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2 One Year..... 81 80 Six Months..... 1 00 Three Months..... 80 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. Editor and Proprietor THE GAZETTE, Cane Library Building, Cleveland, Ohio Member Ohio Legislature, } 1894 to 1898. } 1900 to 1902. AUTOMATIC PRINTING TRADESTITUTE COUNCIL CLEVELAND 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. We wish our readers a most satisfactory holiday season experience. Prejudiced southern whites did all in their power to make the census show that the race is diminishing in this country. We know better, however. There wasn't much said by the southern press about Booker T. Washington and President Roosevelt's dining with the president of Yale college at New Haven, Conn., shortly after the famous dinner at the White House. They had doubtless begun to realize what a great big mistake they had made in attacking the president because of his exercise of a social privilege which the northern part of this country and the world (except the south) regarded as a manly act and a very proper thing. The redeeming feature of the discussion (anent the famous White House dinner) was the fact that the southern blatherskites, persons, press and pulpit, compelled northern republicans to advocate the president's and our side of the question. We advise our contemporaries to read the Congressional Records of the first half of January, 1901, and ascertain the position their congressmen took on Judge Crumpacker's bill to decrease the congress representation of the several southern states that have disfranchised thousands of Afro-Americans. There will be many surprises if this is done. There were very few republican congressmen who did their duty by our race in this matter and a great many who need a calling to account for the course they pursued, both while the matter was pending and when it came to a vote. Hunt up their record and inform your readers! 1 Congressman Hopkins, of Illinois, is a candidate for United States senator. He is the man who led the fight against Judge Crumpacker's minority report of the house of representatives census committee and also against the Crumpacker bill. The Washington (D. C.) Post and Evening Star announced on Tuesday that President Roosevelt had decided not to reappoint ex-Congressman Henry P. Cheatham, of North Carolina, recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia. It seems that Henry Y. Arnett, a clerk in the office, resigned recently after a quarrel with the recorder because the latter would not promote him to the position of chief deputy, thereby displacing a Col. Geo. F. Schayer (white), who, it seems, is a very efficient man. Thereupon, according to the Post and Star, Bishop B. W. Arnett and his son Henry made serious verbal accusations against Recorder Cheatham which President Roosevelt refused to countenance until they were placed on file in the shape of affidavits. United States Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina, who secured Mr. Cheatham the appointment of recorder of deeds of the District four years ago, has not given up hope of securing his reappointment. The Evening Star says that the Arnetts have presented Dr. Crossland to President Roosevelt as a suitable man to succeed Cheatham and that there are other candidates for the place. Strange that the Arnetts can find no one in Ohio to back for the place, especially since it has been a nightly dream for nearly four years of John P. Green, formerly of Cleveland, now a stamp clerk in the departments at Washington. MERRY CHRISTMAS. Man's highest ideal affords no vivid conception of our real earthly Eden. The human mind can never conceive of the sublime beauty and grandeur of the home fitted out for the first pair who should have habitation in the paradise of God. That home was the abode of unspeakable bliss and joy, where was to reign perpetual peace and undisturbed serenity in a world divine. There was the absence of all evil and the presence of all good. Everything was a paragon of unspeakable perfection and a heaven on earth to man. God, the eternal and the omnipotent Father, gave this Eden as a precious legacy to His own and He dedicated it as a memorial unto life everlasting. Every thought and every deed was to be the counterpart of His own divine self, His will and power. The bloom of youth was the impulse of innocence and love, where only beauty and brightness smiled and the soul basked amid the sweet symphonies of a new created world. In his sublimest existence man was never so happy, never so pure, never so content as then. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1901. He felt no pang of sorrow, knew no pain, nor did the fond bosom ever heave a sigh nor indulge one anxious longing. Heaven and earth had convened for the first time in realms below. Every thought and impulse was in obedience to the great mandate of Heaven. Law was the instinct of being and the guiding genius to a wealth of untold ecstacy and endless enjoyment. But Eden felt the touch of sin's inscrutable hand and imperial man departed from his lofty estate. He lost his submissiveness to God, the illimitable source of his princely endowments and forfeited every sacred offering of Heaven. But through the mercy of God, pardoning love and power were extended and unto the fallen ones of earth a Saviour was given who would atone for our disobedience. On the 25th of the twelfth month of our calendar an angel came in the person of man to suffer and die, that we who came of the breath of Deiry might live again, might offer repentance for our transgression. Nothing in all nature, nothing in all history or in all the eventful periods of the world has been so transcendently wonderful, awful and overwhelmingly great in magnitude and deed as the coming of the angel to be born into the world to save humanity. We forfeited the priceless gift of Heaven, we betrayed the trust of Heaven and the confidence of God. But Christ, our best friend, viewing the situation and the almost hopeless condition in which we were placed, gave Himself as our Mediator. A blessed gift indeed that when we had thrown away the very jewel of eternal life and happiness a friend, the Saviour, steps in on this holy day and forms a new contract for ourselves. Let us all be glad and let us rejoice and give thanks unto the Father of all mercy that we live to see this day. Let us make merry and sing songs of praise that we live in the light of a new Christian civilization, in a gospel land and country where we may in hopefulness and faith render more availing the mercies and goodness of God. Through Christ the gloom and darkness of the night have been dispersed. The dawn of the glorious day beckons onward to grander, nobler and higher life. The Son of God died for all the races, for all the children of men. He died as a quickening power to raise the humblest and the poorest and to make them fit companions for princes and potentates and for the most exalted places in the kingdoms of earth and Heaven. To our dear readers, we bid them be of good cheer. The star of destiny leads onward. God lives and reigns and He loves all His people. Blessed be the name of God, our Redeemer. We congratulate you that in the midst of severe trials and disappointments the light of hope beams along our pathway. Behind every cloud the sun still shines and Jesus Christ, the gorious light of the universe, reflects His blessed rays in our pathway to guide and beckon us on to the better day. Be merry to-day, be happy in the time of your life, let joy be unconfined, and let every heart dwell in fellowship with his fellow and render unto the Father His just dues. A CITIZENSHIP WORTHY TO BE CALLED THE NOBLEST. President Roosevelt, in one of our popular magazines, speaks of the three distinguishing features of good citizenship, the essential elements of a well-ordered government, and Bishop Thos. F. Gailor lectures in strong terms upon the responsibility of American citizenship. Both writers are applauded, the former receiving the unstinted endorsement of the London press, while the latter, for his utterances, is congratulated as a public benefactor, a philosopher and statesman. In either case, the great subject has been treated more in the abstract than in the concrete. The real and vital issue to be made for the well-being of the republic cannot be overlooked or disregarded in designating the ends to be accomplished and in determining either the elements or the responsibility of citizenship. The excellences of either should be barred of all exclusiveness. Every element and every responsibility should encompass the good of the whole. Citizenship is a vested right delegated upon equal terms to each and all under a common government. Each citizen must feel, recognize and exercise his individual responsibility to that government. The responsibility of the individual is the question paramount to all others, and until men shall be brought to realize more sensibly and intelligently their own responsibility and their own obligation to the community, to the laws and to the government, danger lies in the way of municipal authority. No man who is in any way beneficiary to the privileges and immunities of just and wholesome laws is absolved from a single duty expressed or implied, and every man stands guilty of a grave direliction of duty and is criminally at fault who regards not his own obligation to maintain and enforce the law. Possessing the elements most essential to constitute a good citizen, it is quite possible that every American may comprehend the moral force and significance of his responsibility to the community, the state and the nation and even to all who form a part of the great social compact. Are we following in this line of duty, are we conforming to those prescribed regulations known according to the spirit and letter of our great Magna Charta? But men construe the letter to suit their whims and notions, discriminating even to the detriment of the law and the still greater danger of the republic. Then when we speak of the individual responsibility of men in the exercise of an intelligent and Christian citizenship, we are constrained to base every man's actions and behavior upon that grandest