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2 THE GAZETTE One Year ..... $1 50 Six Months ..... 1 00 Three Months ..... 50 Subscribers are requested to remit by post- office money order or registered letter Entered at the postoffice in Cleveland, Ohio as second-class matter. Editor and Proprietor THE GAZETTE, Blackstone Building, Cleveland, Ohio Member Ohio Legislature, { 1894 to 1896. { 1896 to 1898. { 1900 to 1902. MILITARY TRADE 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. THE DEVIL IN THE POT. The south has few cities and little of prosperity. What it holds or claims for itself has been forfeited in the time of its resistance to the national laws. Yet it assumes the right to a greater claim in federal patronage and privilege under the government. It is autocratic and dictatorial in regard to federal duties. Ever since the improved mail system has been in effect, Afro-Americans have been acting as postmen in most parts of the south. At Paris, Kentucky, twelve white men and six colored became applicants for the service. Of these, four Afro-Americans and two white men passed the examination. Of the original applicants who took the civil service examination in September last, there were twelve white men and six Afro-Americans. Numerous protests have Americans. Quite a feeling of indignation, is expressed by white people of Paris on account of the appointment of the four Afro-Americans. Numerous protests have been sent to Washington, and Postmaster Sweeny has been urged to intercede with the department to induce a change in the list of names submitted. Now it is well known that in all parts of the south the Afro-American has been acting in this capacity—as a public servant. He has been long recognized as a servant better suited to this position, a position which young white men of the south have scorned to accept. In many of the large southern cities our men are employed by the government, in this special service. The young white man would not have it until very recently. He has fully realized that the position pays a salary which he regards as being too big a thing for the Afro-American. Nevertheless the latter contests for the position and upon their own personal merit many of them have succeeded. It is therefore quite unfair that any attempt should be made to bar the Afro-American from this sole and rare privilege to himself. It would be a matter of injustice to him at this late hour that the government should tolerate a protest coming from a source that is purely prejudicial. White young men are filling about all the first class and honorable positions in the postoffices of the country, while Afro-Americans are called to render outdoor service largely. In the time of their employment the government found it necessary to place them into the service from the fact that the white men were not disposed to accept these places. But all the important positions are monopolized by white men. The southern mail service delivery has been and is now looked upon even yet as a menial business in which Negroes are called to do the tramping day after day. They have contented themselves in their employment and it is to be hoped that the authorities will not need a protest so unreasonable and unfair to Afro-American carriers. OH! WHY? Oh! why should the spirit of mortals be proud, why spurn the mercy and providence of God and look with scorn upon any part of His creatures whose destiny is sealed with our own? Why should frail man presume to despise those whom the Almighty has made to honor and glorify His name? Is any one creature better than another whose soul is tainted with the touch of sin? In utter helplessness we come into the world, we mingle amid the uncertainties of life, we die, we perish from the earth, and all that was called man becomes food for worms. We are bone of each bone and flesh of a common flesh. "We are all but the same our fathers have been, We see the same sights our fathers have seen, We drink the same stream, we view the same sun, And we run the same course our fathers have run." Oh! why should the spirit of mortals be proud? We join in the universal struggle for existence. Some fail while others reach the goal, but we are all passing to that bourn whence no traveler returns. In vain and sullen pride we tread the earth as though we owned the universe, but to-morrow comes and where is man? Ay! frail things that we are, that mortal frame rests in the silent tomb and all that was is no more forever. But if the THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1904. triumphs of time exceeded the glories of eternity and if mortality could control immortality, or if it could command eternal destiny, even then would it not be far more a becoming duty that living mortals render unto God that obedience and submissiveness that belongs to Him? We are nothing at best We brought nothing into this world and we can carry nothing out. All the pomp and vanity that we manifest in the pride of person, in our attainments and wealth, are nothing compared with the spirit of true philanthropy and an humble acknowledgement of the one God over all. Conscience is the mirror of the soul, it is the monitor of our being. Let us turn our thoughts within and what are we? Nothing compared with the requirements of accusing conscience which every day reminds us in the manner of the prophet in Israel in his address to the king, "Thou art the man." Let us again return to the grave and look upon that which was once proud in the flesh, and what do we behold? Ah! we see only the shadow, the crumbling ashes of dead mortality. Is there any reason then that man, the masterpiece of creation, should in idle supercilliousness ape the silly peacock whose strut but betrays what appears in man, the absolute imperfection and frailty of human weakness? We indulge in the idle conceit that we are lords of earth and sky; we reveal in our deportment the vain spirit of pride of race, and that to ourselves princes and potentates must bow. But we are as the leaves of the tree which fall and are tread into the earth. In the spirit of pride we lift our heads in defiance of the Almighty as though we would challenge His right to supreme power. Poor, crumbling clay that we are; poor, hapless fools! Oh! why why should man be other than a brother to man? From one great parent we all come! Why then should we not be helpers for the up-lift of fallen humanity? Why transform ourselves into beasts to become the prey of each other? Can the better class of the Christian world or any mortal being, endowed with a high moral nature, find any reason to justify such madness? From thunder and cloud a voice warns us of man's sinful folly, his moral blindness and his nothingness. Proud of ourselves for what? To make victim of the poor and defenceless of the darker race? Is that to be the inspiring motive of the human soul? Then may a righteous God have mercy upon his unfortunate erring creatures. Brutes and demons prey upon each other. But why should the skin of the black man be made the signal for reproach and torture, for assault, murder and disgrace? Why in this enlightened Christian republic shall the God of nature and Heaven be so wantonly defied? In the name of that God we protest against such inhumanity to man. SMITH DISMISSED His Marriage the Cause--Both Thank The Gazette for its "Courageous" Stand. Washington, D. C.—The war department this afternoon announced the dismissal from the service "without honor" of Private John Smith, of the hospital corps, stationed at Fort Mott, N. J., who recently married a colored woman. The "race question" was entirely eliminated by the department in rendering this decision, inasmuch as it was discovered that the woman in the case had a previous husband living from whom she had not been divorced. It was therefore, held that there was sufficient authority for the discharge of Smith. Salem, Salem Co., N. J., Nov. 25, 1904. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Editor Gazette, Dear Sir: Please accept our most sincere thanks for the two copies of your paper, "The Gazette," in which you so courageously upheld my action in exercising my right as an American citizen, according to the fifteenth amendment. Wishing you and your noble enterprise many years of prosperity and success, I am, Respectfully yours, Mrs. Sarah J. and John T. Smith, No. 8. A Bankruptcy Petition. Cleveland, Nov. 29.—M. L. Buchwalter, of Cincinnati, executor of the will of the late John Zimmerman, filed a petition in the United States district court Monday, praying that the court adjudge L. P. Ohliger, Jacob Zimmerman, individually and as partners of Zimmerman & Co., as bankrupts. The other petitioners in the case are Durbin Metz and David Thomas, of Wooster. The petition alleges that Ohliger and Zimmerman owe debts individually and as partners to Buchwalter to the sum of $15,269. To Thomas and Metz, the petition says, the defendants owe $5,000. Dick Defends Herrick. Akron, O., Nov. 29.