The Recorder

Public Library GOV. MOUNT ON THE "You may say for me, nnturned to run down the violence, these deliberation of the laws of the State, vigorous prosecution and courts." GOV. MOUNT ON THE ROCKPORT LYNCHING. "You may say for me, that no stone will be left nturned to run down these perpetrators of mob violence, these deliberate and vicious violators of the laws of the State, and visit upon them a vigorous prosecution and a just retribut in the courts." Something About Their Manufacture and Composition. The profession of denistry has grown to such an enormous extent in late years that one can hardly believe that the necessity for this science, was created by the demand but it is. In Indianapolis alone there are two schools of Denistry whose students are not only registered from, Indiana but adjoining states as well. The almost universal use of artificial teeth led a Recorder representative to ask Dr. Grant H. Clay, dentist, something about the manufacture of teeth, and the wearing of them. The most favorable time for putting in a set of teeth" said Dr. Clay "is as soon after the loss of natural teeth, as the condition of the mouth permits. It is not necessary to wait six months. Plates upon which teeth are attached are made of several different materials each has a peculiar fitness for different mouths. The principal ingredients into their composition, is a mineral known as Feldspar, found in abundance, in various parts of the world, and used in the manufacture of china and stone ware. The purest variety is required for the manufacture of artificial teeth. The next in importance is Kaolin, a soft plastic clay found in Pennsylvania and other localities. Another, is Quartz or flint, sometimes called Silica in its purest form known as rock crystal. The principal coloring materials are Titanium, a mineral found in various parts of the U. S. the crystals of which are a redish brown and a bright metallic lustre, giving when crushed or ground, a beautiful yellow or yellowish brown color. Platinum, a very expensive metal the oxide of which gives a blue color. Gold is also used for coloring. The precipitate of gold brugs about the redish color of the gums of the artificial teeth. The materials are treated in the following manner. In the feldspar and silex or rockcrystal in their crude state are submitted to a red heat and then suddenly thrown into cold water. This is called calcining and is to render the substance more easily broken and pulverized. All impurities having been removed, the feldspar and crystals are crushed between flint stones, and when fine enough are put in a mill formed of bur-stone with chases of the same material. They are then ground in water until fine enough to float after settling the water is drawn off, the spar and crystal dried and sifted are then ready for use. The Kaolin is prepared by washing until perfectly clean and free from all impurities. The materials are then combined in proper proportions, and with the required amount of coloring the mass is mixed in a body resembling putty. The material is then placed in molds of brass which are carved to the shape the teeth are dressed to be. The molds must be anatomically correct and mechanically perfect. They are subjected to intense heat which hardens and drys them, after which they are inspected, trimmed and smoothed. Once more they are put into the fire remaining about thirty minutes, until the required result is obtained. When removed and cooled they are ready for the dentist, who in turn fitts them for his patient. The dentist must be an artist, mechanic, a surgeon and physician all in one." EPARTMENT STORES. Many in One--The Dutles of the General Manager. In the busy marts of trade, in the hustle and bustle of commercialism, there is much to cause the uninitiated buyer or casual visitor to wonder with amazement, at the clocklike regularity and smoothness with which the large Vol 5 No. 25 ARTIFICIAL TEETH ROCKPORT LYNCHING. that no stone will be left these perpetrators of mob e and vicious violators and visit upon them a a just retribut in the department stores run. With a department for every human want, with scores of clerks and attendants to fullfill those wants; with every detail necessary between buyer and seller looked after, the next thought that comes is who is the master mind, the guiding hand, that starts and keeps in motion this vast machinery and army of employees. As an illustration of such an institution we know of no better than that of H. P. Wasson & Co. Within these walls, covering more floor space than any other department store in the state; one meets with many stores in one, and one in many. At the head of such a mammoth store, is found Mr. Edward P. Clancey as general manager and upon his shoulders falls the responsibility. His duties are many-from the buying of thousands of dollars of goods down to the selling of articles that bring a penny, his attention is given. Nothing special but everything in general; from the cellar to the garrett, from the alley to the street, everywhere at the same time, from morning to night always smiling yet reserved; always courteous yet firm. Aside from these duties Mr. Clancey finds time to direct the immense amount of advertising that is done by this busy store. Such is the makeup of a successful manager of a successful business. SERVES THE PEOPLE. VALUE OF THE LOCAL PAPER TO A COMMUNITY. Fills a Demand That Cannot Be Supplied In Any Other Way—How the People Can Help It Along—Benefits of Advertising. Some time ago the editor of the Richmond (Ind.) Enterprise published an article in which are catalogued all the services of the local paper, coupled with injunctions as to how to help the editor thereof in return for the paper's help. He says: "The paper has done 50 things for you and is only anxious to do 50 more. "It told your friends when your parents were married; it announced to the world when you were born. "It recorded the great events of your childhood—when you were lost as a wandering baby, when you had the measles and scarlet fever, when you fell into the washtub and nearly drowned, when you fell from the cherry tree and broke your collar bone, when you first started to school and when you earned your first prize. "Later on it told how, you had completed the studies of the district school and how eloquently you recited your graduating oration. "It told of your entering high school or academy. It told of your contests in baseball and tennis. It told of your departure for college or your first venture in business. "It told of your various visits back to the old home neighborhood, and it always wished you well in your greatest undertakings." "It hinted modestly about the first time you went a-courting and gave timely warning to 'her folks' that the neighbors knew that matters were growing interesting over their way. "It announced the time of your expected wedding, and it published the notice of the marriage license and gave you a nice puff concerning the wedding ceremony. "It told of your extended honeymoon tour and of your settling down to housekeeping. "When you were sick, the home paper week by week informed your more distant neighbors of your lapses and improvements. "It told about your lost cow and led to her recovery. It told how your horse had been stolen and led to the arrest of the thief. "When you were getting dull and tired through the monotony of your, labor, the paper urged that the people get up a celebration, and you were named as one of a suitable committee on arrangements. And when it was all over it gave you just praise for the success of the undertaking. "In numerous ways the paper has helped to put your name before the people, and you would never have had your lucrative office or your honorable recognition from the community but for the kind aid of the local printer. "If you are a member of a Sunday school or society of any sort, that same paper publishes your announcements and the various proceedings of your meetings. "It tells the people much which you would like to have known, but which modesty or necessity prevents you from telling. "If you and all your folks have been prosperous and fortunate in your affairs, the paper has boosted you all the way. If you have had misfortune, the paper asked for sympathy in your behalf. WARM AND EXCITING The Indiana Speakership Contest Is Getting Down to the Clinching Point. MANY MEMBERS WANT TO KNOW Various Candidates For the Speakership Are Being Queried With a View to Determining Individual Chances — Hoosiers Who Want a Real Good, Easy Divorce Would Better File Their Petitions Early — Russel Seeds Writes of Some of the Things That Are on the Tapis at the State Capital." "Thus the paper has rejoiced when you rejoiced and wept when you wept. If you are a good citizen, the paper will always be your friend and will back you in your enterprises and will help to find you business friends. "It tells you where to buy and where to sell. It tells of rogues to be avoided. "It tells you of current prices and prevents you from being cheated and swindled in a hundred ways. "Finally, when you die, the paper will publish your obituary and will cover over your faults and will recite the story of your good deeds. "All these things the local editor will cause his paper to do, but no one else in the world will do them or can do them for you, even for love or money. The city paper will tell you of the world, but it won't tell the world about you or yours. The outside paper is a stranger to your little world and is not at all interested in its improvement. Yet your local paper does all this free of cost to you if you are willing to receive it in that way. However, for your sake, we hope you are too generous to accept so many unrequited favors and that you are willing to reciprocate the same. "Help the editor. Be his friend, and he will prove his friendship to you. "Subscribe for his paper and pay for it regularly in advance and get your neighbors to do the same. "Send him the news. "Invite him to your picnics and family dinners, so that he can eat a square meal occasionally." "Don't call the ticket you give him to the church concert a deadhead. He can't buy tickets from everybody to everything, but he will say kind words of your performance and thus lead others to buy your tickets. "If you have anything to buy or sell, let the paper assist you to find customers. Advertising that really pays the printer benefits both advertisers and readers. "If you have any job printing to do, don't take it to an outside office, but give your newspaper the first chance. "Give the editor a pointer occasionally or write him sensible short articles, and don't get mad if he falls to see everything your way. When he does say a good thing, tell him so. "In short, remember the golden role, and don't forget the editor of your local paper." SCENERY DEFACERS. Billboard Advertising Productive of Little Good. It is foolish to assume that huge billboards covered with staring signs or artistic pictures are really of any value as advertisements, says the Washington Times. They speedily become a feature of the landscape so familiar as to pass unnoticed by the way farer. Two minutes after seeing one of the things he would not know whether Jones' Rye Whisky or Potts' Painless Dentistry was advertised thereon. All he would know would be that he had seen a big, ugly advertisement of something or other. The chances that he would ever patronize the firm guilty of this method of advertising are so small as to be incalculable by known mathematical process. The objection to billposting is that it is ugly, wasteful and useless; that it defaces the landscape and offends people's sense of the fitness of things without giving any adequate return to the world for the pain inflicted. When one is riding along a lovely country road, it is not agreeable to see a yellow board stuck up in a meadow bearing in large letters, the name of somebody's tooth powder, together with a lithograph three feet high of a grinning man's face. Such a sight causes the beholder to wish ardently for the destruction of the manufacturer, not the consumption of the tooth powder. It makes people of an artistic temperament wish that the tooth powder factory might be sunk in the deep sea and the manufacturer given over to the sharks, who, having more than one row of teeth apiece, are fit subjects for his missionary zeal. An exchange remarks: "The newspaper is a lawbook for the indolent, a sermon for the thoughtless, a library for the poor and an admonisher to the lawless. It may stimulate the most indifferent, it may instruct the most profound, but it cannot be published without cost and mailed free to subscribers." WARM AND EXCITING The Indiana Speakership Contest Is Getting Down to the Clinching Point. MANY MEMBERS WANT TO KNOW Various Candidates For the Speakership Are Being Queried With a View to Determining Individual Chances — Hoosiers Who Want a Real Good, Easy Divorce Would Better File Their Petitions Early—Russel Seeds Writes of Some of the Things That Are on the Tapis at the State Capital. [Special Correspondence.] Indianapolis, Dec. 19.—The speakership contest is getting warm and exciting. During the past week John H. Bonham of Hartford City has developed considerable strength and promises to be quite a factor in the race. There is a proposition to hold a conference of the Elthigh district members and try to solidify them in a body for Bonham, and if this should go through, it would give him a very considerable following to start with. There are a lot of reverberations of the Tenth district conference in Chicago still rumbling about the state. After this conference, some of Mr. Stutesman's friends gave out the report that the reason Mr. Reser of Lafayette refused to come into the compact there made to support Stutesman, was because he had pledged himself to Artman on the promise of the latter to make him chairman of the ways and means committee. Both Artman and Reser most emphatically deny this story. The Republicans have 63 members of the house, and it will require 31 votes to nominate in the caucus. The only authorized "claims" yet given out are 23 for Stutesman-made before the Tenth district conference—and 14 for King. Mr. King's claim is made by himself and that for Mr. Stutesman was put forward by some of his friends at the Chicago meeting. If it were substantial the prize might already be regarded as his. The truth is that very few members pledge their votes until the last moment. They want to come to Indianapolis, after the "the push" gets together and see "how things are shaping up." They want to know what chairmanship each candidate is likely to give them, and how much of a bite at the patronage they may be able to get. Above all, they want to know who stands the best chance of being elected. Once they discover this last bit of information and become satisfied of its correctness, their chief desire is to "get on the band-wagon" in any shape they can. Thus it usually happens that at the end there is a sudden rush to one candidate calculated to make one think that none of the others were ever in the race for a minute. The unsolicited votes that flock to a successful candidate after his success has already been determined is one of the most beautiful things in politics. Those that want a real good, easy divorce will have to hustle in their cases before the legislative session closes, for Representative Reagan of Marion county is going to present and push a bill to reform the whole business. Court statistics show that a very large proportion of the divorces are granted through default of the defendant. The court has no means of getting at the facts in the case, except by questioning the petitioner. It is believed that a law providing for a defense in every case will greatly lessen the number of divorces. Last session a bill for this purpose was before the legislature, providing that the prosecuting attorney should defend every case where the defendant made no answer, and collect from the plaintiff a fee of $15. It struck most of the members as a scheme to fatten the fees of the prosecutors, and they therefore turned it down. Reagan's bill retains this feature with a considerably smaller fee, but it is likely that it will be amended so as to permit the court in its discretion to select an attorney for the defense. The coming magnificence of the inaugural ball is exciting some little comment and not a few good-natured jibes throughout the state. There is a mistaken impression that the governor-elect himself has something to do with the arrangements for the function to be given at Tomlinson hall, the evening of Jan. 14. This is a mistake. All he has had to do with it is to accept the invitation of a few citizens of Indianapolis to grace the occasion with the presence of himself and Mrs. Durbin. The gentlemen that have undertaken the affair are in some measure responsible for this confusion in the public mind, by calling themselves an "executive committee" and CHRISTMAS in the HOME. --- There are holidays and holidays. There is New Year's day, on which we feel like going around to our friends' houses and making merry, and Fourth of July, when it is incumbent that we should make much noise, am, Thanksgiving, when we do our best, see how much we can tuck away her or stomachs without endangering our lives, but Christmas— Well, Christmas is all different. It is the home feast above all others, when the love of the members of the family is shown at its strongest, when every one from grandpa down to the tiniest tot fairy beans with good will and love. A Christmas which is devoted to grand dinners and idle show is no Christmas at all, and a Christmas without a child is the mere pretense of the day. Close your eyes and think what Christmas really means to you. Let the magic of the word steal fully upon your senses and then tell me what you see. Perhaps memory brings back to you an old fashioned house with polished staircase and well waxed floors. Greens are wreathed around every picture, and looped across each doorway. There is an indescribable fragrance of holly, mistletoe and Christmas tree. It drives the children half wild with excitement as the little rogues scamper around, trying their best to peek through the cracks of mysteriously closed doors. Finally they are all corralled safely in the nursery, where they gather around the open fire and listen breathlessly to mother's or big sister's Christmas tales. Then when each small stocking has been hung before the dying fire there is shine in the nursery. Perhaps some small boy bolder than the rest steals back on tiptoe only to run in guilty terror as a coal rattles upon the heartstone warning him of the approach of Santa Claus. Ah, that dear myth of Santa Claus! Will modern science and mothers' conventions ever succeed in destroying it? I hope not for the children's sake. Can you remember at what an unearthly hour you awoke on Christmas morning? How in the chill and gray dawn you crept toward your bulging stocking and fairly grabbed it from its nail? And, oh, what a wealth of goodies rained from it! And how you and the other children exulted thereat, much to the discomfort of the sleepy "grown ups," until even your eyelids refused to stay open and you fell fast asleep, clutching a very sticky but delicious candy elephant or camel or some such Christmas beast! Then encouraging an official air in the newspaper reports of their doings. The usual official inauguration ceremonies and public reception will be held in the state capitol, and will be open to everybody. The ball will occur later in the evening at Tomilinson hall, where admission will be by ticket at $5 per couple. There is a mistaken impression that this is to be a very exclusive function, because there is a committee to whom applications for tickets must be submitted. The only purpose of this is to prevent the attendance of such people as professional gamblers and the like. Any person of respectable character will have no further difficulty in procuring a ticket than that involved in producing the price. The committee engaged in getting a bill for the regulation of primaries is finding the way before it full of rocks. A meeting of the general committee was held last week, at which the sub-committee in charge of the work reported. These general principles were accepted: 1. That nominations for office shall be made by direct vote of the electors. The sub-committee is unanimous against the proposition of selecting delegates at primary elections and leaving the nominations to be made by those delegates in mass convention. Its verdict is that without direct elections, primary reform would be a failure. 