and highest of all human qualities, the uncompromising loyalty to an enlightened conscience. Through the eye of an enlightened conscience, conforming to the regulations of pre- scribed law, every man finds it possible to afford the best contributions to the state and country. Through this he maintains the equity and rights of his neighbor and becomes a master-builder in the affairs of the people. The leveling process of civilization and progress and the consequent loss of individual responsibility when duly considered involves a problem yet unsolved. But individual responsibility is appreciated only in the light of enlightened conscience. Modern conditions have improved, but they have warped public conscience in a way that we are less compensated than benefited. We cannot affect the needed improvement unless there is a quickning of the individual conscience by education and a system of moral training which to-day is lost sight of in that inordinate desire for individual aggrandizement and gain. Individual responsibility has surrendered manhood and liberty of conscience to a combination of influences which in reckless presumption seek to supplant the better and more humane impulses of the people. The spirit of caste is the bane of our free institutions and defiantly aims to dominate the courage of honest conviction. The poor man and the black man dare not claim his soul as his own, while wealth and fashion wield the scepter and our labor element remains enslaved to the tyranny of merciless corporations. In politics and the affairs of government, every citizen must be a free man. Freedom of absolute choice is a guarantee of individual responsibility, and without which the citizen is swallowed up in the magnitude of the body politic. The effect of such a loss is weakening, not only on the individual who owes duty, but is hurtful to the entire government. Illiteracy and avarice are the dangers of our republic. It is these that are sapping the life blood of the nation. Nor does that danger arise alone from any one race. It is the outgrowth of that designing element of the people bent on mischief and crime. The mind of the masses must be turned to things brave and manly which shall redound to the good of all. The seed of contention and discord is sown in that ceaseless and cruel opposition made against the weaker and more dependent people. Much that is grand and noble in our national life and which should lead to the higher duties of citizenship, is wasted in the unrelenting fight upon a class already too long persecuted. The bane of this country culminates in this shameful and cowardly war made against the blacks. Crime does exist, but it finds its origin largely from those who, on account of incompetency and illiteracy, are entrusted with the duties of municipal and state government. Let the courts, the councils, the legislatures and our national congress be relieved of the sin of race prejudice, let each and all be awakened to a sense of their duty to their neighbor and their country, and let each be sworn to discharge his duty faithfully and fearlessly or be made to face the law of impeachment, then and not till then shall Americans, irrespective of race, enjoy a citizenship worthy to be called the noblest and the best known to civilized man. Tourist Cars on the Nickel Plate Road. Elected K. of P. Officers Circleville, O.—Mrs. Mattie Gomer. of Middleport, was called here by the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Mary Stevens.—Miss Elizabeth Tann and Mrs. Dollie Collins were in Columbus recently.—Mr. George See, Mrs Martha Bass, Mr. Lloyd Davis and Mrs. Polly Jackson are ill.—Prof. Z. W. Mitchell organized the Loyal Legion of Labor in Circleville by electing Mr. Wm. Bass, R. M; C. C. Finley, R. P.; Rev. J. Allen Viney, R. E.; L. O. Harris, R. F.; J. R. Redman, R. S.; Jonas Wyatt, V. R. M.—Rev. S. Brown preached at the Second Baptist church Sunday. — Pickaway Lodge, No. 14, K. of P., elected the following officers: For C. C., Jonas Wyatt; M. C., Dan Hughes; P. L., E. Hyman; M. of F., L. O. Harris; K. of R. and S., John Lewis; M. at A. James Cooper; trustee, William Devyn. Burned to the Ground. New Brighton, Pa.—The A. M. E. church of Bridgewater caught fire Monday morning and burnt to the ground.—Send The Gazette to a friend for one year as a Christmas gift. This will be appreciated and a splendid present.—Mrs. Lizzie Willson and Mrs. L. Knight spent Sunday at Pittsburg.—D. Marshall Leland, who was thrown from his buggy at Georgetown, Ky., is convalescent.—Mrs. H. A. Grant and J. Beane are sick.—Mrs. L. Knight entertained the choir Friday evening. The New Skirts. Form-fitting skirts are evidently not a fancy of the moment, but have come to stay. The upper portion fits without a wrinkle and is drawn back by elastic straps, while the flounce at the bottom flares very noticeably. The making of these form-fitting or serpentine skirts is described in detail in the January Delineator by Mrs. A. L. Gorman, a number of illustrations being given of the different steps in the work. Nelson's Straightine FREE FROM ALL 1HJURIOUS CHEMIOALS. GUARANTEED PERFECTLY HARMLESS. by straightens the hair, but, by nourishing the roots, prevents it from falling. Distressing Scalp Diseases, and gives a used and highly endorsed by the best guarantee. Straightline to be free at injury the hair. Straightline is highly perfumed. Straightline can be left off at any time, or consult testiminials on file. We can—Contains One Month's Treatments to it he will get it for you, or we will furnish materials and full information, address the manufacturing company. FREE TO TO THE COLORED PEOPLE Be not deceived by loud adverbs accomplish little. Do not send what you are going to get for your money until we have proven LUSTORONE IS NATURE'S GREATEST STRAIGHTENING BEFORE USING PIOTURES FROM LUSTORONE Straightens without any outs in two forms. No. 1 causes the beautiful. No. 2 cures all forms of diseases, and feeds the roots of the No. 1 is used at night, No. 2 in the treatment. LUSTORONE is full stop the hair from falling, restore ate a new growth of hair on bald skin make a hair tonic to equal LUSTORONE. We have thousands of testing space to publish: Mrs. Mary Your RONE is a God-send to suffering once. I know what it did for me. TO SECURE A FREE SEND us your name and address and will mail to you a sample of Lustorone same day money is received. This of our assertions. DOMINIC Stamps accepted. Extraordina Handl There are no nicer and Presents than nice Handkerchiefs useful, too. You'll find the almost nothing. Nelson's Straightine Not only straightens the hair, but, by nourishing it, lishing the roots, prevents it from falling out, removes Dandruff, cures itching, irritating Scalp Diseases, and gives a long and Beautiful Head of Hair. It is used and highly endorsed by the best people in all sections of this country. We guarantee that you will not suffer from all injurious cuts, bumps, and irritation to the hair. Straightine does not irritate the sticky gummy, and is highly perfumed. Straightine does not require the use of irons, and can be left off at any time, or continued as long as desired. Thousands of testimonials on file. Sold at all drug stores. Price, 25c. in large cans—Contains One not keep it he will get it for curely wrapped on receipt of 30c. in stamps or silver. For testimonials and full information NELSON MANUFACTURING AGENTS CAN MAKE BIG MONEY SELLING THIS WONDERFUL PREPARE 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, see curently 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 A PHENOMENAL GATHERING to choose from—the pleasure of buying is partially in the choosing, and we are are glad to have you look—in truth we would rather have you look and satisfy yourself that we will sell you the same goods as regular jewelers at a great saving to you. It is a comprehensive stock. We are proud to invite you to enjoy its beauties, and we know that the prices will make you feel able to select from it a gift or so for your friends. No article so high as to be extravagant—none so low that goodness can't go with it—but in every instance you get a better value here than elsewhere. Solid Gold Rings. Imitation ruby, emerald, amethyst and opal centers, surrounded by sparkling rhinestones and other attractive combinations, worth up to $8.00, choice $4.50 Solid Gold Rings for Misses and Children—Fifty different styles and settings, ranging in price from $3.00 to 39c 14-karat Wedding Rings, 80c per dwt. Pendants or Brooches 14-karat gold-filled Pendants or Brooches, sunburst patterns, pearl centers, $3.50 Sterling Novelties. Hundreds of attractive articles for manicure and toilet use, really too many styles to mention any particular one, but particularly attractive things in the new French-grey finish—nail files, tooth brushes, letter openers, cuticle knives, etc., bought originally to sell at $1.50—just now priced at 98c Enameled Chatelaine Watches With fleur-de-lis pendants to match, dainty little timekeepers, ordinarily priced at $10—put up in handsome silk velvet box, complete, $5.00 HANDSOME CLOCKS GREATLY UNDERPRICED BEFORE USING PIOTURES TAKEN AFTER USING Like Cut, Ansonia, 14 karat, gold plated Novelty Clock ..... $2.50 Cleveland THE MAY CO. Cleveland TRADE-MARK. I TRADE-MARK. There are no nicer and no more economical Christmas Presents than nice Handkerchiefs. They're practical and useful, too. You'll find the prettiest of them here, for almost nothing. 