—Senator Charles Dick appeared yesterday before the Evangelical Alliance, composed of the ministers of this city, and defended Gov. Herrick and the Brannock local option law. He was asked innumerable questions by the ministers, especially why Herrick should be the nominee of the party next year. He stated because it is a party custom and unless there is the best of reasons for not doing so, which in this case he contended there is no reason against. Shame! As Expected. St. Louis, Mo.—Information from Jefferson City states that the supreme court has affirmed the decision of the lower court in the Keene will case of Alton. Keene left an estate valued at about $100,000, bequeathing it to eight children by his slave wife. Mrs. Keene (white) contested and won. NOTICE. Died in the town of Accomac Ch., Virginia, on the 17th day of July, A. W. Williams, who was a member of Edwin Cowles lodge, No. 17, Knights of Pythias, of Cleveland, Ohio. C. P. Lancaster, C. C., Collinwood, O. By order bureau of endowment. 3t Arrested on a Charge of Arson. Columbus, O., Nov. 28.—Pembroke C. Perkins, of Columbus, former secretary and treasurer of the Superior Mantel Co., is under arrest at Pittsburg, at the order of State Fire Marshal Davis, charged with arson. (Continued from First Page.) been a faultless concert. The soprano and tenor soloists also appeared at a disadvantage, partly due to the great size and poor acoustics of the hall. "Mr. Harry T. Burleigh, baritone soloist, scored a hit. His singing, which was enclosed so extensively in 'Hiawatha' was even better last night. He sang 'Beat, Beat, Drums,' with a volume and accuracy which was decidedly refreshing. "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is versatile. The work last evening evidenced this beyond any shadow of doubt. It was also apparent that his reputation as a composer and musician of the first rank has been well earned. The sentiment, action and componency are in contrast with the 'Hiawatha' setting. The scoring is more intricate and showed the chorus at a slight disadvantage. The ballads only recently have been completed by Mr. Taylor and more practice and training on the part of the chorus is essential to perfect rendition. The climaxes were well approached and well sustained, and, taken in its entirety, the effect was beautiful. "The other number on the program from Mr. Taylor's pen consisted in the 'African Dances,' of which the violin part was played by Mr. Clarence Cameron White, with the composer at the piano. Mme. Estella Pinckney Clough sang the 'Indian Bell Song,' from Delibe's 'Lakme. The chorus rendered, in addition Coleridge-Taylor's 'Farewell, O Hiawatha' from 'Hiawatha's Departure, and Sir Arthur Sullivan's 'O, Gladsome Light.'" HELPED HER EAT IT. Social and Personal References—Won a Turkey—Lodge Notes and Other Items. Youngstown, O.—Among those who spent Thanksgiving in Jamestown, N. Y., were: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hall, John Holmes and Miss Leota Johnson. —The Twentieth Century club's party in Diamond parlors last week Thursday evening proved one of the most enjoyable social events of the season. Games, cards, orchestra music and a delicious luncheon. Joseph F. Williams, the New Castle representative of the club, was present with the following guests from that city: Misses Julia Roots, Grace Thornton, Margaret Wilson, Jeanette Ward, Mr. and Mrs. E. Dillard, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mercer and niece, Miss Gertrude Roberts, of Jamestown, N. Y., and Miss Crabel. Miss Etta Hill, the Sharon representatives, was present with the following: Mr. Banks, George, John and Miss Mary Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Burns and Miss Lewis. The Warren representatives were Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson. Others present were Charles and Ted Green, of Ashtabula. The next party January 25.—Mrs. Harry and daughter joined her husband in Detroit last week.—A number of Youngstown people attended the dancing school in Newcastle. On the return Mrs. Alice Woodson was taken ill on the car. She was cared for by Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Berry and returns thanks to all who rendered assistance. —Mrs. Carter and daughter, of Franklin, Pa., were guests of her daughter, Mrs. J. Stewart, for a few weeks. —William McGruder, of Cleveland, visited his mother and sister Thanksgiving. —Horace Arnold has returned from Poland, after a three months' stay with his brothers. —On the 6th an entertainment will be given at Oak Hill Avenue church, in which will participate Miss Georgianna Lee, of Wheeling, Misses Blanche Hill and Hattie Brown, of Pittsburg, elocutionist, pianist and vocal soloist, respectively. The sewing circle will be in charge. Quarterly meeting Sunday. Rev. Charles Bundy, P. E., of Cleveland, spoke morning and afternoon and administered sacrament. In the evening the pastor preached interestingly. —Mr. and Mrs. James Saunders entertained the Narcissus club Tuesday evening. —Gus Ross was in Warren Tuesday evening. —All the churches are arranging for holiday entertainments. —Mrs. C. W. West and Miss Adelaide Stewart attended the Akron dance Tuesday evening given by the Progress club. —The True Reformers had a meeting at Mahoning Avenue church Tuesday evening. —Mrs. Jennie Smith visited relatives in Greenville recently. —Mahoning Fountain will give an entertainment on the 5th. —Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson, of Warren, were here recently. —Miss Nora Eccles held the lucky number that won the turkey at the dancing school. It was given by A. H. Berry. She invited a number of friends to help eat the bird. —The harvest home festival given at St. Mary's church was a success. Good crowd. —Good Hope church concert in Hubbard recently was a success. Correspondents Wanted. The old reliable Gazette desires an active agent and correspondent in every city and town in Ohio and neighboring states having a number of Afro-American residents. We are especially desirous of hearing from persons in the following cities: Zanesville, Springfield, Troy, Bellaire, Gallipolis, Cambridge, Lima, Toledo, Portsmouth, Circleville, Delaware, Hamilton, Sandusky and other places where we have none. Write to the editor of The Gazette, Blackstone building, Cleveland, O., and terms will be sent promptly. Our readers can oblige us greatly by sending the address of any good person or persons in any of the cities named above or others, to whom we can write relative to the matter. Application for Pardon Notice is hereby given that at the next meeting of Ohio State Board of Pardons an application will be made for the pardon of Samuel Carr, convicted at the December term, 1898, of the court of common pleas of Cuyahoga county, of the crime of murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment in the Ohio penitentiary for the period of his natural life. (Signed) SAMUEL CARR, By O. W. Broadwell, his attorney. HAPPENINGS IN THE BUSY WORLD BOILED DOWN. AT HOME AND IN FOREIGN LANDS. Recent Events that Contain the Pith of the General News for the Perusal of Our Readers. Thirty-five new churches are to be built within the next few months in the Bay City, Mich., district of the Methodist Episcopal church. Officers of the Chinese reform army are being recruited from the national guard of Oregon and it is said that already about 25 members have made application. Thirteen deaths resulted from football this season. The casualty list is the same as last year, but the number of serious injuries during the season just closed will exceed that of any year since the introduction of the modern college sport. The players injured number 296. The North Sea convention has been signed at St. Petersburg by Foreign Minister Lamsdorff and Ambassador Hardinge. Secretary Hay has received from the German government a cordial note accepting in principle President Roosevelt's suggestion for another conference at The Hague. The Big Bend national bank of Davenport, Wash., has been closed by direction of the comptroller of the currency because of insolvency, and a receiver has been appointed. Frank Duncan, a notorious safe blower who murdered Policeman G. W. Kirkley, was hanged recently at Birmingham. Ala. Duncan escaped from jail there in January, 1902. By the overturning of a patrol wagon carrying seven police reserves of the Canarsie police station, Brooklyn, N. Y., the driver and three of the reserves were seriously injured. A story of sickness, hunger and starvation has come to the state department from Mr. Norton, the American consul at Harput, in a report upon the condition of the population in the Mush district. The consul says of the 10,000 survivors of the recent massacre few saved anything but their lives. The rail and steel mills at South Chicago of the Illinois Steel Co., a branch of the United States Steel Corporation, have been closed for an indefinite period, throwing 3,000 men out of employment. Fourteen treaties of arbitration have thus far been signed between the various powers of Europe and the United States. All the treaties are practically identical with that of the French treaty with Great Britain. The official count of the vote cast in Illinois for the leading candidates for president