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Now than they ever were before, and the more the merrier. It is impossible for a well-dressed woman to have too many rings. We have provided for the demands of fashion, and we have here, ready for you to look at, as handsome a line of Rings as you ever saw. $4.00 to $500.00 buys a Diamond Ring at our place. You are always welcome to call and see our collection if you want to purchase or not. Quality is what we depend upon to gain your confidence. Vol 5 No.21 Rings Are N FA Now than they ever were be- er It is impossible for a w too many rings. We have p fashion, and we have here, re handsome a line of Rings $500.00 buys a Diamond R You are always welcome to if you want to purchase or m pend upon to gain your conf C. L. ROST 15 North Illi NEW YORK STORE Established In 1853 Sole Agents Butterclk Patterns. TWO GOOD OPPORTUNITIES.... For A New French felt hats in all the most desirable shapes and colors were $2.25 & 2.50 for 75c. 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WILLIS Funeral Director Old and New Phones 1173 536 Indiana Ave "Rummage Sales" Numerous- A contemporary institution, the usefulness of which is recognized just now in many communities, is the rummage sale. Several very successful ones have been held in Boston, and they are popular in most towns which have existed long enough for household effects to accumulate in the residents, garret They are held for the benefit of any worthy object that needs help. Persons interested in the object rummage at at home, gather all the trash they are tired of storidg, and send it to the sale. The household junk thus collected is sorted and sold for what it will bring. What is one woman's trash turns out to be another's treasure. Old clothes sell readily, particularly old finery. Worn-out rubbers when gathered in sufficient quantity are readily disposed of by the pound. Shoes' pictures, carpets, furniture, books--anything that anybody doesn't want--seem to find buyers, and these sales are amusing, profitable, and useful in providing an advantageous redisribution of property. Folks whose garrets are clogged get relief without having to burn their houses down and folks whose houses are bare get something to fill them up with. Worthy objects get money, women get bargains collectors get odd things in which they see a value, and children and cartmen get what is left.-Harper's Weekly --- AN OLD TIME FEAST. THE FIRST THANKSGIVING IN PLYMOUTH COLONY. Miles Standish and John Alden Greet Massssoit and His Braves - Viands With Which They Were Regaled. Roast Pig and Succotsh. A background of woods, all flushed with many hues, a canopy of white drifting sky with here and there a bright blue spot, bring to the mind an idea of the day and the surroundings amid which our brave Plymouth sires founded our day of Thanksgiving. Before the summer tresses of trees have fully gone in a small clearing of the somber woods two snowy tables are spread. At the left is a log house with one large chimney, from which issues, into the clear autumn air, a cloud of smoke. The fair faced Puritan women are hurrying in and out, preparing for the feast. At a little distance the governor, elder and captain of the colony are eagerly talking and at short intervals peering into the surrounding woods in anticipation of the arrival of Massasoit and his braves. Here also is John Alden, "that fair Saxon stripling, who, peering through the shadows of the forest boughs, sees, at some distance still, a thin, dark line, which, growing each moment more certain in outline, tells of the approach of the Indian warriors." At this moment Miles Standish calls, "Are they yet in sight, my friend?" "Almost within speaking distance, captain," and with this reply John Alden enters the kitchen. "Good day, John Alden," says a fresh young voice, and he, looking eagerly in the direction from which it comes, sees a dear face all smiling in its happiness. "Is it not well that we have such a fair day?" Priscilla further asks before the mantle of shyness has quite left him. At this moment the Indians, headed by Massasoit, entered the clearing and were greeted by the governor. "Welcome, friends; welcome!" he said in a hearty, jovial voice and led them directly to the table. The men of Plymouth colony had invited these guests for a friendly course and combined with t.i. plan the harvest feast. Delicate appetites were in those times rather a defect than a grace, and hospitality consisted in providing great quantities and many varieties of food. Realizing this fact, the good women of Plymouth had prepared accordingly. The harvest had been abundant, and the result was a goodly feast. Plenty of dishes of pewter and wood lined the table, and by each lay a napkin and spoon, but neither knives nor forks, for these were regarded as curious implements of extreme luxury. Massasoit sat next to the excellent elder at the table with the colonists, while the men of his tribe sat, at a little distance, beside the other table. What a feast greeted the eyes of the guests! Chowder and roasted pig in plenty, succeeded by a mighty dish of succotash, that compound of dried beans, hulled corn, salted beef, pork and chicken, may be called the charter dish of Plymouth; then came wild fowl dressed in various ways, a great bowl of salad of Priscilla's composition and at last various sweet dishes, all deliciously prepared and how strangely new to the Indians! After Elder Brewster had said a blessing all began the meal. It was a beautiful sight. The bright, pure sun shone on all—the women coming from the cookroom laden with steaming dishes, the Puritan elders extending hospitality, the Indians, friends of the white men and native owners of the soil, enjoying their new surroundings. All are happy in the pleasure of friendship and rich in this, the first harvest of Plymouth, which God had endowed. In gazing through the mist which envelops the time intervening between that first Thanksgiving day and this Thanksgiving day we see again those brave and loyal hearted men in the dusk of that primeval forest bidding good night to their sworn allies, Massasoit and his followers. We follow them until they pass through the woods and fade from sight amid the distant hills. Again in retrospection the faces of those serene and glorious men and women appear to us in all their simple grandeur. Notwithstanding the sufferings that they experienced the preceding winter, these founders of our ever growing land chose a day which was filled with thanksgiving to God for having brought them through the shadows to this bright harvest day. The Head of the Family. Thanksgiving day is almost here, Season of gladness and good cheer And bountieous feast, When all eat turkey till a sigh Warns them to leave a place for pie— Six kinds at least. All gayly eat with hearty will, Excepting him who has to fill Their frequent plates. He nas to stand and carve and pile The turkey's white and dark meat, while His hunger waits. Then here's to him who has to see All others quickly fed, while he Must wield the knife, Working with ardor force and grim. Does anybody envy him? Not on your life! Thanksgibbin Am Creeple Roun'! In de fall of de year, when de leashes turn brown. An dm tum tum de trees till dey kiver up de groun' An de npe persimmuns come a-patterin down. Ef yo' fross bite burn an it looks like snow. Den you betball watch an, kaise befn you Thanksgibbin day will be on you she. Take up, niggah, git out'a y' beds. That knuckle thanksgibbin fur sleepy heads. Go nosein knuckle an of de A turkey cobblin in a tree Jesus praise de Lawd an hab no fear, Thanksgiblin day am a-drawin neah. Et a white man thinks fah to hab some fun, An you sees him a-loadin up a big shotgun, Den stay awake, niggah, when yo' day's work' done, Keep 'ay fun dat turkey wid all yo' might An lay aound' loose till a miny night, Den 'arley in de mawnin, befo' hit gits light, Jes' kotch dat gobbler by de feet An say, "Come heah, my turkey meat!!" Doan bg a-fear'd, but bear in min' Day's mighty skace an hard to fn'; Jes' shot yo' eyes an pull him down, Thanksgibin day am a-creepin roun'. [Picture of a white man] A THANKSGIVING FABLE. Turkey and Eagle Discuss the National Bird Question. A merry young turkey was asked one day by a baldheaded eagle why he cared to let himself be fooled by being fatted up for a Thanksgiving dinner to make a dish for all the greedy mouths that could afford to get a slice of him. "I," said the eagle, "am the king of birds. I am the terror of the Alleghanies and the Rockies, and I defy the greedy appetite of your masters. I am all wool and a yard wide. I'm the great American eagle! Whoop la!" "Ah," said the turkey benignly as he cast a pitying look upon his proud and scornful critic, "you are not civilized yet, and so you don't know what you are talking about. You are as wild and untutored as the savage Indian and, like him, must delve and fight and struggle for your miserable existence, while I have more food thrown down at my feet than I can swallow. "Than, again, poor devil, you have to sleep in some cold and dismal cranny in the rocks, while I have always a warm and comfortable lodging provided for me. I have nothing to do but strut around and enjoy life, and the more food I eat the better my master likes it. Out of all your life of freedom you do not have as many hours of ease and solid comfort as I do in my brief career. "Leave it to a turkey to know what's what. I don't want to be any emblem of freedom. My respects to you, but I've got a snap, and I know it. A short life and a merry one is my motto, and I want no more sincere respect than is shown to me when I am well cooked and dishd up for a Thanksgiving dinner. What could be more glorious, indeed, than to die as the apotheosis of a great nation's gratitude? "Go to your eyrie, old eagle, for I am the greater bird of the two." "Yes, when you are fatted up to eat," replied the eagle sarcastically, by way of a farewell thrust, as he swung into his customary gait and rolled away over the barn to escape the bullet from the farmer's rifle.-Washington Post. Old Time Thanksgiving Dinners. A Thanksgiving dinner some 35 or 40 years ago would in all probability have consisted of the following dishes: Roast turkey, with rich gravy or sauce; chicken pie, cold roast pig, mashed potatoes and turnips, boiled onions, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, mince pie, baked Indian pudding, cider and coffee. Sometimes oysters would be added to the list of dishes, but in the interior section of the country these were not easy to procure, and it was the same with celery. It was not an unusual thing for the boys of the family to travel 25 miles to procure celery for the Thanksgiving dinner. Nuts, raisins and fruit were generally reserved for the evening, the midday dinners concerning themselves for the most part with the more substantial turkey and "fainin" so termed. Thanksgiving In Our Islands Thanksgiving day under the genial influence of the American flag will be celebrated in many different degrees of latitude and longitude this year. In the Philippines, in Hawaii, in Cuba and Porto Rico the day will be observed with the fullest honors. Last year there was a dearth of turkeys in "our new possessions," but arrangements have been made to avoid such a dearth this year as far as possible, and large consignments of them have been shipped to Manila and Cuba. Giblet Sauce. Giblet sauce should always be served with roast turkey. Boll the giblets until tender. Chop them, but not very fine. Add a tablespoonful of flour to the pan in which the turkey was roasted. Let it brown, stirring constantly. Add slowly a cupful of water in which the giblets were boiled. Season with salt and pepper. Strain and add the chopped giblets. Serve in a sauce boat. SOUTH DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM OF APPORTIONMENT IN THE HOUSE. Washington, D. C. -The fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States provides that representatives in congress shall be apportioned among the states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed; but when the right to vote at any election, etc., is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, etc., the basis of representation shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens 21 years of age in each state. The census returns, which are now being computed, will show the number of male citizens in each state. The returns from the recent elections in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi and other of the southern states which have disfranchised the colored population will show the number allowed to vote. If a different basis of calculation is desired, the census returns will give the number of illiterates in each state. Several of the southern states, in order to prohibit negroes from voting, have established an educational qualification. Persons who cannot read and write are not allowed to vote unless they served in the confederate army or their parents were voters prior to the adoption of the 15th amendment. That lets in the "poor white trash." An educational qualification prevails in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and perhaps some of the other states as well as in the south, but was adopted for different reasons. It is difficult to see how congress can ignore the fourteenth amendment in preparing the reapportionment bill which will be acted upon at the next session, and the attention of Representative Hopkins, who will be chairman of the committee, is respectfully directed to that instrument. According to the constitution, the apportionment must be based upon the population of the different state, after deducting the number of illiterates that have been disfranchised in Massachusetts, South Carolina and elsewhere. If this is not done, the apportionment law may be set aside as void, if anybody will take the trouble to bring the matter before the Supreme court. Some of the republican leaders are conferring as to the propriety of applying this constitutional provision to the southern states, which would lose about one third and in some cases one half of their representation in congress and in the electoral college. If the vote of South Carolina, for example, is made a basis of apportionment, that state will be entitled to only one member of congress, because the entire number of ballots cast in the seven congressional districts did not exceed the number polled for some of the members from the northern states. Yet these seven South Carolina districts have seven times as much representation in congress and the electoral college as the districts in the north. If anyone will take the trouble to look at the returns he will notice that very few republican votes are ever cast south of Tennessee and Missouri. No canvass was made by the republicans this year in any of the Gulf states or in South Carolina, Georgia or Arkansas. The reason for this was recently explained in the United States senate by Mr. Tillman, who said "we cheated him, we bulldozed them, we shot them and finally drove them away from the polls." Under the Tilman system, for example, Mr. Norton of South Carolina was elected to congress by 1,765 votes to 151 for Mr. Evans, his opponent, while Mr. Caldwell of Illinois received 23,293, against 21,053 for his opponent. Mr. Caldwell alone received nearly as many votes as were cast for all the seven members of congress from South Carolina or Mississippi. Mr. Foss of Illinois received more. Mississippi furnishes a similar illustration. The largest number of votes cast for any member of congress from that state was 4,943. In one district the republican candidate received 58, in another 373, in another 142, in another 327 and in another 171, while in two remaining districts no republican votes were cast at all. Price 3 Cents The entire number of votes cast for members of congress in the seven districts of South Carolina was 28,831, and in the seven districts of Mississippi 25,797, while in the seven districts in Illinois, where the average is about the same as through the northern states, the number of votes cast was 274,379. Thus, in Illinois 274,879 voters have seven representatives, or an average of one member of congress to 39,197 voters. In Mississippi there is a representative for every 8,683 voters, and in South Carolina one for every 4,119. The average member of congress from Illinois represents 10,000 more voters than all the seven representatives from South Carolina or the seven from Mississippi combined. Other lessons can be drawn from this comparison. It is equally unjust for the southern states to have such an excessive representation in the electoral college and in the national conventions which nominate the president. If the negro is not to participate in the government he should not be represented in congress or in the electoral college, and those who prohibit his participation ought not to enjoy the ad-vantage they receive by the disfanchisement of a part of their population. This is not a new question, but it will come up at the approaching session of congress with more force than ever before. Some of the republican leaders—and I understand that the president is among them—think it would not be wise to do anything that will excite unfriendly feeling in the south, because so many business men in that section are leaving the democratic party and coming over to the republicans. W. W. Jameson, of