300 dozen Ladies' Initial Handkerchiefs, worth 15c, Tuesday, each..... 5c 500 dozen Ladies' Embroidered and Lace Trimmed. Hemstitched Linen Handkerchiefs, 15c, 19c and 25c values, all in one lot, at..... 10c Ladies' Fine Linen Embroidered and Lace Trimmed Handkerchiefs, values up to 60c, choice at..... 25c Ladies' Pure Linen Embroidered Lace Trimmed Handkerchiefs, worth 25c, 35c and 39c, for..... 19c The big display of Pictu complete and so variant tha attempt to enumerate and cla presents or to decorate your in the place, to buy them. You ject in this grand collection, usual, ranging from 20c up especially mention: 100 Pharaoh's Horses, elegant fiber fr 25 inches square, at..... The big display of Pictures on the Third Floor is so complete and so varient that it would be useless for us to attempt to enumerate and classify them. Whether for Xmas presents or to decorate your home, now is the time, and this the place, to buy them. You'll find every conceivable subject in this grand collection, and at prices way below the usual, ranging from 20c up to $12.00. For this week we specially mention: HARTONA makes the hair grow long, straight, beautiful, soft, and glossy. Cures Dandruff, Baldness, Itching, Eczema, and all Scalp Diseases. Prevents Falling Out of the Hair and Premature Baldness. HARTONA POSITIVELY STRAIGHTENS THE KINKIEST HAIR. Guaranteed harmless. Sent anywhere on receipt of price—25c. and 50c. per box. HARTONA FACE BLEACH will gradually turn the skin of a black or dark person five or six shades lighter, and will turn the skin of a mulatto person almost white. HARTONA FACE BLEACH removes Wrinkles, Dark Spots, Pimples, Freckles, Blackheads, and all Blemishes of the Skin. Guaranteed absolutely harmless. Sent to any address on receipt of price—25c. and 50c. per bottle. Hartona Remedies are absolutely guaranteed, and your money is positively refunded if you are not perfectly satisfied. Write to us, and we will send you free a book of testimonials of more than one hundred people in your own State who have used and are using Hartona Remedies. SPECIAL GRAND OFFER. Send us One Dollar and mention this paper, and we will send you three large boxes of HARTONA HAIR GROWER AND STRAIGHTENER, two large bottles of HARTONA FACE BLEACH, and one large box of HARTONA NO-SMELL, which removes all disagreeable odors caused by Perspiration of the Feet, Arm-Pits, &c. Goods will be sent securely sealed from observation. Write your name and post-office and express office address very plainly. Money can be sent in Stamps or by Post-Office Money Order, or enclosed in Registered Letter or by Express. Address all orders to— TRADE-MARK. HARTONA REMEDY CO. 909 E. Main Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 100 Pharaoh's Horses, elegant fiber frame, 25 inches square, at..... $1.69 In size 22x22, for..... $1.48 200 Medallions and Pictures, big assortment of subjects, size 15x15, price..... 59c The Sigler Brothers Co. Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Clocks, Silverware, Table Cutlery, Umbrellas, Canes, Opera Glasses and Spectacles. HARTONA REMEDIES for sale in Cleveland by Henry Walker, Case School of Applied Science. Testing and fitting difficult eyes a speciality. Watches and Jewelry neatly repaired on show notice by skillful workman. Old Jewelry made to look equal to new. All goods and work guaranteed. All kinds of first-class Engraving promptly executed. 1 kindly sells your patronage. Orders by mail promptly attained to. ```markdown ``` Holiday Sale of JEWELRY THE MAY co. Cleveland's Shopping Center Holiday Sale of JEWELRY A PHENOMENAL GATHERING to choose from—the pleasure of buying is partially in the choosing, and we are are glad to have you look—in truth we would rather have you look and satisfy yourself that we will sell you the same goods as regular jewelers at a great saving to you. It is a comprehensive stock. We are proud to invite you to enjoy its beauties, and we know that the prices will make you feel able to select from it a gift or so for your friends. No article so high as to be extravagant—none so low that goodness can't go with it—but in every instance you get a better value here than elsewhere. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 V O O Imitation ruby, emerald, amethyst and opal centers, surrounded by sparkling rhinestones and other attractive combinations, worth up to $8.00 choice Sterling Novelties Pendants or Brooches Hundreds of attractive articles for manicure and toilet use, really too many styles to mention any particular one, but particularly attractive things in the new French-grey finish—nail files, tooth brushes, letter openers, cuticle knives, etc., bought originally to sell at $1.50—just now priced at Solid Gold Rings for Misses and Children—Fifty different styles and settings, ranging in price from $3.00 to Others in splendid variety down to 17c $3.50 10 1794 TRADE-MARK. I BEFORE USING HARTONA HARTONA POSITIVELY STRAIGHTENS ALL Kinky, Knotty, Stubborn, Harsh, Curly Hair. HARTONA makes the hair grow long, straight, beautiful, soft, and glossy. Cures Dandruff, Baldness, Itching, Eczema, and all Scalp Diseases. Prevents Falling Out of the Hair and Premature Baldness. HARTONA POSITIVELY STRAIGHTENS THE KINKIEST HAIR. Guaranteed harmless. Sent anywhere on receipt of price—25c. and 50c. per box. HARTONA FACE BLEACH will gradually turn the skin of a black or dark person five or six shades lighter, and will turn the skin of a mulatto person almost white. HARTONA FACE BLEACH removes Wrinkles, Dark Spots, Pimples, Freckles, Blackheads, and all Blemishes of the Skin. Guaranteed absolutely harmless. Sent to any address on receipt of price—25c. and 50c. per bottle. Hartona Remedies are absolutely guaranteed, and your money is positively refunded if you are not perfectly satisfied. Write to us, and we will send you free a book of testimonials of more than one hundred people in your own State who have used and are using Hartona Remedies. SPECIAL GRAND OFFER. Send us One Dollar and mention this paper, and we will send you three large boxes of HARTONA HAIR GROWER AND STRAIGHTENER, two large bottles of HARTONA FACE BLEACH, and one large box of HARTONA NO-SMELL, which removes all disagreeable odors caused by Perspiration of the Feet, Arm-Pits, &c. Goods will be sent securely sealed from observation. Write your name and post-office and express office address very plainly. Money can be sent in Stamps or by Post-Office Money Order, or enclosed in Registered Letter or by Express. VRADE-MARK. AFTER USING AGENTS WANTED in Every Town and City. Liberal Salary Paid. HARTONA REMEDIES for sale in Cleveland by Henry Walker, Case School of Applied Science. FREE TO ALL DOMED PEOPLE OF THE WORLD saved by loud advertisements that provoke. Do not send your money away until going to get for it. We do not ask if we have proved to your own sa- lves. LUSTORONE HERE'S GREATEST HAIR STRAIGHTENS KINKY HAIR ING PIOTURES TAKEN FROM LIFE. RONE Straightens Kinky, Nape. No hot irons are to be used without any outside assistance. LUST No. 1 causes the hair to grow long, sil- cures all forms of dandruff, tetter, eczema the roots of the hair. The two are use- right, No. 2 in the morning. They must LUSTORONE is fully guaranteed to straighten falling, restore grey hair to its nature. of hair on bald spots. It is not possi- ble to equal LUSTORONE. ousands of testimonials like the follow- ers: Mrs. Mary Young Fowler, California, send to suffering humanity. Send me that it did for me. URE A FREE SAMPLE OF LUST me and address and enclose 12c. to pay a sample of LUSTORONE No. 1 and No. is received. This sample will convince DOMINION MANUFACTURING repted. 2220 E. Marshall St. Extraordinary Values Handkerchiefs no nicer and no more econom- ice Handkerchiefs. They're you'll find the prettiest of FREE TO ALL! TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE WORLD: Be not deceived by loud advertisements that promise much and accomplish little. Do not send your money away until you know what you are going to get for it. We do not ask you to send us your money until we have proved to your own satisfaction that LUSTORONE Straightens Kinky, Nappy, curly Hair. No hot irons are to be used at all. LUSTORONE straightens without any outside assistance. LUSTORONE is put up in two forms. No.1 causes the hair to grow long, silky, straight and beautiful. No.2 cures all forms of dandruff, tetter, eczema and all scalp diseases, and feeds the roots of the hair. The two are used in connection. No.1 is used at night, No.2 in the morning. They must both be used in the treatment. LUSTORONE is fully guaranteed to straighten kinky hair, stop the hair from falling, restore grey hair to its natural color, and create a new growth of hair on bald spots. It is not possible for any one to make a hair tonic to equal LUSTORONE. We have thousands of testimonials like the following we have not space to publish: Mrs. Mary Young Fowler, California, writes, LUSTORONE is a God-send to suffering humanity. Send me $5.00 worth at once. I know what it did for me. TO SECURE A FREE SAMPLE OF LUSTORONE send us your name and address and enclose 12c. to pay postage and we will mail to you a sample of LUSTORONE No.1 and No.2 (2 packages) same day money is received. This sample will convince you of the truth of our assertions. Extraordinary Values in Handkerchiefs Holiday Pictures display of Pictures on the Th so variant that it would be u generate and classify them. Wh decorate your home, now is the y them. You'll find every c d collection, and at prices 'w from 20c up to $12.00. For on: elegant fiber frame, ... Will be pleased to have his friends and customers call on him when in need of Like Cut, Ansonia, 14 karat, gold plated novelty, beating time. AFTER USING HARTONA TRADE-MARK. BEFORE USING HARTONA ```markdown ``` AFTER USING. treatment. If your druggist does we will mail it to any address, se- address. 5 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Va. WRITE AT ONCE FOR TERMS TO ALL! SAMPLE OF THE WORLD: advertisements that promise much and and your money away until you know or it. We do not ask you to send us proved to your own satisfaction that LUSTORONE GREATEST HAIR TONIC. NS KINKY HAIR. TES TAKEN M LIFE. AFTER USING Straightens Kinky, Nappy, curly Hair. No hot irons are to be used at all. Lusto- utside assistance. Lustorone is put up the hair to grow long, silky, straight and of dandruff, tetter, eczema and all scalp the hair. The two are used in connection. the morning. They must both be used in fully guaranteed to straighten kinky hair, are grey hair to its natural color, and crea- d spots. It is not possible for any one to LUSTORONE. Simonials like the following we have not young Fowler, California, writes, Lusto- ng humanity. Send me $5.00 worth at e. THE SAMPLE OF LUSTORONE is and enclose 12c. to pay postage and we LUSTORONE No.1 and No.2 (2 packages) this sample will convince you of the truth NION MANUFACTURING CO., 2220 E. Marshall St., RICHMOND, Va. nary Values in alkerchiefs and no more economical Christmas cherchiefs. They're practical and the prettiest of them here, for Ladies' Fine Linen Embroidered and Lace Trimmed Handkerchiefs, values up to 60c, choice at..... 25c Ladies' Pure Linen Embroidered Lace Trimmed Handkerchiefs, worth 25c, 35c and 39c, for ..... 