in the last election is as follows: Roosevelt 632,745, Parker 328,006, Swallow 34,759, Debs 69,225, Roosevelt's plurality over Parker 304, 739. Charles Werner, aged 33, of Canal Winchester, O., lost both his hands in a corn husking machine while feeding it. The machinery caught Weraer's coat sleeve, drawing one hand into the cogs and in endeavoring to extricate himself the other hand was caught. Letson Ballett, who pleaded guilty to charges preferred by the government of using the United States mails with intent to promote a gigantic mine swindle, has been sentenced to three months in the county jail at Des Moines, la., and to pay a fine of $300. At Dunkirk, N. Y., Lake Shore limited train No. 22, eastbound, running at a high speed, crashed into the chemical wagon of the Dunkirk fire department at the Central avenue crossing, killing Frank Miller, aged 23 years, a fireman, and injuring four other men. In a battle between a posse of citizens and three robbers at Fonda, la., one of the robbers was shot and wounded. The other two escaped. The small amount of booty secured was found on the wounded robber. Judge Emory Speer, of the United States district court at Savannah, Ga., in charging the grand jury of that body recently, referred at great length to the lawlessness existing in all sections of the country. He spoke particularly of the recent outrages at Statesboro, Ga. A letter from Boris Saraoff, the Macedonian leader, says it is the intention of the revolutionary committee to defer the next general rising until the spring of 1906, after the expiration of the two year term of the Austro-Russian reforms. Saraoff adds that the reforms are utter failures. President Roosevelt has issued an order amending the civil service rules so as to include within the classified service the positions of deputy collectors of customs and the chief collector at each sub port. Future appointments, therefore, must be based upon competitive examinations. The order affects about 400 positions. With children held under their arms, clinging around their necks on hanging to their shoulders, firemen carried 40 screaming youngsters from a burning tenement at 236 Ninth avenue, New York City. At the same time 30 adults followed the rescuers down the fire escapes. The vote cast in Virginia for president has been canvassed. Parker received 80,664, Roosevelt 48,181, Swallow 1,385. The pressed steel car works at McKee's Rocks, Pa., has resumed operation with 600 employees. The mills will be run night and day. Russia has accepted the invitation of the United States to conclude an arbitration treaty on the lines of the American-French treaty. C. J. Warner, a bookkeeper, was killed and 14 other passengers were bruised and cut in a street car that jumped the track at St. Louis and overturned. The National Grange has decided to hold the next annual session in New Jersey. The selection of the city will be made by the executive committee. Frank Brady, against whom several charges were pending, has been shot and killed by officers at Rock Creek, Mont. Brady was told to surrender, but refused. Six miles of freight cars, loaded with products of the mills in the lower Monongahela valley, block the yards of the Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston railroad at the Homestead, Pa., plant and hundreds of other cars are on tracks at other mills awaiting shipment. The Earl of Hardwicke, under secretary of state for India, died suddenly in London. The hydraulic plant at Norway, Mich., owned by the Oliver Mining Co. has been destroyed by fire following an explosion. The loss will reach $500,000. J. B. Fleshman & Co., brokers, of Philadelphia, have made an assignment. The firm had offices in Wilmington, Del., Atlantic City and Trenton, N. J., Harrisburg, Coatesville, Pottstown and other Pennsylvania cities. A wedding party near Monastir, Macedonia, was attacked and slaughtered by Greeks. Thirteen of the party were killed and five were wounded. Refused permission to do hard labor at the penitentiary at Joliet, Ill., two confessed murderers have begun proceedings in the circuit court to secure their freedom. The official vote of Iowa shows: Roosevelt 307,907, Parker 149,141, Swallow 11,601, Debs 14,847, Watson 2,207. Roosevelt's plurality over Parker is 158,766. James W. Hendricks, the oldest man in Louisville, Ky., is dead at the age of 101. Mr. Hendricks had never been ill a day, had never spent a cent for medicine nor consulted a physician. A collection of caricatures in oil, pen and pencil, the property of Chapin & Gore, was ruined in a $70,000 fire which started in the Rubel & Allegretti chocolate factory at Chicago. Lack of oxygen in the room where he slept caused the death of Charles Krasny, a machinist, living in Newark, N. J. The one door and window were so tightly closed as to make the room practically air tight. Stockholders in the South African Boer War Exhibition Co., a world's fair concession, have filed a petition in the circuit court at St. Louis asking that a receiver be appointed to take charge of the assets of the concern. Ground has been broken for the first building of a great negro educational institution which the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Educational society, an auxiliary of the Methodist church, will erect at Spalding, Ala. The Spanish bark Tafalla, from Brunswick, Ga., for Valencia, Spain, which was reported to have sunk with all hands November 15, has arrived at St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, leaking badly and with her pumps broken. The Lackawanna county (Pa.) commissioners offer a reward of $2,000 for the capture of the murderer of Mrs. John Warner, who was recently killed and assaulted at Scranton. The city authorities of Scranton have offered a reward of $500. A peculiar surgical operation has been performed at a hospital in Mount Vernon, N. Y., which will probably save the life of Antonio Stranino, whose stomach had been partially torn out by a dynamite explosion. Coils of rubber tubing were inserted in the man's stomach after part of its crushed interior had been removed. By forcing food through the tubing it is hoped to preserve his life. Mrs. Maria B. Wilks, the oldest actress in the country, is dead at the Prince of Peace hospital, Philadelphia, at the age of 88 years. She retired from the stage many years ago. Archbishop Ireland denies the statement sent out from St. Paul, Minn., that Father John T. Harrison, former pastor of St. Joseph's parish, had won his appeal to the Holy See at Rome. Between 50,000 and 55,000 persons attended Thanksgiving performances in the New York theatres and, counting the matinees, 75,000 paid admission. The total amount taken in at box offices aggregated about $100,000. Gen. Kuropatkin is the possessor of a new 20 horse power automobile with which he is able to rush at high speed from one part to another of the line, 25 miles long. The house committee on rivers and harbors has decided to prepare a river and harbor appropriation bill to be presented early in the coming session of congress. The record breaking drouth in Kentucky is beginning to decrease the milk supply in Louisville. Several dairies have put their customers on half an allowance and confectioners are unable to secure enough milk for use in making certain kinds of candy. Dr. D. O. Painkard, a druggist of Washington, D.C., committed suicide at Charlottesville, Va., by swallowing carbolic acid. He was 65 years old. Mrs. Francis S. Clark, a wealthy woman of Erie, Pa., is dead as the result of a pistol shot wound, self-inflicted, at the home of her sister in Jamestown, N. Y. The official canvass of the vote in Connecticut for presidential electors shows that the plurality for Roosevelt was 38,180. The socialist vote for president was 4,543. Chairman Cortelyou, of the national republican committee, has announced the appointment of Gen. John M. Wilson, U. S. A., retired, as chairman of the inaugural committee. Fire destroyed the machinery outfit of the new filtration plant at Washington, D. C. The damage is variously estimated at from $40,000 to $300,000, no investigation having been made by machinery experts. A prairie fire on the Rosebud reservation burned over an area of nearly 100 square miles between Bonesteel and St. Elmo, S. D., and is still burning. Bonesteel City had a narrow escape from destruction. The national assembly of Bulgaria has approved the demand of the war minister for $8,400,000 for the purchase of 81 field and nine mountain batteries and for the extension of the coast defences on the Black Sea. By the explosion of a can of blasting powder near Sharon, Pa., one man was killed and five others were badly injured, two of whom may die. The victims are foreigners and were working on the construction of a model highway. The state canvassing board has completed the count of the presidential vote of Wisconsin, as follows: Roosevelt 280,164. Parker 124,107. Debs 28,220. Swallow 9,770. people's party 530, social labor 223. Roosevelt's plurality 156,057. Orrin Cox, 18 years old, of Kensington, a suburb of Chicago, has been sentenced to life imprisonment on a charge of robbery. The severe penalty was inflicted because, when committing the crime, he was armed with a loaded revolver. A verdict for $40,000 damages has been awarded in the supreme court at New York City to Mrs. Anna Morhard, wife of a Staten Island physician who was killed a year ago in the cellar of his home by an electric shock. The defendant company supplied the current that illuminated Dr. Morhard's home. GUESSING CONTESTS ARE NOW CLASSED AS LOTTERIES. ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DECISION. Use of Mails Will be Denied the Promoters of the Contests—Many People Invested Money in in Guessing Schemes. Washington, Nov. 30.—Postmaster General Wynne last night gave out the following official statement: "For a number of years the post-office department has admitted to the mails advertisements and other matter concerning so-called 'guessing' or 'estimating' contests. The question of whether or not these schemes are lotteries has been several times presented to the attorney general, who held that they were not lotteries within the meaning of the postal lottery act. In view of two recent cases in which the supreme court and the New York court of appeals rendered opinions, the postmaster general felt warranted in again submitting the question to the attorney general. Following the opinions in these two cases, the attorney general now holds that the schemes are lotteries. "It is, therefore, incumbent upon the postoffice department to enforce the law under which the postmaster general is authorized, upon evidence satisfactory to him that any person or company is engaged in conducting a lottery or other scheme for the distribution of money by chance, to issue an order that all mail addressed to such person or company be returned stamped 'fraudulent.' "As a number of legitimate business enterprises have adopted these guessing contests as a means of advertising, and in view of the admission to the mails of matter pertaining to these contests within the last few years, the elimination of these schemes from the mails cannot be made immediately absolute. If such a scheme has already been entered upon in good faith, the department will not issue an order that will seriously injure a legitimate business. Each case will be handled separately and no scheme which involves the plan ruled against by the attorney general will hereafter be allowed to commence operations." The attorney general's opinion is of a most sweeping character, and while the postmaster general has no inclination to work hardship upon anybody he will put the attorney general's judgment into effect as soon as may be practicable. He realizes that thousands of people have invested small or large amounts of money in the various schemes in the hope that luck would enable them to win large returns. "A comparatively small percentage of the participants will realize their expectations," continues the opinion. "Thousands will get nothing." THE "OPEN SHOP." Convention of Citizens' Industrial Association Held in New York. New York, Nov. 30.—Members of the Citizens' Industrial association representing all sections of the country were present when the second annual convention of the organization opened yesterday in the new Hotel Astor. It is the aim of the convention to bring about a complete organization of manufacturers, business men and all large employers of labor to advocate the "open shop" idea. President David M. Parry in his address reviewed the growth of the "open shop" movement and said that within a year 1,000 factories have opened their doors to workmen without regard to their membership in unions. President Van Cleave, of the Citizens' Industrial Association of St. Louis, followed Mr. Parry. He explained the plan of the association, which, he said, stands for industrial peace and the enforcement of law. The existing conditions he declared to be intolerable and dangerous. "The men you employ," said he, "are serving the walking delegate and shop steward and not you. The walking delegate and the shop steward employ whom they please without consulting you. It's up to you to destroy the boycott." Mr. Van Cleave urged the delegates to organize by crafts and stand together. By this means, he said, industrial peace could be secured within a year. He declared that the employer who advertises in union newspapers or buys goods bearing the union label by doing so is contributing to the campaign fund of the enemy and is false to his fellows. Twenty Men Injured. Philadelphia, Nov. 30.—A score of young men were hurt by the giving way of a gallery railing in the State Fencibles' armory here last night during a basket ball game. None of the injured is fatally hurt. A Farmer's Awful Crime. Shelby, Ky., Nov. 30.—Enoch Sloan, while intoxicated, shot and killed his wife, then four small children and himself. He was a farmer and lived near Shelby. Three Ships Ran Ashore. Alpena, Mich., Nov. 30.—A big gale has driven the steamer D. W. Blanchard and the schooners Johnson and Kelderhouse on North Point. The Blanchard is owned by Restrick & Kotcher, of Detroit, and the Kelderhouse by James T. Eaman, of Detroit. The Blanchard has broken up and the Johnson will be a total loss. All are exposed to heavy seas. The crews were rescued without loss of life by life savers brought here on the tug Ralph. It is the worst wreck of the season on the Huron shores. The Kelderhouse may survive the storm. Asked for a Recelvership. Trenton, N. 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King, BERTAKER AND.... EMBALMER, 229: Ohio State License, Class A. ASSISTANT. D RESIDENCE, TRAL AVE. Carriages Furnished for All Occasions 'Phone, Cuy, Central 3732 W. PATRONIZE THE "Gem" Restaurant, No. 91 Sheriff St. James W. Crawford, Proprietor. MONIZE THE Restaurant, Sheriff St. Wford, Proprietor. SPLENDID MEALS SERVED One Meal, 20c.; Seven Meals, $1. TRAVELERS' REGISTER Trains on all roads run on Standard Time. NICKEL PLATE The New York.Chicago & St. Louis R.R. Trains on all roads run on Standard Time. NICKEL RATE New York, Chicago, St. Louis R.R. TICKET OFFICES: 28 Public Sq., 534 Pearl St. and Stations. Eastbound. Daily 2 4 6 Pearl St. Station...8 15pm 1 50am 7 55am Broadway Station...8 30pm 2 05am 8 20am Euclid Av. Station...8 47pm 2 18am 8 36am Westbound. Daily. 1 3 5 Euclid Av. Station...6 01am 11 05am 7 22pm Broadway Station...6 25am 11 26am 7 50pm Pearl St. Station...6 30am 11 31am 7 55pm "THE ST. LOUIS LIMITED" VIA "Big-4Route." "THE ST. LOUIS LIMITED" VIA "Big-4 Route." Leaves—CLEVELAND, 5:00 P. M. (Daily). Arrives—INDIANAPOLIS, 11:45 same night. Arrives—ST. LOUIS, 3:30 A. M. next morning. Arrives—KANSAS CITY. 5 15 next afternoon. Arrives—DENVER, 11 A. M. second morning. With Fine Vestibule Coaches, Drawing Room and Buffet sleeping Cars to Indianapolis and St. Louis. One of the fastest and finest trains in the country. 5 Fast Trains to Columbus, 4 to Cincinnati, with Sleeping and Dining Cars. Local sleepers to Columbus and Cincinnati on train No. 25, leaving at 9:30 every night. Trains from and to Cleveland. Leave. Arrive. *Cot, Clin, Ind. & St. Louis' d'3:35 a.m. 1:40 a.m. *Gallion & Intermediate. 6:00 a.m. 1:15 a.m. *St. Louis Ltd. Ind. Col. Clin. 7:25 a.m. 10:25 a.m. *Col. Spring'f d, Day, Clin. 12:35 a.m. 3:00 a.m. *Indianapolis & St. Louis. 1:15 p.m. 2:31 p.m. *Exp. Fl. Ind. Peo. St. Louis 5:00 pm 3:00 pm *St. Gallion and St. Louis. 7:25 am 7:40 a.m. *Gallion to Cleveland. 9:30 a.m. To Gallion and clumbus. 4:00 p.m. *Col. Spring, Day, Clin. 9:30 p.m. 6:45 a.m. Exposition Flyer 7:25 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Limited trains don't stop on South Water Street. Get Tickets at Big Four Office. 116 EUCJLD AVE. Phone Main 910 phone Main 91d 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, Dec. 3, 1904. Purchase "The Gazette" at PUSHAWA's News Store, Cuyahoga Building. Open Sunday. GOODMAN'S News Depot, No. 586 Central avenue, cor. Sterlingavenue, Open Sunday. L. B. BOWMAN'S STORE, No. 580 Central Ave near Sterling Ave, Open Sunday. F. VALENTINE'S Grocery Store. No. 366 Central Ave., between Perry and Harmon St's. ADAMS & HAWKINS' Barber Shop, No. 452 Erie St. 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 door west of Bond street. Open Sundays also. TO RENT.—Six rooms, gas, water, bath, to respectable people. Reference required. Apply at No. 14 Pine street (up stairs). Buy Crown of Glory Hair Pomade at Stern's drug store, corner Central avenue and Greenwood street. Mrs. H. Lawson returned from Akron Sunday. Miss Nettie Moody visited in Lo rain the past week. Local Good Samaritans established a lodge in Canton recently. The Buckeye State band's dance was a success last week Friday evening. Miss Eva Thompson and a Mr. Dobson were here Sunday from Lorain. Miss Ida Williams and Warren Thompson, of Lorain, were here recently. Mrs. Lula Redmond and little daughter, of Lorain, were in the city Thanksgiving. Mrs. Geo. Sampson, of Sterling avenue, has been visiting her daughter in Steubenville. Pride of the Ohio, K. of F., meets at the Scovill Avenue wigwam every Monday evening. Cassandra Sellers, esq., left Wednesday morning for Macon, Ga. He is to return on the 23d. The True Reformers are also doing well and making a splendid showing. It is certainly encouraging. Rev. J. E. Rankin, (white) former president of Howard University, Washington, D. C., died in this city the past week. Mr. Wm. Beldleman has opened a shining parlor, news stand and smoking room at No. 2278 Euclid avenue. We wish him every success. The editor of The Gazette has received an interesting letter from S. Coleridge-Taylor which may appear in an early issue of this paper. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Roberts, of Livingston street, returned last week from London, where she has spent several months. Mr. Roberts is ill. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bolden have sold their interest in the B. B. cafe to Mrs. Louis Buchannan and retired from the business at 31 Chestnut street. Mr. Elisha Brannum, of Flushing, brother-in-law of Louis G. Atkins, of Central avenue, arrived last week Thursday and was his guest until Monday of this week. The Bible prophecy that was sent forth in 1902 and confirmed in the scripture, will be for sale at No. 600 Central avenue. It will be exhibited in gold letters at the same address. Robert Bush has been critically ill at the City hospital since the first of the month. His mother, Mrs. Lillian Carty, arrived Monday morning and is the guest of Mrs. E. F. Montgomery, of Lincoln avenue. The entertainment given by the Ladies' Aid society of St. John's church Tuesday evening was a success. A series of revival services began Wednesday evening. Special evangelistic assistance. Those advertisers and subscribers who some days and weeks ago promised "to call," and have not yet done so will have the rest of this week in which to do so. They have doubtless forgotten their promise. William N. Alexander will reward anyone who found and will return the small diamond stick-pin lost on Thanksgiving evening while going from Forest street down Central avenue to Woodliff hall. Mr. Henry Thomas, a stenographer in the navy department, returned to Washington, D. C., Wednesday after a three weeks' visit in the city with his wife's relatives. Mrs. Thomas will remain a few weeks longer. The local Knights of Pythias are entitled to praise for the way they maintain their organizations. The splendid state meeting of the order here some months ago was an eyeopener to many people of this city. The cantata by the Aeolian Choral society will be repeated. Mrs. Gertrude Jones, Mrs. Anna Smith, Jay W, Noble and all the soloists as well as members of the chorus, did exceptionally well at Germania hall and deserve special attention. Sidney Rankin, convicted in criminal court of criminal assault on a white girl about 15 years of age, cannot be found. Judge Beacom expected to sentence him Wednesday. Henry T. Eubanks is the signer of his $1,000 bond. Rankin was married. For the information of those asking the question, we desire to say that the vicinity of the "tenderloin" district, bounded in part by Noble alley and Bright street, is commonly known as the "Black Belt," and that it is in that section, or rather district of the city, that "Kings" and "Princes" reign—not in respectable localities of Cleveland. The Leonard Sofa Bed Co. is distributing free of charge a very useful and pretty souvenir; glass paper weight with photo of its number four sofa inside. You can get one by calling at the office, 305 Cedar avenue, or store on Erie street. They will be sent to any address outside of the city for fifteen cents in stamps to pay postage. The Young Ladies' Loyalty club, of Shiloh church, realized about $22 as a result of their entertainment Thanksgiving evening. All the participants in the two dramas, "Betsy Baker" and "For Love or Money," took their parts well, some of them showing marked histrionic ability. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1904. So interesting were the plays that the attention of the audience was held from the beginning to the end. The women of St. Andrew's mission will hold a bazaar Dec. 6, 7 and 8. An entertainment each evening. Fancy and household articles will be sold cheap. Rev. E. S. Doan's sermons Sunday evenings, Dec. 4, 11 and 18, will be on the following subjects respectively: "The Negro as a Citizen, as a Business Man, and as a Churchman." Service at 7:30 p. m. Everybody welcome. Mrs. Gertrude Thompson, wife of Sidney B. Thompson, messenger to Gov. Herrick, has again asked that he be sent to jail for his alleged failure to pay her alimony. She filed the motion for attachment last week Wednesday morning. In it she says that he is in default $65 on the alimony order, and that he "purposely and willfully" refuses to pay her. She says that he is getting $75 a month. The Wagner concert given by the Great Western band at Germania hall Sunday night was well attended by an appreciative audience. Under the capable baton of Director Hruby the band rendered the wealth of great harmonies for which the master is noted. The grand selection from the "Flying Dutchman" and "Grand Divertissement" from "Lohengrin" were offered with a wealth of tone color seldom displayed, and the climaxes were reached without the amateur haste so often displayed. Numbers from Gounod, Schumann, Mozart and Strauss were also given. A Dinner, "Akin" to a Banquet. Tuesday evening at 5:30 the following was served at Buchanan's restaurant, 31 Chestnut street, to the accompaniment of the finest of "Mozelle" and "White Seal" (Champagne) galore; Mashed Potatoes Stewed Corn Hot Rolls Asparagus Salad Cheese Wafers Plum Pudding with Brandy Sauce Brick Ice Cream with Cherries, Cake Coffee Cigars At the head of the table sat that "prince of good fellows," Mr. Luther Johnson, the "architect" of the dinner and of hundreds of others, many for the wealthiest citizens in this community and northern Ohio. And he was in his element too. To his right sat the editor of The Gazette; at his left, his "left bower," Mr. Mart Johnson; others at the festive board were: Messrs. Jos. Hackley, J. Clarence Brown and Jos. R. Simmons, proprietor of the Vincent club, all skilled to an extraordinary degree in the art of catering except the editor. How could the dinner, therefore, be little less than a banquet. Then, too, Mrs. L. Buchanan and her talented daughter were in immediate charge of the dinner. It is not necessary to say that the cooking and service was the very best. Toastmaster Johnson, Messrs. Brown and Simmons covered themselves with a halo of glory as a result of their witty and pertinent responses, while Messrs. Hackley and Mart Johnson developed a new "side," repartee, that astonished even the toastmaster. The editor started to read a poem, written especially for the occasion, but saw the sad effect upon his listeners (tears in their eyes) and desisted in the face of the earnest protests of the courteous toastmaster. At 8 p. m., Messrs. L. Johnson and Simmons each added a "cold bottle" of the famous "W. S." and adjournment came (soon) after each person had made a short speech. Thus ended the second of a series of dinners that are proving as enjoyable as they are informal and friendly. John T. Smith's Case An exchange commenting on the army officers' action in asking that Corporal Smith (white) be discharged for marrying the colored woman who nursed him while he lay sick with yellow fever in Cuba, asks why raise all this dust about a legal marriage in a state that allows intermarriage between the races, and keep so quiet when a white man takes a Negro woman as a concubine? INCORPORATIONS Columbus, O., Nov. 29.—Incorporations yesterday: The Lima College Co., Lima, training of teachers, etc., capital $100,000. The Farmers' Bank Co., Warren, capital $25,000. The Standard Sign Co., Cleveland, name changed from the National Sign Co. The Springfield Construction Co., Springfield, railroad construction, capital $100,000. The Tippecanoe Printing and Publishing Co., Tippecanoe City, capital $5,000. The Tyler Co., Akron, capital $50,000. Columbus, O., Nov. 30.—Incorporations yesterday: The Alvord & Peters Co., Sandusky, job printing, capital $65,000. Marion Concrete Post Co., Marion, capital $10,000. The United States Crayon Co., Girard, capital $50,000. Want the Penalties Remitted. Columbus, O., Nov. 30.—The Willis law penalty commission, comprising Gov. Herrick, Secretary of State Laylin and Attorney General Ellis, heard arguments yesterday from attorneys representing some 30 or more corporations that had failed to comply with the law and had been penalized. All of the companies are willing to pay the fees, but want the penalties remitted. The commission took the cases under advisement. Child Burned to Death. Springfield, O., Nov. 29.—The 4-year-old child of Joseph Roberts, of Urbana, sat before an open stove door stirring the live coals with a poker. It pulled one of the coals into its lap and before its mother was aware of the fact it was a mass of flames and its clothing was entirely burned from its body. Before medical aid arrived the child was dead. A Strike Is Settled. Cleveland, Nov. 29.