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THE GAZETTE. One Year..... $1 50 Six Months..... 1 00 Three Months..... 59 Subscribers are requested to remit by post office money order or registered letter. Entered at the post office in Cleveland, Ohio, second-class matter. All communications should be addressed: H. C. SMITH. Editor and Proprietor THE GAZETTE, Wick Block, Cleveland, Ohio. Member Ohio Legislature, 1894 to 1898. 1896 to 1898. 1900 to 1902. 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. It is a question which is worse, from a race standpoint—Hanna or Roosevelt. Thomas B. Reed, of New York City, will be the next president of this country. Mark our prediction. Read carefully the article on page 1, headed "St. Kitts." You will find it exceptionally interesting. The loyal Afro-Americans throughout the country are behind the Hon. Edmund H. Deas' fight against the confirmation of the lyncher, Koester. There is no doubt of this. Our republican friends in congress do not seem to be as numerous as "the sands of the sea." The Crumpacker resolution is allowed to sleep entirely too long in the committee. Judge Crumpacker is too lenient. Prode up "the animals," judge. If President Roosevelt persists in refusing to withdraw the nomination of that lyncher, Geo. R. Koester, appointed internal revenue collector of South Carolina, then the federal senate should by vote refuse to confirm or reject it. Let us have action and not "dodging." We began several weeks ago the publication of a series of extracts from race exchanges relative to E. E. Cooper, of the Washington (D. C.) Colored American, to which we desire to especially call the attention of our readers and confreres. In Cooper's case it is long past the time when a halt should have been called. That it was not is no reason that it should not be done even at this late date. We propose to see that the matter is attended to. Abuse will not deter us for a single moment. It is currently rumored that ex-Congressman George W. Murray, of South Carolina, is not only flirting with Senator McLaurin (Dem.), Capers (gold Dem.) and other Negro haters of his state, but also had the nerve to visit Washington some weeks ago for the purpose of urging the confirmation of that lyncher, Geo. R. Koester, nominated by the president for the position of internal revenue collector of South Carolina. Surely this report cannot be true. However, an explanation from Mr. Murray is in order. The Indianapolis Freeman of a recent date contained an article alleging that the Hon. W. J. Akers, of the Forest City house, this city, was connected with the Union depot restaurant here, and therefore responsible for the dismissal of certain waiters of color and the substitution of white girls in their places. There is absolutely no truth in The Freeman's charge, because Mr. Akers is not connected with the Union depot restaurant. Our people of Cleveland know him to be one of their oldest, truest and best friends—a practical one, who believes in acts and deeds, rather than words. Two of the most eminent Afro-American ministers of the A. M. E. church have recently been called from earth, and yet we find no comment bearing upon their lives in the columns of our journals. We little comprefiend the meaning of such cheer indifference in regard to the passing of these men. But they were great, learned and eloquent, far beyond the average minister. They were a power in the ministry and in the cause of the race. We speak of Drs. Dudley E. Asbury and T. B. Caldwell. Forceful, magnetic and masterful, they were recognized leaders in any community. Henry Ward Beecher and De Witt Talmage possessed many of the ordinary imperfections of men, for the former in his latter days renounced his warm devotion to the cause of human equality, while along in the seventies, the latter compromised the doctrine that of one blood God made all the nations to dwell upon the face of the earth. Mr. Beecher reproached in merciless terms the Negro in his weakness, and Mr. Talmage; in order to please the prejudiced south, denied that he ever intended that the Negro was a constituent part of the one blood of all nations. God had spoken it and He could not lie. But the first mentioned divines lived in another atmosphere of thought. They preached a pure and sound doctrine and they reflected a sentiment, lofty and sublime, which rendered them the peers of any race of men. Then why this elight? Early in March, Bill Zeigler, an Alabama Afro-American, was lynched, charged, as usual, with the commission of a heinous crime upon a young white girl of his community. On the 11th of this month the sheriff of the county in which the lynching occurred arrested eight white men and one woman, the wife of one of those arrested, on a charge of being the lynchers or murderers of Zeigler. It seems that a Mr. Manlin, whose daughter was said to have been assaulted by the victim of the mob, went to the sheriff and told him that his little girl was not even touched by the unfortunate Afro-American, and also stated that Zeigler had worked with him for two years and was always polite, obedient and truthful. It seems that the woman arrested had previously been prosecuted for defaming the character of a more or less prominent white girl of her community and that Zeigler's testimony was damaging to her. As a result, she repeatedly made statements that the Negro would never swear against her again or anybody else "on earth." It is charged that she gave Mr. Manlin's little girl candy to make the terrible charge against the Afro-American, which resulted in his death. There is no doubt but that this is only one of the hundreds or thousands of like cases in the last 10 or 20 years. The encouraging thing about it all is, that slowly but surely dawn is breaking in the matter of lynching in the south. Mr. Manlin's kind is on the increase. We commend to our patrons for careful reading the excerpt from the Terre Haute (Ind.) Eagle, headed "Teddy Shows His Teeth," and the Charleston, S. C., communication, published elsewhere in this paper. We are free to confess that we did not like either. President Roosevelt's talk or conduct while on his recent visit to the Charleston exposition. There was evident too great a desire to toady to southern sentiment and entirely too thorough an ignoring of the southern Afro-American—the bone and sinew of southern republicanism, to representatives of which he will appeal for votes in the next national republican convention. We quite agree with the Terre Haute Eagle, when it says: "We fail to see where there is any special honor in serving under or with an ex-Confederate any more than there would be in serving with any other criminal who stood charged with the violation of the highest law in the land." That President Roosevelt permitted an Afro-American citizen of Charleston to be thrown bodily from St. John's hotel for no other reason than that he was attempting to shake hands with the president of the United States, as thousands of all grades of whites were doing and, too, without a word of rebuke, is, to say the least, surprising. The cringing, fawning, political slaves of color who are continually shouting and throwing up their hats for Roosevelt, with the hope that they will be given positions ought to be made to "go way back" and lie down for an extended period. SOUTHERN BLATHERSKITES. Congressman Gilbert, of Kentucky, in his reply to a Massachusetts member on Tuesday, said in the house of representatives: "The most ignorant white girl in my state would infinitely prefer to marry the lowest, meanest, most ignorant white man in the world, to the most cultivated Negro in America." To this, hundreds of mixed marriages (the woman white in nearly every case) in Kentucky, give the lie. The man Gilbert was evidently "beside himself" with prejudice against people of his section, hundreds of whose women are being debauched by white men every week in the year with a brazenness and impunity that is astounding, to say the least. When he said that "prejudice against social equality was as strong in the north as in the south," and that "all talk to the contrary is hypocritical rot and rant,'" he was simply making another statement as notoriously untrue as the first one to which we call attention. He was simply stating his own prejudiced desires, and not facts, in each instance. A short residence in the north would give him information relative to his second declaration that would, in a short time cause that narrow prejudiced head of his to burst wide open. Congressman Gillett, of Massachusetts, in a short reply to the rantankerous individual by the name of Gilbert, "f'om Kaintucky, sah," said most pertinently, when an Afro-American raised himself above his fellows and led a pure, clean, manly life, he thought his worth should be recognized. He did not sympathize with a state of society which accepted a man whose hands were stained with the blood of lynching, or with election frauds, but who rejected a worthy, pure man, simply because his color was black. He objected to making unpardonable the matter of color. Gilbert's reply to this was a characteristically low, southern "fling" at President Roosevelt, asking Mr. Gilbert if he had "ever invited a Negro to his table," to which he replied: "I never have, but I have never been mean enough to criticise a man who has done so." Thereupon Congressman Patterson, of Tennessee, another of the Gilbert stripe, arose and said he "blushed for the honor of Massachusetts when he heard a defense made of social equality of the Negro and white man." This last would make Barnum's baby elephant smile if one were to tell it what close equality the average southern white man enjoys and has ever insisted upon enjoying with every good looking Afro-American woman he could get close enough to, especially in his own benighted section of the country. It is high time that southern demagogues of the Gilbert, Patterson, Tillman stripe were being met with statements of the real condition at the south as far as the colored and white people are concerned when they thrust these attacks upon our people into any and all kinds of debates upon the floor of congress. A few such airings of their dirty linen, will close their foul mouths more effectually than thousands of half-hearted replies, such as the average northern Republican congressman makes, in this day and time. The blush of the average southern congressman would scare the dome off the capitol. That man Patterson has nerve. A SOUTHERN TRIP. Republicans Go to Study the Southern Problem—An Alabama Congressman Adopts an Unusual Plan to Kill Crumpacker Resolution. Washington, D. C.