19c ictures on the Third Floor is so that it would be useless for us to classify them. Whether for Xmas or home, now is the time, and this you'll find every conceivable subn, and at prices way below the up to $12.00. For this week we frame, $1.69 $1.48 5c 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 (six words in a line). CLEVELAND.O. SATURDAY, DEC. 21, 1901. WHERE "THE GAZETTE" IS SOLD. PUSHAW'S News Store, Cuyahoga Building opposite the Post Office, Overland Square opposite the Post Office. Open Sunday. N. HEXTER's News Depot, City Hall Building, cor. Wood and Superior streets. Open Sunday. S. H. MOODY's News Store, No. 387 Superior street, second west of Bond street. Open Sundays also. GOODMAN'S News Depot, No. 586 Central avenue, cor. Sterling avenue. Open Sunday. JONES' Restaurant, No. 608 Central Ave. Open Sundays also. F. VALENTINE's Grocery Store, 266 Central Ave. ALEX. O. TAYLOR, Local Reporter. HENRY TAYLOR, Advertising Solicitor. The editor of The Gazette received an invitation from "The Bachelors" to attend their first annual reception Monday evening, December 30, at South Side Turner hall, Thirteenth street, Pittsburg. The reception will be held from 8 p. m. to 2 a. m. The officers of "The Bachelors" are: Adrian K. Neale, president; Wallace A. Clark vice-president; Charles S. Gale, secretary; Samuel L. Pangburn, treasurer; Walter E. Billows, master of ceremonies. Members, Samuel R. Rosemond, Daniel S. Mahoney, Geo. H. Wilson, John W. Henry and Fred L. Stewart. The patronesses consist of some of the best and well-known ladies in the "Smoky City." An invitation from J. E. Johnson, chairman, has also been received to attend the seventa annual ball and banquet of Garfield lodge, No. 25, K. of P., in Gage hall, Painesville, O., on the 25th. Music by Miller's orchestra. The grand march will be led by members of Forest City Lodge, No. 11, U. R., K. of P., of this city. The Thurman W. C. T. U., in connection with the Douglas "T." held a public meeting on December 17 at Antloch church. Miss Ensign, one of the national organizers, spoke. There was special music and a light lunch- Mr. C. L. Lacy has been with the Sigler Brothers Co. for 19 years. It would be advisable for his people to call upon him when in need of watches, rings, diamonds and anything in the jewelry line. The time has come when our people should patronize their own, and Mr. Lacy has stood firm for the period above mentioned and is not only representing himself as a true man, but his race. The proper time to call upon him, so he can give you his whole attention, is from 2 p. m. to 10:30 p. m. Encourage him and benefit yourself. The program of the second grand Eisteddfod under the auspices of the Cleveland Cambrian society, to be held Christmas day, promises to be fine, surpassing even that of last year. The conductor of the day will be Hon. T. P. Williams, of New Castle. The program will consist of literature and music. Prizes ranging from $4 to $5 will be awarded to successful competitors. For further information and particulars, address E. S. Griffiths, corresponding secretary, Chamber of Commerce building. The eleventh annual session of the Tuskegee Negro conference will be held at Tuskegee, Ala., February 19th and 20th. The New York Sun said that "Miss Barclay," who declared she was E. S. Stokes' wife after he died recently in New York, was an octoroon. Stokes, who killed Jim Fiske years ago, lived with her for a year before his death, and her brother resided in the same house—No. 209 W. Seventy-ninth street. Both are very light colored. She says they were married in Canada and that the proofs are in a safe deposit box. The brother says the marriage took place while all, including his mother, were traveling. Stokes met "Miss Barclay" while she was attending public school. The fight over the large estate, between her and Stokes' near relatives is on. Send The Gazette to a friend for one year as a Christmas gift. This will be appreciated and a splendid present. Word from Milwaukee announced early in the week that the bodies of Joseph Anderson, coloreen, who went there from Louisville last October, and Bertha Klein (white), of Cleveland, were found dead in bed in the home of Anderson Friday night by the former's wife. The bodies showed that Anderson had killed the girl. No cause for the murder and suicide can be assigned. Anderson was married four years ago, and it is said that the Klein girl was in love with him and followed him about the country. Several months ago Anderson left Louisville and went to Milwaukee. Friday Mrs. Anderson left to go to work, and when she returned she found the house locked and, on climbing through a window, found the bodies. The girl was employed by W. C. Kassuba (white), one of the best known board of trade men in Milwaukee. Both Anderson and the girl were about 29 years of age. The latter told her employer she lived in Cleveland. Attorney L. A. Willson (deceased) was a member of the Cleveland Bar association, which met yesterday and passed appropriate resolutions. He was the only Afro-American member of the association. The entertainment Guild of St. Andrew's church gave a bazaar Monday and Tuesday evenings. The proceeds were $67.43. There were three prizes, Mrs. Doston donated the first prize, a wheel, which was won by Mrs. Randolph; the second prize, a diamond pin, donated by the Barrios Brothers, of Euclid avenue, was won by Miss Mary Phillips, and the third prize, a beautiful doll, was won by little Miss Madeline Nooks. The proceeds from the wheel were $20.50. There was a large and appreciative audience each evening. Officers of The Guild: Mrs. A. G. Stanley, president; Miss Mary Phillips, treasurer, and Mrs. David Walker, secretary. Mrs. Rosa Johnson left for Mansfield, Marion and other points in the interest of the Woman's M. M. society. Mrs. Johnson is president of the northern Ohio branch. Mr. Jas. Gilliam announces to his many friends and patrons that he has no connections whatever with any dancing school at Woodliff hall, but has engaged the Forest street armory for a series of popular dances and THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1901. entertainments beginning Thursday evening, January 16, and continuing twice a month up to and including the month of May. Further particulars later on. Mrs. Kittie S. Mitchell sang in a concert at Pittsburg Tuesday evening and made an excellent impression. Patronize those who ask for your trade in our paper. They are the best firms in the city. A member of The Gazette staff slipped and fell on the pavement on the west side of the Williamson building (Public square) last Tuesday, and the damage (to the sidewalk) was something "fierce." Who was it that fell? The Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling city ticket office is at No. 241 Superior street, with the B. & O. R.R. 'Phone, Bell Main 702 or Cuvahoga A 736. Attorney L. A. Willson, of the law firm of Willson and David, one of the best known attorneys in this city, died at his home, 174 Osborne street, last Sunday as the result of a third stroke of paralysis sustained December 4. He was first afflicted with the disease 15 years ago, but continued to practice his profession. Mr. Willson was born in Philadelphia, July 3, 1847, and was brought to this city by his parents in 1854, residing here ever since. In 1871, after graduating from the Cleveland law school, he was admitted to the bar. He was a 32-degree Mason, belonging to white lodges, and well versed, in the sciences. He had made a special study of the microscope and was a member of the American Microscopic association. He was also an expert in handwriting, being frequently asked to testify in court in such capacity. His father was the first colored dentist to locate in Cleveland, and the old family residence on Perry street, between Sibley and Prospect streets, is well known to older residents of our class. Mr. Willson is survived by his wife and his daughter, Mrs. Frank Kuzel, whose mother (white), Mr. Willson's first wife, died some years ago. The widow was formerly Mrs. Anna Foote, a teacher in the colored "public" schools of Washington, D. C. Besides the latter and the daughter mentioned, Mr. Willson is survived by two sisters, teachers in the colored "public" schools of Indianapolis, Ind., and another, Mrs. B. K. Bruce, who is connected with Principal Booker T. Washington's Normal and Industrial institute at Tuskegee, Ala. His parents moved to Indianapolis some years ago, where one, and possibly both, have since died. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p. m., from his late residence. The letter published in our issue of week before last anent the burning of the Old Folks' Home was sent to the editor of The Gazette by Mr. Willson. It was an indication of the fact that he was interested in his people possibly more than many thought who knew him intimately. For many years he had not identified himself with them (Afro-Americans). While the editor of The Gazette was in the legislature in 1894 Mr. Willson wrote him, calling attention to an oversight in one of his bills which might have proven an error in the civil rights law of the state of Ohio, if he had not called attention to it. Do not fail to attend the dance Christmas night at Woodliff hall. First-class music in attendance. Admission 25 cents. Annie Edson Taylor (white), of Bay City, Mich., the woman who went over Niagara falls in a barrel, last fall, will be at the Bailey Co.'s store all of this week. The barrel in which she took the 160-foot plunge and the cat which made the same trip the day before Mrs. Taylor risked her life, are also on exhibition at the same store. The following are the names of the Afro-American employees of the Wm. Taylor, Son & Co.; Ethel Carey, Lillian and Basella Caldwell, E. Phelps, Mamie Isaacs, Mrs. M. Green, George Tucker, Carroll Scott, Ben Baird, sr., and jr., J. Carr, Ben and Ed Talbot, Wm. Clark, Wm. Benton, Samuel Anderson, Robert Nooks-17 in all. The Wm. Taylor, Son & Co. is one of the largest and finest stores in the city and as far as the employment of our people are concerned, make the best showing in the city. Watch for this firm's advertisements in this paper. Received a Bad Scarf Wound. Rendville, O.