—The strike of the 800 employees of the Kelley Island Lime and Transportation Co. at Marblehead and Kelley Island has been settled through the mediation of Bishop Horstmann, of the Catholic diocese of Cleveland. A Pickling Concern in Trouble. Cleveland, Nov. 29.—Frank Trott, Frank Green and Mary A. Phillips, of Kent, filed a petition in the United States district court Monday asking that the Phillips Packing Co., of Kent, be adjudged bankrupt. It is叔ed that the company owes $18,0 A NARROW ESCAPE. A Preacher Tried to Kill a Judge While the Latter was on the Bench. San Francisco, Nov. 29.—Rev. Isaac Selby, of Australia, plaintiff in a damage suit, shot at Superior Judge Hebbard yesterday while the latter was on the bench. The bullet came within an inch of the judge's head and lodged in the back of his chair. Selby was removed to the city prison and charged with an attempt to commit murder. Selby recently was sued for divorce. He conducted his own defence, but was unsuccessful, a decree against him being granted. Judge Hebbard, who issued the decree, was trying a case yesterday when Selby arose from a seat in the court room and fired at the judge, who rushed from the bench and grappled with his assailant, preventing him from firing another shot. For a time great excitement prevailed. When quiet was restored it was learned that the judge had not been injured. Before being taken to his cell Selby said: "I shot at Judge Hebbard because that seems the only way for a man to get justice in this country. My only regret is that I seem to have bungled matters considerably. My intention was to kill him, but I was a trifle nervous." ON A CO-OPERATIVE BASIS It Is Proposed to Reopen a Shipbuilding Plant Near New York. New York, Nov. 29.—The Townsend & Downey shipbuilding plant on Shooter's Island which shut down a year ago, leaving 1,000 men idle, may be reopened on a co-operative basis if the Amalgamated Society of Engineers accepts an offer which Wallace Downey has made to that effect. Mr. Downey has embodied his suggestions in a letter to a representative of the union. He states that a manufacturing industry is based on three essentials, capital, executive ability and labor. These three are to receive the prevailing rates of remuneration and then, if there is a surplus, it is to be divided among the three in proportion to their contribution to the general result. He says such a project would insure industrial peace; that it would give greater security to the investment of capital and offer greater recompense to workingmen and bring about additional earning capacity, which is now dormant as a result of real or imagined injustice in the distribution of earnings. The labor union has not yet answered Mr. Downey's proposition. FOR ILLEGAL FISHING: Canadian Cruiser Seized Ten Ameri can Boats Eastport, Me., Nov. 29.—Ten American fishing craft, including eight sailing vessels and two steamers, have been seized by the Canadian fisheries protective cruiser Curlew and fined for illegal fishing in the Canadian waters of a tributary of Passamaquoddy Bay, near St. George, N. B. The fishing craft were seized near St. George Sunday night, though an announcement of this procedure was not made until Monday. Three specific charges were preferred against the vessels—that they had fished on Sunday; that they had illegally caught fish in their possession, and that they had seined illegally in Canadian waters. For the first two offences each boat was fined $100 and for the last $200. In addition to this all seines and fish were confiscated. It is understood that the fines will be paid and that the entire matter will be disposed of without involving another international question. The aggregate value of the craft is about $20,000. The seizure is the most extensive that has been made by a Canadian cruiser for many years. Were Held in $7,500 Bonds. New York, Nov. 29.—Leo Cohen, a juror in the O'Donnell will case, accused of agreeing to accept a bribe of $1,000, and Herbert L. Kamber, a law clerk, accused of undertaking to bribe him, were each held in $7,500 bonds for the grand jury when arraigned yesterday. In the supreme court, where the wills of Hugh and Neil O'Donnell giving about $1,000,000 to charitable and religious institutions are being contested, the jury, of which Cohen had been a member, was discharged. It is alleged that Kamber made the offer to counsel for the heirs to "fix" the jury. Was Elected by 133 Majority Providence, R. L., Nov. 29.—Congressman Daniel L. Granger, the democratic candidate in the First congressional district, after a fortnight's recounting of ballots by the state returning board, was yesterday declared re-elected to his seat in congress by 133 votes over his republican opponent, Judge John H. Stiness. A feature of the recount was the large number of defective ballots found, 3,593 having been thrown out on this account. Mr. Granger's original plurality was 269. A Battle in a Mining Camp. Trinidad, Col., Nov. 29.—Over 100 shots were exchanged yesterday in a fight at a coal camp near Hastings, Col., between Slavs and Italians. One man was killed and $920 was taken from his body. Another man was seriously wounded. Nine men have been arrested on suspicion of having been engaged in the fight. A Well Known Educator Dies A Well Known Educator Dies. Cleveland, Nov. 29.—Rev. Dr. J. E. Rankin, formerly president of Howard university, Washington, D. C., died here Monday, aged 75 years. Dr. Rankin was born in Vermont. He had served as pastor at St. Albans before going to the First Congregational church at Washington as pastor for 15 years. After a pastorate at Highland, N. J., he returned to Washington to accept the presidency of Howard university, which office he held for 12 years, resigning two years ago. Dr. Rankin was the author of a number of well known hymns. Will Abolish Passes to the Circus. New York, Nov. 29.—Window lithographs and free passes to the circus will soon be a thing of the past if the ideas of the proprietors of the James A. Bailey and the Ringling Brothers shows, two of the largest traveling companies in this country, are carried out. These two interests have entered into an agreement which includes a mutual understanding as to routes and general operations and a proposal to abolish the free ticket. If this is put into effect the window lithograph will become a thing of the past. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIFE. BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. 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They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppression, irregularities and all forms of weakness. In men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental strain, overwork or excesses of whatever nature. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold in boxes at fifty cents a box or six boxes for two dollars and fifty cents, and may be had of all druggists, or direct by mail from Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N.Y. Be sure you get the genuine; substitutes never cured anybody. TWICE-TOLD TALES. James Jeffrey Roche was having a chat with President Roosevelt in the white house recently when the telephone began to ring. There seemed to be nobody at hand to answer it, so the president performed the duty himself. The visitor says that this conversation took place: "Well, what is it?" "Hello, is Archie there?" "No, he's not." "Who's this I'm talking to?" "The president." "Well, you'll do. Tell Archie to come over and play ball." And the president proceeded to execute the order as directed. An irascible old colonel who used to play golf at Sandwich, on the River Stour in England, had a habit, common with many, of blaming everybody but himself for his bad strokes. Finally one day, becoming badly bunkered, he first took mighty vengeance on the turf with his club. Then, glaring around in expectation of the usual friendly comments, and nobody saying anything, he blurted out: "How can you expect a man to play decent golf on these cursed links with ships passing up and down the channel?" Two fashionable women were recently calling on a new neighbor, and while awaiting her appearance a little girl came into the room, evidently bent upon the rescue of a doll recently abandoned there. Naturally she was viewed with some curiosity, and one of the callers, secure in the child's obviously tender age, spelled a low-voiced comment: "Not very p-r-e-t-y." To her horror, the small maiden paused on the threshold, and, fixing a contemptuous eye upon the culprit, remarked, with lofty composure: "No, not. very p-r-e-t-t-y, but rather s-m-a-r-t!" Prof. Simon Newcomb tells of the following incident which occurred during a recent visit paid by several young western women to the Washington observatory. "I had done my best," said the astronomer, "to answer with credit to the government and to myself the running fire of questions which my fair callers propounded. I think I had named even the remotest constellations for them, and was congratulating myself upon the outcome, when one of the younger members of the party interjected: 'But, as it has never been proved that the stars are