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One Year..... 91 90 Six Months..... 1 00 Three Months..... 90 Subscribers are requested to remit by post office money order or registered letter. Entered at the post office in Cleveland, Ohio, the second-class matter. All communications should be addressed: H. C. SMITH, Editor and Proprietor THE GAZETTE, Case Library Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Member Ohio Legislature, } 1894 to 1898 } 1900 to 1902 ALLIED PRINTING TRADE STORES COUNCIL CLEVELAND, O. SATURDAY, NOV. 16, 1901. 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. President Roosevelt seems determined to follow the misguided southern policy born during the McKinley administration. He has turned down the republican organizations in South Carolina, Alabama and Texas. As a result he is making democrats of northern Afro-Americans by the hundreds and thousands. Ex-Congressman George W. Murray, of South Carolina, has been proselytized by the "lily-whites" of that state by means of a deputy internal revenue collectorship—the position vacated by Hon. E. H. Deas, the loyal Afro-American, chairman of the state republican executive committee. John Y. Capers, the "gold democrat," whom Hanna appointed a member of the national republican executive committee for South Carolina, and Senator McLaurin, of that state, a Negro-hating democrat, secured Murray the place. We had a higher and better opinion of the latter. The elasticity of the imagination of our esteemed conferee of the New York Age, Editor Timothy Fortune, is something remarkable. In a recent issue of The Age he endeavors to make his readers believe that he urged, some years ago, a certain course relative to anti-lynching legislation, which he not only did not do, but does not as yet. The fact is, our friend Fortune has never taken strong and advanced ground such as we have repeatedly urged him to, relative to the kind of legislation in question, and seems determined not to do so. Elsewhere in this paper will be found a letter written by John G. Capers, esq., United States district attorney for South Carolina, by the grace of appointment of President McKinley. Mr. Capers' letter is the first communication from him or any of his friends that we have noticed or received denying the statement made a thousand times in all the newspapers of the country that referred to him or his appointment as United States district attorney and as a member of the national republican committee, that he was ought else than a democrat or a "gold democrat." Therefore we are not to blame for calling him a "gold democrat" or continuing to refer to him as such until he shall have passed the probationary period and is recognized by the republican organization of South Carolina as a member of the party. THAT SOUTHERN POLICY. George R. Koester, the South Carolina democrat who was recently appointed collector of internal revenue for that state to succeed Col. E. A. Webster (deceased) is charged with openly boasting of having fired the first shot at an Afro-American who had been strung to a tree by a mob of lynchers, citizens of Columbia. He does not deny having been one of the lynchers in question, and in addition to this fact has anything but a good record. The republicans of South Carolina have appealed to President Roosevelt to withdraw Koester's appointment, and say that if this is not done, they will antagonize his confirmation in the United States senate when it convenes. We trust they will do so. Two leading white republicans by the names of Clayton and Huggins, men of excellent character and standing, the latter first deputy under Col. Webster, were urged as the latter's successor by the republican organization of South Carolina. Both gentlemen are above the adverse criticism of either the republican or democratic press of that state, and there is no reason in the world for Koester's appointment, except that the president, in his blind determination to follow the southern policy of the McKinley administration, is also determined to continue to turn down loyal black and white republicans of the south, and particularly that state. There are, as we have said many times before, an abundance of splendid material in the ranks of the black and white republicans of the south from which to fill every position at the command of the president. The republican party will never be mad; respectable in the eyes of the voters of the south by the appointment of democrats to offices which should be filled by deserving republicans. Therefore there is absolutely no excuse for the so-called southern policy of the last and present national administration, except that it is the intention to build up a white republican party at the south and coordinate or exclude the long-suffering, true and trivial black republicans of that section. If this be the case, the northern Afro-American cannot understand it too quickly and take such action as will redound to their everlasting credit and establish, or re THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1901. establish, in the minds of the powers that-be, their sterling manhood and thorough race interest. PRESIDENT BARROWS AGAINST ASSASSINATION AND LYNCHING. God grant that coming evils be not commensurate with our transgressions. Students Thanksgiving Yeast Students Thanksgiving Vacation. Special tickets will be sold via the Nickel Plate Road to students of colleges, seminaries and universities. For specific information apply at any ticket office of the Nickel Plate road, or E. A. Akers, C. P. & T. A., Cleveland, O. No. 235 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The British black rat, almost entirely exterminated during the last hundred years by the brown Norwegian rat, is carefully protected and preserved on an estate at Greenlees, Montgomery. It is said that Canada is soon to have her own mint and that the gold coins will be called "beavers." In value the "beaver" will correspond to our eagle, ten dollars; double "beaver," $20. and half "beaver," five dollars. The post office department has let a contract to an automobile company at Minneapolis for carrying the mails between the post office and substations and making collections from the letter-boxes in the business section of the city. In the second-class cars of an English railroad there is a sign reading thus: "Passengers are requested not to put their feet on the cushions or seats of the carriages." Underneath one of these inscriptions a humorist added, "or they will dirty your boots." The British are the largest drinkers of beer in the world and the consumption is growing. The quantity of beer absorbed in 1890 amounted to 1,298,766,000 gallons, or not much less than 208,000,000 cubic feet; in other words, the contents of a reservoir 2,000 feet long, 1,000 feet wide and 104 feet deep. A landowner is liable for a nuisance created by another person, according to a Massachusetts decision, in the case of a derrick with a guy rope stretched across a highway so low as to be dangerous to travelers, where the landowner permitted it to remain after he had knowledge of it, though it was erected by a license. The biggest moonshine distillery was discovered in Brooklyn the other day in a suburban cottage inhabited by Russian Jews. Its capacity was 150 gallons of proof spirits a day, and its profits were $500 a week. A wagon load of its products was captured, and the officers found the place by allowing the horse to choose its own route homeward. THE CHARM OF YOUTH. A Young Woman Can Afford to Be Careless in Her Treatment of the World. There is a charm in youth and happiness that carries a certain amount of thoughtlessness for a time. Yet this charm is only a passing one, and soon fails to win consideration if it is not accompanied by a certain dignity of poise and wisdom and tact which youth as well as age may possess. The old saying, "beauty