2. That while it is desirable that primary reform extend into all parts of the state, the bill should be made to apply only to counties of more than a certain fixed population. Price 3 Cents TMAS HOME. when the day really began what fun there was! It was your day, and the "grown ups" felt it was so and for once gave way. You were allowed as a great treat to go to church and hear the beautiful anthems, and when that was over how hungry you suddenly became and how you rushed to get home to dinner! In the afternoon big sister and some of the older cousins gave a play in which the costumes and scenery were homemade, much to the amusement of the audience, or perhaps there were tableaux instead, which didn't require so much tiresome memorizing and which gave every one an opportunity of looking pretty. The grand finale of course was the appearance of Santa Claus, fur coat, cotton wool and all, with the icicles of the north pole clinging to his burly form. When with a lordly gesture he drew back the curtains and you saw the Christmas tree gleaming with lights and flashing with jewels, with a myriad of pink and white parcels weighing down its green boughs, can you remember how you drew in your breath and cried, "Ah-ha!" "Ah, yes; that is Christmas in the home!" I hear a girl say. "But I'm studying art in a strange city, struggling to win fame in a soiarty studio, and Christmas is the loneliest day in the year for me." Your own fault, I answer. You can't have the home atmosphere, true, but why can't you give it to some one else? Somewhere in the great city there is a little child who is as lonely as you are, and no child has any business to be lonely on Christmas day. Go out in the streets and find that little wait. You will see him skulking around the brilliantly lighted shop windows, staring with all his eyes at the splendor within, wondering, hoping against all hope that by a miracle some one of those candies or those glittering toys may be his. The days of miracles are not past. You can operate one yourself. You can invite him and a couple of his fellows to your desolate studio. He will probably think it the most beautiful place he has ever seen if you decorate it with evergreens and soft lights and have a small Christmas tree standing in the corner with a few goodies and inexpensive trifles upon it. And if the spirit of Christmastide does not steal into your heart as you watch the delight on the small faces of these little outcasts then you are beyond feeling the true joy of Christmas—the joy of giving. MARION NELSON. 3. That there shall be a provision in the bill providing that counties having less than this unit of population may decide by popular vote at the next general election whether or not they shall adopt the plan of reform to be provided in the bill. 4. That a law requiring registration of voters is not feasible at this time, because a registration law will not be legal unless made to apply to all counties alike, and because it's not expedient to extend primary reform to all counties at this period. 5. That the primaries of all parties shall be held on the same day, at the same places. The question the committee has not yet decided is whether the expense should be met from public taxes or by contributions from candidates. If the former method is adopted, there is sure to be a cry raised against saddling additional burdens on tax-payers, while, if the latter method be used, the objection will be raised that it will be impossible, for minority parties to scare up enough candidates to make up a ticket. It is as difficult for the Republicans to draft candidates in Adams county as it is for the Democrats in Henry. If these candidates were required to pay in an assessment before their names could go before the primary, they would be still more difficult to inspire with political ambition. The giving up of the idea of registration along with a primary election is a pretty heavy blow, for no good scheme for bringing out a full vote at the primary has ever been devised. Continued on page 8 FIENDISH TORTURE. SHOCKING OUTRAGE ON A COLORED BOY BY DRUNKEN MINERS AT CURRYSVILLE. _ Mortality Statistics For November—A Prowling Burglar Shot —A Serious Typographical Error—Gun Was Loaded— Gored to Death by a Bull—State News. Filendish Torture of a Colored Boy. Sullivan special: At Currysville, a min- ing town north of this city, a colored boy was the victim of savage toriure at the hands of a party of drunken miners Saturday night. The boy was pleked up on the street by Slierlf! Dudley and kept over might in the jail, and the following morning was sent oyt of town. He en- deavored to steal a ride to Terre Haute, Dut was put off ‘the train at Shelburn, south of Currysville. He walked to the Jatter place, where he was taken in charge by drunken miners. He was given Several mock trials, prior to which he was branded with a red hot poker on his head, face gnd all parts of his body. Ho was sentenced to be burned in a red-hot stove, and in his struggles burned his hands almost to a crisp, Other modes of torture were suggested; one tha: he be thrown down the coal shaft, another that he be hanged. Sober heads saved the boy from further punishment, and Sheriff Dudley was notified by telephone to come and bring the boy back to this city: The proprietor of the saloon where the horri- Bie deed was committed was not. respon- sible, being absent in Iitinols. i ites tickets eek tee ‘The State Board of Health makes the following report of mortality statistics for November: “The total number of deaths was 2854. For the corresponding month last year 2,510 were reported, an ‘excess this year of 34. A decrease ap- pears for November compared wth pre- ceding m this year, for there were Serer eR a co ‘atime’ di} | “Ate for the whole State. as based :}/@ the month's foturns and the United Stulfes census of this year, is 388, an increased rate of .1 over Septem- ber and an tnegease of .2 over the corre- sponding month of 189, The deaths un- der one year wore 476, and one to five, in- clustve, 26), majeing a total of 75 infan- tile deaths, bleh is 28 per cent. of the whole number, The deaths of those over 65 years of age pumber 638. There was a decrease a veuths from consumption compared witii the precedirig month of 31, the figitres eing: November, 250; Oc- tober, 287. Thi'deaths reported trom ty- phoid fevar wire 164, compared with 199 in the corfesponding month last year. ‘he diphtierlé deaths were 172, while for ‘the corresponding month last year the figures were) ill, There were 15 scarlet fever deailes 7 from measles, 21 from whooping cough, croup § influenza 14, puerperal septicamia 15, cancer %, vio- Jence 126, smallpox 1, The deaths from piieumonia numbered 191, with 45 record- ed for the corresponding month last year. Diarrhoea! diseases caused 68 deaths. R aenileakec Albert Hester, a coiored paroled convict, of Indianapolis, was shot and ktiled by Marry Sherer, in the rear of the latter's home Tuesday night. After he was shot Hester jumped over a high board fence §nto the yard of Solomon Erb, continued his flight through a yard at the tack of Erb's lot, ran through a wire netting erected around the yard, and climbed ov-r a fence, into the alley. He stagycred on about thirty feet after reaching tne alley, fell and crawled into a shed and died in @ few minutes, Sherer was arrested, but later was released without trial, the au- thoritics ho'ding thet he was entirely jus- tified in shooting the prowler as he did. A Serious Ty p>g: aphteal Error. Muncle special: A peculiar case recult- Ing from the last November election was settled by the county commissioners ‘Tuesday, declaring Henry Pence, Demo- erat, elected for road supervisor of the ‘Third district in Carter township, which township went by the usual biz Repub- lican majority. The Republican candi ate was Lon Fuson, but a mistake was made in printing and the name of Tom Fuson went on the ticket and he was elected. He is a son of Lon but not a resi- Gent of the township. Democrats contes:ed ‘the election, holding that the certificate given by the inspectors to Fuson was rot right and that Pence was the only man on the ticket eligible to eiection voted for. ‘Mr, Fuson did hot contest the aciton of Pence and the Democrat will serv. Rancid Mihsmnd ite hieceaecn Lafayette special: Purdue University trustees at thelr recent meeting, voted, beginning September, 192, to raise the standard of udmission,to the freshman class bY adding plane geometry. This standard in reality has been in operation for several years, students presenting preparation In plane geometry and rhet- orle being assigned to the advanced freshmen class. This year @ per cent. of the 2% freshmen met these advanced requirements. Tultion will be free; as heretofore, to’ residents of the State, feos being charged only for certain lavoratory materials, Non-residents are required to pay @ tuition fee of $25 aside from the other charges. Gored to Death by a Bat, Lafayette special: Moses Cole, St years old, residing at Buck Creek, was gored to Aeath Sunday afternoon by a viclovs bul:. He was alone in the barn let when at- tacked and was dead when discovered. His wife, who was alone in the house, aroused the neizhbors, who worked for a half hour to get the mad bull from the body, breaking the animal's nore and knocking its eye out in the attempt. Cole's body was fearfully mangle and both legs were broken, Gan Was Londed. Fort Wayne special: William Hamiiten, ‘aged 2, met a horrible death at a shoot- {ng match Friday in Aberte townsh:p. ‘His brother had loaded the rifie which they took turns using, and:forgot to men- tion the fact. William put the, butt of the gun.on the ground, shoved the ham- ‘mer back with foot and blew into the mugzle to make sure whether the weapon was loaded or not. His foot sitpped, the hammer came down and the charge en- tered his mouth and literally tore the back’of his head out. : ‘The Usual Resnit. Orleans special: Henry Moore, a young man engaged in building a new road four miles’ south bf Orleans, was blown to pieces ‘Tuesday while trying to thaw dy- namite to use in blasting. Boy's Lege Crashed Off. Muncle special: Russell, the 14-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bullet, of Parker, had both legs crushed almost entirely off Tuesday while returning home from school. ‘The boy was endeavoring to climb upon an’east-bound Big Four local freight to steal a ride when he missed his hold and fell beneath the train. Brakeman's Body Cat in Two. Sullivan special: V. 0. Hubbard, a brakeman on the Chicago division of the Mlinois Central railroad, while endeay- oring to board a moving train at Newton, ML, missed the side ladder and fell, fit: teen cou” Jes passing over his body, cut- ting it it vo. He had been In the em- ploy of thé raflroad company about five years. His home was at Newton. Comper EASTa Se IAs. er rey Gedrge wore, caught fire from a grate at flames with his ‘coat. Her scalp was se- hour. ‘When found his money was gone, ae use ‘The Indiana Ratlroad Company has {n- corporated with $100,000 capital stock. Di- rectors are’Franels G. Banker, Naghan C, Burford, Lorenze E. McDonald, William ©. Dudding, Christian M. Kirkpatrick, Blmer J. Binford and William R, Me- Kowan. The road will be forty miles long, running from Greenfield to @ point om the east line of Henry county. Vigo,Juror Asphyxiated. ‘Terre Haute special: Andrew J. Adams, a juror in the circuit court, was found dead in bed Tuesday morning at a board- ing house where he was staying while rerving on the Jury. He hau been asphyx- fated by gas which excaped from @ burn- er, which was found turned on. He %..n a man of family and lived in Nevius township, Little Girt Fatally Burned. Sullivan special: Tuesday morning at 4 mining camp four miles east of thiscity, while the M-year-old daughter of Frank Christy, a coal miner, was engaged in removing the ashes from a stove, her clothing ignited and was burned off her body. The roasted flesh dropped from her body in pieces. She will die. STATE NOTES Truman Haskins, the noted trapper and hunter of the Kankakee region, who has trapped near English lake since 1349, has caught more than 6W rink and muskrat thig winter. ‘Terre Haute Commercial Ch:b Is after a rolling mill that will employ 40 men. It will require a bonus of about $18,000. Principal Meek, Terre Haute high school, came “upon two pupils: fighting. goon, Monday, took them to his office and told them they would have an opportun- ity to continue after school. It was un- derstood they were to be allowed to Aight until one should be declared the winner. ‘The principal took them to a hotel, where the three were assigned to a room. It is said that when they came down In about an hour they looked as though they had not finished their fight and didn't want to. A man who went to Huntington the oth- er Guy from Webster Lake, reported that he #nd two others killed 1,100 quails in three weeks. : Son of William Hamock, 5, Lebanon, was disfigured by being struck in the face by a shinny club that slipped trom hin brother's hands. Spectal Judge Harding, Ind!anapo'ls, sustained motions to nolle prosse the cases against several ex-officers uf Han- cock county. This ends most of the coun- ty cases. Nine hundred indictments were returned against county officers two years ago. ‘* ' THE RECORDER, INDIANAPOLIS; INDIANA SEES AN INDIAN ARSENAL. ; REDUCED FARKS ‘fwo Thousand Arrow. Heads Found | Via Pennsylvania Lines for Christmas as Bavied Under «utone; : New Year Holidays. Among the collections of Indian rel- ses owned in this State probably the finest, with one exception, is owned by Herbert Southmayd, who lives on the Haddam Quarter Itoad in the town of Durham, writes the Chester (Conn.) correspondent of the Hartford Cour- ant. A large part of them were found by Mr. Southmayd himself, as he ts a. confirmed relle hunter and knows’ many of the caves and camphig grounds used. by the tribes of this State. White fint, black flint, rose quartz, red and yellow -jasper, lime- stone and glass stone were the stones used in the manufacture of 3,000 arrow heads varying from the size of a thumbnail to those nearly as large as a hand. His axes include the fine- edged, highly polished tool to the rough, unfinished specimens. He has thirty of these, one of which weighs seven pounds, avhile the smallest turns the seale at sixteen ounces. Of his eleyen pestics the longest measures fourteen and a half inches. Gouges used by the Indians in working ‘out the inside of logs which they had first charred in| making thelr canoes ummber twenty. ‘There are ten fine ee of adze and twelve chisels. Of his ‘thre®. pipes the gne he values most highly is short-stemmed, perfect- bowled and was found a few miles from his home. It looks much like a common clay pipe of to-day excepting the color, which Is that of red clay. ‘The breastplates are notched around the edges, a notch for each battle the wearer was engaged in. On one of them can be counted sixty-five notches, denoting either a chieftain or one much given to fighting. ‘There are three war-elub heads and a dozen hide scrapers, used in cleaning the hides from which their clothing and tents were made, Among the most interesting specimens to the or- dinary man, and which cause a pe- cullar sensation as their use is ex- plained, are the three scalping’ knives. A string of wampum was taken from a skeleton found in Portland. A red clay ketfle Is absolutely perfect. A bone ornament found in a cave is con- sidered very valuable, as but few of them are in existence. ‘The drills used for sealing the holes for the leather thongs in their moccasins and skin canoes show great skill and patience, as they had nothing but stones with which they tapered these from about the size of a pencil down to a sharp point. Of these he has fifteen. Brass arrow* heads and a quiver divide honors with two iron toma- dawks. During a rainstorm a year or two ago Walter Lane sought shelter under a shelving rock at North Guil- ford, gnd while stirring the ground up to ascertain what depth has been made by the decay of leaves he was sur- prised to find an arrow head. Re- newed efforts brought ont thirty-five of them. Returning the next day’ with spade and sieve. he dug out 1.200 specimens. and from evidences found ft was doubtless spot where they were made and Inid away against the time of need. Over 2,000 have been taken from that spot. MODERN MEDICAL SCIENCE. Triumphs of the Hypodermic Sy- ringe Graphically Portrayed ja beme, First, they pumped him ful! of virus from some mediocre cow, iest the smallpox might assail him, and leave vit marks on his brow; then one day a bul dog bit him—he was gunning down at Qupgue and they filled his veins“in Paris with an extract of mad dog; then he caught the tuberculosis, s0 {hey took hin to Berlin, and inject- ed half a gallon of bacilli into hfn; well. his friends were all delighted at the quickness of the cure, till he caught the typhoid fever, and speedy death wast sure; then the doctors with some sewage did innoculate a hen, and in- Jected half its gastric juice into his abdomen, but as soon as he recovered, ax, cf course, he had to do, there came along a tattlesnake and bit his thumb in two. Once ‘again his veins were ‘wpened to receive about a gill of some serpentine solution with the venom in it still: to prepare him for a voyage in an Asiatic sea, new blood was pumped into him from some leprous old Chi- nee; soon his appetite had vanished, and he could not eat at all, so the virus of dyspepsia was injected in the fall; but his blood was so diluted by the ‘remedies he'd taken that one day he laid down and died, and never did awaken, With the “Brown-Sequard elixir, tho’ they tried resuscitation, he never showed a symptom of reviving animation: yet his doctor still eould save lim (persistently maintains) if he only could inject a little life ingo his pos chip sag Proper Uotora Foe dctne Rotilen The use of colore.. giass for bottles las recently been investigatedsby HL. J. Moller, of Copenhagen, and in an zrticle lately published by the German Pharmacegtical Society he describes the proper colors for bottles which sre so contain medicines, Hquers or other substances. In order to secure protec tion fer the contents from the chemical action of the light a glass of dark color is used, and the best for this purpose are Linck (opaque), red. orange and dark yellowish brown, Next to these in the matier of protection stand light brewnish yellow. dark green that is without a bluish tint and dark browa- ish green, while bluish green, violet, milky. bluish aud colorless glass offer but little protection from the actinic rays of the sunlight. For preserving wine. beer and liquors 2 glass of dark sellow'sh brown or dark vrownish yel low is the best. Z Deterrent, “Yon have not goue to Wurope, then, as you espected.”