the firm of Webb Jameson & Co. is in Bellfontain, Ill., where he is superintending the removal of the Big Four shops. He has about 15 men on the contract. The Webb-Jameson firm has handled some of the largest contracts, ever let, during the present year, and they have done a large volume of business. The Protem body of the Young Men's Christian Association met at the Second Baptist church, last Sunday, and had a large meeting and received many new members. Rev. Dr. Carr delivered an excellent address. There will be a meeting to-morrow at 4 o'clock at Bethel church. All pastors and Christain young men are invited to come and take part. Grand masque Ball and Contest. A Grand Masque Bali, two-step and waltz contest will be given by the Wednesday night dancing class, Thanksgiving eve. at the Odd Fellows Hall. A turkey will be given to the neatest masked lady and the most comical masked gentleman. Five Dollars will be given in the contest. Punch will be served while you tip the light fantastic toes. Good music; dreamy waltz es; admission 20c. Don't forget. Obituary. Reported by Funeral Director C. M. C. Willis: Richard Ashby, Center street. Mary E. Simms, 2432 Oxford street. Clara Bear, 723 Indiana avenue. Ruth Taylor, 313 E. Walnut street. Julia Conley, Orange street. Mrs. Clay, 2029 A1void street. Leonard Burton, Baltimore avenue. Mrs. Lizzie Thompson, 213½ Toledo st Toledo Ecton, 819 Kinney street. The funeral of Richard Ashby, who died last Saturday after a short illness of typhoid fever, occurred at Blackford street church, last Monday. The Rev. Chambers conducted the services. Miss Clara Bair, a well-known and popular young lady died Monday morning after a lingering illness of several months of consumption' at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Phillips in Indiana ave. The funeral took place at the Second Baptist church under the auspices of the Tabernacle and Rose Bud-lodge No 10. She had many friends. Rev. Dr-Carr conducted the services. Alpha Home. On Sunday Nov. 25, representatives will visit each churca and solicit subscription in the interest of the association as a thanksgiving offering; in aid of the work which is being done by the managers. They will also receive donations of groceries, clothing and money on Nov. 28th at Knox's Barber Shop. Mrs. Hulda Webb, President. Mrs. Amanda Wells, Secretary. Colored Orphan Asylum. The Board of Managers of the Colored Orphan Asylum will receive Thanksgiving donations Tuesday, Nov. 27th at the store of Young and McMurray, 42 North Penn. street. Mrs. A. R. Taylor, President Some Seasonable and Practical Suggestions For Serving the Bivalves. When oysters are in season and eaten raw they are an easily digested food, provided they are fresh from the shell. The Greeks, in whom the nosthetic was largely developed, had their oysters opened at the table in order that the delicate flavor and piquancy, that is as volatile as the aroma of coffee, would be preserved. To enjoy an oyster "au naturel" it must be opened on the deep shell, so as to retain all the juices; and where oysters can be had fresh from their watery beds and are "salts," they need no dressing in addition to their natural juices, as these contain considerable amount of phosphoric acid. This is made manifest when oyster stews are allowed to stand too long after the milk and liquor are blended. The English fashion of eating raw oysters is to be commended in preference to ours. They serve them with brown bread and crisp celery, while we deluge them with lemon juice or condiments of various kinds, and thus destroy all their delicate flavor. In inland places, where it is impossible to obtain oysters, except in bulk, it is also impossible to enjoy them as fully in their raw state as when they can be eaten "out of hand." as they become rather flat, stale and unprofitable, and need considerable "dressing up." Then, too, raw oysters are only suitable served as first course at dinner or luncheon and for salads or garnishing certain dishes. Therefore, other methods are devised and employed in preparing them for the table. The oyster is certainly a social factor and a member of good standing, the aristocrat among the various varieties being the dainty blue point. The great popularity of these delicate little bivalves render the supply inadequate to the demand, and few of these get far from their native shores, except in the imagination of the credulous consumer. Any small, plump oyster may masquerade as a genuine "blue point" which derives its name from Blue Point, L. I., from which place they originally came. The imitation is only "just as good" when one has not become accustomed to the flavor of the native. An oyster fresh and in good condition is very readily assimilated; the food value is proportionately low and a large quantity must be eaten in order to obtain a sufficient amount of nitrogenous substance, without the addition of other foods containing the same nutritive elements. The cost classes them among the luxurious articles of diet and for this reason they are used more as accompaniments to other nitrogenous foods. Raw oysters do not always agree with everyone; especially when long out of the shell or the person is not accustomed to partaking of them. When there is evidence of symptoms of poisoning from eating oysters it is probably not due to the oysters themselves, but to some element in its food, or more likely, because they have not been properly cared for after opening. Knowing the nature of the acid they contain one would not expect a "think-up" person to allow them to remain in tin or any metal subject to the action of this strong acid. Elither lay the washed shells on the broiler over hot coals, as soon as the oyster begins to open: put in a bit of butter; pry the shell open quickly; dust with paprika and eat at once. Another way is to have oysters opened and in the deep shell; cover a bit of maitred d' hotel sauce and then lay on hot griddle; serve as soon as the juice boils. Heat, skim and strain the liquor and add butter, salt and pepper. Grease a hot griddle and lay the oysters on, out of shells, and brown quickly on both sides; then throw into the hot liquor and serve with toast. If you are using bulk oysters, wash them and let them stand in clear, cold water enough to just cover them for half an hour. Then cover the bottom of a baking dish with a layer of fine cracker or bread crumbs, on this place a layer of large, fat oysters, well seasoned with salt, pepper and bits of butter. Moisten this with some of the water in which oysters stand and a little milk. Then add another layer of crumbs, oysters, seasoning and butter and moisten. Continue in this way until all oysters are used, covering with crumbs and dotting with butter. Pour a cup of good, rich milk over this, and put in the oven. Bake until a rich, golden brown, and serve at once. This Wonderful Century During the last one hundred years the world has seen great wars, great national and social upheavals, great religious movements, great economic changes. Literature and art have had their triumphs and have permanently enriched the intellectual inheritance of our race. Yet, large as is the space which subjects like these legitimately fill in our thoughts, much as they will occupy the future historian, it is not among these that I seek for the most important and the most fundamental differences which separate the present from the preceding ages. Rather is this to be found in the cumulative products of scientific research, to which no other period offers a precedent or a parallel. No single discovery, it may be, can be compared in its results to that of Copernicus; no single discoverer can be compared in genius to Newton; but in their total effects the advances made by the nineteenth century are not to be matched. Not only is the surprising increase of knowledge new, but the use to which it has been put is new also. The growth of industrial invention is not a fact we are permitted to forget. We do, however, sometimes forget how much of it is due to close connection between theoretic knowledge and its utilitarian application which, in its degrees, is altogether unexamined in the history of mankind. I suppose that at this moment if we were allowed a vision of the embryonic forces which are predestined most potentially to affect the future of mankind we should have to look for them not in the Legislature nor in the press, nor on the platform, nor in the schemes of practical statesmen, nor in the lab- oratories of scientific students whose names are but little in the mouths of men, who can not themselves forecast the results of their own labors, and whose theories would scarce be understood by those whom they will chiefly benefit. I do not propose to attempt any sketch of our gains from the most fruitful union between science and invention. I may, however, permit myself one parenthetical remark on an aspect of it which is like more and more to thrust itself unpleasantly upon our attention. Marvelous as is the variety and ingenuity of modern industrial methods, they almost all depend in the last resort upon our supply of useful power; and our supply of useful power is principally provided for us by methods which, so far as I can see, have altered not at all in principle and strangely little in detail since the days of Watt. Coal, as we all know, is the chief reservoir of energy from which the world at present draws, and from which we in this country must always draw: but our main contrivance for utilizing it is the steam engine, and, by its essential nature, the steam engine is extravagantly wasteful. So that, when we are told as if it was something to be proud of, that this is the age of steam, we may admit the fact, b t can hardly share the satisfaction. Our coal fields, as we know too well, are limited. We certainly can not increase them. The boldest legislator world hesitate to limit their employment for purposes of domestic industry. So the only possible alternative is to economize our method of consuming them. And for this there would indeed seem to be a sufficiency of steam. Let a second Watt arise. Let him bring into general use some mode of extracting energy from fuel which shall only waste 80 per cent. of it, and lo! your coal fields, as sources of power, are doubled at once. The hope seems a modest one, but it is not yet fulfilled, and therefore it is that we must qualify the satisfaction with which at the end of the century we contemplate the unbroken course of its industrial triumphs. We have, in truth, been little better than brilliant spendthrifts. Every new invention seems to throw a new strain upon the vast but not illimitable resources of nature. Lord Kelvin is disquieted about our supply of oxygen; Sir William Crookes about our supply of nitrate. The problem of our coal supply is always with us. Sooner or later the stored up resources of the world will be exhausted. Humanity, having used or squandered its capital, will thenceforward have to depend upon such current income as can be derived from that diurnal heat of the sun and the rotation of the earth tilt, in the sequence of the ages, these also begin to fail. With such remote speculations we are not now concerned. It is enough for us to take note how rapidly the prodigious progress of recent discovery has increased the drain upon the natural wealth of old manufacturing countries, and especially of Great Britain, and at the same time frankly to recognize that it is only by new inventions that the collateral evils of old inventions can be mitigated; that to go back is impossible; that our only hope lies in a further advance. No century has seen so great a change in our intellectual apprehension of the world in which we live. Our whole point of view has changed. The mental framework in which we arrange the separate facts in the world of men and things is quite a new framework. The spectacle of the universe presents itself now in a wholly changed perspective. We not only see more, but we see differently. The discoveries in physics and in chemistry, which have borne their share in thus recreating for us the evolution of the past, are in process of giving us quite new ideas as to the inner nature of that material whole of which the world's traversing space is but an insignificant part. Difference of quality once thought ultimate are constantly being resolved into differences of motion or configuration. What were once regarded as things are now known to be movements. Phenomena apparently so wide apart as light, radiant heat and electricity, are, as it is unnecessary to remind you, now recognized as substantially identical. From the arrangements of atoms in molecule, not less than their intrinsic nature, flow the characteristic attributes of the compound. The atom itself has been pulverized and speculation is forced to admit as a possibility that even the chemical elements themselves may be no more than varieties of a single substance. Counting Buttons. In my early schooldays (1850-60) in Yorkshire we counted one number's buttons, after the fashion of sorts, according to the order "tinker, tinker, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, tin. . . . Sometimes "apocary, plowboy came in. . . . The last time after my graduation that I went into the Sunday-school I married on little boy counting the buttons on my cassock, from the bottom upward. Has anything been written about buttons. Whence such phrases as "Dash my buttons," "I don't care a buton," and "He's got all his buttons on" it is possible to have too many. It is related o some North American red men that they refused to listen to the teaching of an English missionary because he could not readily explain the existence of buttons on the back of his con, where they were of no use. Also there is the case of the Frenchman who committed suicide because life was all "buttoning and unbuttoning." As for their significance, we may insinuate the buttons of the mandarins and the sad history of Sir Walter Scott's schoolfellow, whose wits went wool-gathering when he missed the family ar-button.—Notes and Queries. CallerIn how many families the Bible is a sealed book! Miss Wellon—Yes, but sometimes it has to be, you know. There are so many impertinent people who are always looking up the family register. THE RECORDER, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA They watched the sky For a sign of rain, But all their watching Was in vain. The crops were scorched And the grass was brown, And dust six inches Deep in town. And when their hope Was near worn out A wise man brought them A waterspout. He coaxed the rain, All damp and cool, With a picnic for the Sunday school. —Baltimore American. The ambition to get on is a healthful one; to get past is what fills our asylums and hospitals. TO CURE A COLY: IN ONE DAY Take Lakase Aromatic Bromo Quinine Tablets. All rungists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 250. Old men denounce every folly of which they are deprived, just as a chronic dyspeptic declares hot bread unfit to eat. Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O! Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adults. All who try it like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal of Moor opaque, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. ¼ the price of coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers. When a man is a brute he is the most loathsome of all brutes. There is but one man in all the world that interests the girl who is in love, and if all the others were to suddenly drop out of it she wouldn't miss them. Chronic Nasal Catarrh poisons every breath that is drawn into the lungs. There is procurable from any druggist the remedy for its cure. A small quantity of Ely's Cream Balm placed into the nostrils spreads over an inflamed and angry surface, relieves immediately the painful inflammation, cleanses, heals and cures. Drying inhalants, fumes, smokes and snuffs simply develop dry catarrh; they dry up the secretions which adhere to the membrane and decompose, causing a far more serious trouble than the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all drying inhalants, use Ely's Cream Balm. It is reliable and will cure catarrh, cold in the head and hay fewer easily and pleasantly. All druggists sell it at 50 cents or it will be mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St...N.Y. Few of us would mind poverty if we could escape shabbiness. Men sometimes make money, but money never makes men. Try Red Cross Ball Blue. A loan widow is one who has money out at interest. Red Cross Ball Blue is better than bottle or box blue and also much cheaper. Large 2 oz. package only costs 5 cents. A question that gives one a headache must be a nut-cracker. $100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical community, and its constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the throat, nose, and eyes, the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have offered One Hundred Dollar for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Life is a psalm, or a madrigal, according to the taste of the man who writes the score. PUTNAM FADELESS DYE produces the fastest and brightest colors of any known dye stuff. To be genuinely beloved, a mother-in-law must not only possess tact, but a true sense of marital equity. What Shall We Have for Dessert? This question arises in the family every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try Jell-O, a delicious and healthful dessert. Prepared in two minutes. No boiling! no baking! add boiling water and set to cool. Flavors:—Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. Get a package at your grocers to-day. 10 cts. LIBBY'S Premier Soups TEN CENTS Libby's soups are as good as soups can be. Some cooks may know how to make soups as good. None can make them better—none so cheaply. Six plates of delicious soup for 10 cents—and think of the bother saved! 