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THE TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR. NO. 18. The VOGUE in WINTER MILLINERY FEATHER) AND ROSES FLOWERED SILK WITH FEATHER ROSES AND RIDDON VELVET AND GRAPE THE FEATHER HAT Some Dictates of Fashion Dame Fashion has decreed most anything and everything in the way of hats for the winter season. We may even have freak hats if we want them, and the New York millers are showing many of these, but they are not selling, or, at least, they are not being worn by the really fashionable women. Absurd angles are not the most striking thing about the winter models as they were about the hats of last spring. The new hats sit more squarely upon the head; and if the hat does tilt gracefully to one side it is so built up with bandeau, cache peigne, etc., that it seems a part of the head and coiffure instead of being obviously an alien element stranded upon an incongruous resting place. There are small hats in evidence, but save in the case of the soldier cap turban and a few other models these small hats are conservative in their noise, if sometimes rather radical in their shapes. Many narrow turbans, usually draped, of beaver, felt, velvet or other soft material are among the street hats, and uncommonly smart effects are obtained in these shapes, but they are not rakishly tilted and often the trimming is divided evenly between the two sides of the turban so that the latter is flat upon the head. If the left side is raised from the head the elevation is but a slight one, and only in the back is the bandeau a radical one. Another type of small street hat which promises to be popular has a round, rather low crown and a nar- In all the best hats of the season handsome ribbons play a prominent part. The hats themselves—for the most part—are simple in shape and arranged with a careless looking Lamballe crown; all the charm and novelty of the hat depends on the quality and arrangement of the ribbon bows which so generously decorate it. The favorite combination of colors—at the moment—is pale pearl gray and gray A Simple Tailor-Made Gown. White cloth relieved by collar and cuff trimmings of black velvet, and by stitched bands of the cloth, forms a simple but stylish walking gown for a winter day. A Simple Tailor-Made Gown. White cloth relieved by collar and cuff trimmings of black velvet, and by stitched bands of the cloth, forms a simple but stylish walking gown for a winter day. blue ribbon. A lovely hat seen recently was a cloak in a very soft, pale shade of gray felt with an immensely full crown of mirror velvet in a darker shade and long lengths of gray-blue tribon ribbon twisted into careless bows on and under the brim; the hat was raised considerably at the left side on a velvet bandeau, and the bows of soft ribbon were crushed together against the hair in a most In Uno a There is Strength. row, stiff brim which turns up sharply at the left side. The hat also is raised slightly at the left side, and the trimming usually consists of wings, birds or plumes, often combined with ribbon or velvet. Both this shape and another with low curved crown and narrow brim turning up squarely at its outer edge, are represented among our sketches to-day, and one might readily multiply attractive models in these two shapes. The paradise plumes and other plumes of the same general character, which are features of our two models, are gaining more and more favor as the season advances, and are formidable rivals of the ostrich plumes, though, of course, they cannot take the place of the ostrich feathers where a massed effect is desired. Especially in yellow and in a vivid green the paradise plumes have appealed to the Parisian milliners and this waving touch of brilliant color heightens many a somber hat. The ostrich feathers of the season are even more wonderful than those of yestyleyear. The dyers have become pastmasters in the art of shading these feathers, and the most exquisite of color effects are obtained in one feather. The grays in particular lend themselves to beautiful color harmonies, and as gray is one of the leading colors, if not the learing color, this season, the manufacturers have turned out a wealth of plumes in one tone gray, shaded grays, and gray blended subtly with other tones. ELLEN OSMONDE engaging manner. There were some very handsome hat-pins in filgree silver and baroque pearls, but otherwise there was no trimming on the hat except the beautiful ribbon. All last season we were wearing masses of ostrich feathers on afternoon hats, but the feathers of the summer were as nothing to those of the coming winter! On hats for ceremonious occasions the big millers think nothing of arranging from six to eight large feathers and certainly the effect is very striking if—in some cases—slightly reminiscent of the hearse of days gone by! More than ever is the exquisite light maraboot feather in favor; in certain shades of gray it is delicious and also in the more subtle shades of the popular nut-brown. Black maraboot feathers do not at all please me, but for afternoon concerts or receptions a cream felt hat literally loaded with marabout is a very satisfactory sight. I must not forget to mention the high buttoned boots of dark-hued suede leather which are just now so fashionable. In navy, bottle-green, nut brown, and smoke gray these boots are quite charming—worn, of course, with dresses of exactly the same shade. In all cases the soles and heels are black, not brown. An Electric Test The officials of New York are very severe on "fake" beggars and bogus cripples. If a deaf and dumb stranger is found begging or soliciting money there he is put to the following test: prove that he is really in need of aid and unable to help himself. A powerful electric battery has been provided at each of the several hospitals, and when a "mute" is found asking for aid he is taken to the hospital and the "juice" is turned on. If the victim goes the limit without "hollering" he is turned loose and permitted to continue his business of living without working. During one week five "fake" mutes were discovered through the use of the electric battery. In London. I read in the paper the other day that men of fashion are wearing invisible nets now, to keep the crimped waves of their hair in perfect order. Can you believe this?-Truth. CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1906. OUROW WRITERS Personal, Social, Lodge, Church, Literary and Other Notes of Interest. Uhrichsville—The A. M. E. church gave a successful social Saturday evening. On November 4 Rev. Montgomery raised $10.10 more than any pastor has ever raised. He is a fine man and liked by all—Leave your order for The Gazette with the agent You certainly need it these days. Mt. Vernon—Household of Ruth entertainment in the K of P. army was a success—Miss Addie Goins in jured her arm white skating Thursday evening—Mr. Walter Dorsen spent Sunday in Zanesville. He Mayn has been ill. The trustees of Wayman church served a turkey dinner Thanks giving—Order The Gazette. Bellefontaine—Mrs. Emma Guy, of Kenton, and Miss Ella Hassel, of Urbana, spent Sunday here. Mrs. Black burn and daughter, of Springfield, visited Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Goenv. Revs Watson, of Troy, preached two excel lent sermons here Sunday—Mrs. Kate Warfield, of Fort Wayne, Ind., is visitant of the Lordson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Shila Moss, died Tuesday afternoon—Leave your order with the agent for The Gazette and get a copy every week regularly. Correspondents must mall all letters for publication on Monday of each week, and always place their names and that of their city and town on the outside of the wrapper about returned copies. Unless this is done proper credit cannot be given you. Advertisements, lists of names, wedding presents, etc., obituary notices, speeches, resolutions, poetry and inquiries for relatives must be paid for at the rate of ten cents a line, six words to a line. Our rates for display advertisements will be sent on application. Send postal note and not stamps during the warm weather. Lima.—Mrs. Emma Childers and son, Oliver, of Kenton, and Emily Powell, of Finday, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Crocket last Sunday.—The Thimble club was entertained by Mrs. Brown, of Delphos, last Wednesday. All report a pleasant time.—Rev. F. D. Moore and Rev. Wm. Grind spoonchuck and in Pauley city. Mrs. John White returned to Pittsburg. She visited her mother-in-law, Mrs. White.—Mrs. Venerable died last Tuesday. Consumption.—The A. M. E. and Second Baptist churches will have Thanksgiving dinners. The Second Baptist B. Y. P. U. rendered an interesting program Sunday. Mr. Arthur Baker addressed the young men, and next Sunday Miss Gertrude Robinson will address the young ladies. The Second Baptist church is without a pastor. It is a good field for the right man. Piqua—Mrs. Mary Crawford, Mrs. Knox's guest, returned to Washington Monday—Allen C. E. league has been reorganized. Officers; Pres., Josephine Wilson; sec., Maud Thomas; treas., Mrs. Benjamin French; organist, Mary Wilson. The "Congress of Nations" will be given by the young people on the 4th, under the direction of Mrs. John Jackson—Mr. Homen Collins dined with Miss Josephine Wilson Sunday—Mr. Arthur Riggs, of Springfield, K. P., G. L., will lecture at Cyrene church on the 9th. Mrs. Jess artis spent Saturday in Urbana. The ideal restaurant, 513 N. Main street, Johnson & Stout, proprietors, is a credit to our people of this community.—"Mother" Brown has returned from Dayton. She visited her daughter.—Rev. Coleman is preparing to publish a paper called "Church Work." The S. S. will prepare for a Christmas cantata.—Mrs. Myers has returned from Ridgeway, Pa., to visit parents and friends. St. Clairville. —The grand rally at the A. M. E. church was a success. Collection $23.05. Attendance large, including a number of strangers. Mrs. Montgomery, Mrs. Lina Cochran and daughter, Helen, dined with Mrs. Henry Swanagan / Wednesday. —Mr. Bickley, of Martins Ferry, spent Sunday with Hazel Jackson. —Edna Cochran entertained on Wednesday. —The Ladies' Ald society meeting at Mrs. Burnie Castleman's Tuesday evening was thoroughly enjoyed. —Mr. C. Johnson and Mr. Brown, of Mt. Pleasant, spent Sunday here. —Mrs. Montgomery and Mrs. Lina Cochran were in Wheeling Monday. —Newton Wilson and son, Samuel, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. S. L. Jackson. —J. W. Cochran has returned from Springfield and Ebana, from Tommy Goings, Jr., sent Sunday, with parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Goings. —Successful entertainment at the Court House has thanksgiving evening given by H. H. of Ruth. —Be sure to leave your order for The Gazette with the agent and get it regularly each week. Lorain. —The grand rally at the A. M. E. church Sunday was a gratifying success. —H. C. Byrd, who has located in Baltimore, Md, was given a grand reception at the Second M. E. church Saturday. A. S. Coleman, one of the speakers, said that Mr. Byrd had so conducted himself that Lorain feels a distinct loss in his departure. A lesson to others. A beautiful autograph album with over 100 names was presented to Mr. Byrd. At the stewards' rally Sunday the choir presented the pastor with over $13. A most pleasant surprise. Rev. Renfro, of Oberlin. GAZETTE. preached a fine discourse on "The Call of God to Men."—Messrs. Smallwood and Hudson are preparing a concert at the Second Baptist church for the 4th. Mr. Ralph Anderson will have charge of the brick work on the church improvement. S. S. rally Sunday for missions. Services in charge of Mrs. Bertha Dodson, president of the M. S. conservatory, will be the guest of Mr. Mrs. M. Miller Thanksgiving—Order The Gazette for every week. Smithfield.-Mr. Joseph Purl's grandson, a Pittsburgh P.O. employee, is here visiting.-Mary West and Mrs. Beall's children are convalescing.-Mrs. Eva Ford visited her sister in Steubenville last week. Mrs. Vine Harden is there and Mrs. Henry Lewis returned last week.-Mrs. Cary Hargrove visited McIntyre Sunday. Also Mr. and Mrs. Geo Harris.-E. J. and Josiah Smith, V. Toney, Mrs. Mary Smith and others, of McIntyre, were here last week.-Mrs. Myrtle Peterson and guests of relatives Sunday-Moreen and Blanche Becks, of Mt. Pleasant, visited the A. M. E. church S. S., en route home from McIntyre.-Mrs. Myrtle Peterson and children, of Pittsburg, are visiting her aunt until she is better. Mrs. Boxdale returned with her.-Rev. D. D. Lewis left for Delaware.-Services at the A. M. E. Church Sunday were well attended. The J. M. M. S. met at 2:30 p.m. m. Members and friends will furnish the new parasouse with things necessary until pastor's goods arrive.-Prayer-meeting She is seriously ill.