. cat Atos Voskick to Mrs. Spriggs. “No.” was the reply. “It is so dit- lienlt for Mr. Spriggs to leave his busi- ress, and I really couldn't go without him. and, then. I read the other day about a ship that broke her record. ‘Think how dreadful it would by to be on a ship in, the middel of the ocean with her record broken.” —Detrolt fren Press. z > REDUCED FARKS ‘Via Pennsylvania Lines for Christmas and + "New Near Holidays, Excursion tickets will be sold sold December 22d, 28d, 24th, 25th and Bist, 1900, and Jan. ist, 1901, via Penn- sylvania Lines, account Christmas and New Year holidays. ‘The rate for adults will not be less than 30 cents. nor less than 15 cents for children. Tickets will be good returning until San. 2, 1901, inclusive. For ‘details about fares, time, of trains, ete,, call on or address nearest ticket agent, or W. W. Richardson, D. P. A., Indian- apolis. A Jewel Cleaner. A New York woman has a unique manner of making a living. She goes from house to house of the fashion- ables of New York, and directly under the eye of her customers cleans the family jewels. She carries all her tm- plemenis for cleaning in a little hand satchel and thus almost unincumbered goes her rounds. ‘het Satinum is peculiarly the electri- cian’s metal. Its quality of resisting oxidation indetinitely and its ability to minke a tight joint with glass, when fused into the body of that material or even through the thin wall of an X ray tube, make it absolutely invalu- able, and no other material can take its place for these uses. Going to Travel? If so, address G. A. A, Dean, Jr., T. =.5,, Missourl Pacitie system, 16 Ciay- poo! Bidg., Indianapolis, Ind., who will be glad to give you full informa- tion relative to rates, routes and ac- sommodations. No trouble to answer questions, ————_; ‘There are women stupid’ enough to quote poetry at the man who Is carving the turkey. Women have saved, lots of men from ruin by not marrying ‘them. Each package of PUTNAM-FADE- LESS DYE colors.gnore goods than any other dye and colors them better, too. 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New Tork—or single carton ax #90Uas) il baat for ve ext ‘rare Tamora mai sls bo Ld ot sme grocers avnereh tovkeopere, Rew gua and oh come igs sare Sed barter chepm Tay banien vain aver stat saaeoione te” One, ven saat American Mutual Aid Associatio : Of Satnt Louis Mo., We need not refer you to people in Europe, Asia, etc. for recommendation, but can furnish testimonials from reliable persons in ycur own city. eres 2 We pay Sick accident and Death Benefits. Also furnish Free Medical attention in case of Sickness or Accident Be on the safe side and Insure with us. E, B. HAMPTON, Organizer. Room 43 Batpwin Brock, Indianapolis, Id {Reve used “ipams Tabuies with 20 moo’ atts. fmotion fat T cam chewrfully recommend them. Have been troubled foe about three years with sha’ I called bitious sttacks coming on regularly ‘nce a week. Was told by different physicians that 1b was caused by bed teeth, of which 1 had sever LI had the teeth extracted, ‘Dut the at- tacks continued. 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Cures sil Kinds of scalp diseascs, Straightine is richly per- fumed, ard isin evry wayan clegant article fer fee ated eda ta ye ode the tmunimows vet (Ra is at drug stores, oF sent by mail to anyaddress ats area NELSON MANUPACTURING €0., Richmond, Vas ‘eerAgents wanted. Write for terms.-“Gs. Why, in the Territory Traversed —by the— RAILROAD, The Great Central Southern Trunk ——Line in—— Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama Mississippi, Florida, —Where— Farmers, Frurr Growers, STOCK RAISERS, MANUFAC- TURERS, INVESTORS, SPECU- ULATORS AND MONEY LENDERS will find the greatest chances Iu the United States to make ,big money” by reason of the [abundance and cheapness of LAND and FARMS, ‘TIMBER and STONE, | TRON and COAL, LABOR-EVERYTHING! Free sites, lnancal acsiatance, and Freedom fom taxation for the mauufactarer. Land and farms at $100 per acre and up wards, ad 0000 acres Ia West Florida thas can be taken gratis wader the U. 8, Homestead laws, Stock raislug ia the Gulf Coast District wit make enoruigns profit. Malt Fare Excursions the First aud Third TUESDAYS of each mont. Tet we katow what you wasit, aad we will tel you where ata ow to get it—bu. woa't delay 2s tie country in ANing up rapidiy. Printed matter, maps aud Information {ree Adress, S. J. Wemyss General Immigration and inaustriar Agent, Louisville, Ky. BROKEN BRIC-4 BRACS Mr. Major, the famous cement man, of New York, explaius some very interesting fact® abou? Maior's Cement. ‘Dhe multitudes who use this standard article know that itis many hundred per cent. better than other cements for which similar claims are made, but a great many do not kuow the reason why. The simple reason is that Mr ‘Major uses the best materials exer discovered and other manufacturers do not use titem, be cause they ace too expensiveand do not allow large profits, Mr. Majer tells us that one of the elements of his coment coats $3.75 a poand aud snothet costs $245 a gallon, while a large shareof the so-called comerits and ligaid glue upon the market are nothing more than six teen-cent gige, dissolved in water or citricacid and, in some cases altered slightly in color and ‘odor by the addition of cheap and sseless ma terials. Major'y cement retatts at fitteen cents acd rwents-five conts abottle, and when a dealer tries \o-eell a substitute sou tan depend upor it that hisomly object is to make larger prost ‘The profiton Major's cement is as much ar any dealerought to makeon any cement. And this is doubly true in View of the fact that each dealer gets his shareof the benefit of Mir Major's advertising, wiich now amonts ‘0 over $5000 a month. throughout the country Established in 1876, . Insist on having Major's, Dow’t accept 207 offhand advice from a draggist. If you are at alihandy (and you wilt be like! to find that you are a good deal more s0 thax yon imagine) you can repair your rubber boots fad family shoes, and any other rubber acd leather articles, with Major's Rubber Cement aud Major's Leather Cement. | And you wit! be suprised at how mans do! lare.ayearyou will save. Ifyour druggist can'teupply you,{t will be forwarded by mail; either kind, Free of pos) eeetse GREAT BOER VICTORY A THIRD LYNCHING THE BRITISH TROOPS REPULSED AT NOOITGEDACHT WITH A VERY HEAVY LOSS. Five Officers Killed and a Large Casualty List in Ranks Great Excitement in London. London cable: Lord Kitchener reports that after severe fighting at Nooitgedacht Gen. Clements's forces were compelled to retire by Commandant Delarey with a force of 2,500 men. Five British officers were killed. The other casualties were not reported. Lord Kitchener's official dispatch to the war office is as follows: "Pretoria, Dec. 13. "Clement's force at Nooitgedacht, on the Magliesburg, was attacked at dawn to-day by Delarey, reinforced by Byeer's command from Warmthm, making a force estimated at 2,500. Though the first attack was repulsed, the Boers managed to get atop of the Magliesburg, which was held by four companies of the Northumberland fusiliers, and was thus able to command Clement's camp. He retired TWO NEGRO MURDERERS HUNG BY A MOB. Barber's Brutal Murder Speedily Avenged —Exciting Sunday Scenes at Rockport, Ind. Rockport, Ind., special: The lynching of two negroes at 8 o'clock Sunday night was the result of the murder of Hollie Simons, a barber of this city, who was assaulted Sunday morning at 2 o'clock by Bud Rowland and Jim Henderson, the man lynched, while on his way home from his barber shop. Simons was known to have his Saturday's shop receipts on his person and the money was missing. Large clubs were used by the negroes and the head was crushed to a pulp. The screams of the assaulted man attracted the attention of two men near by, who rushed to the scene and whose approach drove the negroes away. Others soon appeared, and carried the dying man to the home of his partner and brother-in-law, Walter Evans, where he died in about two hours. Hollie Simons came here from Winslow about three years ago. He was of good family and was one of the most popular men in this city, while his personal character was of the highest. His murder was for no other motive than robbery. When the news of the murder spread through town the people became intensely excited and thousands thronged the streets all day. Hundreds went to see the murdered man. His head, crushed beyond recognition, only tended to increase the anger of the people. A public meeting was held, a purse raised, and A. W. Clements, of Morganfield, was summoned with a bloodhound, Rowland and Henderson were arrested late in the morning as suspects. Evidence accumulated against them, and when the dog arrived he took the trail and followed it to where the men were captured. Over a thousand people followed the hound, and when they saw it go to the home of Rowland their rage became ungovernable and they went to the county jail, where the men were confined. No attempt was made to conceal identities, but the crowd opened the doors with a sledgehammer and a telephone pole and broke into the jail. The mob which lynched the two negroes announced, through its leaders, that in the case of all future robberies the guilty persons would be run down and lynched. Many of the negroes of the city have left, among them Joe Rolla, the third man implicated by the confession. Those remaining are keeping themselves closely indoors. Eight other negroes were arrested as suspects and would have been strung up by the lynchers if they had not been able to prove alibis. The mob was very orderly, but determined. PARIS REIGN OF TERROR. Close of Exposition Has Resulted in Out break of Crimes of All Descriptions. Paris cable: Since the close of the Exposition, as a result of which thousands have been thrown out of work, the outlying districts of Paris have been infested by desperate footpads. A man was disemboweled by robbers Dec. 4, and two workmen stabbed to death by footpads. Four boys, the eldest only 17, brutally attacked a young girl at Lavillette, and were about to drown her when passersby rescued her. Members of a band in one of the suburbs call themselves "Apaches," and have committed many daring crimes. So bold have the robbers become that suburban street cars will not run late at night, except under police protection. The police authorities are hard at work, and hundreds of arrests have been made. It is estimated that 2,000 exposition employees have become criminals since its close. GEN. HARRISON TALKS. The Ex-President Lectares Upon Our New Territories and Their Inhabitants. Ann Arbor special: Gen. Harrison delivered a lecture Friday evening before the Students' Lecture Association of Michigan University on "The Relation of the Annexed Territories and Their Civilized Inhabitants to the United States." It was, as Gen. Harrison declared, not intended to be a legal argument on questions brought into discussion by the Porto Rican bill, but rather a popular discussion of some of the views that have been expressed in relation to our annexed territories. The lecturer declared that we had done something out of line with our historical precedents—not in the fact of expansion, but in the character of it. He said we had taken over peoples, rather than lands, as heretofore. He held that the civilized inhabitants of on Hekpoort and took up a position on a hill in the center of the valley. The casualties have not been completely reported, but the fighting was very severe, and I deeply regret that Col. Legge of the Twentieth Hussars and Capts, MacBean, Murdock and Atkins were killed. Reinforcements have left here." Lord Kitchener also reports that the Boers made an attack and were repulsed at Lichtenburg, and that Gen. Letmatter was killed. Attacks upon Bethlehem and Brede were also repulsed, the Boers losing ten killed and fourteen wounded. Briehle was attacked Dec. 11. The scenes at the war office recall those witnessed in the early stages of the war. A constant stream of excited people filled the lobbies, all seeking details of the disaster. The war office officials evidently expect a heavy casualty list. the territories were citizens of the United States and that the revenue provisions of the constitution relating to taxation for federal purposes applied to the territories. He argued that the limitations in the constitution upon the powers of Congress whether expressed in the affirmative or negative form, applied to the exercise of that power in all places, and that the very object in the section requiring duties to be uniform throughout the United States, which was to prevent Congress from establishing anywhere under the jurisdiction of the United States favored ports, would be thwarted if foreign goods might be admitted to Porto Rico free, and thence into the United States free. He especially dwelt upon the liberty clauses of the constitution as necessarily applicable to all civilized peoples owing allegiance to the United States. SWEARING THEM IN. Insurgents of Panay Taking the Gate of Alliance at Kate of 1,000 a Day. Manila cable: General Kobbe, with the Twenty-eighth Volunteer Regiment, Colonel Birkhlimer comanding, landed at Cagayan, on the northern coast of Mindanao, Monday and reinforced the six companies of the Fortieth Volunteer Regiment stationed in the town. An aggressive movement has been planned. From Ilolo it is unofficially reported that the insurgents in that part of the Island of Panay are swearing allegiance at the rate of 1,000 a day. The arrests of many prominent insurgents started the movement, which seems to be becoming universal. Considerable sums of money and large quantities of supplies have been captured by the Americans. The United States cable ship Burnsido will next week proceed to Damugue, island of Negros, to begin the laying of 600 miles of government cable to connect Negros, Mindanao and Jolo. Negros and Cebu already have cable connection with Iloilo and Manila. At present there is scarcely any telegraphic communication with southeastern Luzon, owing to the persistent wire cutting. It is proposed eventually to connect that section and the larger islands adjacent by cable with Manila. LAKE MICHIGAN'S VICTIMS. Two Women Frozen to Death While Lashed to an Overturned awl. Milwaukee, Wis., special: The steamer Manhattan arrived here Sunday with W. H. Shields and William McCauly, lighthouse keepers on Squaw Island, and the bodies of Mrs. Shields and her niece, Mrs. Mary Davis, They were picked up Saturday afternoon in the lake, where they were found lashed to an overturned yawl. They had been thus exposed since Friday, when they were capsized by a squall while sailing from the island to the mainland. Lucien Morden of Montague, Mich., was also an occupant of the boat when it capsized and was drowned before he could be lashed to the overturned craft. The two rescued men are badly frozen, and it is thought they may have to suffer amputation of their lower limbs. They were taken to the Holy Family Hospital. DEATH IN THE STORM One Hundred Lives Lost by the Founder ing of a German Frigate. Madrid cable: At least 100 lives were lost Sunday morning by the foundering of the German training frigate Gneisenaau, which went down at the entrance of the port of Malaga, sixty-five miles northeast of Gibraltar, where she was about to take refuge from a terrible storm. It is impossible now to estimate accurately the number of dead, but it is believed that the casualties may reach 140. The Gneisenaau went down almost in the very mouth of the harbor, carrying with ner more than sixty cadets and sailors. Forty of those on board managed to get away in a ship's boat before the frigate sank, and it is almost certain that the small craft went down within a very short time with all on board. Eldorado, Kas., special: The jury in the celebrated Morrison-Castle murder case, which has been in progress here for several days, failed to agree on a verdict and were discharged Friday. Nine of the jurors were for acquittal, three holding out for manslaughter. It is believed Miss Morrison will be released on bond. The case is one of the most remarkable on record. The killing of Mrs. Castle was not denied by Miss Morrison, who plead self-defense, claiming that Mrs. Castle called her into her house and accused her of, flirting with Mr. Castle and then assaulted her with a razor. In the struggle Miss Morrison secured the razor and cut Mrs. Castle so badly that she died in a few days. THE RECORDER: INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA TRADE MARK REGISTERED 1892. U.S. PATENT OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. BEFORE USING HARTONA AFTER USING HARTONA Hartona will make the hair grow long and soft, straight and beautiful. Makes the hair grow on bald and thin places. Restores GRAY HAIR to its original color. 