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Shekespee a few cartons Ripans Tabules in the house and says she will not be with the child with the indignation which was the heartburn and solemnness have disappeared. The heartburn and solemnness have formerly so great a burden for her. Our whole family take the Tabules regularly, especially after age 12 and is enjoying the best of health and spirits; and is hearty meals, an impossibility before she took Ripans Tabules. ANTON H. BLACKEN. A new style pack contains the packed Ripans tabules in a paper carton (without plimsol) is now for sale at some drug stores—FOR SUPPLIES. This low-priced sort is intended for the poor and the economical. One dozen of the five-cents cartons (150 tabules) can be had by mail by sending forty-sight cents to the RIPAN tabules. The cartons are the TABULES will be sent for five cents. RIPAN tabules also be laid of some green, general store fabrics and as some liquor stores and barber shops. They banish pain, induce sleep and prolong life. One was valet. 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NELSONS STRAIGHTINE THE LATEST DISCOVERY FOR MAKING KNOTTY, HINKY, CURLY HAIR STRAIGHT BEFORE AFTER STRAIGHTINE is a safe, certain and reliable preparation. It is absolutely free from all injurious chemicals, and cannot injure the most delicate head. It not only stimulates the skin, but it stimulates the roots of the hair, keeps it from falling out, and produces a rich, long and luxurious head of hair. Cures all kinds of scalp diseases. Straightine is richly perforated and is used for the toilet. It has been tested by thousands with the unanimous verdict that it is the best preparation made. Price, 25 cents at drug stores, or sent by mail to any address for 20 cents in stamps. Address, NELSON STREET, 12345 MAIN STREET. It is always advertised. Wet for more. I want to inform you, in words of highest importance, that I have derived from Ripan Tables. I am a professional nurse and in this profession a clear line of duty. Ripan Tables does it. After one of my cases I found my completely unhappy situation in the advice of Mr. Geo. Bower, Ph. G., 688 Newark. I took Ripan Tables with grand results. MISS BESSIE WINDMAN. Miss was troubled with heartburn and indigestion, for a good many years. One day she saw a testimonial from Ripan Tables. She determined to give them a trial, was greatly impressed and now takes the I have been surfering from headaches ever since I was a little girl. I could not get me any value. My feet and legs and a wound on my feet and a wound on my dress. I saw Ripan Tabulas advertised in our store. I bought some and took them as direct gifts. I have taken them as gifts. I such a change! I am not conspicted any more and I owe it to Ripan Tabulas. I am thirty years old, only my household dishes and nursing stock up. He has had the droopy and I am trying Ripan Tabulas for him. He feels some better but it will take some time. I am also sick long. You may use my letters and name on your shirt. M.A.R. MARY GORMAS CLARKER I have been surfing from headaches ever since I was a little girl. I could not get me any value. My feet and legs and a wound on my feet and a wound on my dress. I saw Ripan Tabulas advertised in our store. I bought some and took them as direct gifts. I have taken them as gifts. I such a change! I am not conspicted any more and I owe it to Ripan Tabulas. I am thirty years old, only my household dishes and nursing stock up. He has had the droopy and I am trying Ripan Tabulas for him. He feels some better but it will take some time. I am also sick long. You may use my letters and name on your shirt. M.A.R. MARY GORMAS CLARKER Reading some of the testimonials in favor of Ripans Tables, I fired them. Ripans Tables not only relieved but actually cured my younger, more frail sister. She was a good condition and he never complains of his stomach. He is now a red, chubby-faced boy. This wonderful change I attribute to Ripans Tables. I am satisfied that they will benefit any one (from old age to old age) if taken care of testimonials. E. W. PARK. Where to Locate? Where to Locate? LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD. The Great Central Southern Trunk ——Line in—— Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama Mississippi, Florida, ——Where—— FARMERS, FRUIT GROWERS, STOCK RAISERS, MANUFACTURERS, INVESTORS, SPECULATORS AND MONEY LENDERS will find the greatest chances in the United States to make "big money" by reason of the abundance and cheapness of LAND and FARMS. LABOR-EVERYTHING: Free sites, financial assistance, and Freedom from taxation for the manufacturer. Land and farms at $1,00 per acre and upwards, and 500,000 acres in West Florida that can be taken gratis under the U. S. Homestead laws. Stock raising in the Gulf Coast District will make enormous profits. Half Fare Excursions the First and Third TUESDAYS of each month. Let us know what you want, and we will tell you where and how to get it—but, don't delay as the country is filling up rapidly. Printed matter, maps and information free Address, S. J. WEMYSS General Immigration and industrial Agent, Louisville, Ky. BROKEN BRIC-A BRACS Mr. Major, the famous cement man. Of New York, explains some very interesting facts about Major's Cement. The multitudes who use this standard article know that it is many hundred per cent, better than other cements for which similar claims are made, but a great many do not know the reason why. The simple reason is that Mr Major uses the best materials ever discovered and other manufacturers do not use them, because they are too expensive and do not allow large profits. Mr Major tells us that one of the elements of his cement costs $3.75 a pound and another costs $2.65 a gallon, while a large share of the so-called cements and liquid glue upon the market are nothing more than sixteen-cent glue, dissolved in water or citric acid, and in some cases altered slightly in color and odor by the addition of cheap and useless materials. Major's cement retails at fifteen cents and twenty-five cents a bottle, and when a dealer tries to sell a substitute you can depend upon it that his only object is to make larger profit The profit on Major's cement is as much as any dealer ought to make on any cement. And this is doubly true in View of the fact that each dealer gets his share of the benefit of Mr Major's advertising, which now amounts to over $5000 a month, throughout the country. Established in 1876. Insist on having Major's. Don't accept any offhand advice from a druggist. If you are at all handy (and you will be likely to find that you are a good deal more so than you imagine) you can repair your rubber boots and family shoes, and any other rubber and leather articles, with Major's Rubber Cement and Major's Leather Cement. And you will be surprised at how many dollars a year you will save. If your drugglass can't supply you, it will be forwarded by mall; either kind. Free of post. I could never ride in a car or go into a crowded place without getting a stomach ache and sit as a stomach Ripas Tables from an aunt of mine who was taking them for cataracts found such relief from their use she advised me to take them too, and I have been doing so since last October, but they say they have completely cured my headaches. I am twenty-nine years old. You are welcome to come to my home. Mr. J. B. BURR My seven-year-old boy was pains in his head, constipation and complained of his stomach ache like children of his age do and what he did eat did not agree with him. He was this Organizer. THAT Is Prepared to do all kinds of Job Printing on short notice? We can make anything from a Bill Head, Letter Head, Minutes, Dodgers, Tickets, Business Cards, Visiting Cards, Book or Newspaper, In fact, everything in Job Printing We make a specialty of first-class Job Printing If you want anything done and are too busy to call, drop us a postal or call telephone 561. If-You Want any kind of Printing done let us know. If you have anything to advertise send it to The Recorder. If you have a house to rent, If you have a room to let, If you want a situation, If you want to sell anything, If you want anything, Advertise in THE RECORDER We Want your subscription, your advertisement, We want you to buy the paper. We want a large number of Newsboys to sell the paper, We don't want much but we want to give you the best for your money. Send Us your news, word what your church is doing. Send us what your lodge in doing, Send us what your club is doing, Send us word what you are doing, and we will be glad to publish it. Tl₂ Recorder belongs to no party. The Recorder belongs to no faction, The Recorder belongs to no sect. The Recorder belongs to no denomination. The Recorder belongs to the people and it represents them. We Want your trade. your patronage We want your encouragement; We want your co-operation; We want you to assist us in making The Recorder what it really is, the greatest, the most newsy, and the best Negro journal in the State If You Want to know any more, call or address The Recorder, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. --- OFFICIAL FOOTINGS MADE ON STATE OFFICERS BY SECRETARY HUNT. The Tabulated Majorities Are Also Completed on Congressional Candidates. The force in the office of the Secretary of State has completed the tabulation of the vote of all the State officers and of the representatives of the thirteen districts. The official footings for each office are as follows: Governor-Kern (Dem.), 306,388; Durbin (Rep.), 331,531; Eckhart (Pro.), 13,451; Burkert (Poo.), 1,504; Moore (Soc. Labor), 644; Kelly (Soc. Dem.), 2,240; Wilson (U. Ref.), 227. Durbin's plurality, 25,163. Lieutenant Governor-Lawler (Dem.), 265,384; Gilbert (Rep.), 331,774; Clark (Pro.), 13,490; Walter (Poo.), 1,488; Dryer (Soc. Labor), 652; Backus (Soc. Labor), 2,238; Perry (U. Ref.), 248. Gilbert's plurality, 25,340. Secretary of State—Helmberger (Dem). 265,76; Hunt (Rep.), 331,89; Pretlow (Pro.) 13,457; Carmichael (Pop.), 1,467; Byram (Soc. Labor), 647; Evinger (Soc. Labor), 2,234; Wheeler (U. Ref.), 238. Hunt's plurality, 25,903. Auditor of State—Minor (Dem.), 305,855; Hart (Rep.), 331,855; McKinsey (Pro.), 13,49; Wales (Pop.), 1,470; Soules (Soc. Labor), 649; Croke (Soc. Dem.), 2,235; Withrow (U. Ref.), 238. Hunt's plurality, 25,110. Treasurer of State—Herff (Dem.), 205,829; Levy (Rep.), 331,863; Hiatt (Pro.), 13,427; Kunse (Pop.), 1,472; Fritz (Soc. Labor) 62; Hulsman (Soc. Dem.), 2,213. Levy's plurality, 25,971. Attorney General—Drummond (Dem). 305,767; Taylor (Rep.), 332,010; Krauss (Pro.), 13,353; Boger (Pop.), 1,474; Youngman (Soc. Labor), 650; Thornton (Soc. Dem.), 2,226. Taylor's plurality, 26,223. Reporter Supreme Court—Yergin (Dem). 305,768; Remy (Rep.), 332,024; Wade (Pro.), 13,327; Hoffman (Pgo.), 1,475; Fleser (Soc. Dem.), 2,152. Remy's plurality, 26,316. Superintendent of Public Instruction—Greathouse (Dem.), 305,751; Jones (Rep.), 322,895; Ayres (Pro.), 13,368; Reasley (Peo.), 1461; Stoneer (Soc. Labor), 642; Thorndyke (Soc. Dem.), 2,318; Carter's (U. Ref.), 245; Jones's plurality, 26,257. Chief of Bureau of Statistics—Horurh (Dem.), 305,843; Johnson (Rep.), 331,737; Bonsh (Pro.), 13,157; Grindle (Peo.), 1,463; Singer (Soc. Labor), 653; Ehrenhurth (Soc. Dem.), 2,116; Coppock (U. Ref.), 273; Johnson's plurality, 25,903. Judge Supreme Court, First District—Reinhard (Dem.), 305,788; Jordan (Rep.), 331,894; Kessinger (Rep.), 13,377; Holcomb (Peo.), 1,485; Jordan's plurality, 25,106. Judge Supreme Court, Fourth District—Adair (Dem.), 305,855; Monks (Rep.), 331,822; Graham (Pro.), 13,346; Bull (Peo.), 1,471. Monks's plurality, 26,627. The official vote on representatives is as follows: 1. Congressional District—Owen (Dem.), 22,600; Memenway (Rep.), 22,262. 2. Memenway's plurality, 262. Eleventh Congressional District—Houck (Dem.), 23,638; Steele (Rep.), 29,177. Steele's plurality, 5,489. Twelfth Congressional District—Robinson (Dem.), 22,750; Hanna (Rep.), 22,112. Robinson's plurality, 628. Thirteenth Congressional District—Bower (Dem.), 24,376; Brick (Rep.), 26,492. Brick's plurality, 2,216. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. The Vote on Them is Certified to Governor Mount. Secretary of State Hunt Tuesday night certified the total vote on the constitutional amendments to Governor Mount. The total vote for the first amendment was 314,710, and the total vote against it was 178,960—a majority for the amendment of 153,750. The vote for the second amendment was 240,031, and the vote against it 114,072—a majority for the second amendment of 95,969. Governor Mount declined to say whether he would issue a proclamation or not, and it is understood the matter will be thoroughly gone over by the Attorney General before the Governor will take any definite action in the matter. If the proclamation is issued it will not preclude the right to contest the passage of the amendments in the courts. BRIDE OF A WEEK DESERTED. Unhappy Termination of Illinois Couple's Elopment. Charleston, Ill., special: Orion M. Waters and Daisy Campbell, of Ashmore, this county, eloped to Paris, Ill., Monday, Nov. 5, and were married. They returned home, but this week Waters deserted his bride and left for parts unknown after publishing notice he would not be responsible for her debts. Waters is the son of the city's leading merchant, while his wife was a popular school teacher. Ruins of Chinese Temples. Monterey, Mex., special: The report that unearthied ancient records in Pekin show that Chinese discovered America 1,500 years ago, and erected temples in Mexico has aroused great interest among scientific men. The temples are in Sonora. The ruins of one were discovered near Ures two years ago. One tablet was covered with carved Chinese characters. MOTOR CAR TO MOVE TROOPS. American Invention Successfully Tried by British War Office. London cable: American enterprise in Great Britain now promises to revolutionize the methods of the War Office. The problem of transportation of stores, guns, and men over country having no railroads has long exercised the army experts, Traction engines, bullocks, elephants, horses and mules have been tried with only moderate successes. With the view of displacing these, a series of experiments is occurring in England before a War Office commission, in which an American motor car, suitable for war service, having on board the driver, an American, and the inventor, attained a speed of thirty an hour on grass, going over obstacles and undulations without the slightest difficulty or injury. Further trials are still necessary, but the British officers were favorably impressed with the performance of the motor car and are likely to recommend its adoption by the War Office. DESPERATE ROBBERS DESPERATE ROBBERS A DOZEN PROFESSIONALS RAID A BANK. Citizens Held at Bay by Nine Armed Vilians While Three Dynamited the Vault. AFTER AGUINALDO One Hundred Picked Natives, Supported by Americans, Will Try to Locate Him. Manila cable: Gen. Macabalos, former Philippine chief, is prepared to start in pursuit of Aguinaldo with 100 picked natives, supported by American troops. Other ex-rebel Filipinos will be used in campaigning in the country. Their offers have not been formally made yet, but they are ready if the authorities will accept their services. Aguinaldo, it is supposed, is in northern Luzon, according to statements made by ex-rebel leaders now in Manila, confirmed from other sources. Agilipay, a renegade native priest, long an insurgent leader in northern Luzon, has written to friends in Manila asking for election news and requesting to be informed whether anything has been heard concerning the relations between church and state and the disposition of church properties. The replies sent him contain information that church and state will be separate and entire religious freedom will be allow-d. ANOTHER AMERICAN DUCHESS. Miss Helena Zimmerman of Cincinnati Marries the Duke of Manchester. London cable: The Duke of Manchester and Miss Helen Zimmerman were married last Wednesday. The announcement, which was at first denied by the duke's relatives, caused a sensation. The denials were so vigorous that an investigation was begun. Inspection of the register of the Marylebone parish church shows that the ceremony was performed last Wednesday afternoon, as reported. The couple are now in Ireland. Snow Three Feet Deem. Buffalo, N. Y., special: Ten inches of snow fell in South Buffalo during Wednesday night and continued falling Thursday forreon, East Aurora and Dunkirk report eighteen inches and Orchard Park reports two feet. Railroad traffic is greatly impeded. The greatest amount of snow accompanying the storm has fallen on a belt extending from West Seneca to Silver Creek along the lake shore and for many miles inland. The snow at Farnham and Angela was three feet on the level and the tracks of the Nickel-Plate and Pennsylvania railroads were blocked. Will Write Only