—Mrs. Goodridge and Master Harrison McGinnis were in Pomeroy recently.—Clarence Brown is better.—Miss Blanch Jones, a Wilberforce student, is spending the Christmas here with her parents.—The festival at Odd Fellows' hall under the auspices of the A. M. E. church Saturday night was a success.—Forty-six new members were added to our temperance society Sunday night.—Charles Starks is better. His mother has returned to Wilmington.—Mr. Thomas Cozzins, an aged and respected miner, received a very bad scalp wound at mine No. 3 by top coal falling on his head. He was in the room by himself and it was some time after he was injured that he was found accidently by a driver and was in an unconscious condition from loss of blood.—There will be a sacred entertainment at the A. M. E. church Sunday.—Mr. Woodson is better.—All the churches are going to have Christmas exercises Christmas night. President Roosevelt. The position to be taken by President Roosevelt in the curbing of anarchy will be regarded with interest. In his earlier career he was active against the corruption prevalent in New York. Then he rode with the aid of his rough riders, into the vice presidency, and now, by cruel fate, is at the helm. Anyone who waded through his story of the Cuban campaign will have noticed that it was intended first, to glorify the broad-brimmed hat and leather-gaitered gentlemen, then a few Indians were lionized and lastly short mention was given to the black heroes of the Spanish-American war. We will, however, hope for the exercise of a wider philanthropy and statesmanship now that the colonel has become the president.—Dr. A. R. Abbott, in N. Y. Age. Joe Gans "Bests" Bobby Dobbs, Baltimore, Md.—At the Eureka A. C. last week Friday evening Joe Gans received the decision over Bobbie Dobbs in the fourteenth round. Dobbs was not knocked out, but was so far gone that his seconds threw up the sponge. The agreement was that Gans was to put Dobbs out in ten rounds or pay $50 for every round that Dobbs stayed after ten and forfeit the purse. Dobbs, however, while being pretty badly punished, at times showed some of his old-time speed. He was sent to the noor several times in the tenth round and finished. CURRENT TOPICS. Jules Verne, the author, has become blind. Parisian cabmen are prevented from smoking when driving. The Glasgow exposition has closed with a profit of $400,000. Twenty-seven thousand girls attend cooking schools in London. The date for the coronation of King Edward has been set for June 25. A penitent has just sent $18,699 to the government "conscience fund." Greenland is one of the very few countries where infectious diseases are unknown. In Arkansas vast belts of forest lands still lie untouched by the ax of the woodman. France's annual consumption of wheat (including seed wheat) is 346, 236,000 bushels. About 173,000 persons are employed in the postal department of Great Britain and Ireland. Charleston will let the colored folks attend her exposition on the same terms as the whites. A Philadelphia bank teller contracted smallpox by handling money that passed over the counter. Vienna has a school for waiters with a three years' course. Among the subjects taught is French. About 600,000 trees are planted each year by the school children of Sweden, under the guidance of their teachers. The annual report of the controller of the currency shows a big increase in the authorized capital of national banks. Holland has 10,100 windmills, each of which drains 310 acres of land, at an average cost of one shilling an acre a year. Out of 156,000 houses or flats in Glasgow 36,000 were found to have but one room and 70,000 but two rooms. Scotch whisky is now being manufactured in New York and exported in large quantities to South and Central America. The total sales at the art galleries of the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo amounted to less than $15,000, for 27 pictures. Since 1871 Japan has built nearly 30,000 elementary schools, providing room for 4,000,000 pupils, one-fourth of whom are girls. The checks which pass through the London clearing house in six weeks are more than equal in amount to all the coin of the world. Dr. Daniel Freeman, of Beatrice, Neb., owns and occupies the first farm given away by the United States government under the homestead act. The camel path which for centuries has formed the only connection between Jerusalem and Nablus (Sychem) has at last been made into a carriage road nearly 20 feet wide. Among the pets of the sultan of Morocco are seven lions. These he permits to range the courtyards of the palace at night, to act as guards to the royal harem. The Charlestonians are calling their exposition grounds and buildings the Ivory City on the banks of the Ashley. The work of preparation is rapidly nearing completion. An automobile is being built in New York that will make 70 miles an hour on a level road. The next and most difficult task will be to find a level road 70 miles in length. Indian caste rules necessitate the employment of extensive retinues. During the recent official tour of the viceroy, Lord Curzon, he had to carry with him a train of 150 native servants. Abraham Slimmer, of Waverly, Ia., has given his handsome home and surrounding grounds of ten acres to the Sisters of Mercy of Dubuque, to be used for the establishment of a hospital. Rev. Dr. Daniel J. Hauer, who died in Hanover, Pa., recently, was believed to be the oldest clergyman in the United States. He was 96 years old, and had been a Lutheran minister for 75 years. So valuable is coal in the Ponchamp coal fields of France that it pays to mine coal at a depth of 3,313 feet. A steel cable, weighing seven tons and nearly a mile long is used. The coal is brought up in trains of six cars. It takes 5,000 unloaded bees to make a pound, that is, when the bee leaves its hive in search of honey it weighs only the 5,000th part of a pound. When it returns, however from the fields and flowers, it is three times that heavy. Dr. Labordi has communicated to the French academy information about a new writing instrument for the blind, which will enable them to read correctly what is written and will probably supersede the Braille system altogether. A Boston woman will agitate for a law prohibiting the boiling or roasting of chestnuts, on the ground that it involves painful death of worms "whose right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is no less than that of the most highly dowered man." One of the most curious plants in the world is the toothbrush plant, a species of creeper which grows in Jamaica. By cutting a piece of the stem and fraying the ends the natives make a toothbrush, and a dentifrice to use with it is prepared by pulverizing the deaun stems. During the past summer Galveston has been disinfecting with a sprinkling cart. To the alleys, the low streets, the fronts of market houses and the refuse of fish and oyster shops the cart has paid almost daily visits, and it is generally admitted that the practice has done much to preserve health. Mayor Hart, of Boston, has been nominated seven times for the office he now holds. Mayor Lincoln, one of his predecessors, was also nominated seven time. Mayor Quincy, who served between the years 1822 and 1828, was a candidate nine times and was elected six times. In the 20 odd palaces of the German emperor some 3,500 servants are employed, about 2,000 of these being women. A huge income is, of course, required for keeping up establishments on this scale, and the emperor's total expenditure is estimated at some $25,000 a day. LYNCHING'S INFLUENCE. Perhaps the most demoralizing and hurtful result of mob violence is the hardening effect which it has upon our youth. I think it is safe to say that on an average 50 persons witnessed the execution by lynching of every man or woman that has taken place in this country. According to this, it is safe to say that, within the last 16 years 125,000 persons have been present when lynchings took place. In each case a large proportion of those who had been drawn to witness the unlawful execution have been children, or those of tender age. One of the saddest remarks that I ever heard come from the lips of a child was when he said, in my presence, that he wished he could see a man burned. I do not think the impression made upon a youth by reason of the fact that he has witnessed the unlawful execution of an individual ever wholly disappears. In some instances, the executions by mobs have not only been witnessed by boys of tender age, but by women.—Sunday School Times. An Electrician Who Outranked All. Norfolk, Va.—A. D. Hewlett, an expert electrician, who graduated from the Virginia Normal school at Petersburg, Va., in 1895, and from the Scranton, Pa., Industrial school November 6, attended the civil service examination held at the navy yard recently. Among those examined were twelve young white men who had never attended a school teaching the science of electricity. Mr. Hewlett was the only Afro-American applicant and far outranked all the others, his record being 4, which in the civil service means extra and corresponds with 98 in college examinations. Mr. Hewlett was congratulated by the board or examiners and received an important charge at the government torpedo station at Providence, R. I. Excursion Tickets Now on Sale via Pennsylvania Lines. Low fares to Charleston, South Carolina, for the Interstate and West Indian Exposition are offered via Pennsylvania Lines. Two forms of excursion tickets, season and fifteen-day, may be obtained at special rates. For information about fares and trains consult nearest ticket agent of the Pennsylvania Lines, or address C. L. Kimball, A. G. P. A., Cleveland, O. Holiday Excursions. On December 24 and 25, also December 31, 1901, and January 1, 1902, the Nickel Plate road will sell round-trip tickets to all points east or west at reduced rates. Return limit on these tickets January 2, 1902. Further particulars from any ticket agent or E. A. Akers, C. P. & T. A., Cleveland, O. No. 152 Gen. Alger Is Sick. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 20.—Gen. Alger, ex-secretary of war, is suffering from a severe attack of gall stones. A consultation of physicians was held at his residence yesterday and it was decided that unless Gen. Alger shows considerable improvement to-day an operation would be performed on him. "Florida Special" "ONLY ONE NIGHT OUT" CLEVELAND TO ST. AUGUSTINE Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars. Through without change. 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Mention THE GAZETTE SIMMONS & BASS, POOL, BILLIARDS and Bowling Alley, Westward No. 1, Western Ex No. 5, Standard B No. 3, Nickel Plat Local Freight *Daily except S Through sleeper falo, New York an- ing cars and depot company. THE CLEVELAND, T. (B. & Depot foot of So 241 Superior street Valley Jc. & Way Wheeling & Chica Akron, Canton & Akron, Canton & Akron, Canton. W. R. Gregory, Mgr. Cleveland, Ohio. JOHN W. HIGGINS. J. M. DOWNEY. HIGGINS & DOWNEY, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, 402 American Trust Bldg., CLEVELAND, O. PHONES: Bell, M. 1979 J. Cuy., C 1967. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` The Big Store The Big Store Jeffersonville, Ind., Dec. 20.—The trial of Newell C. Rathbun, formerly a soldier in the regular army, who is charged with having caused the death of Charles Goodman in this city last month, began in the circuit court Thursday. DIVORCE NOTICE. The State of Ohio. In the Court of Com- Cuyahoga County, ss (mon Pleas. Francis L. Ballard, Plaintiff, vs. Sarah M. Ballard, Defendant. 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Under all circumstances it auets in harmony with the laws that govern the female system, and is as T qual noves that Bearing-down Feeling, extreme lassi removes jown , extreme - tude, aan cans and “want-to-be-left-alone ” a excitability, Se oe ie Dizziness, Faintness, sleeplessness, flatulency, ‘or the “blues,” and backache. These are sure indications “af Remale Weakness, or somo derangement of the Uterus, which this weslicine always cures. a ; Kidney Complaints Backache of either sex the Vegetable Senpound always cures. ee Me other female medicine in the world has received such ‘wideepread and unqualified endorsement. No other medicine Shas such o record of cures of female troubles. - .“fhose women who refuse to accept anything else are re- ‘warded a hundred thousand times, for they get what they want ~@eure. Sold by Druggists everywhere. Refuse all substitutes, 4 A Veefat Start. meta, ‘M. Evarts seldom met his ‘but he once found it in Senator Mavi Davis. Mr. Evarts was a mere sweleton of a man, while Mr. Davis, Who weighed upwards of 300 pounds, “eas ‘blessed with a circumference sguite as great as his length. The two ‘“emators were perpetually twitting ‘ach other in fun, and one night at @inzer Mr. Davis said: “If you will let wae choose the course I will guarantee Ghat with three yards start i can beat yea im a race of 100 feet.” Every one @t the table laughed and said: “Take Yim vp, Mr. Evarts.” The challenge ‘wes accepted, and Mr. Davis was sasked when he would race, to which The replied that he was ready at once. “Eke whole party then adjourned to ‘the course chosen by Senator Davis. “his proved to be an alley between ‘Swe houses just three feet in width anil 100 feet deep. He stepped into ‘the month three yards, said “Go!” wand walked through quite leisurely. ‘Mr. Zvarts could get neither past him Wor under him, and he called Mr. Wawis back to the street and ac- Mmowledged that the joke was on him. ~—Earper’s Weekiv. Me Needed the Bath, A certain co: min has instructed Ws butler to Groen ‘uadesirable callers ‘Ghat he is in the bath and cannot be seen. Que day lately a constituent with a griev- ‘amee to exploit called every day at tne Rewer, Gat no matter at what hour he preted himeelt ibe was, invariably in- jonorable M. C. was Bethy. Hin ase eae he timed late inthe afternoon, but was again chagrined to eel Mr. X— was in the bath. jisappointe tituent eet Sean cre in getting your clean See F chore days; Yat if you should myer Ghe rest of your life in a bathtub it the fant parify, conscien tic mnt tw SASKATCHEWAN, WESTERN CANADA, IS CALLED THE “GARDEN OF EDEN,” Sw = Former Resident of Reed City, t Michigan, Tm a letter to the Reed City, Mich- @gen, Clarion, Mr. James OC. Arm- ‘wtramg, of Meltford, Saskatchewan, aps, writing on 27th May, 1901: “This is a fine country for a poor ‘mam, as he can go out on the hay ‘alews and cut all the hay he needs. ‘We turas his cattle out on the prai- mie, amd when he is not using his Snesex, he turns them out also, There We auch an abundance of food, they ewer wander away. “A lady, who has lived here eight genes, told me that this was the ‘@riginal “Garden of Eden,’ I certain- Ry would believe it, if we could only ‘Ged the apple trees. But as it is, wwe have many varieties of fruit— ‘Strawberries, cranberries, saskatoons, Mmeklebervies, red and black cur- wamts, dewberries, plums, red and Wiack cherries, and red raspberries. 4M of these fruits grow wild. Then @he flowers that dot the prairies, amnaking them look like a real garden. ‘Wie have eaten of the wild red cur- taints, and they are equal if not su- erior to those grown in Michigan. We have sweet corn 7, inches high. %= the western farmers are all done seeeling, branding cattle and sheep ‘stearing are now progressing. Wool Rec omly five cents a pound, and many Wwasebers have on hand last year's im. E inclose you a potato blossom, ‘ie of new potato, which measured @% teches when cut. This is no Rkiny tale, if we are so much farther “bam Reed City. It is all facts. Come ‘wp antl sec. This has been truly eyed the ‘Garden of the West. With fruits and flowers, lakes and ‘wimoums, fish and fowl, beautiful riv- sams, tracts of timber and mountains, what more does a man want?” Taformation cozcerning Western @eaada will be cheerfully given by @emmunicating with the agent of the GWieeerument of Canada, whose adver- S@eement appears elsewhere. Never Loved His Work. A visitor ‘toa farm was especially truck by the great ruggedness and ef pne of the stalwart ee, hands, and said to the ‘iomer: ts “That fellow,ought to be chuck- Sell of work.” “Bie ts,” replied the farmer, “or he wught to be, because 1 hain't never een able to get none out of him.” ‘Whis man never fell in love with his ‘werk, and hence was regarded as a ite eons by his employer.— THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1901. Fiattery, Miss Brace met that wealthy Mr. Wen tron at the ae last night. Miss Nage—Di you, indeed? “Yes. He sat next to me at dinner, and was pleased to remark upon my birdlike ap- etite.”” . “Ah! Well, he’s a good judge. He owns 4n ostrich farm, you know.”—Philadelpbia Press. CURED BY ST. JACUNS OL. Unable to Stand For Months Hecause of Sprained Ankles. (From the Cardiff Times.) Amoug the thousands of voluntary en- dorsements of the great value of Si. Ja- cobs Oil for sprains, stitiness, and soreness, is that of Mrs. G. Thomas, 4 Alexandra Koad, Gelli, Ysbrod, near Pontypridd, South Wales, who says:— “It is with great pleasure that I add my, willing testimony to tue invaluable excel lence of your celebrated St. Jacobs Oil, as experienced in my own case. I sprained both my ankles in walking down some steps 0 severety that 1 was unable to stand ior several months. The pain | sutiered was most severe, and nothing that I used he/ped me until I’ applied St. Jacobs Oil, waen they immediately became better dally, and in a short time 1 was able to go about, and soon after 1 was quite cured. 1 am’ now determined to advise all persons suffering from pains to use this wonderful remedy, which did s0 much for me.” ‘Mrs. Thomas does not enlighten us as to what treatment she pursued geting the months she was unable to stand, and dur- ing which time she was suffering so much, but we venture to suggest that had she called in any well known medica] man he would have at once have prescribed St. Ja- cobs Oil, for it has conquered pain peeet of fifty years, and doctors know there is nothing so good. The proprietors of St. Jacobs Oil have been awarded twelve gold medals ye different international exifibi- tions as the premium pain-killing remedy of the world. The committees who made the awards were in each instance eerees largely of the most eminent medical men obtainable. Mrs, Thon-as evidently did not know the pigs opinion in which St. Ja- cobs Oil is held by almost every progressive medical man. a A Good Tackle. “Did I make a ee tackle?” asked the football player, looking from his eot in the hospital. . Kes ” replied the nurse, “you bit off one ‘ear and two fingers and broke three legs.” pie thank heavens!”” murmured the football ‘er, lapsing again into unconsciousness. Oks State Journal. Persons contemplating a journey East or West should be careful that the rates pee for their transportation do not exceed those charged by the Nickel Plate Road. ‘This company Sree offers lowest rates and the service is efficient. Careful at- tention 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-weelly transconti- nental tourist cars Ply between Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. Confer with nearest agent of the Nickel Plate Road. ih iy aie “And what are you making?” we asked of the Intelligent “Artisan, as we admired Woe, play of his brawny muscles. “Makin’ cowcatchers for milk trains,” he replied, without looking up from his work. Whereat we passed on, marveling greatly at the intricacies of modern science.—Balti- ‘more American. | Largest in the World, ‘Walter Baker & Co., Limited, Dorchester, Mass., are the largest manutacturers of coeoa and chocolate in the world, : ‘They received a gold medal from the Paris sepeation of last year. “his year they have received three gold ‘medals from the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo. Their feos are the standard for purity and excellence. Just About Right, “What is a promoter, Jim?” “Well, a promoter is one of those fellows that can sell you a colander for a wasn basia.”