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Boonville, Ind., special; Joseph Rolla, one of the negroes implicated in the murder of Holle Simons, the Rockport barber, was hanged by a mob in Boonville Monday night. He was brought to this county by Sheriff Anderson from Rockport at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon and was lodged in jail. The sheriff, on learning that a mob was after his prisoner, attempted to take him to Evansville, but was prevented by Boonville citizens, who guarded the jail until the mob arrived. The members proceeded to hammer holes in the side of the jail. After an hour's work they entered and broke open two sell doors, secured the prisoner and proceeded with him to the court house yard, where he was hanged to a tree. The mob was quiet in its procedure and did its work quickly. There was no shooting, and the hanging was witnessed by thousands of men, women and children. The hanging occurred at 8:30 o'clock. The sheriff of Spencer county took Rolla in a carriage at noon Monday and made a dash through the mob, which was guarding the jail at Rockport, and started for Boonville, which place he reached, as stated, at 4 o'clock, and placed his prisoner in the Boonville jail. The mob immediately organized, secured horses, and followed. Members of the mob wore no masks, and the order was given to keep all pistols in pockets, no doubt to prevent indiscriminate shooting and wounding of innocent people, as occurred at Rockport Sunday night. There was no effort on the part of the citizens of Boonville to prevent the lynching, though the streets were crowded with men, women and children watching the work of the mob. Rockport special: Joseph Rolla, who was hanged at Boonville for participation in the Simons murder, had confessed his guilt before the sheriff took him away from Rockport. When first implicated he denied any knowledge of the crime, and he was guarded by some determined citizens who had some doubts as to his guilt. But he told conflicting stories and it was learned that he was away from the Veranda Hotel, where he worked, about the time Simons was murdered. Confronted with this evidence Rolla weakened and confessed his share in the crime, admitting that he struck the first blow, and that the other two negroes helped him to kill Simons. Ex-President Cleveland Thinks Democrats "Have Wandered Off After Strange Gods." Atlanta, Ga., special: The Atlanta Jour nal prints an interview with ex-President Cleveland at Mr. Cleveland's home. "In my opinion," said Mr. Cleveland, "the great need of the Democratic party is a return to first principles. The Democratic party has not been fatally disorganized, but it sally needs rehabilitation on purely Democratic plans." "What is the matter with the party?" "It has, in my humble judgment, simply wandered off after strange gods. A large mass of Democratic voters saw this before the last election. They remained quiet, and when the time came they said: 'This is not Democracy,' and refused to support it. As I see it," said Mr. Cleveland, "it is the duty of Democrats everywhere to aid in the rehabilitation of the party. There are some signs of an insistence upon the necessity of a return to Democratic doctrines in the South, but they are not so general as I would like to see." "What of the future?" was asked. "With a sincere return to its old time doctrines," he replied, "the old time victories of the Democratic party will certainly be won." Three Burglaries Dynamite the Safe and Get Away With $15,000. Shelbyville, Ind., special; At 2 a.m. m. Tuesday, Kennedy's bank, at Hope, barthemew county, was entered through a rear door, the safe blown with nitroglycerin, and $15,000 in currency carried off by two men who were seen leaving the bank by the night operator in the telephone exchange. The men had a confederate on the outside with a carriage, and, climbing into this, they disappeared. A posse was organized by the excited populace to search for the robbers. Hope is but five miles from Flat Rock, where the safe in the postoffice was blown early Monday morning and $200 taken, and the robbers of Tuesday morning are thought to be the same parties. "AS I WAS SAYING." After Being Unconscious a Month From a Blow a Man Resumes His Story. Susquehanna, Pa., special; A month ago a party of choppers were cutting railroad ties near Cascade, Thomas Gifford, one of the men, began telling a story, when in the middle of the yarn he was accidentally struck on the head with an ax and all unconscious. Gifford remained unconscious until Wednesday, when surgeons trepained his skull. When the pieces of bone which pressed against his brain had been removed Gifford resumed the story begun a month ago. BATTLE WITH BOLOMEN. Americans Lose Three Men Wounded at Tonoxigan Island, of Cebu. Manila cable: Lieut. Herbert L. Evans, of the Forty-fourth, Volunteer Infantry Regiment, with fifty men, attacked, Dec. 12, several hundred Bolomen, and fifty Filipinos armed with rifles, occupying an entrenched position at Tonoxigan, Island of Cebu. The Americans had three men wounded and the lone lost twelve men killed and many wounded. ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY. Imposing Celebration Commemorating Removal of Seat of Government to Washington. Washington special: With imposing ceremonies the national capital Wednesday celebrated the centennial anniversary of the founding of the seat of the federal government in Washington. The exercises combined a brilliant military parade, a review by the President from the east front of the Capitol, and orations in the hall of the House of Representatives. By act of Congress the day was made a national holiday in the District of Columbia, and the whole city celebrated. President McKinley and the members of his Cabinet took prominent parts in all the exercises and with them were the Governors of a large number of the States and Territories, the Senators and Representatives in Congress, the judiciary of the Supreme Court, the ambassadors and ministers from foreign courts, the heads of the army and navy and a great outpouring of the people. Although Washington has seen many celebrations, there has been seldom one of greater brilliancy in its outdoor features or of more impressiveness in its ceremonial exercises at the Capitol and at the White House. BOER ROUGH RIDERS BOER ROUGH RIDERS RAID CAPE COLONY AT FAR- DISTANT POINTS. Lord Salisbury's Pessimistic Speech—Spe- cial Thanksgiving Service in Honor of Lord Roberts' Return Abandoned. London cable: "The Boers have raided Cape Colony at two separate points, one hundred miles distant," says the Cape Town correspondent of the Dally Mall. "One commando advanced upon Philipstown, between Colesburg and Kimberley. The other, supposed to be Herzog's commando, crossed the Orange river between Ondalendstroom and Bethulie, northwest of Burgersdorp, its objective apparently being Craddock. General MacDonald is engaging the invaders, who have no guns, twenty miles west of Burgersdorr. The latest news is that they are being slowly forced back to the Orange river, where a warm reception is being prepared for them." Another dispatch from Cape Town says: "The Boers who crossed the Orange river into Cope Colony, west of Alliwal North, on Saturday, encountered the Cape Rifles and Brabant's force, who retired with loss." 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The program now is for Lord Roberts to debark in the Solent, to visit the Queen at Osborne House Jan. 2, to re-embark and to finally land at Southampton, coming from that point to London. Lord Salisbury's gloomy reference to South Africa causes much heart-burning. The conservative press, reluctant to admit that the situation is worse, complains of the premier's "needless pessimism." The Daily News asks whether Lord Salisbury's utterances foreshadow the news of another reverse, and it suggests that the government has received dispatches from Lord Kitchener asking for more troops, on the ground that the war, instead of being finished, is entering upon a new and difficult phase. CLEVELAND LIKES IT. Indorses and Prales Ex-President Harrison's Ann Arbor Speech. Princeton, N. J., special: Former President Grover Cleveland was asked by the Associated Press correspondent if he had read Mr. Harrison's speech at Ann Arbor, Mr. Cleveland replied: "I saw a liberal synopsis of it in some of the papers and regard it as the best deliverance yet made on the subject which it discusses. It seems to me those who desire to acquaint themselves with the precise question involved, and what territorial expansion means to our republic and what it threatens to our people, can not possibly be afforded a better means of enlightenment than ex-President Harrison has furnished. WE MAY LOSE A CONGRESSMAN. House Census Committee Reports the Hopkins Bill Fixing Basis of Representation at 208,868. Washington special: By a vote of six to seven the House census committee agreed to report the Hopkins bill to the House. The membership is fixed at 367, the same as now, and the basis at 208,838. Under the bill Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia will lose one Congressman each. Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and West Virginia will gain one. Texas will gain two. The bill will not be voted on until after the holidays. It is believed enough Republicans will line up against it to defeat it. TONA.. ST OF ALL for the Hair Unequaled for Straight Knotty, Stubborn, curly Hair. and thin places. Restores GRAY scalp diseases. Hartona does not and grows naturally beautiful and Hartona is positively harmless-one A Negro Newspaper, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT INDIAMAPOLIS, INDIA. One 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 guarantee 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 publication must reach this office not later than Wednesday of each week to insure insertion in the current issue. 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, DECEMBER 22, 1900 EDITORIAL TRIPLE LYNCHING. That lynch law and mob violence is catching was proven last Sunday and Monday nights at Rockport and Booneville, respectively. The lynching of James Heuderson, "Bud" Rowland, at Rockport, and Joseph Rolla at Booneville, on the following Monday night, was as deliberate an outrage against justice and law as ever occurred in any Southern State. Notwithstanding the flendish crime for which the men were lynched-bad enough to shock all decency-but the "best citizens" became so enraged as to ignore all order and decency by taking the law into their own hands and commiting a second crime that was a thousand fold worst than the first ever dared to be. For they have disgraced the whole State. These men were arrested by officers of the law and placed in prison to await trial, and there is no doubt but that they would have received the severest penalty that the law prescribes for such crimes. After a clear, calm consideration one will arrive at the conclusion with us, that there was not the slightest excuse for the commission of such heathenish act. Now, in the words of the mob, it makes a plea that the deed of the Negroes', concerned, was so awful and law so slow in its execution, and crimes so numerous that the "best citizens" patience ceased to be of forbearance And, this spirit is pretty much encouraged by unscrupulous, unreliable newspaper representatives who do not hesitate to solicit public prejudice and ill will against the colored people by exaggerating the slightest offense—even if it be an infamous false. The strangest, and the most inconsistent thing to us, is that these same "best citizens," who compose the mobs are the ones that make the laws that govern in their communities; they are judges, the juries, and in fact all the legal machinery. Now, in the name of common sense, what, excuse can they offer for such disgrace; or, is there a any show for a criminal to escape when once in their clutches? Brutality is human when compared with the the acts of these high-handed evil doers. Law and order are entirely unknown qualities and justice is not to be considered by them. Governor Mount is to be highly commended for the manly stand he has taken in the matter, and his determination to stamp out the this growing evil. To President McKinley we present Governor Mount of Indiana. In about ten days it will be quite the the thing to swear off for the new century. It is unfortunate that the grand old State of Indiana should be compelled to accept companionship with Tillmanism. Such a radical change is to be regretted, but pass up, Miss Indiana. Representative Crumpacker of Indiana is right. It now in order for the Indianapolis Federation of Labor to lower the bars and allow Negro labor to enter. Give us a chance. The evil that men do lives behind them, That Rockport lynching is but an echo of the visit of Pitchfork Tillman to the State during the campaign. His sole interest and purpose was to array the whites against the blacks and he succeeded admirably. Negroes with bank accounts or an equivalent, always make respected citizens in any community. It is the good influence of a class of citizens that is needed to counteract mob spirit. Church Controversy Trouble In The Corinthian Baptist Church. For several months has been internal dissensions in the Corinthian Baptist church of this city. The cause of the trouble is a determined opposition of a portion of the members to the retention of the pastor, the Rev.J. J. Blackshear. All efforts on the part of the peaceable members of the church to bring about harmony failed and as a last resort, those members who were prowinent in their opposition to Rev. Blackshear were expelled from membership in the church. This drastic step taken by the pastor and his supporters served only to add fuel to the flames with the result that the membership of the church is now divided into two factons. Charges and counter charges have been filed back and forth and individuals have come to blows on more than one occasion. In the face of such opposition, Rev. Blackshear has refused to tender his resignation. The Recorder Representative has talked to members of both factions. A prominent member made the following statement for publication: "On the first Sunday in October the psstor publicly gave his resignation to the church to take effect the first Sunday in November. This act was immediately reconsidered and as was published certain conditions asked by the members were to be compiled with, According to public rumor one of these was the sale of the church. When members asked in business meeting concerning this rumor, they were considered disorderly and as raising strife They were denied the right of speech and those dared to express themselves have had charges preferred against them and have been dismissed from the church." One of the supporters of the pastor, when shown the above statement, denied the allegations and charged them to public rumor. Last week the matter reached the courts, through an affidavit filed against Rev. and Mrs Blackshear on the charge of ussault and battery. The charge was not sustained. The peaceable members of the church are still striving to settle the differences or as one expressed it: "the disgraceful state of affairs," and on last Monday night a joint conference, compose twelve Baptist ministers in the State, six representing each side, met at the church with full power to settle the controversy and restore the church to a harmonius condition. The decision of the council restored the expeiled members into the church again and it is hoped that an amicable adjustment of the controversy will result from their deliberations. We desire to return our sincere thanks to our many friends and the Grand Lodge of the State, the Waterford Lodge, the Queen Esther Circle and the Martin Delaney Post for the sympathy shown us during the illness of our beloved husband and father also for their beautiful floral offerings upon the occasion of his death. Mrs. Mary Lindsay, Harry and Louise. Subscribe for The Recorder and keep posted on the leading topics of the day. 25c for 3 months In loving remembrance of our dear one, Eliza A. Lewis, who so quietly departed this life Dec. 18 1899. It has been a year of darkness for us, but for her an Unclouded day of joy and light. Her soul has flown to the golden shore. Where saints are rejoicing in white robes dressed. Yes, she has passed to the glory land And bearing the sheaves she hath gleaned in her hand. The conflict is ended, her victory complete. We wish to thank our friends for their kindly attent'ons and help given us during the past year. +NE RECORDER, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA CHURCH NOTES. Subscribe for The Recorder and keep posted on the leading topics of the day. 25c for 3 months 10;30 a: m., Preaching. 12;30 M. Class es. 2:30, p. m., Sunday-school, John Carter, superintendent. Preaching at 8 p. m.. Christian Endeavor society. 6 m., Alphonso Beard, president. JONES TABERNACLE A, M. E. ZION CHURCH (LOE 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. Young Men's Willing Worker club, Wednesday 8 p. m.; Class Thursday 8 p. m.; you are invited. Monday evening, Xmas eve. Sabbath school Exhibition and Xmas tree. Admission 10 c. Tuesday eve. Dec. 25th Dorcas circle rummage. Xmas gifts to every one. Admmission 10 c. Thursday eve. Dec. 27th Chestnut social; new, we set the pace for 1901 If you have not received an invitation let me know I have one for you. The pastor, his wife and the retinue from Louisville Ky.' of church and parsonage under the supervision of officers steward and stewardess and officer of clubs. Admission 10c. Friday eve. grand concert by Mrs. Richardson and Reed. Admission 10c 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. CORINTHIAN BAPTIST CHURCH Corner North and Spring Streets. Rev. J. J. Blackshear Pastor The pastor preached two eloquent sermons last Sunday which were well received. Supper was served for the members of the Baptist Council that met at this church last Monday, by the ladies of the church. Christmas services will be held Christmas morning at 5 o'clock; special music by the choir and sermon by the pastor. All are invited to come and help us to memorize the birth of Christ. A cantata will be rendered on Christmas night also the tree for the children. Prayer meeting every Thursday night and the B. Y. P. U. meets Sunday evening at 6:30. Bro. George Williams, president. ALLEN+CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH (Broadway, between Tenth & Eleventh St.) R. French Hurley,D. D. pastor. Residence, 703 East Pratt street. You are welcome; come and see us Don't fail to attend the services. Regular preaching service at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p. m., Classes at 12:30; Sun day-school at 2:15. Subject for morning service, "Worship in the Manger." Evening "Christ Conquest over Sin." The pastor will preach both sermons and there will be special music at both services by the choir. At 3 p. m. the Rev, R. P. Christian, will preach to the Tribe of Manasseh, Robert Alexander, priest. Christmas morning services will be held at 11 o'clock to which all are cordially invited. The Christmas cantata "All Hail to Santa Claus" will be given by the Sundayschool, Christmas night at 8 o'clock at which time they will have their Christmas tree. MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH. (Corner Eleventh and Fayette Sts.) Rev. B. F. Farrell Pastor The church is still in possession of a lovely choir. Service Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. B. Y.P. U. meets every Tuesday night; prayer meeting every Thursday evening. The pastor will celebrate his 19th anniversary at the church, December, 19th. NEW BETHEL BAPTIST CHURC Martindale Area, N. A. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. by the pastor; Sundayschool at 9:30 p. m. B. Y. P. U. at 7 p. m. The Christmas entertainment on Dec. 24, an elegant program, Esquiman village and a Once a week club and a Christmas ladder. Lunch will be served at the church New Year, s Day from 12 m. to 11 p. m. Grand Concert, chorus of forty at 8 p. m. OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH [Cor, Prospect and McKernan Sts.] R. D. Leonard, Pastor. The services last Sunday were very well attended. B. Dickeus of Greem- castle and W. Harris of Seattle, Wash. were received as members. The pastor will preach at both services tomorrow. The Christmas entertainment on Monday night, Dec. 24; a cantats by the Sundayschool; a tabernacle in which Santa Claus will dwell and present the gifts. Doors open at 7:30. Refreshments will be served by the committee. A called meeting of the church next Friday night; all members are requested to be present. Business of importance to all. The Sunday school will elect their officers and teachers on the first Sunday in January. 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 The public is invited to hear him. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 p. m. R. T. King and J. E. Benjamin, Attorneys at Law joined the church last Sunday. SIMPSON CHAPEL M. E. CHURCH Rev. E. L. Gilliam Pastor Kentucky rally Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m. Revs. J. M. Morton and T. T. Carpenter will deliver addresses. Special services will be held Christmas morning. ST. PAUL A M E TEMPLE. 25TH-ST. AND MANLOVE-AVE L. W. W. Rattliffe, Pastor. Preaching at 10:45 A. M. and 7:45 p. m., Sunday-school 2:30 p. m. Mrs. Thompson, sup't; Class meeting 12 M. Mite missionary 7 p. m. first and second Sundays; Y. P. S. C. E. Wednesday evening; Prayer meeting Thursday evening. Quarterly meeting was largely attended. Rev. M. Lewis, P. E. was present and delivered two able sermons Rev. Gilliam of Simpson Chwpel delivered a soul-stirring sacramental sermon. Among the prominent persons who worshipped with us were Revs. Stokes, Kendrick, Dr. Elbert, Mrs. Anna Clayborn anc Mrs. Beek. Our reports of the quarter show 5 accessions and over $205 raised. We expect to excel this next quarter. Tomorrow at 7:45 p. m, the choir will render a song service at which time a "A Silver Offer ing" to be collected in silver bowls, will be taken. Keep the entertainments for next week in mind. The Ministerial Alliance will meet at Jones Tabernacle Tuesday, January 8, 1901. H. L. Herod. Pastor Services at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p. m. Lord's day school at 9:30 a. m. Tomorrow is rally day and the members and friends will please remember their obligations Margaret Dehorney Vs John T. Dehorney STATE OF INDIANA, MARION COUNTY ss: In the Circuit Court of MarionCounty, In the State of Indiana. No. 10720. Complaint for divorce. BE IT KNOWN, That on the 19 day of Decem ber, 1900 the above named plaintiff, by her attorney, filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Marion County, in the State Indiana, her complaint against the above nam defendant and the said plaintiff having also filed in said Clerk's office the affidavit of a competent person, showing that said defendant John T. Dehorney is not a resident of the State of Indiana; that said action is for divorce and the said defendant is a necessary party thereto and whereas said plaintiff having by endorse ment said complaint, required and defen- tured to appear in said Court, and answer or demur thereto on the 20th day of February, 190 NOW THEREFORE, By order of said Court I demand that last above named is hereby notified to the Court of Indianapolis and to plaintain against him and that unless he appear and answer or demur thereto, at the call of said cause on the 20th day of February, the Court of Indianapolis will be termed of said Court to be begun and held, at the Court in the City of Indianapolis, on the 1st Monday in February 1901, said complaint and the matter and things thesein contained will be heard and determined his absence 12-22 James T. V. Hill, Attorney for Plaintiff. Geo B. Elliot, Clerk. OR. Old Santa Claus—behold him still! The myth which savants cannot kill. DIAMONDS NO FANCY PRICES HERE. 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The Old Maids Convention Dec. 26 will prove one of the special attractions of the Xmas holidays. Mrs. Retta Able and Miss Anna Able left this week for Pittsburg Pa. to make it their home. Grand rally at Allen Chapel Sunday December 23rd. The rally at the Second Baptist Church last Sunday was quite a success. Rev, Smith of Franklin assisted Rev. W. Z. Thomas. Christmas in the Canyon eer ee as ee ee Le Ee a Carl Diedrich you did not wonder that the axe was alwost through the thick trunk of the hemlock tree on which he ‘was at work; for he was as broad and ‘strong as a man, was Carl, though he qvas tot yet fifteen. Short and thickset all the Diedrichs were, but ruddy- faced and brawny, -and Carl was a , true Diedrich. That was why he was entting down the hemlock, too. ‘The Diedrichs had kept Christmas in the old country from time immemorial —oh, such Christmases! Carl could faintly remember them, and the thought of them was very pleasant to ‘him; but the little brothers and sisters who had been born since the family bad come over to America, what did they know about Christmas? “Nothing!” thought happy Carl Die1- cich, as he tugged away at his tree. ‘Last year, indeed, they had almost no Christmas at all. Nobody hed told them then that this wonderful hem- lock grove was only five miles away. ‘Mining had been good lately, and Fr.tz Diedrich had prospered. “They had ‘ucent to have somespresents this year ‘any way, and some rare little sugar cakes, but they were all struck dumb svhen Carl proposed a tree. “Vere you got hot dree you talk about?” said Fritz Diedrich, symewhat -contemptuously. “Oh, up the canyon, on the other side of Demple’s Peak,” said Carl. “Vell, whe eut down him und haul ‘him?” inquired his father, still some- what unbelieving. “I myself—Carl Diedrich,” said Carl, proudly. “You? Vell, you might cut down him, but f° mile Iss good vay to haul chim,” said his father, reflectively. “I eand help notings. I musd vork.” “All right,” said Carl, cheerfully, for ‘he was a merry boy, with a very light ‘heart. “You let me go, father, and 1'll start early. Tilstake my lunch, and get back in good season.” And this was the way Carl Diedrich happened to be chopping away among the hemlocks that raw December day. with such a bright face and such good spirit. His mother had packed him a “splendid” lunch, and he was feeling in prime condition for the long drag ‘back, with his big Christmas tree, over ‘the snow. But, to tell the truth, Carl's tree was pretty large for him to ‘haul so far when the way was so rough. He began to realize this fact just as it toppled over, and lay with its glossy dark green plumes silvered by the snow. How long it stretched out as it lay there! Curl loved his mother dearly, and the tthonght,of her pleasure in his tree, ‘which could not fail to bring back to ‘her sweet memories of the father-land, Inspired him with new vigor. He fast- ened the axe in among the branches of the tree, took a good hold of the lower ones, and began to make his way around the mountain, for by hook or ‘by crook he must get on the other side of it before he could reach home. ‘This ‘was finally accomplished, but the way down the mountain was pretty: steep and rough. and Carl had to go very carefully, in order tovavoid rubbing oll the green off his hard-won tree. At last he was down pretty near to the anyon, and the three miles along that to his home he knew yery well. But as he looked across he realized more than he ever had done before how mach smoother the ground was over there. Two or three little hills inter- vened on this side; on the other, it was quite level. Why not eress over to that side, and so get home earlier and more easily? To be sure, there was no ‘bridze till he should get nearly home, ‘tout he could Iny his tree neross and climb over on that. ‘The banks of the eanyon here were not more than thirty feet apart in the widest place, and here and there they came so close to- gether that it almost seemed as thouzh he could jump across. He was pretty sure he could jump across, but he had tried it once, and found that he tind hardly calculated enough for the dis- tance, and he barely escaped falling a fundred or more feet into the rocky ‘ned below. “Bnt,” he thought, “I can easily climb over on my tree, and that is fully fifteen fect long. I'll find a good place.” He left the tree and wandered up and down the bank. Ah! here was just the pluce!. The banks could not be more than ten feet apart here. He cleared away the snow fom the edge, lay down upon the ground. and cauilously drew himself toward the brink of the chasm. These banks were h’gher than those near bis home—nearly two hun- dred fect high, if Carl had on'y known it. Tt made his head swim a little to Mook to the bottom, so he felt that it rinet be very far down there: but he remembered that he was very tired. ‘and thought that probably it was not fo far as, in his weary condition. It seemed to him. Hig resolution, which had been shaken a little by that awful look down, was s’eadied again now. “rt will save me aigood hour's wa'k.” said Oud. half aloud. “and I could al- imost jump across. Pshaw! it is. per- fectly safe.” He dragged the tree un to his chosen crossing place. threw his axe over, planted himself as near as he dared to the edge of the precipice. and lifting the tree with an effort which puffei out his checks and sent the blood shooting to all parts of ‘his frame. stoed it up almost straight. It was not Sts ei tos ps, Ee arg ee a ay Mies and another. Now he was just over the middle of the canyon. He wished he could forget that, for ft made his head swim a little. He stepped again, Oh, horrors! was the small end of the “tree slipping? Dow», down it grated slowly; only a little, but the loy's mddy face grew white. and he bent down and clasped the tree with the clutch of 2 last hope. A swift plunge—darkness—a shock: he had struck something; then a whirl about, taxing all the strength of bis young arms, and he found himself climbing, sore and exhausted, to the upper side of the tree, which had caught and Wedged between the jutting banks half way down between the top and bottom of the canyon. : He lay down on the soft boughs like 1 kitten, spent and almost senseless. rhe tree was firm enough now. He did not feel afraid of its falling any farther, and he was too exhausted tu think what he should do if it should fall. He did not care for anything. ‘The iminutes passed by—an hour— two hours. It was xrowing dusky, and Carl began, little by little, to collect himself. Had he got to pass the night in this lonely, dangerous place? Ob, no! God could not be so cruel. But had hemot been reckless and blind to everything but his own foolish way in attempting to bridge the canyon with his tree, and then, great heavy boy as he was, to cross on it? ‘This was his punishment. It was not unjust; he had deserved it. Indeed, it was a great mercy, a miracle, that he had not been dashed to pleces among the rocks and ice and foaming water of the stream below. Perhaps that was to follow. Who could tell? ‘The boy's heart seemed to turn to stone as he thought of it. And at home how bright and pleas- ant it was! They had had an onion stew and pretzels for supper, he knew, and his father was smoking by the chimney and saying now and then to his wife: “Vot dot boy means I gan not dell. He hat time den mile to go dese days.” And then he could see his mother's anxious look as she went to the door and watehed for him. ‘They would surely start ont soon and search for him. But would they ever think to look in the eanyon? And how could he hope to make them hear unless they did look? But his trail in the snow, they could surely follow that. Still, they might think he had gone to the other side of the mountain to get home, or even over the peak. Either of those routes would have been al- most as easy as the way he had taken. Indeed, as he looked at the matter mare and more, he was pretty sure that they could scarcely find him in- side of the next twenty-four hours. Suddenly he heard a noise, and a light coming up from the direction of his home threw wavering shadows along the walls of the canyon. Ah! those were Indians, he knew. Some of the tribes about were friendly to the miners, some of them were hostile. Which would these prove to be? He looked up fixedly. ‘The horses and the lights paused just above him, and he could faintly hear a sound, as of dis- cussion, Ob, bls axe! he had forgot- ten that. ‘They had found his axe. “Halloo!” he shouted. ‘The ery rang echoing up and down the lonely walls of the canyon, ‘The sound gave him courage. “Ffalloo!” he called again. A torch was hell over the edge of the chasm, and a dusky face peered down at him. “Ugh-h-h!* issued forth from its month. “Who there? Dead man?" Even Carl had to laugh at the thought of a dead man giving such a shout as that halloo, “Carl Diedri¢h,” he called back. “Ugh!” sald he veiee again. “et a—a—rope,” yelled Carl again, hope rising in his breast ‘The head was withdrawn, and he could again hear a lively discussion. ‘Then the head reappeared. “I get a rope—you give axe?” roared the In- dian, thickly. He spoke his words with so much difficuliy that even Carl’s sharpened senses ¢on'd scarcely make them out. “Yes, yes;” he shouted back, emphat- feally. ‘Whe Indians rode away. how far he could not tell; but he knew when they came hastily back again that he was not going to set much hetp from them, for they bad not gone far enough to Procure a rope. Again a torch was held over the canyon, and again a dark face appeared above him. “T gut rope—you give tobacco?” said ‘the thick voice, Ah! that was thelr game. They would keep him promising and promis. ing all night, and he was at their mer- cy. He knew too that they would in- ‘sist upon all his promises being ful- filled to the letter after he got out, if hewere ever so fortunate 2s,to @o that. What should he do? Ctearly these were the unfriendly Indians. If he re- fused to accede to their demands, they right hut] stones over upon him, and ‘is frail resting place would be de- stroyed. If he kept on promising, there was no knowing what extravagances they might drive him to. He faltered. “T get ropes—you give tobacco?” ronred the Indian. “Ye—es," Carl answered, uncertain- ly. P Nother pause, but the Indians aia THE RECORDER, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA the Indian's which saluted Carl’s ears this tine. “Well! well! well!” said the voice, re- Hlectively. “Somebody has fallen into this canyon. Who are you?” “Carl Diedrich,” answered Cayl, joy- fully. “Ob! the Dutebman’s boy,” sald the hearty voice above, addressing his companions this time. “He's from down to the Fortyamile Camp. We must get a rope right away.” “Yes, a rope,” roared Carl. ‘And in less than half an hour th: poor boy was up on top of the bank again, pale and weak after his terrible experience, but alive and very, very happy. It seemed that the Indians had been committing robberies all along the camps up the canyon; and that this was a party of miners who had started ‘out to capture them. ‘Thus it turned out that the delay caused by the In- dians’ finding of Carl's axe. unfortu- nately as it had seemed likely to turn out for the hoy, was really the means of bis being found. “Bur stopping to help you has given them time to get well off.” said one of the men, half impatiently, as he looked toward the direction in which the red “braves” had recently seam- pered away, and scowled as he thought of their hateful pranks. Carl told of his own experience, aud the men were angrier than ever. “It’s just because to-morrow, is Christmas,” said Carl, laughing, “I was getting a Christmas tree: but it's down In the canyon now, and all my day's work is lost.” “You don't mean it!” said one man, heartily. “You hadn't worked all day just. getting a Christmas tree?” “Yes, I had. You know they don't grow anywhere around here but on Demple’s Peak.” and it’s a good pull from there to my father’s camp.” “Just so—just so,” said the good-na- tured miner, winking hard to the com- pany, as if'a fresh and very brilliant idea had suddenly entered his mind. “Jake Babbitt, suppose you get the youngster upon that Dig horse o° yourn, and ride him home ‘long 0’ you. The rest of us have got our hands full.” “Jake Babbitt” accordingly helped Carl up on his horse, and they rode home through the chill moonlight, for it was nearly midnight now and the full moon was rising. Then what a happy meeting there was! The new- comers were just in time to head off a party which Carl’s father had gath- ered together for the purpose of hunt- ing up his missing boy. ‘There were a dozen of them, all armed with guns and torches, ‘but they were glad enough to disband, and to yield the honér of finding the lost boy to their neighbors of the camps above. Tt was with a happy heart that Carl lay down upon his own neat bed in the low loft of his father's eabin a few moments Inter; and those were happy tears which fell from his mother's eyes upon her dear boy's face. “Thank God, dear Carl!” she said, over and over again. ‘And Carl “thought to himself.” as the children say, that he was thank- ful to the Great’ Father, not only for sparing his life, but for teaching him a lesson which he could never forzet— a lesson of prudence and caution which all youpg hearts have to learn sooner or iater, though not always, thank Heaven, in so hard a way as did Carl Diedrich. "—“T'm_so sotry, mother, about losing ‘the tree, after all!” he said, just as she was bidding him a last fond good ‘night. “I’m afraid when the children “wake up they will be dreadfully d'sap- pointed.” “Oh, it ish better not tink about it.” ‘said his mother, in her sweet broken English. “It fs enough, mine Carl, you ish here, all so safe and yell.” But the soundest sleeper must have wakened when, in the gray of the early Christmas morning, there was a scuffling and a seraping and a stamp- ing of lorses out in front of the little Diedrich cabin, What # noise it was’ Old Fritz Diedrich sprang up and pulled off his nightcap in dire dismay to hear it. Then there was a sudden silence, and 2 chorus of rough miners’ voices tang out in the song they sinc out West to the tune of “Jolin Brown” “Christmas-time has come again, Christmas roses bloom again. Love and joy come home again, So early Christmas morning.” Then there was a sound of retreat'ng footsteps, and a final “three cheers and a tiger.” given with a will; and when Fritz Diedrich drew back the wooden holt of the little front door and peered into the morning twilizht, with the whole Diedrich family following him and peeping over his shoulders, there was nobody to be seen, hut a splendid Christmas tree lay just outside, and great bunches of scarlet madrona bet ries were scattered all about. Truly, what a Christmas morning! ‘You mity be sure that the hospitab'e soul of good Fritz Diedrich could not rest until he journeyed up to the camps on the canyon above to find out who the miners were who had so greatly favored him, first by returning his son to him, and then by thelr