For Pay. Lincoln, Neb., special: William Jennings Bryan says that he has ceased giving interviews to newspapers promiscuously or individually. He is now writing for pay. This policy, he says, he adopted at the close of the campaign, and he intends to continue it until some matter of great and immense import to the Nation or to the policy of its present managers renders his opinion necessary or advisable. THE RECORDER, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA COLORADO LYNCHERS BURN A NEGRO MURDERER AT THE STAKE. The Father of the Innocent Murdered Girl Applies the Match-A Mob's Deliberate Vengeance. Limon, Col., special: Chained to a railroad rail set firmly in the ground, on the exact spot where his fledgish crime was committed, Preston Porter, Jr., or, as he was familiarly known, John Porter, Friday evening was burned to death for the murder of little Louise Frost. Preston Porter did not seem to realize the awful punishment that he was destined to undergo. As he had exhibited indifference as to the enormity of his crime, so he seemed to lack all understanding of its terrible consequences. For more than an hour, while preparations for his execution were in progress, he stood mute and sullen among the avengers. When everything was ready he walked to the stake with a firm step, pausing as he reached the circle of broken boards, to kneel in prayer. He was allowed to take his time. He arose and placed his back to the 'iron stake and half a dozen men wound chains about his body and limbs. Kerosene oil was applied to the wood and after a brief pause, Richard W. Frost, the father of little Louise Frost, whose cruelly mutilated body was found one week ago on that very spot, applied a match. At first he did not utter a sound. The flames crept slowly upward on his clothing, the sparks flew up in a cloud of pale smoke. Porter turned his head and a frightful expression changed his face. With a sudden convulsive tugging he stretched his head as far from the rapidly increasing flames as possible and uttered a cry of pain. "Oh, my God, let me go, men. I've got something more to tell you. Please let me go. Oh, my God, my God—" A terrible tugging at the chains, a succession of awful groans and screams—the negro's agony was at last breaking down in sullen composure. Suddenly the rope holding his hands burned through. Then arms, head and shoulders slipped through the chains. For an instant the body stood erect, the arms were raised in supplication, while burning pieces of cloth dropped from them. The body then fell away from the fire, the head lower than the feet, still fastened to the rail. This was not expected, and for a few minutes those stolid men were disconcerted. They feared that the only remaining chain would give way. If this had occurred the partly burned human being would have dashed among them in his blazing garments. And not many would have cared to capture him again. But the chain held fast. The body was then in such a position that only the legs were in the fire. The cries of the wretch were redoubled and he again begged to be shot. Some wanted to throw him over into the fire, others tried to dash oil on him. Boards were carried and a large pile made over the prostrate body. They soon were ignited and the terrible heat and lack of air quickly rendered the victim unconscious, bringing death a few moments later. Porter's crime was the murder, last week, of Louise Frost, the 11-year-old daughter of a ranchman living near Timon. The little girl's body was found hacked and disfigured lying near a railroad track, where she had been waylafd on her way home from school. A TENNESSEE TORNADO. Many Lives Lost and a Vast Amount of Property Destroyed. Memphis special: Nearly forty persons are known to have met death in a tornado which devastated a narrow stretch of territory extending from a point three miles north of Lula, Miss., to Lagrang, Tenn., Tuesday evening. Reports from towns along the Illinois Central railway state that thirteen lives were lost and many buildings destroyed in that section. At Lagrang three persons are reported killed. Meager reports from Columbia, Tenn., show that fifteen persons lost their lives. The property loss in the stricken district is heavy, and it is feared the loss of life may be much greater than at first reported. It is believed that in the cyclone's path between the towns heard from numerous farm houses and interior communities of more or less considerable population were struck, and these being cut off from the outside were unable to give notice of their distress. Accompanying the tornado was a rainstorm of terrific proportions. The storm struck the town of Lagrange, Tenn., forty-nine miles east of Memphis on the Southern railway in Fayette county at 4:50 o'clock, and as a result not a church is left standing except the episcopal. The streets are littered with the debris of destroyed buildings, merchandise, telegraph and telephone wires and poles. Several persons are dead and wounded. INDIANA STATE PRISON. Amounts Legislature Will be Asked to Approprine For Its Support. The officers of the Indiana State Prison will ask the next Legislature to appropriate sums as follows: Library, $1,500; criminal insane, $1,350; repairs and for refunding maintenance expended for repairs, $15,000; blankets, already purchased, $3,000, and as regular appropriations: Library, $750; criminal insane, $1,250; discharged and paroled prisoners, $7,500; repairs, $10,000, and maintenance $100,000. The biennial report of the institution from Nov. 1, 1899 to Oct. 31, 1900, filed with the Governor, shows that in the last year the total number of punishments at the prison was 582. Of this number 500 were for violation of rules of discipline, and 82 were for bad work in the shops. The average daily population of the prison for the last year has been 795. The receipts and earnings of the prison for the year of 1900 are shown to have been $51,875.53. The total expenditures for keeping up the prison in its various departments within the year was $121,851.07. Warden Shidler recomends that a hospital for the insane be provided for. He also expresses complete satisfaction with the workings of the indeterminate sentence and parole law. A BABY ELEPHANT. Its Weight 300 Pounds, 13 Inches High and 3.1- 1.2 Feet Long. Baraboo, Wis., special: The birth of a baby elephant at the winter quarters of Ringling Bros.' circus in this city Tuesday created quite a stir among the employees. It is claimed to be the first elephant born in the United States. The mother, "Alice," has been owned by the Ringlings for six years. When the keeper first discovered the little fellow its mother was trying to kill it, and he had a hard struggle to get it out of harm's way, as the other twenty-four elephants all tried to take a hand in the skirmish. Its size is thirty-two inches high, three and one-half feet long, trunk fourteen inches long, weight 300 pounds. Within two hours after birth it could walk and played like a young kitten. ```markdown ``` COL. HARRISON DISCHARGED. Alleged That the Son of Ex-President Was "Let Out" to Punish the Latter. Washington special: Col. Russell B. Harrison, son of ex-President Harrison, who has been serving as Inspector General of the United States Army in Porto Rico, and was honorably discharged by army orders a few days ago, has protested against his dismissal. He cabled Inspector General Brecknidge asking whether the action taken had been at his suggestion or approval and the General telegraphed back that it was not. Col. Harrison then cabled the War Department asking that the order dismissing him be rescinded. Col. Harrison's appeal has been laid before Lieutenant General Miles and Adjunct General Corbin. It is stated at the latter's office that nothing will be done in the matter, which means that the order will stand. One of the reasons assigned at the War Department for this summary treatment is that Gen. Davis, who has been in command of the United States forces in Porto Rico, has not been satisfied with Col. Harrison's work. Now that the military department of Porto Rico has been abolished and Gen. Davis has been transferred to the Philippines, where Col. Harrison would also have to go if retained in the service, this dissatisfaction, it was thought, made it necessary to dispense with his services. It is said in some circles, however, that the reason for Col. Harrison's discharge is a political one and grows out of the fact that his father, the ex-President, refused to take an active part in the campaign. It is also recalled in this connection that Maj. Elijah Halford, who was President Harrison's private secretary, and who was appointed by him paymaster in the army, has just been transferred to Atlanta, Ga., to the Philippines. Taken in connection with the discharge of Col. Harrison, some of the friends of Halford are inclined to see in the latter's orders a punishment for his friendship with the ex-President. Major Halford is said to be in delicate health. WHOLESALE BODY-SNATCHING Nine Graves Ruthlessly Robbed in a Michigan Cemetery. Kalamazoo, Mich., special; The authorities of this city were informed Thursday of a horrible case of wholesale body-snatching which took place in the Spring Brook Cemetery, in Newaygo county. The evidence at hand points to the fact that the work was done several days ago, as the earth removed from the graves was frozen and the barren graves were half filled with snow. Nine bodies, so far as known at present, were exhumed, and all but one were those of persons who had died within the past year. The cemetery is in an isolated spot, and there has been no burial there for three weeks. It was when Isaac Dunton, the sexton, went to dig a grave Wednesday morning that the discovery was made. The remnants of the caskets, which seem to have been knocked apart with an ax, were strewn about the graveyard. ONE VESSEL FLOATED. Eight More Still Fast on the Beach at Galveston and Vicinity. Galveston. Tex., special: Of the nine big vessels which went ashore during the hurricane of Sept. 8 but one is afacat. Not one of the vessels was seriously injured by the terrible experience, although the maritime insurance companies have a large bill to settle as a result of the calamity. The Kendal Castle, of the Castle line, went ashore at Texas City, eight miles from Galveston. The steamer was floated Sunday morning, pulled through the Texas City channel by a tug, assisted by her own steam, and anchored in Bolivar roads. The Castle line is British, and the steamer came here from Antwerp. It took fifteen days to get her off. BOERS FOR INDIANA Great Emigration Scheme On Foot In the Kankakee swamps. A plan is being considered by owners of uncultivated lands in Lake, Porter, Laporte, Newton, Jasper and Stark counties to combine with railroads to send agents to South Africa to persuade Boers to emigrate to that section. The movement is said to have been approved by the Boer envoys when they visited this country. It is said that thousands of Boers are anxious to emigrate. Death of Charles Hoyt. Charlestown, N. H. special: Charles Hoyt, the well known playwright died at his residence here at 7:15 o'clock. Tuesday night, of paris, from which he had been suffering for several months past. Ever since his return to Charlestown, after his release from a private asylum at Hartford by order of the court early in August, it has been known by his attendants and nearest friends that his condition was serious and that there was little or no chance for his recovery. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LORD ROSEBERY INDULGES IN ROMANCE. Says If Minister Pitt Had Not Accepted a Peerage America Might Be Now the Seat of the British Empire. Glasgow cable: The Earl of Rosebery was installed as lord rector of Glasgow University Friday. His rectorial address on the subject of the "British Empire" was a stirring appeal to the race to realize its responsibilities and to prepare to fight for its existence. Lord Rosebery asserted that but for the small incident of the acceptance of a peerage the empire might have been incalculably greater. Had the elder Pitt, when he became first minister, not left the House of Commons, he would probably have retained his sanity and authority, and he would have prevented or suppressed the reckless budget of Townshend, induced George III to listen to reason, introduced representatives of America into Parliament and preserved the thirteen colonies to the British crown. "Is it fanciful to dwell for a moment on what might have happened," continued Lord Rosebery. "The reform bill of 1832 would probably have been passed much earlier, for the new blood of America would have burst the old vessels of the constitution. It would have provided a self-adjusting system of representation, such as now prevails in the United States, whereby the increasing population is proportionately represented, and at last, when the Americans became a majority of the seats, the empire would, perhaps, have been moved solemnly across the Atlantic. Our conceptions can scarcely picture the procession across the Atlantic of the greatest sovereign and the greatest fleet in the universe. Ministers, government and Parliament departing solemnly for another hemisphere. Not, as in the case of the Portuguese sovereigns, emigrating to Brazil under the spur of necessity, but under the vigorous embrace of the younger world. America would have hung on to the skirts of Britain and pulled her back out of Europeans complications. She would have profoundly affected her foreign policy in the direction of peace, and her influence on her domestic policy would have been scarcely less potent. Probably we would have appeased and even contented Ireland." ACTIVE INSURGENTS ACTIVE INSURGENTS FILIPINOS KEEPING OUR SOLDIERS BUSY. Rebels Continually Shooting Into Garrisoned Towns—Our Forces Not Sufficient For Effective Retaliation. Manila cable: Last week witnessed a considerable increase in rebel and American activity in the field. Many skirmishes occurred, and several small engagements in northern and southern Luzon. The termination of the rains permits a resumption of operations on both sides. The Americans are undertaking a series of aggressive movements against the insurgents, notably upon the island of Samar, against General Lukban, whose forces hold the entire island with the exception of three coast towns, each of which is garrisoned by two companies of the Twenty-ninth infantry and a platoon of artillery. The rebels are continually shooting into the garrisoned towns, and our forces have not been sufficient to retaliate effectively. Commerce in Samar has been at a stand-still, and most of the influential inhabitants have departed. General Hare has arrived there with 250 men. He will bring eight companies of the Second Infantry from the island of Marinduque as they may be needed, and will proceed energetically to crush General Lukban. Meanwhile the United States gunboats will patrol the coast to prevent the escape of the insurgent leader. Lukban still holds three members of the Forty-third Regiment prisoners. Notable among the week's engagements was General Grant's advance with Maccabee and American scouts upon a rebel stronghold thirty-five miles north of Manila, which was defended by 200 insurgents armed with rifles. After skirmishing and fighting for the greater part of the day and night, the enemy was dislodged from the mountain fastness, and immense quantities of rice and stores, with ammunition, were destroyed. Fifty Filipinos were killed and many others wounded. The insurgents carried off their dead. The American losses were eleven privates and one officer wounded and one Maccabee killed. Lieutenant Frederick W. Alstacter, of the engineers, who was captured by the insurgents in Iazon last September, has sent, with the permission of his captors, a letter to Manila asking for food, money and clothing, which will be forwarded to him by a native runner. His health is broken and his release problematical. THE KAISER ATTACKED. Selma Schnapke, a Crazy Woman, Attempts to Tomahawk the German Monarch at Breslau. Breslau cable: Emperor William was the object of an attempted outrage Friday, which, however, failed. He was driving in an open carriage to the Culrassier barracks, accompanied by the hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, when an insane woman in the crowd hurled a hatchet at the carriage. The rapidity with which the vehicle was passing saved its occupants. The hatchet struck the carriage. The woman was immediately arrested. Her name is Selma Schnapke. A Mayor Arrested For Forgery A Mayor Arrested For Forgery. Elmira, N. Y., special: Dr. Frank L. Flood, mayor of this city, has been placed under arrest by virtue of a warrant issued by Recorder Michael Danaher on a complaint sworn to by Alderman Francis McCann. The warrant charges forgery in the first degree. The action was not surprising, as he was rumored ever since the arrest of Miss Carney Loonne that she had in an affidavit, implicated in her crime—that forfeiting for record forged deeds of property by loning to Miss Margaret G. Kennedy, of Binghampton. Miss Loonne is under sentence of four years and nine months in Auburn prison. Attorneys Assert That the Ballot of Nov. 6th Was Illegal and That Old Officers Hold Over. Des Moines, Iowa, special: Attorney have discovered a new and serious result of the defect in the constitutional amendment which Iowa people adopted