—Boston Commercial Bulletin. Rest 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. Casearets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put Oe Hedintat bares weary lable baste GO. Basted on it; ‘Beware of imitations. “A woman,” said Mr, Plattitood, “can’t keep a secret.” “Huh!” said little Jounny. My teacher kep’ me workin’ an hour on a sum when she might have told me the am- wer any time.”—London Tit-Bits. ‘The Handsomest Calendar of the season (in ten colors) six beautiful heads (on six sheets, 10x12 inches), a ge ductions of paintings by Moran, issued vy General Passenger oe Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, will be sent on receipt of twenty-five cents. Address F. A. Miller, General “Passenger Agent, Chi : cago. False Hope. | ‘Tese—I heard him say he felt rather en- couraged becaure you left the gas turned ow in the parlor when he called. | Jess—How foolish of him! One needs a dark room to develop @ negative. Albany Neon” THE : STOGHKIN’ FO a Christmas alr is chti, And the frosty Christmas holly shines and eparkies on the hill, And the Christmas sleigh bells jingle, and the Christmas laughter rings, As the last stray shoppers hurry, takin’ home the Christmas things; And up yonder in the attle there's a little trundle bed Where there's Christmas dreams a-dan- cin’ through a sleepy, curly head, And it's “Merry Christmas,” Mary, once ag'in fer me and you, With the little feller’s stockin’ hangin’ up beside the flue, ‘Tisn’t silk, that little stockin’, and it isn't much fer show, And the darns are pretty plenty round about the heel and toe. And its color's kinder faded, and t's sorter worn and old, But {t reelly is surprisin’ what a lot of love ‘twill hold; And the little hand that hung it by the chimbly there along Has a grip upon our heartstrings that is mighty firm and strong: So, old Santy, don’t forgit it, though it isn't tne and new, That plain iittle worsted stockin’ hangin’ up beside the flue. And the crops may fall, and leave us with our plans all gone ter smash, And the mortgage may hang heavy, and the bills use up the cash, But whenever comes the season, jest s0 long’s we've got a dime, ‘There'll be somethin’ in that stockin'— won't there, Mary?—every time. And if, in amongst our sunshine, there's a shower er two of rain, ‘Why, we'll face it, bravely smilin’, and ‘we'll try not ter complaint ‘Long as Christmas comes and finds us here together, me and you, “With the little feller’s stockin’ hangin’ up beside the flue. Joe Lincoln, in Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. Copyright by Curtis | Publishing Co. Tr aR(Gy>- epic Xs A Ane it! EN co) A Adiristmas Story "Dy yt Cllerbeck at Sate them; no one could prevent him, and the cats themselves were helptess. Helpiess? Yes, indeed, poor little things! And they were so soft and downy. Felicia had caught a glimpse of them as she went down the hall. -It may be necessary to science that some creatures should suffer, but surely it was cruel to sacrifice this whole family of six Angoras—the devoted mother and her five worshiped, nestling babies. The Professor was out. Feiicia half opened the door of his room and peeped in. The alluring picture of domestic feticity that met her eyes decided her. Madam, the Angora mother, lay pur- ring, sleepily ex a soft rug before the hearth, while five little bundles of soft down snuffied‘and wriggled against her maternal side. In a moment Fe- licia was on the rug beside them, her éark locks mingling with the white fur, five pink noses rubbing in a search- ing, puzzled way over her smooth cheek, For five minutes she gave her- self up to this quiet ecstasy; then puss, resenting this prolonged interruption of her family privacy, gently but firm- ly showed her disapproval. Felicia gat up and pushed back the rumpled biir from her face; then she looked around her at Prof. Max Eger’s apartments. Just what a professor's rooms should be, she thought—books, books with atrocious titles every- where, along with a profusion of very ancient-looking curios, This next was his sleeping room. and beyond, Felicia saw with a shudder, was the labora- ‘tory. What a horrible collection of skulls, bottles, test-tubes, aleohotic specimens and infernal machines it was! And to-morrow these little dar- lings might repose on that shelf in bot- tles marked “Felis domestica,” and that inhuman wretch would smile with satisfaction at his ghastly work, ‘and feel no more compunction than if he had taken a worthiess watch to pieces to find out how it worked. Could she stand by and countenance this slaughter of the innocents? Her whole soul wevolted against it. Her mind pictured the terrible process. _ He would do the cowardly deed to-mor- ‘row. It was Christmas, a holiday he ‘might find a bore unless occupied in the pursuit of his favorite science. Oh, -she would stay here until he returned, and dare him to touch a hair of their innocent heads! Then he would caim- ly look at her through those formida- bie glasses—not at her, but at the wall back of her head—in a way she had seen him do, and inquire how long since she had acquired the right to enter his rooms. If he.should ever look at her like that she felt she would _ sink through the floor, No, she would not defy, she would beg, entreat. There was still the intrusion. She heard the landlady puffing up the stairs; she might be discovered atany minute. One moment of hesita- tion, and then the six cats were bun- dled, a wriggling heap, into her skirt, and Felicia was flying up the hall to | her room. Once there she threw her- self, flushed and breathless, on the bed, white the mother cat, with little | solicitous cries, licked and fond‘ed her jostled children. Now, Feticia was no coward; three years of journalism | had thoroughly trained her woman's heritage of nerves, but at every step ‘that passed her door the color that “never failed her even during interviews deserted lips and cheeks until they were as white as the kittens she ca- ressed. For Felicia was afwaid of the professor; afraid of his voice, wheth- er harsh or tender, afraid of the dark gray eyes that could be both cold and commanding. When she finally had to leave the kittens she stowed them away in the fepths of her laundry- basket, locked her door, and weut away feeling as if she had left behind her some dark and terrible secret. Christmas eve in a newspaper office is like any other evening in the year, except that there is twice as much work on hand. It was past midnight when Felicia went up the steps of her ae os) oe Gala | (= lenis | a Ghia Fo Sel a. ss a Lai = -——- @ <1} | By; = a, bs _ GB) ie les Po | i art fie npg? 4 Ba iii RUN > A NOB fper|= = ne BAY Wy | 77) oe tl a pen ea Fy & ie bij = Ss 7 A he VL ee AS us = Se eee —~ ° SSS Sy eee N eT HE BEGAN TO UNWRAP THe LARGHeD OF Hid BUNDLES boarding-house. A mixture of rain and snow was falling, and the wind was sweeping around corners with a velocity that wrapped Felicia’s skirts about her ankles like a mummy-cloth, and threatened to carry off her um- brella. While she was struggling on the doorstep a firm hand grasped the refractory umbrella and a deep mas- eculine voice at her etbow said: “Permit me, Mees Fay.” Once in awhile the Professor's accept was de- cided. | “Thank you, Isn't this weather “Deastiy?” “Tt is very bad weather.” Felicia always felt rebuked for her slang by his measured words. “Why. you look like Santa Claus!" she exclaimed, when they got in the hall where it was light. Prof. Eger threw back his head and laughed. Fe- licia had never noted before what a ‘boyish ring his laugh had. “LI do feel like old Kris Kringle to- night,” he said, laying down the bun- dles that had suggested the likeness and approaching the open fireplace, where Felicia stood warming her numb fingers. “All I need are the sleigh, ‘reindeer and the ability to get down chimneys neatly to make me start out “on my rounds.” Felicia was amazed. Was this jolly, animated boy really the petrified Pro- fessor? Here was a man who consid- ered Christ a myth, and who conse- quently cou'd not logically believe in celebrating Christmas, now loaded down with packages that bore an un- mistakable holiday air, and seemingly entering into the spirit of Christmas with the enthusiasm of a boy. More- over, he had steadily avoided her for the past two months—ever since—since that night—and here he was chatting to her as if there had never been an interruption of their old tete-a-tetes ‘before the hall fire. She felt pretty sure that this time he would be more careful about expressing his disappro- | val of journatism for women. At any rate, she would let sleeping dogs lie. Then she remembered the cats. “If you haven't the reindeer and steigh, at any rate you shall find stip- ping down chimneys much easier than the real Santa,” she said, hurriedly, sinking intoachair. “You haven't his horizontal development, you know.” “That's so, I haven't.” He glanced down at his rather slender figure and laughed again—a warm, happy laugh. Then his eyes fell upon his bundies, | and he sobered. “Miss Fay, I wish to consult with eeu A fresh surprise. “You see, there is culy one lady, one grown-up lady, in the world whom I wou!d dare present with a Christmas gift”—Fe- licia felt uncomfortab:e—‘“and I have some doubt of the propriety of this.” He began to unwrap the largest of his bundles. Felicia watched him, mys- tified.. Why should he consult her? ‘The string was knotted, and dignified Prof, Eger was soon on his knees at his task. Now Felicia was distinctly ‘amused. He was beside her on the ‘rug before the fire, and as she looked down she “could see where the damp- ness had curled his hair into soft rings on his neck and on his temples. How a mother would have loved to run her fingers through the tumb‘ed locks! Felicia conquered the temptation. “You like eats?” The question was abrupt. Felicia started guiltily. Did he know? “I adore them!” The tone was de- fiant. “Then you will understand why this appealed to me.” And he held up his purchase for inspection. It was a wicker basket, thickly padded and lined exquisitely with biue satin, ruf- fles of white lace and dainty ribbon bows, For a cat! Then he did not mean to— Felicia almost groaned. “You are surprised, nich wahr, that I should like a cat so well. This cat was my mother’s, and I have just reeived her. I wish to make her and her wee family comfortable, and iwhen