grace ful, kindly gifts. You may be sure tov that he foymd them all out, and tha: sofia oep arm ienel siaggs dl tat oly Phones inal AGRICUL TURE. @ PANCAKE SEASON, When summer days are over An’ the breezes start. to blow ‘That tell us winter's comin’, With its blizzards an’ its suow, I'm always sort o' happy For, although it’s cold an’ drear, I know the syrup's waitin’ An’ the pancake season's here! Delicious, thick an’ brownish— Six or seten in a plle— With good old country butter; Don't it make a feller smile? Jus’ loses sight 0° trouble— Ivll make him want to cheer, To see those steamin’ pancakes With the syrup settin’ near. ‘Of eourse, to other people, Now, they may not seem so sweet, Vor different folks Ieve different tastes Concerning things to eat: But when a feller rises After eatin’, maybe ten. He finds himself a-wishin? He eould do it all again’ , Now, when the days are short'nin’ An’ the lakes begin to freeze, When winter winds, a-roarin’, Come a-rushin" through the: trees, To me it brings no sorrow— Nay, it’s musie to my ear, Vor then the syrup's waitin’ An’ the pancake season's here? —St. Joseph: News: SUGAR BEET EXPERIMENTS. A Summary of the Work of the Pur. due Experiment station. For the past thirteen years the Indi- ana Agricultural Experiment Station has been conducting experiments on sugar beets in Indiana. ‘The main pur- pose of this work has been to deter- mine whether or not sugar beets might be profitably grown in this State, for sugar producing purposes. ‘This work has been conducted year after year with much core, and every opportunity has been made use of to ascertain Indiana’s adaptability as a State to produce sugar from the beet. For years the Station has distributed free seed each spring to hundreds of farmers over the State who agreed to plant the seed, grow tie crop and send the station samples of the beets in the fall. Thousands of pounds of beet seed have thus been distributed, and each fall a large number of beets have been received at the station from different parts of the State, and their sugar con- tents determined. No other expert- ment station in the United States, ex- cepting Nebraska, so far as we are in- formed has attempted to conduct such long continued experiments with sugar heets, o grown experimental crops for so many years in the State as has In- diana, Since 1888 inclusive, we have had experimental plats of beets in one or mote parts of the State. Tn 1890 there were cight of these, in 1891 thirty-eight, in 1892 thirty-nine, in 1893 twenty-seven, in 1894 forty-seven, in 1898 five, in 1897 one hundred and forty-thige. Tn. 1898 the station sent seed to 1,169 persons over the State, while in 1899 and 1900 large amounts of seed were distributed, which farm- ers agreed to grow under the direction of the station. For yeurs growers have planted one-eighth acre or more of beets under our instructions. As a result of this. work a great number of samples of the beets trom nearly seventy counties in the State have been received st the station and their sugar contents determined. We Lave now on our records a large amount of Information as a result of these years of work, which ix favor- able to the profitable production. of suger beets in the northern third of Iadiana on certain soils suited to this Th consequence of all this work, the station has decided to discontinte rir ther distribution of beet. seeds to our people and to Inegely enrtail its sugar beet investigntions. The station how- ever desires to keep tn touch with our sngar beet growers and will be pleased to examine free of charge all samples of beets sent us, uneer station insteme- tons, in the fall of 1901. Parmers de- siring te secure free seed for further {rial on their farus, cam no doubt. ob- tain the same by npplying to their Congressman during this winter of 1800-1901. Some time early in 1901 a bulletin will be published by the station giving a record of the sigar beet work of this institution during the past thirteen years, und the results attained. This Will be mailed free to any one desiring a copy of the same—C. 8. Pinmb. Director Purdue University Exporl- ment Station. PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. How a Successful Farmer Manages His Poultry—What He Feeds, Ete. Waldo . Brown, of Ohio, in the Country Gentleman, gives his interest- ing experience in roising poultry as follows: “I feed in winter 16 pounds of wheat screenings in the morning, 10 pounds of bran at noon, mixed with a peck of potatoes, which are botied on the kitchen stove and mashed while hot, and mixed with the bran and salfed about as mich as we would for table use; While the night feed is a peck of corn. Small potatoes can not be sold at any price; so they are hard- ly worth counting. We add to the bran about 5 pounds of corn and cob meal, ground so fit.c that the eob does not show. I feed cob meal in winter ‘Vecause many years’ experience has ‘shown its value, and I fecd it to cows, horses, hogs aud poultry. My" ducks are fed twice a day with the mixture of bran and cob meal, and I consider this meal worth, for all kinds of farm animals, as much. pound for pound, as meal from shelled corn, and with corn selling at average prices, the cob will about pay for the grinding. 1 would not feed this to young poultry unless ground quite ‘fine, and my ‘miller grinds it twice, first through ap ® {ron mill, waich | crushes the cob as fine as shelled corn, and then through bubr stones, and this makes it thor- oughly fine. I made the best ezg rec- ord on this feed one year that I have ever made, I aid mot begin keeping a record of the eggs until June 15, 2s previous to that date we filled several incubators, and at no time did I take ‘any account of eggs used in the fam- ily; but fn the four months from June 16 to October 13, we sold 307 dozen from less than 100 hens, and they brought enough money to buy that many hens and pay for their feed dur- ing the time they were producing them. From October 15 to December 31 we sold 67 dozens of eggs, but the advance in price lnrgely made up for the redueed mumbers, so that there was Bot a month in the year when our hens did not pay a profit, “Three things are necessary to prof- itable egg production: 1, a good house, warmly built for winter use and kept reasonably clean; 2, plenty of food in variety given at regular hours and never In a greater quantity than will be eaten up clean; 3, a constant supply of pure, fresh water. Allowing. the hens to forage for a living, and often. go hungry, to roost in trees and on fences in winter, and to: suffer with thirst in the heat of summer, or when. water is frozen in winter, means: that you will often be for weeks without eggs, and: have plenty of them only when the price is lowest. “ have found that greew food pays. largely, even. when chickens and ducks- range on grass, and that lettuce is: n+ surpassed for the young broods, espe- cially for ducks, and. it can be had a good part of the time: from early in. May until cabbage 1s ready. to: feed. I can grow 150 pounds of lettuce to the square rod. During the fall my poultry eat from 75 to. 100 pounds of cabbage a day andi never seem to: tire of it. We cut it for ducks, but the hens, with thelb sharp beaks, will! de- molish the Meads: if they ‘are: oniy: placed where they can. get at them, “In feeding ducks cabbage L hold. the plant in. my left hand) Head down- ward, and slash it in slices with a corn cutter and: ean. cut a head fine in less time than it takes to write this sentence. Unmerchantable heads, those that burst, and loose heads, are just as good for the poultry as any; and if cabbage is grown for market there will be enough of these: to feed a large number of fowls. “I should like to: help farmers. who are getting small returns from their farms, toinorease thelr income: There are scores of farmers in every county to whom a cash increase of $100 or $200 would seem almost like a little fortune, and it would keep them: from running into debt; and I do not know ‘ny surer way that they could get this than by keeping one or two hun- dred fowls. Por six or seven. months of the year less than thirty: minutes a day would be all the thine reqnired, and for: the months when the young ones: were to be eared for about twice this time, What can you do that will RNR IE “hates eh Pett asen BR. & subscriber at Fredericksburg. Va:, writes as follows: “In the last Sun ‘You fell of the losses or Injury to corn fodder due to exposure in. the field, Dut do not tell how such losses ean. be avolded or reduced. It. ig just as: im- portant to know how to do the latter a8.it is to know that the former exists. Can you not tell us the best method of saving corm fodder?” Such losses may be avoided by cut- ting at the proper time, putting up smaller shocks, and as soon as possible stacking the fodder or putting. it in covered barracks. It is the frequent wetting from storms and having the stalks in contact with the earth that is so damaging to corn fodder. ‘The wetting and drying soon remove valu- able nutrition, resulting tn males the fodder of little value. Of course when it is not intended to Louse or stack the fodder, thes it is the better plan to nuke the shoeks large, as the more ine side there is to a shock the more fod- dev will theré be that has not been exposed to the clements. Husking should always be doue just as soon as the corn is dry enough. When the husking IS dowe the shock fodder should be dividded into two or three smatler sized ones, well bound, so it may be handled conveniently. Aim to get the stalks off the stound and keep them there. It piys to use strong twine for binding. Where there is plenty of harn floor space it is a good plan to haul some shocks there and leave the doors open. It will cure easily, be of a nicer green than fodder cured In the sunshine—and you will find cattle will noticeably prefer it to that eured ont of doors, too. Such fodder does not shatter and break so easily. With the | shnédder there 1s hardiy any Joss whatever in fodder— as the coarse butts and all are made available for fecding.—Baitimore Sun. Lice on Stock. For the benefit of renders who are troubled with parasites, either on horses, cows, calves, hogs or chickens, I wish to tell a home-made remedy. Gather cedar twigs (the common ce- dax), put the twigs in a kettle, cover with cold water and boil down until but one-third of the quantity of wate? or tea is there. Strain this tea free of the cedar twigs and apply. this decoc- tion to all animals that are lice-Infect- ed. If any lice are there you will soon see thera crawl out to the end of the hair and die. One of our neighbors had a horse almost alive with lee. We told him of the cedar tea cure, which he at once tried, with the result that one ap- plication killed all the lice and the second, in five or seven days, killed all newly hatched ones. We at once sent a few bags of the cedar to a man in North Dakota for use on lousy calves. He afterward wrote us that the tea he made from the twigs com- pletely cleaned his calves of lice. We have repeatedly and always success- fully tried it on chicken lice and mites and it will also kill insects that infest house plants. We never trict It on insects on garden plants, but feel con. fident it would work all right, at least on cabbage worms, It is best not used so strong on plants as on stock or chicks. It kills almost instantly; is sure death to all insects we ever tried it on, and as far as we can determine it has no effect on the stock or plants othersthan rid. ding them of Insects. It will also ef. fectnally rout bedbugs, and is better than some ‘bug cures in that it has a pleasant smell. It is cheap, and one thing in its favor that can not be said of all insect cures—it ean always be had fresh, hence strong.—E. C. st Berniee, in Ohio Farmer. REVOLT AGAINST HOUSEWORK Methods Borrowed From the Fac- tory to Relieve Honseworkers, “Underneath the whole revolt of wo. Miau is the revolt against housewors, the refusal of the arenitect to cary the hod,” says a writer in Atusice’s, “Some of its propnets, seeing how the instinct for the home prevents the ap- plication of the wholesale plan, preach 4 coming day when the private home shall be Bo more, when we shali all go out for our meals, live ina caravan. serai and send the children to the creche. One's, head shakes of itselt merely to read of it. ‘That goes too much against the grain. We do not like wholesale cooking. We want our own kind, and we don’t want anybody cise to. know when we have an cconouical dinuer. The wholesale plan does. not apply to things in themselves artistic, and cookery isone of them. The per. sonal element expresses itself there quite as truly as it does in patnting. No woman hates to cook when she Knows that it requires » skill that she possesses. But she does hate to wash tle dishes. And she hates to sweep, scrub the floors and do the washing. “But if the housework will not go to the factory, why should not the fae tory come to the housework? ‘The wholesale plan has Deen applied with great success im apartment houses, which are, when rightly considered, the most progressive of dwellings. The supplied, winter and smmmer, by the water back of the range when it is not supplied, winter and summer, bl the landlord. Steam heat is furnished to all the house at omee, and gas ranges do away with the bother of feeding the fire and carrying away of the ashes. It takes power to do the individual work in each flat, and if this could be given by an engine that eats coal in- stead of an engine, that eats bread and meat, all would go well. But It is ont of the question to have a steam en- zine in the basement with shafting and pulleys and belts ronning throngh the house. That was, until recently, the only way of transmitting power from A central source, but now that it is possible to turn motion into electrical energy, to carry that along a copper wire to wherever it is needed and there turn it into motion again, the problem of doing away with hotsehold drudgery becomes so simple that one fears only that the answer will be seem before it can be set down.” THE ART OF TALKING WELL. @hings to Say and Things to Leave Unsaid in General Conversation. It is better to be frankly dull than pedantic. One must guard one’s self from the temptation of “talking shop” and of riding one’s “hobby,” says a writer in the Ladies’ Home Journal. Whatever sets one apart as a capi tal “1” should he avoided. A joke or humorous story is depend ent upon its freshness for appreciation. Some emotion will not bear “warming over.” It is no longer considered good form to say a word against any one. An ill: natured eviticlsm is a social blunder. Gossip, too, is really going out of fish: ino. - ‘True wit is a gift, not an attain ment. Those who use it right never yield to the temptation of saying any thing that en wound another in order to exhibit their own cleverness. It is natural and spontaneous. “Ile who runs after wit Is apt. to eaten non: sense.” Talk that has heartiness in it and the liveliness and sparkle that come of light-hearfedness and innocent gay- ety Is a fairly good substitute for wit. ‘Offer to each one who speaks the homage of your undivided attention. Look people in the face when you talk to them, ‘Talk of things. not persons. The best substitute for wisdom is silence. It is a proviuelalism to say “yes. six.” “no, ma’am” to one’s equal. Tiave convictions ofsyour own. Be yonrself and not a mere echo. Never ask Jeading questions. We should show curiosity about the con: cerns of others only so far as it may gratify them to tell us. Draw ont your neighbor withont catechising him. Correct him, if neces sary. withont contradicting him. Avoid mannerisms. Strive to he natural and nt ease ‘The nervousness that conceals itsel? under affected vivacity: should he co trolled, as should the loud laugh. Moon Views From the Grant Tomb. Persons of romantic temperament have discovered that the best place | New York from whieh to watch the moon rising in the east is the porh of Gen. Grant's tomb. Standing. as 't does, away from all other buildings. at the highest part of the Riverside drive. with the beautiful Hudson River ‘flowing softly along a hundred feet be low, the noble edifice in which lies the “hero. is as full of poetical charm 9 ‘the Alhambra itself. As the moon rises one can see the rays touching column after column of the mausoleum, thro ‘Ing into deeper shadow -the recess and giving the whole building an eth real aspéct which is strikingly bent! ful. Young couples who are strollin along the drive make it a point to £° up to the tomb to wateh the moon rise. and the Idea is becoming so populst that the charm of solitude, at least has certainly departed.—Pittsburg Dis patch. Turkey Increasing Her Armaments It has just been learned by the Constantinople correspondents of several Vienna papers that the Sultan's orders for arms and munitions lodged with German and Russian firms a few months ago are being rapidly filled, and that the first installment is already being dispatched. This consists of a large quantity of smokeless powder, 20,000 to 240,000 rifles, sixteen batteries of artillery and ninety-six rapid-fire guns. This announcement at first created consid- able speculation in European diplomatic circles, which finally result- ed in the Turkish Government making a semi-official statement in regard to the matter. It is stated in Constantinople that all the powers that have interests in Balkan affairs have always wished to see the Turkish army on a footing that would enable it to deal effectively with any revolt in the minor Balkan states or an insurrection of the Sultan's own subjects in Albania, Macedonia and Anatolia. It is also pointed out by the friends of the Porte in Constantinople that it is not uninteresting to observe that since the Graeco-Turkish war the Ottoman army no longer inspires that terror among civilized people which was universally entertained prior to the successful mission of the instructing officers loaned Turkey by the German Kaiser. It is added that a numerous and well-organized Turkish regular army, providing European discipline be maintained, will be a strong guarantee for the maintenance of future peace in Southeastern Europe.—New York Times. Holiday Rates The Indiana, Decatur & Western will sell tickets between all stations, and to all points in Central Passenger Association territory, account of the Christmas and New Years holidays; good going December 22, 23, 24, 25 and 31, 1900, and January 1, 1901, at one and one third fare for the round trip; good returning to and including Jan. 2, 1901. JOHN S. LAZARUS. G. P. A., L. D. & W., Indianapolis, Ind. A Happy Thought. "Bingle's wife has taken his latchkey away from him." "Why?" "When he came home the morning after election he got it upside down, and then stood on his head in order to bring the right side up."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Most of us meet experience with a smile, but part from her with a frown. 