last week providing for biennial elections. Through the adoption of the amendment which extended the tenure of officers whose terms would otherwise expire in January for an additional year, it is now believed that the people failed of electing any State, county and township tickets on Nov. 6, excepting the electoral and judicial candidates and those to fill vacancies. Not only can not the officers who seem to have been elected take their seats a year from January, as provided by the amendment, but not at all, because the election was invalidated, and the incumbent officers will hold not only during the additional year guaranteed by the amendment, but during still another, because the ticket just elected was illegally elected and the amendment abolishes all elections until 1903. Attorneys say that, granting that the people voted for the nominees first and elected them, by adopting the constitutional amendment afterward they repealed their first action, and to all intents and purposes abolished the official tenure of the officials they had elected and legislated the successful candidates out of office before they had been seated. PRINCE TUAN ARRESTED. Other High Officials to Be Arrested and Degraded by Chinese Authorities. Shanghai cable: The edict of Nov. 13 for the degradation of Prince Tuan and other high officials and princes was issued after the arrival at Singan Fu of Yung Liu, Viceroy of the province of Chihl, who brought messages from Pekin sent by Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching to the throne. Prince Tuan is now under arrest at Ningshan, in the province of Shensl. Governor Yu Hsien was arrested at Pian, in the same province. Both of these places are not far from Singan Fu. Tuan and Yu Hsien were making preparations to flee when they were apprehended. Sheng, director of telegraphs and railways, has memorialized the throne, denouncing Yu Hsien in strong terms, and it is probable that another edict will be issued condemning him to death. A copy of the latest edict was delivered to the foreign ministers at Pekin Thursday by Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching, who await an answer from the representatives of the powers before opening the peace negotiations. Prince Ching will leave the arrangement of the preliminaries largely to Li Hung Chang. Great Britain has formally protested against the transfer of Yu Chang, a rabid Boxer, from the governorship of the province of Honan to that of Wuchang. Chang Chi Tung, Viceroy of Wuchang and one of the peace plenipotentiaries, has therefore joined Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching in a memorial to the throne protesting against the appointment. It is more than likely that he will not be allowed to take up the duties of his new post. There is no likelihood at present of the removal of the court to Chentu, in the province of Szechuan. A Young Man of Pound Gap, Va., Fatally Wounded by Bandits. Pound Gap, Va., special: As George Haddum, aged 26, son of Dr. Mile Haddum, was passing through a ravine in the Cumberland mountains he was fired upon, two shots taking effect, inflicting fatal wounds. Haddum, when found, had crawled from the roadside and was unconscious from loss of blood. After regaining consciousness he said that he was riding along the road near the dark ravine above Rocky Fork, when suddenly he heard a snapping of brush a few rods from the roadside, and, turning, perceived three masked men, heavily armed. The firing began at once. He belikves he knows one of the men. His physicians fear he can not survive. He has a young wife, a bride of two weeks. A HEAVY FAILURE. Receiver AppointedFor Great Wholesale Dry Goods House of W. L. Strong & Co. New York special: Edward A. Treat has been appointed a receiver for the great wholesale dry goods firm of W. L. Strong & Co. William L. Strong died last week, and F. H. Stott, of Stottsville, N. Y., a former partner, died some time ago. Receiver Treat made the following statement: "No one can tell whether or not the firm is solvent. The books must be gone over and days will be required for that work. Just as soon as I can I will issue a statement of the firm's affairs." Failed For a Million. New York special: Francis D. Carley, a well known Wall street broker, who lives at Orange, N. J., made the announcement Sunday, at Newark, that late on Saturday he filed in the United States District Court at Trenton a petition in bankruptcy. The petition declares the liabilities to be more than a million and the assets nothing. THE MARKETS WHEAT, No. 2 red ..... 4 CORN, No. 1 white ..... 4 OATS, No. 2 white ..... 4 HAY—No. 1 timothy ..... 12.50 POULTRY—Hens ..... 68 Cocks ..... 68 Turkeys ..... 68 Young chickens ..... 68 Butter ..... 68 Eggs, fresh ..... 68 Wool ..... 15 Hides ..... 67 CATTLE—Prime steers ..... 5.70 HOGS—Heavies ..... 4.80 Roughs ..... 4.00 SHEEP—Good to choice ..... 3.40 Good to choice lambs ..... 4.25 CHICAGO. WHEAT, No. 2 red ..... 4 CORN, No. 2 ..... 4 OATS, No. 2 white ..... 4 THE RECORDER A Negro Newspaper, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. SUBSCRIPTION MATERIALS, Jus Year..... $1.00 Six Months..... 50 Three Months..... 25 Subscriptions may be sent by postoffice money order, or registered letter. All communications for publication should be accompanied with the name of the writer— not necessarily for publication but as a guar- ance of good faith. We solicit news, contributions, opinions and in fact all matter affecting the Race. We will not pay for any matter, however, unless it is ordered by us. All matter intended for publica- tion must reach this office not later than Wednesday of each week to insure insertion in the current issue. ADVERTISING RATES Entered at the Postoffice as second-class matter. All letters, Communications and Business matters should be addressed to THE RECORDER. Geo. P. STEWART, Publisher SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1900 EDITORIAL SUFFRAGE QUESTION. The question of Negro suffrage in the South is now the paramount issue. A republican majority in the next Congress has awakened in the breast of the Negro a desire for justice and an amelioration of existing wrongs as practiced in that section of the country. The disfranchisement of citizens of color is illegal and infamous, and the counter cry of Negro domination is but a bugbear. A serious crime against law and rights of citizenship is the outcome of such vicious legislation, and swift punishment should be meted out to those states that are guilty. While we do not mean to imply that the rights of citizenship will be fully enjoyed by Southern colored, men, from the reduction of Southern representation in Congress. Yet such a drastic step will compel the Southern States to obey the law and respect the constitution and will remove a barrier from the Negro that has always operated against his citizenship and usefulness. Any aspiration to higher citizenship on the part of the colored man has been and is now frowned on or actually forbidden in Southern communities. A lack of incentive and suppression of opportunity will not develop the man nor his worth or work, be he black or white. Behind the question of Negro suffrage there is nothing but Southern prejudice. And right here, let us state, that with the Negro, it is a condition and not a theory, and with Congress it should be a question of duty and right, and not policy. The fear of a reduction of representatives, in Congress, has already caused the States of Georgia and Virginia to withdraw their suffrage amendments and they are trying now to devise amendments that disfranchises the Negro but will not operate against their representation in case Congress decides to apply the 14th Amendment. It is apparent from this that while the Southerner does not respect the law, yet he tears the application of punishment for violation of the same. For the colored man's own welfare, there is a lesson that he must learn and know thoroughly and that is that their is an unwritten law, though fostered and made strong by prejudice still it is destined to act against the race, unless due preparation and consideration is given. To this end, thriftiness, morality and intellectual development will be found helpfull. In the fulfillment of the duties of citizenship which is bound to come, sooner or later, the Negro should be prepared to meet the test. To a republican congress does the colored race, look for remedial legislation. The six southern states where the mego vote is suppressed by law cast little more than 200,000 votes at the fast election. This is about the vote cast by Maryland, which has six representatives in Congress. Is this fair to the rest of the country and should it be permitted to continue? The Porto Rico cases came up in the Supreme Court on Monday and unless the court manages to decide them on some side issue, we will soon know whether or not the Constitution follows the flag. We are neither prophets nor sons of prophets, but we'll gamble on the fact that the Democratic party tries to make trusts the sole issue of its platform four years from now. It has had enough of free silver and imperialism and Bryan. Giving Thanks Praise for the goodness of God is never out of place and never unseasonable, but it is especially appropriate on days set apart by official appointment to notice the mercies which have followed us, the blessings which we have enjoyed, the kind interpositions which have been made in our behalf, the bounties which have been bestowed upon us in order that we may render again to God for all his benefits with festive joy and heartfelt thankfulness. The establishment of a day of thanksgiving in the late autumn, after the ingathering of the fruits, was made by the early settlers of New England, in imitation of the feast of tabernacles held by the Jewish nation. It was a wise and plious act, and its adoption by most of the states and at length by the general government of this broad land is an evidence of the diffusion of those religious sentiments which were at the foundation of the settlement of this country. We may welcome this annual thanksgiving today with the added interest which venerable custom has thrown around it, with the pleasing memories which early associations weave about our former celebrations of it, with the recollections of absent friends who have shared it with us, the reunion of families, the merry laugh of children, the pleasure of parents and hall its advent as a day of sacred and social joy. It should be observed with happy hearts and cheerful voices, and for the time at least the sigh of sorrow should be hushed and the tear of grief restrained, while full scope is given to all the kindlier emotions of our nature. Let us crowd into its flying hours the pleasant memories of the past, the happiness of the present and the fairest prospects of the future and make it a bright and gladse day. Let us make it, so far as we can, a day of grateful rejoicing, and, while we partake freely of the bounties of the year, give loose rein to the sweet sympathies of humanity and dispense with a liberal hand and a benevolent spirit to those that have need, so that the voice of gladness may be heard in every dwelling. In imitation of the time honored custom of our fathers and in obedience to the language of Scripture, let us "eat the fat and drink the sweet and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared." 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Ohio Street. --- Subscribe for The Recorder and keep posted on the leading topics of the day. 25c for 3 months CORNSTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH Corner North and Spring Streets, Rev. J. J. Blackshear Pastor. Services were conducted by the pastor which were very eloquent indeed, The concert given by Bro. Williams for his club was quite a success last Friday night. The cantata of Joseph Bondage given at this church last Tues day night was well attended and much enjoyed by all. There will be a Thanksgiving sermon followed by a dinner on that day. Auy one holding ticket for the dinner will be entitled to admission to the concert in the evening, given by the choir, tickets are now on sale. All are invited. A convention of the Baptist ministers of the state was held in this church, last Tuesday, there object is to erect a school in this state for Baptist ministers. The sick are convalescing Two additions to the chucch last Sun- Thanksgiving at Corinthian Church, next Thursday, November 29. Preaching, 10; 45 a. m., by the pastor, to this service the public is invited. CONCERT PROGRAM AT NIGHT. 1. Organ Voluntary Mrs. Eliza Wisdom. 2. Chant.....Lord's Prayer Choir. 3. Solo.....Mr. william Bartley. 4. Chorus.....Choir. 5. Solo.....Mr. J. H. Sharpc. 6. Quartette.....Mrs. Nora Wilson, Mrs. Ellen Robinson, Messrs. E. G. Blake' more and John D. Morrins' 7. Solo.....Mrs. Irene Bagby. 8. Recitation.....Mrs. Sadie Dungey. 9. Solo.....Mrs. Nora Wilson. 10. Duett.....M. C. Oliver and John D. Morris. 11. Solo.....Mrs. Eliza Wisdom. 12. Selection.....Mr. M. C. Oliver. 13. Solo.....Mr. M. C. Oliver. 14. Chorus.....Choir Do not fail te attend. Admission 10 cents. JONES TABERNACLE A, M. E. ZION CHURCH (COR BLACKFORD & NORTH STREETS) REV W. H. CHAMBERS, PASTOR. Preaching at 11 a. m.; Sundayschool 2 p. m. Weekly meetings: Young Girls club, Monday 4 p. m., Miss Jennie Ashby, pres.; Young Ladies Occasia club, Monday eve 8 p. m., Miss Katie Stevenson, pres.; Dorcas Circle, Thursday 4 p. m., Mrs. Mary Allen pres.; Ladies Social Circle, Thursday 4 p. m., Mrs. Bunch, pres. 4 p. m., Mrs Bunch pres. Young Men's Willing Worker club, Wednesday 8 p. m.; Class Thursday 8 p. m; you are invited. Quarterly meeting, Nov. 25. The funeral of Bro. Richard Ashby was largely attended by friends of the deceased, the U, B, F, with the K. P. band and Lillies of the Valley. The funeral of Sister Toledo Ecton also took place on Wednesday, both were young members of this church. May they rest in peace. The social clubs menu at Sister M. Bowls was suberb The Stewards had a wet night, and yet some success. The Willing workers are stilt happy, Mrs.Crawford and King deserve success for their hard work Wednefday eve Quarterly meeting tomorrow at 3 p.m. the Rev. B. F. Hurley, D. D. will preach. All ministers and their congregations are invited to attend. Quarterly conference Saturday evening; general class Friday evening; feast Mounday night. Strangers are invited THANKSGIVING TURKEY. A Delicious Way to Prepare It Boiled and Baked, Select a plump hen turkey weighing 10' or 12 pounds. Sing, draw and wash it. Prepare the following dressing: Put into a bowl one quart of grated stale bread and a cup of cream or milk. Add to this a teaspoonful of chopped parsley, a half teaspoonful of pepper, a level tablespoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls of finely chopped onions, four tablespoonfuls of butter and two well beaten eggs. Mix well together and add a pint of whole oysters. Stuff the crop and body of turkey, but not too solidly. Make a paste of flour and water of a consistency to roll out easily. Roll out into a good sized sheet, take the turkey that has been stuffed and well tied into shape and cover it with this paste, and then sew into a cheesecloth. Put this into a kettle, just cover it with water and smother it for two hours, not allowing it to come to the boil. Do this in the early morning. Then set it off the stove and leave it in the water until entirely cold. Then take the turkey out of its blanket, gently rub the paste off and rub the whole surface with butter, pepper and salt. Place the turkey on its back in a pan and put in a cup of hot water. Then put into a fairly hot oven and roast for about $1\frac{1}{2}$ hours or until it is a rich tender brown. Baste continually. A wineglass of wine added to the water in which it is baked gives a delicious flavor. AROUND THE CHURCHES THE HISTORIC MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF BOSTON Rev. C. W. Newton, pastor 10;30 a: m., Preaching. 