-Mrs. D. D. Leaf and children were guests of Mrs. Carrie Hargrove Sunday. Rev. Randall and family were entertained the same day by Mrs. E. A. Powell. He was in Cadz last week. Steubenville—Chas, Wills, Jr., and David Johnson have invested in a job workers' printing enterprise and it will soon be in operation.—The Woman's Reading club met at Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Guy's last Tuesday evening. After regular business a program was rendered. It was the eve of their 17th wedding anniversary. A fine supper was served, covers being laid for 17. The club and Mrs. C. U. Murray presented them with several pieces of cut glass.—Mabel White entertained the Silver Leaf club and friends last Tuesday evening in honor of her guest, Mrs Vera Meyers, of Ridgeway, Pa. After an excellent program 25 were served an elaborate lunch by the hostess. Mrs Meyers went to Plaqu Friday. Mrs. Virginia Baltimore entertained last Friday evening. Games were the feature.—Mrs. Gilbert Jackson left Saturday for Cambridge to visit relatives.—Mrs. Sarah Johnson of E. Liverpool, has returned to live.—Mrs. Gwendolyn Boxdale, of Smithfield, was here Saturday visiting her grandmother Mrs. Martha Harris.—Mrs. Loman Peterson and two children, of Carnegie, Pa. passed through Saturday, enroute to Smithfield.—Wilma Guyder has been quite ill.—Gwendoline Thomas and Nina Banks have returned to school. Illness.—The Trustee Helpers gave a successful supper at Quinn chapel parasol last Thursday evening.—Mrs. Eli Guyder is convalescent. Findlay.—Richard, Minas and Simon Price have returned to Toledo and Bowling Green, respectively. They were called here by their brother, Leo Price's death.—Mrs. Carls, of Columbus, is visiting Mrs. D. L. Bray.—The church social Wednesday evening was for the pastor's benefit. Beatrice Fox rendered a fine piano solo at the senior High school rhetoricals recently. Rev. Fox delivered a very able sermon Sunday morning. The S. S. meets in the afternoon. Officers: Supt. C. Hunt, in assistant; S. Finder, sec. Bentley Ramsey; Mrs. M. Stringfellow; teachers, Mrs. C. E. Wilson, Mary Thomas and Rev. H. Fox. The church will soon be heated with gas.—Mr. Jesse Skillings is very ill.—Lucy Rhodes was catered at Mrs. John Hoover's Thanksgiving day. —Ina Gaines is Mrs. A. B. Woods' assistant at the) Y. M. C. A.—Albert Smith, of Sandusky, Mrs. Thomas Benson and daughter, Irene, were guests of Mrs. C. E. Wilson, and Ollie Harden, of Lorain, guest of Beatrice Fox Thanksgiving.—Mr. Perkins, of North Baltimore, was here recently. —Ina and Viola Bray, who are visiting in Hillsboro, were in a hunting party last week.—Mrs. B. Woods, a member and stand in the Majestic Theatre building. —Blanche Hill attended the football game in Fostoria Thanksgiving and Fred Hill was there in the evening. —Hattie Wright is a member of the junior High school class. —Leave your order with the agent for The Gazette and get it every week. A $45.000 CHURCH. Bishops Derrick and Lee Present at the Corner-Stone Laying—Personal Mention. Wilkinsburg, Pa.—Miss Mary Hollenworth, of Oswego, N. Y., is the winter with Miss Edna Taylor. G. L. Taylor has one of the finest and best located dining rooms in the east end. The Elite Social club has arranged to give a second Japanese sorale dansante Friday evening at Jackson academy.—Bishops W. B. Derrick and B. H. Lee, assisted by W. H. Anderson, P. E., and others, assisted in laying the corner-stone of New Bethel church recently, the estimated cost of which is $45,000.—James Ross, of Buffalo, attended the reception given in honor of Joe Game by the Elks.—Miss Banchelle Hill of Willey avenue, visited Washington, D. C., last week and attended the S. Colidge-Taylor retaliated. Mr. Taylor was here in Pittsburgh Wednesday—Miss Virginia Powell has tonsillitis, but is improving—Miss Hattle Caperon, of Allegheny, is the guest of Mrs. J. D. Davis, of Washington, D. C. Tell your friends in Pittsburgh and Allegheny, as well as here, to read The Gazette, our best race newspaper and advocate. Desertion is on the increase in the United States army. DR. ALEXANDER LANE Elected a Member of the Illinois Legislature Recently from a Chicago District. Chicago, Ill.—The above is an excellent portrait of Legislator Lane, who will represent the richest district in the state. Dr. Lane was born 46 years ago at Lexington. Miss., but came to Illinois when eight years old and settled in Perry county, where he attended the public schools. He then went to Carbondale and entered the state school known as the Southern MOST CRUEL Is the President's Order to "Discharge," ANDTOO, 'WITHOUTHONOR,' The Innocent Members of the Three Companies of the Twenty-fifth Regiment—The Latest News. A CRUEL INJUSTICE. Facts About the "Discharge Without Honor" of Our Soldiers. Investigation of the committee of the Constitutional League sent to Fort Reno, show the report of Gen. Garlington to have been prejudiced and based on superficial inquiry. Indications that the Brownsville riot was the work of agents provocateurs. Records of the expelled men. The league's determination to secure a reversal of the president's decision. Points which it will present for his consideration. ```markdown ``` Fort. Reno, Okla., Nov. 23. — The committee, Gailershirc Gichtler Stewart, of New York City, and Jos. Smith, of Boston, sent here by the Constitutional League last week to investigate the expulsion of three companies of the Twenty-fifth infantry from the army states that it has been carefully and patiently examining the individual soldiers, and has secured a mass of material which will serve as the evidence which ought to convince the president that his hot and hasty action has worked an injustice to these men as cruel as unjustifiable. The president's order was said to be based upon the report of Inspector-General Garlington's inquiry, and that inquiry was a force which elicited not a scintillation of evidence to connect the troops with the Brownsville riot. Gen. Garlington isa South Carolinian, being appointed to West Point from Georgia, and his training at that institution and his experiences as a soldier have evidently not eradicated his prejudice against the Afro-American. He examined only a few of the men of the three companies—perhaps thirty of them; he secured no evidence to confirm the accusation against the soldier and the fact upon which to warrant the punishment recommended to the president and incorporated in the order now being enforced. The men of Company B are expelled—it is silly to call the process "discharge without honor;" twenty-five men of Company C were sent adrift Saturday, and the remainder will be discharged in similar fashion unless Washington calls a halt. Gen. Garlington's examination of the men was simple and southern. He said: "I am a southerner; I know your race; I can read you. All Negroes are bumptious; you men have committed an outrage. Tell me the names of the criminals, or all of you will be turnedadrift." The ones examined were old soldiers, with years of battle and service to their account, and they were unable to give the inspector-general what he sought; they did not know who participated in the riot; they had no means of knowing. The facts are these: Bad Feeling of Long Standing. "Bad feeling" existed between the Illinois normal school. After Mr. Lane had finished his normal course he was caged as principal of the public schools in Carbondale, and after leaving Carbondale he came to Chicago and attended Rush Medical college and graduated from that institution with the degree of M. D. in 1895. For the post three years Dr. Lane has been a assistant county physician of Cook county (Chicago), besides having a large practice in the neighborhood where he lives. town and garrison, as it had for years; the town made no bones of its desire to drive out the Negro garrison; get rid of it by hook or crook. It are compelled its purpose. One of the zealous Negro-haters in Brownsville is one Tate, a United States customs officer, who has been bitterly complained of by army officers and who has insulted and assaulted Negroes many times. So far, the president has not punished this man, who should be immediately swept out of the government service. The riot took place under the walls of the garrison, and when the bullets of the street fusillade made Fort Brown dangerous, a general alarm called the troops to roll call and to arms, arousing officers and men out of their sleep. The roll call showed that all the men in the three companies were present and the gunracks were intact. The townman made the accusation that our soldiers started the riot, killed one man, a bartender, and wounded a police officer, and they shrilly demanded that the soldiers be arrested and be turned over to them. Investigation shows that no soldiers were absent improperly; that the name, time, and place of burial of the alleged dead man cannot be ascertained, and the wounded officer is still too modest to reveal him. It begins to lop up as if Brownsville had effected to agents provocateurs to effectual removal of the Afro-American holders, and was successful. Brownsville insisted that should be punished. The names of men were selected by one McDonald, of the Texas Rangers, on some plan evolved by him. They were arrested and placed in the guardhouse to await the action of the grand jury. When the three companies were removed to Fort Reno these twelve prisoners were brought to San Antonio and confined in the guardhouse of Fort Sam Houseton for safety, for the mob of Brownsville openly threatened to overwhelm the weak garrison left at Fort Brown and lynch these prisoners. The grand jury met within a month; it could find no case against the men, since there was no evidence whatever, and the cases were dismissed. When a Texas grand jury cannot find an indictment against a hated "nigger" it looks as if the president of the United States had a pretty poor case when he discharged and "dishonored" these brave men. Records of the Expelled Men. A majority of the soldiers expelled have served three and more enlistments; a majority of the minority have served four or more. Sergeant Mingo Sanders, first sergeant of Company B, has served in that one organization for over 26 years. He has seen honorable service on the frontier; he was one of the first men up El Caney Hill; has been honored in general orders for distinguished services in the Philippines; he has the respect and esteem of every officer in his regiment, and now, in his old age, blind of an eye, and within a few months of the time when the law retired him on a pension, he is cast out "without honor" from the service he loves and the flag he fought for, to make a struggle in civil life for his bread and butter. The old soldier divided the bread of his company with the hungry Rough Riders at El Caney, upon the request of him whose order now drives him across the desert. Dade is another old fellow with 22 years of service to his record, who is driven out just as harshly and unwarrantly. Maj. Blocksom, who made the investigation of the riot at Brownsville, found the same evidence there that Gan. Garlington found in his investigation at Fort Reno, and that is no evidence at all. The officers (white) of the Twenty-fifth infantry speak in the highest praise of the men. Maj. Joseph says that since they have come to Fort Reno, they have been obedient, cheerful and soldierly, under trying conditions — under conditions that white troops would resent. Constitutional League's Determination. Whether it be before the president or a congressional committee, the Constitutional league is resolved to appear with counsel and evidence to secure a reversal of a decision which has SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Agents Provocateurs. worked cruel injustice to good soldiers. President Roosevelt has said he will listen to any evidence brought to him that will show that he has erred, and remedy his mistake. The Constitutional league has secured enough evidence to convince any judge and jury in the land that the soldiers of the Twenty-fifth infantry have been unjustly accused and illegally punished. Meantime, the men are being discharged and scattered, and apparently the verdict of the Texan grand jury is accepted as an endorsement of Garlington's wonderful report, as six of the twelve prisoners at Fort Sam Houston have been discharged with the same lack of honor accorded to their fellows in Fort Reno. The league will show the president: (1) That no soldier was connected with the Brownsville riot, and that no evidence exists to show such connection. (2) That the report of Gen. Garlington and his recommendation, as well as his conduct of the investigation, ought to be the model of a court of inquiry or court-martial. (3) That the whole affair appears to be a miserable outgrowth of the race hated and mob violence of the people of Brownsville. (4) That in discharging and dishonoring these three companies of soldiers, the president has made a mistake, which every principle of honor and justice requires should be remedied. The league is still prosecuting its inquiries, and examined the 25 men discharged. Saturday morning and took their affidavits. Not a single case of drunkenness or disorder has occurred among the hundred men so far in the season, the office of El Reno speak highly of the sobriety and balance of the men. THAT HALL FUND Now Amounts to $12,000—Left to Help Educate Our People. Columbus, O.