protect against all comers. He waited a few years longer and sent down a crew of men who bored a hole from the shore through the bank facing the ocean inserting a water main in the opening. When he had put a turn tap in the pipe so far inside the hill that it would not freeze in winter he was ready to supply fish to order. Orders were taken in Boston and other large places for as many trout as he could furnish. Then Bean came to Campobello, turned the stop cock, drew off the water and picked up his fish as easily as he could kindlings. He always left enough to stock the pond with young fry, after which he closed the faucet and allowed the springs to fill the pond for the growing of more trout. The House That Tresham Built. One of the curiosities of architecture in England is, according to the Stone Trades Journal, the house erected about 300 years ago at Rusinton, in northamptonshire, by Sir Thomas Tresham, a Roman Catholic who wished by his design to typify the Trinity. It is all threes; has three sides, three stories, and three windows on each flat, each of them in the shape of the trefoil—the three-leaved shamrock. Where the roofs meet rises a three-sided pyramid, terminating in a large trefoil. The smoke escapes from this chimney by three round holes on each of the three sides. The building is almost covered with mottoes and carvings, three Latin inscriptions, one on each of the three sides, having thirty-three letters in each. Three angles on each side bear shields. Over the door is the text from the Vulgate, "There are three that bear record." Inside the house each corner is cut off from each of the three main rooms, so that on every floor there are three three-sided apartments. It is hardly necessary to add that the house has ceased to be inhabited. A Great Drive. There was a loud, hissing noise. The heavens were brilliantly lighted. The man with the crimson coat and the long leather bag stopped and looked upward. He saw what seemed to be a ball of fire coming directly toward him, leaving a long, red streak behind it. Before he could move out of his tracks he heard the object strike the earth a few feet away, and after a short search he found a gravish ball, perhaps 1½ inches in diameter. He stood for a moment gazing thoughtfully down at it. Then he raised his hat, scratched his head solemnly and said: "Holy St. Andrew! What a drive that was!"—Bangor News. Exhibiting Her Prize: The queen of Holland has brought her dukelett home and is showing him to the folks. The general opinion of the Dutch, says the Chicago Times-Herald, seems to be that he is just "fair to middlin." Freddy's Pretty Idea It was raining hard, and Freddy was looking out of the window. In a minute, clapping his hands in delight, he exclaimed: "Oh, mother, the raindrops are kissing the puddles!"—Columbus Dispatch. Coughing Leads to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough at once. Go to your drugist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Large bottles 25 and 50 cents. Go at once: delays are dangerous. An Atchison girl is always referred to as "the late Miss Blank," not because she is dead, but for the reason that she is never on time.—Atchison Globe. Jell-O, The New Dessert, pleases all the family. Four flavors:—Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. At your grocers. 10 cts. Try it to-day. There are two reasons why some people do not mind their own business. One is they haven't any business, and the other is they haven't any mind.—London Tit-Bits. --- An Atchison man who is grumbled at a good deal by his wife, was surprised lately to learn that at her club she referred to him as "the best man in the world."—Atchison Globe. Miss Wildway (vivaciously)—"The late Mrs. Mellow was cremated, you know." Mrs. Stare (absent-mindedly) — "Oh! ah yes; what did she wear?"—Boston Transcript. --- Jones—"I notice that on the inside of the wardrobe door you have the sign: 'This door must be kept shut.' Nevertheless, it is always open." Brown—"That's all right. We keep it open so that people can read the notice."—Boston Transcript. Down at the Heel—"I come of a ducal race, sir, and am proud of my descent." Stranger (taking stock of him)—"Well, I'm not surprised. From a duke down to you is about as steep a descent as one could meet with, I should say."—Ally Sloper. You probably get up on your high horse too easily. The next time you think you have a grievance stop and think it over carefully, and be as fair as possible with the other fellow. It may seem impossible to you that you are not always right, but if you are an average person you are probably wrong half the time. Atchison Globe. Hard Lines—"Well," said he, anxious to patch up their quarrel of yesterday, "aren't you curious to know what's in this package?" "Not very," his wife, still unrelenting, replied, indifferently. "It's something for the one I love the best in all the world." "Ah! I suppose it's those suspenders you said you needed."—Philadelphia Press. --- Mrs. Peppers—"Oh, John! you must raise sidewhiskers." Mr. Peppers—"What? You've often told me you hated such things." Mrs. Peppers—"I want you to raise nice long ones like Mr. Markley's. He called to-day, and baby enjoyed pulling his whiskers so much. It was too cute for anything." Philadelphia Press. Buffaloes Now Living: How quickly the huge herds of buffalo on the American plains were swept from the face of the earth. A recent careful count by a competent person places the whole number of animals of the kind living to-day at only 1,024. Dr. William T. Hornaday says in his book concerning the buffalo that it would have been as easy to count the number of leaves in a forest as to calculate the number of buffaloes living at any given time during the history of the species previous to 1870.—N. Y. Times. GOVERNOR Uses Pe-ru-na For Colds GOVERNOR Uses Pe-ru-na For Colds OF OREGON in His Family and Grip. CAPITOL BUILDING, SALEM, OREGON. A Letter From the Executive Office of Oregon. The Governor of Oregon is an ardent admirer of Pe-ru-na. He keeps it continually in the house. In a recent letter to Dr. Hartman he says: STATE OF OREGON, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, SALEM, May 9, 1898. 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DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY; gives quick relief and cures worst cases. Book of testimonials and 10 days' treatment Free Dr. H. H. GREEN'S SONS, Box D, Atlanta, Ga. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION A. N. K.—C 1844 WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISEERS please state that you saw the Advertiser. DRUHL'S FAMILY MEDICINE A CMEYEK&CO TRADE MARK A Stolen March. The famous composer sat in the orchestra chair and listened to the comic opera of his rival. As the chorus roared out a swinging, familiar air, the tears started to the great musician's eyes. "Ah," he said, sadly. "I would not have believed it, but he has stolen a march on me." To those familiar with his works, the truth of this remark would have been apparent—Princeton Tiger. An Unjust Charge. "Penelope is so abominably mannish." "Mannish! I wish you could see her carve."—Denver Times. * As a general rule the more a man leaves behind him in this world the less he has to commence the next one with—Ally Sloper. OF OREGON in His Family and Grip. To prevent colds, to cure colds, is to cheat catarrh out of its victims. Pe-ru-na not only cures catarrh, but prevents. Every household should be supplied with this great remedy for coughs, colds, and so forth. It will be noticed that the Governor says he has not had occasion to use Pe-ru-na for other ailments. The reason for this is, most other ailments begin with a cold. Using Pe-ru-na to promptly cure colds, he protects his family against other ailments. This is exactly what every other family in the United States should do. Keep Pe-ru-na in the house. Use it for coughs, colds, a gripe, and other climatic affections of winter, and there will be no other ailments in the house. Such families should provide themselves with a copy of Dr. Hartman's free book, entitled "Winter Catarrh." Address Dr. Hartman. Columbus, Ohio. Is Cough Syrup ighs, Sore Lungs, Grippe, Pneumonia new days. Why then risk Consumption? Syrup. Don't be imposed upon. Res- stitute. It is not as good as Dr. Bull's. humatism and all Pain. Price, 15 and 25 cents.