I saw this in a window I was delighted. It must have been made specially for little kittens; see, so soft and downy.” “For kittens!” Felicia smiled to herself. It was a baby basket. How she had wronged him! Her action seemed utterly inexcusable now. He would be angry with her for supposing him capeble of such a heinous crime, and now that he had begun to treat her as she longed to have him she could not endure the idea of coldness from him. Now he was gathering up his burdles and pre- paring to go up the stairs, and she leaned her head on her hand and did not say a word. She nodded good- night to him, and then looked down into the fire. She knew he would come down again. And he did, anx- jously and hurriedly, peering into the dark corners of the landing. She watched him nervously until she caught his eye. “You are looking for your kittens?” she asked. “Yes; why—” “You'll not find them here.” He questioned her with surprised glance. “I took them,” she answered. “Away?” “Not very far; into my room.” “But I do not understand.” Prof. Eger moved nearer to her. “Neither do I now. I thought you wanted them for specimens. ‘Scien- tifie sacrifices,’ you know. And they looked so helpless, and—I love kit- tens.” She felt like a naughty girl cone fessing some mischief. She saw his eyes darken. “Oh, I know it was wropg of me to jump at such a hasty conclusion, bat [some one told me how you ence ap- | plied electricity to a dog and made it lsuffer horribly, and 1 was afraid I couldn't bear—" She stopped. His mouth was closed |in the straight line she dreaded. | “I will get thers,” she said, and | started impetuously up the stairs. | But she was very tired, and coming | from the cold outside to the warm room had made her dizzy. She caught |at the bannister for assistanee. Prof. | Eger put his hand very gently under [her elbow, and in silence they walked |to her room, | “Will you get the basket?” she | suggested. He brought it to her in her sitting- room and waited while she put the | kittens into it. Felicia felt very small and mean. She almost wished that | she were blind like the kittens, that she might not see how dark and angry his eyes had grown. “You don’t look much like @ cheer- fnl Santa Claus now,” she said, try- ing to make her tone light, but her lips and hands were trembling. “No; and the feeling is all gone, too,” he replied, gloomily. “Iam sorry. I would not have tak- en them if I had dreamed you cared so much.” He interrupted her, fiercely. “That is not what I care about! It hurts me that my interest in science should have made me seem to you a brute! You misjudged me once before, but I hoped I had made you understand me better!” “I do, now,” she returned, quickly. “Forgive me this time,” very plead- ingly, “and I will try to be a good girl;” and she smiled whimsically up at him. Max Eger's face changed. Felicia looked down quickly and laid her hand caressingly on one little crea- ture in the basket. “I might have known you could not ‘harm a thing so helpless and white /and little,” she said. | Prof. Eger suddenly placed his hand over hers and gathered hand and kit- ten in a close grasp. “It fs little and white und—love- able,” he said, intensely, “and if you wish to prove that you do not think me cruel and heartless you will give it to me and let me care for it as ten- derly as I long to.” Felicia tried to slip her hand away, but he held it tightly in his. It rest ed there; it trembled there. The kit- jten squirmed uneasily; he could not understand his position in this mat- ter. No wonder; he was still blind. But ia the morning it was Christ- | mas, the kittens were nine days old, ,and they began to see things.—Wom- — Home Companion. | (Published ‘by Permission of Judge, New York.) A DISASTROUS LEAP, ae [cea | { aye FANS roe. >> he Hi ae a) 8| ee ils ey iL oe GR, of i | eZ 3 v4 A ——— i Bobby’s pa used bad judgment Christmas eve when he placed the drum, because an hour later Pussy | stroled into the room and— = 90, |W aed |) (5) Al eg ||| “i ee = ee AY Al: - 1 ‘qe 4) i CaS il Ll ams @ —saw it ast = peo en “All who joy would win Must share it—Happiness was born a twin.” | You have no money for Christmas presents? Then pass on the things you have—the books you have read, ‘the unhung picture, the duplicate ‘present, the scarf or gloves you do ‘not need, the musical instrument you ‘have stored away, the vhristmas ‘ecards packed in desk or boxes—any- thing by which you may enrich or comfort or please others without im- poverishing yourself. These things have yielded you their best favor; let them carry to others friendship’s rich aroma. Pass them on!—Suc- eens. ) Helpful Suggestion, “T wish I could think of some new ‘and unusual Christmas present to ‘surprise mamma with thie year,” ‘said Miss de Muir, wrinkling her fair ‘brow in deep perplexity. | “How do you think she'd like s son-in-law?” hoarsely whispered young Spoonamore, falling readily into the only line of thought that seemed to suggest itself.—Chicago Pas. ae. ne SISTERS OF CHARITY Use Pe-ru-na for Coughs, Colds, Grip and Catarrh—a Congressman’s Letter. 4 i ¥ — = i = Se i sss ; TW e oe < 2 - = eo = SS VREVEAA ee Ky EZ Zp Ss = aZy Re ea y Dr. Hartman receives many letters from Catholic Sisters all over the Waited States. A recommend recently received from a Catholic institution {a Detroit, Mich., reads as follows : set erercce ees cect eee tcc c coe eec ete e sec ee essere steer Detroit, Mich., Oct. 8, 1901. Dr. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio: Dear Sir--:‘The young girl who used the Peruna was suffering from lar« yngitis, and loss of voice. The result of the treatment was most satisface tory. She found great relief, and after farther use of the medicine we hope to be able to say she is entirely cured."”, SISTERS OF CHARITY. This young girl was under the care of the Sisters of Charity and used Pe runa for catarrh of the throat, with good results as the above letter testifies. SISTERS OF CHARITY | severance that it was introduced tothe medical profession of this country. _—_-___— | reer ceee ree ie frome nee -ru-na | ™8n Meekison, of Napoleon, Ohio: All Over United States Use Pesru-na| Tie Peruana Medicine Co., Columbus, © for Catarrh. | Gentlemen ; — gensrevenenevonneusuens From a Catholic institution in Ohio comes the following recommend from the Sister Superior: “Some years ago a friend of our in- stitution recommended to us Dr. Hart- man’s Peruna as an excellent remedy for the influenza of which we then had several cases which threatened to be of a serious character. «We began to use it and experienced such wonderful results that since then Peruana has become our favorite medi- cine for influenza, catarrh, cold, cough and bronchitis."" SISTER SUPERIOR. Dr. Hartman, one of the best known hysicians and surgeons in the United Biates, was the first to formulate Peru- na. It was through his genius and per- Children are becoming better, and par- ents are becoming more sensible,—Atchison Globe. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo einine Tablets, All druggists refund money fit failsto cure. 25e. The man who thinks himself bright is not inclined to keep it dark.—Philadelpuia Rec ord. Piso’s Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.—Wm. O. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. A miser is known by the money he keeps, —Chicago Daily News. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are the brightest, fastest and casiest to use. In driving storms the clouds hold the rains.—Philadeiphia Record. ‘They say loafing is hard work. Still, we'd like to try it.—Atchison Globe. It is said that people “run” in debt; but they craw! out.—Atchison Globe. It 1: the chief fault of women to be care less of a love they possess. — Judge. aoerea viata Speaking of bargains, good resolutions will soon be marked down--Chicago Daily News. se iieiaile es Some men cannot hold job becanse they always want a better ons.— Washington {Ia.) Democrat. acpi Tf you tell your troubles too much, after awhile folks wil not believe you.—-Washing. ton (la.) Democrat. — At 30 a man is anxious for fame; at 50 he is willing to accept money as @ substitute. —Chicago Daily News, —_o-—— He—“Is she good-looking?” She—“No; but she will be Shem her father dies, Sbe' an heiress.” —London 1.t-Bits. alates A good way to meet an args. ‘ent when you are cornered is to tell the other fellow that he doesn’t know any better.—Wasb- ington (a.) Democrat. Senin “You young scoundrel,” said the father, seizing his disobedient son by the hair; “I'l show you how to treat your mother.” And he gave him several bangs on the ears, and thes shook him until his bair began to falJ out.—London Tit-Bits. Gotham—“A man should never smoke when out with a lady in an automobile.” Chureh—"Why not?” “Just think how it would sound when they were getting out for him to ask ber if he could help ker toa tight.” —Yonkers Statesman. eet geen Naming the Baby. Mother-in-Law (who belps)—How would Cleopatra sound? Father—Cleopatra is a pretty name; but rou must remember we are selecting a name Tr dace child oat hoe tenon ae OWINTER 2252522 icats for the year. eee ore READING 222 scp osaadeletccica bach sbarsd ie eet Suagasines im combination with 10 STORY 10 STORY BOOK, Success 22d Cosmo- politan, §200 a year, 10 STORY BOOK, Svccess.. 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Gentlemen . — Zenemunen “T have used sev- eral bottles of Peruana and feel greatly benefited thereby from my i . eatasrh of the head, and feelen- § & couraged to be- § lieve that its con- : tinued use will i fully eradicate a § disease of thirty # Co@ppesman David vears' standing.” Sess cesumenenmel “T have used sev- eral bottles of Peruna and feel greatly benefited thereby from my i < catasrh of the head, and feelen- § & couraged to be- lieve that its con- : tinued use will fully eradicate a § Congressman David disease of thirty # cepleea years’ standing.” fmmwesaete DAVID MEEKISON. If you do not derive promptand satis- factory results from the use of Peruna, write atonece to Dr Hartmnn, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0. ABSOLUTE — SECURITY Genuine Cc a rte r 3 s Little Liver Pills, (leer in| + _ CURE SICK HEADACHE. 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