—More than a half century ago there died in Stark county John Hall. After providing for his childless helmate, he ordered that the remainder of his property be converted into cash and the money to be placed in the hands of trustees, the interest to be used in educating Negro children. He also provided that the trustees were to decide when the fund was large enough to warrant the beginning of the work; That was 52 years ago, and the fund now contains $12,000. On the 16th ult. the supreme court was asked to set aside the bequest as indefinite and vague and to order the money distributed among a number of aged people who are colliery heirs of the old farmer. All these years the money has been lying in a bank at Massillon drawing a light rate of interest. In the 52 years there have been only two trustees. The person appointed in 1854 died in 1884 and his successor is resisting the application. The common pleas court declared the will invalid because it was indefinite, but the circuit court reversed that tribunal. For the heirs there appeared Attorney James Welker, of Stark county, and for the fund trustee Robert Day, son of Justice William R. Day, of the United States supreme court, whose father-in-law is a Massillon banker and trustee of the fund. TO HELP THE SOLDIERS. Movement on Foot to Care for Those Discharged by the President's Order. New York City.—An interesting phase of the situation arising from the order of President Roosevelt discharging, without honor, companies B, G and D of the Twenty-fifth infantry developed when it became known that lawyers, acting in the interest of the Constitutional league were now in the west taking testimony of witnesses and in other ways endeavoring to obtain the exact facts involved. It has been learned that arrangements have been made by citizens of New York, Chicago and Philadelphia to bring east the three companies as soon as the discharge papers have been signed. The men of these companies will be clothed and cared for by committees selected for the purpose, and plans have been set up that any citizen who is interested in the case and who desires to hear the soldiers' side of the story will have access to the men. Just how long the discharged regulars will be held together in their company formation has not as yet been decided, but pains will be taken to see that not a single non-commissioned officer or private suffers for lack of food, lodging and eventually employment. At the present time the soldiers are at Fort Reno, Okla. Discharged Though in the Ninth Cavalry. Fort Riley, Kan.-Alexander Ash, Taylor Stondemire and Robert James, privates of Troop C. Ninth cavalry, here, were discharged on the 13th because they belonged to the battalion of the Twenty-fifth infantry that was in the red. In Brownsville, Texas, at the time of the war, they discharged from the Twenty-fifth infantry at the expiration of their term of enlistment after the Brownsville riot, and re-enlisted for service in the Ninth cavalry. Will Hold Mass Meeting. New York City.—Our pastors, and other leaders here have determined to hold a mass meeting at Cooper union Saturday evening, at which distinguished white and Afro-Americans are to speak, to ask congress to make full investigation of the dismissal from the army of the near 200 soldiers of the Twenty-fifth infantry. A large delegation of ministers, with the lawyers who have been retained on behalf of the soldiers, visited President Roosevelt in Washington to urge him to reopen the case. 2 THE GAZETTE (IN ADVANCE.) One Year. $150 Six Months. 1 00 Three Months. 54 Subscribers are requested to remit by post- ence money order or registered letter Entered at the postoffice in Cleveland, Ohio as second-class matter. All communications should be addressed: HARRY C. SMITH. Editor and Proprietor THE GAZETTE. Blackstone Building, Cleveland, Ohio Member Ohio Legislature, 1904 to 1908. 1906 to 1908. 1908 to 1902. Cleveland, Saturday, Dec. 1, 1906. 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. So Col. Pitcher has denied the charge of slandering Afro-American troops. Just as we expected. That was the easiest way of getting out of it, you know. The "counting out" of Municipal Judge-elect Barnett, of Chicago, is an outrage that ought not to be allowed to stand and we sincerely trust it will not be. Afro-American republicans of Virginia "knifed" the "illy-white" republican candidates of that state, to death on Nov. 6. Good! Keep up the good work, brethren. Wilberforce university should make an effort immediately to get that Hall fund mentioned elsewhere in this paper in a Columbus letter. Strange, this has not been done long ago. Williams & Walker, the comedians, cleared $20,651 in six weeks of September and October. The total receipts were $34,949. Their managers netted $3,887 in the time referred to. This is "going some." Another white man has been convicted of rioting at Atlanta. Rather slow work and little of it. At this rate most of those indicted will be dead and almost forgotten before their cases will have been reached. A descendant of Puskkin, Russla's greatest poet, who was part Negro, was a bridesmaid in a recent swell London, England, wedding. She is Countess Majeda Torby, daughter of the Grand Duke Michael, of Russia, and Countess Torby. "Blood will tell." Prof. E. A. Johnson, dean of the law department of Shaw university at Raleigh, and for nine years an assistant United States district attorney of North Carolina, has followed J. Douglass Wetmore, Esq., of Jacksonville, Fla., and settled in New York City to practice law. Tom Dixon's nasty play, "The Clansman," was recently barred out of Philadelphia and York, Pa. Ben Tillman was barred out of Cleveland. Both results were obtained by aggressive effort upon the part of our people. This is encouraging. It shows that Afro-Americans are at last awakening. Mississippi's ugliest congressman, John Sharp Williams, democratic leader of the house, said recently that in a generation Illinois, Indiana and Ohio would disfranchise Afro-Americans. Some one ought to bump J. Sharp's head—he has a prejudiced southern dream on. That is all. The whites of the states mentioned are not retrograding like his kind in the sunny south. The threat of the new Lord Mayor of London, England, that the Powers will remedy the evils so bitterly and generally complained of throughout the civilized world, if King Leopold of Belgium does not soon put a stop to the killing and maiming of natives who fail to gather a certain amount of rubber in a given time, ought to be carried out at once. Many innocent lives would be saved. The Washington, D. C., "Taft" correspondents of daily newspaper published in Ohio and elsewhere, need not give themselves any "jolly" as a result of their statements that Afro-Americans have any disposition to boom for president the secretary of war, Judge Wm. H. Taft. His Greenboro, N. C., speech endorsement of disfranchisement even in part, makes such a thing an impossibility. If Prof. "Soap" Griggs, D. D., of Palestine, Tex., made the fool speech to our Baptist state convention in session at Texarkana, Ark., the Associated Press dispatches of Sunday said he did. Afro-Americans of that section should give him what he so gibly recommended to them—a good soap and water bath. Some people have very poor judgment as to time and place to say certain things, and less control of their tongues when addressing the public. Afro-Americans in the vicinity of St. George, S. C., are boycoting S. E. Kizer, (white) one of the wealthiest farmers in that section, because of his alleged interest in a lynching. The result is he has hundreds of acres of cotton lying in the field that he is unable to gather, and has gone into court in an effort to lift the boycott. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1906. This is a good way to help put a stop to mob violence and we congratulate our people of St. George on the good judgment, backed up with action, they are showing. More power to them and their kind. The war department has several times during recent weeks promised the court-martialing of the white officers in command of the three unfortunate Afro-American companies of the Twenty-fifth infantry, but apparently have done little else than promise. President Roosevelt seems to have "overlooked" them entirely. That "war department" is a mess, from the Afro-American's particular viewpoint. For prejudice against Afro-Americans in every way, it is the limit and on a par with the pln-headed residents of the south of the Tillman, Dixon, Vardaman, Graves and Hoke Smith sort. --- The Constitutional league of New York City which wealthy men (white) of the "metropolis" back, have Attorney Glychrist Stewart, of that city, at Ft. Reno, Okla., in the interest of the Afro-American members of Companies B, C and D, of the Twenty-fifth infantry. The National Afro-American council's attorney, J. Douglas Wetmore, has employed Col Alexander S. Bacon, (white) of New York City, one of the best versed attorneys in military matters in the country, to look after the interests of the soldiers in the courts and there is to be "something doing" sure enough if President Roosevelt does not modify his now notorious and out rageous order of "dismissal without honor." Sunday dispatches to daily newspapers of the country from Cincinnati announced that the congregation of Allen temple, A. M. E. church, the largest representative Afro-American congregation there, passed resolutions that day disapproving of the denunciation of President Roosevelt for the outrageous action he took in regard to the Twenty-fifth infantry. The resolutions denounce the soldiers who, by hiding behind their comrades, have made the latter suffer. The Rev. R. R. Down is pastor of the church. This is the only discordant note up-to-date from all our people of this country. It is needless to say it was born in inexcusable ignorance of the facts in the case. Brother Down and his congregation should "catch up" and then keep abreast of the times by reading the old reliable race advocate and newspaper, The Gazette. Afro-Cubans are certainly making an aggressive fight for recognition in the government service of their country and are making it decidedly uncomfortable for the temporary executive, Gov. Magoon, an American. They made up a large portion of the recent insurgent forces and the Cuban armies in all of the island's wars for freedom from the Spanish yoke. About one-third of the population is colored. Also many of the leading public and military men. They are entitled to the recognition they seek and Cuba will never have peace until they get it. This is right and proper. Ex President Palma lived too long in America to be broad-minded enough to give them what they are entitled to and that was the principal and real cause of his downfall. Gov. Magoon should "get busy" because the future of the little island republic is very largely dependent upon this very thing and President Roosevelt seems sincere in his desire to re-establish government there on a firm, if not lasting basis. ABUSIVE TIM. The editor of the New York Age is certainly getting old. He shows this very plainly in his proneness to lose his temper upon the slightest provocation. Then too, he gets abusive, and entirely too quickly, without any good excuse for so doing, and rattles around in his little two by four office in a way that strongly reminds one of the noise of an empty wagon because his questionable methods of attack and his sarcastic and abusive flings amount to little more as far as results are concerned. What we said relative to the "National" Afro-American Council, and repeated in a recent issue, we meant and still maintain, and in so doing speak the truth. Up-to-date it has not accomplished material results for the race, and in the light of paso experience as a member of the organization we feel justified in even questioning the seriousness of any of its attempts to do so. We are satisfied that if its books were gone over, and if correct accounts were kept while we were a member that they will show that we contributed in good hard cash more than the editor of the did, and unlike the editor of any of it in return. Our transportation and fro from its meetings were never paid from Counell funds, nor were we on its list of newspapers, with the possible extension of the year, that was favored with the pay for the publication of the calls for the annual meetings of the organization. Furthermore, we are willing to leave it to the judgment of any of the members who were associated with Brother