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His two texts are, Revelations xxl, 13, "On the south three gates;" Psalm exilv, 20. "He hath not dealt so with any nation." Among the greatest needs of our country is more gratitude to God for the unparalleled prosperity bestowed upon us. One of my texts calls us to international comparison. What nation on all the planet has of late had such enlargement of commercial opportunity as is now op. long before this nation? Cuba and Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands brought into close contact with us, and through steamship subsidy, and Nicaragua canal, which will surely be afforded by Congress, all the republics of South America will be brought into most active trade with the United States. "On the south three gates." While our next door neighbors, the southern republics and neighboring colonies, imported from European countries 3,000 miles away $675,000,000 worth of goods in a year, only $126,000,000 worth went from the United States—$126,000,000 out of $675,000,000, one fifth of the trade ours, European nations taking the four fingers and leaving us the poor thumb. Now all this is to be changed. There is nothing but a comparative ferry between the islands which have recently come under our protection and only a ferry between us and Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Brazil while there are raging seas and a long voyage between them and Europe. By the mandate of the United States all that will be changed through new facilities of transportation. Again, in this international comparison notice the happy condition of our country as compared with most countries. Russia under the shadow of the dreadful illness of her great and good Emperor, who now more than any man in all the world represents "peace on earth, good will to men," and whose Empress, near the most solemn hour that ever comes to a woman's soul, is anxious for him to whom she has given hand and heart, not for political reasons, but through old-fashioned love such as blesses our humber dwellings; India, under the agonies of a famine which though somewhat lifted has filled hundreds of thousands of graves and thrown millions into orphanage; Austria, only waiting for her genial Francis Joseph to die so as to let Hungary rise in rebellion and make the palace of Vienna quake with insurrection; Spain, in Carlist revolution and pauperized as seldom any nation has been pauperized; Italy, under the horrors of her king's assassination; China, shuddering with a fear of dismemberment, her capital in possession of foreign nations. After a review of the conditions in other lands can you find a more appropriate utterance in regard to our country than the exclamation of the text, "He hath not dealt so with any nation." Besides this, we have in our country plenty of room, while the transatlantic nations are crowded—crowded cities, crowded governments, crowded learned institutions; the population crowded, packed in between the Pyrenees and the Alps, packed in between the English Channel and the Adriatic. Yes; on our continent plenty of room. Eight million square miles in North America, and all but one-seventh capable of rich cultivation, implying what fertility and commerce. Four basins pouring their waters into the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic and Gulf of Mexico. When I hear a man expressing the fear that this country is going to be crowded, I know right away he has not been to Texas. France has about 59,000,000 of people, but Texas is larger than France. Germany has about 67,000,000 of people, but Texas is larger than Germany. Again, in this international comparison, there is not a land whose wages and salaries are so large for the great mass of the people. In India 4 cents a day and find yourself is good wages, Ireland in some parts 8 cents a day for wages, in England $1 a day, good wages, vast populations not getting as much as that; in other lands 50 cents a day and 25 cents a day clear on down to starvation and squalor. Look at the great populations coming out of the factories of other lands and accompany them to their homes and see what privations the hardworking classes on the other side of the sea suffer. The laboring classes in America are 10 per cent. better off than those in any other country under the sum—20 per cent. 40 per cent. 50 per cent. The toilers of hand and foot have better homes and better furnished. Again, there is no land on earth where the political condition is so satisfactory as ours. Every two years in the state and every four years in the nation we clean house. After a vehement expression of the people at the ballot box in the autumnal election they all seem satisfied, and if they are not satisfied at any rate they smile. An Englishman asked me in an English rail train this question: "How do you people stand in America with a revolution, every four years? Would it not be better, like us, to have a queen for a lifetime and everything settled?" But Englan changes government just as certainly as we do. At some adverse vote in Parliament, out goes one party and in comes another. Administrations change there, but not as advantageously as with us, for there they may change almost any day, while with us a party in power continues in power for at least four years. Again, the monopolistic oppression is less in America than anywhere else. THE RECORDER, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA The air is full of protest because great houses, great companies, great individuals, are building such overtowering fortunes. Stephen Girald and John Jacob Astor stared at in their time for their august fortunes, would not now be pointed out in the streets of Washington or Philadelphia or New York as anything remarkable. These vast fortunes for some imply pinchedness, of of want for others. A growing protuberance on a man's head implies illness of the whole body. The estates of disproportionate size weaken all the body politic. But the evil is nothing with us compared with the monopolistic oppression abroad. Ireland to-day one vast monopolistic visitation. About 45,000,000 people in great Britain, and yet all the soil owned by about 32,000. Statistics enough to make the earth tremble. Duke of Devonshire owning 96,000 acres in Derbyshire. Duke of Richmond owning 300,000 acres around Gordon Castle. Marcus of Bredalbane going on a journey of 100 miles in a straight line all on his own property. Duke of Sutherland has an estate wide as Scotland, which dips into the sea on both sides. Unfortunate as we have it here, it is a great deal worse there. Continuing this international comparison, I have to say to you that we have a better climate than is to be found in any other nation. We do not suffer from anything like the Scotch mists or the English fogs, or the Russian ice blasts or the typhus of southern Europe or the Asiatic cholera. Epidemics in America are exceptional, very exceptional. While making this international comparison let us look forward to the time which will surely come when all nations will have as great advantages as our own. As surely as the Bible is true the whole earth is to be gardenized and set free. Even the climates will change and the heats be cooled and the frigidity warmed. Many years ago in this city I gazed upon a scene which for calamity and grandeur one seldom sees equaled. I mean the burning of the Smithsonian institution. It was the pride of our country. In it art had gathered rarest specimens from all lands and countries. It was one of those buildings which seize you with enchantment as you enter and all the rest of your life holds you with a charm. I happened to see the first glow of the fires which on that cold day looked out from the windows of the costly pile. I saw the angry elements rear and rave. The shout of affrighted workmen and the assault of fire engines only seemed to madden the rage of the monsters that rose up to devour all that came within reach of their chain. Up along the walls and through the doors were pushed hands that snatched down all they could reach and hurled it into the abyss of flame beneath. The windows of the tower glare up for a minute with a wild glare and then darken, as though fiends with streaming locks of fire had come to gaze on with laughing mockery at all human attempts and crash the floors tumbled. The roofs began here and there to blossom in wreaths and vines of flame. Up and down the pillars ran serpents of fire. Out from the windows great arms and fingers of flame were extended, as though destroyed spirits were begging for deliverance. The tower put on a coronet of flame and staggered and fell, the sparks flying, the firemen escaping, the terror accumulating. Books, maps, rare correspondence, autographs of kings, costly diagrams burned to cinder or scattered for many a rood upon the wild wind, to be picked up by the excited multitude. Oh, it seemed like some great funeral pile in which the wealth and glory of our land had leaped to burn with its consuming treasures. The heavens were blackened with whirlwinds of smoke, through which shot the long red shafts of calamity. Destruction waved its fiery banner from the remaining towers, and in the thunder of falling beams and in the roaring surge of billowing fire I heard the spirits of ruin and desolation and woe clapping their hands and shouting. "Aba, ala!" I turned and looked upon the white dome of yonder capitol, which rose through the frosty air as imposing as though all the white marble of the earth had come to resurrection and stood before us, reminding one of the great white throne of heaven. There it stood, unmoved by the terrors which had that day been kindled before it. No tremor in its majestic columns, no frown on its magnificent sculpture, no flush of excitement in its veins of marble. Column and capitol and dome built to endure while the world itself shatters in the convulsions of the last earthquake. Oh, what a contrast between the smoking ruin on the one hand and that gorgeous dream of architecture on the other! Well, the day speeds on when the greatest achievements of man will be consumed and the world will blaze. Down will galleries of art and thrones of royalty, and the hurricane of God's power will scatter even the ashes of consumed greatness and glory. Not one tower left, not one city unconsumed, not one scene of grandeur to relieve the desolation. Forests dismasted, seas licked up, continents sunk, hemispheres annihilated. Oh, the roar and thunderning crash of that last conflagration! But from that run of blazing earth we shall look up to see the temple of liberty and justice rising through the ages, white and pure and grand, unscarred and unshaken. Founded on the eternal rock and swelling into domes of infinitude and glory in which the hallelujals of heaven have their reverberation. No flame of human hate shall blacken its walls. No thunder of infernal wrath shall rock its foundations. By the upheld torches of burning worlds we shall read it on column and architrave and tarone of eternal dominion. "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but truth and liberty and justice shall never pass away." Doctor—Don't ride to and from work. You shouldn't sit down so much. Patient—I don't. Doctor-Ah! You walk then? Patient—No. I hang on to a strap mostly. Philadelphia Press. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. The Senior Berean Lesson for Sunday, December 23, 1900. PARABLE OF THE POUNDS. Luke 19:11-27. 11. And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. 12. He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy, till I come. 14. But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying. We will not have this man to reign over us. 15. And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. 16. Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 17. And he said unto him, Well done, thou good servant; because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. 18. And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. 19. And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. 20. And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: 21. For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. 22. And he said unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I had not down, and reaping that I did not sow; 23. Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? 24. And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. 25. (And they said unto him. Lord he hath ten pounds.) 26. For I say unto you. That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. 27. But those nine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. LIGHT ON THE TEXT. 11. Heard these things.—What Jesus had been saying to Zaccheus (19: 8-10). Because * * * night to Jerusalem.—Where they expected the new kingdom would be set up. (See Luke 17:20, 18:29, 30; Matt. 19:28). Kingdom * * * immediately appear.—That he would set up the Messianic kingdom in outward, visible splendor. (See Isa. 9:7, 60:1-22; Dan. 2:44, 45). 12. A certain nobleman.—Representing Christ, the Son of God. Far country.—Heaven. To receive * * * a kingdom.—Leading men in those days often went to Rome to receive the kingdom over some province from the Roman people. This represents Christ's ascending on high, and there being installed into his kingdom; and also the preparations for his kingdom on earth by Pentecostal outpourings of the Spirit. 13. Ten pounds.—Each worth about $17 if the Roman money in use then is referred to. The pounds represent the gift of God's grace, love and salvation—the Bible, time, opportunities, the influences of the Holy Spirit. Occupy.—Not keep possession of, but make use of, trade with. 14. Citizens.—Those who are rightfully his subjects. Will not have, etc.—This is what all sinners say to God. 23. Money into the bank.—Where he would have obtained at least the ordinary profit. Golden Text.—Every one of us shall give account of himself to God.—Rom. 14:12. SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS. Subject: Faithfulness and its reward. Circumstances (v. 1).—In what connection was this parable spoken? What was its object? What had being night to Jerusalem to do with it? Had not Jesus himself preached that the kingdom of God was at hand? (Matt. 4:17). How does this agree with this verse? I. A Nobleman Entrusts Capital to His Servants (vs. 12:14).—Who is represented by the "nobleman"? By his "servants"? By the "citizens"? How much money did he commit to his servants? What does this represent? Why to all alike? What is the difference between this and the distribution of the talents in Matt. 25:15? Meaning of "occupy" here? II. The Servants Called to Account (v. 15).—What did the nobleman do when he returned? What did he expect of his servants? What is referred to by Christ's return? When is this calling to account? (Matt. 25:31; 32:2 Cor. 5:10; Rev. 20:12, 13.) III. The Faithful Servants and Their Reward (vs. 16-19).—What did the first servant report? By what means can one "pound" gain ten? How was he rewarded? (See Matt. 25.21.) How was the second rewarded? How did his faithfulness fit him for larger things? Is this true in our ordinary affairs of life? Is it true in our spiritual life? Is there any other way by which we can be fitted for larger spheres? (Luke 8:18; Matt. 25.23.) IV. The Unfaithful Servants and Their Losses (vs. 30-24).—How did one man use his money? What excuse did he give? Is God a hard master? Does he seem so to the wicked? How did his master answer his excuse? What has God a right to expect from the things he has entrusted to us? Mr. Isaac Brock, the Oldest Man in the United States. Mc. Isaac Brock of McLennan County, Texas, has attained the great age of 111 years, having been born in 1788. He is an ardent friend to Peruna and speaks of it in the following terms: "During my long life I have known a great many remedies for coughs, colds, catarrh and diarrhoea. I had always supposed these affections to be different diseases, but I have learned from Dr. Hartman's books that these affections are the same and are properly called catarrh. As for Dr. Hartman's remedy, Peruna, I have found it to be the best, if not the only reliable remedy for these affections. "Peruna has been my stand-by for many years, and I attribute my good health and my extreme age to this remedy. It exactly meets all my requirements. "I have come to rely upon it almost entirely for the many little things for which I need medicine. I believe it to be especially valuable to old people. "Issac Brook." Catarrh is the greatest enemy of old age. A person entirely free from catarrh is sure to live to a haile and heavy old age. A free book on catarrh sent by The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. and hands usually indicate an advanced stage of Kidney disorder. It is one of the last special pleadings of nature to seek a remedy. Look out also for backache, scalding urine, dizziness, headache and brick-dust or other sediment in urine which has been allowed to stand. Heed these warnings before it is too late. $50 The Great Scientific Discovery for Shattered Nerves and Thin, Impoverished Blood. OHIO, INDIANA AND MICHIGAN Please join us in helping them please enclose stamped and addressed envelope. Frank Phlegm, Wooster Ohio Mrs. Edward Mullen, 13 Parkin St., Warren, Ohio; Mrs. E. Sherman, 127 Court St., Washington C. H. Ohio; Mrs. J. Kreuter, 32 8th St., T. J. Barbell, 302 S. Wayne St., Van Wert, Ohio. Samuel Wright, at Central Iron & Co. School, C. H. Ohio; Mrs. J. Kreuter, 32 8th St., T. J. Barbell, 302 S. Wayne St., Van Wert, Ohio. Samuel Wright, at Central Iron & Co. School, C. H. Ohio; Mrs. J. 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Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this year. Ask your own dealer. Price, 3 for 5 cents. Some persons are skeptical only because they are too indolent to invest. Our Nation's Wealth. The material wealth and strength of our nation is in iron, the most useful of all metals, just as the wealth of a human being lies in a useful stomach. If you have overworked yours, try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It will relieve the clogged bowels, improve the appetite and cure constipation, dyspepsia and billiousness. Scandal begins with the hissing letter S., and its whisper is telephonic. 