is only skin deep," is daily proved by the superior charm which genuine beauty of character exerts on the most trivial minded of individuals. No young woman can afford to be bluff and careless in her treatment of the world. In the old days of the colonial times, manual work was more necessary than exact culture, but they have passed. The maker of doughnuts and dumplings was a more important factor in the society of a hundred years ago than the skillful teacher or worker in any skilled field to-day. Women did not have time to be properly educated. Their energies were limited to their homes. All this is changed, says the New York Tribune. The world demands of anyone who would reap its rewards of success a great deal of intelligence, and also unselfishness. It demands good manners, which have their root in unselfishness and thought for others. A wise young woman who expects to succeed in any vocation does not expect any consideration because of her "thoughtless" youth. She aims to be thoughtful and considerate as well as helpful. A girl who is called to enter a family as a companion, governess, or even as a serving maid may be so tactful and thoughtful that she is invaluable or she may be so thoughtless that everyone in the house is relieved when she takes her departure. One of the greatest elements of success which a young woman can possess is the power of effacing her own personality in her work so quickly and so well that the worker is forgotten in the perfection of her work. The aid her helpful hand has given, the tact and care she has exercised, make her invaluable. She manages to make herself useful and agreeable to young and old. It is the numberless thoughtful things she has done, which a careless woman might have neglected to do, which has been the greatest value of her work, as well as her skilled knowledge. When one sees a hurried crowd of schoolgirls possessed of the radiant charm of youth, but full of carelessness, and slangy and coarse in their language, as the youth of the beginning of the twentieth century often are, one becomes thoughtful. No one wishes a young person to be anything but happy, but there is a certain joyousness which is possessed of a sweet seriousness of manner. A well-bred, refined woman, trained for any work, succeeds far better to-day than a coarse, loud woman in any position in life. The time has gone by when exuberant youth will be accepted as an excuse for bad manners. The Morphia Victim. Even the Arab does not lie so persistently as does the morphia victim. All sense of honor deserts her. Whereas perhaps formerly she was scrupulous in money matters, she rapidly becomes little less than a thief. If she is hard up, in order to buy drugs she will invent the most elaborate and plausible stories and serew money out of the unsuspecting. There is no doubt whatever that drug-taking is enormously on the increase. No one who has ever witnessed the rapid deterioration, both in appearance and in character, which inevitably follows from it can hesitate to call it one of the most frightful curses of modern days.—London Queen. Experience. "My husband has been shipwrecked on the ocean twice," said the fleshy lady. "Well," the little shriveled one relied, "mine's had some thrilling experiences, too. He once interfered with a man who was beating his wife. and another time he was judge of a baby show where there were 6 entries."—Chicago Record-Herald. Cleveland's Popular Store THE BAILEY CO. 138-140-142-144-146-148-150 Ontario St. OUR BIG SCOOPS OF OVER $100,000 WORTH OF New Merchandise at 50c on the $ included $18,000 worth of MEN'S FALL CLOTHING. It was impossible to get the goods ready for the start of the sale on Thursday, so decided to leave it until to-morrow and make Saturday a hummer. The merchant whose demise caused us to get this stock carried nothing under $15 per garment and from that up to $30. We place this whole magnificent lot in at one price, $10, and take your pick, nothing reserved. Everything goes. A chance of a lifetime to buy a fine new stylish SUIT or OVERCOAT for very little money. MEN'S OVERCOATS. MEN'S OVERCOATS. Good Overcoats, with style and distinction, finely tailored, faultless in fit and fashion, and so inexpensive, thanks to the way we get them, any man interested in getting the largest amount of satisfaction for the least amount of money, and needs an Overcoat, should be right here on Saturday. Overcoats in all kinds of shades, all the new fabric and styles, in Kerseys, Beaver, Meltons. Vicunas, and the new Scotch Mixtures, in Yoke Coats, the new long Box Coat and medium Box Coat, worth anywhere from $15 to $30, all at one price Of course while the above sale is going on we must not overlook our regular grades. If you do not know already, ask your friends and they will tell you that we carry the best Overcoats at $5 and $7.50 in the city. Sold at all drug stores. Price,25c. in large cans—Contains One Month's Treatment. If your druggist does not keep it he will get it for you, or we will mail it to any address, securely wrapped on receipt of 30c. in stamps or silver. For testimonials and full information, address AGENTS CAN MAKE BIG MONEY SELLING THIS WONDERFUL PREPARATION. WRITE AT ONCE FOR TERMS Penelope Hume Sold at all drug store curely wrapped on receipt of AGENTS CAN MAKE H PUBLICATION NOTICE. AARON SLOMOWITZ, whose place of residence is unknown, will take notice that on the 18th day of September, 1901, Cella Slomowitz fled her petition in the court of common pleas, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, praying for a divorce from him, of the grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty, and also for custody of minor child, Helen. This case will be for hearing on and after the 4th day of November, 1901. BRINSMADE & ARMSTRONG, Atty's. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIFE: BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted.) This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation for hair straightness as shown above. It nourishes the scalp and prevents the hair from falling out or breaking off. cures dandruff and makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold over forty years and is very popular. Testimonials free on request. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware of imitations. Get the Original Ozonized hair pomade for very fine hair to keep the hair straight, soft and beautiful. A toilet necessity for indies, gentlemen and children. Elegantly perfumed. The great advantage of this wonderful pomade is that by its use can straighten hair and improve its hair quality and lasting qualities it is the best and most economical. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents. Sold by druggists and chemists. 40 cents for three bottles. We pay all express charges. Send postal or express money order. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Please mention this paper (THE GAZETTE) when writing. CHICAGO NEW YORK A. N. KELLOGG NEWSPAPER CO. MEN'S WINTER SUITS. MEN'S WINTER SUITS. Suits in all kinds of fabrics that have style, made of the new weavers and colorings, in square shoulder, body fitting Coats. The colors are very handsome. The smart, graceful outlines are not to be found in the common ready to wear garments seen every day. If you wish to economize on your Winter Suit come here Saturday and save from $5 to $10 on it. There are the plain Cheviots, Thibets, Clays or Serges, also the Fancy Worsteds in the stylish indistinct stripes. We were lucky to secure this magnificent lot at such a low price. We share our luck with you. Remember they range from $15 to $25 and they all go at one price We remind you not to forget our cheaper grades in the regular goods which have won us our enviable reputation at $5 and $7.50. Nelson's Straightine Makes KINKY CURLY Hair Straight. The Ideal HAIR DRESSING. FREE FROM ALL INJURIOUS CHEMICALS, GUARANTEED PERFECTLY HARMLESS. only straightens the hair, but, by nour- r the roots, prevents it from falling irritating Scalp Diseases, and gives a used and highly endorsed by the best We guarantee Straightline to be free not injure the hair. Straightline does and is highly performed. Straightline can be fitted at any time, or con- of testimonials on file. Large cans—Confains One Month's Treat keep it he will get it for you, or we use monials and full information, address ON MANUFACTURING!OO., 1333-1335 E UNDERFUL PREPARATION. WRITE TRAVELERS' REGISTER Trains on all roads run on Standard Time. "THE ST. LOUIS LIMITED" VIA "Big-4 Route." Leaves—LEVELAND. 