—Whether the house passes the Crumpacker resolution or not, a number of prominent republican members of that body will take advantage of an opportunity to count Biennial Meeting, Knights of Pythias. To Salt Lake City, Utah, August 6th to 8th, inclusive, account Annual Reunion, Grand Lodge B. P. O. E. For information about fares and other details, apply to Ticket Agents of Pennsylvania Lines, or address C. L. Kimball, A. G. P. A., Cleveland, O. RAC Navy jected colorado Geo retire pion, ment said good THAT SOUTHERN TRIP Elsewhere in this paper will be found a letter from Washington, D. C., announcing the arrangement of a southern trip by Congressman Thompson, of Alabama, for republican confreres who favor the Crumpacker resolution, his object being to secure to them information which he confidently believes will kill that measure. Mr. Thompson is evidently of the opinion that southern conditions, as far as the whites and blacks are concerned, justify disfranchisement and that a visit to that section will convince the republican congressmen of this fact, and, therefore, cause their withdrawal of support from the Crumpacker resolution. The mistake Congressman Thompson is making is, in entertaining a belief that conditions in the south or anywhere else in this country, have anything to do with or should have any influence upon a compliance with a mandate of the United States constitution, which requires the decrease of congress representation of any state in proportion to the number of citizens therein disfranchised. An article of the fourteenth amendment of the Federal constitution which is mandatory calls for such action as is primarily provided for in the Crumpacker resolution, and this, too, regardless of any condition existing at the south. The point we make ought to be kept well in mind by every one of the gentlemen friendly to the Crumpacker measure who accompanies Mr. Thompson on his trip to the "black belt" of Alabama or elsewhere in the south. Not only do the many thousands of Afro-American republicans throughout the country demand the remedial action provided for in the constitution, but also every loyal white republican in the north who believes in equal congress representation, north and south, upon the basis provided for in the apportionment which creates congress districts, and who very properly objects to one southern citizen's vote being equal to five, six, seven and even a greater number of northern citizens' votes in federal elections, especially those for the selection of members of congress. TURNER-RIDDLES Young Boys Have Organized. New Club-Masquerade Social a Success- Obituary - Received Prizes - Other Notices, Etc. Peoria, Ill.—Mr. William Brown expects to visit his parents in the near future.—Mr. Harry Gilkesson was in Pekin on legal business.—Information has been received that Mr. Chas. Turner and Miss Jennie Riddles will be married soon. Mr. Turner is one of Peoria's best citizens and has a wide circle of acquaintances. He is a skilled machinist in the T., P. & W. R. r shops. The bride is equally popular.—Early Sunday morning Fred May Lenord, only son of Rev. and Mrs. Lenord, died. He was born in Montgomery Co., was 5 years old, unusually bright, speaking both German and English. Rev. C. V. Lenord is a shoemaker and has taken his only child's death very hard. Funeral at Mt. Zion church Monday, Revs. Hart and Wilkinson officiating. The deceased was a member of St. Joseph's Kindergarten and all his classmates attended the funeral. Beautiful flowers were laid in his hands as a tribute from them. Among the others who presented flowers were: The Women's Christian club, of which his mother was a member; Mrs. Dean, Mrs. Dyeden, Sreda and Elsie Trautvenpier, Mrs. Hinds, Mrs. P. V. Edwards and Howard Garmon.—Mrs. Dollie Harris was summoned to Hillsboro by her father, Mr. George Kilgour's sickness.—Mrs. Summers entertained at dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Robert Polk, Mr. and Mrs. Jas Hafnes, Mrs. Stanford, Mrs. Ada Washington, of Galesburg, and Miss E. Harper.—Mrs. Dick Shepherd and Mrs. Stoeker are ill.—Mr. James Finch is convalescing.—Mrs. Conway, daughter Ida and Miss M.Liss Anderson have returned from St. Louis, Mo. —The Pleasant Hour club met Tuesday at Mrs. Summer's.—The Ladies' Aid club met at Mrs. Robert Smith's Thursday evening.—P. W. Wagner and son Roy have left for a ten days' trip in the south, making New Orleans their chief point.—Mrs. Sidney Wagner was given the prize at the calico social by the ladies of the A. M. E. church last Thursday, wearing the most beautiful attire of calico.—The masquerade social at the A. M. E. church was largely attended. Many quaint and antique costumes were worn. A goodly sum was cleared.—Our young boys are forming a club for the purpose of entertaining this summer. It is known as "The Boys' Pleasure club."—Mrs. Morten and Miss F. Harrison are visiting in St. Louis.—Mrs. W. Crawford is very sick.—Master Thomas Gibson will spend a few days in the country.—Master Clarence Ashford spent a few days at Eureka.—Miss Carrie E. Hall is spending her summer vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gibson. Miss Hall has been teaching school in Hearne, Tex., for three years. "Keep Up With the Times." Keep Up With the Times Troy, O.—Mr. Jud Bell, of Addison, was here Sunday.—Miss Doretta Motten has returned from Springfield.—Take The Gazette and keep up with the times.—It is rumored that Mr. Eugene Jones has accepted a position as messenger boy at the White House, Washington, D. C.—The union concert given by the members of Zion and A. M. E. churches was a success.—A reception room has been added to Zion church. It is very convenient.—Mr. John Williams, of Tennessee, is expected here in a few days ("Keep Your Eyes Open"). —The Junior band will reorganize.—Miss Sadie H. Beaumont has returned to Pittsburg, Pa.—Miss Josie Nesbitt has returned from Dayton.—Mr. Henry Watkins, of Dayton, was Miss Edith Nesbitt's guest Sunday.—Mr. Robt. Elam is sick.—Mr. H. Bell, of Christiansburg, was here Sunday. A SOUTHERN TRIP. Republicans Go to Study the Southern Problem-An Alabama Congressman Adopts an Unusual Plan to Kill Crumpacker Resolution. Washington, D. C.—Whether the house passes the Crumpacker resolution or not, a number of prominent republican members of that body will take advantage of an opportunity to study the south and the question of suffrage there under rather unusual circumstances. Fourteen members of the house, accompanied by their wives, will leave Washington about May 10 for a trip to Tuskegee, Ala., and will spend a week or ten days in that section of the south. They go as the guests of Charles Winston Thompson, of Tuskegee, a member of congress from the Fifth Alabama district, who believes that the best way to kill the Crumpacker resolution is to give the northern republicans an opportunity to study the southern problem and to see the conditions as they exist. Those who have accepted the invitation of Mr. Thompson are Senator Frye and Congressman Crumpacker, of Indiana; Smith and Conner of Iowa; Roberts and Gillette, of Massachusetts; Jenkins, Barney, Dahle, Davidson and Brown, of Wisconsin; Ketchum, of New York; Southard, of Ohio, and Littlefield, of Maine. Speaker Henderson was also invited to be a member of the party, and expressed a desire to accept it, but stated that he doubted if it would be possible for him to leave Washington at the time fixed for the trip. The invitation of Mr. Thompson has caused much comment and discussion among the republicans. He has been exceedingly frank in the matter. He has told each member to whom an invitation was extended that he was convinced that the republicans of the north were not familiar with conditions in the south and that they would not be in favor of the Crumpacker resolution if they understood the situation. He has made an effort to invite men who have been more or less active in the work of the party, but who have never spent any time in the south and have had no opportunity to become personally acquainted with existing conditions in the southern states. "I wish I could take every republican in the house on the trip," said Mr. Thompson. "I do not want to exert any undue influence on the members, but I believe that the question proposed in the Crumpacker resolution will be settled in the best way by the people of the south. I propose to take these guests into the very heart of the 'black belt' of Alabama. I want them to see the Negro in his highest form of development at the Booker Washington school, and I want them to see him on the plantation and in the work gangs, in his lowest stage of development. I will offer nothing to delude or deceive any of the members of the party. I want to place them in position to see for themselves just what the conditions are and to allow them to form their own judgment and draw their own conclusions." Mr. Thompson has an immense plantation near Tuskegee and gives employment to about 300 Negro farm hands. NEEDS OF TUSKEGEE. $220,000 More for the Endowment Fund and Cash for Current Expenses. New York City.