12;30 M. Class. es. 2-30, p. m., Sunday-school, John Carter, superintendent. Preaching at 8 p. CLASS LEADERS. No. 1. H. O. Milligan. No. 2. B. F. Lowe. No. 3. D. M. Black. No. 4. Jas. H. T. Lee. No. 5. John Sanders. No. 6. Chas. Rape. No. 7. Dr. S. A. Elbert. No. 8. Nelson Lawsence. No. 9. John Carter. No. 10. A. S. Beard. No. 11. C. W. Grant. No. 12. John O. Brown. No. 13. Elmer Donald. No. 14. W. G Parks. STEWARDS. Alfred McGruder, Nathan Pierce, J. H. Sweeney, Wm. Bell, Walker Brown, Abraham Burris, Edward Smoot, George Walker and Harry Caldwell. STEWARDesses. Martha Hall, Amanda Breckinridge, Ella Walden, Anna Scott, Mary Allen, Aunie Clayborn, Mary E. Beck, Bell Craighead and Emma Sheperd Subscribe for The Recorder, one year $1 THE KORAN. The chief sacred books of the world are the Scripture of the Christians, the the Tripitake of the Southern Buddhists, the Five Kings of the Chinese the three Vedas of the Hindoes, the Koran of the Mohammedans' and the Zendavesta of the Parsees of India. The Koran is the most recent having been written in the seventh century after Christ. It contains many excerpts from the Old and New Testaments and the Jewish Tahmud. An Arab whose name is Mohammed, Mahomet or yet more correctly Muhammed laims that he was inspired of God to write this book or bible. As a religion it has and still is exercising great influence upon the world. This book has 210,000,000 followers. Koran(Aikoran) which means originally the reading or that which is to be read, the book containing the religious and moral code the Mohammedans and by which, indeed all their transactions civil, legal, military, etc. are regulated According to the Mohammedan belief it was written from the beginning in golden rays on a gigantic tablet in the highest heavens, and portions were communicated by the angel Gabriel to Mohammed at intervals during twenty three years. These were dictated by him to a scribe and kept for the use of his followers. After his death they were collected into a volume, at the command of his father-in-law and successor Abu Bekr, the form of the Koran however was considered to contain erroneous readings, and in order to remove these Caliph Othman caused a new copy to be made from the original fragments in the thirtieth year of Hejra (652 A. D.), and then ordered all of the old copies to be destroyed. The leading doctrine of the Koran is the Onenees of God, clearly laid down in the symbol of the Moslem—God is God and Mohammed is his prophet. To Christ it assigns a place in the seventh or highest heaven, in the immediate presence of God, but he is simply regarded as one of the prophets—Adam Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mohammed. The doctrines of the good and bad angels, and of the resurrection and final judgment, are fully set forth, as is also God's mercy, which secures entrance into heaven and not the merits or good works of a man. The joys of heaven range from music and women to the supremo joy of beholding God's face, while the pains of hell are depicted in vivid colors Idolatry and the defication of created beings are severely condemned. Another dogma is set forth in the Koran, yet not explicitly, that of the unchangeable decrees of God. Mohammed used the doctrine of predestination with great success to infuse into his adherents undaunted courage, which elevated them above all perils. The Koran prescribes prayer, fasting, alms and the pilgrimage to Mecca and Mt. Arofat. The great fast of Ramadan. He prescribed prayer five times a day with the face turmed toward Mecca. Purification must precede prayer, and where water is unattainable, dry dust or sand may be used. To give alms was always a particular trait of the Arabians, but Mohammed made it obligatory. The pilgrimage or something similar had existed with most sects before him. In respect to the civil laws relating to polygamy, divorce, inheritance, etc. Mohammed followed step for step the laws of Moses and the decisions of the rabbis, only adapting them to the customs and prejudices of his countrymen The Koran is written in prose, but the different parts of a sentence end in rhymes. In size it is about equal to the New Testament; it is divided into 114 surahs or chapters of unequal length each of which begins with the phrase "In the name of God." As the work was written at different times in different moods, and on different occasions there is naturally great diversity in the style of different passages. The language is considered the purest Arabic. It is, however very different from the spoken Arabic of modern times. Commentaries on the Koran are exceedingly numerous. The following sick are convalescent Mrs. E. Perkins, Mrs. Wm Perkins, Mas. E. Simmons, Mrs. Fanny Hill, Miss Anna Smith, Mrs. Mamie Shelton, Mother Lee. No better: Miss Mamie Adams, Mrs. Lydia Trevan, Mrs. Catherine Turner, Mrs. Mary Hayden, 412 W. Vermont st. Rev. Vaulce Sanders has been appointed by the Castor to take charge of the Thursday night weekly prayer meetings. The Pastor and Bethel choir will conduct the financial rally of the Tribe of Judah at Allen Chapel, Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. Prayer meeting: "The Bible Neglected." Official Board subject: "Christ's Minisisterial Commission after His Ressurrection." Bible work for the classes: Some prominent features from Paul's missionary journeys. Pulpit subjects for Sunday: "The Christians Secret to a Happy Life." Evening: "The Miraculous Draught of Fishes; or it pays to Let Down in the Right Place." QUARTERAGE LIST Nos. 1, $13.45; 2, $6.00; 3, $8.96; 4, $18.5 5, $11.55; 6, $2.70; 7, $11.60; 8, $140; 9, $7.30; 10, $3, $85; 11, $3,25; 12, $3.25; 13, $3.00; 14, $11 CLASS LUES: Nos. 1, $2 40; 2, 75c, 3, $1.50; 4-; 6 $3.00 6, 70; 7, 1.05; 8, 50; 9, 1.65; 10-; 11, $1; 12, --; 13, $1, 10; 14, $2.45. 9th Presbyterian Church Michigan st., bet. Capitol avenue and Illinois st Rev. Minor will preach at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. and Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. Prof. W. T. B. Williams, sup.t ST. PAUL A M E TEMPLE. 25TH ST. AND MANLOVE-AVE L. W. Rattliffe, Pastor. Preaching at 10:45 A. M. and 7:45 p. m., Sunday-school 2:30 p. m. Mrs. Thompson, supt; Class meeting 12 M. Mite missionary 7 p. m. first and second Sundays; Y. P. S. C. E. Wednesday evening; Prayer meeting Thursday evening. Read The Recorder. Mrs. G. Rattliffe a conference evangelist entertained a large audience Sunday morning. The audience seemed greatly moved by her inspiring remarks and songs. Rev. V. Saunders of Bethel Church addressed the audience. Thanksgiving-11 a. m. preaching by the pastor; 12 m. a complete bill of fare by the Stewardesses. Turkey'sTurkeys! 2:30 p. m. a special program by the choir. No admission fee. 8 p.m. Entertainment. Prof. E. H Kennedy of New York will fill a return date for the Missionary Society, Monday night Nov. 26. Tomorrow is the Stewards rally day Members be at your post. Rev. C. W. Newton the great financier of Bethel has been selected to deliver the sermon on Ladies rally day. Bishop Grant will also be present. A "Jolly Xmas", a charming and brilliant cantata is being prepared for the holidays, under the direction of S ALLEN*CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH (Broadway, between Tenth & Eleventh Sts.) You are welcome; come and see us Don't fail to attend the services. Regular preaching service at 10:30 a.m. m and 7:30 p. m., Classes at 12:80; Sunday-school at 2:15. Preaching at morning service by Prof. Harvey Young; at 3 p. m. the tribe of Judah, sermon by Rev. C. W. Newton; at 7:30 joint memorial service by Martin R. Delaney Post No. 70, G. A. R. and W. R. C. No. 118. Special music; come early Thursday at 11 o'clock, Thankgiving services; dinner served from 1 o'clock throughout the afternoon and evening. A. Ratliffe and Mrs. T. A. Ratliffe, thirty-five children will participate, Rev. J. L. Craven of Jeffersonville, our expastor, was a pleasant caller at the parsonage Monday. He reports great success in his new field. Bro. John Pickett and Sister Robert Nunn are on the sick list. The Choir will use their new books at tomorrow's services. OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH [Cor, Prospect and McKerran Sid] Sunday services: Sunday-school at 9:30 a.m. Morning service at 11 a.m. Evening service at 7:30p.m. The services were very well attended last Sunday, the Rev. J. Slaughter of LaFayette preached both morning and evening; his sermons were enjoyed by all. The pastor will preach tomorrow morning and evening; the public is cordially invited to attend the services. The sewing circle met with Mrs. Daniels last Friday and was largely attended and a pleasant time was had. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Jennie Martin In Harlen street, Thanksgiving services Thursday at 10 a.m. Opening song by chorus Scripture reading by Rev. Millerprayer by Rev. Young, thirty minutes praise meeting, sermon by pastor, dinner will be served by the sisters of the church, a full dinner including cake and ice cream for 25c. A concert at 8 p.m. by the Sunday-school, conducted by Mrs. Walker. A good program will be rendered and refreshments will be served. Come everybody! Morning services at 11 o'clock; evening, 7;42; Sabbath School at 2:30 p. m. prayer meeting, Thursday evening; class meeting, Tuesday evening; Christian Endeavor, Monday, evening. Quarterly meeting services first Sunday in December. Thanksgiving dinner will be served at the chapel from 12 m. to 7 p. m. Father Stokes and Rev. Lowe preached for us last Sunday morning and evening. By the request of his many friends the pastor has opened a night school at room 48, $18\frac{1}{2}$ N. Meridian street. All branches will be taught; those who have neglected their early education will grasp this opportunity. SIMPSON CHAPEL M. E. CHURCH Rev. E. L. Gilliam - Pastor Last Sunday was the third quarterly communion service. Owing to the recent attack of quisny, the Presiding Elder was unable to preach. He was present but the pastor preached morning and night. Rev. W. H. Chambers preached at 3 p. m. to the delight and profit of all who heard him. Come again Dr. we shall give you a cordial welcome, Revs. Newton, Christian, Ratliff, Carpenter, and Herrod were also present and added much to the interest of the service. The love feast was largely attended, and was one of the old fashioned sort which characterized the early days of Methodism. The quarterly conference held on Tues day evening, showed that every department of the church was being looked after, and that the finances were in an encouraging condition. The pastor and officers have adopted a system of bookkeeping by which every member is kept informed as to the exact condition of affairs, and should the pastor be changed in a day, the financial condition could be seen by his successor at a glance. The report showed a gratifying increase both in Sunday-school and Epworth league, an increase in membership of 60, financial obligations being promptly met, peace harmony, and union between pastor and officers and members. The entire receipts for the three months were $725 and we expect to do much better this quarter. Pastor will preach to morrow morning and evening; subject for evening "National sins followed by National disasters" in which he will discuss the recent burnings etc. in the light of Christianity. Thanksgiving day, there will be a sermon at 11 a.m. afterwhich the stewards serve dinner during the day and evening and the Epworth league will furnish a program at night. Admission free; full meal 20c. Don't forget the New York muscale on Wednesday eve. Gov. Knox says it will be agrest treat. On Dec. 5, the Kentuckians invite you to a Liliputian wedding and social. The entire church extends sympathy to Bro Kersey in his affliction, and bray for the early and permanent recovery of his wife. There were two additional last Sunday,-- Miss Eva Taylor, of Irvington, and Edward McLain, of Princeton, Ind. "Waal, now, it's goln' to be a real old-fashioned Thanksgiving to-morrow," said Miss Roxy, as she swept the snow off her door-step. She walked a few steps into the yard, looked up at the sky, then strained her eyes to see if anything was going on in the houses which were built in straggling fashion toward the village in the valley. The sun had set in a lowering sky. A few straight bars of red remained above the horizon, sole proof that there had been any sun to-day. A heavy black cloud seemed settling over the hills, while a sudden rush of wind across the heights pointed to a further fall of snow ere night. Miss Roxy shivered as she returned to her cheery kitchen, where her old mother sat in a rocking chair, watching the bright fire which danced on the hearth. Miss Roxy kept a fire going, winter and summer, too, for the old lady's benefit, and a stove in the hallway for her own. The cottage was small but cozy, and an air of Vermont pervaded the interior. "It's kind of curious now, ain't it, Roxyany?" said the old woman, in a shrill tone, "we ain't got one to eat a Thanksgiving dinner with—no relative, I mean. All dead and gone—all gone, I say, Roxy." "Well, so they be," said the daughter cheerly, "but we don't want for friends. There's Miss Hobbs; says she to me. You and your mother come an eat dinner down to our house," but I says I guessed you'd sooner not. You was always one for people's own folks getting together them times, warnn't you?" "Waal, I be. Yes, I be. Land sakes, Roxany, what a lot of us there used to be—and all gone—all gone!" Miss Roxy busted round. Some of those whom her mother mourned were responsible for the thick sprinkling of gray in Miss Roxy's dark hair. Perhaps she felt they were not altogether to be regretted. Anyhow, she added nothing to her mother's sighs, but presently broke into a little chirpy song which pleased the old lady, who kept time to it with a clatter of her wooden needles. Sudden darkness came on as the storm broke over the hills. The wild wind beat the soft snowflakes with cruel force against the frosted windows. Miss Roxy stirred the logs, so that the bright flames made the shadows dance away to the corners of the room. As she straightened herself again, a knock came on the door, and a voice begged admittance. "Some one's at the door, Roxy. Go and let 'em in." "Let 'em in! Ten to one it's a tramp as knows there's no man about the place. They're allays to the fore when there's good eat'n 'round." Thus speaking, Miss Roxy opened the door, and looked out. Cowering in a corner of the porch, half dead with exhaustion, was a lad of about fourteen years of age, whose small frame and worn face Miss Roxy was sure belonged to no Vermont lad. Something budded up in his arms coughed painfully, almost drowning the weary voice that pitifully implored shelter. "What have you got there, coughing so hard?" asked Miss Roxy, suspiciously, as she shut the porch door, and stood over the boy with a stern look, an inheritance from Puritan forefathers for which she was not responsible. A small welfd face peeped out of the jacket, with eyes that rolled with pathetic appeal to the stranger's face. "It's only Jacko, my monkey, ma'am," said the boy, tenderly. "He's so sick I'm afraid he is going to die." "Land sakes, boy! Do you expect to bring a monkey into a decent house?" screamed Miss Roxy. "Take the critter, and be off with you!" Without a word, but with a hopeless look of despair, the boy wrapped the monkey in his breast, and opening the porch door, stumbled out into the storm. Before he got many steps in the snow, however, Miss Roxy caught him by the collar. He was so unexceptedly light, and she so strong, that her grasp almost sent him backward into the snow. "Here, boy, 'taint weather for a dog to be roamin' round-to-night. If you want to, 'I'd as lief you took that critter into the barn as not. It's clean, and there's plenty of hay lying 'round, an' I'll give you both your suppers." "Thank you kindly, ma'am," said the boy, choking back a sob, as his poor monkey nearly choked with coughing under his thin jacket. Miss Roxy opened a side door, marched through an outer kitchen, and, still under cover, opened the barn door, and motioned the boy to enter. "Coughs just like a human, that critter do. Got inflammation of the lungs, or my name ain't Roxany," she muttered, as, after seeing that there was plenty of hay on the floor, she left the barn and returned to the warm kitchen. "An 'the boy's wet through, too. Got a look of our Tom 'fore he died, just so pitiful like" The old lady was dosing by the fire. Miss Roxana moved briskly about the kitchen, set the supper on the table, made the tea, and drew the curtains. Then she stood by the fire, eager for her mother to wake, that she might take some food to her guests in the barn. "Land sakes, how that critter do cough!" she ejaculated aloud, her quick ears catching the incessant "hack, hack" from the barn. Her warm heart, cloaked under that stern expression—in fact, all her instincts as the best nurse in the country—warred with her horror of "wild beasts," as she designated the monkey. "I don't know but I'd as lief have a tiger 'round,' she went on, "as a monkey tearin' and jaberin' over my house-place." "What's that you be sayin' about fingers, Roxany?" said the old woman, rousing herself. "Be there another thing coming?" "Cireus enough for one day," answered Miss Roxy, snappishly. "Ain't you 'bout ready for your cup of tea?" Without reply the old lady totered to her place at table. She then enjoyed her supper with a deliberation which made her daughter nearly frantic. "Why, you b'ain't eatin' nothin' fur ez I see," said the mother, presently. "Be you slick, Roxany?" "No, I b'ain't sick, but I ain't much for supper to-night. Goodness! how that critter's a-coughin'!" "What critter'? cried the old lady, in dismay. "I don't see no critters." At this Miss Roxy rose impatiently, and darted out of the kitchen. She lit a lantern, and made her way to the barn. The wind howled so furiously that the boy did not hear the door open and Miss Roxy was standing for some minutes watching him before he found out she was there. "Oh, Jacko, poor, dear Jacko!" he was sobbing, as he bent over his pet, and held him tenderly to his breast. The poor animal struggled for breath, hardly able to exist in the low temperature of the barn with his lungs in such an-infamed condition. Yet he seemed to understand his master's loving words, and made some small effort to respond, though every movement made his breathing more labored. "Looky here, I can't stand this," said Miss Roxy, seizing the boy by the collar, and lifting him to his feet. "You've got to come out of this right away." The boy, thinking he was to be turned out into the storm, began to plead for permission to remain in the barn until daylight, but Miss Roxy's hand was on his collar, so he wrapped his monkey despairingly in his rugged coat, holding him