8:00 A. M. (Daily). Arrives—INDIANAPOLIS. 3:10 P. M. Arrives—ST. LOUIS. 9:45 P. M., same night. Arrives—KANSAS CITY. 7 next morning. NELSON MANUFACTURING CO., 1333-1335 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Va. With Fine Vestibule Coaches, Drawing Room and Dining Cars to Indianapolis and St. Louis also Coach and Parlor Cars to Columbus One of the fastest and finest trains in the country. Trains from and to Cleveland. Leave. Arrive. *Col. Cul. Ind. & St. Louis. 3:35 a.m. 1:50 a.m. *Galton & Intermediate. 7:00 a.m. 6:30 p.m. *St. Louis Ltd. Ind. Col. Cul. 8:00 a.m. 10:25 p.m. *Col. Springt'd. Day. Ind. Cin. 12:35 p.m. 2:55 p.m. *Indianapolis & St. Louis. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Galton to Cleveland. 9:00 a.m. To Gallion and olumbus. 4:00 p.m. *Col. Spring, Day. Cin. 9:40 p.m. 5:50 a.m. Get Tickets at COLLVER'S. 116 EUCLID AVE. Phone Main 910. 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 08 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. 6, Standard Express. 7 69 am 7 20 am No. 3, Nickel Plate Ex. 11 13 am 11 20 am Local Freight. 8 50 pm 8 40 am *Daily, except Sunday. All express daily. Through sleepers on all trains, Chicago, Buffalo, New York and Boston. Unsecelled dining cars and depot restaurants operated by the company. THE CLEVELAND. TERMINAL & VALLEY R. R. CO Depot foot of South Water street. City office 21 Superior street. Arrive Depart Valley Jc & Way Stations. *6 20 pm *1 15 am Wheeling & Chicago ... *8 20 pm *7 15 am Akron, Canton & Pitsburg *9 20 pm *11 25 pm Akron, Canton & Wheeling *10 90 am *1 25 pm Akron, Canton & Chicago *9 90 am *8 25 pm Akron, Canton, Martetta *2 25 pm *11 80 am Wash Ballo and Palia ... *18 25 am *9 20 pm *Daily except Sunday. *Daily. Pulmoner readiness sleeping cars between Cleveland and Calgary also between Cleveland, Pittsburg Washington and Baltimore. J. E. GALGRAITH, Traffic Manager $10 BLACK SKIN REMOVER. REGISTERED IN PATENT OFFICE U.S. BEFORE AFTER both in a box for $1, or three boxes for $2. Guaran- ted to do what we say and to be the "best in the world." One box is all that is required if used as directed A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH A PEACH-LIKE complexion obtained if used as directed. Will turn the skin of a black or brown person four or five shades lighter, and a mulatto person perfectly white. In forty light skin or two will be noticeable. It does not turn the skin in spots but bleaches out white, the skin remaining beautiful without continual use. Will remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, pimples or bumps or black heads, making the skin very soft and smooth. Small pox pits, tan, liver spots removed without harm to the skin. When you get the color you wish, stop using the preparation. THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER that goes in every one dollar box is enough to make anyone's hair grow long and straight, and keeps it from falling out. Highly perfumed and makes the hair soft and easy to comb. Many of our customers say one of our dollar boxes is worth ten dollars, yet we sell it for one dollar a box. THE NO-SMELL thrown in free. Any person sending us one dollar in a letter or Post-Office money order, express money order or registered letter, we will send it through the mail postage prepaid; or if you want it sent C. O. D., it will come by express. 25c. extra. In any case where it fails to do what we claim, we will return the money or send a box free of charge. Packed so that no one will know contents except receiver. CRANE AND CO., 122 west Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. J. KATOWITZ. PRACTICAL PLUMBER AND GAS FITTER. No. 419 Orange St., Cleveland, O. (The editor of The Gazette recommends Mr. Katowitz to all desiring first-class work as reasonable rates. He is honest, capable and reliable - En.) share our member they and they $10 not to forget our cheaper goods which have won us on at $5 and $7.50. T. AFTER USING. treatment. If your druggist does will mail it to any address, se- ress S. E. Franklin St., Richmond, Va. WRITE AT ONCE FOR TERMS Cleveland Union Station. Pennsylvania Lines Foot of Bank Street. TICKET OFFICES at Union Station, Euclid Av. and New City Ticket Office, No. 1 Euclid Av., 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 20pm Salem & Pittsburg. * 8 00am * 8 30pm Salem & Pittsburg. * 4 00pm * 11 30pm Philadelphia & New York. * 4 00pm * 11 30pm Baltimore & Washington. * 1 00pm * 11 30pm Baltimore & Washington. * 1 40pm * 6 30pm Baltimore & Washington. * 1 40pm * 6 30pm Ravenna & Alliance. * 5 00pm * 8 10pm Philadelphia & New York. * 11 30pm * 5 00pm Baltimore & Washington. * 11 30pm * 5 00pm Baltimore & Wellsville. * 11 30pm * 5 00pm MT. VERNON & PAN-HANDLE ROUTE From Cleveland to Leave Arrive. Akron Columbus & Cincinnati. *8*10am *5*50pm Indianapolis & St. Louis. *8*10am *5*10pm Millersburg & Columbus. +120pm *1*03pm Col., Cn., Ind., & St. L. *7*20pm *7*30pm Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling R'y. VALLEY DEPOT. Depart. Arrive. Cleve. & Wheeling Ex. 720 pm 12:00 m Cleve. & Wheeling Ex. 1 35 pm 6:00 m Cleve. Uhrchsville Ae. 5 10 pm 9:50 m Sunday trains between Cleveland and Uhrchsville arrive at 9:50 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Depart at 7:20 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. WHEN VISITING "THE PAN-AMERICAN" STOP AT The Douglass House, 299 and 301 Ellicott St. (NEAR MOHAWK) BUFFALO, N. Y. Location Central. Rates, 50 Cents and Upward Per Day. Only large hotel in Buffalo for the accommodation of colored visitors. First Class in Every Respect. H. L. HAMILTON, Mgr. 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. NOV. 16, 1931. WHERE "THE GAZETTE" IS SOLD. PUSHAW'S News Store, Cuyahoga Building opposite the Post Office. Open Sunday. Opposite the last 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, No. 586 Central avenue, cor. Sterling avenue. Open Sunday. TARRER & THOMAS' Restaurant, No. 608 Central Ave. Open Sundays also. F. VALENTINE's Grocery Store, 266 Central Ave. Messrs. S. E. Woods and A. W. Moon, of Washington, D. C., while in the city last week to vote, called at The Gazette office. The songs sung by "The French Quartet," the four children of Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Frenen, of Forest street, Sunday afternoon at Shiloh church, were very pleasing. Also the selections of the other Sunday school scholars. "Patronize those who patronize us" is a splendid plan for our people of this city to follow. Whenever in need of anything be sure to call at the long established and well-known firm, Bailey Co., on Ontario street, whose large advertisements, for several weeks, have appeared in our paper. They have the best goods and sell the cheapest. If you want the best all-round treatment go to Bailey's great store. Mrs. John T. Smith, of 35 Blaine street, who left seven weeks ago to visit her mother in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, returned recently. The last three weeks of her visit were spent at the bedside of her mother, who died October 15 and was interred in Topeka, Kan. Mrs. Smith has the sympathy of many friends. Mrs. Henry Taylor and son, Harold, left Monday night for a two