Timothy and ourselves as active members of the Council, as to whether the editor of this paper was not as active in his financial and other support of it, if not more so, than the editor of The Age, up to the time we severed our connections with it, and this was the year preceding that of the election of T. Thomas Fortune to the presidency of the organization. Another thing we are willing to submit to the brethren of the race press or former brethren of the Afro-American Council, is whether or not the editor of The Age is not the greatest chronic grumbler and scold, fault-finder and mud-silencer in the profession. The editor of The Age says: "The writer has washed his hands of the whole organization business. When the race gets ready to organize it can do it; he has spent all the time and money for such work that he will." This is about the "stealth time, if memory serves us correctly, that our good friend, Timothy Thomas Fortune, has written and published practically this same paragraph. And still the world and the race move on. While we are willing to admit that "the indifference of the mass of the race" may have something to do with the failure of all so-called national organizations "to do things," we see no reason to make any change in any of our previous statements anent the "National" Afro-American Council or other so-called "national" organizations, the editor of the New York Age to the contrary notwithstanding. An Open Letter to Chicago's Mayor Nov. 26 1906 Mayor Dunne, Chicago, Ill., Dear Sir: The enclosed clipping with comment noted on the same sheet is self explanatory. Tillman only incites the mob and in that respect at least is an anarchist. The-mayors of Philadelphia and York, Pa., refused to permit him to lecture in the cities mentioned in recent weeks, and I sincerely trust that you will at least take the stand that our school officials here took last week when they too refused to permit him to use any of our public school buildings in which to lecture next month, and therefore brought about the cancellation of his engagement. As a sample of the kind of anarchistic rot Tillman indulges in in his lectures, I am enclosing you a clipping which is an Associated Press dispatch to a local daily paper, giving the gist of a lecture at South Haven, Mich., Saturday evening. One reading will convince you of the rottenness and harmfulness, as well as falsity of the man's views anf Afro-Americanans. His statement relative to the "younger element of Negroes," the one encouraging "the bloodiest of race wars," relative to "the black man's heel in the white man's neck in South Carolina" that referred to the "farmers" wives of the south being prisoners for fear of Negro intrusion," are a pack of lies upon their very face. They are as ridiculous as they are harmful. "I expect a struggle," said Tillman in the lecture referred to He is trying his level best to encourage age and bring about "a struggle, the bloodiest of race wars the world has witnessed." Another instance of the wish being false the hope and thought. What in the world is this, if not incipient anarchy if not the thing itself? Tillman ought to be barred from every city in the north, as he is from most of those in the south, the same care being exercised to keep him out as is exercied in Havana, Cuba, and New Orleans to stamp out and keep out yel low fever and the smallbox. Very respectfully yours, HARRY C. SMITH J. H. Meriwether and "Lew" Hunster Dead. Washington, D. C.-Mr. Louis Hunster, for years a photographer and letter carrier at Springfield, O., and in later years a department clerk here, died recently at the residence of his brother, Prof. Thos. M. Hunster, assistant director of drawing in our public schools. James H. Meriwether, attorney and for years a real lead estate broker, died suddenly recently of acute indigestion. He was originally a Kentuckian, coming here years ago to work in the departments for the government. He resigned to enter business. He was a trustee of Howard University for years and highly esteemed. A mass meeting of protest anent the president's order was held last week at the M street A. M. E. church. Those present refused to sing "America" on the chairman's call. "McGirt's Magazine." McGirl's Magazine, published at 420 South 11th street, Philadelphia, by James E. McGirl, is of unusual interest this month. The article, with most informing illustrations, upon the great National Baptist publishing board at Nashville, is astonishing and gratifying. Dr. Winthrop D. Sheldon, of Girard college, writes powerfully on "Lynching," Mae Porter-Lechia writes an automobile story. The best part of the magazine is several pages of Mr. McGirl's poems, which are surprisingly good. We reproduce one, "A Mystery," in another column. McGirl's is making a special offer to agents to sell them this number in lots of 25 or 50 for 6 cents per copy. A Great Speech. We are pleased to acknowledge the receipt of a copy, in pamphlet form, of Senator J. B. Foraker's speech, before the Army of the Cumberland, Oct. 17, 1906. Hon. H. C. Smith, editor and proprietor of The Gazette, of Cleveland, O., will please accept our thanks for the copy. After carefully reading the speech, we confidently believe that Senator Foraker's effort on occasion cannot fail to awaken the republican party from the stupid lethargy into which it seems to have fallen, with regard to the protection of life and liberty within the United States—New Orleans (La.) Southern Age. Judge-elect Barnett Counted Out Judge-elect Barnett Counted Out. Chicago, Ill.-F. L. Barnett, Esq. assistant state's attorney who, according to the police returns, was elected judge of the new municipal court of Chicago on Nov. 6, has been counted out by the canvassing board. The police returns gave Barnett a plurality of 499, but the official count of the police was the city, which was completed "last week, shows that Thomas B. Lantry, democrat, was elected by a plurality of 304. Mr. Barnett was the only republican "defeated" for an office at the city election. There will be a contest. This is certainly a very "raw deal." Married an Afro-American Girl. Oakland, Cal.—An aged East Oakland Cal. manufacturer, (Albert H. Southwick) who married a 16-year old "brown-skin" Afro-American (Azelia O. Barry) in September, lived with her four days, and has applied for a divorce on the ground that the marriage is illegal and void owing to the existence of an obsolete state law forbidding the intermarriage of whites and Afro-Americans. He alleges that he thought Azelia the daughter of a Samoan girl in a white town children and had admired the girl for many years, becoming attentive to her shortly before the wedding. A MYSTERY. By James E. McGirt. I do not know the ocean's song Or what the brooklets say; At eve I sit and listen long, I cannot learn their lay.. But as I linger by the sea, And that sweet song comes unto me, It seems, my love, it sings of thee. I do not know why poppies grow Amid the wheat and rye. The lilies bloom as white as snow, I cannot tell you why. But all the flowers of the spring. The bees that hum, the birds that sing, A thought of you they seem to bring. I cannot tell why silvery Mars Moves through the heav'ns at night; I cannot tell you why the stars Adorn the vault with light. But what sublimity I see Upon the mount, the hill, the lea, It brings, my love, a thought of thee. But when you first came in my sight My slumbering soul awoke in light. And since the day I've known no night. THE SOUTH AND THE CONTRACT LABOR LAW. On the very day the Southern Immigration society was holding its meeting in Nashville the American Federation of Labor was making charges of violating the contract labor law against South Carolina. It seems that in their zeal to attract immigrants to their section of the country both the Carolinas have run afoul of this federal statute. Apparently some English mill hands are in danger of being sent back home because the North Carolina agent abroad, acting in the interest of some private citizens of that state, paid their traveling expenses and offered other inducements to immigrate. The same law is to be invoked, it now appears, against 500 Belgians induced by the same means to enter South Carolina. The peculiar part of it is that the federal commissioner of immigration witnessed the landing in Charleston of one of these parties and cordially approved what had been done. Subsequently he said in an interview that the success of the movement would depend largely upon the interest which southern people displayed in it and the preparation they made for the newcomers. Yet it now appears that this provision for employment is precisely the rock on which the movement threatens to go to pieces. However, it remains to be shown that anything in the nature of a contract was entered into or that there was any assistance within the meantime. That is the nature aspect of the case is that if these foreigners have to be deported the news will quickly spread abroad, and other desirable foreigners will be likely to avoid more than ever the section of this country where they are most urgently needed.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Olean, N. Y. Items. Rev. Joseph Styles, P. E., preached ably Sunday. The choir rendered special music. The young people gave him a reception Wednesday evening, and Miss Dora Peterson gave a 6 o'clock dinner in his honor.—Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ray entertained Mr. Wallace Virginia and Mrs. Hornbeck at dinner Sunday, and Mrs. J. J. Palmer and children were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jackson.—Rev. Coffey was in Cuba last week.—Mrs. Jennie Hornbeck's sister, Mrs. Mae Pullins, died, in October.—Mrs. D. C.—Quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church Tuesday evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Menzo Marshall, of Portville, were here Sunday.—Mrs. Jennie Hornbeck was in Salamanca last week. Oil City, Pa., News Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Henderson, of Franklin, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Major Franklin Sunday—Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Veney, of Pittsburg, were here Sunday—Quarterly meeting at Brown chapel Sunday. Rev. H. G. Thomas, of Titusville, preached morning and evening—Mr. Landry Rhineheart and Miss Ella Paul, of Franklin, attended church Sunday. Prof. Moore was here in the interest of Tuskegee institute—An entertainment was given at宴会 and Mrs. Polly's by the capet committee last Thursday evening. Attendance large—Rev. and Mrs. G. Skinner have arrived from Cannonsburg and will occupy the parsonage. Mrs. Butes, of Franklin, spent Sunday here. Pitcher Denies It. Havana, Cuba.-Lieut. Col. William L. Pitcher's attention was called tonight to an article in an American newspaper declaring that President Roosevelt had directed that an immediate report be requested from him as to whether he had been correctly quoted as to denouncing Afro-American troops while at Pt. Sheridan last week. Col. Pitcher said that he had never entertained and expressed such sentiments. He explained that he had served with our troops in the past and had seen them do heroic fighting. - Awarded $100 Damages Jackson, Miss.-Thos. Whiting, of Canton, Miss., boarded an Illinois Central passenger train in July of last year, and falling to find a smoking car for Afro-Americans, went into the car set apart for whites as a smoker. He was driven out by the conductor in an abusive manner. Beadle & Howe, of Chicago, wrote a filled suit for damages in the United States court for the southern district of Mississippi and a white jury awarded him $100 and costs. Lynch Case in Supreme Court. Washington, D. C.—Solicitor General Hoyt Monday presented to the supreme court the government's brief in the contempt case of Sheriff John F. Shipp and others, of Chattanooga, who allowed lynchers to take an Afro-American prisoner named Johnson from them after the latter had been granted a stay of execution by the supreme court. The government claims a conspiracy existed between the sheriff and the lynchers. A. Railroad Engineers Philadelphia, Pa.