—Booker T. Washington, principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial institute, in the black belt of Alabama, where the Afro-American outnumbers the white three to one, has issued a circular in which he enumerates some of the needs of the school and tells of its present equipment and results. A small contribution, he says, goes a long way toward giving a boy or girl a good education. Fifty dollars pays for the education of a student for one year. Two hundred dollars will enable him or her to take the complete four years' course. One thousand dollars added to the endowment fund creates a permanent scholarship, the interest on which pays for the tuition of one student for all time. The endowment fund now amounts to $280,000. Mr. Washington and his associates want to make it $500,000. To secure that increase and to get money for the year's current expenses are, according to the circular, the most urgent needs of the institute. The average annual attendance of students is 1,105, 333 women and 772 men. There are 109 on the executive staff and teaching force. The students now at the school are from 29 states of the Union and from Cuba, Porto Rico, Africa, Jamaica, and Barbados. The average age of students is 18½ years. "The effort is," says the circular, "to get the most promising colored students from a wide section of territory and send them back to exert a helpful influence." The treasurer of the institute is Warren Logan, of Tuskegee, Ala. The members of the board of trustees who live in this city are: J. G. Phelps Stokes, William H. Baldwin, jr., George Foster Peabody and Robert C. Ogden. REDUCED FARES. Chance for Trips via Pennsylvania Lines at Small Cost. In addition to local excursions and reduced fares authorized for various events, the following opportunities are offered for trips via Pennsylvania Lines at special rates: To Los Angeles and San Francisco, Cal., April 19th to 26th, inclusive, account Convention of Federation of Women's Clubs. To Zanesville, Ohio, April 28th and 29th, account State Convention of Prohibition Party of Ohio. Tickets for this event will be sold only from Ticket stations in Ohio. To St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., May 17th to 19th, inclusive, account National Baptist Anniversaries. To San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cal., and Portland, Ore., May 26th to June 7th, inclusive, account Imperial Council, Nobles of Mystic Shrine, National Convention T. P. A. of America, and Supreme Lodge A. O. U. W. To Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo, Colo., June 21st to 23d, inclusive, account Sunday School International Association, Triennial Convention. To Minneapolis, Minn., July 5th to 7th, inclusive, account National Educational Association. To Tacoma, Wash., or Portland, Ore., July 15th to 26th, inclusive, account Annual Meeting Y. P. C. U., Society of United Presbyterian Church. To San Francisco or Los Angeles, Cal., August 1st to 7th, inclusive, ac- count Biennial Meeting, Knights of Pythias. To Salt Lake City, Utah, August 6th to 8th, inclusive, account Annual Reunion, Grand Lodge B. P. O. E. For information about fares and other details, apply to Ticket Agents of Pennsylvania Lines, or address C. L. Kimball, A. G. P. A., Cleveland, O. E. E. COOPER. The Philadelphia Tribune observes: Our friend, E. E. Cooper, of the Colored American, is having some very uncomplimentary things said about his honesty. We notice that several exchanges have rapped him pretty hard. It may be he doesn't care, but our representative men and big editors must try to live above reproach. [You are quite correct, Perry. Not only is a good many things being said about Eli Elix Cooper, but still other and more uncomplimentary things could be said. He has shown himself an ass in dealing with the Express in a very small matter. His bill here has remained unpaid for many moons, and though we have written him time and time again, he has never been manly enough to even grunt. Being a "big" man and refusing to even answer a fellow journalist about an honest debt are matters which never center in one individual.] Dallas, (Tex.) Express The boys of the "press gang" have been so hot after Editor Cooper, of The Colored American, that every little thing annoys him. A little three-line editorial in The Afro-American Ledger of a couple of weeks ago so irritated him that last week he took up quite one-third of a column of his valuable(?) space to say some pleasant things about us. Now, Cooper, don't get excited, for we are of the opinion that the boys are not through with you yet. They may be little, but they are loud. So keep your temper and remember that he that controls his temple is greater than he that builds a city.—Baltimore Afro-American Ledger. The Pioneer Press has been mum on the criticism of E. E. Cooper, Editor of the Washington, D. C., Colored American, not because it has nothing damaging to say, for it has, but because it hates to help smite to earth men who could, if they would, be useful. But since Mr. Cooper, perhaps, in the silly hope of scaring us off, threatens to stop the Pioneer Press and other papers from going through the mail for asking what belongs to them, and what he wilfully defrauded the Pioneer Press out of, we have a mind to unearth something, and will, if he dares to defy us to do so. Silence will only intensify suspicion,Mr. Cooper.—Martinsburg (W. Va.) Pioneer Press. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY! The old reliable Gazette desires an energetic and honest agent, and a good correspondent, in every city and town in Ohio and adjoining states having a number of Afro-American residents. We are especially desirous of hearing from persons in the following named cities: Zanesville, Springfield, Hamilton, Lorain, Toledo, Wilmington, Portsmouth, Chillicothe, Delaware, Sandusky, Lancaster, O.; Allegheny, Pittsburg, Washington, Sewickley and other western Pennsylvania cities and towns; Wheeling, Parkersburg and other West Virginia cities and towns; northern Kentucky and eastern Indiana cities and towns. Address a card to the editor of The Gazette, Wick Block, Cleveland, O., and our terms and instructions to agents and correspondents will be sent at once. Send us the name of any good person or persons in any of the cities named above or others, to whom we can write relative to the matter. "FIRED" BODILY. Thrown Into the Street—He Attempted to Shake Hands With Roosevelt. Charleston, S. C.—A Negro politician went into St. John hotel on the morning of April 9 with the intention of shaking hands with President Roosevelt. He was seized by several secret service men and detectives (evidently southerners) and thrown into the street. It is a wonder they did not mob him. We wonder what effect it had on the president, knowing, too, that he was in the south as a guest of Charleston citizens. Under the federal constitution this Negro is a citizen, and was not out of his place while offering to congratulate the president of the United States. It may be he is not a practical citizen under the constitution of South Carolina. Both Tillman and McLauren have done their work too well for a Negro citizen to dare ape the privileges which a white citizen exercises in the south. Roosevelt? Bah!!! Badly Scalded. Gallipolis, O.—Many guests were nicely entertained Wednesday evening at a social at Miss Parrie L. Bennett's.—Mr. Frank Price, while working at the O. H. E., was badly scalded by accidently stepping into a tank of boiling water.—Miss Clara Anderson has consumption. She is in a critical condition.—Misses Laura Anderson and Ina Mitchell are recovering from their recent illness.—Edward Howell is threatened with fever.—Miss Delia Johnson left for Columbus Thursday. She will make her home with her aunt, Mrs. Minnie Price.—Business is thriving at the joint stock company's store. Wendell Phillips Club Banquet. Wendell Phillips Club Banquet. Chillicothe, O.—The eleventh annual banquet of Wendell Phillips club took place last week Thursday night in Memorial hall. Speeches were made by Capt. W. S. Thomas, J. H. Gatliff, of Toledo; Frederick Patterson, of Greenfield, and Rev. M. H. Sides, of Xenia, O. There were 35 guests from points outside the "Ancient Metropolis." After the banquet dancing was indulged in until the "wee sma' hours." The visiting guests have nothing but words of praise for the club's excellent management. No Excess Fare Is charged on any train on the Nickel Plate road. Train, sleeping and dining car service modern in every way, with cost of traveling lower than by way of other lines. The personally conducted transcontinental tours twice every week continue to grow in popularity. Full particulars of any ticket agent of the Nickel Plate road, or E. A. Akers, C. P. & T. A., Cleveland, O. No. 76 RACE DOINGS AND SAYINGS. Naval cadets from the south objected to playing against Harvard's colored shortstop. George Dixon denies that he has retired from the ring. The ex-champion, who is now under the management of Joe Dunfee, of Syracuse, is said to be training hard and is in good trim. Dixon says that in the future he will not go out of his class. "Editor Clifford" is willing to act on the committee, suggested by Editor Wilkins, with Editor King and Smith, providing Editor Wilkins will be chairman and Bro. Murphy secretary. Men, don't be mum, but speak out now, so we can look over the field and have our witnesses in trim, for "Eddie Cooper" is an Indiana eel. —Martinsburg (W. Va.) Pioneer Press. Lost Everything in a Fire. New Brighton, Pa.—Mr. Charles Peters, cook at the Grand hotel, Beaver Falls, will be married soon. The name of the young lady has not yet been learned, as the chef will not reveal the secret.—The donation party given at Rev. Thomas' was a success.—Earl Scott has accepted a position with Martsolf Bros.—Harry Bruein is very sick at Beaver Valley hospital.—Miss Green and Mrs. Alexander, of Salem, were Miss Eva Anhorn's guests Sunday.—Mr. Jack McFarland was in Beaver Falls recently. He stated that he lost his clothes, money and watch in the recent fire at Atlantic City.—Quarterly meeting was held at Bridgewater A. M. E church Sunday. Rev. Herrington, of New Castle, preached morning and evening, and Rev. Grant in the afternoon. Collection, $15.—Mrs. Ormes, of E. Liverpool, was Mrs. A. Webb's guest Sunday.—Jean, the 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, is ill.—Rev. H. A. Grant visited in New Castle April 21. Conferred on Race Matters. Washington, D. C.—A delegation of prominent men, including former Gov. Pinchback, of Louisiana, former Congressman White, of North Carolina, and Bishop Grant, of Indianapolis, had a hearing Monday before a sub-committee of the house committee on labor, in favor of the bill of Representative Irwin, of Kentucky, for a commission to inquire into the status of the race. Reference was made in the addresses to the growing estrangement between the races and the need of knowing its causes, in order that remedies might be applied. The speakers urged that the inquiry should be conducted on a strictly non-partisan basis and without political motives. Will Contest Will. Philadelphia, Pa.—By the terms of the will of the late Col. John McKee, said to have been the wealthiest Afro-American in this country, the bulk of his fortune, estimated at about several millions, goes to the Catholic church. His daughter was cut off with an annuity of $300 (instead of $800, as some papers stated), and his grandchildren will receive annuities of $50 each. The will will be contested, it is said. The colonel was identified with the Presbyterian church for more than 50 years and was undoubtedly of unsound mind. For many years prior to his death he was notoriously "eccentric." Every Day in the Year You are assured lowest rates to be had by traveling via the Nickel Plate road, and on April 29 and May 6 and 20, special rates and privileges have been arranged for those looking for homes any place in the west, northwest and southwest. The very low rates to colonists will continue during the balance of April. Equal advantages will cost more by way of other lines. Inquire of nearest agent of the Nickel Plate road or E. A. Akers, C. P. & T. A., Cleveland, O. A $50,000 Gift. Tuskegee, Ala.