weeks' visit in Columbus, Indianapolis and St. Louis. For Sale—Three beautiful hanging lamps, one refrigerator, one cupboard or book case (in two parts), single bed and other household furniture, very cheap. Call at once at No. 674 Sterling avenue. We did not think it necessary to state in our last issue that the alleged account in the daily Leader of last week Wednesday of a controversy in the board of elections room election (day) night between the editor of this paper and one Davis (white) was not only maliciously incorrect but ridiculously so. J. G. Taylor, of 127 Harmon street, is seriously ill with pneumonia. Charles W. Chesnutt, esq., recently consented to take supervision of the correspondence bureau of the Cleveland branch of the McKinley Memorial association. He will organize the force of stenographers and typewriters and devise a system of conducting and indexing the correspondence of the secretary, Mr. Ryerson Ritchie. The former training of Mr. Chesnutt as an expert stenographer and correspondent qualifies him to render valuable service to the association. At St. John's church to-morrow Rev. Charles Bundy will preach. Thanksgiving services will be held at 11 a. m. Thanksgiving day, after which dinner will be served by the stewardess board. In the evening the sacred cantata "Esther" will be rendered by 60 voices, comprising "The Singers' Club" and "The Chamimade Singing Club" of ladies. A special Thanksgiving program will be rendered Sunday evening, November 24. Bible day was observed at Shiloh church Sunday afternoon. Every second Sunday in November, each year, appropriate services, in commemoration of the day, are given. The money secured goes toward a fund to secure Bibles for those unable to purchase. Several Sundays ago small banks, in the shape of a Bible, were given to many of the Sunday school scholars of this church with the request that each one should do all in his power to fill it. Sunday the Bibles were turned in. The largest amount contained in one Bible was the one in the possession of Miss Esther Irving, containing $2.51. She therefore has established a precedent, as this is the largest amount, thus far, ever turned in by one individual on Bible day. The latter desires to render thanks to the many friends who contributed. Edwin Cowles Lodge No. 17, K. of P., will give a social and beneficial entertainment on Monday, November 18, at their hall, No. 354 Ontario street. An address on the Order will be delivered by Brother Knight Alex. W. Williams. Music will be furnished by the popular Buckeye quartette. Refreshments will be served. Admission 25 cents. Committee on arrangements; Knight Geo. H. Brown, C. M.,; Knight H. E. Dickerson, floor director, and Knight T. H. King, M. M. The executive committee; Knight Thomas H. Smith, chairman; Jos. L. Todd, secretary; Chas. Henderson, M. F., and Messrs. Frank Lee, Jas. Barnes and W. Burkes. The Best and safest preparations are those that have been thoroughly tried and tested by time. The Original Ozonized Ox Marrow has undergone that severe trial and come out victorious. It was the first preparation ever made to straighten kinkly hair and make it soft and beautiful. It is manufactured by the well known firm The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., Chicago, Ill., who spare no pains to keep it at the top of perfection and purity. Their many years of success and constantly increasing business is a proof of the merits of their production. Read their advertisement in this paper and if interested buy a bottle, as it does all that they claim. Thanksgiving Day Rates Lowest rates will be available via the Nickel Plate Road for all points within a radius of 150 miles. Tickets on sale Nov. 27th and 28th, return limit Nov. 29th. Apply at nearest ticket office of the Nickel Plate Road, or E. A. Akers, C. P. & T. A., Cleveland, O. No. 236 THE GAZETTE. CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1901. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. The foot of a horse is one of the most ingenious and unexampled pieces of mechanism in the whole range of animal structure. Of the world's annual production of coal—650,000,000 tons—more than two-thirds is mined in the United States and Great Britain. The strongest known wood is said to be lancewood; its tensile strength per square inch is 23,000 pounds—that is to say, that weight is required to tear asunder a piece of it one inch square. Diphtheria germs survive at least 15 years. This has been proven in two cases of diphtheria in children who could have contracted the disease in no way except through playing with toys that had been stored 15 years in an old trunk. A storage reservoir system, with a capacity for supplying water to 150,-000 acres, nearly all of which is now desert land, is to be built by New York capitalists on the Verde river, 50 miles north of Phoenix, and at a cost of $2,000,000. A dam 386 feet long at its base, 1,250 feet at its crest and 150 feet high is to be constructed. Another bird, believed to have become extinct, is the California condor, twice as large as the condor of the Andes. Its length was five feet, weight 25 pounds and spread of wings 12 feet. An egg of this bird is worth $2,000 to collectors, but none has been found for 17 years. Eggs of the golden eagle sell in San Francisco for $32 each.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The bird fauna of Iceland is credited by Henry H. Slater with 103 species. Of these three are residents, 27 summer migrants, 21 occasional visitors and 18 rare stragglers. The land birds are few, including only seven residents and five that come in summer to breed. The great auk once resorted to the island, but the most interesting birds now probably are the northern wren, the great northern dive and the Iceland falcon. Singing birds are few. DEATH RATES OF THE STATES. Marion, Ia., the Most Healthful Town and North Dakota the Healthiest State. The most healthful place in the United States to live in is Marion, Ia., according to reports received by the marine hospital service from 1,190 cities and towns having a population of 1,000 or more, says the New York Sun. There may have been a more healthful place than Marion, but if so, no official returns were received from it. Marion has a population of 4,102, and there were only six deaths in 1900, making the death rate the phenomenally low figure of 1.46 per 1,000. The average death rate in all the cities and towns was 17.47. It appears from the compilation of the marine hospital service that the state having the best record for health last year was North Dakota, with a death rate of only 6.95 per 1,000 of population. By far the most healthful of the very populous states, however, was Iowa, the death rate being 11.17. Ohio, which made reports from towns aggregating a population of more than a million and a half, shows a death rate of only 14.84. The notable reports of healthfulness, however, come from the northwestern and far western states. Minnesota, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Idaho and Montana all have exceedingly low death rates. On the other hand, the states which are widely known as health resorts, such as Arizona, Colorado and California, have a comparatively high mortality, probably because many persons suffering from incurable pulmonary troubles go there and die. California last year had an average death rate of 17.63, Colorado, 25.29, and Arizona, 32.28. The last named had the highest mortality of any state or territory in the union. New York state's mortality was 19.35. The town in the United States having the highest ratio of mortality last year was Carlyle, Ill. The population was 1,874 and the number of deaths 100, making a death rate of 53.31. The most unhealthful of the very large cities was Washington, death rate 21.71. Baltimore's death rate was 21.02. Philadelphia's 19.38, Boston's 20.82 and Chicago's 14.68. Social Rank of Cabinet Officers. The social rank of each cabinet officer is reckoned according to his standing in the order of succession to the presidency, which is arranged according to the age of each executive department. The state department having been the first executive branch of the government created, the secretary of state is the official and social head of the cabinet and the first of its members to succeed to the presidency, in the event of the death of both president and vice president. If the president, vice president and secretary of state were all to die before their successors had been appointed the secretary of the treasury would become president, because his is the second oldest of the executive departments. This right to succession extends in turn to the secretary of war, attorney general, postmaster general, secretary of the navy, and lastly to the secretary of the interior. This gradation thus indicates the social rank of each cabinet officer in his own circle.