inhabited, how do the astronomers ever find out their names?'" THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1904. SCIENTIFIC STRAYS. Although iron pyrites and copper pyrites are difficult to distinguish underground by candle light, they are separated visually by the use of the bluish-white flame of magnasium wire or the acetylene light. A square foot of uncovered pipe, filled with steam at 100 pounds pressure, will radiate and dissipate in a year the heat put into 3,116 pounds of steam by the economic combustion of 398 pounds of coal. Thus, ten square feet of bare pipe corresponds approximately to the waste of two tons of coal per annum. Oxygenated water at 12 volumes is pronounced by M. A. Renard the best preservative of milk. Added directly after milking, in the proportion of two to three per cent., it decomposes in six or eight hours into water and oxygen, leaving no foreign substance as do borax or salicylic acid, and effecting no change like boiling or freezing. The antiseptic action persists long enough to prevent alteration. The new carbon-molybdenum compound of Henri Moissan is obtained by heating melted molybdenum and aluminum in the electric furnace. The metallic product is treated with a concentrated solution of potash, when needle crystals of the new compound are obtained. The substance is very hard, scarcely attacked by acids, unaffected by water or steam below 600 degrees, and promises to be of value for molybdenum steels. The physiological effects of electric currents have been investigated by Prof. Nernst at Bonn. The safety of the human body when exposed to a powerful high-frequency electric current has been explained as due to the passage of the current over the surface of the body only, but Prof. Nernst finds the reason of the current's harmlessness to be probably that it does not have time to effect a change in the cellular tissue before the reversal of the current takes place. Experiments on frogs have confirmed the new theory. GENERAL GLEANINGS T. A. Elit, of Vishiha, Cal., harvested 170 tons of grapes from ten acres of vines lately, thus breaking the California record. Lady Marjorie Bruce, in the face of protests in England, maintains that Americans are the most courteous men in the world. John and Maurice Reid, brothers, work a farm together near Waterbury, Conn., but have not spoken to each other in ten years. Congress recently awarded the surviving heirs of the Six Nations $2,000,000, and Former President Andrew John is in Washington to see that no half-breeds get any of it. Joseph Hayden, of Uniontown, Pa., voted for President Roosevelt. He is 92 years of age, and he and his father voted for every chief executive the United States has had. After walking from Terre Haute, Ind., to Knoxville, Tenn., and despairing of success, T. E. Leroy, a tramp, was offered and accepted $164,000 for a one-fourth interest in a patent to tie the ends of steel rails together. The New York Central railroad is the purchaser. Dr. George F. Reinhardt, professor of hygiene at the University of California, is making a vigorous fight as to the indifference of American men and women as to the health of the men and women they marry. From such unions, he says, result unhappiness and offsprings with shapeless bodies and dimly-lighted brains. A crowd of fashionable folk gathered in the Orange club of Orange, N. J., election night and received the returns over a special wire. Thomas A. Edison sat at the key and received returns, writing them out in his copperplate hand. He took the returns a long time before relinquishing his place to the regular operator, and seemed not to have lost his old skill with the key. SHORT AND SAPIENT. Society is the mother of convention and quite often it deserves its child. There is no better way of emptying the mind of evil than by filling it with good. A man forgives the enemies he has worsted, but not those who have worsted him. When a man has a chronic case of "that tired feeling" he also makes his friends tired. It is more or less difficult for some people to do their duty—thanks to the vigilance of the customs officials. Almost Human. "That dog certainly seems almost human at times," said old Mr. Fussy. "Yes," replied Mrs. Fussy. "He growls over his food quite as much as you do."—Smith's Weekly. MISSES' FASHIONS MISSES' FASHIONS MILLINERY, COATS AND FROCKS FOR YOUNG GIRLS. APPROVED COMBINATIONS Hats Should Match Costumes, and Blouses Be Carefully Chosen with Reference to Coats and Skirts. There should be no difficulty this winter in selecting very charming and becoming millinery for mademoiselle, since fashion seems most amiably inclined to give the milliners carte blanche, and to allow anything and everything, in the way of shape and color, provided only that the hats and toques selected suit the individual styles of the wearers, and are in harmony with the shades of color which have been chosen for gowns and coats. Of course, there are certain tones of biscuit and of tan, which, like the useful browns and grays, and the always smart cream and ivory white, look well with everything. A good black hat, too, every girl should have, but in choosing her new millinery for the winter this season, mademoiselle will be well advised if she is influenced in her selection, chiefly by the colors and materials of the frocks, in whose company the hats will continually be seen. Three very pretty hats, suitable for immediate wear, are shown in one of our illustrations. These sketches have been specially designed to meet the requirements of girls of different ages, and they should prove very useful, I think, as suggestions for winter millinery. We show a hat suitable for Sunday best, for a girl from about 12 to 14 years of age. It should be carried out with a brim of plain velvet and a high crown, the top of which is covered with drawn velvet, while soft puffings of glace silk encircle the crown, very closely gathered. The silk should be chosen, of course, to match exactly the color of the velvet, or, if preferred, the hat could be made entirely in velvet, although in this latter case it would undoubtedly be rather heavy and hot, a state of things which should always be avoided by girls who are anxious to keep their hair in good condition. Next we have a very smart hat which might be worn by a girl of 17 or 18, even after she has arrived at that all-important period when she has "put up" her hair. This hat is made in white beaver in a most becoming picture shape, bound at the edge with fairly wide black velvet ribbon, and cleverly wired underneath the binding, so that the brim can be bent about in any shape to suit the face of the wearer. Draped lightly round the crown there are folds of white chiffon, and on one side three clustering ostrich tips. In pale gray or in biscuit color this hat would be very pretty, too, and rather more serviceable than in white. As a design a.s.o for a black picture hat, either in beaver, in felt, or in chip, this sketch could be coupled very successfully. The third book illustrated is quite novel in design and very becoming. It is in- Hussey Golds THREE PRETTY HATS. tended for a girl of about 15 or 16, and should be made in brown smooth beaver, with a fairly high crown, which is, however, entirely concealed from view, by something very smart in the way of trimming. This trimming consists of three large flat wheel-shaped rosettes, composed of little frills of brown mirror velvet, closely gathered. Each rosette is finished in the center with a large flat button covered also with velvet. The three rosettes are set round the crown, back to back, and form a most original and effective trimming. Fur toques will be worn a good deal this winter, but they are not altogether to be recommended for girls. In good furs they are very costly, and in imitation furs by no means desirable, so that I should advise mademoiselle, when she is wanting a toque, rather to choose one in soft beaver cloth than in fur. Beaver cloth is light in weight and can easily be manipulated to follow the natural lines and curves of the head, and some very pretty effects are obtained in these beaver cloth toques by using NOTES IN GENERAL In Ukiah, Cal., on September 8, Emil Weselky broke the hop-picking record. He picked 1,145 pounds. The previous best day's work was 733 pounds. Weselky's day's earnings were $11. It is expected that Cripple Creek, Col., will be the meeting place of the Trans-Mississippi commercial congress next year. The business men are anxious to visit "the greatest gold camp on earth," whose production of the yellow metal for the last ten years, if made into $20 pieces and placed edge to edge would make a continuous band of gold from New York to San Francisco. just one large rose, camellia or gardenia, by way of trimming, accompanied possibly by a bud or two, and a few leaves. To consider now our other illustration, which gives a very picturesque suggestion for quite a best frock for early wear. The addition of a smart little stole in marmot or sable to match the muff would make this costume warm enough for the coldest weather, especially if the coat were inter-lined