—Prof. Booker T. Washington, of our normal and industrial institute, had a gift of $50,000 from Mrs. Huntington recently for the academical department's new building. Carnegie library will be dedicated on the 29th. The Easter exercises at the institute were very nice. Miss Nettie M. Ricks, formerly of Cleveland, O., sang "Calvary" very acceptably. To Inquire Into Their Condition. Washington, April 24.—Senator Deboe yesterday introduced a bill creating a commission to inquire into the condition of the colored people of the United States. The bill provides for "a comprehensive investigation into the condition of the people of the negro race, and the best means of promoting harmony between the races." The bill provides for a commission of five persons to be nominated by the president and to be paid salaries of $3,500 each. Exposed to Black Diphtheria. Madison, April 24.—The 4-year-old son of Sid Tompkins has black diphtheria and his recovery is doubtful. People are greatly alarmed, as the child was sick for several days before the nature of the disease was known, and neighbors were admitted and exposed. A Sympathetic Strike. Buffalo, N. Y., April 24.-The firemen employed by the Great Lakes Towing Co. here went out on strike yesterday in sympathy with the striking firemen at Duluth. Fifteen boats controlled by the company in this port and at Tonawanda are tied up pending a settlement of the difficulty. China Is Advancing. Washington, April 24.—United States Consul McWade, at Canton, has cabled the state department that the women's medical hospital training school for nurses and Pierson dispensary, the first institution for women in South China, erected almost entirely by American benevolence, was formally opened in Canton yesterday. Still Improving. The Hague, April 24. It was said last night at Castle Loo that, even without a relapse, Queen Wilhelmina's convalescence would occupy a month or more. Yesterday her majesty showed a considerable revival of spirits and interest in her surroundings. Homeseekers' Excursions via Pennsylvania Lines. Low rate Home-Seekers' excursion tickets to the west and south will be sold via Pennsylvania Lines, March 4, 18, April 1, 15, May 6 and 20. For fares, through time and other details, apply to passenger and ticket agents of the Pennsylvania Lines. CONDEMNED IN MISSOURI AND CONFISCATED IN NEW YORK. Judge Clarke of St. Louis has convicted and fined heavily a number of grocers for selling baking powders containing alum. The week before the Health Department of New York seized a quantity of stuff being sold for baking powder which they found was made from alum mixed with ground rock, and dumped it into the river. The Health Authorities are thus taking effective means to prevent the introduction into our markets of injurious substitutes in place of wholesome baking powders. As alum costs only two cents a pound, there is a great temptation for those manufacturers who make substitutes and imitation goods to use it. Alum baking powders can be detected by the health authorities by chemical analysis, but the ordinary housekeeper, whose assistance in protecting the health of the people is important, cannot make a chemical examination. She may easily know the alum powders, however, from the fact that they are sold at from ten to twenty cents for a pound can, or that some prize—like a spoon, or glass, or piece of crockery, or wooden ware—is given with the powder as an inducement. As the people continue to realize the importance of this subject and consumers insist on having baking powder of established name and character, and as the health authorities continue their vigorous crusades, the alum danger will, it is hoped, finally be driven from our homes. ORIGINAL SURGICAL METHODS. Diseased Bone in the Shin Is Successfully Replaced With a Great Toe Joint. Among originalities of surgery, described at the sessions of the thirty-first congress of the German Chirurgical association at Berlin, was the case of Dr. Tietze, Breslau, who, having removed a section of diseased bone from a woman's shin, pieced it with a joint from her great toe, thus preventing lameness. Dr. Roth, of Lubeck, gave a demonstration of an appliance for administering oxygen with chloroform, rendering it possible to anesthetize weak-hearted persons. Other surgeons confirmed the excellent results of mixing oxygen with chloroform. Dr. Reerink, of Freiburg, described successful operations on animals by patching stomachs with pieces of intestines. Six surgeons—four Germans and two Frenchmen—reported to the congress the discovery of the cancer bacillus. As each report was quite different from the others and as none of these doctors satisfactorily demonstrated their discoveries, not much confidence was felt by the examining committee. Many experiments as to the origin of cancer are going on. FINDS A VALUABLE MINERAL. Montana Ranchman Discovers That His Land Is Rich in Deposits of Strontium Phosphates. A Helena (Mont.) special to the St. Paul Dispatch says: Edward Massing, a well known stockman of the Snow Mountain country, has made the discovery of a very valuable but little known mineral on his ranch, near the east end of that group. Several samples of the rock have been sent to Helena and Butte, and the owner was informed that the quartz runs very high in strontium phosphates, a mineral used largely in pyrotechny. Authorities differ as to the value of the mineral, varying from $128 an ounce refined, to $555 a ton crude. The discovery was made by the merest accident. Mr. Massing estimates the amount in sight to be millions of tons An Odd Scandal. A scandal has arisen over the reburial of Robert Hammerling, the German poet, who died in 1889. He was moved into a permanent tomb in the cemetery at Gratz, when the coffin was opened and the medical men present, among whom were two university professors, surreptitiously and without authority removed the head in order to measure the skull. Since then the skull has been kept in the anatomical laboratory at Gratz university. Hammerling's relatives and friends are indignant, and demand that the poet's head shall be put back with the body at once. Good enough for anybody! ALL HAVANA FILLER FLORODORA 3 for 10¢ CIGARS "FLORODORA'BANDS are of same value as tags from "STAR." "HORSE SHOE." "SPEARHEAD. 'STANDARD NAVY." "OLD PEACH & HONEY" and J. T." Tobacco. 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, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1902. WHERE "THE GAZETTE" IS SOLD. PUSHAW's News Store, Cuyahoga Building opposite the Post Office. Open Sunday. N. HEXTEN'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, 366 Central Ave. JAMES F. BEASON, 138 Central Ave. J. W. SMITH, 526 Erie St. FOR SALE—Two section bookcase or cupboard, a good refrigerator, a "single" bedstead and a hanging lamp. Very cheap. See them at No. 674 Sterling avenue. FOR SALE—Watch—A fine double case (silver) watch, Elgin movement, recently cleaned, and practically new. Cheap. Address Box 6, The Gazette, Wick block. Mrs. Walter Brown is visiting her sister in Detroit. Miss Brown, of Parkersburg, is the guest of Mrs. Wilson, 15 Cedar avenue. Remember the May dance at Forest Street Armory Thursday evening, May 1. Admission: Gents, 50 cents; ladies, 35 cents. Club No. 3, Mrs. Parker, captain, of the Second A. M. E. church, will give a "green" social in the rear of 32 Deering street April 28. Subscribe for the Gazette and have the paper sent to your home through the mails. Be too proud to borrow a copy or read some one else's. Don't "SPONGE" on anyone. Mr. Brown's barber shop on Central avenue, near Sterling avenue, is one of the best in the city. He and his assistant are first-class workmen, courteous and obliging. They are deserving of the large patronage they enjoy. Once more [Bowman's orchestra] will be heard at Forest Street Armory Thursday evening, May 1. You are welcome to attend, listen and dance to the sweet strains of his splendid orchestra. Admission: Ladies, 35 cents; gents, 50 cents. At St. John's church tomorrow the pastor will preach morning and evening. [His evening subject will be "Church Tramps and What to Do with Them."] Junior C. E. at 9:30 a.m. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. C. E. meeting at 6:30 p. m. Fred K. Louis, 87 Blaine street, does first-class work as a wallpaper cleaner, furniture polisher and general house cleaner. Our people should take pleasure in patrenizing Mr. Louis, for he is an energetic and enterprising member of the race. The editor of The Gazette received Monday from Erie, Pa., an invitation to attend the Waiters' Social club's third annual May reception May 12 at Maccabee hall. Music by Woeckner's orchestra. Committee, Jas. Cobb, president; E. L. Wilson, treasurer; W. R. Rhodes, secretary. Miss Cora Annis, of Laurel street, has accepted the position as stenographer in Welcome T. Blue's office in the American Trust office. In securing the latter's services Mr. Blue is extremely fortunate, as Miss Annis will, no doubt, prove a most valuable and efficient adjunct to his office. Jas. W. Crawford, proprietor of the "Gem" restaurant, 100% Prospect street, serves splendid meals. His rates are 20 cents for one meal or seven meals for $1. Mr. Crawford is doing a good business and our people should patronize him on every occasion. He also carries a fine line of cigars. Robeda club's third annual May reception and dancing party will take place Monday evening, May 12, at Heard's hall on Euclid avenue. Refreshments will be served. Music by Bowman's orchestra. Committee: Lewis Buchanan, chairman; Thomas W. Fleming, secretary; W. T. Blue, Geo. W. Johnson, J. H. Davis. St. Andrew's Episcopal mission, corner of Central avenue and Sked street, Rev. Edward S. Doan, priest in charge. Sunday school at 2 p. m. Evening prayer and sermon at 3:30. Music by the vested choir. The Rt. Rev. William A. Leonard, D. D., will visit St. Andrew's mission to administer the apostolic rite of confirmation Trinity Sunday, May 25. The verdict of everybody who has attended (so far) the series of entertainments given at Forest Street Armory, under the management of Mr. James Gilliam, is that they have been successes in every way. If you doubt this, attend