—Ladies' Home Journal. Ancient Pie-Eaters. An antiquarian has been searching through the records of the city government of Geneva in the hope of finding something of historical value with reference to the times of John Calvin. The search cannot be pronounced successful, as most of the material exhumed is rubbish; yet one little note is amusing if not precious, and it shows how puritanical was the little Swiss city in the sixteenth century. The record in question preserves the interesting fact that three artisans were punished for having eaten three dozen pies at breakfast—this being regarded as evidence of dissolute living!—Chicago Chronicle. 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FAIRBUSH, 246 Glenwood Ave., BUFFALO, N. Y. --- 3 What Newspaper Do You Read? ARE YOU A SUBSCRIBER OF THE GAZETTE NOT, SEND IN YOUR SUBSCRIPTION AT ONCE. IS THE OLDEST NOT, SEND IN YOUR SUBSCRIPTION AT ONCE (ESTABLISHED IN 1883), in the largest bona fide circulation, doubt of any journal in the interest of Afro- Americans, published in the State of Ohio. Comparison with any will immediately establish its rank as one of the WSIEST AND BEST And has the largest bona fide circulation, double that of any journal in the interest of Afro- Americans, published in the State of Ohio. Comparison with any will immediately establish its rank as one of the IN THE COUNTRY. a Leading Minister, Rev. J. W. Gazaway, Pittsburg, Pa., says: THE GAZETTE. healthful signs of life and a highly useful career are indicated of the above-named paper. That it is a paper of Brain and Cur- bated when the fact is remembered that in its columns are fou- ns from the wisest and best minds of our race. It is a p- OPLE it represents, and can be relied upon as a friend of e- though his face may be of ebony hue. The Gazette is a pra- ch of what can be done by the young men of our race. Being man who, by dist of INDUSTRY and ECONOMY and he is suceeded in giving to the colored people of Ohio and PER WORTHY THE PATRONAGE OF ALL. Having be- the Gazette since its first appearance, and having watchs that in justice to the paper, the editor and the race, I should people generally, to support the paper that is PRACTICAL the COLORED people, and is in harmony with the interest without regard to Complexion. J. W. GAZAWAY Read what a Leading Minister, Rev. J. W. Guzaway of Pittsburg, Pa., says: THE GAZETTE. The most healthful signs of life and a highly useful career are indicated in the existence of the above-named paper. That it is a paper of Brain and Culture can not be doubted when the fact is remembered that in its columns are found communications from the wisest and best minds of our race. It is a paper FOR THE PEOPLE it represents, and can be relied upon as a friend of every colored man, though his face may be of ebony hue. THE GAZETTE is a practical demonstration of what can be done by the young men of our race. The editor is a young man who, by dint of INDUSTRY and ECONOMY and FAIR DEALING, has succeeded in giving to the colored people of Ohio and the country a PAPER WORTHY THE PATRONAGE OF ALL. Having been a reader of THE GAZETTE since its first appearance, and having watched its course, I feel that in justice to the paper, the editor and the race, I should urge upon the people generally, to support the paper that is PRACTICALLY identified with the COLORED people, and is in harmony with the interests and success of all without regard to Complexion. J. W. GAZAWAX. THE GAZETTE IS AOKNOWLEDGED TO BE DING REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPE evoted to the Interests of the Race. Devoted to the Interests of the Race. IT ADVOCATES AN IMPROVEMENT IN OUR Educational, Moral and Financial Condition neutral in nothing that advances or impo the Progress of the Race. And is neutral in nothing that advances or impedes the Progress of the Race. Besides Correspondence from All Parts of the Country, Portraits and Biographical Sketches, Interesting Serials, Editorials, ODD FELLOW, MASONIC and other Lodge News, it gives from week to week a General News Summary of THE RACE'S DOINGS, Which alone is worth the price of the paper. SUBSCRIPTION RATES; One year..... $1 50 | Three months..... 0 50 Six months..... 1 00 | In clubs of ten one year..... 1 50 In clubs of five, one year..... $1 26. Write for Our Extraordinary Inductions to Agents. CLEVELAND. OHIO. "Keep A-Tryin'' Signboards. "My boy," said Uncle Hiram, "you'll To drive o'er Life's long roadway, and Will puzzle you completely, as to w Of branching ways, when roads for Each bears the equal marks of well And so, one's undecided which he'd But I have learned the route, my b The 'Keep a-tryin'' signboards ma "Success is such a pretty town—to You'll find the crowd, though, grow For many, seeking shorter cuts the Get so far off the highway that the You'll be allured, as on you go, by 'Take Chance's Road, past Waiting But I this safer route would fain up The 'Keep a-tryin'' signboards ma "The road that runs through Waiting When first you start, but, farther on And, after that, you'll have to climb Then, still beyond, there looms in v And so, my boy, when starting on t The route your Uncle Hiram chose And heed his plain directions, if you The 'Keep a-tryin'' signboards ma A SEQUO By ETHEL WAY "My boy," said Uncle Hilram, "you'll soon be startling out, To drive o'er Life's long roadway, and oft a bit of doubt Will puzzle you completely, as to which you'd best pursue Of branching ways, when roads fork out, as they're inclined to do. Each bears the equal marks of well-worn travel, like as not, And so, one's undecided which he'd better choose to trot; But I have learned the route, my boy, and thus much I'll confess— The 'Keep a-tryin' signboards mark the highway to Success. "Success is such a pretty town—to reach it, all men strive; You'll find the crowd, though, growing less, the farther on you drive— For many, seeking shorter cuts through Dilly-daily Lane, Get so far off the highway that they find it ne'er again! You'll be allured, as on you go, by finger-posts that say: 'Take Chance's Road, past Waitingville, it's far the better way;' But I this safer route would fain upon your mind impress— The 'Keep a-tryin' signboards mark the highway to Success. "The road that runs through Waltingville has prospects bright and fair. When first you start, but, farther on, it leads through swamps of Care. And, after that, you'll have to climb the weary hill of Debt. Then, still beyond, there looms in view the tollgate of Regret. And so, my boy, when starting on the road of Life, alone. The route your Uncle Hiram chose I trust you'll make your own. And heed his plain directions, if you'd quite avoid distress; The 'Keep a-tryin' signboards mark the highway to Success. Roy Fearrell Greene In Success A SEQUOIA DRYAD By ETHEL WATTS MUMFORD. DERRINGER thought he had a good thing when he bought up the timber