—The appointment of James H. Taylor, an Afro-American as an engineer on the Philadelphia & Reading railroad is the first occurence of this kind in the east. SOME FACTS ABOUT MIGIRT'S MAGAZINE Read What R. H. Boyd, D. D. LL.D. and the National Baptist Convention Have Done. Started a few years ago with one little writing table, a five-cent bottle of ink and a three-cent writing pad. Last year did $125,000 worth of business. This ten-year history is told in the number member of McGirl's Magazine. The November number of McGirl's Magazine is a great national Baptist publishing house number. One of the greatest issues that I have yet published. Besides the regular features of the magazine, this number contains the "History of the Baptist Publishing House," covering a scope of ten years, with more than 30 illustrations. You will see more than 20 well furnished offices, showing the different managers, clerks, typewriters and stenographers, typesetters, bookkeepers, printers and binders; in short, the vast host of 300 colored men, women, boys and girls, employed in three great buildings owned out and out by Negroes. To see this work will cause the blood to course rapidly through your veins. No one who has never seen this great establishment can imagine that any body of colored people is doing so much business as is illustrated in this number. To read about a company that receives each day more than 3,000 letters and spent for stamps last year more than $14,000, is a treat that every member of the covered race should avail himself of. Of this number, describe words, and you will have this ten-year history to really have any idea of this great establishment, known as the "National Baptist Publishing House." This magazine is an illustrated monthly that has been published for the last four years. It has come out regularly every month. In these four years we have not published a number so fascinating in character and comprehensive in scope. In this same issue you will find an article entitled "Shall Lynching be Suppressed and How?" by Winthrop D. Sheldon, LL.D., of Glirand college, Philadelphia, Pa. I give you my word, "Shall Lynching be Suppressed, ever read. The number contains 60 pages. Subscription price to the magazine is $1 per year." Special Offer. To any person who will send one dollar we will send the magazine for one year and will make him a present of four copies of this great November number. These four copies you can sell and make yourself a present of five new Special Offer to Agents. To any person sending one dollar we will send 15 copies of this "National Baptist Publishing House Number." These copies can be sold as fast as they can be handed out. We request every purchaser, Sunday-school teacher, president of young people's society to send at least one dollar for 15 of these copies to sell among their people. This issue will awaken the people as they have not before been awakened to the great progress of the country. Send all orders and money to James E. McGirt, 420 S. 11th street, Philadelphia, Pa. In ordering more than 15 copies you can have the magazines for seven cents each. Single copy 15 cents. Half-Breeds Losers. Muskogee, I. T—Webster Ballinger, a Washington newspaper correspondent, recently filed charges before the senatorial Indian committee against Tams Bixby, chairman, and W. O. Beall, chief clerk of the Dawes commission. Ballinger alleged that these officials of the commission were deliberately responsible for the wrongful enrollment as Negro freedmen of about 2,000 persons of mixed Negro and Indian blood in the Chootaw and Chickasaw nations. These freedmen got only 40 acres of land and participation in trivial funds allowed Indian citizens. Ballinger told the committee that he desired the enactment of a mandatory law compelling the Dawes commission to give these persons their full rights on the rolls. Tams Bixby said that the complainants had full recourse for relief by appeal to the authorities in Washington. The charges contain the statement that Beall left the office of Bixby and held employment for a time with a landlord. Ballinger said that his firm inside information that was used against interests of Ballinger's clients, and that, afterward, Beall resumed his position under Bixby. Both Bixby and Beall deny all accusations. Titusville, Pa., Locals. Miss Anna Campbell and G. A. Ross, who visited Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Moore, were married at Scranton, November 20—Mrs. A. B. Lord entertained Monday evening in honor of her daughter, Lottie, of Cleveland—Rev. H. G. Thomas attended quarterly meeting at Oll City Sunday and was the guest of Rev. Skinner—Mr. Fred Collins has opened a "Wonderland" show. Mayor Dunne Won't Even Attend It. Elected Borough Councillor London, England—H. Sylvester Williams, formerly a well known New York Afro-American, has been elected a borough councilor for this city. This is the first time in the history of England that a man of African descent has been so honored. Peonage Charge Uphold by Jury. Pensacola, Fla.—W. S. Harlan, manager of the Jackson Lumber Co.; C. C. Hilton and S. E. Huggins, charged with conspiracy to commit peonage, were pronounced guilty Friday week after one of the most sensational trials ever held in this state. An Alabama County Republican. Montgomery, Ala.—Winston, the smallest county in Alabama, went republican, Nov. 6, every democratic candidate being defeated. This is the first county to go entirely republican since reconstruction days. A Christmas Gift! That will be appreciated by your relatives or friends will be a year's subscription to The Gazette. Try it. Only $1.59. WRANGLE OVER A POSTOFFICE. Secretary Shaw Clashes with Pitt- burgers Over the Site for a New Federal Building. Pittsburg, Pa.—Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, who came to Pittsburg Monday to inspect sites for a postoffice building, left for Washington last night after a strenuous day in which he held meetings with representatives of the various business men's organizations which were char- ged by heated arguments. At one of the meetings, the secretary snapped his fingers in the face of H. D. English, president of the local chamber of commerce, who left the hearing declaring the hearing was a farce. The secretary's visit was the result of vigorous protests made against his selection of a site for the new post-office building and against which the government had begun condemnation proceedings. These latter proceedings were stopped when the protests reached the secretary endorsed by a local congressman, and it was announced that the site selected by the secretary was offered to the government at double the amount for which it was assessed. When the condemnation proceedings were stopped the secretary announced his intention to inspect the building. The secretary invited Monday morning and walked to the federal building where the meetings were to be held. While waiting the arrival of the committees Secretary Shaw walked about the federal building and made personal observations. The meeting of the various committees of the business organizations was called shortly after the secretary arrived at the federal building and it was here that numerous displays of anger were made. Since the secretary had made a selection of a site there had been declarations of "graft" and before the business at hand was taken up Mr. Shaw turned to newspaper men present and said: "I would give $1,000 to know the name of the man who gave the information that there was graft in the hearings at Washington when the real estate men were there." The tiff with President English, of the chamber of commerce, came during a period of the hearing when angry recriminations were being indulged in and reputations for veracity were being challenged. During this controversy Mr. Shaw is alleged to have said that the chamber amounted to no more than anybody else, and that any person could come in and be heard. He told the president of the chamber of commerce that his organization had no weight and there was another flareup. MAKE MONEY! The old reliable Gazette destres 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: Springfield, Dayton, Zanesville, E. Liverpool, Wellsville, Urbana, London, Ravenna, Akron, Bellevue, Sidney, Gallipolis, Cambridge, Delaware, Lorain, Portsmouth, Lima, Chilcotte, Lancaster, Kenton, Hamilton, Toledo, Pittsburg, Allegheny, Swickley, Sharon, Whiting, Wellsburg and Parkersburg, W. Va., 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. ADVERTISERS' LINERS Miss L. H. Hopkins is serving a splendid 15 cent business lunch from 11:30 to 2 p. m. and a 25 cent regular dinner from 5 to 8 p. m. daily upstairs over the Z club, 12 Hickox street. Try them and be convinced. J. H. Lewis, (old No.) 686 Central avenue, (new No.) 3408 Central avenue, sells coal by the sack and ton. Also hard coal and coke. All orders promptly delivered. Be sure to remember him—S. E. corner of Central avenue and Harper street. 'Phone Bell North 1244 L. Hannah Elias Wins Again. Albany, N.Y. - Hannah Ellas can retain the $684,000 which the family of John R. Platt (white) has been trying through the courts to compel her to disgorge. This is two-thirds of the amount she got from Platt from 1896 to 1904. The Platts tried to recover the money on the ground that undue influence was practiced by Hannah Ellas. Hannah Ellas is a mulatto and Platt "loved" her nearly a million dollars worth real estate and cash. Wheeling, W. Va., Briefs. A large crowd attended the dancing school masquerade ball November 21. —The A. M. E. church supper was a success. —The Elks' minstrel show was held Wednesday evening, after which they gave a dance. —The Ladies' Aid society gave a dinner at the church dinner of the church Chavls gave a successful "horse show" November 22. —A Jew preached a good sermon at Simpson church Sunday. Farmer Indicted for Peonage. Jackson, Miss—Green Womack, a Simpson county farmer, was indicted Nov. 14 by the federal grand jury on a charge of peonage for holding several Afro-Americans in slavery for the last eight years, continually subjecting them to cruel treatment. A number of other indictments for the same crime been made by grand juries in different parts of the south in recent weeks. "Let It Alone." If it don't concern you, let it alone. Don't go four-fishin' and puttin' on airs. An' dippin' yo' face in other folks' affairs. If you don't know—say so, Mind yo' own business and let it alone!" DEEPT WILLIAMS Smaller Than Tom Thumb Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Reese Wigles, who declared that he was the smallest man in the world, died at a retreat near here on the 11th, aged 53 years. He was 37 inches tall, four inches shorter than Gen. Tom Thumb MUSCULAR AILMENTS The Old-Monk-Cure will straighten out a contracted muscle in a jiffy. ST. JACOBS OIL Don't play possum with pain, but 'tends strictly to business. Price 25c and 50c Sweet Thoughts An Atchison father is very much disgusted. He recently bought his daughter a $75 gold watch, and she isn't as pleased with it as she was with a box of chocolates a young man sent her. The watch from her father means nothing, but the chocolates seem to mean enough to cause her to sit and look out into the dark and think, and think, hours at a time.—Atchison Globe. RATTLE OF THE RIVETER. The Man from Oklahoma Thought It Was a Woodpecker. Charley's uncle from Oklahoma was up town being shown the sights, he having come in the day before with a few loads of steers, and Charley was doing the honors. They were walking along on Grand avenue discussing the tall buildings, when all of a sudden one of those rackety riveting machines began hammering away at high speed on a top story of a steel skyscraper building. The old man stopped as if he'd run again; something. He turned his eyes in the direction of the sound but could make out nothing. When he turned to his bewildered nephew his eyes were fairly popping. "Great Scott!" he exclaimed. "But I'd like to see that woodpecker. It must be a whopper." Kansas City Star. WORST CASE OF ECZEMA. Spread Rapidly Over Body—Limbs and Arms Had to Be Bandaged— Marvelous Cure by Cuticura. "My son, who is now twenty-two years of age, when he was four months old began to have eczema on his face, spreading quite rapidly until he was nearly covered. We had all the doctors around us, and some from larger places, but no one helped him a particle. The eczema was something terrible, and the doctors said it was the worst case they ever saw. At times his whole body and face were covered, all but his feet. I had to bandage his limbs and arms; his scalp was just dreadful. A friend teased me to try cuticura, and I began to use all three of the Cuticura Remedies. He was better in two months; and in six months he was well. Mrs. R. L. Risley, Piermont, N. H. Oct. 24, 1905." HUMMING BIRD CHASED BEE. Movements of Couple Rsembled Flashes of Lightning. Here is a story as told by a gentleman who spends the greater portion of his time studying the habits of birds: A humming bird with an angry dash expressed its disapproval of the presence of a big bumblebee in the same tree. The usually pugnacious bee incontinently fled, but he did not leave the tree. He darted back and forth among the branches and white blossoms, the humming bird in close pursuit. Where will you find another pair that could dodge and dart equal to these? They were like flashes of light, yet the pursuer followed the track of the pursued, turning when the bee turned. In short, the bird and the bee controlled the movements of their bodies more quickly and more accurately than he could control the movements of his eyes. The chase was all over in half the time it takes to tell it, but the excitement of a pack of hounds after a fox was no greater. The bee escaped, the bird giving up the chase and alighting on a twig. It couldn't have been chasing the bee for food, and there is no possible explanation of its unprovoked attack, except that it wanted all the honey itself. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKACHE discontinued the use of this medicine again the public may rely on their own medicines. Sold only in the stores of institutions. ELY'S CREAM BALM CURES COLD HOT ARMOR HEAD HAFEVER BREWERS BREWERY ELY BROS. HAY FEVER is quickly absorbed. Gives relief at Once. It cleans, soothes heals and protects the diseased membrane. It cures Catarr and drives away a Cold in the Head quickly. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. Fists or by mail; Tr Pianos For Christmas 27 SHOPPING DAYS LEFT It is not too early to be considering and arranging for your holiday gifts. In fact, the early buyer has the decided advantage of making selection from the complete holiday stock. You may order now any piano in our stock and we will reserve it for delivery at Christmas, or whenever you desire. Made in a number of handsome styles. Its cases are veritable works of art, and its brilliant melodious tone and free elastic action make it a most satisfactory instrument all around. Not only handsome in appearance but extremely durable in construction. A piano that will win your admiration. 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Thompson's News Depot, No. 581 Central Ave., near cor. Sterling Ave. Open Sunday. F. Valentine's Grocery Store, No. 366 Central Ave., between Perry and Harmon Sts. M. Rothenberg's Cigar and News Store, No. 3347 Central Ave. S. E. Open Sunday. Harry Erwin's Lunch Room, No. 580 Central Ave. Open Sunday. J. S. Hall's Jewelry Store, No. 3121 E Central Ave. S. E. Mrs. L. Rosenberg's Cigar and News Store, No. 3214 Central Ave. S. E. Open Sunday. For Rent.—Lower half of a house— six large, light and airy rooms with ex- tral large cellar and other conven- ences, large yard, in a most desirable residence locality. All in excellent condition. Preference given family of two. Applicants must be well known or come well recommended. Apply at or address Box 1, Gazette office. Mr. Jefferson Stewart, of the Hercusan club is very ill. Mrs. Floyd Pitts Williams was taken to the hospital a few days ago. Appendicitis. Col. Doston has been appointed messenger to Gov. Harris and is in Columbus. Mrs. E. M. Timbers and Wm. Wiggins were married recently by Rev. W. T. Maxwell. Nelson's hair dressing for sale in Cleveland at Stern's pharmacy, 534 Central avenue. Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Farlice's 25th wedding anniversary last week Wednesday evening was a brilliant success in every way. Call at The Gazette office and pay whatever you owe at once. It is pleasanter than having a collector call on you. Be prompt, please. The recent Gans dinner at the Z club was given by the local Elks' lodge and not by Will Honley, so members of the organization notify us. After an effort extending over weeks the editor of The Gazette early in last month secured the liberation on parole of C. J. Crawford, through Director Cooley. Messrs. Hodges, Turner, Arnold and others constituted the K.P. committee that last week paid to Mrs. Anderson, wife of Dr. E. H. Anderson, deceased the $250 death benefit of the organization. Walter Freeland, a waiter in Hotel Euclid, died Friday night, the result of a bursted blood vessel in the head. He was buried Monday from his home on Huntington street, Rev. Collins officiating. Mt. Zlon Congregational Sunday school and orchestra will give a grand musical Wednesday evening, Dec. 5, at Mt. Zlon Congregational church. Pia For Christmas 27 SHOPPING It is not too early to be consider day gifts. In fact, the early buyer or making selection from the complete now any piano in our stock and w Christmas, or whenever you desire. An always appropriate selection The Beautiful WALK Made in a number of handsome works of art, and its brilliant mele make it a most satisfactory instrument some in appearance but extremely that will win your admiration. A moderate price. Built in our factory, and we c $300 to $350 PLACES THE W Sold on MONTHLY PAYMENTS 11 The B. 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The funeral was largely attended by both classes, as everybody in the vicinity loved "grandma," as all affectionately called her. A touching sermon was preached. Do not forget the musical and recital given under the auspices of Mt. Zion Congregational Sunday school and orchestra Wednesday, Dec. 5th. Program: Mrs. Kittie Skeene-Mitchell, Miss Georgia Fields, sopranos; Mr. W. M. Franklin, Mr. Frederick D. Hackley, tenors; Mr. H. T. Eubanks, tenor Drake readers; Miss Hesper Brown, Fearon readers; Miss Lizzie Blackwell, Miss Cora Fields, plano; Mt. Zion Sunday school orchestra. P. W. Lemon, who organized the committee that called on Prof. Welmer at Central High school a couple of weeks ago relative to the Tillman lecture, says that Hon. Jere A. Brown was spokesman of the committee and made an excellent argument; that he (Brown) was ably assisted by Hon. J. P. Green; that Alex. Martin and Walter Williams were announced as members of the committee; that neither of the two last named men were present at the conference with Welmer, and that the former (Martin) questioned the right of anyone to use his name in connection with membership on the committee. For several weeks a rumor has been so industriously circulated as to reach The Gazette many times, to the effect that one of our ministers wrote such a very abusive letter to Prof. Sol. Welmer, of the Central High school, anent the proposed Tillman lecture as to cause him to insist on having the affair until compelled to back down by higher school officials. So generally is this rumor still being discussed that he has been the least, to all our other pastors, the name of the one who wrote the letter, if such a one was written, should be given to the public. Come, now, let those who know speak up! One of the most unique and thoroughly enjoyable social affairs that have been given in Woodliff hall in many years, occurred last week Wednesday evening from 8 to 12 o'clock and was managed by Messrs. Robert Easley and Mr. Toy Gcode. About 40 married couples were present, all of the ladies being white. Mrs. Hattie Walker furnished delightful dance music and Mr. Baldwin Plowden, the caterer, of Sovill avenue, served a cocktail throughout the evening. The gentlemen were attired in the conventional evening dress and many of the ladies were beautifully gowned. Everybody left for home thoroughly delighted with the evening's pleasures. Mr. Walter Freeland, who died at Huron Street hospital last week Friday morning of paralysis, worked at the Hotel Euclid until 10:30 p. m. thursday. He was a member of the Caterers' association and was buried from his home on Huntington street Monday at 1 o'clock. Rev. Irn A. Collins conducted the services. Four members of the association were pallbearers and the organization sent a beautiful floral wreath with its inscription to his letter on it. Interment in Woodland cemetery. The association's charter is draped in mourning in honor of Mr. Edward Buchanan, a deceased member, and the same will be done for 30 days in honor of Mr. Freeland. "OZONIZED OX MARROW" so STRAIGHTENS KINKY or CURLY HAIR that it can be up to in any style desired contains with its length. The new Ozoniven will be a new formerly known as "Ozonized OX MARROW" and is the only safe preparation known to us that makes kinky or curly hair straight, as shown above. In its makes the most stubborn, harsh, kinky or curly hair soft, pliable and easy to comb. These results may be obtained from our treatment. 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The Best Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Ales, Beer, Cordials and Champaigns. Billiards and Pool. Barber Shop 166 Brownell St. Byron Burrell and John Crockett, Mixologists. Bell, North 237. Cuy., Cen. 2853 R JOHN S. HALL, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Bell—North 1033 X. 629 Central Ave., CLEVELAND, O. The only Afro-American jewelry store in the city. CEMENT FLOORS, Sidewalks and Driveways Curbs and steps Made to last and to suit. Work guaranteed. S. E. Woods 2539 Central Ave. S. E. Bell Phone North 891-R. TRAVELERS' REGISTER Trains on all roads run on Standard Time. NICKEL PATE New York, Chicago, St. Louis RR TICKET OFFICES: 32 Public Sq., 531 Pearl St. and fastenings. Eastbound. Daily 2 4 6 Pearl St. Station 8 15pm 1 6am 7 3am Broadway Station 8 30pm 2 0am 8 2am Euclid Av. Station 8 47pm 2 18am 8 3am Westbound. Daily 1 3 5 Euclid Av. Station 6 0am 1 0am 7 2am Broadway Station 6 2am 1 5am 7 3am Pearl St. Station 8 2am 1 1am 7 3am THE ST. LOUIS LIMITED VIA "Big-4 Route." Leaves - CLEVELAND, 5:00 P. M. (Dalley). Arrives - INDIANAPOLIS, 11:45 same night. Arrives - S. LOUIS, 3:39 A. M. next morning. Arrives - KANAS CITY, 5 A. M. next afternoon. Arrives - DENVER, 11 A. M. second morning. With Fine Vestibule Coaches. Drawing Room. Sleeping Cars to Indiana and St. Louis in the fastest and fastest in the country. 5 Fast. Travels to Indiana and to Cincinnati. Sleeping Cars to Lakeeper to Columbus and Checotan on train No. 5, leaving at 9:30 every night. Trains from and to Cleveland. Leave. Arrive. *Col. Cun. Ind. & St. Louis. Ld. 1:35 a.m. m: 4 a.m. m. *Col. Cun. Ind. & St. Louis. Ld. 1:35 a.m. m: 4 a.m. m. *Col. Louis Ld. Ind. Col. Cun. 7:25 a.m. 10:30 a.m. m. *Col. Louis Ld. Ind. Col. Cun. 7:25 a.m. 10:30 a.m. m. *Col. Springt. D. Day. Clin. 12:45 a.m. 3:30 a.m. m. *Sp. Fly. Ind. Peo. St. Louis 5:00 a.m. 3:00 a.m. m. *30th. Cen. Ld. Peo. St. Louis 5:00 a.m. 3:00 a.m. m. *Gallon to Cleveland. 9:30 a.m. m. *Col. Springt. D. Day. Clin. 12:45 a.m. 3:30 a.m. m. *Gallon to Cleveland. 9:30 a.m. m. *To Gallon and Columbus. 4:00 a.m. m. *Exposition Flyer 7:25 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Limited trains don’t stop at South Water Street. Get Tickets by *luc Four Office,* 9:30 p.m. 6:40 p.m. *AVE. Phone Main 919* & UCLID Cuy. Phone Central 8390 R JOHN M. ANDERSON ATTORNEY AT LAW 317 American Trust Bldg. CLEVELAND, O. Why should you be troubled with sore feet? Call and see GEO. H. TURNER, Chiropodist, 3119 Central avenue, near con. Newton or 81st st., N.E. He cures Corns, Bumons, Calosity, Ingrowing Nails, Chillblains and all troubles of the feet. All painlessly and successfully treated. BOYD & DEAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS Office Phones: Carriages Bell, North 301 L. for All Cuy., Cen. 3412 R. Purposes 492 Central Ave, Cleveland MILLINERY PARLOR. Hats of All Kinds. All the Latest Styles Prices Reasonable. Ladies, Please Call on MISS FLORENCE BURCH. 2439 Central Ave. S. E. Bell, North 891 X. DAVID ROSENZWEIG FINE Custom Tailor Suits made to order from $15.00 up. SCOURING, DYEING, CLEANING, REPAIRING 728 CENTRAL AVE. (New No.) 3634 Central 3378L Cleveland, Ohio VIRGINIA Luncheon Restaurant 2403 Central Ave. S. E. Opp. Woodliff Hall. J. W. Grawford, Prop. Serves Splendid Meals. Your Patronage Kindly Solicited Dinner from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. Regular Meal Svc. Meal Tickets. $3.00. Short Orders from 5 p. m. to 8 p. m. GEE & WILLS FUNERAL DIRECTORS, OFFICES: W. W. Gee, 662 Central Ave. Cuy. Coll. 2243. J. WalterWills, 425 Cent'l av Cuy. 1737 L. Bell Phone North 1185 L. THE Z CLUB 12 Hickox St., Cleveland, O. RALPH DOCTOR AND BILLY BRACH FIRST-CLASS WAITERS FURNISHED FOR PARTIES, BANQUETS AND BALLS HEADQUARTERS FOR RAILROAD MEN ALL SPORTING EVENTS RECEIVED BY SPECIAL WIRE. Cafe and Barber Shop in connection. BUSINESS LUNCH EVERY DAY FROM 11:30 A.M. to 2 P.M., 15C. Music and dinner (short orders) from 5 to 8 p.m. daily. 'Phone Central 5727. 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James Norris James Taylor Norris & Taylor POOL and BILLIARDS CIGARS & TOBACCO .....SOFT DRINKS..... 3014 CENTRAL AVE. S.E. Near Sterling Ave. (30TH ST.) C&B LINE TRANSIT COMPANY CONNECTING CLEVELAND AND BUFFALO "WHILE YOU SLEEP" UNPARALLELLED NIGHT SERVICE—NEW STEAMERS "CITY OF BUFFALO" "THE CITY OF ERIE" Both together being, without doubt, in all respects the fastest that are run in the interest of the traveling public in the United States. TIME CARD-DAILY INCLUDING BUNDY LEAVE ARRIVE Cleveland 8 p.m. Buffalo 6:30 a.m. Buffalo 8 p.m. Cleveland 6:30 a.m. CENTRAL BUNDY TIME ONCHERRE AND BUFFALO STEAMER Connections made at Buffalo with trains for all Eastern and Canadian points; at Cleveland THE SIGLER BROS. CO., will be pleased to have his friends and customers call on him when in need of Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Clocks, Silverware, Table Cutlery, Umbrellas, Canes, Opera Glasses and Spectacles. Testing and fitting difficult eyes a specialty. 