the dance at the above named place Thursday evening, May 1. Admission: Gents, 50 cents; ladies, 35 cents. Miss Cora Abbott, eldest daughter of Mr. A. T. Abbott, secured, the past week, a position as accounting clerk in Root & McBride's. Miss Abbott is proficient along that line, having served four years in that capacity in her father's office in the Hickox building, on Euclid avenue. The latter is, and has been for years, connected with the Mutual Life Insurance Co. Charles W. Chesnutt read selections from his books at an entertainment given by Emanuel Episcopal church at Waldo hall, Hough avenue and Brookfield street, Friday evening, He read from "The Conjure Woman." "The House Behind the Cedars" and "The Marrow of Tradition." The reading was given for the benefit of the building fund of the church. There was a musical program. Our attention has been called to the statement of a local individual in The Leader of a recent date to the effect that "we have had colored fire cadets and colored firemen, and they were accorded every right and courtesy guaranteed under the rules of the fire department." This is not true, as far as the matter of treatment is concerned, as all the older residents familiar with the subject can test. We desire not only to call our readers' attention to Mrs. Henry Burch's ad, elsewhere in this paper, but also to impress upon them the importance of patronizing, in as great a degree as possible, those of our race engaged in business enterprises who have the good sense and judgment to advertise in The Gazette. Mrs. Burch runs a first-class boarding and lodging place at 463 Central avenue. It is a credit to the city. Everything is neat, clean and her charges most reasonable. The ninth "pop" concert at Grays' armory Sunday proved even more pleasing and instructive than the preceding ones. All of the orchestra's selections were fine. The "Unfinished Symphony," by F. Schubert, deserves special mention; also the song "On the Sea," by Dudley Buck, sung by the Ionic quartette. The latter received two encores. The march "Semper Paratus," by J. E. Aylard, ballet music "Queen of Sheba," by Carl Goldmark, the waltz "Tout Paris," by Waldteufel, the march "Never Behind," by Carl Bernthaler, of this city, were equally good. The song "Night Witchery," by Storch, sung by the Ionic quartette, was exceptionally fine, receiving three encores. The polka "Live and Love," by W. G. Votteler, a local composer, was very pretty. Taking the concert as a whole, it was fine—a feast for music-loving people. Prof. Johann Beck conducted. Mr. Emil Ring will conduct the next "pop," Sunday, and Prof. Carl J. Groenwold will conduct several song numbers given by a mixed chorus made up of the Heights Maennerchoir and Schifflein Christi—150 voices. Mr. Conrad Mizer deserves great praise indeed for the magnificent success the concerts are meeting with. The armory is filled to overflowing every Sunday afternoon. Effie Williams, 17 years old, who was seven weeks in the county jail, and has already spent three weeks in the workhouse for stealing clothing belonging to a former employer, will probably be pardoned from the workhouse by Director Cooley, as a result of the ministrations of Mrs. Bates, the "Angel of the Workhouse." The girl was sent to the workhouse by Judge Babcock, last term, to pay a fine of $10 and costs amounting to $88.31. Mrs. Bates went to see Judge Babcock and the latter wrote a letter to Director Cooley recommending a pardon. "It may violate some rule of law," wrote Babcock, "but I am of the opinion that she should be pardoned under 'the higher law.'" Accompanied by Cass Hatch, secretary of the department of charities, Mrs. Bates visited the county commissioners, and asked them to remit the fine imposed on the girl, and they promptly did it. Mrs. Bates hastened from the court house for the city hall to lay her plea for the girl's pardon at Cooley's feet. Mrs. Bates said of the case: "The girl didn't deny stealing the clothing, but her employers refused to pay her, and she claims she took the clothes, intending to keep them until her wages were paid. She has suffered more than she ought for the trivial misdemeanor." John Porter Reilley, an Akron Afro-American, 13 years old, astonished his physicians and nurses during his stay at the Huron Street hospital by a phenomenal development of sense perception through the touch of his lips. The boy has been blind several years. He lost his sight through an attack of the measles when he was six years old. Recently he fancied that he could catch glimpses of daylight, and was brought to Cleveland in order that he might have the benefit of the best medical attendance. He entered Huron Street hospital, February 16, and left Wednesday. The boy is unusually bright, and soon established himself as a favorite. Although the world had been shut out from his sight for seven years, he regarded it as a merry place, and he could not conceive of the hospital as anything more solemn than "a jolly good place to have fun in." One of his pranks was to take a run and a jump, and leap over his bed. The blind boy's greatest peculiarity, however, is his sense of touch. He can identify any article after he has once handled it, by merely touching it to his lips. He can tell the denominations of money in this manner. His nurses provided him with a number of playthings, among them two tops, exactly alike. He called them "Tom and Jerry," and could tell which was Tom and which Jerry, as soon as his lips came into contact with them, although nobody else could tell them apart. Another interesting faculty possessed by this strange boy is the sense of perception through the hands. He told who his nurses were by placing his hands on their heads. Physicians are puzzled over the boy's strange power of identification through the lips. They have never known of a similar case. When the brave little fellow was told Wednesday he might never see again, and that his stay in the hospital had been in vain, he said: "Well, I've had lots of fun while I've been here, anyhow." A Great Success. On Thursday evening, April 17, Forest Street armory was the scene of attraction for hundreds of people, the occasion being the concert and ball of the Olympia orchestra, of Columbus, assisted by some of our best local talent. The concert came up to the highest expectations of every one present and was a credit indeed to Mr. James Y. Gilliam, manager, and Mr. Guy Foley, leader of the orchestra. PROGRAMME Americus Overture..... Geo. Voelker Orchestra. Address..... Hon. Harry C. Smith Song..... Select Madam Beulah Griffin West. The Great White Throne..... Will S. Brown (Arranged by Lee Owen Smith) Orchestra. Song—"Excelsior"..... Harry Von Tiler Mr. J. W. Noble. Selections from Floridora..... Leslie Stuart Orchestra. Prof. J. A. Sterrett, floor director, led a grand march that was especially attractive and pleasing, owing to a number of new features that were introduced. He was ably assisted by Mr. Mark Johnson. Both deserve great credit. The ball was also a great success. Along the refreshment line there "was something novel and something new"—the soda fountain, etc. It was an idea of the manager. The orchestra proved a most agreeable surprise. The Comfortable Way to Go is via the Nickel Plate Road and its connections for Colonists and all others bound for California, the Northwest, or points on the North Pacific Coast during March and April, 1902. It will be cheaper als than by other lines. See nearest age, of the Nickel Plate Road or E. A. Akers, C. P. & T. A., Cleveland, O. No. 55 To Increase Their Pensions. Washington, April 24.—The house committee on pensions yesterday reported bills increasing the pension of the widow of Gen. Lawton from $30 to $50 a month, and of the widow of Rear Admiral Fyfe a like amount. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1902. Captain Brooks Entertains. Columbus, O.—There is a rumor that the trustees of St. Paul's A. M. E. church are considering an option of $41,000 for the church property situated on East Long street.—Capt. Deaton J. Brooks gave a 6 o'clock dinner Thursday at the La Quasima club in honor of Hon. W. R. Stewart, of Youngstown. An elegant menu was served under the direction of Mr. Williams, the steward. Those present were: Hon. George W. Hayes, Cincinnati; L. Howard Jones, Findlay; R. D. Lynch, Youngstown, O.; Messrs. Allan S. Peal, Albert Shipp and H. B. Alexander. There is no more popular young man in the state than Capt. Brooks, of the adjutant general's office (of the state). Gave Birth to Five Girls. Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-Isaac Rhoades of Tuckers Corners, Ulster county, was in this city April 14 and announced that his daughter, Mrs. John McGowan (white) had on April 13 given birth to five girls. The grandfather is 72 years of age, and has had 16 children, 12 of whom are living. The mother of the quintet is 28 years old and her husband is 30. The infants are all alive and well and the grandfather says that he expects to have them all in this city in two weeks to have their pictures taken REDUCED RATES West and Northwest via Pennsylvania Lines. 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(ESTABLISHED IN 1883), And has the largest bona fide circula that of any journal in the interest Americans, published in the State of Comparison with any will immedi establish its rank as one of NEWSIEST AND 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. Read what a Leading Minister, of Springfield, O. THE GAZETTE The most healthful signs of life and a high the existence of the above-named paper. That it can not be doubted when the fact is remembered communications from the wisest and best mind FOR THE PEOPLE it represents, and can be a colored man, though his face may be of ebony hud demonstration of what can be done by the editor is a young man who, by disf of INDUSTRIAL DEALING, has succeeded in giving to the country a PAPER WORTHY THE PATRONAL reader of THE GAZETTE since its first appearance, I feel that in justice to the paper, the ed upon the people generally, to support the identified with the COLORED people, and is in success of all without regard to Complexion. At a Leading Minister, Rev. J. W. Gazaway of Springfield, O., says: THE GAZETTE. The healthful signs of life and a highly useful career are indicated of the above-named paper. That it is a paper of Brain and Cultured when the fact is remembered that in its columns are found from the wisest and best minds of our race. It is a paper it represents, and can be relied upon as a friend of even though his face may be of ebony hue. The Gazette is a practice of what can be done by the young men of our race. A king man who, by dios of INDUSTRY and ECONOMY and FASHION succeeded in giving to the colored people of Ohio and the PAPER WORTHY THE PATRONAGE OF ALL. Having been the Gazette since its first appearance, and having watched that in justice to the paper, the editor and the race, I should use generally, to support the paper that is PRACTICAL for the COLORED people, and is in harmony with the interests without regard to Complexion. J. W. GAZAWAY Read what a Leading Minister, Rev. J. W. Gazaway, of Springfield, O., 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 dist 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. GAZAWAY. THE GAZETTE A LEADING REPUBLICAN NEW Devoted to the Interests of the Ra DING REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPE eveted to the Interests of the Race. Devoted to the Interests of the Race. IT ADVOCATES AN IMPROVEMENT IN OUR EDUCATIONAL. MORAL A FINAN And is neutral in nothing that the Progress of the Besides Correspondence from Country, Portraits and Biogra- teresting Serials, Editorials, OD and other Lodge News, it give a General News Summary of THE RACE'S Which alone is worth the price Sample Copies To any address, upon SUBSCRIPTION One year.....