tenderly to his own benumbed breast. Again, as they crossed the threshold of the barn, he uplifted his pitiful face to Miss Roxy, imploring her for pity's sake not to turn his poor Jacko out of doors. At this Miss Roxy's stern face worked oddly; she gave him an impatient but not unkindly shake. "Land sakes, boy! be I a heathen, to turn you out into wuss than this cold barn! Cover up your monkey, and get along as fast as you can. If you'd rather have the barn, why, here 'tis, and 'twont fly away 'fore morning." Thus speaking she hustled him through the / dark out-houses to the kitchen. "My, how it storms!" she said, as the snow and wind beat against the windows. The boy, fearing that he was about to be thrust out into that very storm by the strong hand that held his collar, shuddered with horror. "Why! You're 'bout as cold as death yourself," continued Miss Roxy. "Here! come along to the fire." She pushed him into the cheery kitchen, right up to the chimney corner. Up popped the monkey's weird little face, as between coughing and jabbering he tried to explain his appreciation of the warm atmosphere. Oh, how the old lady screamed! "Waal, now," said Miss Roxy, reproachfully. "I never thought as you'd be shriekin' at a sick monkey. Can't you hear the critter a-coughin'? It's all we shall do to get him over the next two hours." At this the old lady grew more calm and soon was as much interested in the welfare of the suffering creature as was Miss Roxy herself. The weary boy sank on the floor, and cuddled the monkey in his arms. He had no thought for himself; his whole soul was absorbed in his beloved pet, for which he had denied himself the necessaries of life, so that he might provide the dainty creature with the fruits and sweets it loved. Miss Roxy brought a wide, low basket to the fireside, and a soft old blanket, which she held to the fire until it was "plping" hot. This she laid in the basket. "Now," she said, in her most authoritative tone, "you put the critter here, where it can be dry; you're all steam-in' wet." Then, when the suffering animal was wrapped up to her satisfaction, she called the boy into a side room. A dry suit lay on the bed. "There's warm water, an' you can wash if you're a mind to, an' there's dry clothes. They was our Tom's," she said, curtly. "He wur a little one, like you be. Well, well, he've been deed this twenty year and more." She went back to the kitchen, thence to the harder. Then she began to cook a good supper for the famished lad. "Now you come and eat," she said, as he came out of the bedroom clean and dry. "There's plenty for both of ye." But the boy would not look at the food until he had coaxed his pet to eat. It was well that the monkey was guided by his instinct, for Miss Roxy was so anxious to see him comfortable that she offered him every dainty at hand. The old lady looked on with breathless interest, almost tearful at the convulsive breathing and incessant cough of the poor creature. At length Miss Roxy insisted that the boy should take some supper, but when she saw the ravenous way in which he devoured the food before him she was afraid she would have two patients on her hands instead of one. He turned his grateful eyes to her face, as if wondering at her goodness to him. The wild storm howled round the house, but the little fellow was not disturbed by it; the kind hand that had warmed and fed him would not turn him out into the night. Miss Roxy cleared away the supper, and then turned her whole attention to the suffering creature coughing so pitifully in the basket. What would Miss Roxy have said had any one told her that she would spend the eve of Thanksgiving sitting up till daylight to tend a sick monkey? This is what happened, however, and at dawn the good woman rose with a thanksgiving on her lips. "Waal, thank the Lord, I believe we've saved him this time." The weary boy had long since wept himself to sleep before the fire, heart-broken at his pet's cruel suffering. Miss Roxy tenderly lifted him in her arms, shaking her head over her light burden, and laid him to rest in the bed that had been Tom's, long, long ago. She and the monkey were left alone to fight the battle with disease. The good woman could not have been more tender with an infant than, she was with poor Jacko. The intelligent creature soon discovered that her ministrations tended to relieve his sufferings; so, as soon as he felt better, he frightened her almost into a fit by leaping suddenly into her lap and nestling to her breast. CHRISTIAN WARFAIL GOD'S SOLDIERS NEVER TUCK BACKWARD. Joshua's Battles, His Implicit Faith His Wonderful Victories—No Man Stood Before Him—Dr. Talmage's sermon. In this discourse Dr. Talmage lowns Joshua on his triumphal man and speaks encouraging words to who are engaged in the battles of life; text, Joshua 1, 5. "There shall any man be able to stand before us all the days of thy life." As a rule when the general of army starts out in a war he would "Sakes alive!" ejaculated Miss Roxy. But she was equal to the occasion, and very tenderly laid the grateful monkey back in his warm blanket, whence he grinned and jabbed to her until she gave him a soothing draught, which sent him, like a weak child, to sleep. Well, there was no end of gossip in the village about Miss Roxy and her guests. Folks trooped up the hillside to see for themselves. "Just as though we was a circus!" said the old mother. They disapproved of the vagrant boy and monkey. "Encouraging tramps," they said, severely. But, for all that, the strangely assorted quartette lived on together in the small cottage in perfect harmony. "The monkey kept things kind of lively." Miss Roxy declared. And as for the boy, "Waal, she sposed he warnt the only one in the world as the Lord's dealings had come pretty hard on. What if he do set store by his monkey? He ain't got no folks to set store by, for his parents was dead, and his relations had turned the cold shoulder on him. Turn the monkey out!" Miss Roxy blazed with righteous indignation at the cruel suggestion. Master Jacko had the warmest quarters in the house, while Miss Roxy catered to his appetite as if he had been really a "human" thrown on her hospitality. But, oh! how he and the old lady quarrelled! A dozen times a day would he steal her glasses, tweak off her cap, hide her knitting, and when she scolded him, mimic her wrath. Certainly Miss Roxy's remarks was true. Jacko did keep things kind of lively. She herself made him warm jackets and trousers, insisting that a creature so like a "human" should be decently clothed. Thus the winter months wore on. The boy, comfortably fed and clothed, grew apace, and after lending his benefactress every aid in his power, was seen daily trudging away to school. Here his diligence made him a favorite and Miss Roxy became as proud as when June came, boy and monkey were gone. All the village then climbed the hillside to have the pleasure of saying to Miss Roxy, "I told you so." But they were disappointed. "I told him he was free to go," said Miss Roxy, loyally. "He's kind of anxious to make some money with his critter, and he'll be back again come fall. Me an' mother's made up our minds as he's to have our Tom's room whenever he wants it; an' as for Jacko—wan, he's the cheerful company I ever see of a winter's day." Fall set in early, with a sudden chill of snow clouds, after a week of very warm weather. One evening, as Miss Roxy set supper on the table the porch door opened, and the gentle knock she awaited came upon the kitchen door. "Come in," she cried, cheerily, as she stirred the fire. "Mother and me was speakin' of you. Come in, boy." He staggered rather than walked in, and the eyes that encountered Miss Roxy's were dumb with misery. "Why, what's the matter, lad?" said she, shaking him gently by the collar. "Tain't nothing wrong with Jacko, eh?" Not a word in reply, but still keeping his eyes on his friend, the boy opened his coat and drew forth, clad in the scarlet clothes and military cap Miss Roxy had made for him, poor Jacko—dead. Miss Roxy sat down, with the dead monkey on her lap, and cried as she had not done for anything or anybody since the death of her little brother Tom, twenty years ago. Her tears fell like balm on the boy's sore heart, and his own came at length, as he knelt beside Miss Roxy, who had covered the dead face with her apron. "We were on our way here," sobbed he, "when Jacko caught cold. I did all I knew how—but he died so quick! We couldn't get to you, or you might have sawed him. Seemed as though he wur a-looking' round for you all the time he wur suffering so." Well! well! The villagers never knew that the bond of union between the middle-aged woman and the youth who grew up to be like a devoted son her her was a dead monkey. Yet it was so. Remedy for Grip and Bad Colds. The Popular Science News gives the following remedy for grip and the bad colds that are prevalent at this time of year. For serious colds it is always wise to take medical advice. "Fortunately synthetic chemistry has given us a remedy in phenolam which can be absolutely relieved upon. In adults by doses of ten grains washed down by a good hot toasty night (to be repeated in an hour if necessary), a prompt relief to all discomforts will be secured. The action of the phenolam is not only to relieve pain and distress, but to open up the excretory organs and correct the general perversion of secretions as indicated by the bad taste in the mouth, etc. In the morning unless the bowels have sufficiently moved a teaspoonful or two of sulphate of soda may be given in a glass of hot water to flush them more thoroughly. It may be well to continue the phenolam in five-grain doses every three or four hours for several days, to be followed later by a tonic composed as follows: Capsicum 1 grain, quinine 2 grains and strychnine 1-50 of a grain in a pill or capsule three times a day." CHRISTIAN WARFARE GOD'S SOLDIERS NEVER TURN BACKWARD. Joshua's Battles, His Implicit Faith and His Wonderful Victories—No Man Stood Before Him—Dr. Talmage's sermon. In this discourse Dr. Talmage follows Joshua on his triumphal march and speaks encouraging words to all who are engaged in the battles of this life; text, Joshua 1, 5. "There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life." As a rule when the general of an army starts out in a war he would like to have a small battle in order that he may get his own courage up and rally his troops and get them drilled for greater conflicts, but the first undertaking of Joshua was greater than the leveling of Fort Puhaski, or the assault of Gibraltar, or the overthrow of the Bastille. It was the crossing of the Jordan at the time of the spring freshet. The snows of Mount Lebanon had just been melting, and they poured down into the valley, and the whole valley was a raging torrent. So the Canaanites stand on one bank, and they look across and see Joshua and the Israelites and they laugh and say: "Aha, they can not disturb us until the freshets fall! It is impossible for them to reach us." But after a while they look across the water and they see a movement in the army of Joshua. They say: "What is the matter now? Why, there must be a panic among the troops, and they are going to fly, or perhaps they are going to try to march across the river Jordan. Joshua is a lunatic." But Joshua, the chieftain, looks at his army and cries. "Forward, march!" and they start for the bank of the Jordan. One mile ahead go two priests carrying a glittering box four feet long and two feet wide. It is the ark of the covenant. And they come down, and no sooner do they just touch the rim of the water with their feet than, by an Almighty flat, Jordan parts. The army of Joshua marches right on without getting their feet wet, over the bottom of the river, a path of chalk and broken shells and pebbles, until they get to the other bank. Then they lay hold of the oleander and tamariskes and willows and pull themselves up a bank 30 or 40 feet high, and having gained the other bank they clap their shields and their cymbals and sing the praises of the God of Joshua. But no sooner have they reached the bank than the waters begin to dash and roar, and with a terrific rush they break loose from their strange anchorage. As the hand of the Lord God is taken away from the thus uplifted waters—waters perhaps uplifted half a mile—the they rush down, and some of the unbelieving Israelites say: "Alas, alas! what a misfortune! Why could not those waters have stayed parted? Because perhaps we may want to go back. O Lord, we are engaged in a risky business. Those Canaanites may eat us up. How if we want to go back? Would it not have been a more complete miracle if the Lord had parted the waters to let us come through and kept them parted to let us go back if we are defeated?" My friends, God makes no provision for a Christian retreat. He clears the path all the way to Canaan. To go back is to die. But this is no place for the host to stop. Joshua gives the command, "Forward, march!" In the distance there is a long grove of trees, and at the end of the grove is a city. It is a city with arbors, a city with walls seeming to reach to the heavens, to buttress the very sky. It is the great, metropolis that commands the mountain pass. It is Jericho. That city was afterward captured by Pompey and once by Herod the Great and once again by the Mohammedans, but this campaign the Lord plans. There shall be no swords, no shields, no battering ram. There shall be only one weapon of war, and that a ram's horn. The seven priests with the rude musical instruments pass all around the city walls on the first day and score a failure. Not so much as a piece of plaster broke loose from the wall, not so much as a loosened rock, not so much as a piece of mortar lost from its place "There," say the unbelieving Israelites, "did I not tell you so? Why, those ministers are fools. The idea of going around the city with those musical instruments and expecting in that way of destroy it. Joshua had been spilled. He thinks because he has overthrown and conquered the spring freshet he can overthrow the stone wall. Why, it is not philosophic. Do you not see there is no relation between the blowing of these musical instruments and the knocking down of the wall? It is not philosophic." The seventh day comes, the climateric day. Joshua is up early in the morning and examines the troops, walks all about, looks at the city wall. The priests start to make the circuit of the city. They go all around once, all around twice, three times, seven times, and a failure. There is only one more thing to do, and that is to utter a great shout. I see the Israeliish army straightening themselves up, filling their lungs for a voicferation such as never was heard before and never heard after. Joshua feels that the hour has come, and he cries out to his host, "Shout, for the Lord hath given you the city." All together the troops shout: "Down, Jericho! Down Jericho!" And the long line of solid masonry begins to quiver and to move and to rock. Stand from under! She falls! But Joshua's troops may not halt here. The command is, "Forward, march!" There is the city of Al. It must be taken. How shall it be taken? A scouting party comes back and says: "Joshua, we can do that without you. It is going to be a very easy job You must stay here while we go and capture it." They march with a small regiment in front of that city. The men of Al look at them and give one yell, and the Israelites run like reindeer. The northern troops at Bull Run did not make such rapid time as these Israelites with the Canaanites after them. They never cut such a sorry figure as when they were on the retreat. But friends of God never have had any right to fall back. Joshua falls on his face in chagrin. It is the only time you ever see the back of his head. He falls on his face and begins to whine, and he says, "O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? Would to God we had been content and dwelt on the other side of Jordan. For the Cannanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it and shall environ us round and cut off our name from the earth." I am very glad Joshua said that. Before it seemed as if he were a supernatural being and therefore could not be an example to us, but I find he is a man, he is only a man. Just as sometimes you find a man under severe opposition or in a bad state of physical health, or worn out with overwork, lying dwn and sighing about being defeated. I am encouraged when I hear this cry of Joshua as he lies in the dust. God comes and rouses him. How does he house him? By complimentary apostrophe? No. He says, "Get thee up, Wherefore liest thou upon the face?" Joshua rises, and I warrant you, with a mortified look. But his old courage comes back. The fact was that was his battle. If he had been in it he would have gone on to victory. He gathers his troops around him and says: "Now, let us go up and capture the city of Al. Let us go up right up the battle." They march on. He puts the majority of the troops behind a ledge of rocks in the night, and then he sends, comparatively small regiments up in front of the city. The men of Al come out with a shout. The small regiments of Israelites in strategem fall back and fall back, and when all the men of Al have left the city and are in pursuit of these scattered, or seemingly scattered regiments, Joshua stands on a rock—I see his locks flying in the wind as he points