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 brown of Mocha or Java, 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. Pretty women and rich men are seldom wrong. How's This? We offer One hundred Dollars, reward for any case where truth that can not be curbed by Hall's law. F. J. CHENYD & CO., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheny of the years and believe in perfectly honorable in all business transactions and finan- cially able to carry out any obligations made WEST & TRAUX, Wholesale Drugsist, Toledo, O. WALDING, KINNAN & MAVIN, Wholesale Drugsist, Toledo, O. The cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c, per bottle. Sold by all drugsists. Testimonies free. Hall's Family Hls are the best. Since there's nothing new under the sun it is strange that new shoes have to be broken in. Coughing Leads to Consumption Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous. Resson For It. "I admit that it is' true," said the man who knew something about Indians, "that the only good Indian is a dead Indian, but do you know why that is so?" They said they did not. "Because, under the existing conditions," he explained, "an Indian has to die to escape the influence of the white man." Frozen Ammunition. Ships can now go to sea with frozen ammunition. A method of utilizing liquefied air on warships has been discovered which will render the explosion of a magazine, even when the ship is in action, almost impossible. The method is so to place the liquid air that it will freeze the ammunition to several hundred degrees below zero. In that condition it could not explode, even if a shell should burst in the magazine. A woman is always surprised to find that everybody doesn't know what she learned only yesterday. Buying books as Christmas gifts is expensive because we always throw in so many for ourselves. FROM BRYAN'S OWN CITY. Comes a Startling Story. An Open Letter that Will Cause a Sensation. Lincoln, Neb. Dec. 17.—(Special.) At No. 2115 O street, this city, is the B. & M. Wall Paper House. "B. & M." are the initial letters of the propietors, Mr. A. C. Bonsor and Mr. O. E. Meyers. The senior partner, Mr. Bonsor, is a well-known and highly respected citizen, and no one has ever doubted his truthfulness. It is, therefore, the pronounced opinion in Lincoln and the State generally that the significant and very strong statements made in Mr. Bonsor's letter will go unchallenged. After explaining his willingness that the matter be given the fullest possible publicity in the public interest, Mr. Bonsor proceeds: I have suffered untold misery and pain for over tea years. My kidnies were diseased. I tried many so-called remedies, but they did me no good. I saw an advertisement of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and I bought some, and commenced to use them at once. I had not had one good night's sleep, and before the first box of the Dodd's Kidney Pills were all used, I could sleep all night without pains. I am now completely cured, and have not a pain or ache left. I cannot recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills too highly, for they are unexcelled as a kidney remedy. Yours truly, A. C. BONSOR. No. 2115 O street. Lincoln, Neb. Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure. 50c a box. All dealers. reward will be paid for a *case* of backache, nervousness, sleepiness, irritability, incipient, kidney, bladder, urinary disorders, that can PERSONAL·MENTION Patronize our Advertisers. We print visiting cards 24 for 25c. Old newspapers for sale at the Recorder office. Help your race by patronizing Afro American business enterprise. Furnished or unfurnished rooms for rent; 521 Scioto street. (Old Chappel st.) Mrs. Henrietta Freeman is quite ill at her home in Paca street. Mrs. Lucy Jones returned Wednesday from Greensburg, Ind. The Rev. Slaughter of Muncie was in the city this week. James Neal of Chicago will spend the holidays in the city. Miss Lena Warden is very ill at her home in Bright street Lee W. Mitchell of Baltimore, Md., is in the city visiting his mother. Mrs. Mattie Grigsby was in Noblesville Thursday evening. Dr. Louisa Taylor will go to spend the holidays at her home in Cincinnati Henry Case, of Denver, Colo., is in the city with a view to locating here. Miss Bessel Kelly of Muncie will be the guest of Mrs. Walker Brown next week. Mrs. J. W. Banks, of Chicago has returned home after a pleasant visit with relatives and friends. Mrs. Mary Jameson, who is visiting her sister and friends in Kentucky, will remain until after the holidays. Miss Ida Johnson of Shelbyville was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Reed this week. W. H. White left Thursday for Covington, Ky... where he will spend the Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Ebersole and many other friends. Morgan and Shelton, Undertakers have purchased a handsome combination ambulance and dead wagon. Prof. Edward Brown will spend the holidays with his sister, Mrs. Sallie Robinson in Paca street. Miss Sallie Merriman of LaFayette will spend the holidays with relatives in this city. Mrs. Kathrine Grigsby will spend the holidays with friends at Knights town and Richmond Ind. Mr. and Mrs Augustus Granby will be the guest of their son and daughter at Knightstown next week. Miss Mayme Burris will spend the holidays with friends and relatives at Knightstown and Richmond. All the news of the week in The Recorder. 3 months for 25c. Arrived--December, 18th 1900 Miss Blanche Berneda Stewart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stewart. Xmas exercises will be held at New Bethel church, Monday evening. A grand cantata, Once a Week Club. The Misses Carter will entertain the Elf Club, Friday December 28. at their home, 631 Ogden street. Wanted--1 or 2 unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping. Address in care of Recorder. The Rev. Richard Bassett' of Kokomo, at one time a member of the Legislature, was in the city this week. Miss Daisy Cargyle. of Cynthiana. Ky. will come today to visit Mrs. Dr. W. E. Brown. The Alpha Home Association has set apart Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday as calling days at the home. Albert Henry will spend the holiday with his parents in this city after an absence of five years in New Mexico. Bishop Grant is in the city and will preach at Bethel A. M. E, church tomorrow morning. Misses Mary Brooks and Amanda Stout will spend the holidays with the former's cousin, at Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Chas. Bass entertained her many friends at cards, last Friday evening at her home in Elsworth street. Miss Mamie Adams is able to be out again after a serious illness of several weeks Mrs. Lillian Easley Jones will visit her parents at Toledo, O during the holidays. Mrs. Fred Anderson will visit her parents in Michigan during the Christ. mas holidays The Rev. R. P. Christian will preach for the Tribe of Manasseh, Robert Alexander, priest. Call and see us in our new quarters 414 Indiana avenue. New phone 1563 ```markdown ``` Mote Newby of Seymour will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Mitchell in Yandes street during the holidays. Mrs. E. P. Smith will leave today to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Nunn, at Louisville, Ky. Chester Jackson, who was injured at the Denison hotel about two weeks ago, is able to be out again. Old papers for sale at this office; 15c gs: hundred. Frank Fowler Brown will go to Cincinnati tomorrow to be the guest of Miss Katie Eastou, during the holidays. Miss Emma Parylee Hillman of ovington, Ky., will spend the holidays with Miss Julia Agnes Brown in West Tenth street. Mrs. Bennett, of Harveysburg, O and Mrs. John Wagner of Dayton O. mother and sister of Mrs Laura Gaines will be her guest during the holidays. Prof. W. F. Anderson and wife of LaFayette will be the guests of Mr and Mrs. Wm. Reed during the holidays. Prof. Warren Whittaker of Worthville, Ky., will spend the holidays with Mrs. Frances Smith in Muskingum street. Henry Ferguson will leave Monday for Louisville, Versailles and other points in Kentucky for a four weeks' visit with friends. Misses Lena and Luenma Kirk will sing tomorrow afternoon at the rally of the Tribe of Manasseh, at Allen Chapel. Read The Recorder for the news-the paper of the people. Box stationery, stamps, postals, envelopes and paper, in fact a complete line, for sale at the Recorder office 414 Indiana avenue. All matters for publication must reach this office not later than Wednesday to insure its insertion in the current issue. Mrs Emma Huston, aged 80 years, died at the City Hospital last week and was buried last Sunday from the Second Baptist church. Mrs. Ada Bagby Ford has returned to the city to make her home with her mother in Talbot avenue. She will be at home to her many friends. A cantata, "Courtship of Mother Goose" will be rendered at the Shiloh Baptist church, Tuesday, evening, Dec 25. Admission, adults, 10c, children 5c Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brown of Versailles, Ky., will come tomorrow to spend the holidays with their daughters, Mrs. Frances Smith and Sallie L. Robinson. A cantata "The Story of the Star" under the management of Mrs. J. T. V. Hill will be given Monday evening December, 24. It promises to be a grand affair. At Simpson Chapel. The Roosevelt circle will give an entertainment and grand march Thursday, December 27, cor. Merrill street and Capitol avenue. Kentucky oysters will be served. Admission 10c. Mrs. Ada Golins, D. M. N. G. will leave Wednesday for Knightstown, where she called the Board of Directors meeting of the Indiana District, H. H. of Ruth, No. 9, for December, 27. The marriage of Albert E. Grant and Miss E. Higgins took place at the home of the Rev. E. L. Gilliam Monday evening. They will be at home at 1516 Lew is street. The Baptist Ministers' Alliance adopted resolutions commending the attitude of Governor Mount in the matter of the lynching of the three suspected murderers at Rockport. The marriage of Elmer Brand to Miss Emma Johnson took place last Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Pinkston in Ellsworth street. The Rev, Gilliam officiated. Don't fail to call at H. L. Sanders, 206 Indiana avenue and see the handsome quilt to be raffled by the Pride of the North Tabernacle, No. 94, Feb. 7, 1901. Tickets, 10, cents. Grand Piano Recital and Concert at Bethel A. M. E. church, Thursday eve December 27, 1900 by Prof. Edward Brown, assisted by the choir. Admission, 15 cents. The Sundayschool of the Second Baptist church will give a cantata and Christmas tree at the church, Thursday eve, December 27., under the management of Miss Anna Griffin. Emma Edwards has opened a branch dress cutting and sewing school at 1211 Lewis street; the latest improved tailor system taught. Mrs. Mattie Green manager of a special class for colored ladies; also an evening class. Miss Lzzie Keys Johuson, of Center street and Mr. Albert Anderson of Toledo, O., were quietly married at Cincinnati, July 3, 1900. Mrs. Anderson will go Monday to join her husband at Toledo where they will make their home' The Stewardess of Bethel A. M. E. church met in the library of the church and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Mrs. Amanda Breck enridge, president; Mrs. Mary C. Allen v-president; Mrs. Mary E. Beck sec retary; Mrs. Ella Walden treasurer. Mr. Robert Bromell and sister gave a reception in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bass, Miss Mayme Burris, Mr. and Mrs. Grigsby, Fred Patridge and others last Tuesday evening. Dancing was the feature of the evening. New York Store (Established 1853.) Sole Ageints Butterick P terns. NOW FOR THE Leah Chapter No. 2, Union Chapter and Delbra Chapter O, E. S. will celebrate together "The Birth of Christ" in their hall of the Von Hake Building corner Court and Delaware streets, Sunday December 23, at 2 p.m. Every body is most cordially invited to attend. W· W. Holland, an attorney died Wednesday morning at the City Hospital, after a brief illness. He was a native of Camden, N. J. and was thirty six years old and the son of an Episcopal minister. He studied law at Kent College, Chicago and came to the city in "98. He was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal church this city. The Executive Board of W. H. F. M. Convention will convene Friday, Dec. 28, at 10 o'clock, at Mt. Zion church, Praise service, led by Anna Griffin; Prayer by Rev. j. W. Carr; Welcome address, Mrs. B. Frye; Response, Beat rice James, Cor. Sec'ry; Business; Song Topic "Awake unto righteousness" Cor. i 34, led by Mrs. Mayme Benson. Mattie Grigsby, Chairman. Porter and Morris. "Elite" Tonsorial Parlors, 344 Inc. avenue. Fine cigars; baths. Best work guaranteed; your pa Funge is solicited. Give them a trial. A limited number of invitations were issued this week by Mrs Felix Davis, announcing the approaching marriage of Miss Hannah Etta Johnson to Mr. John Brown Wednesday, evening, January 2, 1901. The ceremony will be private. Mrs. Luciuda Hodge gave an At Home Thursday evening in honor of the marriage of her son, J. Walter Hodge to Miss Margaret Grey of Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Hodge arrived in this city Thursday afternoon and are at home to their friends at 1105 Fayette street. The Iron League have issued quite a number of invitations to a public reception, given at their headquarters 501 Indiana avenue. Thursday evening December 27. The committee on entainment has gone to a great expense in preparing for this annual reception and quite a number of distinguished guests will be present. City Sollicitor. The Recorder is pleased to announce that, Mr. Samuel Rattifle, formerly of New Albany but now of this city has taken the city agency and is seeking to introduce The Recorder into every Afro-American house in the city. Mr. Rattifle will make a systematic canvas of the entire city, and we bespeak for him a flattering reception. Remember-The Recorder. 3 mos.--25c. BUSINESS BREVITIES New York Store is enjoying an unprecedented sale during the holidays. The saving they make on every carload of goods, goes to their customers. That is why their prices are always below competing stores. Mr. Don Smythe manager of the advertising department keeps his hand on the pulse of the public wants and his ads always bring results, The International Correspondence Schools, of Scranton, Pa., is the largest technical school in the world. They have 7 courses of study, embracing industrial, mechanical and professional pursuits. Write them for detailed information. The Big 4 Shoe store's big advertisement drew crowds of eager buyers. Every bargain offer was immediately snapped up as soon as it appeared. They invite the readers of The Recorder to call again. The Hartona Remedy Co., has placed an excellent line of toilet preparations on the market. They make a special offer to Recorder readers. The Zoo's attractions continue to draw crowds daily. Box parties are the fad among society people. Always mention the advertisement you saw in The Recorder. Merchants will appreciate your interest in a race paper. The merchants all report a big holi. day trade. Conrad's ads., are always convincing. The best and latest fashions at your terms, sells his goods. The downtown decorations, elicit the highest praise from throngs of ped estrians. Your last chance to buy a ring or diamond jewelry is now here. Read the offers in this paper. The Wulschner Music Co., enjoys a lucrative trade from colored patrons. Their instruments stand the test and their position as the leading firm in the state gives them the cream of the trade. New York Store (Established 1853.) 8ole Ageints Butterick Patterns. NOW FOR THE FINAL RUSH Today and Monday your last chance to buy Christmas presents--Special prices will rule for we intend to clean up every bit of the Holiday goods in these two days-come Right away. DICK. MILLER, 340 Indiana Avenne. AND CIGARS TORACCO Dally Papers and Magazines. Bread Cakes, Pies, Milk and Cream. CALL AND SEE ME. GLOVES Make the best Presents for Christmas. You cannot mak a mstak. Our prices: 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00 and up. 200 Styles in Stock TUCKER'S GLOVE STORE 11 E. Wash Street, C. M. C. Willis, Beulah Willis, L. B. Willis Funeral Directors And Embalmers Old and New 'Phones 1173 536 Indiana Ave Indianapolis, - - Ind LADY ATTENDANT. Ky Lawson Assaulted. Hezekiah K. Lawson, the barber at 248 Indiana avenue, was mysteriously assaulted aton't o'clock Monday morning by two unknown men who have up to the present time, evaded the officers Lawson rooms over Collins' drug store at Indiana avenue and New York street. The stairway is on New York street. Lawson received an ugly gash in the top of his head and one over his eye. He said just as he was unlocking his door someone struck him from behind. He grappled with one of the men and the other ran down stairs. After freeing himself from Lawson, who was stunned by the blow, his assailant followed his comrade. Lawson says the men must have been concealed in an adjacent apartment. The nearest approach is had where the primaries are held on the first day of registration in those states that have a registration law. But a registration law that does not apply to all the state has been decided unconstitutional, and conditions are such that it would be impossible to enact a primary law applying to all counties. Most of the rural communities—or at least the powers that be in those communities—do not want it. It becomes the duty of this legislature to redistrict the state for congressional purposes according to the census of 1900, and several members are already figuring on population tables. The Democratic leaders are frightened to death with rumors that the Republicans intend to strengthen their hold on the Fifth and Ninth districts and pull another Republican county down from the Sixth to give them a better chance of carrying the Fourth district. There is little occasion for their fright. The Republican leaders have no scheme on hand. The party has not forgotten the position it took against the gerrymander and held for many years. The state is now so arranged that at least five districts out of the 13 are fair fighting ground. At present four of these doubtful districts are held by the Republicans, but nobody doubts that a Democratic victory on the state ticket would give the Democrats the First, Fifth, Seventh and Ninth districts in addition to what they have, thus giving them seven of the 13 congressmen. This is fair and there is no disposition to make it otherwise. ```markdown ``` SWELL CLOAKS The New Automobile: In variety of Colors and Styles Prices range: $12.50, $15.00 $20.00, $22.50, $25.00. $30.00 and $32.50. Overcoats And SUITS for Men Boys-and Children-atprices no higher than you pay cash for in the high rent district. We have the latest fads in full dress and stiff bosom shirts, prices 50c, 75c, $1.00 Fashionable Neckties of every description--- Prices 15c, 25c, 50c, We are showing a big line of up-to-date Collars Prices 10c, 15c, two for 25c Notice our Show window for bargains. New Phone 2561. H. L. Sanders, 206 Ind-ave. We Deliver Goods. 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. "The Recorder" A Overcoats pay cash for in Trunks and Satchels Dress Suits for Rent We have the la dress and stiff prices 50c. 12 Fancy trim plush Jackets--must be seen to be appreciated--prices: $12.50 up to $25.00 Children's Long cloaks and All colors-Prices Jackets Furs A big variety of Colarettes and Scarfs with the heads and tails that's so very popular this Season, prices range from $2.50, $4.00, $5.00 $7.50 to $12. Skirts and Suits Largest Line in City and SUITS for Men Boys and Chil- men-atprices no higher than you the high rent district. CONRAD'S 332-334 Mass av. L. SANDERS (Established 1889.) XMAS Novelties Boys.and Chil- ger than you rtct. 'O'S 332-334 Mass av. ```markdown ``` H. L. Sanders, 206 Ind-ave Are More ders, 206 Ind-ave.