$1 50 | Three Six months.....1 00 | In olu In clubs of five, one year... Write for Our Extrao ments to Ag Address H. C. S MORAL AND FINANCIAL CONDITION neutral in nothing that advances or impedes the Progress of the Race. 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WET WEATHER COMFORT There is no satisfaction keener than being dry and comfortable when out in the hardest storm. YOU ARE SURE OF THIS IF YOU WEAR TOWER'S FISH BRAND WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING MADE IN BLACK OR YELLOW AND BACKED BY, OUR GUARANTEE. A.J.TOWER CO., BOSTON.MASS. ASK YOUR DEALER. If he will not supply you send for our free catalogue of garments and hats. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of Bentwood See Fac-Simile Wrapper Below. Very small and as easy to take as sugar. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION Price 25 Cents Purely Vegetable GENUINE MUST HAVE SIGNATURE JURE SICK HEADACHE. JUST THINK OF IT! Every farmer his own landlord, no encumbrances, his bank account increasing year by year, his stock increasing, stock increasing, splendid climate, excellent schools and churches, low taxation, high prices for cattle and grain, low railway, in the condition of the possible comfort. This is the condition of the farmer in Western Canada—Province of Manitoba and District of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Thousands of Americans are now settled there. Reduced rates on all railways for home-seekers and settlers. New districts are being opened to the people. The pay for forty-page ATLAS OF WESTERN CANADA and all other information sent free to all applicants. F. PEDLEY. Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to JOSEPH YOUNG, 515 State St., East Columbus, Ohio, H. WILLIAMS, 51 Law Bldg., Toledo, O. Canadian Government Agents. CAST For Infants s PLAN TO HELP STUDENTS. Bureau Established at Yale by Which Needy Young Men Can Procure Financial Aid. In a statement issued the other day by Prof. C. L. Kitchel, head of the bureau of self help of Yale university, a new scheme of lending money to needy Yale students without security is described as follows: Some time ago a letter was received from a graduate of a class offering to loan $100 to a needy and worthy member of the junior class, and the same sum to a senior similarly situated, promising to repeat the loan to the junior in his senior year, and then lend another $100 to another junior, the intention being to always be aiding a junior and senior in this way. "A beginning has already been made toward this scheme. The notes are to be made payable at a definite time, say five years from date, to bear interest at the rate of five per cent., the transaction being intended to be a strict business one, except that an indorser is not required." To Make Study of Cancer. The official heads of the medical profession of Great Britain are determined to unite for a systematic investigation into the causes, the prevention and the treatment of cancer, according to the London correspondent of the New York Herald. The king has given countenance to the movement, and it is likely interesting developments will follow shortly. The councils of the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians have adopted a joint resolution empowering delegates to draw up a detailed scheme of work. Sir William Church, Sir William Broadbent and others equally well known are on the committee. A selfish success is a sad failure.—Ram's Horn. Many words do not make much wisdom. —Ram's Horn. A man may be judged by his judgments of others.—Ram's Horn. Why travel a road that becomes worse every day?—Atchison Globe. Everyone may see daily instances of people who complain from the mere habit of complaining.—Graves. True Enough.—"What do you mean by saying she just celebrated her wooden wedding?" "She married a blockhead."—Philadelphia Press. "Hello, buddy!" exclaimed the sprouting blade of grass to the embryo leaflet. "Please don't shoot!" exclaimed the bud, in mock alarm.—Ohio State Journal. Briggs—"Kate used to say that Fred was as good as pie." Griggs—"She still thinks so; but she has a different way of saying it. She now says that Fred is crusty."—Boston Transcript. Mr. Subbub—"Somehow or other I never succeed in raising flowers that come up to those whose pictures are in your catalogue." Seedsman—"Oh, those pictures are ideal drawings. It would be absurd to suppose that nature could accomplish anything so beautiful."—Boston Transcript. "Yes," said his wife, petulantly, "if I don't get the bonnet I want I'll keep you in hot water." "Then you'll find that I'm like an egg, and that hot water will harden me."—Philadelphia Record. The other day some one asked Brother Dickey: "Do you know a candidate for office when you see him?" "Onpoppable not to know him, suh," was the reply. "He mos' ingrinme makes it conwenient ter run ergin me in the big road en interdooce himself by liftin' his hat en 'pologizin'!"—Atlanta Constitution. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1902. RAIDED SILK MILLS Mob Violence Resorted to by Paterson, N. J., Strikers. Compelled a Complete Suspension of Business--Many Persons Injured --Clashed With Officers of the Law--Several Shots Were Exchanged. Paterson, N. J., April 14.--Striking dye helpers yesterday stormed the establishments that were still running and by force compelled a complete suspension of business in their trade. They engaged in a series of running fights with the police and plant managers and in one of the severest clashes exchanged a volley of pistol shots with them. The radicals among the strikers were in command and hostilities ceased only when they tired of fighting. Many persons on either side were severely injured during the rioting, one dangerously so. The conservative element among the strikers had in the meantime disavowed the violence of their fellows and urged a return to peaceful means to gain the end that was sought. A written demand upon the employers for increased pay was formulated and committees opened negotiations for its consideration. Large numbers of strikers were in a sullen spirit and it was predicted last night that any attempt on the part of the employers to resume business without dealing with them would be desperately resisted. When the strikers completed their campaign against the plants in operation the number of men out was found to be nearly 4,000. The disorder began early in the day and was exciting. A meeting of strikers was held at 8 o'clock at Rueger's Riverside hall and 2,000 men gathered at the place. The hall would not accommodate them all and the proceedings were slow because of the many nationalities represented. To simply matters it was finally decided to have the men of each shop on strike appoint a committee of five to represent them. The meeting was orderly and declared for peace and the men were urged to keep away from the shops. While the meeting was in progress hundreds of strikers stood outside the hall angrily discussing their grievances. The radicals urged a raid upon the works still in operation and when their suggestion was approved rushed for the plant of Johnson, Cowdin & Co. The men at work were called out and the strikers moved on to the establishment of James Simpson & Co. That firm, fearing trouble, dismissed the men and closed its doors. Robert Gaere's works were visited next and after that the Bamford mill, where the first serious disorders occurred, was surrounded. Windows were smashed, chemicals spilled and considerable damage done. The men at work in the plant left their places. While one mob was closing the Bamford mill, another was surging into the plant of the American Silk Dyeing and Finishing Co. Armed with dye sticku and stones, they charged through the plant, driving the men from their places. George Arnold, one of the members of the firm, was dropped insensible with a blow on the head from a dyestick. Almost simultaneously an attack was begun on the works of Emil Geering & Co., in the fight for possession of it, shooting occurred. Two policemen were guarding the place. Some one in the crowd discharged a revolver and the police quickly returned the fire. Half a dozen shots were fired and one striker, who escaped unidentified, was shot in the leg. The mob stone the two policemen and, when one of the latter arrsted one of the leaders, closed in around him. The officers swung their clubs and heat their way out of the crowd. The strikers met at Riverside again at 4 o'clock in the afternoon to receive the reports of the several shop committees. Nearly every one of the latter reported that their particular shop would agree to the wage concession demanded if all the other shops would. The conservative leaders strongly advised the strikers to avoid violence and disavowed the attacks made on the mills during the morning. Trying to Combine Yarn Mills. Charlotte, N. C. April 24.—Owners of yarn mills from half a dozen states, representing nearly a million spindles, met here yesterday to consider a proposition looking to a combination of 60 per cent, or more of the southern yarn mills in a company capitalized at $60,000,000. A large proportion of the spinners seem to be in favor of the merger. It is argued that because of the advancing price of cotton and sharp competition there is a gloomy future for yarn manufacturing. Two hundred mill men attended the meeting. Wined Out by Fire Oil City, Pa., April 24.