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NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING removes Dandruff, cures Tetter, Itching and Scaling of the Scalp, etc. There is nothing experimental about Nelson's Hair Dressing; it has been though tested and is endorsed by thousands of satisfied users. Try a box and a brush, and see if it works. WHAT THOSE WHO KNOW HAVE TO SAY: NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING is put up in 4-ounce square tin boxes and sold at all drug stores for 25c. a box. If you cannot get it at your drug store, send us 30c. in stamps and we will mail you a box. We want good agents (male or female). Write for prices, terms, etc. Miss Isabelle Brad, Battle Creek, Michigan, wrote to me and it wherever I go. It has done wonders for me. Miss Wille L. Giffer, McMinnville, Tenn. writes: "I have used your Nelson Hair Dressing not to be without it. It is the most beautiful beauty for colored people. There are others, but none like . M. C. Covena, Fernandina, Florida, writes "Hair Dressing for your Nell's Hair Dressing for nearly forty people. It is the best selling article I ever sold." Cora Remores, Indianapolis, Ind., writes: "It is the only Hair Dressing that the colored people need." It is the only one that does my hair any good." 4 A TIME OF PAIN AND PERIL Miss Emma Cole Says that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has Saved Her Life and Made Her Well. How many lives of beautiful young girls have been sacrificed just as they were ripening into womanhood! How many irregularities on displacements have been developed at this important period, resulting in years of suffering! Miss Emma Cole A mother should come to her child's aid at this critical time and remember that Lyda E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will prepare the system for coming change and start this try-ing process. Girl's life without pain or irregularities. Miss Emma Cole of Tullahoma, Tenn. writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: "I want to tell you that I am enjoying better health than I have for years, and I owe all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." "When fourteen years of age I suffered almost constant pain, and for two or three years I had soreness and pain in my side, my back, my elbow, my knee, and nervous, and doctors all failed to treat me." "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was recommended, and after taking it my health began to improve rapidly, and I think it will be a help to other girls who are passing will be a help to other girls who are passing from girlhood to womanhood, for I know your Compound will do as much for them." "If you know of any young girl who is sick and needs motherly advice ask her to write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, and she will receive free advice which will help her to be healthy, strong, healthy and happy womanhood, Mrs. Pinkham is daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty-five years has been advising sick women free of charge. The deepest love is that which professes least. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children schooled, softens the guns, reduces the blood pressure. In English Labor Party Active. In England the Labor is asking all the affiliated unions to double their subscriptions to the parliamentary representation fund. It is now two cents a member. Master of Seventy Languages. Jeremiah Curtin, at present living at Bristol, Vt., is the master of 70 languages. He began life on a farm, but by diligent study acquired one language after the other. He is at present doing special work. Besides his many translations he is the author of a large number of books. He graduated at Harvard and shortly afterward President Lincoln appointed him secretary of the legation at St. Petersburg. NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT IT. Man Has Good Reasons for Looking at Inside of His Hat. "I see here that a woman writer wonders why a man always looks in his hat before he puts it on." said the reflective man as he looked up from his paper. "Here is what she says: 'When a man puts on his hat he most always looks inside it first. What he expects to see remains a mystery, but he looks for it all the same.' That's easy. He looks in his hat to see if the knot holding the inside band together will be at the back of his head when he puts it on. Now if she'll tell me why a woman always pulls down her vell and purses up her mouth before she steps out of doors, we'll call it square. "Funny, the things you read in the Sunday papers. I see here that another Chicago professor got up on his hind legs to declare that 'there should be schools of love, and the young should be educated in love.' Slush! Schools of love aren't necessary. The young of the softer sex inherit a sufficiently large stock of knowledge on this subject from their mothers, and what they can't teach the young men it isn't necessary for them to know." RHEUMATISM STAYS CURED Mrs. Cota, Confined to Bed and in Constant Pain, Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Rheumatism can be inherited and that fact proves it to be a disease of the blood. It is necessary, therefore, to treat it through the blood if a permanent cure is expected. External applications may give temporary relief from pain but as long as the poisonous acid is in the blood the pain will return, perhaps in a new place, but it will surely return. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure rheumatism because they go directly to the seat of the disorder, purifying and enriching the blood. Mrs. Henry Cota, of West Cheshire, Conn., is the wife of the village machinist. "Several years ago," she says, "I was laid up with rhinemastitis in my feet, ankles and knees. I was in constant pain and sometimes the affected parts would swell so badly that I could not get about at all to attend to my household duties. There was one period of three weeks during which I was confined to the bed. My sufferings were awful and the doctor's medicine did not help me. "One day a neighbor told me about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and I decided to take them. I was decidedly better and a few more boxes cured me. What is better, the cure was permanent." Remember Dr. Williams' Pink Pills do not act on the bowels. They make new blood and restore shattered nerves. They tone up the stomach, help restore health, refreshing sleep, give strength to the weak and make miserable, complaining people strong, hungry and energetic. They are sold by all drummers, or will be postpaid, on receipt of price, 60 cents per box, six boxes, Williams Medi-Ko, Subscetmary, N.Y. THE GAZE11E, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1906. Our Pattern Department LADIES' CORSET COVER AND PET TICOAT. Pattern Nos. 5258 and 5084—The blouse waist has created a demand for corset covers with full fronts. The design here shown is a one piece model and as illustrated was made of wide embroidery. A frill of embroidery finished the upper edge and serves to hold in place the thin blouse worn over it. The skirt is well shaped quite full at the lower edge and having a lace trimmed circular flounce held by a full gathered ruffle and dust ruffle underneath. All materials used in the making of fine lingerie, such as nainsook, linen, batiste or lawn could be used. The medium size requires one and one-half yards of 36-inch material for the corset cover and four and seven-eighths yards of 44-inch material for the skirt. Corset Cover No. 5258. Sizes for 22, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inch bust measure. Petticoat Skirt No. 5084. Sizes for 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34 and 36 inch waist measure. The above illustration calls for two separate patterns. The price is ten cents for the corset cover and ten cents for the petticoat skirt. This pattern will be sent to you on receipt of 10 cents. Address all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to give size and number of pattern, wanted. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: LADIES' SHIRT WAIST. 5488. Pattern No. 5488.—The vogue of the double-breasted mode is here shown developed in lavender wool batiste. The front opens over a chemisette of cream colored figured net, and the neck is finished by a rolling collar. The sleeve is in the regular shirt-waist shaping, gathered into a straight cuff. The design will be found an excellent one for voile, etamine, taffeta, mohair and ponge. The medium size will require three and one-eighth sizes of 44-inch material. Sizes for 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust measure. This pattern will be sent to you on receipt of 10 cents. Address all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. The pattern will be the pattern wanted. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: No. 5488. SIZE ..... _____ NAME. ..... _____ ADDRESS ..... _____ Modern Treasure Ships. The famed treasure ships of the Indies, in the days when pirates swooped down on heavy vessels lumbering homeward with gold and silver, beside less precious freight, were never worth as much as the bullion occasionally carried across the Atlantic, as a part of the express business of ocean liners. Within a few weeks one steamer landed over $10,000,000 at New York. No businessmen of the Spanish main ever had such a prize to chase. A Daily Thought To be yourself, to have measureless trust, to enjoy it, to possess nothing. To walk along the path, which has equal good on either hand, to give the sign of equality. To entertain no possible fear or doubt about the upshot of things, to be yourself, to have measureless trust—perhaps that is the best.—Anonymous. Difference in Point of View "De man," said Uncle Eben, "dat makes a practice of lookin' foh trouble wif a telescope allum turns it around' an' looks at de blessin' he enjoys, through a de wrong end." NOVEMBER AILMENTS NOVEMBER AILMENTS THEIR PREVENTION AND CURE. November is the month of falling temperatures. Over all the temperate regions the hot weather has passed and the first rigors of winter have appeared. As the great bulk of civilized nations is located in the Temperate change from warm to cold, when cool nights succeed hot nights, when clear, cold days follow hot, sultry days, the human body must adjust itself to this changed condition or perish. The perspiration incident to warm weather has been checked. This detains within the system poisonous materials which have heretofore found escane through the perspiration Most of the poisonous materials retained in the system by the checked perspiration find their way out of the body, if at all, through the kidneys. This throws upon the kidneys extra labor. They become charged and overloaded with the poisonous excretory materials. This has a tendency to inflame the kidneys, producing functional diseases of the kidneys and sometimes bright's Disease. Peruna invigorates the skin by stimulating the ennuictomy glands and ducts, thus preventing the detention of poisonous materials which should pass out. Peruna invigorates the kidneys and encourages them to fulfill their function in spite of the chills and discouragements of cold weather. Peruna is a combination of well-tried harmless remedies that have stood the test of time. More combination of well-tried harmless remedies that have stood the test of time in America. Many of these remedies have been used by doctors and by the people in Europe and America for a hundred years. Peruna has been used by Dr. Hartman in his private practice for many years with notable results. Its efficacy has been by decades of use by thousands of people and has been substantiated over and over by many thousands of homes. Picquart Shows Generosity Gen. Picquart, the defender of Dreyfus and now the French minister of war, has defined his attitude to ward his old prosecutors in the army. When an officer who was involved in the conspiracy that banished Picquart to the border of the Sahara, entered the minister's office and began to stammer out a statement on the subject Picquart stopped him, saying: "I only know one thing and that is that you have always been an excellent of fice. You may be sure that I shall not forget that." GAVE DRUMMER A SCARE. Delayed Telegram Suggested Awful Possibilities. "There was a traveling man," said the night operator, "whose wife presented him with a son while he was out drumming up trade. The doctor got the man's address, and, since his wife was doing none too well, wrote out a message giving him the news and telling him to return. "The doctor gave the message to the cook, who couldn't read. She forgot to send it, and the next day the drummer came home of his own accord. "He stayed a day or two, found his wife doing all right, and set out on his rounds again. Nothing, as it happened, was said about the forgotten telegram. "And at the end of the week the telegram was remembered by the cook. With an exclamation of horror—you know she couldn't read—she hurried to the office and sent to the drummer that delayed message. When he got it that night he was terrified. What he read was this: "Another addition—a son; your wife very ill; return at once." "He took the midnight train for home. He was like a man in a trance. 