with flannel, as it easily might be, and a warm bodice in finely knitted wool, worn underneath the lace blouse, the pretty front of which our artist has just indicated in the sketch. The smart style of this dress distinctly echoes those of Louis XVI. modes, which are exercising such a powerful influence at the moment upon the fashions both for day and evening wear, the coat with its gauntlet cuffs indicating one of the coming styles for madame, no less than for mademoiselle. It is suggested that this charming little frock should be carried out in a soft, smooth cloth, in one of those deen Mary Coulter A SMART FROCK IN BROWN CLOTH shades of chocolate-brown which are so much in vogue. The skirt, which is fairly full, is trimmed only with numbers of lines of fine tailor-stitching, arranged in battlement from round the hem. Similar bands of stitching appear upon the coat, and also on the gauntlet cuffs, the latter, by the way, being finished very daintily with frills of ivory-white Alencon lace. Another idea of the moment would be to have, in place of the lines of stitching, bands of very wide, bright silk Russian braid, matching exactly the brown of the cloth, and arranged upon the coat, in the same way as the bands of stitching in the sketch. On the skirt there might be three or five rows of the wide, braid, put on at intervals of an inch or so apart. As to the blouses for wearing with this skirt it would be as well perhaps to have two. One of these might be in cream Alencon lace, one ivory-white oriental satin, with a high neckband of folded lace, and a very full lace jabot to cover the front. This should be kept, of course, for smart occasions, while a second blouse might be provided in dark brown taffetas glace, matching the color of the cloth, and prettily tucked and gathered. A cravat of Alencon lace could be provided also to wear with this blouse, and so match the lace ruffles which finish the sleeves. The lining of the coat might be of leaf-green soft satin, and a little touch of the same color in the way of small bows of green velvet ribbon drawn through tiny buckles of bright steel, might be arranged with a pretty effect, upon the taffetas glace. The idea of combining green with brown (which is always a successful one, provided the right shades of each color are chosen) should be repeated in the hat, which is made in brown soft felt, and in one of the newest and most becoming of those Marquise shapes which are particularly suitable for young girls. The crown of the hat is draped with brown taffetas glace silk, which could easily be of the same kind as that of which the silk blouse is made, and it is important that all the shades of brown should match exactly. Then, by way of cache-peigne, lifting the hat off the hair at the back, and forming a useful foundation for the inevitable hat pins, there are draperies and choux of leaf-green mirror velvet. As far as more useful everyday frocks for mademoiselle are concerned, there still remains nothing more suitable than a serge tailor-made costume, with a three-quarter length perfectly plain coat, tight at the back, perhaps, and semi-fitting in front, and a short walking skirt, also quite plain. "Do you believe the meek will inherit the earth, pop?" "I certainly do, my son." "Well, I can't understand how that can be. A fellow don't get anything nowadays unless he has the cheek to ask good and hard for it!"—Yonkers Statesman. Likely to Winter at Home. Mrs. Jenks—I haven't heard you speak of Florida this winter. But then your lungs are not weak this year. Mrs. Wise—No, and they're not likely to be unless my husband's business improves.—Philadelphia Ledger. Sudden Changes Bacon—How do these sudden changes effect you? Egbert—Do you mean sudden changes of weather or cooks?—Yonkers Statesman. When such indulgence is necessary the federal government allows its employees "sick leave" of 30 days each year with full pay. Not long ago Willis Moore, chief of the weather bureau, discovered that three clerks had availed themselves of this privilege regularly every year for five years. Thereupon he promptly reduced their rank, on the grounds that their official records show them to be physically un fitted for the higher grades in the service. The health of the clerks in Prof. Moore's department is expected to improve with wonderful rapidity in consequence of this order. Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. One 16c package colors silk, wool and cotton equally well and is guaranteed to give perfect results. Acquire a dealer or will send guest at 16c a package. Write for lyre booklet - How to Dye, Bleach and Mix Colors. MONROE DRUG CO. Louisville, Missouri. OFFICIAL CUP OF COFFEE. Proper Method of Brewing the Beverage to Re Determined in Washington By direction of the secretary of agriculture the bureau of plant industry is to take up at once experiments to determine the best manner in which to brew a cup of coffee. To this end, says a Washington report, F. L. Lewton, a specially trained expert, has been engaged. The view of the department is that a cup of coffee is good because of the manner in which it is brewed, rather than from the quality of the bean from which the beverage is made. It will be appreciated by all persons acquainted with the art and mystery of coffee-making that various conditions, apparently trivial in themselves, have to be taken into consideration in producing the beverage. For instance, in the process of roasting the beans may be more or less damaged by being under or over done, and the flavor of the coffee thus impaired to a corresponding degree. Hence the necessity for ideal conditions in roasting. Again, the effects of water at various temperatures upon the ground coffee and the proper period for infusion will, for the first time in the history of coffee-making, be thoroughly and accurately ascertained. The retention of caffeine, the active principle of coffee, to which it owes its stimulating effects, and the elimination of the caffeotannic and caffeic acids, which are not only injurious to health, but communicate an unpleasant, bitter taste to the beverage, will be, of course, the principal objects. MURMURS FROM GROUND. Strange Sounds Heard for Many Centuries on the Red Sea Borders. A singular phenomenon occurs on the borders of the Red sea to a place called Nakous, where intermittent underground sounds have been heard for an unknown number of centuries. It is situated about half a mile distant from the shore, whence a long reach of sand ascends rapidly to a height of 300 feet. This reach is about 800 feet wide and resembles an amphitheater, being walled by low rocks. The sounds coming up from the ground at this place recur at intervals of about an hour. They at first resemble a low murmur, but ere long there is heard a loud knocking, somewhat like the strokes of a bell and which at the end of about five minutes becomes so strong as to agitate the sand. The explanation of this curious phenomenon given by the Arabs is that there is a convent under the ground here and that these monks ring for prayers. So they call it Nakous, which means a bell. The Arabs affirm that the noise so frightens their camels when they hear it as to render them furious. Philosophers attribute the sound to suppressed volcanic action—probably to the bubbling of gas or vapor underground. Her Mistake "Mamma," said a little West side girl yesterday morning, "I can't go to school to-day. My tooth is achin' awful." "All right, Lucy," said her mother, "get your jacket and I'll take you to a dentist and have the tooth pulled." The child hesitated a moment and then said: "Oh, mamma, I made a mistake. It ain't my tooth—it's my head that's achin'."—Kansas City Times. Willing to Oblige kiss me before all those girls. The Groom—I'm glad my little wifie is so unselfish, and just to please you I'll kiss all those girls first.—Chicago Daily News. Fitting Ceremonies. A surgeon tells of a patient who was about to undergo an operation for appendicitis, but before submitting to the knife sent for his pastor, so that he could be opened with prayer.—Chicago Tribune. 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Good advice is well enough in its way, but a hungry man can't make a satisfactory meal of it.—Chicago Daily News. Lowest Rates Ever Made to Florida, For Midwinter Exposition and South Florida Fair, Tampa, Fla. Tickets will be sold beginning November 15th, 1904, with final limit of 21 days. See that your ticket reads via Seaboard Air Line Railway, the shortest and best route to and through Florida. Society is the mother of convention, and quite often deserves its child.—Chicago Journal. Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.—J. F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. Oiliness is not holiness.—Chicago Tribune. Do you catch cold easily? Does the cold hang on? Try Shiloh's Consumption Cure The Lung Tonic It cures the most stubborn kind of coughs and colds. If it doesn't cure you, your money will be refunded. Prices: S. C. WELLS & Co. 3 25c. 50c. $1. LeRoy, N. Y., Toronto, Can. 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