—Thirty-five places of business and 50 dwellings were destroyed by fire at Marienville yesterday. There was a high wind and no adequate fire protection. The fire started in the dwelling house of Mrs. M. J. Smith, who was smoking meat. The B., B. & K. railroad station and telephone exchange were among the buildings destroyed. The loss is estimated at $200,000, with about one-half that amount in insurance. Death of an Actress. New York, April 24.—Rose Osborn an actress, died here yesterday. She became insane during illness of gatritis and while being removed to an asylum made a desperate attempt to commit suicide by jumping into East river from a ferry steamer. She was rescued, but died yesterday. Bank Closed. Algonac, Mich, April 24.—The bank belonging to the Algonac Banking Co was closed yesterday. J. W. McKenzie and P. J. Kean were the principal stockholders, the former being manager. $50,000 for a Bible. New York, April 24.—A manuscript bible of the eighth century, of which the cover is profusely decorated with emeralds, diamonds and sapphires, is held for appraisal by the United States customs authorities. The volume is the property of J. S. Morgan, a nephew of J. Pierpont Morgan. The price paid for it is said to have been $50,000. Shot Him in the Leg. Havana, April 24.—Senor Miranda, a reporter on La Lucha, shot Senor Covin, the editor of El Mundo, Wednesday, wounding him in the leg. A PASTOR'S WIFE CURED OF PELVIC CATARRH. She Suffered for Years and Felt Her Case Was Hope less-Cured by Peruna. She Suffered for Years and Felt Her Case Was Hope less-Cured by Peruna. MRS. ANNA B. FLEHARTY, recent Superintendent of the W. C. T. U. headquarters, at Galesburg, Ill., was for ten years one of the leading women there. Her husband, when living, was first President of the Nebraska Wesleyan University, at Lincoln, Neb. In a letter written from 401 Sixty-seventh street, W., Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Fleharty says the following in regard to Peruna: "Having lived a very active life as wife and working partner of a busy minister, my health failed me a few years ago. I lost my husband about the same time, and gradually I seemed to lose health and spirit. My daughter is a confirmed invalid, and we both felt great need of an invigorator. "One of my neighbors advised me to try Peruna. Abottle was immediately secured and a great change took place in my daughter's as well as in my own health. Our appetites improved very greatly, the digestion seemed much helped, and restful sleep soon improved us, so that we seemed like new women. "I would not be without Peruna for ten times its cost."—Mrs. Anna B. Fleharty. What used to be called female diseases by the medical profession is now called pelvic catarrh. It has been found by experience that catarrhal diseases of the pelvic organs are the cause of most cases of female disease. Dr. Hartman was among the first of America's great physicians to make this discovery. For forty years he has been treating diseases peculiar to women, and long ago he reached the conclusion that a woman entirely free from catarhal affection of these organs would not be subject to female disease. He therefore began using Peruna for these cases and found it so admirably adapted to their permanent cure that Peruna has now become the most famous remedy for female diseases ever known. Everywhere the women are using it and praising it, Peruna is not a palliative simply; it cures by removing the cause of female disease. Dr. Hartman has probably cured more women of female ailments than any other living physician. He makes these cures simply by using and recommending Peruna. Mrs. E. L. Brown, 329 Elliott street, Memphis, Tenn.. writes: HOT WEATHER COOKING MADE EASY BY A The Khotal is a stove which generates its own gas from ordinary kerosene. It gives the same results as the ordinary city gas range but has the advantage of being adaptable to country houses. It can be we up in the kitchen, wash house, or the wood shed; in fact, it can be moved around to and its owner's convenience as it not confined to one place by gas connections. It is smokeless, sootless, and has no wick to climb. It possesses the economy of an oil stove and the cleanliness, convenience of the expensive gas range. Send stamppier catalogue and price list of the various styles and sizes. Prices range from $3.5 upwards. HYDRO-CARBON BURNER CO.. 184 Fulton Street, New York City. AGENTS WANTED We want one good, enterprising Agent to money can be made selling the Khotal, and easy to carry a sample stove from place to place. Liberal terms Agency Department, HYDRO-CARBON BURNER CO... RE YOU SATISFIED? AGENTS WANTED We want one good, enterprising Agent to represent us in every town. Good easy to carry a sample store from place to place. Liberal terms to the right parties. Address the Agency Department, HYDRO-CARBON BURNER CO., 184 Fulton Street, New York City Are you entirely satisfied with the goods you buy and with the prices that you pay? Over 2,000,000 people are trading with us and getting their goods at wholesale prices. Our 1,000-page catalogue will be sent on receipt of 15 cents. It tells the story. Montgomery Ward Co. CHICAGO The house that tells the truth. PILES C OUT TH azo Oint The Sample So or Protruding Piles. No Cure, No Pay. All drugs cure any case of piles, no matter of how long standion gives ease and rest. Relieves itching instantly. no pay. Price 50c. A small sample box will be of the superior merit of this new discovery. PILLOW WITHOUT PAZZLE Free Sale Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding refund the money where it fails to cure any case fourteen days. The first application gives ease a positive guarantee, no cure, no pay. Price address, which will convince you of the super PILES CURED WITHOUT THE KNIFE! Pazo Ointment. Free Sample Sent by Mail. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. No Cure, No Pay. All druggists are authorized by the manufacturers of Pazo Ointment to refund the money where it fails to cure any case of piles, no matter of how long standing. Cures ordinary cases in six days; the worst cases in fourteen days. The first application gives ease and rest. Relieves itching instantly. This is a new discovery and is the only pile remedy sold on a positive guarantee, no cure, no pay. Price 500. A small sample box will be sent FREE by mail to anyone sending us their name and address, which will convince you of the superior merit of this new discovery. Enclosed find 506 in stamps for which please send me one box of Pazo Pile Ointment. I am not well yet, but considerably improved; remember, my case is one of fifty years' standing. Itching as well as bleeding piles. Your Pazo Ointment has done me more good than all other medicines and I have faith in it. as the pain is nearly all gone. C.P. TIPTON, Grandview, Texas. Suffered 16 Years with Piles—Cured by Pazo Pile Ointment. I saw your ad in the Atlanta Constitution guaranteeing to cure Piles. I wrote if the guarantee covered cure for Itching Piles. You sent me a box of Pazo Ointment followed by a letter saying that if I was cured I could send the price of same—50 cents. Although I have suffered sixteen years, I now say I have no semblance of Itching Piles. W.E. FLUTCH. Pres. Mutual Life Ins. Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Some two months ago I purchased from Mr. D. A. Barton, druggist, a box of Pazo Pile Ointment for the cure of Piles. I wish to make the statement that I have suffered with Itching Piles for the last eighteen years, and have purchased salve after salve and would get only temporary relief. The druggist called my attention to Pazo Ointment. I have not used up one box yet, but feel certain in saying that the Ointment has entirely cured me, and I fully recommend it to others suffering with Piles for I know whereof I speak. P. S.—Mr. Moore has been a resident of Gallipolis for thirty-one years, and is known to every man in the county for his honesty and integrity. D. A. BARTON, Druggist. An 8-Years' Case of Pites Cured by Pazo Ointment. Your Pazo Pile Ointment is the best I have ever used. I have suffered with Piles eight years and could find nothing to cure me until I tried your Pazo Ointment. No wonder you sell it, no-cure-now-day, because it cures. A. PORTER, Crossing, Ga. If your druggist does not PARIS MEDICINE Who also manufact it does not keep PAZO PILE OINTMER MEDICINE CO., 2628 P. also manufacture the celebrated Cold Cure LAXX The Modern Version "Where are you going, my pretty maid?" "I'm going punging, sir," she said. "May I go with, my pretty maid?" "Yes, if you like, kind of." Yes, if you like, kind sir, she said. She led him away to the ping net, and then came an hour he'll never forget, for his shoulders ache from the many stoops to pick up the balls, and his eyelid droops, where she smote him twice with her racket small, which left her hand as she struck the ball, and he'll never ping when she pongs again, for she heard him swear when she pinged him then.—Baltimore American. "I Want Everyone to Know How Completely It Cures Indigestion. From the Leeds Saturday Journal. This shows the unselfish disposition of Mr. Hodge, of Orchard Grove, Ippleden, Newton Abbott, who, having been cured by Vogeler's Compound, wishes every other sufferer to know of the benefit he has received from this marvelous remedy. He tells his story as follows: Gentlemen—I find Vogeler's Compound a remedy above all others; for about this time last year I was in a thorough bad state of health, and could hardly drag one leg after the other. I had tried dozens of remedies advertised to cure indigestion and all its attendant evils, but was rapidly going from bad to worse, when I had the good fortune to be recommended to take Vogeler's Compound. I did so without much faith, and am thankful to say it made a new man of me. I should like other people to know its virtues and how completely it knocks under the worst forms of indigestion and dyspepsia.