his spear toward and the doomed city, and that is the signal. The men rush out from behind the rocks and take the city, and it is put to the torch, and then these Israelites in the city march down, and the flying Israelites return, and between these two waves of Israelitish prowess the men of Al are destroyed, and the Israelites gain the victory. But this is no place for the host of Joshua to stop. "Forward, march!" cries Joshua to the troops. There is the city of Gibeon. It has put itself under the protection of Joshua. They send word: "There are five kings after us. They are going to destroy us. Send troops quick. Send us help right away." Joshua has a three days' march, more than double quick. On the morning of the third day he is before the enemy. There are two long lines of battle. The battle opens with great slaughter, but the Canaanites soon discover something. They say: "That is Joshua. That is the man who conquered the spring freshet and knocked down the stone walls of Jericho and destroyed the city of Al. There is no use fighting." They sound a retreat, and as they begin to retreat Joshua and his host spring upon them like a panther, pursuing them over the rocks, while the catapults of the sky pour a volley of hailstones into the valley, and all the artillery of the heavens, with bullets of iron, pound the Canaanites against the ledges of Bethoron. "Oh," says Joshua, "this is surely a victory." "But do you not see the sun is going down? Those Amorites are going to get away after all, and then they will come up some other time and bother us, and perhaps destroy us. See, the sun is going down. Oh, for a longer day than has ever been seen in this climate." What is the matter with Joshua? Has he fallen in an apopletic fit? No. He is in prayer. Look out when a good man makes the Lord his ally. Joshua raises his face, radiant with prayer, and looks at the descending sun over Giboeon and at the faint crescent of the moon, for you know the queen of the night sometimes will linger around the palaces of the day. Pointing one hand at the descending sun and the other hand at the faint crescent of the moon, in the name of that God who shaped the worlds and moves the worlds, he cries, "Sun, stand thou still upon Giboeon, and thou, moon, in the valley of Ajalon!" They halted. Whether it was by refraction of the sun's rays or by the stopping of the whole planetary system I do not know and do not care. I leave it to the Christian scientists and the infidel scientists to settle that question, while I tell you that I have seen the same thing. "What?" say you, "Not the sun standing still?" Yes. The same miracle is performed nowadays. The wicked do not live out half their day, and their sun sets at noon. But let a man start out in battle for God and the truth and against sin, and the day of his usefulness is prolonged and prolonged and prolonged. A long time ago there was a Christian woman very consecrated, and she had a drunken husband, and so on came the night of domestic trouble. She lost her children, and there came the night of bereavement. She was very ill, and there came the night of sickness. Her soul departed, and there came the night of death. But all these nights of trouble and darkness and sorrow and sickness were illuminated by the grace of the gospel, and people came many miles to see how cheerful a Christian could be when ill and now cheerfully a Christian could die. The moon that illumined that night of trouble was a reflection from the Sun of Righteousness. In the last hour of that night—that night of darkness and sickness and misfortune—as she lifted her hand toward heaven those who stood nearest her pillow could hear the whisper, for she wanted to live on in the generations that were to follow, consecrated to Göd. She wanted to have an influence long after she had entered upon her eternal reward, and while her hand was lifted and her lips were moving those who stood nearest her pillow could hear her say: "I want to live on for many years of good. Thou moon, stand still in the valley of Ajalon." But Joshua was not quite through. There was time for five funnels be- fore the sun of that prolonged day set Who will preach their funeral sermon Massillon preached the funeral sermon over Louis XVI. Who will preach the funeral sermon of those five dead kings—king of Jerusalem, king of H Bron, king of Jarmuth, king of Lac ish, king of Eglon? Let it be by Joshi na. What is his text? What shall be the epitaph put on the door of the tomb? "There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life." Before you fasten up the door I want five more kings beheaded and thrust in—King Alcohol. King Fraud, King Lust, King Superstition. King Inidelity. Let them be beheaded and hurl them in. Then fasten up the door forever. What shall the inscription and what shall the epitaph be for all Christian philanthropists of all ages are going to come and look at it? What shall the inscription be? "There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life." But it is time for Joshma to go home. He is 110 years old. Washington went down the Potomac and at Mount Veronan closed his days. Wellington died peacefully at Apsley House. Now, where shall Joshma rest? Why, he is to have his greatest battle now. After 110 years he has to meet a king who has more subjects than all the present population of the earth. his throne a pyramid of skulls, his parterre the graveyards and the cemetery of the world, his charlet the world's hearse—the king of terrors. But if this is Joshma's greatest battle, it is going to be Joshma's greatest victory. He gathers his friends around him and gives his valedictory and it is full of reminiscence. Young men tell what they are going to do. Old men tell what they have done. And as you have heard a grandfather or great-grandfather seated by the evening fire tell of Monmouth or Yorktown and then lift the crutch or staff as though it were a musket to fight and show how the old battles were won, so Joshma gathers his friends around his dying couch, and he tells them the story of what he has been through, and as he lies there, his white looks snowing down on his wrinkled forehead. I ask if God has kept his promise all the way through. As he lies there he tells the story one, two or three times—you have heard the old people tell a story two or three times over—and he answers: "I go the way of all the earth and not one word of promise has failed—not one word thereof was falsed. All has come to pass; not one word there of has failed." Dead, the old chieftain must be held out. Handle him very gently. That sacred body is over 110 years of age. Lay him out, stretch out those feet that walked dry-shod the parted dam. Close those lips which helped blow the blast at which the walls of Jericho fell. Fold the arm that lifted the spear toward the doomed city of Al. Fold it right over the heart that exulted when the five kings fell. But where shall we get the burnished granite for the headstone and the foot stone? I bethink myself now. I imagine that for the head it shall be the sun that stood still upon Gibbon, and for the foot the moon that stood still in the valley of Ajalon. Three Thousand Hotel Arrivals One Day. Three thousand guests are said to have arrived at the various New York hotels on one day last week and the number gives some iden of the extent to which the city is just now given over to visitors from out of town. They are crowding the theaters and restaurants and the passengers on the cable cars may be heard speaking with accents strongly marked by the peculiarities of the West and South. These welcome invaders, with their frequent ignorance of New York life make their presence felt in some peculiar ways. One New Yorker says that he always expects to be delayed in his travels on the cable cars through the conductor's absorption in enlightening people who want to know where they shall alight to get to certain places. Special fashions are prepared for these visitors, and have come to be known as Western styles, because they are really in advance of the modes that will appear later and are got ready for these transient purchases, who like to carry home with them something that bears the marks of New York make. These visitors mark the real beginning of the autumn prosperity in New York. When they leave there is always the Horse Show crowd to indicate the return to town of the New Yorkers who have remained away until the opening of the winter season, which is marked by this incidents of the late autumn. From that time New York is in the possession of its own citizens, and the visitors from other towns are few in comparison with the swarms to be found annually at this time.—New York Sun. Iron Hand of Li Hung Change Iron Hand of Li Hung Chang. At the present time Li Hung China is the Viceroy of the two provinces, Kwangtung and Kwangtsi. Although so old that he is unable to walk unaided, he has still shown himself here to be the Grand Old Man of China, as he has been called. In much less than a year he has made these turbulent provinces almost the quietest. The country about Canton and the Pearl River has been noted for its bad characters. He has diminished the number by decapitation and strangulation at the rate of about 50 a month. It is said that recently he received an order from the throne to liberate all prisoners awaiting trial, and that he obeyed, but caught them again as they were set free, and in different parts of the city executed 127 in one day. Old-Time Food Laws in London. Medieval London had summary methods of dealing with dishonest purveyors of food and drink. The pillory was the usual fate of the baker who sold a loaf that was not of full weight, and sometimes we read that he was drawn on a hurdle through the streets on his way to the pillory, with a fradulent loaf suspended round his neck. A taverner who adulterated his wine was condemned to drink his own liquor until he could drink no more, and the remainder was then poured upon the unhappy man's head. London Express. Watch Us! Learn Our ways; And we hold you for a Customer. We want Your Business, and this quarter of a page Advertisement in Your favorite Paper shows that we are after it. Don't Forget Our Store It is The J. A. EHRENSPERGER & CO. Don't Forget Our Store It is The 352 W. Washington Street. BIG 4 SHOE STORE, 352 W. Washington Street. Our methods are a strictly one price business. Our shoes are the best that money can buy. Our prices are the lowest quality considered. Our salesmen are all reliable and talk only facts. If our shoes are not as represented, we will replace them with a new pair. An Exchange Party Philadelphia Telegraph. Did you ever attend an exchange party? If you get the right people together it's just one of the most amusing forms of entertainment met with in a season of monotonous card parties, lunches, dances, and the like, says a writer in an Eastern paper. When sending out invitations, it is wise perhaps to add a note of explanation that the guests are expected to bring some article they wish to get rid of. The invitations can help along the explanation by being adorned with clever drawings of all sorts and conditions of packages. If one can use the brush and pen, she can do this herself if not, a friend can generally be found with some sketching ability. When the guests have arrived, each with a package, the fun of the evening begins by trying to exchange these. If the guests have caught the idea, they have made their packages just as alluring looking as possible, so as easily to find customers. They, too, may sound the praise of their wares in all ways short of actual misrepresentation. If a person have a glib tongue much fun is to be had in this part of the proceedings, for the more mystery and charm one can throw around the treasure on hand the better. After an exchange is made, the new owner is privileged to look at his bargain. If he likes it, he can keep it. If he doesn't like it, which is far more probable, he carefully wraps it up again and tries once more motetodispose of it to the unsuspecting. And thus the merry barter goes on. At the end of the evening the packages not yet finding willing owners are put up at auction, and, amid much laughter, finally find buyers, the material wherewith to purchase them being provided by the hostess in form of beans or any such small articles. These can be given each guest in a small, pretty bag, which could be kept as a souvenir. If the entertainment were for charity, the money received at the auction would, of course be used for the object in view, and a small admission could be charged as well if thought best. Of course, much of the fun depends upon the articles supplied. One should take just as laugable, odd, or discrepit things as possible, and wrap them so as to deceive the one you are trying to induce to exchange with you. PERSONAL MENTION PERSONAL MENTION Patronize our Advertisers. We print visiting cards 24 for 25c. Old newspapers for sale at the Recorder office. All the news of the week in The Recorder. 3 months for 25c. J. B. Timberlake has accepted a position with the Indianapolis Press. John Russell of Logansport, is spending a few days in the city. Miss Anna Smith is improving after a very long illness. Help your race by patronizing Afro American business enterprise. Dr. G. H. Clay has gone on a hunting trip. Mrs. George Jesse is ill at her home with neuralgia. Ambrose Rice and family, of Evansville will move to this city. Miss Albertha McWilliams is ill at her home in North street. Mrs. W. G. 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Want d-Gentleman roomers, nicely furnished rooms 831 Paca street, one square north of Indiana avenue. Mrs. James Shelton is quite ill at her home in Douglas street. Her mother has been summoned from Franklin. Rev. Craven of Jeffersonville, passed through the city this week, enroute to Mooresville to visit his mother. The Metropole Pleasure Club will give the second of its series of dances Thanksgiving night. Chas. Hedgepath is seriously ill with pneumonia at his home 1104 Nor. Missouri street. Mrs. Duerson has moved her Dressmaking parlors to 1104 East Fifthteenth street. Mrs. Henry Ferguson has issued cards for a birthday party, in honor of her husband. Harry Payton, formerly of this city now of Logansport, is spending a few days in the city. Thanksgiving services will be observed at the various churches next Thursday morning. Mrs. Geo. L. Lane entertained at din ner Friday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Susie West, of Lawrence Kas, who is visiting her sister, Mrs. Curry. The Eif Club will be entertained this afternoon by Edna Grant, 220 W. Vermont street, Alegia Chavis, pres. Katie Duncan sectary. U. B. F. and S. M. T. Juvenile will give a carnival Friday, November, 80 at "unner hall", cor, Market and Circle street. The public is invited, The concert at Wayman Chapel, Nednesday night by Bornes Chapel Quartette was par excellent. The quartette is beyond doubt the finest in the city- The Rev. R. French Hurley is now at work on a book entitled "Practical Christianity, the Church and Politics" He expects to publish the same in about sixty days. Witnesses Wanted. Witnesses--Persons who were on the street car at College ave and 22nd. street, Tuesday night, 20 inst. when a girl was hurt, please call or address The Recorder Office All matters for publication must reach this office not later than Wednesday to insure its insertion in the current issue. Charity Donation. The Rev. R. 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We are receiving numerous compliments on our new line of Men's fancy stiff Bosom Shirts. Miss Emma Angus has removed to 1017 North Missouri street. She makes a speciality in Hair Dressing, Straight ening, Shampooing and Manicuring. Mrs. Lillian Henderson went to Cincinnati Sunday night on account of the death of her friend, Mrs. Julia Rice Mrs. Rice had many friends here. Mrs. L Bradley is improving rapidly after having an operation performed at Deaconess Hospital, at her home in Martindale avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Miller have announced the approaching marriage of their daughter, Suppora to Mr. Omer Burnett, November, twenty-ninth 1900. The Dewey club will give grand entertainment at Rev. Wilson's church on Lock street, Thanksgiving day, Nov. 29. Box stationery, stamps, postals, envelopes and paper, in fact a complete line, for sale at the Recorder office 414 Indiana avenue. Mrs. Daisy Matthews Jones, and Miss Priscilla Luggins, of Bloomington were the guests of Miss Gertrude Jones in Paca street, last Saturday. Miss Hula Abrams, formerly of this city, now of Chicago, passed through the city Sunday, enroute to Cincinnati to attend the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Julia Rice. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` DRESS SUITS FOR RENT. Every shoe we sell is a bargain. We carry everything from a baby moccasin to brewer's boot. Keep your eye on this space, in the next issue of this paper; we will give you a list of bargains, never before offered to the general public. H. L. SANDERS Established 1889. Ladies Underwear, pet garment 25c to 50c See them before you buy. Neckwear. Rev. J. Slaughter of La Fayette, was the guest of the Rev. R. D. Leonard last week. The Queen Esther Circle of the 9th, Presbyterian chutch has reorganized with the following officers; Mrs. O. 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