rights of Cleopatra canyon. The grade was down all the way to the opening and the inlet made up close to the hills. Nothing easier than to swing the great redwood sections on the waiting freighter and transport them to Monterey, where the cheap Jap laborers could put on the finishing polish, convert huge slabs of rough timber to shining monolithic table tops—for that was his scheme, round tables, such as King Arthur would have envied. Already his friends—artists, decorators and millionaires in the country places, had filled his pocket with orders, and he could clear up a tidy little sum which he needed sadly. One acquisition he made, however, upon which he had not counted—the Dryad. He first saw her the day he brought up his men and tools and set them to building shacks by the spring side. She advanced to meet him from the trunk of a giant sequoia, with a hesitating, nervous step, paused some ten feet away and observed him. In turn he scrutinized her singular person. She was tall and sinewy, and her powerful shoulders were draped in an old Spanish shawl of Chinese erepe—a black ground embroidered in colors—a tattered skirt of dark silk hung below, and was gathered full at the waist after the antebellum fashion of California. The Dryad's face was haunting, white and hard like ivory, but cut by a strangely scarlet mouth that made a sudden dash of color in its pallid oval. Black eyes that burned slumberously drew down waxen lids to hide their fire and black brows met in a straight line over a thin aquiline nose. Derringer looked, and his flesh crawled. She continued to watch him in silence. He wet his lips thrice, and then managed at last to speak. "Who are you—and what do you want?" ly; "what business is that of yours?" She looked at him sullenly. "What for? You cannot move them; they are fast as the hills—and they do not wish to go." He shrugged his shoulders. and turned away. She took a step nearer. "To cut them?" she asked, in a hushed voice. Again the uncanny quiver shook him. "Yes, what else? You don't expect me to pull them up by the roots, do you?" She looked up at the stately height of the tree beside her, rising massive and tall as a cathedral spire till it seemed to uphold the blue tent of sky, far above in the rift of the canyon. She shook her head. "You had better go away, man," she said, calmly. "They will never let you. I have lived with them for years, and I know them. Go away before they show their strength." Derringer stood still for a moment, then hastened off to camp with an uneasy beating in his usually placid heart. The mad woman—for mad she undoubtedly was—moved his imagination strangely. The Dryad turned, slowly retraced her steps to the sequoia, stepped inside the hollow at its roots, and disappeared. Later in the evening Derringer saw a thin line of smoke climbing upward along the rough bark walls of her dwelling. Evidently the tree was her home. The timber contractor, though "green," was no tenderfoot. He knew enough of the surprises of California life to expect strange things of the people he encountered—dwellers up inaccessible canyons, or on the edge of the sage brush deserts. He had met hoary old men a hundred miles from civilization who talked Emerson and Plato with him, and had encountered more than one beautiful and refined woman recluse, ruling a tiny ranch in the very heart of the coast range. But this woman, whom he could not help calling "The Dryad," was a new and disconcerting type. However, he was bodily tired that night and so slept and forgot. The next morning, bright and early, the great 15-foot, flexible steel saws were uncrated, the finest redwood tree was surrounded by a scaffolding some 20 feet from the ground, and the work of destruction was begun in earnest. Derringer thought no more of the strange woman or her predictions. But at noon, when the men rested, ate their bacon and hard-tack, drank bad whisky and water, and swapped stories, they were suddenly arrested by the appearance of Hoist with His Own Petard. Prof. Trent, of Columbia university, in "A Retrospect of American Humor," in the Century, tells the following anecdote in connection with an account of Judge Longstreet's book called "Georgia Scenes:" Unless he was mystifying his readers, one of the best scenes in his book was not from Judge Longstreet's hand—that admirable description of the militia company's drill which Mr. Thomas Hardy seems to have made free with in the twenty-third chapter of "The Trumpet --- 4 I'll soon be starting out, and oft a bit of doubt which you'd best pursue k out, as they're inclined to do. I worn travel, like as not, better choose to trot; joy, and thus much I'll confess— k the highway to Success. I reach it, all men strive; ing less, the farther on you drive— brough Dilly-daily Lane, y find it ne'er again! finger-posts that say: ville, it's far the better way;" on your mind impress— k the highway to Success. Glyville has prospects bright and fair, it leads through swamps of Care, b the weary hill of Debt; view the tollgate of Regret. the road of Life, alone. I trust you'll make your own, d quite avoid distress; k the highway to Success. —Roy Farrell Greene, in Success. MIA DRYAD MITS MUMFORD. the gaunt, dark figure. This time she did not wait to be addressed, but walked with majestic languor to within earshot. "Men," she said in her clear, musical Castillian, "you are in danger—go your ways and do not tempt your betters to destroy you. For centuries they have lived. Do you dare to threaten their existence?—if so, beware! I know them, and I know their will." She waited for no response, but turned, with the slow, strong, graceful motion that characterized her, and disappeared in the direction of her tree. The half-breeds looked after her in surprise, took a fresh drink all around and returned to their talk. But Derringer could not. He had experienced for the second time that ungovernable fear, that creeping of the flesh that unnerves a man. He swung himself from the platform to the ground and followed the retreating figure. He saw her enter the gaping cavern in the heart of the sequoia, and a few moments later noticed the same thread of blue smoke proceeding from an opening in the bark, where, doubtless, she had improvised a chimney. He longed to cross the narrow barrier of the stream and enter this unusual dwelling, but a sense of impropriety held him back. After all she was a woman, this forest giant was her boudoir, and the habit of his youthful training was still strong upon him. That was the beginning. From that day forward he knew no peace. Every day at the noon hour the Dryad came, calm and unmoved as the speaking statue, to deliver her warning, and daily the men lost their indifference and grew more troubled at her coming. When the dinner hour approached they scattered instead of "climbing" on the scaffoldings. They looked over their shoulders hurriedly as they went, and gave the smoking sequoia a wide berth. In addition to the superstitious terrors to which he now found himself a victim, there was added the more definite anticipation of desertion among his woodmen. He tried to drown their whispered councils by cheery banter, but his own heart misgave him. A week passed and nothing happened save the daily visits of the Dryad, and the completion of the dissection of the redwood. The wire ropes had been staked and drawn taut, the winders were set up at a safe distance to avoid the possible spring of branches, and another day would see the fall of the first cut redwood of his claim. Derringer breathed more freely, for the Dryad did not come at midday. Perhaps she had given up the fruitless bluff. But at twilight when the canyon was already full of the blue-black mystery of night, and the rush of the little stream sounded loud and unceasing, she stood suddenly before him, framed in the door of his little shack. "Senor," she said, "this is the