—(Signed.) George H. Hodge. Vogeler's Compound is the grandest remedy of the century for all stomach disorders and liver and kidney troubles in both men and women. It is sold in 25c. and 50c. sizes by all medicine dealers, and a free sample of liberal size will be sent to any address in the country. It is made by the proprietors of St. Jacobs Oil, Baltimore, from the formula of one of the most eminent living physicians. His Ristibilities Tickled "It was right funny," stated the chef of the cannibal king. "It was right funny to hear that cook we captured last week telling us how to prepare soup stock. It made me think of a lobster giving lectures before the chafing-dish party began. And then he gravely swallowed a pepsin pill that had been left by the piece de resistance of a wedding breakfast - judge A Nasty Practice. A nasty practice is what the Chicago Inter Ocean calls the pasting of repeated layers of wall paper, one upon another, thus covering up the filth and germs of disease that may be propagated in the very absorbent and decaying mass of flour paste, paper, animal glue, colors, etc. They give opinions of eminent health officers and sanitarians, urging that such practice should be stopped by legal enactment, and also take occasion to say that these sanitarians recommend Alabastine as a durable, pure and sanitary coating for walls. The Inter Ocean says: "This is a very important question, and, as it costs nothing to avoid this danger, why take any chances?" How much of the alarming spread of smallpox and other diseases may be due to unsanitary wall coverings? What the Senate Was Doing. A visitor at the capitol in Washington asked a senate doorkeeper: "What are they discussing in the senate?" "Why, I think it's a bill to make it against the law to kill the president," he replied.—Kansas City Star. Earliest Russian Millet Will you be short of hay? If so plant a plenty of this prodigiously prolific millet 5 TO 8 TONS OF RICH HAY PER ACRE. Price 50 lbs. $1.90;100 lbs. $3.00;low freights John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. A cynic is a man without ambition, since he sneers at things as they are, without helping to make them as they should be.—Smart Set. Ask To-Day for Allen's Foot-Ease. It cures swollen, aching, tired feet. At all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Cope—"I hear your boss expects to raise your salary next month?" Hope—"Yes; next month he says he expects to raise my salary for last month. I haven't got it yet." —Philadelphia Record. Fits Permanently Cured. No fits after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Free $2.00 trial bottle. Dr R. H. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Look out for the man who pouts; no one knows what he is liable to do.—Atchison Globe. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. Thos. Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.—La Rochefocaud. Iching Piles of 50 Years' Standing Relieved by Pazo Pile Ointment. Suffered 18 Years with Itching Pites—Cured by Pazo Pile Ointment. Mrs. Anna B. Fleharty. "I suffered for several years with headache brought on by nervous prostration. I was also afflicted with insomnia. I would get up in the morning more weary than when I retired and I used to dread the approach of night. Peruna came into my home as a welcome guest, and within three short months I was like another woman. I have now enjoyed perfect health for over a year, and those who have suffered as I did will know how happy I am."—Mrs. E. L. Brown. Mrs. Esther M. Milner, De Graff, Ohio, writes: "I was a terrible sufferer from female weakness and had the headache continuously. I was not able to do my housework for myself and husband. I wrote you and described my condition as near as possible. You recommended Peruna. I took four bottles and was completely cured. I think Peruna a wonderful medicine."—Mrs. Esther M. Milner. Congressman Thad. M. Mahon, of Chambersburg, Pa., writes: "It take pleasure in commending your Peruna as a substantial tonic and a good catarrh remedy."—T. M. Mahon. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, 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, Ohio Piles 30 Years—Cured by Pazo Ointment. I am forty years old and have had the Piles thirty years. I have not been able to attend to my business properly for one half the time on account of this affliction. I have not quite used one box of your Pazo Ointment, but feel like a new man. I am in business here and if you will send me some Pazo Pile Ointment I know I can sell lots of it, for everyone here knew my condition before I used your remedy. Bleeding Piles Cured by Pazo Ointment. You remember I wrote you in my first letter that I had been bothered with Piles, both bleeding and protruding, for twenty-five years. I have used every Pile cure on the market without relief, but now, after using nearly one box, I find the bleeding has stopped. I have not noticed any trouble of this kind for ten days, and believe that the Pazo Ointment will effect a complete cure. Enclosed find 50c in stamps, for which please send me another package. IVY RNLOE. Piles of 25 Years' Standing Cured by Pazo Pile Ointment. Enclosed find 50c for the box of Pazo Ointment you so kindly sent me. It has done all you claimed it would, and did I not have to get another box at any time, I would not take $10.00 for it. After suffering with piles for twenty-five years and having tried numerous "sure cure" Pila remedies, I never struck the right thing before Pazo Ointment gave instant relief and I have every reason to believe that I am permanently cured of the Piles. I recommend Pazo to every person I hear complaining of this trouble. W. S. HOBSON, Paint Creek, W. Va. Says Pazo Ointment Is Worth Fifty Dollars. Says Pazo Ointment is Worth Fifty Dollars. I received a box of your Ointment which cost $50 but has been worth $50.00 to me. I want another box for myself and also one for Mr. G. S. Smith, of this place. I received a box of your Ointment which cost 500 but has been worth $50.00 to me. I want another box for myself, and also one for Mr. G. S. Smith, of this place. I use all of your ointment stuffing to believe your Pao Ointment is going to effect a cure. In fact, it has already cured me for the present, and if it does not come back on me I will be all right. I feel a little tinge of it once in a while, but am grateful for the relief it has given me. ALFRED PLATT. TRADE KHOTAL MARK he received a silver cup valued at $150.00 and $68.70 in cash. Mr. Hirschy used Hazard Smokeless Powder, and so did 108 of the 468. In winning this great shoot-off with 32 others, Mr. Hirschy showed great skill and nerve, and that he used the best of powders. Your skill and nerve needs Hazard Smokeless Powder in that your dealer supplies Hazard Smokeless Powder in bulk or in loaded shells. Have you sent for the Hazard Targets! If not, see last week's advertisement. GUN POWDER $3.00 W.L. DOUGLAS SHOES $3.50 UNION MADE. W.L. DOUGLAS $3.50 SHOES ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD FOR MEN. THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOE MAKER Sold by cS Douglas Stores and the best shoe dealers everywhere. CAUTION! The genuine have W. L. Douglas' name and price stamped on bottom. Notice increase of sales in table below: 1898 = 748,706 Pairs. 1899 = 898,182 Pairs. 1900 = 1,259,754 Pairs. 1901 = 1,566,720 Pairs. At the Grand American Handicap held at Kansas City, Mo. the City week of kickoff was the H.C.I. game of Minneapolis, Minn., where the main event against a field of 45 shooters, for which RED KNIFE! ent. by Mail. ized by the manufacturers of Pazo Ointment to ordinary cases in six days; the worst cases in discovery and is the only pile remedy sold on by mail to anyone sending us their name and Piles of 19 Years' Standing Cured by Pazo Pile Ointment. I have been afflicted with Bleeding Piles for nineteen years and ever had found anything that had given me relief until I had tried your Pazo Pile Ointment. Since the use of it I have never suffered any pain whatever, and there is no outward appearance of the disease. I assure you that I will recommend Pazo Ointment to any of my friends who may be suffering with this annoying affliction. PAUL EFIRD, Loneta, Texas. Suffered with Piles 12 Years—Cured by Pazo Ointment. For the last twelve years I have suffered intensely with Piles, and your Pazo Ointment gave me the greatest relief. I was in Kansas City yesterday and called for Pazo Ointment, and the druggist offered me "something just as good"—there is nothing "just as good" as Pazo Pile Ointment for Piles. You will remember of sending me a box to Lake Charles, La., some time ago. One-Half Box of Pazo Ointment Cured Piles of Twelve Years' Standing. Your Pazo Pile Ointment does all you claim for it, and more. I had to use only one-half a box, which has relieved a case of twelve years' standing. JOHN FLOWERS, Corning, Ark. A Constant Sufferer with Piles Permanently Cured by Pazo Pile Ointment. I have been bothered with Piles for at least ten years, and have tried all known remedies, but with unsatisfactory results. It last decided to try Pazo Pile Ointment, expecting the same results. I had rejoiced from other remedies, but was agreeably surprised to receive a relief after using same for about seven days, which is over two months since. I have never been bothered with same up to this time. I believe your Ointment has given me a permanent cure. Recommends Pazo Ointment Because It Cures. We are in receipt of six boxes of your Pazo Pile Cure, which we will sell for you, as we have been cured by it, and can recommend it to others. STAMPS & WEELEALL, Ginseng 50c in postage stamps to reet, St. Louis, Mo. O-QUININE Tablets. ALL HAVANA TILLER FLORODORA 3 for 10¢ CIGARS "FLORODORA"BANDS are of same value as tags from "STAR," "HORSE SHOE." "SPEARHEAD." "STANDARD NAVY." "OLD PEACH & HONEY" and "J. T." Tobacco. Business More Than Doubled in Four Years. THE REASONS: Dresses and sells more men's $0.00 and $3.50 shoes than any other two man's frs in the world. W. L. Douglas $0.00 and $3.50 shoes placed side by side. W. L. Douglas $0.00 and $3.50 shoes found to be just as good. They will outwear two pairs of ordinary $0.00 and $3.50 shoes. Made of the best leather, including Patent Corona Kid, Corona Cott, and National Kangaroo. W. L. Douglas $4.00 "GIN Edge Line" cannot be equalled. Shoes by mail $25c, extra. Catalog free. W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass. OLD SORES CURED Allen's Ulcerine Salve cures Chronic Ulcers, Bone Ulcers, Ulcerous Skin, White Swelling, Milk Legs, Knee Bruises, Sait Rubber, Power Sores. All old sores. Positively no failures, no matter how long standing. By mail. 25c and 50c. J. P. ALLEN, St. Paul, Minn. A. N. K.-C 1914 SUFFERING BABIES instantly relieved use of TEETHING MEN. E. 50c by mail, money refunded if not satisfactory. Hours C. Blair, 800 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.