'Another?' he kept muttering in a dazed voice. 'Impossible!' "On getting home he was so relieved when everything was explained to him that he decided not to fire the cook, after all." A DOCTOR'S TRIALS. He Sometimes Gets Sick Like Other People. Even doing good to people is hard work if you have too much of it to do. No one knows 'his better than the hard-working, conscientious family doctor. He has troubles of his own—often gets caught in the rain or snow, or loses so much sleep he sometimes gets out of sorts. An overworked Ohio doctor tells his experience: "About three years ago as the result of doing two men's work, attending a large practice and looking after the details of another business, my health broke down completely, and I was little better than a physical wreck. "I suffered from indigestion and constipation, loss of weight and appetite, bloating and pain after meals, loss of memory and lack of nerve force for continued mental application. "I became irritable, easily angered and despondent without cause. The heart's action became irregular and weak, with frequent attacks of palpitation during the first hour of two after retiring. "Some Grape-Nuts and cut bananas came for my lunch one day and pleased me particularly with the result. I got more satisfaction from it than from anything I had eaten for months, and on further investigation and use, adopted Grape-Nuts for my morning and evening meals, served usually with cream and a sprinkle of salt or sugar. "My improvement was rapid and permanent in weight as well as in physical and mental endurance. In a word, I am filled with the joy of living again, and continue the daily use of Grape-Nuts for breakfast and often for the evening meal. "The little pamphlet, "The Road to Wellville," found in pkgs., is invariably saved and handed to some needy patient along with the indicated remedy." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason." THEWINNINGSTROKE If more than ordinary skill in playing brings the honors of the game to the winning player, so exceptional merit in a remedy ensures the commendation of the well informed, and as a reasonable amount of outdoor life and recreation is conducive to the health and strength, so does a perfect laxative tend to one's improvement in cases of constipation, biliousness, headaches, etc. It is all important, however, in selecting a laxative, to choose one of known quality and excellence, like the ever pleasant Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., a laxative which sweetens and cleanses the system effectually, when a laxative is needed, without any unpleasant after effects, as it acts naturally and gently on the internal organs, simply assisting nature when nature needs assistance, without gripping, irritating or debilitating the internal organs in any way, as it contains nothing of an objectionable or injurious nature. As the plants which are combined with the figs in the manufacture of Syrup of Figs are known to physicians to act most beneficially upon the system, the remedy has met with their general approval as a family laxative, a fact well worth considering in making purchases. It is because of the fact that SYRUP OF FIGS is a remedy of known quality and excellence, and approved by physicians that has led to its use by so many millions of well informed people, who would not use any remedy of uncertain quality or inferior reputation. Every family should have a bottle of the genuine on hand at all times, to use when a laxative remedy is required. Please to remember that the genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale in bottles of one size only, by all reputable druggists, and that full name of the company—California Fig Syrup Co., is plainly printed on the front of every package. Regular price, 50s per bottle. "THE MARRYING SQUIRE." Justice Geo. E. Law, of Brazil, Ind, Has Maried 1,400 Couples. Justice Geo. E. Law, of Brazil, Ind, has fairly earned the title of "The Marrying Squire," by which he is known far and wide, having already married some 1,400 couples. Ten years ago he was deputy county treasurer. "At that time," said Justice Law, "I was suffering from an annoy- rying Squire," by which he is known far and wide, having already married some 1,400 couples. Ten years ago he was deputy county treasurer. "At that time," said Justice Law, "I was suffering from an annoying kidney trouble. My back ached, my rest was broken at night, and the passages of the kidney secretions were too frequent and contained sediment. Three boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills cured me in 1897, and for the past nine years I have been free from kidney complaint and backache." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. American Expert Leads World. Gardner F. Williams, the American mining engineer who directs the diamond output of the world, was born in Michigan, but became a resident of California at 15 and a student at California college in Oakland, afterward the state university. He perfected his education at the mining Academy of Freiberg, among the lead mines of Saxony. He was assayer in the mint at San Francisco two years and spent some time in practical work in the mines of Nevada and northern California. He then went on an exploring expedition for the Rothschilds to Maschonaland and made the acquaintance of Cecil Rhodes. He took charge of the mines of the De Beers company in 1886, through the influence of Rhodes and has been at their head until recently, when he returned to America, leaving his son, Alpheus Williams in his place. The Original Porous Blaster It's Allcock's, first introduced to the people sixty years ago, and to-day undoubtedly has the largest sale of any external remedy—millions being sold annually all over the world. There have been imitations, to be sure, but never has there been one to even compare with Allcock's—the world's standard external remedy. For a weak back, cold on the chest or any local pain, the result of taking cold or over-strain, nothing we know of compares with this famous plaster. Disobedience Brought Death An Italian prince had stricly forbidden one of his daughters to smoke, but so great a hold had the habit obtained over her that she secretly engaged in the practice at every opportunity. One day she was indulging in a cigarette as she reclaimed on a balcony attired in a dress of the lightest muslin. Suddenly her father appeared on the scene. In the hurry to hide the evidence of her disobedience the princess placed her hand with the burning cigarette behind her back. The result was startling and tragic—her frock was immediately in a blaze, and she was fearfully burned from head to foot, dying after suffering intensely. How's This? that cannot be drained by halla Cataru Cure. O. J. GRENCHY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the understudy, will be responsible for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honourably. We will be able to carry out any obligations by his arm. WALDING KINNAN & MARVIN. O. Hall's Cataru Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Sold by all Druggists. Sold by all Druggists. Artists Dislike Solitude. Mme. Bernhardt and Signora Duse have mutual horror of being alone while traveling. Caruso, the tenor, of the same temperament, always avoiding solitude. -He is always accompanied by some friend, who arranges traveling and other details for him, gives the singer advice and takes all similar responsibility from the artist's shoulders. ```markdown ``` 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Rose of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Juglans Seed - Alf. Same - Rockell's Salve - Gerbera Seed - Papyrus - Lilac Cinnamomum Balsa - Warty Seed - Climbed Sugar - Whiskeygran Flavor CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Chat H. Flitcher. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA Fac Single Signature of Charles H. Fletcher NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 DOSES - 35 CENTS Sloan's Liniment For Cough, Cold, Croup. Sore Throat, Stiff Neck. Rheumatism and Neuralgia At all Dealers Price 25c 50c & $1.00 TENNIS Old Sofas, Backs of Chairs, etc., can be dived with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES, fast, bright, durable colors. It takes a man with strong will power to listen to reason when he is angry. FITS, St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous Diseases permanently cured by Dr. Kline's Guild Nine Restorer. Send for Free $2.00 trial bottle and treatise R. D. H. Kline, Ld., 931 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard in his mind.—Hazlitt. National Pure Food and Drugs Act. All the Garfield Remedies comply with the Pure Food and Drugs Law. Take Garfield Tea for constipation and sick-headache. He who hurries cannot walk with a stately step.—Chinese proverb. Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms, Convulsions, Feverlessness and LOSS OF SLEEP EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER: Sent Free 'Sloans Book on Horses s Cattle, Hogs & Poultry Address Dr. Earl S. Sloan 615 Albany St. Boston, Mass. SICK HEADACHE Positively cured by these: Little Pills. They also relieve stress. Indigestion and Too Heavy Eating. A perfect remedy for dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They CARTERS LITTLE IVER PILLS. these Little Pills. They also relieve Dizziness from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Heavy Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste and Mood. Made in England, Located in Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. CARTERS LITTLE IVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. Buffalo Aged Linseed Oil Ready-Mixed Paints Stand Every Test for exterior and interior work A. L. 0. Paint contains only the best materials, selected with the greatest care and thoroughly combined in proper proportions with Aged Linseed Oil Aged in our own tanks until clear and pure as amber. This is but one of the important products. It illustrates the care exercised through in the making of the highest quality products of our works, and which cost no more than inferred paints. A. L. 0. Paint is ground thru powerful mills of special construction which ensures proper application and knitting together of all particles, and produces a polished in covering power, durability, fineness of texture and beauty of paint. A. L. 0. Paint is the best paint for all purposes it is possible to produce. Every drop and atom is pure. It is the most economical paint made. Will last longer, look better and be safer than any other paint. Ask your dealer for Buffalo A. L. O. Ready- Mixed Paints. Folders contain valuable information on a chart of so beautiful shades and colors by Hardy and Paint Dealers everywhere. Buffalo Oil Paint & Varnish Co. Box 103, Buffalo, N.Y. W. L. DOUGLAS *3.50 & *3.00 Shoes BEET IN THE WORLD W.L.Douglas $4 Gilt Edge line cannot be equaled at any price To Shoe Dearer: Mrs. Douglas' Job- bing House is the best complete in this country. Send for Catalog SHOES ESTABLISHED 1870 CAPITAL $2,000,000 SHOES FOR EVERYBODY AT ALL PRICES. Men's Shoes, $5 to $1.50. Boy's Shoes, $3 to $1.25. Women's Shoes, $4.00 to $1.60. Men's & Girl's Shoes, $2.00. Try W. L. Douglas Women's, Misses and Children's shoes; for style, fit and wear If I could take you into my large factories at Brockton, Mass., and show you how carefully W.L. Douglas shoes are made, you would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better, and are of greater value than any other make. Wherever you live, you can obtain W. L. 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These and many other good points are combined in TOWER'S FISH BRAND OILED CLOTHING You can't afford to buy any other TOWER'S FISH BRAND AJ TOWER CO. BOSTON U.S.A. TOWER CO. BOSTON U.S.A. CO. LTD. TORONTO, C.O. 613 Join the Navy Mechanics between the ages of 21 and 35 will find good positions open to them, and for young men between 17 and 25, who possess no trade, there is good opportunity for advancement. A full outfit of clothing free and liberal pay to commence with. Call or write U. S. NAVY RECRUITING, STATION, W. 40 St. and Superior Ave., CLEVELAND, O., and U. S. NAVY RECRUITING STATION, P. O. Building, BUFFALO, N. Y. Enameline BROADWAY LTD. ENAMELINE STOVE POLISH ALWAYS READY TO USE. NO DIRT, DUST, SMOKE OR SMELL. NO MORE STOVE POLISH TROUBLES READERS of this paper desiring to buy any-thing advertised in its columns should insist upon having what they ask for, refusing all substitutes or limitations. If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water A. N. K.—C (1906—48) 2154.