last warning—go!" She disappeared as if by magic, and Derringer's heart lay cold in his breast. He shivered, rose, looked out at the blackness of the shadows, listened to the magnified roar of the little river, and tried to shake off the oppression of impeding evil—but anyhow the warnings of a mad woman. That night there were strange creakings in the forest and sounds at times of stretched cables and sinister cracklings. But the lumbermen thought of the doomed redwood and turned to more solid slumbers on their primitive beds. Suddenly out of the night came a scream as of ten thousand demons, a rending and tearing as of an earthquake, a blow that shook the hills and echoed down the stony mountain walls. Then the silence grew and swallowed the vain tumult. Dawn showed the cleft redwood still standing in its cables, ringed by its plank platform, but the men who planned its destruction were not there to complete the work. They lay crushed in their frail plank shanties, under the great sequolia. Only the Dryad was there to see how its heart had been eaten out by the devouring fire, until the chamber at its base had become but a ring of bark. There was no one to tell of the patient vengeance of the half-witted priestess of the trees. But she, draped in her tattered Spanish finery, damp with the night's dews, only shook her head wisely at the ruin about her, and calmly took her solitary way through the unbroken silence of the canyon in search of a new home.—Town and Country, New York. Major." Almost as amusing as the plundered sketch is the fact that when the "lifting" was exposed by the Critic in parallel columns, a writer in the Daily News—was it Mr. Andrew Lang?—came to the rescue of the British novelist by pointing out how far the latter had improved upon the crude sketch of the American provincial. But alas! no sooner had this convincing proof of British superiority been given than the Critic was forced to explain that by an unlucky (sic) mistake the authors' names at the tops of the columns had been transposed! ```markdown ``` THE GAZETTE. CLEVELAND. O., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 1901. CURRENT TOPICS France has ten regiments of soldiers in Africa. King Edward's life has been insured for a large sum. St. Louis is the conceded apple shipping center of the country. It is reported that Emperor William has taken up the palmistry fad. Last year England possessed 19,982 vessels, of which 9,208 were steamships. Pritish inventors applied for 24,000 patents, and 13,000 were granted this year. Sales of public lands in the fiscal year of 1901 aggregated 15,562,796 acres. Stuttering children are cured in the German public schools by a special course of dieting. Russian engineers propose a tunnel under the Caucasus mountains at a cost of $75,000,000. Elaborate ceremonies have attended the dedication of a monument to Pasteur, at Orbais, his birthplace. President Roosevelt has been invited to attend the Charleston exposition February 12, Abraham Lincoln's birthday. A flower cut in the morning will last twice as long as a flower cut later in the day, when the sun has been upon it. The Pittsburg and Lake Erie is to be equipped with an automatic electric block signal system from Youngstown to Glassport. The largest bird of prey in the Old World is the lammergeier, or bearded vulture, which has a wing expanse of nine to ten feet. The British revenue last year was £130,000,000, and the national expenditure was £183,000,000—which left a balance on the wrong side. Workmen on the farm owned by John Henry Thornburg, near Hagerstown, Ind., have unearthed the remains of a prehistoric race. The census taken last fall shows the resident population of Dawson to be 5,400. Of this number 4,500 are men, 650 women and 250 children. For one of his repasts a bat does not eat less than thirteen caterpillars, and in 24 hours the smallest specimen will easily eat 80 flies or more. A man who failed to rise from his seat in a meeting in Berlin when a "Hoch" was called for the Kaiser was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. An increase of forty warships is to be asked of the approaching session of congress in addition to four for which plans have already been prepared. The London postoffice delivered more than 2,000,000,000 letters and sent nearly 100,000,000 telegrams. It handled 80,000,000 parcels, weighing 2,000,000 cwt. The acreage under wheat in England has dropped to 1,800,000 from the 2,300,000 it was ten years ago. On the other hand the cultivation of oats has increased. Ten years ago 6,000,000 tons of fish, valued at £4,300,000, were landed on English coasts, while during last year 3,600,000 tons were landed and realized £6,600,000. Prof. Porter and all astronomers of prominence are satisfied that no beings such as ourselves can live on Mars, for want of atmosphere and because of the intense cold. The tracks of the Illinois Central, Monon, Michigan Central, Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago, Nickel Plate and Lake Shore roads at Grand Crossing, Chicago, are to be elevated. A number of the most prominent railroads in the United States continue to report delays, owing to a lack of enough freight cars to handle all the carrying business offered. The great chemist, Pasteur, saved France at least $500,000,000 by his researches on the disease of silkworms. Yet at school he was only fourteenth out of 23 in his chemistry examination. A blue diamond weighing over 22 karats, said to be the largest of its kind in the world, and once possessed by the Duke of Brunswick, has been imported to this country by a New York jeweler. Baron Ludivor Moncheour, the new Belgian minister, is expected in Washington soon. His marriage to Miss Clayton, daughter of the United States ambassador to Mexico, will take place in December in the City of Mexico. Eloped on Sunday, pursued on Monday, married on Tuesday, forgiven on Wednesday, separated on Thursday, back home on Friday and divorced on Saturday is the short story of Marie Tomkins Henry, 17, daughter of a prominent Richmond (Va.) family. A twelve-year-old boy named Southwick kidnapped a six-year-old child in Great Falls, Mont., and demanded a rausom of $1,500 for its return. He was captured by the police, however, and the stolen child was recovered. The biggest free pass ever issued was the one which the builders of the Central Pacific gave to Johnson Sides, chief of the Pinte Indians of Nevada, for himself and people for life, to ride back and forth on all except passenger cars as much as they pleased. Baron Takasaki, chief of the poet's bureau in the imperial palace at Tokyo, says that the emperor of Japan's love of poetry increases with years. Scarcely an evening passes that His Majesty does not compose from 27 to 30 of the 31 syllabled couplets called "Wa-ka." There are few localities in the world with an equal range of temperature as Dawson, Alaska. It is very cold during eight months of the year and warm during the other four. During each season the temperature ranges from 80 degrees below zero to 100 degrees above. William Callen Bryant wrote verses when but nine years old. When William Cullen Bryant was only 14 years old he published a poem called "The Embargo," and another "The Spanish Revolution," which were so good that few people believed a mere boy could have written them. Joseph Fielding Smith, president of the twelve apostles, becomes the next president of the Mormon church. He is in his 63rd year, and in 1866 was ordained as an apostle by President Brigham Young, and set apart as one of the twelve apostles on Oct. 8, 1867. The new president has three wives. SYRUP OF FIGS IS AN EXCELLENT FAMILY LAXATIVE - (IT IS REFRESHING TO THE TASTE AND ACTS PLEASANTLY AND GENTLY. IT ASSISTS ONE TO OVERCOME HABITUAL CONSTIPATION PERMANENTLY A Valuable Curate. There is much excitement in the village of Slushton, because the most important cricket fixture which the village club had arranged was down for decision on the following Saturday, and the bowler who had won every match for them that season had sprained his wrist, and consequently would not be able to play. All their fond hopes of victory had gone, when, as a last resort, they asked the new curate of the village to play for them. He consented, and owing to his score of 54 and his capture of eight wickets for 34 runs they scored a brilliant victory. The next morning as the squire, himself an enthusiastic cricketer, was leaving the church, where the curate had just preached his first sermon, he was asked by the vicar what he thought of the new curate. "Oh," responded the squire, "his voice is weak, his doctrine's shaky, he isn't as learned as he should be, but his cricket is a fair eye-opener. We must keep him, even if we have to pay him double the salary."—London Spare Moments. Judging from Appearances. The New Woman—In me, sir, behold a self-made woman. The Old Man—That is certainly commendable. How long have you been a dressmaker?—Chicago Daily News. Comforting Improvement. Pinchbeck—Ah, doctor! I see you continue your visits to my neighbor, Guffinger; how is he, by the way, this morning? Doctor—I am glad to be able to report a noticeable improvement in his case. "Indeed! Is he able to do anything yet?" "Yes, indeed! He was able to pay his bill yesterday, and that's a marked improvement, as compared to the bulk of my patients."—Richmond Dispatch. He Escaped. Thingumbob—I thought you said you saw Borem first in Europe last summer. McJigger—Well? "Well, he says he's known you for years; besides he says he didn't see you at all when he was in Europe last summer." "Exactly; because, as I told you, I saw him first there." -Philadelphia Press. Made for Each Other Edith—I hear that you and Fred are quite interested in one another. quite interested in one another. Bertha—Don't you tell a soul, Edith, but really I believe Fred and I were made for each other. We have played golf together three times, and we never have quarreled—except two or three times when Fred was clearly in the wrong.—Boston Transcript. No man ever arrived suddenly at the summit of pure cussedness.—Chicago Daily News. Revenge is like a mule—it works both ways.—Chicago Daily News. --- The man who never smiles is the center of gravity.—Philadelphia Record. A figurehead does not necessarily have a good head for figures.—Ram's Horn. You had better contract your expenditures than stretch your conscience.—Ram's Horn. A man will admit that he is prejudiced, but never quite as much as the other fellow.—Washington (Ia.) Democrat. Customer—"By the way, Mr. Yolker, there was a chicken in one of those eggs." Dealer—"So? Chickens are two shillings a pound, you know. I suppose you are willing to do the right thing?"—Boston Transcript. "My dear, this is my friend Smiggins, of whom you have heard me speak. "I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Smiggins. You can hardly appreciate what a convenience your acquaintance is to my husband when he stays out later than he should."—Indianapolis News --- Wherein It Failed.—"Why didn't the tenor sing to night? He has such a sympathetic voice." "Well, the reason he didn't sing was that his voice wasn't sympathetic enough to touch the manager for a week's salary overdue." —Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Poet—"I was pleased to see my poem in your paper. Is there any money—" Editor—"Oh, no; we shan't charge you anything this time. It is your first offense, you know. If, however, it is repeated, we cannot let you off again so easily." —Boston Transcript. One of the latest apocryphal stories on the yacht race is that about the lady who, on hearing that the Shamrock was beaten on time allowance, said it was "horrid of the Americans to take advantage of the difference between their time and ours." —Glasgow Evening Times. Oratory Is on the Decline. Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, Dean of the University of Chicago, in addressing the seniors at division meeting said: "We have no orators to-day—that is, no orators of the first-class. The reason for the decline in oratory is the vast increase in reading. There are too many gabblers without sound knowledge. We need more thorough knowledge and clear-thinking, and oratory will then take care of itself. The newspaper and periodical press at the same time make much oratory needless and multiply the power of what is left." Avoid the Alligator He was evidently from the country, this little old German, and as his eyes rested on the elevator, undoubtedly for the first time, his sense of the ridiculous was touched. For a few minute he stood in wonderment and then, laughing softly to himself, he stopped the first person he chanced to see, who happened to be the janitor, and fired this at him. "Vat was dot leedle but ting vat valks people op der stairs stooden still?" "Oh, that's the elevator," was the answer. "Oh, dat's vat dit is, is idt." I haf a poock etbook made offen der peelf u ofe dore." He tried a ride, but didn't like it. Then he said: "I vould told my wife nefer to go in my von uf dos alligators ven der valking by hand vae goot." N. Y. Post. "Straws Show Which Way the Wird Blows." and the constantly increasing demand for and steady growth in popularity of St. Jacobs Oil among all classes of people in every part of the civilized world, show conclusively what remedy the people use for their Rheumatism and bodily aches and pains. Facts speak louder than words, and the fact remains undisputed that the rule of St. Jacobs Oil is greater than all other remedies for outward application combined. It acts like magic, cures where everything else fails, conquers pain. Recall Fringe Cure Small doses of fine, dry sand are the latest freak "remedy" for dyspepsia. Somehow this specific recalls the remark of a distinguished American that six feet of gravel is the only cure for hay fever.—Norfolk Reflector. Don't Pay for Another's Dinner "Order what you want; pay for what you order," is the unique way in which the Lackawanna Railroad is advertising its new dining-car service. The aptness of the phrase is apparent when it is understood that the traveler may order from the most complete menu, and yet pay for nothing he does not want. In addition, low-priced club meals are served individually from 35 cents to $1.00, so that table d'hote and a la carte features are virtually combined. All through trains to Buffalo, Chicago and St. Louis are equipped with dining-cars, and the service is admitted to be second to none in the world. Only Half the Battle Brown—Are you anything of a linguist? Jones—Well, I can read and understand French, German, golf, yacht, baseball, and football; but I can't talk 'em—Detroit Free Press Best for the Bowels No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy, natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. Strong Men. Miss Touriste-You have some strong and rugged types of manhood out in this western country? Stage Driver—Yaas, miss, we hev men out here thet don't think it's nuthin' t' hold up a railroad train.—Ohio State Journal. Persons contemplating a journey East or West should be careful that the rates paid for their transportation do not exceed those charged by the Nickel Plate Road. This company always offers lowest rates and the service is efficient. Careful attention is given to the wants of all first and second class passengers by uniformed colored attendants. The dining car service of the Nickel Plate Road is above criticism and enables the traveler to obtain meals at from thirty-five (35) cents to $1.00 but no higher. The Pullman service is the usual high grade standard. Semi-weekly transcontinental tourist cars ply between Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. 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